, 1881-07-17

White ants destroyed tho wood work of Fl hons
In New South Wales. ano it cost over $2,0vO I
| repair it.
y Gcurga farmer removed to Alabama an
took his COW With him; hut the animal 1urne
up at her old home, ninety miles OF, u few day
4 three-lc9Ecd kitten Is curiosity belong tn
To a. 6. Emory, OF 0peliks. Ala. Its perfect i
every other respect. aud the shouder-blade i
/ perfect and natural.
| The parent of mocklng-bird captured a
Queen Creek. Arizona. after failing in every Of
fnrt to flberate him, brought relief in the shap,
ofA poisonous berry, and The little prisoner died
Crows are the natural enemies 81 the sinsins
| bird. Iney puunce upOn the nests OF the lurl
| niid p'nser. and rob robins Of their young
They are said to bo esterminar,ng these bird
! in Now England.
a Colorado horse belonging to Fl. c. Gil
! walked into lake. and after wadng in tht
and drowned himself in water but Two feet deep
A clear case OF suicide.
bald eagle was cauEht near the Delaware
western Ratlroad bridge at Wilmington. Del
AZ ths time ot the capture It was ensuged II
combat with lurge Newfoundland dog. whict
1t was endeAvorlng tu carry Ots.
hcadns Pa.) eagle lives exclusively on rats
but they must be In prime condition ur he will
not tough them, The rats are thrown into the
cage alive; he grabs. them by the back and
pierces them through the vitaIs.
Inc dug ut fnriDer at klckupoo, ILL.,, dug into
q gravel and sand bank for q skunk. throwing
the dirt behind h'tn. After be had caught and
killed The skunk ho found himself imprisoned
wis Il very lean dug.
James Finch. IT Camden. N. j., utilities bis dog
as tncaus of communication with his daugn-
Ter: who lives more than mile away. A letter
IS tfeu 10 the coy collar. and he is told 10 take
Il 70 Emma. It IS promptly delivered, and the
answer Is MS faithfully returned.
4 Bolfnas tCnl} man says that he put two hens
IN bag to prevent hem from setting and hung
It ,tcrOss the clOshe@f.ne. He Thought pD more
Of it. and the bag was left there. When 1t was
1aken down, both hens were found alive, but as
destitute Of fchthers ns If they had bsen toied,
ulln III tne bae were nineteen Eggs.
The experiment Of introducing migratory
anail from Europe appears tt be succeeding. i
il'ck N these quail we're recently seen 1T West
Brighton. n. T., anu seven pairs OF them are
known TO have bred lust season and raised good
siSed families. Seven thousand were liberated
IN Maine last yeur, and they have returned from
the South This spring.
on the oSen f. Mr Megoy is who sss 5ssss
OF the family BY her strange actions. She would
run up to them. rub them with her nose, whuny,
ana then run tuward the river. Curiosity
prompted them to follow her: They discovered
her colt entnng!ed III a drift in the river, ouiy
its head being visible.
Herman Junger. of Lawrence, Mass. lost his
neral her Newfoundland dog ins sted IN visiting
different ro0ms in the house. utter which he
would appeal to those present for sympathy.
and howl dsnalIy. This he continued 70 do at
sh"rt inl7rvufs daily, scarcely etlng or sleeping
Tor some days. Then ne WIS found dead in
A wel!-trained Newfoundland dog, belonging
TO millIner vi Norwich, Conn.,, cllrrics his mis-
lress' dinner to her daily. 4 strange dog re-
Gently attempted to impose on him while he was
0udeu down with the cOunisAry stores. He
iun4 10 the basket. but stopped lnne enuugh to
ret II good look at the cur. Then he started of
II Il run 10 the store, where be deposited the
,isket, and returned to the street and began the
enrch for his assaIlant, He found hin, and
to chastise him In tine style.
In fhe neigHGtrh0od nj Turakina, New Zea-
and. an army Ut catcrpil1ars several hundreds
It thousands strong were marching across the |
Hllwny line. bound fur new field OF oats when |
he Train rnmhied Alnng. Suddenly it cu1ne tt Il !
ead stop. On txAu.inauon II wns found that !
be wheels at the engine nnd become So greasy I
hat they kept revolving without advancing |
be engine -ariver procured sand and strewed 1t |
n the rails, and the trhfn made a fresh start,
ut il WAS found that during the stupptlge thou-
auds ut cn>erptltars had cra"cd ail uver the
nxinc, and aiA over the carriages, inside aud
ut.
Capt. De Aburtiz, of the Spanish bark Odulia,
MS tame walrus thnt he captured thirteen
. ears ago when it was pup. When cnpt-
red 1t weighed nineteen pounds, but 1t !
wv turns tue scale at Hi: pounds, has two
lornbus tusks. measures Six feat three inches
the Klrth, md is eight feet four inches lung.
! bright WeHther it sleeps III the sun on deck. I
l1ring heavy h1ows it rcstrts to a kennel, hut (
hrn the weath her is calm it leaps overheard
u sports about the ship fnr hours, cntchiug
ri cntins fish. When tired OF swimming 1t Is
lnlcd Oh boMrd in great iron paskct. On one
ARK tackled il, laying hold OF one OF its paws |
ID biting Off two Of its tues: hut the wurus
vc, u,d, coming up under the shark killed and
Eourtd hin vain Erirs IF delight.