Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1885 — A Loaded Bug. [ARTICLE]

A Loaded Bug.

A very extraordinary occurrence took place recently at the residence of one of our prominent citizens. The family were sitting in the parlor in the evening, when a bug was seen crawling on the table. One of those present seized the insect and placed it in the lamp, with the view of cremating it. A loud report was instantly heard, and the lamp chimney was blown to atoms. The explosion was certainly connected with the insect, but in what manner we leave it to the scientist to explain.— San Diego Sun.

Victor Hugo was a great lover of children and was continually made to feel their watchful care. The adoration of the young became one of his ruling passions. Jules Claretie, the novelist, relates: “One day he said to me, ‘Do you know how I define paradise ? A place where parents will always be young and children little.’ ” He was passionately fond of his grandchildren, Georges and Jeanne, and one of his greatest joys was when he had a number of staid political friends in his parlor, or a work to finish, to come in with a doll hanging out of his coat-tail pocket, and to walk about with Georges and Jeanne trotting behind him, their eyes riveted on the plaything, until slowly and softly they relieved grandpa of his burden.