, 1881-11-18
ALL SORTS.

The boldest man of whom there is any
| record has just married his mother-in-
law in New jersey.
In Dallas, Texas, woman is gradually
being converted into a petrifaction
Her feet and hands are already as hard
| as stone.
The inventor of the screw propeller
was the celebrated artist Leonardo di
Vinci, and he first applied it to serial
navigation.
Gen. Wallace, our minister to Turkey,
drank coffee with the Sultan. The cups
were without handles, and were crested
with diamonds.
Worth has caused a war in Paris by his
attempt TO revive MORE antique. as lead
ing inevitably to resurrection of the
much detested crinoline.
A report of local doctors states that II
per cent. of the cases of diphtheria epi-
demic raging in the province of Orel,
Central Russia are fatal.
The electric light has been success
fully introduces in the Mathilde Colliery,
in Upper Silesia The work was done by
Siemens & Halske, of Berlin.
1t is not fair for man to dress one
of his wives so much fiper than the
otucI, oSpcCihlly Nnou Tue Quiet ndS Ill
the the children to care for.-Indianap-
oils Herald.
A few days ago Jay Gould was seen to
look long and earnestly at the moon
through telescope, and then turn away
with disconsolate sigh. A car road
track cannot be laid on air.
In the technical schools of the Metro
politan Museum of Art plumbing is now
70 crhf hTYf lv hn of
are admitted to the course.
''Man's inhumanity to man" does not
compare to woman's inhumanity to wo-
man. Is not the corset a good leader of
the evils inflicted?
A little boy recitinga Bible verse about
shifting the enemy hip and thigh, said
they would smite him with a ship, hip
and hurrah.''
in Grand Rapids, Michigan, who
graduated from Vassar three years ago,
has been the cashier of her fathers hank
ever since.
We have seen ladies' who were insuffer-
ably shocked at the sight of man in his
sleeves; and their own arms were bare
almost to the shoulders. Women are
strange creatures.
A Yankee in Boston closed his store
for two hours on the day of the Garfield
funeral, and then docked his clerks for
the time. He ought to put up a monu-
ment for Guiteau.
Uncle Sam is gradually extending his
dominions. Our latest acquisition is
big ice foe named WraEgel Land. Why
it is called Wrangel Land we don
know, as it is uninhabited.
A Southern journal says this years
rice crop in the Gulf States will reach
15O, 600, 600 bushels. 1t is predicted that
the rice industry will soon rival that of
sugar growing in Louisiana.
feel profounder reverence for boy
than a man. l never meet ragged boy
in the street without feeling that l may
owe him a salute, for I know not what
possibilities may be buttoned up under
his coat.
Mr.. Edison has come ont with an ut
terance: whenever by theory, analogy
and calculation have satisfied myself
that the result desire is impossible,
am then sure that am on the verge of
discovery" 1t is darkest Just before
the dawn, and we suppose it is more dis
couraging Immediately preceding the
electric light.
The Japanese telegraph system, estab-
hshed ten years ago, has now 1929 miles
of line and 9345 miles of wire. Twenty
words are sent sixty miles for less than
two cents. Last year the number of
messages transmitted was 1,272, ,755.
There are 348 Morse instruments in use,
26 single needle books, and % Bell tele-
phones.