The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-18

wit came TO his rescue. he sat I'D like
asquirrel. tok one mighty swallow. and
hen before the warm could get i'm its
Withdrawing work he pressed his fore
feet against his throat and held the sWal-
lowed part OF the breakfast q place.
Then by a series OF quick successive sWal-
= lowings and throat squessings he soon
had the worm in the dark interior where
he was needed.
A sad accident overlook this batrach-
ian progidy. He developed a fondness for
bees. and taking up his station undsr the
| shadow OF the hive he would pick up
such lazy. disabled or 1nburdsned bees
as might come his way. One day HE
toadshIp was found TO have Lost an eye.
How the accident happened no one ever
knew. but Il was supposed that some bee
who had objected 20 being eaten foe
| breakfast had managed 10 resent the OPP
GRAFTON with HIS business END The loss
! Of the member however, in no way
checked the liking Of che toad for the
hnney-gatherers. hut u ala check for
some time his ability 10 catch them. For
a whole week he was unable 20 focus
things correctly. and when making his
dart for a bee he would invariably STRIKE
half inch 10 one side. BY ard 81. ae-
cording to the observers statement. the
toad began TO reason with himself some
Wha, along the line OF reason used BY ne
crOsseyed man who was choppln9 wood.
eff hit where I look" he thought. ''I-il
get dirt. 50 I'll simply hit where ] don't
look" The result was that the toad be-
came again an expert bee trappeg and
lived 20 the ripe old age OF forty years.
The toad migration that IL just nov
taking place At Bisncoe. Ia. IL not an
extraordinarily uncommon event
They have taken place IN many part Of
the country during the century and ones
succeeded IN staning q railroad train fn
the Canadian Pacific lire. The tosds
crushed beneath the wheels 90 creased
the rails that progress was inIpossibls for
a long time The passengers said that
they c0uId have stood the situation more
phllosophicaily II the biockAdsrs had been
frogs. for then the question % the bioOd
supply would have been settled for . lot
Of hungry travellers
EtomoIogiEta when bsnt On the eoIlsc-
ton Of rare insects, % trust = foad's sys-
sight 20 their own when 10 comes %
question Of picking up rare bugs This is
a custom Of The gentle eolise'aFs uhieh
may perhaps bear locking into ~ ne bn-
name society. Tie collector turns t7ad
loose for a few hours "a some ch9iSs spqt
and goes out. catches him snd cuts him
open As rule Be IL rewarded - end-
ing rnany rare insect specimens IN The
tosa's stomach a. ret Bnin5ared ~ thS
digestive process. Oas man notes thai
by using toad hs secured on . sfnsis
morning twelve c5gstss bug varieties.
The faflest ilss nat have ever ben
toia sbog, t5aaa are tbSss shich give
.s.rruihfui James =" accOuufs % The anA-
Tag a. the ta,rashians alive ana vel N
the hear, % s0fid rocks. Whers thsy has
beea sa.oabod Without air for cousiIsns
sRss professor Baekiana knoeked fbsps
Iles n ;hs bad as long sxo as IN fAs
year ia Scientists aaaily aee~vtsd he
nndings. Ehieh Sers bassd % sexual sz-
psriusn's. as trus. tkouKk even % ttis
dsy fhs stories stilI p0ur IN - tsaAs
that have bsss BLASTED gst - ssiis rosE.
~hsrs iksT have hesa lsTiag slnss bsfses
;hs days q The 9sissa
Il b not s-nesaliy kn0gB - ths lay.
Esn that toAAs. IKE fFoEs. iay shsis sSsB
- TIE water. Cosat5ess usfiiisns q sEn
VIII be ssposites n ssss camp morasa
Thsy hatcs cat tAs ySsns sst 80
sa0aEh. and srsiEr<ss n . eo1y - fhs
arg lsns .ssszsfs1ss sotsE is>s sistaness
- an eatify. These ere fhs @arEhtns
Arzssss q toaAt saSes sasoaish ~ psoDss
Es1 seessuss q uhieh sss sssssa bruad.
east SEsf ~ saFtA.