CHIPS AND SLICES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 271, 17 July 1880, Page 2

CHIPS AND SLICES.

A Russian nobleman lay on bis death-bed. . One of bis envious fancies was to have his wife robe herself in her wedding-dress and stand by his bed-, side. It was a very natural bit of sentiment, and in the course of an hour the beautiful- woman stood by bis side, arrayed in the garm.-nts of. twenty years ago, “Ah,” be sighed “ y.m look sa beautiful in that dress that I hoped when the angel came by night that lie might, take a fancy to you'and carry you off instead of me.”

The nearest realisation of the Cherryble Brothers of Dickens is furnished in Sir W. Lawrence «ud Alderman Lawrence, of London, brothers and partners, who'retiied from business a low weeks ago. Tllev handed over the whole of th”ir business to*-their clerks and managers, wuo had served them faithfully, for y.-ars, with the sum of L3O.IKH) to carry it on, gave the artisiaus who had served them for ten years and upwards sunn in pro—portion to the number of years, and a few of the oldesl .an annual pension of L2O, reserving no interest in th* new firm tor themselves.

Helmholtz .offered an .explanation which depended on the reflection of the solar light by the air particles »u . the atmosphere. , These particles, being very minute, would reflect preferably the shortest waves!’of light, t.e., blue waves, while they would allow t..e longer waves ‘ corresponding-’to gieeu and red light to pass yurpugti them ; just as a log of wood floating on the surface of still water would 1 throw off.

the tiny wavelets caused by a falling drop in its wavelets, while the same log in long ocean swells would be tossed to and fro without noticeably impeding the progress of the waves. The young fellows and girls at Pritchett instituie, Glasgow, Mo., went out at night with horns, pans, and bolls to serenade the faculty. They made a diabolical noise in fr nt of President Pritchett’s house, and he came to a window with % demand to know what they wanted. 4 ‘A speech, old Biddy,” was the response.. “ I’ll give you one,” he cried evidently displeased by th? nickname. Then he blazed away with a sliot-gun, wounding two of the girls. He says that lie only meant to scare them, and' they charge that he aimed to hit.