Does He Deserve Well of His
Country ? — The Blue Hen’s Chicken,
of Wilmington, Del., lays the following
before its readers f
“There is living in Tatnall Street a
colored man aged 68, who is the father
of 51 children. Thirty of them are now
living. HehashadthreC wives, the first
of whom was the mother of 15 children,
two of whom wer e twins. The second
was the mother 15—having twins three
times. The latter, who is still alive,
has 21 children, having had twins five
times. We venture that there is scarce
ly such other ease on record.”
gf=*A mail, six feet high, standing in
the middle of an extensive plain, can see
the surface of the earth around him to
the distance of three miles on every
side ; that is, lie stands in a circle whose
diameter is six miles. A man of equal
size, standing more than three miles
outside of this circle, could not be seen
by [the man stationed in the centre. The
convexity of the earth interposes
to prevent one from seeing the oth
er.
