The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-27
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arlthmetIcal genius by young man named Mere
dlth Holland, from Monroe county, KY, who called
INTO our Olice. Ii asked to multiply any two
numbers by each other, however great he would in
give the result, as by intuition, and without
any process OF figuring. This he did in several in
stances' tne numbers sometimes rising to millions,
tat;o a ea pillons But the most singular manifes-
tauon OF his powers in calculating from the birth
days OF those who were presAnt and who mo-
pounded test questions to him For evamnle when
the writer OF this paragraph told him that he was
born March 30th, 1874, he Immediately answered.
"Your last birthday occurred or Fridav. from
that day to this July l6th) there have been 100
days; the whole number of days that YOU have
lived from that time to this is l6 9l0; hours 4O5-
84O minutes, 24,35O, 400; seconds, 1,46O O24 900.
On making calculation in the ordinary way, we
found these statements correct in every particular,
omlttng, OF course, the hours and minutes of the
traction of the day on which the calculation was
made. instantaneous answers, similar to these
from the data of the birth day, were also success
slVely given to some half dozen Others and so far
as S we know, these answers always correct.
certain trlgonometric problems were also pro-
pouhueu 10 the young man. but the answers to
these, though given with equal promptness, were
not generally correct, owing, as it appeared to an
inability to comprehend certain essential elements
In the problems. His speciality related mostly to
the arithmetcal department, and in this he pre-
sents prodigy sufficiently wonderful. He is evil
IDENTIFY uneducated, and is unable to explain the
process by which he so quickly obtains the
to the most difficult arithmetical questions, but
says the moment question is asked he knows the
answer, as it were BY intuition, and without the
slightest mental effort.-Life Illustrated.
NIGHT A1R.-An extraordinary fallacy is the
dread OF night air. What air we breathe at
night but night air /? The choice is between pure
night air from without, and foul night air from
countable choice. What will they say if it is
proved to be true that fully one-half of all the
olsease we suffer from is occasioned by people
sleeping with their windows shut2 An open win
O0ur if,hf h.,
one This is not to say that light is not necessary
for recovery. In great cities, night air is often
the best and purest air to be had in the twenty
four hours. | could better understand shutting
the windows in towns, during the day, than during
the night, for the sake of the sick. The absencs
of smoke, the quiet all tend to make night the best
time for airing the patient. One of our highest
medical authorities on consumption and climate
has told me that the air in London is never so good
as after 10 o'clock at night. Always air your
room, then, from the outside air, if possible
Windows are made to open, doors are made to
shut--the truth which seems extremely difficult of
Every room must be aired from
Swithout-every passage from within. But the
fewer passages there are in an hospital the better
Florence Nightingale.
INTERESTING LIFE INSURANCE CAsE.-Tbe Rome
lN ~ Sentinel, of the oath instant SAYS that case
has been recently decided by JUDGE Allen invnIv
ing novel and important question, Fowers G.
Greene, resident of Little Falls New York, "a few
years ago, being then unmarried, procured an in
surance OF $4,000 upon his life, in his own name,
and delivered the policy as a gift to his aged wild
owed and dependent mother The gift was by pa
r0l, with no written assignment. Subsequently
Mr.. Greene married, but he kept up the payments
on his policy, and handed the receipts over to his
mother; by his will he also gave the policy to her
After his death, and in settling up his estate was
found that the personal property not sufficient
to pay his debts. The executors took this policy
procured the money upon it from the insurance
company, and used the money to pay his debts, be-
IN n cola apff fhap ol
ther brought an action against the executors for
the money, and the cause was tried before Judge
Allen, who held the delivery of the policy and of
the subsequent receipts to the mother was dona-
ton, valIo and binding without assignment in
writing.
AMERICAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SoCIETY.-The eighth
session of this institution will be held i .ne city of
Philadelphia, commencing on the llth September
next, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and will be continued
for several days. This Society-the first national
institution for the promotion of Pathological Sci
ence-was organized in the year 1913. Its sessions
have brought together the most distinguished cul-
tivators of our country; its transactions have en-
bodied their various researches and ripest expert
ence, and its catalogue OF fruits has become the
knowedged standard of American Pomoogy. In
order to increase as much as possible the interest
OF the occasion, members and delegates are
quested to forward for exhibition as large collec-
tions of fruit as practicable, including specimens of
all the rare and valuable varieties grown in their
respective Districts and esteemed worthy of notice.
also, papers descriptive of their mode of cultivation
OF disease and insects injurious to vegetation-Of
remedies for the same, and to communicate what
ever may aid in promoting the object of the
meeting.
EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE.-The New York
TiJune,of yesterday publishes the following extra
ordinary challenge:
|, Daniel Pratt, Jr, known by the press through
out the world as the great American traveller and
editor of the Grjdjron and independent candidate
for the Presidency will challenge in good faith and
works the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, the Little
Giant, of Illinois, to meet me in the Academy of
Music, City of New York, next week, to a mental
combat, to let the people Of the United States de-
the soundest and safest man to adminiqtor tho va
rious and diversified interests of the AmericanGov-
ernment.
Yours for the Independence, the Union and
Constitution. DANIEL PRATT JR.
The Great American Traveller.
New York Cry, July q, 1860.
ANOTHER CHAMPION FrGnT.-One of the New
York sporting papers publishes the following:
ALBANY, Georgia, July IA, 1860.
To the Editor Of Porter's SPIRIT Of the Times:
Dear Sir: propose to match a negro boy named
belonging to me, against John c. Hee-
nan, in a ring fight, for anv sum of money ranging
from one to ten thousand dollars, the fight to come
off in twelve months from this date. The boy
weighs 1927 pounds, is six feet two inches high,
and 27 years old.
If Mr. Heenau sees fit to accept the above cha-
time, place and terms which the fight shall take
place.
| will deposit with you a check for the amount,
if Mr.. Heenan consents to wager, provided that
amount is over one thousand dollars.
Yours &C., JOEL BELvIEw.
BLoNDIN's FOURTH PERFoRMANCE,-Wed ednesday
afternoon says the Niagara Falls Gazette, NJ. BlOn-
din gave his fourth public exhibition on his rope
over the Niagara. There were more people in
town than any previous occasion. Blondin
walked first from the Canada side, going through
his usual performances until he came to the centre,
where he fastened his balancing pole to the cable
and descended slack rope, the two ends of which
are fastened fifty feet apart to his main cable,
the slack hanging some twenty or thirty feet be-
low. Upon this string he ran down as though per
fectly at home. He suspended himself from this
with straps hanging two or three feet below He
also stood up, to every appearance really danger
ous act. But when he whirled himself like wheel
heels over head, and very fast, people held their
breath for fear and in utter amazement. Some
turned their backs upon him, not wishing to look
upon such fearful performance. After returning
to his highway he completed the trip to the Ameri
can side.
SINGULAR AFFArR.-A strange affair recently oc-
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