Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1885 — FACTS FOR THE CUBIOUS. [ARTICLE]

FACTS FOR THE CUBIOUS.

Im one grove in California are 1,889 trees, none measuring less than six feet in diameter. Tub dog, which fs apparently tormented by the notes of a soprano voice, remains undisturbed by those of a bass voice. A thermometer, plunged in the snow to the depth of four inches, will mark nine degrees more heat than at the surface. The AHti m soil of the Siberian coast never ttrws to a depth of more than two feet even during the greatest heat of summer. Small sponges often fix themselves to living shells, and Dr. Johnston tells us that he once met with a sponge on thfe back of a crab, which waited about quite unconcerned withits lighvburden, though it was many times larger than itself. The sea-urchin has several movable spines. Each spine looks very knowing, and apparently makes its own little excursions without regard to what th< other spines are doing. In large specimens, where ** claws 'can be seen round the surfME the effect is very oomic.d.

In one tigress was reported toWMßmkd 127 people in one year, and Stowed a public road for sew eral weeks, fn another case, a singly tigress caused the desertion of thirteen villages, and 250 square miles of country were thrown out of cultivation. Government reports show that in Lower Bengal about 2,000 persons are killed every year by wild animals, nearly half of whom are victims erf the ferocious tiger. _ Enervating, drugs are freely used in cigarettes to disguise the poor quality erf the tobacco. Opium and valerian are especially mentioned. What is called “ Hava'na flavoring ” has grown to be an important article of com merce. Thousands of barrels of it are sold everywhere. It is extensively used in manufacturing certain kinds of cigarettes. It is made from the tonoa-bean, which contains a drug called mellolotis, a deadly poison, seven grains of which will kill a dog. The immense herds, now aggregating 20,000,000 which roam over the pampas of the Argentine Republic and comprise, with the sheep, most of the wealth of that country, are all descended from eight cows and a bull which two Portuguese brothers, named Goes, took to tl# Spanish colony there in 1553. It is only within a few years that any effort has been made to improve the mnch-jA. preciated stock of the country. As yet only a few cattle near Buenos Ayres have been crossed with short-horn breeds.

Leeches are among the curious pests which swarm in the moist places ot a Malay jungle. Directly the earth trembles with a man's step, the leeches stretch themselves out in savage thirst, By some means they manage to make a lodgement on his body. He may not feel them at first, but when, at his journey’s end he strips for a bath, he finds a score or more of the little blood-suck-ers fastened to his legs and gorged with their sanguinary dinner. He pussies his head in vain to discover how they managed to get up his trousers-legs. But on resuming his journey, he ties his trousers tightly round the ankle, places them In his boots, which he anoints an abomination to the little pests. Only in this way may they be kept off ths person.

Mutton Chops.—Trim off all the skin and roll each chop in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot lard. Cook until brown.

Squash Griddle Cakes.—Two cupfuls of cooked squash that has been passed through a sieve, a scant pint of two beaten eggs, two spoonfuls of sugar, a pint of sifted flour, a teaspoonful and a half of baking powder and a little salt. Beat together until smooA and light.

WANTED.—AII parties knowing themselves to be indebted to me are requested to call and settle

at once.

R. H. YEOMAN.