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PROTECT OUR BREAD. The machinery of the law has not been put to work too speedily against the fraudulent use of ammonia and alum in Baking Powders. Both health and the pocket of the people are demanding protection. The legislatures of New York, Illinois and Minnesota have taken this matter of adulteration up, and especially that of Baking Powders. It will be in the interest of public health when their sale is made a misdemeanor in every State in the UNION, and the penalties of the law are rigidly enforced. There is no article of human food more wickedly adulterated than that of Baking Powder. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is the only pure cream of tartar powder having a general sale that is free from ammonia, alum or taint of any kind of impurity. It makes the sweetest and lightest bread, biscuit and cake that are perfectly digestible whether hot o'r cold. It costs more to manufacture Dr. Price's than any other baking powder. It is superior to every other known and the standard for forty years. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia, Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned. Nkeleton am! Corpse Mile uy .Mile. Muneie, Ind., i3 enjoying a sensation Utteiulant on the opening of a houso which hits been closed up for years anil tho discovery of a freak perhaps as re niarkablo as ever entered a human mind. The house in question is a lino old brick residence, owned in 1STG by William Mutterhorn, a well to do German, a re tired lumber merchant In 1878 Mutter horn lost his wife, a very beautiful wom an, whose loss converted him from a genial, pleasure loving man to a morose, misanthropical recluse. He dismissed all of his servants and refused to admit all visitors, even his most intimate friends, to his home. His health in a few years became wretched, and one day tho unhappy man bought a prominent lawyer of Muncie, and announcing his intention of travel ing for the restoration of his strength gave him powers as his agent and in-' structions to allow his house to remain locked and sealed as he left it. No ono was to enter it or even tho exteusivo grounds surrounding it. No limit was placed to his intended absence, and no surprise was felt as years slipped by with out his return Recently, however, his heirs, conclud ing ho was dead, had tho houso entered, and found in ono of tho upper rooms tho embalmed body of Mrs. Mutterhorn, ele gantly attired and reclining on a sofa, while at her side lay a skeleton, which was satisfactorily identified as her hus band's. Mutterhorn is known to havo been a fine amateur chemist, and it is supposed that ho privately exhumed his wife's body, embalmed it and kept it continu ally in his bight, till, feeling himself about to die, ho resolved to shut himself up with his treasure and meet death at its side. Tlyj two poor relics were in terred next day, followed to their final resting place by an immense crowd. Philadelphia Times. A Handful Mini Married. "Wo point with pride to Joseph Sehman and Mrs. Joseph Sehman, who, until Thursday, was -Miss Lizzie Nichols, of Riverside, N. J. Joseph had persevered against an overmastering weakness, and Lizzie had trampled on a very humau prido to an extent that wins our admira tion. Joseph had loved Lizzie for many days, so the report runs, and was well beloved by Lizzio. Ho proposed in duo time, was accepted and tho Jduy for the wed ding arrived. With it c:ino pretty Liz zie to tho altar. But Jo.-eph failed to come. There were tears ami righteous execrations and many a pretty pout. Tho days passed, and with lein camo explanations from Joseph. It was all his timidity. At tho last moment his heart failed him, and in that panic which bashfulness will often precipitate ho lied from tho bliss which ho longed for. Lizzio beuignantly forgave him. The sun shone again, and a now day for tho nuptials was set. ' It came, but again brought no Joseph. Auother explana tiou was as successful as tho firt, and a third attempt to execute the fractious contract was as futile as tho other two. When tho young man camo for tho fourth time to sue for tho lady's hand, full of humiliation for his foolish terror, who had made her consent provisional on their immediate marriage. Before he had had timo to bo stricken with his un fortunate malady ho had been pro uounced a husband by thoiiearost minis tenAlbany Uniou. A t'lnuirn for IlKulUtn. A theatre I to Im raqiuiital in Itoiniwll "af ter t Uq of mure Hum l.NX) ywun." It U UlU tllttt IWIIM Uf lit oW MMIIU))'. whMi - iwarwl hi thii hutiMi jul Imfum It 4uil, huvo Iwvii rtHWKHiiMl, lituwtfli im ktwulri IMiiW miy WW uf lit IIMW WMUtMT VP4lUI IHftb M fW" lutlMJ.HH"IlM.Wi.' NurrMwHit Jlvruld A ymr hm ouly lit tmtUmi Irwin bo iMrMii um4um uu4 A Uf M; iuil, MM IM ftMirtM UuWl Ul HHlHUt It imumim run ymr U wtU mrt Mm W lull IH lyFJtitt iMtf(, t m llMi vlt 31. Omul's lutiiii I'lutforin. I wonder if M. Quad took his dancing platform with Ir.'n to New York, lie is a crank on the subject of physical exor cise, but he doesn't take any stock in In dian clubs or dumbbells, lie fitted up a small platform a few years ago in his residence in Detroit, and whenever lie felt tho need of physical exercise he would take a turn at jig dancing. After a hard d iv's work in the top story of The Free Press building he would go home, bring out the little platform and dance a hoedown to the music of u pi ano, at which his daughter presided. After a half hour of this sort of recrea tion and a half hour of rest supper would be served and frequently the humorist would dance for a few minutes later in the ovening just before retiring. "It beats all the gymnasiums in creation," he said to mo once, "and 1 havo never found anything that suits my require ments so well. A complete mental rest is obtained, you see, as well as physical exercise." Chicago Mail. Cold Coin Scattered in lliu .Hulls. Scattered on tho floor of a postal car on the New York and Pittsburg rail road, in which were tons of mail matter, the clerks found, a week or two ago, J310 in gold pieces of various denomina tions. Portions of tho wrapper were found, but not enough to identify Uio address or serve as a clew to tho sender, Tho one who mailed tho package doubt less thought ho could save tho cost of registering or else he did uot know how to put up a package. There is no way of identifying lost coin, and the person in this instance who shipped his gold in a flimsy wrapper will probably never be able to prove his claim to tho money now held by Undo Sam. Tho postofiioo officials hero say that it is a common practice for people to mail money of large and small amounts in common envelopes and light wrappers. Rochester Post ISxpress. An Odd l.uwHiiit. Dubuque, la., is involved in litigation concerning tho meaning of "a reasonable amount." A year ago, when a gas plant was purchased by this city, ono of tho terms of sale was an agreement to fur nish a member of the selling firm "a rea sonable amount of gas for his own exclu sive use, free, during the existence of tho plant." The enterprising follow therefore put in a large number of gas jets and kept them burning night and day, thus heating as well as lighting tho house. Thousands of dollars already have been sjient in definitely settling tho meaning of tho term "a reasonable amount," and it is probable thai tho matter will go tho supremo court. Chi cago Mail. Soveii lloitU in Tow of Monster ShurU. Tho singular sight was witnessed in tho harbor recently of a man in a small boat making a cruise with a shark lor I motive power. Boat after boat went to I his assistance, until a string of seven, i manned by twelve hands, was in tho ' procession; but the shark's movemeutu increased with tho increased weight, ami after leading his captors a merry danco for a long while, he succeeded in throw ing out the hariRHiii and effecting his en cajxj. Wo hear that tho length of the brute was ohtimated at being nearer twenty than fifteen feet n customer not to bo rashly tackled single liaudod.--Panama Star and Herald. A Itulllr.imUo lit hi'hool. The other day, when the tonohar ami pupils of district No. 7. of Clay towtudiip, Auglaize ootinty. arrival at the Mjhuol house tliy found a lam iuttliuuko quietly iliMiUtf uu mum of llw iImbIm The mly umtlur nl tho yuuiitf aultular IMJlHI U lull )i r i'f ajf, Nlbiuliwl Uiu iqUl ek. whuu it fcu4dwtiy ft) muled (impair kjmiutf at tilMHUM ilHMt lUv Iwwi ittui li W(M A rlUM4k. It put lit HiMtUn ill (llgfel A i4tfM'iiwr Urutr him mimwwmi. (44 u, 4 M liitkl mmnI imtmt m4 Ih4i wMii imm Ui GLEANERS OF FAME. Hearken not, friend, for the resotindlnjr din Thnt did tho l' verse mice acclnlm: Wo nro but uli . i n In the tleld of fnmc Whence tho inu. harvest hath been (rath cwl In. Tho sheaves of : -.ry you nro fiiln to win, Lonn since wi-rv stored round tunny a house hold name- Tho reapers of the vX who timely camo Ami brought to end what none can now becin. Vet in the stubbles of renown 'tis richt To stop ntid cat her the remaining cars. And curry homeward In the waning light What hath been left us by our happier peers; bo that, befall w hat maj , we be not quite Famished of honor In t lie far off years. Alfred Austin in itoston Commonwealth. I)riT ril it Itnoiii In ii Hotel. While I was a student at Yale an inci dent occurred that furnished amusement to the police for weeks. Some of us were at the station house one winter' evening for the purpoM if baiting out two of our comrades who had been uriestod for sky lurk inn. While we wens waiting, a great hulking tramp walked in and asked the lieutenant in charge, n rather dudisli fel low, to give him u night's lodging. Not satisfied with the refusal he received, he persisted. The lieutenant soon lost patience and said, "No one can sleep hero unless he has committed some crime." "Is that so!1" said the tramp: "that's pretty hard, but I suppose 1 can help it. How will this answer?" As he spoke ho shot out his list and knocked the lieutenant from his stool into the spittoons near tho .stove. "I hope I didn't hurt you more than was neces sary," he said, as his victim slowly picked himself up, his hums streaming blood; "give me as good a cell as you have, for I'm tired and want to go to sleep." The unfortunate lieutenant did uot hear the end of it for months. Alien Wilson in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Itiiil Color. It is always interesting to know what colors are used or selected by royal families as being their very own. To P.ngland -the only royal family of modern times which bus selected it belongs scarlet, and It must be confessed that it is a most ef fective color The royal households of Portugal, Prussia, Sweden" and most of the German princes wear blue; Russia chooses dark green; Au-trlu delights in black and yellow. According to tho usual belief scarlet, as the royal household color of Kngluud, was chosen because of the red roseof tliii Pl.intiigenets; butthisis not true. It was taken from the Held gules of tho royal standard and from Henry's adoption of the scarlet dress of tho yeomen of the guard. In days gone by it was the privilege of the aldermen's wives to wear scarlet gowns, but Kuglishmeu having announced in song and story that they never will be slaves, the g-hcral F.nglish woman of to day is never -o happy a.s when she has an entire led gnu u or coat or .some touch of the glowing color about her. New York Sun. 'lint Decay of the ISciul; lluylng Habit. The book buying habit has fallen olT; the pamphlet buying habit has taken its place. The pamphlet soon finds its way to the waste basket, which, in many cases, it should never have risen above, and the per manent possessions of the household arc le.-s than they ought to be by on'e book. The average American citizen's source of intellectual pabulum is now tho "news bland." It and the toy shop with piles of pamphlet libraries at one end have too gen erally succeeded the bookstore. The old habit of dropping into the book store and buying the latest good thing latest In form or matter Is now indulged In by few people and in relatively few places. Henry Holt in Forum. Violet ICji's mill Supplilri'K. That tint of the eyes usually called violet, which is bine in the daylight and black at night, ought really to be called sapphire, as the sapphire, which is blue in the day, becomes black in appearance when night shuts down on tho world. Apropos of sapphires among re cent discoveries the Montana sapphires are found to be harder than any other of the same stones and are found in every tint of color known. In brilliancy they equal the diamond, and, what is more unusual, the stones are brilliant at. night, while the ordinary sapphire becomes black at night. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A New Tax. A Danish functionary of state, desirous of improving the financial condition of his country, proposed to Sttireusen, the. prem ier, to lay a lax on humau intelligence. "Tlie more intelligent tho higher the tax, and less in proport ion, "said our economist, and continued, "You will sen how eager the folks will be to pay the higher scale of taxes." "Quite right," said the minister, "and in acknowledgment of your ingenious sug gestion, you shall be t he only one exempted from the tax." Das Much fur Alio. Tin) Jaw nl an (liter. You can Had an example of nature's mlaptatioii ol I he jaw to use in the case of certain carnivore, like tho ottei a big weasel that has acquired aquatic habits. 'J'iie jaws of such beasts are so fixed in the socket thai dislocation is impossible. In some instances jou cannot, even after the animal is dead, separate the jaw from the head. This arrangement is evidently de signed to enable the beast to bite to the greatest advantage without danger that the chewing apparatus will come loose. Kxcliauge.. Crlllim mill Alitor. Mr. Outhkiru (fci wife, who N driving homo chickens out of the yard) Well, I don't see why a woman can't throw a stone. You haven't come within forty feet of pile of those hens. .Mrs. Outskirts I dropped my sewing In order to drive those hens out, and I think, instead uf standing here criticising, you might go in and thread a few needlefuls of bilk for me. New York Weekly. In 1470 a detachment of fifteen men sent from Canterbury for l ha Calais garrison, and others fur London, wine supplied with red "jaukuttu" of elolli, at three shillilig-l a yard, mid having on them "rousof white karsay" as badges. Henry VII In H85 In stituted the yttometi of the guard, and they were the iiucluiia of ilia pritetint standing army of Knglaud. Tutor drn, tu it tili ooiiliiiuiM, wan UK I ViHtUillo!i iii ilw I,w rouiMimi fjfoni year to jmr. Aipiit r at oim Uuu fetittd at mi nIUiu'I uf T.uuo fw ; uuw lly MV JHddoin fvuad l.ul.if I UdJi d.J frl. Hod lira tmii! ti iii Vm loua ')m at mUUUl frMlt H lil U uwl l ba tfliHM-ed 7,40) fauttiUutu 1 1.. i ivtij wtw mm fwtilMl W7ul t ilind LmttUL Of um ul tuM u th Uh iih fM4M UmJi4 ! IWtf Af AjmhJ mm tu rw iuuif tttjgkm Itliln- Until What is the matter with our boys? Are the public schools too much for them? Not long ago one of our newly elected congressmen notified the lad1 of his dis trict that they were all welcome to try for a cadetship at West Po.nt and that the best man would get the place, irre spective of race, color or financial con dition. A largo list of applicants responded, but, strange to say, the utmost difficulty was experienced in finding youths that camo up to the physical standard re quired for entrance to tho military school. One doctor examined seven ap plicants and found only one to whom ho could give a clean bill of health, and this was about the general average. The boyscaino from the workiugelus.ses. Many New York physicians believe that the terrific grind that the old mol lies of the Ixxird of education forced upon our children in tho pu school has much to do with the detet. -ration of the health of the coming gen eration. I know one public school prin cipal that sends his boys to a private school, and when I asked him the rea son. "1 would uot let them go to tho public school for the world," said he. "I have seen the thing work for twenty years, and I know that tho system that exists in New York today is harmful to any but the very sturdiest and laziest kind of children.' Men and brethren, are not these things worth thinking about? New York Her ald. A Clergyman's Strungo IHspiisr. Tho death of the Rev. Thomas Pitts, D. D., of Pittsburg, gives to medical science the strangest caso ever known in pathology. An autopsy has disclosed that the late minister had a veritable thorn in his brain. Dr. Samuel Avers, the specialist on diseases of the brain, conducted tho post mortem. When tho skull Vas opened a long plate was discovered. It was two inelnis in length, three-quarters of an inch in width, and had a very rough surface. It was found occupying a part of tho membraneous partition, between the two hemispheres of tho brain. The minister died suffering from convulsions, which were doubtless caused by this bony growth. This also explains all that seemed un accountablein Dr. Pitts' erratic conduct and actions during tho last few years of his life. Dr. Ayers said he did not be lieve there was a similar caso in tho his tory of medicine. As yet ho is unable to explain the presence of this strange growth. There is more or less bono de posit in the brain, but why this form was taken is still uuexpluiunblc. Cor. Philadelphia Press. Street Car Spi lull lers. In St. Paul, where uot long ago a brand new cable plant valued at $100,000 was consigned to tho scrap heap in order that tho street railway company might install electric cars on its lines, an in genious method has been adopted for tho laying of tho dust which in summer tinio causes much annoyance to passen gers. A lino of wator cars, very much after tho fashion of tho ordinary street sprinklers, are being built, and on each water car will bo mounted if tank (1 by (1 and 12 feet long. Two or three cars will be connected by hoso and attached to tho locomotive, so that ono train can sprinkle tho whole track. Tho journey between St. Paul anil Minneapolis will thus, in future, be as rapid and pleasant as it was formerly tedious and distress ing, and the inhabitants of those cities nro looking forward with much satisfac tion to tlio prospect of cool and enjoyable travel. New York Recorder. Costly I'oiid for a Coat. Heated with hi.i work in tho field Farmer Ivalbach. of Beading, hung his vest upon a fence post. Ill ono of tho vest pockets inclosed in a wallet were greenbacks to tho amount of forty-one dollars. In tho field was Mr. Kalbach's pet goat. In tho goat's stomach, when Kal bach returned, were tho bank bills, most of tho wallet and a largo portion of tho vest. Kalbach at once slaughtered his pot goat. All but fifteen dollars of tho greenbacks had been properly chowed in , aid of his goatship's digestion. Tho , twenty-six dollars thus chewed was past redumption. Philadelphia Record. (iiiiiilliy, Vimia. There is a strong probability that tho romantic old town of Yuma will pass out of existence. For years tho track of tho Southern Pacific in tho local iy of tho town has been entirely washed out, or so badly damaged that thousands of dollars had to bo expended to put it back into condition. Last winter three quarters of tho towiKitself was destroyed by floods, and now the railroad contem plates changing tho route so as to leavo Yuma off the line by crossing tho river several miles north of tho old site. Santa Ana (Cal.) Press. Great improvement has recently been made in tho manufacture of glass for optical instruments by means of tho ad dition to tho ordinary materials of phos phorous and chlorine, which in bomo yet unexplained way cause tho glass to bo very much more transparent and enable it to receive a much higher degree of Iiolish than any optical glass hitherto manufactured. Louis Whitootub, of Dayton, O., has for three years biiflerwl from a painful but obsouro stomach ailment. Dr. Weis gave him an Hiuulio, wliioh disclosed that a froy had Won tho cause of tho trouble. i A Uerniun iKbtf wlitor wan fined m ottitily fur nuuloJiiuif thv lilt uf work- , iimmi kitUI in mm diwtsUH' alenwidw : of tun m mount iliunbuiad k4 iIIvuIimmU MIIIOllK ItU) OMIICI of Ih IMlllAi A How fikir tiwi Ihmii HrrtMliH) for MM hum luJip bluafcuiu into Hl(w j uud MutM Uim iiImI Milling lliijljl (0 UMMMHMMIMf ImmmWim M UfitlMtf IlltM PRISONERS. Old Story of u Cuptlrr TrueJin Thnt We May Inipinie Our Condition. From somewhere comes an old story of a prisoner. This man was chained in a cell, hound hand and foot. Scant motion his chains allowed, he l ould scarcely move a limb, and his ilaysittid nights he spent in lament hm his miserable fate. His captor sent him a bniom with the message. "Sweep your cell and you shall liefree." Freel The matr laughed sent n fully What power had he to sweep h,s cell? lie could but move his hands a little to and fro Came the message again, "Sweep your cell and yon shall he five." I)eswnringl and with a bitter smile, the man took his bnwtii, and as well mm he could cleared the place at his feet. Ills strokes were feeble and uncertain, but as he swept, lo. Un chains hung lighter on his arms' lie moved them more fn-ely. The lontc uti used uitwles began to work. Iouger and longer grew his strokes, larger and larger the space he clivilvd, faintly and mure faintly he felt the weight of his fetleis Filled with wonder and joy he ro-e slow U to his feet, and with an almost forgotten energy walked Ixick and forth, sweeping now with a glad haste which soon brought him freedom Throughout the world are many such prisoners prisoners none the less that the walls of their evils are invisible, and to tin eyes of others the cap) Ives walk as free men up and down Itencath the open sky. We are bound fast and sure, and by chains which encircle our bodice anil souls more firmly than bands of iron. Sometimes the chains have (wen forged by love, and we would not break them if wooouhl, for w hi a we try thev eift into our hearts as a knife, and liberty purclm-cd with a bleeding heart isdearly bought; sometimes they are forged by circumstances whoe chains are light and slender, but strong; sometimes by ne ces-ily. whose bondage Is hard and sore, sometimes by fear of ridicule; often, how very often, y our own reluctance and pro erastiuatioii. These are the hardest of all to break They may stretch, but afterward they tighten the quire, and though prone to the earth, we mourn our incapacity, we lose daily the strength to break the chains which daily drag more and more heavil. Our virtue is gone, we cry. Why mock us with hopes we can never realize? Let ih lie here until we die. (ii'iiul that the power to sweep the w hole cell is gone. What thunf Cannot wefnove a little to and fro' Kuniigh to clear the space at our tcct, Kunugli to brush away a t ri lie of the dust which clouds our ees, that more light may fall through. It U true we may never do the great deeds of which we once dreamed. Few are the blessed hands to whom it is given lo sweep a broad path wnere the feet of others may walk securely, but the spot, t hough small and cramped, to which we are chained might, be made ptuvr and brighter because it Is we wlio are chained there. And as we strive --who can tell? It may be a strange strength will stir in our long fettered limb.s a mystical grace may rest on the determined ell'ort to break the bonds of a lifelong 'repression It may he that the strokes will grow stronger and braver That wider and wider may become the cir cle w e can reach. It might even he that somewhere, perhaps near, perhaps afar oil', a prisoner as hopeless and desolate a.s ever wo have felt will see the struggle, and into his heart It will put fresh courage. For every prisoner who sits today grieving si leutly his wasted captivity, his forlorn helplessness, there Is a message, "Sweep! that way lies fieedonil" Harper's Bazar. Tim Harden of I'den. The true site of the Garden of Fden has been the subject of almost endless con jecture. The three continents of the Old World have been gone over by theologians in a vain search for its most probable loca tion. From China to t ho Canary Islands, from the Mountains of the Moon to the coast of the Baltic, each country has been the subject of search, and no spot sup posed to correspond in the slightest degree to tlie bcripturai description ol tlio ursc abode of the humau race has been left uu examined. The most ancient opinion, which is given by Josephus, is that it was in the country which lies between the (Jnuges ami tho Nile. This view imagines Fden as being a very widely extended territory, embrac ing all of the country from the Indus on tlio east to the Nile on the west. As the "Garden'' Is said to have been "eastward in Udell," It' is placed definitely in the valley of the Kuphrntcs. Yon Hum mer, the famous Oriental scholar, places P.dcn in I taenia, others locate It in Babylo nia, at the cpulluence of the Bupliratcs and the Tigris'. Captain Wllford, a profound student of Hindoo antiquities, has labored to locate Kden in Bamlaii, south of tho Koosh range of mountains. Bullmau puts it down in India, Heider, In his "History of Man kind," identifies it with the Vale of Cash mere; tlie Orientals (many sects of them) be lieve t hat it was on the Isle ol Ceylon, while the Greeks place it at Beth-Kden, on Leba non. St. Louis Republic. Ciurliil it Mine in llor Hand. A Portland lady was observed walking down Congress anil Middle streets with a shoe in her hand. As the shoe was not wrapped up and as the lady carried it with much nonchalance, some little attention was attracted. Asa matter of fact It was a caso of absent inlniledness. She went into a shoe store, laid down her wallet, rather a long and large one, and looked at some footwear When she went out she took up a shoe instead of her wallet and can-led It in a manner described above, lie lug much astonished, when she made her next purchase, to find that her wallet had changed to a shoe. Portland Advertiser. Tilt) (ieulirlii If line) moon. A newly married couple from the coun try created considerable merriment at Buona Vista a few days ago. They had married the day before at Cordele, and were on thulr way to Moore's mill, where the man works They promenaded lie town hand in hand, and when the noon hour arrived they repaired to Clements A: McCall's store. Both occupied the same chair the tutui sitting down first and dined on uhcoe and crackers, spiced Wltu kisses. Savannah News. 'IVapoy. Teapoy In In Kiiglaud often m punned to have conneuilnii with tea; but It hint no morn than uruMin ' tartar hno with Crlin Turtary. It U a word of Aiiulo-ludlaii Im-portatlun-vtr... lipui, an urdu or Anglo Indian corniptlun of the PuralHii ullial, trl M jrhaM Ut mvoi.) loiifiulon with nen Hjyt, ami iHiwuiiitf a tUrm IhkuI table, or lhol tfttimrttll) II Vil. WiiHlvd llr tMilnl, CflHMii) !uuu"--. l" ywi UiKb HiU TWlnraala titii'-iiitrl4i)lyl ar llyfyim't uu! Ui witlwui tint l AMMONIA AND SUICIDES. One of Uio Mont CerlHln Agent for Ciiiixlni; llrittli !' blow l'iloiilnx Of the number of those seeking sui cide bv swallowing some form of poison, ptobably there are few who have sought to kill themselves by means of aiumon a . Nevertheless ammonia, although it is t?.e active agent in most of the salts sc Id to women fur their gilt decorated and per fumed scent bottles, is poisonous wl.cr. taken internally in a concentrated fir.ij. To attest this there have been recent y in New York several cases, the most r cent being that of Herman Harowitz, t which Deputy Coroner Jenkins said t liar death took "place in a comparativeiv short time after the ammonia was take. In another cafe, that of a child, Dr. ,!t -kins said death icsiilted in five niintitt after swallow ii.g the ammonia solutio t. There are on record also ea.n's rf sli-w, poisoning from aiMiionia adinini-ten with intent to commit murder. I urtln r more, the appearance of workmen a guano factories, where ammonia is set frtc by grinding guano, has been noted, nrd in every case there is an untnistaknl V system of poisoning. This is discolir v tion of the skin of the face, which as sutnes a blotched, dirty appcararut First to take on this appearance is the skin of the nose and forehead. AuU ( sies of those who ie from ammonia jx -soiling teveal a dark hue on the nniu is membrane lining the stotnurh and nit tines. As an asptit for causing death by slow poisoning, ammonia is one of the u. -t certain and most difficult of detectK t owing to its volatile natute. Tins rpu' ity has led physicians to beueve tl :it so'nio of the mysterious deaths that haw taken place in tlie history of moder-iiu i media-val crime are due to luiitnoni i. It is known now that months have i inpsii between the first symptoms of s-ikmf-and the death of a "person from amnion . poisoning. On the other hum!, deal' lias resulted in four minutes from t i time a large draught of ammonia l a been swallowed. It has been found Uu cases of gradual absorption of umtuon-.t. in the human system that there is a gen eral (diminution of healthy oxidation of the blood and a consequent lowering r I the txxlily strength. In tho cases of in. mediate "poisoning, death conns with frightful agony, as in the case of liar wilz. Blood gushed from his nose nut' mouth. Statistics in Fngland put ammoim. thirteenth in frequency in the list of noisons. Alexander Winter Blvth, med ical ollicor of health in the St. Marylu bono district, lmilon, cites thirty cast or poisoning by ammonia swallowed for the purpose of committing suicide, or administered with tho purpose of com mitting murder, or nbnurhed uucnmsc mut In in food Of tho suicidal cases six were fatal." Of twenly accidental cases twelve were fatal. Ol cases of murder with aniinonia, Dr. Blyth notes two, lioth ot them children." New York Sun Conscious Clover lllossoin. Tho subterranean clover has boon driven by its numerous enemies to talco refugoat last in a very remarkable anil almost unique mode of protecting its off spring. This particular kind of clover affects smooth and closo cropped hill sides, where tho sheep nibble down tho grass and other herbage almost as fast ua it springs up again. Now, clover seeds resemble their allies of tho pea and bean tribes in being ex ceedingly rich in starch and other valu able foodstuffs. Hence they nro much, sought after by tlio inquiring shtx'-p,. which eat them off wherever found its exceptionally nutritious anil dainty mor sels. Under these circumstances tho subterranean clover has learnt to pro duce small heads of bloom, pressed closo to tho ground, in which only tho outer flowers are perfect and fertile, while tho inner ones aro transformed into tiuy. w riggl 1 1 1 g cor 1c screws. As soon as tho fertile flowers havo be gun lo set their seed, by tho kind aid of tho bees, tiio whole stem bends down ward, automatically, of its own accord; tho littlo corkscrew's then worm their way into tho turf beneath, and tho poda ripen and mature in the actual soil it self, where no prying ewe can poko an inquisitive nose to grub them up and de vour them. Cases liko this point in certain ways to tho absolute high water mark of vegeta ble ingenuity; they go nearest of all In tlio plant world to tho similitude of con scious animal intelligence. Minnenpolia Tribune. Tried lo Kilt I'oi-ly-elL'lil Ilaiiiiium. A banana eating contest was tho prin cipal attraction. A young fellow em ployed in tho freight depot undertook to eat four dozen bananas, one after an other, upon a wager amounting to the price of the fruit. IIo succeeded in stowing away fifteen without much diffi culty, and although he did not appear to bo desperately hungry after that, he persevered until tho twenty-third ba nana had disappeared down his throat. At this point ho retired from tho contest as gracefully as circumstances would permit, and after paying the bills for the gastronomic exhibition and tho ba nanas which tho audience had disposed of, departed a wiser if not n Hadder man. -KconofN. II.) Sentinel. A Sniull Know Sjtorm. La Nature, a French journal of fcci enco, relates that a gentleman who waa walking rapidly along tho street on u cold, fair day, and had by violent ex ercise brought himself into n couditioa of profuse perspiration, took off his tail hat in saluting a friend. As ho did so lie was astonished to feel what was apparently slight fallof snow upon his head. Upon passing his hand over his head lie found several unmis takable flakes of snow thero. ItisHiipposed that the freezing outer air condensed tlio moist warm air within tho gentleman's tall hat so suddenly thnt a veritable enow storm of miniature pro portions was produced upon his head. I llrlril tvllh III Jlotlmr. A Toledo society woman has played ft good jolte oil hur son by iittciidinu swell private muquorade mid allowing him to flirt with Iwr; nay, more, ask for a klw without Iho faintcit Diiipleloii on tliu ymuiK man' part it to who the fair clmruiur wju. lie followed Itor IhmI tho entire evening, nm! when Um Uww for uiiiinwMnn imiiiu wiim t Ur Uh rftMly to uuhili the Hit kIIwi. Ium lug IiU olitii;nii, CluulauJ wwl4.