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New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

SARAH BERNTIAKUT Ms FISMVNUH
,rn and Eugfne Morand. 1t was played first AT the
Renaissance in Paris. and little later at DAILY 8
Theatre in London. The story Of this play mas the
RudIhist religion as a background. Ihe part
played by Sarah Bcrnharlt is that OF woman
who goes into the desert with the purpose oil
tempting a hermi, from his VOWS and instead is
herself converted To his austerty Of NE. she goes
hack 10 the city resolved to give all her WcAitn 70
the poor and finds friend Ia powerful, princess
bu, i Obliged To- murder the princess son IN he-
fence of her own honor. wheIeupon the prircess
Xh aDplauls the til she knows VINO IL Is VINO
has been Killed. condemns her 70 death.
Nine B.ruharlt VIII also appear for the nrst
timn in America ~ "(ilsmOnda' who s nearly, II
not Glite the most absolutely and iTr'ieemaDiy
wicked woman whom even SardOu eyer imagined
Tho nlav liseif H. familiar here. having been per
formed by Miss Fanny Davenport She WIN aso
plav "Mlgaa." which has been done here before py
Nine NodIeska OF her o Ter plays she VIII
rcv,yo la Tosca." Camille la Femme de
claude" and a few others. and she Will offer her
own pav. duchess Catharine.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE BELNONT-VA WEDDING.
1T IS PROBABLE THAT 1T WILL BE HELD THIS
MONTH-wHAr WILL BECOME OF THE
CHILDREN OF w. X. VANDERBILT?

1T is PROBABLE THAT 1T WILL BE HELD THIS
MoNrH-wHAr WILL BECOME OF THE
CHILDREN OF W. X VANDERBILT?
Pr.narations for the wedding of Mrs. Alva VAN
derblt and O. H. p. Belmont going quietly.
7, is practically settled that the ceremony will take
nlacs on Tuesday, January 2s and that they will
Gail for Europe on the following day 1t was re-
nor,ed Yesterday that Mrs Vanderbilt would place
her house in the market at the end of this month
She and Mr. Belmont will spend the rest OF the
winter travelling abroad, 1t Is SAID ana VIII not re-
turn until the. Newport season III Is reported tha'
she may visit her daughter, the Duchess OF MARI
boroupb in the course of her trip The question has
h.or brought M as to what disposition Mrs VAN
derb will make of her other TWO chHoieh ai'ei "'i
forthcoming marriage. When she ana her huspano
coma rated The custody of the three chliureI' o,
suelo who has been married 10 ane T Gs;y,,ng IN was
,ivcn 70 her William X. Vanderbilt Is said TO De H
much concerned the welfare OF ms ,in be,
Mrs Vanderbilt will naturally WISH ~ Vxonderhli
cbtidren bnt IL Is said that William k aiiu.i @ Oh
lii ,nata on effort 10 secure the custody OF ,ncn n
after the marriage That is what deta;neu Ia w. al
derh here 80 IL Is said. when ne hau ',a HnIV. a.
rreparations for cruise his yacht the nqnn
trhd Vai;ant went out early yesterday MOI ~,
bound for Southern waters but - sn1 her la er
Vanderbilt is not her. but Will Jo'" He' ~
off the Southern coast. a,orday IN get some
roember Of the Vanderbilt family 10 say n notte,
lam x Vanderbilt intended to do aho9t tiie ne % %nn,,ld
OF recovering his children. Dut nom " u,bers of the
fam,lv are now in New-York They Wrrc corohiI, nfi
mnned here by the death of Miss Anc Ance va ,ba
II is said that they will hold cons ,ookine to tho
a nan of action will be outlined ihnm ioone All IN,
q pnrn,,nr 81 the children their fathei ~ "a, ,o" &
,hars ~ The Vanderbilt family have stoou No.
ally by william X Vanderbilt IN MS ia''''''
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
POstOfiice Notice.

Foreign mails ending January II wifi closs
ompy !" al EHSsAfLaSrc ss T's MsrIs iIlo"'
rHuRsDAY M .Sr Ne.nsrsnss ms G arsSs per
schiedam VIA Amsterdam "e''e'S must We o'e''e' ~
foros turkey '0E Esypi Sa"s and India ps
s. La Gascogne via Have detters for other parts Of
a. M. fer Netherlands direct Maasdam We
K'i,e.aam !. m nm 'suppiementsry Europe pc:
Etruria. via Queenstown AZ J.. m nor sco'ana @
G'Siopia5 ftSiS' ~ '''''''' 49,
After closing Of the supplementary ransa,lantis
mails named aDoye 81 M renes ns anS
SIsrman steamers and remain open ws within min.
Ms MAJ q iSS FSR HG5 sotTf 4 i' AMERICA WEST
E S.ses ST'ss Ssr n.sa..
letter must be directed per Habana'D; at 10 a m:
Ssp ReS aSd i soah R Pscc G ports per
via Colon detters for Guatemala must be directed per
sATRbAY gpps%;sn'a5gg 5g 1913. iGso S, %2 for for
Aene detsrs FOR other pars OF uss %
e5ssSs @sispas gIs 1sSasso 1s" Tuspa% and
mur other parts OF Mesco and fOr cuba mus:
trinidad and per exaTd To%S n" q WnaS.r nass % H.
asSs asr- fST Grenada nSaS Tssss9 :ni
'%t'1sa M 'sappis@.nary Turk; Island i. ana
direct per e. Mansssd Rnsss. D.r steamer from
at o. p m Tor St. Maueon pc
steamer from Halifax.
Mails fer Newfoundland by rail to Halifax. and thence
by steamer this Office daily at $50 D. m Mails
Sor Mouelon rail 10 Boston and thence BY steamer
close at this Office daily at $50 p m Mails for Cubs
ciose AZ this daily at o. for forwarding by
steamers sailing (Mondays and Thursdays from Port
Tampa Fla Malls for Mexico. overland. unless specially
sddressed for dispatch by steamer close this ONCE
daily at a. m. >-,,,,, ,.,,r
Mails Australia except West Australia Hawaii ana
FIJI Islands q Warrimoo from Vancouver. close
here daily after January and TO January at $50
d m Mails for China and Japan per s. 9. Peru from
San Francisco, close here daily TO January IL at
$50 D. m. Malls for Hawaii per s. s. Australia from
San Francisco). close here aily TO January II at
$40 p m Malls for the Society Islands per ship City
Of Paperi San Francisco close here daily up to
January * al $50 D. m. Mails for China and Japan,
per s. I.a,kow sfrom Tacomal, close here daily up TO
january s,d 6:30 D. Mails for China and Japan
especially addressed only per s. s. Empress OF Japan
(from Vancouver close here daily 10 January 81
$50 D. IT.. Malls for Australia except those for West
Austraa which forwarded via Europe). New -Zea-
land Hawaii. FIJI and Samoan Islands per Mari.
posa from San Francscol. close here daily up to
February 81 $50 D. tor arrival at New-Yor6
Of 9. s. Etruria with British mails for Australa).
sRegistered mail closes at p. m. previous day
CHARLES W. DAYTON. Postmastee.
Pcstoice. New-York January g. 1896.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
MIR. HARE.

Mr Hare and Mr. Groves. at Abbeys Theatre.
vI present, at the Saturday matinee. prel-
ude 10 "A Pair of Spectacles." one-act play called
"Old Cronies" Next Monday evening the introduc-
tory piece will be "A Quiet Rubber in which Mr..
Hare will impersonate Lord Kic.are part OF
which he was the original representative. The sue
ces, of Mr.. Hare in "A Pair Of Spectaces is be-
yond question. and his delightful performance Of
benjamin Goldfnch will be given until the end OF
his engagement on January IS No person who
cares for acting should omit to t.for 1t is one
OF the great achievements of our time in dramatic
art. and worthy to be remembered and honoIed
with Mr. Gilbert's Jesse Rural. Mr.. Jenerson's Rip
Van Winke and Mr.. Irving's DIR. Primrose.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
! p ROOSEVELT RETURNS FRON L"ND"'

J. r. Roosevelt. the First Secretary Oh 'ns ,h.
ican Embassy in London. was passens,' ,..nnuooI
steamship Majestic which arrived from 'aos,
yesterday He came back 10 TINS Guy vi and
ton TO attend to private business II"
he expected to stay only few weeks 49,, nth
.J d,d not come on any business connected ".."
the Emba ssy.' he said Tribune reporter VIZ. W.
met him at Quarantine, but 10 LOOK ai'ei :,
business OF an estate OF which am the t'us'ee
Mr. Roosevelt eagerly inquired ior '"s sa said had
about The Venezuelan affair, when, ne sa,u' NE IN
been out Of the hands OF the Embassy no,ts iTr Of
time and he was much interested In the .ePos' ,ne
the feeling IN England over the attituos % ,hat
German mpsro He a9shea ssan a! 'ee or By recalled
and as to the speech OF Mr. Bayard which ma na.
called much criticism IN consyeSs sy sans ri his
views freely without In the eas. intending 10 a
dscredit on any country or any party IT.. ne his
much s,,rnrjsed and panied by the feeling which MS
speech aroused"
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
nur prvEFJT FOR MRS. WIDMER.

=. .ho berent performance for the widow OF
AZ w,dmer. which will be given at Days me
a,g", re" on the afternoon OF January 2S MISS Aua
a'Te ,o q" and the entire Daily COMPANY will appear,
p' Of the VT" n%s. SS
suite wmGh, wmaGi,mer Miss Percy Haswell VIII sihs
sY hs s Hir9sf LSsf sSnf S give
Mr.. Widmassrr dasr onmsc.ans have volunteered for the
s2G a8a saes is n%sss s ,Sr S 'aS
Ilotta has se.' fsiuh has secured b.ock OF sea,
Twelfth Nigsds NNn,sdt. ana the Professional woman
10. I. .,ie has taken poA'
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
Special Notices.


A.-ExccutOrs' SnIe.
PAINTINGS
IN or, AND WAITER COLOR
BY
ArIsTON W DEARTH. H..
BERNE BELLECOrR, DoLPH. j. H.
BROWN. j. O.. DE HAAS M' f. F''
BRISTOL. J. b., hAVIt tllf"
CABANEI. lNNf.sS' "'o'
COLE TIOS., JA'9tE' -
COLMAN. s.. JOhNSoN' ~
CHARLET. T., LELi' SIX fhiEH
cor-RRET METTLING.
CRANE BRrCE SCIIENCK.
DIX. NfANl'
To be sold by auction
nv order ~ the Executors of estate of the leeo
MIR. JOHN y. LEVY
and others.
NOW on FREE EXHIBITION DAY AND kNENANo
FIFTH ANF,N L J.. ART rGA1IIERIES
3G6 Fifth-ave.. near 3ith-st,
WHERE THEY WILL BE SOLD
Tuesday and "Wednesday Evenings
Jan l4,h and 18th. at O'Clock
poprpT soMERvIILE ORTGIEs & CO..
Auctoneer. Mdhasels.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
Ar the American Art Galleries.

I
MADISON SQUARE SOUTH.
Absolute public sale this Thur-day'
Friday and saturday at 2:3O O'Clock
and this Crhursday) and tomorrow
tVriday) evenings at 1880 O'clock.
THE COLLECTION OF
WNI. NJ. CHASE, y. "A.
Paintings, Studio Appointments
Curios. Antique Furniture, Costumes,
,ranest,.ies, Metal Work.
a UNIQUE COLLECTION OF
FINGER RINGS, &C., sc.
on FREE; VIEW, 81. ~. NJ. TO Il. M.
THOMAS T. KIRBY. ACCrlONEER.
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION. MANAGERA
9 East ?3i ST.. Madison Square South
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
reaching that age. the property will be divided
among relatives OF Mrs. Duffy.

IN THE SURROGATE'S COURT AT YONKERS.
In Surrogate slkman's Court in Yonkers yester
day the wills OF William T. Purdy, Of Cortandt.
and Mary Warner, of Yonkers were offered for pro-
bate. The former left estate OF s1,sOO. and the
+ Brevoort. Of Yonkers estate sl52op Matilda
Jones' of Cortlandt, estate $500. and John Houston
Of rvington estate 81 445 In the matter of the ac-
counting OF the executors OF Abjah Oakley the
Surrogate rendered a decision sustaining the OBJ
lection of the contestants that the executors had
no right to hold railroad stocks as investments
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
SARAH BERNHA NEW PLAYS.

TO APPEAR HERE IN "IZEYL" "G1SMONDA,'
''MAGDA" AND "DUCHESS CATHARINE"
Sarah Bernnardt Is on the ocean on her way TO re
visit this country after absence OF three seasons
She Is TO have the largest repertory, IT Is SAID that
she has ever brought here one OF the most Interest,"
ing OF her recent plays IS zey" by Armand Silves-
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

Max O'Rell amused an audience at the Lyceum
Theatre Yesterday afternoon with his lecture on
American Society Up to Date" He will speak
again tomorrow on Her Royal Hghness
Woman" and the lectures OF next week will be: on
MONDAY Her Royal IIighness. Woman on
Wedne sday THE Little Foihles OF John Bull. Sandy
and Pat: on Friday. American Society Up TO
Ila,o
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
DETAILED FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.

For Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont increasing
couiin-ss probably with a Hight snowfall toward night;
warmer: easterly. shifting to southerly winds.
For Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut some
what CLOUDY and threatening but probably without
warmer; eascrly shifting TO southery winds.
For Eastern New cloudy with Hight snow in north
en portion: warmer eastery shifting 10 souhery winds
Fer Western N-vYork clearing before noon warmer
southeas,erlv shifting to southwesterly winds.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Nev-Jerscy and Delaware.
fair: warmer southwest winds.
For he M Columbia. Maryland. Virginia and
West a al souherly winds.
For Western New York and Western Pennsylvania fair
and warmer; south winds.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
LlRGE SHIPMENT OF CORN.

81. Louis. Jan. S-The largest shipment OF corn
of the year Is now passing through ST. LOUIS. over
500 carloads Of shelled and highgrade corn from
and 10, more carloads are on the way. The grain
is being shipped Norfolk, Va Tor export; M ms
is the beginning OF what il is believed. VIII prove
:he largest corn shipment known IN many years.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
NOTES or THE STAGE.

At the eighth Sunday night concert at the Metro
politan Opera House next Sunday evening there Will
be ten soloists-Mme. Saville. Mile. Sofa Traub-
mann Mile Mathilde Bauermester. Mile. Lola
pee,h NJ Plancon Signor Crcmontni Signor Rus
sitano Mr. d Aubgne. Signor Nivtani and NJ Mau-
rel. together With the Metropolitan Opera House
orchestra under the direction OF Anton Sedl.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
ZIP KREHRIEL,S LECTTRE.

The third lecture OF II. f. Krehbiers course on
the music to be performed by the Ph'iharmoh'o i
Society will be given this afternoon at O'Clock III
the Chapter Room at Carnegie MUSIC nan nc
lecture will discuss the programme arranged loI
the societys third public rehearsal and c9hceI., ~
be given to.morrn-v aftsrn~ and saturda" e's"-
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE WEATHER REPORT.
RISING TEMPERATURE GENERAL THROUGHOUT
THE cot NTRY


THE COUNTRY.
Washington Jan sThe depression previously noted IN
the East developed but little energy and has
NOW ,assal off the South Atlantic coast
get!c storm the lake regions ana SIN.
another has appeared far Northwest The pressure
still remains high IN New England and also in ROCKY
Mountain districts, Light rains are reported in the East
Gulf States and In the lower The tempera
ture has risen In the regions in the Upper Mississippi
and the valleys and .he middle and southern
slopes Il has been nearly stationary during the last
twenty four and southern districts IN
cr,asng cloudiness followed by is indicated In the
portharn rorons Of New England ard New-York with
threatening weather the southern portions Generally
fair weather s the remaining portion OF the
Atlantic coast and throughout the South and West The
weather will pr baby clear IN the lake regions Higher
,.mperature will prevail In New England. the Middle
c,o,os and tho lower lax. Will be n
porarv fn in the upper probably followed by
higher hy Thursday night NJ marked change
wi the South and West.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
nIRKIED.

READEI-MI MINTON-On January S. 1896 at the residence
OF the brides mother. No. d5 Park-aye by the Key
ID Parker Morgan. d. D.. Jane Marriott Minton
daughter Of the late Charles A. Minton. to Edward
PeadeI. OF New-York
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wednesday, January s. 1896. by
the Rev Raphael Benjamin. II. A.. Blanche Brckner to
Albert Calm.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
Durnett's Extract of Vanilla
'ook the gold medal the Midwinter Fair. try II.
FIint's Fine Furniture.

The most prominent Of Clubs serve. the best Hote,s
and Dealers sell DEERFOOT FARM SAUSAGES. Mace
OF little pigs and choice spices
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE BAUBLE SHOP"

At Palmers Theatre this week John Drew and
his company are presenting Henry Arthur Jones's
The Bauble Shop" Next week the bill will be
'Chrs;opher, Jr." Mr. Drew expects to give new
play before the end of his present engagement
THE Baube Shop is acted by the following cast:
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE PROPOSED BOND ISSt Il.
ONE POINT IN IT'S FAVOR.

From The Phllade. .phla Inqulrtr
There X on. point in favor Of the bond issue. ana
only one There Is TO be no more secret ulcherhs
with syndicate OF Americans and foreigners wnere-
by the syndicate makes tremendous pronts anu tne
Government gets left There will be open piddhs'
at least
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

Winter3" II so 20 to the SAN MARCO at St Angus
tine It's already enviabe reputation VIII be fuiy su
taned Opens January 9th. 1895 BURTON sPlIi'Eis
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
MARRIED..

HARPER-CURRlE-O Tuesday. January :. 1896 by the
Rev Lawson Carter Rich Marie Louise daughter OF the
late Edward and Anna Curre. TO Andrew Dmock Har.
per Of New-York.
ATERBuRY-HAYDON-On January 8, 1895, at st..
James's Church Philadelphia. by the RI. Rev, Henry
{. Potter D. D.. Bishop Of New-York. assisted by the
Rev. James Haughton and the Rev Joseph n. Blanch-
ard. u. D.. May Louis. Hayden, niece Of Mrs. ].
Gilbome Lyons, Of Bryan Mawr, Ne.son jarvis Water
bury, OF New-York.
Notices Of marriages and deaths must be In
dorsed with full name and address.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

Tribune Office Jan. o. a m.-The weather yesterday
was fair and cold The temperature ranged between
and Is degrees tlA degrees) being ~ de
grees lower that Of Tuesday and 2 degrees lower
than that OF the c1rrespcndng day Of last year
The weather to-day will be cloudy and warmer
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
NOT A BusINEssLIKE PROCEDURE.
from The New-York Sun

From The New-YOrk sun.
1t is pretty evident that SECRETARY carlsie ma mas 5
neither The Wis nor the expectation that the pols
he offers to sell the public IN his circuia oi
terday will be taken by general SUBSCRIPTION ne
names no upset price for them ana n" offers 10
commissions to bankers and other proiessionai uea
crs In securities He merely announces mat ne VIII
receive bids until February D. at noon, ana iea'rs
those who might become purchasers 10 40 the rest
This is not the busnesske way 10 do the puslhess'
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

In this diagram n continuous white l.ne shows the
chang.s in indicated by The Tribune self
The dotted lin" represents the tenn
peratilre recorded AT Peuys fharmicy
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

Those articles late Tor ChTistas are 1T INIT VO'' Vi
manufacture. 81 West 23d Street.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
THE HUGUENOTS."

A remarkably complete and excellent performance
- "The Huguenots" was given at the Metropolitan
Opera House las, night. The work gives oppor-
,u,,ty for the assembly OF large number of artists
~ ,he first order. whenever they obtainabe for
tho purpose. but /; is not often that the musical
nublic of any city of the world is invited to listen
IN one opera such a collection of singers as
Nine Noniica. Nine Scalchi, Nine. Meba, Jean and
rdouarl dc Reszke NJ Plancon. and NJ. Maurel
The management of the opera house, the stockhold-
nected with or interested in the opera season are
n be congratulated on the fact that such mas
niAcent performance can be given here that such
nerormances have been given here before. and Will
he again The audience of las. night was fully
alive TO the occasion. IL was as large the house
could hold. the appreciation was complete and the
expression of II prompt and emphatic. The whole
NJ this remarkable cast is worthy of record
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE PEOPLE WILL SUBSCRIBE.

From The Albany Journal
The people will respond to this loan OF sooWup.
They will respond 20 that II would not surprlss,
The Journa II this issue was taken ten times anu
81 01OgOp0 OF these bonds subscribed Tor "heh the
Government needs bu, sl0c.0OOvOo
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
NOT A POPULAR LOAN.
From The Washington Post.

We think ii safe to predict that the whole country
issue OF bonds has been proclaimed by the secretary
OF the Treasury Ostsnsiby. the loan IL 70 pe ni ie
nonu,ar ore Banks and individuals are Invited 10
send in sealed proposals To that extent the loan IS
offerad 20 the peope But Is nothing more tnan
The anpearanca OF the popular feature and the prac-
tca effect will be TO give least 20 per cent OF the
whole h,nd issue TO The European syndicate
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.

Nothing but experience can show whether the
present need Of the Treasury for gold 10 maintain
the redemption fund will be successfully met by
call for a general subscription having thirty days
10 run. II |, should prove success there can. or
course be question that II Is preferable 10 con-
syndicate Of bankers
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
THE PEOPLE SEEM READY TO Buy.

The Morgan syndicate, which was to have taken up
bonds has been overwhelmed with oHers from Danks
seems 10 have been good authority that Ii could
have sold The issue several times over. II the pubic
il :, fast to,ake the bonds from the syndicate. there
seems 10 be no good reason why IL should not take
them direct from the Government II IL can produce
the god.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09
Miss Addie Wolff was married

Miss Adde Wolf was married 10 Otto hahh oi
this city. at / O'Clock yesterday afternoon. at Inc
home OF her father. Abraham Wolf. NO. 3 West
Fifty-scven:h-st. The ceremony, which vas Wiz
messed by relatives ana about ty friends. was per
formed by DR. Adler Miss Clara Wolf. sister
OF the bride. was the maid OF honor. Mr.. kahn :
best man was his brother Felix Kahn OF |lenI1;
After the ceremony there breakfast served
al small tables, and later a reception.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Adams al NO
11t West Seventy -fourth-s was at ';m o'clock las'
evening the scene of pretty wedding. the pr,ue
was their daughter Miss Florence Adams, and the
Bridegroom Charles Bernard. jr. The Rev. Dr.
George r. Van de Water, rector or 81; Ahdrcw
rlage ceremony Miss Adams was given away ny
only attendant and Constant Bird Mr. Ber-
nard's best man. After the wedding there was a
small rcceptiOn.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-09

The KensicO Cemetery, located on the H,sS Har,s"
Railroad foriveight minutes ride from the prau 'e''s
pepot Office l6 East i2d-st.
The record-union., 1896-04-30

at distance from the shore. 1t has
been quite puzzle to know how the
animal could reach its home, since it
must swim for a long distance under
the ice, with no chance TO breathe. Dis
section of the animal shows that its
left lung is divided into several lobes,
which are in reality air reservoirs, and
which give it a very large air capacity.
Then it has been discovered that the
rat, after swimming as far as it can
without breathing, stops and lets out
bubble of air, which comes in con-
tact with the lower surface of the ice.
This contact purifies the air, and after
a little the rat draws it again into its
lungs and proceeds on it's journey.
The muskrat is very deficient in
sight, and many experiments were
quoted to show the fact. A tame one
which Mr. Maynard watched, if driven
through an open door, would, on the
first opportunity, return over the very
same track, and if the door had been
closed in the meantime, it would appar-
emily not see it at ALL but would bump
against it. In the same way the ami
mails in their wild state would hit
against him If he remained perfectly
still, apparently not being aware of his
presence. But the hearing of the rats
is exceedingly acute. Points in their
anatomy were noted, the development
of the bones of the ear, the curious
valve which closes the nostrils when the
rat is under water, and the structure OF
the tail, which is much flattened on
the sides, SO that it serves as a rudder
and propeller when the rat is swim
ming
Passing to other matters, Mr.. May
nard spoke of his owls. He mentioned
in particular the structure of the bones
surrounding the eye whereby this Or
gan can be made telescope or micro
scopic at will His owl could distinguish
the smallest insect crawling along near
at hand, and a moment later it would
attract his attention to a COW on a hill
at a distance-a distance so great that
he himself could barely distinguish it
as an inanimate object Owls are
afraid of cows, and whenever this one
saw COW he made a peculiar noise
which attracted the attention of his
human master This ability to have
both near sight and far sight Mr.
Maynard traces to a bony structure of
the socket, which is capable of COM
pressing the eye and forcing the lens
into one form or another-Boston
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