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Show I ' A rarrirrll. My fairest child, 1 have no song to give you; No lark could pipe to akles so dull and gray; Yet, ero wo part, ono lesson I con leave you, For every day. Do good, sweet maid, nnd let who will bo clever; Do noble things, not dream them, all day long; And so make life, death and that vast forover Ono grand, sweet song. Charles Klngilcy. Anf ,unt (lira rirnln Tho ant's aunt had to give a picnic, because ahe had been Invited to so many places by all her relatives, and she thought It was time to pay back some of tho Invitations. "But It will be such a bother," said the ant's undo, when he heard about "Don't bo foolish, now," replied Iho ant's aunt "Wo cannot go In loclety without going to somo trouble." So tho nnt'i uncle said that It would bo all right, for ha always said something some-thing of that kind when bis wlto tallied talli-ed about giving a party. Ho waa sleeping early tho next morning, when his wlfo woke him and said! "Benjamin, Benjamin, did you remember to get tho lemons and the sugar?" "No," replied the ant' undo, as he rolled ovor again In bed. "Tbo grocery gro-cery store was closed." "Then you will have to go Into tbo kitchen of tho man's homo and get ns much ns you can carry beforo tho cook gels up." "Tho last tlmo I wna there," muttered mut-tered Ilenjsmln, "I nenrly got blown up with tho keroseno can." By tho tlmo the ant's undo got back to his house ho found moro than a hundred ants of all kinds walking up and down and carrying all kinds of provision!. "You aro very late,"' said tho ant's aunt "What did you do about tho swing, Benjamin? Did jou slop and sco tho spldor about It?" Benjamin had forgotten all about tho swing, to ho had to go back to whero the. snider I.spt a shoii, un-l ho I camo bAk aftTra'whtleVwfthVa'VrlitoKl barrow loaded down with ropo. Tho I ant' aunt was lamo, and she had to walk with a enno. Slio was at tho head of tho picnic party, and Bonja-mln, Bonja-mln, tbo ant's uncle, came last of nil w'Mi his wheelbarrow filled with lOfo and baskets and sugar and lemons and tuba and glasses and everything which might bo used on n picnic, Tho ants went to Deacon Jones' woods, and ns they got nearer they hoard all kinds ot strange noises. Alt tho animals and nil the bird came out to seo tho plcnla go by. Tho ants walked on until they camo to a bare spot In tho middle ot tho vtoods, nnd tboro they stopped nnd put down their bundles and bailccls. "This will bo n nice place to iitho tabic," said tho ant' mint. "Now, Benjamin, while I nm doing all tho work, supposo you go and put up tho awing for tho children." Tbo nnt'a undo said something underneath un-derneath bis breath and then took tho ropo and tho boards nnd things and put up 1C3 Bwlnga, Ho hurt his kneo and sprained his back and cut his fingers. fin-gers. I la alio stubbed his toes. "You needn't feel so bvlly about hurting jour toes," said a centipede, who was going fait, "supposo you had toes on 100 feet to stub, then you could afford to talk." Tho ant's undo returned to tho placo whero tho tablo was being let. Ho throw bis hat over on tha grass nnl sat down, saying. "I am very tired and a lltlo rest would do mo a great deal at good." "Whyjuit sco what Undo Benjamin did," cried all tho small nnla at once. "Benjamin, Benjamin," cried tho ant's aunt, "how could you do such a thing?" "You ought not to be so careless," replied Benjamin, "how waa I to know that It waa a custard pie? I thought It was a nice cushion you put there for me." The nnt's undo itartcd to get his hat and walk away. lie bad not gono very far beforo he became red In tho face with anger. "Get off my hat," all tho ants heard him say, "how daro you sit on a poor ant's bat llko that. Haven't you got any manners?" "What la the matter, Benjamin?" asked tbo ant's aunt, picking up her enno and hobbling toward her bus-band, bus-band, "This miserable man," yelled tho ant's uncle, "has had tho Impudence to sit down on my hat nnd ho won't get up." Tho man lookcsl In tho direction ot Benjamin nnd then yawned nnd got up and walked away "Benjamin, llenjarqln," cried the nnt's aunt, n tew mlnuten later. "little Betsy Ann has come back and ahe says that nearly a doten of the children started to climb a mountain, and the mountain cot up and walked nway. Won't you please go and try and find them?" The ant's uncle Jammed hla crushed silk hat down over his eyes, picked op a big switch and went lo find tha children. chil-dren. He walked nnd walked until be camo to a place whero ft whoio lot of men and women were sitting In a circle cir-cle while tho mosquito ate them. Tho men and women were eating pickles and dry sandwlehe and trying to look happy. Undo Benjamin hurried down tho middle of the tablecloth and calling, call-ing, "Children, children," at tho top of hi voice. Uverywhera ho went ho met orao of thoso mlserablo llttlo children chil-dren who had run nway from their own picnic. Ho found them sitting on tho edgo of a apongo enko dangllns their feet and kicking hole In tho Icing. They were perched on loaves of bread and up on top of a plato of sliced ham. they were playing hide and seek. Some of them had climbed up Into a great big tin rriervolr. Thoro wero nil their clolhes on the edgo and they wero having u awlm. DIdn t I tell you not to go near the water?" asked Undo Benjamin, shaking shak-ing hla cano. "Now, whero do I flnS you?" "It Isn't water," said all the children chil-dren anti; "lt' lemonndo." It took tho ant' undo mora than an hour to get all thn children together. "Why don't you vomo away from, ncro?" ho aald. "Don't you hear all the men and women talking and saying say-ing that it would bo aueh a delightful Placo hero If it wero not for thoio mis. crsbloants?" "They didn't say a word," replied tho children, "until you came." This mado Undo Benjamin so angry that he swung hla cane and chased all tho children beforo him back to tho place whero tho tablo of the nnta' ple-nlc ple-nlc had been spread. Way ovor to ono sldo waa the ants' aunt all alone. She had her handkerchief to her eyes, and was crying as though her heart would break. "Why. what's the mitter?" asked Undo Benjamin. "What In the world has happened?" "Why. can't you sco?" replloj the nnla nunt "A mlserablo man came this wsy and stepped right on tho tablo ta-blo nnd when bo lifted up his foot everything was ruined." "Como on, children." said Uncle f Benjamin. "Let us alt go back to the tj men' picnic After ho has treated u J thl way, ho deserves that we ihould 6 teato him nnd all hi family." f andrl)nwiiTglvoTpTetc,,W"tb;nt",,'"'ia"1 In tho neighborhood I -n nlagua ' them. ' H.l.lni with ninth In this country the tlihcrman Is a man who uie book nnd lino or tho net In following his profession, and folks would stnro with wonder to seo him start off with n flock of birds to holp In catching fluli. Yet this Ii dono In China. Thcro tho Chinaman may bo seen In hla sampan surrounded by cormorants, which havo been trained to dash Into tho water at his order, seize tho flih and bring thorn to the boat. Should a cormorant capture a flih too largo for It to carry alone, one ot Its companions will go to It ns-slitanco ns-slitanco and together they will bring It In. It tbo Chinaman wishes to catch turtles tur-tles ho will do so with tha aid of a sticking llah or rcmora. Tho fish has on top ot its head a long dlio or sucker by which It attaches itself bonoath moving objects such an abarka, whales, and tbo bottoms of ahlps rather than mako tho effort necessary to Independent Indepen-dent movement. Tbo fisherman fastens tho rcmora to a long cord tied to a brass ring about IU tall and when ho reaches the turtlo ground puts It overboard, taking tak-ing caro to keep It from tho bottom ot tbo boat. When a turtle passes near, tho rcmora darts beneath him and fastens fas-tens to his shell. Strugglo as he will tho turtlo cannot looson the grip of tbo sucker and tho Chinaman has on ly to haul In on tho lino, bring the turtlo tur-tlo up to tho boat and tako him aboard. Illn-Jy In Imllna. The blue-Jay la one ot tho commonest common-est of Indiana birds. It Is conspicuously conspicu-ously crested; above U Is purplish blue; the forehead, the Irregular band around tho nock aro black; tho wings nnd tall aro bluo, barred with black, the greater coverts, secondaries und tall feathcra, except the middle one, are tipped with white; tho tall is much rounded. Below, the bird I pnlo gray; tho throat, holly and crlssum. whiter. It Is 11 to 2.50 Inches long; the wing measure S to 5.70 Inches, and the tall S to C.70 inches. It builds a bulky nctt of twigs, bark, moss, papor, airings, grass and sometime mad, and lined with rootlets or other fine material. ma-terial. From three lo alx eggs, cream, butt or greenish. Irregularly splotched with different shades ot brown and lavender, nro laid. Tha moat familiar rail ot the blue-Jay blue-Jay la keo-o-yeo. Another frequent one Is we-hue. Through the winter, besides these calls. Jay, jay, or caw, caw. Is hoard. Tho bluo-Jay I quarrel' some, teasing, penecutlng.and at times murderous. It does many unexpected thins. It sometimes robs the nests of other birds ot their eggs. It does much good, also, though less Is heart i ot this tbsn of IU mlichlef. It eaU a great number of IniecU of many kinds, and ao Is a good friend to tha tanner. |