Animal Notes

Oysters nvt from ten to twelve years When they have the chance. In tliis country they don't have the chance. A dog fancier in New Haven is the owner of a black and tan dog which weighs not an ounce more i'.ian a pound and a half. The large horned beetle eau carry 315 times its own weight. Gi;p haa been kno.vn to walk away with a 2%pound weight. A her belonging to Joseph Bishop on Licking river, near Pleasant Valley, Ky., discovered a large bird's nest in the top of an apple tree, and flpw pr and depoüited an egg in the nest. The eye of a cat, like that of th horse, is provided with a fa'.se eyelid, which may be moved independently ol the outer or trae lid. It is often cmployed by a cat when obliged to face a very bright light. and is bnlieved to act as a shade.