Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-17
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Plants, like animals, are continually
wandering TO fresh fields and pastures
new. Professor kellerman finds that
of the present fora of Ohio no less than
430 are immigrants. Almost all are
from Europe, ....... .........,.,, .-t....., Be-.
The number OF stars distinctly vlsl-
BILE without the aid of glass is put
by Gould at 5,333,. Professor New
comb says their number is near 7,647.
These are up to the sixth magnitude.
Professor Newcomb estimates the
number up to the 14.5 magnitude at two
hundred million. '5 '3t ~ =" n2i
Z The country most frequently visited
by earthquakes is Greece, ana not
Japan, as was hitherto generally DE
lieved1 During the six years from 1893
TO 1898, not less than 3. 1S7 earthquakes
were observed in Greece, /. e., about
twice as many as occurred, in Japan
within the same time. The island of
Zanta alone had ,2,01S shocks during
that period.
,,, The great majority Of our birds live
by taking insects on the wing, and as
they cannot obtain this sort of food
after the reign Of frost has set in they
are compelled to betake themselves to
a warmer cline Nest or them fy in
small companies but certain species
often migrate in large fonks, and the
most prominent examples of these. next
to the famous wild pigeons OF the West
| are the swallows, notably the white
jbeilied species, A fayorite route OF
| these swift flyers is over the, salt
marshes which border the sea. =. w.
/ Claude Fuller,o the English govern
ment entomologist in Natal. South A.
rtica, says that the Basutos eat locusts,
! even, making cakes Of them, as he liz
Informed. In Pieteiinaritzburg the ma
| tfyes, and some Of the whites, gather
| the flying termites that are attracted by
the electric Mmps. and use them both
for fish bait and for food. They are
sometimes toasted and sometimes fried
in pan with butter, He quotes from
a friend the statement that bugong.
moths are cooked by the natives on hot
ashes and eaten with great gusto.
French meteorOlogists engaged in the
exploration Of the upper air by means
| of captive balloons have found that.
| owing to the effect of the suns heat on
| the balloons, the best results are at
| tanned at night, and their most sue
cessful experiments have been per
| formed by moonlight. The balloons
| sol FRO <yic or
barometers and attain enormous
heights, varying between 10000 and
10000 feet The highest flight recorded
| by the instruments is nearly nine and
one-third miles. - .stl.3-ela
Last winter there was discovered at
Chateaudun in France an example of
the rare phenomenon known In p0pular
| phrase as 1.-The king OF rats" II CON
sisted of seven living rats inextrieablv
bound together by the interlacing of
the tails A photograph of the ,singu.
lar group, together with description.
was sent to a scientific journal In Paris.
The name king Of rats is based upon
the tradition that the king of the world
Of rats and mice Is accustomed occa-
sionally to enthrone himself, adorned
with a golden crown, upon group of
rats with tails entwined. Several in
stances of this curious phenomenon are
recorded in books on natural history. IT
is said that the king of rats lis formed
only In the winter, when the animals d
crowd together TO keep warm. and the
rodept friends Of the unfortunate pFis-
oners are credited with feeding them
out Of benevelonce. 1'a III"
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