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
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