Banda, Sumatra, Java, the Molucca islands, and the
corresponding parts of the continent. Yet even here this
animal seems not to have multiplied in any considerable
degree, as we find one of the kings of Java making a present
of one of these birds to the captain of a Dutch ship,
considering it as a very great rarity."_

_Gazette_, August 8, 1800.

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The following notice, taken from the "Salem Gazette," July 13, 1790, has
an interest to us from what it says of the likenesses "produced from a
Spark of Electricity." It is difficult to conjecture what this means;
though additional interest is derived from the fact of these likenesses
having been presented by Dr. Franklin's grandson.

AMERICAN MUSEUM.

MR. PEALE, of Philadelphia, has lately received a number of
donations for his Cabinet of Curiosities. Among them were

Likenesses of the King and Queen of France, executed on white
satin, and each produced by a single spark of
electricity.--Presented by WM. TEMPLE FRANKLIN, Esq.----And

The Finger of Mr. Broliman (a provincial officer in the
British service, in the war before the last) who was executed
at Philadelphia for the murder of a Mr. Scull. This
unfortunate gentleman, soured by some disgust, became weary of
life. In this temper of mind, he one morning rose earlier than
usual, and walked out upon the common of the city, with his
fusee in hand, determined to shoot the first person he should
meet. The first person he saw was a very pretty young girl,
whose beauty disarmed him. The next presented was the late Dr.
Cadwallader--The Doctor, bowing politely to Mr. Broliman (who,
though unknown to him, had the garb and appearance of a
gentleman) accosted him with "Good morning, Sir! What sport?"
The Officer answered the Doctor very civilly; and was so
struck with his gentlemanly manner and pleasing address, that
he forebore to execute his desperate resolution: Impelled,
however, by the same gloominess of disposition which actuated
him when he first set out, he repaired to the Centre house,
where some gentlemen were engaged at billiards--The tack of
one of the players happening to strike his hat, the wretched
man, eager for an opportunity of accomplishing his desire to
leave the world, inst