Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-10-03
nm GENERAL.


details OF his electrical Invonts0"s'
Ths Great DIpper rsyolvss around The
north star 10 twenty-thrse hours, my
elk mlnutes, four seconds.
T'he Smithsonian Institution has 90
eeG Of the great aux, which became e1-
tinct about my years sgo. Tho nomi-
nal value ID C..c0.
Il has been discovered thst tho Congo
river u l,ls3 feet deep ct its mouth.
The mouth OF the Mlssisslppl has depth
Of 80 feet and the Thsmes OF 10 feet
II 10 probable that Conelius Dreblel,
q Hollander, 10 the year 1850 hrse dis
covered method for indicating changes
Of temperature BY means OF glass tube
An Evanston (ills.) man claims 70
have among his collection OF curiositios
two hsirs from shakespeare eyebrow.
lie has an anidavit establishing their al.
thenticity.
J. w. Cross, who will probably b"
better remembered a. the husband OF
George Eliot, 10 about 70 bring out
volumu of essays 10 DO entitled "Impres-
sions of Dante and the New World"
Compressed air for cleaning cars Il
used on the Union Pacific Railroad At It's
Portland shops. The air, under press
urc Of fifty pounds per square Inch, u
delivered FROM. = flexible hose with n
nozzle, and Il used as water would be.
The Chinese make what they called
''chi-wa-hl." or grass cloth, from the
hbre Of the common nettle. II 10 said To
make splendid cloth for tents, awnings,
etc. When made Into betting for ma
chinery, Il 10 said to have twice the
strength Of leather.
Nickel 10 O modern metal. Il was not
In use nor known Of until l7l5. Il HIS
now largely taken the place Of silver In
plated ware, and 40 an alloy With steel
Il Il superior to any other metal, for II
ID not only non-corrodible itself, but It
transfers the same quality to steel; even
when combined 40 low a. five per cent,
It prevents oxidation.
A mammoth cave In the Ozark Mount
tains near Galens, No , has been explored
for distance Of more than thirty miles,
with the result OF there being brought
to light bones Of recent and prehistoric
animals, including the hyena and cave
bear, and flint Hrrow-heads, but no bones
of man. Animals Of the usual forms
found In caves are still living there, In
Guiding white newt.
Majollca Il the name at hrst given by
the Italians to y certain kind Of earthen-
ware because the first specimens they
saw came from MaJorca; but, as suisse
quently q large manufacture OF the same
Kind OF earthenware was carried on ut
Faenza, the name Maj0llca was dropped
and "Faience" substituted. The term
MsIollcs 10 now used to designate ves-
sells made o; colored clay and coated
with white opaque varnlsh 90 as to re-
semble faience. Il IL Of much less value
and IL very common In Italy.
One OF the finest diamonds In the
world was found not long since In the
Brazilian sands. Il came In q novel form.
A small quartz rock about the Size and
shape OF an egg, was found 10 the sands
along the bank Of the Amazon, In Brazil.
Il was carried home by Brazilian
peasant, who was attracted by Its odd
shape and light weight. One day, IN
handling II, he dropped 1t on u stone,
when Il burst open, and lay In halves.
The hollow that gave the stone tile light
weight was filled with bloOd-red sand.
In this sand lay the diamond, q spark
stone OF rarest quality.
Dean Stanley had an extraordinarily
illegible handwriting, which he
could not read himself sometimes. II
IL related that on one occasion Charles
Kingsley received a letter from the dean
II was at the time when Mrs. Kingsley
Law very III. Kingsley opened and care
fully examined II for many minutes
but In vain. At last he said: ~ have
every reason to believe that this is very
kind letter Of sympathy from Stanley
feel sure II 10. Yet the only two wOr,ll
can even guess at are 'heartless devil!
But I pause,-I pause to accept tina
J suggestion as scarcely likely Que unde
the circumstances"
Sir Archibald Gelkie reviewed In n re
cent address the present state OF opinion
and evidence concerning the age OF tn
globe. While he regarded the demand
OF the earlier biologists for unlimited
time for the formation OF the earth
strata as extravagant, he was equally o
the opinion that the limitations whicl
the physicists seek to Impose on thu
duration Of the processes need to be re
yised. The rate of degradation OF thu
land under atmospheric Influences IL capa
BILE of measurement, and from this II i
concluded that the geological deposits
n they were all made mt the most rapl'
rate witnessed, would require 100000,
years u at the slowest rate G9O,Ooo,0oJ
years for their accumulation.
Bucoda Ii the name of u town In Wash
, ingtou. The origin OF the name IL OF
somewhat curious nature. However, ]
arises from civilized sources. II vii
puzzle some of the commentators whet
, they endeavor to search for its origin
You might, says tho Salem Statesman
search all the foreign languages In tn
world and still not be able to discover u
, This IA how II was christened: Their
were three great men In that portion o.
the country where the town IL now, an'
their names were Buckley, Coulter an'
Davis. Each OF them wished the towr
to be- named after himself. hut the.
could not come to any agreement, AMI
finally, as q compromise, the two firs
letters from each name were taken an
placed togather, and thereby originates
, Bu-co-da.
AngelIna was the daughter az CHE
Seattle, after whom the city was named
, The story goes that the town In plonce
days was saved FROM being destroyed BY
her own people, by her warning the In
habitants In time ut the risk Of her belnJ
the object Of their vengeance. She u
provided for at present by some OF tn
. citizens OF Seattle, and Ii seen almos
every day about the streets OF that city
As daughter Of their former chief, sh'
II, OF course, looked up to by Others o.
her class, who live principally along thu
: Northwestern coast. She In q greal
smoker of cigarettes, and IL frequentl,
seen In the different stores, the owner
, Of which give her what she wants with
out charge, In fact, she thinks that hel
command Ii sufficient. Her age ID sup
posed to be anywhere between % ant
las years. Il being hard to tell neares
which Of those Il right.
Did you ever figure on what was ths
|, probable condition Of the great Missis
! sippl River 10000 or 100000 or ever
100000 years agof Scientists sugges
that the erosion Of It's bed was accom-
plished by q mighty cataract, which he
gan farther down the river, probably
at the place where II then emptiesl late
gulf, and, by gradual refrigeration
dug out tho valley-like gorge through
which Il now flows. That this theory
10 tenable may he inferred from thu