Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-07-30 | Page 8 | New Kind of Mouse

isea kind of on a sand island in dublin bay a new kind of mouse has been found it resembles the ordinary mouse in all except its color which Is that of the sand and the naturalists natura lists attribute that peculiarity to an interposition of nature for its protection from the and hawks on the island it Is supposed that they are the descendants of castaway mice and that the protective coloration Is a gradually acquired result of their the total annual production of ahn ber and firewood of the german forests 1 estimated at tons and this Is supplemented by an import of tons the material pros ress of the country would not be possible bad it not the large home production to fall back upon the asbestos mines of the province of quebec supply ulac tenths of the asbestos produced n tha world the mines were discovered in 1878