Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1843-09-28

ST lie mouth. and a. very small. tad III
,repollion Ia the fish. and exactly Ike
5al's tail. The tail can De Seen On board
he brig Rowena. The dimensions oil the
6sh usre as follows length from end Of
lie tail 10 end Of the tusks Is feet; from
wing 10 wing 30 feet the mouth 4 fee,
'Fs' c.s Dlp @
~lroadtfs Within, = Those whoare prone
10 seize at every thing which has the as
pect OF novelty might do well o look
wi9hia and observe the movement Of that
n achinery which called forth the exoias
nation Of the Psalmist We'are feadullX
and wonderfully made
The heart, according to the best cIcu-
laitons we have been ablesto make prof.
peis into the aorta> twenlg -Aogsheads Of
flood in twenty .ioslr<fours.. This blood, !
ii FIRST setting OUT travels What would
Is equivalent to about ball d mile an
hour, or eleven miles in twenty.fonr4
hours. The heart Of an adult beats go !
times minute, aud So, 400 times . day
ar 10 a whole life. II protracted to 50
wears, no less than 2.437 ,601 800 tines
Even this computation however. Is net
lsrse enough, for the infant hears beats
3oouttwice as often as that Of the adaiF
Which would probably raise the number
Is more than three thousand millions.
e. breathe 10 adult lie about lSlimes
ia minute, or in q life Of SO years, a
gl1.71;i times. making no allowance tof'
he more rand BREATHING IN Infancy and
dhldhqod, which wpuld raise i TO hon:-
sand millions.
A person whose! movements sshoutlf
average ten miles day, through HE 81
tsO yeats and this ~ not more than ought
| to be N ade--would move one or anolHet
lof his limbs, 1911 $50 600 times. NEuf-
Apply. this by one hundred tie number qf
I1mnscles, bones; Sc, concerned IN ehch
motion aud you have~a product Of l5f, I
I5l76 600 0O0. Teacher Of Health.
THE GAosT CHILp. Theirs are thoaF5a
vel living in this very neighBorhped Hhf
IRENE n Der, and relate With Jap awe Which
Ehalf century has not abalsad The story
3oi Ruth Blaye, and The Ghost Child ri
| Ruth was a young woman, Foi lively siegs
lperament and great ypersonal btaal,y.--
lsWhile engaged as the teacher otsa school
Fin The lille town Of Southampton n #.
ktwhose bills roughen the horizon WITH
Ilhtir snowy outline within view OF my
| window at this very moment1 she was In
lsiied to spend the evening at he dEelliug
Of one Of her young associates, Several
Epersons were present, Of both sexes II he
sun Just setting. poured ltsspft rich llkhs.
Into the apartment, Saddepiy, IN the
slmidst Of unwonied galety, the young,
school mistress uttered a frighlful shflek.
Fandswas gazing with eounteDance Of. m
,ense horror al the open Siadoy; aedy
noiniing with Der rigid, ou.siretehed ara
Al an object which drew at once the az
ltentiou OF her companions. 40 ING sln2he
Light Of sunset, lay upon theIsiil q lne -
I.pen ease nent, dead lnfaiii-ylslDle y
laiI Tor a single moment, aac yanls0ing 1e
lore the eazers could command WORDS ~
exnress their amazsment. The wretched
! Ruth was The first to break tbe cIlefce. -
Il, i mfae Nix CHILnw she shrIekea,
Il 1as come for ne ~ She gradually be
came more lfaaqpil, but no effort awaited
.l1o dyaw from her The terriblelsecret which
Twas evidently connected with iha apnart'
Enon She was soon afterwards arrested
land brongh, 10 trial for the crime Of caild
Emufder, found guilty. and executed at
l.porisnouth. N. fl. de not, of COURSE
souch ior The ruth Of this story in all re-
.per,s. tell the story as twas told 10
n me.s1s--.J. G Tfliitier's Dem I2ev.
y Mr. JoBN R.TowE Rs, asterling Wing
has ISSUED proposals Tor daily psPsl =
10. sh,noloas 10 be STYLED aThe Whlg
Slaadstd. Il at S5.per annnFn. lsisio sup
/ pori Mr Clay for the Presidency Npen
the Presidential campaign shall have been
tairls opened. Weekly Paper, Il one
{ 5ansk 6r fhs cazsbaigns win be issued.
The National Intelligencer says:
I AT is no more han due 70 Mr. !. wfRs 70 say
ia..ss. i @ot.na Wing. 4 rood tifzea, and an
n excellenl PRACTICAL printer ha 4 welt qualshsa
fpI she undertaking