Telegram-herald., 1888-08-12

A srnAxsz nes lEssrf. .amewnzt - 10
has sf sas lsty ssS a-s sPRsarsa - nil-
ioas ID tas - aeaas q Datcn1ss Co1ats,
\ y 49, s1resos4s ~ alAzs t1e harvest |.
Lsat al E4z-1y ons.
Tzs snzlsss xaa~u 1swerisg pl41I
se4rcely s.s4sls . tas zA<~e eys. : He9ia
raaerase3sla. : 8a,xF gsed n Ida ts0
speass ~ the sane geu1s. tne l2rgest 4ooat
ons tsFsntV-nfth Il "a .nca l e-a11eLeFs
greas u Toe eastern Jalied >l@1es-
L. sylyaalA Ca neseatly, strszze
sa.1azl parasite pas n as appearance. II .
= x3rn szkca freqaecls TIE tzlls 0t coEs.
caeircll1x tae soas .4d cssl4ag n tLe sg-
oeadaxe AscoEalzg - = Essl1s1t q ts-S
plz.,n sFho Lad o3secged Is TO eI-entss lt
is = ava1.asraale % sssn - sLroas a. agp-l-
eatian a. kerosene
To rxsxEcxLE pure wkite birds vhica
were caugaE "a G4ieaa, "a, have been "a
ahmed ~ lDc4l orallho.sgists, VINO pro
n0aacs taem gen1ihe rocins. These ex-
eeed sngly rare sPec. mems u the feathered
tr.os zro abolt tso fairds grown. and were
taksn fToa = uesf known % have been bullt
o. rooms o. ths 0gdla@ry red-ore@sted VA
risfy.
Tss Geological Society. Of PhiladeipAs.
moarns the loss OF q queer angnal, belong
AZ ~ the lowest Rsammzl2a group. sad
kEoWn as the eehaaA Though among
these animals the mothers nurse the youag,
the latter are born from eggs lad % tbs
m0ther parent, and hatcaed a. IA birds and
reptiles. A the annals mouth IS onlY al
lgstet 70 ths use 81 ants as food, and these
could not be supplied ia sufficient quantity
D. those having tbls peculiar specimen IN
charge, IL lived snly sx weeks
THzzs grows IN h.xteca, Mex, a plant
which the natives call . The Herb OF Proph-
ecy." IL - sad ta4t whoever partakes Of
the hero. Ia a few moments SinLs mo
sort of slssp. or rather hypnotic state, In
which, waile apparently quite insenst
be rs has = kind Of prophetic gift, or
double slgAt, answers questions that are
pas 10 hin, and becomes so under tho viii
OF aGother that rs obeys any command,
evec To taking bis own life. W hen tho
effects Of The herb wear OF he remembers
10; hing OF what ne has done
NfGHTrSGALEs build az the bc1tom OF
hedges and shrubs. They use dry oak
leaves and arrange them according TO the
/ direction ia which the leaves have curled,
50 they nt partially over one another, Ike
plates in a coat OF mail. Inside the leaves
there Is lining OF grass and small roots;
bat the loose grace OF the outside - so de-
/ ceptive that only q skillful observer can
guess that the mass Of dry leaves he sees
huddled together among twigs and grasses
| 10 anything save heap of refuse left be-
hind by some winter whir,wind.
TIE vineyards in the vicinity of Varna.
Bulgaria. have been attacked oy a new kind
| OF an insect pest called the Kara terzt. or
"the black tailor" an sppellation which is
supposed 70 Indicate its appearance and
habits- 10 Is described a. an adipose black
oeetie measuring about three-fourths of an
/ inch IN bcdy-length, and furnished with a
mornings OF April and May, il cuts OF the
young vine shoots, which it leaves on tho
| ground until they ere parched by the sun,
when IL drags them into the recesses of its
deep and tunneled hole. generally situated
/ ~ the foot Of the plant attacked.
THE dugong, species OF whale taken in
large numbers At Queensland, has probably
| furnished the slender basis Of fact upon
which the mermaid aud norman stories ara
founded. II Is about eight 20 twenty feet In
length, lives upon submarine beds Of sea
weed. breathes ey means ef lungs, has q
humsniike head, with hair resembling Q
mans beard. The eesh OF the animal Is
eaten and is said 70 Lave the favor of beef,
veal or bacon, according to the part of the
oil has all the medical qualities of cod-liver
oil, without the Aisagrceable taste or smell
Of the latter.