Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-16
A Frog Story.

A writer in Science Gossip, SAYS:
"a near neighbOr, upon whose veracity
car rely, recently opened drain in
Kent, when he made the following discov-
erv: ut the mouth of the drain were
placed two large stones, in measurement
nearly two feet square and three inches
thick; the one ut the top rested dlosely
upon the one beneath. Upon lifting it
from the lower stone the skeleton of five
frogs were discoverd; they were quite.
Upon taking one of them up and holding
it tC the light, there was Onl y thread
like appearance Of bones between the dry,
fiattcned and tlcshlcsS skins; these skins
where clear and beautifully marked. In
this state they were seen by several per-
sons and By each of them the frogs were
considered to be dead; but when the water
commenced to flow over them there was
slight gasping perceived in the throats
of each. by degrees the bodies sWelledAnd
| life and motin returned. Then, TO the sur
PRISE oF thc behollers, the frogs sprang
up, and ran away into the drain. How did
these frogs get beneath the stone the low
cr one SO closely? There was no space for
them tc enter or depart, and upon the sur
face there was rot the slightest indenta-
tion made by the frogs. it was supposed
to be 30 years ago that the stones were
placed over the drain"
ARAcE AROUND the WoRLD.-Last
rear two vessels which sailed from China,
with cargucs Of tea, simultaneously lost
sight of each oaher after three or four
months, found themselves again side by
side in the British channel, and actually
arrived ut there anchorage III the Thames
within about half an hour of each other.
The same thing has occurred again this
year, aid, ,curioGsly enough, the race was
between the same two vessels, all the 9TH
crs of the feet that sailed from China in
company, having been left far behind.
The difference between the two this sea-
son was about four hours and half, but
even this is something wonderful when
we consider that the race course was alb
oat fourteen thousand miles in length.
Horse P6WER.-A horse hitched to
the end of Il rope over a pulley one foot
in diameter placed over Il deep well, trav-
cling at the rate of about p miles per
-four. or 900 feet per minute, will draw
ND $50 lbs. the same distance he travels.
The force thus exertci is called, in mecha-
nice, ''horsc-powcr," it being an approx
nation to the average amount of contin-
uous power )" in being an approximation
TO the average amount ofcontinuous pow
er it is Elir to demand OF strong horse
If we multiply the weight raised Q5O
pounds) by the number of feet it was
moved per minute (22o,) the prodaet
will be the number of pounds which the
same power would raise one foot high in
the same length of time $4,000 pounds.)
In an article in Fraser's Magazine
this brief but beautiful extract occurs :;
Education does not commence with the
alphabet. 1t begins with mothers look
with fathers smile ofapprobation OF
sign ofreprooE with a sisters gentle pres-
sure of the hand, or q, brother's noble act
of forbearance-withb birds nests admired
and not touchedT-with creeping ants and
almost impossible emmets-with humne
ing bees and great beehiyes-with pleas
ant walks & shady lanes, & with thoughts
directed in sweet and kindly tones and
words to nature, to act of beneyolence, to
deeds of virtue, and to the source Of all
o,oo1 to.God bimSelf'' .+.-.. f.s s.t..