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Show 'HE VOICE OF NATURE. off it is Affected by the Hot and Cold Months of the Year. INFERENCE IN 'NOTES OF INSECTS. enators and Women-What Good Gutter Gut-ter is Hor Tongue Needed . Best. w!t and Stream. .- - . Manv readers have probably at ran-rimes ran-rimes observed two phenomena and ,0' M never given the subjects but 2 .thought afterward. First, that wal sounds are very different in the lder than in the wanner months of the sn(j secondly, that waters have .fluent 'tints during the colder and tdlhistration of the first we will take number of examples.: Many of tis -.nnticed the contrast in the noise of L wind in different seasons when it Soot around the corner of the house; in jjer what a soft, mellow tone it has, ;Jfjn winter what a harsh, rongh Then! agaiu let us Btro11 ttlo,lg tu mis of a stream in May, June or July, .j ve will observe that the water will hen make a gentle, babbling sound, rhile in November or winter it will, jjtjj n0 greater volume, make a hoarse, 'jrglinE nise- Still again, if we ramble in the woods sing late spring or early summer, we janot but notice what a softness and lildncw the wind has when blowing trough the tops of the trees. On the ler hand, what a roaring it makes In old weather. Perhaps the trees being rithor without foliage may cause some fence, but it will be observed in aj, Wore the leaves are out to any ex-at' ex-at' there is even then a marked differ-ace' differ-ace' between that time and December, ittm we have heard it along telegraph roes during summer and winter, and arc noted the contrast. Again, listen to the waterfall on mill ams. The water in tho warm season w to fall in smooth, murmuring aes.bnt in cold weather it seems harsh wugh to make chills run down one's jine. Then take tho ocean; many of us now while strolling along the beach or Ring on the sand during the warm sea-m sea-m with what a mellow sound the raves splash upon the sandy beach, 'aile in winter, with no higher tide, hit a roaring and hissing they make! 2ven among birds we observe a con-set con-set in their notes, being mellow in pring and summer, but harsh in cold leather; it may be owing to the differ-tcein differ-tcein their love, feeding, call or migra-onnotes. migra-onnotes. There is also a corresponding difference i the notes of insects. Amnsicianonce told me that to his u tho sounds of winds and waters were early all in the key of B flat. Perhaps wi readers who have good ears for laic could tell us if they are so. Then, secondly, we will take notes of lie various tints that waters have dur-ig dur-ig diSerent seasons. For example, let s commence by taking the brook again, j is wo ramblo along its banks in June or aly we see that the water has a silvery kite look as it merrily dances on its jy, but in cold weatheT it has more or a of a bluish tint, on some days quite 'lark blue. The same is true of lakes il ponds. What a soft silvery appear-nceth'-y have in early summer; then in 'wwnber or December what a dull '.den color! SHU again, take waterfalls or mill inn, then the waters seem to fall in a istaing white sheet during the warm we, but in winter they have more or sof the blue tint again, sometimes real irk; although at Niagara Falls I never -'ullexrt of seeing any other but the two 'ion, emerald green and white the 'ate greatly predominating in the sum-ff, sum-ff, but more of the green in late fall. I to never seen the falls later in the year ra November; even they, too, may w the bluish tints during the winter. W lastly, take the ocean; we have :"d particularly the difference in aspect frf. in summer pale green and silvery; winter a much darker shade of green darkblue. ''it whichever way theso voices and nature are, wo all like to hear 1 to see thern, don't we? " ' |