Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-06-25
NO. 26.

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and lived at Munich, the capitol of bava-
ria. His income was $500, 600 a year.
He died in 1923, universally lamented.
.lIiameness Of .4toms.-Platinum and
silver can be drawn into wire much finer
than human hair. a grain Of blue vitriol
or carmine, will t'age gallon of water so
that in every drop the color may be per-
ceived. A grain ofmusk will scent a room
for twenty years, and viii have lost little of
IT'S weight. The carrlon crow smells its
food many miles of. A burning taper,un-
covered for a single instant, during which
it does not lose one hnndpeth of a grain,
would I'll with Light sphere of four miles
in diameter, so as TO be visible III every part
oft. The thread of silk worm is So small
that many of them are twisted together to
form our finest sewing thread: but that OF
the spider is smaller stlIl, for two drachmS
of it by weight would reach FROM London
to Edinburgh, or 400 miles. lnthe mllt
ola Goldfish or in water in which certain We
getables have been infused, the microscope
discovers animalcuies, OF which many thou
sand together do not equal bulk grain
of sand: and yet nature with asingular pro-
digahty, has supplied many of these with
organs as complex as those OF the whale or
elephant; and their bodies consist Of the
same substance or ultimate atoms, as that
of man himself In single pound ofsuch
matter, there are more iying creatures than
of human beings on the face Of the Globe.
What scene has the microscope opened
to the admiration of the philosophic inpur-
err! water, mercury, sulphur, or IN general
any substance, when sufficiently heated,
rises as invisible yapor or gas; that is, II
is reduced to the acrlform state. Great
heat, would cause the whole of the material
universe to disappear, and the most solid
bodies to become as invisible and impalpa-
bic as the air we breathe. Few have con-
templated an humiliation of the world
more complete.-Eagiish Paper.
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a White Monkey A letter, dated Ram
ri, 18th ofApril, 1927, states, that a mon
key has been caught entirely white: the
hair on the body of this animal was white,
curled, and as soft as silk. Ii is rea'rted
as very rare, and has excited the az ''a.
ton of the Hindoos; they GOV t, .iatt c,
like It has ever been seen, and that Ii
OF Ava sent golden cage to RECEIVE d
was escorted by troop of men % theralEa
tai: the king spent more than 20,Ge0 ru.
PEGS in sacrifices and public reioicings,
hoping that thearrival of this extraordinary
stranger was presage Of good fortune.
The ape Of Ramri was unfortunately tasen
too young. A Brman woman, who was
sucking her child, offered her breast lor
the monkey. and divided her attention be-
tween the two Stockings; but at tic end Of
seven days the monkey died.
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THERE is MORAL ATMOSPHERE IN A HOUSE
There is a climate in a parents house,
there IS a combination of circumstances 70
whose influence the child is exposed, which
may not be detected or described, andp
which does more than AL things else,
temper his mind, to give the tone Of
dispositions, TO form his principles an
bits, and to determine the growth,
and statue Of his whole characterlZ z. Z
be a deleterious influence, pfsefz p>
exhortaton will not prevail agalns ~
Give exhortation and advice as you pltc ~
You might as well declaim against'
malaria Of Rome, or the embedding bre, y
of the equatorial regions. 1t is an inaslS
ence flowing from the character of the "a q
rents and other members Of the family. and
the arrangements Of the household. and
their familiar conversation and modes Of
of speech. the conduct of their unnuarded
hours, their little preferences, their favor
tie tastes and whims-in short, all that
they do themselves, and all that they say
Of others. This is an influence over the
child's beart which is never interrupted.
When you think not oft, It is operating.
When you have forgotten that your off
spring is present. It IS operating. fit be
Of a tendency contrary to the language Of
your advice, it thwarts that advice. L
puts a powerful and irresistible negative
on every admonition. II coniradicts every
profession. and sets at nought every exDos-
iulatlon. When you observe this, and SEQ
that your words are fultless. ycI think
your child ungratefal, selfwilled, pcrerse.
But where does the blame licl Is il Who'll.
~ on hrs panl Believe US, no.
Direzaty oftae Human Conatsnaaee.
There are few points in natural pbiloso-
ply more remarkable Than the infinite d.
yersity in the human figure and counten-
ance. There are, at this moment, 500,