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Waterbury Democrat., 1901-04-30
RHELAN'S' STORE
 fl Broadway. = Tel Call 1892
NOW
 FLOWS.
NOW

Flowing time will be here sooner that we realize. then you will want a blow and want 1t right away.
 We're prepared for these rwant-it-right-awa orders Flow selling Is not side line with us; it's one of our special ties. More than 100 blows in stock now-eighs different makes, thirty-seven different styles and patterns. from the small one-horse blow to the la- bor saving sulky blows.
 Such leading makes as Syra- cuse. Arlington. Oliver, Rox- bury. Southbury, Excelsior and Belcher & Taylor make up this complete stock. Prices start at S5 and run to $45.
 'Twould be hard to find an- other stock its equal, for variety and condolences, hereabouts. This large stock means large buying, large selling. means. low selling. means lower prices to you, not on blows alone but on. any article in the implement line. Come to blow headquarters this year. A postal brings a blow catalogue.
 P. J. BOL AN,
 90-93 Bank Street.
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inclined those who study 1t the closest
to believe that, making allowance for
the great inferiority of the class of
invertebrates, the Formidable certain
ly hold among invertebrates d rank
commensurate with that sustained by
primates, including man, among vete-
brates.
Taking into account the compara-
lively enormous masses of brain mat
ter belonging to O number of large
animals which exhibit a marked de-
gree of incogitance, and the intelli-
gence manifested by members Of this
division of Hymenopetra, the claim
made by Darwin that the anterior
ganglion In the head Of an ant consti-
tuting Its brain as the most marvellous
atom of matter In the world" is JUS
titled.
1t Is interesting to notice how diverse
are the methods adopted by inverte-
brate intelligence from that Of man in
attaining desired result. For in.
stance, men make the tools they re.
quire for carving or for digging. In
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Responsibility Of the kIeptomaniae.

The recent cases of theft by female
students explain the existence of one of
the many forms of moral insanity which
are occasionally brought to light by de-
tectives of the supposed criminal.
The real distinction between the Or
binary robber and the so-called klepto-
maniac is the palpable absence of motive
in the latter. The scnseless and impul-
sive form of pilfering is thus often
manifested in persons who are beyond
the reach of want and who do not need
the articles stolen.
q In such individuals, mostly women,
there is either an entire absence of con-
scious responsibility or an inability to
control immoral propensities. The cum
ningness with which the stolen articles
are concealed is in strange contrast with
the unconcern which is often noticed
when the individual is brought ultimate
ly face to face with criminal charge.
In certain respects the disease is an
evidence of mental degeneration, and
commonly has an hereditary origin. The
victims are essentially of the highly ner-
vous type, but in all other respects may
be considered physically normal indi-
viduals
Thus, scientifically speaking, the klep.
tomaniac is a person who is mentally
diseased, and deserves pity rather thar
blame.-New York Herald
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among them. They are placed at the
entrances Of the Formican dwellings,
their great heads fitting in and filling
the doorways. AS worker belonging
to the household approaches she is rec
ognized by "the animated and fntelli-
gent front door," which draws back
sufficiently to admit the entrance OF
it's friend and then resumes its double
office Of sentry and of barrier.
The Ecitofi are the Arabs Of the ant
tribes, always at war with all other
animals, with no settled places Of
abode, but ever wandering in journeys
that have no end. Yet in their temper
airy resting places the necessities and
instincts common to the whole FOrmi-
can family impel these nomads to build
Indications which conform to the char
acter and style Of the fixed and per-
manent abodes of ordinary ants. AS,
however, both the time and natural
apparatus for digging possessed by the
latter are wanting to excavate gal
leries and apartments necessary for
feeding and sheltering larvae and
pupae, these remarkable animals
overcome the difficulty in a most as
tonishing manner by constructing liv-
ing habitations, Using their own bodies
as building materials
But the most amusing instance OF
the manner In which an ant left by ma
| ture to her own devices overcomes
difficulty is perhaps that of the Deco
phylla smaragdina. This ant, one OF
common occurrence in Eastern Asia.
! forms shelters by bending the edges OF
| the leaves Of the trees upon which 1t
lives and fastening them together. The
adult ant possesses nothing with which
to secure the edge of the leaves togeth-
er after they have been brought into
i the required position; but it's larva is
furnished with glands that secrete an
abundance Of adhesive. gelatinous SUBJ
stance, by the aid of which it forms
its cocoon, and these intelligent in
sects actually make animated mucil-
age brushes of their larvae in order
to effect their purpose. A number Of
the ants. Selling the edges of the
leaves in their mandibles, bring them
together into the form needed and hold
them there, while other ants, each one
of which bears larva in its jays, ap-
ply the mouths of the larvae to such
parts of the leaves as require to be
cemented together, and induce their
Offspring to disgorge as much sticky
material as they find necessary to ac-
complish the desired result.-Scientific
American
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1t would be difficult to cast a stone in
New York without striking boarding
house or lodgings. Some exceptionally
tony people are engaged in the business
of providing food and shelter for home
less individuals of the human race.
Among the keepers of swell places are
numerous widows of Southern soldiers,
the destruction of whose property in the
civil war burdened their families with
distressing poverty. They managed to
come here and get start, and many
have made comfortable fortunes. The
widow of noted general opened house
in Twenty-krst street, near Broadway,
some twenty-three years ago, and of
fered Southern beds and board for S.
So and $ro a week Notwithstanding
she had been born in the purple, she
worked like slave, and after ten years
of drudgery had saved enough money tc
buy house in cross street east OF
Central Park. Here she raised her prices
to $2s, $50 and SIS week. two meals
day, and had as many boarders as she
could accommodate. She is to-day :
rich woman, with a son and daughter
in high society,-Nesv York Press,
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HEAD OF WORKING ANT
Showing toothed fpandiblee.

sects grow them; vessels being needed
as receptacles for liquid food, man
learns the art of the potter. but the
curious honey ants transform them
selves into living bottles. to which the
working members of the commune re-
sort for refreshment.
The tools of insects, exquisitely
fashioned and finished, are much more
perfectly adapted for the purposes they
serve than are any contrived and
manufactured by human beings, but
there is disadvantage connected
with them-they cannot be laid aside.
The tools dominate the tool-bearers
and check development in any dlrec-
ton not connected with their use.
This leads to the extreme specialiZa-
tion We find among insects. The egg
producer, the queen of the termites,
although she possesses the usual num-
Der of limbs belonging to her species,
is totally incapable of locomotion, as
are the living bottles of the honey ants.
The queen lays eggs; she can do moth
ing else; the living bottles store up and
yield food to other members of the
formlcary, and are as incapable of per-
forming other uses as IL they were
mere life kss cells in a honeycomb.
Among Sae Formidable this tenden-
| cy to specialization has resulted in es-
tablishing species limited to particular
industries or to particular methods OF
living. Some species Of slave-making
ants. for Instance, confine themselves
30 entirely to military affairs. and
have so entirely lost the arts of peace
and efficiency In domestic matters, tina
they are not only obliged to depend
upon their slaves to care for the young
in the formicary. but to have the food
paced In their own warlike mouths
and would starve in the midst Of plen
ty were this not done.
The mandibles of these ants, Polyer
gus rufescens and p. lucidus. the form
er European, the latter an American
species, are entirely untitled for work
They can neither crush, cut nor saw
but, being sharply pointed and curved
they make most serviceable weapons
with them in attacking an enemy
Polyergus seizes the head of her 70,
between the points Of these curyet
poignards and penetrates the brain u
once.
A number of ants among those o
very different species are distinguish
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SUPPOSE

Suppose and supposing that all DER this
world
Each little girl cried when she had her
hair curled-
Me! Myl
What a terrible cry.
Why, all the soft kitties would scamper
from fright,
And set up a-meowing By day and by
night,
And dear little doggies stop wagging
their tails
To howl out the howlingest, wailingest
walls;
And wee little lambs in the fields fa-
away,
Would bleat and ba-a-a and refuse to go
play,
And their mothers would scold them for
making noise
And call them the naughtiest of little
lamb boys
But therel
forgot, I declared
I see Pm supposing the wrong kind of
case,
For my little girl, with smile on her
face,
Says, Please, l do so want to have my
hair curled."
And of course she is like all the girls
in this world
Good Housekeeping.
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Her Father-Has my daughter given
you any encouragement, sir1 6uitor-
We'll she said you were always . very
generous Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
can.
II am hopeful that you will pay me
that 80 before the end Of the week,
Smithsou." That's right, old man.
Be hopeful, but don't be sanguine."-
Judge.
II don't see why you should Insist
that Thomas Is 80 egotistical. Have
you never noticed that instead Of avow.
Ing that anything Is 50. he is always
modest enough to say I think soT I"
THAT IL nothing but his egotism. He
thinks that his saying he thinks 50
makes the statement that much more
positive" Journal
"If poker IL our national game, then
the American beauty rose ought to be
the national flower" "WhyT "Be
cause 1t has such . royal nush."-Chi-
Ngo Record.
M,nnie-Gcorge said ought to 60 on
the stage. He said that he had no doubt
would be q peach. Mamie-Are you
sure he didn't say q Cherry7-Indian.
apolis Journal
do you think your son will get
through collegsT" Yes, have every
reason to believe he will. He passed
his first football game splendidly."-
Washington Star.
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SOMETHING BOYS CAN MAKE.

To obtain light without employing
matches, and so without the danger OF
setting things on fire, an ingenious con-
trivance may be made by any boy. Any
one may easily make trial of it. Take
an oblong vial of the whitest and clearest
glass, and put into it piece of phos-
phorus about the size of pea. Pour
some olive oil heated to the boiling point
upon the phosphorus; fiji the vial about
one-third full, and then cork it tightly
To use this novel light, remove the cork.
allow the air to enter the vial, and then
recork it. The empty space in the vial
will become luminous, and the light OBJ
tanned will be equal to that of lamp.
When the light grows dim, its power can
be increased by taking out the cork and
allowing fresh supply of air to enter
the vial. In winter it is sometimes neces-
sary to heat the vial between the hands
in order to increase the fuidity of the
oil. The apparatus thus made may be
used for six months.-The Ladies'
World.
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1t is not generally known that
when a new battleship is proposed it
is first modelled in paraffin wax and
then submitted to series of tests in
the naval testing-tank at Ports
mouth. This tank is 400 feet in
length and twenty feet wide. The
models range from twelve feet to
twenty-four feet in length, and after
they have served their purpose are
invariably melted down again. BY
far the most wonderful naval expert
mental basin is that just completed
in the navy yard in Washington. 1t
is fitted with all the most modern and
up-to-date appliances for testing the
behavior of model war-ships. Some
idea of the high finish of the tank
may be gathered when 1t is stated
that over $1,25O,O00 has been spent
upon it.-Tit-Bits.
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The Chief of the Geological Bureau
ut Washington predicts that new
sources OF oil are likely to be discov-
cred in abundance from time to time.
This is on the principle tat nature
seldom does anything on a retail plan.
Hence the fever now raging In Texas
is likely to break out at aly tire IN
some new quarter.
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SOME NEW FEATURES
IN THE ANTS LIFE.
BY J. CARTER BEARD.

"HE recent discoveries Of Was
man, Florel. Belt and others,
added to the wonderful re-
suits Of the Investigations
made a few years ago by McCook,
Moggrldge and Bates, have deservedly
awakened a new interest In everything
connected with the lives and habits Of
ants. The remarkable evidences they
exhibit Of something which, rotwith-
standing its limitations, seems akin to
human intelligence; the perfection, as
compared with other insects, Of Its
physical structurei the greater proper.
ton borne by the brain to the rest of
the body; and Its wonderful social life,
30 much more highly developed than
that Of the bees or of the wasps, have
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-08-31
WILD HAWKS,

An farmer boys who like to shoot
hawks would have been delighted to have
seen the immense flock of hawks that
surrounded an Indian town recently.
There must have been five thousand in
the flock, and at least four hundred were
killed before the birds concluded to move
on. What they were doing or where
they came from were equal mysteries.
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THE BALLOON AND THE BIRD.

"There is balloon man going byp
Sure enough there was Ted and Tony
rushed to the front door to see the bal
looms.
"Blue ones and red ones"
"Just like great bunch of grapesp
"See 'em bob in the windp'
"Oh, ohr
Two pairs of boys eyes gazed in an
agony of longing at the balloons.
Uncle Mark was sitting on the porch.
He now got up and came towards the
boys.
when I was small boy, liked toy
balloons"
81 guess all boys do" said Ted, mod
estly.
(Which color do you want?" he asked.
taking some change from his pocket.
Red" said Ted.
"Red." said Tony.
1.-TWO red men," said Uncle Mark to
the man.
"Oh, no." said Ted, 1--WE don't want
both red. They'll get mixed up"
But want red," persisted Tony.
WELL" said Ted, little unwillingly,
"then I'll take blue"
The man loosened from his bunch the
strings belonging to red and blue bal
LOOM
"Ketch hold keerful, now" he contin-
ued. "or they'll get away from ye."
LET me-" said Ted. "No.-let me, "
said Tony.
Two small hands were stretched out
together to take the strings. And whose
fault it was-whether of either or both
or of the balloon man can never be told
the string of the red balloon slipped
away.
Hold onl' screamed Tony.
But the balloon sailed away until Il
stopped against the branches of tall
tree, with the string hanging down
Uncle Mark tried to seize it, but it wax
just beyond his reach.
"I'll go and bring the step ladder" he
said.
On the way back with il he heard long
cries from the boys. He dropped the
ladder and ran to them 1t was hard
to tell whether the cries were of terror
or merriment.
What had happened?
A dozen or more sparrows had beer
hopping and chirping about, all busy
looking out for stuff with which to builC
their nests. One pair of the bright littl,
eyes had 'spied the string banging from
the balloon. A fash of the brown wing.
and the balloon was moving away.
''Looki Lookp
cts going off with i'll"
"You bring that backr'
"Whose balloon is it?" asked Uncl,
Mark.
Mime" said Tony, half inclined t.
cry.
But it was so funny to see that spar
row hauling away the balloon that ever
Tony could not keep sober. They laugh
ed and screamed and clapped their hands
until every one about the place came te
look.
He meant business, that bird. The,
followed him as he few with the string
around the side of the house. There
on a ledge just under the caves of tn,
gable, they could see that he was build
ing nest. Watching him, they saw
him begin to weave in the string.
"He's welcome to the string if he'C
let me have the balloon" whimperet
Tony.
II wouldn't mind bit if it were
NINE" said Ted. Its so comical to SEE
it bobbing in the wind while that little
rascal works away
Il don't mind.' said Tony. "Yor
never had balloon built into bird.
nest"
| An hour later the string was much
shorter Before night the balloon was
bound down to within foot or two Of
the nest And there il stayed for weeks
! robably to the envy of all other spar
-ows.
| AT last. in wind storm. h burst. and
: the rest Of the suma8 Z E11Ie dat
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A cheerful Landlord.

sT stopped at q very small town IN
Kansas few weeks ago" said L. N.
Martinez, of Chicago, at the Raleigh.
II had been In the place once before
and knew where the hotel was. 1t was
late at night when got OF the train
and went to the hotel. After repeated
knocking and shaking the door the
landlord came down and let me In. The
next morning breakfast was not ready
when got up, but the landlord was in
q good humor about II, saying, Every.
body is sick about the house. You are
the only guest, 80 ! didn't get break
fast ready He went out into the kdtch-
en- and In half an hour served q very
good meal for me. found that my
customer was out of town, 80 had moth
sing to do but stay around the hotel all
day. The landlord got dinner and sup
Der for me and ! asked, Who Is sickr
"My wife, two children, the cook,
the waiter and the porter
at should think you would get Some
one else
"Can't. They won't come
"'WhyY
"'They are all afraid Of the small
pox. I'm the only one who hasn't got
1t, and feel the symptoms. I'll be In
bed tomorrow, but think the porter
will be well enough to run the hotel by
that time. He Is sitting UP to-day
II paid my bill very suddenly and
put myself under medical treatment
whom reached the next town."
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Omrc. Eczema. Itchinr Hume,

B. e. b. Botanic Blood Balm) cures I'll skin
cruptions, itching humors, eczema, watery
blisters, scahs, scales, fostering sores, boils,
csrbuncles; heals every sore by giving .
healthy blood supply TO the skin. Cures old,
deep-seated cases after all else fails. Drug
gists, 81. Describe symptoms and treatment
sent free and prepaid by writing DR.. Gillian.
IA Mitchell street, Atlanta, Go.
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Quite Like a JeweIrv Store.

In q Kansas town the other day
Miss Ruby Opal entertained Miss
Pearl Diamond. They were seen
romping on the emerald green of the
lawn with sparkles of fun shooting
from their turquoise eyes.-Denver
Post.
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great creatures Numbers of them may
often be seen riding about, as human
beings do upon elephants. upon the
backs and heads of their gigantic con.

freres. Even this use. however, does
not account for the dlsproportionately
large heads of the giants. But the Col
obopsis ants. which burrow In
branches, seem to have discovered how
to proftably employ the big-heads
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Kansas statist.c!a.s figure that
every baby is worth $1,000 to the State.
This estimate seems absurjly made
Quate to the Naby's Darents-
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The people who think thsy have al the
trouble in the world are really suffering
from vivid lamentations.
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A Balloon Ascensionist Killed.

A balloon ascentionist was recently killed
while making one Of his daring trips Life |.
700 valuable TO trihe with in fool-hardy ad.
ventures. It II better TO employ ourselves in
peaceful pursuits where We may be secure.
Then II we take care Of our health we can live
10 good old age. Tbs best means Of promot-
ing health is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
This medicine cures dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation, Aatulsncy and insomnia. Be
sure to try IL.
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Mn. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. soften ths gums, reduces inAamma-
tion, allays pain. cures wind colo. 80 bostl.
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Some women who are not naturally
pretty make up for 1t in other ways.
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Poor Dick is gone! He was a de-
voted cyclist wasn't her. Eyes, In
dedl He left will stating that he
was to be cremated and used to help
out ON our new cinder path."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
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W. Il. drinan, Jsckson, lGishigsn, writes ::
Suffered with CAtssrh for Afseen years.
Halls CsAarrh Cufs cured me-" Sold by
Drurgist6 7Bo.
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The man who shakes hands most i.
generally the hardest to shake,
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Seventy-three per cent. of ships enter
ing British ports dy the national flag
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Distinction in Journalism.

To be connected with an important
paper is always distinction carrying
more weight with the public than a
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Great Britain and Ireland, according to
the completed census returns, have pop
ulatien Of about A2,000, 900.
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PUTNAM FADnLxss DYns are fast 70 sun-
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all drug
vists.
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by possessing relatively large heads.
the use Of which is extremely problem
atical.
And yet the smaller members Of the
commemorative find q use for the
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A vessel gong from Montreal to Port
Arthur has to ascend 90 feet.
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of red hung from the nest which was the
last of Tony's balloon.-pseRs Mage
zine. r
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The, golf player doesn't always know
what he il driving at.
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connection with any law firm or bust
ness house.