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Show Fatal experiment by a Mad 1JU1LHS0?UEU. A story comes from Delaware of an eccentric philosopher wtio hua paid the penalty of his criminal crim-inal attempt to enlighten maukiud. Lie had some theory or other in regard to tho use of parachutes which lie absurdly ab-surdly connected with pyrotechnics, and so, on the 4th of July, shortly alter duk, he clandestinely erected iu his yard a huge sky rocket, to the head of which was attached his parachute par-achute in such a way that whi.e the rocket was seeking the uioou it would remain closed, but when its upward motion ceased it would theoietiojlly open hko an umbrella, and thus waft h:m salely to tho ground, lie attached at-tached himself to the lower end of the stick with tho fuse turned away from him in such a way that tho fire from the rocket would not injure hiui. Then he blazed away and wait whisuing through the air, dangling and bobuiug as he eped, with lire fastening if?clt upon him somewhat "hko the pale martyr in his (shirt of tire,'' It "his parachute ever opened ho did not know it, for presently those who beheld be-held tho woudrous engine saw it turn sharply in the mid-atr, and it fell. Tho poor fool waa found burnt and mangled not iar from his own philosophy. philo-sophy. Albany Keening Times. |