How Fast They Travel

The following table, though notclaimed as absolutely or scientifically correct, givea the generally accepted figures of the average speed wbich different bodies travel : Per hqur. A man walks on an average a miles A norse trots 7 '■ A bicycle Is treadled 10 " A "scorcber" 20 " A steamboat runs 13 " A locomotive 80 " A sailing vessel 10 ' Slow rivers flow S " Rapid rivers llow 7 " A. moderate wind blows 7 " A storm moves 86 " A hurricane moves bO " A rifle ball 1,470 feet per second. Heavy cannon 2,500 to 2,800 feet per second. Sound, 1,142 feet per second. The earth in her yearly orbit, over 1,000 miles per ininute. Light, 192,000 miles per second. Electricity, 280,000 miles per seeond.