Scranton Republican, Saturday, July 13, 1889 FLESH EATING PLANTS [That Botany class again] There's a stone walk all the way up Bald Mount, but in laying it not enough attention was paid to the leveling of the stones and many of them have their edges turned up greatly to the detriment of ladies' shoes. The owners of the property, however, will doubtless see that this thrilling matter is attended to now that their attention has been called to it. Mention might be made of some slight irregularities in the roadway by one disposed to be hypercritical, but the members of the Summer School of Botany would not notice such things in their pursuit of science, as long as the ground beneath their feet was firm and not quaking bog. Some of the members started early yesterday morning, so early that they visited Taylorville, Newton, and other points before commencing the serious work of the assent. The day was delightful, General Humidity was away on a trip to the sea shore and a pleasant breeze from the northwest rocked the tops of the pines and cooled the Botanists as they toiled upward. Some thoughtfully carried water, others sugar, others lemon, so there was no [?]. While huckleberries were abundant only a few rare specimens were found. Portentously Tridentata found no where else in the state was abundant along the rocky cliff. Spleenwort Montanum, the little fern found at Mocanaqua, was found all along the cracks in the conglomerate ledge. Prof. DUDLEY was disappointed in the mountain. The view indeed was beautiful but the flora poor. The canoe birch is found on the top, a fact which may be of interest to the Scranton Rowing Association ow that it is really going to own a boat house. At the Board of Trade rooms in the evening, Prof. Dudley spoke of insectiverous plants. Illustrating his subject with a umber of live specimens. The plants are not only carnivorous, but omnivorous, since the draw nourishment not only from the air, water, and ground as other plants, but, in addition will also draw nourishment from raw meat as well if fed to them in sufficiently small quantities. They usually feed upon insects since the butcher doesn't often call and the flies do. They have a fly trap, but no butcher block. To catch the flies in their traps they have a little honey sac inside, and the way in is guarded by some long hairs. It's very easy to go in but very hard to come out. It's like the Cut oF Canso - "for three that come out, there's nine that go in." After the plant "catches its hare" be it insect, worm, salamander or what not, It proceeds to marinate its meal with a sort of gastric juice to digest it. The plant recognizes the fact that it is easier to catch flies with treacle than vinegar, but having allured it inside with sweet, proceeds to make it up by a dose of sour. This is the way pitcher plants work. The sundews proceed in another way. It uses its drop as a mirror, attracts the insect by its vanity, and while it is admiring itself the plant quickly surrounds in with a cheavaux de friz of sharp points upon which the poor mosquito is impaled, and its juices sucked out as it sucks the juice of a bald-heated man. Summer tourists whose lives have been made miserable by mosquitos on the Jersey coast, will do well hereafter to provide themselves with an assortment of healthy sundews. They can be obtained in marshy places upon Mount Pocono. Darwin found out that the plants digested the food by using colors in the water of the cup that found its way into the cells of the plant. The little Bladderworts found at Lake Henry also devour insects by enticing them into one of its innumerable bladders or sac. The Venus Fly trap, found native only on the sandy plains of North Carolina, is a celebrated insectiverous plant, its leaves are provided with a hinge in the middle and points outside. It baits its trap with homey. When an insect lights on one of its pints the leaf will close almost like a steel trap and the insect is a goner. Darwin, having found the plant would digest beefsteak, tried it with chalk, but the plant refused to even try to eat it. When the plant was deprived of its meat dinner it did not produce many seeds, therefore it is supposed that this flesh diet is useful in making seeds. At the close of the lecture Col. PRICE spoke of the work of the institute and its determination to go on with the summer school. He spoke in warm terms of Prof. Dudley's work and the gratification it had given Scranton to have him here and the appreciation of his work. The class meats this morning at the School of the Lackawanna at nine o'clock. To-day closes a two weeks' series which has been of great value to those who have had the pleasure of enjoying them. West Side - Mr. Henry S. MORGANS, of Hyde Park avenue, has accepted a position as fireman at the Suburban electrical plant at Green Ridge. Mr. John E. BISHOP, formerly of this side, now of Boston, is visiting his former Hyde Park friends. He is registered at Fairchild's Hotel. Mrs. Mary HUGHES, of New York, is visiting the family of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. JONES, on Hampton street. Born - STANTON - In Factoryville, July 8, 1889, to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stanton, a son. TRANSUE - In Factoryville, July 9, 1889, to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Transue, a son. Died - CALL - At Clark's Summit, on Thursday, July 11, Robert C. Call, aged 81 years, 5 months and 20 days. The presentation of medals from the YMCA games held at the Driving park on the 22nd of June, occurred at the rooms of the YMCA last evening. Col. H. M. BOLES made the presentation address. One Hundred yards dash - James BLAIR, John MURPHY Fifty yards dash - Dorrance FULLER Running broad jump - John MURPHY, Herbert HARDING Throwing base ball - Charles GELBERT Quarter mile run - Herbert L. HARDING, J. C. SCHROEDER Bicycle race, junior - Claude WALKER. A. L. WATSON 75 yards hurdle race - John MURPHY, Charles GELBERT Half mile bicycle race - James BLAIR, Walter GUNSTER Running high jump - Herbert HARDING, Burt BLOOM Three-legged race - John MURPHY and James BLAIR, - Charles GELBERT and Harry THOMAS Fifty yards dash, sr. - John MURPHY, James BLAIR Running broad jump, jr. - George KOCH Tug of war - John MURPHY, M. S. BISBEE, Robert PAGE and Harry THOMAS Luzerne County - Wilkes-Barre - Mrs. C. E. LELAND, of Portland, OR, is visiting her brother, Fred WISHART, in this city. There will be a camp meeting in a grove on Brewery Hill under the auspices of the Sheridan street P.M. church. The WIlkes-Barre paper mill will soon begin the manufacture of a much finer grade of paper than has heretofore been made. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander DICK who have been taking a European wedding trip are now upon the ocean homeward bound. James BUCHANAN, formerly of the People's tore this city, now of Binghamton, returned home yesterday after a week's visit with friends here. James T. SHAUGHNESSY and Agnes G. CAIRUS, of Wilkes-Barre; and W. H. FRAILEY and Mary BREAHM. of Jeansville, were granted licenses to marry yesterday. Owen L. HUGHES, a former resident of this city, died at Hunlock's Creek Thursday night. The funeral will take place from his son's residence in South Wilkes-Barre to-day at 2 p.m. Mrs. A. SEIBEL and daughter, Mrs. E. A. NIVEN and children, Mrs. Frank DeMUN and daughter, and Mrs. W. S. CHAMBERLAIN and son visited at Mr. Fred HAHRIS, Scranton, on Thursday. S. L. HARTER, secretary of the YMCA at Johnstown, a survivor of the flood is at his home in Berwick. The funeral of Peter SHEIDEL, who died at his home on South Washington street Thursday afternoon will take place this afternoon at two o'clock. Interment in the German Catholic cemetery. Misses Maria and Kate McNUTT, Anna LEVAN, and Hannah RUBIN of the Third district teachers have gone to Martha's Vineyard to pursue a course in methods of teaching and for recreation. Patrick GOLDEN, of Pleasant Valley, and Robert HESLOP, of Parsons, wrestled for a purse of $100 a side and the gate receipts at parsons, Thursday night, Cumberland style. Heslop floored his antagonist three times in succession and captured the boodle and laurels. Jacob GABEL was brought before the Mayor yesterday for shying stones and other missiles at Hartman's saloon on Northampton street the night before. The culprit was let off on the plea of "first offense" although he didn't attempt to prove an alibi. The Mayor has been asked by Mrs. Mary SIMMONS of Scranton for information regarding the whereabouts of Miss Annie NEWCOMB, who disappeared from her home in Scranton a year ago. [condensed] Mrs. L. W. DINTINGER, of this city, has received a pension from the government of $ 13 per month, the back pension amounting to $1,400. Her claim for pension was on account of the death of her husband from disease contracted while in the army. Mrs. Dintinger was for some years a compositor in the printing offices of this city. A big black dog recently went to the Intelligencer office, applied for, accepted, and showed a determination to hold a position under a desk there until he has a good snooze. It took the Mayor, Chief of Police, Officer PHILLIPS, and Watchman KLEIN with canes, clubs, and a lasso to remove the intruder, after which he was given over to High Constable BAUER, who put him in the pound. The dog bore evidence of rough usage, was unprovided with a silver collar and license to get mad and scatter hydrophobia if he wanted to, and is evidently without friends in the city. TONEY felt sorry for the poor beast and may use him as a nucleus for the establishment of an orphan's home and house of correction for homeless and incorrigible canines. The dead body of a Hungarian, probably thirty-five years of age, was seen by a REPUBLICAN representative lying in the weeds near the old ice house at Duck Pond yesterday afternoon. He was in his working clothes and nobody could be found who knew him or laid claim to the body. Although the reporter tried to find out how he came to be lying there, or the cause of his death, nothing could be ascertained, few being able to understand English, and those who did being extremely reticent. The probability is the man died of heat or of some suddenly brutal form of disease in one of the nearby Hungarian houses, and his friends, not willing to defray the expense of burial had placed him there and were waiting the movements of the poor authorities who must care for the interment of unknowns. Not long ago a man of this nationality was brought home dead at Luzerne and his wife disowned him to avoid burial expenses, and it is very likely the Duck Pond case is of a similar nature.