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heard. franklin has remarked that many years aeo ~
inhabitants of Philadelphia had bell imported from b"S
land In order to Judge of the sound it elevated on
triangle in the great street of the city, and struck aS
pened on market day. when the people coming u '"a'Ne
were surprised hearing the sunnd ota Dell greater
distance from the city than they had ever neaiu eS UGH
befre This circumstance excited the attention oil Inc Gu
rous; and was discovered that the sounu OF me oeli
bn struck in tho street reached nearly double the distance
:, d when raised in the air la the air. sund travels at
the rate Of fran $50 to lao feet per second In water,
1868 feet per second Sounds are distinct at twce the
distance on water that they are ON land.
MRs. STEPHEN GiRARD.-The Philadelphia Ledger
saws that Stephen Grards wife made insane by his
show that Mary Girard admitted an insane patient
on the 2ls Of August 1870, where she died 10 Sept
1915. Mrs. Guards maiden name was i.um. Seven
months after her admission into the hospital sue sc
birth TO daughter who baptised by the maui "
Mary, and this was the only child Of Grard' ""o ~ "
infancy 1t is certain that Islander pursued "e' " nei
grave, and this Islander invariably traced 70 Jeaous
husband, who had married one only 100 OeNu''"'
THEoRY CoNFLIcrrSc WITH PeAoTlcE-lt is said
that r. BarnweIl Rhet the SCUM Oatohna Senator, VINO
courts the title of aOr, and te au'hOr OF Inc NASHVILLE
Address has sun at Harvard University IN the odious
state nf MASSACHUSETTS where there is alsu of the
HIM Pierre Soule of Louisiana, who it will be remembered
is srono advocate tor dsuniOn. And Gen. Quiiman the
"Don Quxoirc" Governor Of Mississippi, is educating
his sor at Nassau Hall, Princeton n j. Has the South
no men Of educational advanages Or do these prominent
Hospurs think that they contributing means to uphold
the North and the time draining The strength
tributed. from the power the Sunth?-DdtcWe Reg.
EXTENT OF TExas.-Thnse who have been so dissatls-
fed about the size Of California; should, Tor sake OF APP
pearances say something about the proportions OF Tex
as The og Texas is about hve times The size oil NJ
York Il is about four hundred miles from San Anon-
O to the nearest point Of New Mexico. From the
mouth Of the Rio Grand to FL Pasu it is about eight hun
dred and thirty miles, In straight line, and twice the
distance by river From the northeast corner OF the State
TO III Paso is about eight hundred and SIXTY miles and
about same from the mouth Ut the lilo Grand 10 the
northern lne.---,Ne,c Orleans Crescent
Kossuru CoMIye TO AMERIcA-The Conner Polsk
announces that the affair of the Hungarian Refugees has
been finally arranged America has offered them asy
lu which they have accepted and has undertaken to pro
vide for their wants the Ottoman Government pays their
expenses to Liverpool and the English Government their
expenses thence America This arrangement was pro-
pnSed by the Ottoman Government and acceded TO by Eng
land aud America.
VALUABLE Cow.-Jenny Lind might we'll sing
Kon kiruh no ali 20 10 the spoken of in the follow
ing, from the Easton (Md) Gasette:
1--WE learn from Mr. Peter Tarr, of the Easton Hotel,
that he has cow which, from the first day Of April TO
the first day of December, period OF eight MONTHS gave
three thousand quarSor hundred and fifty gallons
of milk which, 25 cents per gallon, would be worth
SIS7 so. II any one has COW which has given more
milk, OF been profitable, we hope her owner will
'trot her OUT
AZ Gov Boutwell, of Mass delivered his messageto
the Legislature the 18TH With regard 10 the Fugitive
Slave Law he says its execution cannot be interrupted
that il must be submitted until some successful appeal
is made either the supreme judicial tribunals or TO Con-
gress--to the former declare it unc"nstltuonal-to
the atteto repeal modify it, He considers the act as
not having due regard to the rights OF fuglves but
says must be submitted 10 until II can be In proper
manner modified.
ID q,
the anS of AercG, has just been issued at Phlladel-
phia is said be Of the finest works ever pub
iiShed in this cOunrv being illustrated and embeshed
by upwards Of seventy exquisite acknowledgements
prints many of them by DnVau, and OF superb excel
lencP. They pictures OF Indians, their wlgwams,
their implements and every thg that prove of inter-
est 10 the student.
PRoLFlc PuLLETs.-Mr. S. s. Lawrence, of Tyngs-
borough, Massachusetts,, has Shanghai puet, eight
months old that has laid fory-tco large sized eggs in
orly fire days One day she laid two Of the above num-
Der. Mr.. Lawrence, Also has one other Shanghai pull
let seven months old, of .WUShs stock that has laid
Treaty co eggs in toeny three days, aud is laying dali
ly, at the present date.
~ The Washington Monument has now reached the
hight Of eighty feet above the surface, thrtyeight OF
which have been raised during The past year. at an ex-
pense Of 5000 per foot number o stones from dlher-
ent States and societies have already been inserted in
the column and many others the ground, ready to
be placed in the wall as the work advances.
~ IL is affirmed that negotiations tor marriage be-
tween the Emperor of Austria aud the Princess Sdona Of
Saxoay have been brought TO conclusion, and that the
marriage will be celebrated next May with great splen
DOR The Princess is only II, and very beautiful. Her
father the Prince John brother OF the reignng King, Isl
owing the latter having offspring, next heir to The
throne,-EHgR& paper.
o. The Philadelphia North American is of opinion that
the radical cause ut the silver scarcity in the United
States be traced unnatural system, ny
which we are rendered the tributaries Of all Europe. Ii
makes trade using one. We must pay our balances
in the precious metals and chOcSe be paid
in silver instead of gold because circumstances give he
in the former advantage in the shape OF an additional
profit, which, appears they estimate at three per cent.
G- The arrangements for the Great Exhibition in Lon
don are actively prosecuted Among the articles from In
dia is a pearl rube valued about + COO; and gold
mounted sadded set with precious sones the property of
the late Runjeet Singh, valued at about E oOOO Ali
Muorad has contributed magn6ceny towards the e1
hibon in embroidered workmanship of quilts, enamed
swords Sc
~ 1t is said that Captain Erickson. tie celebrated
Engineer is engaged in producing steam carriage for
use upon plank roads, by which Immense bodies may be
transported, at good speed, with small COST Fifteen
wears ago. many attempts made in England to pro-
cure steam carriage suitable to USE upon common roads,
but no experiment resulted Prohtaoy.
~ The city councils of Maysvil'e Ky have passed
resolutions recommending to the Governor OF kentucky
Thomas Stevenson commissioner VI agent on be-
half Of the State, visit the cities Of Washington Rich
mond and Baltimore, to promote connection of the
railroads from Washington, by way Of Big Sandy, Mays
vile. Lexington and Louisville with the Virginia Cen
tra Railroad.
CENSUS OF NoRTH CARoLINA-The Census of the
State ofNoh Carolina has been fully ascerained with The
exception Of the county Of Meckenbnrg and assuming
number in that county be 1000 the total population o.
the Stale is S706S7 of which 2SS 900 are slaves The
increase in the entire population since 1910 is 26S of
which increase about As 00G is of the slave population
GS- Napoleon used to say, Strange as it may appear
when want any good headwork done, choose man,
provided his education has been suitable with long muse
His breathing is free and ood and his BRAIN as well as
his lungs and heart cool and clear In my observations of
men, have almost invariably found long nose and lone
head TO 90 together