' ~~n~.; ,-_\:--.‘;.— '11,.“ oil-.3}: . *wm [Ra-“P 5A R ATQ G A SARATOGA' ‘ Genuine Saratoga Water in . block- tin lined barrels direct from the 'celebrated Spring, is for sale on draught at Had- » den' s, corner Wall and River ' Street. ' ‘ THE WATER Is brought direct from Sara- toga, and 1s dispensed 1n pre- cisely the same condition in which it flows from the spring at Saratoga, and is scld at 5 cents per Glass. Heme-cleaning. Lustrine. Ask your Grocers. file 0610er .PlllllE— Round, Sirloin and Por- terhouse Steaks, Sausge, Pot and Rib Roasts Reduced 20. a Fund All First Quality Meat. J. W. BOGARDUS, 6 WATER. ST.. NORWALK DRINK HATHllflN SPRING WATER FOR THE Stomach, Bo wels, Liver and ‘ Kidneys. FOR SALE BY The Holmes, Keeler (1.8311911 Us NEW CAFE WITH RESTAURANT ATTAO HE D. .MIKE fiATCHFORD, 44 oil/Iain Street, The Best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. PLYMOUTH ROCK ICE. Stores and Families Supplied. Lowest Rates.l Horace E. Dann, EXCELSIOL . 7.! ver 116. S . ' .L‘ ' yam—3535 Stable-- Opposite Denbury and Nor-walk Railroad depot Norwa‘lk. Conn. Stylish Single or Double Team with or without drivers“ Safe horses for women sndehildren. . sADm—E. Honszse SPEQIALTV. THE EVE “.3. y“.r.“\4s~mL‘I".lr—1—-_ u... a... "LONDON’S HERONRY. An Island for Wild Birds in One. ’ ' Darcy, probably the greatest wit of rof the City Parks. A; Preserve'That Is Much Frequented and Highly Valued by Ornithologlstsé , - Some‘l’ecullar Habits,“ the Strange Birds. ——— Only a very small proportion, proba- bly, of the citizens of London are aWare that they possess what few of the peers and landholders of the country can boast, namely, an old and really fine heronry. It is to be found in the pleasance maintained for the enjoy- ment of the public in Wanstead park, and the herons there are as much pro- tected as in the old days of falconry, the difierence being that now it is vol- untary, then it was a compulsory pro- tection. Wanstead park, says the Lon- . don News, is one Of the most sylvan of such open spaces, but it is seldom over- run with visitors, probably because it ismore than a mile from the nearest railway, and there are no omnibuses to connect - the inclOsure with either Snaresbrook, Leytonstone or Forest Gate stations. The bank holiday ex- cursionists go there in force, but at oth- er times there are few persons to be met. in a stroll round the beautifully-wood- ed waters. The ornithologist, however, well knows this preserve, and loves it. By the aid of a pair of glasses and a fair stock of patience he may at one time or another watch the movements of,near- 1y all our wild birds. Many people complain bitterly, of the regulation which forbids the use of boats on the” lake, but it is a commendably wise re- striction, and, indeed, without it our heronry would soon cease to exist, and the nests of the other wild fowl on the long wooded island which is the secret of Wanstead park’s attraction to the birds would be rifled, and the natural aviary destroyed 1n a season. Outside the great ring of woods, entered at the ruinous grotto, which has never been restored since the fire of some ten years ago, there are three ponds in which is free fishing, and one of them has al‘ ways been known as the Heron pond. Our heronry, however, is not there, though the birds built there in former generations. The herons are now established at the further end of the aforesaid island, in the part where the forest trees are finest and oldest, and the movements of the- birds, and the nests, best come under notice from the o’er-canopied path skirting the right- hand side. The herons sit close on , their great coarse nests, but the quiet observer, by the exercise of patience, will now and then see the birds going and coming, and even sitting, as they love to do, on the topmost branches near the nests. They are interestingly . clumsyfigures, and seem ponderous in bulk, but they are really very light by comparison with their size, and perch aS'easily as a rook. The sportsman shooting a heron for the first time is al- ways amazed at the ridiculously small proportion of flesh to feathers; though the outstretched wings give a measure- ment of something like four feet, and . an adult bird is a yard long from beak point to tail tip, the gross weight will be generally considerably less than four pounds avoirdupois. The time is short now for an uninter- rupted 'view of the inhabitants of our heronry; with the grateful change in the weather the treesseemto be put- ting forth their leaves by leaps and bounds, and a complete screen of exqui- site greenery will soonhide the colony from public scrutiny. The herons be- gin building at Wanstead during Feb- ruary, and the young are hatched in March. During the hard winter weath- er, when the birds are seeking their food down on the cozy shores of the marshes, an unusual number were probably shot, and it was with some anxiety that the preservers of our her- onry this year noted a falling off in the number of nesters. Ever since the city corporation acquired the property the number of nests had remained steadily at about forty, but last year the her- onry was in very full population; there were sixty-eight nests, the largest 1111111: ber ever known. When the head keep- er (Puflitt, who keeps a'carefully posted notebook under the direction of Mr. Buxton, a true bird lover and an en- thusiastic naturalist) found early this spring that . there were but fifty nests, fears were entertained that the cockney gunner had been abroad to most fatal purpose. But there have been at least five new nests added since the first count, so the mischief is not great, and next year may find the maximum of tenants in possession once more. Street-Car Courtesy to Women. Young women who officiously offer older women their seats in a street car should look before they leap. A well‘ dressed girl saw one of her sex enter a not over-crowded electric car the other day and sprang forward with the ‘re- quest that she should have the place. “No thanks,” replied the other, with the utmost aplomb, “I never take a cripple’ 5 seat. ” “But I’m not a crip- ple,” returned the young woman, much mortified. “Ah, in that case I will let my little boy occupy it,” and the seven- year-old youngster was pushed into the vacant place. _,dred my seat!” said the victim, as she “moved up” to the other end of the car. “Why, she was just teaching you a les- son not to be so dreadfully considerate to her age,”- rejoined -a girl in a pen- wiper cape. “It served you right.” Musk-Flavored Fish. An artificial musk factory has been established upon the Rhone, in the canton of Geneva. Since its opening fishermen have noticed that the fish—— especially the trout—taken within a couple of miles down the river have a very pronounced flavor of musk, the heads in particular being 1111c atable. . ”As it' 1s known that the essential oils of ' anise and lavender attract fishes, foxes, martens, etc. , it is believed that the fishesinay be similarly led by the odor to seek and eat the mus'ltrefuse. BOOK LOVER. Witty Retort of a Friest to a Vulgar and ' Ostentatlous Parishioner. Concerning the celebrated .Fat-her that witty nation, Ireland, it is re- lated, says the Milwaukee Journal, that riches who lived 1n the neighborhood of Dublin at the invitation of its pompous owner. house, "his host taking great pains, as is habitual in such cases, to keep the witty and observant priest well in- formed as to the cost of all the beauti- ful things he was shown. Finally , after making the complete tour of the chateau, the library 11 as reached, its tremendous shelves groaning under the weight of thousands 1'upon thousands of volumes, resplendent in the most magnificent bindings. Here they seat— ed themselves, and the host said, with a sigh of snobbish exultation: ' “Well, father, I have brought you room. The other rooms maybe givc pleasure to my wife and my daughters, but this is my place—right here among these books, who are my friends. these here on the desk (pointing to a score of ultra-looking volumes), are What I may call my intimate friends.” Father Darcy got up and examined one of them, when a broad grin spread over his good-natured face, as he said: “Well, it’s glad I am to see that you never out your intimate friends.” CAMEL’S EXPERIENCE. Bat Down So Much That His Hind Legs Became Useless A large camel which was landed at Hobokcn a few days ago from the Bremen line steamer Dresden had an experience which probably never be- fore fell to the lot of “a ship of the des- .ert.” He made the voyage in a large box, “That’s the last time I’ll. ' ever offer any woman, if; she’ s a hun- and as there wasn’t room enough in it for any self-respecting animal the camel sat down in sheer disgust. He sat that way for days and days while the ship rolled and made all sorts of heavy 1v eather. When the dejected animal was finally landed and tried to stand up, he couldn’ 1- use his rear props at all. They had be- come paralyzed from their long stay in a cramped position. The camel wasn’t any good, it seemed, and as a big price had been paid for him there was gen- eral lamentation. The camel was “111 on the lamentation. Such a picture of woe was never seen in Hoboken. At last a genius suggested a radi- cal cure. The camel, by his advice. was placed in a sling and hoisted up until only his toes touched the ground. He paddled the air for a spell with his forelegs, and finally the rear props came to life and joined in the exercise. They lowered him to the floor, and after he had tested his rear legs some- what gingerly, he was as good as new. But he doesn’t sit down any more. Once was enough for him. ‘ LAVA CAVES. Curious Formations Produced by the Cool- ing of Molten Masses. The formation of caves in a lava stream is a curious process, and one which the explorer in t1? Azores will be interested to realize as his inv esti- gations proceed, and in these islands it has some remarkable. and perfect illus- trations. It will be understood, says Outing, that ‘the stream from a volcano soon begins to cool externally as it travels, but with a great stream, say 30 or 40 feet thick, :1 long time passes be- fore it becomes finally cooled and solid to its center. A large body of melted lava still remains liquid in its interior, forming, as it were, a huge conduit or tube full of the white hotmatter. As this accumulates by the continued sup- ply from above the vast pressure of the liquid on the lower end of the stream increases. The effect may be easily im- agined. The solid crust at the front of the flow breaks out; the melted interior rushes on again and the great tube is emptied of its contents so far as they remain liquid, leaving behind a hollow cavern which may, and occasionally does, extend for an uninterrupted length of several miles. In the course of centuries subsequent eruptions may deposit new beds of cinder or ash streams of lava to any extent above it, but the cave so formed may remain in- tact. HEADLESS BIRD. Young Quail Whose Neck Had Been Wrung Flies Away A gentleman living near this place recently netted a dozen quails, says a Times. ing them the following strange occur— rence transpired: As he went to wring two inches of skin and feathers along with it. Turning a moment later to pick up the bird from where he had thrown it, flying and hopping about as though nothing untoward had happened, his bare neck sticking upg Gaunt and head- less. Thinking the bird’s activity resulted from a posthumus contraction of the muscles the gentleman attempted to pick him up, when the little fellow mounted, in the air and flew away, flut- tering and quivering now and then, but when about 200 yards from the house he disappeared into asmall pinethicket, flying to the last. Muscular King. A king with a strong arm is King Carlos of Portugal. Once upon a time 'ing. His horse took fright-and rushed headlong 'down ,the mountain, ' down toward a frightful precipice. A few yards more and horse and rider would be dashed to pieces. But up rose the iron fists down on the poor beast’ 5 head with—well-with a whack. The horse ING GAZETTE he once visited the palatial mansion . of a perfect specimen of the nouveaux ' He was shown all over the here last because this is my Dfavorit: ' And , Taylor dispatch to the Philadelphia- , When he was kiling and dress- ' the neck of one of the birds the head ’ slipped off in his hand, pulling about . the gentleman found the little fellow . in the not long ago he went out hunt- ' king in his stirrups and brought his. E dropped as if struck by lightning and / g . i the lider was safe. ' OF NEWYORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY President. aemen or he Year Endingllec.', Assets, “. . $221,213,72133 Liabilities , . ’ '. Surplus ‘ . ~ 194,347,157- 5-8 $26,866,563 75 $48,597,430 51 $23,126, 728 45 Total Incoine . _ TotalPaid Policy-holders in 1895, . Insurance and Annuities in force, $899, 074,453 78 Net gain in 1895 . $61,647,645 36 NOTE—Insurance merely on mean, ls_ dlscarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadlng. and only insurance actually issued and pald for' in cash is lncluded, I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor. From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual. Report of the Examining Committee. Office of lhe Mulual Lile Insurance company of New York, ' ‘ February 11,1896. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of December last, theundersigned‘ were appointed a Committee to examine the annual Statement'for the-year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com- parison with the assets cf the Company. The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby certify that the Statement is 1n all particulars correct and that the assets specified therein are in possession of the Company. In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character of the investments of the Company and express their approval of the system, order and accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in t general transacted. Robert Olyphant‘, Wm. P. Dixon, j J. H. Herrick. H. C. Von Post, Charles R. Henderson, ' James C. Holden, \ ROBERT A. GRANNIs, Vice-President. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager. HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., 001:. Seey. ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Seoy. Committee ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second~ Vice-President, WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer. IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer. J AMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Trees WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier EMORY McCLINTOCK LL. D., _F. I_. A., Actuary. JOHN TATLOCK, .13., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller- CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, j HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp. JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies, EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor. ‘ ' Mnmcar. Dmnorons ELIAS, 'J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. warren. D; - GUSTAVUSS. WINSTON, M. D. JOHN W. N IGEQLSQ 9 New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut. / A. n. CAMP, , ~52.
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