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/ Cowardice and superstition are so 'iloscly allied that ircsn hote to be called 8 iperstitious. But what shall be said of the Baltimore man who recently buried lb thirteenth wife and concluded not to tnarry again? The Los Angeles, Cal., Tribune is calling out to have the State of California divided. It may be only a coincidence, out it 13 a suggestive one, iuat uiu Tribune at the same time regards L>s Angeles as the ideal capital for a great :ate. A "Washington correspondent says that the friendship between th? President *nd Speaker Carlisle is on the increase nd adds: ,4If Morrison R. "Waite hould retire while Ccveiand is in the White House, Carlisle will become Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court." A curious photograph gallery is prepared in the Ii.dtic provinces. As a means of checking horse stealing, a favorite trade in the region, albums containing portraits of famous horse thieves are distributed among police stations. "Whole families, women and younir girls appear in the albums. Dr. Evans, the American dentist in Paris, made a set of teeth for an English lady, the ivories being chosen from the mouths of twenty Breton girls, who submitted to the extraction for a pecuniary compensation. Shortly after the set was i delivered the lady traveled to Mcntone, and was aroused from her bed by the recent earthquake. She is now back in Pans with sunken-in lip*, having forgotten her teeth iu the cscape from the 6hakin<j Italian hotel. A fresh lot of peasant girls with sound teeth arc now wanted. New York Bradstreet's contains an interesting summary of some 3000 renorts sent to that iournal. concerning the number of persons employed in industrial pursuits at the present time compared with the number at work in 1885, together .with the d.CL'rence in wages between now and two years ago. According to the reports, there are at this time at lea<t 400,000 more industrial employes at work than in 1885, and the receipts of labor arc back again to the level of 1882, when the prosperous season which begun in 1879, was at its height. Wood oil is made on a large scale in Sweden from the refuse of timber cut tings and forest clearings, and from i ttumps and roots; and, although it cannot well be burned in common lamps on j account of the heavy proportion of car- | bon it contains, it furnishes a satisfac- ] tory light in lamps especially made for i it, and in its natural state is said to be ! the cheapest of illuminating oils. Thirty factories produce about forty thousand liters of the oil daily; turpentine, creo-I soto, j'.cetic acid, coal tar oils, and other j useful substances are also obtained from the same material!*. A farmer named Orton, living near Byhalia, Miss., some time ago becamc i the father of a child which is naturally | formed as far as tho bo ly and lower limbs arc concerned, but whote head re- { semWles that of a rooster. On the top of j the head, which is narrow and runs up j into a p?ak, is a diminutive comb of a ' I right red color, and the nose looks like j the beak of a crime cock. The eye* are | sm il. a id protuberant, but the vision is j clcar and distiuct. The child is not old j enough to talk and his attempts to do so j sound exactly like a rooster's crow. Mr. j and Mrs. Orton have several children ; who arc physically perfect and they arc j much distressed by the strange deformity j of the chilcl. It is a poor far Western town nowa- ' days that hasn't a "boom" of some kin !, 1 in which it expects the world to be very i much interested. This is the caso with ! the pleasant little town of Mexico, | Kansas; but for some reason or other j tfcc Kansas City papers 1 avc failed to notice the great Mexico 4,boam." The Hfr?vi/?rt tyt'T rcffntlv rvillpil tlinm tn i tusk for thi?, and said that they wore ' afraid Mexico would outstrip Kinsas | City. Then the Kansas City Times 1 made the amende ho iorab e by ! pub ishing thi? "boomlei"' from the Ledger: "J. A. Potts is raising the fl>or in Jackson & Ma s *y\ s ore and putting , in a new front 111 Ferris's store." it j doesn't tak j a Inrire boom in the hustlini; 1 ; "West to make a jrreat deal of noise. Judge Iieady, in the United States i Circuit Court of Oregon, has rendered I an important decision as to (lie scope j and range of the Intei-S. ate Commerce Act. The ca3c under consideration was : that of the receiver of the Oregon and | California Itailroa I Company, a r a 1 lying wholly within the State of Oregon. , Tie holds that ".he Inter-State Commerce Act does not include or apply to j all carriers engaged in intcr-Siate com- I merce, but only such as u-c a railway or ! arai.way and water craft under common I control or management Jor :i conuniuu; j carriage or shipment of properly from j one State to another, nor docs it apply j to the carriage of property by rail wholly | within the State, although shipped from j or destined to a place without the S at<-, ; bo that such place is no: in a foreign 1 country. EQUINE SOLDIERS." How an Artilleryman Drilled His Horses. They Obeyed the Bugle-Calls and Could bs Relied on in Battle. "I was only a young subaltern when the war broke out, but I was a thorough artillery tactician. My highest ambition was to have a light battery of my own, and I had no difficulty in securing a light battery of New York volunteer artillery. It was splendidly eqi i>ped. There wtr; six tenpound Parrot guus and twelve as fine horses for gun3 aud caissons as ever went into the field. The men were so green that they did not know the muzzle of a piece from the breech, and the horses were fresh from the farms, many of them not even broken to harness. I at once commenced drilling my new command and m an incredibly short lime it was pronounced ready by the chicf of artillery for active service in the fiijld. That battery became my pride, m l its proficiency in maneuvering I do not believe was ever excelled. I believed then, and still think, that thereis not a prettier mititary command than a light artilleiy. 'I - i l?ii T km} "it was uie i;rst uiuiurjr iu?v a ever drilled from its inccptioD. I soon found that the horses learned sooner than the men. This was especially the case respecting the bu^le-calls. Just as with the men, too, some of the horses learned faster than others. Some of them had better cars for music, too; and, while there were those who would obey any bugle-call after executing the maneuver a few times, others, just like the men, would never learn the meaning of the notes. The most proficient horses were always placed in the lead. More than once I have dismounted the men, and then with the bugle put the battery through the most intricate ma neuvers, sucu as wumcr-uiaituiu^ ? . closc intervals at a gallop without a rider on tlic horses. I had also taught the two lead teams something not contained in the tactics, that was to lie down in the traces at a certain buglecall. This little trick saved my guns at the battle of Fair Oaks on the 31st day of May, 1802. The lead teams had been ordered to lie down as soon as the firing began. The enemy's fire was high, but not far enough above them to save the pole teams. They were struck down, but when wc were forced to leave the field there were enough of lead horses to pull the guns off. All through that ter * * " ?J 1--J A! Utile SUcct oi name ana jeau muse horses lay down, not very quietly of course, and when the bugle- call sounded close to their cars, so as to be heard above the din of battle, they sprang up to their feet, and, many of them riderless, cxccutcd the order to limber up and retreat."?[C mrier-Journal. The Russian Soldier. He is, under ordinary circumstances, a soft-hearted, good-uaturei fellow, but there are savage instincts in his semibarbaious nature4which render him capable of almost any brutality, if lie is ouce thoroughly excited. The awful atrocities committed during the late persecutions of the Jews are still fresh in our minds, and bear witness to the savagery of the Russian peasant, and the treat went experienced by the Turcomans, b tli after the capture of Khiva and the fall of Geok Tepe, show that, in all events 111 Asia, the authorities even encourage the worst passions of the soldier. Perhaps Skobclclt s greatest quality a9 a successful General was his thorough appreciation of the peculiarities of the men he commanded. He had a wonderful hold on their sympathies, aud he enjoyed a popularity with the rank and file such as no other Russian General has ever ac quired. It was Skobelell who conducted the pursuit and harrying of the wretched Yomud Turcomans after Khiva, so vividly described by his friend and admirer, the American correspondent | JlacGahnn; and it was Slcobcletf who, ? -e n..-1. rr ? j ! auer tnc sionninjj 01 ui-uk i uuu rout of its brave Tckke defenders, gave twenty-four hours' complete liberty to his excited soldiers to -work their wicked will on the psrsons and property of the defenseless families of the dispersed Turcomans. SkobclefE thoroughly understood his men, and re-established his control as deliberately as he permitted unbridled license. For exactly twentyfour lu urs tho captors of Gcok Tepe were uncontrolled. Within six hours of the termination of that per'od two soldiers were shot for trifltn^ crimes. This circumstance, coupled with the fact of S<obclclTs great popularity in the army, g;res n striking indication of the character of the Russian soldier, as judged by the man who knew him best.?Blackwood. Just a* Effective. A paralytic young woman, wno iiaa b?cn unable to wa'k for years, was conveyed to a revival m;eting oue night recently, and during prayer she suddenly arose, gave an ear piercing shout, ( '.imbed over three paws, gained the :t s!c and made a dash for the pulpit. It \ as not another faith cure as many persons in the congregation supposed. She had simply seen a mouse in her pew near iicr ic.'t.?[Norristown Herald. Lvils of lYatf-r-Drlnklng. Sir Henry Thompson, the great English teetotaler physician, who refuses to treat any one in illness who driuks alI /i/vIiaIio KnvrtrArf/i? cntrc nOTTnrfllo1f>R5 V/Ulll/UV/ 1/gi^iU^VOj 0<4J Oj Uw ? vt ?| that the on!y water which is perfectly safe to drink, unles3 it has been boiled or filtered, is natural mineral water. In the shape of a wriggling worm, invisible to the eye, even when held to the light, and only to be detected by the microscope, a water-drinker may have given more permanent lodging to a snake than ever the hospitable whale gave to Jonah. But an animalcule will grow and thrive on the inside of the indiscriminate water-drinker who has swallowed it until it feeds upon his vitals and exhausts his health and strength. The victim wonders why he or she feels so much discomfort in the stomach, loses all appetite for food or else grows ravcoous, feels nervous, depressed, and incapable of active duly. The unknown and unsuspected reptile stowaway, swallowed weeks or months before, in a glass of impure water, is the cause, and he who doubts the numerous cases on record of inanition, or suspension of life, and apparent death from this cause alone must be incapable of weighing evidence. I have myself known a young girl who died apparently and remained cold and lifeless until put in her coffin, when her mouth opened and a small snake, some few inches long, appeared. A French doctor, who had attended to the case, was fortunately present, and drew the reptile out with i.:- ??? a ? - i?:~e :1 uia uuj^ur-i. ivitur u unci iui<ji ?<u, mv exhausted girl began to shudder, then opened her eye?, an 1 was thus rcscued from being buried alive. I heard the story not only Irom her own lips, but from those of her father and mother, and have not the slightest doubt of its truth. Numbers of similar cases are reported in medical journals. If the mere swallowing of indigestible food will almost deprive a dyspeptic of the use of his limbs and braiu, how much more must a living reptile in the stomach paralyze and suspend the functions of the human body??[Hall's Journal of J Health. About Oraugos. ''The orange is a very deceptive fruit," said a Fulton Market fruit dealer this morning. "In niue oranges out of ten the more beautiful their outside appearance the poorer will be the quality of the fruit within. The deceptive oranges are the result of allowing fruit to remain on the trees to color after they are fully developed. The young fruit on the same tree abstract the juices from the fu 1 grown orange until nothing remains but a spongy, wool-like ball, covered with a rough, thick, but brilliant colored skin, which is of no use except to makers of jam." "We could not sell the Porto Rico variety of orauges were we to label them as such," said Mr. Ha 1, tho Fulton street fruit expert. "People have a strong prejudice against them because they arc shipped to this port in bulk like so many cobble stones. The skin on this variety is very thin and the sound fruit quickly becomes tainted with the flavor of its decayed neighbor. Yet, when these oranges are shipped in small packages they are one of the choicest vancties to be found 111 market. ' "How many varieties of oranges come to New York?" asked the reporter. "The list is a long one. It includes the Havana, the Jamaica, the Porto Rico, the Nassau, the Abbieco, the Louisiana and the Florida varieties. Tlie fruit from five dillerent ports on the Mediterranean Sea and the five different varieties from California arc classed by dealers as summer fruit. All these varieties of oranges come to the ! port of New York. "We can therefore supply the wot Id with oranges the year round.?[New York Sun. Too Ilocky for Him. The town of Unity is a picturesque tract of hill country in Western New Hampshire. A good old clergyman, living in an adjoining town, was one day called upon by a rural couple who wished to be married. The proper ceremony was duly performed, and then the minister gave them ronic fatherly exhortation and advice about their new course. "Now that your lives are prom J x- 1. ,.i\ 4 i 1) iscu 10 cnuii uLiiv.r iruijf iuiu unsumsuiy, said lie, "I hope nothing will disturb them, but that you will always live happily in unity." "Wal, I do' know about that, parson," objected the young man, doubtfully. "We're married, as you say, and I hope, we'll git along ail right; but a9 for livia' in Unity, I never will? for it's the rockiest place I ever see in all ray born days!''?Youth's Companion. Turning White, A Colored man of the name of Wiley Smith, of Boker County, Ga., is said by the Savannah News to b2 a physical curiosity. Ten years ago he was one of the blackest men to be found in the state, but to-day his skin is of a light gingerl rjad color. The change in him was first noticed in his finger-tips, wnence it spread up his arms and then down his body. The backs of his hands are still quite black, and dark spots still remain on his facc and give it as'.raugcly mottled appcarance. Hope Through the Year. All seasons toll of Lope throughout the year? Tho airy, Iove-1 egetling spring that The earth with laughter of h'.*r early rills; Tho rose-bright summer, heaped with golden cheer, And voiced with woodland echoos, crystal clear; And autumn, heaping splendor on tho hills; And gay, white winter, with bis song that thrills With hearty life, e'en while tho woods are drear. Then lit us imitato tbo yoar, and sing! Away with care! Eyos were not inado to w??ep. Our Lear Is must boat with nature's, and must keep Hope warm in winterlitle as well as spring. Come, let us make all times, all seasons riDg With harmonics of hope, soul-stirrod aud deep. ?[Ernest W. Shurlleff. MY oousm BILL. UY DAISY MURDOCK. I had gone down to the old placo to 8cc Cousin Bill Wheatly. Cousin Bill had stayed there and worked the farm, and been all in all to grandmother and the rest, while I had grown to be a fine gentleman in the city?very fine in my own estimation at lea it. And wo were walkin ; together a!ong the greea lane between a Gvc-acrc meadow and the orchard, when wo heard a scream. "Gracious," cried Cousin Bill. "That's her. I know her voice. She's got frightened by the cows again. Hello! I'm here! I'm coming! Don't stir! Up on the fence, I know," he ad Jed to me in coufiJcntial tones, "and right among the bramb!c3." "Who on carlh is afraid of cows in this place?" I asked. But Bill was gone, and in a few moments returned with a pretty girl on his arm. The wind had blown her hair ,1 1 K! - ? 1, .. A uuuui, uuu mu uuiuiuiua uuu iuiu iter muslin ilrcss, but there, was an air about her I did not expect. ''Miss Mason, Cousin Henry, said Bill. "Mr. Ilunter, perhaps. I ou'jjht to say; but I hope you'll be Lilly tJ him and he Ilenry to you, after a while, lie's a great favorite of mine, Lilly, and has got to be a wonderful lawyer in London. Eli, old boy?" Miss Mason said a few gay words to me, and we walked home together. She kept his arm, and they were evidently eugaged, and I felt as though there could be nothing more unsuitable. A city lodger of my aunt's, I supposed, for she was very elegant. However, I found out after a while that she was only the schoolmistress. Her father had been one of ihoso rich men who fail and leave their children penniless. And she had had every advantage. Now she bore her reverses with dignity and sweetness. Perhaps the fact that Cousin Bill had plenty of money had causcd her to engage herself to him. I couid think of no other reason except that she had not yet met me. To my taste she was the prettiest girl I ever saw, and I felt that Bill stood between me and my happiness. B.sides being a beauty, she was accomplished, this girl. She sang, painted, danced. She would have mads a suitable wife for the eminent law I hoped to be?for a judge, if I cams to that. She was thrown away on a plain farmer. And thereupon I began to say to myielf, "If I tried, I might cut Bill out even yet. If I do, so much the better." And, with this for my motive, I stayed at the hospitable farm for weeks, and Bill and his good mother never guessed what I wa9 at. Al: last I was obliged to go back to the city. IIow far I had succeeded with Lilly Mason I did not know; but I was resolved to put it to the test before I went. And on the la3t evening?Bill having vanished somehow?I contrived to get his sweetheart to go with mo into that very lane behind the orchard where he had introduced us, and there, in the twiliignt, told her all I lelt. "i love you, Lilly," I said. ''Do you love ijie ?" Fjr answer, sho burst into tears. "My darling, why do you weep?'' I asked. She gobbed violent y. 'D.>n't ask me," she 8aid. "Leave me. Never speak to me again. I am engaged to your cousin, to Mr. Whcatly. Did you not gues* as much?-' "If I did," I answered, "I did not feel that that should prevent me from speaking. It is a most unsuitable match. You arc throwing yourself away. I ca i plac; you in a position more suitable to you. You could help mc to fight my way upward. I believe you like me. Can you say you do not ?'' Lilly turned her face away. "Do not talk cf liking," he saidf 'My word is pledged?my promise given. If I have forgotten it sometimes, I remember it now, "William is very good to mc. I will marry him. At least I shall learn to love him. Go; forget me. I will forget you. I will do my duty. "What next I should have said I do not know. A voicc fell between us from over the stone fcncc against which I leant. On the other side stood my cousin "Wheatly, tall and pale as a ghost; and the words he uttered were these: / "Duty I It's anybody's duty not to J marry unless she loves. If you don't j Iov; mc, Lilly Mason, I don't want you. , If you do love Cousin Henry Hunter, j why marry him. I wouldn't stand id your way for a kingdom." Ilis voice broke. He was sobbing. "It's n blow." he said, "but he's | I VAll l\r? WAllfColf * away on me?a country fellow without J looks or education. Good-bye. Isha'n't bother you any more, Lilly." He walked away. Lilly was gone j when I tu ned to look at her. In the j morning I sat alone at the breakfast- I . I tabic with Bill'a mother. She evidently ; knew the story. Iler hospitality was \ grim instead of friendly. She told mo i that "William had been intending to visit a distant city for some time, and had "set oil" early that morning. I went over to tho school before the train started. Lilly Mason was alone | behind her desk, her eyes swollen with tear?. The scholars had not yet arrived. "Dearest," I said, "do not weep. I am more in love with you than ever, and since you lore me?" But, to my astonishment, Lilly Mason j straightened herself up, and pointed to the door. "IIow dare you come here?"' she said> indignnntly. "Leave me I Love you, indeed? I simply hate you, Mr.Hunterl'' And sho meant it. I walked away ia astonishment nnd fury, and went back to my work in London. I felt that I had spoiled poor Cousin j Bill's happiness, and my own also. And | I had made a pretty mess of it! Already i I was out of love with the girl who had j ordered mc out of doors, and told mcshe | hated mc. Of coursc I never saw anything of tho people at the farm, or heard from them. And when, fi tally, I married a charming girl, I felt that my conscience would bo ( much easier if it were not for the mem? j ory of the wrong I had done Cousin Bill, j I dared not send cards to any one down j at the old placc. I felt they all hated , m?, though ton years had passed since j my visit there. What, then, was my surprise when ono day a tap came at my office door, and a pleasant face looked in. I started to my feet. "Number eleven!" I cried. "Yes," sa d Cousin Bill's voice. "I saw your wedding notice, and came down to congratulate you in person. A good wife is a great blessing," "Indeed, it is!" Isaid, humbly. "How good of you, Bilil How forgiving I" "Not at all," said Bill. "I'd have coinc before, only I felt you might owe j me a grudge. We sit and talk of you lots. How often I've thought of you as a poor, disappointed bachelor, all alone in London 1 And she has said, over and j over again, 'Well, I hope he's got a little over it; but I sha'n't ever forget his face when we parted.1" "Your mother siid thai?" asked I. "Oh, no; not mother!" replied cousin Bill. ''She sent her compliments, and some of her best cheese. Cheese is always handy in a house, sho says, and for you to com-i down this summer and see us all. It was wife said that?Lilly, you know." "Lilly!" I cried, "Then you married her, after all?'' "Did you not know it?" asked Bill. "Why, we thought you were taking it hard all this time. Yes. I didn't start early, as I expected; and I thought I'd go over to the school and tell her I bore no grudge; and I was looking in nt the back window when she said she 'hated vou,' and told y.m to 'go;' and I stepped in at it as you bunged the door, and then and there we made up. She discovered it was, after all, more your clothcs than nnything else that she weakened on; and?well, I was only too pla 1 to let all be as it was, If she would. And we're very happy and comfortable, and have four children?two boys, a girl, and a baby?another girl. Then lie shook hands with mc again, and I took him home to dinner. Performing Birds and Cats. The men with the performing birds have appeared on the street comers, says the Ii'ew York Times. The training of the littlo songsters, who perform at command all sorts of gymnastic feats and cunning tricks, working the flying trapiz , hauling up from au imaginary well and drinking out of a tiny bucket, or pretending to die and lying motionless until the police arc calleJ, is really remarkable, and is the result of laborious and patient instruction that might be more profitably employed. An exhibitor has appeared on the east side with two trained cats. If all who witnessed the exhibition paid a uickcl to sec the show, the exhibitor might reap a good hurvest, but the small boys don't pay. SpABisIt Generosity. If you visit a Spaniard, he will placo his who'.o house at your disposal. If you admire anything in particular, or every thing in general, it is yours. You are not expected to accept it, and if from ignorance or absence of mind you do so, you will find that presently lie will send for it back again. Nothing is more certain than that in Spain a friend will offer you everything lie has, himself into the bargain; and it is equally certain that everything hs?s to be graciously declined, himself included.?[Argosy. BIRD BELIEFS. Omens and. Superstitions About the Feathered Tribe. Queer Notions That Exist Concerning Different Birds the World Over. In Saintongc they believe the goatsucker incubates its eggs by merely looking at them, while the tradition that this bird sucks the goat is pretty widely spread. They say in Normandy that tho missel thrush speaks seven languages, and in Languedoc the shepherd who kills a wag-taii will shortly witness the death of the finest sheep in his flock. The reputation of all "night-birds, great or small, is not good; but southern imagination ha< discovered a remedy for all their spell*, which consists of throwing a pinch of salt into the fire as soon as their sound is heard. Could anyone suppose the joyous little songster, the finch?notably the chaffinch ?in the list of birds of illomen? But in the French province of v Maine and Angoumois, if he perches oit the window-sill it indicates trcuchery. The blackbird which crosses your road brings you good luck. The inhabitants of Solange say that if this bird does not live to an old age it is on account of the habit he has of perking up his tail tothe wind, another example of the fatal influence of currents of air. In the south of Germany the crow bespeaks good luck, but, in France, anything but that if 6een in the morning. The same with the magpie?ill-luck it it flics on your loft; if, on the contrary, on the right, you may be assured that the day will be a fortunate one. If you have money in your pocket theday you hear the cuckoo for the first time it's a good omen, and you will havj your pockets well lined with money during the year; if, on the contrary, you have no money, try and flatter your friends, for you may bi in need of their assistance before long. In France the handsome white owl,, with its beautiful plumage, is acccpteJ everywhere as a forerunner of death.. As if that were not enough todrawupoa if the animadversion of all, this bird if often accused of sacrilege?for in Provence and Languedoc it is charged with, drinking the oil of the church lamp'. It was the wren which aided Pro~ raetheus in stealing the 6acred fire o? knowledge from beneath Jove's throne in heaven. Accordingly, he who kills awren will have his homo destroyed; he who robs its nest of the eggs will be thecause of cracks and chaps on the feet of cattlc, or his own fiager-ends will bocome homey and his skin parched and cracKeu, Among the negroes the moaning-dove moans to save a man's soul. To kill one: of these cloves is a sigu of death?may boof the killer's own death, but more frequently of the death of a child. A buzzard or a crow on a housetop is believed by the same people to be an invariable? s gn of death or disaster; a visit at ihe door from a rooster, the approaching" visit of a friend; the noise of the screechqwI, or, "shivering" owl, is n bad omen, of many interpretations; while, if thecommon owl hoots on your right, good luck will follow, but bau luck should ho take up his position on the left and hoot therefrom. Arc you desirous to obtain gr.\3s that cuts wood and iron or the stone thatcures blindness? In the first place, sto.^ up with a strong pjg the hol'c in wliiclt the green wood peek ;r his her young; in the second plac?, cover over with wire the nest of tho magpie. In bothcases spread out a pioce of red cloth at the foot of thetrjcs. T.ie next day you will find these two matrcls left by the birds, and with which they nnde use toeffect an entry in their respective nests. The third case, the cure for blindnes', ismore cruel; but people are not very fastidious when the object is to obtain such a treasure. Put out the eyes of one of the nestlings and the mother will fly to the seashore and gather the marvellcuv sand, which you will find in the neat next morning.?[Cuicatjo News. A Queer E igle la California. For thirteen yeurs an e.-tgle has male her nest in a cave near Santa R >sa, Cal., and reared her young. A* soon a* they are c 11 enough to care for themselves she disappears, and is not sjen again intil the next year. The youn ; do not follow her but stay in the neighborhood un til shot or driven away, in urj sprug, when she c )in:s to b lild her n'.*st, slu flics directly over the cave fo.- several days, flying a little lower each day until at Inst she reaches the cave. After this perhaps she is not ag iiw seen for a week, when she conies out in search of food. Queer Fish in Arto<inn Wells. Many curious fi?h have been brought to light by the artesian wells which arc being sunk from time to time in various parts of Florida. At the Ponce de L?on well star fish of an unknown species were fouud at a depth of 1,030 feet, and from a well near Brooks Spring several small fish, with scales of variegated colors and fins covered with a shaggy coat of hair, were thrown up. At other places fish that were totally blind were met with at a depth of GOO to 1,500 feet.