NOVEMBEK 1891.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



173 



"A moth may be distinguislied from a 

 biittertiy by having the auteuna; variable in 

 form, ami the wings seldom elevated in repose. 

 The larger number tly only by night, cr, if 

 disturbed in the daytiniej they tty only a short 

 distance before alighting."" 



At this season of the year the house-fly is 

 crawling away to roost for the winter. He 

 will return with the beautiful spring. 



It is said that a copper-head snake was 

 taken at Purgatory, ."Sutton, Mass., Sept. 2(1, 

 IS'Jl, by W. H. Wilson. This is rather more 

 than extreme norlhern limit of the reiitile, 

 and probably came from the Jit. Tom family. 



Terribly Lonesome. — "At last we are 

 alone!" 



It was the man who spoke. 



The woman trembled an<l lifted her eyes to 

 his face. 



They were beautiful eyes, liut they were 

 tremulous eyes, eyes which look out from a 

 he irt which is iiresolute. fearful. 



He stamjied with his heavy foot upon the 

 flo ir of the room. 



The echoes Ijr aiglit back in their invisible 

 arms the sound, and let it rip|)le out again 

 until it struck the walls once more and fell 

 into the vast void of silence, says the Detroit 

 Free Press. 



A bat, disturbed by the unusual activity, 

 darted from a coiner and blindly dashed in 

 eccentric convolutions about the dusty 

 building. 



(ireat ropes of cobwebs hung down from the 

 ceiling, and across the corner of the room 

 dead flies swung lightly in the hammocks the 

 spiders had fastened there. 



The dust rose in listless clouds from the 

 shock of the heavy footfall, and sank again, 

 overcome by its own inertia. 



Even the air was resting. 



The spirit of the desolation seemed to per- 

 vade the place. 



The wom m looked furtively around upon 

 her dim surroundings, and shivered. 



Tlie man laughed harshly. 



■',\lone, I said,"' he growled. 



"Yes,"' she murmured. 



A faint light struggled in through the great 

 windows in front, thick with dust. 



"Where are we?" she whispered, and 

 shivered as the liat dashed into her hair. 



"Listen," he replied hoarsely; "we are in 

 a store which does not advertise." — Hoston 

 Herald. 



Every naturalist is more or less of a s))ovts- 

 man, and all are ever glad to know when any 

 of the fraternity is turning out any new woi-k. 

 We are ])leased to announce that Mr. A. C 

 fiould, perlnps betteV known to the fraternity 

 as lialpli (irpenwdnd, the editor of our neigh- 

 bor. Shfiotiiui ri}id FixhiiHi, has in press a new 

 book on iloijem Amerh-nn Rifles. 



We coaxed Bro. Oould a little and got the 

 following pointers: It will describe the mode 

 of manufncture: description of appliances 

 used liv riflemen; diiections for bullet makinc; 

 reloading cartridtres; positions adopted in 

 shooting, and in fact will be a manual for the 



riflemen, from a practical standpoint, as all 

 will know who are acquainted with the author. 

 The book will be looked for with interest, as 

 it fills a new field in book work. It is pub- 

 lished by Bradlee Whidden, of Boston, which 

 will vouch for its appearance. 



Dog and Tuktle Go to Sea. — Much excite- 

 ment was caused at Pablo Beach, Sunday, by 

 the peculiar manner in which .Jolin Dutton's 

 large Newfoundland dog Towser came to his 

 death. Saturday night .lohn Dutton and a 

 few friends patrolled the beach in search of 

 turtles. .Just before the last moonbeam had 

 faded, and while in front of the pavilion, all 

 hearts were gladdened with the sight of a 

 large turtle leisurely moving seaward. \Vithin 

 a few minutes the sea monster was a pris- 

 oner. .Assisted by his fiiends Mr. Dutton 

 hauled the turtle up to a point on the beach 

 beyond the wash of the tide and turned him 

 over on his back, expecting to call next morn- 

 ing with his cart and remove the captive to 

 his place of business. 



Long before Dutton had turned over for his 

 second nap "i'oung America was on the beach 

 viewing the monster of the deep and wonder- 

 ing whence he came, and, as the wonder grew, 

 some boy sngt'ested that it would be a fine 

 joke to turn the turtle over and let him regain 

 his liberty. The suggestion was the progen- 

 itor of other plans, and finally the crowd 

 mutually agree<l that it would be a very huge 

 performance if in addition to giving the 

 turtle his liberty they at the same time tied 

 some strong dog to him for company and to 

 add zest to the occasion As it was Dutton's 

 turtle, whose dog would suit better than 

 Dutton's? 



So, coaxing his big Newfoundland dog to the 

 beach, these imps strongly hound the dog to 

 the turtle, and then restored the turtle to his 

 normal condition. The turtle made for the 

 sea. The resistance of the dog, though bring- 

 ing into play all of his great ])ower. was 

 scarcely perceptible. .Steadily the turtle 



dragged him down to the beach and into the 

 water. The dog howled piteonsly. He 

 seemed to recognize the end was near. The boys 

 in alarm hurried forward to repair the cruel 

 wrong, but, alas! too late. Tlie turtle was 

 out of siffht and so was the dog. — From the 

 Jacksonville Metropolis. 



Freaks of Connecticut C.\ts. — The early 

 spring has developed some queer traits among 

 the animals in this state. A. E. Olmstcad, a 

 Moodns marketman, has a cat which gave 

 birth to three kittens a week ago. Evi<lently 

 thinking her family too small for her capacity 

 as a nurse, she left her box and went over to 

 a neighbor's rabbbit warren, where she found 

 a young bunnv. and taking it carefully by the 

 neck carried it to her home. She has fully 

 adopted it, nursing it at the same time with 

 her kittens, but she can't understand why the 

 young animal dnesn't pl.ay with her tail, as his 

 ifoster-sisters do. 



f;elston Mitchell, also of Moodns. has a cat 

 which is even more odd than Mr. Olmstead's. 

 She has taken to her affections a young wood- 

 chuck which Mr. Mitchell captured several 



