The Evening critic., 1882-09-08
MISCELLANY.

For those who use both eyes In shooting, an
English gentleman has invented two-eyed
sight piece.
Fifteen printing presses, at an average cost
OF $4,000, have been received In Georgia
since the LIST OF August
Nothing in tho world is quito so good as
goodness, but 1t must consist of right acting
rather than glib talking.
New colors have singular names, and some
that are suggestive well. Take, for IN
stance, adirondack haze
The preachers are returning from summer
vacations; So S are their people and church
A Mississippi negroes named Moss recently
gave birth to four babies. Her husband wishes
his name had been "Rollingstone."
Herr krupp, the celebrated gunmaker Of
Essen, Is said TO havo invented an absolutely
immobile floating battery for coast defense.
The Prince of Wales owes S3,OOO,OOO. But
he doesen't mind 1t. He is used to It, you sec,
and lets the other fellows do the fretting.
North Carolina has 17S varieties Of min
erals, twenty-five more than any other State
can show up. There arc 112 varieties of woods.
To such perfection has the art OF artificial
flower making reached that natural flowers
for house decoration are said to DO going out
of fashion.
Mrs. Howe says women do not fall in love any
more. Place woman In front OF milllners
window and sec II she decentralization Tran
script.
Within the last six months about 500 yards
of the Severn (England) Tunnel have been com.
pleted and u further length OF $50 yards has
been arched.
elaborate than ever, and VIII have a tendency
TO make tho girl OF tho period moro radiant
than ever.
Cotywayo learned to eat with a knife and
fork, and his favorite dish 10 begin breakfast
with now is amess OF porrldge and bottle OF
whisky.
George @. Min, Chicagos agnostle preacher.
has ordered a full wardrobe for the roles of
RirHglPM. md
month VIII make his first appearance on the
stage.
was found, on opening, TO- contain whole
coopfull OF hons eggs, besides Il whole china
egg OF tho largest size.
Tho New orleans PicasuHe speaks of o col
ored Louisiana orator who, "foeling his oats,
snorts like warhorse." Is he not more apt
10 eat coon and paw some y
Tho slungshot Is n vicious weapon, and its
use is punished TO tho fullest extent OF tho
law, and yet when the British slung shot into
Alexandria nobody was arrested,
Port Royal, s. O., boasts OF the champion 70.
male rover Of the State. She Is dusky maid.
en-, who can spin heavy boat through six
miles in one and three-quarter hours.
Tho destruction OF forests is what causes
such severe drouths, and the same theory Will
doubtless explain why bald-headed mon get
go thirsty Cincinnati Commercial.
Never forgot that Il Is your duty to laugh
whonoveryo ind anything TO laugh at. "a
good laugh" says Charles Lamb, 'Is worth a
huuufeu groans III any Stato OF the market
Tho census shows that tho number OF per.
sons In family In the United Statos is small
fraction over Ave. In some families wo know
the husband is q small fraction over,
1t may interest our manufacturers TO learn
that he,Turkish Council OF State has Just au,
thorized tho importation OF agricultural ma.
chinery into tho Ottoman EN- ire free of duty.
Oun famous and popular military organiza-
tlons, the Washington Light Infantry aud the
National Rifles, Will leave by special train on
the Baltimore Il Potomac Railroad, from tho
SiNth'stroet station, at o a, m. ON Tuesday
next tho 18th instant, to participate in tho
grand military parade which inaugurates tho
| three'day orlole festival at tho Monumental
City.
Patrick II. Whalen, OF Ponghkeepsle, on
arising at $50 Tuesday found that ne was
totally blind. At noon his oyesight returned
TO him as mysteriously as It had gone, and no
could sec as well as ever.
| Michigan farmer, who accidentally thrust
awheat straw Into one OF his Dostrils, bled TO
! death.