The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-19

Mr.. Bueklsnd, the naturalist, says of the chame-
leon: "Betwixt the two sides of the body there
seems lack of sympathy. One eye may be look
ing straight forward while the other is looking as
directly backward. One may be entirely asleep
while the other is wide awake, and this kind of in
dependent and separate action applies to each side
OF the creature-to its limbs. II not s,cin, be-
cause ats limbs refuse TO act IN concert. Could the
two sides understand one another, and agree on a
prescribed course of action, it might ALWAYS be
awake, or half awake. But it gains nothing by its
uniataral INDEPENDENCE; the two sides like two
horses that won't work in harness. 1t seems
strange, with such popularity, that on trees, or
terra trmo, the creature should be able to make
any progress. But as the two sides are fed by one
mouth, ana as the insect tribes refuse to to it,
so they seem, In regard to all culinary matters, to
agree to sink their differences, and to move in
harmony. The stomach is potent harmonizer''
DIR. Sanger, resident physician at Blackwels Is
land, N. Y, in his report Of the city hospitals,
in remarking upon statement showing the ages
OF patients admitted within the past year, SAYS
This table shows but very little decrease in iuven-
lie depravity. In my report for 1857 ! stated as
the mean result offour years inquiries that IA I
10 per cent of the patients admitted to this hospi-
tai were under thirty years of age, and the expert
ence of the year just closed verifies that remark,
the number received under thirty years of age
forming "a l. 10 per cent. of the aggregate. While
the rising generation, those who have not yet
reached the meridian of life, are the victims of
dissipation and disease to such extent can it be
crowded with the prematurely aged and de-
crepd?
By a law of Prussia, every child between the
ages OF seven and fourteen is required to go to
school and to learn to read and write. In 1915
there were but two persons in hundred who could
neither read nor write, 2,32S 900 children of the
$500 900 between and fourteen years. attend
school. In the standing army of 10000 but two
soldiers unable to read. In case of her taking
part in the war, Prussia can bring into the field
+In ho1t ,I,, otol
force in the world.
It has been stated that the Gen. paraguay
dHilers, who commands one ofthe French di-
visions in the present war, served under the first
Napolean in 1896 and 1897, went to Egypt, &C.
The New York Post says this statement would be
interesting if it were true, but it happens that the
paraguay d'Hilers who is to command in Italy is
son of Napolean's General, who died nearly fifty
years ago. The Emperor of the French, we take it,
is not ruler likely to put man of ninety at the
head of his battaons
The United States Surveying steamer Corwin,
Lieutenant Craven, arrived at New York on Sun
day, from Key West in six days. The following is
her list of officers; Lieutenant Commanding, T..
| A. Craven; Second Lieutenant, W. d. du Barry;
| Third Lieutenant, John S. Nichols, Jr.; Draughts-
man, Louis Raicher; Surgeon, T. L. p. Crommiller;
| Chief Engineer, Hugh Clark; Assistant Engineers,
C. V. Cross and Thos. Dirme; Assistant Draughts-
man, Chas. Heyne.
The Lacemakers of Mechn, who spin the thread
for lace and also for French cambrics, are obliged
to work in confined, dark rooms, into which light
| is only admitted partially by small aperture, and
by being thus compelled to pay more constant at
| tention to their work, they discipline the eye and
attain the faculty of spinning the fax of that web
like fneness which constitutes the excellence of
| these two fabrics.
London is rapidly extending its boundaries. 1t
covers an area of III square miles, equal to square
| nf1 mi to he hn ulatio in
amounted in the year 1901 to 95S,S93, and in the
| year 1858 to 2,362, 1886. The London of 1858 is
| equal to three Londons of 1901. 1t has now a
larger population than the six New England
States.
The Decatur (Ind) Republican says that child
in Greensburgh died, apparently, a few nights ago,
and coffin was ordered, but by some accident was
delayed a few hours, during which time the child
| recovered, and is now entirely well.
On the 10th instant, three additional lists Of
swamp and overfowed lands, approved to the State
of Missouri, in the Bonneville, the Jackson, and
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