Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1900 — Night Life Active In Mindanao. [ARTICLE]

Night Life Active In Mindanao.

Surgeon McKenna, -who hns pateisti the last six months-ou the Island" of Mindanao, does not hCßttntc to maintain that the number of quadrupeds and Insects enjoying existence tn ttat moon light of the tropics exceeds thnU of their daylight rivals;' so muetoi.iwr indeed, that whole species and groups of species are represented only by nocturnal creatures. Forests that malncd ns atill ns the grave glare of the,vertical sun are all |ii oa uproar within an hour after sunset. Indianapolis rre”s. The Mikado of Japan has under' his subjection a population of over 4«,000,. 900 peopld, and they are about as happy As avoragd people tn any part es the vfdrld.