The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-18
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some hight on the nature and substance "a
comets 50 long a profound mystery begins
10 appear. An English astronomer recef3'tIv
I'ao before The Royal Society an account Gf
uih analysis Of the light of the
comet discovered some time since bI NJ
futile at Washington. The comet yyoo an
oEa4 mass having Il small stellar nucIars
ne states, az the result of his investiCo+ir,
that inns comet was selfluminous and 49,
IN common with some of the naL,Ia -.
SUBSTANCE was in the condition of ign;taJ
gas Inc coma, on the contrary Co., ~
S"PPo6ed 10 consist of incandesceDt so1id
matter; 1t shines by reflected light In ~
same way as clouds do under s1pligbt nr
moonlight. lie Is of opinion that conetarv
matter consists chiefly of nitrogen or *
more elementary substances existing in nj
trogen. ." III
! ne foreign obituary embraces Frederick
hueckerf, the & eat German poet: WiIIian,
Ihomas Brande, distinguished chemist aI,I
MtH-Khown III America author of Brandn's
i,"'A ioPedla the recently born infant of Tho
queen oil SPAN; Lord MonteagIe, better
N"INn dS spring Rlce, once chancellor of the
cNchequer, and Mrs. Livesay. widow Of t tho
Iate Professor John Livesav. of tba Pr
age of O2 ''o 'N'lelne
At a late meeting of a SC eutific socio+,. :,
England, Mr.. II. 6. Atkinson read a ,ana az
on an idiot family of Dowuham NorfdII
"nich comprised five chidren-four hovs
"nu girl-all idiots, So low as to be scarcaIy,
'pVNe the DfuteS. Their father was q man
oi low intellect, but he kept a pubIic bo,Isa
and brought up these poor creatures to rno
tuIIiy and the mother was a woman Of
weak mind 'iii'h oI
Ut. Ballard, in COMMENTING unon tbis -,
pr Htid he had closely studied the subiact
pI IulocI. He held it not to he bercdit9rI
but produced by influences actino o.,
NV ldual at birth, and announced his tLao++
III lIe asylum at Earlswood he said 49,
nearly All the idiots, no matter how Ola 'ai 40.
t t,'Ii[,,,ty Sucklng-sucking either then
'Chi22 Vi myers, or bed-clothes ,
want OF the infants natural tad [
Mhich was only to be gotten. from
sucking. The baby went on suckino nIiI
S"aiioWing its gastric secretions- and tb III
B net't constant dysentery; in many
instances 1t totally DESTROYED the s+oTnoat |
witheIed the creature, and ended in iJ;oct-'
ouch chlnSs took place frequently in The
'"ile family, when the parents were of fill
mental development "a 4"'t
=, ~: Ulbb confirmed this view, and said
Ia, II was now greatly engaging the atten
non OF the profession, as 6ei6r of hi
'iooaDlIity and Importance
The King of Saxony has inst nnbIiobod ST
t ~ the non dc plume of "PhiaIethesn the
i'lu ana last volume with notesN nf 10 | l.
'""'lation OF Dante's Divina Comedia
Dumas tells this story in La Patrie wbero
iMIi'iii& an account of his excursions in
N"S'lia = w hen the Emperor of Russio |
aW the Empire of Austria, which, was 9" Il
ear lts end IN IS48, revive and recover from
oid wounds he regretted having saved II
ne dld. One day while he was waIkin@ in
a Sun, sumner p Garden with his favorite aid
amp frlnce Alexis Orloff he stopped he
'Ie q ohst OF Sobieski and said: 'Orioff do
oI know any greater fool than Sobieski ,,
IioH replied, laughing Sire. before e1-
esSil,G my opinion should like to hear
' Ii MAJESTY express his thoughts ON this ,.o
,ct, Inc Car answered Yes, do 1c.
row greater fool than Sobieski-'tis +,
ION exclaimed: What Won sire D tn
ar continued: Yes, l. Sobieski saved VI
Ingarians" NUN the Rv