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The morning call., 1892-12-26
WORr1S AND SNAKES.
Are They Developed From Cows Tails,
Mems Hair and Horses Tails.


Scientific men dispute its being a fact
that hair can develop into living things"
said p. i. Shumaker, the well-known in
vestgator. but facts are stubborn things,
and scientific authority cannot crush fact.
When / was a boy, living in Winston
county, Miss, my father frequently burned
the heart out OF big pine logs and used them
for tan watts, and tanned his own hides for
making the whole family shoes. He
used wood asehs instead Of linn to take the
hair of The hides, and afler the hair was eff
he put the hides in the creek for w ilile to
soak the aikali out of them before putting
them In tan. On one occasion, in the.sum-
mer. when the creek was not running. be
sent me and two OF my older brothers to
take some hides out Of hole of stagnant
water. We found a great many curious
looking worms swimming in the pool, and my
brothers called them hair worms. Being of an
inquisilive, scrutinizing disposition, l went
to investigating them and found them in
every stage OF development, from the hair
as 1t came off the hide, up TO a living, act
I've, white worm. two or three inches long.
Occasionally a hair has only been trans
formed for part of its length, and made a
short worm with hair for tail. / have
seen many of these worms in the tan watts,
and every other man who has tanned hides
in the same way has seen them and knows
that animal hairs can develop into living
worms.
"Once when / was boy found moving
In little pool of water during rainy spell
OF rainy weather what / took to be a little
snake, bnt which l found was living,
creeping thing developed from hair which
came from the switch OF cows tail. l
have since seen many Of this kind OF worms
during long spells of wet weather. ance
found in puddle OF water in the road a
wad of hair cut from cows tail. locked
and twisted together. which had just de-
veloped life enough to be possessed Of tho
power OF motion. and was working like
bundle Of snakes interlocked and twisted
together.
"lhese hair worms have neither eyes nor
heads. yet that they are possessed Of inteli-
gence may be discovered by watching them
work their way through a bed Of forest
leaves or fine straw. When they strike an
obstruction they feel about until they find
way for them to pass. They are In
significant things, but Ia my estIma-
ton, these little hair worms come nearer
to showing US how life originates and
what life is than anything else in nature.
They furnish us clew to the solution OF the
The morning call., 1892-12-26

great problem of life To my mind the
process is simple. The hairs have open tubes
or eapiiiaries running through them length
wise. through which they draw the ele-
ments of nutrition from the blood OF the co ".
and perhaps have nerve fiiamenis through
or along which the electric currents course
willie the hair is attached to the COW.
When placed in water OF a proper tenn
peratUre holding in solution. already d.
gested and prepared for assimilation. the
elements of animal nutrition which have
been drawn from either animal or vegetable
matter, the fluid is drawn into the hair by
capillary attraction and the chemical
affininity of the particles OF matter. Cbemi-
cal action takes place. Currents are de-
veloped Life. motion and intelligence
become manifested.
However that may be. living creatures
are developed from the apparently mani
mate hairs of a COW as surely as there is
such a thing as life, science to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
Men in the employ OF Leroy Lyman, in
the woods of Mexican County, Pa, daily
watered their horses in the still water of a
creek near where they worked, and on
quitting work washed their hands and
faces in the same pool. Bairs from
their heads and boards naturally fell into
the water. The horses. also. whisked hairs
from their tails while standing In the
water. by and by" says Milo Lyman
of Roulette. Pa, who was experimenting
the work. Il noticed that the water was
alive with hair snakes. as we called them,
Of all sizes, and they had plainly developed
not only from the hairs OF the horses tails.
but from the whiskers and hair of the men
that had dropped In the pool. HorSehar
snakes were not a rarity to any of us. but
none of us had ever thought that our own
hair would develop Into similar reptiles.
and for that reason we used TO watch the
antics or the snakes that had been part of
US with neyer-ceasing interest and amuse-
mpntv
The morning call., 1892-12-26
HE LOVES HORSES.
A Wisconsin Man Tells How His Life
Was Once Saved.
3 St Louis Globe.Democrat

St Louis Glcbe-Democrat
81 owe my life TO the love of o horse"
said +. NJ. Hawkins. a member of the Idle
Hour Club. In session at the Southern. "Sev.
ersl years ago / took long horseback trip
through Colorado. My mount was a fierv
young stallion that L had raised myself, and
he was a beauty-black as an Arctic mid
night, shapely as Pegasus and proud
as Lucifer. / never needed to worry
about him when l lay down at
night for Nick was trusty sentinel and if
he scented danger would take my blanket
ia his teeth and roll me out of in hurry
One day l was ND in the hills with my pick
prospecting while Nick graZed couple of
loudly and started toward me. The country
was so rough that il required some tall scram-
bling on his part. l wondered what was the
matter with him and leaned on my pick
watching him. He neighed again and it
was cry of terror. / heard the gravel
rattle behind me and looked around Just as
a large mountain lion made spring for
me. / lodged. but was not quick enough
The beast bore me down and fastened on
my shoulder. As he did so Nick set mis-
clear off the ground. Then began the
prettlest battle that ever witnessed. Nick
retained his hold with the tenacity of bull
dog and tried to trample his enemy, while
the lion sguirmed, bit and tore at him
savagely. l went to Nick's assistance
with my pick, but was so badly wounded
that was of no service. The battle royal
lasted for four or five minutes and Nick
was getting the worst of it, when, by q
sudden effort, he threw the lion off, Before
it could again attack Nick turned his heels
and bis IRON shod hoofs spattered its brains
over me. Ha literally scalped it. But Ii
was no easy victory. The lion had torn the
flesh ON his shoulders 20 ribbons"
The morning call., 1892-12-26

WOMEN IN POLITICS.
What They rlay Accomplish During a
Close Contest

In an article on women in English
Politics" full of anecdote and lively de-
scription, Mrs. Millicent G. Fawcett saws
in the Forum: THE experience of polit-
ieal agents and managers appears to be
extremely favorable TO the real value of
The work that women can do at an election.
In canyassing women are admitted on all
hands to be very efficient; in tracing out vot-
efs their work In many constituencies al the
last election was Invaluable while ladies who
could speak Oh platforms were simply over
yhelmed with invitations to do so. While
/ am on the subject OF sunsexiue' | NAV
mention that the masculine woman. with a
masculine voice and strnck-up collar and
the nearest approach TO male attire that
convention admits, is not the woman who is
run after by the election agent. His exper-
fence leads him Infinitely to prefer the dis
nnctlyely womanly woman; In looks, dress
ahd manners she must be a woman to her
fnger-tips. / overheard working woman
say OF her mistress: she! She amt q
"3man-let alone ledy. This unsexed
person, by the way, had very inspiring
manners and was most correctly dressed in
%oman's clothes. 1t was her inside, not
her outside, her heart, not her collar that
the sort OF woman thar Is wanted in politi-
cal work. Quick sympathy and tact, the
power OF gaining confidence and good will.
not intruding at a time when visit may be
Troublesome, saying the right thing at the
Iight moment, abstaining from saying il at
the wrong one-tbese are some Of the quail
ties oil the ideal canvasser, and IL is here
lEat the training and habits of the womauly
woman are so useful"
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Saved by Pure Nerve.


about two weeks ago was camping with
a party on the shore of Lake Erie. not far
from Ashtabula," said George Wilson.
shortly after we had returned one even
ing / heard a peculiar whirring sound,
which l recognized at once. There
is rattlesnake In camp l ex-
claimed. Il am TO get up Hush /,
came the word, slowly Kissed through
the teeth, from companion near me. The
snake has crawled into my shirt bosom.
This was said very softly, and we were
almost paralyZed with fright at the pros
pect. We were afraid to stir for fear the
reptile would take alarm and strike its
victim. IL crawled over his body good
naturally. evidently enjoying the warmth.
for the night was little raw.
"At times the snakes head was close TO
his face. and he told MS afterward he feared
the motion OF his chest up and down in
breathing would stir up the reptile, and he
tried hard to breathe as little as possible.
Finally the snake crawled toward the fire.
and In an instant the whole camp was up.
One seized a club and broke the reptiles
back before il could make a spring. III
measured nearly five feet.
THE man who had the terrible experience
collapsed like a rag after IL was over,
During the ordeal we were all surprised at
the GOODNESS aud nerve he displayed With
all danger passed he fell into a faint, but he
soon revived"
The morning call., 1892-12-26
ARBITRATION.
The Argument Advanced by Promi-
ueut Divine

Rev. Lyman Abbott, who takes strong
ground for compulsory arbitration, writing
in the December Arens, says in support OF
his position: There is nothing new In the
position 1t is only new application OF an
old and well-seItled principle. III two boys
get into quarrel about . piece of property
they fight il out; the other bows form a
ring and sac fair play the partisans of each
egg their favorite on with shouts and cries,
and the stronger fellow proves his right by
pnmmeling his antagonist. We do not any
longer permit this method of settling dis
putes among men.
Even dCeling, the most respectable form
Of this method OF settling disputes, is no
longer allowed in civilized communities.
The State compels the contestants to sub
nit their questions 10 n court, unless they
can decide them peaceaoly between them
selves; compels them to abide by the de-
cisious OF the court; and If necessary il sends
q sheriff TO take the property from the one
man and give 1t to the other. In Europe If
two States gets into quarrel about a piece
OF property, they fight it out boy fashion.
and one takes Alsace and Lorraine. and the
other goes into training for another fight 10
get the property back again. In this country
this is not permitted. If two States get into
quarrel the questions at issue is re-
ferred to the nation, as represented In the
Supreme Court Of the United States, and the
decision, whatever it may be- must be &C
copied by the defeated party. The whole
power of the nation Is pledged to the en-
forcement of the decision. But If the
Carnegie works and their employees get
into a dispute about hours Of Labor, rate OF
wages OF terms OF employment, we leave
|. them TO the boys method OF settling the
controversy; we stand idly by while each
arms for bloody battle; we allow the
workngmen to constitute a volunteer
militia and the corporation to import mer-
ceDaries from abroad; and we interfere
only when the war actually breaks out The
remedy for such a tragedy as that at
Homestead is so absolutely simple, IL is so
clearly taught by the methods of modern
civilization in other controversies, that IL is
amazing that the disinterested public should
question what the remedy is"
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Train the rlemory.
Chicago Dispatch,

A splendid way to improve the memory Is
to begin by treating il as il 1t were another
person. and then charging Ii. upon penalty
of severe upbraiding. to keep until wanted
the Information. fact. date. name or what.
ever is to be remembered.
In this course you unconsciously do two
thiDgs-you sort out things worth while
to know. and you impress them upon the
memory in such way as to cause il to
grasp aud keep them. The latter is a most
ip portant thing to do.
Half Of ones f0rgetfulness comes from
failure to properly grasp what it Is you are
to remember. Ii Is said of Thomas b. Reed.
the famous member of Congress from
Maine who was Speaker OF the House of
Representatives for two years, that he con-
sidered IL great hardship to have to tell a
man the same thing twice.
You ought never to cause any one such
hardship
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Snakes Not Poisonous.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.


A physician, while talking with group
OF friends, remarked: 1t is common TO
hear people speak about poisonous SER
penis. SerpeniS are never poisonous; they
are venomous. A poison cannot be taken
internally without bad effects a venom can.
Venoms TO be effective have to be injected
directly into the circulation, and this is the
manner ia which the snakes kill. Their
venom, taken internally, is innoeuous
Another popular error is the superstition
that a snake bites.
Probably no creature in the world pro-
vided with teeth and jaws has so little
power of biting. The jaws are not hinged,
but are attached one TO the other by car
tilage Thus snake can have no leverage
in opposing one jaw TO the other and could
not 10 this manner pierce the skin. The
faDgs are driven into the flesh by stroke,
not by bite. A snake is harmless unless
in colt. From IFS coil it throws its head and
body forward and strikes or hooks its fangs
into the object aimed at. The entire work
is done with the upper jaw, the lower jaw
having nothing at all to do with 1T. A man
striking a boathooE into a pier furnishes an
example of the way in which a snake strikes.
Biting is physical lmpossibiiity."
The morning call., 1892-12-26
CURE FOR DEAFNESS.
Evidence That Exercise flay Be of
Great Renefit


A. NJ. Tanning, Md, discussing deafness
and the care of the ears for the benefit of
the rapid reader, in the Popular Science
Monthly, says:
''rhe earliest symptom Of beginning deaf
ness In many cases is ringing sound in the
ears. Many patients describe 1t as a noise all
through the head rather than in the ear
itself 1t is at first intermittent and occa-
sional. The ringing may be present for some
time. scarcely percepuble, when suddenly
the sound will change. becoming much
louder, and the note jumping high up in the
scale, where it will continue TO ring quite
loudly for some minutes, and gradually die
away, TO appear again some lime afterward.
Ii may reappear in a few hours, as the
trouble with the ears progresses. Ringing
in the ears may also be the prelude 10 an
acute attack of eaTaehe; but 1t is here fol-
lowed very soon by pain, which so predom-
mates over the ringing that 1t is nc longer
heard.
IF the hearing IS properly tested. just as
soon as the ringing in the ears has be-
come more or less constant, some degree Of
deafness will be detected. AS the case pro-
crosses, even before all the so-caled super
huous hearing has been destroyed. the
patient will realize that he is becoming
deaf. For this condition there is nothing
to be done by the patient himself. Advice
from phys ieian should be obtained Just as
soon as the diminution of hearing is sus-
pected.
Much can be accomplished, however, by
the patient toward preventing the deafness
becoming worse. Careful attention should
be devoted to the general health, to keep the
nose and throat in as healthy condition as
possible-to prevent taking cold espe-
cially cold Ia the head. Exposure to
changes of weather should be avoided the
feet never being allowed to become wet, or,
If they do become wet, the shoes and stock
ings should be changed for dry ones as soon
as possible. Turkish baths and plenty of
outdoor exercise is strongly to be recon-
mended. TO stimulate the circulation and
insure the system to changes of weather.
The morning call., 1892-12-26
The Bees Use for His Sting.
HORTICULTURAL Time

1t Will be surprise to many 10 learn that.
after all. the most important function of
the bees sting is not singing. have long
been convinced that the bees put the fms h.
Ing touches on their artistic cell work by
the dexterous use of their stings, and dur
ing this final finishing stage of the process
OF honey-makIng the bees inject minute
norton of formic acid into the honey. This
is in reality the poison of their sting. This
fermie acid gives to honey its peculiar flavor
and also mparts to it its keeping Qualities.
The sting is really an exquisitely contrved
little trowei, with which the bee finishes off
and caps the cells when they are filled brim-
full with honey. While doing this the formic
acid passes from the poison bag, exudes,
drop by drop, from the point of the sting
and The beautiful work is finished.
The morning call., 1892-12-26
THE LIQUOR PROBLEn.
Some of the Peculiar Features of the
Gothenburg Plan.

Careful attention has been given lately
by students of the liquor problem to the
system which has been in operation in Nor
way sinre 1865. known as the ''Gothenbure
PLAN" Under this system a company, SO
regulated that it is really the State, man
ages all the saloons and sells all OF the
liquor, the net profits being turned into
fund that pays for parks and other public
improvements. The system has reduced
the amount OF liquor consumed by half
John Graham Brooks, writing in the Forum,
quotes London writer on the plan, as fol-
lows:
THE question of personal profit from the
trading being entirely excluded in ths So
cieties' operations. the pubic are offered no
attractions in the bars beyond genuine
liquors. There are no bright, comfortable
gin palaces or seductive bar-maids to at
tract the thirsty soul. The bars are simply
plain rooms fitted with coun ter and shelves
for glasses, etc. There are no seats for the
customers. and they are not permitted
consume their dram at once and
leave Immediately. There is no chalk
Ing up scores TO be paid off when
payday comes round. The business is
strictly Tor cash. Any one creating q dis
turbance or appearing the worse for liquor
is not served. Children are not allowed
upon the premises and can therefore not be
used as messengers TO procure liquors.; be-
sides which the societies supply liquors
only ia their own glasses ana bottles.
Youths younger than 10 or II years are not
served. Only a reasonable quantity of
spirits is served ut time to any customer,
and not such a quantity as in the opinion of
the bartender would be likely to produce
intoxcation. The prices of the liquors
sold are not more expensive than
when the private license conducted the
trade. They are fixed by the societies.
subject TO the approval of the mu-
ntcipsl council, so that the public interest
Is perfectly protected in that matter,
too. The tariff of prices is hung up in the
bars for the inspection of the customers.
Only men Of Trustworthy character are APP
pointed by the societies, but subject to the
approval OF the municipal council. They
are clad in a uniform, each man with a
number or bis collar, like a policeman. to
enable his Identification ia case of a Gus
toner having any COMPLAINT to make"
Mr.. Brooks ADDS: Under conditions that
are distinctly more hopeful than those
which Sweden and Norway offer can any
good reason be given why. in question of
such appalling perplexity, we should not
have the advantage of such experience as an
honest trial of this system would yield u.s."
The morning call., 1892-12-26
An Engineers Strange Case.

One Of the strangest actions ever brought
In the Lawrence County courts has Just
been commenced by w. p. Nye against the
Pittsburg Company, which has been i'm
proving tho new town OF Ellwood. Mr..
Nye states that he is a locomotive engineer.
September %, 1890. he was induced by the
Pittsburg Company to accept position as
engineer en- the Beaver Valley Railroad at
$50 month, which WAS increased by work
ing overtime 10 800. On the represen Ia
tons of the company that he would have a
permanent position lie bought house and
lot from the Pittsburg Company for $3.50.
agreeing to pay S120 every three months
until the whole amount was paid. July 81.
1892, he was discharged. as be says, without
cause. He ceased to pay for his house, and
now he asks $1,000 from the company for
breach OF contract. The case will be tried
in January.
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Coffee Cure for Horses.
Boston Globe.

The German naturalist, Martin, relates n
case he recently met of horse which owed
its life to coffee. IL was in such a bad way
that it was considered ineurable, and the
owner sold the animal for Sl5.
The animal was then almost skeleton and
so weak that il could hardly walk. The man
who bought the horse Immediately began TO
treatit with coffee, giving infusions Of roa sted
coffee beans and also coffee beans ground
and mixed with honey. In a short time the
horse began to improve. aud after a few
months Its new owner was offered $3.50
for Ii.
He told Herr Martin he had brought
round by the same treatment many horses
which had been oyerworked or had lost
their strength and appetite.
The morning call., 1892-12-26

length. II will make the sheer span be-
tween two towering mountain ranges. The
structure will be supported on eighty-two
stone pedestals. work upon which is now
rapidly progressing These stone piers are.
of course foundations upon which will rest
the supporting columns of the v!aduct and
these will vary from 10 to $50 feet in height
as they descend or ascend the sides Of the
valley The piers are built wide enough
for double-track bridge. but it is not yet
known whether the vladuct will be COM
pleted as double or sngle-track structure.
The morning call., 1892-12-26
An AItitudinous Yiaduct.

ctIaHtVHs q ~ IIIUUHb
One OF the wonderful features of the new
Nikesbarre and Eastern Railway will be
the yiaduct over the Panther Creek Valley.
According TO explanations by the contractor
il will be the second highest piece Of IRON
bridge work in the State, that near Brad
superior. The Wilkesbarre and Eastern
bridge will cross Panther Creek at per-
2eDdicuiar distance from the creeks bed of
$50 feet. and IL VII be about 1920 feet in
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Russian Consular Appointments.
Erea Ruesf.

Americans who chance to receive letters
from Russia are usually surprised to find
the torelgn postage stamp on their envelope
used as seal-sffixed, that is to sag, to the
center oil the side opposite to that on which
tue ADDRESS is written. Sometimes Russians
settling in the United States continue fine
practice acquired at home, much, of course.
to the annoyance OF United States postofIice
officials. A case of this kind occurred re-
Gently IN New York State, but it was ex-
planned quite inadequateiy by writer in
the World. who alleged that the colonists
sealed their letters with the postage stamp
because communications from the United
States were usually opened in the Russian
pcstotllce before being delivered. As mat
ter OF fact. the habit is diffused all through
Russia, and simply means that distrust of
the imperial postofice in that country is
widespread.
The morning call., 1892-12-26

the comeany. One clause of those orders
was as follows: "All men in the command
shall change their shirts at least twice a
week." The captain gave orders to the
orderly sergeant to see this command put
into execution. But, captain" said the
sergeant, there's only shirt apiece to
every man in the company. How can
they" "Sileucew exclaimed the captain,
"orders are orders, sergeant. Let the men
change shirts with one another" So the
sergeant saw to it that. as long as the COM
pany remained in the place, on every sun
day and Wednesday morning the soldiers
swapped shirts with one another
The morning call., 1892-12-26
Military Discipline.
Ashton Eng Reporter

The true soldier obeys orders faithfully,
no matter at what sacrifice. A company OF
British regiment was once sent on some
duty In time OF peace to remote village in
Ireland and was left there for several weeks
quite separated from its usual base Of sup
plies. During this period some general
orders, applicable more especially to men i'm
barracks, were sent to the commander VI