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HOW ANIMALS SLEEP. The Modes and Postures in Which c Various Animals Take Rest. It Translation in the Literary Digest. S In what posture does a bear sleep? : What positions are assumed by the c monkey, the elephant, the tiger, dur- 1 ing slumber? Do fishes sleep? To h answer such questions as these one c would ordinarily be obliged to search i: through many works on natural his tory, but Mr. A. Peres has gathered i; togethier a large number of facts along f this line in an intere6ting article which s he contributes to Cosmos. Such i-tems i, of .informatin, he says, belong to v the class of "common things that no- c body knows." Of them the ordinary c reader says: "<That's odd'; I never < thougfh of it before! while many stu- i dents of natural -history must confess * ignorance. In the first place Mr. t Peres takes up the creatures that t sleep standing, among which, he tells v us, are included the ass and the mule, s as well as the elephan-t and most of t the otIh;er pachyderms. Most birds, s he says, sleep standing on one leg, r with the head under the wing; sev- p eral kinds sleep in company, like the wild pigeons of North America. Of f the sleep of fish -he writes: r "Fish have a density so nearly thlat of water that they .can res't quietly s on the sand or gravel without appar- a ent effort. Are they asleep? Prob ably; though they do not shut their t eyes. At the beginning of evening, c for instance, t1hie gudgeon chiooses a P sandy sport between stones and re- r mains there, facing the current, i's body resting on the lower lobe of the h tail and on its pectoral and ventral a fins * * * It is probable that it as- u sumes the same position in winter b and remains in .it until spring, hi- c bernating. The barbels and breams sleep in companies, like the gudgeon, n but on a muddy bottom; the pike S sleeps in summer near the bank, at I the surface, where thie sunlight can r reach it; the carp keeps nea-r the bot- a tbm; the eel hides in holes thacc it l makes near the bank. The observa tion of sea fish is more difficult, as ~inay be imagined; it is 'now agreed d that bherrings, mackerel and other so.. a called .migratory fish pass the winter e at the bottom in a kind of lethargy. t~ Do they a'doptr the gu'dgeon's posi- I tion? Perhaps, though Pleville le b Peley has seen..thousands of mackerel C half buried in the mud, 'holding their r tails up vertically ablove it. c "Batrachians sleep sitting, with the b ~head in the air; th'e toad sleeps by vi day in holes or under rocks, and re tires under 'ground for the win'ter. .s He burrows backward, his hind feet and the end of his body serving to dig thie hole, while 'he pushes with 'his forefeet. The marsupials are gener-c ally forced by the shape of .their 'bod- t ies to sleep sitting; the p'halanger foxc b sleeps in a crouching posture, the i h'ead 'between the forefeet. * * * The c lemurs * * *also crouch, with the l'ong b bushy tail around the 'hind feet. With t the chimpanzees and other apes the s hair on t'he upper arm and the fore- S arm grows in opposite directions: this serves to protect the animal more r effec'rively fiom tf&e rain, when he sleeps crouching in the thick woods S or in the brush with his arms folded r an:d pressed against the body. The orang takes 'his siesta with bent back. head h.anging on ihis chest. an'd some times 'holding to a foranch by one ofS his extended arms, bu: generally with both arms hanging by his sides. IJ "Penguins and pelicans also rest in a sitting posture;.a 'whole flock takes refuge un.der a projecting rock, the beak res'ring on the breast, or with neck bent 'to allow it to res.t on the , back. b "The hare does niot sleep with open b eyes as has been wrongly asserted, l< for its pupils are hermically closed o during sleep. "The crocodile and the calman re- a pose on the ground on 'the entire ven- a tral surface; lizard's sleep with eyes 0 L shut and mouth open. Turtles nat urally take the same position, 'the land "" varieties in dry grass ior in a shal- L low burrow; the marine ones~at the S surface of the sea, on which they float. This is the moment chosen for catch- IP ing them." Iti IThe belief of some fishermen thatn the cetaceans do not sleep, because lb the whale "'blows" by night as well as4 by day, the author pronounces inad missible. The movements that pro-' duce the jet are automatic, like our" own breathing. The whale and o'ther ( C' etaceanz lep ;;, e uirfacc of the ca. Seals, -r,tC7 and walruses play nly in st)rmy weather; in calm ;eatfher they seem to spend their ime in sleping; walruses are often een lying on the ice close together i rows, the neck of one on the back f the next, just as swine often do. hey d not go -to sleep until they ave placed a sentry, who awakes -the -thers when he spies an enemy. Pass ig on to the birds Mr. Peres writes: "Several birds, especially the palm ;eds, also sleep on the ventral sur ace. sTJhe petrels sleep calmly on. the ea in the most furious storm; on the :e they rest with the breast to the rind, the beak under the wing. Wild ucks lie in the rushes on the edges f ponds, the beak plunged in the ily plumage; wild geese sleep on land i open places, guarded by sentinels. * * Pheasancs, which roost during he night, keep to -tihe ground during he day, especially in very warm 7eather. * * * When ready to go to leep, the o'trich lies down, bending he knee first and then supporting it elf on the breast, which iscallous; .fi ally -it lets itself down on tihe lower art of the body. "Most of the ruminants lie on the lank; camels stretch out with the teck -extended; deer lie near eaclV ther in winter. * * * * The horse tretches out his legs; cats and hares Iso sometimes -stretdh themselves. "The -carnivores-the cat family, ie bear, dog, wolf, fox, etc.-curl up r place the head stretched out on the aws. * * * * Several rodents, like the at, sleep rolled up like a ball. .The edgehog, which passes tlhe whole day idden among stones or brush, or in e trunk of a hollow tree, als'o rollS p, with irs head and paws under its elly slo -that it looks like a huge hestnut burr. "Snakes usually sleep coiled, with iou-th open. Nevertheless the viper tre-tches out in the sun for a siesta. n hibernating, vipers 'sleep together i The trunk of a tree, sometimes 30 t a time, twined about each other ke a ball of twine." Few animals apparently sleep on Ie back; it 'is said that the badger oes so, 'but tMSs condition has been etually observed 'only -with the an bropoid apes. TIhe forang, which ikes naps in a crouching posture, as -oted above, sleeps -at night on its ack, the limbs bent inward and one f its 'arms under the 'head, which ests in tlh'e hand. Sometimes also it ro.sses its arms on its breast. Its ref ge for The night is a sort of nest or ut in the top of a tall tree, spread rith leaves and covered with branch s. In dold or rainy -weather it is aid to protect its body with a cover ~t of leaves. To quote again: 'The rem-ora (or sucking-fish), the urious fish tih' swims on its back, elly upward and that travels about y clinging to ships or -other float ag bodies, or sometimes to living reatures such -as turtles 'or siharks, y smeans of a special device on the >p of its head, attaches itself to the ame bodies, or even to rocks, to lee-p. "As for the sleep of wvormns, the adiates, mollusks, etc.. it is one of 4se 'comm-on things' about wvhic'h we b~all :probaoly always remain igno ant." MASTER'S SALE. tate of South Carolina, - Couinty of Newb.errv. Court of Comon Pleas. W. Norwood, Plaintiff, Against ames M. Henderson and Mrs. Bes sic Richards, Defendants. By order <of the court herein, I will all before the Court House at New erry, S. C., on salesday in De:-m er, to the highest bidder, witihiL the :gal -hours of sale that certain Tract r plantation of land lying and being tuate in Newberry County, state oresaid. containiing Seven Hund.red aid Six and one-fourth acres, more r less, hounded by the lands now !be -ngng to :no. G. Wolling, Jr., for erly of Sarah E. IT. Chick, lands of ayne WV. McCracken, M. F. Byn-um, amuel P. Crotwell and Enoree river. Terms of sale: One third of the archase mon-ey to be paid in cash, Ie balance 'n one and two equal an ual installments, 'to be secured by >nd of The purciaser and mortgage F :he premi.2es, initerest on the credit >rtioni to be at the rate of eight per int per annum and payable annually; ith Ieave t'o pr...haser to anticipate ayments mn whole or in part. Pur iaser to pay for papers. n! i-T Rikard, Mase MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas. Sarah E. Longs-hore, Against Hulda Longshore, et al. Suit for Partition. By .an order of the Court h'erein, I will sell before 'the Court House at Newlberry, S. C., the first Monday in December, 1905, same being sales day, all that tract ol land in New berry County, of which Dr. A. L. Iongshore, died seized, containing Thirty-Six acres, more or less, and lbounded by lands of Mike Werts, Ja cjab Crouch and dh,,e Public Road, also that lot or parcel of land in Newber ry County, of which Dr. A. L. Long s;hore dited seized, conkaining Two acres, more or less, and bounded by the Biouknight Ferry Road and lands of B. M. Havird, and Mrs. E. H. Long shore. Terms of sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, with in terest from date of sale, payable an nually, to be secured by Bond and Mortgage of the premises sold, wish leave to purchaser to anticipate pay ment in wihole or in part. The pur chaser to pay for papers. H. H. Rikard, MasTter. Newberry, S. C., Nov. 9, 1905. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. Court of Common Pleas. Charles J. Purcell, Plaintiff, Against Sidney J. Dominick, Mary Lee Dom inick, Emma Irene Dominick, Daisy E. Dominick and Peter F. Baxter, Defendants. By an order of the Court 'herein, I will sell before the Court House at Newberry, S. C., t1he first Monday in December, 1905, same being sales day, all that tract of land lying and being situate in Newberry County, S. C., containing Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine acres, more or less, and bounded by land's of Jno. D. Pitts, the Estate of J. H. Williams, Mrs. Sue Smith, Dr. 3. McIntos'h and tracts Numbers 3, 4 and I of wihat is known as the J.' C. H-ill IBlace as will more fully ap,pear 'by a plat 'Thereof made by Jas. F. Glenn, August 5th., 1895, and on file in the case, Mayer vs Har mon. Also, all that tract lying and being situate in the County and State afore said, containing Two Hundred Forty Four and Four-Tenths Acres, more or less, bounded by lands 9f or 'formerly of Estate of J. W. Rhodes, Estate of Dr. .Clark, Jno. Brooks and Richie Place, Hunter Place and Kinard Place, as will more fully appear by plat made by Jas. F. Glenn, Surveyor, and on file in said case. Also, all that tract of land lying and being situate in the County and State aforesaid, containing Six Hundred and Twelve and One-Half acres, more or less, bounded by lands of 0. Klettner, by Carson Creek, 'by Anderson Place, by'lands of Laura Mayer and P. C. Smirb, .QH tract being made up of three tra its ancwxn as Tract No. 1, Brooks Workman Place, Tract No. 2, Woods Pasture 'Tract, Tract No. 3, DiLl: Quarter Tro,ci Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money to be paid cash, ibal-* balance to be secured by bond of pur chaser and mortgage of prernlises sol-d, credit port:on paya:ble in two equal annual installments with interest from date of sale at eight per cent per an num u.w'il paid in full. with, leave to purchaser to an-ticipate 'the credit por tion in whole or in part. H. H. Rikard, Master. (.k:hed;:1e in Effect April r6, 1905-) .N'o- 5-7- Daily. Lv. Newherry. ...... ....12.36 p. mn. Ar. Lauirens ..... ... ..... 50 p. mi No. 2. Daily. L v. Larreos................. 5op. m. Ar. Greenw.od ............ 2.46 p. m. Ar. Augu.ta..............5.20 p. m. Ar. Ande'sn............. 7.10 p. mi. No. 42. Daily. Lv. Augu't:.-................. ...... 2.35 p. m. Ar. Allenca2....... .........---.... .. 4 30 p. m. Ar. Fa': x...... .. .... .......-..-..4-41 p. m. A r. Cha res ..-........................ 7.40 p. m. r . Beauk:". ............... .---- . 630 p-.m r. Port R'Oyal... .. .. ........ .. -. . . ..40 p. m A r. Savaunua h.. ........... ...--.---.-.-.-- 6.45 p. m Ar. Waycross .................Io.oo p. m. Ar. Tac dnfe.. ................. ...--..... No. 1. Daily. Lv. Laumens.. ............-------.-. ... 2.07 p. m Ar. Spartanturg ...........--.........-3.20 p. m No. 52. No. 87. Daily. Er. Sun.| [v. Laureus............. 209 p. m. 8.co a.m.| a . Greenville-..... ......32.25 p. m. 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