The sun., 1891-07-12
QUEER FACTS ABOUT BRUTEa
Matters That Make Interes sting Studies
for Human Observers.
From the Boston cuurisr.

that the destructive principle is the same II
all. md that tho fang in all possesses hollow
through which the POISON flows into the woun,
the moment the incision In made. Tho stini
OF the scorpion is precisely like the fang OF thu
/ rattlesnake and performs It's deadly work Of
the same mechanical principles.
| The grip OF an auts Jaw Is retained ever
after the body has been bitten OF and nothint
but the head romans. This knowledge is DOS
ee.s' ed by a certain tr be OF Indians In Brazil
| who pnt he ants to very PECULIAR use. When
an indian gets cash cut In his hand instent
Of having his hanL sewn together. MS physi
iaise black ants. aud. holding the,r hca,is penl
the va h, they bring heir laH together in bit.
cash ns toee,s n Tbsn the Iadsn s
the bodies OF the ants and leaves tho hends
clinging to the flesh. which Is held togetieI
| until tho cash Is perfectly healed.
| tutbed. will, in three years, have increased tS
In one day rs man, which, wo tn nix. IL ratl oil
unde than over the faoI, ,he consGmItIon I OF
Tie ssnr ,as s sshs @ o
yeur to spale. MutiplyinR in this rapid way. Il
Is rrovdrntial That the rat has 80 many nat
| withstanding. lie often proves sufficiently
Troublesome to mako ,to tommunity conSpile
asa,ns, him; In ireland they sinse The hair y
VIM, mnIharmsd; ~ GermnnG ih.y let s onS Ss Hss
| tinklinR OF this. rs the beled rat chases his
| trends. produces n panir among them and
causes, thom 70 lee the premises.
Tue Bengal tiger has more courage than the
| lion, u, cordnc to n Snowman. who states that
| ths matter was tested IN this manner: g
,ns Ia h
began to burn they attracted the attentton OF
botu animals. but In widely different man;
tho prOceedt rs with Ii distrustiul aud uneasy
eye, The tiger. on tho contrary. advancea to
the burning fuse With II firm step aud unfipch-
When it exploded beneath his very nose he aid
perfectly sat-, lied. Tine lion , etrayed great
fear when he henrl tho report Of the explo.
sic. sion. T.; = for 9"iss tie could not be c0axed
A curious eommu,Tication 7, has been e made 4, tc
Anglers. whose works on the various diseases
Of the eve alo highly esteemed. lie has closely
examined tho enect OF captivity on tue sight OF
ssrts that nl animals in n savage state are far
sighted, The same remark applies 10 man in
State aov SS even sG those
oblige them TO remain constantly In the onen onn
air. suoh as sailors or farm laoorers. The
they have been taken after the age OF six or
eight months; but whom born In captivity or
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narrow space IN which they ate confined and
tho training which obliges Them to follow the
The nearsieltsduess 4 school children may.
In his opinion. be ascribed to the same cause
point. and the iaot thai. the. power OF The via
nal or.an becomes modified according to the
requirements ! 70 I whiet k IL I! Is subjected: ,,.
less Incidents Of tho einaRination. But recent
wri er tells an anecdote which, though taxing
ness % oi u ,he i affair. SoSs f,shormen @ IN The
west const OF Ireland were In the haiti Of going
IL He IN
INHABITED by large numbers OF rabbits. and
could he reached ut low tide by wa'iing. the
morning tisy, went n their boat quito early. it
being high tide. ana on landing saw adead fox
all bedraeged and lie seemed t. have been
drowned. One OF the mon. remnrking that his
skin wa, worth pitched into
sessed himself Of tic fox seized him by the tail
struck the beach he picked himself up with
considerable agility tor dead fox. md shot
on like flash up among the cliff. :. while tho
men stood staring at eacn other In mute
crossed, over, 10 the island during TIC night.
from from the mainland. counterieiisd death. with
to The shore IN a. eGy boat. az eSpootaon wSiaS
The iiev. j. Murray in his work on tho crea.
anco @ OF Ills .was out shooting wild ducks. On
reaching a bend of the stream he saw ak Wild
hope that they Would presently come @ nearer. ca n:
While thus concea'ed he observed fox steal
Ing down to ne bank 20, on Re ,reacLinE which he
geese. At length he retired. but presently re-
arpeared carving In his mouth a very large
sank himself amt then. keeping the moss
above the water. himsrli concealed. he tloated
drawn under The water and tho fox soon sp
neared on the bank with the goose on his back.
Close to tho waters edge he found ~ hole.
Nntt cad hy thn rNNf{ {nty ", 10 h4lo
he cleared out and enlarged pnced the goose
at the bottom OF 1t. and covered his prize with
osss al a tss tsys
his departure. and the Interested watchsr went
Then he resolved 10 observe what followed in
about half an hour Il, The fox returned in COM
where t6s hsd busd a"d
moved the enrih. No goose there. They stood
S Ss ssra eesnS esnSr fox Sr lime
most furinusly. a. II enrngad by having u
tho Isy HIssi sss
clearing an onen space near forest, part OF
Sh f.es s With opsn ypssss o p aors %h n Is
called q cofra!. Whom SO much Of tho work is
dnnS the nstyes gSt tehnd and around The
spears aud rafting MI Kinds, Of noisy instrn-
ments in order to frighten tho huge animals
DOORS o the 4avns ss % s
tho, great herd tor. tho entrances nre barred.
and tho poor giants o! the woods lind them
solves hopel.ssly imprisoned. An elephants
rage is dreadful to witness but the ingenuity
OF man has found q way of subdning it. Ono
By one each prisoner is freed again and tame
eleI hants. remarkable for their sagacity. come
up to him. stroke him with their trunks. and
otherwise cajolo him until they lead him on TO
agood. strong tree. The natives Green up be-
hind. and In q minnie a rope with running
knot Is round the eiephant's leg and made fast
TO tron All lie time this Is going on he
tame elephants are humorlne their d"luded
victim. but as soon as be is secured they, go
Then tho men bring him nice coconnuts and
leaves to eat. which, OF course. he refuses. as
he is again in o great passion and struggling
TO be ireo.. But hunger snbdues oven The
forcest: and at last his wild roaring csases TO
resound through the woods aud he is forced to
eat.Q From that time the tanning process Is
az he Ienuires it. by 4 kind hand: ana the ele.
phant, susceptible to kindness. becomes at last
Q docile servant OF man.