Smyrna times., 1867-07-24

A HUMAN TINE PIECE-A wonderful story
is told of man named j. ID. Chevalley, a ma
tive of Switzerland, who had, in l845, at the
age Of sixty-six, arrived at an astonishing de-
gree of perfection in reckoning time by an in
ternal movement. He was, in fact human
time piece, or living clock. In his youth he
was accustomed to pay great attention to the
ringing of bells and the vibrations Of pendu-
lums, and by degrees he acquired the power of
counting a succession of intervals exactly equal
to those which the vibration of the sound pro-
duced. Being on board a steamboat on Lake
Geneva, on July ii, 1892, he engaged to lnd-
cate to the crowd around the lapse of quarter
of an hour, or as many minutes and seconds as
any chose to name, and this during a most di-
versifed conversation with those standing by
and further, to indicate by his voice the mo-
ment when the hand passed over the quarter,
minutes, or any ether subdivision previously
stipulated during the whole course of the ex-
pertinent This he did without mistake, not
withstanding the exertions of those about him
to distract his attention, and clapped his hands
at the conclusion of the fixed time. His own
account of his gift was as follows: :" have
acquired by imitation laborsand patience,
movement which neither thought, nor labor,
nor anything else can stop. 1t is similar to
that Of a pendulum, which, at each mo-
ment of going and returning, gives me the
space of three seconds, so that twenty of them
make minute, and these | add to others con-
tinualy."
Tunnel UNDER THE ATLANTIC. prOpo
sition is on foot TO start the gigantic undertak
ing of running a tunnel under the Atlantic
Ocean in order to connect the New and Old
! World together by means of a submarine rail
way. The most eminent engineers, both IN
| America and Europe, have been consulted,
| and they have drawn up report which Is per-
! tecty feasible, and only requires time and
money to carry out, while the capital, although
stupendous, will be forthcoming. 50 far as
calculated approximately, it will require fye
hundred million English pounds, or two billion
five hundred million dollars. Plenty Of capt.
talists are ready to engage in this marvellou,
undertaking, and as soon as the plans are ar
ranged the money will be advanced. The pro
posed plans are in themselves the wonder oi
this skilltul age Of engineering science.
The Catalogue of Harvard College for lS66-l
shows 5O4 professional students and resident
graduates. and 4Ol undergraduates, making a
total of 9O5. The resident graduates number
:, and the professional students are thus dlyl
ded Divinity students, 2l law students, ! 10
scientific students, 81, medical students, 3O3
The undergraduates are thus divided: Seniors
, "a: Juniors, 76: Sophomores, ll2; Freshmen
Ilg There were lis applicants for admission
to the regular college course during the las
week, of whom $50 were admitted into tn
+ Freshman class, IL into the Sophomore. and
, into the Senior; IL were rejected. At tn
Commencement gentlemen will be gradual
ed from the Divinity School; 9 from the Scen
5 tifc School, with the degree of 5. Is. s. irol
5 the Medical School, with the degree OF VI. ID.
, n from the Law School, with the degree Of /
t /, D. and "a from the College, with the de
: gree Of A. b. Fifty-four of the graduates tror
t the Medical School received their degree a
t the Medical Commencement last March. Som
n ffty graduates will receive the degree of A
t VI. in course-a larger number than ever be
v fore.