Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-14

sheriff Luna. Of Loo Lunas, mnd. ap
plira,'on b. telegraph thm morning I,
Judge w. ID. Lea Tor m order transfer
ring Frank Romero from tho Vnl.nci,
county ia'l tn that ~ Bernalillo count,
on the ground 81 the insecure condit IN,
81 the jail ~ that couoty. The orne
was a, ono" granted add Clerk II unit In
stfuc,ed Nv Telegraph the court. dear,
10 Sheur Luna. The prisoner viii b.
brought "p To this city tonight.
TnE ouExRzsr FREAK.
a Ns- kiss &C Vegetable WHISKY she,
That 'sr,arss s~a Este Ersss.
A new species OF vegetable whisky
shop has hecE added 10 the collection
Of plant curiosities a, the Botanical
Garden. Gays the Washington Star.
The liquor II distills In the pitcher
shaped receptaolcs that hang from IL
stems 10 especially liked by frogs
which hop into these traps for the pur-
pose of drinking IL Although the
sweetish mud 10 . powerful intoxi.
cant the hatrnc hlan customer. however
wildly ovsrstimulatcd, would certainly
Jump out again were II not that two
very sharp, daggcr-liks thorns pr. Ject
, downward from tho lip OF the vessel In
such = manner that Mr. Frog. In try.
ing 70 eacape, 10 thrust through the
BODY by them ., every leap until
| presently he falls dead In tho "liauid
/ refreshment--sn appropriate, object
lesson IA all intemperate creatures
whercupon the plant absorbs his sub.
stance s the ordinary whisky shop
consumes that Of its froqusnter, and 10
thus supported.
This species Ia tropical and has 10
he kept In the green house devoted 10
plants OF the equatorial belt Natur.
ally there are no frogs 10 the con.
servstory. and 20 Superintendent
smith Ii obliged 10 feed thls eccentric
vegetable with raw meat chopped hne,
on which 1t thrives eIcellsn,ly. For
lack OF lnsects likewise he supplies
with the same artificial sustsnAnoe
tho other sorts OF whisky shops that
ind In bugs Of various descriptions
their chosen prey. They will all eat
beef although each variety seems to
have In nature Its particular line OF
CUSTOMERS one capturing cockroaches
another ants. and 50 on Doubtless
they ell could live on animal food, bu,
there seems 10 be . difference Of taste
among the insects TO the liquors One
speciee will only touch the drink
served by certain representative Of
this carnivorous plant family; another
selects by preference a different brew,
and so on.
Thus but one sort VI bug 10 vrdi.
uarily found in ono set VI pitchers
thoee designed for the accommodation
OF large beetles and cock roachos being
a. big a. small shoes II 10 very Gu.
rious 70 cut open one Of these vessels
after Il has become wi,hered and dead,
being merely formed OF one end Of the
leaf and 10 ind what q wonderful col.
lection Of victims II has gathered In
and not finally digested, often number
Ing many hundreds II tho prey 10
small. Tho whole structure Of each
trap 10 beyond measure curiouA the
inner surface OF some OF them being
coated with little bristles that project
downward, aed prevent tho guest %
Hospitality received from walking ous
again.
This 10 particularly Q feature OF
what the superintendent calls the veg.
etabls lager becr saloons which pre-
pare liquor OF much lees into xicatins
quality In tall chalice- shaped vessels
instead OF pitchsrS depending upon
drowning their customers rather than
making them 20 drunk that they can
not get away. A deplorable thing II
sesma BY the way, 70 ind such bad
habits prevalent among buas the
opinion having always been held that
only man the most noble Of animalS
had 9 right TO indulge In vices 70 the
elaboration and invention OF which hs
has given % much attention.
30 far ~ can be ascertainsd no
analysis has ever been made OF the
liquors dispensed by thess vegetable
GIN milla chiefly owing TO the fact
that suoh an experiment would In.
volvs . very difiouit problem In or
Ranio chemistry. II 10 known. how
evss. that the strongest Of them con-
tain q large proportion OF alcohol
Persons hard up for stimulants have
often achieved n maximum OF intoxica-
ton BY swallowing the contents OF .
few Of the pitchers which sometimes
hold more than q quarter OF . pint
each. without botherinG about the In
scots iu the huid. Why may Il no. BE-
that from this origin the term bug
juice" 10 derived How appropriately
u such beverage adapted to .hs con-
viviai uses n the tropical tramp. who.
while pursuing hb lsisursly travels
can literally pluck his drinks by tho
vaysids!
Death Masks sf I've orsss Mss.
In . glAss faced. black box hung In
the ofiicers' meas at West Point are
two death masks whose duplicates are
not known &C. exist Ia this country.
Ono 10 OF Napoleon and the other OF
Frederick the Great Commander
Chadwick OF the navy secured them In
London some Year, ago and presented
them 70 tho mssa To say that they
are highly priied Is putting II very
mildly There 10 ample proof Of their
authenticity, 90 their startling lack OF
resemblance to tho popular portraits
Of the dead leaders is NIL the moro
interesting. Napoleon's cast 10 by far
the bsttcr. the features arc natural
and seem 10 DO In calm repose, while
the face 10 thin almost 70 cancellation.
III . ans face. but not the face Of Ma
poleon We have been taught 70 know.