Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-09-03

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tentioh In the "London Times, to The follow.
ing facts, whioli If verified by results, will
prove a ourioas instance Of a prior; reason.
ing
Alta a. m. u 1.-THE ensuing October 8, the
moon will be at the part of her orbit, which
is nearest the earth her attraction will,
therefore, be at its maximum force. AT noon,
the moon will be on earth's equator, q circum.
stance which never occurs without marked at.
mospherio disturbance at 2 p, M, the same
day, lines drawn from the earth's center will
cut the sun and moon in the same arc of right
ascension. The moons attraction and the
suns will, therefore, DO acting in tho sam
direction. In other words, the new moon
will be on carth's equator when in p~erigee,
aud nothing more threatening can occur Of
high tides and destructive storms.
The "woather-wise" among our readers
would do we'll to lay aside the foregoing par.
agraph until the times comes to see whether
tho prediction contained in it will be verified.
n AMERICAN FLAa.-Ninety.two years
ego to-day, viz, June ID, TIT, the Contiuen.
tai Congress passed . resolution adopting tho
design Of the ensign nov known throughout
tho world as the American flag. The flag was
not designed by any one person, but was the
result OF many suggestions from various gen
tlemen and boards of officers. No less than
twenty-one members of Congress and officers
OF the army were united in the selection of
the ensign. The colors Of the Aag-red,
white and blue--were adopted for the reasons
that white denotes purity and innocence I; red,
hardness and %valor; blue, vigilance, perso.
~verapce and Justice. The stripes are the
pales of hcraldry. The constellation of stars
in the field of blue denotes a new State OF
Nation taking its place among the indepen.
dent powers of the earth.
Ten YEARs.-Ton years make a great diff
ference in affairs of men. We arc led to the
remark by tho prosperity of q few whom VIC
will mention.
Ten years ago a man named Stokes shot
q man in Washington for thanking him in the
affections of his wife. Is tho aforesaid Sick
les laboring in prison, as many another mai
is doing for tho same aot2 Not much. HI
now represents the chest Government at the
court of Spain. Well may no consider thil
the best Government under the sun.
Not many years ago 10. Brown, Of Georgia,
built and managed the Andersonyille prison
for which all innocent man was hung--in
which thousands Of Northern soldiers perished.
MIR. Brown has now tho "honor" to lead the
Radical hosts of his State.
Ten years ago the present owner OF an en-.
ormous stud Of bull pups and other blooded
animals, was a penniless drunkard, dependent
on the Dents for a livelihood. Now thew de-
pend upon him.
Ten years ago Ben Butler was a thief
he is now.-Pomeroy's Democrat.
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AN explorer named Cameron is confident
that there exists, in a emotep part of Borneo,
arace OF men with tails, and he is going on
an expedition to Investigate the matter. He
also states, confidently, that far away in the
interior Of Africa a similar race of men is
known to exist. More than twenty years ago,
Du Couret. awell known French traveller in
IN Africa discovered, in a central part of tina,
continent, the existence of a race called The
Niam,NSams, or men with tails and tho
evidences laid by him before certain sciepti
fc bodies in Paris were deemed to be- con
elusive on thegsabject. 1t will be ~intcress.
ing to trace thegfurthef developments Of this
matter, since the discovery Of the link between
man and brute will tend to reinforce the Oar.
wlnian theory Of species, besides throwing
light on the natural history Of the negro.
The Sun DOES NOT SET IN ALASKA
at Sitka, Mr.. Seward will see tho sun stand
still as it did in tho days of Joshua. South
Alaska is in tho latitude Of sixty--vcry near.
ythe Same as that Of Southern most Green.
land. In that latitude the sun does not 40,
at all in Summer. 1t remain, about twenty.
five degrees above the horizon At the hour VIZ
call midnight. The only mode Of knowing
there that it is midnight, is to watch the sun
when it begins to ascend. Fowls 90 to roost
at z p. m, and ropose until the sun is we'll
up. Ia winter it is, of course, the reverse,
as in tao highe. ATTITUDES, tho sun is not seen
for six weeks. It used to be the boast Of
England that on its empire the snn novor
sets. Well, wo have an empire;on which II,
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