Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1901 — QUEER STORIES [ARTICLE]

QUEER STORIES

The only town in a civilized country which is ruled and managed entirely by colored men is Eatonville, in Orange County, Florida. England's Australasian colonies (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand) Increased in population 266 per cent between 1861 and 1898. The distinction among animals of requiring least sleep belongs to the elephant. In spite of its capacity for hard work, the elephant seldom if ever sleeps more than four or occasionally five hours.

The blood is a colorless liquid, in which little red globules are floating. Every drop of it contains about one million of the globules, and they are susceptible of division into smaller globules still. Among its many curious products, South Africa Includes the “sneezewood” tree, which takes its name from the fact that one cannot cut it with a saw without sneezing, as the fine dust has exactly the effect of snuff. After the abandonment of Britain by the Romans, the roads fell tato disuse, and bridle paths formed the only means of communication. Not until the sixteenth year of Charles 11., that is 1676, was any systematic effort made to improve the roads of England. Snbw sells in the north of Sicily for about 1 cent a pound. It is a government monopoly, and the Prince of Palermo derives the greater part of his income from it. The snow is gathered on the mountains in felt-covered baskets, and is sold in the cities for refrigerating purposes. The society of California pioneers has determined after careful investigation that Jan. 28, 1848, was the exact date of the discovery of gold in California by James W. Marshall. The gold was found in the rocky bed of the tailrace of the Sutter saw-mill at Coloma, on the south fork of the American River.