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, rain life, but during the other eight
' monthsthereisn’t a drop of water
obtainable, and the vegetation is as
y as tinder.
, it is claimed that many wild ani-
mals feed in the early morning and
' thereby obtain an abundance of
1 moisture from the dew which covers
the vegetation, but in the elevated
, mgion of Jornada them is no sensi-
bleprecipitation of dew in the dry
The most desolate territoryin North
America. south of Labrador, is the
minutiae! lowerCalifornia. Cape
Lucas is theextreme southern
point, and about 10 miles north of
this aspnr of mountains runs from
west to out, or from the Pacific to
the gulf of lower California, form-
ing, as it were, a basin toward the
cape. This basin is mostly covered
with a dense growth of dwarf trees,
growing inxuriantly out of the doc
zling white sand. Not a particle of
surface water is to be found any-
where in this basin. and, strange as it
may seem, the place has many deer.
The Mexicans living at this place,
when asked where the deer get water,
reply that there is none, and the deer
do not require any.
The cast and West twists of lowor
California abound in islands, some of
which are a few hundred yards in di-
ameter and othen’s miles in extent.
and With few exceptions devoid of
vegetation and utterly waterless. An
American who has spent a day and
sometimes two days on each of
these islands reports having found
there the coyote, or wild dog. The
only water the thirsty coyote may
drink is the salt water of the Pacific.
But does he drink it, or does he get
along without any drinking water at
all? Or are these animals of the
southwest like the camel, which has
a second stomach, which is used as a
reservoir for water and is filled by
the camel before going on long doe
art journeys and drawn upon for
water when needed? It is said that
the Arabs, knowing this, when them
selves suflering from thirst, slay their
camels and appropriate their water
supply—New York World.
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Patent Medicines
AT OUR raters.
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ENLIGHTENMKNY OF ALL.
Alrevoloo'koflntmo-Uaeook-
u out" lnowu a ran. m in»
W (aster Form a! Long Is:
lend m
Wkenyou "plant" oysters and start in
h m
of the afflictions which oom- to disturb
the lot of other ogrieuiturllu.
You don’t have to look up at the sky
every night before going to bed. and
what-r or not it rains in a matter of luv
es. Then again you don't have to
rush to gather. the crop in one or two
days when ltis just ripe. A work or two
makes no appreciable difference in the
ripeness of an oyster. But then moon»
drawbacks to the business.
You have to wait three years before you
can gather your first crop. You do not
‘ have the satisfaction of looking out of
the window every morning to so. how the
cropis getting along, but. then youare
not bothered by the Russian thistle ortho
potato bug.
But everything in nature hults hero
Iditarv enemy which sknlks in the she.
down with a knife up in sleeves and
breathes hard when it comes upon its
prey. The dragon fly is the enemy of the
and thedrumflsh lives on oysters.
The drumflnh illustrates one of the
curious freaks of nature. ['nually when
nature am» an hereditary enemy of some
other living thing it is cqiiippcd with
means to conceal its apprcach. The foot
of u‘heron fold up so that when it walks-
in the water it sticks its leg in like the
under the water. The tiger approaches
its prey noiselessly and the chameleon
adapts itself totho color of the tree so that
it cannot be seen.
But this interesting principle of nature
is reversed in the case of the drumllsh.
The drumllsh notifies the oyster of its ap-
proach. it is provided with a natural
drum which it beats, and when a shoal
of drumflsh come along they make a
noise like a fife and drum corps. But the
drumming does not help the oyster the
least bit, because the oyster cannot run
away. lie hears the drummers coming.
Their loud booming can be heard on any
oyster bed on a still night, and the more
the drumflsh thinks of the helplessness of
the oysh-r the more he drums.
llorlloMalmmtiop Hw-
l‘lg 1.
Muscle: U. Hills; L. Lips; .‘i llozuh opening.
1!. Ventrivlc of the heart.
Fig 2. Another Ht‘f'llOfl—n'l. Stomach; Mu
Mouth: 1. intestines: ll. “ills; L, Lips.
Adduc'lor
Fig. 3. From sodium-“A. "l'lll'f; N. Stom-
ach: 1.. Liver: l. Intestines: X. Hills.
Fig, t. From Dorsal to \'rnlrlclr I'ngce of
Oyster.
Fig. ll. Vertical Motion of lmft Valve of an
Oyster Hlif'll, Showing Lives of lirowtb.
When you cut an oyster he must beat
least three years old. You can take up
the shell and count each year of growth.
It scours funny to a good many people
that the oyster should not only grow in
sizebbut the shell should grow with him.
The sho-ll only grows lrontward. All the
increase la made about. the lips by the
laying on of thin layers of shell from
lime extracted from the water. Where
the hinge is there is never any material
growth.
\'ery few pimple are aware- that the
tail of an oyster contains its mouth. This
will appear plain from the iu-coinpanlng
diagram of an oyster under it lnilmmcopt'.
The oyster feeding at the wrong end gets
hill food in it nicely pllrillwl condition, an
it. must first pass through u multitude of
gills and thin lips. which rlmr it of many
ingredient-i,
The stronghold ofllm oyutl-r la in his
Milton“ ”All addul’tnr Inn-uric. This is the scientific
3006'! Murillo, .00 name of the thick, heavy mun-lo holding
A!“ “patina, .01 both shells together, and it is here that
“8'! ”M118, .97 Ill the physical strength in concentrated.
Resolvent, .70 His heart. his lung, his stomach and
m5 Emulsion, .00 other organs are scattered about in a our-
'I NW3, .70 ions medley. seemingly held together by
mm Specific (0! W8, .75 light fllumruts.
WIOJO?“ , .00 Young oywtl'rl are caught up Long is
W" ll, .13 land Sound in millions and are called
M'I W, .10 "seed cyst-"9." They are sold to oyster:
M'lm Plum, .1. men by the bushel and are, "planted" by
.30 simply throwing them overboard on the
WI .10 feeding grounds. There tin-y are allowed
«m5 Bitten. .10 to its for imout it your. The second ye"
W'lmxfllfl, qt!" .75 they may betakrn to number bed and
WI Ilcrobl Killer, pl. jut. 3.00 main lulwn up for the third year's
Yonkeshngsoot . . 3......»
“ .rl. la said to be wppllod with
1. Mrs than any other city in the
w. n, z . This statement is lmrne out by
680. (i. Stillson’s
. Drug Store,
u Washington “not.
Physical! for Women!
In. an. I. l. anon
«unambiguous.
"ttt'lnslitnrmrtmn
“Immigration-rum“.
‘ . .I m" t l _ l v >' .f‘
tho Inr’vnwny oi trav-llers who have
tried oyster.“ in all countries. in Austro-
iia they have an oyster thatis bigger
than: dinm'l’ plate, and the oystenof
England have the taste of old com
nails. Thisis nubile arise from the (m
that the uy-trr beds"! England lie over
copper minus,
“"0! IlIII of A".
He was plum-god into the vortex of per-
loxity, and the girl was standing rm
gal, upnll the brink. gazing down at
him.
He loolze-l up at her helplessly.
"And you object. If) my calling soft.-
quontly?“ be mid.
"You,“ aim: Jutlalml.
"Anti l on; lint to be your mmrt on all
mum... lwr‘otuhffi.”
"Nu."
"Nor mail you by your fir-l name?"
cram"
”Nor think of you any longer any
sweetheart?“
033"“?
Its gum-II ”pull her do on! finding
the on.» gum at a recoding
all]; be Hanoi. “the M llf our W
use? to o m. and we must yum-o-
mm
"m'uewonni'muummaa
mosquito, the mongoose eats the snake
point of a knife and the webs open out
'_l‘."“f"',m 3&5“.me e Will “Ravi
mm
more Of lie rm Violin.
The professional beggar in New York
use various devious to got a hearing, for
I! he can once guiu‘the attonllonof his
intends! victim in has taken the first
toward sum
’ ‘ou you direct me to Ninetloth street
and Seventh avenue!" naked a poorl
dressed woman whom i met in Fourtoout
aoropyon are relieved of m! “M
”You had but take theelovsted road at
the corner and get of! at Ninotrthlrd
street." 1 answered. , .
“flow for is it?"
"About tour miles," 1 said.
”That'n a long ways to walk and i
haven't a cent. Could you give me a
nickel to pay my fare?"
Within three days i again met the wo-
man at the some place, with the some
story.
"Do you speak German i” asked a young
man with a Teutonic countenance, in
good English.
“1 do not." ,
“i live In lloboken. Could you lendme
three cents to pay my ferriags, as i haven’t
a cent? lwlli pay it to some one who
is as hard up as i am.” '
Twice sinize then the mine man has
started the some conversation with me.
h‘nt he gets no further than the first quea-
l on.
A woman was standing at the corner
of Twelfth street and Sixth avenue, gar.-
ing inten'tly ut the Jefferson Market
tower.
“My pmr old eyes are not much good,"
she said in soliloquy, and then, turning to
me, asked: "l'au you use what time it is
by that clock?"
'"ilalf—pimt’ nine."
”So late? Mister, could you give a poor
woman s few cents?"
At ten o'clock she was still at her
pout.
“lie careful if you go in there,” said a
Kentcel appearing man, an i approached
the entrance to a place of amusement.
“Why?" lashed.
“l have just come out. and find i have
my pocket picked, and l have to goto
Yonkers to get home. Could you lead me
half a dollar? i will return it."
i watched the man until he had collect~
ed two half dollars.
"Did;you'drop these, sir?" asked a boy
as he ran up behind me with a pair of
cheap l')’ v-glasses in his hand.
“No. They are not mine."
"I um sorry, boss, for i thought you
might give me a few cents, us I have
had nothing to eat to-day.”
TWo other men were approached in the
soun- mnnncr before i had walked a block.
()ncc-ve-oing as lturned from Grand street
into i luv ilowcry a man who was approach-
ing dropped a coin at my foot, and I had
to stop to pn-vont a collision with him as
be stooped to pick it up.
"Nenrly lost my nickel," he said, “and
lam trying to get another to pay for n
night's lodging. f'ould you help a poor
fellow out 9"
Vcry likely he got his lodging.
TRILBY'S SONG 0F BEN BOLT.
Written By An Amorlran
(‘lnimed II English.
Although
ll, llltllpa'lmflml. much is ironic in Ha
Mnuric-r's ninry of the-singing by 'l‘rilby
of the song "lie-n liolt." In speaking of
the song the author in one place says that
its harmonics in the playing of Svengall,
"were all magnified into a strange, al-
most holy, poetic dignityuud splendor
quite. undrwuned of by whoever vs role the
words and music of that unsophisticated
little song which has touched somany
simple British hearts that don't know
any belle-r -nnd among llwm. once-that of
the present srribewlong, long ago." That
started a great discussion in England,
but the controversy on this Mltlu of the
Atlantic was settled shortly after it arose
by the publication in The Sun of the fact
that“llcn liolt," was written by an Amer-
ican, 'l'humus Dunn English. (in the
other side it was assumed in the simple
British Iunnm-r governing such things
that the song was written by a Briton, and
it was variously rrwlllcd to every song
writer unto-doling “the fifties," when 'l‘rll-
bymuuil to Little ilillce's miwd emo-
tions, sitting "ms-legged on thommlrl
throne in the studio in the l'lm-n 5!, An-
tonio dos A riu.
Well, the song writs-r, still livi-s. and in
this news story of “’l‘rilby," its suctrcaon-s
Ind its controversies, it in Inwl that some
thing should lxzsuld of him. This much
is told in the exact- nnd unimaginativc
Congressional Directory, lor 'l‘houms
llunn English is a member of l ’ongrcss in
the llouw of llcpresentufiva-s from the
Newark. With New Jenn-y district. lie
was born in Philadelphia. on June mu,
lldll; Wit" graduated Doctor of .‘imliI-im- ut
the l'nm-rsity of l’onuaylvnuln in mm,
and a'n'lml to the Philadelphia but in IM'J,
but bn-a mainly pursued author-drip and
journ.iii~n.; in Will wrvml in the New
.lrrm-y ln'lllhlfllliN-z in Will, n-nviwd tlu-
drgrer of Doctor of Law from William
and Mary l‘oilcgc. Virginia; was elected
totbe Fifty ‘dl‘llllll and rcob-rlo-d lo the
Filly-third l'ongress.
THE OLD Peevsne mus.
Mormons Ila-liens the "Early to lived"
I'rovvrb is “blind.
In on article by lljorusirrnn lijoru
son. in the lluvuc dos ltrvurn, the
cell-brawl Nni’wvglltll writer luveigbu
again“ the growing riistom of turning
night into duv. Tbsprartlco. he thinks.
lf altogether [wl‘llll'llllliL lu slim-tuning it
be only»:
“it rnlnu nwn'n beallh. [n-rvortn tlwlr
intro. and ;.. n» t'firutlvu in lowering the
standard on intellect no the abuse of alco-
hol. The Meta ought to lruislute in the
matter. if State employees and the
schools were made to begin Work at sun-
rise and to wan work at midday (or two
hours later. if pacer-um. lllln reform
would won lend to others. Noon would
again be noon, and all nhnpu would be
closed early in the afternmm; evening
would once more be evening as in former
times. The theatres would lleopsn from
four to seven, or from live insight. and
bstvm-o nine and ton everything would
hecimed and all lights would be out. as
utmost in the country, where people
have not yet waned to work during the
day and slap at night. Hush a reversion
to ‘eldara' hours’ would do much to alle-
viate the evils from which mic-tr is at
present suffering." .
Anon Arr-gram.
We should like to know the mount
the uulhor of the following parole and
anagram:
'* -~—- old woman with ~— talent
m_ton&e‘awe‘edvgomn:alikuwsal:
moms ' uwlm’fii'y‘w
flu": n» W name:
I 0 mill ‘
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AMONG THE Plfil‘llfi.
llrpriotog Auntie m of llamas "to
w. an mums swimmer. ind Ill-
Iluor lav-to Who Are Now In This
Country.
Janine Finnoy, so named without raise»
one- to his peculiar calling, and his sister
Mario. subjects of Grout Britain. are our-
Pflllnx American- and gathering 0qu
by means at some wonderful perfor-
manhoo- beneath the waves of a huge
tan .
Running up a small ladder the Fiunoyo
glide hmdforward into the water, and
from this moment every movement is a
revelation of the grace possible to a
swimmer. There is scarcely a ripple, as
they dart from and to and of the tank,
new at the surface. next at the bottom.
circling under and over each other. but
never brushing hand or foot in the nar-
row space. No globe holds goldfish that
possess more poi-loot control of themselves
than do the swimmers.
They seem to have stolen the very mo-_
tion of the fishes themselves. There are
no strokes of the arms, no kicks with the
feet. The arms are often held full length
at the shin of the swimmer, ,only the
hands moving. and these with the exact
motion of a fish's fins. ’l‘he feet, too,
crossed most of the time, are used to
guide the body as a fish does its tail.
while simply raising or lowering the head
seems to cause the swimmer to sink to
the bottom or rise to the sllrfuuu.
And what a length of time lln y swim
under water! The spectator uhnost feels
asense of summation in sympathy and
anticipates their gasp for bra-nth when
at last they rise to air. But the h‘inneys
neither gasp or sputter, nor toss the
water from their heads, nor do any of
those things so common to swimmers af‘ ’
tor having bm-n under water for even a
second. They show no more signs
of exertion thuu if they had been sitting
placidly in a chair.
The real exhibition of staying powers
come after Miss Finney has given diver
and sundry exhibitions of graceful fonts.
and her brother has eaten cake and drank
milk at the bottom of the tank, and both
have waltzed and played cards to-
gather.
James announces that he is going to
take a nap. Submergiug his body to the
level of the chin, resting one arm on the
surface of the water, and lowering the
other at an angle from the body. he holds
for several minutes this pose, which the
spectators is apt to think is merely for ef-
fect. in reality the man is filling every
ulrchumbcr in his body. He lltll‘ll this by
ascrius of short breaths tin-n onelong
inhalation until his luugsurc rorufortn-
bly filled; not to a point (but heroines ex-
ertion. 'l'lwn, sinking slowly to the bot.-
tom, he rests his head on his hand, cluses
his eyes and becomes motionless.
While he sleeps, his sister shows some
fouls of llonlum in the water above him,
then pretends to awaken her brother. He
brushes ln-r aside. and she. rising to the
surface, mute for him to join her.
Take out your watch and see how long
you can hold your breath. fire bow pain-
ful it lu-uonu-s alter a few seconds, and
then imagine the endurance of that man.
who stays under water three minutes and
from ten to Iwentyflve seconds at every
performance. and who him a record of
having remained below the surface four
minutes, twenty'nine and a quarter
secoiul~.
Marie Finrwy with all lvr skilland
practice, can stay down only two and a
half minutes.
Then follows another amazing exhibi-
tion. Who has not tried on llnllowe’en
to take coin with the lips from a tub of
water-.1he bonds tied behind the bark?
James Fillllt'y sinks to the bottom of the
tank and picks up betwem sixty and sev-
enty roim for the entertainment. of on-
lookers. and hits a record of having gath»
cred up righlyeigbt coins in this man:
nor.
And be llr‘l'lltl‘t'lt that while under water
for this length of time he run-1y has any
uncomfortable sensation and never uny~
thing more troublesome than a slight
pressure around the throat. .\'or has any
accident ever lwfalien him in all his swim-
ming experience. Ills opinion on one
subject may Interest umbiliom numtcure.
He says nvlmuwrs are born, not made,
Illll his murlusion is based on his experi-
ence with :c younger brollwr, on whom be
him Worked hi». hardest, bul rmmot Inuku
In expert.
The Contented Muses.
Octave 'l'lmnet's lnslruoliw article on
"'l‘he l'ontruu-d Masses." in the October
Forum. i~ not calculated to please Mr.
Debit. Sb" says that Mr. Howell's travai-
lcrfrom Altrnrin, before he slmkos the
dust of our country from his feet and
goes away to weep ow-r us. should come
fora brief spare ton Western town. There
he might find manufacturers who volun-
tarily advance wages, and \vorklngmen
who Voluntarily work overtime. . .
it is founded on the rightn of the indlv
vldusl rather than those of the nonnnunl-
ty; it lmu no sympathy with ‘uwlullntlc
dreams; ii is just a Western town of hon,
out. lmnlworklng. kindly. dm‘unlly selfish
men and women who are not Working for
the golden age of brollwrlmml. but. to
provide for their fsrnllien; yet nowhere do
iknow of any place when: flu-rein lens
friction between the classes or where All
clues» help each other more along our
checkered road."
llnrhy In the Dark.
For some. years alter the war. the color-
sn people o! linirmont. W, v... haul the
service oi w hits people as mun-rimendouts
and teachers in their Hominy mlumin. ’l‘ho
illiteracy of the pupils made It necessary
to begin wall the rudlmentnot language
instruction» before much could be done
in the way of Bible study.
One day while the primary 0an stood
before a large chart on which were printr
od words of one syllable, the teacher point-
ed to tin» word it. and slowly spelling ht,
it, asked the class to any it after her. One
ofthe scholars, a man of perhaps titty.
interrupting. said:
"fish, i seen do i and loam do t, but i
can’t see lle lt.”wYoutlu Companion.
linking a Good Hotter Worse.
"Forgive me." ha pleaded mntritoly. "i
didn’t mean to kiss you. but the impulse
was irresistible."
“Forgln you," the snapped "Never
while] Iivrl A girl my forgive a man
for kissing her. but never for apologising
afterwardfusmnsrvllle Journal.
on Home M W to Ills.
Wenonah: them who watt-ult-
alumna, lino drama '
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Jarvis Kellogg, of Norwalk.
—FOR——
600 an nn anon.
on n is now on SALE.
The goods are all right, and you will get the benefit.
The goods are having a big sale, and you should call soon
and get'the bargains.
GRAND FALL OPENING
-———OF THE”
new YORK GROCERY COMPANY.
—~—~DONOVAN’S BLOCK,—
SATU RDAY. NOVEMBER I 0th.
lullllline of New Canned lands at Prices llnhtani it Before.
VEGETABLES. CrlN NED FRUIT.
Best Red Ripe Tomatoes, 100 can, $1.15 doz. California Peaches, 18c can, $2.10 doz.
Best Standard Tomatoes, So can, 93 doz. “ Bartlett Pears, 18c can, 2.10 doz.
Fancy Sugar Corn, We can, 1.15 doz. “ Apricots lilo can, 1.75 doz.
Good Sugar Corn. Sc can, 93 doz. “ White CherriesJSc can, 2.10 doz.
Good Marraw fat Peas, 90 can; $1 05 doz.
Fancy Early June Peas, 100 can, 1 15 doz. Gold Dust, 19c
Best String Beam. 70 can, 80 doz. Cottolene, 300
1 Best Pumpkin 3-lb. can, lie can, 1.05 doz. 3 lbs. lard for 25c
To introduce our New Stock of Teas we will sell on Saturday only: 1 lb. Best 000 Tea; 3%
lbs Granulated Su M and 1 can Condensed Milk, all for till eta.
Any Brand 0 F our. aim r barrel; Maud H. is liked by all who try it, and pro-
nounced the best in the world: now Flak $3 in; this is a first class family flour.
Our 2m: Butter takes vhe lead. Hrecl reductions in 10 lb tubs.
m lbs Granulated hlngar for £1.00.
NEW YORK GROCERY COMPANY.
DONOVAN'S BUILDING, SOUTH NORWALK.
on a... 3.1.5"... “’03in on...“ F...“
NEW YORK, SOUTH NORWALK AND
NORWALK.
THEl PROPELLERH - - . . . ,
CITY OF NORWALK, EAGLE AND
VULCAN.
Will leave Pier 23, E. R., Beckman street, New York. at .‘i p. to.
leave Norwalk, 5 p. m.; South Norwallr, 6:00 p. m.
Freight reotlved from 7 s. m. to 5 p. m.
Upon application to agents the City of Nor-walk, Eagle and Vulcan will: he
sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New York or its vicinity.
Q'All persons are forbid trusting any of the employee of the boots of thin
line on account of the owners thereof.
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ootf
IlllllWll’S $3.00 Slilll.
And you will see not only a
Nest and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
But one in which the
Best Material is Used. Combining Durability and Style
flaking it the best 03.00 Seamless Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Call and examine them before purchasing any other shoe. ut
H. S. BROWN’S,
. {South Main Street. 80. Nor-walk.
iinnunnmnglngum some;
325 Main Street. Brideeuort. Conn.
Only regularly organised eminent ooilogo' in rm.
County. mrwmmummutoioguogivingthowof
ovorl,000graduatelmhfleplaeediam
6. EMMILM infillml
Norwalk Chronicler