The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s&sMr&4AE
Itsseems extraordinary to observe a
sSnrmberso f: bats in the evening flying
back and forth through the trees with
remarkable rapiaity. but without ever
coming In contact With the branches;
or hurting themselves. S~pal!anzani,
the italian n~efaralist. Placed a Int IN
n dark enclosure. across which were!
stretched q numlser OF ffreaas cross
ing and recrossing each oster. Ine!
bat flew LILLY back and ftrth trying
to effect is escape. bat avoia4a lhei
threads with a nluea vara as if.
they had no been in lis way in the
leasf. Whether this curitus ROVER
was thereslalt Of a sixth and Unknowpj
n was long a puzzle to naturalists.
To decide this kno5ty point Spalla1i-
zani resorted to the cruel eSpedient Off
binding q bat, and found that it still
flew among the threads without being. |
to all appearances, any more incon-S
venienced than if it still had its eye.
sight.
EIeredity I'm Cats. /
Why does a cat walk around upon !
the hearth rug about five minutes be-
fore he takes his seatP Tn sure-ass
the English people say don't know. /
(Ihey seem to be eve sure of any, /
thing except that they don't know it.. J !
A neighbor of mine, however, was I
watching his cat going through the !
gyrating preliminaries the other eve. !
ming. and he told me what he believes !
to be tho truth of the matter. He says (
he got his facts from Darwin. 1 hope I
he does, but as the children in the I
Seventh reader say: Zone can't most 1
always tell" 1t seems that a cat be. /
longs 70 the leopard. panther and tiger !
race, SO that no amount OF domestica- /
ton has been able to eradicate inher- /
tied tendencies. The animals mon. (
toned live In the woods-when they /
are not in the geological gardens-and
they have no hired help to prepare
beds for them. When ready to go to
rest they have to find fallen leaves and (
tree branches, not well assorted. They /
tramp round and round on the spot s
@here they propose to lie until it Is I.
eaduced to the necessary condition fos 3
q couch. Our friends cat was Just &
NbrsytsS q the tradition. &
An Odd Certificate. z
English visitors to Vienna will per 4
maps remember a curiosity shown them
On the Graben, near St. Stephens, the
Wtook in Eisen. 1t is a knotted tree, I
dald to be the last ash cut down in the
Vienna forest when it covered the5
ground on which the Oldest part Of the
Nsy now stands. 1t was once the Gus {
ubm OF every smith and locksmith ofI
tile city at the end OF his apprentice &
esAip to drive orc nail into ,he tru9l;
efad, and in case OF the lool.5mi.hs. tos
Wy to open the paddock which nuar
trom the iron band round Tile mtddle J.
OF the trunk. In the course Of cen!u-
Eles the tree was studdsd wieh nailss
Erom top to bottom, SO thia&ly that atE
last it was declared Impossible to in. Z
gert another nail. This covering Of
gave the trunE great durability. Fl
HE old houses winch stood on thisks
spot have been purchased by s.l insur-
.nce company and an enormous build
OF five stories, surrounded BY eE5
darksns the Grapen. i,he.E
day the cj5 Stock in Eisen was 81
away ana deposited in a cor1ef q
she new building, where a niche bag Il
reserved ie2 il, T.. handsome ror &
gate vii he eT2o5cG i'll frcn. O. it. Il