t THE SCHANTON TIUBTXNE "WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBF.lt 23, - 18U6. 11 I Ghastly Work The Sea Story of a Strange and Horrible Battle Be tween Seamen and a New Species ox Mon sters of the Deep. H. G. Wells, In the London Sun. I. fntil the extraordinary affair at Std mouth, the peculiar species Maplo teuthls ferox was known to science only senerlcally. on the strength of a half-dlKested tentacle obtained near the Azores, and a decaying body pecked by birds and nibbled by fish, found early in 1SUG by Mr. Jennings, near Land's Kr.d. In r.o department of zoological sci ence, Indeed, are we quite so much in the dark as with retard to the deep sen ccphalopods. A meve accident, for Instance, it was that led to the Prince of Monaco's discovery of nearly a dozen jie-v forms in the summer of lV.Ti, a dls toery In which the before-mentioned tctacle was liu-linlcd. It chanced that a cachalot was kiiled olT Tercelia by tonic sperm whali is. and in its last stfURsKs cliai-jri'il almost to the Prince's Jtcht, missed It, rolled under, and died Milbln twenty yards of his rudder. Ami In its ajjony it throw up a number of larj,e objects, which the Prince, dimly pcrc Ivingr they were strange and im portant, was, by a happy expedient, Elile to secure before they sank. He set his screws in motion, and kept tin m citclitiff in the vortices thus created until n boat could be lowered. And these specimens were, whole ccphalo pods and fragments of cephalopoda, some of rcitrantie proportions, and al most all of them unknown to science. It would seem, indeed, that these larffe and iiKile. creatures, llvliiK In the middle depths of the sea, must, to a laiKe extent, forever remain unknown to us. since under water they are too nimble for nets, and it is only by such fare unlooked-for accidents that speci mens can lie obtained. In the case of liaploteuthls ferox, for instaiuv. we are t'tlll altogether Ignorant of its habitat, as ignorant as we are of the breeding ground of the herrinpr or the seaways of the salmon. And zoologists ate altogether at a loss to account for Its sudden appearance on our coast. Possibly It was the stress of hiiiiKor migration that drov it hither out of the deep. Put It will be, perhaps, bet ter to avoid necessarily Inconclusive discussion, and to proceed at once with our narrative. The first human belli ;.r to ret ejes, upon n llvinn llaiiloteiuhis the first i human helm; to survive, that Is, lor' there can be little doubt now that the . . wave of bathing latalliii and boutinir accidents thai Uavi-llnl along the' coast of Cornwall and I'evon in early I May was due to this cause wes a re-j tired tea-dealer of the name of Flson, j who wus slopping at a Sidmouth boarding house. It was in the after- I noon, und he was wnlkititf al-uiR lh'( cliff path between Sldmou'h and I .ad- I ram Ha v. The cliffs in this direction! are very high, but down the red face, of them in one place a kind of ladder i staircase has been made, lie was near! this when his attention was attracted j by what he at first thought to be I a cluster of birds struggling over a fragment of food tha caught the sun light, and glistened pluklsh-w hit.-. The tide w as right out, and this object was now onlv far below him but remote' across a broad waste of rock reefs, cov- I ered with nark wvaweeu aim inicr spersed with silvery shining tidal pools. And he was, moreover. da::zled by the brightness of the fiirtl'i-i- water. In a minute, regarding this again, he perceived that his Judgment was In fault, for over this struggle circled u niimbe.- of birds. Jackdaws and gulls for the most Part, the latter gleam ing blendlngly when the sunlight smote their Wilms, and they seemed minute in conipai Ison with it. And his cur iosity was, perhaps, aroused all the more strongly because of his first in Btttlicient explanations. As he hnd nothing better to do than amuse himself, he decided to make tins object, whatever it was. the goal of his afternoon walk, instead of I.adiam liny, conceiving it might perhaps be a great tiisli of some sort, stranded by some chance, and Happing about in Its distress. And so he hurried down the long step ladder, stopping at intervals of thirty feet or so to take breath and Bean the mysterious movement. At the foot of the cliff he was, of course, nearer his object than he had been: but on the other hand. It now canio up asainst the incandescent sky, beneath the sun, so as to seem dark and indistinct. Whatever was pinkish of It was now hidden bv a kerrv of weedy boulders. Hut he perceived that it was made uy of seven rounded bodies, distinct or connected, and that the birds kept uy a constant croaking and screaminir, but seemed afraid to approach it too closely. Mr. Flson, torn by curlosit, began picking his wav across the wave-worn rocks, and. finding thp west seaweed that covered tiiem thickly, rendered them extremely slippery, he slopped, removed hl shoes and socks, and coile I his trousers above his knees. His object was, of course, merely to avoid stumb ling Into the rockv pools about him. and perhaps he was rather glad, as all men are, of an excuse to resume, even for a moment, the sensations of his boyhood. At any rate, it Is to this, no doubt, that he owes his life. He approached his mark with all the assurance which the absolute se curity of this country against all forms of animal life gives its inhabi tants. The round bodies moved to and fro, but it was only when he surmount ed the skerry of boulders I have men tioned that he realized the horrible nature of the discovery. It came upon him with some suddenness. The rounded bodies fell apart as he came Into sight over the ridge, and displayed the pinkish object to lie the partly devoured body of a human being, but whether of a man or wo man he was unable to say. And the rounded bodies were new and ghastly looking creatures. In shape somewhat resembling an octopus, and with huge and very long and flexible .tentacles. Copyright, ISM, by Mitchell & Stiller. He (with auspicious tremulousness): They say that marriages are made in Heaven. Bhe (ncourtfV'n8I')! l,ut tn engagements are contracted on earth. Life. of roiled copiously on the ground. The skin had a glistening texture, un pleasant to see, like shiny leather. The downward bend of the tentacle-surrounded mouth, the curious excrescence at the bend, the tentacles and the large intelligent eves, rave the creatures a grotesque suggestion of a face. They were the sire of a fair sized swine about the body, and the tentacles seemed in him to be many feet in length. There were, he thinks, seven or eight at least of the creatures. Twenty yards beyond them, amid the surf of the now returning tide, two others were emerging from the sea. Their bodies lay tlatly on the rocks, and their eyes regarded him with evil interest; but it dots not appear that Mr. Flson was afraid, or that he real ized that he was In any danger. Possi bly his confidence Is to be ascribed to the limpness of their attitudes. Hut he was horrified, of course, and Intensely excited and indignant at such revolting cieutures preying upon human ltesli. He thought they had chanced upon a drowned body. He shouted to them, will: the Idea of tlrivlns them oT, and finding they did not budge, cast about him, picked up a bis rounded lump of roek mul flung it at one. And then, rlowly uncoiling their teii nncles. they all bc-ran moving towards him creeping nt lirst deliberately, and making a soft purring sound to .ncli other. In a moment Vv. Flson realized that he was in danger, lie shouted again, threw both his boots, and started off. with n lean, forthwith. Twenty yards off he stopped and faced nbout. judging them slow, and behold! tin- tentacles of their lender wi re already pourinrr oyer the rock riilfce on which he had just been standing: At that he shouted bs!ii, but this time not threatening, but n cry of dis may, and began jumping, stridirvr, filli ping, wading across the uneven ex panse between hint nnd the bencn. The tall , t eil ( lull's seemed suddenly fit a vast distance, nnd he saw, ns though they were creatures in another world, two minute workmen engaged hi the re pair of the '.iiider-wny. ami li'tle sus pecting tlie nice for life that ivm be ginning below them. At one time, he could hear the creatures spluiiiirig In Ihe Munis not a dozen feet behind him, and mice h,. slinpeil and almost fell. Tliev chased him to the very foot of the cliffs, and desisted only wle-ii he h:.d been Joined by the workmen at the foot of the ladder-way up the cliff. All three of the men pelted them with stones for a time, nnd then hurried to I lie cliff top ami along the path towards Kiilinouth. to secure assistance and n boat, and to rescue the desecrated body from the clutches of these aboinliinbl.' creatures. II. And. ns If he hail not nlreadv been in smllcient peril that day. .Mr. FIs m went with the boat to put out the ex uet spot of his adventure. As the t.,. was down, it required a considerable detour to reach the spot, und wheii at last they came off the hnlili r way. the mangled body had dis appeared. The water was now run ning in. submerging first one slab of slimy rock and then another, and the four nun In the boat Hi" workmen, that Is. ihe boatman, and Mr. Fison now turned their attention from the bearings off shore to the water be neath the keel. At first they could see little below them, save a dark jungle of lainlmiria. with an occasional darting fish. Their minds were se on adventure, und they expressed their disappointment freely. Hut presently they saw one of the mon sters swimming through the wnter sea ward, with a curious rolling motion that suggested to Mr. Flson the spin ning roll of a captive balloon. Almost. Immediately alter, the waving stream ers of lamlnaria were extraordinarily perturbed, parted for a moment, and three of these beasts became larklv vis ible, struggling for what was probable some fragment of the drowned man. In a moment the copious olive-green rib bons had poured again over this writh ing group. At that, all four men, greatly ex cited, began beating the water with oars and shouting, and immediately they saw a tumultuous movement among the Weeds. They desisted to see mole clearly, and as soon ns the water was smooth, they saw as it seemed to them, the whole sen bottom among the weeds set with eyes. Tgly swine!" cried one of the men. "Why! There's dozens!" And forthwith the things began to rise through the wat- about them. Mr. Flson has since described to the wilter this startling eruption out of the waving lamlnaria meadows. To him it seemed to occupy a considerable time, but It Is probable that really it. was an urial" of a few seconds only. For a time, nothing but eyes, and then he speaks of tentacles si reaming out and parting the weel fronds this way und that. Then these things, growing larger, utnil at Inst the bottom was hidden by their Interceding forms, and thjp lips of tetnacles rose darkly hen? and there Into the air above the swell of the waters. One came up boldly to the side of the boat, and, cltiiRii:;; to this wtih three of Its sucker-set lertr.cles, throw four others over the gunwale ns if with nil intention either of oversetting the boat or of clambering Into it. Mr. Fison at once caught up the boathook. and jau bing furiously at the noft t-ntncles, forced It to desist. Ho was struck in the back nnd almost pitched overboard by the boatman, who was using his oar to resist n similar attack on the other side of the boat. Hut the tentacles on either Bid.! nt once relaxed their hold at this, slid out of sight nnd splashed Into the water. "We'd better got out of this," said Mr. Fison, who was trembling violently. He went to the tiller, while the boatman and one of the woikmtn seated them selves and began rowing. The other workmen stood u: in the fore part of the boat, with the boat-hoo!:, ready to strike any more tentacles that might appeur. Nothing (ls seems V have betn said. Mr. Fison had expressed the common feeling beyond amend ment. In a hushed, sefcred mood, with faces white and drawn, they s t about cstapln;r from the position into which tliey had so reckle.nly blundered. Hut the oars had scarcely dropped Into the water before dark, tapering, terpentine ropes had bound them, .md were about the rudder; and creeping up the sides of the bun l with n looping motion came the suckers again. The men gripped their oars nnd pulled; but It was like trying to mow a boat In a floating raft of weeds. "Help, here!" cried the boatman, and Mr. Fis on and the second workman rushed to help lug at the oar. Then the man with the bonthook his name was F.wan. or Ewen sprang up with a cursj, and began striking down ward over the side, as far as he could reach, at the back of tentacles that now. clustered along the boat's bottom. And. nt the same lime, the two rowels stood up to get a betfr purchase tor the recovery of their oars. The noat man handed his to Mr. Kison. who lug ged desperately, and. meanwhile, the boatman opened n big clasp knife, and. I, nnlng over the side of the bolt, began hacking at the spiling arms upon the on'- shaft. Mr. Flson, Ptr.gierlng with the quiv ering rocking of the boat, bis teeth set, his breath coming sin rl. and the veins starting on his hands ns he pulled at his oar. suddenly cast his eves seaward. And there, not fifty ,in!s on, across the long rollers of the Incemiivt tide, was a large bunt stand'ng in towards them, with three women and a little child In it. A boatman was rowing, and a little man in n pink-ribboned straw hat and whites stood In the stern, hailing them. For a moment, of course, Mr. Flson thought of help, and then he thought of the child, lie abandoned his oar forthwith, threw up his arnvi la a frantic f esture, nnd sciennied to th party in the boat to keen away "for (lod's sake." It says much for th.' modesty nnd courage of Mr. Fison that he does not seem to be aware that there was any quality of heroism In his ac tion at this Juncture. The oar he had abandoned was at once draw under, nnd presently reappeared floating about twenty yards away. At the same moment Mr. Flson felt the boat under him lurch violently, and a hi in rue scream, n prolongi d cry of tenor from Hill, the boatman, caused him to forget the party of excursionists altogether, lie turned, and saw Hill crouching by the forward rowlock, his fate convulsed with terror, and his right arm over the side and drawn lightly down. lie iv.ive now n succes sion of short, sharp cries, "fill! or! oh! oh!" Mr. Flson believes that he must have been hacking nt the tentacles be low the water-line, nnd have been grasped by them, but, of course; it is quite impossible to say now certainly v.'lin t had happened. The boat was hilling over, so that the tunwale was within ten Inches of the water, and both ICwan and the other labourer were striking down Into the wafer, with oar and boat-hook, on ell her side of Hill's nrni. Mr. Fison Instinctively placed himself to counterpoise them. Then Hill, who was a burly, powerful mill, made a strenuous effort, and ros li boost to a standing position. He lilted ills arm, Imbed, clean out of the water. Hanging to it was a complicated tangle of brown ropes; und the eyes of one of the brutes that had hold of him, glaring straight and resolute, showed momen tarily above the surface. The boat heeled more and more, und the green brown water came pouring in a cascade over the side. Then Hill slipped and fell with his ribs across the side, ami his arm and the mass of tentacles about It splashed back Into the water. He rolled over; his boot kicked Mr. Flson's knee as that gentleman rushed forward to seize lit hi . and In another moment fresh tentacles had whipped about his waist and neck, and, after a brief, con vulsive struggle, n which the boat u;it nearly capsized, Hill was lugged oyer board. The boat righted with a violent jerk that all but sent Mr. Fison over the other side, and hid the struggle in the wat'-i' from his eyes. He stood staggering to recover his bnlaiii c for a moment, nnd as he did so he became aware that the struggle and the billowing tide had carried th m close upon the weedy rocks again. Not four yards off a table of rock still ro.ie in rhythmic movements above the in wash of the tide. In a moment .Ml. Fison seized tic oar from Kwan. gave one vigorous stroke, then, iliopplng it, ran to the bows and leapt. He f It his feet slide over the rock, and, by a frantic effort, leapt again toward u further mass. He stumbled over this, came lo his knees, and rose again. "Hook out!" cried someone, and a large drub body struck him. lit? was knocked Hat into a tidal pool by one of the workmen, and as he went down he heard smothered, choking cries, that he believed at the time came from Hill. Then he found himself marvelling nt the shrillness and variety of Hill's voice. Someone jump- d over him, an. I a curving rush of foamy water poured over him. and passed. He scrambled to his feet dripping, nnd, without look ing seaward, ran as fast as his terror would let him shoreward. Hel'ore him over tie Hat space of scattered rocks, stumbled the two workmen one a dozen yards In front of the other. He looked out Ills shoulder at last, and seeing he was not pursmd, faced about. He was astonished. From the moment of the rising of the ccphalopods out of the water, he had been acting too swiftly to fully comprehended his ac tions. Now it seemed to him as if he had suddenly juinp.d out of an evil dream. For there were the sky. cloudless and blazing with the afternoon sun. the sea weltering under its pitiless brightness, the soft cr-aniy foam of the breaking water, and the low. long, dark ridges of rock. The righted boat flouted, rising and falling gently on tne swell about u dozen yards from shore. Hill nnd tin- monsters, all the sir ss and tumult of that fierce light for life, had vanished as though they had nev er been. ... . , Mr l"'isiin's heart was beating lo lently. he was throbbing to the linger tips. "and his br-ath came deep. There was Foinethlns missing, tor some seconds he could not think clearly enough what this might be. Sun. sliV, sea. rocks what wan It? Then he remembered the boatload of excursion ists It hud vanished. He wondered whether he had imagined it. He turned and saw two workmen standlns side by side under the projecting masses of the tall pink cliffs. He hesitated whether he should make one last at tempt to rave the man Hill. His phy sical excitement seemed to desert him suddenly and leave him aimless and helpless! lb' turned shoreward, stumbl ed nnd wading towards his two com panions. He looked back again, and there were now two boats Hunting, and the one furthest nut at sea pitched clumsily, bottom upward. III. So It was liaploteuthls ferox made Its flint recorded appcurnce upon the De vonshire const. Mr. Fison's account, taken together with the wave of boat ing and bathing casualties to which I have already alluded, and the absence of fish from the Cornish coasts that year, points clearly to a Bhoal of these voracious deep-sea monsters prowling slowly along the subtial const-line. Hunger migration has, I know, been suggested as the force that drove them hither; but, for my own part, I prefer to believe the alternative theory of Hemsley's. Hemsley holds that a pack or shoal of these creatures mnv have become enamoured of human llesh by the accident of a foundered ship sink ing anions them, and have wandered In search of It out of their accustomed zone; first waylaying and following ships, and so coming to our shores In the wake of the Atlantic raffle. Hut to discuss Hemsley's cogent jnd admirably-stated arguments would be out of place here It would seem that the appetites of the shoal were atlsfled by the catch of eleven people for so far as can ba ascertained trere were ten people in the second boat, nnd certainly these creatures gave no further signs of their priKence oil Sidinouth that day. The coast between Seaton and Hudleigh Salterton waa patrolled nil lhai even ing und night by tour Preventive Ser vice boats, the men la which were aimed with harpoons and cutlastie?. and as the evening udvanced a num ber of more or less similarly equipped expedition?, organized by piivate indi viduals. Joined them. Mr. Fison tool: no part in any of these expeditions. About midnight excited hails were heard from u boat about a couple of miles mil at sea to the southeast of Sidinouth, and a lantern was seen wuv" Ing in u Strang- manner to and fro and up und down. The nearer boats at once hurried toward.- the olarm. The VeiituresoiiK' occupants of the boat, a siamun, a curate, and two schonibov.4, hud actually seen the monsters pa-sing under tli-lr boat. The creatures, it seems, like most deci-sea organism:;, were phospiioresn lit. und tin y had been liontiug. live fathoms deep or so, like cr rtiiKs of moonshine through the blackness of the water, their tentacles retracted and as If asleep, rolling over and over, and moving slowly In u w edgi d-llke formation towards the southeast. Tiles people told their story hi gesti culated fragments, ns first one boat drew alongside and then another. At last there was a little fleet of eight or nine boats collected togetln r, and from them a tumult like the chatter of a inarket-place, rose Into the stillness at the n;:ht. On secli occasions ns this tin-re Is usually some person of prompt and d -clsive will who seizes the leadership. Thi: person was found on this occasion in .Mr. Kdw in I Hake, nn actor from Louden, with a remarkably line voire, who happened to be aboard out i f the Inrg. r boats. "All lights out." he shouted suddenly nmid the din. "!-!irea.il om and row southeast." doing It with such sn assurance of authority that Ills order v.i.s promptly repeated be tween boat and boat, and almost Im mediately obeyed. To most of tho- who partook in that night's adventure he was indeed bill a voice, a will, and beyond thnt nothing. Yet his urbitrury (lceislori carried them till. They rowed until about half-past one In the morning, nnd there was already murmuring enough against this self imposed commander, especially anion: those who were with him upon his own boat, when the chase was overtaken. A hailing began between boat und Imui, and th - scattered boats began drawing togetiier again. "How over tlu-m and get ahead," cried the Voice. The watchers in the bowi saw the roliin-f little puffs of phosphorescence driv ing along steadily and slowly far b low. So seen, tin y were anything but formidable. And then came n splash in the water, and It was said a lead sinker had been pitched nt the brutes. "1. brills!" bawl d the voice. "Higlit up!" The watchers peering down, shading the evea from the lanterns, saw that the onward movement of the shoal had ceased. The strange beasts were now gathering closer, and their arms be came apparent, each of the suckers which beset them shinlnir, a bright spot in the filmy Irradiation. "Heat the water," cried the voice. Here and there someone obeyed, but most remained staring. And forthwith, far down, shone the eyes, rellccting the lanterns, und in another ten seconds the middle water was alive with phosphorescence. "They're coining up." cried u num ber of voices, some exultant, some alarmed. "Ship oars. Stand by with cutlasses and harnoous." cried the voice; and the oars came rattling in and the crew of each boat croiu lied ready, pcerim: overboard, expectant for the tentacl. s that were presently to conn? writhing out of the water. "We'll srlve It em!" ohreanicil an old man, Intensely excited, carving the air wlih a ( utlasH. Only the tentacles did not come writhing out of H-e water. 'Ihe pause lengthened. The beast killers saw the things going to and fro beneath the boats, saw waving arms and fluctuating gaps of darkness. There was a splashing as eager people cut and stabbed at them, though they yards out of reach. Then the people In the boats became aware of a rhyth mically repeated gnawing sound, com ing from the bottoms of the bunts. Men said "Hush!" and peered ques tiiiningly nt one another in the dark ness, then craned dangerously on the sides. What l!ie l- il were the things nt now ? The realisation came slowly. With It cuine the noise of oars thrown hastily into rowlocks and n splashing of wnt er. "They're sciitilln;; us!" I Duke was equal to the occasion, or it is doubtful If anyone would have escaped alive that night. "Hoats keep near each other." he bawled in that providential voice of his. "It's no good rowing away. Kacli boat cluar Its neighbour's bot tom." There was a pistol shot from one of the boats, and then with cries nnd tumult, nnd one heavy collision, the boats drew near until each was half an oar's length from its neigh bour. Th-' shot was repeated, and my Informant saw by the light of the pink Hash the startled faces of the men in the boats staring down at the pallid ghosts of cuttle fish in the dark waier, and gripping oars and boat hooks. The water splashed Into my Informant's face, and he did not see the effects of the sliot, but Mr. Church, the man who fired it. claims to have killed or wounded eight of these creatures thai night. H Is certain that one bullet at leust, fired too obliquely, riochetted, splintered the muM of one of the coastguard boats and narrowly missed a man. And tiien began the strangest strug gle, at first chiefly w ith oars and boat hooks, nnd afterwards with cutlasses and harpoons lashed to the oar-blaiks to fend th -se beasts from the bottom of the bi.ats. I'nder the belly of the boats II was impenetrably dark; one could aw the cutlle-lbli, but one could hot ::ee one's oar to aim a blow ; the refraction cheated one, nnd, as oft n us not. the blades cut und slashed the boats they were defending. There was a cursing and gasping, as men leant uncomfortnbly over tha sides, n shout ing of gratuitous advice, the blows of oar against oar, the occasional report of the revolver, a cry of exultation as the blade drove home Into the tmigii llesh. And when the beasts w- re sti m k th,ey would loose their, hold, drop wlih sprawling tentacles, then rise again, swimming towards some unprotected space of planking. They seem d to grow brighter, to glow with the excite ment of battle. They gripped at the oars, tried to lug them from the hold ers, thref they snapped, and two they captured: they allowed themselves- to be pulled near the heaving surface of the water, and then cutlass and har poon had n tantalising tnste of use. Arms were aching the breath of many of those In the boats came cobbing, nnd slill the struggle continued, lint slow ly it seemed that the men were win ning. Two nt bast of the enemy had gone down Into the blackness of the deep water. Inert, and with limp ex tended urms, und it seems had not re turned. And a tentacle slashed off had been lugged Into one of the larger boats as a troohy, and. still alive, hopped luminously among the feet of the occu pants. And then a coast-guard boat came, with a mcaril'-ed beat of oars, nnd hnlling cheerlngly, to Join the struggle. Then suddenly a ntrang- thing hm-pi-ned. All about the limiting, inspir ing sea-hunlers was light. Intensities moonlight, as It seemed, with a touch of violet In Its quality, and they saw each other ghastly and dishevelled. Then they turned their eyes in amaze ment seaward, and saw the Incandes cent focus of a searchlight. It was the gunboat Lynx. Strange and puzzling to the last de gree Indeed must that light have seemed to the sailors on board of her, a distant murmur of voices and dim Nt, Fool of a Cog. Copyright. ISM, by Mitcholl & Miller. 1 1- m if V : : V. v v . vt mm v is 1 ? M i r 'Machine Is nil right, Mi?s Mary." Life. lanterns rocking close to the water, and then, in the light, a drifting little cluster of boats upon the broad still ness of tin- starlit summer sea, with every man aboard striking, as If for dear life, over the side. Hut the light from the gunboat was so bright and dazzling that when the men in the boats turn-d to the water again, they Faw It black, with spots of colour show ing ugainst Its blackness. And sud denly there was a cry of despair. "We're sinking!" It came from the little boat which had first discovered tlie shoal that night. They had found the wati r bubbling Into them. A dozen seconds convinced them of the Impossibility of bailing.nnd they hastened to board the lur ;e boat alongside. And then came the tragedy of the night. One of the lads m'ssed his leap, and went down between the boats ns they came together. He must have gone down like a stem . There was visible, to such as the elec tric light hud not blinded, a faint, writhing luminosity far down in th water, a writhing luminosity that darkened, dwindled, nnd vanished In to the depths. And then, one by one, from this hunt and that, single stellate ghastly shapes whirled down after that central struggle, and left the water clear and dark. Tlie sliikin;; boat drifted reluctantly downward, turned and rose nuain with its keel out of water. No one In the bnats was nnsious to renew the light. For a long time the boats hovered uneasily, anticipating a return of the enemy, and they i nine hack to Sidinouth. rowing slowly and painfully In a loose, straggling line after the sun had risen. IV. And now to tell what in perhaps Hfe most astonl.ihing fact in this whole astonislng raid. We liaV" not the slightest knowledge of the subsequent movements of the shoals, although the whole southwest coast wus now alert for It. Hut it may. perhaps, be slg-iiti-cant thut a cachalot was stranded off Sink on June :;. Two weeks and t'niee days after tills Sidinouth affair, a liv ing hapot'-utliis came ashore on CalaU sands. It was alive, because several wltm sses saw its tentacles waving In a convulsive way. Hut it Is p:-nb.ib!e that it was dying. A gentleman named Pouchet obtained a rlt!e and shot It. That was Ihe last appearance of a living haplnteutiiis. No others wete seen on the French coast. On the 1.1th of June a dead body, almost complete, was washed nsliore near Torquay, and a few days later a bout fi.un the Mar ine Hlologleal station, engaged in dredging off Plymouth, picked up a rot ting specimen, slashed deeply with a cutlass wound. How the former speci men had conie by its death it Is im possible to say. And on tlie last day of June Mr. F.gbcrt Calne. an artist, bathing neur Newlyn. threw up his arms, shrieked, and was drawn under. A friend bathing with him made no at tempt to rave him. but swam at one.' for the shore. This is the last fact to tell of this extraordinary raid from Ihe deeper seti. Whether !t Is really th last of these horrible creitures. it Is as yet. premature to say. Hut it is be iieved. and certainly it Is to be honed, that they have returned now, and re turned for good, to th" sunless depths of the middle seas, out of which they have so strangi ly and so mysteriously arisen. Hut It will be long before people Irani again to regard the sea with tlie easy confidence of former days. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Physician nnd Surgeons. MARY A. SHKPHIiKD, M. V., NU. 232 Adams aovnue. DR. A. THAPOLD, SPECIALIST tN Disease of Women, corner Wyoming avenue and Spruce street, Kcranlon. Of fice hours, Tliuisduy and Saturdays, it a. m. lo fl p. in. DM. COM EGY3 OFFICE NO. S3I N. Washington uve. Hours, 12 m. to 3 p. m. Diseases of women a specialty. Tele phone No. 3232. DR. W. E. ALLEN. 612 NORTH WASH Ington avenue. DR. ANNA LAW. 308 WYOMING AVR. Offleelioiirg, 9-11 a. m., 1-3 p. in., 7-8 p. m. DR. L. M. OATKS, 12." WASHINGTON avenue. Office hours, 8 to 9 a m., 1 30 to 3 and 7 to S p. m. Residence 309 M.idi bon aevnue. DR. C. L. FREA9, SPECIALIST IN Rupture, Truf-s Fitting and Fat Reduc tion, Rooms 2U8 and 207 Mears Building. Office telephone JC01 Hours: 10 to 12, i tol7m , Da S. W. LAMEREAIX, A SPECIAL 1: on chrome diseases of the heart, liiilf., liver, kidney and tcnlto urinary organs, will occupy the otllce of Dr. Hoof. 212 A Jama u evil Lie. Ullice hours, 1 to 5 p. m. W. G. ROOK. VETERINARY SL'K i;eon. ll&rsps. Cattle anil Doss treated. floM-ital, J.'t Linden street, Scrantoa. Telephone, 2072. Lawtm FRANK E. P.OYLE. ATTORNEY AND counsellor-at-luw. Rurr hull this, roums IS and 14. Washington uvunuc. EDWARD W. TUAYEK, ATTY AT LAW, Stll Wyoming avenue. JEFFREY'S & RUDDY, ATTORNEYd-at-lav., Coiiinionu tdlth building. WARREN KNAPP. ATTORNEY'S and i.'ounstilois at Law, p.npubli.an bulldtriK, Washington avenue, Scraaioa. l'u. JI'.SSl'p & JESSUP. ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors at I41W, Commonwealth building, Washington avenue. w. it. jEs-sirp. W. 11. JESSUP. JR. PATTERSON & WILCOX. ATToR- neys ami Councilor at Law, othecs Ci and S Library btili.llng. g.-ranton, r"a. RUSK WELL II. PATTERSON, WILLIAM A. WILCOX, ALFRED HAND. WILLIAM J. HANI), Attorneys and Counsellors, Common wealth building. Rooms 111. 20 and 21. FRANK T. OK ELL. ATTORNEY-AT-Law, Room 5, Coal Exchange, Soranton, Pa. JAMES W. OAKFORD. ATTORNEY-at-l.ew. rooms Ki, til and 110, Common wealth building. SAMUEL W. EDGAR, ATTORNEY-AT-Law. office, 317 Spruce St., Soranton, Pa. L. A. WATRES. ATTOTtNEY-AT-LAW, O LnekitvvaiiRa avc Scrunton, Pa. TRIE TOWNSEND, ATTORNKY-AT-l.ift-, Dime LaaU Pulldlnc. Siranton, Money to loan In larue sums at f per -ut. C. R. PITCHER, ATTORNEY-AT-law, Commonwealth bulldlne Soranton, Pa. C. COMEOYS. 321 SPRUCE STREET. 1). B. REl'LOGLE. ATTORNEY-LOANS nesotited on real estate securlfy, Mears bulldlntr, rorner Washington ave nue nnd Spnu 0 street. B. F. KTLLAM. ATTORNEY-AT-LAwT O V.'ycnibig avc. Scranton. Pa. JAS. J. H. HAMILTON, ATTORNEY-AT- law, 4ii CommonweuHb liid'g. Scranton. WATSON". 1)1 KH L. HALL & K EM MER ER Attorneys und c,ijKiisiItoi-s1at-Law; Traders' National ltank lluildiiiKl rooms 0. 7, S. and in; third floor. Detective. BARRING M'SWEEXEY. COMMON, wealth building, lntorstata Secret Ser vice Agency. Architects EDWARD H. DAVIS. ARCHITECT! Rooms 24. 2.1 and 20, Commonwealth building, Scranton. E. L. WALTER, ARCHITECT, OFFICE reur of (ieti Wushluitton avenue, LEWIS HANCOCK. JR., ARCHITECT. 43a Spruce St., cor. Wash. nve.. Scranton. BROWN &- , MORRIS, ARCHITECTS. Price building, 12-j Washington avenue, Scrunton. T. I. LACE Y ft SON. ARCHITECTS, Truder;s Hank Building. Alduriunn, G. F. KELLOW, 1004 W. LACKA.IvVeT Dentists. DR. F. street. M'GHAW, 305 SPRUCE DR. H. F. REYNOLDS. OPP. P. O. DR. E. Y. HARRISON, 113 S. MAIN AVE. DR. C. C. LAUHACII. 115 Wyoming ave. R. M. STRATTON, OFFICE COAL Ex change. WELCOME C. BXOVER, 421 LACK A. avc. Hours, 9 to 1 and 2 to G. Dressmaker. MRS. M. E. DAVIS. 430 Adams avenue. Schools. SCHOOL OF THE LACKAWANNA. Scranton, Pa., prepares hoys and girls for eolleiro or business; thoroughly trams young children. Catalogue at in quest. REV. THOMAS SI. CANN. WALTER H. HUELL. MISS WORCESTER'S KINDERGARTEN and School. 412 Adams avenue. Spring term April 13. Kindergarten $10 per term. a. R. CLARK Ss CO., flnEDMEN AND Nurserymen; store 116 Washington ave nue; green house, 1330 North Main ave. Iiue; store telephone, 7S2. V.'ir e r-crcetls. JOS. KUETTF.L. REAR 511 LACiCA wannn avenui. Scranton, Pa., manufa3-( turer of Wire Screens. Ilo'els anJ Restaurant. THE ELK CAFE, 125 and 127 FRANf: lin avenue. Rates reasonable. P. ZKIGLER. Proprietor. SCRANTON HOUSE, NEAR D., L. & W. passenci-r depot. Coaihieted on the European plan. VICTOR KOCH. Prop. WESTMINSTER 1 iOTEL, Cor. Sixteenth St. und Irvin-r Plnec. New York. R,ito. S1.."0 per day and aniv.-irds. (Ameri can plan.) GEO. .MURRAY, Proprietor. MiscclIaneoiM. BAUFR'f OftCllESTRA-SIUSTC FOP. halls, picnics, parties, receptions, wed dings and conrert work furnished. For terms address R. J. Iiaiur, conductor, 117 Wyeming uvenue, over Jlulbert's music store. MECARCEE P.ROTHERS. PRINTERS' r'ipplies. envelopes, paper baits, twine. WhtcMoUSu, l"i Washington ave., Scran ton, Pn. FRANK P. BROWN & CO.. WHOLE sale (lon'.ers In Wood ware. Cordage and Oil Cloih. 720 West Lackawanna ave. THOMAS AUBr.EY. EXPERT AC. countant nnd auditor. Rooms 19 and 20, Wllliums Hulldlntr, opposite postolllco. Agent for the Hex Fire Extinguisher. DEL A WARE AND HUDSON TIME 1 AKL1-. V Ul JMIJIll.?. n... ".- i,o.- fon, New England joints. He. 3.45 a. m.; 2.211 p. 111. For llonr -sdale 3.43, S.jj, 10.13 a. m.; 12.00 neon. 2.2H. 5.23 p. m. For WilUes-'.'-iirre-C.t.., 7.U S.43, 9.38. 10.45 n. in.: I2.U5. 1.20, 2.23. 3.33. 4.11. G.o-), 7.;,ii, 9.30. 11.-':o p. m. For New York. Philadelphia, etc., vl.i Lehigh Valley Railroad 0.45. 7.45 a. in.; 12U5. :!.?..'. (with black P'ninond Ev. press), 11.30 !. m. For Pennsylvania Railroad points C.13, 9 W n. in.; 2,:'A 4.41 p. m. For western points, via T.ehieh Vnlb-y R,Hllro:id-7.45 a. lb.; 12.e5. 3.33 (with Eia.b i,i....,n.l I.'-. M ecM I (I .'II 11 "II 1, , Trains will arrive, at Scranton ns fol lows: From Cr.rhondnle nnd the north C. 10, 7.40. 11.49. !..'.!. 10.l' a. in.; 12.110 noon; 1.05, 2.21. 3.23, 4 3", 5.15. 7.45, S.15 and 11.25 p. ni. From Wilkes-ilarre mid the south 5.40. 7..W, S.50, lo.lO, 11.55 u. in.; I.lti, 2.11, 3.IS, 5.22. r,.21, 7 .5:1. 9.(13. a. 45, 11.52 p. in. J. W. HCHDK'K. i. P. A.. Albany. N. Y. 11. W. Cross. I). I'. A.. Scrunton. Pa. lirlc aiii Wyoming Valley. , Effective Nov, 2. Trains leave Scranton for Now York. New-burgh and Intermediate points on Erie, also for Haw ley and local points at 7.03 n. m. and 2.28 p. m and arrlvo from above points at 10.23 a n t.Vi and 11.31 p. m. i V 8 II nn lol-di.v. Nov "1 ff irnlR '!" h-ave Scran- jWSjy' ton as follows: &W?f1?V-i . K" .U.irboiidale-5.13 ff J 12.ml noon; 1.21, 2.20, 3 rliy r 6.2:.. en. 7..-.. 9.10, io.so RAILROAD TIME-TABLES Schedule in Effect June 14, iH)i. Trains Leave Wilkes-Barre as Follows 7.30 a. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington, and for Pitts burr; and tha West. 10.15 a. m., week days, for Hazleton, Pottsville, Reading, Norristown, and Philadelphia; end for Sun bury, Harrisburs. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pitts, burp; and the West. 3.17 p. m., week days, for Sunbury, Harrisburs, Philadelphia, Balti more, Washington and Pittsburz and the West. 3.17 p. m., Sundays only, for Sun bury, Harrisburg, Philadsln- hi and Pittsburg and tha West. 6.00 p. m week days, for Hazleton and Pottsville. J. R. WOOD. Oen'l Pass. Ajeat. , S. M. PREVOST. tlene.-al Manager. Del., Luck, and Western. . Effect Monday. October 19. 1S3S. Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex press for New York and all points Eajt. 1.40, 2.30, E.la, K.UU and v.Sa a. 111.; 110 and 3.; p. m. Express for Easton. Trenton, Philadel phia und the South, 3.15. H.00 und 9 35 a. m J.lii and iitl p. ni. Washington nnd way stations, 8.45 n m. Toliyhanna accommodation, 6.10 p ta Express for Blnchamton, Oswego, El. n.na, Corning. Hmh. Dnnsvlllo. Mount Morels and Hulfalo. 12.20. 2.35 a. ml. ami 1 is p. ni., making close connections nt Buffalo to ail points in the West, Northwest and Southwest. Hath accommodation. 8.15 a. m lliiiKhamton and way stations. 1.06 d. m Nicholson accommodation, 5.15 p m P. m. Ulaghamton and Elmira express, sss p. m. " Express for rtlea and Richfield SDrlnaa. 2.35 u. in., nnd 1.55 p. in. " Ithaca 2.33 and Bath 9.15 a. m. and 1 ss P. m. ' . For Northumberland. Plttston, Wilkes Rarre, Plymouth, Rlonmshurg and Dan. ville, making eloe connections nt North umberland for Wllllamsport, Harrisburg Baltimore. WnshlnBjon nnd the South Northumberland nnd Intermediate sta. tlons, COO, 9.55 a. m. nnd IT", and fi.00 p. m Nuntleoke and Intermediate stations, ft 0J and 11.20 a. m. Plymouth nnd Intermedial stations, 3.40 and 8.47 p. m. Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on all express trains. For detniled Information, pocket tlm tnhles, etc.. npply to M. h. Smith. ct ticket ofllee. 32-t Lackawanna avenue, or depot ticket office. LEHlQII VALLEY RAIROAD 8Y3 TEM. Anthruclte Coal I'sed Exclusively Insur ing Cleanliness alel Comfort. IN EFFECT NOV. 15, lS9t. TRAINS LEAVE SCRANTON. For Philadelphia and New York via D. II. R. It. at li.45. 7.45 a. m 12 05. 1.20. 3.3J -(Hlaek lilainoiid Express) and 11.30 p. m. For Plttstou and Wllkes-Ilarre via U. L. W. R. R u.oo, S.0J, 11.20 a. m.. 1.55. 3.40. G.00 and H 47 p. 111 For-White Haven. Hazleton, Pottsviila and piineipal points la the eoal regions via I). H. jj. it., u.13 u. ,n., u.05 and 4.41 p. m. For Ileth'lehem, Easton. Reading, Har r slainr und principal Intermediate sta tions via i. & II. ft. R., f,.43, 7.45 a. m.. 12.0.1, 1.20. 3 33 (Black Diamond Express), 4.41 nnd 11.20 p. m. For Tiinkhaunock. Townnda, Elm!ra, Ithaca, Geneva and principal Intermediate stations via ).. 1.. & w. R. R 6,00. 8.0$, , 9 -i. a. m.. 12.20 and 3.40 p. m. 1 1-or Geneva, Rut-healer. LuiTalo, Niagara Fads, Chicuco and ull points west via D. H. It. R 7.45 a. m 12.05, 3.33 (llluck Dia mond Express), 9.30 and 11.30 ji. m. Pullman jiarlor and sleejilnit or Lehis Valley chair cars on nil trains between Wilkes-Harre and New York. Philadel phia, Buffalo and Suspension Bridge. ROM. IN II. WILDER. Ceil. Supt. CHAS. S. I.EK. den. Pass. ABt..Philu. Pa. A. W. NONNEMACHER. Asst. Gen. Pass At.. South Bethlehem, Pa. Scranton OHK-e. 309 Laekawunna avenue. Central KailroaJ of New Jersey. (Lehigh and Susquehanna Division.) Anthracite coal used exclusively, lnsur. Ins cieunllness and comfort. TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. 15, ISM. Trnlns leavo Scranton for Plttston, Wllkes-Barre, etc.. nt S.20. 9.15. 11.30 n. m., 12.43, 2.00. 3.05, 5.00, 7.10 p. m. Sundays 9.W. a. m., l.oo, 2.15, 7.10 p. m. For Atlantic City, 8.29 a. m. For New York, Newnrk and Elizabeth. 8,20 (express) a. m . 12.43 (express with Buf fet parlor car), 3.03 (express) p. tn. Sun. dnv. 2.15 p. m. Train leaving 12.43 p. m. nrrlven nt Philadelphia, Reading Term, innl. 6.22 p. m. nnd New York 0.00 p. m.' For Maueh Chunk, Allentown, Bethle. hem, K-iston and Philadelphia, S.20 a. m., 12 45 .1.03. 5.00 (except Philadelphia) p. in. Sunday. 2.15 p. m. For Loni; Branch, Ocean Grove, eto at S.20 a. m. nnd 12.45 p. m. For llendlnu, Lebanon ami TInrrlsburS, via Allentown, 8 20 a. m., 12.45, 5.00 p. m. Bund.iy. 2.15 p. m. For Pottsville, 8.2-1 a. m. 12.43 p. m. Rrturnins, leave New York, foot of Lib. rty street, North River, at 9.10 (express) ii. m 1.10, 1.30, 4.15 (cxprem with ButTet parlor car) p. m. Sunday, 4.30 a. m. Leave Phlladelnhla. Rendlns Terminal, 9.0C a. m , 2.00 and 4.30 p. m. Sunday, tl 25 c. in. ThioiiEh tickets to nil points nt lowest rates may be had on nppllentlon In ad vance to the ticket ajient nt the station. H. P. BALDWIN. Gen. Pnss. Agt 3. IT. OLH AT'SEN. f!en Supt. 5v 0 sni.vro nivjsioY. In Fffert October I tli, ispfi. North Bound. oatfi It oil lid. .-jihioii rain tut L ; S -1 K,a,lons f 9c 3; B u 5 w (Trnltis Dally, 2 y. 1 cepl ,-unrtay.) -2 a1 e i r 11 A itI e I.ea ve a u i 7S.". N. Y. Fraiiklln sr. .... 7 4' , 7 in West 4-.'nd street ..., 7 Ml . I "(in Wcc-hawkeii I.... 8 lui , e m Arrive Leave a sir if1 I 13 liaiii cel; .Iiitimlou, I 1 0 'lini IS jili ISNil !p!:!V ill! II 1-Jiil fl CT 11 ;! nr-nii si: fiancee It 9'1 , 21 , !f :. , '-'41 , 2 5H , S.1S , 3i , 819 , 9 19 . Starlkht Prestnii Park i 'riinn Pnviitellc liebnoiit I'le.isiiiit .Mt. I'lil-Hiilale Forest dry Cm b indii e W hite Krlil-'e Miivticld Jermvn Archlb.dd Wlntnii Peckvllln (dviliant Prlcebiirif Tli roop rrnvKlei.ee Park Pince 701 B3I , 17 (17 13. IS IT 12 l 13 , 7 11 3 43 , 7ii); 331 , 7 -.3 8 34 . 7S7 8 511 . 7 Hi 4il , 7 fi4 4 m: , 7 .HI 4 10 . 7 3 4 14; . 17 41 14 17, . M -Pi ft Pn fli HfllS-.i II .11 II ! II !P 1 1 IS tlJttll 15 li-.Hll It B I1:! 1 1 !7 0 lid 1 1 05 K 11 Ot fi 1.1 II 0' 6 1'.' flcT.7 - n 10 10 r senr 11 43 4 ); . r M .1 M I.esve Arrive a 11 r M All trains run daily o.cept siindnv. f. :-U:uli!c3 that trnlns stop on signal for pas. Eenjtcr.'i. cenre rates via Ontsrlo Western befnrn purehnsiiijr ticket 1 nnd tavo money. Day and Klylit lijiresstothe West. I C. Anderson, en. Vtm Airt T. Flltcroft, 1)1.- 1 ass, Afft scranton, fa ie St. Denis Brcadway and Eleventh St.', New York, Opp. Urate Church. - European Plan. Kocms $1.00 a Day and Upwards. In a modet nnd tinolitrusivo wav tliero nr f-w btter condiietBd hotels In tUe'mctropolii t'.i.iu tlie St. Denis. Tlie- crent PP arity it has ecqnlred can -.i iiily be trsead to its uniquo lo.atii.n, It m 'hlw utmosnherB. tlu peculisr exeelleno or KHeulslaoaud Burvieu, aud its very modor. to pr.ces. WILLIAM TAYLOR AND SOU V 1
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