"e.," said the deihtiistl. "''woisl en
dure the Ipants of tooth pulling better
thall UILn, but they d'Istl ve no prasise
on this account. They fe.l the psin
less. Experimlneit have freqluentlly
been made to test the acutenies$ of the
masculine and feminine seonses. A
series of experiments were made In
New York city, and they were interest
Ing and conclusive.
"First, taste was tried. The male
subjects could detect in water the
presencu'e of the sixtieth part of a grain
of gall. The women couldn't distin
gulsh the gall in a smaller quantity
than the twentiets of a grain. The
rnen'a taste was three times keener
than the women's.
"Next. smell. The men smelled the
prescucd of the hundredth part of a
grain of prussie acid. The women
were unconscious of the acid till a
quantlty Live times greater was set be
fore them. In smell the men were
lve times the woumcn's superlors.
"Men heard a watch ticking at a dis
tance of ten yards; women could only
hear it at a distance of two yards. The
.ales again, you see. were ri-'e times
the better. It was the same thing with
sight and with touch. The men saw
live times better. They felt five times
more keenly and delicately.
"'These experiments explain In a way
the apparent anomaly of woman's won
drous fortitude to pain. Woman's
senses being less acute, she is less atf
fected by pain than nman."--Exchange.
THE OYSTER.
It Was Eaaten by Riparian Man Thou
annds of Years Ago.
