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Show PUZZLE OF CAPTAIN STANDISH. Captain Stnndlsh nnd Ills men return to Plymouth with tho head of na Indian chief. Find two other Indians. 'the birds to nest nrounditlio premises Is to provide tlicm with suitable neat-big neat-big boxes or houses. The sooner In the spring these nre put up tho more likely will the fentheicd tenants bo to ncccpt them, .lust ns soon as birds como to us In the spilng they commence com-mence to look for good nesting sites. There .110 not nenily 11 h many old hollow hol-low trees nnd stumps with holes as then) used to be, nnd even rail fences, Which contained holes tlint wcie selected se-lected for bird homes, nro rapidly disappearing. dis-appearing. Tho chief kinds that nest In boxes, logs or holes nro tho following'; IHue-blrds, IHue-blrds, wiPiis, clilckndees, tlt-mlco or "torn tits," king birds, peweo nnd some other lly-cntehers, martins nud swnllows, swnl-lows, besides the oiiinlpiesont English sparrows. The lntter can easily nnd effectually bo dlscoiiuiged by a fow well-dhected charges of lino shot. When they llnd the battle Is against them they soon leain to nvold the region re-gion ln which they mo made unwelcome. unwel-come. Wo proved this Inst year by driving nwny tho EnglUh ppnrtows, while tho song sparrows, bluebirds nnd wrens remained ami nested. A fow fuiidninentnl pilnclples should guide n peisou In putting up nesting conveniences. Any kind of mnteilal may bo used that has a cavity large enough to tully contain the nest nnd birds. Hoes, kegs, tin cans, skulls of animals, specially constructed houtes, hollow knots nnd limbs, nnd particularly particu-larly hollow logs limy bo Ubcd. Tho logs mny bo sawed Into proper lengths, tho ends boarded up, a hole of proper slzo cut nnd then used ns boxes or houses. Tho external shapo of tho structuro is not Important to tho birds. Tho Interior should bo largo nnd roomy. Small holes or cracks should bo miulo In tho pastern and southern sides to ndmlt air and light.- Tho light Is needed for tho paieiitH to see to feed their young, and tho ah Is noces-snry noces-snry for the, conifott of iho young birds in hot weather. Thorp should be, but ono holo large enough for use ns n door, and that should bo of a size buII- Instinct tells them. Pittsburg Dispatch. Dis-patch. AllMS AND LEGS." According to tho result of mnny niensmements mndo nt tho Anthropological Anthropo-logical Laboratory In London, tlio right arm in human beings Is, In n majority ot cases, longer than the left nrm, while on the contrary the left leg la longer thnn the right one. Sometimes, howover, the relntlvo proiwrtlons nro exactly reversed, but very seldom does perfect equality exist between the two sides. Tlio tendency ot the right nrra to exceed the lift nrm In strength is I somewhat greater in men thnn In Is women, whllo equality of strength In tho two nrms occurs nlmost twlco ns frequently with women ns wltli men. Tho Hound Ta'do. MIIS. IIAHIIIT'S IDEA. Mrs. Ilabblt-"Now, I wonder If that 1 fool boy thought I couldn't 'llnd my burrow .without him coming and point-lng point-lng It out for 1110?" New York Times. |