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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-24

Water brought the same result as oil of
olives. BY series of fine calculations Rom
bout found that fly could walk upward on
a vertical glass pane supporting an increase
over his own weight of 020 of a grain He
then weighted down flies with paper at
tached to their backs, and found by expert
ment that his reckoning was correct.
Rorbout, IN the course of his experiments,
discovered other very interesting things
about the fly Each of the two wings of the
insect is provided with hairs on the under
side that serve as fine brush TO clean the
feet When a fly rubs his legs he is not al
ways washing his body, but is often remov-
ing the dust particles from the hair in his
feet that the fluid may run better. The feet
must be kept clean or the fly cannot cling
to surface He finds it impossible to walk
across a pane covered with dust, and oily
surfaces cause the liquid from his feet to
run together, so that he is apt to slip.
Under the wings of fly is a pair of ball
ancers, little threads that terminate each in
an oval button. When the fly is on the wing
these buttons expand and guide the flight.
A fly has no lungs, but breathes by spir-
acles, or breathing pores, that lie open all
over his body and connect with an intricate
system Of air tubes. These spiracles are pro-
tected from the dust by networks of fine,
f1lny fibres that look something like ex-
The chief value of the fly lies in his
scavenging qualities. Indeed, some scien-
would not be able to live in the temperate
zone. The fly feeds on both liquids and
solids. His mouth is shaped something like
o pump. and he sips perspiration and saliva,
his favorite foods, through fine and cunning
tubes Solids he reduces to liquids before
he swallows them by process of secretion.
He is a voracious eater, and lives largely
on the juices of decaying meat, fruit and
vegetables. Linnaeus. the Swede, asserted
that three flies with their progeny could
devour a dead horse as quickly as a lion
could. 1t has been estimated by scientists
that fly can multiply himself two hundred
times every twenty-four hours. Each new
born fly becomes full grown in four or I'VE
days.
Nature has provided well for the fly in
his powers of flight and ability to escape
from danger. He is supplied with seven
thousand separate eyes, that never sleep
ard can look either in front or behind. Each
eye is separate and of peculiar construction.
shaped like a hexagon. When alarmed the
fly leaps swiftly from his resting place into
the air, detaching his legs with no apparent
difficulty. After the first bound he IS gem
orally out of danger. and resumes his
leisurely flight. II he chooses. however, NE
can fiy twenty 1--we or thirty feet IN q Sec
ond-
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the wastefulness of war. although only IN
minor aspects. Besides the heaps OF spoiled
food, there are hundreds of articles whlcn
would have Ii value under other circum-
stances. Cartridges for Springfield rifles lie
in heaps. Thousands of them could pc
picked up. AS fast as the volunteers can
get Krag-Jorgenson rifle that was the
property of wounded or dead man they
take it, throwing their own aside. Thls IS
because the new arm uses smokeless pow
der. which affords no target for the enemy
as the old one does. There is therefore no
further use for the Springfield cartridges
Blankets shelter tents and clothing OF
the wounded or killed have been cast away
by the hundred Thrifty Cubans have gath
cred the most valuable of these, but in the
abundance of wreckage have left lots be-
hind Empty tomato cans cluster about the
sites of burned-out campfires. Mess. pans,
tin cups, brushes, old hayersacks with food
spilling out, cartridge belts, bayonet scab-
bards hats, rude filters made of poles and
a blanket, and innumerable other articles,
are scattered along. A marching army
leaves trail that is hard to associate with
nineteenth century civilization.
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THE COCOANUT.
A Cuban Fruit That Is at Its Best
when Freshly PIucked.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record
The saying goes that a cocoa tree bears a
nut for every day in the year. In time of
peace one might buy dozen nuts for a 20
cent coin anywhere in the rural districts of
Cuba: and he who has never tasted the
milk from one freshly gathered can
have no idea what is meant by "a draught
fit for the gods In their proper state, how
ever, the nuts are not brown and hard. as
you them in northern markets; they
look like enormous pale green apples, slight
ly elonga ted-for each still wears it's Robin
Hood Jacket, which is removed before ship
ment. Being still alive" as they say the
island, its she'll is soft and easily cut with
the machete, or lOng-bladed knife which
noeet SDife NAM answer t5 prpo Make
a hole in one end of the nut about the size
of half dollar-and out gushes the milk
sour stuff as you have seen come out Of
cocoanuts at home, white as chalk and
thick as buttermilk.
Give one of those imported things to
monkey. pining in captivity for his native
food. and he will refuse it with scorn and in
dignation.
The trouble is that the cocoanuts of com
merce are gathered before they are ripe
and entirely spoiled in transit. The fluid
shut up within it should have no sugges-
ton of milk. but be colorless as water, with
a slight sparkle like that from some clear
mountain spring, except for a slightly sweet
and most delicious flavor and il freshly
picked in the early morning, after the nut
has been swinging all night in the cool
breezes, the liquid is almost ice cold. Where
cocoanutS grow, you never see INSIDE or
their shells any of that hard, white layer
which northerneTs CRATE and "dessicate''
Zone might well say desecrate). for in
its best estate the nut has no such sub
stance; only creamy white film inside of
1t. hardly thicker than your thumbnaiI,
which. is scraped of with & spoon when
eaten. Before drinking the juice the ten
derfoot" generally pours it out into another
vessel than that which nature intended but
the sophisticated epicure tits the cocoanut
at just the right angle to let the milk
trickle gently down his throat, and like the
old topper we have heard of he wishes his
throat were a mile long. There Is nothing
in the wide world more nourishing or fat
tenlng more Misunderstanding and youth
preserving. Emaciated invailas are recon-
mended to begin on the juice of hall
dozen nuts day. the dose to be increased
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according to the patients inclination. And
the Invalid is yet to be discovered who does
not develop a taste for it so rapidly that
in a weeks time half dozen nuts at
single sitting will hardly satisfy him. EacIts
full-grown nut conrains nearly a pint OF
this true "fountaini of youtn" the same same,
perhaps, which the old Conquistadores
sought vainly far and wide. expecting 70
find it gushing out of the earth in some
sequestered spot, instead of hanging, green
and beautiful. everywhere overhead. The
big nuts grow in b1nches, five or six on a
stem away up near the top Of the tan
tree, just under its crown of plume-lks
leaves. A native ldarky, young or Old
sninks nothing of SHINING up the smoo oIe
graph pole, towering straight and slender
from nifty to one hundred feet. whackng
on the nuts with his machete Carried up
IN his teeth) and tossing them down with
the ease and agility of his ancestors, ne
monkeys. No cocoanut ever falls from the
parent stem until 1t lis too old and withered
TO be good for anything. The poorest den-
zen OF the tropics would disdan 10 eat
such windfails, and so they are shipped 10
the north, to be eaten by those who know
no better.
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HISTORY OF THE HoRsEFLY.
The Most Ancient of Insects, He Is
Still "a Mystery.

Still Mystery.
Kansas City Star
The humble horsefy is one of the oldest
and always has been one of the most dis
tinguished of insects. He was worshiped
ton in the heavens. The Philistines sacri-
feed to Reelzebub as god of flies and the
Cyreneans to Achor. The Greeks offered an
OK every year to Zeus Apomyios in honor
of the god of flies: and the Romans sacri-
feed yearly in the temple of HeracIes Victor
the troublesome god The Koran of the Ma
hometans promised that ALI flies shall
perish except one, and that is the bee hy.'
Despite their antiquity, flies are still some
thing of mystery, and il was not until
1884 that DIR. j. E. Rombout a French en-
tomologist. discovered and advocated the
correct theory of how house fly walks on
a ceiling, DR.. Rombout proved that the fly
clingS to a smooth surface by capillary
force; the molecular action between solid
and liquid substances. The insects feet are
covered with many thousands of fiery fine
hairs, each of which terminates in a bulb.
Through these hairs runs a. thin liquid that
seeps through in a tiny drop at the end.
When several thousands of these drops have
been fastened to window pane or ceiling
there is no difficulty at all for the fly to
hang on and no difficulty for him to release
himself instantaneously.
mis- is the theory of Rombout, obtained
after some very fine calculations. A once
popular idea was that the feet of the fly.
being cup-shaped, enabled him through
what is called suction to cling TO the ceiling.
DuA D8dChNSll put 4l4tS III Il GLASS VACUUM,
where they climbed the sides as easily as in
the open air Hooke next tried to prove
that the fluid the feet of the fly sent out
was viscous, and held the insect to the sur
face like nlucilage. This theory was ex-
ploded by Rombout, who proved that the
fluid was not viscous. And if ii were said
he, it would be absurd to suppose that
fly after resting in one position for an hour
and giving the thick liquid ti,Ne to harden,
could release himself instantaneously when
alarmed.
Then Romhout set about formulating his
own theory. He examined the tracks Of flies
on a window pane and the idea Of capillary
force impressed him. He dipped the end Of
q hair In oil OF olives. and succeeded in sus-
handing the hair from 8 clean glass pane.
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There's new swell on the sea, and a new light
in the sky;
The weather freshens and sings;
A spirit of power hovers high,
And watt comes down from its wings.
The old time is no more: it's dust is blown away;
Its broken ships went down
In tidal wave at Manila bay
And Santiago town.
oh, the ships have shaken the world, and the
flag is soaring high
Over isles made suddenly dear
BY our dead who died so vaiantly,
And our heroes who hold and cheer.
Now the old may dote on the past. and the weak
may pule and cry,
And shrink from the change that comes;
But the young and the strong, with their hearts
beating high,
Have the pulse of the trumpets and drums
Their guns have spoken the word and their
trumpets have borne ii far
In triumph from shore to shore
Our co. the isles where heroes are
Shall be held there for evermore.
Maurice Thompson, in the Independent
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Washington Post.

In point OF fact. and please rememne..
It for future refereEce, the more elaooIase
the signature the Inore easily is il couhnS,
terfeited. inaccuracies are lost aH5 s
hourishes where the tenth of na l.
breadth quaver in pain signature wutsivv
hetray the fraud. 4 once met hlghy
educated and extremely interesting gen
tleman. who is az present the guest :.
the government because OF all aDsens
minded habit he has OF signing other pei
pies names to his own checks. / assn ISL,
him what autograph of all IN a collectl...o,
happened TO have would be hardest ID
counterfeit, To my surprise he seiSce1sss
Thomas A. Edisons signature, when I
the simplest and EIaiuest imagiaaoiss.. 81
can't help thinking now seme OF the us@ 1880
the government Is sTeceiNing would ens "a.
tain him, but fortunately they are noe =
Ing 70 fail into his hands.
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POWerlcss.

Eft they youth and maid. together,
In the moons fair light,
Talking-reallyi OF the weather.
What could be more trite?
Round about them Cupid hovers.
Waiting for a shot.
Are they chums, or are they lovers?
Can he be forgot?
Still they talk of weather's chances.
Sometimes speak of roads,
Till the maker of romances
Desperation goads.
Blunted fall his sharpest arrows,
Maid nor youth is harmed.
Still they chatter like two sparrows
BY some strange spell charmed.
All Dan Cupid these be glum times,
Torture you must feel;
For the power of Love is sometimes
Broken on the wheel
Wood Levette Wilson, in Puck.
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Peace. for the silver Eugles play,
And the glad flies. with shrfIIer sound;
The drum beats fast and, far away,
Awakens JOY profound.
From dawn unto the setting sun
We battled, and our soes have lost:
o heart, my heart, the day is won
Break thou, and pay the cost
FLORENCE Earle Coates
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Fine shop. worn Hallett * Davis Grand
piano at a big bargain at our sale Of best
makes Of pianos. Wulschnera
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CHAPTER, Nv


just about noon. when the hospital
attendant was away at dinner, the doc
tor mt Buxton's and Whitaker getting
n nap utter his night of vigil, only Hop
Ling was on duty over Randy. He'll
probably sleep until late in tho after
noon," the doctor snid, when he looked
In at II. md so perhaps he might have
done. Grufton, before surfing, Ind
taken the responsibility Of removing
Florcncc's ominous looking missivc and
placing it with other letters on the
mnntcl in the little parlor. He could
not feel Justified In hiding 1t entirely.
lie felt that when Merriam woke the
truth would hive to be told him, and
perhaps Florcnce's own words might
best explain her flight. At all events
DR.. Lenvitt had promised to be on
hand to see Tint the news WINS not too
abruptly broken. and Leavitt counted
on long sleep and upon subsequent
drowsincss and languor ms the result Of
his treatment. No one had dreamed of
the possibility OF such rude awakening
MS camc. No woman in her right senses
would have vcntured on the mnd-
Drained, desperate mciIi,,rc resortcd to
by Mrs. McLnne. What she hoped TO
learn. what she expected to gain, what
papers or information she still believed
him to possess, who cnn sny? The pow
or Of reasoning. driven from her by tho
Supplying drug that OF late had over
mastered its weak and willing victim,
seemed to have utterly gone, leaving in
It's place only something OF the craft
and cunning that possess the insane.
No sooner was Mrs. Grafton out Of tho
way, than. rousing suddenly, Fanny
had summoned Annette, hnd hastcncd
through her toilet, ard, barely slipping
the coffee rendered hr.', Ind thrown a
light wrap over her head md shoulders
and fitted out Of the house, out past
the stable at the rear, and. to the amaze
OF the sentry on No. 2, Ind scurried
away along the fence, had easily located
the Mcrria,ns' gate, the number on
which correspondcd with that OF their
quarters. and in another moment Ind
let herself through the kitchen and
djning-room and into the little pnrlor.
There for Il few moments she seemed
to have paused and rcconnoitercd.
OF what followed only Randy and
Hop Ling were witnesses. The Inter
was never able to explain it, II indeed
he ever could understand the situation,
and as for Randy. it was long before he
could be induced to speak of it at oil.
The time came when he had to, how
ever, and 1t can be told now.
He was half asleep. half awake, in
that helplessly lethargc state that
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night and day. We sent the swiftcst
courier we had-to snve your honor-to
stop TINT mnrringc--''
"But you didn't stop It'll You were
too lntc!" she cried. And when you
saw it was too late, instead Of burning
those papers or giving them to me
you held them thut you might triumph
over my ruin. Then when you knew I
wns coming to beg for them, you were
II coward, Rundy-you sent them NIL to
Ned Parry, that my own sister might
glont over my downfall"
"Mrs. McLnnc." he interrupted, "this
Is ali unjust, all untrue. Ask Mr.. Pnrry
will But this ends our meetings. God
forbid that l should ever see you alone
ngnin! 1t has driven from inc my vito
the wife love and love dcvotcdly-
do you hcar?--nnd I'm going now TO
find her"
And then he broke away. Out to the
stable he staggcred: love, pity, dcvo-
ton urging him on and trinmphing over
the still numbing effect of the deaden-
ing drug whose languorous spell he
had never known before; and Brown
Dick whinnicd his welcome and impa-
thence. and Hop Ling whmpcrcd his
"pidgin" protests. even us no was
"cinchlng" on Merrinm's field saddle
with its wcll-stocked pouches. Randy
ficrccly ordered silence, bndc the Chi
nRman give him hand. and then, with
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pair OF opera glasses upon the court
whose big head bore striking resemblance
to brush heap. 1t was Il new one on the
Justice and too much for him. He swiftly
ducked under the table and shouted: Dep
uty. disarm that woman" After getting
the drop on her the officer secured the
glasses and laid them gingcr!y before tho
court. who promptly roarcd that the woman
was fined $1,000 for contempt
But she did not lose her head. Asking the
right to speak for herself. she went to the
bench" explained the glasses, had the
Justice look out over the plains with them
and then. after a few pretty words Of apol.
ogy. gave them to him. He hit the tabI. a
mighty blow tc reconvenc court, opened
the drawer which contained his personal ar
senal and fined the prosecuting witness s25
fur insultin visitin' lady and gent in
contrariety ter law and. eterket."
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they?" said he. 1.-THE news has just
come-trains running Tomorrow"
Out on the sunlit mesa mile away
dusty little cortege came slowly, wcari-
ly trooping homeward. bearing
wounded officer to the longed-for shell
ter of his home; and Grafton, with still
another of those fateful brown en-
velopes in his hand, bent over and in
terrupted the lovely widow in the midst
of her animated chat with the lacties
from next door.
Pardon me one minute, Mrs. Nc
Lane" he said. Some rather urgent
dispatches came while you were sleep
ing. and this has just reached me. If
you can spare moment to glance over
them 1 will have the answers sent.
Suppose we step inside"
1t was wonderful with what sudden
ress gladncss and gayety would vanish
from her eyes. leaving there only
hunted, haggard look; SO, too, in the
lines about the sensitive mouth; yet
the soft, creamy tint of the fair skin re-
manned unchanged. as did the gentle
color. Mutely she arose and followed
Aiiis tiNs luS fdaI III III tuC SudOc
and too near the party on the porch, he
led on to the bright dining-room whose
windows commanded view of the sun
shiny mesa. There he turned.
mfr. Parry wires me that he had OK
pected you in Denver three days ago,
and that your affairs demand that you
should go thithcr the moment the road
is open-which will be tomorrow. lie
says he has vainly tried to get an an
swer to his letters to you. and that no
reply came to his dispatches. Can be
of any service, Mrs. McLane? This
seems most urgent, and, pardon me, 1
believe it my duty to point out to you
that your friends are rendered power
less by your own neglect to act"
II did try" she faltered II had to
see Mr.. Merriam" She made piteous
picture, looking up there into his stern.
soldierly face.
"But, pardon me again, cannot see,
knowing nothing of the nature of this
do with it. Is his testimony necessary?
Is that why Mr.. Parry has been urging
him all day to come up TO Cimarron?"
"He-he, too-he has been wiring for
-Randy?" she faltered, her eyes big
with some new dread. Ibid he go?
Has he gomez"
"He couldn't go, Mrs. McLane. He
was sent in pursuit Of Mexican ruffians
last night, and was shot and severely
wounded in the fight this morning.
Look! They're bringing him in now"
And for the second time within the
week Fanny McLane went senseless in
second, limp and nerveless heap
upon the floor. They had to carry her
to her room, and Grafton was the bur-
den bearer; and then, having laid her
upon her bed, and while THE women
were bustling about with the usual
restoratives, he stopped one moment be-
fore her profusely Uttered toilet table.
A little case. half hidden among the
mess, unerringly caught his eye. He
took it, touched the spring, gave one
quick glance at the dainty. delicate In
struments and phials inside, and re-
placed it, with the quiet remark: II
thought So"
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antccd that they would carry letter as
far and as safely as any other stamps In
the world. dcfled competition and wound
up by saying that he had the backing of
the government. AS long as 1t was good
no was good.
ut beat the band" tells an old citizen
Two laughed at him. md knew that he
was the first postmaster that ever adopted
such tactics. but he was n winner. 1t
ticklcd tho people almost TO death, and
there IS no better way of getting their
favor. They sent from 100 miles In every
direction to buy stamps or him. Not n man
came to town to do business or make a
visit that did not have a commission to
buy postage stamps of Bumper. He made
nice thing. IL now In private business
again and thinks an advertisement about
as good as ready money"
Detroit Free Press
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ankles.
Say stranger" came from the bed,
what in creation are you dom. putin
them long p'inted spurs Gu yer heeIs?"
Always wear them at night Can't nos
sibly sleep without them. Habit, 1 sup
pose"
Jones is a big man AMI after the other
had looked him over he crawlcd out and
began to dress.
Getting up?" asked Jones.
Yep. Never sleep after midnight" Then
when he was in the doorway and felt sal
he said: You doggone varmint, all hone
is that you'll have the worst nightmare
ever was let loose. That'll give you some
thin to try them there murderin' spurs Of
yourn on" -
But Jones kicked on the spurs and SILENT
sleep that was precisely as deep as the
sleep Of innocence.-Detroit Free Press.
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4 Lesson in ISusincsa.

Hlumpcr failed once and lost his last dol
lar. lie studied the thing over from every
view and concluded that his fatal mistake
was In advertising. lie was n general
favorite In the country town where he
met with disaster, he held nothing out
ag'inst his creditors. and his reward camu
in the shape OF the postmastership, The
income depended very largely on the num-
Der and value of stamps sold Bumper
determined that he would not fail again
at least from the same cause.
In the local paper there appeared n big
display advertisement notifying the public
that Bumper had the largest, brightest
newest and best selected stock OF postage
stamps In the county. He would sell them
at the lowest figure, warrant them to bo
all that was represented. would sell them
In quantities to suit the purchasers. guar
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A Successful RuAe.

Some readers will recognize this as a true
story of man who is among the wealthicst
and most prominent citizens of Detroit
1t will serve to call him jones'
Jones arrived at a country hotel late one
night. tired. hungry and sleepy. After the
larder had been ralded. Jones asked for
bed and was Informed that his only chance
was TO bunk with man who had already
Ietileu. Jones did not demur. though he
promptly made up his mind to have n he'd
to himself He carried a candle to his room
put 1t on window sill. and when assured
that the occupant of the bed was awake
watching him. prepared to retire. As final
! act IN this preparation he went to his va
lise. took out savage looking pajr Of snnr.
and began to stran them on his feet and