The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-06-27
folly in the fool who believes it,
ander in'the man of sense; If any such
lere be, who utters it.

from the Davenport Qowa) Gazette, June 8.
A RenarkabIe Escape Ffishtfal Aerial Flight.
The most remarkable escape from per
NAL injury, if not death, that has
omc to our knowledge for many a day
ccurred on Saturday last, a few miles
rest of Iowa City. As the regular
,ssenger train coming East was near
@ that point man was discovered
alking along the track. The whistle
as sounded once, twice, thrice, and no
stention paid to it by the slowly plod-
ing pedestrian. The engineer, suppos-
70 that it was some laborer walking
ome from his days work and that he
rould step off as soon as the engine got I
20 near him for safety, did not at first
sduce speed, but kept on at rate OF
bout twenty-five miles an hour. But
when he saw that the cow-catcher was
the mans heels and he yet made no
igns Of leaving his rail lined path, steam
was shut off and the train brought to a |
stop not, however, until after the map
had been violently thrust aside IN
most fearful manner.
In much less time than it takes here
to describe the shock, the man was
picked up by the swiftly approaching
cow-catcher, struck, as it is supposed,
between the legs, and thrown in the ar
distance of some twenty feet, making
at the same time one of the most fright
full leaps and somersaults that man ever
need wish to make. As soon as the
train was stopped the employees rushed
hack. expecting to find a mass OF man.
cled flesh and broken bones, bnt mn
agine their surprise on beholdlng the
man walking toward them just as cody,
calmly, and deliberately as if nothing
had happened. He proved to be deaf
and DUMB man evidently on his way to
Iowa City to attend the institution for
such persons at that place. His name
and place of residence could not be
| learned. as no one understood his signs
and motions. The only injury he re-
ceiyed was slight bruise at the back
of the head. He was saved by the nov
ell manner in which the iron horse hus-
tied him aside, and the fact that after
performing his wonderful gymastic feat
, he landed upon bed of sand.
acknowledgements STREETS
It is reported that the use of macadan
! in the streets of Paris having been con
/ demned by the physicians as unwhole
some, M. Haussman has determined Y
pave the roads in future with other ma
terials.
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN MINES.
= M. Simonin, French savant, put
2 fishes the result of some very mteres,
% ing experiments made by himself on tn
~ subject. Until now the only researche
~ made at considerable depths tended
# fix.the law of tempcrature in regard
70 altitude. M. Simonln's experiment
" were for the purpose of ascertainlng IL
y increase Of atmospheric pressure und'
- similar circumstances As this lncrea
:. 81 has generally been found to he mil
n metre for every 10 metres as we q
scend. it remained to be seen wheth
the same would be the case in the shat
Of of mines where the air, confined III
ha narrow space, is at the same time expo
-. ed to the action of a powerful draugi
: and more or less impregnated WI
II. steam. and at various temperatures.
to Operating in very deep shafts, the .
IN thor had the opportunity OF bringll
Id the barometer below the level OF t
he sea. His experiments were conduct
,er in the basis of the Saone and Lon
400 where the coal pits of the Creuzot a
nd Epinac are situated. The shafts
wv here 400 metres deep, and since the
be erage leading Of the barometrlc al
mr tudes at the orifces is about 800 met
~ above the level of the sea, NJ. Simon
le, operated at clear depth OF 45 met
NV below that level. From his obser'
Ike lions it appears that at Epina.c, as
not CARDS temperature, there is an incre'
in. Of degree centigrade for every n
ew metres of vertical descent; and, as
sos CARDS pressure, a rise Of mllllnnetre
ain the barometer for II degrees OF verti
on descent. At the Creuzot there was
On. Increase of i degree in the temperate
do for every 40 degrees Of vertical aesce
and an increase ofpressure OF MILL
i'm tire for 10 metres. The averages, ths
tho fore. re:-For temperature, deg
. for is metres; and for pressure, ] m
the metre 1or los ne'les. ~ On Oh.
on taken care 70 opera'e on.y c.
ties. through which pure ar ente.s lol
tho air which leaves the mine is vltlated
,rn. anduly heated from various causes
III The shaft should also be watcr-tls
I'm "a the woodwork as much as poss
5ors FOO from decomposition by ferme
enl- t;on