ESTABLISHED 1800. A , Volume LXXXVII. TONE TINTS. Out pour the on gun tones. Like floods of light, Of purest color rich and full and deep, The surging sound waves seem to swell and sweep My soul up with them to their creating height. Then far into the dark, translucent deep, 0f full majest.c purple, clearest green And coolest hide, my soul sinks with a keen Delight a-down the tone iiood’s shudd'ring steep Whence gazing up into the quiv‘ring maze Of color—azure, scarlet, purple. gold, _ Deep violet, green—my rapt soul grows more bold And, floating upward through the shimmering haze Attains un'dazzled to the perfect white, The shadowless glory of the infinite—The Earth. THE LEGACY. My grandfather was a sea captain-not a mere claimant of the title, like the watermen of the lakes and the coast skippers who never get out of sight of land, and who, if they got there, could never get back—but a genuine “old salt," trained from boyhood under a tar- pauliu hat, and as familiar with the “paths of the sea” as a shepherd is with those of a sheep walk. Spending his life on extended voyages. he was seldom at home long enough at a time for the salt spray to dry 'on his weatherbcaten cheeks; and there was hardly sport on the habitable globe in which he . could not shake hands with an old acquaint- ance, civilized or savage. . Of coarse his history was crowded with curious incidents. Most of these, at which my childish ear tingled and my eyes dilated, have become so faded in memoryas to be in- I . : never lmew that I supenntended a large part capable of a tolerable narration. The fol- lowing, however, made a more lusting imp pression: During the calm between the old French war and the American revolution, a large ship was lying at a wharf in the town of New York, loaded with a valuable cargo and ready to sail for Liverpool, and thence to whatever part of the globe the chances of commerce would dictate. ' This was my grandfather’s ship, only wait. ing for her papers and afair wind. The pa- pers were soon ready, and shortly after them came a breeze. Presently everything on board was in active motion—the casting of! and coiling of ropes, the unfurling of canvas, and the running up of sailor boys along the ratlines like spiders on their webs, while the sharp, imperative orders of the mate and the hearty “ye-hoy-ye” of the cheerful crew echoed over the rippling waters of the harbor, which looked in the rays of the setting sun as if it was covered with a cream of liquid gold. Just before the last plank was hauled in a stranger stepped hurriedly on board and in- quired for the captain’s stateroom. Being conducted thither he entered, and with aslight bow, accosted the captain, who sat writing at his desk. “You are for Liverpool, 1 behave, sir?" “Yes, sir.” “I am in poor health, and, intending to spend the winter in Italy, wish to get passage in the first ship that sails for Europe. Will you take a passenger?” _ “Yes, sir, if my accommodations will suit you?" “No matter about accommodations, cap- tain. I am an old sailor, and know how to accommodate myself. Besides the trim of your ship suits my eye." The allusion to his in health attracted my grandfather’s scrutiny, and the introduction of himself as an old sailor touched his heart. On noticing him more particularly he was struck with an undefinable feeling of curios- ity and sympathy at his appearance. Tall, straight and rather slender, he was dressed in fine black broadcloth, with a sort of Spanish cloak of the same color and quality. A two edged sword, common on shipboard at that time, and improperly called a cutiass, was partly covered by his cloak, and hung by his side without a sheath. His hair Was quite gray and his manly features would have been handsome had they not been so emaciated as to give unpleasant prominence to a half dozen deep scars on his face. His eyes were blue and full of expression, but restless at times, showing a sudden abstraction. The looseness of one of his black gloves gave evi- dence that he had lost a finger or two from his left hand. These observations were made by the captain while the stranger was look- ing at a beautiful sextanton, the table. Tum- ing, as if startled at his forgetfulness, he re- sumed: “Name the price, captain, and I will pay it now." My grandfather had already asked the price in his mind, and replied: “You are a sailor, sir, and sick. The ac commodations of my ship, as well as my own services, are at your free command." The language of a sailor’s heart cannot be misunderstood and knows no interpreter, and the stranger knew that romonstrance would be ungenerous on his part. He made no re- ply, but eagerly extended his hand, and my grandfather, as he shook it, thought he saw a tear in the stranger’s eye. But noble hearts are impatient of exhibitions of gratitude, and he quickly added: “I am ready to sail, sir. Is your baggage on board?” “This is all my baggage, sir,” he replied, showing him a small black sachel under his cloak. leading him to a state room the captain left him and went on deck and found the ship already under way, the sails filled with a stiff breeze, and wharves, warehouses and spectators fast growing small in the distance. At length, as darknm shut in the view, the wind increased to a gale, and from a gale to a tempest, and for ten days and nights the noble ship, which had plowed the seas of every latitude from Spitzbergen to New Zea- . land, underwent such a conflict with the ele- ments as she had never before encountered. During all this time the stranger had been confined below with an apparently rapid consumption, which rough weather had swiftly matured: During the storm the duties of the captain were so urgent that he could only make matches and hasty visits to the sick man; and, although they could have been spared from their quarter, he could have hoped for little aid or sympathy from any of the crew, who, with the easy tendency to the supersti- tious peculiar to their class, had associated his presence with the perils of the ship. It would have required but slight encour- agement from their official to induce them to f pay him the same compliment that the sailors of J oppa paid to Jonah on a similar occasion, when “The sea wrought and. was tempest- ous." But on the tenth night, just as the captain was ready to answer a summons to visit tl'o sick man’s berth, the storm ceased with a suddenness that was startling; the wind was = entirely lulled, and no evidence of its fury _ remained except the long swelling billows of = the sea—the deep aftersighs of its mighty pasion. The sudden stilling of the tempest and‘the- incurnful creaking of the span, now audible for the first time for many days, forced o shade of melancholy over my grandfather’s spiritashe hastened down the gangway at the call of the stranger. , Ashe seated himself bedde the berththo sick man fixed hisbrllliant eyes upon him and said, calinly: “Ca tain undying!” “I hgpe not, my dear sir; this dreadful gale has weakened you. It is all over now, and you will soon be better." “No, captain,” he repeated, “I am dying! The tempest, I know, is over; so is that other tempest in my breast! This ship has long been tossed and beaten about by the fury of the waves, but it has been sunshine and calm compared with that tempest, captain! But it is all over now, for I have forgiven him— he has long been in the grave—butlhave" forgiven himi” My grandfather thought he was delirious, but a second look at the deep intelligence of his eye and the smiling calmness of his feat- ures forbade the conclusion. He gazed at him a moment with mingled compassion and curi- osity, anxious to learn something of a his— tory the closing scene of which was so dark and mysterious, but unwilling to ask it. His look was interpreted, and the- stranger con- tinned: “I told you I wasa sailor. Of thirty-five years I have not spent one upon the land. But this was not - my choice. Like a ship, captain, my supports were knocked from un- der me, and I was launched upon the ocean. My father was an English merchant in Cadiz, exclusively engaged in navigation. He lav- ishly provided for my education. Having traversed the halls of science, I left Oxford and returned to Spain at the age of 20. This first year of freedom from school I spent in rambling over the mountains of that en- chanted country. In a deep inland dell, shut out from the world, where the earth was al- ways green and the sky always blue, I met one day a beautiful young shepherdess—and loved her. “I will not deal-lbs her charms, captain, for you have been young, and a heart that has loved needs not to be told that to the eye of true aflection its object has no defects. “My father learned my secret—but I knew it not. I had a life long secret afterward, which he never learned! He came to me one morning, smiled and said: “ ‘My son, do you want to go to Cuba? “I eagerly answered in theafilrmative, for it had been a cherished but hitherto forbidden passion with me to travel. ’ “ ‘Ono of my vemels sails to-morrow,’ he INA. '9!!! 393!!! S?" “This short interval allowed me no time to bid farewell to my shepherdoss, who was fifty miles distant, nor even to inform her of my departure, but I said aloud: “I’ll soon be back,’ and many other consolation: I whis- pered to iny heart the next day while bound~ ing over the Atlantic. “The ship arrived in good time at Havana, discharged her cargo, reloaded and salled for '—Calcutta! I was u. prisoner in my father's ship! and for five long years I was kept from home—as if all the waters of the ocean could wash out my love! “I escaped at length from the prison ship while lying at Rio and took pamage in a French bark for the Guadalaquiver. No cir- cumnavigation of the globe was ever so long as that voyage. I strained my eyiu every day watching for Gibraltar, which [I know was thousands of miles off; and every night I dreamed of mountain rivulets, snowy flocks and Inn. “Arriving at last at Seville, I hastenedover the Nevada and sought the sunny dell where my aifectiops had so long nestled, and there found that the idol of my heart was the wife of an Andalusian shepherd! She had been ' told that I had deserted her, and afterward ' that I was dead. I did not weep, for my heart was turned to stone. ‘My father,'_ said I, 'shall never know of this victoryl’ I did not go to see him; it was wicked, I know, but, burning with the spirit of revenge, I turned again to the sea and never saw him more. I am faint, captain, and cannot pro- long my task. In six months! was master of a fast sailing vowel—you have seen that vessel, captain, but never in port, and I have often seen you, and knew your name twenty 5 years ago. But no matter about that; My“ father continued to freight his ship's'an'd send them to different parts of the world—but he of his husinem, and that many of hiscargoes found aside in ports to which they had never ' been consigned. His agents sometimes failed to report. “I have said enough. captain; before to- morrow’s sun sets I shall be in the caverns of the deep. But I have forgiven him and do not complain. I have a fortune in the Bank of England, but with it is deposited a will, and the orphan son of Ina is my heir. You have been kind to me, captain, and'ln token of my gratitude I beg you to accept my watch and cuties and this paper, which you will carefully preserve." So saying he held out a folded scrap of paper, which my grandfather put into his pocket. Morning dawned—but the stranger's eyes, did not open upon it—they . were closed 'for- ever. In the afternoon the “Burial Service at Sea,” that most solemn of sea scenes. was performed, and the shrouded body of the pirate, with a gentle plunge, broke, the glassy surface of the ocean, and sank swiftly to the mysterious depths. It was many hours. afterward that my grandfather bethought himself of the paper in his pocket. He opened it and-read as fol- lows: Cm. Len—On the eastern point of Non- tucket. at high water mark, is a tail. sharp clifl'. A quarter league duo west from that cliff is a , large, round stone. andin‘ear. the. stones thora- bush. That bush gro'wa' in a very richsoil. ~ The duties of his station kept my grand- father along time abroad, and when he was in Boston about two years afterward, and having a few days of leisure, he was think- ing about acting upon the hint of the enig- matical paper, when his eye happened to fall on the following paragraph in the old Boston Messenger. ‘ Woxnnarm.‘ DISCOVERY-AS John Rogers was breakingapiece of pasture ground on the east shore of Nantucket about a month ago his plow- share turned up a stout thornbush, sticking to the roots of which Mr. Rogers espied several Spanish dollars. Upon this he went to digging lustlly, and did not give up till he had hauled out coins. chiefly Spanish doubloons, of more than 828,000 value. No doubt it was buried by Capt. Kidd or some of his pirate kin. “No doubt,” thought my grandfather, as he put down the paper with a slight nervousness. In a week he was again facing the storms of the ocean, enriching his employers by his skill and toil, till infirmities drove him high and dry on the shore. There, in due time he died of old age, leaving little to his family, except the pirate’s cutiam, which three gen- erations of boys have used in their juvenile “trainings," and which, rated and blunted, may now be seen in the office of his great- graudson, a lawyer of New York. ' A CHAT WITH SKOBELEFF. Idiomatic Use of the English Language. Why the Nobility Hated Him. Every one knows that he spoke most fluently French, German and English. I once heard him speak very fair Italian; and he had already picked up a considerable knowl— edge of Turkish. I asked once how itwas that he spoke English so very idiomatically; and when he said that he had English nurses when a child, I suggested that they would not account for the fashionable and army slang he used so correctly. To ‘this he only replied: “Oh, I once saileda yacht at Cowes;" but, by the laugh which accompanied the an- swer,he evidently dial not intend it to be taken as conclusive. He told me he thought his family was not originally Russian, and had heard vaguely that it might have been English. I suggested “Scobell”; but “No— not that, 1 think. Anyhow. I don’t know who my great-grandfather was, and I don’t care.” As we became more intimate our conversa- tion turned on more serious matters; and I recollect his asking me whether 1 really thought he was popular with the officers and men of his corps. “Of course my aidsteli mo sofrom morning till night; but then they would say the same b the first general who may supersede me.” I replied that, having known many of his ofiicels and scores be- longing to the other corps, I had heardhim very frequently spoken of, and invariably in in‘ the most flattering manner. “As for the men of your command, I have several times been amused to find that, instead of swearing by the name of the Deity, they any. By Sko- beleif! it's true!" At this he seemed much pleased. But when I added that he must not think too much of his popularity among the brother generals, whose .vbest words for him were that with three or four more Skobéiefls there would be no Russian army left, be ex- claimed, “Oh, generals! of course th'ey—ar'oall' jealous of me." After a pause he continued, “And yet, if ' any one has causoto be discontented,_i_t ,is I and not they. J ust look at the men to whom they give their best civil and military up. . pointments. Look at that pompous as D. K.'; at 8., an amiable 'faineant,‘ at I., whonis” only fit to be a shopkeepers clerk. As for me, ‘Oh, there’s Sko‘beleff; ‘fighting’s his trade, let him fight.‘ So I do the hard work and the others get rewarded.” Presently, the same subject evidently rankling in his mind, he went on, “And you don't know, you'emvs' imagine, how all the imperial famiiyshato me. All these grand dukes have their rank, their titles, and their wealth; while all the beauty of Russia is at their feet, if they , choose to thr'ow the handkerchief; and they hate me be- cause I have what they have not—a little ‘ military giory."—Amondjah Boy in St. James’ Gazette. One of the Flock Died. ‘ ‘ An Inverness-shire shepherd walvisitd every six months by his prist, to whom he complained of his inability to remember his “Paternoster.” The priest replied, “I behave you shepherds know each of your sheep by head mark;" and on Duncan answering in the afiirmative, the priest recommended him to place his sheep in a row and associate with each of themaword in the Lord‘sprayer. Thus, the first in order was to represent “Pater,” the second “Nos ," and so on to the and of the prayer. In that way he assured the shepherd he would easily commit his “Pater noster" tomemory.‘ At his next visit he asked Duncan how he was getting on! “Grand, your reverence," was the reply. “Let me hear you," said the priest. Duncan, -—“Pater noster, 311i es in cmlo nomen tuum." . “You're wrong, said the1 priest. “you‘ve; missed out a word.” “mans, your rover: once," rejoined: the Highlander, “‘sanc» ’ tificetur’ dee’d inst ChristmasW—Iiome Joura nai. Stanley and 1m Tobacco. When in the civilized worler. Henry M. Stanley smokes six cigars a' day. In Africa houses a pipe and mild tobaccfiwhichhe finds a solace and an aid .to concentrationofi mind. On one of his journeys. down the Congo, cake was about toenter'a‘, j ., ._, country where he knew a fight wu‘hlevita- bie, he told his men to make rcady and then lit his pipe and settled down for a five minutes' quiet smoke before the battle. _’ Ten minu‘el later they were all-fighting for their lives and the battle lasted for hours. He didnot begin to smoke until he was as and did not masters pipe till he was so. Living. stone, it is remembered, neversmoked, Ger. d‘on Was a most inveterate smoker, and when he went on his lost journey. to Khartoum 10.000 cigarettes formed an important part of his baggage—New York Tribune. Ignorant of the Country. “I have been conductor on a'P'ullman car running between Chicago and HorneIIsVille for the past" five years," said‘aj young red headed man in a suit of blue clothes, “but I must confess that I never Saw a single station on the line between Chicago and Youngs- town, 0.,and I passthem allthree times a week. No, 1 am neither blindordeaf; but you see the run between Chicagoan! Youngs— townismade at night, and! have'ilo oppor-_. tunitytoseethotownlwestofom— Chicago Herald. —~:w ’~.'l-'>) 4-9... 44 > _ . )3 < O ’ 1 é 3:5: I i if ’\ ~ ‘ 4 ‘ a ‘ . _ T V 1%! LE.“ ' ,v ' PM“ An Enterprising Republican Journal, especially devoted to Local News and Interests. ' NORWALK, CONN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH-9, 1887. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Down the zigzag road came the lumbering old stage, the horses‘ heels cluttering along therocky way, and the driver, a direct o'p- posite of Hank Monk tendencies, drawling out “G’lang thar"overy few minutes in an odd, lazy way, all his own. bound for Burnaby, a few miles further: on; it was getting dusk, ‘and the driz‘zling rain setting inrendered the prospect for the ‘re-' mainder of the journey Anything but pleas; ant. . . . . The foot hills‘ were very u‘nliiv'iting in the mnrkinem, the old coach ' was . horribly “study" and her fellowtra'velers—a lady and two gentlemen—we're unaccountably silent, somehow; so Belle Norton sighed a little, and began rubbing the dust of! the one little window, in order to get a clearer view of the mistylandscapa ._ She peered out . with ajvery dimatisfied Air and rebellimis' muttering; ' had she but known that it was such an uncomfortable transit, why, she never would have under- taken it, and the children, over the . range at Burnaby, might have gone without a teacher. But she was in for it now, withoutashsdow of an alternative,-and, almost there, she won- dered vaguely if Burnaby Glen was so deso- late as the route thereto; if it was. why, she should die of pure .liomesicknem or grow hys- terical and resign at the end of the first month. min in the corner ,snored ominously, and the . driver‘s monotonous “G’lnng thar" merged into a troubious dream, as she journeyed on toward her destination. Presently the quick report of a‘levoiver cut the dull monotony, and Bella started up to find the light from a dark lantern streaming into the coach and a masked figure blocking a scream, but the woman opposite shrieked “Robbers'i” and went OR in a dead faint. “Thatfs the style we prefer," said the could scarcelyle willing to connect ii'rlth the profession of abrigand, even in her fright. Then he reached over and relieved the un- conscious lady (if her watch and chain, and with the “click“ of a derringer he presented the weapon in the faces of the homfied gentlemen in quick succession, and. said suave! y: “Come down, now, without. further trouble," which they did handsomely. It, was Bella's fortuneto be robbed last. “Your watchpleasc," said the musical voice, as the derringer disappered in .magic gal- “No;" said ‘Beli‘e, ' “it is a present, and I dealt want to gi'vegit up,“ and she made no move toward grudges him. “Sorry," answered the musical voice, “but Ilwill be‘obli'ggd to take it then." , She made frantic'eflor‘tl to seize the watch that therobber deftly detachedfrom iiiguard; he laughed a little musical ripple of amused marl-infant as she clutched his wrist for a moment in fruitless endeavor to regain her property, then with a quick dexterous move- ment he flood‘hims‘elf tion the plucky Belle and withdrew fromtho stage, leaving the crestfallen inmatm in blank darknem. Outside they could hear two voices chuck- ling over the mailbags and intimidating the driver alternately; in a moment or two more ~ of ten-lblesnspenso itwu all over, and the highwaymen took their dqmture, and they weresufl'eredtogoon theirway. .. “Ohdearr’ mneanenadupinsmmda in desperation, “my watch that Uncle Nathan gave me; Oh, dear. dear!” the nervous fin~ gels laced themselves in restle- sympathy with the two big tears on her cheek—but what was that in her lap! Something that felt like money. She drew 03 her glove and took the object between her thumb and fin- ger; it wasn’t money; that was evident, for one side was rough and corrugated. The sil- very voiced robber must have dropped it;she would keep it, and examine it at her leisure, if she lived to reach Burnaby and see the blamed light once more, which two things. seemed a long way off just now, certainly. Rattle, clatter, grind, jog; now a brisk trot, and “whoa,” and the hapless quartet had arrived at Burnaby Glen. Belle was helped out, and, amid the ejacula- tions of the old innkeeper and the recital of the evening’s adventure by the drawling coachman, was hustled into the waiting room of the long, low structure known as Burnaby house, together with her long faced compan- ions. . ' The experience had to be gone over again at the late repast, and the lady who fainted in the stage thought better of it now, and only wept interestingly. Belle sat bolt up- right and made no sign of the grief which had taken away her appetite for the savory meal before her; they left the table finally after every gentleman present had given a similar personal adventure, and our young friend was shown to her room. “An' so you are to teach our skuiei” re- peated the volubie landlady again, as, she put the tallow dip in its tin case on the wall, and placed a basin of water on the dryng box serving for a washstend. “Yes,” answered Belle, “but I_ heartily wish I had never accepted the situation. To- night’s! experience has cost me more than my summer’s schdol will come to, to begin with.” “I dare say,” agreed the old lady, folding her arms and sighing in unison with her guest; “it’s toobad, but they say ‘a had be- ginning makes a good endiug,’ you know." , “Small comfortin that," ejaculated Belle, taking ofl her boots with an impatient jerk. “She’s all out 0'; gear,” muttered the old landlady to the motley array of kettles and pens an hour later; “she’s all out o' goon-but nobody can blame her as I know of; mighty nioegal though, only, jest~ a little toohigh- falutin’ for the Glen, I‘m "a thinkin'." The next morningdawned lovely enough to hint ofparadiso, and. Belle’s spirits arose on fancy?» WWW the mom promised herself a" happy summer at the Glen, leaning just a little on the maxim of the previous evening, in spite of herself. Belle Norton , had ,oome over the range to spend the seasons teaching-at Burnaby, are sort of break in the usual routine .of music found that shown!) expe'cted to board at the Bumby house and pay the bill out of the amount reuived for instructing the juveniles of‘ the little village in “readin’, writin’ and ’rithmetic." Settling herself to circumstances, she went to work among chalkand books withn will; and in due time the citizens talked it over down at the store, and concluded that they had a fine, _ teacher,- notwithstanding her stylish amuse “banged? hair. ‘ “My son’s coming home to spend his vaca- tion," said her hostess one morning, as they walked in the garden, before theschool hours; “he’s coming to-day, Miss‘Norton, so you will gettowehim; an’ he’sas fine} young man as breathes, the volley air, if ’tb his old mother that says so." “Coming?" said Belle; “I shall be glad to see him.” pleased at Bella’s seeming interest in her son’s coming, and smiled benigniy oaths young .teachér. “This is my boy, Tom Burnaby, Mi- Nor- ton; Tom. this is Belle Norton. the new teacher from over the range,” said the mother, with a flourish of western pride, as the trio met at the tea table. Beiieacknowi- edged the introduction, while a curious feel- ingi crept over her she could not explain, while a deadly pallor overspread the hand- some face of theses. » , “Why, whatever ails the child?".exclaimed his mother, a Tom Burnabyie'ft tho- table, after having made a failure of entertaining orbeing entertained; but Bella made no rc- ply, for she was too busy revolving a ques« tion of her own; wherehadsho heard that ' where, for it memed so familiar; yet she was -‘ certain of never having met him anywhere ' previously, andsho_gave it up willingiy. . . ' éiiortftime gheland Tom became great ‘a-‘ie as; nomads-x- hkhdtber loved mm so, z'Bellb thought he was so kind and intellectual; ‘ ’ lid 'as so everything one would wish for in a . d, that she was afraid she would lovehim hermit; then-ewes such a, strange, sweetfgsci- natibn in use iii‘u‘sléil voice" of‘ his for ‘her. and, Belle was yieldiiiwmwmpow. ‘ s Aanom, be haunted her steps; if she went into.the"gardcn he came presently on some pretext; ifshechosotoreadher book in the i parlor he was there, but not obtrusively. “If I noun-u no} .“ forum. that. N; splendid inconce- for inc, he can't help a, she thong t. . But, after all, there was something mysteri- ous about handsome Tom Burnaby; often when she lookedup fromhher book algoml himlookingatberinsuc anesrnes - fnl way that instinctively she pitled him, but for what the could not have told; sometimes his eyes hold such a curious questioning that she felt uncomfortable. ‘ a e e 4 , s e- . c School was out at last, and she would re- turn home the’ next day; they were on the long pmmgethu, Belleand Tom, watching the raindmps beat on the rum running over the 'ttice work. “Inhave never shown you my box of speci- mens, have I?" he questioned with a great efiort, in changing the subject abruptly for a “No.” . - W1mmmrm new in; of - . OVER THEVRANGE. _ Inside the vehicle were, four passengers The .old stage: jolted uncomfortably, the up the doorway. She with difiiculty repressed _ masked visitor in asoft, musical tone Belle 3 .never tell any one." rollanddulia'rds inliharps and fists. She " . ' lowed the jerky movements of the organ measured it in several positions, showing that Good old Mother Burnaby was highly i . sweet, musical voice before! Surely some- ‘ $132030 into mane; this is "no no ' air-ammo." pearl-191191491: em. Ward Beecher. __ ,, the room where they had spent their last .. happy evening together; she became intensely interested in the fine collection, and the color came backto his handsome face. Belle was looking in the box; down under apiece of quartz something was gleaming brightly. “What is this?" she asked, making a dive, and securing the shining object by the time she finished her question. ’ “0h, an old sleeve button of mine,’ an- swered Tom, but Belle scarcely heard him; a cold sensation went over her. “Yours,” she ; “where is the other one?” “I have lost it," he said, busy trying to ur- range some specimens, and not noticing the look of pain and horror creeping into her face. “Oh!” she'answered in a voice calm enough, but she feltas if she must be dying. It all came to her now, and she knew why his musical voice imprwed her as familiar and the sleeve button rough. corrugated, as the other, as the lost one, which was at that mo- ment in her pocket; Tom and the robber were one! The room whirled mound and grew ' dark; a sharp pain was at her heart, and she threw up’ her hands withan agoni'zed cry. “Oh! Tom Burnaby 1" "My God! Mia Norton, what is the mat- ter!” exclaimed the terrified man. “Ob! Belle, are you ill—dear!" he whispered with his fine voice all a-tromblo, but she did not reply. . He took the dazed kimed her white face. near!" “Don’t," she said in a strange, and way, “you have killed me, I believe.” “Why, Belle—Miss Norton, I , would not harm you for worlds-God know I love you better than my life;” the musical tones rang with a passionate tendernes, and he opened his arms, saying; “Come, please!" “Too late!” she moaned, “too late, Tom Burnaby; here,” andshe put the lost sleeve button in his hand. A perplexed, pamed look swept over his fine features, and he asked, in a puzzled way: - “Where did you find it, Miss Norton?" “In the coach that night,” she answered, ho'arseiy, covering her face with icy hands. Tom Burnaby staggered to his_feet. “Ohl'vmy. God!" he inoaned in agony of soul, “it is all over with me now :” he reeled to,a corner and cowered down like a hunted animal. ' Belle went over to him presently, and laid her hand on his am; he was trembling Vio- iently. “Tom!" she said, trying to be calm, “I'll girl in his arms and “Oh! to bethus ever “God bless you, I knew you would not;.but what is imprisonment and death to iosmg you, Belle! that night's work stands between my happiness and heaven; and yours, too, for you said I had killed you, love.“ He took her hand, and she felt his tears on her palm, and his words of an hour before rdcurred to her. “My punishment is terrible,” he continued; “you will soon go away, never to return—and how will you remember me, Belle?” ' “With pitying love," she said; “my Idol is Sham ' I! - In a moment more 'he was gone. She heard him go up stairs with a heavy, uncertain step. “Poor Tom!" she said, “how he suffers!" It was time to go; her trunk had been car- ried out and Belle stood bidding good-by to old Mrs. "Burnaby. “I’m sorry you couldn’t love Tom," said his mother, breaidng down; “0h, Mrs. Burnaby! I do love him, and it’s killing me, too; youdon’t know—no, you will , never know!” and Belle fled from the housein "sheer desperation. 'At the gate a boy gave her a package. “Tom Burnaby said Iwas to give you this ’ere,” said the urchin, and she took it me- chanically. _ Rattle, clatter, jolt, and the lumbering stage was on the road. “Good-by, Burna- by,"sobbed the one desolate passenger; “it didn‘t end well, either." Then it occurred to her to see what was in the package. She drew it forth and tore off the wrapper, disclosing an elegant watch case. With tram. bling fingers she Opened the case, when 10! there was her long lost watch, ticking mer- rily on as if nothing had happened since she last looked on its bright face. Under the watch was a note from Tom, which said; “BELLE Dun—I have made all the repara- tion in my power, and I promise herein to steadfastly lead an honorable life hereafter, because you loved me once. With pitying love, remember me. Ton Bummer.” Five years have pamed since that summer at Burnaby, but Belle never looks at her watch or sees the lumbering old stage come down from over the range but what she thinks, “with 'tyin love," of poor, broken hearted Tom gum y.—Manda L. Cracker in New York Mercury. VIVISECTING A CALF. Performing the Operation in Order to Show the Action of the Heart. In the presence of a big class of students, which filled the amphitheatre of the upper lecture room of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Professor J. G. Curtis, lecturer on physiology. made a novel vivisection to dem- onstrate the action of the heart, about which there is considerable diversity of opinion among the great physiologists. Professor Curtis holds that the heart shortens. It be- came old Janitor Mike’s duty to keep his eyes peeled for any of Bergh’s men who might be presentin a disguise and put a stop to the demonstration in its most important stage. When the coast was clear and Mike satisfied himself that'only those who bad business in room'Were there Professor Curtis began his . . He discusufd the merits and demerits of the famous physiologists, and tried to show that the heart really shortened by reading from accepted writers who had made a number of experiments to support their theory. Before he finished speaking four of his assistants, clad in rough'bed ticking gowns, dragged in ' an unsuspecting calf. The calf was placed in a :V shaped trough, .with four stout slats nailed to the top and bottom, two on each side. Straps held the animal motionlcm. - Sponges saturated with other were clapped over the animal’s nostrils and soon reduced it to unconsciousness. . Then Professor Curtis seized along, keen edged knife and made an incision extending from the head down to the belly. In a few strokes he 'cut away the hide, and with an instrmnent like a pair of pruning shears he cut out the breast plate, exposing the lungs and the heart in its sac. This was carefully removed. and then the students made crush :to see the effect it had on the There lay the heart, bobbing about with - every respiration the animal made. When the lungs were filled with air they almost on- tirely covered the heart, but during the ex- piratiOn it came into view again, and its action could closely be studied. With a pair of delicate compasses Professor Curtis fol; an in systole the heart was a trifle shorter than during diastole. The calf was kept alive just an hour, which was the time the lecture lasted, and just be- , fore it died- Profaasor Curtis'tiedtheaorta, 'themain artery, at the point of its attach- ] ment, and with a single stroke of the knife cut out the organ and pinned it on a board between two rows of long pins. In this posi- tion, outside the body. the heart made about a damn boats, and it became even more plain than before, by observing its situation be tween the pins, that it shortened when con- tracting, its normal size at the end of the beat—New York World. All Anesthetic Bullet. A Germn'chemist huinvented a nowkind of anathetic bullet, which he‘urgeswill, if brought into general are, greatly diminish thehorrorl ofwar. Thebulletisofabrittle subo'umoe, breaking it comes in con~ tactwiththe objectatwhich itiseimed. It contains a powerful We, producing in- stantaueonsly complete insensibility, lasting for twelve hours, which, except that the ac-' some: the heart confinumisnottobe dis- tinguished from death. A battlefield where these bullets are usidwillinoshorttimebe appa'rentlycoverod‘withdsud bodies, butin reality merely with the prostate forms of ‘ soldiers reducedfor the finishing to a state. of unconsciousness. While in this condition they may, the Germauchemist points out, be packed in Ambulance wagons and carried ofias prisoners—Frank Leslie’s. loo of o Glacier. With regard to glacier ice, a curious specu- lation has recently been made, according ,to which the Al'eiuch, glacier, situated between the Jungfrau and the valley of ' the Hunt: Rhone, if it were cut into blocks of the size of the Paris Bourse, and these blocks were put side by side, would furnish sufficient ice toform a double ring round the earth along the ehuator. Most of the . Swiss glaciers are far too difilcult of access to make it probable that they should ever be utilized for indus- trial purposss..—New York Sun. Reformation of Criminals. The English people have wiped out of their statuc books a multitude of savage laws and penalties. No penalty has in it any benefit which does not aim at . least to benefit the, criminal. Society isdefended from crime by the reformation of the criminal. _ We have never tested the possibilities 'of reformation. We never shall be able to establish - a school of reformation in prisons as long as prisons ‘are put in the handset politician—Henry Ringgit: MARK WRAPPER. GLYCE RINE is a pearly white, semi-transparent fluid having a. re- markable affinity or the skin. The S. that wdl' penetrate the skin WITHOUT INJURY. Bonn-Colon. I Beautifies the Complexxon, Eradicates all S , Freckles Tan, Moth Patches, Black orms, Impurities and Dia- colorations of eve kind, either within oru ~ it readers 0 skin pure, clear, he- lh- gl, a hull creating a complexion which is ' I mafia- artificlallltl'or temporary but at once beau- tl Ito beau! . ltisawon- algal“ I! l”flushing."mforneluted oryrouzh skin on infants. it. I'J.‘ OURES (Al-out Instantly) Sunburn. Pricklylloat. Chap- ped, Bough or Ola-fed Skin; in fact its results upon all diseases of the skin are wonderful. 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(.n rear of Horse Car Depot), NORWALK , CONN. Carriages furnished ill hours. courteou ttentlon and gentlemanlv drivers. 1y LESSONS IN FRENCH, MISS BAIRD’S INSTITUTE. Prof. LaLande, Widelyknown as the director of the French Depart- ment of the Summer School of Languages at Chatauqua. wh. come twice a week to Miss Baird’s Institute to give Lessons.in French. “A limited number of upils outside of the school will be admitted to t ese classes. _ For circulars and other information apply to Miss N. F. BAiRD. ' (luiifible NOR l GAGE COMPANY. C PITAL, - - $600,000 neaeqyuaes Guaranteed Parr-n Mortgages REFERENCES. First Nu. Bank, NEW YORK. "To" at Court Street. Benton Nat. Bunk BOSTON wwll‘mb‘t mil-eminence For rates of interests and full information BIND FOB PAMPHLET. II- B. CBAUFUBD, Agent, 31 Main Street, Norwalk. S. m 33‘3““... 31112 F. H. PEOIIWELL, . ARCHITECT N0. 7 WATER STREET, :aens'r sou Gill ort Lock Company. Dibble Manufacturing Company‘s door knobs. New York Wood Turning Company. Corner Blocks for window casings. Round and Square Turned Balusters. H H H 4‘ NeWelB. Plain and Double Moulded Stair Rails. Also Fiat Moulded Door and Window Casings furnished at short notice. Money. to Loan. In' hire of 0. E. WILSON,N0.3 Gazette Spilla- ng', orwalk. Conn. A MEDICINE NOT A DRINK. High Authority. Hop Bitters is not, in any sense, an alcoholic beverage or liquor, and could not be sold for use except m'persons desirous of obtaining medicinal hitters. GREEN B. RAUM, U. S. Com’r Internal Rev. WASHINGTON, D. 0., Sept. 24, 1884. Dear Sir :—Why don’t you get a certifi- cate from Col. W. H. W., of Baltimore, showing how be cured himself of drunk- enness by the help of Hop Bitters. His is a wonderful case. He is well-known in Rochester, N. Y., by all the drinking people there. He is known in this city, Cincinnati, New Orleans. New York; in fact all over the country, as he has spent thousands of dollars for rum. I honestly believe his card would be worth thousands of dollars to you in this city and Balti- more alone, and make thousands of sober men by inducing the use of )rgur‘bittcrs. . l . W _ Prejudice Kills. “Eleven years our daughter suffered on a bed of misery under the care of several of the best physicians, who gave her disease various names but no relief, and ow she is restored to us in good health by Hop Bitters, that we had poohed at two years before using it. We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their sick suffer as we did. on account of prejudiceja ainst so good a medicine as Hop Bitters."— he Parents—Good Tempura. . MILTON, Del., Feb. 10, 1886. Having used Hop Bitters, the noted remedy for debility, nervousness, indi- gestion, etc., I have no hesitation in say ing that it is indeed an excellent medicine and recommend it to any one as a truly tonic bitter. Respectfully, Rev. Mas. J. H. ELLGOOD. ' Selrxo, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1884. I am the pastor of the Baptist church here and an educated physician. I am not in practice but am my sole family physician, and advise in chronic cases. Over a year ago I recommended your Hop Bitters to my invalid wife, who has been under medical treatment of Albany’s best physicians several years. She has been greatly b--ncflttl‘(l and still uses the medicine. I believe she Will become thoroughly cured of her various compli- cated diseases by their use. We both recommend them to our friends, many of whom have also been cured of their vari. ous ailments by them. _ Rev E. R. WARREN. Cured Drinking. “A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for liquor that had so pr0strated his system that he was unable to do any business. lie was entirely cured by the use of Hop Bitters. It alloyed all that blilnillg' thirst; took away the appe- tite for liquor; made his nerves steady; and he has remained a steady and sober man for more than two years, and has no desire to return to his cups, and I know _of a number of others that have been cured of drinking by it.”—From a leading R. R. Oflicia], Chicago, Ill. HOUSATONIC RAILROAD. Danlmrz/ and Normal/c Division. Commencing Wednesday, November, 17, 1866. D A I L Y '1‘ n A l N s South. Lv. Norwalk. Lv .80. Norwalk, Ar.Wilson Point 7 3411.111. T4711. m. 755 8.111. s 56 ‘- 9 00‘ “ - 12 51 p. m. 12 56 p. m. 439 “ 455 “ 505p.m. North. Lv. W' son Point, Lv.So. Norwalk, Ar. Norwalk 84ua.m. 920nm. 925a.m. 1213p m 1217p.m 2 35 “ 2 42 “ 5 15 “ 5 19 “ W. H. WILKINSON,Superintendent. HENRY A. Blsnor, Gen. Supt. H. D. AVERILL, Gen. Ticket Agent. -. 1; Y., N. ii. a 11. Railroad. Trains leave South Norwalk as follows :— como nasr. some wear. 1 22 a. m., Wash. ex 4 569.. m., Boston ex 6 33 “ Accom’tion 5 24 “ Adams ex 7 25 “ Milk train 5 40 “ Boston ex 8 46 “ Accom’tlon 5 50 “ S. N. s ecial 920 “ Boston ex 617 “ Accom’ on 10 55 “ Accom’tion 1‘ 05 “ B'p't special 12 13 p. in. Boston ex 7 22 “ Loca. ex 1 46 “ Accom’tlon 7 45 “ “ “ 2 35 “ Local ex 5 25 “ “ “ 4 32 “ Accom’tion 9 08 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex 4 49 “ Local ex 9 88 “ Accom’tion 5 10 “ “ lo 29 “ Sp’f’d Lo. ex 542 “ Stmfd. d; N. !1 45 “ Accom’tion - Especial i2 59 p. m., S ’f’d Lo. ex 6 14 “ Local ex 2 45 “ NI: H. and 6 56 “ Sp'f'ld Lo ca St’f’d special 7 29 “ S. N. spec al 3 39 “ Boston ex 7 54 “ B’p’t special 4 41 “ “ 8 29 “ Accom’tlon 5 08 “ Accom’tlon 9 44 “ “ ' 51 " Boston ex 11 08 “ Adams ex. .9. 655 “ Accom'uon Accom’tion S 00 “ Milk tram 11 47 “ Boston ex. 8 15 “ S.N. special 12 21 a. m., “ 10 07 “ Local ex Sundays. 12 66 a. m., Wash e areas 8 so a. m., Ac. .2 Milk Sunday‘- 9 41 “ Accom’non 9 16 a. m., Accom’tion 11 20 “ Box-ton ex 6 14 p. m., Localexpress 651 p. m., Accom’tion S 20 “ Milk Freight Line Direct to New Yfll‘l, Landing at Pier 23 E. R., Foot of Beekman Si LOWER RATES THAN BY ANY OTHER LINE- The Propeller, “Citv of NW .” 0n and after Monday, Nov. 1, (till further notice, ice permll ting), leaving Norwalk Tuesdays, Thurs- day. and Saturdays. Returning, leaves New York, Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays, from Pier 23 E. 3., (foot of Beekman street), stopping at South N orwaik both ways to deliver and receive freight. Freight taken from and received for all points on the Danbnry and Nor walk and Shepaug Railroads at very reduced rates. ' Upon application to agents City 0! Norwalk will be sent for special lots of freight anywhere in New York or its vicinity. WA]! persons are forbid trusting any of in: ‘ o J. G. Gregory 8: Co. Desire to state that in addition to a full line of Drugs, Proprietary Medicines and Druggists' undrles they are prepared to receive orders for Silk, Cotton or Linen ELASTIC HOSE For varicose or enlarged veins. Wax-ranted to fit, and at reduced rates. They also desire to state that they have accepted the agency of the New York Vaccine 00., and will keep a supply of PURE BUYINE mun VIRUS Constantly on hand. They have in stock Electric Batteries, which will be sold at close figures. They carry also a full assortment of Keystone Writing Paper Packets. ' I—Iuss ‘Bros., Beltaurant, Cafe and Smnlianmn, Grand Central Station, 42:) 811mm AND 4m Avenue, New Yosx Entrance from waiting room, New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad. “39 Ha ch. Baile -' I100" MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER, TIMBER, Shingles, Lat/2., Doors, Sash, Blinds, .M‘oulding, Window Frames, Piclcets, 5-0. Veneered Hard Wood Walk. Hard Wood Ceiling and Flaming. South Norwaik, Conn. The Best and Most Desir- able Assortment ever Shown in N orwalk of Hot Air Furnaces, Steam Heaters, Cooking Stoves, Laundry Stories, Cooking Ranges, “Double Heaters, Parlor Stoves, Hall Stoves, Dining Room Stores, Store Stoves, Office Stores, Shop Stoves, And everything appertain- ing to cooking and heat- ing at the Lowest Possible Price for Uni} E. K. Lockwood & (40. For Sale. A DOUBLE BARRELLED RIFLE madeby John Blissett, London. Will be sold cheap to cash Enquire at this otllce. employees of the boats on this line on the owner thereof. tf45 George F. 'Quintard —Has opened a— FIRST-CLASS GROCERY, ”AT...— No. 5 Wall Street, Opposite to J. B. Ells’ Furniture Rooms. Everything new and fresh, and will be sold cheap as can be bought in town. Ifi'llen't fail to give us a call. SAVE THE TREES! A Band of Canvass. soaked in Printer’s Ink and Oil. will keep off the destructive Worms that strip off leaves and finally kill the tree. This Ink. especially pre- pared, is Sold in Ten Pound Cans for only $1.00 at the GAZETTE OFFICE. ' Kuhn, Loeb a 00., Bankers, 30 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, ans consumer on awn A Selection of Choice Investment. Securities. WCorrespondence of Bankers, Broker; 1:8“ _ Investom Solicited. For Sale Cheap. Ten Horse Power Boiler and Six Horse Power Engine for sale very cheap. Enquire at: h‘, Gnu-rs orrtcs. me For Sale Cheap. WILL be sold at a Bargain, if applied for soo a small, neat Cottage, 01' sixl come, in goo neighborhood, and three minutes’ walk of the bindge. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE Factory to Let. A24 Dozen Hat Factory, with 25 Horse Power Boiler, Will be let on reasonable terms. Can be used and is suitable for other purposes. A pply or address, Earns or J ossrn Snsrnsnn, N orwalk, Conn. Notice to Builders. HIST-QUALITY BUILDING STONE for sale cheap. Applv to tie ‘ANES K. SELLECK, P. 0. Box 23. Norwalk. “‘5 Eligible Business Parlor For Rent. THE Largest and Most Eligible Front Room on first floor of Gum-rs Building, suitable for almost any trade or business A Pretty Residence for Sale at a Bargain. HE subscriber intending to leave the country next spring, offers for sale at a very great bargain his residence on Spring Hill. It is well and butrecently built, has 15 rooms, a double basement. suitable for kitchen an] laundry or a shop. attic finished, new barn and large lot, gar- den, frnits, etc. Situation very sightiy and healthy, and altoosetller forming a most desirableJlome ata very in crate cost. “48 T. O. ESKELSEN. Norwalk. Conn. November 27. 1880. Building Lois F‘OR SALE On Wilton'A'venue n. J. STUIIGES. 'or o. n.wn.son. swarm: BUILDING m POWD ER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of pure strength and wholesomeness. More economic than the ordinary kinds, and canoe! be sold in com- petltion with the multitude of low test, short weight, allum or phosphate powders. Rona BAKING Pownsa co.,106 Wall St., N. Y. n. n. CRAUI-‘UBD, mvns'rnmls'r SECURITIES, REAL ESTATE AND mscnascn, 31 MAIN STREET, - - sonwnnx. GEO. WARD 3331131308, umoeusnoox’s BLOCK. mu. smear, ' FAMILY GROCERIES. J. BELDEN Hum. BUTT. Attorney and ,Cnnnseln at'Law, Room No. 4. Up Stairs. GAZETTE BUILDING, NORWALK, CONN. JAMES T. RUSSELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law a Gazette Building, NORWALK, - CONN. ALEX. s. GIBSON, Organist of lst Congregation! Church. Waterbury, Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Musical Composition, Lock Box 39 P. 0,, NORWALK, CONN. PENSIONS Government Claims. My sole business. Thousands have R! hts N enacted. Address, free of charge, or visit, 2 GEN. w. E. NOBLE; 91 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport, Conn o. E. W! LSON, General Insurance It Real Estate Agent Money to Loan. Room No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn. EETNA INSURANCE Co., of HARTFORD. Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $8,902,272.84. Insures against loss and dam e b Fire, on terms adopted to the hazard andagons stent with the laws of compensation. COWLES a MERRILL Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity. ' THE Norwalk. Fire Insurance Co. Has now completed its 1811: SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS YEAR And has not outstandingadoliar of unpaid losses orclalms for losses. No sound company insures for less. W. C. Smear, Pres, S. E. Gunman, Tread, Gso. R. Cowman Secretary. L. E. QUINTlARD, Successor to W. E. Qumran, UNDERTAKER &VEMBALMER, OPPOSITE HORSE RAILROAD DEPOT. Residence 143 Main Street. Telephone communi- cation with OflIce and residence, . W. H. MEEKEB, Plumbiu, Steam and Gas Filling, SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. Sani'ary Plumbing, and Ventilation, and Low Pressure Steam Healing, a Specialty. PL U MBERS’ SUPPLIES. Pipe and Fitting for Water, Steam and Gas. Agent for the Florida Low Pressure Boiler. Facilities fo Cutting and Threading all Sizes of Pipe. sotf PETER L. GUIGUE, FLORIST IIIIIIISH wYIIIN, UNION AVENUE, North of Norwalk Cemetery, NORWAEE, - - CORR. Dealerin In Green House and Hot House and Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Ornamen tel Trees Shrubbery, Vines. Cut Flowers alway on hand and allsorts of designsln Flowers arranged to order. an Grading and Re-filling Cemetery Plots promptly attended to. FOR SALE. A STYLISH VICTORIA, Newly Trimmed and Painted. A Fine Family Carriage. Will be sold ata very low price. .HENRY TILLY, CARRIAGE MAKER, SOUTH NOR WALK. GENERAL MARKET. Meat. Fish, Vegetables. die. LOCKWOOD r ANDREWS. MAIN STREET. All kinds of the best qualities of Meats, Fish, Clams, Vegetables, etc., are kept constantly on hand. and will be sold by us as low as can be pro- Cured at any market in Norwalk. We intend to prove to our customers that we deserve their patronage by fair and generous dealing. ly40 LOCKWOOD a ANDREWS. Be on. 6 mb er 2 The Best Meats in Norwalk —ARE SOLD AT— WESON'S MARKET, ON THE BRIDGE, —AND FOR THE—- Lowest Prices for Cash. PLATES OF BEEF, 5 cents per lb; CORNED BEEF, from 5 to 16 cents er it. I will not be undersold for the Best Qua. ties of Meat. Poultry Drawn to Order. 1y1 James E. ”Watson. 27 Wall Street. .. . maybe found 11 ‘ file at 6:0. . _ - — . , Bowel. a 00‘s it A I. (10 8pm e owspa ' d ertising Bureau ltreetMTlErtasdvver- ' ' " tisingeon c ma .. m. .. .. .xIIEW VIIIIII. Number 10. 0N HELEN’S CHEEK. On Helen's cheek was once a glow, An arc of dreamland glimpsed below, A silver purpled, peachy beauty In tidal swayings to and fro. 0 flush of youth! outvelveting The butterfiy‘s Arabian wing! The very argosles of morning Bear not from heaven so rich a thing. On Helen‘s cheek a springtide day, Fragile and wonderful it lay; From Helen‘s cheek these twenty summers Child lips have kissed the bloom away. Nay, Time! record it not so fast. The reign of roses overpast; All victor pomps of theirs encircle A loyal woman to the last. Sotrueofspeech,ofsoulsofree, Of such a mellowed blood is she, That girlhood‘s vision, long evauished, Rounds never to a memory. No loss in her Love's self dewries! Up trembling to adoring eyes, The sweet mirage of youth and beauty On Helen's cheek forever lies. -Louise Imogen Guiney in The Independent. BATTLE AMONG ANTS. DETAILS OF AN INTERESTING FIGHT WHICH LASTED FIVE HOURS. A “Hand to Hand" Struggle—“Soldiers" of Reckless Daring—Distinction Be- tween Friend and Foo—Dragging Off the Dead After the Bottle. In the summer a year ago aswarm of black ants (Formica Pennsylvanica) built their nests between the ceiling and the roof of a shed near our dWelling, in the suburbs of Philadel- phia. At a distance of a few hundred feet from the shed a second colony of the same species had also built a home in a sheltered place. Both nests were unusually populous. Battles between ants of different species fought for the purpose of capturing slaves, have been often described. But on a bright morning in August I was a witness of a fight between these two colonies of the same species, which could have been waged for no such purpom, and which gave the occasion foragreater display of forethought on the part of the combatants than is usually con- ceded even to the ant. The nest in the roof was the one attacked The only approach to it from the ground was by a post and pins tered wall about six feet high. A smooth plank floor fitted closelv against the wall and post and was raised above the ground by a low step. This floor was the scene of the conflict. In all my repeated study of these nests and their inhabitants during the summer months the small workers were the only ones who seemed to labor. They did all the foraging, and it was unusual to see one of the larger workers outside of the entrance of the nest, which, however, they faithfuny guarded. The conduct of the latter so much. more closely agreed with that of the soldier ants of kindred species that in speaking of them in this paper I shall call them soldiers. because they certainly performed all the duties of a soldier, and, so far as could be seen. did noth- ing else. When I saw them on the morning of the battle both the small workers and the large ones, or soldiers, were out on the wall, put and floor in great numbers. There was no fight then going on. A strong force of solo diers held every approach at the foot of the post and wall, smaller bodies were formed in regular lines half way up the post, and large, outstanding groups were stationed at clasp distances here and there upon the floor and step, and running up and down the post sup- porting the nest. While I stood wondering at the unusual commotion I saw at the distance of a few feet a host of small workers, closely followed» by a great horde of soldiers, streaming along afence from the other distant nest. They must have numbered thousands. In a very short time these hostile workers had descended the fence to the ground, swarmed up the step to the door and poured in crowds upon the defensive scouts. The. antagonists rushed upon each other, and with their strong jaws cut of! here a leg and there an antenna, and sometimes severed the body of an opponent at a blow. The foremost soldiers of the de- fensive partycame to the rescue, and the swarm of hostile workers were driven back toward the step. But by this time the soldiers of the attack- ing party had reached the floor, moving de- liberately onward in a dense black mam, crushing their smaller foes as they advanced. In a few moments the small workers were either all killed or retired from the front. Then the battle between the soldiers of the opposing forces began in earnest. Halting a moment till their ranks were close and com- pact, though by no means regular, the in- vaders advanced to the attack in a dense mass, seeming to completely cover the floor over which they moved. In this close array they met the defenders, whom they greatly outnumbered. They were received, however, with a. courage as great as their own, and their ranks were quickly broken up and thrown into apparent disorder. After the general charge. had been thus made and the combatants were mixed in an undistingnishable crowd, single champions were seen rushing around the floor seeking a fee. When two of these champions ap- proached each others mutual examination with the ends of their antenna now seemed necessary to tell foe from friend. Many such meetings were friendly, and after the saluta- tion both would rush away at full speed. But when, by the delicate test of feeling or whatever serves them to thus distinguish, each had found an enemy, they rushed upon one another with the utmost rage. clinched both with feet and jaws, and doubling them- selves up, rolled over the floor, biting and tearln’ g each other, entirely undls' turbed in their deadly work by being lifted up into the air with a pair of forceps At one time the floor was nearly black with these roiling com- batants. As the battle progresed the superior num- bersof the invaders drove the defenders of their home slowly backward to the foot of the post. Then 'a number of the small workers, who had been stationed upon the post, ran rapidly up to the nest. In amo- ment a fresh army of soldiers, numbering many hundreds, rushed from the nest, and, descending the post, passed the guards at the base and fell upon the victorious foe, driving them back slowly, but steadily. to the edge of the step. The guards at the base of the post did not appear to leave their station to engagfi in the general fight, and only took part in it at all when the attacking soldiers tried to pass them to reach the nest. The fight lasted about five hours, and ended in a total rout of the attacking party. Toward the close the wounded, doubting of the invading party, were seen dragging them- selves off the field, generally carrying with them some enemy which had fastened upon them by his strong jaws in a death embrace. In many cases these attached foemen were found to consist only of a pair of jaws and a head, all the rest of the body having been torn away in the fight. With bulldog tenac- ity the head held on firmly, resisting all ef forts of the wounded ants to remove it. To test the force of his grip of the jaws I touched some of the unwounded soldiers with a pair of steel forceps. They bit the end of the forceps so firmly that it was not possible to detach them by pressing them against the mouth of a collecting bottle without crushing the ant itself. When the enemy had been driven oi? and the fighting was over the workers came down from the nest and carried away many of the dead. But when they ceased their labors hundreds of the dead were left, and from the fact that before lifting and dragging away a body two or more of them at the same time carefully examined it with their antennae, and then with one accord either took it away or left itwhere it was lying—never once seem- ing to differ in their decision—it would seem that even after death they distinguished friend from foe. The wounded defenders of their home tried to crawl up to the nest. The 103 of legs and antenna) made this difficult, and while some succeeded many failed. When the latter found the task a vain one they crept slowly out into the grass and died. For two days after the battle a strong guard of soldiers was kept at the bottom of the post. Finally these were withdrawn. and the ant colon settled down to its usual quiet routine—Phil adeiphia ledger. A "Boomerang” Shell. Another new shell, which is called the Mitrailleuse, after the celebrated fieidpiece of that name, has been invented by amechanical engineer named Thimon, who has served in the artillery. This terrible engine is pro- ductive of four different results. It shatters the object at which it is aimed, and, continu- ing its course, sends twelve bullets forward and the same number backward, finally ex- ploding and discharging 144 bullets. Experi- ments will be made with the new engine at Perigueux in a few days—Paris Cor. London Telegraph. Paris "nyperchios." The Paris exquisites. now called “hyper- chim," have begunan agitation against the stovepipe hat and the claw hammer coat. Some of them recently appeared atthe opera in red coats and derby ham—New York Graphic. ._..- 4..-“... ...-..._
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