THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIST. tackles are gorgeously tinted and rival the flowers of the field; but in all lurks death in a certain and horrible form. Watch some little creature touch the curving arms. and they will lie seen to curl inward and wralp the intruder in their folds as they push it toward tle month. The inner sides of the tentacles a're covered by poison glands tl'.t stillng tile prey to inselsibility or death and so stop tith struggles that inlght prove disastrous to tliel allnemone. % I:eln tilt llmouth is reached. tile cIp-- the is pushed into thlie hollow, and tlie ai'nlmonl't shuts up into Ii reddish lrownl b;ll until its meal is digested, when it spreads its fatal ea:luties for another lit tilln. rotfier great family of flowering aln- intals is that including tile "'sea en- en!pblers. These animals liave long. flattente Ilodies of a dark color that ranges from brown to reddish purple, and their most active ilovemlent is a slow creeping along tile bottoml. At one end is the mouth surrounded by tile petal-like tentacles that push into it tihe mud and sand on which the organism lives. Tile mud of the bottom is tilledl with tiny things that really furnish the food. but it appears to subsist on the inorganic nmud itself. Thle most en- rious thing aIIlllt tile "'ncu.llll'er" is that it takes lodgers in a way. It has a large cavity within its Itldy that is tilled with water. :nd into this cavity a little fish called the fierasfer works its way. and then lives within tihe helpless host. It is not a parasite. for it leaves its lodging to seek food, but it merely lodges in tlie holothnrian for shelter, as the power of stinging that sea qucumlers possess to a high degree renders them fairly safe from moles- tation. The little lodgers do not seem to do any harm to their landlords ex- cept when several take quarters in tlhe same one. and then they may inflict fatal damage by overcrowding. The whole class of coral-forming an- imals resemble plants so closely as to deceive all but skilled observers. Few sights in nature are more beautiful than the "coral gardens" in the West Indies. where the gorgeously colored vegetation is almost entirely animal in character. Tile sea cotton near Nas- sau is formed of white coral sand and the debris of broken-down shells, and covering this is water of such trans- parency that the boat seems to float in ah. A plate of glass is let into the floor of the boat. and the reflection of the sunlight from the white sand be- low illuminates tle scene so that its smallest detail is visible. The sheet of glittering white sand is broken by dark masses of coral rock from which stream broad sheets of "fan coral" thai naturalists call gorgonias, brilliant in vivid reds, yellows and purples. The darker masses of rock are spangled with anemones that equal the tints of a tropical forest, which the waving nlumes of the sea feathers and tile fantastic shapes of the glass sponges add the charm of variety of form. Clumps of bright sea weeds that bear little resemblance to the dirty, faded green ones common on our coasts, are the only representatives of real vegeta- tion that greet the eye. All the rest is animal, but the eye is deceived by a mimicry of plant life so perfect as to make the efforts of our human players crude indeed. The vivid stars of rich- est crimson that look like blooms on the branches of the coral are really the ends of boring annelids. worms that cut into the stony mass and ensconce themselves in the trunks of growing coral. The birds and butterflies of the up- per world are replaced by hst-es of cur- ious forms and flashing colors. Tile Common names of these give even those who have never seen them an idea of their appearance, but their beauties can be appreciated only when in their native element and amid their normal surroundings. Angel fishes, parrot fishes, butterfly fishes, and shoals of smaller ones float through the water with easy grace, or dart into shelter with a quickness that would elude the eye but for the silvery gleam of their bodies as tile sunlight is flash- ed back from tie glittering scales. Jt i' hard to believe that the fishes that seem to browse among the coral trees do not actually bite off the tips as sheep 1woll-d niblde twigs, anti evenll so: Tl we: o: -.: n NATIONAL CELEBRITIES close min observer as Ilai'rw'in thought tltht they did so. but they are seeking I AL L B II tile crustacealls that feed oil th coral iaidrlporcs. or. ]e'rhlips. the madre- r.es,.c o. es te ldr- Declare Peruna to Be The Greatest Ca- in tl,( slilltcred tropical waters grow anemones that are larger and more ta h R m The Ag iautiul tlhan tllose in our harsher L t rrh Remedy of The Age. ili'iialt. Soliln of thIlil are two feet or Illor in l diameter. and from this Ho. AM. C. Butler, ex- thi'y ali get' to tilly forllms that call he P f'- 1111 oly after refufll search. llt Governor of South Caro- frlon, the la' rges.t to the smallest.1 tlthey Rinl l& a k rom Wasing iIvet n et.iltlr that lures lla:lly a:ll nll- f.ri ltlle being to its dooli. COLDS GRIPPE ton, c sys: -"I a om Zoology h:as r'evenledt no organism mend Perana for dyspeia and ,,uce ,aritan'e with the popular colt- CoUGHS CROUP it' m COU CRO P stomach trouble. I have been c.pition of nillnals than tilt "sea lilies" or criioids. allnd wllC seen for the first SORE- OA WHQy r medicine for a short tilme it is ditticult to believe that they period and I feel very much re arc not itliti.vcs of tilted stately (neel Tl DAT of flowers. hut .il all bu t form they T NESS ieved. It is Indeed a wonderful are aniimalis belonging to the sample falln- Amedicine, and besides, a gr ilyv as hdos tile startish. The'l crinoids l tonlc." grow in clusters like thel beds of tiger lilies. anil from thie- il'd a jointed stalk U. SenatorStephen R. rises somelttilltes to) a height of several c alloy, Penwcoa, Fia, sm>: feet iefo,re t l. "lily" is reached. Sur- l P l, Fla., iointinglt this stein is ia disk that itiears "I have used your excellent reim tilt tllth. ais ill tile c'ase oif tilt' tlt-- CHIEF JUSTIBCE Ilioils". il" t tilt' t'ntacls are lllchi CHIAMBERS, OFSAMOA, ef' Perna, and ca recommend loigmer alnd rise around the lmargins of sgysg "I can t both as a tonic sd a safe ca tl,, disk il slluit a mlltter a: to silllm- Perua as one of the vry tarrh remedy." late a lily with nmarvclous Derfection. gbs reedies i lon. William Young I'nl ke ip'wo of the anll.!:niles, tle cri- IrecommaeInd Pi ao all W m Yun noids Ijliv in deei'ii vater. and sonIme f suterrsl." blood, Auditor tor te Interior, them i; have liell dr'edgedl up front tile 3 ites from Washiio, .. , dtitlls ill w'hichi it seemlls ilmpossiblle whites from as o for such tender ailt dellicate things to Dr. lartman, Columbah 0., 0 S exist. They wert animolg the earliest tollowi saFrve oftea eard of ye types of animal life on earth, and their o fossils are very comninon. They are iii great medicine and have persuad sllh il'rscelrvaltion tllat tlhey were called y wlfe, who bha been much '"stone lilies" Itefore their true nature from csllarrb to &y was understood. and their origin was a to imruch discussed before the living cri- Peruna, and after usig one bottle noids were discovered. she has wonderfully improved It IIowever aillalous tile idea of flow- ering anlilnals ntay appear, it is not e cl e more so than is that of plants tlat set for t." traps aind devour tile prey taken y l on. Rpufus Merchant, themnl. F'leshi-eating plants seemll to vio- B1- 1u e, late til rules of nature, yet the viola- Superintendent and Dis- tion is a!ilarent rather than real. for icer, mallly plants absorb allimal Imatter *s bursing ficr, U. & o part of their food. In general this is c Washinton, C, Ss: taken ill only after deconmloslftionf has s rendered tie tissues soluble, but there el take pleasure in commeadina are some blood-thirsty plants that kill HAyour tonic, having taken a bottle and eat small animals as ruthlessly as of a with very al do beasts of prey'. of Peruona with very bi e ,tBc l re- Among these the little sun-dew is s lts It is recommended to me most widely known, for its fame was ver excellent catarrh c spread over tile world by the work of very lDarwin. who gave an elaborate de- scription of it in his "Insectivorous Plants." Thl leaves of the sun-dew thll pressure is increased until all of There is more Catarrh in this sec- are studdetl witl little projections on the digestible matter is absorbed, tion of tile country than all other dis- whose suIlmits are drops of clear, when theleaf gradually opens and the together, and until thelast sticky liquid that glisten in the sun, tdry lhusk is extruded. The leaf will until he last as does dew. and from this the name close on a bit of grass or stone as read- few years was supposed to be incur- is derived. The liquid attracts, either ily as on a fly, but the fraud is quickly able. For a great many years doctors by its appearance or its odor; but discovered, and the indigestible mat- pronounced it a local disease, and pre- when tile unfortunate visitor seeks to ter rejected. The leaf is then ready to scribed local remedies, and by con- sip the tempting dratlght, the leaf be- close again, even before it is fully open- gins to coil inward and form a cup ed, whereas when digesting food ma- stantly failing to cure with local treat- fromn which escape is impossible. The trial it stays closed for several days, meant, pronotiaced it incurable. Science liquid runs down into the hollow and and is very sluggish in shutting again. has proven Catarrh to be a constitu- collects into a pool, in which the in- The most vigorous leaves seem to be tional disease, and, therefore, requires sects is drowned before being digested. able to digest only two or three times constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca- In tlhe neighborhood of Wilmington in a lifetime, and the botanist Lindsay tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. there grows the "North Carolina Fly- fed some specimens with such quanti- Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only catcherr. the plant that Linnaeus ties of meat that they died from indi- constitutional cure on the market. It called "the miracle of nature." This gestion. is taken internally in doses from 10 plant has leaves divided into two lobes Iln Portugal there is a plant known drops to a teaspoonful. It acts direct- that sit at a little less than a right as ile Drosophyllum lusitanicum ly on the blood and mucous surfaces angle to one another, and are fringed amlilonlg botanists, that is so efficient as of the system. 'They offer one hundred with tiny spikes. The upper side of a fly catcher that the country people dollars for any case it fails to cure. each lobe is covered with minute hang up branches of it for this purpose. Send for circulars and testimonials. glands that secrete a purple fluid, and It secretes a gummy, sticky fluid that Address, also has a number of sensitive fila- entangles insects and kills them. F. J. CIENEY & CO, Toledo, O. Ienlts arranged in a triangle. If an The common bladderwort is a foe to Sold by all druggists, 75c. insect touch these filaments, the lobes many small anillls. It captures great IHall's Famlily Pills are the best. shut up like the leaves of a book, the numbers of water bugs, and has been two parts turning on the midrib as known to catch and kill small fishes. LFREE SAMPLES BY MAIL. a hinge, and the intruder is captured. Froml time to time tile attention of fish Free samples of dry goods will be If it le very small. it can escape culturists is called to this plant as a mailed to your address by mail by Co. through spaces between the interlock- foe, but it is not regarded as a serious hen Brothers' large dry goods house ing spikes. but otherwise the leaf one. of Jacksonville, if you will write themtn, forms itself into a temporary stomach and tell then what you want. Express in which digestion proceeds. The Amateur Sportsman-"Is this a good place charges prepaid when cash accompan- glands that were dry before, begin to to hunt for reedies?" ies the order, if it amounts to $5 or secrete an acid liquid of a purple color, Nativ-"You bet. You could hunt here over, excepting on domestics. Write straight ahead for a week." containing an enzyme like pepsin, In Amateur Sportsman--"You don't mean it, todtry for what you want. which tile soft parts of the victim are really?" * disintergrated, and as this proceed Nativ"Ye use ou would never d Can't you win one o our premiums? u ,u any."-Philadelphia Prcsa.