Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-06
2 Column Of Varieties.

this phenomenon is much nore likely to
/ Se seea al this time Of the year than at
any other; aud oae !ea.aed astronomer,
CltieTs, has come to the conclusion that
it Is probat,e that the rezt great display
will take pace between the l2th and 18th
Of November, lS67.....Sir William Her.
sehel vas OF o.iuioa tha, light required
2,Gee, 600 years TO reach tie earth from
tie mos; remote luminous TaPor visible
through bis 10 foot telescope. A lcccmo-
tive running at tAe rats Of 90 miles an
hour, constantly, day ari night, would
occupy more than 500 years il passing
from TIE earth to the sun; bu, light passes
from the sun TO the earth in minutes
In LIMA (Peru) slight shocks Of
earthquakes average 40 per year......A
company has been formed in Hadaam,
Couu., fos the purpose Of manufacturing
patent pocket umbrellas. This useful ar
ticle will no longer be Pal''c property.
At railroad station, an old lady said TO
pompous looking gentleman, who was
talking about steam communication
"Pray, sir, what is steam! 2" "Steam,
ma'am, IS, ah-steam is, ah-ah steam
is-steam ~ 81 knew that chap couldn't
tell ye," said ugF-lookiug fellow stand
ing by "but steam is bucket of water
in tremendous persPiration. The
Victoria tubular bridge at Montreal, two
miles in length, is a fixed fact. The FIRST
locomotive crossed over it on Nov. oath,
aad it was opened for regular travel on
Dec 18th. The engineer is \. II. Ross,
and the builder J. Hodges. Its entire
cost is $6, 100000. There are "a piers,
composed of 100000 blocks of solid
masonry. The total weight of the tubes,
which are all iron, is 5000 tuns. The
shipping pass under them. This is the
/ last link in the Grand Trunk Railroad,
1900 miles long aud 10 running order, the
longest continuous line in the wcrld.,....
II is estimated that the number Of human
beings Oh the earth, is | Geo millions, Of
whom about So millions die every year,
9l thousand per day, $500 per hour, and
/ 60 every minute. As the number Of
births is equal to that of the deaths, child
/ rem are born into the world 1t the rate of
one second; consequently, reader, since
you began this paragraph, several human
souls have commenced their immortal
career I'LL is said that there are not
less than o,0j4 lauguages in the world
......Theye are more than 1000 different
religious beliefs prevailing among the
children Of men...... Many of the carriages
running upon the psris and Versailles aud
upon the Paris and Eiucennes railroads
are two stories in height, having covered
seats upon the ro0is......The French Gov
ernmen; has ordained the systematic gath
ering of the sea-weed which is washed on
the rocks Of the coasts Of Normandy and
Brittany, to serve as wadling for artillery
......A most valuable discovery Of diamonds
has recently been made at the foot of tho
Ural Mountains, Russia. One specimen
brought the lucky owner $50, goo. There
is every reason to believe that a rine Of
ipezhaustible wealth has been discovered
AT the Philadelphia Mint, il Novem-
Der, $500, 600 Of the nickel cent we're
coined. The Mint receives the Spanish
coin ia exchange for cents at rates Which
afford a large gain to the fOrmer......The
fret mill in Manayuuk, Philadelphia, was
erected about 40 years aso. Manayunk is
ROW called the "Lowell of PeEusy lyauia,"
having more manufactures than any other
town of its size in re Sta:e....The Am.
sterdam Crystal Palace is to be completed
and opened in the year 1861. 1t will be
400 feet in length, b. 200 feet in hight,
at the junction Of which will he transept
and an ave Of tie edifcc The structure
is to be Of iron and glass but, as Holland
is not famous for iron, it will be supplied
by England. 1t IS stated that the Pa
ciic Steam Navigation Company (Britisl)
will soon place steam tug in the Bay Of
Panama, to be employed in EgAte.aga
business generally, as vel! as for their own
purposes. The tug is to be built Of steel,
l20 feet long and 20 feet wide. She IS
to have double engine, side wheels, and
will measure %. turs, drawing Only three
ieet of water when loaded with 80 t-ns CT
largo and so passengers and their luggage
si,h the usual quantity c.specia and mails.
She is nov being built At Liverpool, and
$ to be ready in January but it is not
Ict determined whether to Eerd her around
cape Horn, or ria tie Is,hmus, in parts,
% be put Up at Parama......The largest
hell guns in cur navy have a bore of
leven inehes..... Hon. Charles Mason,
# Iosa, late Commissioner o. Patents,
les remoTcdto New York city, and become
connected with this Scientific American)
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;orn-out sasniil fle, grind up its ends,
nd insert il into some suitable ccutr;yluca