Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-28
ARTH'S DRYEST SPOT.
Regions of Greatest and Least Rain in
 the World.

Regions of Greatest and Least Rain in
 the World.
 A place on the coast of Peru about $50 miles south of the equator. known as Payta, is supposed to be the drvest spot on the face of the earth. The average interval between showers at Payta is seven years. When Professor Fairchild visited the place in February there had been, some time before. a drizzle lasting from 10 o'cloc!, ore evening till noon the next day. This was the first rain that had fallen in elght years. The opposite side of the world furnishes the counterpart to this almost rainless region It is among the hills Of Assam, where the eleva- tons condense the moisture brought 9y the south monsoon and pour del- uge upon the Cherajonji station of the Indian government. The annual mean rainfall there is about 620 inches. and III the exceptional year of 1861 it amounted to 790 inches. Nowhere else does the tropical downpour equal that which descends upon this district among the khasia hills. The rains be- gin ln March and continue almost steadily till the middle of November hat part of the plains adjoining the rivers Is under water for eight months every year. During this period there IS no communication, even between neIghboring villages, and to this en- forced isolation is attributed the fact that there are considerable differences of language among the people of neigh boring hemlets who undoubtedly, at one time, spoke the same language Their swamps and quagmires keep them apart.-New York Sun.
 Large Butter prodncer.
 "The saying when the COWS come home means something to an Illinois man I know" said citizen of that state to the writer the other day. Tt requires the coming home of 10000 cows to supply ths milk wt3h which he makes his annual output of butter. He made and sold 14.000o00 pounds of that produce last year and received | stand and agitate the churn dasher that thrashed all that butter out; but the employees of the 160 creameries that he owns and controls managed to churn it. He is the largest butter pro- ducer in the world, and thirteen years ago he started business with only one small creamery. At the present time t requires twenty carloads or more than eco tons, of salt to salt the but ter that he turns out every year. and 6 000 farms to support or feed the cows that furnish the milk. He is only a hayseed citizen, but he is doing quite well. e-Washington Star
 A Newsboy Evangelist.
 St. Louis has neWsboy evangelist. His name is Earl Jamison and he is II years old. Several weeks ago young ..arl went to one of his neighbors and asked him if he could not use his barn for religious services. His re- quest was grant q and every evening since meetings nave been held by the you~g evangelist except on Sunday nights. Earl doe the preaching and praying and leeds the singing. His service continues about an hour and he eene' ally has fair-sized congre- gatien. Those who attend, both young and old. are impressed by the feryor pf the youthful preacher. Earl is sturdily built little fellow, with light hair and frank, fearless manner. His serious mien is like that of white haired judge. He Is good talker and can quote the scriptures freely. He has collected money during his evan gelistic career fer the famine-stricken people of India.
 Inv ,.z<ase iseu
 Wheh John Quincy Adams was 80 years of age he met in tho streets of Boston an old friend who shook his trembling hand and said Good morning, and how is John Quincy Adams today?" Thank you, was the eX-presfdent's answer, "John Quincy Adams himself is we'll sir; quite well, I thank you. But the house in which he lives at present is becom- ing dilapidated. It is tottering upon it's foundation. Time and the seasons have nearly destroyed it. It's roof is pretty well worn out. It's walls are much shattered and it trembles with every wind. The old tenement is be- coming almost uninhabitable, and I think John Quincy Adams will have to move out of it soon. But he himself is quite we'll, sir; quite we'll" With that the venerable sixth president of the United States moved on, with the aid of his staff