SITUATION IN SPAIN.
DISCUSSED BY THE PRESIDENT
AND CABINET.
All the I .culling foreign liorernmenU
liiHlrurl Their Washington Hrprv
n matliri to Keep Them fully
Advised of Hevelopmrote—
Attitude of Austria.
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Woodford's L'ltlmutuni.
W’asiumotos, Hot. 1.—The Presi
dent had scarcely reached the White
house this morning before secretary
Nhermun called to see him. He was
closely followed by Assistant Secre
tary Day, and, although It Is under
stood that the latter's visit bad large
ly to do with Department of State ap
pointments, It Is not doubted that
there was a discussion of the latest
Madrid developments, though no .offi
cial advices had coma from Minister
Woodford
In the absenca of the Spanish min
ister Mr. Du hose is the senior Spanish
official here, but he has not callad at
the blata department and has not, aa
far aa can be learned, received official
ndvicus from Madrid.
Tbs cable reports from various
liurofiesn capitals that United States
ministers Abroad had learned that
Austria was favorable to an alliance
with Spain, and that Hermany and
Prance were considering what action
Kuropean power* should take in tha
event of American intervention, lias
given the Cuban question a new and
liroad significance to thu foreign rep
resentatives here. At least one of the
embassies has beer directed to keep
its foreign offices fully advised of ail
developments and this, It is believed,
applies to all the leading foreign es
tablishments.
1 here is a general desire to get the
i xact text of Minister Woodford's In
si ructions. As to these tho state dc
part merit maintains the same reticence
to diplomatic officials Ihut it does to
the general public. The general con
clusion among diplomat*, and the one
which they are conveying to their
governments, Is that the Woodford in
structions do not embody an "ultima
tum.” At the same time these officials
taho the view that the I'fitted States
but taken an advanced position, al
though not one Involving any present
critical Issue.
In commenting on tho situation a
diplomat from one of the countries
forming a triple alliance said that the
report of Austria'a attitude was of
interest, owing to Austria's being a
member of the drlebtind. made up of
Germany, Italy and Austria, hut added
that It was generally understood the
alliance applied only to continental
questions, and to Is- mutually defen
sive rattier than offensive. For this
reason lie did not believe it would
apply if Austria became the ally of
Kpaiu. i ,1
A COLORADOAN’S REWARD
l >-I'linarsssiriuii TowimsiuI .Vsimil si
NtiiirNior to His tote .1 u11 xs Kilgore.
WssuiNoro.v, (let. 1. The presi
dent lias appointed cxCongrcsiiimn
I lose a Townsend of Colorado to be
judge of the United (States court for
the tinntliofu district of the Indian
territory..to succeed the late .tudge
Kilgore. Kx-Congressmau Townsend
wft* an advocate of free silver before
the licpubiican national convention,
lull, refused to bolt with Senator
Teller and supported the Uupublican
national ticket during the campaign.
a I, cue, ouo nuzit III W«'liliietan.
t^AfiiiiNCiTow, Dot. 1 Fire broke
*»ut in Hits central power * tut ion of tho
i a pita 1 Traction company a few mi:i
wU,» before 11 o’clock last night and in
thirty^ftiinutcs the magnificent Mix
story structure was doomed. Approx
imately the loss is about 8«00,ooo on
tho building, about 8100,000 on ma
chinery and stored cars, while tho loss
* •stained by tenants will amount to
8700,000, making the total damage 81,
000,000.
•u£*r ltr«*V« In MUKHin
W'aMiiiNOTOx, Oct. i. -The rojjorU
Hint specimens received in conneatloi.
with the experimental licet su^ar cul
ture in Missouri are of so conflicting
H character tliat tlio itgrlcuil ,-al de
partment will withhold it* opinion ns
to the practicability of the work until
Homo later |ierlod In some counties
■ the beek attained n very satlsfnctor.
dcve.iipinrat, while in other* the re
*\ilt amounted iiructlcaltv to failur •
twin nl lUtl t rack Warrants.
MlatiHIKK, I 'I. tt»l. I —After
• on^rcss had appropriated tf.l t i.bnu to |
pay the (reek nation's debt* warrants
for over ll >o,on were certified to the
secretary of the Interior as giaul lie
ua imiuedialeU unfitted that a frutnl
bad been perpaiiruted nu the treek
• Itteials and J. 11 /evety amt brurgii
i. Uoss are ou tlieir wa.i to tiklabioua
In Iuvcstnrata
tbs tlaalilaal lu W aib'u«luu
tt tililiutiit, ikt, The IVe.l
Acaiia (Mfi» arrived here at id
.-clock tin* iti-oning Mr M- K aley I
had hardly readied the Mbit - houae .
ta-fura Me- tetan slieruiiu appeared
and held a br-ef ceuaultat not with
'••Mb |tf*niuia>-l) In reference le the
• lit til the Spanish - abotet
, NIOTINU IN IttiNOIM
Siam a* thsw w», u Sturt t< *■«
sai-Uillla •Hashed b> a Wets
ht tail ta Mia, llet. t ta the
aatahr* it the Mad-tow i uai > *wta« > * |
•hafta Uf K4wa*d». die. lit were gs ,
awte ewh Ibit ocnwiag tha t were
ati<* •> • hi • hk»h <*« hers a *g.-t
v* hy thirty at aw« wants** «y a»p*
’ thiear* the alrlhe. - threw tkwrt
sad e*jentw> paapsr aad beat their
jMl——*• with eiaha. t.»t aw
T**av Mr*d «ad k-lhdl tk It k -ilk l
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SOCIETY CIRLS INDIGNANT.
The lllchard Mansfield Hi. Jo.apS Halt
Delayed — Tha l.awyers Obdurate.
8t. Joski’H, Mo., <b>t. !. — The
hearing of the Itirhurd Mansfield suit
against 1C. 8. Itrigham, manager of
the Crawford theater, was not liegun
yesterday, a continuance being agreed
upon by the lawyers until October 111,
much to the disgust of half a hundred
society women, who hail been sub
poenaed as the result of the shrewd
work of Mansfield's attorneys, and
who wore In court In a decidedly fiery
frame of mind.
Half of the patrons of the house will
testify that the company with Mans
field was composed of actors and ac
tresses and the other half will swear
that many members of the company
were people who knew nothing at all
about acting The society girl* ob
ject to testifying, however, and their
fathers will try to Iwg off for their
daughters, hut the lawyers declare
that they will he Inexorable. "The
society girls may as well testify In
this case as anybody else," they said
to-day. "They attend the theater a
great deal and nearly all of them are
good judges of a play. They are not
outside the jurisdiction of the court.”
HOC OR HUMAN.
That I* (be Issue In tbe l.usrgsrt Case
•lust Non
Chicago. Oct. 1.—Hog or human?
That is the issue iu the l.uotgcrt esse
at present, and on the view of the
case adopted by the jury hinges the
fate of the defendant If hog, he will
in all probability go free; if humau.
there 1* no telling what will ^isppeu
to him, or, rather, what rnay not hap
jm iv Him
The defense proved yesterday that
the bone which Dr. Dorsey, the oste
ologist of the Columbian museum, de
clared was the femur of a human
being, of a woman, and or a woman of
delicate physical struct lire as was Mr*.
I.uetgert Is nothin# hut the bone of u
ho#. The witness who declared all
this for the defense wo* Dr. W. II.
Allport, professor of descriptive and
comparative anatomy in the North
western university.
HAS A BIRTHDAY.
Nsnta Irs Ielrbrstes Its Sllvtr Anniver
sary In Topvks.
Topkka, Kan., Oct. t.—The Atchi
son, 'I'opeka and Manta Fe railway,
twenty-live years old and 10,000 miles
Ion#, celebrated it* silver anniversary
In this, its birthplace yesterday. Five
thousand employes and '-'00 floats from
four states occupied two hours and
fifteen minutes iu pussio# the review
ing stand In front of the company's
general ofllees. The parade was re
viewed by President K I’. Ripley and
all of the general ofllcer* of the road,
former president VVriiIHtrn II Mtrong,
and former general solicitor Oeorgc
It. Peek. (iovciTior l.cedy and Mayor
Fellows wore also on the reviewing
stand. it was by far the greatest day I
Topeka lias ever known, and the most
. Kvcssful demonstration of its kind in
li story. it Is estimated that the
(•vent brought AO.u.iO visitors to the
Kansas capital.
New lure tip r » u.ivdii.ptldii.
(ii.ui in, (let i Professor I.anil
•rer of .Stuttgart, who has been ex
perimenting for years in the treat
ment of tuberculosis, has treated 400
patients with a soluble salt of cinna
iiile acid, lie believes Dial almost all
the patients so treated have been
permanently cured
4 I'llIHliiW (ill (I||l7 St loti.
t rrv or Mi:xico. < let, i. Captain
Reynolds, representative of the Choc
taw tribe of the Iridiuu territory, after
traveling over und making u full in
vestigation of certain lands in the
Mlchimcau district for colonization
purposes, has returned to the states
greatly pleased with the lands in
question, and will make a fuvornblu
report to his tribe.
If ft II kill II It* • HI t<» JtlHlIjfll.
Toi-icka. Kan., opt 1. I uitcd
States District. Attorney Lambert amt
his Democratic assistant, Bankin Ma
son, have reached au agreement
whereby Mason i-s to resigu on Decem
ber 1. Harry Hone of Clark county
wlil succeed Mason
Will Aik for %|ur« wtoitnjr.
W a in i Mi 11 in. Oot. I. Sevn* l str^
Wilson of Hit agrioiiltiiral department
will, iu his annual report, uaU con
gress to :uak« a material Increase in
the appropriation for the hureaii of
animal industry, tlic farmers' ImllcLas
ami the weather bureau
A.OIII sillier* strike
1‘msai ho. I’m . Oct. t owing t<
a disagreement as to tin* differential
t» tween the rates for utmiug thick
ami thin tcin coal. aUuti It,non river
miners refuseil to g*» to work tester
In'.
sgrluc ' «!!•» sinkers tins
.‘ catSo V ll.llk, III . IS'I, I He.
I vf Was given out to pm families at
tk« comniissarv to day. m»i o*« lilt*
#" a miners arc imire determined Ilian
ever.
Mas Mime Is WUtstilk*
I iil'l k I. Kan , tk I | It, pt, s* it
tat'Ve toic Iktvis of Wilson esanty
ha> gone to Klondike, sml towernot
Irolj will probably writer an election
there tto» Is l to ml the vacancy
I stint | ssMstslt tstssSMct
II kl HI I H , II I | t m *e.c
•md day of tin t nil*it t **nIcilmata
V sterna* assist* ! by a »lis its, brought
to this city laity I ■ mlo ps *ple At
1 iiniwA a grand |nis4*> i.s.h pia* e>
tt the pn<h tol.usnl John t doom
mndn a wkulttl) ad > tresis The
Dkttgliters ut the »onfn-tesa* , Inn
dnrnd a big recepiles* U* Iks stain and
ciatMp smdtwws and th» maid* of
h>*n**r A great sttm remathahin
tatrannai rssnisai ham tnhnn p aen
an t t*«i ****** intnresOng < »•*. * *<«•#
hsMMt nnnntnd
POLITICAL ALLIANCE.
HENRY GEORGE FOR M AYOR OF
NEW YORK.
Cold Iteiaim-rats Spin on the Tammany
Ticket—Kx'l'imyrmni.n *l»hn II.
tVItt Warner Head* a Unit to
Math I.ow —The Hit mat Inn
Compiles tad.
Henry George Tor Mayor.
New Yoiik. Oct. 2.—Tlia Democratic
alliance, ma le up of free allrer organ
izations, will mart to-night anil nom
inate Henry George for mayor, A
loiter from Mr. George will be read. It
la announced, accepting the nomina
tion. Members of thn alliance have in
terviewed Mr. George and they aay
he promised them he would acespt At
a meeting of the I’oputlst leaders It
was agreed to Indorse thn candidates
of the alliance.
The gold Democratic city conven
tion, led by cz-Mayor Grace and
Scott, will meet In Cooper t'nlon to
day and Indorse thn Tammany ticket
In consideration of t.he nomination by
Tammany of Francis M. Scott to suc
ceed Justice Andrews on th# supreme
court bench, and oilier places for the
organization, but there wilt be resist
ance to the Indorsement in the con
vention and a bolt will follow
and the strength of the National
Iteinocratlc organization on election
day will go to Seth Dow. Kx-Kepre
sentatlve John Dewitt Warner, who
has been a leader in the council of the
National Democratic party, will head
the revolt. In an Interview he said:
•Tin afraid the national Democracy
may aupport Van Wyck so far as thn
New York county delegates are con
cerned. The vote will not be unani
mous, but 1 doubt If there will be
elionurli to tirevent it.
TRIPPLE STAGE ROBBERY.
Two tsllforuls HamtlU Halil Cp Thrar
*la|M Wltlila a If* Minute*.
Mn/foJf, Cat., Oct. ».—Shortly after
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, three
stages traveling from Angel's Tump to j
this place were held up by two masked
highwaymen and robbed. The first
stage, a two-horse vehicle, was slopped
by the robbers in a narrow defile, and
its passenger*, two men and a woman, I
compelled to dismount and hold up
their hand* while they were searched
The robbers secured about 875.
Fifteen minutes later the second
stage, the regular four-horse vehicle,
came along and the driver was or
dered to halt. As he did not pull up
fast enough, the robbers shot one 01
the leaders and killed one of the pole *
horses. The robbers fired one shot
with a rifle into the hood of the stage. |
The bullet struck one of the male pas- |
sengers In the arm unit passed on into
the side of unothor man who sat be- ,
side him. The only other passenger, l
a woman, escaped Injury. The trio j
wore compelled to band over their '
money, about SiO'i.
The robbers then disappeared Into
the brush, hut emerged n few bun
dred yards distant and held up the
third carriage. After relieving the
passengers and driver of their purse* i
tlie robbers decamped wilb Well*- I
Fargo & Co.'s box, which, however,
contained nothing of value
A BRIDE ENDS HER LIFE
:.?r*. f.i-int Klphijr Wilier* of HI. I.inil-.
lliiiilli IfY-reelf —A ratlietlc Xiilii
Sr. Lot ts, Mo., Oct. r>. -Mrs. Lena I
Klpley Waters, n bride of three
months, committed suicide to-day by
bunging herself at the home of her
f.ister She left a note reading:
"May heaven forgive me, us I never
meuul to do wrong. IJoodbye to kind
brothers and sister*. My watch to]
Lou Lee.'' •
Lena Itipley was married to Kdward
Waters the iutter part of last dune.
The bride had a number of relatives
aud friends in St. Louis and the wed
ding was a large one. The eouple
had not lived together since the mar
riage. Further than this no reason is
know u for the deed.
DRYEST ON RECORDl
No Hood Mitlnt In MUtourl Kluco .July tS3
»n<l \eic«tntli»n la Urlrtl I'p.
COM MIMA, Mo., Oct. J'l The monthly
report uf tlie Missouri weather service
shows that August mid September
combined liave ben u the dryest luoullis
In the record in the stat«. There hus
not been • good ralu since July All
kinds of vegetation hus dried up.
stitl.tls-tif'ltis-llosilsr* tgaliist tlllrh
A rill Isos. Kan.. i*ct Uobert
Tompkins, lilck l.mc nud other Audi*
Ison I’upulUts who are against fusion,
wilt start ii pa|ier to tight eg-taovernor
llwiife W tilick, fusion caudidaU* for
stale senator from Atuhlson and Jack*
sou counties The auti fusion Popu
lists have been turned down at every
Populist meeting
Jseiet I Hauumiosil Mss«l
**t l,oiis, Mo, let y.—Jaiues T.
1 aril mill. .11.1 a .r, .lotus ol and wealthy
cttteeu aud preeideut of the l>ruui
m..ud l.ilacsi coutpauy of thla city,
died lu re yesterday at the result si a
earn.p.iesturn uf h duey and other
troubles resutltug front grip Mr
ttruiuuiotid * wealth, aside from hi* to
bacsi p sut. is estimated at Id.istn.iMuy
IS. Mare* el Vests** Hssigss
M*t. s M.. twt Ms*or It t
I ‘l.si *u tendered Hts reslgaattua to
th« euaaetl this musing and tt all!
Ithi 1 he a* spied at the east meet
tag II* ta aa assistant la ths state
Uew.u.wi • ••#!.* ta Je#»rs**« t'lty
Vwt tShtisee Isvllsd t* at. lewis
lisity has 1st • Miss Mbit
net ha* a 'espied an lesilatto* to at
Is lot the belled Prophet* hall ta St
Ismts a* the guest of the general som
a* dr*
THE GATES CLOSED.
the llrnlnt fair In tkr licit ary of Ne
braska I* Over.
The greatest state fair in the history
of Nebraska Is over, says the Omaha
World-Herald. In many ways It was
also the most successful fair ever
given. In exhibits it far surpassed
any of its predecessors; never did a
state fair hove more perfect weather,
and from a financial point of view,
while the balance on hand may not tie
so large as after some fairs, the board
of management Is confident that after
settling up all bills and paying the big
premiums of the. present fair, and pay
ing off the 13,000 deficit left by the
ISM fair, that there will be a small
balance in the treasury.
There was only a fair crowd on the
last day. which In point of weather
was lolly up to the standard of the
preceding four daya. All had a good
opportunity to see the exhibits, as
nothing wan allowed to move until 4
o’clock. Then the exhibitor* of Jive
stock going toother fairs were allowed
to begin moving. Hhortly afterwurdi
the gates were thrown open to tin
dozens of wuiting moving vans und
express wagons, wTileli after ft o'clock
formed a long procession moving city
ward. The office of the secretary was
moved back to the Millard hotel, where
lie will be for several days straighten
ing out the odds und ends of the fair
business.
President Doolittle was asked, while
the fair was >n.-lng moved away, for mi
opinion on it. He said In substance:
“It has been the most successful and
the largest state fair since 1 have known
anything about slab- fairs. Kverybody
knows what big exhibits unit whut tin*
weather we have hod. and In every way
the fair has moved along very smooth
ly. We cannot yet tell exactly, but I
Ihlnk ft whs also a good success finan
cially. If we pay off the the deficit
left i»y the im'i fair I think tvr. should
be satisfied."
Chairman Hiu-moro of tile board of
rnunugers said. "We have never had a
fair where then- was so little kiChlAg
In all department*')here has 1-i-cTi Dcr
r.-ct harmony. nml instead of the con
dderablc amount of kicking and (•one
plaining which have seemed U> tie nee
I'ssnry to a state fair, there ha- beet
very little It ha>- been a big and kite
;ex*fu) fair in nil particulars."
Secretary Furnas said ‘ I can tel
you the rcrciptr. very soon, but run no
tell you the expedditure* for some little
time. It will take 11 eon pie of weeks
to figure out just how much we must
pay in premium*, and bill* of ull kind
will be coming In for the next si;,
weeks. Hnt so near us we can llgurc
tout now, wo believe that, after pay
tig up the deficit left bv the lust fair,
that we will have a little money left,"
When the gates closed Thursday the
number of paid ndmis .ioiiH was within
i few hundred of tin; total paid adults
dons for the six day* of tin; fair last
year. I tut notwithstanding till* fact
die report of the superintendent of
/ate* shows that the crowd Thursday
wait greatly overestimated by almost
veryone. It failed to reach the high
water mark of last year hy nearly 5,000,
Put, as previously stated, the attend
mec on every one of the other days
was considerably larger t han the cor
responding day in 1 soil.
An unusual thing for Friday of state
fair week, more people were arriving
n the city than were leaving, and the
tremendous press of Thursday was only
relieved in a meiiMire.
The Cup „f Ks-Aiiflttor Moore.
The attorney general has till’d u civil
’use against Kugeue Moore ami hi*
bondsmen for the recovery of the money
•mbczzlcd by the cxaudiUu', also for
lamagi's to the state from the unlawful
ssiniti 'e of the $1*1,101.75 warrant b>
Hartley. It it set forth in the petition
dial hy reason of tint isiunnce of t hi -
warrant the state 1* damaged in tin
mm of 9201.Mf.05. To this i. added
the 2US shortage from the auditor's
ittlee, and interest ut. 7 per cent, on
Jlo.17it.bo from .lunuary t;, Isit5. nml on
912.72*. $5 from January 1. IHtK), mid on
9201.8Hl.05 from January 2, !S07. The
(Uit calls fora judgment against the
bondsmen for $7<0,000 and against Moore
’or t he I,a 111 lice.
Will Testify In it Murder t use.
Ueorge Wood and his son Albinos, of
jsccoln, have gone to Wenterset. .Mo..
:o testify in u murder ease. About two
I'ears ago they sserc driving near It in
erset when they lieard two men ijuar
reling about a line fence and lieard one
>uy to the other, "l told you if you put,
hut fence there I would kill Volt," Ulld
lie up with his shotgun and killed the
nun on the s|h>i. In the excitement
ihe murderer got away and bus jusl
been caught,
A Hernril llrraltvr,
r.incoln douriial: This is n record
breaking year in state fair annals.
Sot only is the ngrlcult iirnl dlspluy
rur in ai.vuneeof those of former years,
but It Is the ti-sl time in the history of
the stute fair that It has ever hud a
full week of fair weather without In
lerruptlon by rain or ilu»t storms or
both tin top of all of this conies the
inprceellcitted attendance of today
[Tharadayh which swts estimated at
ill the way from 43,(MM) to (to.ooo.
state linsril li • ■■ J>1.
The Nrliraska Telephone ..pain
made upplleatioli to .liulge Holmes for
s teui|s>rury lajuellon agulust the state
Istard of trans|Mirtutiou to prevent any
further act ton In the rune brought by
iohu li Yelser i lie appltealiou was
granted and uotiee was itersed on Mo
ment is-rs amt m urutartc* of the Isstrd
ltd* evening, titular the slaute* Mies
Wilt have three svevk* to tile au answer
flu Mu tiler lie.
Ttse supreme court melon thefts*
Judge* ISsI ami Mortal nit the taineh
the court enntwdiesluurr i Were also
present In the Itartlev •'**•» tile ill
fvttdatii tea* orttervd to Hie hi* brief
within thirty day*
I tyoM • ewtpaur n»i|***««i*le
The rwsllwtwnu tsi seuger Irwin ww*
held up the other ,1*1 hy the ihtiiIf of
Molt routs end a lutrrvl ul prwirie dtirk
ew* (when front the espte** cat The*
were UiM to t hiewao swd stem ship
(Wl’tl (fttiit ^itohWttf th it I* l lit (lilt’ll
i Utti u( th# oili ttU Ui i»niw»iU» the
VlKlVtl < MlHtHIM \ In ill# fall **l
lU («h Ilf th* *%!•*#»* mr*
Ill Mh*4**? « kltf (m »**
^mi*l hnit •I that III# >t(P<#fl i AHlVtl
him i«h( ht t#$» ak4 Ainw Arv*! •»
fiH%i ttWHlf |4(Wf. M'MlWfil f
4lUm i*4 *«• Um*«t *•*## t*» th# 4U
i«(#| t »Mft u Ih AH Ml v*f #’ «•*
HOW FLIES DO IT.
DO NOT WALK ON CEILING BV
SUCTION.
A Simple Ripluiatlon of Thla Puiitllng
Problem—A Kell ml mu Theory l(l»
proved After Investigation Kevealeil
by Mlcroerope.
T la a curious fact
how our under
etandlng of many
common and appa
r « n 11 y simple
things is modified
by further Investi
gation. The expla
nation of how fllea
walk on the celling,
aa given In some of
our old readera.
little fly-foot la
miniature ulr pump a the
ory that Is sow proved to
be fallacious. It waa supposed that
the bottom of the fool adhered to the
glaaa by auction, all air beneath It be
ing pressed out, so that It waa held In
place by the preaaure of the air with
out, but fllea have been knowu to walk
on the inner aide of a glaaa receiver
after all the ulr had been exhausted,
which shows that they do not need
the pressure of the air to uphold *hem.
A microscopic examination of a fly's
foot clearly disproves the "sucker”
theory, for the foot cushion la covered
with hairs, which prevent a close con
tact of the foot with the glaaa. A Inter
theory, propounded by Hooke, waa that
(Ilea stick to the gloss by means of a
vlscoua fluid aiihatance which exudes
from the halra in their feet. This the
ory waa thoroughly Investigated twelve
years or so ago by f)r, Rom bout, who
* uitii ii wan mu/ j.iinj
aouud, for, though tho*e iialr* >lo ror
tttlnly exude un oily fluid, the fluid I*
not util ity and Much not harden when
tilled. It I* to Dr. Flam bout'* exp.>r 1
riK'in* that •c’lencc owe* what I* now
regarded a* the true theory of the
walking of Die* on amootli *ubxtance*.
that they hung on hy the help of capil
lary adhe*lon the molecular attrac
tion between Molld and liquid bottle*. Hy
u aerie* of nice calculation* *ucb aa
weighing hair* and meaaurlng their
diameter*, and lmmer*lng the cut. end
of a hull' In oil or wuter to make It
adhere when touched to gla** Dr.
Kontbout proved tliat caplllury attrac
tion would uphold a fly were It four
ninth* u* heavy again a* It I* at pre*
ent. It I* true that the fool hair* are
very minute, hut a* each lly 1* *ald to
he furutxhcd with ten to twelve thou
*and of them, we need not he Mitrprlacd
at what they can do. Kca*oulug front
till* theory, wc might conclude thu<
tile* llnd it dlfllctilt to mount a gla*
Hlightly dampened, bccatiae of the re
pubdun between the watery aurface and
the oily liquid exuding from their feet,
and wc miiMt HkewUe expect them to
be Impeded by a *llgbt coating of dual,
becauae the *pace* between the Iialr*
would be tilled with duet. Careful ob
nervation *eema to confirm theae In
fei'cncca, When we *ee u lly making
til* toilet, he I* not, a* we might *ifo
poae, cleaning hi* body, but. hi* feet.
*o that they .may the more readll)
adhere. Everyone hu* noticed how
quickly a fly take* flight, even when
be ha* been dozing half an bom in the
name poaitlon. Thl* new theory malt'
It eaalci to iinTleratund ho-.v be can ho
readily detach hlmnelf; for the air
picHHun theory and the “gum” them?
byth implied more or lea* effort In re
leaalng hi* feet from their involmitat v
hold. Our Animal Friend*.
WOES OP THE MOSQUITO.
Ilrugon Kiln mill KnIUers Kujoy Cut lug
thn Cunning Cute*.
From the Washington Star: There
are two natural enemies of the mos
quito the dragon fly and the spider
The latter, us we know, wages constant
warfare upon all insect life, and where
mosquitoes are plentiful they form the
chief diet of their hairy foe. The dra
gon lly Is a destroyer of mosquitoes in
at least two stages of life. The larva
dragon lly feeds upon the larva ntosqui -
to, and when fully developed the latter
dines constantly upon the matured
mosquito. The dragon tty us a solu
tion of the mosquito pest question is
not wholly satisfactory, for while there
Is no serious difficulty to be encoun
tered in the cultivation of drugon tiles
in large numbers, yet It Is manifestly
Impossible to keep them In the dark
woods where mosquitoes abound, the
hunting ground of the "darning needle"
being among the flowers and dry gar
dens where the sunshine prevails. For
this very liuportut reason the scheme
of hunting otic kind of insect with an
other must lie abandoned as Imprartl
cable.
Am aiMtosul tort's t ueinstttois
A little school girl in the rural dis
tricts of (leorgls wss assigned a com
position on “Temperance." and the
following Is the result "Temperance
Is more I tetter than whisky. Whisky
Is HI cents a drink sad lots of tl. My
pa drinks whisky. He has beea full
111 tunes One night he came home
lale ami my ma went mil and eat sonic
hickories end walloped him good
Then she ducked his head In n ink of
soapsuds and Imbed him up In ike
barn And the nett morning mr pa
eatd he reckoned he'd swtar uff "
IssSsi SssttsStssts
"lie 1 liven a burglar kaa a lend**
remembrance of early aaauclalhMta
Mbe “How do *oo know*" %
I "Wky they got Into Mr. Hing a
hoMae Ike other atgh- ate some of
hta wife a pies and left a rude In vlkk
■key dated that they were not Itkn
the pies mother need Is wake ''%
I fankers dial* stusu
THE SERPENT SYMBOL.
WMely Eaipto^od In All P*rt» of »!»•
Am«*r|r,tn Continent#
An Interesting paper was read re
cently before a convention of anthro
pologists In session at Iietrolt. Mlcb.,
by the Rev. Stephen l). I'eet, entitled
"The Serpent Symbol In Nicaragua and
Yucatan." He laid In brief: "The
serpent symbol Is prevalent all over
this continent. It appears in effigies In
Canada, Ohio, Illinois and Minnesota.
There are many serpent myths among
the Iroquois ami Algonquin*. These
represent the serpent as coming out of
the wafer und fascinating men and
turning them Into serpents, taking
them below the water, thus reminding
us of the temptation. The serprnt, al
so, I* a water god, who antagonize*
the chief god, and produces a great
flood. The story of the flood Is nl -
ways associated with the serpent a* the
eauso. The serpent, 111 fact, Is the
source of ' 0 I.
"In Nicaragua und Central America
the serpent Is, on the other hand, a
source of good. He Is In reality th«
symbol of the raincloud, und the crops
und the scusons are dependent upon
his uppearaaee. Instead of antugofilt
lug the chief divinity, he seems to he
sailing thiough the nlr hearing the
chief divinity on Ills back. Sometimes
there are vases held In the folds of the
serpent that are emptying water or *».
rain upon the fields. In Nleuragua th*
serpent appears In the architecture
highly wrought and sculptured with
great force. There are serpents guard
lug the balustrades to the pyramids,
and other serpents covered with feath
ers which form the piers by the side
of the doorways to the temples. The
Idea Is that they are coming down
from the clouds, along the fronts of the
temple, to the ground, symbolizing
lain clouds, The sacred hook of the
Mayas have many serpents colled up.
with collii on the oases and heaps of
corn In the latter, Kven the hlero
glyphs of the Mayas have serpents up
"ii mein, me serpent running one part
of tlie glyph, suggesting that a pho
netic alphabet grew out. of the picture
graphs and the symbols. The serpent
Ityolf gives one of the elements. Among
the Pueblos the serpent figured In a
very Interesting wuy. When the chil
dren were Initiated, and ware to re
eefve the hreat.fi of the divinity through
the sacred plumes, they »or« prepared
to enter the suered city, which Is un
der the water of the sacred lake, Hut
the serpent must also lie carried to the
upper door of the place of worship
where the children are, and Its mouth
placed near the entrance. Wuter and
seed were poured through the serpeiit
efflgy. The priests below caught the
water in a sacred vessel and the seed
in sacred baskets, and presented them
to the children, teaching them that
both water and seed canto from the
serpent, which was the symbol of the
ralneloud,"
Another 4.Ill terms Scheme.
Capitalist 'Well, sir what can f do
ior you?” Inventor twlio lias been
waiting an hour and a liulf for ad
mittance)-"! will occupy your time
only a few minutes, I have a plan for
making a fortune in one season with
the outlay of only a little money,
Everybody recognizee tb" fuel tbut the
rush to Alaska and the Klondike le
gion next spring and summer will be
tieincndouK. Kverv man, woman and
i-liflil wlio goes there will have some
money to spend. Very good. Now.
mark me. My scheme is to start a
'shoot the chutes’ company up there,
lease or charter one of tin biggest
glaciers, shave it smooth for about a
mile buck from the ocean- the ocean
being the pond at the foot of the slide,
nf course tin lit vour boats mi to the
starting point by a wimple end lews
chain arrangement, load them with
pasjMcngerw, who will he standing
in line waiting for a thrilling ride
down this grand chute provided by na
lure, and will cheerfully pay the trifle
of jo cent* for " Capitalist (to office
hoy i "James, *how thl* man out."
Chicago Tribune.
limit Alligator* for * I.UIn*.
"There ure men In the swamps of
the Mouth who make their living by
huntlng alligator*/' *ald a umn who
ha* Just returned from that region
"Their mode of hunting the saurian*
I* very Ingenluu*. a* well u* aucceaa
ftil. In the Mtimmer, when the Hwanip*
dry out. the alligator* which abound
there In large number* live In hole*
ten or more feet deep amt Inclined cm
slanting. The weapon of warfare lined
upon these creature* I* a long pole,
at the end of which I* a sharp steel
prod uud hook Thl* I* run down Into
the hole and the alligator I* prodded
null! he become* mad, then he »uap*
the hook tike a tt*h and I* imundlaii
ly taught lie I* then drawn up to
the mouth of the hole aitil I* »hot
through the eye until dead The teeth
are extracted Mini the hide nu ..it
llntli are mild at *»ute Dear by plate
Hotiie part* of the alligator are eaten
If tt t»e toting Chhago lime* Herald.
tw OpilmUl w
"And.” were the non hiding wued* of
the prufoaworii lecture it. the inch, at
»t intent*, "do not promt** tun ncu. h I
knew a physician of real ability who
covered liiwwll wtih i Wh ale and oh
l.mur by promt* lag a pwtlenl «k.m
i«a* he had heat amputated, that h
would have klw tan hi* few* within two
week* * ITnctnnaii Kn.iuher
f
mnt.ly A'hat a pMaUlanmnnu . kap
I on let ta1 ll« • the auiwt h*«pe» bed
is** In town and In as* how even hi*
. klltlirk Ikb rough eh.at liter him In
■ *ally dugt a. • fut Ihiddi ’ f .tgler*
oh yen. the hnaa bah umpire yea ha
ta g little when he a tdl dwlr '* •
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