The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-08-10
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

TO s'cut stick" a euphemism for
running away, is an expression found
not only in English, but also in French,
German, Italian and Spanish. 1t is
supposed to refer to the practice among
travellers of cutting staff from
hedge or tree before beginning jour-
ney.
-Belladonna is a preparation from
the deadly nightshade, plant familiar
to most persons from being frequently
seen as an ornamental shrub In the
flower gardens. All parts OF the plant
are actively poisonous, and many IA
talities have resulted from the leaves
or berries being incautiously chewed
or eaten by children and other persons
One finds still all over the older
portions of the south the remains OF
fine old family libraries of English
classics. the best editions, we'll bound
and we'll kept These libraries were
once the pride of planters in Maryland,
| Virginia. the Caroliuas-the states that
| included the best educated southern
ers, men strongly under British tradi-
tions, and lovers of good literature
| Cinnamon is the bark of tree
which is native to Ceylon, South In
dia and many of the East India isl
ands. During the middle ages it was
highly esteemed as a medicine. and
one instance is on record of a pound OF
it being sold in Spain A. ID. $50 for
sum nearly equivalent to one hundred
and thirty-six dollars of our money. ~
was believed to have the property OK
keeping away devils.
An interesting feature OF soma
new dining cars recently turned out
by the Midland and Glasgow & South
: Scotland railways is series OF nova
BILE partitions by which the car can be
divided into compartments to accom-
] modate parties of four. This insures
, absolute privacy, and in summer the
e doors arc left open through the car 1ol
a ventilation. The cars are handsomely
: furnished, are lighted by electricity
i and provided with electric bells.
!, There is something very hk
o a corner in San Domingo mahogany
e The wood has been getting scarce
r wear by year, and it is said that tn
only large stock of it in this country
n held by a rich shipbuilding concerS
Il The price is going up, and contract =
!, are looking aslzance at specification
r that call for San Domingo mahogany
y Slabs of the wood found in old furn
b ture bring high rates, as such piece
p have the perfection of seasoning, an
n are usually as sound as new wood.
7. There is an amusing anxiety Q
u the part of publishers to persuac
@ lecture managers that new lights
IL literature are likely to prove success
" full in the lecture field, and vice vers
% The success of literary man max
:, him an object of interest to the lectu
~ manager, though it by no means fo
90 lows that novelist of sudden pop
" larity will draw large lecture auo
ences, because novelists that a
known in New York and other lar
cities are very little heard OF In u
:" towns to which lecturers go.
-. A balloon equipped with self-re
80 istering instruments to measure
- temperature and pressure OF the
~ mosphere at high attitudes was recel
lv let loose in Berlin, and came dow
=. with the instruments in good con
70 ton. in Bosnia. The instrumer
showed that the balloon had reach
an elevation of fifty-three thousa
eight hundred seventy-two feet, ov
0' ten miles; the thermometer had fall
ted to fifty-two degrees below zero,
a !. lowest it could record. Another b
ant loon sent up later reached seven
.st- two thousand feet above the earth,
mo thirteen and half miles.
sss- Coach No. 1872. of the Boston
!. to Maine Co., is ventilated by new
rye tenn which does away with the tr
or som and yet prevents unpleas
ses, drauuhts. The air is taken in throt
lid screens under the hood, and in pass
uld to the rear drops down through
xes ceiling. Across the middle OF
re- aouble roof is partition which c.
!. of nels this air to pass down into the
,me after passing this cross section pa
ton the air passes up again into
IAN rear half of the roof and out thro
cen the rear hood, taking the foul air '
nni- It. This plan works very successful
tors and number of their new cars ar
E i'll he ventilated this way.
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