The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
WfATHER-WISE.
ais can Foretell Coming of Storm
.,,+s Wash Face Before Rain.

.hold cat seated at ease beside
uefully applies her tongue to
md then her paw to her head.
is washing her face-we shall
someone is sure to say
i'dren have greater faith in
AS a certain emblem of COM
an in any fall of the barom-
srandmas do not let the sign
stlced. 1t is the very common
vic Of how weather is foretold
81. avior of animals, says Mar
ward in the Royal Magazine,
nv our fireside tabbies should
IT'S 10 wash their faces when
ret the coming of a natural
18th is something of a mystery.
otherwise reputation that cats
ned in all countries deserves
extensive a belief is likely to
ertain amount of foundation,
act. none can deny that often
nh after cats have washed their
e fur of cats is full of cleo
q we may readily believe that
nc influences affect their SEN
ngs Just as damp weather sets
latic old people groaning.
iomesticated only to a very
rec. They retain their prlm-
eat instincts almost unim-
.r- how a cat raises its body
I'M imitation of a snake when
niger arises, just as wild cats
forests. They return to a
,ion sooner than any other
limal, and 60 u hunting
skill of a cat that has never
man being. And since, to
leather must be a matter of
ut, as affecting their sup
there is nothing preposter-
Using all cats to be more or
rr-Wise. The remarkable
MI skittishness of cats of all
If the most sedate, when
IraS are in the air, has often
more domesticated than
MS fewer signs of weather
Lac weather affects the aver
{ affects a human being.
I'll makes him sleepy, cold
Expresses. But some dogs
weather prophets than
re is a certain dog who is
.pply of bones every morn
las been seen time after
e one or more of his store
las been in the air. Many
berited this instinct from
Ucestors to hide and save
-ainst days of bad hunting,
Itain that many dogs are
thunder is in the air, and
prescience by hiding in
aces before a thunderstorm
.lI signs of uneasiness.
other domestic animals,
are able to foretell the
u They then stretch their
Iff the air, as if seeming
~ start more than usual
-lgnS of uneaSiness. But
uerament vary so greatly
SO full of natural instincts
50 thoroughly domesticated
If trust in their masters
g is impossible to draw ac-
usions.
4uce, some horses, when loose
VIII start and gallop at the
clap of thunder and show
If fear. Others will take no
thunder. They may know
nierstorm is in the air, but
- hinder roars they hear only
sound, which has no terrors
/ Lave known a very nervous
being a trihe blind, would
ry opportunity, start at any
"a sight, bolt at a sudden
,e Tie rafting of a milk cart
something like a double SOM
aAen he first met an electric
hut who would endure a sud
jerstorm with perfect calm
lg not the slightest notice of
Ertning or ear splitting thun-
When donkeys bray loudly
-antly, the weatherwise pre-
and rain, true enough, otter
re the ideas concerning COWS
rather. Rain may be pre-
aA cows lie down early in the
Wien out at pasture. MOI
however, could give a salts
lson for their belief in this
Il there is a very plausible
The cows, feeling rain il
down to keep dry at least as
+s as their bodies can cover
rain is over and gone the,
nd ENJOY a dry feed. At the
from a human point of view
$ the worst of all points OF
WI which to Judge an animals
under any conditions-it il
.heurd of the COWS to lie dow
e rain comes. They might g
hing at least until the frs
in falls. 1t may be that the,
promptlngs of some primitiv
which warns them to res
ere is rain about, SO that they
It only insure dry spots TO
Use, but may reserve thei
lgainst the time when the SUI
gain, and they may roam AM
air hearts content. .
'uere was a traveller who, whel
a moor on a brilliantly fine day
prlsed to be warned by
Il boy that he would be wetted t.
by the rain before he reached
iey's end. This seemed so at
Sidering the beauty of the day
"ayfarer could only think tn
laughing at him. However
"a had crossed the moor, sur
ain fell and he was drenche'
aud through. On another day
sing over the same moor, h
3ame shepherd boy. The da
'ddy, there was every sign o
ain, and when the traveller
tng the boy, was informed tina
would fall, but rather that tn
la clear and the sun shine, hi
ment was greater than before
On his way, convinced that tn
making fun of him. But
ugh soon the clouds disappeal
4e sun shone.
The Wayfarer sought out tn