TOPICS IN GENERAL 



781 



1684 

 2832 



1701 

 1139 



1867 



221 

 *341 

 3427 

 2611 



2831 



837 



1449 



*342 



BEE, Selective purpose of.. 2806 



, Worker changed to 



queen .- 3459 



. (See also BEES.) 



BEER to be Avoided in trop- 

 ics 1448 



BEES Busy during winter . . . 2249 



Guided by sight or scent 



, Instance of reasoning 



among 



Know locality rather 



than hive 



Learning by experience 



Learning the way, nec- 

 essary for 



Less adaptable than 



ants 



Merciless utilitarians. . 



Perishing in sweets . . . 



, Plan manifested by . . . 



, Power of reasoning 



among 



, Sense of direction of. . 



, Sense of hearing in .... 



Ventilate their hives . . 



, Workers undeveloped 



queens 822 



. (See also HUMBLE-BEES.) 



BEETLES, Wingless ; . . 2672 



BEET-SUGAR a Triumph of 



science 3291 



BEGINNING, Geology proves 



a definite 193, 1360 



Interpreted by end *346 



of Life somewhere .... *344 



in Middle life *345 



of Universe supernatu- 

 ral *343 



BEGINNINGS of Agriculture 122 



of Astronomy *347, *348 



.Great results from 



small 1755 



, Rude and poor *351 



of Science *349 



of Sculpture *350 



BEING, Assumptions regard- 

 ing a Divine 2486 



, One rational and con- 

 scious 3566 



, Sense of ignorance a 



law of man's 3068 



BEINGS, Embryos of diverse 1952 



, Structural relations of 



organic 44, 935 



BELEMNITE, Discovery of . . 2388 

 BELIEF in Causation a ne- 

 cessity 455 



, Compulsory 1086 



Before discovery *352 



, Popular, magnified in 



error 1054 



Not Forced by will .... *357 



Founded on scientific 



fact 1607 



in a Future life *353, *354 



in Illusions of others. . *355 



, Knowledge and 1791 



as Old as humanity. . . 3495 



, Old, in phlogiston. . . . 1071 



, Popular, verified 3640 



-, Science accepts popu- 



lar. 



2963 



in Spontaneous genera- 

 tion 1345 



, a Stable consensus of .. 450 



That no sunlight pene- 

 trates to depths of sea .... *358 



, Unanimity of scientists 



secures 3508 



, Universal, in conscience 597 



in the Unknowable a 



necessity *356 



, Widespread 3369 



BELIEFS, Intellectual, direct 



social pj-ogress 2759 



BELIEVERS, Superstitious, 



in eclipses 3324 



BELL, Thermal vibration 



compared to sound of. ... 1464 



BELLS, Music and church, 



attract seals 709 



BENEFICENCE of Delusions.763-64 



, Lavish, of sun's heat. . 999 



.Power undesirable 



without 2693 



, Tumult and uproar be- 

 hind, of sun. * 34, 3242 



Unappreciated 1674 



of Volcano and earth- 

 quake 2333 



BENEFIT, Dust a, to man . . 2796 

 BENEFITS Conferred by 



bacteria , *359 



of Fire *360 



Possible in unknown 



future *361 



, Reciprocal, of nations 



in science *362 



BENEVOLENCE, Enjoyment 



conducive to 1024 



BENGAL, Formation of arti- 

 ficial ice in 1329 



BIBLE the Only standard of 



early Christians *363 



BICYCLE, Possibilities of the 3480 

 , Speed of travel by 



means of 3181 



BIELA'S COMET crosses 



earth's orbit 1430 



Division of 889 



BIGOTRY and Science *364 



BILLOWS, Ethereal, beat on 



body 3715 



BINDING with Rawhide 



among the Eskimo 49 



Substitute for nails. . . *365 



BIOGENESIS and Abiogene- 



sis 1344 



, Law of 3774 



. (See also GENERATION, 



SPONTANEOUS; LIFE.) 

 BIOLOGY, Problems of *366 



Values the humblest 



creature 2704 



BIRD, Anecdote of little, and 



mountain 976 



Attacked for unusual 



color *367 



not Buoyed up by air 



cells 2804 



, Change of habits in a. . 464 



, A common, left without 



mention 2453 



, Correspondence of, with 



environment 1033 



, the Crow an insectiv- 

 orous ' 3570 



-, Development of 



, Development of reptile 

 into 



Differs from a balloon . 



, Embryos of a, indis- 

 tinguishable 



, Fear taught by parent . 



Feeding on ground .... 



- , Hunter foiled by newly- 



785 



809 

 1402 



803 



1215 



534 



2550 



hatched 



Learns only from its 



own kind 706 



, Male, characterized by 



brilliant colors 408 



, Adaptation to environ- 

 ment 2349 



BIRDS, Aquatic, find food. . 1246 



Blown off shore 2666 



, Brilliancy of color of 



protected 48 



, Care of offspring among 423 



, Change of diet of . . . 2174 



, Contrasted feathers in . 74 



, Dancing among 718 



Dashing themselves 



against light house 370 



, Deceptive coloration 



among 1047 



of Deserts have sandy 



color 780 



, Diet changes color of . . 1261 



. E a r t h uninhabitable 



without 942 



, Equipment of, for de- 

 struction 1047 



BIRDS Fall dead in volcanic 

 eruption 



, Familiar, in strange 



lands 



, Flight of, instinctive. . 



, Food affects organism of 



, Fun-loving 



, Gravitation enables, to 



1079 



3541 

 1258 

 1231 



188 



fly! 1402 



, Hawk overpowers mul- 

 titude of . .^_ 3378 



Heavier than air 1554 



, Insect food of flower- 

 loving 1518 



, Intelligence of 1721 



, Intelligence and devo- 

 tion of 423 



Killed by spider *369 



not Lighter than air. . 1402 



and Lighthouse 1208 



Lost in waste of air. . . *370 

 , Male, more brilliantly 



408 



colored than female ...... 



- , Markings of, visible 



only during flight ........ 2088 



- .Maternal instinct 

 among .................. 424 



- , Method of, in feeding 

 their young ............. 423 



- , Migration of ......... *371 



- , Migration of, by night . 2299 



- , Multitude of, by night 



in upper air ............. 2299 



- , Mystery of color among 676 



- , Parents among, united 



in love .................. 1413 



-- .Plain coloring of 



female .................. 2800 



- , Prevision in .......... 3915 



- , Protection of feathers 

 of ...................... 



- , Reptiles prophesy ..... 



- Seed-distributers ..... 



- Subdued by nature's 

 silence S. Amer. plains. . . 



- , Subsistence a factor in 

 migration of ............. 



- in Sudden multitudes. 

 -- Thrive on poison ivy 



Crows .................. 



- , Timidity taught young 



- , Union of dissimilar 

 traits in ................. 



- , Usefulness of swallows 



as insectivorous. .... ..... 35 



- , Varied colors of ...... 2836 



- , Vast increase of ...... 



- , Visits among ......... 



- , Why bones of are 

 hollow .................. 



- of Prey pursue hum- 

 ming-birds in vain ....... 



- , Transition from, to rep- 

 tiles .................... 



- , Unconsidered indebted- 

 ness to .................. 



BIRD'S- WING a Self-acting 

 valve ................... 



BIRTH of Geology ........ *373-74 



- , Higher intelligence de- 

 veloped after ............ 1727 



BISON in England and 

 France ................. 



- , Extinction of ......... 



- in New and old world. 



- in Texas ....... 



BISON-TRACKS Show passes 



over mountains .......... 



BITTERNESS, Pure waters 



evaporated to ....... 



BITTER-ROT Attacks ap- 



178 



3119 



165 



2236 



2174 

 *368 



702 

 3441 



3521 



1620 

 3660 



2804 

 3177 



3467 

 942 



*372 



2040 

 1165 

 1977 

 1165 



2603 

 1128 



, Visibility of white 

 on 2690 



, White light may come 



from a, object 634 



BLACKBIRD, Destruction of 



the 1620 



BLACKNESS of Atlantic 



depths *375 



BLADDER-NUT, Distribu- 

 tion of seeds of 2379 



