The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-03-01

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lJsEr0I HINTS Puanle AZ Ek S *
& afeariops fact in the shlistSry Of sound.
the lolasst nc Ways perlsiI ON the:
Espst s6 ers tksy aEe pE gced, whereas nnu.:
sized notes viii be hea alta great distances.
[ ,IhhSa we Iproaey llh;nsa miIegor tpssj 81
fofaa5saalM M ih Mh ich aSfair la held
we nay hear Very faitaily the camoir. of tha.
|:multnude but more. distinctly the organs
Eandfether musical instruments which ares
fplaNe fnx thsiT amusement.s IF q Crenoiass
AyioHh, q Real q pti. be played by the side
IF asnodern fiddle, the latter Wilf solIndg
|. much the oudest ofthe two; but the sweet.
Ebrilliant tone of the Ama,i, WILDE heard at
distance the other cannot reach. .;Dns
SYoungg,son the authority of Derham, states;
that at Gibrnlter, the human voice may be-
heard atn greaterdistance than that 'ofany5
other animal Thus, when the cottager in.
the Woods, or i1sthe open plain, wishes to
|$call her husband, who is working satta dis!
(stanee, She does not; shout, but pitches her
voicetto a. musical key, which. she Knows:
from habit, and dsby that means reaches his
ear. Ihe loudest roar Of the largest Iiotns
couldnotS otSpenetrate so far. This property.
ofmusic9 the human voice." says the aus
/ thor, sis strikingly shown in tn. Cathedraisi
abroad. Here ahe mass is entirely perform,
ed in musical scands,sand becomes audible
to every deyotee, however placed in the re-.
moees, part Of the church; whereas, ifthe;
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not have travelled beyond ,the precin,so the.
choir" Those orators who are .henrdbir
large assemblies most distinctly i, and at the,
greatest dlstaHce;y are those who, BY mod a.,
lating the voice, render it more music :
Loud speakers are seldom heart 10 sadyan
tage sss!s ss.5 ;.5.51 -. ,s 81 ~
Burke's voice IS said to have ibeena sort
oflofiy cry, which tended as much as the
formaity Of his discourse in the House
of Commons to send the members to their
dinner. Cha,ham's lowest whisper wasdtifs-
tinctly heard: s'his lnddlestones were sweet
rich and beautifully suried, I, says a writer.
describing the crater; lahen he raised llis
voice to it's highest pitch. the house was
completely filled with the volume of sound.
and the effect was awful, except whershe.
meant to cheer or animals nd thenhesha
spirit stirring notes, which we're perfectly
irresistible. The house sank before Shlm !,
still he was dignified, ,and' wonderful as S,sls
his eloduence, it was attended with thissIil Iila- )
portant effect. that at possessed eFsTy esla'
witt q convict ion that there was sonnet Hing
Ein hinEGneT even than his words that the.
MAJ was greater,s Intimately greater than
the Z. 7 s.
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To MuLTIpLY THE PoTATo HUYDRE1
FoLp.-it appears not to- sbe generally.
known that .rhe potato plant hay be propas
gated more abund ddntfy and with greater.
ease than most other plants. n Ihe shoots;
produce oots M turaliI DIT every Joint beioAss
The grodna, when planted -inl lhss saaI tstsyss
sFospfaat for proPag ation, q pieespf
ground will lbs suficie1h, us bsrs NAV
placed close log her. hoots:
hdvk groWn nm inch Or two above the SUI Fs.
face The earth, the tops ma Gdi OFF iesss
sIag the ;iirst jointed root and planted tWeers
three ipchessaPart in fine sand ca lh i ii.
the course ofa week or ten days the lllfs
be Well rooted plants, ana plante Re dis
tance an potatoes are general planted, SsilLs
produce q crop of tubers5 hit, tte n soT
Flyelge weeks (aecord Ing to The kinds, sg,is
ttlal produced III odd
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