Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1893 — A Natural Compass. [ARTICLE]

A Natural Compass.

The common rosin weed, as it is called, is a compass plant, the erect leaves, when growing in the open field, always pointing due north and south. When it grows in protected localities, in the shade of trees, fences or walls, its leaves, like those of any other plant, will turn towards the light, but in the open ground its apprehension of the points of the compass is infalliable, and on the Western praries it lias often aided travelers in their journey by pointing out the proper direction. Two Americans, named Weill and Robb, of New Orleans, committed suicide at Monte Carlo, Monday, after having been ruined at the gambling tables. They were traveling for pleasure.