The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-08-02

Nature at times CRAFTS q branch into
another or into the trunk Of the tree,
probably when friction wears Off the
bark down to the growing layer 20
that union Is possible. In all grating
It Is essential that the inner layer Of
the bark come into contact with that
Of the stock in which the GRATIS made
though It he only one side Of the graft
as In cleft or split grating.
It may not be generally known that
the fluid which surrounds the oyster
bears a closer analogy 10 the gastric
secretion than anything else In nature.
IN addition to tho solvent properties
nf this fluid It is not without its mt
tritive properties. Consequently all
persons who are accustomed to eat
oysters should be ever mindful that as
little as possible of the Juice should
be lost.
The question How old is the human
racer" receives an interesting answer
in the latest edition of De Mortillet's
Origin and Antiquity of Man" The
total number Of years elapsed since,
according to geological evidence, men
first appeared upon the earth Is placed
at 288,000. OF this $4,000 years belong
to the preglacial epoch, 100000 years
to the glacial epoch and the protohis-
toric and Neolithic, 10000 years to the
two last-named epochs, and 5000 years
to the time elapsed since the beginning
of the historic period in Egypt
M. Louis Boutan has recently pub
lished a volume upon submarine pho
Biography. The details of the processes
are given ami it appears that it is now
perfectly possible to secure good neg
atives at a depth of $50 feet. The same
arrangements will serve. no doubt. for
much greater depths. Scientific men
will use these processes for many re-
searches on the life of submarine ami
mails that are now impossible. Their
application to certain practical mat
tiers are also very important. Sub
marine divers will find their dangerous
and tedious business expedited, and the
repair of breakages in flooded mines,
ETC., will be made more easy and safe.
A thorough report Of the earthquake
in Assam, in 1897, the most violent and
extended earthquake of historic times,
has been made by Mr. r. D. Oldham.
From an abstract by Prof. Davis Of
Harvard university it appears that an
area of 10000 square miles was laid
in ruins, all means of communication
interrupted, the hills rent asumder and
cast down in landslips, the plains ifs
sured and riddled with rents from
which sand and water poured forth in
astounding quantities, causing floods
in the rivers, ETC. A surrounding area
of 1,750000 square miles felt shock
of unusual energy The earthquake
wave travelled at the rate Of 100 miles
per minute. The vertical displacement
of the ground near the centre of dis
turbance was probably as much as Ia
tnches-an unprecedented quantity;
the vertical movement Of earthquakes
of great violence, like the Charleston
earthquake, is seldom more than two
inches. SDme of the results Of this
great earthquake of June u, 1887, are
astonishing. Faults were produced,
one having a throw of 10 feet AMI a
length of two and a has miles. The
larger of the two damned n river so
az to form a lake several miles in ex-
tent and ruined a forest of at least
$4,000 trees. Landslides of great mag
nitude were produced in the Himalayas
and the valleys of streams were
char ged hey II leCognitIon.
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