New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
TIE INTERESTING TEXTS cEyTPEDE
From T.tas Nlftinns.

From Tsfos Sfinqs
This interesting insect Is not eO much ccebra ted
for It's amlaJly OF disposition It's good LOOKS,
but at the same uur cannot recommend 10
either as parlor ornament or toy Tor child 10
play with. unless IT Is secon -haud child that no.
body has any particular use for. CcntlDedes OF
tiereut sizes. Dut they are al made pretty much
after the same pattern. They are made up of about
oue-thud sung, une-thId bite, ana One-thlId gem
eral cus,eduess. Iuey are ca,euldtcd with shell
that Is as hard The Dark OF a boardlug -hOuse
cranb berry PIE. Tue length Of the ccutIpede varies
very much, but II ceutpede wants 10 get men
tlou IN tine local paper ne MS 40 stttich himself our
y about nine inches In length. We have never read
OF one thae measured less. Ills body, which
ce-siOn of flat JOINTS Is not much broader than
the IrOu-cldd system, although 10 does not make
quite Is much noise as the English fleet lombard
ing Alexandra. In fac, the cenupede is not musl-
cal al 1il but If 10 happens 10 crawl over man 1t
VIII make uI.u very musical lnL.edIitely.
is head Jr bow, comparing lt 10 a. UOnclal, Is
armed with a PAIR OF pilcers, which. besides being
as yenOmOus the editor Of party organ, can
bite the end OH au lI0u slie. Zach slIe Is armed
with aOOui lor 81 snort legs, aud each leg is armed
with a sting like that VI u wasp The cenupede
terminates III "A pair OF hOOGs. winch, Like ITS pm
GERS are red-nOt 80 We have been told By an iuuO-
cent young man who uldcriJok TO PICK 81 up by It's
stem Wien a centIp-de anchors his head in the
tie,hy anatomy of human being, throw, ont bis
two graphing irons from his rear, and thea draw.
his eighty Odu. very Odd. claws together, II VIII
bring 10 The heart OF Irish landlord 10 see
b. w the little pet holds.
Tue bl.e OF tic ceutIpele rara = causes death, bur
10 makes the bitten party WISH he were dead, Tor
short time. al least. aud leaves al u-ly sore. The
siarIurlt That tLc bike OF the ceuupcde docs not
cause death is liable tO correction. The ceuuqrd-
IS very apt 10 become remains " after 10 blc5
a person, as there is quIte pref ldlce
against It, For this ea-Ou il l. very much secluded
IA It's habits. living IL retirement among the rocks
OF OLD buildings It, dIeJ ls bee Icye 10 be insects
mat are MOI a- ucaFly armed and ron-cldI. Why
Tie ccutlptd. was c,ea,cd ia the Lrst place. and
what good purpose serves, are profound mysteries
TO the ordinary intellect
one evening, about dusk, q Texas gentleman Of a
scientific turn O mlud was sitting on his front gal
leIy when his attention was called to an eXtraOrdI
nary meteorological cOucdteuaIiun. as circus men
sdy. peCUILtI-slapcd cloud seemed to reach down
from tic SKY aAU ,Acn draw itself up again, very
much alter the manner OF those cI clOulc clouds IN
Iowa. The gentleman WAS very much Interested
III this meteorological perturbation, which lie At
JrbuJed al INST 10 almOs pueIIC influences when III
occurred 10 INN tndo tho peculiar cloud or
Watcr-spout might he nearer than the DIS
taut horizon lie took OF lis hat and found
thSt his suTmIse was correct. Fastened u ne rim
oI the ma Dy us hind claws was a beautiful ceut-
pede about ulne inches long. The peculiar meteor
O4Ogical Phenomena were produced by the insect
craving llseu up and letting itself down III us
eAoIts 10 uhd nose OF some other feature 10 hdhk
on 10 III order TO facilitate It's descent. AS tine gen
teman had comparatively short nose the insect
was toIled IL died shortly afterward by the gentle
man accidentally stepping Oh II about dozen con
secutive times with the heel OF his boot.
As We have already stated, centipedes are com
parauvely rare IN the wel-setted portion OF Iexas
being usually found III bottle OF alcohol on the
showcase Ot some druggist who has "a taste for the
beautiful. IL ILLS particular centipedes dIHer trom