davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11

FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY:
GEORGE Il. SCULL. Somerset BoT
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11

wEDNEsDAY................--Augusill, Il, 1850
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11

FOR ASSEMBLY:
4. J. COLB0BN, Somerset Bor
SAN MIER. Elklick Twp.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-08-11

sCULL Editor and Proprietor
, 1880-11-29
1881, PROSPECTUS, 1884,
dollar WEEKLY
{ RIBUNEE,
The Best Political, CONNER
cial, and News Paper
In the Union.
The Weekly Tribune Ono Yea
for 0ae Dollar.
Now is the Time to
4 Subscribe.
Now is the Time to
Subscribe.

THE Tn1nuHr Ia tho bnat business medium End
commercial exponent Of this city mud Is IND 7nMos
tho strongest mud uuat influential fepublcstn Se*s.
paper In tho West. ln tho recent cuntest endha'a.
glorious Republican triumph It occupied tho plseo u
Chlef-of.Artttiery nmong thu Republican PfasA-
throwing the hunyest shot and s1oll Of tat1 aht ar
Ru,usnt, In lefunso of aouu principles und sasioaa!
integrity, 1t helped 10 Beu tIh pvat!lent hefest VI
"Stato .Bov1reynty t0 iis grave, to rue ana ~ io
gotten. ...
Politically 1WR TRIBUNE Is q atatwars Hcpnol'eAa
newspaper and will rcman ~ unlil espf5 .nnn IN ~
South, Irrespective Of ca, coiuF Or poHet sas'
o3uy &hb rtxht u vute aA bo vNsea fur auo ~
ba!lot hunesy c0uAtcd. Wihuus bnl!!osloR " ~
Ing. and untll civil and political bcFt5 for olaeh
pub,icanH, N weti ns white Democrats. u @"n
established In tho south ~ In tho SuEsh.
Tho redemption Ut logn1.ten!ar greenbacks IN cta;
and tho ronl0not!zaton Of silver, haVo e'hshes~s ~
trlmensuIy " tho restoration Ut ilnAnc!al co'nueu.
tnduBtrRt EovtaI, md good Tunes vIpaFlfhceu auus @
tho paxt year; therefore, tho presoht souah ahu s
factory mnagy syslen, should bs let alohe. ~ ~
Tribune will strenuons!y oppose all WaH strs ii. n
Bhylock aclo,ne4 to danuuettz0 KEa1abaeaa a,a ~ ~
yer. and prs,daca contraction for tho ebhouEot Ns
fessnnal unes.iendurs to tho ruin VI tno e'ous"~
tnhsstA. H.
In tho faturo. ~ In tho past TUE TRIBUNE N" ~.
vucs,tp tho maintenance Of tho Nasienal ereo.'. M
pustslcaAon OF tho pubs BoFsIe1; the aafoeae5 "
scasunabo proIerts Ut fiscal r9!utmt fa.a -
IN public expenditures; UNpos!tson 10 sao*'oss
curporutu lu4,ury Ia nll itx f0FH,a: 0na tAe
on VI equnl rights To all cltl1ons, N0fan hna coa
, 1880-11-29
Something That Files Wl..nvt Ix,u-
unsf E4ns Four l.ers. @S@

Fffptntn ftiy fAtr, 1:akt,rf,t
some tn.1r 9s ttte u9ya nao We heard ta,t n,
Tho Chlnese quarter OF tile city. Tha Ill., ss oSe1
sud tn hav1 four legs ar, te !,y isihuIt tx x,.a NY
At tho tnIg WI Thought some pursnn ,ra snlhfA
70 Nos OF sell md ,isi aittie attsntlon ts!h!
story. Last evening, however, T6m Jaetnnos 81 ,ns
apeu!Rl 9''!ecr FOR Ch!HNtown. called nbsHt y.
ba found in any encyclopedia III trasr ,ost ,"o!t
such CREATURE Ut tho mir ,ls va hnyo n,"no,}
Mr. JAckshii sayH tho wniltler acgln ia w s
sUtno tlnys nK!. 1t wns Hrst 1lntiCcd by sSaa isa
hoy wsu called tho attention Of Mrs. jHcts tsan Is y
Il Tho ,onta n9acsGrpt nppers to b. ka q
crab. soue sixtocn inches In hreadsn ~ r..
this strange lbdy hnng tsown fs. fisoa iansa
nbout two feet IN length nnd Ms thick a. "sh
ordinary walking" stick. Nothing h ~ ~
shnrr IT NtnHs ~ tn be aeen, nor Is thssss
my aappinK as % of w!nRs. Tho, creature Iii
fantton!ess. as.A appears 10 move wlthottt tgs Y.
AlfRtest Uxertion u my Of tho known F;n,' ny y
flying nppArAtug- Slnco first observed L ~. y.
passed 4ortbwArd, regularly eyery 1nC,nin, IN,
about Q oclock. and southwanl every stttn, syta'n3,
shortly netorc sul .wn. u llfta orer the sa toza
Rna moves nhout Ns 1nst nsn ,orc or a pierx,nt it
1t Is or 4 dark color, but not black Mr. Jssfsns
says he bus scon tho "DcIlst regularly eve,9 y9
day fos four or Ave days. lie hast sRw i ycs,ei.
tlay on tts wnY north, but, was not down il Ch
natown IT tl,e time Z loes ao',s In the rvenias,
directions, therefore ~ confident that II il m
dtaholtca. Invention Of tho Ehinrsv rlgRc1 o, ~ u
run sun n atrinR Or wire. 11esfdes, must Of the
residents Of Chinatown hnye acen tho creat,1rp.
n!,d aro not little troubled ut tho slsht of il
or thing Of tho devil. Iii. Iuckso Is W IN III Il
resident Of this city, and Is well known rs i
truthful man. :"
, 1880-11-29
The Merits Of The Weekly Tribune

A NfuspApo. hro apparent to sll. Wo oes, ~, ,hs
Il excels, In tho amount, quality. and sateH
realns which It proyldcs. overy oshs'
ton Of tho kind In this country. The space i'm.
to adyprtIsurs II pnrputsy kept d9~n " a. s.4 at
its. Mnro tnaE NV columns VI tef' x9's. 'scut
atte.s tueh sessk ,plth ~ tsst Mws, ealsoeta
Stuns, atores essays, poems, humorous ~ .t.,
epuclul articles OF ntateat " fasales. anu tR'
il ma4kot roports aro unsurpassed emStaes,ns snsI
tho Information which fAFnsers require w NV taJ
gent transaction Of buslnass. toth u se1'ess "1-
ers. "a ,.tas ~
Fue,s about railroad combinations aha s''S'
n,xuys nuttcad tn TlH WESKLf. ,,d nts
improvements Of AGrirultIns. naeatas,s s.cr,bet Ia
saesiiUds Ut utilizing fArsn produc1* n1e aS'S''
THE WKxKLY, f,.ndsn,s
.l,ural Jr" writes on "Tho Farm $40 t;n.asp" na"
"O. H. H." ou "llortleultuEg" aaa ..'.s IT TIL
On "rhe Field aad asablo," In each 'su' V
WkEKLY. .hs fo,hlopI,
Tha lso,na Department. eea.se abou. tns 'n 10,
ahOrt stos!as aad locHs. lltoTa!J ,aSIs, I'D lbs
mako TIVE WkkKIY attractive ~ LIS '1-''"
ytun9eF ncmbetp Of tho family.
, 1880-11-29
NOTES FROM ABROAD.

DCtLluNG AND HEFAllS-
1lr. Il. Davis, Ut Wolfe lslnud, near Kingston,
Is building prnpoltcr destined tu py between
Kingston ard Montseal,yiN Ottawa. next BeaIson.
Her bull Is now completed, und 1t IL expected
thnt by next Monday shu will bo III u 1T cundl-
ton to launch. Tic boi'nr and mach!uury nru
to bo pus III by pHYids0n & Doraii. Thu t'irlcn-
stons Of tho new craft ara 07 feet long py y fust
wias sna whS ~ .ae pe0'ea will coat i" tho
During tl,s coming winter Nosars. phIpppn 4:
Urahnln lnthnld making uxtuNsiva AlterAluns
nu1nti Ia hpr stsrn t!lt sllu wit stntr better,
ns,d naw decks as,si " sab!t viii. 10 nut IN. ths,
M!s ss1ses % ss y 4us IT, s.* : s,Ga w1ss e
1uo In thu c,rrylux lr,ldg .liltI sie will ciasa a.
Thu work viii bo tons at tcton, Ont.
A AAdkAH1MOEa CtIttp0RAT1uN.
Az. is well known, unly thu kindly lntcrposI.
ton u Uupt. Ja.nes Drsko with hla t,nu uru.
Itller Hni!n'o. or the Western TRANSFORMATION
,!est sayed ths NV stea; S.rYS 5an n ID:
tiru broke out III her bo!lcr.rtDtn whlN Slehn.-
i. inE doSn ~! Luke , !M5;n; Can't Drak" run a'Sns.
s' ea Sss 6 J." a saS tstos ~ { Hspt Of up ''s
d1snchluK steeum at water far IN iagr,
Unit! tl!e hatncs were extnguishe.l: Msanwhl!o
ululKst.tu vt Tho turning strA- bNrgc. II Ii nDw
stuffed tI%t tlo Western Transportation Com
DELINQUENT IlrE.sAvIHd cNEW.
III tho uswrx,' Itiltlt.t," oE thu 18th oHc H. l..
crew y sand, Creek, who Nro uousp!aiie4 ot ~
kciluorur Gnrirx. III. Eor,h's siatctnent, bow
ssSes, ~ s,ss 10 syS ,h. sas cn " van As.'sMe s
uIlllis nf u" sclstausr so!ns aslitie, III instcati
Viz, siss'ii @ ha{s ' t..,s. R'asl'y: Will. !
lux tho bfrtchcs !'u0y It was ftltlI that M out.
lrt troln u IA,s'i tntn tho lnku co,tu!lsed too
fuv, 4nd nat bua tu llo SCH. fur. In tDo ,neuii.
titnu sunlrbsHly eIss rtsc'lca1 the crow Vt tho
, 1880-11-29

gptetai plspateh to Tue thteaoo Tribune
c,,,.rt ~, n Nnv ns-T.ho aohoornr n T..
.,, ~, .s.N 49, T.. ..,. 49,. tt,t.
Irchao!e aFrsca he1e to-tlns. nnsaHs pecu 'ptf.
teen days nut from Uu.rnlo. Shb had to put
1mok ID Long postit t,gtco for shelter, md ,ylg
fiern ft,rcc tlaya 1ctttnK her sails thuWcl cut.
Afterwards sha was tYat,ty-two hpurx In tho leo
nj tho hUail uf tho lake 1t tonk a wilnIg dry to
GhuD tic Ice OF hpr deck. Willie In the leo Bho
saw Il propeller, thought to TO tho Wu-co-kcy,
come down through. She MISC sMw tho stuAnier
civ uf UUtru1t, The rruJnplD's Maitlgnif WIS
Sruken md flur matuboonl sprupT. poth ,sero
fIshntl
xAxEs sr. CLAIR AND ERIE
qn.-<,t Cf,ro,.h n ~, f,ht,.,, yr,f,,,rx
, 1880-11-29

secure for tho rcnlaln1er Of our lives tho only
emytn!,e position III tho world ,-tl,at wherein
tho constant admiration Ut tlle works Of the
Creator assures rnns'' anu lihppElts.sS, frrn
lIIsn.' III E,en sn,n arns., III L be..rni!l
tho wand uf thu nllcl,nMtrr; but tho ',appl-
ness dreamed Of WIS Of sllort 'lnrattun., y
few years nttet the l'rlneu 9,,dt l'rIilcsss intl
or nntDrrh too, with n aceptW mid n cI0wn,
n,,l enticetf t'te t'rtncu tn Il foreign land. 10
wiS inAt!t MI Emperor, c0l,tleilitIel to death.
md s1'S: n ln tfo sar vrS.r le!, eil.
nualMs, i, less than ihrco years, wcrc cnrried
l,Hk IL Trieste.
Htantilug on tllc nalcon1es Of sttranur, where
sight roa,ls nser u vast extent of tho Adrlatic
roow' 'ci.l.lNrrA IN 1tEn sIApSEss
arises terrlhly l,eioro the vfew., Hero alo
KEPT her nightly yigls, despite tic ptutcstn-
tl.,ils Of tttn t>neeia of Beig.an,. witt, srleay-
ored to entlcu ller fr2ul AttrAnnr with nss'lr-
more: to whom slu replied, "'No,-lwtll
whit for .Nlaxlmtlian. he has .ahHfcnted tho
throne nntl ,lcpar.etl from Mexico. Thc rns-
snss tr, rS yets fi Gs%1 Y y95 t9Ms s fSSn'E t2s
ii"re @ days; tIercforo he vii be hire III jess
thin i weok." On tho sth Of lmly, 1867.
tho birthday anniversary OF the Empernr
drapsi With ilassn,.i @ hrlllanty llami,ateti:
md, as the Inhabitants ut Trlcst0 heard Ut
thu snd tlenth, they t'cI,eid ut tito sa'li9 mo.
iIent tlle nrranget'',rn,tfs r,t ior nlagilicent s
silU went to tiio part ar,l licked a,ixtousiy
a1ltl lo,g al llfe Distant orIzun that FORMED
will walt f9r him sixty yrnrsp' Ann siio ls
are now alike tn her outward gaze, md tho
Wisdom tllat yelle.l lcr ruason lii tlie mltlst
Of sncl, ss! oyes!r%tsla''ng sorrow SURELY must
In cDMcl,ttly. with brighter picture Of
Royalty, Will introduce yDu tn
TIIE cIrAHNlSu QUEEN OF ITALY
rs | recently saw her in Turin, all radiant
viii! nanpfness, al,l forming ? striking e9l,' M
trust with her cousin, tho t'rfncess ClOtt!de,
spss Mfs SAD a HfS7y Hy liz ss1,S sSe T. "" saey r y 5 Ill.,
llas beco.ne Tho ,nntlo'rai lower, Il llowhere
worshlped MS 1t IL III this gootl city, where
ostentatlon or show, but us ono, return~
ins. .llume aftur, M absence of several months
to her devoictl friends hMve seen 0ther
| entries, .of, ,soyereiHns, but 1t u thus tho
Ipvetl Turin, where tlle King. Ii, reyorod, a,ld
the Queen III always tho spoiled child Ut tho
people. llcre there Is 10 cscnrf,1no Gordon
tlo !cnrabfnlcri, or, guards. The Royal train
invattctl tha depot, nid formed cErclo
around tho gala cnrrlnges, gazing ut tho
lackeys rigid tn their seats, III I'D livery and
yeiyet eniettss: hs de tfM, mr.
cord. \ Chamberlain appears, covered with
the dust of m cighteen-ho,.r ritu. rhon n
| great cry. GOES up from tho crowd us tho
having, see1, his Majesty In II year, I was
amazed Mt tllo cl'angel IN Ills appearance. Ills
fnce. was thin, tho expression weary, tho
checks lloflow; tie projecting eyes ~ Ills
sar,i s nit a oii. I tic wsarlncss Of tho Journey
! might huye contributed TO this in HOmt, do
, 1880-11-29
Extraordinary Chaapness.

While the prEce OF single snbscfpVss31 Tu,urss
iii no ,;aiisa ooe yoaf tor n Asr .sse @
paia ~ md ~ ~ any "ue can p,stv up claS q ns
isx It rsaucvs thu ps1co u oNk s,..n,s. .ll "
YEAH. FOR Twenty Dollora !~enu .tsr'uu Ha Vt ~
sent ono year and free copy to INV s'''~'
Club.
, 1880-11-29

70 prevalent mt! 90 fatal has consumption be-
&olnu that It IL nuw uSuryWbera dreaded as tho
formative xtayrs. III Pulmonary CuanplaInla
iaay bU trat,ll,. relieved and esN,trollti by ~
curative slIUiitliy .tttaptel tp soothu ai1l
strcnHthet ttu bronchial tubps, aIlay tuunlttA-
tion, ind lo4,sHn aud telnbye all Dbstructtons.
II II a certain remedy tor asthma, aud also Tor
cQu9hs aud coidA
, 1880-11-29
"ENDYMION." " "
The New Novel by the Rt."Hon.
the Earl of Beaconsfield.
A Sketch Of the Plot, and q Key to
the Characters.


for the manuscript Vt "Eniyinlofl," which
tho Atcssrs. Auuleton publish to-lny, lie |
mn,,o n rond I'm rrot, o,,a viii muso upou
IL" % ca,us .,',s of a ' "a."a II, lit I,acr"tmre. '
wv .A,ae ~ NanM :" n.esasAs. .,,,,
le0rln VINO fenu lSnNQymlOh' Mnyl Een!1y
learn something Aboht l.oft btaconsheNls
but they Will mt learn much about the n1ell
anu women with whom he dccoratcs hts
scenes, not only bnptlzlng them under queer
r,u,oo t,,,t ,ftvrutafro ,i,ou, In utroron IN.
,.as.,.., m".,' p"a - tie,o nn air"r,"a,en"a ~
slim np tho book Ina few wortls-ft Is ono
't tst % 5 ~ 1s e t1oe 'e c1GG1y sbo a% SI Ia1 at
u MI "I I'.nlv S,i ~ ~ In ' rna,l % twice. ~ WV
- Tno no. ,a.v,, s,nry, - w ''"t '"'s''
1ho s'0rS,s ,,,nr, .vr,sr,c
Enlymion Ferrars is tho grandson OF ono
sy h"1 Eo"nssn, vo and @ tns son o.
s tne ea%y pe' Of o season. e entered ssa raramens
and became AT Under~secrctary, lived ex-
pcusiyely md found hlmsolf oimost ruiueI:
1vnnt Io,r, ,ntn thn onn,,trw viii, ~
s,nn'i fragments Of his fortune, OBJ
tained smal1 clerkshlp for his boy,
and committed suicide some time after Its
wife,s Crath. leuylnr Entlymion md hIs
twlil-slster Alyra a,'proylted for. Ihs e'iI.
'rlcI, banker engages Myrn rs n companIoi,
for nis aansher and 1o nrrss titled
.,,.t,s -. " t.ro.ns, ,.'ta ,.s.nta nan.a.a.,
pushes ny. pfotter !Gtoa plls"te aeG1e.A.s
SLIP n1nl then into Parliament, where nc be-
tym,on mnrriea rich md benutifuI widow,
tbo f.on,,toss ~ A,ontfort M, hta et.tor ha.
onu Hon.es ,oty ~ 'arpio, a Wnn ,ersstan ssts.
There is rs mich happiness and splcndor as
| the most cxnctlng lover Of fairy tales could
deslrn. Nearly nil tho c1lnruCtnFH ara titled.
, 1880-11-29

Shaker snrsnnnrflln, tlandnllon, yellow locf,
1Anrlr.sltc, xMrget. hlMek et,hosi,, in,IIat hemn
priuco's pine. md tho t,crrlcs Of juulEeT nd
nlbeb united with fo1fllu nf potassium nlaIe bf
the ste.ety, ase tho ingredients Ut Ito Shakers
SNrEMpAr3lll.
, 1880-11-29


Special Dtpateh 10 The Chteaqo 1rtbunk.
DErIsniT, Mich, Nor. 28.-liound up-Cleared.
proMliers LycomlnR. Concmaugh, W,asahickon.
Arrived, prupoIlurs HostOn, Milwaukee. North
CrNcr.
Bound aown-prore.scrs I,ehish, Roanoke.
Colorado. Juntata mud consort, 1'hi'adolphia;
Btcnns-barxos n. X. vnn Allen, v.Swatn and con-
sort. Corlnnrunt aud consort schoonota tarrivct>
John Woslcy, ltouDcn Dowt, Columbian, ftoin-
lGtr.
FONT MuSioN.
roRT HERON, Mteh., Nov. @s.-Passed up
Fropo!ors Wipsth,ukon, concmaugh, Lycon,lng,
bfnry NitlH, Sntli,nc.
Uown-Fr0pgllurs Inh,a, Sheldon, v. Hwnyno
Hnd co,1slrt. Jnniea Davidson a1d cunsoet:
sch o0tGr a. MnwMt.
Wind southwest, frcsh: weathor cloudy md
mild.
CIIEHOy0AS.
Special Dttpateh to The Ch4td7e Tribune.
CltHNOYJAN, Mteb., Nov. 2s.--rto l,rppcitera
milwaukee, a'i1 Now York nre will IN yort. The
night, sutlubnor +. u. DArttnvr.
Wind south, light, we"rhof moderate.
, 1880-11-29

"afy mother iroro tho raraIyals md neural.
gln ull out OF her systoIu With Hop Ilittefx"-
I'LL. {sisft,n Slln,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
A Tremendous Spider Story.

A correspondent writes from Plain
view, Ill, to the Chicago Inter- Ocean
The following facts transpired on the
farm of an honest old farmer, about
two miles from the town of Plainview.
Last Monday morning or entering his
barn the farmer found, to his great sur
prise, his pet bulldog and old cat and her
kittens suspended from the -beams
in his barn. On examination he found
them to be suspended there by cord
about the size OF common wrapping
cord, the fiber of which much resemhled
silk, but proved, however, to be a spi-
der's web. At first he thought the kit
tens, which were on the hay Just above
the beams, had accidently dropped into
the web, and the old cat, following the
instinct of her maternal nature, endeav-
oring to rescue them had herself be-
come entangled. AS to the situation of
the bulldog, he thought he had been
trying to get at the cat while in her
trouble, and had himself to succumb to
the same fate rs the cats, but he after
ward came to the conclusion that they
had been picked I'D by the spiders as
they went about seeking whom they
might devour.
The farmer went out to call in some
of his neighbcrs to witness the marvel
Gus scene, but imagine his surprise when,
on his return, he found a sucking colt
ascending to the web, having been en-
circled by two different fibers, one just
before his hind, and tie other just be-
hind his fore legs, he was heing drawn
up by the spiders. When the colt had
been drawn up five or six feet, spider,
apparently well versed in physiology,
came down one of the fibers and began
boring for the spinal cord, just between
the atlas and the axis, as have seen
small ones do with flies, but the farmer
was unwilling to sacrifice the colt for
the benefit of scientific investigation,
and so he was rescued.
The spiders were then taken from the
dove-cote, of which they had taken pos
session, and killed. One measured
three and one-half inches in length, and
weighed one half pound. They are of
a dark brown color, with light stripe
down their backs, strong, active and
ferocious. Several men Of good repute
in this section are willing to testify to
the above facts.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
They Missed the Boy After All.

Jack was not bad boy, but he was
terrible mischievou5 one, and his pa
rents really felt relief at the thought
that he was to start for boarding school
the next day. His father thought of it
when he found that Jack had used his
razor to whittlo n hitc stick. lie thought
so again when be discovered that Jacks
ball had gone through the parlor win.
dow. jacks mother thought SO when
she found muddy footprints all over the
parlor carpet and great scar on the
piano leg. They both thought so when
their chat at the supper table was in
terrupted by whistling and the upsetting
of the milk pitcher, and they told Jack
so. when, after having driven almost
wild his father, WHO was trying to read
the evening paper, by getting up fight
between the dog and cat, he sat down
on his mothers new bonnet she had
| lust been txing, and utterly ruined it.
| Early the next morning Jack was
packed Off. On! what relief from
noise and trouble it was, His fathers
razors remained urdisturbed; no sound
of breaking glass was heard; the par
| lor carpet was unstained by mud. But,
somehow. the house didn't seem cheer
full to its occupants. 1t was long day.
Tea was served. There was no whist
ling and upsetting of dishes to inter-
rupt the conversation, but the talk
didn't seem to run so smoothly after all.
And when it came to reading the even
ing paper and fixing up another bonnet,
the dog and cat slept serenely on the
hearth-rug, and no disturbance inter-
ruptcd the proceedings. That's the
difference between having boy in the
house and having him away, and the
| Il l
marked as much to Lis wife, when he
noticed a quivering about her mouth
and two big drops on her cheeks, and
there was q Kind of mistiness about his
eyes that bothered him about seeing
Yes" she ans wered; "it-is nice
and quiet; uh, uh, ou.u-u!" and he
got up and went to the window ant
looked out and blew his nose for twelve
minutes steadily.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
Concerning Lizards.

A discussion on the hereditary trans
mission OF peculiarities took place at q
recent meeting Of the society of biology,
of Paris, when Mr.. Rouget is said to
have mentioned as a remarkable fact,
that single tail, which he had caused
to be amputated from a salamander,
was replaced by two tails, which SUBJ
sequently grew out. This is by no
means an uncommon occurrence in the
West Indies, where | occasionally no
ticed lizards with two tails. The original
one is replaced by another, always, /
believe, of inferior length, with second
shorter one growing from its base.
The common lizards of the West In
dies are extremely fond OF music. In q
listt ming attitude, they will approach
the open window OF a room in which
music is played, coming nearer and
listening. In a somewhat rare book,
entitled Barbados and other Poems"
by M. J. Chapman ILondon, 1885, this
habit is thus referred to-
Gay sounds are heard within the Lighted halls
the listening leaves the melody enthralls,
The charmed zephyr pauses AS he flies,
And mingles with his strains the sofUest sighsi
The awakened lizard leaves his bushy bed,
Climbs to the lattice and erects his head.
Alizard, so engaged, had its tail acci
dentally cut off by the sudden closing o
the window on the sill Of which it wai
stationed. This curtailed lizard, how
ever, ontinued to visit the spot, charmed
with the music. After short time i
was noticed that the lost appendage wa
gradually replaced by two. This oc
Cured at the house OF a friend In Bar
badoes. Thomas Bland, IN Science Nsv'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
The WGreat Hurricane.O

The most terrible wind storms do not
occur in this latitude. What is known
as the great hurricane started from
Barbados October 10. 1880, engulfed an
English fleet anchor d before st. Lucia,
ravaged that island, where six thou
sand lives were lost, travelled to Mar
Unique, where it sunk French fleet OF
forty ships, carrying four thousand sol
diers, devastated ST. Domingo. ST. Vim.
cent, st. Eustache and Porto Rico, and
sunk many vessels sailing in the track
of the cyclone. Nine thousand per.
sons perished at Martinique and Q
thousand at st. Pierre. At Port Roya
l,400 houses were blown down, anG
1900 sick and wounded were buried
b meath the walls of the hospital
Great as has been the suffering and los.
of ife from tornadoes in this .ntry
they cannot be compared to this trul!
great hurricane Of a century ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-05-20
A Tough Story to Swallow.

There is said to be French babe, aged
six months, born at Cherbourg, the nape
of whose neck has the singular gift of
producing an uninterrupted succession
of feathers. Twenty-three have already
sprouted, reached maturity, and fallen
Oft, to be carefully stored away by the
infants father, workingman, whose
fortune may be considered made if the
amazing story turns out correct. The
manner in which these feathers grow is
thus described: A pimple forms on the
nape of the neck, quite close to the roots
of the hair. At the expiration of a ccr-
tain time the pimple blossoms into a
feather, the child. at the moment when
it appears, seeming to experience a
slight uneasiness. The feather, which
is curved and gilded, attains, when fully
grown, from ten to twelve centimeters
in length. When it falls few drops of
whitish color issue from the pimple,
which then heals, leaving no trace of its
existence for awhile, until another ap-
pears, inclosing the germ of another
feather. A curious circumstance, says
the Cherbourg paper, is that the feather
remains six days on the infants neck
when fully grown before falling, and
that its successor takes as many days to
sprout as its predecessor to reach ma
turity. The father of the phenomenal
child intends taking it to Paris in order
to ask science 10 investigate the cause of
this freak of nature.