The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-18
1.at,s Power.

1t seems extraordinary. to observe al
number OF bats in the evening flying
back and forth through the trees with
remarkable rapidly. but without ever
coming in contact with the branches
or hurting themselves. S~pallaDsani,
the Italian naturalist placed u lat in
u dark enclosure, across which were
stretched 9 number OF ihreals cross
ing and r~ecrossing each other. Ihei
bst few "a isals back and furth Try ing
to effect lis escape. but avoia&a The;
threads with as mucA core as il,
they had no. been in its way in the
least. Whether this curious power
was theresuit Of a sixth and unlSnowpt
sense was long d puzzle TO GaturuTists.
To decide this knotty point Spallaii-
zani resorted to the cruel expedient of:
binding d bat, and found that it still
flew among the threads without being. /
to all appearances, any more incon-
venienced than il it still had its eye. /
sight.
fEeredity I'm Cats. |
Why does a cat walk around upon |
the hearth rug about five minutes be-
tore he takes his seatp I'm sure-ass
he English people say-I don't know. /
(Ihey seem to DO never sure Of any.
thing except that they don't know it. /
A nelghbor of mine, however, was
watching his cat going through the !
gyrating preliminaries the other eve I
ming, nj he told me what he believes {
to be the truth of the matter. He says Z
he got his facts from Darwin. 1 hope i
he does, but as the children in the I
Seventh reader say: "One can't most l
always tell" 1t seems that a cat be. /
longs TO the leopard, panther and tiger {
race, SO that no amount OF domestica- (
ton has been able to eradicate inner \
tied tendencies. The animals men. I
toned live In the woods-when they I
are not in the geological gardens-and (
they nave no hired help to prepare
beds for them. When ready to go to
rest they have to find fallen leaves and :
sree branches, not well assorted. They B
tramp round and round on the spot {!
Vhere they propose to lie until 1t is L
eaduced to the necessary condition for 8
q couch. Our friends cat was just E.
Ul1syisS q the tradition. G
An ODD Certificate. Z
English visitors to Vienna will per /
maps remember a curiosity shown them
On the Graben, near St. Stephens, thei
Wtook in Eisen. 1t is a knotted. tree, F
laid to be the last ash cut down in the s
Vienna forest when it covered the q
GROUND on which the Oldest part Of tle S
Easy 0 stands. 1t was once the Gus &
unn OF every smith and lochsmith OF
tile city at the end OF his apprenticc- Il
ssaip to drive one nail into The trunk +
Cad, and in case Of the locl17mi,h3. tosa
ssy to open the paddock which nuar#
FROM the iron band round Tie m:dGyeE q
81 the trunk. In the course CT ceniu-M
RES the tree was studded wish nuils q
ssom top to bottom, SO thiaEly that at III
lest it was declared Impossible to in 81
gert another nail. This covering of
sron gave the trun.c great durability. 81
HE old houses which stood on 1hias II
spot have been purchased by GA insur-
ence company and an enormous build Il
sag OF five ~st5iies, surrounded by eSi
oarksus the Grapcn. I'heH
day the Gil Stock ia Eisen wa7
away ana deposited in a coraoz 81
Of &he new building, whero Il niche ha9 Il
reserved GSe =. +. ~handsome iyon 81
vii lie elactcd III from O. it. Il