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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
Taste in Animals.

Many experiments have been made ia
,rder TO find out what and where the
bryan of taste is in the lower creation;
but it is caster to say where it is not.
yravfsh aud worms seem to have very
decided preferences in the matter OF
lood. though no special taste organ has
ret been found. HOLSTERS like decaying
GOD: the crab is more dainty in its diet.
Snails and slugs show a decided prefer
euce for certain kinds of food, as garden
overs know to their cost; peas and cab
pages. dahlias and sanhowers are great
iavorites; but they will not touch the
white mustard. Some prefer animal
food, especially il rather high. Spiders
have only slight sense of taste; flies
soaked in parafine seem quite palatable
to them; though one species, the ola,
donna, is somewhat more particular, and
refuses TO touch alcohol in any form
whatever.
The antenra Of insects do not appear
to contain any organ of taste, for wssps
and ants quite readily took into their
mouths poisonous and unpleasant food,
even swallowing enough to make them
selves i'll, while some bees and cock
roacaes fell prey to the temptation of
alum, EPSON salts, and other nau-c0a'
foods placed IN their way, These sub
stances were not, however, swallowed,
but were soon spat out, the creatures
spluttering angrily, as if disguised with
the taste. The proboscis of the fly and
tho tongue of bees and ants arc furnished
with numerous delicate hairs set in
minute pits; these are perhaps connected
with the organ of taste; but, though the
exact locality OF this sense in insects is
uncertain, we know that groups OF cells
in the tongue of animals, called taste
bulbs, form, in part, the ends OF the
organ of taste.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
CABLE SPARKS.

The Westminster Gazette is new venture
In London journalism.
GREAT BRrTA1N's reply in the Boring sea
case has been sent to Washington.
THE bank troubles in Rome indicate thas
there will be startling developments.
EDWARD PARKER DEACON, it is said, has
been granted divorce from his wife.
The Chevalier Anton Won Schmerting,
Austrian statesman, was stricken with para
lysis.
A GREAT coal strike is impending in Sonth
Wales. Journeymen bakers are on strike
in Marseilles
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Aus
tria was received with royal honors by the
English in Calcutta.
The reception given James Eganin Liner
lex was the most remarkable demonstration
yet made in his honor.
1T il understood that arms will be shipped
from New York to aid the revolutionary
movement in Hayti.
DERoULEDE and Pichon, Of the French
Chamber of Deputies, fought duel with
swords. Pichon was wounded.
THE Parliament of Great Britain opened.
The Queens speech was read. Speeches were
also made by Gladstone, Salisbury and
Balfour.
VICTIMS of hunger and privation gathered
on Tower Hill, London, so as to attract the
attention Of Parliament, but were dispersed
by the police.
A SEVERE earthquake visited Stromboli,
in the Mediterranean. The Island Of Zante
was also shaken by earthquakes and num-
Der of persons were killed.
The French cabinet has prepared bill
providing for the punishment of persons
who circulate unfounded rumors regarding
The safety of financial institutions
The British ship Gladstone rescued twe:Te
survivors of the crew OF the German SD p
Felix Mendelssohn. The Amer can ship
Rotert L. BelkLap from Yokohama for
New York, was lost at sea, but all on board
ara ennnosed To have been saved.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
How a Snake swallows a Frog.

The method of swallowing is q very
simple one, although, if the frog be
large, more than half an hour may be
consumcd in the process. The two
bones of the lower jaw are separate and
CAPABLE of independent movement; so
The reptile loosens it holi upon one side
Of its Jaw, and, pushing that side for
ward as far as possible, it drives the
teeth in again, and then draws the Jaw
hack to its original position. The re-
suit is that the prey is drawn down by
the movement. The process is then re-
essted by the other half of the jaw, thus
inevitably forcing the victim inward
The snakes skin stretches enormously
and the Jaw is, of course, disloca'ed,
hut the extensible ligameuts hold tho
bones together. The disprOportlon bs %
tween the diameter OF the frog and the
serpent's slender neck is indeed marvel
Gus, and snakes have been observed to
split themselves open by attempting too
ambitious mouthGul. After perhaps
half an hour of laborious contOrtions,
all that isseen of the poor frog Is a great
swelling that the contracting muscle
are rapidly forcing down the reptiles
neck. If one liberates the captured frog
before it is too late, the wretched animal
often seems so overcome by fear, or per-
heps stupefed by the serpent's saliva,
that it will not leap, bit crawls IN
painful manner. We must not allow
ourselves to be duped into a mistaken
sympathy, however, for such is tho
poetic Justice Of the case. Large frogs
esteem small snak IS partic llar dclicacy'
Popular Science Monthly,
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
An Age Sage.

A Tennessee inventor has patented a
gage for determining the age OF horses.
The device consists Of a steel plate, hav-
ing a tapered body portion, one OF its
longitudinal edges being marked By
lines and figures. BY applying the scale
to the teeth of horse, its approx nate
age is said to be determined. American
Farmer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
STATE OF unIo. UrrY or Toledo, No.;

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner Of the firm Of +. J. Cheney q
Co. doing business IN the City o. Ioledo'
vii, pay the sum of 800 for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot be cured ey the
use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANZ j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed n my
presence, this 9Th day Of December, A. D., $50.
-, A. w. GLEASON
49,, Notdrp Public
Halls Catarrh Cure il taken internally aid
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, ..
~ Sold by Druggists, 75c. -.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

For COUGHS ANp 1HRcAT DISORDERS use
l,RowN's BROHcslAL TRoC rs. "Have never
changed my mind respecting, them, except !
think better of that VIII ch | hegan by think:
ING well Of re- Henry HdTd Bfechc. Sold
only in bikes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

disease is unnatural and is but the proof
That we are abusing Nature. II is ella med that
CARTE Tea. o simple hero remedy, helps Ma
ture TO overcome this abuse.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

The Languedoc Ship Canal, in France,
by short passage of 148 miles. saves a
sea voyage of 1900 miles by the Straits
Of Gibraltar.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

If afflicted with sore eyes usc DrTsAao Thomp-
cons Eye water. DRUGGISTS soil NJ 25c. pcr bottle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10
An Important Difference.

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not feet,
ed with any disease, but that the syste M
simply needs cleansing, is TO bring comfor.
home TO their hearts, as costive condition is
easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manu-.
featured ly the California Fig Syrup Co.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

Fame is a bright robe; but t soon wears
ont = tn elbows.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

When one woman praise anoh her, toks
think she is sarcastic.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

Clothes may uoc make the man, but suits
make he lawyer.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

What is done cannot lie unione, especially
if it is a hard, oiled egg.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

Syrup

lust a bad cold, and hacking
cough. We all suffer that way some
times. How to get rid of them is
the study. Listen" am a Ranch
man and Stock Raiser. Ny life i:
rough and exposed. I meet al
weathers in the Colorado mountains
I sometimes take colds. Often they
are severe. I have used German
Syrup FIVE years for these. A few
doses will cure them at any stage
The last one I had was stopped II
"A hours. It is infallible." james
A. Lee, Jefferson, Col. Q
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

The mother tongue Is probably the Ian
guage Of Mars.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-02-10

under Une eyes are all il'leI anu uue hppeViOe
has come bacS, and the crutcl has beer
thrown away, and he is so changed you hard
ly know him. You say. "Why, never saw
you look so WE'LL" He says: ~ couldn't
help but be well. have been sailing these
rivers and climbing these mountains, an /
that's how got this elasticity. never was
SO we'll"
Oh, my friends, your departed loved ones
are only away for their health in better
climate, and when you meet them they will
be SO changed you will hardly know them
they will be so very muca changed, and
they are your friends, your depsrte frien Is,
you will say why, where is that cough
Where is that paralysis? Where is that
pneumonia? Where is that consumption"
and he will say ooh, am entirely WE'LL
There are no sick ones in this country. |
have been ranging these hills, and hence
this elasticity. have been here now twenty
years, aud not one sick one nave [ seen-we
are all well in this climate"
An then | stand at the gate of the celes-
tial city to see the procession come out, and
see a long procession OF little children
with their arms full OF flowers, and then l
see a procession of kings and priests moving
in celestial pageantry-a long procession,
but no black tasseled vehicle, no mourning
group and | say: "How strange it isl
Where is your Greenwood? wners is your
Laurel Hill? where is your Westminster
Abbey" And they shall cry. "There are
no graves here"
And then listen for the tolling of the old
belfries of heaven, the old belfries of
eternity. listen to hear them toll for the
dead, but they toll not for the dead. They
only strike up a silvery chime, tower to
tower, east gate to west gate, as they ring
The morning call., 1893-09-26
PREVIOUS OUTRAGES.

The dynamite outrage of Sunday morn
ing. by which four men lost their lives, is
not the first criminal use of this explosive
In connection with wafer front troubles.
On February 9 last the steamer Bawn-
more arrived at Nanaimo, B. c.. from this
port. to load coal. While making an in
spection of the hold an Internal machine,
containing twenty-four pounds of dyna-
mite, was found. The powder was in
closed in can and connected with clock
work arrangement set to 90 off eight days
after the steamer left this port. the
cloekwork had stopped for some unknown
cause before the time set and the steamer
was thus saved from being blown into
fragments. More than forty powerful full
mlnating caps had been placed in the ex-
ploslve and 1t Is a wonder that tha rolling
OF the ship did not explode the dynamite.
The owners of the Bawnmore were antag-
Onlstic to the sailors union.
On April an attempt was made to blow
up the tug Ethel and Marion with dyna-
mite. This little steamer was employed
TO carry non-uniOn sailors from the dock
TO shlpS living in the stream On the morn
Ing of the day named the engineer found
stick of dynamite on the cylinder head
Of the engine. Had the explosive not
been discovered it is probable that il
would have been set off by the jar of the
engine and the steamer blown to bits
The explosion on the Baracuta a few
weeks ago was attributed to an Internal
machine having been placed on board the
vessel. This surmise was never salts
factorilv demonstrated, however, and the
cause of the explosion is still something
OF mystery.
The morning call., 1893-09-26

had been crowded all day with an eager
throng anxious to get a glimpse of the
mangled bodies of the victims of the ex-
plosion. This had been very properly de-
MED and throughout the day the doors of
the Morgue had been kept closed. When
the nour for the inquest approached the
crowd in the aileyway began to file up-
stairs to the Coroner's office. and in very
short time all of the limited space was
taken up and no more persons were al
lowed TO enter.
As a preliminary 10 the taking of tes-
timony, Coroner Hughes asked each one of
the jurors # he was member of the Coast
Seamen's Union. or whether he was op-
posed in any manner 10 either union or
nOn-union sailors. All of the jurors, with
out exception, replied in the negative.
This being disposed of, the taking of tes-
timOny began
The first witness called was Mrs. Jacob
son. who lives at 10 Welsh street. She
testified that she was acquainted with Viii
liam Mckenzie, whose body she identified,
and said that he was a boX-maker by
trade. She never knew him to associate
with sailors.
In reply to questions she said that she
knew nothing of the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Mr.. Mckenzie be-
yond the fact that she had visited him at
The morning call., 1893-09-26

the Receiving Hospital and was present
when he died at 3:45 o'clock on Sunday
morning She knew nothing beyond this
except what she had heard.
Thomas Holmes, brother of George
Holmes who was instantly killed by the
explosion, was called 10 the stand and
asked to give what information he could
of the occurrences leading up to the death
of his brother.
''The last time [ saw my brother" he
said, was about clock last Saturday
night At that time he lett the place
where we live, 346 Main street, and said
be was going downtown. We are both
longshoremen, aud ! never knew my
brother to have trouble with any one.
He never had trouble with the Coast
Seamen's Union.
Il had been To the National Theater on
| Saturday night and returned about IL
O'Clock. was in bed at the time of the
explosion, but was not yet asleep. / felt
the shock OF the explosion. and my mother
came to my room and asked me what il
was. / told her / thought it was an earth
| quake A few minutes later a man came
/ TO the house and told us that nv brother
| had been killed and was lying out in the
| street in front of Curtin's clearinghouse.
Il dressed and went to the scene and
found my brothers body lying in the street
close to the curbstoDe. There was moth
The morning call., 1893-09-26
LATE DISCOVERIES.

The scene Of Sundays explosion on
Main street. near Harrison, continued
crowded yesterday by the usual throng of
uriosity- ongers.
Every movement on the part Of the
authorities in charge was watched with
care. Two police officers remained in
charge all day. and the space Immediately
affected by the explosion was roped In to
prevent its disturbance.
The big hole In the ground, supposed to
mark the exact place where the fatal ex-
plosive was placed, was naturally the CEN
ter of observation. From the depths of
this were disinterred during the day two
objects which Chief of Police Crowley has
filed away. and which may vet form con-
Meeting links in the chain of evidence be-
ing obtained.
These objects are two pieces Of wire, the
one insulated with some gutta-percha ma
terlal and the other fat wire which
terminated in a curious thickening caused
by wrapping of thin tin or other similar
metal apparently soldered on.
The insulated wire was that commonly
used by electricians for the transmission
The morning call., 1893-09-26

of the subtle current and is OF copper.
The use of the fiat wire, which is CON-
posed of iron or steel. remains unknown
Late in the afternoon Detective Dan
Coffey appeared on the scene and after
consulting with the officers i'm charge and
taking a look at the deSOlate, wrecked
house disappeared. He reported that
nothing new for publication had been
brought TO light
Another discovery besides the wire, which
it is thought NAV possibly have some con-
nectiOn with the case, was that of a sea
mans hat. 1t was found early yestprda
morning lying on lumbrr-pile at the foot
of Harrison street, not far from the explo-
sion. In il was a scrap of paper nscr bed {:
"Good-by; / go to jump overheard. Alex
ander Frank" Iuside the lining, as if to
make the hat fit, was a folded sheet from
the Coast Seamen's Journal
No one could he found TO acknowledge
knowing Frank" and the general opinion
seemed to be that the placing of the hat
was a practical joke. The hat is in the
possession of the South Harbor police.
The feeling on the water front in regard
to the recent outrage is very bitter. The
majority seem TO think that an open,
straightforward fight, while deplorable,
has much to recommend it as an expression
of cling and to right wrongs. But all
condemn the cOwardly. underhand meth
Ods of the dynamite fends, and it Is
thought that it would go hard with any
one detected in their kind of work.
The morning call., 1893-09-26
A HEART-RENDING REQUEST.

At the scene Of the explosion yesterday
morning there lay ON the sidewalk num-
ber Of scraps Of human flesh charred and
blackened. The officers on duty had all
they could do to keep dogs fiom carrying
away these pieces
One old man approached Off Ger Wbalen
early in the morning, and picking up one
of the pieces of flesh, asked permission to
take it away with him, saying that e was
sure that IL was piece OF bis son, one of
the four killed. The officer suggested that
he had better let it remain on the walk
but the old man begged so piteously that
he allowed him to wrap it in piece of
paper and carry il away. The request
produced such an effect on the officer
that he could not say him nay. He did not
think to ask the old man his name.
Up TO 10 o'clock the sidewalk in front of
the two damaged houses was still Uttered
with the debris of the wreck, splinters Of
wnOd. shreds of clothing. torn and partly
burned. hits of shattered glass and bits Of
human flesh. At that hour several men
went TO work in the upper rooms of Cur
tins boarding-house sweeping up the pfas-
ter which had fallen to the floor.
The morning call., 1893-09-26

and that is the dynamite in the valise was
exploded by some sort of clockwork. 1t
Is this conclusion that leads to the theory
of the connection of anarchists with the
crime. Ordinary sailors dn not under
stand the handling of explosives and
miners, graders, quarrymen and other
classes OF laborers who do understand the
power and workings of giant powder know
nothing OF the clockwOrk internal ma
chimes that have been identified through
out the world with the work of anarchists.
1t as now thought that somebf these
disturbing spirits who care nothing for
human life and whose fanaticism leads
them to commit acts of violence have be-
come identified with the Sailors Union
and are using the bitter feeling induced
by the tight between the union and the
Ship-0wners' Association as means of
carrying out such fiendish acts as that per-
Detrated on Sunday morning. The man
who carried the valIse TO the front of
Curtin's door may not have known what
Its contents Were. but there seems to be
no doubt that the machinery and eXplo-
sives were arranged by hand familiar
with the manufacture of Internal ma
chimes.
Some years ago an anarchistic society
existed and fiourished in this city, but 1t
was finally broken up by the police. So
Tar as known the last meeting held was in
a building on Third street. between Mis-
sion and Howard, and fourteen members
were present. Some of the mem berS W ere
known To the police. but many were not,
and it is not impro bable that some of the
old Chicago anarchists, of which there are
not few in this city, are behind the plot
that resulted in the horrible death of four
men and the wouDding of several Others
Late telegraphic reports from Europe and
the East tell of wholesale and widespread
outrages of the anarchists. There is evil
dence, and strong evidence at that, that
this social ulcer has fastened itself on this
city. and the authorities are strainipg every
nerve to run down the ringleaderS,
The morning call., 1893-09-26

they got q chance. He met the men on
East street between Market and CONNER
cial ] was asieep in Curtin's house ut the
time of the explosion. / dressed myse I
as quickly as possible and went down.
stairs | saw the bodies OF two men lying
on the sidewalk. One of them was the
body of Edward McGuiness. lido not know
what caused the explosion.
my own life has been threatened many
times by sailors belonging TO the union.
do not know the names OF the men. but
know them by sight. have been work
ing for Mr. Curtin for ab0u: two months
quit the sea because | was afraid for my
life. Last Thursday evening l heard a
man named Tyrreli and man named
Booth INQUIRE for man named Curran in
Curtin's saloon. Young Curtin told them
that Curran had gone out Booth then
got mad and challenged any one in the
house to fight him. Mrs. Curtin then came
went out on the sidewalk and Tyrrell told
Mrs. Curtin that her days were numbered.
Tyrrell and Booth were staying AT D0yle's
boarding-house. The same evening, about
9 O'Clock, l saw both men again. They
came into Curtin's barroom and got a
drink, When they got outside they chal-
enged any man in the house to come out
and fight.
"Tyrrell said that the first chance he got
he would fix Curtin's boarders. 1 have
heard union men threaten Curtin's life.
About three months ago four or five union
sailors came to Curtn's house and told him
that they would do away with him the
first show they got. They walked out
into the street, and one OF them picked up
a cobble-stoue and struck Curtin In the
head. Another man struck one of the
boarders with stone. That is all know
of the case"
At this point in the proceedings Coroner
Hughes stated that as it would be impOssi-
BILE to take all of the testimony shat even
ING he would postpone the inquest until
10 80 O'Clock this morning. He SAID that
the first witness put on the stand this
morning would be Mrs. Curtin. Officers
have taken the depositiOns If John Curtin
Sr and John Curtin Jr.. both Of which
will be introduced to-day. A great number
of witnesses have been Subpenaed, among
them heing Selgeants Tobin and Helms,
and Officers O'Malley. Aitken and Bailey
Of th- police force. The jury will prOba-
bly, be taken to the scene of the explosion
to view the wrecked sidewalk and build
ingS.