The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-09-02
Of GENERAL INTEREST.

OF GENERAL INTEREST.
-Edmuhd Law Rogers, of Isalti-
more recently exhibited before an as,
sembly of dentists a complete set OF
false teeth that had been worn by
George Washington. The base plates
were of lead and perfectly fiat. Some
Of the teeth were of ivory and others
ION.
The ways Of auctioneers in differ
ent parts Of the world vary greatly
In England and America the seller
bears the expense of the sale, but
in France the purchaser pays the
price he pays. In Holland it is still
worse, the buyer being required to pay
ten per cent. additional for the eN-
t1enses of the sale.
The beautiful marble bust of Har-
riet Beecher Stowe was recently I'M
yelled in the library of the Svonen's
building on the worlds fair grounds
by Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker. who
placed on the white marble a choice
cluster of pinlks and ferns. FREDERICK
Douglas was present and read several
passages from '.Unclc Toms Cabin,
several copies of which, printed in many
languages, were placed near the bust
All who were present were saddened by
the thought that the beloved authoress
no longer can enjoy tho honors be-
slowed upon her.
-Azalcas of every hue possible to
azaleas make the wooded island in the
worlds fair grounds grand bouquet,
and those accustomed to see this deli
cate mountain flower in the pinl<-ycl1ow
or white dress which it assumes in New
England, Virginia or California are
amazed at the many shades OF pink,
| crimson and orange and the Parti-col-
ored varieties produced by cultivation.
Rhododendrons of the tall and drawfed
varieties, brilliant Japanese peonics
| and masses of lowly growing pansies,
| contented to bloom wherever they arc
| placed, give the island festive and
summary appearances. attractive to all
pedestrians.
| Old chests and trunks have high
| value as curios, and arc largely taken
by the dealers in the like. AS paper
| was costly in the eighteenth century,
| many such articles were lined with
| newspapers then current. and If pleas
| antries of the period are to be trusted.
| even with rejected manuscripts. a
| curious old trunk with pentagonal ends
recently turned up in the shop of a
| dealer in old furniture. 1t still bore a
| wea ther-stainedc card showing that its
last delivery had been to somebody in
! Pearl street. 1t was lined with a Phil
| pages exposed bore the taN-list of that
year in pounds, shillings and pence.
! 1T is only within few years, one
| might almost say months, that the wide
effect of the warm, moist Pacific Winds
called chinooks, has been known in
British Columbia and Alaska These
| winds, corresponding exactly to those
| that make England a fertile country in
the latitude of Labrador, keep the snow
melted from tho plains at the eastern
base of the Rockies and they encourage
Il magnificent growth of root crops,
cabbage, oats and grass Thousand
; miles north of New York. Wheat does
not do we'll and berries are small,
though little attempt has been made te
cultivate fruit. The winters are biting
| cold, but dry, and the summer. though
short, is SO hot that vegetation come:
out of the earth with rush.
One class of people regard our fast
cruisers and our white-walled, thun
dering ironHlads with hearty disap
! proval-nane1y, the artists. marine
. painter, looking at the big fleet tina
| recently lay stretched along the Hud
son, exclaimed: Yes, quite interest
ing, and ugly: Those are mere ma
chimes, and ma chinery is always ugly
All the time that ships have been gain
ing in strength and speed they hav'
; been losing in picturesqueness an'
beauty. There is nothing in that 10
| OF tea Kettles, as Napier cal1ed UnelL
to equal the old Constitution and tn
old Vermont, with their three rows O
ports and their big towers Of canvas
To see one of the old frigates bowling
: along with all sail set-why, sir, tina
: | was Il poem-'
: A material lately introduced in tn
: construction of American warshiPs
1 though not yet efectually tested i
? | war or serious casualty, is called cellr
, | lose. a naval man in Washington
| speaking of the sinking of the Victoria
s says: II hardly think that just sue
l an accident could have happened t
!, | one of our war vessels. Above the pro
tective deck in our boats we place
0 material called cellulose. 1t is six fec
1 | in thickness all along the inside of til
f vessels side, and is about seven feet
n height. When this material is wet
: | swells up and closes an opening.
case n shot from the enemy shoul
: drive a hole through the ships side
); would swell up and close the hol
y keeping the water out. 1t would az
n the same way in case of a collision
which the ships side was shattered.
e would have tendency to prevent
v | rush of water