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u THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - AiLANTA, GA-, TUESDAY DECEMBER S9 3885.???SIXTEEN' PAGES. A CHASE AFTER A BRIDE SQUIRE JONES FOLLOWS HIS DAUGHTER TO ARKANSAS. AKotFnnntt With Loaded W??*pon*-Hl*h Water ???top* tha Infuriated rather-A Fight Batweoti rare tit and Ttseebsr, Is Which tha Parson Olvae Soma Bard Blow*. From tha New York Mali and Express. Arkansas until a few years ago was the gretns green to all of the state* adjacent. No marriage license waa required, and a minister of the jroffd or a Jaatlce of the peace could in ?? few minutes tie tho knot so fast and legally that fifty thousand infuriated fathers could not tindo It. Thirty or forty mile* below the state line in Louisiana runaway matebesto Arktn Mas were so frequent that fond parents with daughters l:rpt double-barrel shotguns and fast horses ready for any emergency. If tho run nways were overtaken before they reached tho line, a fight followed and frequently the would lie bridegroom was shot by the enraged father of the girl or vice versa. Nearly ten years ago I assisted a runaway match and wo* chased by the father and hia big sona. Squire Jones lived in a small village in Louisiana, thirty miles from the Arkansas lino. He had two grown sons, and n daughter, Hallie, Just eighteen years ohl. She had graduated at a female seminary and was tho belle of the parish. The aqui had ???hifalutin notion*,?????? the villagers aabl, ???aliont that ere gal and thought slin were too good for Jist any country Jakes." The truth is the squire was a candidate for sheriff and wanted Pallie to marry the son of a man who could manipulate a primary election or a paririt convention In hit interest. Hut Salih* had her affections Used on a young lawyer, Kph ('rndington, who roiild practice law all day aud pin* jMiktr all night. One day a big barbecue and tournament welt* given by the Mippoiti r* of Squire Jones. Kph Cradington was there and was the victor in the tourna ment game. He took nine rings out of nine. Tho rings uro placed on jades and tho knight* on horseback dashed by and take them off with la tire*. Kph crowned Hallie ns queen of tho ortanion nud improved the shining hour hy making nrinngcincnta to run away hi Arkansas nnd get married. The squiro would not Jot him visit his house, uiid in an open tournament ho could not objn t to his daughter being made queen. The honor to the Jane* family was too great to refuse and the country papers would publish n column or two and the JoiieW glory would Ik* romnlete. Kph asked mo and two others to go along as an escort. ???No danger, lioys, whatever," ho Ktid. "I will drive near thr'hoiiHr and Haliio, when slio hears uie whiatle, will elinib out of a linrk window nnd 1 will assist her over tho Imvk-ynhl picket fence." That night ut one o???clock throo of us, well mounted mid tinned, met Kph in his two*horso buggy, ami drove to the snot near the squire???s house*. Tho buggy looked like a small arsons!, u sixteen-shooter and several pistols being hcatteml about ou the sent. ???J won't use them, lioys,??? lie said, ???1 want them to intimidate Jones and his crowd if they pursue." A dim light was burning in the queen's room Kph whistled low two or three times and the light moved. In a few seconds a white-robed woman let herself down from the window, which was near the ground, and began to thread her way among the rose hushes to the picket fence. When she was half way a win dow opened nnd Hqulre Jones stuck his head out. ???Who Is there???? he naked In loud tones. Rallie had the presence of mind to hide be hind n rose bush. 'Til git nty gun nnd Investigate," said talking iu head and slamming the blluds with a loud bang. . ???Hun Hallie for your life!" cried Eph, aa he pulled off five or six pickets for tho girl to wp through. In a second her lover bad her In hla strong arms running for the buggy a few hundred yard* distant. Ho quickly placed her iutbe vehicle and sprang In himself. He seized the rifle first. "Don???t shoot paw, Kph, plcaao 1" ahe entreat "1 won't, Hallie. I???ll Just crease him like they do wild horses." We rode up and advised a hasty flight, urging tliat wo would hare at least half an hour's start. Off we went like a whirlwind, but none too soon. The father appeared at the picket fence, bareheaded and in his shirt alecves aud with a double-barrolahotgun In hia hind. Alt AKGBY PATH lex's PURSUIT. ???Stop, you hounds, or I???ll shoot 1 I???ll follow you to Arkansas 1 I'll?????? ftirther words were drowned hy the loud report from both barrels of hi* gun. The shot rattled over our heads aud frightened our homo. Tho old man meant these shots," said Kph. ???Lot us ride, for won???t give Hallie np without a struggle/??? PISTOL SHOTS AT THE GROOM. Jaded as our horses were we spurred them on to a furior.s pace again. Very soon Crooked creek ford was reached. Evidently It had rained above for tbe water was out of its banks. We know wc had to swim the creek. In we to him as he plied t ???No, 1 ain???t HallW, body will be hnrt before this thing la ended." We knew that Hqulre Jones would give chase with hla two nous and our ouly churn* waa to mislead them. There wore several bis plain roads that went to Arkansas. It waa evl ueut that tho buggy could not travel fast enough and that ft could lie easily traced hy Its tracks. On w?? dashed. It was a clear, star light night and nothing hut the ringing hoofi of our horecn and the rattle of the buggy hroko the dead stilliuwa. ???Have any of you heard an owl hoot yet???? asked Hally, leaning her bead back in the buggy until her white, scared faee uearly touched onr borer*' noses. No, we have not. V Well, If you d<s It ia somebody w ill be k i ll-cd," ahe blurted oat be tween sot*. We felt that eveiy moment Hqulre Jones and hla posse were gaining ground on ua and some thing had ;?? be done. The lover studied out the plan of safety. ???Hallie Is a good rider, boys. When we get to the forks of the road two of you get in the buggy ami give Hallie and I your horses drive up the fork that toes by .Sykes??? ferry,ami we'll take tho left hy tue fora." Very soon we reached tho fork and made tho change. I kept on with the bridal party, the onlyrsrort. The other two young tneu that drove off in the buggy as decoys asked: ???Shall we shoot when the old man cornea up, Kph ??????? ???No, not if you ran help ft. Just surrender to them and tell them any Ho to throw them on a wrong scent," he answered. ???Dont shoot paw, nor any of my brothers, pi rase,??? said Hallie. Hallie sat sideways on a man's saddle, and felt cramped. We rode three abreast, and at a thundering gait. Now and then we stooped to caeape the branches overhanging the road. We bad gone abfl(| three mile* since we parted from the Imggy, when we heard the re port of guns to our right. ???They have come up to the buggy and are having a picnic/??? suggested Kph. ???I won???t go if they have killed paw,??? said the girl, her lace as white us snow. 'They kavm't killed him; ho has killed them, 1 m afraid," aasuriuglv said Credingtou. We had rheckrd our speed somewhat, wheu the long, loud Hcreams of tbe screech-Aw 1 came like a frrnrrel knell to our ears. ??? ???Home one is dead ; 1 feel it/??? said Hallie. She began to weep. We slackened our pace to a trot. ???I hope the boys haven't killed the old nun." sadly mul Cradington. "I intended to vote for him for sheriff at the primary next Thumdav againat Harrow*. He was a good fellow at heart, only he didn???t like me because I raised him one night a hundred dollars on four area. He called, and said a man had no principle i h it Would bet on a certainty.??? ???Wert quickly ???Ye*, and if he ain???t killed I will yet when We get lack." ???Well, lie did not know ft. He heard that you were working hard for Harrows,??? respond 'd the girl, w ho was getting more color In her cheek a. We had gone ou for hours and were distant ten miles from the Arkansas line. We tbougbf we were beyond pursuit. All at once we heard the sound of horse*' feet in the rear. ???Blast the luck; nobody weren???t hurt by water, hut neither Kph nor I pretended to notice ft after we got out. Hallie came out riding like a tnan. She was tired and we knew that way of riding was cosier. Ho looked at me otid I at him, but we said nothing. Turn ing to look at tho water we had Just been in wc saw ???quire Jones coming at full speed on his blazed faee, sorrel mare. He was alone and bad a pistol in bis right hand. When he rone-lira the edge of the water he leveled hte pistol nnd cried out: ???Dot rot me, if I don???t put a bullet through you, Kph Cradington, if you don???t stop." ???Not unless you consent to our marriage,??? was the reply. The old man pulled the trigger and the re sult was a snap. Wo laughed and spurred our horses forward. He corked the pistol again nnd fired it at his would-be son-in-law. The bullet foil short. Hallie began to langb, and taking out a handkerchief, waived It at her father. Wewoudcrcd why she laughed, and w hen we saw Jones try to urge bis sorrel marc to take the water she explained: ???Paw's mare won???t swim. Brother Jew told me that slu- wouldn't take water. If he gets aerors he w ill have to go up two miles to the ferrv.??? This put us in good spirits, and on we sped, leaving Jones on the other side of tbe creek, trying to whip his mare to take water. Our only chance was to get a half hour???s start to this unexpected piere of good luck and reach the house of n /tent 1st minister jast over tbe line. In n few minutes the ceremony could bo Kone through with snd Hallie transferred legal- Jy to ('radiiigton's care. At last we reached the line, and soon afterward the Baptist preacher' house, ???Was exacting you, fur it wa4 gittln' purty near the time fur a eoiiplo to come," was the phflKint greeting we received. ???Kum In; my wife and her brother are both here, and thoy will do as witnesses, along with your best man, look kind o??? damp. Crooked creek is hi Want to marry at once? Chased? Do you, Hal lie Jam s, take -no, I mean you, Ephraim Cradington, take this woman, etc. In a few minutes tho couple were pronounced an and wife. Hallie looked Jiko n beautiful ncreld, her damn gamu ts cringing to her form and her Imlr falling in dark wavy masses over her shoulder*. Cradington was wot, hut he took tho bride to his arms nnd gave hor vigorous squccxc. Nearly a bucket of water fell on the floor from his embrace of damp gar ments, Just then a loud voice was heard on the outside. ???Stop It J I declare ft off in the name of tho constitution of the state of Louisiana J??? 'That Is my pawl" .Shrieked Hallie, clinging to her husband. ???I will go out," said Eph. "No, HI just step out and make jieacc for you, have no fear," triumphantly spoke tho preacher, ns his lull, gaunt form made for the door. He stopped out. Hqulre Jones sat on his sorrel mare at the yam gate n few pacos from tho door. ???Is that thing off mister preacher?" ho asked in a loud voiro. ???Naow, ft aint off; ft is on. and you Jist stop foamin??? behind yer cars nnd kum lu and Mess them," replied the preacher. ???Yon dod-rotted old sinner, I???ll give you a Idack eye to go in mourning for this marriage," puffed tho squire ns ho got down from hi* horse. Tho preacher met Him in the yard half way between the gate and tho door. ???I???ll liek you if I never llo another knot," cjnrulatrd the divine. They flow at each other go-ns-you-pleaso style. They clinched aud trod down tho ouly rose bush In the yard. Tho tall preacher twist* cd hia right leg around the squire's and threw him to the ground, falling ou him. lie then began to pummel the squire. ???He is killing paw," cried Hallie, Wo roshed out ond Cradiugtou look lliu preacher off his " law. The squire???s face was a little id ho was Invited In to wash it. t through yet, hy a long shot," slid Jones, washing his face. ???I Intend to suo you, Cradington. Both of ray hoys hud their horses shot tinder them, or else we'd hnvo fixed them fellows In the buggy." ???Why. paw, and Enh Is going to vote for you and run in all the negro hands oti his uncle's plantation os democratic voters In the primaries,??? whimpered Hallie. 1IK HWOIIK OFF. A Few Ibhilbl* lteasonii for a Very Sensible Hucrtilee. From the Chicago Herald. ???I going to swear off New Year's," said a ncw>-p*|*or man, who doc* railroad* and night po lice, ss he dropped into one of Potter Palmer's cushioned rests in the rotunda of the hotel. Of i-onrre there ira* a laugh. There always Is a laugh at n New Year???s prendre, nnd (tartlcularly flint of a New Year's man. "No, boys, I've got somo Ideas on this budiH-v of tippling, and I'm going to give 'em to you. If either one of you will print 'em you're w drome to do It. My proprietor Is a drinker and he ndgld say ho had temperance lectures. Hut I've been thinking about and ? ot enraged me to 'll tell you what gorgeous taped ries, superb fivseiv*. I to the platfbrMHRHHBNMIMHIMVPMP standpoint Is one or practicality. What does the tippling habit com? 1 have Iwon a moderate drink er for tw eniy live years. 1 don t think the hablPte grew lug on me. I know 1 am In no danger or the gutter or tramphnod. My health is perfect, my mini ??jf??r??iid active, and. physically and mentally rend len d, my seven or eight drinks a day or more oil loceatious seem to have done me no harm. But 1 am damnably poor." With till* the newspaper man stretched his lex* and looked at his mends, | who were all his junior*. They hardly realised hla | V. for he waa well dreared and [email. ???Fact,??? he aakl, ???lanflH ?????????iof course, you know the craft docs not get I princely IncomcMuit they get enough to save m teething from. The difficulty Is not aomuch lack Unccnic a* lack of prudeuce In handling it. I>o know what led me Into this train of thought ? PHli-l) you. 2 went Into oueof the best saloon* the other morning to get a cocktail. Iwasallttlc shaky and needed tt. I had I mft???* kBHlM Ip am * | fc it bletiUnr??tH and, waking to a young man prerent, the tarl - .-aid that it had cost nearly JUU.OM to sup,il.v |'!n< c with there gorgeous thing*. I looked I???n^Trnnnetnr. If r Ms I - 1 ore tufted ??? plume* atid the horre* wore Itangcd I tall, amt Ku*Man arches t*f stiver gongs. The coachman wore a green eoat with great put metal disk* for button*, and a huge realsUn cap that con more than mine. And then, as l looked. 1 Irerau to think. I turned to tho bar and aaid inwardly. Til put up the other ten cents and get a cocktail.' 1 he young man who made it attraeU-d my alien- tun. lie w os one of four who was dealing out thr Main* poboti. He was young, strong, stain art. Ills dtr?? was Immaculate, his linen faultless, hla I bat d* M??ft and white: his whole appearance mg* IgeMed the freshtnaa of early spriug. Iu hU poUstud - shirt gleamed a gorgeous diamond. ^ |*m his little rtngor blared another. 1 ibsltd at thUeltap, and 1 began to redoct that I lhad result my last ten cent*, and would be com. Veiled to borrow lose* me through the week. Then reflection went still further, and l asked niv- self how much of my poor salary went r<> keep up this M>!e. aud how much Interest 1 had in ilureo dlam.nds and ftir> and sleigh and bant-tallt A hotres? Then I began to l??mk st the profits of the I businera. and renu mbered that there were sixty I Htngc drinks to the gulUm of whUkv. ami that | ANIMAL MIMICS. fiaakee That Slaulat?? Tins* Usards That Throw Their Tail* Away Docettfal Batterflte*-Th# Queer Xaseots of Oouthern Csliforsis- Qaecr Stories of Animal Life. From the Ban Francisco CalL * ???Southern California is a fine country in , which to study the local fauna. There Is so much pleasant weather that one can put in good deal of field work." The speaker was an Eastern naturalist, who had somo months since come from tho cast and taken up his temporary residence ia a mountain resort in L03 Angeles county, for the purpose of ob serving the animals and their habits, JIc ha 1 just arrived in this city called hither by some business engagement." ???No, I have not found anything specially new," continued tho speaker, in reply to a question by a Cell reporter. "Ido not expect to. If you tgm accompany me tonty lodg ings, however, I may show you sometiag of in terest.??? After a brisk walk of a few Mocks tho tem porary quarters of the naturalist were reached. He said: ???My attention, just now, is directed to certain phases of anima! life, principally tho methods of protection and defence, and particularly mimicry," ???You don't mean that auixoals mimic oac another?" ???Certainly, ond as an example, pick out tho animals on this branch," and tho naturalist took from tho mantel and handed to tho re porter a branch of older. It was exam! nod, as was supposed carefully, but no living creature could bo seen. "That demonstrates the perfection of mimic ry," raid tbe host, as ho laughingly touched one of the leaves that immediately walked off and became an insect. ???This insect," he continued, ???that you could not distinguish from a leaf, finda its protection In mimicking leaves. You see how exactly its wings mimic them in color, vciulng and in other respects. And not only this; when I caught it it came fluttering down from a tree With the fume motion as a leaf, and if my dog had not directed my attention to it I should have passed it by. It is a very common and interesting example." ???What is there here???? inquired tho reporter, lining over u box of nlunts and vines that stood on the wiudow-rill. A SNAKE THAT MIMICS VINES. ???On tbe vine is a green snake, that mimJcs nes. I brought it from tho cast, and on the hti tus you will see n number of gt^cu spiders that affect green plants. All snakes find pro- Uttiou more or less in their simulation of oilier objects. Take the rattlesnakes that, hv the way, are nil hibernating now, they so imi tate the barren rock*, among w hich they live, tiiat it is almost impossible to distinguish them unl<.%8 you see tho outline of the form. In tho tropics you see largo Itoos and pythons hanging from a tree, and from a dlatauce they icrfcet mimics of the lianas that are one io characteristic features of the countrv. fere is a c-nsc," continued tho speaker, tak.ng the top from a large glass box, the bot tom of which was filled with sand, ???do you see anythiug?" The writer looked steadily, nt long and short raugc, and was finally obliged to confess that tand was the only olOcct disccmahle. The naturalist then introduced ?? pointer, nnd Immediately a lizard, three Inches long, broad and flat, appeared and ran around tho Inclosure with a rapid, uncertain motion. "It's a horned toad, really u Board," explained the ???you rec, generally mimic plants or twigs, but, there arc others that are more remarkable from the fart that they mimic animals that from their poisonous qualities aro safe from attack. Thun it is well known that hirds do not especially care for haiire butterflies, to in Central America. Belt found a curious beetle that was a tidbit for the birds, clothed in a coat of long brown hairs, closely resem* bitag the thick hairy caterpillar*. In the samo localities spiders have been found that looked exactly like ants, and were thus enabled to creep upon their prey, the real ants. Wallace olflerved a butterfly that, though an acceptable morsel to the birds, deceived them by mimick ing the flight of a poisonous butterfly. If a bird chased it, it at once assumed the curious and laborious flight of its poisouotu model, and the bird noticing its evident mistake, would thi dodge nrouud a limb and hold tip thocurions ~ T-like tail. That is nil that you can we, and thr atrragv t**r w ht??kj cost three dollar*.. _JP... At fifteen crut* * drink thi* diamond bodiceoed gtntUtnan tehind the bar took tn niuo dollar-^* v thing three added d-d! a.*, waiter. And thin 1 remembered ho* few of ??he*e jo ntU n en had even a cent to *pend on anythin* btittlulr reltil'b pleasure*; how th??*y wore the f\mt of clothing, the costliest of tm<U>r*rc*r,-liken ar.d <a*hmere; non their shoe* aid hot* com fUtoKO a pair, and howl hal to tramp the madder I got. aud I have leave no more of my mtute> aith these gentlemen who !he*oe**llj- and luxurinudy. and who*eg-*r- genus livtlhot d cost* them not an hour???* worry. frvaa me the saloons and their gorgeous proprietor* have got their lan dollar. ThU U my little Christ ina* trmperanre lecture, boy*. Try and profit m/vHwr.ui mo rand. In hunting for them In the valleys I never could see them except when they started up, aud when they stopped it was to disappear, so couipleto was theta iden tity lest. You see this is tho protection of na ture that all aulmala possess outride of tnclr special organs of defense. It is a phase in tho evolution of life; nil nniinuls Kvoming adapted to their environments. There Is nothing startling in nature; the forms of animals all blend with their surroundings. This creature mimics the dry, inndy wastes that it affoctf, but go to the woods, especially of tho south, nnd wc And myriads of forms that imitato the leaves and twigs. Urven lizards lie before onr eyes and defy us; the tree toads crouched on tho li-uves are invisible; the bullfrogs in the sedges by the batik oft ho |K)nd aro rendered ittcon* ???Icuotis l??v their rich green coat; then turn to ntoatl, that wanders along tho dusty roads snd Imre tracts of land, nnd wo see it dust-col- ored or mottled, finding iu this a sure protoca tion. ROME QUEER I.I7.ARIW. ???But to return to tho lizards. There are some curious caeca among tho geckos. Hero is one, dead, that is called tho loaf-tailed [tccko. You see the tail bulges out soon after leaving the body, and assumes a loaf or arrow shape; hcnco tho nnmo of thoauimal. Now, when tho little creuturo Is chased you will Itdfl' - leaf- *o, naturally, would think it a part of tho tree Itself. But this lizard has a more reuurkablo method of efcapo yet. Wo will imagine that you have tried (<??? pluck the leaf. The animal drops clumsily to the ground and darts away among the rocks, where it attracts the attention of some of the hawks that are forever prowling arouud. lrn- mediately a clia*c ensues; the bird gains, and is finally about to pounce upon its prey, when nil at once two li/./ards appear, ono making off, while the other dances up and down into tho air and along the ground in a very mysterious way, so that tho astonished binl stons ami looks. In the mesntimo the original lizzard escapes; the other that is really the tail, soon Incomes quiescent, You see tho gecko has the (acuity of throwing off its tail when hard pressed, and when tho pursuer's attention is drawu to thcsquJnuing member the animal It* krif escape*. ???But it looses Its tall," suggested the report er. ???Only for a time. They can reproduce this organ, and, rtiriouriy enough, sometimes two tails are produced instead of one. There is a great variety of these geckos, and they nil have some protection. In another class or lizards, as the anolis aud chameleon, the color change*, aud they are enabled to adapt themselves to nt y location in which they may And them* reives. INSECTS PROTECTED BY SIMULATION. ???If,??? continued tho naturalist, ???wc look among insect*. we And a remarkable display of mimic*, l't rhsp* you have noticed in tho w eeds how often butterflies dart up where you have not noticed them. They have been pro tected by theta simulation to tho leave* and flowers, and the hirds that prey upon them are equally deceived. In the southern p??rt of this state wonderful examples arc sccu intho walk- iugriiek . and the mantis, Thu former ooem to he mtual twigs, endowed with life; tho ' ??? ilght, body y ia straight, seeming a twig, hilc the leys are like branches from it. and with its slow methodical move ments it would hardly be considered a living cicature. Nome of these m South America at tain a length of eight iuebes. An allied form, in Central America, found hy Belt, the nxtur- Ibt, so mimicked a mass-covered twig that vena dote examination sometimes puzzled tbe observer. The leaf insect* are particu larly interesting, a* they are almost exact in tleir rvstmbiauce to dead and living leaves; much m?? that they even deceive the forag- j; ants that rush over them, not suspecting that in the fallen leaf is tho wily mimic they "cold fain capture. Among the plume moths netty of such delicaer thst they resemble down of plants in their flight through the air. ar.d wheu alighting on. a flower their aul* tr.;-! nature wculd never be suspected. "One of the most beautiful ease* of protect ive mimicry is that of the orange-tip butterfly. When open it 1* very plainly seen, it* wing* ldug of white, block and orange, and flying about, ??quite conspicuous, but at soon os ft alights.upon a favorite plant and close*It* wing*, ft become* at once an exact mimic of the white blotches of the under sar&re. BUTTCRFLIBa VERSED IN DECEIT. These animate," continued the speaker, always give un the pursuit. ???In Africa there is a tribe that utilize the art of mimicry very much os do the lower ani mals. The natives are great thieves, and at one time it was found necessary to send out a troop of English soldier* to break them up. The fatter finally came up to a band that they had followed for several days, and having cor nered some of them drove them into a valley, only to find that they had again escaped. Tile soldiers, tired nnd worn, refused to go farther, and dismounted, Jed their horses to some stumps and roots that lay scattered about, (me of the officers took off his hat and hung it upon a root, when, to his oston< islimeut, it gave way nnd turned into a man, nnd in a moment all tho seeming roots started up and dashed away. They were the natives that hid placed themselves in those strange positions boning that the soldiers would pass by, which they certainly would have done had they not been overfatigued. Giraffes frequent ly find protection hy standing In groups, hunters taking their long necks for trees. Ho the tawny skin of the lion helps to conceal it, and the stripes of the tiger and zobra aro sup posed to bo protective. ???But to go back to the geckos," said the nat uralist, leading the way to a door leading out to au ojien porch on tho sunny side of the house, where a number of lizards were corral led on a shelf. ???I find you have some tall throwers in California. These lizards I caught in the southern part of the state, and one I frightened so badly that it dropped its tail and ran, thinking to thus escape; but I was too quick, and now I am keeping it tosco how long it will take to reproduce a new member. I should judge two or three months might do it, but tho winter will probably retard it. Hore you see," taking up another lizard, ???is one whose tail ha* just grown out. You can tell it by the fresh and rather blue appearance it lias; and then, too, it is smaller than the others. At least three species I hnvo found will part with their taii.-i before capture, aud I find that tho severed tail will jump about and imitate a woim two or three minutes. Hl'UMARIKE MIMICS. ???Under tho sea wo find sonic wonderful mimics. Take tho sea cucumbers; their mouths imitate seawcedsof all sorts and shapes, acme actually looking like toadstools. If you take tho common peutacta and place it in an ncquariiitu, the creature will at once bury it- self out of sight, and soon a beautiful plant will begin to grow, first one tip aud then an other, until a shrub is *ccn waving among tho other weeds, seemingly a part of them. Af the slightest wanting it is gone, only to reap pear again, the bumble mimic in this way feeding iu security. Many of the fishes are protected in their resemblance to rocks, as tho toad fish; the angler nnd its kind are covered with barbels of flesh that mimic-scawccd. The spider crab mimics moss-covered rocks, and often bedeck themselves with moss to luereaso tbeir security, and so among all creatures wo find this state of things. A REMARKARLK MODE OF DEFENSE. ???Speaking of methods of defense, here is rrmarkahlo ono, and quite sufficient, too,??? and the speaker took down a box that contained several hectics. Tho writer was told to touch one, and doing so the insect immediately stood upon Its head, clovating its abdomen high 1 the air, nnd discharging from certain gland* ycBowhih secretion that hit the writer'* hand, and was followed by an odor that rose on the air ond rendered tho windward the most ac- able position. Yes, it???s a regular cannon," said tho natur alist. Tho largo ones aro tho females and tho smaller the males. They both discharge this secretion to demoralize tho enemy, aud It is quite enough to defend them. They aro some thing like tho bombardier bcotlcs, that dis charge a like volley, but with nu audible pound. I am preparing some experiments with ants and l??ccs, to test their intelligence, and am going to interest myself in the insects in jurious to vegetation." ???Do yon think bees arc a mnnnco to the grotto and raisin ?" ???I (crtninly do. I have noticed that tho bees in the region where I hnvo been staying cat the raisins aud watermelon*, but this may Ik? on account of tho scarcity of flowers." ???Have you completed your work in southern California ?" ???No; I return to my mountain home, os I call It, in Los Angeles county, in a few days, uml shall probably remain there during tho winter. 1 shall pack nnd ship a quantity of my specimens cast while I am here. ftencrnl Tooiub* ami Ills IIuKlux Joke. To ono who knew General Toombs, that is to *av, to one who had the opportunity of getting nt his real views of matters nnd things-the post mortem crlticUms and estimate* of his character arc not pleasant reading. Human character 1* always more or less puzzling, and General Toombs???s character was essentially hu man in thi* particular. A* a matter of fact, he presented a new Toomb* for every man???s Interpre tation . There was the Toombs that was so promt nent a figure shout Atlanta several years ago; there was Toombs the counsellor; Toombs the conservative; and, best of all, tho Toombs of tho domestic flrrridc. The practical Joke that he played on E. V. Smal ley, the newspaper (coirespondent, wo* character istic. It was a tremendous Joke In Its way, and it gave a color to cvcrythiug that Smalley afterwards wrote about the south. The occurrence basil ready leen related In those columns, but ts worth alluding to here if ouly to recall to mind the colos sal prank, Smalley was sent south by some northern news paper, probably the New York Tribune, and he went to Washing ton-Wilkcs for tho purpose of hav ing an Interview with General Toombs. lie stop- !>cd at the hotel, but General Toombs took him In charge aud forced on him every attention that tho moil lavish hospitality could suggest. 8malley wh more than charmed. He has recorded his im- pre-riom* of his vUU to General Toomb*, and my recollection is that he paid the highest possible tribute to his host???* wonderful powers of conversa tion. Dui ing Smalley's stay, he happened to men tion the ku klux klan. Instantly General Toomb* turned to him with gesture and tone of most sort- \ Import, My dear sir,??? he said, ???I am glad yon have mentioned this. It has been on my mind, but I hardly knew how to approach the subject. Your allurion relieve* me." 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There is but one way out," the gen eral went on; ???you must take my carriage and drive through the country to the nUrjad. and then get away as be*t you can." The carriage was ordered and Fmallry drove away, and to this day be U unable to appreciate the colossal proportions of the joke of which be was the victim. For Toilet Use. Ayer???s Hair Vigor keeps the hair soft nnd pliant, imparts to it the lustre and freshness ct youth, causes it to grow luxuriantly, eradicates Dandruff, cure* all scalp diseases, and is the xnost cleanly of all hair preparations. AVCP???Q IIalr v, g?? r G lven rae n V tn u perfect satisfaction. I wo* nearly bald for six years, during which time I used many hair preparations, but without success. Indeed, wlrat little hair I had, was growing thinner, until I tried Ayer???s Hair Vigor. I used two bottles of tho Vigor, and my lieml is now well covered with n new growth of lialr. ???Judsoo B. Chapel, Peabody, Mass. 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