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EUGENE CITY GUARD. rrprmfr, EUOENE CITY. OREOON. SMALL BULLET WOUNDS. TV Daadl KB af Madam rrojaaUlaa Tho cwlebralod English or goon. Pro- feasor Victor Horsier, read a Vary In teresting paper before tlio 1 Loral iotl totiuu on tho effect of modern auiall projectile. In the ouurw of hU remarks he Midi "Bomo people aeoro to thick that small bullet at very high spaed will pioroc tho tissuca of tho bod with out duiug much funeral damage. Thla, bowoTcr, U crrouooua. Tbo bullot bur tica f orward with It particle of tho substance through which it Is passing, tid thua practically become larger projictila If bullet bo fired through a book, it ruu out disks of increasing dlanioU-r as it t rarer, tho page, Hence, too, it it plain that tho greater tho sectional art tho greater tho dam age. A to tho heating of tho bullet, it baa certainly l a much exaggerated, and iu effect, if indeed it baa an, may bo safely ucgloctod. "Tho physical constitution of a bod baa a most Important bearing upon tho beharlur of a bullet entering it Why doe a bullet of certain size and travel ing at a certain rate almply perforate aouio substance, tuuh aa wood or Iron, whilo In others, auch a olay, brain. to., it cxerclsea a banting and dlsrup- tiro actiou? Tho answer la quite aim' plo; tho dostructire effect vary direct ly aa tho viscosity of tho body. "TTiia waa established by aome remark ablo macorulx on tho effiicta of bulleU on aoft tissue mailo by liugulur after be hwl observed tho roaulta of tho wounda iufilctcd in the fighting in Parla in 1818. Ho suggested, from obeurva- tiona made on certain dead organs, auch aa lung, that tho reason of tho groat lateral disturbance waa that the tbsiue contained water in largo quantity, and that the energy of tho morlug projoo- tilo boing 1 in par tod to tho partiolce of water caused the dispersion of the in a bydro-dynamlo fashion. "Thla suggestion waa abown to be cor reetby Kodier in Wi-t. Ifaahotbo fired through two tin canlater of equal alxe, tho ono full of dry lint and the other of wet, it will almply perforate tbo former, but rauie tho latter to bunt explosively. In tho same way ahota flred into dough bare more or leaa dliiruptire effect, according to tho percentage of water In tho dough, and iu generul tbo more fluid the substance the greater tho destruction. "Now, iu lifo the brain ia a more or lew fluid body, though In a state of rigor mortla it ia practically a eolld, owing to coagulation of the blood and proto plasm, licnco a shot fired into the skull must bare a disruptive effect and tend to bunt it " HI MET A FRIEND. TVaro Waa till la MWtaaa, be II Waa Tka lloagh flask ofTraaa, Tho practical cultirator unditntambt that nature makes provision for getting rid of tho bnrk of trees aa tho trunk in create iu size. On tho growth of tho pout eeason mny bo soon amall oliro pot. Tlicxo are formutiuna of cork. From year to year, in inliaequeut devel opment, tliino little atchce sprcail, real ly rating their way through the bark. Thla 1 the provision whielt uaturo mukca for Dually rifting tho burk In each simics of plant These cork cella bavo their own ajieciul Hue of develop ment aud thla la tho reason why each kind of tree baa ita own purtlculur bark. Tho characteriiitica aro ao promluuut that clerer observer ran aelect different kinda of tree by their bark even at midnight A it ia the evident inten tion of nature to get rid of old bark, it it a great help to tho tree to assist ua turo iu thia rKx-t, and any washes or treatment which aids tho plant in get ting rid of it ia a practical advuutuga Soupy water wnshca or lye water i uso ful, aud eviu scraping boa been found of groat advantage. In a rough Kurt of way, I into wash i frequently usott, the only objuctiiiu Iwing the white aud glar ing color, it K however, tlio cbeapeat and tho best of all bark treatment Meohau'a Monthly. AlllaOa Ureal. flio Iter. Andrew Jackson Potter, tlie gentleman who arose from behind a pul pit in L'vuMu, Tex., eovoral yean ago, with two big tlx shooter in big huiida, and Informed the audience, uitly com posed of tho toughest of tough, who bud been in tho habit of running every minister of tho gosjicl who came Lburo out of town with rotten egg, or oscort ing blm out lo the auburn ou a tlireo cornered polo, that if there waa any flop eared, awallow mouthed galoot iu that audience who bod tho audacity to pre uuie that ho wore a Mg enough shirt to put him out of a pulpit to atep forth and take tho hot medicine, or, on the other band, to keep hi bazoo closed, aud alo ourid up thut with tho help of God and thisw two forty -flvea bo held in hi boiida lie tiropoavd to preach to that people that day, boa announced biniaelf a candidate for aburiff and tax collector of Tom Cireeu county. Oxotia Courier. lMaparla4 lor r IHaaaaa, (Icoeut iuroktlgntloiia bavo brougbt oat the fact that there aro many casiea of ecvero neuralgia caused by abnormal condition of the uatuU paaaage. Ia several luKtuuor there bare been found enlargement of tho bony itructure or bard lump of diacaned tiusuo prelng aguiiut certain nerve aud causing Lb iiim-t excruciating pain, Remoral of tht bo resulted in complete cure, although there have been return of tho grow tin after the Cnt opuratiuu, Pcr- sous who habitually suffer from palua in th bead should Lava their conditions carefully diagnosed. Long continued ufTering not infrequently bring about protracted aud incurable moutal and fcurvou dlsonlera Now York Ledger. "3Mr.TIra." Clilcago baa a federation of women 'a dubs numbering St organization. Uu of tli.e 1 called th Oilo club aud ia Interested In almost wrerythlug under the sun. It ha a peculiar rul to tho tSuct that th presldeut may addrwaa any mrmbi r whua nam aho torgeta aa Jdr.Tipp.. " Chicago Correapondent TWa W'a. OlrU (, JIttt Ujm Mabel's engagement beeo annonnifd ytt? fc'.lul Nt but ah blusbea furioual ever time bl name I mentioned and nre ah just bate Liia Jw Yock World. Ilia fan beamed with aurprls aad pleas or aa on eutering tho rrmt atoro no aaw a friendly figure aud f cut art a with which bo woa fmulllar confront blm lust within tho door. "I'm right glad to see yon." bo said. Lifting the satchel b carried from hi right arm to bla left, and b waa about to graup the hand extended to blm when clerk touched hiin on tbo shoulder and inquired: "What department, sir?" "Departuientr quiriid tbo old man turning around. "Am I in tho depart ments? I reckon it were only Wash" "Thla ia the dresa goods and mantle aVtiartmcut," said tho clerk blandly. "Well, young man, I aln' lookln for area goods, and I dunuo as w want another mantel, see In as we bur only one cloik, and I mado a shelf for that myself. I want a pair of suspender if ao bo you keep them. 11 ut first I want to speak to my friend here." He turned about and confronted tbo smiling face of bla friend "I don't seem able to name you," bo aaid regretfully. "It'a kind of quoer, too, when I know yon by sight aa well aa I do myself ' 'Uuxpetiden this way in tho gntlo- men'a furnishing department," hero in tempted the clerk. "That's all right, young man. I don t kecr which way they are there. I know bow I want cm, and I ain t a-goin to change my stylo of w carlo auMpender at my aga Now, my friend hero lie extended bla bond, expecting to grasp that of bis friend, but his knuckle struck a cold, bare expoum of looking class let into the wait Then be saw the face of tho cliTk over hi shoulder, aud be know bo bad been fooled and bad mistaken tho semblance of himself fur an old friend. And bo meekly fol lowed tho clerk, bought a pair of rod. white and blue sufpeudera, and walked out of the "department" "J goes I'll bavo a gardeen 'plnted 'fnro I come to town agin, " he reuiarkod humbly as be left Detroit Free Proa. Olaa Waatlag. Tbo key to tho procem of making glass curtain, In connection with knit material, consists in derating particu lar needles of tho macbiuo at tho right time and allowing others lo remain idlo, fur which purposo a set of chain ban la nsed, ao arrangid aa to renler it poanl bl to command tho different needle according to tho need of the proccna. A chain i made up of bars, link and balls, like thuM used on tho loom for weaving chilli, mid there is a lover at tached to tho shoulder of each needle and extending from the port where the goods circle tho needle down to tbo first bar of tho chain, tho latter resting in bearing. On the turning of a crank connecting beveled gears motion la im parted through tho agen7of an nprlght shaft to tho chain cylinder, aud every time tho yarn Is delivered to tho needle a revolution is mado, the chain bar cylin der presenting a new bar lo tho lever of tho needles, and whenever a ball on Die bar contact ou the lever tho needle to which it belongs i punhud forward. and a mochanicol device cause the noedlo to ojierato and form 1oom, tbn knitting. There are, however, blank on some of the bunt, and when these blank counoct with tho leven of th needle no movement ia mode. Uphol merer. HIE FACETILIT KILLS. Ned Peace, the Famous Athlete, Paresis Smitten. too Bicn. too rori'LiB, too ytxld lis Was a Oml FrWa f Maria Juwi ad Wsa Oara a Maa a Maask aa4 a Joy4 Wlaa, Wmhi a4 tamg, hmt Haw lbs i:4 Is Naar. For the Int 10 year every oullcg man has known Ned Pence by repute. It was In tho fall of laTUthaS be cam up to Princeton, a liuifo strapping youth, from una of the "iireu" achuols, sars the Now Vork World. He bad a fortune In his own rltfht and an eaay going guardian. It was hsiidwinis and strong and young, lis had clear, brl(lil err and a clear, beallhy skin with a lot of color In It And lili band was as steady as a rock, and b had never known what II waa to b tick or out of condition In bla life. Th whole els admired him before th first three months wars done, and through bis strniiirth and skill on the football mid he bad begun to get a college reputation, Then be waa so clever and good humored, Ms pockets were alwar full of money, and lis was always throwing II about Ily sophomore ear b had the nam of being 'uarll of a fellow," thanks lo a number II almiMt nerrr attack men who bar been properly rdiK-ated early la Ufa, but only assault those who bar educatrd Ibnnaelras In lb school of xportsnes. and aHK l.rmlns Door I r onrsnlsd liars rtsDn to fama or Imuortano to t' i train MONTE ftN TAKEN IN. Bra H.rnass A.taaliliaw wUMllars by Uls Trlrka. "I am not a lucky card player at any rime." aaid Profisaor Herrmann. "I ol which thHr brains are uneouut LUv did win fj.goo at oue sitting at Del tie Is known about the Parois cluOex npnt II,. t lia mamhrrs were rich and each one spent his time la defying that pani Ulsr Ularaas. Well. Ihm end bss com fur Ned Peaos. On of his friend went out to se Mm In West phllMlulnhls a month ago and aaw only a shadow of the atrong, clear eysd, Ckr iHwdod youth of 10 years ago. mouloo't one night, but that waa tho lorgett sum I erer won. I can play only with my friends, for In a company ol Strang" T, if I wer to win and they were to And out that I waa a conjurer. tho Impruaalon would be that I manlpu luted tho canl, and that, yon kuow, would be uniiWasant For amusement ' rtaal lmpa(atloa Borne very curious process for propa gation are practiced at tho publio gar' dins. Oue oousist in cutting with a knifo a ring around a branch of a plant Ono might imagine that tho intention woa to kill tho branch, but auch 1 by no means tho object iu view. The out having been made, a piece of wet mow U wrapped and tiid around tho branch at that point Dcncnth this protection tho sap exude from tho wound, and little rootlets aro developed. After a few day the branch is cut away from tho parent torn, being then itself a complete plant, with roots, alt ready to put in a pot This plan i adopted with plant of alow grow tli, because one plant may thua bo split up into half a dozen or mora of good size, instead of waiting for a seedling or little slip to develop. Wash ington btax. . la rrohlbUhM Malaa. X Journal rrtxirter had a curinna ex perience at a Franklin county hotel a few night ago. Ho arrived at tho place after a long stage trip In tho night Every ouo woa asleep but the clerk, and bo took tho lump aud led tho way up atuir. After trying vainly to get into ouo room and after much rattling of tho keya in tho lock be suddenly recollected that tho new cook bad been located there earlier in tho evening. Tho door of tho next room woa securely locked, and there waa no key. The proprietor woa called from bia slumbers, but bo couldn't appear to locate tho key. Then tho clerk remcmlwrcd a Imix of misfit, and after a series of experiments on tho lock got the door open. Aa he bade us good night and wipd bla perspiring brow be aaid apologetically: "I hope you will excuse mo for keeping yon waiting ao buig. Hut you see I tend bar hero, and I m so busy that I dun t find much time to keep posted on the roonuv " Luwlston Journal. roaraatawl n.klaf. to Yellowstone lako an expert angler can catch trout and boil it without tak ing the fish off the book. Wild a tho statement seems, It ia absolutely correct, aud I bare done it myself mora than once. There aro in the lako several small basins containing boiling spring, although the water in the lake itself is alnuait ley cold. Trout abound in very part of the lake, and a man can by standing on tho rocky ledge around ono of the hot spring catch a trout with a line and transfer the fish, hook in mouth, to the hot spring behind him. It will die In a few second and be fair 1 well boiled in a half an hour. Tlio number of anglcn who have actually caught and boiled fUh in thla aluiort miraculous maiuier may not be very large, but there aro at least 100 reliable cltiscna with whom I am axuainted who are prepared to mako affidavit ttvtl tb7 bare done aa tt Loui Ulobo-Dvmocrat Kspawal taataa. Father Yc. I adni!t that your love La a good Income, but ho has very as pens! v taste, very. Daughter x on aniaxe me. wnal doe bo over want that i to very exp tivr Father Well, too, fur ono tlicg. Kaw Tk WaUdJ. MiHII JAXHEM. of eacapadi-e that seemed terrible to the I lego boy, but were really harmless enough. Jlo had also bloomed aa an ath lete. Hews good at everything, but at foot 111 he waa superb. Ho had the weight fur the rush Una, and he had the strength and agility, and a head that was always planning shrewd strategies. Ily junior ynar there wa nobody in th college Ilk Ned Peace. In addition to bl athletics, Ned Peaor was a sport Ho could drink all night and show up at chapel, which comes at Prince ton at an unearthly hour, with as bright eye and as aUdy nerve as th sedates! freshman whose bedtime was 0 o'clock. And how he could drlukl And how the girls did admire him! And what yarns his friends could tell of bis conquests! Ho used to get Intotrouhle with the fao- ulty now and then. Hut he was too slh- Ivtio and too handsome and too brilliant and pcrhnps too rich to bo Judged by ordi nary standards. Ho be traveled the fastest gall In the fastest crowd that erer broke the night echiM- of Nassau hall with their shouts and song. Hut when It was time to train Ned Peace knocked off all hi dissipation and got down to work. Ho traveled with th fast athletic crowd and set them a good example every full and spring. As soon aa training waa over, away he and bis crowd went adjourning their gayety to Now York when rrtiiccton got too dull or too hot to bold them. And from New York camothe most glittering yarns aliout soubrvttc and actresses, of wiuo suppers, of greenroom marvels, of exciting adven ture with tho police or with the wild nrglo that haunted New York's streets In tboso wide oien days of 10 years ago. ills fame spread from college to college. He was the malimtny of the great Prince ton football team. Ho invented Ilia block game that had to be legislated out of foot ball when Yale became aa expert at It as Princeton was. Ho vUlt-d. Yalo and Har vard and drank tho Ixnt niennt "Morry's" under the table and drove gnyly back to lkton In a rah, while the lust man at the ihuty Pudding waa trying to And the door on his hands and knees. Then bo met Mario Jaiiw-u. It was In bis senior year, when be was only a grown up boy, but looked a full grown, expert need man. This waa tho crowning act of bis brilliant career, for Jaiia. ii was then mole famous and more popular and younger and prettier than she Is now. Ths news went all over Princeton thai Ned Peace and Janacn were traveling a Jolly fast iace together. The aee bo had Set for himself at col lego was only a preliminary ranter to get Intocondltlou. As he bad plenty of uiouey his time wa his to spend as be rhine, And lis cliose to spend It In a mad gallop down that bnmd rood whereof hunday school scholars hear much. II and Jan sen wer tho Uk of frlenl, and no one could bare been mora devoted than he was to her. It wss talked of everywhere, and finally It waa said that they were married Hut this waa contradicted and at last tiled out Ho had a fortune of something over KOO.OOO to ssnd. II wanted to spend Srlnc Ipol aa well aa Interest And Jatisen clpcd blm with Iboa pluk, extravagant angers of her. Then rnnie a time less than Are yean after Ned Peace left college when bis frieuds were saying that III end bad coins. All the cash, was gone, aud every lilt of land thai bis father aud grandfa ther had left hliu was mortgaged a how the highest tree top. Then ws no more money for th big generous bands to div Into and to away. Hut for many months h aud Jalisco continued to be friends, felt wa fond of ber handsome athlete, and sh did not giro biro the "marble heart" In the days of his misfortune. Hut with misfortune came despondency, aad with ilenil. nry rain drink of that deeper and heavier sort thst tells thai a man Is croaalng th line. Everybody Bo llard the change the bloodaliol eyes, th fat llr, th puffed cheeks, th stooping shoulders. And II aeenied a If lb end of the brilliant part of Ned Peace's carer wa at band. But there came a stroke of lurk of the sort on read aUiut Down In IVnnsyl vanla there was one bit of Ned lVacs's In heritance which waa so worthless that be bad not hern able to mortgag It It ws a wild mountain side, barren and worth leaa. When Ned IVare waa down a f od many dollars oo lb negatlr or borrow. Ing side, ba got wind thai Coal had be) Blirorrrad on tlila worthless land. Us Was rich again, richer than before. Ho pl Led up at once, lis quit th hag gard, despairing krt of dissipation and was ervn aUml Ms riola and hi old haunt In tha swell rafas and restaurant. IK' nicked up all his old cullers friend whom b had rather dropml whaa It be. came luipnasibl for btia lo bold up hissed of th string, and arum b ws going th Old gall in t'blladrlphla. This bring os down to tb last year a so, down to in Paresis club of Philadel phia, of which b I a mrtnhar. It may bare town thai II ws one ut lb theories of tbsl araasing organisation thai pares! Is a dlsaasewhlra Bora loocoa college i Thar ar doctor wb lavslal that 1 They say It Is only a question or a snon . frwm(.nly t,!.,. ,u, .how a little par lirtZll Wend, what could bo don. w .., .i.... 11 whirl. th,ra Is oi.It COT.U by practiced Anger. Yc, one relief. time I hare fouud my power to man And Jansrn was In Delmonloo's dining Bunday night hh was looking a young and fresh as erer, and her laugh was just as gay and her eyes Just as bright as when sh sang and klrlo-d herself Into th big heart of the big Princeton boy. A man with a black pointed beard was with bet and looked exemllngly proud ana nappy Who would have the courage to disturb the combination of a bright smile and new bonnet and a man with a black point d beard with th picture of a darkened room, a watd framo and a ruined mind down In West Phlladclphier FACED DEATH FIVE TIMES. The roata tar af t hirags lias Had Maay Larky Kaoauas, "When a boy, at the unlucky age of IB," said PostmasU'r Hcslugol Lhlcagr to a Tribune reporter the other day, ' I had my first encounter with possible death. My mother had started to put me I school In Germany, and we took possagl arros tbaAllantlo on a sailing resaeL V wer 81 days out, and when off ths coast of Newfoundland suddenly found oursulres befogged and hemmed In by Ice- burg, t or 80 hour tb ship drifted help lessly, and every moment w expected to ba ground between th Iceberg that we knew wore towering above us, but which we could not see. Women were on their knees erring and praying, and I can dis tinctly rooullect tb fueling of relief when the fog lifted and w had ao unobstructed before lis. I came back from my trip to Germany in looi and then bad even a worse csw rlence. ily mother wa again with me, and w bad taken passage on the steamer Uremen. llefore wo were half way over we encountered a terrlflo storm. The llfo- bont were swept away, th mast were broken and earrhd away, three or four sailors were washed orcrlioard, and final ly th captain announced that there was no hope of reaching harbor, and wo had best prepare for the Worst We were saved aa by a miracle. "Tbo third time that I faced death was on my wetldlng trip. With a nartr ol friends my wife and I had ascended Mount osurlus to vlow the crater and were de socndlng In a carriage. Tho whlfilcti broko and the carriage became uncontrol labia In Iu descent until It waa mlracu R -M fjffl rotTMArrr.n nrJtNO hki.d vr. lousiy swippeo within six inches or an abyss several thousand feet deep. There were three ladle In th party, and two of them promptly fainted. The gentlemen jumped, and somo of them completely lost tnelr heads. 1 hey teemed only to think of their own danger and to b oblivious of thulr wives." "What did you dor" "I wanted to hurry you along past that question, for I must confess that I was on of th gentlemen who lost their heads My wife could not Jump out for she was on the sldo of the precipice. I jumped out howerer, and It was serrral minutes befort I realised that I had a wife. "In a tour of the Yellowstone National park a park can lago that I wa In was held up by robbers. A revolver waa placed at my head, anil I win ordered to throw up ray hands. I was aliout to do so when an othor carriage apimtrrd around a bend In tb road, the rohlicra became frightened, fired Into the air and hastily rodo away. I wa probably more frightened at that time than at any other, but no review of my life passed lirfure me. I simply shook In my boots, and It took me a long time be fore I could smile. "Four years ago I was driving a spirit ed team of trotters and attempted to crots the Western Indiana railroad at Taylor street No on was In the gate tower, and the track appeared to be clear. When fairly on the tracks, I saw a switch cngln bearing down on me. It came upon me to suddenly that II had reached within II Inches of the wheels before I fairly realised the danger. There waa but on thing to do. 1 gar the horse the reins, snd they jumped into their collars, Just cleared th locomollv and darted on a run. Taylor tree! come to sn end a block from th emsslng, or I should hav been deed today, fur th team was beyoad all control. This waa the only time that I fully realised my danger and really ei per ted toll killed. Th horse turned suddenly Into Flat struct when a cable ear checked them temporarily. My wife was with me, and a went both thrown out My arm waa broken, and Mrs. Ilnslog waa bruised." ith many nluto the pasteboards very handy, aud bavo frequently been ablo to frustrate sharpen who purputed to fleece tho tin wary. I remember that In 1807 1 sailed from New York to France to visit my relative in Pari, and I carried four or Ovu f?0 golilpico to give to my friends' children. Ariving at Havre, 1 met a friend In the person of the secre tary of the lttuwiuu legation at Paris, who Was also Journeying toward the capital We wcut ou toget her and occn plod toward tho same compartment on the train. At one of the station three men camo in to our compartment Th were Frenchmen, and it took only gliuice to show that they were gentle men who lived by their wit. They were dressed in the latest fashion, though. and apparently found littlo trouble in getting an excellent living in their line of industry. Win n I guvo tho conductor my ticket, I took out my pocket lmok. and ouo of tho three, a nice littlo Pari sirui, caught sight of my gold double eagle. Ho was at my sidu, whilo bis companion sat ou tho opposite wat That flx-li of tho gold wa cnongh for tho fellow, mid he began bis game. Ho a-ked mo if I were an American, and if I knew anything about gold coins, thistoojsu a conversation, 1 replied 'ye to both questions, and on my ai-k lug why be desired to know he pulled a goldpieco from his pocket and asked mo what it was. Ho bad got it for uoth lug, ho said, in a card game. I told him it was a PpnnL-h ounce worth flG, Then he and bis friends began to play curds, and bo said ho would show them tho giimo at which he won tho ounce. It was tho old thn cant muuto trick. well known iu America, but comparii lively new iu Euroie. The three sharp- era, pming a casual travelers, placed their layout, mid tho littlo man at my side showed them how cay it wa to pick up the ace from tho overcoat which fornud tho card table. Quito a little money changed bniuls, aud I saw that my friend, the RucNian, waa get ting interested. Like all Kussiuiia, he hol a paion for gambling. Have nothing to do with this game, 1 to!l hiui. 'Lcnro them to mo." I uinnifcstod an interest iu the play, ami vein n tho fellow nii out, 'A hun dred franc you cau't pick up tho ace 1' I crii-d, 'I bet you,' and as I Hung down tho money 1 K iid bis hand, which was hovering over the three can Is in a row and overturned the ace. The window waa partly ojH'n, and swiftly picking up tho cards I flung them out, or rnther they thought so. The sh:irs'ra raised a pretty row and talked very ugly for awhile. Then I thra-t hit hand into tho littlo man's vest aud pulled out the card ouo nt a time. You should have K-eu tho looks ou those fellows' face. 'Yon'ro a conjurer,' cried ono of them. x in, I am Herrmann, I replied, 'and I know three) card tuoiito U-tter than any of you. ' They left the train at tho next stop aud sncukid away, looking vrrv cheap. They wero raw hands at it " Chicago Pot IVrrumrd llntlrrnirs. Fritx Mullcr discovered patches of singular scales on tho whig of butter flies, which sent out more than 30 dis tinct odors. Theso scent scales are called audroconia. Au excellent study by mi croHCopical sort Ions of tlio wings of mime of our butterflies, by lYofowor M. U. Thomas, appears iu Tho American Nat uralist lie show thut those scabs aro the outlet of unicellular gluuds situa'cd at tho baj of eaii scale. Ono cMieciully prominent was detect ed beneath tho amlrocouia in tho wing of Duniiis urehippiis. Tho surface of the wing nliove the gluuds in stum-times cov ered with a great limuln-r of papilla. from the end of w'lieh tho scent wall project, or it may be liko tho ordinary surface of tho wing. In the former case tho audroconia nre nuito amall and but ouo to each (mpilla, at the ba.se of which lit tho gland. Tin give tho scent scale tho npiicaruuce of a small rod placed iu a Allele. The material elaborated by the local gland aud distributed uxin tho surfocu of tho wing by tho am In ovinia is that which gives to many of the lepidoptera llieir characteristic odor. Philadelphia ITcs. FM'S, VET Well Known Men Who Obserre Signs and Omens. ITISE, LITKT 1XD MTEnSTITIOfS. " by C. r. Uaallagtoa Daa Mai Mar lata Ills 01,000,000 Maaslea Are Praaldaat C laralaad aad Rarordar aasytb Afraldf srlrty Star Ciaaar. Who I not Just a bit upentltlnu' fly this Is not meant th superstition of the Idol worshiping sort, but the kind we miwn when we say we ar either lucky or unlucky. If you are not ao, you are not In fashion. President Cleveland's demeanor recent ly when traveling ha led to th query, 'I our pnxlilctil superstltlousr ' Many reply thai bo certainly must lie. When be arrived at Jersey City from Washington a few days ago, en mute to Gray Oabhe, he waa met by 10 stalwart policemen, ho formed a hollow square around blm, while he made his way alonr a private passageway to th pier. HI friends soy that th president baa developed a remark able dread of crowd since the assassina tion of President Carnot He ha broom morbid and suspicious and never goe out without an escort. ' President Cleveland i courting trou ble." remarked a bystander when th president and his cordon of police passed by. Ills bodyguard of police attracted no little comment. The king of Italy, It Is aid, goes out driving through tha streets of Itouia unnltendtd and often even gs so far as to face a passing cab and jump In. At the oorner of r Ifth avenuo and r If ty ieventh street. In New York city, stands royal mansion erected by Millionaire Huntington. It I untenanted, although completed at a cost of 13,000,000. Mr. Huntington, It Is said, would sell this stalely stone pile at a suerllice, for hi wlfo Is afraid to move Into It, as she bos a morbid f-nr that she might die there, as some of her friend har don soon af tr moving Into new bouse. There' a prominent politician In New Yorkwhohaastrange,suM-rstltlousdread of a funeral procession passing through th street II will go several block t'.aglaa4's Vital Statistic. The slow machinery of the English government ha just turned out the re port of vital statistic In 191. It ap pear that the steady decline in the nutu-U-r of early marriage which began iu IMil still continue. In th Utter year M in 1 .000 bridegroom and 27 in 1,000 bride wer under SI. In li-Vl only f0 men aud 190 women in l.UUO married un der age. The odd fact also arneare that the proortion of Jewa in the lHipuhitioo of England baa more than donbhd in 20 year, without counting immigration. This extraordinary fecundity U quit on matched by any other cUse in the pop nlation. Oiarlcston New and Courier Jd by Apt SwclUcr chcae I comparatively un known la Ireland; bene the mistake of an Irish immigrant employed by a down town grocer. Hi first Job waa to go down the cellar to dice off 10 pounds of aweiucr cheeaa. Tie cam running vp tb cellar and astonished hi employer by saving the cbeeee wa full of mice and roaches, and h knew what b stated waa right because bo bad aeoa th hole wher they west la. Phllaa dlhla CaU. . Tb Fronomy af Pura Foed. Tlicre aro many person wluc from a mifguidtd Metme of ccommiy, purchine fissi winch they know to bo inferior. so that they mny thereby save, in order to meet other demands of the familv, Hambximo clothing and flue house iu aristis-ratic ueighborhisKl are difira ble, we admit, but not at tho exptno of the miwt iniKirtant f.ictor of our exit eiice, especially when we know that pure, uourihing f.nnl is the immediate cause of pure blood, and cimwqacntly more perfect nerve and brain xiwer. It is not only false economr, but Maiitive crime, tooOtain edibles below thestaud ard for the purpose of tii.taiuing birth the mental and physical health of any nunion ru ing. uaittmore Telegram. teady. "I fear our new booklet pT is not ao a'eady as lie ought to be," said the acn lor partucr. "Dou't knowab.,ut that," pliM the Junior partner "Ho waa out with a party of n the other night and when the aeioti wa over be wa the only on wbo didn't wabble a bit " ludianapo 1 Journal A Tbaraagb Taa. A rcry wise man once said that whoa ho began to feel too hnpurtant ho gut a map of tho nniverao aud tried to ClI hLmsclf on it A Brooklyn deacon ha invruted a money sieve which aorta out the pen nies, nickels, dime and quarters whic i ho collecta in the churab coctribntiur box 9 The nomter af marriage performed throughout th world aaob day is mv masMat S,0ua ni'XTiNUToa't rtrrtt avenui maxsiox. around to get out of tha way, for ho ha a presentiment that he will somo time be run orer by a hearse. Many politician ar afraid of tho proverbial loo wagon, but few would run away from a funeral pru cesidon except their own. rrnctlcal, cool headed, calm luludid na- oonter hmytho of New York ba one aii f stltlon, out don t x-nk of It to hliu, or you may get six months. During tho Car iylo Harris trial tho recorder Was overrun with letter and missive of every deacrlp Ion. Ho read a few of them and found thut they threatened blm with all manner of calamities for bis conduct of the case. Tho rest of these letters were shovid Into his desk unread, where they have remain ed ever since. Tho recorder would uerer let them go out of his possession and laughingly says that ho Is going to take a month off some time and read them all. John F. Mclntyre, one of tho asatitant district attorneys In New York, Is nuother man easily affected by bis presentiments. While he was prosecuting Pullbttcr who, with bis fellow convict UochL made that famous eacaix) from rlng Sing IirlMHi Palllsteroue day grnlilsd up an ax, w ide was ono of tho exhibit Iu the case, ami mad a lungo at Mclntyre. When he was sent up the river, Pulllstcr threatened that soon as ho got out of Sing Sing he would como directly to this city and kill the enterprising pnmocutlng attorney wh convicted blm. .Mclntyre, heard of thl and was not feeling especially comfortable after news came of 1 allUter s eiicaie from prison, when ono duy a witty friend sent him a postal card signed "Pallister and warning him that ho would soon carry out his bloody intention. Actor and actre- are especially su prrstlttqus, even In little things. If two of them while pasnlng along the street on their way to the theater bccoino scamtcd by a third party going between, you are aura to hear one or tho other of them pre sage that they won't fin lull the season tin gethrr In the sumo show. If any one by chance open an umbrella or (Minihol in tb room with an aetresa, 10 to I sho will jump up, wring her hands and dertnre that misfortune Is Iu store for her, or that one of her Johnnhw Is growing cold ana Hard hearted. Turfmen are also quite siipcrktltloua. Many a "good thing" has Uvu let go by the talent because of some cln-unmtume which ha aruuncd their superstitious Idea. Father Bill Daly. Mike Dwyer and host of heavy plunger are more or less af footed by such Ideas. Wlih many It take the form of a marked Inclination for tho am aeat In the grand stand. If by chance certain of tho talent arrite a little late at the track and And their scats taken by strangers, they will not place a bet all day, as they Mleve they have been "Jo nalied. " The same holds true In regard to certain books In the ring. Kach regular bettor ha his favorite books, while there are other books which he never placed net with, because he has a superstitious belter tbal be could nerer win a bet there. Women "regulars" at the race are rren more uperstlltou than men. They al way occupy th same seats, employ th same messenger boys to place their bets lo ui nng, and If they cannot get one ot their regular boys they will not bet at alL although thelr"lady friend'" boy may b eager 10 nvip Itiera out and make his com' mlaalon. Among society ladle suneretltlon num. ber many devotees. They consult astral. ogrr and have become such slave of wbal Is foretold thero that fortune teller. astrologers and star gaier of all descrip tions are growiag in number. Mr. Ihinlon Hopkins aulte freoiientl h ber hono. ct, paying a high a f 10 each time to learn th mysteries of tha gods. Soma well favored sec ream derive bandsoroe Income from this fonn ol buncombe. Lillian KumcII 1 said hr those who know her best to entertain many superstitious foible, among other tbeold time notion that It bode ml.fnr lon to sign a contract begin rehrana! for a nw play or start on th road on Fi- iy. THE MA3 OF JUPITEB." ladlaatlaaa That Iu Brfars Xlallas Is la a -w-aaa, Taking the earth'a mean dl.tanr ft, tho aun at B2.7Ufl.05O miha, asgirenT Harkne, tb mean dl.tane, of Jut ijl from th aun will bo m.Hon.DTo u,i! Th ecccutriclty of ita elliptic Jt being 0.04823, It. distance fr-Jm theJ at perihelion ia 45'J.507,700 mile IT? at aphelion 600, loo, 1 do mile. Ik-tww-ita greatoat and least ditanc,tln f, there ia adlfferenoeof 4l,6U3,t20 miles or about one-half the earth'a mean diZ tano from the aun. Tho Inclination a Jupiter' orbit to the plane of tlio tvHo. tioUdng otilyl degree 18 minute aeoonihv or lesa than that of any of tl other largo planet, with tho except!. of Urauue tho planet never d.pan, mnch from tho ecliptic, and hence it woa called by tho ancienta the "ecliptio planet" Iu period of revolution round tho aun ia 11 year SI 4. 8 da vs. Tho Inclination of ita axis of rotation being nearly at right angle to the plan, of iu orbit, thero aro practically no te. on in thla distant world, and tho voir variation in tho beat aud light at any point on iU surface would be that due to tha comparatively amall variation in IU distance from the sun referred tn above. Ita moan distance from the ma being 6.2028 time tlio earth' mean distance from tlio tan, it follows that tho boat and light received by Jupiter ar 37 time (3.S aquored) lis than tha earth receive. Tho amount of heat re ceived from the aun by this plamt i very amall, aud wero it constituted Ll tho earth iu surface should be pi-rprta-ally covered by frost and snow, r r from thia being the case, tho tcWum ahowa iu atmosphere to bo iu a state of constant and wonderful change. Tbcao extraordinary chungea cannot possibly bo due to tho solar beat, and they have suggested tho idea that the planet may perhaps be in a redhot state, a miniature aun, in fact, glowing with inherent heat The great brilliancy of ita surface, the "ullx do," a it is called, and 1U amall dcimity lcua than that of tho sun are fact in favor of thia hypothesis. Aa the attraction of Jupiter's cnurmona mas would rend.-r tho material near iu center of much greater density thou those near ita nr. face, tbo latter must bo couniderably lighter than water and may pmib!y be in tho gaseous state. Ueutlemau'i Magazine. Ia.alta. An American traveler relate hai blighting at a hotel in Granada, a man at tho door put out bia band toward him. Tho traveler supposed that the man waa tho porter of tbo hotel and offered him bia valise. Tho man atep. ped back, tossed hia head and frowned scornfully. "Carainba!" ba exclaimed. Do yon take me for a Dorter? I wonld bavo yon understand that I am no por ter." "Indeed? Then may I ask yon, enor, what yon are?" "I am a berrar. air, and asked tow. for aims." an Francisco Argonaut O Tills For Wi Until Oscar Wildo burst upon the world as the apoetlo of a-sthcticiMn the family to which bo belonged had hardly boon board of iu thl country, hiuee then occasional paragraph have ap peared in the paper regarding relative of the dlvino Oscar, and now attention ha been called to bia mother, Lady Wildo, because of a novel movement iu which aho haa token a leading pirt Thla has for It object tho securing from tho crown of bouoriflo distinction f women of the aanio character as thofie granted to members of tho sterner k x, Lady Henry Somerset ia also a leader in tho movement, ondthotliaiuterestedint o( those two loilics in this crusado nin to need no affirmation when It 1 re membered that each ia already tho pn- aeaaor of a title. The advocatca of the new idea declare thut whilo a man ba mado a barouet or a knight becatiiw) of a notublo deed done no auch honor fall to the lot of women, mid they urgo that. titular honor be conferred equally upoa the soxca. When it is pointed out to them that Misa Curdett-Coutta wal mado a baroueM by way of reward fur ber many publio benefactions, the neir crusuders retort that the case of tho bar oness merely proves tho rule. Ex-change. Didn't Know Krai t'oflra. Many persons who talk learnedly shout coffee and It milking hare seldom if e, r tasted pur coffee. All they kiion- i. a mor or lea strong lnfulon of chicory, adulterated with a portiou of c'!.r. I heard of a connoisseur the otln ril.iv ln made the Uvea of hi wifo and hi- cook a burden to them by reawin of the c.il.s brought to blm in his own houe. In s ito of the most careful making and the iut absolute purity, hia Mocha wns never ru;liL At last in dx-ratlun, his wife akol if ha ever got hi coffee to his taMe. "Oh. ), at the club. They make it then- rM enough," wa the answer. Driven to h.r wits' end. the lady conniilte.1 wilh ln-rc- lt and finally sent the latter to the dub tu learn the "proper way to make coff"" A ths absolute purity of the collie w on of th points Instated on as rwtriit ial l y her master, the cook studied the ronVc u- n In preparing her mnter's liifimioii, nnd I r ena of smell ie-lily taught her lli.it t is o culled "pure coffev" was largely mini 'I with chicory. Theehrf confirmed her opin ion, and she went home. The conVe va made and for the first lime tav.- iu if.ct satisfaction. She was sent for by her m ter and congratulated on the cham.-e in tlx freMiration, whereuKin Hlicannwrml i i -1 y: "Plt-ae, sir. it is not the making I l o chaniml, but the coffee. You require dec ory with yotir coffee, that's all:" I M- nothing short of ocular demotitrst ion 't- Ldled ber muster that it wa actually ' purity of bis homemade colTee tLal ili gustcd bun. London Queen. rraaldent Uarrlana's I'lsns. It U the tiresent intention of Pnili nt Harrison to leave Washington f r home in Indlatiaiolis very shortly ft r the inauguration of President Cleveland. The oath of office is administered to the president at the capitol at noon, a.': r which tho new chief executive deliver! hia inaugural add reus from theeast f r it of the capitol building. General Harri son intend to leave Washington n ti. Pennsylvania limited express, which '.f porta at 1:10 p. m., and to atopov( r S;.u day at Pittsburg, where be will ! about 0 o'cUx-k Saturday night IK- arrive at Indianapolis about n'n 11 March 6. Ha nuv change this r - gramme, but he doi-e notexi"ct t d- at thia time, barring accident It waa the originul intention of 1 r dent Harrison npon hia retirnnet.t fi oflice to linger in Washington ovt r day and to arrive at Iudumupolis dm ; the early part of tho aucceeding : Dut be ia anxious to ret nix to hi 1 home now that be see the l-gintr.n- ' th end, and baring nothing "f pnr;;. bar interest Hi detain him le re !. I determined to take his lave'f t !; ; tional capital within an hour or twoa.!' r th inauguration of hia suc-ci .r. 1 Daltimore American. atasbi Opaoutloa. Especially in those w .rn. n who are always at work upon public opiu! n 1 y letters, apeeche and writing d' ? position to woman suffrage Kvm l:h and narrow. They exerciae th U'ti berry of affecting th public for the::. ilrca. but ther would deny to tl.o passe of women erea tho oecnt bot Boston Transcript O
