The colored American., 1866-01-06
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either ireland or Scotland, or Portugal,
and equals Belgium, Scotland and
Switzerland together. Missouri is more
than halt as large as Italy. and larger
than Denmark, Holland, Belgium and
Switzerland. Missouri AID Illinois 'are
larger than England Scotland, Ireland
and Wales.-.St. L0uaS Rep.
During the Irish famine, when many
died of hunger, the poor were often found
spending their shilling for tea, tobacco
and spirits. 1t has also been observed
in New York, by those connected with
charitable institutions, that when money
was paid TO the poor they often laid it all
out In 60 or coffee, instead of procuring
more substantial food, such as meal, -four
and potatoes. On being reproved for
their apparent extravaganza and improvi.
dence, the universal cry was in both cases
identical; their own observation had
shown them that penny's worth of tea,
tobacco or liquor, would keep off the
sense Of hunger longer than penny's
worth Of anything else. Scientific men
express the idea by saying, "Tea, like
alcohol, retards the lDetamorphose of the
tissues; in Other words, it gives fuel to
the flame of life, and thus prevents it
from consuming the fat aid flash of the
body.
THE New H0eo 10
DetectIt-1hc most recent OF the coun-
terteit fifty cent notes are so we'll execu-
ted that they are likely to deceive even
the best "experts." The following infer
nation will be found useful in aiding our
readers to detect them. The counterfeit
is about one-eight of an inch shorter
than the genuine. The words Omitted
States" in the counterfeit are not quite
as clearly defined as in the genuine.
The sword held by the female in the
vignette appears as a white speck in the
genuine. In the counterfeit it is more
heavily engraved. Under the word ''and'
in the right upper corner there is
flourish in the genuine which is entirely
absent in the counterfeit. This last dc.
feet is one of the simplest means of de-
tecting the bogus notes -Aug. Tran
script.
NEWLY DISCOVERED MEXICAN Cry
The ruins of an extensive Mexican abort.
ginal city, which have just been discovers
ed, are situated in the forest of Jicorum.
be, in the province of Tiaxicala. The
temples are of immense size, some with
vaulted roofs, and so well preserved that
ancient paintings appear fresh. The
courts are pyramids surmounted by the
same. The whole is envelOped in q dense
forest Of cedar and ebony trees. Some
of these cedars are OF such an immense
size that eight men taking hold of hands |
together could not reach around one of |
them. These forests are on healthy table
lands, about Fifty miles from the port of |
Tuxan.
A RAILROAD TRAM REcoRDER-An
intelligent and accomplished railroad |
engineer has invented what he calls a
railroad train recorder This machine
occupies about one cubic foot, and is fas>
tened in the car of the locomotive; a
roll of paper is put in, ard the boz
locked. at the end of the route the as
sistant superintendent or train,master
iuds recorded upon the paper the follow
ing facts: l. The speed run at any point
on the road. 2 Signals given, whether
by bell .>r thistle, and where, 3. Chang
ing of the reverse handle, and where. !
4. Condition Of the track, low or high |
joints, and where ). It indicates to
the engineer, by day or night, the speed .
he is running, aud also records that speed |
g. Steam pressure and water-llne are re
corded. T. The places where the 'dri-
vers' have slipped. These points are
sufficient to enable any railroad manager |
to test the qualities Of any engineer, and |
decide whether he has done his duty
also as to the condition of the track, and |
daily progress made by track repaircrs.
THE NUNGa OF LANGUAGEs-The least |
learned are aware that there are many
languages in the world, but the actual |
number is probably beyond the dreams
Of many people The geographer Babi
enumerated $50 which arc entitled to be
considered as distinct languages, and .
5 600, which may beregar3ed as dialects !
Adelung, another modern writer on the /
subject, reckons up 3,064 languages and /
dialects existing, and which have exis>
ted. Even after we hayo allowed either
of these as the number Of languages, we
must acknowledge the existence Of al /
most infaite minor diversities, for almost
every province has tongue more or less
peculiar, and this we may well believe
the case throughout the world.
tits said there are little islands lying
close together in the South Sea, the m
labitants of which do not understand