The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-02

TRICKS or LtzzAHDs AND cKNT1pEDKs.n
"The Ilzxarda about ri Paso are a study.
The queer llzzards am going to speak Of
are found all over Texas, but they are
thickest just north Of Ell Paso.
"Thcy belong to the Swift family, and
60 50 fast you can hardly see them. They
are about foot long, and they fight like
the very old Nick. Last summerI saw a |
terrible fight between two big ones, which |
lasted for over half an hour. They kick. |
ed up the dust fearfuiiy. That's how you
know where they are.
"One OF these lizzards In that battle had
his tail BIT of, but he finally won, and left
hls adversary wrlthIng In death.
"a strange thing about iizzard Is that
II he loses hiA tail It will grow on again,
but II man loses his leg he has to go
Through life with bat one.
at Is only the stump.talled Lizards that
are poisonous. The Mexicans are very
superstItious about all Of them, and think
1t ~ sure death II a man happens TO kill
one.
4 CKNftPEDEb PREPAkAfIoN FOR hLEEF'
"A centlpedc Il afraid OF tarantula,and
when no lies down to sleep he always
takes the precautlon to build a cactus fence
about him.
"a tarantula will never crawl over cac-
tus, and thus securely hedged In his own
corral, he knows he may sleep as long a.
he wants te, and his enemy can't get al
hlm.
aIt Il Iaughable out en- the Mohave des.
ert to watch the security Of these cent?.
J pedes as they lay and sleep, while their
} arch enemies, the tarantulas, are locking
ever the garden wall, so to speak, trying
to get Al them.
~ have seen the tarantnlas nose around
for hours before giving Il up. But the cac-
! tus Is sure barrier. When once they he
) come satisfied there Is complete barrier
+. they GO away and cease to thirst for the
gore of the eentipede.
4 "The latter, however, always takes q
1 careful look-around before heFcmoyes tne
r cactus and venture forth.
THR CURIOUS PLANT ~ SHASTA.
"Now, again. let met tell you Of a whole
. lot ef animal life that gets left by the sricl
: Of plant. Up in Shasta county there i
!. peculiar wild product known as the pitch
ar plant.
at has pitcher from FIVE to ak inche
long and from an lnehto m Zach and hal
: through. There IL a lid TO II, and Il ID
J shaped just like little pitcher.
aInsects and bugs Of various sorts sc
J Into get 4 taste OF the sweet-smeliing pc
tale inside, and-whOp, the lid gees dowi
on them.
3 ''More. than this, there are little hair
. barbs sticking dowaward ia that pitcher
L 80 that ifthc lid wasn't shut bug couidn'
a get out anyhsw. The I'D comes dow'
d merely as a reminder that he Is In goo.
: and selid, and gees up again 10 wait 70
more.
e aOften have seen these pitchers TIVE
e thIrds full Of bugs. Well. what does thl
d plant want with these thlngs just thIs
a To use them In It's growth. Il sucks al
y t4tG HHAfStu&uh 0uh % IfSN pV1s&st anu a.
II serbs them all In Its growth.
n sQueer things, these Shasta count.
Z plants you say, and 30 they are.
% aAnimals are up TO 80 much tTickery
ls and there Is 50 much deception about them
S such diplomacy and eonnser-diplemaey
Z that declare Just as soon n man get
/ well into the mystery OF their dolngs he
got to die" said the old naturalist.
e aNow II | could live twenty 1--WE year.
y longer, could find out world Of inter
d csting things. But Il don't. somebod.
It else will" added he.
Mr.. Dunn has been studying The ed'
c freaks of animal and insect life, and trav
!. cling up and down the coast for NOR
. than forty years. lie isnow aImIst read.
!, 10 start off on his regular yearly jaunt,an'
d viii shsrtly visit La Paz and Cape 81
Lucas, where he will spend good deal Q
c the summer.