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14 THE EAGLE; WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, l9ñ. TH2 CZAR'G LA3T. GIFT. An Instance of the Thoughtfulncss of Alexander. The late czar of Russia may have pur sued a mistaken and somewhat cruel government policy, but in his domestic relations ho was all thoughtfulncss and affection, says a foreign exchange. It is told that hint bummer the czar and empress visited a great shop in St. Petersburg to buy jewels for their sou's future bride. The empress greatly ad mired a beautiful bracelet, and told the czar that she wished to possess it. On their return one of the serious attacks to which he was subject came upon him, and the empress forgot the brace let. The czar died, and to the empress in the early days of her widowhood sue muss puss aione. un ner otner birthdays the czar had been wont to I place a bouquet in the morning room of i the empress. Inside the flowers was I always found some rich, rare gift, chosen months beforehand. The i empress had avoided the room as too i full of painful memories, but this morn- I ing, the morning of his wedding day, ' Nicholas requested his mother to go there as a favor to him. The first thing she saw was the bouquet in the usual place, and inside the flowers was a case, fastened and sealed by the czar's own hands. It contained the bracelet. IIo had ordered it on the same day that the empress saw it, and on his deathbed had given instructions for the birthday . gift, bidding his son to be near to com fort her when she received it. NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC. CLOTHEJ MADE OF WOOD. One of the ThliiRH Which the Future Will Vrob.ibly Hring f orth. I Time was when references to a "wooden overcoat" were understood as the irreverent equivalent of measuring a man for a coffin, but it would seem that suits of ulothca made of wood may soon be an nucoinpliuhcd fact. The writer, says the Edinburgh Scotsman, is indebted to a merchant of the city of cloth Leeds for a glimpse of samples of a species of cloth, and also of a sort of cotton, made wholly out of wood fiber, these two woven pieces having all the appear-' anee of attractive articles of their own kind, Both these novel textile fabrics are the result of prolonged experi ments with pinewood and spruce, which have been ingeniously torn to pieces in the first instance and then bleached by an elaborate chemical process. After chemical treatment in many ways tho wood becomes a soft, white pulp, which is run through perforated plates, tho resulting threads being dried by a steaming process. These threads can be woven, end the ma terial is susceptible of taking readily any Bort of dye. The fabric can bo made at an astonishingly cheap cost; it looks well and has a certain amount of strength (experiments in this connec tion are now .'jeing carried out), and its appearance on the market, sooner or later, is absolutely certain, especially in the form of imitation eotton. HOW FISH ASCEND. Oxysron Necosary to Multo Them Rlae Ob tained from Their Own Iilood. A curious physiological discovery has been made in the last year by Prof. Bohr, of Copenhagen, in regard to the mode of storage by which a fish ac cumulates so much oxygen in the air that distends the Bwimming or air bladder. The air contained therein has a pei centage of oxygen that may rise to as much as eighty-five, an amount in ex cess of the percentage in atmospheric dir. Prof. Bohr tapped the air blad ders of codfish and drew olí the gas by means of a trocar and airtight syringe. The gas had fifty-two per cent, of oxy gen. In a few hours the air bladder was refilled, apparently by a process of secretion of gas from the blood in the capillaries on the wall of the bladder. In one experiment the gas thus se creted had eighty per cent, of oxygen. When the nerves connected with the organ were severed, the secretion ceased and the organ was not refilled. It thus appears that when a fish de scends to a great depth, and his body is reduced in size, by increased pressure of tho water about him, he is able to attain his former size and rise by secreting the gas ho needs and not by absorbing the water. Support is thus given to the theory thnt tho gaseous exchanges that ocur in tho lungs of animals are not purely physical. BUYING CNDW. A Wild Western Mo i f N v York Olnncr Deror.it nns. What to do with the snow is always a mystery in New York city, says a ' western paper, but a' portion of tho commodity finds buyers at tolerably fair prices. Tho- pación for making a snow man is strong in the breasts of all boys, but when anow falls in dimin utive modicums, ns it does in the metropolis, the youths have hard work to get cnougli for even a snowball. Papas who can afford it have been giv ing the carters a f.iir prijc for their cartloads. In tho few little gardens of New York an ocasional snow man has been challenging the admiration of neighborhoods, fcioue carter:) have even been ringing doorbells where they knew children lived and ottering to leave their ablen wares for a con sideration. The p.ilijc are very watch ful for these foil ho-.-.vvor, for it ; , a misdemeanor to empty a w::on load of snow in a ITew York street. It is not unusual for i;now to be heaped up at a dinner table on so:ao silver tray or other, with rosea an.', other ilovcr.j arranged about it. A turlouly of Ili:nfnr!an Dlvnroo. A farmer wr.a nrrcuted in a village in Hungary for firing two ;hot3 through the window of an i:m at bin wife end her father Fortunately hi.) aim was bad. On being asked hi.) rea:;o:i for i he attempt he stated that he had already had nine wives, who had all c;a ;cntcd, at his request, tobe divorced. I!i :: tenth, find present wife, however, aelin-f on 'ie "injudicious advice" of her father, v jfuscd, and consequently he felt a:i- i roved. In Some German Towns the Weed It Pro hibited on the Streets. The consumption of tobacco of all kinds in France, according to recently compiled statistics, is nearly one hun dred and twenty-five million pounds per year. An analysis of the figures shows that the people of northern France use nearly four times as much per capita as those in the southern provinces. Almost every other country of Europe, however, consumes more smoking tobacco in proportion to its population than does France. This is especially the case with Ger many. In many small German towns smoking in the streets is forbidden. Less than fifty years ago if a man ventured on the streets of Berlin with a cigar in his mouth he would be liable to arrest. The same provision existed until 184S at Vienna, though the law was not observed by the populace. The town of liroeck, in Holland, which is said to be the cleanest city in the world, has long forbidden tho people within, its walls to smoke after sunset, n tne streets unless with a covered pipe, "in order that the cinders may not be blown out." Smoking with an uncovered pipe in German or Austrian forests is an offense that is rigorously punished, and as a result of this regu lation forest fires are rare in those countries. Fashion for Fanners. A western farm paper, humorously inclined, irives the following "hints to farmers in regard to their attire:" Don't wear a kid glove when teaching a calf to suck the finger. Don't wear a silk hat when plowing corn. Don't wear diamonds while breaking a colt. Don't wear a starched shirt while mowing away hay. Don't wear a spring overcoat with diagonal stripes while killing potato bugs. Don't wear a white vest while curry ing the horses. Don't wear a tight collar while dis cussing the currency question. Don't appear in evening dress when you are called upon to meet a note. Don't wear any clothes on any occa sion that you don't feel that you have honestly earned. ! A Crimson Water-Way. One curiosity of coastwise naviga tion in tho Gulf of Mexico used to be Grant's passage on the inside route from Mobile to Pensacola. The inside voyage is made by crooked way of waterways separated from the open gulf by narrow banks of sand. A man named Grant straightened a part of the passage by digging a canal to give deep water at a point where a wide detour used to be necessary. He set up a little lighthouse to aid navigators, and then charged toll upon all vessels pass ing through. The passage was of some importance during tho period when north and south were fighting over the defenses about Pensr.cola.