'^^^lildrerfs 3 A Little Girl's Story. To take Lior nap, I put ray doll In grandpa's garden chair. The robins fouuil iter right away, Aud tried to steal her hair. They pulled so hard she sat right up, Aud opened wide her eyes. Those foolish things supposed 'twas mo, And hopped off in surprise. And then it was I found their nest: They were so droll, you see, is up they flew, and down they ilew, Glaneing sideways at me. But now they know me very well, And eat the food I bring. "Cheer up! Cheer up! Cheer up! Cheo, cliee! " Is what they say and sing. —Christian Reglstor. Tlie Woodchuck. H. D. Reed and Yerne Morton, in country Life in America, tell an inter esting and pictorial story of the wood chuck, or ground hog. "Perhaps no wild mammal," says Mr. Reed, "is more familiar to coun try people that the woodchuck. Every hillside and meadow is dotted with the small piles of earth which mark the doorway to his home. The wood chuck prefers a hillside or a knoll in which to dig his hole, for here he can easily make the end of his den higher than the beginning, thus avoiding the danger of being drowned out. "What could be more unlike in gen eral appearance than a woodchuck and a squirrel? Yet they are cousins, both beiong to the same family of mammals. The trim body, sharp claws and agility of the squirrels make it possible for them to lead an arboreal life, jumping recklessly from branch to branch, while the flabby form and short legs of the woodchuck better adapt him for digging than for running or climbing. "The nature of the food of the wood chuck is such that he cannot lay up stores as the chipmunks do, nor is it of such a kind that it can be obtained during the winter. The case of this creature during the winter seems to be, therefore, one of sleep long and soundly or starve. During the win ter's sleep or hibernation, life pro cesses goon very slowly. Breathing s reduced, and the heart beats become so slow and feeble that they cannot be felt. They come from their winter's sleep about the first of March, in New York. How Elephant Seals Uve. Those curious animals the elephant 6eals, also known as sea elephants, have been recently studied by Profes sor C. Chun, a German scientist, aa well as by Robert Hall, a well known naturalist, and as a result many new facts have been gathered in regard to their life and habits. These seals are only to be found in the southern seas, and mainly in the vicinity of the Kergueles islands, where they go in August for the pur pose of pairing. They remain there until February or March. During the winter they are very dull and apathet ic, but as spring approaches they be come more lively. Mr. Hall says that he went several times through a herd of 40 or 50 animals while they were dozing, and only a few were disturbed by him. These seals live in communities, and in a single bay may often be seen from Eto 10 colonies. Hitherto it has been supposed that there is never more than one male in a single herd, but there now seems to be abundant proof that each herd contains seals of only one 6ex. Thus, in one bay there will he five or six herds of males, and in an other five or six herds of females. Professor Chun, who has studied the seals thoroughly in their native haunts, Bays that for a long time after the animals return to the Kergueles in the autumn they do not take any food but remain torpid in beds which they form until they have shed their old hair and put on a new coat. During the winter he saw several seals killed, and not a particle of food was found in their stomachs. Mr. Hall, on the other hand, says that the seals during this period feed once a day, going down to the water to obtain a supply of fish. In any case, it is certain that these animals can live without food for a long time, since they have under their skin a layer of fat which is 15 centimetres in thickness. How flie Reaver Breathes in Winter. "The beaver is really a sort of port able pulp mill, grinding up most any kind of wood that comes his way. I once measured a white birch tree, 32 inches through, cut down by a beav er. A single beaver, generally, if not always, amputates the tree, and when it comes down the whole family fall to and have a regular frolic with the bark and branches. A big beaver will bring down a fair sized sapling—say three inches through—in about two minutes, and a large tree in about an hour. "One of the queerest facts about the beaver is the rapidity with which his long, chisel shaped teeth recover from an injury. I have known beavers to break their teeth in biting a trap, and when I caught them again 10 days afterward you couldn't see a sign of thebbrea the teeth had grown out to their former perfection in that short period. "As compared with the otter or mink the beaver is a very slow swimmer. His front legs hang by his sides, and he uses only his webbed hind feet for purposes of swimming, it is easy to capture one in a canoe if you can find him in shoal water. He is a most determined fighter, but clumsy and easy to handle. If he could get holtj of you with his teeth he would almost take a leg off, so you want to watch him sharply. The place to grab him is by the tail. "The ability of a beaver to remain under water for a long time is really not so tough a problem as it looks. When the lake or pond is frozen ovei a beaver will come to the under sur face of the ice and expel his breath, so that it will form a wide, flat bub ble. The air, coming in contact witb the ice and water, is purified, and th< beaver breathes it again. This opera tion he can repeat several times. The otter and muskrat do the same thing "It almost takes a burglar proof safe to hold a newly captured beaver. 1 I once caught an old one and two kit- | tens up the north branch of the Sou- i West, put them in a barrel and brought | them down to Miramichi lake. Thai ] night she knawed a hole through the j barrel and cleared out, leaving her kit- | tens. They were so young that I had 1 no way of feeding them, so I released j them. Soon after that I caught a big male beaver. I made a large log pen j for him of dry spruce, but the second night he cut a log and disappeared. "Beavers, when alarmed, generally make up stream, so I went to the brooli< where a little branch came in, and 1 J thought I would go up that a little | way, and I hadn't gone more than Id I rods before I came across my lad sit l ! ting up in the bed of the brook hav- j ing a lunch on a stick he had cut. He actually looked as if he knew he was playing truant when he caught sight of me out of the side of his eye. "I picked him up by the tail, brought 1 mm back, put him in the pen, supplied him with plenty of fresh poplar, and j he seemed as tame as possible and never gave me any more trouble. 1 brought him out to Stanley, where he lived a long time. Turnbull had a mongrel dog, which was jealous oi . the beaver, and one day attacked him ! He did that only once, for the heave: | nipped the dog's tail off quicker'n i \ cat would catch a mouse." —Rod and Gun. Tlio Discontented Geese. Once upon a time a flock of wilo geese started outtoseethesights. Thej were led by an old goose who, no doubt ■ thought she was very wise. As if any- j body ever did see a wise goose. "I'm going out," she said, "to see more of the world. We really know nothing of what is going on outside of this pond. Don't you find it very ! dull? Only last week a swallow pausing in his flight to have a bit oi conversation with me, told of the won- | derful things to be seen. If you care to come along," she added, "I shall take you with me." Now, to tell the truth, the young geese, one and all, were perfectly de lighted at the proposition (because that dangerous little seed of discontent had already taken root). Such a cackle as they set up Cackle! cackle! cackle! cackle!. So they flew away over brown marshes and green meadows, over rivulets and streams until they came to such a lovely place where there were beautiful flowers and trees. There were rustic bridges spanning limpid stream 3, and last, bul not least, a beautiful pond. "How lovely!" ihey exclaimed in one breath. "1 wonder where we are," said one little goose. "This," said their leader with an ail of importance, '"is Central Park. Mj friend, the swallow, told me all about it." Anu sure enough, it was Central Park, down by the duck pond, where no doubt, you have walked many and many a time. "The ducks and geese you see swim ming about," said the old goose, "are tame. How beautifully they behave. It all depends," quoth she, "on one's bringing up. Hush, my dears," as the young geese, one and all, began tc cackle. "Don't be rude! Let me, I bes of you, speak to our friends." The tame geese, however, were not in the least inclined to be sociable. They glided about majestically, quite ignoring the presence of the intruders "See that pretty little house over there?" said the little goose. "Can it be possible that it has been built foi our accommodation?" How absurd this was. Of course your mamma has a room set apart as a guest chamber, and these ridiculous little geese thought the duck house had been especially built for them, just like invited guests, you know. "To be sure," said the old goose, shaking the water from her back, "my friend, Mr. Swallow, must have told them we were coming." She waddled over, followed by the entire flock, Hardly had they entered the duck house when they heard a click. The spring door closed with a snap and lo! they were prisoners Just then the keeper came out. "Heigh-ho!" ex claimed he; "what's this? A flock ol wild geese, on my life. Come here, Bill (to a great, sturdy fellow near by). Here is work for you to do. Clip the wings of these geese as once." The man went to work and did as he was told, clipping all their wings, while a big park policeman looked on and laughed. The geose were then let out on the pond to swim about majestically like their neighbors. Oh! how they longed to fly home. Never before did freedom seem so dear to them. "Why didn't you tell us," said the little goose in tone of reproach to one of her new found lriends, "that we were going to have our wings clipped?" "Because," replied her companion, "you wouldn't have believed us; and alter all, my dear, experience is the very best teacher." —New Idea Maga zine. Australia has more than 1000 news papers. Mother in lllrd Life. "A Tragedy lu Bird Life" was the inscription on a pasteboard box re ceived by the Indiana State Geologist trom a correspondent In the Southern part of that State. The box contained an oriole's nest, in which were the skeletons of three little orioles, and, clinging to the side, the mother bird, with her tongue tied with a bit of string that helped to hold the nest to gether. The story needed no words. One could almost see the struggles of the mother, maddened by the cries of her little ones for food, knowing she was so near and failing to understand why she did not come to their relief. As their cries grew weaker the mother bird redoubled Iter efforts to free her self, but without success. Other birds hovered about in a questioning way, twittering to one another as If in sympathy, and then hurried to their own nests and their own little ones. The mother oriole struggled fierce ly, but her strength was failing rapid ly, and as darkness fell she was hang ing with half closed eyes against the nest, almost at the opening. All through the night she struggled con vulsively, but each effort was weaker than the one before. When morning came a ray of light found Its way through the trees and touched her, as If In benediction. The struggles ceased, and she was dead. The little ones slowly starved to death, calling for the mother with their last breath. Flowers in the Pulpit. "If you want some nice flowers," said the man with the red mustache, "just goto church on Sundays and you'll find them on the altar. No mat ter how hard up a church may be and how closely it may count Its expenses In other directions, it seldom econo mizes in flowers. It Is not the big churches alone that scorn to stint themselves in flowers. The little chapels whose parishioners are cer tainly not rolling in wealth, and where every penny is held at its par value likewise provide a splendid floral of fering to gladden the eyes of i)astor and congregations. Of course, in a good many less pretentious houses of worship beautiful effects are obtained from the artistic arrangement of rath er plebian blossoms, but in most churches flowers that are really fine and expensive are used the year round, and the lower Committee often finds that altar decoration is the biggest item on its list of expenditures. "The selection of pulpit (lowers Is generally left to the discretion of the florist, who sends the bouquet every Sunday morning shortly before serv ice. Occasionally, however, the Chairman of the Flower Committee gives him a tip as to the favorite flower of the pastor, and, when mak ing his selection, he tactfully bears that preference in mind,"—New York Times. The llorne Blew FlrHt. A horse breeder residing not far from Newtonards, Ireland, sent one of his men to blow a medical powder up a young horse's nostrils. In a short time after going out to perform his task the master proceeded to the sta bles to see how the work was being done. lie found Pat leaning up against the stable door, coughing, rubbing his eyes and appearing very much alarmed. Master—"What Is the matter? Are you hurt?" Pat—"Oh, I'm killed entoirely. Whin I put the tube in the baste's nose, share he blew first, and the powdher Is down me throat, and I'll be after dying this minit!" 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