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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!"
Fame is often a bubble that comes
from puffing.
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"WHAR DEW I CUM IN?"
(Being the Soliloquy of a Farmer on the Free Raw Sugar Question.)
"Thar's a mighty lot er talkln' about farmers 'n thar rights,
'N the wonderful prosperity thet beet growtn' Invites.
Thar's a heap er foolish crowin' 'n the "beats" begin ter shout
'n holler fer the Tariff ter keep free raw sugar out !
But I notls thet the beet-producin' farms are very few.
An' the farmers through the country alnt got much ef it ter dew.
The hull land alnt a-raisin' beets, 'n alnt goin' ter begin.
Beet growin's right fer sum, X guess— but, whar dew I cum In ?
The farmer gits four dollars now fer every ton o' beets—
A handsom price, I must allow—but hldin' sum deceits.
Beet sugar manyfacterers admit es they hev found
Thet "granylated" costs 'em sum thin' like tew cents a pound.
In fact thet leaves a profit on which they'd greatly thrive —
And—lf It kin be sold fer three, why should we pay 'em FIVE ?
It seems ter me es thet's a game thet's mighty like a skin-
But—if thar's any benefit—waal,—whar dew I cum In 1
When Uncle Sam's In want o' cash we're glad ter help him out,
'N we'll stand all the taxes thet are needed, never doubt.
But when his pocket-book's well lined an' nary cent he lacks,
Et seems ter me his duty's ter repeal thet sugar tax.
Them fellers wot is interested seis Its to protect
The beet-proiluein' fanner thet the duty they collect.
But I guess thet explanation es a little bit too thin—
The sugar maker,—he's all right;—but—whar dew we cum In ?
Take off raw sugar duty an' the price will quickly fall.
To everybody's benefit, fer sugar's used by all.
The poor will bless the Government thet placed It in thar reach—
('n millions of our citizens free sugar now beseech)
The dealer 'll be delighted—less expenditure fer him—
More demand 'n bigger profits—which at present are but slim.
An' the farmer 'll be as well paid as he ever yet lies ben—
But he'll buy his sugar cheaper— thet's whar he an' I'll cum In.
Now, whar's the sense er reason of the sugar tax to-day,
When our treasury's a-bulgin' an' we hev no debts ter pay ?
The duty on raw sugar's Fifty million every year—
An' the people's got ter pay It—thet's a fact thet's very clear.
Fifty million ! Great Jerusha ! Ter protect beet magnates, too.
Why should they tax ALL the people—just ter help a scattered FEW ?
And the FEW ? Beet-sugar MAKERS ! Don't it really seem a sin
Thus ter help an' fill thar coffers V Whar dew you an' I cum In ?
The farmer growin' beets hes got a contract price fer years-
Free raw sugar wouldn't hurt him, an' of it lie hes no fears.
But mebbe, like myself—he's also growing fruit so nice—
Ter preserve it —at a profit—he needs sugar—at a price !
The repealing of the duty, surely cuts the price in two—
Thet'll make a mighty difference, neighbor, both ter me an' you !
Let the sugar inanyfacterer make such profits as he kin—
Ter him it may seem right enuff—but whar dew I cum In ?
An' I aint agoin' ter swaller all the argyments they shout
Thet the farmers need protection—an' must bar raw sugar out.
Common sense Is plainly showin' that the people in the land
Want rnw sugar free in future—an' Its freedom will demand.
'Tis a tax no longer needed—hateful to the public view,—
Taxing millions of our people to enrich a favored few.
They can't blind me any longer with the foolish yarns they spin,—
While they're busy making money—whar dew you an' I come in 1
I'm agoin' ter keep on hustlin', talkin', pleadin' with my frends.—
Aint no sense in lettin' others gain thar selfish privet ends.
I'm agoin' ter write termorrer to my Congressman 'nd say
Thet he oughter do his best ter kill that tax without delay !
Feller-farmers, do your utmost—whether you grow beets or not
To repeal the tax on s"?ar—you can but Improve your lot !
Cheaper sugar helps y greater blessings you can win-
When we've three-cej ,ed—that's whar you an' I cum in !"
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