American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-22

| had the composition counterfeit replaced IN the
ring, and in the evening he sought the rcstau-
raut for the third time. The same set were
there, but looked somewhat crcsttallen. After
Joking with them for some time, our hero grave
y addressed the cute gentlcrEan from whom
he had purchased the ring, after this fashion: .
"Wel my dear fellow, have had my laugh
out Of you; | don't want TO rob you, and
don't want the ring. Marquand has offered
me three hundred and fifty dollars for it, you
shall have 1t for two hundred and fifty dollars
aud yop can go TO him tomorrow if you like,
and make cool hundred out Of it.
| The offer was too tempting to be refused
| The shark Bit and the Southerner received
two hundred and fifty dollars worth Of gold
and the sharper Fifty cents worth of paste. The
next morning the Carolinian was non est 6reS-
htS: and the over-reached sharper found lying on
| his table beautiful note, sealed with pcrlumed
! wax, and stamped with figure Of Mercury,
/ the god of thieves On removing the envelope
the note was found to contain only three words
/ viz: "DIAMoND CUT DIAMOND"
This was puzzle; but the first iawcller TO
whom our "sporting friend" showed the ring
explained the mystery The victim, unable to
bear up against the ridicule brought down upon
him by this denOuemenf, has left town for few
weeks on urgent business,
INTERESTING FACTS. The population of the
earth is estimated at one thousand millions
Thirty millions die annually eghty-two thou
sand daily, three thousand four hundred and
twenty-one every hour, and ffty-seven every
minute.
A bushel of wheat weighing GO pounds con-
tains $4,000 kernels.
In Greece it was the custom at meals for the
/ tu,o nj, To cariopcl,-
The Romans lay on couches at their dining
tables on their left arms, eating with their right.
Noah's Ark was SAG English feet long, 81
broad, and sd high.
The walls of Nlnevah were 100 feet high and
thick enough for three chariots abreast.
Babylon was 60 miles within the walls,
which were rs feet thick and 800 feet high.
A clean skin is as necessary to health as food.
Vinegar boiled with myrrh or camphor sprn-
killed. in a room, corrects putridlty.
Hops entwine to the left, and beans to the
right.
Gold may be beaten into leaves so thin, that
100000 would be only an inch thick.
The earth is 1916 miles in diameter, and
24,8S0 miles round
Forests of standing trees have been discover
ed in Yorkshire, England, and in Ireland in-
beddGd in stone.
There is iron enough in the blood of AZ men
to make fifty horse shoes, each weighing half a
pound.
A man is taller in the morning by half an
inch than he is at night
Water is the only universal medicine by it
all diseases may be alleviated or cured.
About the aye of SO, it is said, the lean man
becomes fatter and the fat man leaner.
The atoms composing man are believed to
be changed every forty days, and the bones in
few months.
Fossil remains on the Ohio prove that it was
once covered by the sea-
When the sea is blue color, it is deep wa
ter; and when green shallow.
map of China, made one thousand years
before Christ, is still in existence.
The 18th Of January, on an average of years,
is the coolest day in the year.
In water, sound passes at the rate Of S,50S
feet per second. In air, ,l42 feet per second.
In the Arctic regions, when the thermometer
is below zero, pelsoas can converse at more
than a mile distant. Dr.. Jameson asserts,
that he heard every word of sermon at the
distance oftwo miles.
A hand used for horses is four inches.
Ezckiel's reed was s. feet / is inches long,
A Sabbath days journey was about two
thirds Of a mile.
There are 800 known species Of fishes.
Perfectly white cats are deaf.
The bones birds are hollow, and filled with
air instead of marrow.
A single house fly produces in one season,
20,OS0, $50!
The flea jumps 200 times its OWE length,
equal to a quarter of mile for man.
The black ostrich stands feet high
In the human body there are 240 bones.