The eagle., July 24, 1895, Page 14, Image 14

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THE EAGLE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1895.
WITH GIANT POWDER,
Narrow Escape of William E. Watson
From Death.
The House In Which he. wnti Sleeping at
I'iiioH Altos Mown to J'iecen. a
One of the moat dastardly ttttemjttH to
commit niurder w hich wan ever made
in this part of the country was made at
Pinos Altos last Saturday morning ahout
'.' o'clock. At tliat hour many of the
residents of Tinos Altos were aroused
from slinnher by a terrilie explosion
which was caused" ly the setting off of a
ijuantity of giant powder at the house
where William E. Watson was sleeping.
It was undoubtedly the intention of
the perpetrator of the deed to blow
Watson to atoms and it is not at all
likely that he had any idea whatever that
death would not be instantanons. It is
believed that not less than ten sticks of
giant powder were use.l, from the force of
the explosion. Tim explosive was placed
as close to the house as possible and in
the immediate vicinity of Watson's bed.
Va!son was sleeping on two wool
mat tresses ami the force of theexplosion
threw him against the ceiling with con
siderable force. The house was literally
torn to pieces. Watson was dazed by
the shock but soon recovered. His lirst
impulse was to get his shot l'uii. but I
that particular piece of personal property j
was not in a condition to be used. Me i
went out and told the story of the explo
sion from his point of view and the citi
zens of Pinos Altos were soon looking for
a clue to the perpetrator of the deed.
Tracks were found leading from the res
idence of E. A. Kobhins to the house
where Watson had been sleeping and
back again. This circumstance led to
the conclusion that .Mr. Kobhins had
placed the powder in position and ex
ploded it. He was arrested and had a
preliminary examination on Saturday
afternoon before .Justice Lincoln. As
the evidence was purely circumstantial,
the justice did not feel warranted in
holding Hobbins for the grand jury and
be was discharged from custody.
' This was not the lirst attempt to de
stroy human life with giant powder in
Pinos Altos, a man mimed Murray hav
ing blown up one of his own children
there some three years ago. In i tint in
stance the giant powder was placed in
the bed with the sleeping child.
Since the discharge of Uobbins there
has been advanced a theory that the
same person is responsible for the two
explosions, and that the right one has
not yet' been found. Such a thing is
possible but there are not many who
la-Heve it.
The people oí Pinos Altos were roused
to a high pitch of excitement and for a
lime violence was feared.
WOMAN ON A WHEEL..
She May llave a Good Time, Hut 8he Is
Mot a Thins of lieauty.
Bicycle riding for women may be a
joy forever, but it is not a thing of
beauty. If ' you're inclined to doubt
this statement, says the New York
Evening Sun, just take a stroll up the
boulevard any line day, Sunday pre
ferred. The Sabbath seems to appeal
particularly to the woman bicyclist.
It isn't alone her much-discussed cos
tume that violates ull your accepted
standards of the eternal fitness of
things; the very act and motion of pro
pelling "the wheel" becomes an extraor
dinary feat when performed by a wom
an. It looks neither graceful nor ele
gant, and this, too, no matter how-
slender and symmetrical of figure she I
may be. Por that, though, there's no j
help. If women must indulge in bicy
cle riding, and if an awkward appear
ance is the inevitable penalty, then all
that each individual may for herself:
consider is whether the game is worth '
the candle. Hut in the matter of suits
there might surely be some improve-!
ment. That the becoming and graceful 1
bicycle costume is yet to be invented is'
one of the strongest impressions re
sulting from a boulevard stroll. Now
and then you see a costume not conspic
uously dreadful, but the overwhelming
majority recall the artist's criticism
upon his pupil's latest picture. "That's
not bad," said the artist. "No; it's not
bad, it's worse.'' It would seem as
though em-y style of bicycle suit had
its own peculiar diasd vantage. Bloom
ers, of course, entail masculine, not,
to speak of feminine, disapprobu-1
tion. The short skirt is simplv in the
way and is little or no protection; the
long skirt gets still more in the way,
especially if it be full, while if scant .
it shows off the figure most unfortun-1
ately. A long-skirted iodiee spreads
out like a sail and catches the wind: i
a short-skirted bodice makes you wish !
it were longer. Wheel women, too, dif- j
fer as to just which stye of suit is best !
adapted for riding. One of Philadel-!
phia's best bicyclists declares that the
only time she finds her long skirts in
the way is when she dismounts her ma
chine to climb n hill. All stout women,
if one may judge from the spectacle '
upon the boulevard, are in favor of j
bloomers and the stouter the woman i
the scanter the bloomers. Some riders
wear their Luster bonnets and new
spring capes when upon the bicycle
just as they would when in a buggy;
but although they present a grateful
contrast to the bloonicred chaperones
of the track, suv.li apparel has a certain
unfitness. Not the least interesting
feature of the boulevard show is the
spectators. They gather thickly upon
the sidewalk and gape for hours at the
rapidly revolving wheels before them.
Most of the crowd are men, and it is
curious to watch the expression on
their faces when they catch sight of a
woman bicyclist. This expression is
always the same, only varying in de
gree. Bloomers bring out its superla
tive qualities. It docs not under any
circumstances, however, suggest espe
cial respect, reven :ice or admiration
for the woman bicyclist; in Tact7"u
seems hardly inclined to take her seri
ously at all. The sooner that she is
taken seriously, however, both by the
onlookers and by herself, the greater,
will be the chance of an improvement
in her costume.
MICROBES AND DIGESTION.
(ierms Noiv Sulci to Ho Absolutely Nec
eitsnry to l'ronnr AHolmilation.
The ubiquitous microbe is known to
present two sides or phases to its char
acter. One i.i that of a disease-producing
organism, the other that of the
beneficent remover of decaying matter,
writes Dr. Andrew Wilson, and of ac
tually assisting the animal body to
perforin certain of its ordinary vital
functions digestion, to-wit. To what
extent the animal may be dependent
on microbes for its actual welfare is an
open question, but, if certain researches
undertaken by Dr. J. Kijanizin, of the
("niversit v of Ivicif , are to be credited,
there may indeed exist a closer alliunce
between germs and their hosts than
ha i hitherto been deemed possible.
This investigator experimented upon
animals, feeding them on food which
has practically been stelilized, and giv
ing them air which had been rendered
wholly germless. One result of this
regimen was to limit the assimilation
of nitrogenous matter; the idea here
being that the presence of microbes in
the digestive tract is necessary to ef
fect this desirable end of nutrition.
The microbes left in the intestine, or
originally present there, no doubt ac
complished much of the work; but the
conclusion is that the microbes re
ceived with the food constitute an es
sential feature of healthy assimila
tion. Death was not the uncommon
fate of many of the animals supplied
with the sterilized food and air. This
result may, perchance, arise from proc
esses of self-poisoning such as the mi
crobes, naturally present in air and
food, obviate and prevent.
What seems specially interesting,
however, is the new analogy which Dr.
Kijunizin's experiments reveal between
the animal and the plant worlds. Cer
tain plants can only assimilate nitro
, gen through the action and aid of the
j microbes which live in nodules on their
, roots. In these friendly
j germs no of nitrogen is
possible. Therefore the ease of the
plant would seem to be closely related
to that of the animal, if it be proved
that the nutrition of the latter cannot
proceed naturally without the aid of
the helpful microbes.
Frigid DullneM I''ahlmialIe.
The order has gone forth that the
manners and customs of the Russian
court are to be remodeled on the Eng
lish system. The said manners and
customs have always had more of bar
baric splendor than of western refine
ment about them, but, although life
under the new regime will be much
more respectable, it will not be half so
amusing, and it will be interesting to
see now at. Petersburg society will
I take to the change. As an example of
frigid dullness English court life would
I be hard to beat.