The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-28
IN ALL ANIMALS,
The Poisonous Machinery of Ami
mails and Reptiles Does Not
Differ in Any Respect.
The Way in Which a Pair of Rats
Happily Situated Will Null
tiply in a Year.
Novel Experiment Which Proved That
. BENGAL Tiger Is Drawer Than a
Lion-Sagacity in Animals.

In the examination of the poisonous ma
ehlnery OF insects and reptiles, it is appa
1ens that tue destructive principle is the
same In all, and that the fang in all pos
sesses a hollow, through which the poison
flows into the wound the moment the in
cislon liz made, says the Boston Courier.
The sting OF the scorpion is precisely like
the fang of tho rattlesnake, and performs
Its deadly work on the same mechanical
principles.
The grip of the ants jaw is retained, even
after the body has been bitten Off and
nothing but the head remains. This knoyl-
edge is possessed by a certain tribe of In
dams In Brazil, who put the ants to a very
peculiar use. When an Indian gets a cash
cut IN his hand, instead Of having his hand
sewsd together. as physicians do in this
country, ne procures five Or six large black
ants. and, holding their heads near the
cash, they bring their java together in
biting the flesh, and thus pull the two sides
OF the cash together. Then the Indian
plncbes OH the bodies of the ants and leaves
the heads clinging to the flesh, which ia
held together until the cash is perfectly
healed.
A pair of rats, happily situated and un-
disturbed. will, in thres years, have in
creased to 656, S0S. Calculating that ten
rats eat as much in one day as a man.
which, we think, is rather over than under
the fact, the consumption of these rats
would be equal 10 that of 65, $50 men the
year round, and leave eight rats in the wear
TO spare. Multiplying in this rapid way, il
ID prevldsntlal that the rat has so MANY
natural nemie All these to the contrary
notwithstanding, he often proves sufficiently
troublesome to make the community con-
spire against him. In Ireland thew siuge
the hair of a rat which has been caught.
but is otherwise unframed. In Germany
they let one loose with a small bell attached
TO his neck. The tinhling of this MS the
belled rat chases his friends produces a
panic among them and causes them to fee
the premises.
The Bengal tiger has more courage than
shs hon., according to q Snowman, who
Rtates that the matter was tested IN this
manner: we placed a shooting-craoker in
the respective cages and fred the fuses.
AS soon SIS the fuses began to burn thew at
traoted the attention CT both onimals, but
IN a widely different manner. The lion
drew into q corner and watched the pro-
ceedings with a distrustful and uneasy eve.
Inc tiger. On the contrary, advanced to tho
burning 1Use with q nrLn step and unhinch-
ing paw ana began TO roll it over the floor.
and when IL exploded bsneath his very nose
he did not finch. but continued hia exa,ni-
nation until perfectly satisfied. Tbs lion
bet aged area, fear VIXEN he heard the re-
port OF the explosion, and for quite a time
could not he coaSed out OF his den"
a eur!ou& comlnunication has been made
to 'Ac2deLaie de MeGecin.'' by M. Motais.
OF Anglers, whOss works on the yarious
diseases OF The eye are highly esteemed. He
has closely examined the effect of captivity
on the sight OF wild beasts, such as lions.
tigers, etc., and asserts that all animals in