The Jackson news. (Jackson, Ga.) 1881-????, July 26, 1882, Image 4

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Terrific Natural Forces. The present year bids fair to he noteil for its frequent ami violent elemental d'sfurbatv os. Cyclones, t .raariocs, heavy ami long-con tinned rains, fol lowed br terrible Hoods, ha ; l-storms, unseasonable and seven! cold an 1 frosts, have '.folia far strewn the path of IXX2, ancl if all predictions turn out to be cor rect, the next two months will giva additional variety to the mclcnrulogieiil programme in tin! shape of terrific thunder and lightning showers. What is the matter with the powers of the air? ' While no now forces s'■ m to be apparent in this general weaiher nnden, it is Vet quite evident there i; an un usual combination of forces at work somewhere. The kaleidoscope of Nature is revolving vapidly, an 1 sending her hidden maelimery into new po sition- and displaying constant); a succession of fre-li and varying phe nomena. lint high seiontlfic authority declares that this world, lit' - a huge head, is strung upon a thread of law, and if this be so, we must not suspc t any e'ement of chance or capricious uncertainty in the regular and orderly movements of natural forces. Yenuor ha- recently given ont that lie ha-os his oh.-eri r.t -oils and gnes es in part <>n the periodical re currence of errin'n courses or do:mm htraiion.-! of atmospheric phenomena; that abofit once in • often peculiar .reasons appear, and mm-ual occur mucus take place in earth and s-a and sky. and that by k enrefu study of the past hi' is a''c In pie i't *o orne ex tent I lie future, it would tint - -eem that in the original constiiulion or nr rang ment of things, uniformity and regularity were to he the prevailing rules 01 ad natural movements mil sequences, mid in addition to this the law of variation wus :i!so to come in a 1 stated intervals and tun li v or inter rupt the otherwise i.nnnh iioih proces sion of menu, dust in in a skillfully * ctdvipesed pee 'of mush*. • there is tlte central Diene ol nclody running tin ought e whole, and then, liariiioin ously tniiigliu vwi ii it. an iilino t in ,finite number of ilivi rgencies an 1 vriria t'on-. oin the rami plan of! lie world, ns iso e.ite 1 in th ' operations of the ma terial ';bi\ ip.r, tbcio is a main chord ol regain iu and unii >rdkity visible, mid, coupled with tlie-c. any number of ,vn ri.ib’e and uMmorw nary divergen cies fSrutn till' lihUSI coiir e. Many years ago, among the popular and iuslriii’tivo le tun sol the Rex. T. Stm r Kiie who, as a far seeing and subtle thinker, lias inns ;• had an equal in this count rv was one entitle I "’the Lawsol Di order,” in which lie dcuioii (ifrated with rare beauty and force the fin t, tltaL the lU ' l uncertain and appur cntly capricious of all carllily events and movginriits were umler the control of lived and mieliaiigealile laws. In bk<\ lyaimerthe li:sii|i,s of the patient and. puitrai'ted stinl s of all modern teleutny nutaniUs'.s, Like Darwin and ,‘-i cnee -, i to prove that till! idea ol un i and uu iciiuuy, coupled with tli po've. rf .vacations. forms oint portion of the greufld-plan of the wield. This is .‘ceii.ajikw in the perpetuation ol sp" c ci'ortyp of un iimls aad vegetable life, in tli.' movements of history and the unfolding of civilization, iu the re currence of iinbuul plienomena and in the rolling of the worlds through the in finite spaces. it can thus be seen -t a g'ance how erroneous a c the views of those who would attribute all th*.'extraordinary oc currences o! life to the direel interposi tion of an unseen and divine hand. The conception of a trnalor mid Ruler ot th: ; and other worlds sitting on a lilil deu throne an I hurling thunderbolts at his own vv ill and pleasure far an I near, as Jove vva- supposed to do from the to, of Mo ult Olvmpn . may lie Grecian and classic. Inn in the light ol ascer tained seieiititie taels nod laws, it, can hardly be called either l hri ban oreix- Hired. Another thought in eonneetioii xvith the working o' iho-e territie natural forces is, that any nexv light which can be thrown upon the times and seasons which they observe, or the methods and lnxvs xx'hieli they follow, xx'ould lie a grout public benefaction. And to this end tjii! recent elVorlsof General lla.'.i'ii and tiio Signal Service corps to observe more accurately 111 1 origin and ■ oiirsos of tornadoes in the various portions o! tii s country are worthy of all eoinnien dation. It is not mux'h, til the best, which can be learned or communicated eoiu'UVning these terrific aerial visile lions but all that can be known should be known and distributed ’ g; h.u.t ilc i •!' <-' - 1,1 : Lato Fashion Note*. Feather fans and parasols are made to correspond. The “Langtry” bonnet is little of crown and largo of brim. Sheila cloth is much used for portiere* and oilier hangings. The trim-fitting plaited xvaist is re vived for summer dresses. < 'otton Siciliennc is a glossy fabric much resembling foulard silk. Gold lace and Isabella roses trim hats and bonnets of dark-green straw. Gold colored lusterless straw bonnets in “Langtry” shape tire exceedingly elegant for dress occasions. Carraekmacross lace is much used npon fancy round hats of cream-white straw, also trimmed with while os trich tips. Terra-cotta satin dresses, trimed with real Spanish lace, relieved by huge clusters of “Jack” roses, are imported. Among the, rapidly appearing eccen tricities in fancy jewelry is an ornament for millinery in the shape of six tiny birds transfixed on a gilded spit. The Alpine peasant hat, called the Monlagnard, with broad brim bent down over the eyes, is an exceedingly popular head covering for seaside use. Fin e wool-mixed cheviots with a dash of Cayenne red in the woof will be much employed (or traveling dresses all sum mer. The facings and eordings arc of red satin. Black openwork chenille wraps iii the Directoire shape are much worn this season. They form a rieli and elegant addition to promenade costumes of moire, foulard, or satin, and have all the becoming effect of a black velvet man tle. One of the prettiest and newest ber thas for the summer is of violet-tinted mull, upon which aro appliqued natural sized heartsease blossoms of gold and purple velvet. The edge of the bertha is bordered with violet-tinted Spanish lace. The skirts of carriage dresses are often made of dark laurel-green nuns’ cloth, with pannier; drapery, panels, and ruche-lining of Oriental brocade in crimson, green, and gold. .The Conti nental coat is open to show a Suisse, or beadle vest, of the brocade, closed up to tho front with silk cords anil frogs of darkest green. Among pretty French hoose saeques nri those of quite heavy white Austrian flannel, trimmed with rows of cream white braid about an inch and a half in width, and finished on the edges with ficelle laee, set on in double rullles. In less delicate styles are those made of hunters’ green vigogne, trimmed with small gold-washed buttons and rows of very narrow gold braid. Pretty French bonnets, lined with tinted satin and trimmed with rose gar lands, with parasols to correspond, are now placed in wise juxtaposition in many store windows, and purchase of one without the other shows a power to withstand temptation beyond tho capabilities of most women. For ex ample, we see a sunshade ontirely cov ered with myrtle green Spanish lace mounted on a pearl handle, associated past severance with a stylish Gypsy bonnet; also trimmed with green Spanish laee, beneath tho filmy folds of which peep phnnominal pale blue roses held by a mother-o’-pearl clasp. It is this connection betxvoen one portion of dress with another that is so pretty and yet so inexpensive a feature of present fashion. At a stylish wedding, in a fashionable church up toxvn, the bridesmaids con sisted of six ohorublo little girls, rang ing in age from six to ten years. They were attired in charming-looking Kate Greenaway costumes made of seashell pink foulard, trimmed with lace and natural rosolinds, with broad sashes of pink moire and bewitching little (jueon Mali bonnets of white shirred surah, tied down with moire silk strings, tho crows being wreathed with tho moss roses. They carried French gilded bas kets of white and pink roses to scatter tie' bride’s path as,unaccompanied, she walked up the church aisle to tho chan cel, xvhero she mot tho rest of tho bridal oa''lv. xvho preceded her into tho church. A simple wajking-rtress for a young girl is made of limuusine striped beige and dark C’hinese red silk. Tho round skitL is in two rows of kilts, and the second skirt is very much draped in tho back. In front it is crossed slantwise and looped high on one side. This tunio has no trimming beyond several rows of stitching in dark red silk. The basque is slaslmJ st the back, and wnat He Have Aoucea. That people who wear tho best cloth ing do not always wear the best. That people who boast that they al ways speak what they think, have some mighty mean thoughts. That the man who persistently neglects to live within his income will one day be trying to live without it. That the world is divided into two classes—tiiosc who are ambitious to as cend above mediocrity, and those who are ambitious that everybody else shall descend below their own mediocrity. That the man who barters health for riches is never satisfied wilh his bar gain. That the man who has a large prin cipal in the bank sometimes shows no principle in anything else. That honesty is the best policy—ih fact, that all rare things are reckoned the best. That learning is a powerful auxiliary to the fool bent on displaying bis folly. That man and wife should not be yoked like oxen, but harnessed tandem. To get along smoothly, one must lead and the other follow. That the strongest horse is generally placed between ibe shafts. That the strongest argument agaiii't sexual equality is, that woman may be as bod as man when she is possessed of his superior opportunities. That the married man wonders xvhy the bachelor does not marry, and the bachelor wonders why the married man married in fact, that this is a world of wonders. That the girl who declares that slio would not marry the best man alive quite frequently proves her sincerity by marrying the xvorsfc man she can find. That it is the same xvith thought as with money—the less one has of either, tin; more eager lie is to make a dispiuy of it. That when a man is loved for himself alone, it. is himself who is the lover. That while some men pick their com pany, others pluck their company. That when a man tells you of a chance to make money, he neglects to mention the hundred or more chances to lose it in the same enterprise. That when a man says, in a slighting manner, that anybody can do this or that thing, lie means that anybody but hinisuli can do it. That the photographer xvho can make a flattering picture is more successful than lie wiio makes a correct likeness. That he who sees no good in tinman nature is too much given to self-contem plation. That the most precious goods are done up in the smallest bundles. The letter 1 is the smallest in the alphabet. That people who pride themselves upon their ancestry' do what thev can to make their descendants humble when thinking of them. That I lie man who could do a thing if he only tried is always very careful not to try\ That the man who is alxvays able to sav the right thing in the right place is usually found in the riglitplace to say it. That it is better to be good and home ly than pretty bad. That good taste is too often confined to the palate. That no matter how ugly a nose may be, its imperfections are overlooked by its owner. That the average man objects to pay ing the debt of nature, not so much be cause he is afraid to die as because he dislikes deht-raviiur —Boahon Transcriot. (lollies <i. in posing the Solar System. The solar system comprises the sun and all those heavenly bodies which re volve around him, consisting of the fol lowing known members : 1. The eight principal planets and their twenty sat tellites, or moons. 2. The Asteroids, a swarm of small planets, numbering now, according to Professors Newcomb and Jlolden, 220. 11. An indefinite number of comets and meteors, revolving in orbits of much greater eccentricity than those of the planets. Theueareat known planet to ttie sun is Mercury, at the moan distance of 35,392,000 miles from that body. The late Professor Watson, of Michigan and Wisconsin State Uni versities, was positive that during a total eclipse of the sun lie saw a planet still nearer the sun than Mercury. The existence of this body, sometimes re ferred to as Vulcan, is still a matter of controversy. Next beyond Mercury, traveling outward, is the planet Venus, distant from the sun <16,131,000 mill's; the next is the earth (with one moon), 91,430,000 miles; the next Mars (with two moons) 139,311,(100 miles ; then tho group of diminutive planets called the numbering, as already said, (wit ti four moons), if^?.-"*vJ , ; then Saturn (with • '.'ill. lour UH A Scheme that Wcnld’nt Work. The Newburyport Herald contains an account of how a prominent merchant and bank directorof Georgetown, whom , it designated as “Mr. K.” successfully "did” a couple'of confidence men and blacklegs who attempted to “do” him ,in Boston last Saturday. Mr. K. was in the city on business, and made the ac quaintance of blackleg No. 1 through the old game of pretended knowledge f Mr. K. and his friends, the would-be swindler representing himself to be a nephew of the cashier of the bank in which the Georgetown gentleman is a director. It was further stated by the stranger that he was an agent of the Florida Tea Company, and would allow Mr. ft. a certain number of pounds of tea if the latter would distribute a quan tity in Georgetown as samples. The tea was kept, according to the story, in a large warehouse at the South End, but, l fortunately, the agent had a few pounds ! in a valise at a saloon on Beach street, i whither Mr. K. consented to go, being hungry and about to procure his dinner. I At the saloon, while-waiting for the din -1 ner, they were accosted by a rough look | ing man, who asked about the tea in the 1 storehouse, and whom No. 1 introduced as one of his employees. Blackleg No. 2 immediately began to tell about now he had been swindled out 1 of S9O by some frauds with whom he | had been playing “the old gj.l.” “What do you mean by that?” asked Mr. K. “ I’ll show you what the game is,” said the employee; “ I’ve learned it well, al though L paid S9O to do it,” and pulling threo cards from his pocket he exhibited them to Mr. K. and the tea agent. A floral bouquet was stamped on two of the cards, and on the other was engraved the picture of the “old gal.” “ There, i gentlemen, I have bought the stock in trade of those fellows, and now I’ll wager that I can play the trick as well as they did. I will now shuffle those cards and wager $lO that neither of you can pick out the “old gal.” Mr. K. stated that he was not in the habit of betting. The tea agent, however, said he felt sure that ho could select the “old gal,” and so he staked his money three times in succession, and each time won. The employee then arose and left them for a few moments, during which time | the tea agent urged Mr. K. very strong i ly to bet with the man. Mr. K. declined, I however, and now began to smell a rat. ! The employee returned, and again tho j tea agent bet and won. Ib} repeatedly I urged Mr. K. to play, and Mr. K. re ; peatedly refused, and in a few moments I he arose to depart, but the tea agent in* j terfered and said: “ One moment,Mr. K., I have not shown you the tea yet," and turning to his employee he said, “ James, bring out that largest can of tea.” .lames wont into a rear room and brought out a tin can and placed it on the table. “ Now, Mr. K., I want you to smell of that tea, as it has the finest flavor of any I have ever seen.” Mr. K. began to smell ether, and thought the time for action had come, and plao ing his hand in his pocket he brought out a seven-shooter, and running it un der the tea agent’s nose, said: “ Now, sir, before I smell of the sponge in that can, you will be obliged to smell of tho contr'ats of this revolver, and l now pro pose to leave this place without inter ference. Good day, sir.” As he backed out of the door the tea agent and his confederate sat as still as the chairs they wero in, well knowing that Mr. K. held a better hand than they. It is very ev ident that the blacklegs had met Mr. X. before, as the tea agent talked famil iarly of the Georgetown Bank and bank officers. Garibaldi Dead. With the death of Guiseppe Garibaldi disappears a heroic figure which has long; filled a place of unchallenged pre eminence in the affections of his coun trymen. He deserved their love and admiration, for he was not only a high minded and single-hearted patriot, but a successful liberator, and what Mazzini planned he, more than any other son of Italy, carried into triumphant execution To fixnl a parallel to the intiuence ex ercised by Garibaldi’s personality in tho shaping of events we must look not to Kossuth or Bolivar or any leading spirit of the French revolution, for the move ments with which those men were asso ciated had acquired an impetus to which the contributions of individuals seemed relatively insignificant. But Garibaldi may be said to have revived the tradi tions of Italian valor, and in the victory he won over great odds in 1849 under the walls of Home he taught his coun trymen a lesson of self-respect and self-confidence which was never after ward forgotten. When Garibaldi, with a vastly inferior force, routed a French army, he wiped out the contumely of four centuries, reversed the triumphs of Charles VIII., and con vinced the world that Italy was at last worthy to be free. Nqr is it doubtful to those who appreciate the difficulties of Favour’s position in 1860 that Italy owes her unity to the famous expedition of the One Thousand against Sicily, a -feat of arms whose er.ual must be sought exploits of tlv Vikings or of the adventurers who conquered 'ivlit centuries before l':inr things in hi-tcry u i bug IV- vu ‘Ci of hr bad "on hi i i 'oio.o , :: ■ “T* 0.0 A True Story About a Queer Fly. It was on Little Snake River, near the Colorado line, that I saw my queer fiys one bright, sunny day, in the early sum mer, xvhen the vegetation was just blossoming in that high latitude, all though much further advanced in more favored regions. On a well-beaten path in the alkaline soil, which the sun had warmed and dried, the fly was hurrying along, dragging, with its slender leg*, another insect, apparently dead, which seemed a heavy burden for it. The little creatnre woulil stop every few minutes to take a breathing-spell, and at these times it would spread its wings upon the ground and lie perfectly motionless; then, as if receiving increa-e of strength from contact with the earth, it would shako itself and return to its wearisome task. We soon discovered that its pur pose was to find a perfectly dry and safe spot in which to bury its burden, until trie occupant of the egg that she was about to lay in it should come to life, feed on the eutombed insect, and at last rise from its grave, expand its iri descent wings, and fly away. There were four of u, officers of the army, watching the performance, which was new to all, and, as the sequel proved, very interesting. After a few moments, the fiy dropped her burden and went off to select a spot suitable for her purpose. But in a short time, apparently fearing that her treasure might be disturbed during her absence, she started to fiy back. While she was gone, however, one of us moved her prey a short dis tance away from where it had been left, and when she returned and did not find it, she fell into a flutter of excitement. She flew swiftly about in circles, widen ing at every round, until she became wearied, when she spread herself prone tin the ground until rested, and then re traced her path, lessening tho circles and never becoming confused. Soon the insect was placed where she could find it, when she seized it with unmistakable pleasure and bore it away to the site of the grave, and, alter resting a second or two, began to dig with might "vul main. Her manner of exoavat ing iv ; she stood on her head and, spinning swiftly around like a top, bored into tbs ground like an auger, matting a hum ming noise with her wings. When ex hausted by this violent exercise, she was not satisfied with merely resting on the ground, but sought the shade cast by a blade of grass or a leaf of a tiny shrub, which afforded a cool retreat to her slender body. The hole was soon bored out and smoothed to exactly the right width and depth to receive the seemingly dead insect, although no measurements had been marie by this Liliputian engineer, who had worked with unerring skill, unheeding the giants watching her. Having completed her task, she took a good rest within tho shadow of her fa vorite leal, and then sought her burden. But, again, it was gone! Ai this she acted precisely as if she were saying: “Oh, dear, dear! I laid the thing there, close by the grave, as sure as sure. And yet I must be mis taken ; for I had paralyzed it with my sting so that it could neither fly nor walk; and those hulking giants stand ing around here would not be so mean as to steal it from ma. Oh, fie! there it is. I fear my brains are in a whirl from overwork in this hot sun. I could have sworn I laid it on this, side, instead of t/iat." (One of us had moved tho in sect again.) Then she laid an egg in the insect. * The burial did not take her loner; deftly she patted down the dust, and butted at it, using her small heart as a battering-ram; but before she had half finished she xvas forced from sheer weakness to seek again the shady covert of the leaf. And during this interval -so eager were we to observe the little worker’s queer ways—we took advantage of her absence to remove the insect from its hole and lay it on the ground alongside. When she returned, she looked at it in tently for a moment, and then patiently went to work to put it back ; and this was repeated twice, with the same re suit. finally tno patient tty, aticr rest ing a longer time than usual, returned to give the finishing touches to the grave, and, finding it again despoiled, eemed to become terribly enraged, as if convinced that the insect was' trying to make a fool of her. She fell upon it and stung it again and again, and final ly destroyed it by repeat and blows. At this unexpected denouement, xve walked away to our touts, amazed that so small a head should contain such a volume of wrath.— St. Nicholas. lie Ibid the Russian Accent. The Russian is the most difficult of all Continental tongues to acquire. One must have a throat made on purpose, and vocal cords strong as tho hawser of a ship, or ho will never be able to speak with case and freedom. The following true anecdote will serve to illustrate the nature of these awful gutturals with which tho language is filled. The Russian Minister, li most accomplished gentleman, was seated at table by the side of an American friend, who was taken with a sudden fit of sneezing. Now there are sneezes and then again there are sneezes. There is a little cat sneeze in which some delicate ladies in dulge, and there is the robust fiioozo of the full grown man, and, lastly, the sneeze immense, the earthquake sneeze, loud enough to waken even a watchman at tho dead of night, and strong enough to lift a heavy mortgage off the house. (If the later kind was the sneeze we are describing. At the third report, which ■sought the entire dinner company to |Bcf’*‘t in dismay, tlit* gentleman from ■Buersburg quietly turned and s-iid m. ' ■ "T > ■ 1 <1 ■k i Ik ALesson in Natural History—The Dodo. “Professor, what is a Dodo?” j “There are several species of the Dodo, my son, and there used to he several more before the fool-killer, cut the country up into regular districts." “ Please describe some of them to me ?’ ■ “ With pleasure. You have prob ably attended a Sunday-school picnic given on the banks of a lake or river? Six fat women, t.vo girls xvho wear eye glasses, and a very good boy who lisps make up the party to take a ride on the : water. As they are ready to shove off, j the Dodo appears and keeps them com- j panv. j “What is ho like, and what doe 1 he do?” “He is generally a soft-headed young man under twenty-three years of age, j and he stands up and rocks the boat to ! hear the fat women scream and to in- j duce the girls ta call him Uweorge.’' i “Dies the boat upset?” “It doe3.” “And is everybody drowned?” “Everybody except the Dodo, lie always reaches the shore in safety, and he is always sorrv it happened. lie is sometimes so affected that it takes away his appetite for lunch.” “And is anything done xvith him?” “They sometimes rub his head with a cheap brand of peppermint es erfeo and turn him out to grass, but no ouo ever thinks of doing him harm.” “And the next species?” “The next species is a youth from sixteen to twenty. He labors under what the ancients termed the swell head. He gets out the family shot-gun or revolver to show off. He points it at some boy or girl to see ’em shiver, and after he has testified before the coroner that he did’nt know it was loaded the affair is looked upon as ended.” “Is this species on the increase?" “Well, no. The friends of the victims have got to making such a fuss over these trifles that the-didn’t-knoxvit-was loaded Dodo isn’t quite holding his own.” “What is the third species?” “The third species belongs to the female sex. Of course there are two sexes of t..e Dodo. She buys arsenic to kill rats, or corrosive-sublimate to dis ci ii.mure bed-bugs, or Paris green to give cockroaches a hint to skip, and she leaves the packages on the pantry shelf alongside of her baking-powder. She may keep ’em separate for txvo or three days, but it isn’t over a week before the family begins to lose their appetite and hire a cheap boy to go for a doctor and a stomach-pump.” “And is she sorry?” “Oh, yes. She didn’t mean to, you know; never thought of killing the family; always lived happy with her husband: had entirely forgotten that he lwd any life insurance; was in a hurry and didn’t stop to look.” “And is there yet another species of Dodo?” “Several others, but xve havcn’L time to take ’em in detail and give full par-' tieulars in each case. The man who thinks tho best horse wins is a Dodo. The woman who gets into society on the strength of her false hair, small waist, painted eyebrows, chalked cheeks and cramped feet is a Dodo. The man who thinks he can take comfort on a steamboat excusion—tho woman who weeps over tho heathen—the girl who writes poetry on sunsets—the young man looking for a necktie to become him—the old man who marries a young wife—why, it would take ma an hour to mention them all." Put away vour books in a careful manner and we will walk out and see some live specimens of the Dodo. I know of one who i.as engaged to deliver a- Fourth of July oration, and perhaps we inav get a shot at him.” Mulligan Sails. A large schooner lay at the foot of East Twenty-eighth street on Sunday evening. Just before nightfall a bare headed man rushed down Twenty : eighth street, closely pursued by two ! policemen, and sprang on board and | climbed the mainmast with the agility l of a monkey. The policemen watched [ him, evidently puzzled at the situation. “We sail lit half an hour,” said tho Captain. Tho elder policeman, a gray-haired man of fifty years, hesitated for a mo ment, aud then proceeded to climb the mast. The man in the rigging smiled. The policeman pushed steadily on, how ever, and the man above finally frowned and proceeded to climb higher. A crowd gathered upon the dock watched the two men with deep interest. Up and up they went, until the pursued man had reached his last foothold. The policeman was a few feet below him, and both still climbing. Both seemed determined. A struggle at that dizzy height was likely to result in the death of one or both. An unexpected incident called fortli a loud cheer from the crowd. The fugi tive seized a wire rope stretched be tween the two masts and swung him self into the air. Hand over hand lie went until he reached the second mast, which was without support for him other than the wire rope afforded. Ho locked his lego about the mast and clung to the rope. The policeman de scended to the deck. "How can I get that man?” he said to tho Olfptain. The Captain smiled grimly. “If it was any ordinary man 1 should say' you could pick him up on the deck pretty' soon, or what’s lelt of him. After see in him cross that rope I should say you couldn’t get him until he comes down. Are you goin’ out with us?” and ho ordered his crew to cast off The policemen went ashore, and the man remained in his dizzy porch until out of sight in the twilight. The fugitive was William Irwin, alias Mulligan, who, on May 23, inflicted in juries on Edward Marron, of 844 East Thirty-first street, which kept Mr. Mar ron confined to his house until last Fri day. The policeman who made tb. plucky pursuit was Michael KeHs^jß 1 V-V. I milt. £■ GENERAL. -Two New York young women of after the woman their widower pan, xvas about to and pounded her tender with a club. —The high price of beef is graduafl drawing the yellow dog of Georgia into tho hot vortex of the bologna sansa?* factory. —Atlanta Constitution. —A Kansas farmer took home a seventy-five cent dog to please his xyjf e and in one night the animal killed s9l) worth of sheep to please himself. —Edison has dropped his electro light aud is now experimenting to see if a c iw cannot give ice-cream by wrap, ping her in congealed water' before milking. —The wearer of a calico dress having set herself on fire and died one day last xv,!ck from using the sole of her shoe to strike a match, the staid Philadelphia Li Iyer suggests that all women who adopt from their male relatives this method of striking a light should bor row their clothes, too. A Jersey City man Jjas patented txv 1 improved floor coverings. Onei? a fabric coated with a mixture of ground leather and mineral fiber and a biedm* of .hard varnish, and the other is a coating of ground wood or some other vegetable liber, mixed with mineral fiber and a binding of copal. These coverings are claimed to be remarkably cheap and durable.—AT. V. Herald. —Laros, the Easton poisoner, is said to be farming out West. If he is p m . ployed on a piece of rocky and stumpy ground, and the plow handles insinuate themselves into his abdomen, or bend a couple of his ribs, like croquet wickets, whenever the plow strikes a snag, he is getting pretty severely punished for having simply poisoned his father, mother and uncle. —Norristown Herald. —“The fact is,” said the seedy tramp, “1 have read so ranch about the troubles in the labor market that I am heartily sick of the whole business, and I made up my mind long ago that I would never have anything to do with labor. As I am a man who never forsakes his prin ciples, 1 can not work; but if you have :i nice rare steak and cup of hot coffee about the premises, I’ll devote a tew moments to their demolition.” —When Emerson last visited England he xvent one Sunday to the church in Stratford-on-Avon, and seated himself near the monument to Shakespeare. There was an unusually fine sermon, and at its conclusion the congregation dispersed, but Emerson still sat, silent an I absorbed. After a little time, a friend touched his arm and reminded him that the sermon was over. “The sermon?” exclaimed the philosopher, startled from his reverie, “I (lid not know there had been one.” New Arithmetical Problems. James has six apples and divides one among his live brother and sisters. How many has ho left? If a quart-box of strawberries holds a pint and a half, how many boxes will it take to make a peck, and how quick can a tramp get away with them? If a farmer can mow six acres of grass in one day. how many liars will it tako to mow thirty-eight acres of grass in three days? A guest at the hotel pays the porter twenty-live cents to take his trunk up stairs; ten cents to a colored boy to bring him a pitcher of water; twenty five cents further to the pftrter to get his trunk down stairs; fifty cents to the omnibus driver, and $9 to the landlord ns the regular rate of the house. Hoxv much has he been sxvindled. and what is lie going to do about it ? A coal dealer has a driver weighing 185. pounds, who is weighed with 750 loads of coal during the winter. What would have been the gain to the con sumers had the driver only weighed lot) pounds? If a policeman on night duty sleeps an hour and a half each night for thirteen years, how many years of such arduous labor will it take to reduce him to a walking skeleton? In each county in the United States are seventy inhabitants who believe they would make good State Governors. Of this number only two per cent, ever get to be even a constable Wliat is the exact number of constables, anil how many law-suits can a wide-awake officer provoke in a year. A grocer lias a horse which lie assert* can t rot a mile in 2:40. He puts him on tlic track under a wateli and finds hi* best gait to be 8:2s!. What was the dif ference between the grocer’s estimate and the watch, and why- did lie wollop the poor horse all the way home? A father at his death left 512,000 for the benefit of iiis only son, fourteen years, e’ght months and twelve days old, ihe money to be paid him when twenty-one years of age, with interest at six per cent. How much money did the lawyers leave for the bov? A merchant who has a stork valued at sB,‘jOO advertises that, he will rPspose of it at one-fourth off How much does lie make? A citizen has a cow winch gives -iv (pi irts of milk per day. while his sales roo! up nine ipiarts. 'ill re is nothing for the student to find in this case. Simple turn oil the water. A grocer buys a chest of tea weighing c’ghty pounds. He sells twenty-seven pounds of it as “my unapproachable sixty cent tea ” and the remainder as “our splendid lortv .cent Oolong. How much did lie receive in all and h >w lunch did he have to give to the heathen that year to quiet his conscience? A plumber who does sixteen (on' worth of nqxiirinfl; desires lo charge, tor four pounds of solder in li is bill. Please suggest how if can be done without in-, jury to his *'-l‘ni. —Detroit AV^^ofco Pui^^> chai