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Show HI tlnll.ef. She gave the best years of hor Ufa iih Joy for me. And robbed herself, with loving heart, Unstlntlngly For me with willing bands she tolled From day to day, Fit mo aho "prayed when headstrong youth Would hnvo Ita way Her gentle tirmi my cradle u-ot, Are weary now, And time haa set (ho seal of care Upon her brow and though no other eyes than mine Their meaning (race, I read my history In tho linos Ot her dear face .And 'mid His gems, who showers gifts As shining sands, I count her daya aa pearls that fall Ironi Hie kind hands Christian Iteglater. Pqulrrrl Kati.ll. Gevcral yea.n ago it lu..illy of chatter chat-ter ng red K ilrnu set up hoiunkio,!-Ing hoiunkio,!-Ing In our bam and soon becamo very finndly On lino winter daya tiey wuild tomo Into the yard lo see It Dot (or 1'iiK had left any thing t-r them to eat, nnd as Doctor bad a tommbat fastidious npretlte, they set lorn found the I aaln empty. Wo rarely saw them uu the grounl tsrept cloto by a trco trunk, up wjlch they would dirt when In any way disturbed dis-turbed When rolng abroad they made ate of tho "air line ' Coming out ot Ihe barn by a convenient hole unJer the raves, they ran to the roof, and from thero made a Dying leap to tho nearest tree n tall branching chestnut, tunning along on the slender branch rs, they leaped to a mulberry tree, then to the awaylng bronchi ot a g-apevluc, which clung lo a black eberry tree, up which they would run to tho very top From thla dluy height Ibey would leap und catch tae lithe branchca ot an elm, and from there to a maple, then to an appls treo, and ao on nroun I the orchard and home again, without touching the ground In tho middle of our orchard la an old apple treo with the branches apreedlnE wldo from n low, stocky trunk. In this tree, reached by short flight ot steps, we have a seit, a cool and delightful ritreat whon tha trees are in bloom, or later, when Ihe apt lea are turning ruddy In the autumn au-tumn sun. As we sit there quietly with our books birds fly fearlessly among tho brunches over our heads, and the squirrels, with chatter and nany prank go ocr the nlr line with never an accident, trauiactlns what Is evidently evi-dently very Important business Thcso squirrels como out for a play In the trees near the house nt the iitni hour every evening and It has becoms a bnblt for i" to sit on the piazza on 1 watch them One evening thero wot an unusual tommni uu among tbrra, and with Ihe uli' of an open glass we discovered that the baby siutrrels had grown big enough to leave the neat, and were being conducted over the atrial railway for the first time Such n chattering and chirping I never heard) Tho parent exhibited deep concern, and btsldcs vigorous scolding, nn occasional oc-casional cuff was administered. K'nil-ly K'nil-ly a start was made Filher Squlr.el leading (ho way from the roof to the Chestnut tree, followed by children, mother and friends Hut the Utile leg hod not strength for long loaps, and now nnd then one would lnng for a moment by his claws, seemingly about to drop, but cluerei on by the old squirrels which hastened hasten-ed to hi relief Bo they passed out of sight Into tho orchard. We beard them returning ns the stnra were com-Ing com-Ing out, and after this the nlr line was In constant use. As the nuts showed signs ot ripening ripen-ing tho squirrels were unusually busy. Inspecting each tree. It not each nut, many timet dall) rho incatnut burs were to prickly that they could not open them, but they made a regular business of gathering the butternuts before they were ripe enough to fall. One squirrel would run up tho tree, and selecting a fine nut. would gnaw the stem till It fell to the ground, where hi watchful msta woull seize It and carry It to tho storehouse. While willing that the squirrels should have a share ot the mitt Donna wanted a few for herself Those that eho gathered she spread to dry on a tablo In the shed Cloudy as she watched and turned them she found that they wero fast disappearing no one rould lell how but Iho mystery was solved one day when Donna entered en-tered the she.d and saw flto aiulrrola disappearing through a broken pane, each with a nut In Its mnuth After this wo saw them In the shed rrery day. and nuts and apples disappearing disap-pearing by wholesale Though sby, thoy were not afraid, and Instead of running, would Jump Into some Ium-ter Ium-ter stored overhead and from there chatter and scold and wait for us to leave. These squirrels stsyed with us three years, and wo enjoyed their merry pranks, and guarded them from harm tn U possible ways In the IsU ea rner our house was closed for a few week and when we returned th squirrels were gone, and have nover come back The neighbors told us that boys with gun had betn roaming about our orchard and as wo found box traps set there, whlih were Immediately demolished, de-molished, wo knew why the air-lino was no longer used, tl Anl- Tetkr To watch tho way In which n colony ot nnts will find a bit of swtet left about In summer, and tho short tlmo which It lakes them to form a brigade of goers and comers, makes one tii nc that Ihey havo some method ot communication com-munication An observer ot the little creatures of Uod world tells us he once saw a drute ot small black ants moving Tho dlstanco waa "00 feet, and each ono carried a portion ot household goods, some had eggs some food, some one thing or another. ' 1 watched them for over an hour,' he sajs, 'and every tlmo two met In tno way they would hold their hoadsclose together ns If greeting each other, und this occurred no rualtir how often they met, as If for n short chat. To provo It, Uu. man killed ono of tho llltlo triveicrs other which wore near hurried on, und with cvtry nnt that It mel the talking wuit on us be-foro, be-foro, and they suiely told Iho sa I news, for every nnt tho imssenger met turntd back nnd tied another way. Ants In tome countries a c lllt'o murderers, as you will sec by the following fol-lowing story of nn Australian drayman dray-man who had to make a trip Into tho country. Ily some accident his heavy cart wu overturned and ho waplnnej under tho load Ho wa not greatly alarmed at first, thinking some pasa-erby pasa-erby would soon frco him An hour passed and no ono came (hat way, but a host of tiny nnU visited vis-ited him, and presently, lo the man' horror, he found they were actually eating him alive They awarmed upon hlra In thousands nnd with their t ny nibbles tore his flesh fortunately Ihe man bad hla good dog with him. but It was some tlmo before he coulJ make it understand what was the matter mat-ter When the brave fellow did understand, under-stand, he fought with all four feet; ho would scratch and dig at tbi streams of anta coming to the attack and sweep them from his master's face and arms with his tongue, and he kept them away until hi maatei was rescued Another Australian being injured and caught In a small landslide, wal found by a colony of anta and so terribly ter-ribly bitten In nn hour that though rescued In that time, he died In a faw minutes Jurki lttsr Wo fellow huo found n daisy way to stop saying bad words Wo all agrca to tako a slap from any or all the members ot our rlub every tlms any one of us sajs a bad word 1 tell ou Its doing us lots ot good aud Its great fun, too, trying to catch the mucin and trying not to be tu oue to deserve the slap I had a grand time the other afternoon. after-noon. I waa downtown on my bicycle when the fire nlafru rang In I put my blcyclo In the Oym In a Jiffy and went over to the engine houso with the other boys Tho chief sang out, ' Como along, bo)s, get a broom and Jump In Its u brush fire up In tho wood aud you might as well make yourselves uto-ful" uto-ful" How we fellows did hurry, nnd In Irs Ihnn n minute we were all In the wagon and each ono shouldered a broom e had shovels, loo, so while toxs dug a ditch, others beat the flames with the broom. It wasnt loug before we bad tht upper hand ot It, and had a Jolly time hollering and whistling a wo galloped back to tho hoso house Mother sold my clothes would have to -aug outdoors for a week to get tho cmcll of fire out. I hurried home to play ball. We va got a dandy team and sometime I II tell you about what fun wo have. Jack. Thrj llettlnp In'o !. In the course of a scries of lecture recently delivered by Prof Hay ban-krter ban-krter nt tho Itojnl Institution, London, Lon-don, particular not generally known were given concerning the brooding habit of the eel It la quite erroneous to believe that these creatures breed anywhere except ex-cept In tho sea, where eggs are lall and hatched at great depths often 503 fathoms A dozen years ago soma fishes called leptocephall were regarded as a distinct species, but at length one ot them, kept In an aquarium, developed devel-oped Into a ronger eel Later on tho transformation of various kinds ot leptocephall was followed, and they were found all to change Into eels, on species txlng recognized as th common eel Immense numbers ot these must silt si-lt t at great depth In the tea, and they subsequently ascend the river and will sometimes push their wsy across wet grass to ponds which have no direct communication with th 'rs. Chambers' Journal |
