Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1884 — Eating an Acre of Dirt a Day. [ARTICLE]

Eating an Acre of Dirt a Day.

Robert Toombs, of Georgia, owns large tracts of land in Texas, and has refused $lO an acre for one lot of 4,000 acres. When living in Paris, just after the close of the rebellion, he was asked how he supported himself. He replied: “I am eating an acre of dirt a day. ” He was selling Texas lands at $5 an acre, which was about his daily expenses.—Waif. The Pandanus, commonly known as the Screw Pine, from the curious arrangement of its leaves, is now one of the finest decorative plants we have. The foliage is beautifully recurved and exceedingly graceful. As a pot plant for conservatories, we cannot reccommend it too highly. Besides the original green variety there are two new sorts, recently introduced, with foliage finely vnligated with white. 4 —— 1 - The Passion Flower was first discovered by the Spaniards in the South American forests. Their vivid imag iuations saw in this pale, starry, dreamylooking flower the twelve apostles, the rays of glory, and all the symbols of our Saviour’s passion. A lack of either faith or imagination blinds the vast majority of eyes to these wonderful types, but it is still greatly venerated in Catholic countries.