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Show THE BUZZ THAT PUZZLED ANIMALS. H WHEN telegraph poles were first set up they had jH a most disquieting effect upon various species ol H anlmajs. In Norway, for instance, at the time ol H the introduction of these useful articles, the bears jH were much perplexed to determine their purpose. H The Norwegian bear, hearing the maonlng of th H wind In the wires, such a buzzing as he had some- jH where, heard before, proceeded Iu the ursino fashion IH to "put two and two together." Such a buzzing H must mean the presence of a sweet morsel; the poles Bmm must be gigantic hives; so the bear set to work t MU9 root the poles out of the ground. yW Tho strange humming also attracted tho attention VWM of the woodpeckers, which concluded that innumerable MWW insects were concealed in these tall poles. There- mW fore tho ulrds went to work to find the treasure, tmM boring holes to extract the insects. H In time, however, they all became wiser, and the mW telegraph pole or wire came to be used by more than H one species of bird as a safe place for Its nest There H is a small bird of Natal that used to build its cradl H shaped nest in the branches of trees, but as soon as H the telegraph wires were sot up it changed the loca- jH tlon of its housekeeping and built on the wires, so H that snakes could not molest its treasures. H The new position was found so secure that the IH bird added a second door to the nest, which had jH hitherto possessed only a small opening ou the side H furthest from the overhanging branch. IH For many years the buffaloes of our "Western jH plains utilized the telegraph poles to "scratch their IH backs," and so delightedly would a group of them lH attack the poles for this purpose that many of the IH big sticks were put out of commission. IH |