ortest two and a half. At Wandorbus, in
Norway, the day lasts from the 21st of May to the 22d of July, without
interruption; and in Spitzbergen, the longest day lasts three months
and a half.

=Excitement of Curiosity.=

The editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, having been one of a recent
excursion party on the opening of a new section of railroad, remarks
on the occasion, 'It is really amusing to see the sensation a train of
railroad cars produces on all animate beings, human and brute, for the
first few times it passes over a section of road. We saw herds of
cattle, sheep, and horses, stand for a few seconds and gaze at the
passing train, then turn and run for a few rods with all possible
speed, stop and look again with eyes distended, and head and cars
erect, seemingly so frightened at the tramp of the iron horse as to
have lost the power of locomotion. Men women and children also seemed
dumbfounded at the strange and unusual spectacle. As the cars came
rumbling along early in the morning, they seemed to bring everybody
out of bed, all eager to catch a glance as we whirled past. Old men
and women, middle-aged and youth, without waiting to put on a rag in
addition to their night gear, were seen at the doors, windows and
round the corners of log huts and dwellings, gaping with wonder and
astonishment at the new, and to them grand and terrific sight.'

[COMMUNICATED.]

At the last special meeting of the National Association of Inventors,
called to hear the report on the rights and duties of the Editors of
the Eureka, on a resolution offered by one of the Editorial Committee
who had been dissatisfied by the proceedings of the 'Acting Editors,'
and refused to attend their sittings, it was reported that the 'Acting
Editors,' had exceeded their authority, and a majority of the
Editorial Committee resigned and a resolution was passed that the
resignation should be published in the Eureka, but it has not
appeared. Mr. Kingsley, one of the 'Acting Editors,' spoke at the said
meeting of having consulted counsel who had declared that the
Association were under a legal obligation to furnish Messrs. Kingley &
Pirsson with matter for publication in the Eureka, and on the
understanding that they had advanced money they were allowed to have
the first use of the reports and advertisements of the Association.
But as they in effect refuse to publish a resolution of great
importance to the reputation of all the parties interested,