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ADVENTURE IN BUGTOWN. V
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HEN the United States ceases to bo an exporter of beet
and pork from whence will Europe get Its meat?
Will the United States, with Its large ratio ot In
crease In population, with which the meat produuctlon
by no means keeps pace, be ablo In the future to feed
itself?
Must Europe and the United States curtail their meat
consumption?
There Is no need to take a pessimist's view in nn-
i BwemiK niiy in uiene questions. ine mem iruiuniiii
Is already serious, it is true; but this is because we are at the turning
of the ways and not because the immediate future, or even tho future
lor some hundreds of years at least, presents any real difficulty to the
solution of this proposition.
Leaving out of consideration all questions involving the so-called
meat trust, the tariff, etc., and looking at the matter simply as a
question of economy in meat production, there Is no need to fear a
famine, nor ought there to be any fear of high prices to limit the con
sumption. A number of factors enter into the world's present meat problem,
one of tho most important of which is the change in conditions under
.which meat has been produced in the United Stales. The change from
range to farm prdductlon of beef cattle and the improved shipping fa
cilities for corn, which latter has revolutionized the hog Industry, have
(together upset the balance in tho meat market. Unlimited free range
on government lands made cheap meat, but the taking up of these
ands by settlers, and particularly tho taking up of land around water
ltes has changed the whole situation. Tho exten-
ion of railways and an improved servlco has given
a.he western farmer a choice, either to sell his corn or
,xo feed for meat, where formerly he had no choice: It
was either hogs or cease raising corn. He raised hogs
'because he was forced to it, and he bought range beet
cattle to put thorn in condition for the market by feed
ing for a few months with a part of his surplus grain.
The raising of cattle on the free ranges of the west
fwas the cheapest method of meat production at the
lime practised in the United States, but it is a question
whether beef may not now bo produced, and Is not now
produced by a few farmers, even cheaper than on the
western ranges Jn tho past.
The poor quality of range meat, which necessitated
'several months of farm feeding and care in order to
be gotten in condition for the market, the great losses
In the herds due to Insufficient food and water, and
tho lack of winter shelter made the I- -"ens of cattle
raising on the western plains a more or less uncertain
land precarious industry. It was an exotic, and as such
at will die with changing conditions.
The future of meat production In the United
States 1b a farming proposition, and like all other
kraestiona connected with thn national no-H
pends for its satisfactory solution upon the Improvement of farm meth
odu. To remain a meat-exporting country, lands inuBt be brought up
to the European standard of production. At that standard, or even
fconslderably below, farming In the United 8tates pays, and pays well,
Sand In no way better than by turning grass and grain Into meat But
kiotll the United States adjusts Itself to the changed conditions and can
Wain enter the European market as a competitor with Argentina, Uru
guay and Australia for the meat trade, where will Europe, and even'
jibe United States, should it have a temporary need for meat, secure
their supplies?
The answer to this question Is not difficult
that It has not hoen more fully recognized. .
The broad plains of Mexico and Central
America, ot Veneiuela and Colombia, the Ama
son region of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Ecua
dor rival, if they do not excel tha famed pam
pas of Argentina and Uruguay as cheap meat
producing districts.
In the country ot the Oronoco alone, Vene-
puela and eastern Colombia, there Is an area
fcf territory more than equal to France, Ger
many, the Netherlands. Belgium and Denmark,
or ten times the size of the state ot New York,
which has Its superior as a cattle country In
no part of the world, if indeed It has anywhere
(its equal.
Mexico offers many advantages to the stock
kaiser. Tha conditions there are those wun
which stockmen from the United States are
more or less familiar, which last fact, In part,
accounts for the large investments ot Ameri
can capital made In this Industry within the
last few years In Mexico. Cattlemen own me
land In large tracts of from 100,000 to 1,000,000
acres, acquired from the government by grant
and at a very low figure. This prevents tho
shutting off from water, which has done so
much to destroy the range industry in tne
United States. The winters are mud ana more
Is no danger of Ions from blizzards in fact,
the grazing Is good all the year round.
The character ot the ranges on the Pacific
oast side In Jalisco, Micnoacan, uuerrero,
Southern Oaxaca and Teplc are similar in
iharacter to the northern ranges but not so
ell watered, and the grass Is scantier.
On The gulf side there are entirely dlffor-
conditions. On the slope or mo eastern
fcordllloraa In the states of San Luis Potosl.
iTamaullpas and northern vera urus is me re-
ion known ts the Huasteca roiosina, me
Country of the Tames!, Panuco, Temporal and
amasunchale rivers. Tnia is an aunosi ium
grass country, it is a succession m ov-
. J t,- ..auaj.ninl'ail tnrrBCHB or hlllS
Beparmeu "J
Increasing In height from the low plains near
the coart to the borders ot the central plateau
P000 feet This slopo receives the moist
Lmim trom the Gulf of Mexico In the form
fit rain during the summer months and dew
n winter, and is always free rrom irom,
Irought and excessive beat. The natural pas
uraee ot this country is as fine as any in the
(world, except on the Oronoco and In the up-
mer Aiuuj.ua uumiu,. vmo c
nn be sent to market at a cost of loss than
r3- itmmHmm
It Is only surprising
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J10 gold a head. On the northern and west-,
Cm ranges lean cattle cost to produce from
5(2 to $5 a head and can be futteued for mar
ket to cost In all about $10 a head.
Th4 latest Mexican statistics show about
K.250,000 beet cattle in the whole country, of
n estimated value of about $8 gold per head.
Jcnihuabua and Vera Crua lead with about
Uoo.OOO head for each state. As compared
(with Argentina with Its 30.000,000 beef cattle
It can be.seen that Mexico la but at the begin
ning of the Indus' jy. in fact, as present the
country produces but little meat above Its own
needs, yet It could, on natural pasture lone,
tarry twice the number of cattle now grazing
fcn Argentina, and could easily supply to the
European markets from Its surplus an amount
pit meat twice what the United States has
pven been able to supply from its surplus.
' South of Mexico In Central America and
jla parts cf Meslco not above mentioned there
jls yet another cattle country, where the ell
pats Is mors tropical. Ou the Pacific side the
rea suitable for cattle Is limited. It la simi
lar to the Pacific slope of Mexico, but the
country is more thickly settled, a larger pro
portion of ths land Is devoted to agriculture,
and consequently there Is less room for beef
cattle. The country offers fne opportunities
for dairy stock and will undoubtedly develop
along this line. In the uplands and on the
Atlantic slope there are large areas of fine
open country in Guatemala, Honduras, Nica
ragua and Costa Rica, where cattle can be
produced as cheaply as anywhere in the
world. It is a known fact that in Guatemala
and Honduras four-year-old Block can be pro
duced on the ranges to cost less than $2 a
head. The native stock needs Improving. It
is the same which was formerly known In the
United States as the Texas long horn. When
crossed by Shorthorn bulls the resulting prog
eny Is a first-clas beet animal. Hereford,
Galloway and Aberdeen-Angus crosses also
produce good results.
At present the Industry Is almost entirely
local. Millions of acres of the finest pas
turage In the world, where the native grasses
stand from knee to shoulder high, are unuti
lized. A tithe of the capital and enterprise
which have psoduced such large results in
Argentina and Uruguay would make Central
America, although limited In area, an Impor
tant factor In the world's meat market and
would pay to the Investors a handsome return
on their investment.
In South America there are three great
natural cattle regions which In area and
adaptability for cattle production are line
qualod In any other part of the world.. The
plains ot the Oronoco, of the Amazon and of
the Plata rivers are without doubt the best
adapted for producing beet cattle cheaply and
on a large scale ot any other sections of either
the old or the new world.
Behind the Venezuelan coast range ot
mountains lies the basin ot the .Oronoso. This
river has nearly 600 tributaries nd at Its
greatest length is 1,500 miles long an.' Is navi
gable from the ocean for about 1,200 miles.
For about halt its longth It flows north and
then turns almost directly east and continues
In this line to the Atlantic. Near the bend
ot the Oronoco it Is joined by the Apure, one
of Its chief tributaries, which has come down
from the eastern Cordilleras of Colombia
through the heart of the region of the llanos
or prairie lands. These lands continue on to
the eaHt to the vertex of the dolta of tho Oro-
noca. They comprise about 150,000 square
mllos in Venezuela and about 120,000 square
miles In Colombia. It is the largest single
compact area of high-class natural pasture In
the world. In tho luxuriance of Its grasses It
Is as far ahead of the pampas lands of Argen
tina as are these ahead of the short-grass
lands of Kansas or Nebraska. It is one im
mense level prairie, thickly carpeted with
para and gulneo grass, growing twice as high
as broom sedge on a neglected Virginia farm.
It Is crossed and Interlaced by hundreds of
rivers flowing Into the Oronoco or into its
larger tributaries, tho Apure, the Arauca, the
Meta, the Vichada and the Guavlare. From
these rivers spread out smaller rivers, creeks
and guts joining one river to another so that
the, whole Is one great water mesh. In some
places for a hundred miles one must cross
water every half mile or less. The creeks and
guts, when wide enough are navigable for
launches and flatboats and offer the best and
cheapest possible system of highways leading
directly down to the Oronoco and the sea.
From the earliest days of the Spanish con
quest this country has been famed as a cattle
land. At the time of the war of Independence,
In 1812, it was estimated that there were
3,000,000 head of cattle in the country. The
industry has never since been so flourishing.
These natural cattle lands comprise about
170,000,000 acres and could easily carry 180,
000,000 beef cattle and not be overstocked.
In the past the industry has been much
hampered in both Columbia and. Venezuela by
government restrictions, monopolies and taxa
tion, and the estimates as to the cost ot cattle
production in consequence vary much. Under
the same favorable conditions as-exlst in Mex
ico, Argentina and Uruguay the llanos of
Colombia and Venezuela can produce cattle
ready for slaughter at a cost which ought not
to exceed $2 gold per head.
In the valley of the Amazon there are' no
such great prairie lands as exist on the Oro
noco, yet on the whole there Is as much or
even more first-class cattle country, a consid
erable part of which Is In easy deep-water
connection with the world's taarkets.
The Amazon basin comprises one-eighth of
the habitable earth and onehalf of the most
fertile portion thereof. In a territory so large
as this it would be unreasonable not to expect
to find many varieties of soil and soil cover, and
such is the fac t. Uetween the rivers tributary to
the great river and back from the bottoms are
here and there large tracts of open land simi
lar to that found on the Gulf coast of Mexico,
in the prairie lands of Louisiana and In Hon
duras and in Guatemala. This is all fine cattle
country; there could be no better.
Near the headwaters of the great rivers
that flow down to make the mighty Amazon,
on the eastern slope of the Andes, are mil
lions of acres of fine grass lands in Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, as well as in Bra
zil, that are more immediately available for
cattle raising than are the lands farther east
In the great basin.
The third great river basin of South
America Is that of the Plate river, with which
must be Included tne southern half of Argen
tina, whose rivers drain directly Into the At
lantic. Any account of the cattle Industry
of Argentina must of necessity be leBs a story
of what can be done than of what has been
dono. Included In the Plate basin In addition
to Argentina are Uurguay, Paraguay and
southern Brazil. The cattle conditions are
similar over all this area.
Argentina ranks third in the world as a
cattle-producing country. Russia and tho Uni
ted States alone lead It; but Argentina has
only about C,000,000 Inhabitants to feed, which
accounts for the fuct that it is the leading
country In beef exports. Russia and the Uni
ted States must consume most of what they
raise; Argentina ships the greater proportion
of what it ruiues, not only beef cattle, but
horses, sheep, wool, corn, wheot and flaxseed.
At the last census, taken about two years
ago, there were 29.116.C20 cattle In Argentina
and about 0,000,000 In Uruguay. This Is nearly
all grade stock of the best English blood
Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus. Ar
gentina and Uruguay cattle are reared under
conditions somewhat peculiar to the locality.
They are not range cattle nor yet exactly farm
cattle, and but little or no grain Is fed. yet
the export stters of Buenos Aires or Monte
video are fully equal In size and will cut as
much prime beef and as little waste as the
best steers of Kansas, Pennsylvania or south
west Virginia.
In the central provinces of Buenos Aires,
Cordoba, Santa Fe, Eutre RIos and Corrientes
the native grasses are better and more alfalfa
is grown. These five are the principal cattle-
producing provinces, as they are also the prlt'
cinul craln tiroducers. Next to these come
La Pampa, Santiago and Salta, each of which
provinces carries from about 700,000 to 1,000,
000 cattle. Then come San Luis, Mendoza, La
Rioja and Catamarca, averaging about hat'
of these numbers. In the north, Mlslones.
Formosa and El Chaco, and In the south Rio
Negro and Chubut are rapidly becoming im
portant cattle districts. Even San Juan and
Neuquen. on the Andean Blope, and Santa
Cruz and Tlerra del Fuego, In the extreme
south, are finding that cattle as well as sheep
can be raised with profit In fact, there Is
but little territory In the Argentine Republic
which is not suitable for either cattle or sheep
Beef is exported from the La Plata region
on the hoof, as salted or as meat extracts, and
frozen In quarters.
England Is the principal market for Soutl
American beef. The frozen-meat Industry In
the Argentine Republic has grown up elr-cw
the closing of tho English market to live
cattle.
In the year 1908 the Argentine Republic ex
ported C0.916 head of live beef cattle, three
fourths of which went to Chile. It exported
2,295,784 quarters (373,940 whole beeves) of
frozen beef, and from the salting works 155,
400 beeves as salt beef, meat extract or Jerked
beef.
In this latter Industry Uruguay In addition
exported 754,300 and southern Brazil 425.000
head, respectively.
As a field for investment in the cattle in
dustry the La Plata region offers the very
best of chances. In fact, it is without a rival,
and will remain such until a like enterprise
and capital which has there produced such
marvelous results shall seek a new opportu
nity on tho Oronooo and in the upper Amazon
country.
The field for cattle growing is large; there
need be no scarcity though the United States
should cease to export and become an Im
porter of meat.
"BICYCLE" HAS FOUR WHEELS
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Improvement Recently Made In Mo
torcycle Design, Bringing it
Nearer to Automobile.
An improvement has been recently
made In the design of the motorcycle,
which brings It nearer to the automo
bile class. It has a carriage body and
seat which gives It more the appear
ance of an automobile, but the great
est innovation Is the introduction of
auxiliary wheels, one on either side,
by which the vehicle Is instantly
transformed into a four-wheeler. This
change Is desirable when the operator
is wending his way through crowded
Btreets where it is necessary to move
slowly or when It Is necessary to come
to a stop. The additional wheels are
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No Corsets at West Point
Col. K. B. Collins, a retired army officer who
was seen at tte Raleigh, In discussing West
Pointers said to a reporter, of the Washington
Herald: "I have often heard a question as
to whether West Pointers wore corsets. It is
absurd, in a way, because should any effem
inate youngster resort to such a thing It
would be an Impossibility to keep the affair
a secret, nnd, once known, his school life wt i
become a burden to him on account of the
endless amount of criticism he would receive
from his fellows. He would be made the
laughing stock of the school and would soon
find himself the possessor of any number of
effeminate nicknames that would grate upon
his ears In any but a pleasant manner.
"It la true," continued the old soldier, "that
many West Pointers acquire a figure the per
fection of symmetry and a carriage the acme
of manly grace, but these are due not to any
ingenious appliance, but to the systematic
drills and exercises that make every cadet, to
a certain extent, an athlete. At the outset
these young fellows are put through what are
called the 'setting up" exercises, their object
being to straighten the body and develop the
chest. One might suppose that it would re
quire a great amount of such exercise to make
any marked showing, but three long hours
of such exercise dally will soon produce bene
ficial results In the most stooped forms.
The cadet uniform Is also a great help in
this direction. The dress coat is tight, very
tight. The shoulders are heavily padded In
order to give them a square effect. The chest
Is made thick, so that there will be no dan
ger ot wrinkling. And in size, a new dress
cout seems always to be designed for a boy
several sizes smaller than the one who is to
wear It. A new dress coat, In fact, is always
a source of suffering to Its owner. When h
first puts it on, it buttons readily about tlu
neck, but seems to lack about six Inches at
the waist. The owner may squirm and wrig
gle and attempt to reduce his waist to a mini
mum circumference, but his maiden efforts are
never sufficient to button the new dress coat
Experience Is a great teacher, though, and the
young fellow laughingly requests one or two
friends to lend their assistance, and with their
combined tugging and squeezing he finally suc
ceeds In buttoning the coat All this for the
sake ot looks; comfort has no place In the
makeup of a West Pointer; it Is discipline and
looks."
Troubles of Married Life
f accession of Incidents That Mads a
Comfcdy of a Philadelphia Couple's
Nuptial Day.
,'4-inuslng Incidents following one an
y&er in rapid succession, converting
$ marriage into a comedy, a wedding
fcaceptloo Into a vaudeville perform
ance, happened recently on ths sup
flal day of a young pair la the north
srest part of tfct c'V
Ths first Incident occurred wtille
the bride was hastily donning her
trousseau preparatory to being whirled
to the church In a carriage. The car
riage happened to e a buggy, to
which was attached a crippled nag,
halt-starved and hardly able to stand
upon Its legs.
Ths pair descended tha steps ot ths
house, passed under ths canopy amid
J a shower o! lies and various other ar
ticles. When they saw the vehicle in
watting the pair-returned to the house
and ordered another. More than an
hour elapsed before a carriage could
be obtained.
When the happy but unfortunate
pair arrived at the church they found,
to their amazement, that the main
Item on ths day's program would be
delayed through the absence ot ths
clergyman.
, After half an hour's wait, during
which they wasted both their patience
and time, the two were married.
Incident the third occurred while
they were waiting for the train to take
them away on their honeymoon. The
husband unaccountably wandered from
the brldo and became lost In the
crowd.
Thinking that be was still by ker
Bide, the young woman took hold ot a
man's arm and continued her Conver
sation. "Dear, they say love dies when
you're married, but you'll always love
me, wont you, dear?"
"Madam, Fm sorry, but I cant prom
ise," said the man, turning around.
"My wife might object."
Just then her husband appeared.
Philadelphia Times.
Toads Feast on Honey Bees.
As the toad rather enjoys (easting
on the honey bee laden with honey bis
appotite should be considered. The
toad In the act of catching bis game
remains on the ground, never springs
into the air, and bees may b protect
ed by setting the hive well above the
ground. Fur N "
Four-Wheeled Motorcycle.
quite small, but large enough to an
swer all purposes and are controlled
from the handle bar. This Improve
ment will make the motorcycle avail
able to many who .otherwise are
afraid to make use of it, on account
of the necessity of maintaining a
rather high rate of speed in order to
keep the machine In an upright posl
tlon.
LARGEST ANIMAL IN WORLD
Represented by Colossal Skeleton of
Whale Eighty-seven Feet Long
In New Zealand Zoo.
What is claimed as the largest ani
mal in the world is represented by a
colossal skeleton in the museum of
Christchurch, New Zealand. This Is
the remains of a large specimen of
the blue whale stranded on the coast
of that country. This whale Is prob
ably the largest of all living animals
The length of the skeleton is 87 feet,
and the head alone is 21 feet The
weight of the bones is estimated at
nine tons. This gigantic whale gets
its name of blue whale from the dark
bluish-gray of Its upper surface. The
tinge of yellow on Its lower part has
led to the name "sulphur bottom," by
which it Is known on the western side
of the Atlantic. It Is otherwise known
as Sibbald's rorqual (Balenoptera slb-
baldll).
The hlcf food of this gigantic ani
mal Is a small marine crustacean
(Trysanopoda Inermis), known to the
whalers as "kril." Another species of
the same shrimp-like group has been
obtained in thousands from the stom
achs of mackerel caught on the Cor
nish coast. The nearly related opos
sum shrimps, found in enormous nuni-
ber in the Greenland seas, form, the
chief food of the common whale.
Some of the thysanopoda are phos-
phorescent and contribute to the
luminosity of the sea.
PLANT LOOKS LIKE INSECTS
Spots on Orchid Resemble Files and
Bees Imitations Are Puzzling
to Flower Scholars.
Orchid imitations are a puzzle to
flower scholars. The whole appear
ance of the flower is suggestive of
some insect, sometimes to quite a re
markable degree. It does not seem
easy to find any real purpose that
could be served by this resemblance
yet no one imagines that it can be
accidental.
Any one who knew of the bee or
chid, a native of Europe, and came
upon it for the first time would at
once recognize it. It seems to be
largo velvety brown backed bee
variegated with yellow. The two
lateral petals might serve well for the
wings of the Insect.
In the center of the lip of the fly
orchid there is a small bluish spot
like the body of a fly. The two lateral
petals are slender and curiously like
the antennae of an insect. The whole
illusion is complete and suggests to
the casual glance that a few flies are
hanging on the stem of some plant
which has cast Its flowers.
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The rulrs lire very, very strict
In llufttown, so they ray;
And o It's very hard to bathe
t'pon summer's day.
For InMnnre, on ft pitcher
Of lukewarm milk ft crowd
Of buK once Bpli J this wnrnlng"!
"No Bathing Is Allowed."
On biiir, who was mors daring
Than all tho rert exclaimed:
"I'll nhow you that I'm not afraid.
And make you all ashamed."
So lie put on 111 bathing- eult.
And took a little dive
The biiRg who were lets daring
Are even now alive.
BOYS IN INTENSIVE FARMING
Twelve Thousand Southern Lads
Show How Productiveness of Land
May Be Increased.
More than 12,000 southern boys less
than eighteen years old planted and
cultivated an acre of corn each year
under the direction of the department
of agriculture. Persons Interested In
the experiment In Arkansas, Missis
sippi. South Carolina and Virginia of
fered to pay the expenses of a trip
to Washington for the boy In each
state who raised the greatest amount
of corn on his acre. The winning
boys will soon visit the national cap
ital.
The average yield of corn to the
acre In 1909 was a little more than
twenty-flve bushels. The South Caro
lina boy, who made the best record,
produced 1526, says Youth's Com
panion. If they should be followed ex
actly the yield of corn to the acre
could easily be doubled In a single
year.
Intensive cultivation is worth while
on all crops. The average yield of
potatoes to the acre In 1909 was 107
bushels, but the Maine farmers aver
aged 225 bushels, and some of the
more progressive of them dug 400
bushels to the acre. The yield of corn
and potatoes depends more upon culti
vation and fertilization than upon the
soil, and there Is practically no part
of the United States In which these
crops cannot be raised successfully. ,
It Is beyond doubt that larger crops
can be produced from ten acres thor
oughly tilled than from two or even
three times ten acres cultivated as
they usually are. The fact that the
South Carolina prizewinner raised
more corn on one acre than the aver
age farmer produces from six tella a
story that should not be lost upon
those for whose benefit the experi
ment was made.
NOVEL COASTER FOR YOUTHS
Healthful Device Can Be Used i
Racer, Cart, or to Glide Merrily
Down Any Hill.
An entertaining and healthful de
vice for children has keen invented b
an Ohio man. It consists of a triangu
lar base portion with two weels In
back and a steering wheel In front.
From the Eteerlng wheel a handle
rises high enough to be within com
fortable reach of a person standing on
the footboard In the rear. With one
foot on this board and pushing with
the other foot, a boy can attain a re
FINGERS AND FORKS.
Tou must not use your fingers, dear,
A fork will do instead."
Mamma looked down upon her son.
And gravely shook her head.
"It Is not nice for little boys
To use their hands that way.
I'm sure, to hold a knife and fork
Tou learned the other day."
"Hut why?" asked Jacky. little rogue;
Ills eyes aglow with fun,
He glanced from mother's earnest face.
To breakfast Just begun.
"I'm sure in ev'rybody's mouth.
This silver fork you've seen.
My fingers only go In mine.
And they are nice and clean."
What the Toad Does.
He has the power to drink with his
skin.
Even If emaciated, bis skin will
take up enough water to make him
appear fat
He Is most useful In the garden,
catching the Insects.
His skin secretes an acrid humor,
so a dog seldom bites one the sec
ond time.
Authorities unite In sa-ylng that be
bas been known to live 85 to 40
years.
It Is not true that he can exist im
bedded In stone, unless there be a
fissure.
Light and Easy to Pull.
marknble speed with this device and
can have many a good race with his
friends. Another use for it is as a
regular coaster, for gliding down bill.
though as hus been seen it can u'sj"
pushed up hill and has therefore an
advantage over most coasters, espe
cially those that depend on snow.
Finally, the device can be used as a
cart, there being an attachment that
serves as a seat Being of such light
construction, the small boy will find
It much easier to pull his comrades
on this than on the ordinary wagon,
and it ts very strongly made so there
is no danger of a breakdown.
Mother Gooee Rhymes.
A Jolly form of entertainment is for
each person to be given a subject aud
made to write a Mother Goose rhyme
of more than two lines containing the
given word. This is a difficult thing
for many people to do, and many ab
surd verses are the result, while a
clever rhymster can convulse the en
tire party. After all the people play
ing have written their contributions
these are collected In a bowl and
drawn forth by one and read to the
assembly, who try to guess the author.
Why the Sun 8ets.
Little Jack abked his mother one
night why the sun set so often. She
told him so that It might rise In the
morning. This seemed a useless rea
son, and Jack hunted for another. At
last he said;
"Oh! I know, mother. The sun
sets so that she can batch all the
days!"