Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1892 — Pavements of Jerusalem. [ARTICLE]

Pavements of Jerusalem.

The principal pavements made in Palestine arc in Jerusalem, and it Je only within recent years they have been constructed in accordance with anything like modern requirements. The superior and massive Roman pavements, over two thousand years old and still In fair preservation, are here not taken into consideration. The material for streets is stone, cut about the size and shape of ordinary bricks or a little larger. This is laid in sand, the long and narrow side up. The stone used is the well known Jerusalem marble. The cost varies from one to two dollars per square yard. The foundation is almost invariably the rubbish of the ancient city, which has accumulated during centuries. India-kubbeu trees are reported to be growing wild in Lee County, Florida. This is a matter worth the while for enterprise to look up.' Rubber is an important article of commerce, and if trees from which it is obtained grow wild in Florida they can be cultivated with success in that region. The London police arc giving up their old bull’s-eye lanterns, which, up to the present, have been their only means of flashing the light of intelligence upon the dark spots whore criminality festers. They are now supplied with little electric lamps. Fabaday’s father was a blacksmith, and disapproved of his son’s experiment! with chemicals.