Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — Current Condensations. [ARTICLE]

Current Condensations.

The British Isles comprise 1.000 separate islands and islets, witlio'il| counting the jutting rocks or isolated pinnacles. It has been estimated that electric railways have already displaced in the United States no less than 275,000 horses. It is announced that the flying mouse is a recent discovery in the Cameron country of Africa. It is a link between the bat and true mouse. The pear crop in Georgia this year is the largest on record. It is estimated by those in a position to know and to judge correctly that it will exceed 300,000 barrels. The “life tree” Of Jamaica is harder to kill than any other species of woody growth known to aboificulturists. It continues to grow and thrives for months after being uprooted and exposed to the sun.