Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-09-14

IL ID sald Dy st. PeterSburg paper
that an amateur bOtanist Of vOronezh
Mr.. Fetison. has succeeded in cultivat.
Ing roses Of a pure black color. His
persistent experiments lasted more
than ten years, and he intends shortly
to exhibit his new black rose In Lon
don.
According to Prof Agassiz. there is 4
sea worm or annelid, the "BOlOlo," at
Levuka, In Fill, which arrives in myri-
ads on the coast on a certain day. The
waters are 80 full of them as to resem-
BILE vermicelN soup. After laying their
skins.
Sound Is a vibration Of the air, some
other gas, or of liquid or solid. set up
by the vibration Of some sounding
body. Sound is not transmitted by a
vacuum. but light is. The number of
vibrations which occur with the shrIll-
est Of audible sounds 10 $4,000 or 49,
600; with the deepest tones. only about
"a to 80.
Experiments have recently been tried
In England with a Drojectile for can
non. 1t IL provided with a ring at the
base which completely closes the bore
80 that no gases can escape past the
ball. This not only prevents erosion.
but II enables good results to be attain
ed with eroGed guns. A new six-inch
gun was recently tried there which
dred eight shots In fifty-six seconds.
Some remarkable specimens of Swed-
ish steel were shown in the Stockholm
exhibition. One was n ribbon Of steel,
extremely thin, and over 1000 feet
long. 1t was so thin as to weigh only
forty three pounds. The sample was
produced at the Sandvik works, where
a very large proportion of the paragon
umbrella ribs Of the world are pro-
duced. The steel is so valuable that,
in order to maintain its standard, every
piece Is examined, and workmen cut
out any parts that are burned, and re-
move the last particle Of scale.
DIR. Lydekker. in Knowledge, points
out the error Of the widespread belief
that deserts, like the Sahara, are the
bo;tosrs n sancic.St seas wnSch nave
been lifted above their original elsva-
ton by geological forces. 1t is absolute
ly certain, he says. that the sands Of all
the great deserts Of the world have
been formed on the spot by the disinte-
grafton of the solid rocks on which they
rest. Desert sands correspond in all
respects, SO far as their mode Of origin
is concerned, to the dust and sand
which accumulate on our highroads In
summer" All deserts are situated
where the winds from the ocean, before
reaching them, are exhausted of their
moisture by passing over mountains or
across extensive tracts Of land.
Along our Pacific coast there Is gen
orally found a PLATFORM" about ten
miles broad, sloping away from the
shore until 1t reaches a depth Of LOG
fathoms. and then dropping more rap
Idly. The edge of this platform, Prof
George Davidson says. is broken by
twenty-seven submerged valleys, some
of which are in line with rivers enter
ing the sea But at least two Of them
have mountains as the shore opposite
their heads. One Of these, called the
King Peak Chasm, has been the scene
of a shipwreck under peculiar circum-
stances. The ship ran on the rocky
coast and was lost In foul weather.
when the rocks could not be seen 1t is
believed that the doomed vessel un-
knowingly followed the line Of the sub
merged valley. or chasm. and her cap
tain, finding that his soundings showed
no bottom. believed he was at a safe
distance from the coast.