I
fft
glcbnuihn dvcrliticr.
U, ft ntMMffUt.P.btm,, FitythU:
AfWCK.H, i j " Xf'.flltAJfKA.
Till! NK1IIT
lUWUItl',
IMfl.
run mow-
Oi (tin tilitlil 1itotn tn inimlnt,
YfjiMit llin tlu mnilU mint wan WtrtMu,
It wn tiUiwtiit i wl In im
Ankle r.j( lUtutiitti ttiivmt Hint um-
jfM Midi IlilWHt 111 tltllll'U Ul'iVtlltU
(III ttih mutil liKtntH llii iiinrrliiit,
)Uil wlii'ii unit my fnil wmt UnjHtt,
Misil mm din wild Mm iintlniti
I nun Hut lmtti nitlln' unit lly im
'tlitntlitti nii'Vlluu lltivfimnwl tnrrinu ernnn,
'nil hlnwliii un Hint lltitit warn tyinit
Unnniiwimi tlmliiilntin ilflm.
Jlill Inn nut Imiu nnimt uulnut
I'JIwl llm iiwn'Um Willi finboii iieiit
Ami wiwmi nwi mum, in hbwililiiK liny,
llwt xhmiH lie. iii'Kiliif Hih May,
And iilni lli-y vthimihi iniwlly Mowliiif
On llii filulil liKtnin llin imiwlnu.
Miil'lmi, imbi ntititnilKmwIttu,
Mulili. Willi Dm finmit luilr Hotrlnw,
yy II I nyi-n lihni m Hih nklt iiImivh,
I'llMI lli flllril lid' HUH Of brfll,
(miwiiwI wllli yiiiilliiiiiil Jny Mini Ixmiily,
'limn ulinll imiiii ilivliwr iluir.
Oil trlinii llnliim fiilm! nlinwltitf
il nHtly for llm iiiiiIiii
'J'liwi KlniMliI ImiiiIiIk, iiiiii orilrlf't
l-ii llm lilmlii hi lliy you iik Urn,
Id mil friii i mi miiiin kwcoI iniiiiiiw
'Jllllll nlmll li'Mlli Him liiif dorioty,
Mum A. Han. In lliiiiiri'n ll'ffhlit,
OMTItlCII-llllMIMJ.
JillliiH ltibuHlf mi llm Urbiiii I'iiiIiIii
llior llin Oni'timl nMliiiiiiil Dilvnu lulu
HliliMe.llin nf Him MiiiiIkim NIm.
Captain .fitini'M FhwhiiiIHi, mid his
Ikoii (loinpiiiiliiii, 'I'liiinimi Itiiri'oil, iii-
omuiy ruiiiiiuul hoin mi ostrich hunt
beyond llm Tiwnviiiil, In llm neighbor
hood of llio Orange Itlvur. 'I'lio ( 'apluln
Irt II Viiloriili, mill llin neoniiiil, of it III I In
(iMi(ii'liiiioo if himself mill lltllTOll Im ln
IliriiNlIll, Tim (mini IiiIhiIiIIikI II1111I17
imrlloiiM of Africa fnini yil. 11ml llin
lliuliiii'y Hlulnii lo llm (,'npi'i, itml worn
lit) mil. 1 110 iiiiihI, I1II11II11 iumo In llm
world, II. would lutvn lionn mIimomI Im
iimfiilii lo (iiiiluro or nImmiI. IiIiii. 'I'lm
oxIrldli'H mI;j;IiL mid Imiuln inn wniiilm'
fully Ium'Ii, mid Ikh'mii run 11 1, llm ruin
of 11 inlln In I wo inliiiiiim for 11 lon limn,
lull, with nvnry nilvniilnKn on Mm mIiIh,
IiIm own wluplillty pro vim liln ilimiruo
linn. 'uphill! I'oWMiiilMutmllilMfrlnnd worn
wnll iuoiiiiIimI, liul, mi llm iluy wiim hx-
Inuimly hoi, limy plullml llmlrmilmiilN
uiiiIoi'dIiiiiIo linnimiil llirowllmnimtlvni
on llm ground IdmiiioIco mid rnHl uiilll
llm huh hIioiiIiI ilonooml lownr In llm
nliy. A Imlr-liiiur lulor, ('iipluln I'mv
niiiIiIi oullmt itllniillon to 11 ourloiiH vIm
llor npprnimlihiu;, Art llin two ImnlnrH
row In tlnnY roiil (hoy poivolvoil iluil Im
wiimu liiiHliinmi, without, imy oovinliur
forhlMlmiul, wllh ii vory Homily nIiIiI,
no fool gour, mill with hUtiiitisorn nIiiiiu;
ovoi-IiIh Nhoulilnr. 'I'lio ma of (Iihnu
tiouKoiM wcrn llllnd wllli ttonmthlnir
vhluh nvpmulml llinin iUihomI, lo dm
iinrnllHK polnl, Whim tho nvlnnlnn niv.
IU ummuip hiMMU'otuUy lot down tlm
liouvlly wnlghlnil mu'inout, mid drnw out
nn OMtrloh i;, rhlih ho luvnontoil to
(Jnptulu KnwMinllh.
"Lot um mo how ninny ho lum," mild
Humid, who iiiiiooimIoiI to llnd out tlm
onpiinllv of tin rntlioi' lltippy trousoin
li'K1. 'I'ln ownor, on oomlim; upon tlm
osltlnh mini, hint iloiUul IiIm fi)Wr nr
mniit, lorn olt'u ntvlp from llm wnNt
liiuul. with which ho tlnd tho bottom of
oiwh tiMUNnvH lojr, 11ml tlmn Im hud m.
ooodi'd to diiipoU tho uo.it with um nmoh
onlhuMlioou im tin Amorloiut mvhln oft
on hIiowh In jillmrlnj( upoclmons for his
collcollnti.
Tlioro wow n of thorn nu In ono
log, nonn In tho othor, Whim tho luulv
f llm u-nrnmnt oontnlmul u nurnd do.
m uv). Wlmn U U nmdo Known tlmt
vtrnh ogg woltfhod nliont, thivo pounds.
iud wns oipuvHu point of nomlslnuont
to twonty-fom' lum'n tws, tt will lio
pnon tlmt not only w Uon:p:mltv of
tlio tiMunoif tostod to tlm utmost, tint
vnlutvlilo supply t food whs omd to
tho huKhmnu iv his fnmllw Tlm
lomtors hud tivstod ostrich cu hcfoiv,
luit. found thorn no stwn tlmt they did
uot Invuk the ihcll of the one loft
them ly tho bushnmn, vlu went nwny
pIiojUv svttcr, but hs thev wvtv In sn s.
tvlch CAmtr they ivmountcd their
lmcs lrttcviu the nfternoon, :uu ijjrt.
loped nn whv jww inser.ivhof jruc,
well iwrtv, from jnvvtou enerTenv,
of the atllloulllrts In the wiw of success.
nmtUffthrt beads of tbolr beiges to
wnM n.stwidy vblgrs twx or three miles
nway, ttuw le nlouc, until the Ivvse
wus tiearh' ivacbcd, when tbev wljrned 1
mi iu.uiiin m signi 01 ,nn oMnch nest.
nnuosi m www twymth.
The tjvtrttn
As Uuwo all hsWd alike, tt was W
for any one to count them, if errAl
feet dtvtants Ub the cilded stim of
the iyrtu chmvh wWeh we xvj,
trying to enumerate, during iheserwoH,
they are so similar that thev V4aw,1 m1
nm toother so that the eve has hr4
nik u make sure, of tW nolvsf.
The cttong tatlw Knows h,w i
KxHip the upo of egs g,ng; intoa
m gathering in all hk that lwtv-Wvs
follow, h will sktimtll.v raw owt'th
tfs with a long stick nttnor tfcree
vln. Hhe does his ywrt weAl the
uuMher when he tMtrns will wot notic
that thtw atv le-s thatt a Wen, ad
V1 ntiAue Utng all thwngx the o.
. t K ftw lvne to iVuW.M
The uiihds aow rode to the tw of
the rMtfe. hJng and tVtug a eatv-fnl
mwxvx of the eontr before them, the
W" V ,lwt AvaVcwsl hooe am1
dehu Uvhan a )mU we xWl
xv?l . tVfC wW Milh the ma on
vhlvA Unw wfl Ifcaltnd. w Miwmthe
Iva-u WJ a24 wora uOft Im wlmu
JNexr ha ttvhbttc of thU iw o.MrJoitoi
j..v ....,, ,,,, Mimiw hi examine in nor nana, was wawnir at the ferrv
be curious .vlfbt a tUtle mora oloely. lwk when a uwn of nliksant mlilnvi
11 wns stmuly scxMped out of the saml a aiMrxwe.hHt hw Mil said:
tool and a brtlf deei,, and fully ft " Ma.Um, that is r. n- tine nose-
rnrnm. The oivts stol on nnl. m taV
mil iiiiii'ii iivtiii vim.. .... l.k
.....
Atmfiq Ir'iitt thfi i'Wl, lt)Hi of
n'frttrttiitiK Htfl tittinitftitif( Ui Hank Win
ti'wU, Win homtiniti tinUt at U'imny
KHofi iti fi ilirliofi of Iff cntU'.ni
umt nt Mm? vnMry. 'Hi'm vnt fiMrrowr
Wihu Win iifipmUn opnfiin, wliluli thr
Uith olTi'rwi Win wry lil iftfi in fi
Wfirfil for tli AnU to nnmpn, tar Miy
moiiM AjiwJy (Jtli Miroilfi II Into tho
opufi lioiifitrjf hovoii'l, whom limy would
ho fifo fwnlfit hnrm during tlmt nftor
fioofi ftf. fiirwt; hilt It It ofi KiM-li oi!Ciiilon
tlmt M10 otlrii h ititm mi oxhlhlllon of
flliililillly whlrh Kj;iroi-lMw tho miirvol
um. 'IhoxJhtof tho hunuint nitkln
for tho oiMiloni ojioolfig of tho vnlloy
MoiiffimMolvo llio otlrfohrm tho hi-liof
that Ihoir cfiiifiiloH wont trying to out
o'tholroiily iivoniio of flight, mul lii
Mloiul of luniliu llio opiioHllo wy, thoy
limliuilly utiiriod on tliolr lou, Hwlft
hot Uiwnrtl tho point at whloh tho limit
out woio ulo himiUnu wllh much tho
Mint of llm blnk Tho two oitrlohoM
fllNihiyoil nllll mom murknil fiilluro to
"Knttiji llm wltiiiiilou." Tho Mliiuhir
iihiwo ooiihl not luivo IhmIoiI lon, whon
llio hlnhi, ruiiiiliiif itlnMmt ulilo by hIiIo,
iiiiimI-luivo mii'ii lliiitlho horxomoii woro
Hiiro lo iiuicli llio opotiliii iilmitd of
llmni, Hut, not only did tfmy rofiiNO
lo turn Imolc, hut limy hIho fiillnd
lo ttworvo in tlm Mllglilimt doroo
from Iholr ooiirKo on whloh
Ihov hud Hliiilod; limy Hlmply hicroiiHod
tliolr Hpiind, mid with llmr minliily
iincliM oiilHlrolulmil, Hlrui'lc 11 Iwo-mlii
ulo trot mill Hpml itwity for tho iiiohI
diiiioroiiM point on llm horl,011. Ah
tho pui'Miioi'M worn ipiilo cnrlulii of tliolr
iiniii, limy now Hbutkoiutil Umlr wilt
muimwliitl, mid ouch llrnd iinIioI, Tlm
hiillntof C1111I11I11 I'owhiiiIIIi woiitthroiih
llm hriiln of It Ih bhd, which run 11 few
Hlnpii In 11 wild HiunrliiK way mid thou
wont down, Ui Imml plowing iiin (l
furrow In llm hiiiiiI. I.nuplni; from IiIh
Hiuldln, llm Ctiptulu Imrrlnil lorward mid
011I llm Ihrout of llm oilrlch, ho iih lo
cud Hh NiiirnrluM.
Il wan 11I11101I tit Ihn Hiiinn IiihIuiiI, Hint
IIiiitoiI (IIhcIiiii'W'iI 1 1 Im rtllo. mid, hccIiio;
urn nun lining MirniiKi'iy. un whh con
lldoill. of Imvliitf iiilllnlml 11 moilitl
wound, mid wiim Nimrcnly behind tlm
Citptnln In Mprlnlnjf lo llm ground In
illNimti'li his prlo.
lint Im inailn 11 sllylil mlstako, fur
wlmn Im phmml himself directly In llm
mtli of llm bird mid held is IiiiiiIIiil'
uilfn rniidv lo irlvn him llm llnlshinu-
touch, llm ostrich suniund lo brlL'lilnii
up.
ed I
Mnl'orn llm gcullcmmi HUspncl
iIh lulniitlou Im dnllvnrcil 11 Inrrlllo
kick which Imulilcd llm Imnlcr over 011
Ids buck as If Ml ruck by a fulling tree.
Tlm ostrich Is oupiibln of kicking with
niicIi force as to kill llm punllmr or
Juokiil, and hn dons It by ihrowlng Ills
fool forward, llm smne iih 11 man. In
the prnsenl. Inst unco ISIr. Ilarrod foil so
ipilekly iluil I'upiidu I'cwsmltli ran for
nni in huh in. ,sMisiinir nun 10 ms
feel, Im was found lo be (it tin Injured,
all hough be decliircd, with agrbnsinlln,
tlmt. Im knew more about ostriches than
be overdid before.
The bird kept on trolling straight
away until ho vanished In the twilight
and was seen no more, while the hunt
ers were glad enough to go into oamp
anil wall till the morrow.
There arc dlllerenl methods of hunt
ing the ostrich. K cry school-boy ro
calls the iilclure of the bushmnn awk
wardly disguised as one of the birds,
who Is thcrebyeuubled to approach elom
enough lo a herd to bring down smcral
m un ms now unu arrow. 11101 nerca-es.
the hunter lies in wait mid ums poisoned
arrows. In North Africa, the gaum Is
nurs
Kept
sueil ou horseback, the chase bcliur
t up for several da vs. until the bird
Is literally run down nnd incapable of
gating further or making resistance.
Sometimes a herd Is forced into the
water, where It Is an easv matter to
knock (bom In the head. The Kuropo
an horsemen prefer to conceal them
selves near pools ami springs where the
bird is In the habit of coming to drink,
so as to shoot him unawares. The value
of (he oMrtoh, of course, lies in its pin
mage. These feathers am verv costly,
It rarely happening that more than two
doon marketable ones can be obtained
from a single bird. March or April is
the best season, as the ostriches have re
covered thelrmoult and the feathers are
elastic and vigorous. It Is eeessuw
also that (be feathers should be plucked
from the body of the bird before tt gets
cool, or thej will be found to have lost
much of helr glossiness and disposition
toeuri..Yoto) tr IWiuU fpAm Vy.s
She rndciNteeil.
A woman with a market lvwl-.t ,m
her arm and a Wg Kntuet of flowers
Wss sir."
"I thlttkit is Ue nst one I
saw, At I hav Wn in twontv
ew.r
sovon
" Yis sir."
v " T -4 sy tolling itself le
t mt iw. Aovr.Ung to the Ian
fwur f tSwwws, ih jvnsy Mnnds for:
lUrtw, 1 tfUMM live withiMtt ott. 1
W.rw 4rv( the tsehl. Hm
JMkgwA iix roshwa is : M'm look
hKir a fcwsfeAfta.' Mlan, ,h von
Yn ..
, 1 "IT
1 lawgwifo of that
tutl,
" TW mttp .jiyss sir, ikst it .wmiWl
Wo 1 II Uw xm wlVsl im tb.
the
cwrr v.v Jer linn
. . .1 u. w - -. .n,
tvmJv.
He
smmrnM.
DMrX iw JSas.
m "1??.i1 ay.s,Aj of the
Mowt N ftrtwm Cwotu Ho.4w, hfts no
wlwrs M l MMirtMjW hi raWlr
lMMr H JYvp fW ,w ftttpfeil.
ton v. . . . ' .
.Idrlrft In ft Vounj,' .Hah.
Koop tip wih tho pror'OHnfon, my
hoy. Oofrt UmiK Iwk tt tho brooohin.
Voo ffiay ho mMi- to mk thing drug
ft liltlo, iit yon iftn't hIojj tho toum,
find you'll mf. in munn iilorij;, 'ilioro
vm fi iiimi, an i-rruriortt iiKUhomufiiriuii,
Dr. l.nnliinr, of Kngliuid, who piib
lUhcd a trKtU.' to proro Umt no ilom
uhlfi oiiild o.or orons tho Atlantic
Oi'onn, find tho Mofimor Sirlun n fow
wohJm hilor brought tho flrnt oopios of
tho fmmphlot in Aiihtiwi, This mwno
omlnont Molomiit alo "xtakoil his rop
ulatlon as n, mnn of Holfnco," boforo tho
Ifoimo of Coiinnoim, on his HalomnnL
Hint no railway train could ovor go
faslor than ton mllos an hour, and tho
nl'ghtost curvo would Invariably throw
it oir tho trrn-k. Uahinot. tho I'ronuh
cah-iilalor, do'larod that no loloirmm
could ovor ho irniuiiiitlod from Kuropo
thiough the Atlunllo lo Amorloa.
Thoro wan a man right horo in Amor
loa, only 0110 hundred years ago, who
oppoiod llm n-liollion of tho oolonioa
hooauso ho knew It would bo a failuro.
Thoro whh a man who laughod Iiimsolf
oro at KiiIIoii'h absurd Idoas about
Kloamhoatn. 'Iln-ro w.-ro momhors of
('ongross who wanted Morso Hhut uti in
an insatio amlinn hcnunHn Im tnlV.l
alioiit a toIograih. wlib-h was an Inijios
Hlhlllty. Thoio wuh man who said
you 0011I1I nover lit 11 Id 11 hrhlgo across
tho MiMHlssIppi Thoro was a man who
Huld you could m-wr raiso wheal on tho
grout Aniorlcuii desert. Tlmro was a
man who knew" that nothing but a
Hlcain homo cniilil ovor trot in loss than
U:I0. Tlmro was a man who "knew"
you couldn't make llm huh draw your
portrait. Thero was a man who
"know you nevor could lint
a
butter llgliL than a whalo oil
amp.
I Imre was aimiher man who know
you could inner beat lard oil. Thoro
was another mini who huIiI Colonul
Druko wuh u gibbering idiot because ho
Haiti ho could pump a heller oil than
bird oil out of llm ground like water.
There whh another man who said Kill
Hon whs insane when Im talked about an
oloclrie liirlit. There was another m:m
who said the phonograph was a clever
I rink of vciitriloulsui. There was n
limn who said tin-lelephone was a news
paper lie. There whs a man in Kngland
who led inobsof iirieiilliiral laborers lo
destroy threshing machines. There was
a man in America who "knew" the in
vention of the M'wing-inucliiue meant
slarvalion for the poor seamstress. And
there Is u man to-day who "knows" llm
Indians can never bu civilized. Tlmm
! u iiihii who " know." wo hnvo numbed
the limit, of human progress. Tlmro is
a iiihii who "known" the people aro
helplessly enslaved, mid will nevor rise
to assist, themselves. There Is a man
who "knows" tlmt all polities are cor
rupt, all politicians mercenary, the civil
sorvieu rotten In tlm core, and our so
olid life is honet -combed with decay.
Now, my dear boy, there's only ono way
for you to escape that man's winning,
and obstinate mulish opposition to ev
erything, luiepsofnrabead of him you
cun't hear him. And do you keep mov
ing and drag him along. 'Hasp him with
the double-trees, be has to come, fur llm
old chariot never stands still u second.
The dltl'crence between you and that,
man. myyboy, is that von run, and be
Is dragged. You spring along with
your eyes open, your head erect,
and you help to keep thins
moving. He has his feet set in tho roail,
his eves shut tight, his bade tip on bis
shoulder ami bis heart nnderthc wheels.
Kvery time ou make a leap you throw
the dust back, ill his face l')on't, mv
tioy, whatever you do. don't gel tiacK
beside that man. Don't bae nn
breeching on our barnc. I'm on a
hreast-eollar and thai i cmmgli; you'll
run more iignuv ami led liver, hot
the man in the breeching hang back.
All that you have to do is to step out.
keep pace with the times, .sing as you
match, and keep the man in the breech
ing so covered with iluM the world will
only know he's there by the dirt around
bint. It may be, Teletnaclm. ou will
run a little fast sometimes; it mav be
that you will kick over the traces in
your exuberance of spirit; you may
.sometimes want, to strike a J:1U gait oh
a !l..O mad; you may need more curb
than whip, but go it.'nn boy. There is
a good driver on the seat,' and a linn
band on the lines, and I'd rather ec
you coming down the long ista of his
tory with the bit in your teeth, your
heels In the air, the brake roil sprung,
and the dash-hoard (lying, than down
on your haunches, your eyes shut, and
your back bowed, the la.h ou your
thinks and jour collar up to onr cars,
your legs et like crowbars' and the
dust of the whole team llying in vour
lace, witiie von hang back in the
Livoehing and only come along because
you can't hclpiu ftwnfrffc-, iii liur!io
fiMJ Jtitrt tc
Arizona covers an area of 72,000,
000 actus of land, four-tenths of which
is mineral-bearing, it is larger than
New York. lmnyhania, New Jersey
and Delaware comb.ned Since lSvV
there has been extracted from seven
states and Territories the sum of ?:,.
100,tii for which California is
credited $l.U$.;i7,7.si; Nevada, $4t9.
l&VMS; Idaho, i?71.MS,l; Oregon
and Washington Territory. $4S,37.?M;
Utah. !isVS48Sl, and AriwMia, $17.
?0,17.S. Ckuv)? 7,s.
Thorna. Garvey, of Sattw, Ultr
Omitm, N. Y., set a small child under
a tree the other day. and while a few
yards awy heanl a'hissins: noise. On
looking aiMind he saw a" largo black
snake of the racer snowies, jjnt ready
to jww on the child. Bv a ?nik
momnt he jump! upon 'the snake
and killesl u. The Mkn measures!
fully set feet.
,'rl MMinlty of th lte.hHises
ahHtf i IAhIkw. Kiver J umt than
You tli.s' Dtiimrtmcnt.
MAflH I'ltOIlhliM.
1 rton't want to think.
ArH fin llrfvlof piny;
Thorn'. V'TythtiKf nniokcyl
Awl win if tflny.
Mvt tho iiit'n nin ff,
Awl l!os Is forlorn;
Ami my wry hMtflrn
In wrfriklcl hiuI lorn.
And I'm not n. bit hungry,
Or fil eiu itml out;
Fo what wi 1 ilo
Hut nwliisc my fnot?
1 wl,h I wni blK' folks,
Ami imiiKhty, tio;
Ttuir'n no oii lo whip thurn
Whiitovor thoy ilo.
lint thoy must hnvo hnm whipped
Wheiillttli-iiml (mil,
If tlioy Ktolo Jinn noil thlins,
Ami Kot iiuiiKh.y uml iiiikI.
Well, tliun, who whipped them?
I can't, cun't hoc.
Why, Umlr fiitheni and mothore,
Ah minu do mo.
Well, tho fathers nnd mothers
Who whipped them?
Why. Mrs. Noiih did
.liiihetnml Hhem.
Well, then, who whipped Hvo?
Why, Adiim, I kuuhh,
I or miio stole uppieH
An' cried for u dross.
Hut Adnm wasn't punished,
Not u hIiikIo lilt;
Tlmro wiisn't Biiybody 'rouud
Who could do it
Oh dour! my houd nches
'I'lilnkliiK it out;
When Is my turn uouilni
To kcoiui stick 'UoutV
Oh. I know now,
'I he very tiling, tool
"I'll khiw up oh, awful fast,
As other folks do.
Then I'll buy Utile Klrls
An' lots, mi' lots or boys,
An' I'll whip 'cm lorcneli bud, bud thbiK
An' every speck of nolsol
Il'idc Awake.
AltOUT PINS.
What becomes of all llio pins?
any of our young folks inform
Can
us?
" Usui 1 up," aro thoy? and how? Wo
scarcely ever sco a pin with tho head
worn oil', so nono aro wasted in this
way. Surely nono are brokon, nor worn
to any porcuivnblu lessor size, nor
"Hhortoned up," so as to bo thrown
away; ami so wlmro do llmso important
liltlo objects hido themselves? "Ciot
bout," do thoy? Yes, oomo to think of
il, somo do get considerably " warped"
in tho using. Hut, girls, very few pins,
according to tho whole number used,
get thrown aside as worthless on no
count of becoming "bout." Somehow,
pins get out of ight utterly lost in a
mysterious inannor. Occasionally, n
pin is " picked up" from tho bottso
lloor, or perhaps from tho door yard,
but very low, indeed, aro thus gathered
up for secondary uso. Wo aro no
going to attempt lo toll just
whero all tho pins go, after filling
their too brief mission. But wo are
curtain that oaob minute, useful urtiolu
lllllls !. tibli'ii III U'liiidi In "i-iiul -in! "
Its slim, wiry body. Suroly a " paper
of nins" ought to last, at least, twice
as long In a household as it does, hast
ing longer, thoy would not got shorter,
nor lose their heads, nor become loss in
thickness of body, but only a liltlo
more bout with age; and so to what
placodo they go, after all? Hut mc
thinks one bright-eyed, tiny niaidon
says: " L can toll you where lots of
pins go, nnd so aro lost; some aro swept
into the dust-pan and put in tho lire ;
some aro brushed out ot the door into
the dirt ; and many are lost in tho
school-room and church that are nover
picked up, and roguish boys lose many
in (bo dust while 'playing pins,1 anil
some are lost while we are riding out
and attending picnics; because every
few minutes some one says : 'Give mo
a jiin, for I've just lost ono, and don't
wish to take the trouble to Ibid it.' "
I' non re licet ion wo willingly accept
this solution of the problem.
Hut before we close, allow us to lig
ure a little as to the probablo number
of pins used in tho United States in one
year, and we wish our young mathema
ticians to "reckon" after us to see if
we have made any mistake. Now let
us estimate the population of our coun
try at iV.V.'OO.OOO at tho present time;
and supposing six persons on an aver
age to a family, would mako S, 700,000
families, and three papers to a family
ou an average, yearlv, would make -u-100,000
papers of pins used annually.
Now, M rows to a paper would bring
:b5, 100,000 rows! Again, 'JO pins to
the row gives ns 7,:0S.0O0,OO0 pin
" used up" in our country every year.
Allowing an inch as the average length
of pins, long and short, and they placed
in a continuous line, would roach 609,
000,000 feet, or 36!0i,090. 10-11 rods,
or 115.310. 10-11 miles, which would
reach more than four and a half times
around the earth. Surely pins are very
useful little articles, and people could net
well do without thorn. .V. II. Christian
JrftWrtfV.
Short Story of Terry and Berry.
" Oh oh!" squeaked Berry. " I've
found a bird's-nost."
"AY.." said Tern-. "Girls don't
know anything. It's w nost at all tho
eggs are laid fight in the sand."
And such long, thin, dirt -colored
eggs," piped Berry.
Snch a bird a laid those eggs don't
deserve to be a mother," observed 'Fer
ry. "To put them right whero one
would be hkely to step on 'em. and
withomt aav nest, at all. I'll tell von,
Berry, we'll take 'em home and set' em
under tke brown hen, and when they i
hutch we will have six little birds all to
ourelvs- And Biddy is a magnificent
motfMtrT"
Thereupon each gathorod up thro of
their tPMSttnw. and svixm-W -
t the wwd-boHs, rtlnmbowd t,j h lhp
onj-brt.x naihxl upon the -r j
under Biddy,
wno was selling ibercin.
ror n loriiiigni i wo very eagur yottiio"
pcoplo daily froip
u uituy irijiini'liieii
that wootE
NllOII.
Six bird-cages had boon prepared, nnd
six pounds of bird-seod laid in.
One day as they were playing In tho
yard, the children woro startled by a
Hcries of most appalling screams and
cackles proceeding from tho precioiu
shed. On rushing there they discovered
that Biddy had forsaken her nest, and
with distended oyos and crimson comb,
hoards, and pinned them
nan pcrciiun nursuii on n neighboring
pile of wood, and was giving vent to n
volume of wild and torriliod "cut-a-cut-cuts."
"Oh, seo," exclaimed Terry.
"She's hatched the dear liltlo birds,
ami she's scared of 'em; she's boon
used to chicks, you know."
"Tho blessed littlo birds," cried
Berry, scrambling upon the trestle by
which she was enabled to just reach
tlm box. Terry rushed to tho shelf,
and now returned with tho six cnes.
"Now," instructed Berry, "as I
hatvl 'em to you, put each dear little
bird in a cage, and mind you, fasten tho
door well."
" Ho careful," said Terry, standim
with a cage with its door thrown wide!
Berry had her hir in tho nest.
" Don't squeeze u, or" A
"Oh-oh my mi.' Get away oh
un: squeausu liorry, jumping down
from tho trostlo and running to tho far
side of tho wood-shed.
" There's something dreadful some
thing crawly Biddy's nest," gasped
Bony, with a shudder.
Terry, with a loud "Shaw!" mount
ed tho trostlo, and inserted his hand in
the nest, remarking, contemptuously:
"You girls aro so Ok! good gra
cious! Keep oil for mercy's sake! What
is it?" ami Terry was just about ono
second joining Berry, his face every
whit as scared as her own.
And now papa, brought hither by tho
racket, joined them, looked in tho nest,
started back, and then commenced to
laugh, and laugh, and laugh, till tho
cliuoren thought bo would have gono
crazy.
Finally he took down the box, and
what do you think thoy saw? Four lit
tin. ugly, wriygling, mapping turtles!
"The mother turtle," said papa, aft
tor tho oxcitomont had somewhat sub
sided, " lays her eggs close to the shoro
of tho creek, in some sandy spot, and
then returns to the water, ' leaving tho
sun and tho hot sand to inciibato tlioin;
and when tho littlo turtles are out. they
also scamper down to the water, which
is just whore wo will take these lino fol
lows." "What is 'incubate?'" queried Ber
ry, an hour later, as with a very red
face, sho Was tying up her bird-seed.
"To hatch, of course," said Tony,
crossly, jus ho gathered up his bird- ,
eager,. Youth's Companion. '
Mink. )
Amos Long lives on the farm next to
ours. One day in spring ho caught a
young crow in tho Held. Ilo took him
homo and tamed him. Ho taii"ht him
somo funny tricks.
Whon tho crow was full grown tho
cat had some kittens. Mink, as tho bird
was called, would take tho tail of ono
of tho kitties in bis bill nnd dra"- her
around tho room. Neither the "kitty
nor its mother liked this, and thoy orieil
with all their might.
Mink used to steal thimbles, spools of
thread, gloves and other things, and
bide them in out-of-the-wav places. If
he saw a handkerchief sticking out of
any one's pocket, ho would snap at it
and drag it out. Ono timo 2lr. Lon-
ten a tapping at bis back, and found
mat .Mink was filling his
coat-pocket
with red berries.
Y hen the men aro milking Mink will
hop along and peck tho cows' noses.
Mink will not let any ono take him up,
or pet him: but if any person holds out
a stick, no matter how short it is, ho
will perch upon it. On this stick ho will
lot himself be carried about the house.
Our Little Ones.
Transplanting Teeth.
I performed an operation of trans
planting under romantic circumstances
on a certain occasion. A voting lady,
as pretty as a peach, and a tino-Tookin"-young
fellow camo to see me one morn
ug. After no little hesitation, they told
me they were betrothed, and that ho
was in the army and was going away to
I im- (Minus, lor ai least a year, hunt mo-
Inutans. "And we aro very unhappy
at parting." whimpered she. " Yes, wo
are," almost blubbered he. " We hoard
of transplanting teeth, and want you to
take one out of each one of our mouths
and transfer them." For a moment I
was translixed with laughter and aston
ishment, and I attempted lo reason them
put of their foolish proposition both
had excellent teeth, by the way -but
they insisted, so 1 extracted one of her
largest naek teeth and one of bis small
est. lhrs litted his jaw all right, and
lie went oil a few davs afterward to his
post with his bulv love's molar. His
tooth, however would not stick in; for
within a week the young ladv came
back with her face dreadfullv swollen.
I reduced the inllammation 'and eased
the pain, but could not replant her lov
er s fang, nnd she went away with it
wrapped up in paper. Oh' tne incon
Mtency of women! Six months after
she married a man old enough to bo her
father. When the young Uonieaunt
Mibsmpiontly returned he iMili-nuuiUr
told me of the wanner in hi. hit hail
Ihmw jiltc-d. sad request! TO,0
ilbuely extract the tu l-w ..l
which 1 did, mit he ifcrew tt into tin
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