Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — PARAGRAPHS OF INTEREST. [ARTICLE]

PARAGRAPHS OF INTEREST.

Woolen goods feel warm because wool is a poor conductor of beat, and the goods made of wool contain within their substance large quantities of air, also a poor conductor. Hounds follow a trail better during humid than in dry weather, because the moisture of the atmosphere prevents the dissemination of the odors left by fleeing animals. Hodfs carry straws in their mouths on the approach of bad weather because of an hereditary instinct Wild hogs always make a comfortable bed when rain is coming on. Mrs. William S. Jones, of Waverly, Ohio, has in her possession a goldlined silk velvet coat worn by Lafayette bn his last visit to America. It is profusely decorated. The twinkling of the stars forebodes bad weather, because it shows that th ere are aerial currents of different temperatures, thus probably indicating atmospheric disturbances. A boy’s marble placed in a kettle prevents the encrusting of the vessel because the marble attracts the particles of lime and so prevents the adhering to the sides of the ves eh People wink because the eye must be kept clean and moist, and by the action of the eyelids the fluid secreted by the glands of the eyes is spread equally over the surface of the globe. A WAR between the rival street-car lines of Savannah has been in progress all summer, and fares have gradually been reduced until one of the lines has announced three rides for one cent.