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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1885-07-04
NATURES RIDDLES.
The Instincts Of the Lever Units Of Creation.

The Instincts Of the Lever Uaits Of Creation.
Chickens, two minutes after
they have left the egg, will follow
with their eyes the movements of
crawling insects and peek at them,
Judging distance aud direction
with almost infallible accuracy.
They will instinetively appreciate
sounds, readily running toward an
invisible hen hidden in a box when
they hear her "esll.n Some young
binds also have an innate, instinct.
I've horror of the sight of hawk
and of the sound of its voice.
Swallows, titmice, tomtits, and
wrens, after having been confined
from birth, are capable of flying
successfully at once when liber.
ated on their wings having attain
ed the necessary growth to render
fight possible. The Duke of
Argyll relates some very interest.
ing particulars about the instincts
of birds, especially OF the water
ousel, the merganser, aud the wild
duck. Even us to the class of
beasts | find recorded: "Five
young polecats were found com
fortably imbedded in dry, withered
grass and in a side hole, of proper
dimensions for such a larder, were
forty frogs and toads, all alive,
but merely capable of sprawling q
little. On examination the whole
number, toads and all, proved to
have been purposely and dexter
ously bitten through the BRAIN"
Evidently the parent polecat had
thus provided the young with food
which could be kept perfectly
fresh, because aliye, and yet was
rendered quite unable to escape.
This singular instinct is like
others which are yet more fully
developed among insects--a class
of animals the instincts Of which
are SO numerous, wonderful and
notorious that it will be, probably,
enough to refer to one or two ex
amples. The female carpenter bee
in order to protect its eggs, exca.
Yates, in some piece of wood, a
series of chambers, in special or.
der with view to peculiar mode
of exit for her young; but the
young mother can have no con-
scious knowledge of tho series
Of actions subsequently to ensue.
The female of the wasp, sphex, af-
fords another well.known but
very remarkable example of a com.
plex instinct closely related to
that already mentioned in the case
of the polecat. The female WASP
has to provide fresh, living ANNA
food for her progeny, which wher
, it quits its egg, quits it in the form
of an almost helpless grub, utterl.
unable to catch retain or kill al
active struggling prey. Accord
ingly the mother insect has no
only to provide and place besid
her eggs suitable living prey, bu
= so to treat II that it may be helr
4 less, unresisting victim. The viz
tim may bea mere caterpiller, 0
: it may be great, powerful grasI
hopper, OF even the most fierce
: active and rapacious of inset
tyrants, a fell and veuomou
spider. Whichever it may be, th
! wasp adroitly stings it in the spo
u which induces, or in several spot
d which induce, complete paralysi
D as to motion, let us hope as to sci
{ sation also. This done the was
entombs the helpless being wit
!. its own egg, and leaves it for til
u support of the future grub.-S
J George Mlvart, in Fortnightly r.
view.
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.sns lrH DISTRICT.
|ReUIT COURT.

~ y -
.ouutr-Begins on the lst
I.reh and October, and may
udieial days.
eounty-Begins on the 2nd
.reh and October, and may
Iudicial days.
Duntv-Begins on the 18th
.larch and October, and may
judicial days.
|eounty-Begins on the 2nd
the lth Monday Of March
and may continue Il ju-
|eeunty-Begins on the 9th
l the lth Monday Of March
and may continue II judi
In county-Begins on the
after the 4th Monday OF
october, and may continue &c
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A POSTSCRIPT.

After the foregoing article was
written, and before giving it to
the publishers, l found the presi.
dent of the Merchants Exchange
had appointed a Committee on
Freights, and for that reason it
was withheld. Thursday morning
| learned from a member of said
committee that the member there
of had never even held meeting,
and / ask them to let us hear from
them. w. A. EvERMAN.
This letter from our old friend
and fellow townsman has drawn
out q call for specifications
from Mr.. 7, s. Dsvant, of the rail
road interest
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Poor John Mccullough has at
last been sent to an insane asylum
In New York City. He was placed
in Bloomingdale Saturday after
noon and has agreedto remain.
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Determinations by Rail and River.
70 the Editors Of the Appeal:

DlNcrlmlnatlOnS Dy kall aud River.
To the Editors OF the Appeal:
In your issue of the 14th instant
| notice an article headed "South-
ern Freight Rates" which | read
with interest. The well known
discrimination made against Mem.
phis by railroads aud the Anchor
Line should rise the indignation
and resentment of every merchant
here. Why sheuld we submit to
such manifest worngi an injustice
which allows Memphis to do but a
fraction of the immense business
done in what should be her own
territory. Our city is not what it
should be from commercial
standpoint, not what she has a
right to be- OF what benefit are
her many natural advantages ifher
merchants and business men sit
supinely down and see her cheated
of her simplest and most ressona-
BILE rights, and suffer the encroach.
ments of her rivals without de
muri
Who can estimate the growth,
Importance and wealth of a city
whose every strains every energy
to that end, whose every citizen
resents as personal injuries all
things done to her detriment 7
Merchants find the cost of trans
portation enters largely into all
their calculations. Can anyone,
after the most casual considera-
ton of the immense traffic of q
town carried on through the agen.
cy of railroads; fail to see the vast
Importance of a reduction in
freight ratesl The gravity Of this
question is not exaggerated. Let
us have done with the apathy
which has so long permitted out
rageous injustice and demand
our rights. Let us compe
these transportation lines to re
duce our freight rates to the same
basis upon which they charge
our competitors. Why do they
persist in this partialityi Sim
ply because We permit it. Now
let us compel them to show us the
same consideration as other cities
or let us rise in q body and put O
stop to such open imposition.
st. Louis is trying to regain
some of her lost trade, and If sue
cessful she will come right to our
door and get the few crumbs we
have managed to secure. The
reason she had not before made
the effort was because she did moi
want 1t. Before the completion o.
the Kansas City, Springfield ant
Memphis railroad she had beer
selling our merchants all thei
flour, meal, meat and grain, ant
they then in turn sold them L
planters in the shape Of advance
on the crops. st. Louis did no
: want that kind Of business whe
t she could get cash and our mel
chants take the risk. In 1888
t when the levees in the Secon
i Mississippi District broke and tn
}. people were threatened with ban
+ ruptcy, the few st. Louis me
J. chants who did business the
;, drew off their drummers and SCI
t them to other fields. Now th
s the levees are sound again, Il
Q crops look well and planters a
It in q better financial condition ths
s at any period since the war,
S Louis is again invading that teri
+ tory and seeking its business, al
p unless we bring freights down 81
h will get the "lion's share"
Q w. A. EvERMAN.
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Some one who knows him says
concerning Gen. Grants religious
belief: "The Generals religious
views are not we'll understood.
His is not the religion of mind
bound down to the Interpretation
of phrases. He believes that every
man has q standard of what is
right. lie has his standard and
thinks that his duty consists in
living up to it as best he can. To
speak briefly, he cannot be called
churchly." This, however, did not
prevent Parson Newman from
jumping in on him and baptizing
him in an unguarded moment.-N.
o. Picayune.
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Regular morning service at II a m. Evening
service, y. m, every Sunday. Communion
irst sunday In each month VIM Cross
Rector. Sabhaih-school at 945 n. m j. M
Moore superintendent
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Jewish Synagogue
PROFESSIONAL.

Services Friday evenings at IN, and Saturday
mornings nj l0k. J. Bogen Rabbi,
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|rNTY OFFICIALS.

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Nrict, J. w. Erwin
District, Il I Worthington
Ptrict, (Pres.) N Goldstein
district, w. W. Stone,
|trict, J. N. Collier
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Methodist Church

Preaching at n a. IN. and -. m every sun
day Pray yer-meeting every Wednesday night.
sunlay-school, $3.50 X NJ. standiftr, Pastor.
W r. Trlgg, shpt
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bf Supreme Court-COm-
|the LIST Mondays of April
Der.
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CnuRCH DIRECTORY.
st. Joseph Catholic Church
ST. Jane. EpisconaI Churni

High Mass nj 10 o'cloek a. m. aud vespers At
y. m. hrst aud third Sundays CatsehIsm
every sunday at "a m y c. Bohmert Pastor
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NHLNs OF LkUIsLATVNE.
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|Gilbert Horton.
kroR FRoN 2arn DISTINCT.
II. JeffOrds.
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Presbvterian Cbnroh

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Communion lsi SUNDAY in February, May, Au-
gust and November. l'myer-meeting every
Wednesday night. : Archer Pastor. Sunday
school Htgi. sam. Brown sup.
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D Mondays of June and
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Of the supreme Court.
hmpbell, Chief Justice,
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bet Court for Southern his.
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ST.. Charles College.
GRlND COTEAU, LII.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-11
HIS HOTEL IN BALTIMORE SEARCHED FOR Il

HIS HOTEL IN BALTIMORE SEARCHED FOR HIN
IN vAIN-THE REoUIs1rIoN PROCEEDINGS.
Marshal Frey, of Baltimore, yesterday morn.
ing received q dispatch from the superintend-
ent of the Boston police force, stating that q
requisition had been issued by the governor OF
Massachusetts upon the governor Of Maryland
for the surrender of Mr.. Adrian L. Mellen, OF
Baltimore and asking that that gentleman be
arrested and held until the arrival OF the
tions received nom his chief, Deputy Marshal
Lanuan proceeded to the ST. James hotel, which
is managed by Mellen. The deputy was &C:
Lannan told one of the clerks that he desired
to be shown to Mr. Mellen's room at once. The
CLERK replied that Mellen was not at home:
Later in the day, the entrances to the hotel
having been carefully watched in the mean
time, Marshal Lannan searched every room
humber raS Of c S were lei at the hotel Mrs.
Mellen is Frustrated by her husbands troubles.
The reputation papers nom Massachueetts for
at late hour last night. Should they arrive In
time Gov. Lloyd will give the case hearing to-
day At Annapolis, and Mellen's counsel Is con-
fident the requisition will not be recognized, as
he says the evidence Is Of such. character
that will not hold. In case HELEN IL ar.
rested writ Of habeas corpus Will b applied
A special dispatch to the Baltimore S.sn from
Boston last night says: The disappearance Of
appointment to the Boston police department..
as also 70 the county attorneys. The Herald
sss o sn9
through their fngers. Prom the nrss he has
Boston officers . perfect case against him he
would have doubtless played soeoessfal hand.
what was being done In Baltimore immediately
after the nrst reports In regard to the case ap-
peared in the neWspapers. The statement that
his wife hrst saw them, aud that they pros
trated her, y undoubtedly true for no one en-
gagged in the proceedings believes that she
knew OF the conspiracy or the marriage OF her
SON 70 May somerset Nov, the great question
ID. where f. Aellen? By some he 10 thought 10
have gone to Europe: by Others to the noun
tatns OF Virginia, where = relative runs sum-
police-weii, they do not know exactly where,
bnt they propose 70 nnd out 4 they can. Mr.:
many people who thought him Innocent and
who believed him the victim Of Matchmaking
Job, to admit that there 10 moro than ordinary
ground ON which to base the suppOoitaon a
gnilk The o1ncers have, + = said, procured .
picture OF Mallen, which viii b copied by pol1Co
cast attached to circular desGE1hdng hiR.s"
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The Day GooDs HOUSE

that will save you from to 10 per cent on almost all
OF your purchases Is surely the place buy your
plies Well we are doing this very thing and the only
true way to be convinced that this statement Is cor
fect Is to call with your memorandum and name the
article that you wish to purchase.
Our stock is entirely new this fall bought for Spot
tors
=, 10 Cases 1O4s, 114s. PAS Of WHITE WOOL
BLANKETS purchased at the large auction sales in
New York last August at saving of IS to SO cents
per pair, ~, $l5O, ~, $3.50, $3, $3.50 "a, $3.50
$4.15 per pair.
rs Bales of large-sze BED-COMFORTS cotton fill
Ing, 81, $1.25, $3.50, l.75, s., $3.50. $275.
10 Bales of INDICATED RED TWILI.ED FLAN.
NELS ali wool, 24c., 2Sc.. 3Oc., 3:Sc, &c.
Cases LADIES TRICOT CLOTHS "a inches
wide, all wool. in the newest cOlOrs, 76c.
Cases Best Make, 2l1 yards wide 81 EXITING, 22c
500 pieces ENGLISH DRESS GOODS, in all of the
latest colors, lOc, he, 15c. 1Sc., DOC, 25c.
100 Pieces Of FRENCH CASHMERES, Black BIC
45c.. soc, 65c, SIC, CSC, 75c.
Soc. " '~'
WOOL UNDERWEAR, Ladies' Gents, Childreu's.
25c: BIC. SOC: ClOaks. Shawls, Table Linens, Tow
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CARPET DEPARTMENT
Ingrains Csc, SIC. 4Oc, Soc, &c, 75c
Brussels Toe, SIC, Csc, 81.
Rugs, Mats, Oilcloths &C.
JOHNSON, GARNER CO.,
no 636 Pa. ave-, south side.
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The Night Lodging House Robbery.
THE DIRECTORS TAKE MEASURES TO CARRY
ON THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTION.

The Night Lodging House Robbery.
THE DIRECTORS TAKE MEASURES TO CARRY
ON THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTION.
At q meeting Of the board of directors Of the
Night Lodging House association yesterday af-
ternoon, at the Office of Messrs. Fitch, Fox Co.,
corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and 18TH street,
Mr.. Mitchell read TO the members q statement
Of the robbery discovered, az stated in yester-
days STAR. at the lodging house, 312 18th
street, next door to the fifth precinct station
house. Mr.. Mitchell said the robbery left them
nothing but twenty iron bedsteads. s'The Off
GERS of the station" Mr.. Mitchell said, "were
aware that the association had vacated the
building for the season, and a. guardians Of the
public property this was under their oversight
The officers constantly used the alley In the
access to the building and removed the prop
erty, but the police were not aware of what
had been done till their attention was called to
It yesterday. We have reason to believe" said
Mr.. Mitchell, shat the robbery was committed
BY man who was employed under the super
intendent during last winter and the goods
gold TO dealers In the city" The doors had
been eYloenuy forced by crow barn.
Messra. Mitchell and Noyes were appointed 2
for the public, and to make an appeal % the
lost.
MI. Mitchell said that Part Of the goods had
been purchased by . junk dealer named Ben
Aftsr further discussion II was resolved to 60
torward with the work, and make an appeal 70
the puNiO lor means to replace s0oh furniture
q y needed TO carry II on.
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