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Show CRISP CONDENSATIONS The average height of the clouds from the earth is about one mile. A Milan newspaper is publishing the Bible in 210 half penny parts of eight pages each. In the library at the British museum are over thirty-two miles of shelves filled with books. There are now on the rolls the names of 10,567 pensioners on account of tho war of 1812, which ended seventy-live years ago. It is said that iiO.000 strangers remain over in New York every night, furnishing furnish-ing plenty of business for the 126 hotels in the city. The dolphin and bonito are thought to be the fastest fishes, and although their speed is not known they are fully capable of twenty miles an honr. The normal velocity of tho carrier pigeon in calm weather is about 1,210 yards a minute. With a strong wind in the direction of flight they have reached 1,980 yards a minute. |