Show LEECH AS WEATHER PROPHET those familiar familar with small creatures habits can foretell changes that are at hand an excellent weather prophet can be made by placing a leech in a glass glasa jar of water if the weather Is to continue flat fine the leech lies iles motionless nt at the bottom of the jar and rolled together in a spiral form it if it is to rain either before or after noon it will be found to have crept up to the top of 0 its lodging where it will remain till the weather is settled if we are to have wind the poor prisoner gallops through his limpid habitation with amazing swiftness and seldom rests till it begins to blow harl if n rani storm of thunder and rain is to succeed the leech for or some lays days before lodges almost continually without water and gives itself up to violent throes throe and connul sive like I I 1 ke motions not I 1 on in frost as in clear summer weather it ke ie s constantly fit at the alie bottom and in snow as in rainy weather it pitches its dwelling on the very mouth of the jar |