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Show Uncle Walt Iks Pott Pkilofopbtr THE HAPPT OSTBIOK. I u th ostrich ratine tin cans tn4 broken (lasa. anfl lanftH of canvas sheeting, and coal and chunk of brass. I railed a keeper to me, and said: Thla fowl wtH Ja!r "Don't to depreasad or flooiny,"- the keeper mad reply. "That Ird," he Mid. while era tin a himself upon a bnrh, "la ha pot eat when aatin a brick or monkey wrench. And yat you aee htm frolto aa hapnv aa a staer. ha never has th colic, and never shad-1 a. tear, (am Nature haa tfaelffned him to live on brick and wood, and It would surely vrlnd him U tackle breakfast food. I know his health ta laatlns, I know ha fels all rtfht, while he for Junk and caattnc retain his appetite. Thoae. -momenta ara th aaddeat when atrantrara coma aientr; I thrayi fear aoina faddist will loom up In the thronar, and urara that oaaaowary to Hve on ahradded hy. and honeleaa nurkleberry. and mild denatured de-natured whey. There'll ba no trouble brawl nr Inalde that rrltter rrop, until I aea him chewing- en me faddtat'a fancy chop. I hold." ' remarked the keeper, "that bird and neaata and men will ; dodge the grim old reaper, and live aa tone again. If they devour the fodder for which they ar deelgned; no lat that bird . at solder and rorka and melon rind." naKaaMeWiwaBB9BBaES |