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VOL. 2, NO. 20. BEAUFORT S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1872. ' ?2
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JL Monomaniac's Ex crimen ts*
The St. Louis Republican prints tlie following
incredible (but readable; story .n
the form of a letter from Paris.
I promised you some extracts from the
journal of the Marquis - , the mysteries
of whose chamber? were recently invaded
and. disclosed by the police, and
gave you a brief description of the hidden
dungeon, wiih its curiously contrived
closets and manifold appurtenances.
Among the couients of these secret closets
were enumerated several manuscripts
in the handwriting of the murderer, giving
in detail a minute account of his various
experiments in resuscitating the lives
of persons whom he had decoyed to his
den and artistically killed?all in the interests
of science. It then became plain
that he was a monomaniac, searching lor
the .earful se ret of the sources of life,
and his deeds rival in tang froid any of
the most reckless alchemists of the thirteenth
century.
i translate cerbatim from the originals
now in the office of the Prefect of the
Second Arondissenu-nt, to whose known
t?iirt.in.iitv t<-> a nihricani I am indebted for
1 thi . and many similar favors. After detailing
various experiments on the inferior
1 i animals, the manuscript recites as fol.
j lows :
| | iSo. 3. The subject of this trial was
about -thirty years of age, of nervo-san1
guine temperament, an., full muscular
develop nent. The fumes ot charcoal was
then employed to suspend the vital
forces, and was a<niiui-te,ed slowly and
unkno vn by the sub ect in ord r to derange
as little as possible the arrange.1
m nt and re.ative position of the various
oig us and vessels o* the body. .
1 | At the instant of unconsciousness the
J
femoral ait^-ry was opened near the knee,
and every drop of blood extracted Having
liga urcd the artery in such & manner
that I coul I open and clu.-e it at will,
J then opened the large veiu in the left
arm. prei aratory to introducing the artificia
blood already prepared pursuant to
) the Jormula to be found n MS. tome Hi,
j p. 33. 'i llrough this was caused to pass j .
t a current of e'eetricitv on silver wires,
; joined at the ?nds iu a ball of platinum,
. i until iho thermometer ind ented the sa.i.e I
tenipcrat .re whicii the l>nly then held; j
having prtvoua y adjusted the voltaic
r j p lc t<? the :o m of the sub ect, the Und ' 1
war? iu e. ted by a movt pouer.'ul syringe j ]
to the amount of about twenty pounds i 1
' (i.ug ish weight . attd as soon as tl.e heart j j
was filled the whole fi.tv-jar battery was | <
appl.ed, and simultaneously the l.gatuie | i
on the artery was bosened. Tlte intiux j
of the blo<xi ft ti'i being kept np, a cur. , ]
Y r nt was at once established, but without |
action or ofort by the heart A local tip- ' j
plication of the electric current was then ]
made to that muscle, and to tnv delight, a j
| faint but rather spar-modic action occurred. |
The aitcrv, which had been discharging
fclowly, was then tecured, and the air bid- j
lows were applied to the oesophagus
with regu ar movement. The lungs 1
j filled at on< e, and the same spiymiodic ac- j
t on wag developed. The currents of
ek-ctricity and of air were now applied at ;
! regular Intervals, corresponding as clovely !
| as possible to an ordinary pulse-beat and j
5 to the regular breathing. To my intense j
I delight it now simulated every appear- j
ance of life., but remained plunged in a !
torpor which my utmost etfoits aud ingenuity
could not dispel. llad 1 tiien succeeded
in producing animal life, but devoid
of seusuous perception and the
power thereof'! What is the tiling want- j
ing to arouse this intelligence, and how I
connect the action of the physical organs
with the nervous system ? 1 retire for the
I night.
A night and day have passed in deep
re. ection. The body remains in the same
position. The pulse l>eat8 regularly but
faintly at about forty five and the breathing
is dec ded, but faint aud noiseless. I
had during the day } re pared a solution of
' [ iron and other material,according to formula,
tome 111., p. 12, and new charged
the same heavily, and the minerals ro;
tamed the subtle iluid magnificently. Sc
p werful was it that staudiug on an insu!
* - * ~'l mA?e me tnv liOltH lit lllA ?
lUltTU aiuut AIIV& IU111IT 4 O-... t
tlu.il, 1 could plainly eel it spreading 1
1 itself through my l>ody. g
I proceeded to eject this solution into r
the stomach by the process of Dr. l)es fc
] o dfs, and the result was astounding. v
A lius i speedily over6j>read the face, the |
pupil of the eye slowly dilated a;.d fl
assumed a look of intelligence. The
tongue wus loosened, and obstructed the c
breathing, which became stertorious. The
pulse became stronger, and the action of
both heart and lungs was visibly natural.
1 removed bim at once from all contact
with the voltaic pile and the batteries, <3
and made him assume a position parallel t
With the niagueiic currents ol the earth, t
and then retired to the upper room and t
! closely watched his movements, myself ! t
j concealed. I t
As the fumes of the injected solution ; 1.
Increased in volume, a movement of th? i a
, j feet and hands be;an. which, to all ap- j s
pe?rAncor. wi\s controlled by the will, and I o
this action yrniuf?lly extended itself to j t<
tlie a hole body. The leys and arms were i
1 moved and stretched. The muscles obeyed | I
volitun The arms moved under hint, and p
With a seeming effort he sat erect and t
looked around him. He stretched out his h
hand toward the gas jet which was burn- p
f ing brlgb ly. and then looked at his palm d
in evident surprise. He attempted to n
Stand erect, ut at the first step staggered 6
and fell He then crawled on his elbows e
machinery, tor good or for bad, la subordinate
to mind in relation to Idea*. History
in nothing but logic. Not an invading
army, but an unsound syllogism, will
bring a nation to nothingness. The impassive,
and sometimes, it is to be feared,
ironical, Time spirit sits with a face of a
sphinx, proposing logical riddles to the
nations, supplying premises, and waiting
to boo who will have courage to draw legitimate
conclusions, suggesting sophisms
to try the children of men, giving to
those who can answer her questions the
mo.nt splendid rewards, and ever herself
working out with the soreness of the
stars the problems of her superb dialectic.
If we can lay hold of the logic of
history, the events of oar own time ought
to be as intelligible as those of the past,
with which they are inseparably linhel;
and even something of the future ought
to be deducible when, having ascertained
; by observation a major premise, we sup
| ply, by prudent conjecture or prophetic
gift, a minor.?" France and Pruuia," in
1 the Contemporary Revieto.
Mahomot. .
ind knees to various shining objects in
,he room, and invariably carried them to
lis mouth. I watched him in silence and
it last addres-ed him by name, but to my
lalutation he returned lnartioulate sounds,
md his attention instantly wandered. The
mystery was soon solved. 1 had sucsee-led
in restoring animation to the body ;
bad put in working order the heart,
lungs, stomach, and nervous system, but
ill the efFortB of my art could not restore
bis lost humanity. He was an idiot. The
Intangible something which bad heretofore
made him a resjonsiblt- human being
was gone forever, and my reason
at on e told me that further than this art
eould not go, deeper than this science
could not look, and I stood rebuked on
the very threshold of the temple, with
not even a glance at its real mysteries.
The causes of all that I h& I seen still remained
hidden, and shallow as Bjthe>da's
was the pool which 1 ha. troubled, and
no healing wa< in its waters. A deep disgust
for knowledge followed my ^te enthusiasm
as or.e wn\? succeeds another,
and my only feeling as one of anger
and envy towards the first great cauae
wlrnae doings I had thought to duplicate
? whose secrets to unravel.
The grovell ng thing lelow me, gih.
beiing in the g'are of the gns-.i lit
se< iued to nv>ck me. and w.th ar.ger am]
despair I closed the aperture, tuiuel on
the aphyxiatiug gas, and in a few ino
men's he was beyond the reach of resus
citation through human means. What if
the measure of my guilt as weighed
by legal standard, and in how far would
fliave been a murderer had not the last
sceno been en>?cted ?
So closes one chapter of this remarkable
document, and if the evidence wer<
not so positive one would doubt the statement
contained therein. The house
which covered these scenes has been
ra'ed by order of the Government, on petition
of adjacent property owners, and
svery vestige has been remov-d. Tin
name of the murderer has been erason
from the heraldic records, and his memory
as far as possible, consigned to oblivion.
[tencral Anderson?A Sumter Mem'
ory.
The editor of the Savannah Ttfi?ub!ir/in,
who was present by invitation of Captain
ll.irtstein at the evacuation of Fort Sum
t?r. des Tines nr. interview with (Jeneia
liobert An Icrson at that time, two points
which are worth copying. The writei
says:
" We enquired of Major Anderson why
he nbandoi ed Fort Vou trie after hisposi(ive
engagement with a committee of
South Carolinians not to leave it Ills reply
was. that mutual obligations were- entered
into?ha to remain, nnd the Carolinians
not to d stui b whl'e in possession oj
the foit. lie believed those who gave the
tssurance acted in good faith, but t-l.ey
?uld not contro' others. He le!t Fori
Moultrie under reliable information thai
without the consent of'the authorities o1
Carolina, a plot had been formed ir
Charleston; by the more impulsive portion
)f the population, to attack the fort in tin
ear. lie had unquestionab'e evidence
:hat such an expodition was on foot, and
>elieving that the work was not defensible.
he evacuated it and transferred hia
>arrieon to Fort Sumter.
And just bore, it may not be uninterestng
to relate another cir umstance in the
tame tonnectlon. Late iu the evening, af,er
the Itabd had le:t 'or the bar with
Major An lereon and hw garriron, the
4etmer tie* ? al C.incJi, with a a^gu and
>:ithusi?st:c crowd on board, turned her
>ro? towards tlie city. The capture o*
he fort and gnrriron was on every tongue
ind the wildest rejoicing pervaded the
resael, many le'.ieving the war at an end
md Southern n epeudence accompli-bed.
)n deck there was a pile of cotton baler,
tnd when nearing the wharf we ois
:erned ('a: tu n iiartstetn rooming on tne
op of them. evidently making and apparutly
taking no part in the general en
hu-iasm. Passing by, we addrra-^ed
lirn. and inquired if he felt uuwe 1 und< r
lie iatigues of the day. " No, not sick,"
le rent rkod, " 1 was only occupied with
k-rious thoughts of the j'uiurt, while the
est are enjoying the present. I am a
Southern man and sympathize with inv
* .pie in their wrongi; but I have long
>eeu in the service o.- the Unite i States,
,nd know her spirit and i<ower. I was
mly thinking how terrioly she wonld
venge this dishonor to her flag."
The Force of Mind.
If the war of France and llnssia has
lemons ia:ed anything, it his demons'med
that no force o.i earth is master of
hingsbut mind. The pointing of a gun
e .s more than its weight of metal. A
hinking^Jeneral is worth twenty fighting
ieuerals. Already there has Hrisen a
e^end of Moltke?descendant of Woden,
rmed with cap of darkness, shoos of
wiftness, and irresistible hammer?typo
f the heroic strength and prowess of inellect.
Matter has been busy heaving
tself up, hoping to conquer by its stupid
iulk. but it has only served to form a
oint of ascent, or airy platform, foi mind
o leap from and soar. In a higher sense,
lovrever, Je mind supreme than In its apiliir?tUn
?? miwViinerv the machinery of
liscipline, transport, commissariat, buraflg
of villages, crganiratim of robberj,
booting down of oon-conibatauts, and
acfc lite. Ail tbic salad in relation to
Tho Arabs, before the mission of Maiomet,
were Sabxns, or worshipers of the
stars. To the distinguished tribe of tho .
, the Koreish belonged the charge of &
black stone, which was regarded as Ihe
national palladium, and was kept at Mecca.
( To this tribe belonged Mahomet, who,
tnrough his intercourse with the Jews and
L Christians, learnt to prefer Monotheism to
t 1 the Polythe'sm of his countrymen. After
attaining an independent position by marriage
wilh a rich widow, he gave himself
j up for a while to a life of religious retirement.
and in his fortieth year re-appeared
( : with the doctrine that there was but one
; God, aud that he, Mahomet, was his prophet.
At first, he not only found but few
adherents, but a riot forced him to leave
Mecca for Medina on the ICth of July, 622,
from which, as the Hegira or Flight of
Mahomet, the Mahometans compute their
years, as the Christians do theirs from the
birth of Christ. While at Medina he comp<
s *d some of the frogmen's of which the
holy book called the Koran consists. Short
ly afterwards he was acknowledged by the
Arabians as tbe appointed messenger of
the Deity, and after hia death, in the year
i j 6:12, his tomb at Mecca became the retort
for pilgrims. The religion which 1>? left
I behind h'm taught the unity of God as the
1 creator aud preserver of the univer-e, the
resurrect on or tne acan, ana a i.re nere
after in wHc'i the good would bo rewarded
' and the bad pun sited. To the ceremonials
j of the faiih belong frequent ablutions, the
' J offering of fire prayers daily, fasting, and
; pilgrimages to Mecca. The asving of alms
was commended, polygamy within certain
liirvts was allowed, and wine and pork was
I prohibit? 1. A very practical precept of
i the Koran was the duty of diffusing the
r true doctrine by fire and sword, if necest
sary, and all who died in the pious cause
t were promisod & paradise full of sensual
f delights.
l i
^ The Way Texan Wild Horses are
^ , Broken.
[ A lenthor strap attached to the " bosal n
(a kind of halter) is pulled over the
horse's- eyes, and a saddle-blanket is
dropped gently on h's back, but very seldom
rema ns at the first trial, as he will
almost invariably shake it off After one
or more tria's. however, he submits to
both blank-t and saddle. The latter is
i strapped on tightly with two girths, fore
and flank, strapped tightly. The rider
j then adjusts the Btake-rope Into reins by
| tying it securely to the bosal, leaving a
! long end by which to hold on, in the event
i ! the h< rss ehould succeed in throwing
him. He stands directly facing the horse,
abreast or a littlo forward of the shoulder,
seizes the under part of the boeal with his
left hand, pulls the horse's head round
near him to prevent him being kicked,
take* the stirrup in h's right hand, and
turn ng it toward him, places his foot in
; it firmly. Grnsping the pommel, he now
gives the saddle a shake or two, makes
one or two feints at mounting to see how
his horsewhip will take it, and then suddenly
spr'ngs, seating himself eecureiy in
the saddle.
The bi nds, of course, are still over the
eyes of the horse, and as a general thing
be .stands, his neck stretohed out and head
partly down, a picture of awkwardness.
When ready for the start, the rider reaches
i gently forward and slips up the blinds.
1 Naturally the horse is rather astonished
; and at first refuses to more. A sharp ap
plication of the whip and spur, however,
readily induces liim to change his mind,
j lie takes timidly one or two awkward
step*, then suddenly doubling himself np
un'il he resemb'es n camel, and throwing
his head down before his fore feet, he begins
a series of pitches, which consists in
jump'ng as high and as far as he can,
: cotirng down stitT'-leggc 1.
Home of the more vicious will lie down
when the saddle Is buckled on, ana it re
quire? a tremendous amount of whipping
to get them started ; some will rear and
fall backward, occasionally killing their
riders; some will pilch straight ahead for
quite a diarance ; while others will pitch
straight forward for a few jumps, and
; then, as the Texans say, " swap ends so
| qu;ck that it makes your head swim."
For'unately they soon tire of such violent
exerc se. being wholly unaccustomed to a
I saddle or weight on their backs, and break
down completely in & fbw hours.
Zoological
Observations on Insect Life*
Several rears ago, while on the " lookout"
of one of oat [large elevators, I noticed
a plump spider fall npon the metal
roof beneath me, and a wasp darting after
it, immediately secured it in a sort of basket
formed by its legs, and then flew off
with its prize. The question now was,
what use has the wasp for the spider?
The next season following gave me an
opportunity of solving it. Noticing several
wasps about some dingy windows in
the area, I concluded to watch them, and
soon had the satisfaction of seeing a few
depart with their game. I traced their
destination, and found it to be a number
of clay structures under the eaves
of a neighboring dwelling. These formations
had numerous perforations,, about
which the wasps busied themselves. Some
time after they had abandoned the neigh- ;
borhood, I gained admittance to the house
and removed several of these adobe nests.
1 opened one of them, and found a cell
containing an egg or larva?; the cell beside
it was filled with spiders in a torpid
state, both great and small, packed closely,
with their front legs turned over their j
backs. The same order of arrangement
was observed in the balance of the nest. !
I came to the conclusion that the spiders ;
were placed there to keep a necessary j
temperature for the larvre. I was not satisfied,
however, and began a search among
various authors, until Darwin, in his "Researches"
set me right, by describing
1 "certain warp-like insects which construct
: in the corners of verandahs, clay cells for
j their larvae. These cells they stuff full of
1 half-dead spiders and caterpillars, which
they seem wonderfully to know how to
sting to that degree as to leave them para;
lyzed until their eggs are hatched, and j
the larvae feed on this horrid mass of powerless,
half killed victims.'' I might go
on and relate instances of the courage and
ingenuity of the garden spider, but a fear
; that I am encroaching on your valuable
space forbids it. I will close by giving
! auo'iier instance of the usefulness of ob
! servatlons of insect life. A Scotch raathei
matician, in mt-asuring the angles of a bee
cell, discovered an error in a table of
' logarithms "sufficiently great to have occasioned
the loss of a ship at sea, whoge
captain happened to nse a copy of the
same logarithmic tables for calculating !
his longitude."?II. W. Buyer, Buffalo,
, v. r.
Tho Droad of the Monkey Toward
Snakes*
Brehm gives a curious account of tho
instinctive dread which his monkeys exi
lnbited toward snakes ; but their curiosity
was so great that they could not desist
from occasionally satiating their horror J
: iu a most human fashion, by lifting up
j the lid of the box in which the snakes j
were kept. I was so much surprised by
his account that I took a stuffed and coiledup
snake into the monkey house at the
Zoological Gardens, and the excitement
thus caused was ono of the most carious
spectacles which I ever beheld. Three
species of Cercopithecus were the most .
alarmed; they dashed about their cages j
1 and uttered sharp signal cries of danger,
i which were understood by the other mon- !
keys. A few young monkeys and one old
Anubis baboon alone took no notice of the I
snake. I then placed the stuffed specimen i
on the ground in one of the larger com- j
partments. After a timo all the monkeys
collected round it in a large circle, and
i staring intently, presented a most ludi
i croue appearance. They became extreme- ;
]y nervous ; so that when a wooden hall, ^
with which they were familar as a play;
thine:, was accidentally moved in the
straw, under which it was partly hiddent |
they all instantly started away. These
| monkeys behaved very differently when a
i dead fish, a mouse, and some other nevr
objects were placed in their cages; for :
though at first frightened, they soon ap- !
proached, handled and examined them. '
I then placed a live snake in a paper bag, :
with the mouth loosely closed, in one of
the larger compartments. One of the
monkeys immediately approached, cau'
tiously opened the bag a lHtle, peeped in
! and instantly dashed away. Then 1 wit!
nessel what Brelim has described, for
I monkey after monkey, with head raised
I high and turned on one side, could not re
; sist taking momentary peeps into the upright
bag, at the dreadful object lying
quiet at the bottom. It would almost appear
as if monkeys had some notion of
zoological affinities, for those kept by
Brehm exhibited a strange, though mistaken,
instinctive dread of innocent lizards
and frogs. An orang, also, has boon i
known to bo much aWrraed at the first |
sight of a turtle.?Tht Dctetrtf of Man, by
C. Darxein.
Captain John Smith.
Tie celebrated Capt. John Smith, some
time President of Virg:nia, and one of the'
most extraordinary men that ever appear* d
on the theatre of life, when young, served
in the Transylvanian army, wore he greatly
distinguished himself. In a battle neer
j Rotenton, in which the Turks and Tartars
were the victors, Capt, Smith wassevere'y
wounded and taken prisoner. He was
sold to the Basha Bogal, who sent him as
a prisoner to his mistress, Tragabigzanda,
at Constantinople, accompanied with a
message as fall of vanity as void of truth,
that he had conquered a Bohemian nobleman,
and presented him to her as a slava
u&oiul imorinauon.
To Make Gl03S- Slilrts*
Put & ittle common whit? wax in your ?
starch, say two ounces to the pound; then<
if you use any thin patent starch, be sore'
you use it warm, otherwise it will get
cold and gritty, and spot yonr linen, git*
ing it the appearance of being stained
with grease. It is diffeieni with collar
starch?it can be used quite cold; however,
of that anen. Now, then, abont polishing
shuts; starch the fronts and
wristh&rds as stiff as yon can. Always
starch twice?that is, starch and dry;
then starch again, Iron your shirt in tb*
usual way, making the linen nice and
firm ; but without any attempt at a good
finish ; don't lift the plaits ; your shirt it
now ready for polishing, but you ought.to*
have a board the same size as a common
shirtboard made of hard wood,' and covered
with only one ply of plain eotton
cloth. Put this board into the breast of
your shirt, damp the front very lightly
with a wet sponge, then take a polishing'
iron which is tlat, and beveled a little at
one end?polish gently with the beveled
part, taking care not to drive the linen upf
into wave like blisters; of coarse, this re*'
quires a little practice, but if yon artf
caroful, and persevere, in a short time you
will be able to gave tha enamel-.ike finish:
which seems to be so much wanted.
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An Erect Position.
A writer on health very justly condemns
the habit of lounging, in which a'
large number of persons indulge, as in, arious
to health. he says: "An erect
bodily attitude is of vastly more importance
to health, than is generally imagined.
Crooked bodily positions, maintained
for any length of time, are always
injurious, whether in the sit.ing, standing
or lying posture, * bother sleeping or
waking. To sit with the body lean ng
forward on the stomach, or to one side,
with the heels elevated to a level with the
head, is not only in bad tai-te, but exceedingly
detrimental to hea.th. It cramp*
the stomach, presses the vital organs, interrupts
the free motions of the che.it, and
enfeea.es the functions of the abdominal
and thoracic organs, and, in tact, unbalances
the whole muscular system. Many
children become flight y hum.-backed,of
severely round shoa.dered, by sleeping
with the head raised on a high pillow;
when any person finds it easier to at or
stand, or walk or sleep in a crooked poelt
on than a straight one, euch person may
be s re hi* muscular system :s badly da*'
ranged, and the more careful he Is to proserve
a straight or an upright position,
and get bock to nature again, the better."
Thnmpa In Pigg
In fall and winter the pigs in this conntry
are very apt to be troubled with a cough,
It only seems to attack the younger siock,and
they wheeze and pant for weeks, and!
frequently die, and mnch loss is occasioned
by this asthma amoag the swirre: yet it is
easily cured. If a poit mortem examination!
be made of a pig dead from this disease, inf
the air tubes of the lungs will be found
great numbers of worms about an inch
long, looking like bits of white thread, except
for a si uggish wriggling capacity,leaving
no room for doubt tto to the cause of
death. For a remedy, flavor the feed with
spirits of turpentine; this I believe to bo
an infallible cure. A choice Berkshire,
which was so far gone that it could not eat
before the na ure of tho trouble was diec
>vered, was ^aved by pouring a teaspoonful
down his throat. This was ttpw rds of
a year ago before that wo lost nearly all
our stock since then, none. The turpentine
proves to be a specific.
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Watering Horses.
We think both man and beast are gen?-"
rally watered too much. Men and horses at
hard work in warm weather, perspire jusf
in proportion to tho quantity of fluids taken
into the stomach. Frequently drinking
in hot weather, according to our experience,- #
emasculates instead of refreshing. Sonio
years ago, being at Cape island, In driving
out in one of the stand coaehe.s of the place/
on a very hot day, we a-ked the driver how
it was that his horses perspired so little,
while the horses of private carriages, going
at a slower speed, were covered with
foam, lie replied that he watered his horses
three t tnos a day only, though he sponged
their months frejuently, while the
private drivers watered their horses whenever
they stopped. He said, and it seemed
to us very sensible, that tho frc juent watering
of horses ellectol no good purpose,while
it made them very uncomfortable
and lethargic. Horses, no matter what
their work was, did not need watering oftoner
than three times a day. Our ??wn ex-'
perience w tU horses all oar life is to ili?f
same effect.
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The chirping- and singing of the oricket
and gra-shopperare frequently gpokea of: d*
bat they do not sing?they fiddhr. By
rubbing wings and legs together?each ia
a manner peculiar to the specie#?thesa
insects produce the soands which characterize
them. Perhaps oar beat Instrumental
performer is the "katydid." Eacfe
wing contains a little tambourine, and by
the opening and shotting of the wing*
these are rubbed against each other, and
produce the sound of 44 katy-did-ahe-dtd,^
which can be heard at a long distance, au4
givee the insect Its name.