The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-28
ALL SORTS.

A radish, about a foot in length
and with a complete knot tied in the
center, il a vegetable mOnstr0sity, it
j. claimed, grown on the farm Of
Spencer Williams, near Pawnee,
Kansas.
Impartial writer's say that the gold
contained in the medals. vessels.
ebaips and other objects preserved in
the Vatican, would make more gold
COINS than the Whole OF the present
European circulation.
The intensity Of confined sound is
illustrated at Cans brook Castle, Isle
Of Wight, whore there j. well 200
feet deep and y teet IN diameter,
fined With smooth masOnry. When
n pin is dropped into 1t The sound Of
n Hriking the water 1872 feet below
can be distinctlyheard,
Mason and Dixou's line, TO which
frequent reference is made, il the
hne between Pennsylvania and May
Isnd and Virginia, surveyed BY
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon,
between Deem Der, 1868, aud Deem
Der B, 1867. 1t il the parallel Ot lati-
tude 80 degrees, AZ minutes, 253 sec.
DHds moth The liue a. laid out be-
gan Al ne northeast corner of Mary
@nd and Tuus 244 niles duew st The
hmy ,rtaugC e the line was due to the
fac that it marked the northern liu-
il q slave territory before the war.
George ", from the time he was
young man, constantly carried a
pUcket-bJok INTO which he thrust
ban K notes, letters, trinkets and keep
sskes. AS soon as the pOcket-bOOk
became full he put il away aud
substituted for it new Que. This,
when filed, was laid aside and re-
placed in like manner. When The
King died it devOlved on the Duke Of
Wellington TO examine the mon
Areh's effects, and he discovered an
entire, chest Of drawers Fl led with fat
pocket bOoks, which contained not
less than $4,000.
One of the cleverest inventions
ever passed on by the Patent Office il
the machine for sticking common
pins in the papers IN which they are
sold. The conyrivence brings Up the
pins in rows, draws the paper into
position, erimVs it into two lines,
then at a single push passes the pins
through the paper and sets them ia
position. The machine almost seems
70 think as it works, and to examine
lhe paper to SEE il itisproper,y folded
Before pushing the pins into place.
Such fierce carnivOr0us fishes as pX-
ist in the depths of the ocean are I'M
EUOwu a. the surface. There is the
BLACK swallower," which devOurs
9lher tinuy creatures ten times as bio
a. itself, literally climbing over its
Tictim, first with one jAw and then
with the other. Another species il
nearly 8ll mouth, aud having no pow
~ OF locOmOtiou, it iives buried i'm
The soft 0C2e ut the bottom, its head
alone prOtrudng, ready to engllf any
prey that may wander in its cavern
0ns laws. There is ferocious kind
of shark, resembling a huge eel. All
8 theSa monsters are a. black az ink.
Some Of them are perfectly blind,
while others have enormous goggling
eyes Moray of sunlight ever pIerces
The dark, untathomed caves i'm which
iAey dwell Each species is gobbed
by the species next bigger, for there
y no vegetable life to feed on.
Yne most remarkable instrument
ever put on the records in the United
States was one filed with the register
Of MeCkleuberg County. North Caro-
ina, at Charlotte, in July, 1851. #
was nothing more nor less than
mortgage deed in which one Charles
Dldenover, an intelligent hut impe-
EuniOus man, conveyed himself land
Rl right and title to himself TO an
other "tO have and to hold forever.
providing alway 81 to secure a debt
he owed the mortgage. The iDs,ru-
ment was duly witnessed, "signed,
sealed aud delivered and put on rec
ord by the register Of the said Meek
leAburg County. Didenover was
EsNrried man, aud. according to the
RSWs Oi the Turpentine State, before
~ could deliver real property" his
Tde had to Join him in signing the
SBAtr8ment and Acknowledge the same
before = notary public or other
magistrate. This she did, waving
"ah right, title and claim TO said
husband to said MORTGAGE