The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-04-24

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Tie DAY Forty. WEIGHT H0uRs Lone.
Last week we showed that the first
beginning "f the day is somewhere
between America and ASA. The pre-
else locality Of that somewhere has not
been determined. If the Pacific Ocean
was 'hlckly populated with men, The
place of the beginning Of the day would
he mattor of great consequence, and
would probably DO settled by statute.
The day would start from meridian
line extending from pole to pole. and
the longitude Of this day line would be
so accurately fixed. that n man NIGH.
stand astride it and realize The paradox
Of having one foot in Monday and the
other in Tuesday. Many of the readers
of this will live long enough to hear
this subject discussed in national coun-
c,ls.
We propose now to show that Mon
day, or any other week lay. is forty
eight hours long we mean that during
lorty.cight hours Monday Is on earth
somewhere to be round. The Monday
Of this city is Of course twcnty.lpul
hours long, but before and after uul
Monday there is Monday in some other
quartet When Monday begins in New
York, there have been three honrs OF
M:nday III London, and fer ;h:cc hours
| nj {trr Il,
Monday III San Francisco. Thus be.
tween these places Monday lasts cigh
teen hours. Now if the day line were
ut our anlipodes, Monday wouli begin
t.crc twelve before our and end twelve
hours after ours. Thus, for The space Of
fory.cight hours, earth is not rid OF
Monday. The fact may be illustrated
in another way. Suppose wcarc AT the
day line. Monday there begins, and in
twcn,y.fonr hours along comes Tuesday.
Bnt just west (nalfan inch, if you plcasp),
Mn''lay began only an instant before
it ended east of the linc. The Monday
east oil ;hr line IS twenty four hours long,
and west OF tn" line Is The same lcnglh,
and in all Mnlay lasts torty-righl
hours. Scientific american.
.
ICELAND WHALE FrsHERy.-F For a
century, there had been scarcely any
whalc fishing carried on at Iceland,
and the long rrpoSc had caused the fish
TO increase ab,mGantly until an enter.
prlsing American recently established
himself at SryGiS!iord, on he east coast,
where, IN company with his fnur broth.
er$, he adopts peculiar method of fish,
iGg, which is Described in a rcpnr, jus,
laid before the EngliSh Parliament. The
fisherman puts ont to sea in small
screw steamer, with n large whale boat
III tow, and strikes the whale by means
| ct a harpoon shot from assert Of rocket
apparatus. The handle or stock is
charged viii, some dctouating compound
which exp;odcs as the weapon enters
the fish, killing the whale almost in.
stantly, but tie generation Of GAS in its
body prevents the sinking Of the car.
cass.
The destructive missile is the Amcr
cans own invention. He counted upon
"t'hS aui" 10 approach the whales in his
steamer near enough TO take aim, bnt
they invariably avoid it, and it has been
found necessary to shoot them from The
a"a.. The body of the whale is towcd
to land and he carcass cut up on lhc
s,rand, and the blubhcr and bones a,
once crushed and boiled down for the
oil. Last year The catch was twcrty-
five whales, which gave an average Of
100 barrels Of oil per whale. The
whalcboncs arc sent to England, where
they arc SAID to be used for making
prnssan blue, and project has been
broached for pressing the flesh and
sending it to England for feeding dogs
and pigs.
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