Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-03-25
TIE STANTON BATS.

Sleep of thu boar ssd his k usnsu
the racooon, AID If thg ~oodehu2k
or sroand hog, NOT to mention the
moss coap plsts forta Of sib.rRat.on
Of reptiles in no,tssfs clim tcs. a:e
facts fslEiIiAr to every s1hoolboy
Am IN, n .mnsla, however, ths tor
pot ia su l~as 10 latsrrnp'lon al trn a,
cy a ise II tsnperstsrs, which dos
oot SEEM to eject the more profound
sleep Of reptiles trachisus.
How loag 1T is ros-is's for a h'ber
natlng smnal to sastsia it. sxiste ce
beyond that portion of the year which
il usually pas. ia this quisscent
state hiss been question which has
engaged ths a!teuti, Of many nat
uralist, but which has rem sinsd un-
solved uatil now. Discoveries have
recently b On made In the State Of
karylan., wkich illnninsts this
-uhjsct ~iiA fool OF clear light,
aud suggss. possibilities in regard
to hibsrnation. hithert, unthoug /
of.
The sditor OF the Homecoming md. }
Valley Tmes gives an account Of
tbs discovery Of a pair oil antsallu-
visM bats ia a cssl mine, from which
The folloning facts are extract d:
"Mr. Anthony Reese, a nissr employ.
I'D ia this Swsn!o on miae near Barton,
Alleganv eouety, MI, dslo1gea
what appeared to be l. pi.Ds OF petri
6e wood in = seam Of coal, 1000
vt rram tie opening oil ths mine ard
$50 fpet h,' y tie surfics In the
- enc, II 80 ofhs aiasls il was
4 saovs 81 bal tas 6a s.a par o:
I bats .ad at they ~s"s alive. Tue
-.p w,ter. nat 10 not saen to be able
tc isvour 10 4, xrl m d f ils liyr
see u i torpid oon,iilio0 They are
| iu'ckiy r,as "a handed, aad
~as f hesl hlt Mr. R.s't ii ger ii /
| it blsd. The li.e very vas maize oe
tas 10Th Glt., sud tps has are culi
pliys. Oae qscaIe, wril Mr. R:eae
~ taking it meme ut, s,r.ngs t"
ssy, it ~aa ioual a9aia in & he mine
ne,, wh.r. originally discovered
Tns is oartsisls noac wsnde,fH
din, Qyary; SO rcfssrksb .. sfse tsst
%snY ptopl. si8at qatsti -ssthsi
IT lad sve, t~kss place sad 1t rot
les. yout hid tor b. ia editor w
are raiI.sv.G fr3a all spcsu!stoa "a
TO bow the ats reached tksI po.liisn
- he soia seal by a slI'or'e the
lyy, whilh W. are proud 10 ssY,
sccor 'e <1ac..y W. cnr sw1 lds e
o. rste su set Tsa tn or. IS t-at
! ,, 2srs "a at19 tas s,ssIs al
| ~ ins,01 IA 10 soIiuv 0t @a
i clysd tree, -. hsp. tspoE.a Of
yssif sce, ' hs acnnTuis,oo of sstHIe
iurIsd 4 ths tise 10 the ds, tbs Of be
esitn Tie al de, lorrtsi csAe
The tree b"oa4,s psat cf tas Goa!
strs lG atior, the b"rs q pst.lfaetlon
aud the slseping baia wars sa.sd ia =
liyirs scmb. Bat what ssvsd the
bsta lram peri hin ? They did not
nes4 air, they did not need food; tksy
were waiting ir torp,a . ste peculiar
to their species aud ala ted 10 their
nature for season ih t never CANE
TO them. The subtle /. fusrcss OF
nature that touched them ~ith hfS
at the a; proach of spring were ept off,
and their state OF somnolsncy uoniin
ueG without lnteri d ption. Ths ersan
ism that oaa ietaIu i,fa three months
without sustensncs or rsaplra.ion
ought, If tks surrounding condltlons
are the ana, to ratsin tbs vital
epa.k three yea's; 'hen why not three
til usand? Decay was crested be-
cause, with. ih, Sc creatures, CO nstl-
,utod a. they ar3. Their sutombment
sas Hmply an indefinite prrIongatiYn
OF ueir =, ason Il Information"
Hers &c m4y pe,Aa's - allJws
70 sat ta' the eitars moissty in
cleiA'tg on Y few 'honsa d yssrs
FIR The SHaatou bh;s, however orei l.
table II may be t. his caution, and
to the rui, Fcisesi6a splsit In which
he is pursuing his Investigations,
must cot be allowed to hamper the
mind ia It's consideration Of he
woaderful power oi an anin o i've
so long without air or 'ood. We fud
fr, m the records of the Swspton coal
niue thst lis foundations we're laDd
IA 1872 675 years 4go. THIS WIS the
age OF tho "stesisboat Iu.p." The
contract ior the mine called for GER
4 tain sr,scjfi-d iay rs Of "ttoye nepR ="