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... NATURE NOTES. C~ats as Clocks. t Ctbaeben made use of in all manner of w ats, hand noe he least curious is the manlner in t itwhich the peculiarity of their eyes have been fo 'turned, to asccount by the Chinese. Everyone h knows that cats can see in the ...

... NATURE NOTES. Animals and Heat. Cats never bathe, though. tigers do so rega. larly, and in the heat of ludia sit for a long time up to their necks' in 'water. ?? The cat seems to rejoice in any degree of 'heat, and to be willing to sit in a cucufaber ...

... NATURE NOTES. The of the Grizzly Bear. The grizzly bear, lite tho gorilla, very strong. A Public Opinion states tnat has seou the coast range of Hudson Bay carry a heifer weighing 200ibs. his fore paws for three miles across jagged sharp rooks ten feet ...

... NATURE NOTES. A Weird Little AnimaL One of the ?? most dreaded in Java is a , harmless little creature, called bv the natives ip malmag, and by English.-peaking people the C nr tarsius. The little animals are no larger thana' re il. common squirrel, but ...

... NATURE NOTES. The Wolf Spider. About the most unnatural thing in Naturepardon the seeming paradox—is the manner in which the young the American wolf-spider treat their mother. After the little creature has laid her eggs she carries them about a ball, ...

... NATURE NOTES. it v Ig Anz Interestizng Snake. Is An interesting snake has been added to the vi I collection of the, Zoological Society. 'This s creature lives exclusively upon a diet of eggs, which its small teeth permit it to swallowun. 0 broken. But ...

... NATURE NOTES. Metal-cutting Beetles. An English naturalist has just discovered that the zopherm tuciica,nrn, a specie* A laericau beetle, has the extraordinary power able cnt metal with its mandibles. A friend had writ acme specimens this queer insect ...

... NATURE NOTES. An Eagle Struck by Lightning. singular oecurrenco ia stated by the Waiton, N.Y., Reporter as having happened near Hill in Delaware County. The eleetrie storm Friday night, April 21st, wrs quite severe, and several veiy sharp flashes lightning ...

... NATURE NOTES. The fure of the sun, according to Dy. H. Ebert, is about 40,069 C.—that is, the parts below the photcsphere. The elephant is commoniy supposed to be glow, clumsy animal, but when excited or trightencd it can attwin a speed of 20 miles an ...

... NATURE NOTES. 1 Venders oj Animal Life. Bees are geometiicians. Ths cells are constructed, .as, with the least quantity of materials, have the largest sized spaces and the least possible loss interstice. The mole is meteorologist. The bird called nine-killer ...

... NATURE NOTES, The banana is the most prolific of all the fruits of (he earth, being forty-four times more productive than potatoes, and 131 times more than wheat. In the report for 1895 of the Observatory at Bidston Hill, near Birkenhead, one fact will ...