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... | {{Style P-No indent|Washington}}, March 29.—A bill introduced in the House to-day by Representative Stephens, of Georgia, to promote the general use of the metric system, after reciting a preamble to the effect that the system has made little progress notwithstanding its great merits and its authorization by law by virtue of the act of Congress of July 27, 1866, and it is believed to be capable of simplification, so as to remove many impediments to its general use, the bill authorizes the use of the modified metric system and the continued use of any system now permitted by law is not prohibited, the true intent and meaning of the act being not to enforce any particular system but to provide for the public convenience by adaptation to its circumstances and exigencies; the metric system being capable of indefinite expansion to suit the uses of mankind in business and science. The following are the metric tables proposed by the bill. | ||
<center>{{Style S-Small capitals|measures of length.}}</center> | |||
100 pairs make a nail. | |||
100 nails make a metre. | |||
100 metres make a kile. | |||
<center>{{Style S-Small capitals|measures of surface.}}</center> | |||
10,000 square meters make a great acre. | |||
<center>{{Style S-Small capitals|measures of bulk and capacity.}}</center> | |||
100 drops make a spoon. | |||
100 spoons make a quart. | |||
100 quarts make a cask. | |||
<center>{{Style S-Small capitals|measures of weight.}}</center> | |||
100 seeds make a corn. | |||
100 corns make a nut. | |||
100 nuts make a bi-pound or bip. | |||
1,000 bips make a ton. | |||
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... | A soldier has the choice of five different kinds of religion; but while he is permitted to choose for himself he must choose one or another. No man is permitted to absent himself from divine service on the ground that he professes no religion at all, or that he professes a religion for which no provision is made in the regulations. He may be a Buddhist, a Darwinist, a Pantheist or Polytheist, if he likes, in principle, but he must be a Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist or Baptist in practice. There is no evasion of this rule whatever. Attempts are sometimes made to evade it, however. | ||
A recruit when asked to indicate his theological preference by the sergeant of the company replied:— | |||
“I hain’t got no religion, an’ I don’t want none.” | |||
“You must attend a church of some kind—one of those I have named to you,” said the sergeant. | |||
“— my —— eyes if I do,” said he. | |||
The sergeant wheeled his man before the officer of the company. | |||
“What is your religion?” asked the officer, after the matter was explained to him. | |||
“I hain’t got none. I’m a hinfidel, Your Worship.” | |||
“A what?” | |||
“A hinfidel—a free thinker.” | |||
“O, I see. Very well. We usually send persons of your faith to the Roman Catholic church. You want a course of theological discipline. The Catholics usually go to church early in the morning, and they are usually kept an hour longer than the others. That’s the church for you, my man, depend upon it. At the same time permit me to say you are free to think as much as you like. Sergeant, put him down a Roman Catholic.” | |||
Instead of evading the regulation by an open confession of infidelity, he found himself obliged to go to church earlier on Sundays, and remain a considerable time longer than if he had made a choice when given the chance.—''Boston Bulletin.'' | |||
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... | It is a fact generally known that monks and nuns on assuming their vows and popes on ascending the Pontifical throne usually change their names. The reason of this change in the case of the popes is a superstitious belief that unless this is done the new Pontiff will not live long. The custom has prevailed since it was inaugurated in 955 by Octavian Conti, who assumed the name and title of John XII. Julius Medici would have made a breach had he been permitted, but his friends prevailed upon him to take the name of Clement, he being the seventh pope to bear that name. Thirty-two years later, in 1555, Marcellus Servin was elected and insisted upon retaining his own name. As Marcellus II., therefore, he ascended the throne on the 9th of April. He was a young man and in robust health, and yet he lived but twenty-one days after his elevation. Since that time no pope has ventured to offend against the tradition. It is a little singular that while the name John has been a favorite one, no less than twenty-two popes having chosen it, none have chosen it since the death of John XXII., in 1416. The first pope bearing the name Pius took the position in 142, and the name did not reappear after his death till 1458. The original name of Pius IX., the present Pope, was Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti. | ||
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... | <center>'''A Gentleman and Soldier who Turned Hermit—Led to the Treasure Mountain by an Indian Guide—An Astounding Spectacle.'''</center> | ||
<center>''From the Virginia Enterprise.''</center> | |||
{{Style S-Small capitals|Carson}}, Nov. 27.—For many years there has been living in the Walker river range of mountains a man named Algernon B. Grant, who very rarely sought the haunts or habitations of white men. His ostensible occupation was prospecting for precious metals, but the fact of his long and uninterrupted residence in those wilds pointed to the fact of his non-success in that direction. Mr. Grant was in this city a few days since, and the following is an extract from his wonderful and interesting history: He is a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky, having been born there in 1825. He was sent to Harvard College, where he graduated in 1846, second in his class. In 1851 he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He enjoyed a lucrative practice in that city until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he entered the Confederate service, receiving a commission as Major in one of the Kentucky regiments. In the mean time Grant had married and gathered a little family around him. These he at that time had taken to the Southern portion of Kentucky, and placed them under the protection of relatives. | |||
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