Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: lessly and rapidly against the nearest ash-barrel or lamppost. If the Arnold rig should be universally adopted, this melancholy spectacle would be of daily occurrence, and the services of the police as wreckers would be in constant demand. Again, the feminine ignorance of the rule of the road would lead to constant and dangerous collision. How can two young ladies, beating up Broadway under a heavy press of umbrella, and nearing one another upon opposite tacks, be expected to remember that the one with the wind on her starboard side has the right of way over the other? And what fashionable woman going large, with everything set, would be willing to give way to a close-hauled market- woman ? The more the new invention is studied in regard to its dangers when managed by inexperienced or careless women, the more objectionable does it appear. There is no doubt that it is ingenious, that it saves labor, and that, with careful management, it would be of very great value. It is equally clear that it would be a source of great danger except in experienced hands, and that if brought into gen eral use it would lead to constant and frequently fatal dis asters. A NEW POINT FOR DARWINIANS. Recently the workmen in one of the Californian mines struck a stream of water at the depth of 2,200 feet. It rose with great rapidity until it reached the height of 400 feet, when the pumps prevailed upon it to pause. Whether it can be further induced to vacate the mine and permit the workmen to resume their labors remains to be seen. A flooded mine is unfortunately no novelty, but the flooding of this particular mine has led to a discovery of vast importance to scientific persons and fishmongers. The water is not of that cool and delightful quality so pleasing to the temperance lecturer. No temp…