Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1892 — A Curious Experiment. [ARTICLE]

A Curious Experiment.

London Daily News. Experiments were made during the i last trial trip of the armed cruiser Beowulf to determine the air press- | ure at the mouth of a gtm at the moment of discharge. Rabbits were placed near the muzzles of the guns and shots fired. In every case the animals fell dead at once. In order to test the probable effect of the enormous displacement of air upon huinan beings, figures made of straw were used, were torn to pieces in every instance. The trials were made .with long bored twenty-four centimeter ring .guns. " — — Anyone Who is disposed to have a cat party in his of her back garden has only to procure some catnip and leave it there, and all the cats in the vicinity I 'will soon arrive and then the fun will begin- They will it, toss it up, roll over it, fight for it and scratch it around until there is not a vestige of it left. Valerian has the same attraction for them; and in a lesser degree they enjoy the scents of other aromatic plants.