The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-14

a Visit 10 Nyc.

Lately had . lctte" from Bill Nye,
written II his highly cultivated farm IL
the mountains OF North Carolina. in
which ne says: 81 have field of rye on
EN farm that I think VIII RIM about
four gallons to the zero. Como down.
This is different from 81 time some
years ago. L was visiting Nyc ut Hud-
son.. Via. Foe long time he had beca
more CT less IN invalid. His Boomerang
at Laramie had beop indeed Il boone
ran'5 AS described ny DR.. Oliver Wen
deli Holmes:
Like the strange missile the Australian throws,
fouT vcrha. c:o..."rant, .laps you tho nose.
Nye's Boomerang had been used to.
abuse him after he had fallen i'll and
gone away.
lie was IoT Oh the Hudson taking the
new start in lIfc and the lido that lod.
OF TO fortunc
Near shutdown orh evening we had,
ablut finished doing his chores md wero.
natural Cms.
An experiment OF .Cinc importance Is
reported, nado with !, view TO deter
mine, if possible, the origin Of natural
gas irrespective OF theories hitherto
prevalent. For this purpose dried sea-
weed WIS stepped III water which had
been freed from air. and Gil the third
day gas appeared. continuing to- 10
evolved I'll diminishing quantity untl:.
the tcnth day, when some 500 cubic cen
tinleterS had been collected Tho ovoiu-
ton had evidcntly- ceased; though after
standing two years and IL half 30 cubic
centimetcrs more @f gas collected in the
apparatus; the second gas differed from
the first, consisting, it is recorded, a.
most entirely OF lnethanc-tho chief con
stituent Of natural gas-from which it
is inferred that this slow secondary de-
composition of vegetable matter has
some relation 60 the originiof natural
"as New York Sun
The N'it.t Wills.
Wills were ct first oral, as were, also
gifts of lands, and We're only morally
binding on the survivors: Origen and
other fathers Of the early church cred
med Noah with having made a,Yiu, and
IN the fourth century the bishop of
Brescia declared all those hcretica who,
denied 1Noah's division Of the. world to
his three SONS by Will The oldest known
wills arc those of Egypt Both oral and
writtcn wills not ipfrequcntly contained
imprccationS on those. who. should neg
!ect them.
Tho earliest writt4n Will in existeraa,
is that of Sennachelih, which was found
i'll the royal librnry of konyunjik.
There Is D. great saJneness about our 4Xn
royal wills. They mainly relate to heds,
bedding, Clothes personal ornaments,
gold and silver cups and payments; for
masses and are generally as pros;aic as
CGe cmld contrive.- -
! A Rope Barometer.
In the office of the Des Moines Regis
ter is the best barometer in the state. It
consists Of al ordinary rope attached to
the Carrier box between the first and
fourth floors, making it nearly 60 feet
long. This rope wonderfully sensitive
to changes in the atmosphere. At least
"a hours before the average rain it be-
gins to tighten by the absorption Of
moisture. Its predictions nearly always
como true
A Preference.
whisky" said the temperance ora
tor in tones Of much earnestness as he
pointed his finger at tho audience
whisky has killed moro men than bull.
lets. -
All tho same, " said tho watery eyed
citizen near the middle aisle, "I'd a
heap rather a man filled mo with whis-
ky than with bullets, -Indiauapolis
Journal.