... IF THE RAT WON! A GOOD RULE FOR NEXT WEEK. Drawn by Thomas E. Watson (13), Witton, Blackburn. NATURE NOTE: ARTFUL . ANIMALS. In the struggle for existance' those creatures that are big and strong are the most likely to succeed, and come off best in the ...

... intimated her intention of visiting Wales next year, when she desires to be present at the annual Eisteddfod. . To-day's Nature Note: In his weekly note Mr S. Banks, of Portsmouth, near Tod, morden. opens with a reference to the un' folding leaf in the ...

... stillness reigns around ; The ploughman's team, the thrasher's flail, The woodman's axe — their clamours cease,— And only nature's notes prevail, To humble bosoms echoing peace. The Sabbath Bell! the Sabbath Bell! How sweet on ears devout it falls ; White ...

... all the skating and curling that is good for them in one season, if Jack Frost be in the mood. To-day’s Nature Note: With reference to your Nature note in Thursday’s issue of the “Telegraph,” it might interest your naturalist readers (writes H.M., Blackburn) ...

... in South Wales, which had nine hours. Southport had five hours, and Morecambe three. To-day ** Pica Rustica” forwards a Nature note, but does mnot enclose his name and address as a mark of good faith. It is devoted chiefly to the jenny wren as the bird ...

... positions—“ near, and yet so far”—relying upon trains and steameie for an interchange of visits. To-day’s Nature Note: Lately there appeared a nature note in the ” Telegraph showing the enormous appetite of the redbreast in proportion to his size. Apropos ...

... 1893; and a silver groat coined in the reign of Henry VL., which was feupd at Friar Hill in 1872, To-day's Nature Note: The other doy in a Nature Note we mentioned that through clress of weather several little aukes had been sighted or captured in Scotland ...

... well dropped in favour of a policy directed to bring about \nn amicable and speedy settlement of the dispute. To-day's Nature Note: With lovers of-the country the joy of living is increased when the birds come into song. Mr H. Bannister, the Small Holdings ...

... to w'hat he was taken for, that it should supposed would betray fcllowclubnian for two shillings and sixpence. To-day’s Nature Note: fly the banks of the River Derwent there is delightful evidence (writes a Lake District correspondent) of the approach ...

... wind tacking, after the manner of ships, attaining at some points of the journey a speed of 50 miles an hour. To-daj’e Nature Note (from Calder Valley, by S. Banks): The days are glorious for the month of November, sonny and clear, with touch of frost ...

... ,mnil matters, BLACKBALLING EPIDEMIC. SHIPBUILDING OUTPUT. & To-day’s Nature Note: In the attic . . (‘;'“‘ ‘l.‘ “”:'.“Nlh]_‘fl .d‘l'_“f‘ n e The dullness in the shipbuilding industry, of his three-floored warehouse, a ** Scotsman ™ I :\:’:;::;v: ...

... the majority of the looms engaged in the grey trade are running fairly steadily, Today’s Nature Note: Mr 8. Banks, the Todmorden naturalist, prefaces his Nature note with the wish that readers may have a ‘happy new year and faces as smiling as the ‘day ...