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Show Oood Ilab White. Tho male quail, or "Hob Whltel" deserves de-serves honorable muntion among gallinaceous galli-naceous birds because ho Is particularly particular-ly good to his wife. He always helps her to hatch her eggs, and if anything keeps her away will take the"wholu duty on himself. Tills Is particularly fitlRtfd tiv fi ivrller ftliotil liv fnnt Ilendlro Iu his "Life Histories of North American Illrds." Ho bayu: "In Juno, ISS0, while I was on a visit to Dr. J. M. Pleltclt, of Cedarvlllo, Ala., ho Informed mo of having seen a molo Hob Whlto Incubating. Uo had visited tho .neat nt various tlmos on different dnys, and always found tho male bird on the nest. Wishing to bo an eye-witness of so Interesting a sight, I rodo sovoral miles with the doctor to the nest. There wo found Hob Whlto faithfully warming his treasures, but not Into life; tlm eggs were never hatched. Dr. l'lckutt frequently went to tho nest until long after tho period of Incubation Incuba-tion had elapsed, and finding that tho eggs would not hatch, ho destroyed them, to provent tho ubulcss occupation occupa-tion of tho nest by tho male. The female fe-male had probably been dead somo hour before the inalo found thu nest sorted; hence, tho eggs cooled and would not hatch." ; "Was Tuanerton much damaged by that wheat deal that he got caught In owhllo back?" "Damaged? Why, man, he lsutterly nnrocognliable." Indianapolis Indian-apolis Journal. Mil. Suddenly Oood "I dropped a ten-dollar bUl In tho contribution box In church last Sunday." Ilia Irlond Cynlo-"l)ld yoi't Indeed? What was f , -.v. i"tj Y, Times. nAVWaloltfa on one's wits Is tho best anti-fat rcmody discovered so far. Puck. CiiiLDnEM's fodtstopi oro light, but when they ore pattering around in tho flat overhead they s.ound llko thunder. N. Y. Journal. He fphllosolcal) "Doyou npprovo of going to tho theater?" She (practical) "Oh, thank youl Any night you like." Chicago Nowa Record. Hicm "What do you think? Will it bo a match?" Wloks "It ought to bo. llo'a a regular stick, nnd sho'fl nil Are and brlmfctono." Hostou Transcript. Pi:ortx who doubt tho truth of tho say lnrj that anticipation Is groati r t 'ian realization generally change fio'r minds u'tor trying to realize on tosau-thlng tosau-thlng nt n pawnshop. Troy Press. JoitttST "Don't thoy um bark to tan tildes with, pa,?" l'uthcr " Yes, my sou; ' but If you ask nny more questions this ovenlng, you'll find that a 6llpper does just o well." Hnyjaoud'u Monthly. |