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Show BOYS AND GIRLS. On an Osirich farm ? Tspics That Will Amuse and Instruct Juniar Members the Mausehald. al California laJ stir ttw . r Immm1? PrsfiubU Isvestment. Provls Leanlng oh, Ostrich farming la California Is on that a rooster the top wave of prosperity. For month should have such an imagination? the demand for all aorta of ostrich n't it Hrh t, seem surprising tem! South 1 00 tood-natur- 00 . more; tfa thought ail day, and he thought all To North, that British laird, may honor stilt be done, night ' I wish a block or cord, to General WashTill his brain began to swim: ington." B thought till he lost his appetite. And his friends all laughed at him. r, qoa-so been They said he had alwaya Lincoln's Education. They werent surprised at this strange was . Lincoln idea; But one morning, when they came to Jeer. They saw a wonderful sight! to a shell, Be had harnessed a flying-fis- h tn the hollow of which he oat: Bis reins of seaweed, twisted well hungry for an educa- tion; he yearned for growth, for ex- pansion, and, because "many volumes were denied him, he appreciated all the more the precious books which he walked many miles to obtain, and which he read before the log fire when all the rest of the household were asleep. There was no large library of books staring him In the face, bidding for attention, and distracting his choice. All the energy of his nature waa concentrated on that single "Life of Washington He threw his .whole being into it, and devoured It,, as only a eout thirsting for knowledge can. Success. a . ... The Feather Ourt, small feather with a very little stem must be produced to play the feather game; also a. tablecloth or amall sheet The feather is placed upon this, and the company standa In a circle, holding the sheet. Some one gives the feather a blow, and the object of the game is to prevent it from touching any one. Each one gives the feather a puff whenever It comes near him, and over It goea to the other side again. The excitement produced is very great, and it is always a most amusing spectacle, the onlookers enjoying it almost as much as the players themselves. A (Now, what do you think of that!) Old fishes gasped as he thundered by, With his elbows out and his head held high. And the lady Ashes would blush and sigh When he nodded end Upped his hat But the queerest part of thla queer af' fair Is " ' agree with me). the way folks changed their opinions (As Im sure youll there In that fish world under the sea. For they said he had always been so bright, 'Twss no wonder his scheme turned out all right,. And while they were cheering With all their might, Thla little flsa winked at me! -- Ida Goldsmith Morris In Chicago The Busy Bm Kssassrlslag a Booster. boy who used to perform this trick very successfully. He had g bright young rooster, of which he vu very fond, and which he often brought into the house. He would hold thls rooster on his lap, and with a piece of chalk' draw lines from the tip of his bill to the hack of its neck, pressing very lightly with the chalk. , At first the rooster would appear sleepy, and then ' would nod lta bead .very drowsily, and finally to all appearances go fast asleep. If put upon the floor the rooster would remain standing, but with lta eyes fast closed. Then the little boy would bring a light near to the roosters eyes, and it Would stretch its neck and crow a great many times, as if the sun were just coming up. although lta eyes were closed all the time.; v Then this young mesmerist would lightly tap the rooster's hill and spurs With a lead pencil The rooster would Immediately ruffle his neck feathers, flap his wings, thrust his spurs and go through all the motions of a furjous I knew a little -- ;ht. , He Cat and Maaaa. The players stand hand in hand in. a circle, the mouse being Inside and the cat outside. They dance around, raising their anna and lowering them alternately, which gives the cat a chance to jump in at one side, while the mouse jumps out at the other. The cat is new a prisoner and goes round "miauling, but as the dance continues she soon gets out and chases the mouse, who darts In to save herself, if she gets in by herself, the cat pays a forfeit. but it puss gets in also It is the mouse who has to Buffer for It. . An amusing game is "scissored animals. Plain white paper, scissors and pencils are the Implements end the guests are allowed a few minutes in which to cut out any animal they may choose from the paper, and add eyes, ears and other necessary decorations with the pencil. But one trial la allowed, and there must be no preliminary sketching. The animal must be scissored right out of .the paper. Fortunately, however, each one Is privileged to write the name of the van!m represented. would keep this up until stopped by being lifted from the floor 4 and then set down again. When the little boy would give the usual call which summoned the chlck-eto their meals the rooster would try his heat to pick holes in the floor, thinking he was making a fine meal r, of corn. If a few pieces of grass were brushed against his face and some buttons dropped upon his toes he would Man Is known by the company he scratch away at a great rate, as if ACh keeps and woman Is known jby her tug his best to destroy s garden. Does husbands folks. nt If there are any embryo romantic two trees and killed him Instantly, He novelists w ho are In search ot a plot or then slipped round behind the woundwho are looking for a character to ed chief and finished him with a single embody Into a thrilling romance of. the shot HI return to the post was celeWetera plains and wild Indians, or of brated tn a very glorious manner, and the Arctic regions, or of war or travel the Indiana, all of whom hated Tran-kllein the tropics, or of most anything In very much, joined In the hilarna the line ot blood curdling adventure, or escape, it might be well for them to caTT on Frank Lafayette Harris, lieutenant U. 8, N., retired, who la passing the closing daya ot a vefy lively career in the city of Boston. Lieut. Harris has done most everything that a man can do In an ordinary life and live to talk about It to his own and other people grandchildren, grandchildren at the age of 80 years He bas had adventure from Greenland's Icy mountains to India's coral strand, and at all the Intervening points from the 80th parallel ot north latitude to Cape Horn and around about the world several times over, He is the only surviving member ot the Hayes Arctic expedition, which created a sensation In the early '60 by penetrating farthest north and by discovering an open polar sea. He is a veteran of tbe Mexican war, tbe civil war, and an Indian war on the plains, a retired lieu he le an tenant of tbe navy of the early daya, and has been round the world many times. He has fought a duel single-hande- d hair-bread- th wH thFvr lediaae-en- ity with great seat, and during the remainder of their stay Harrla wa re' garded as quite a Hero. The moat Important part ot his career, however, Lieut Harris considers to have been his trip to the Arctic regions with Hayes In 1860-6-1. On Match 4, 1861, they reached their farthest point at Cape Lleber. near Halifax two consuls, one for the north i and another for the south. There waa aome discussion upon tbs arrival at Halifax as to whether the d killed them all. He baa been r scorn mended for bravery at Malvern Hill, and smoked his first cigar with Gen. McClellan in the latters tent after that memorable engagement Stevenson would have found In him a tale as absorbing as "Treasure Island and a character more striking than any of those that speak from the , pages ot romance. Lieut Harris made his first voyage In ths U. S. 8. St Louis round the UHtwut Harr I world, and waa stationed to the Pa(In hla youth.) cific squadron, ot which at that time party should return to Boston or go to the frigate Constitution waa the flag-chi- p. New York, but Hayea decided, since the expedition left from Boston, that It On thla ship he took part 1 the war waa no more than proper that it should with Mexico. When peace was declared return there, and did so. Harris resigned from the navy, went Upon arrival Lieut Harris at one east and met young Louis Dent and tried to enlist In the navy, but waa untils brother, who were about to start os able to do so, snd went se a noncoma prospecting tour to the west, where missioned officer in one ot tbe Massagold had been discovered, and where chusetts regiments and served with men were supposed to make fortune great dtattnetion. He was retired AS a In a night They went to West rlvef second lieutenant, and is, therefore, and began to bunt and opened up a entitled to double honors from both small trading depot at which all the the army and the navy. Indian tribe of the neighborhood soon began to purchase their supplies. Jerry's Llttlr Gems, Her Harris had a dispute with a The United States postoffleq departpowerful Indian chief, Trankileua, and ment has a violent prejudice against The double-jointe- d gave him a sound thrashing. names for towns. This news spread in all directions and It bus worked harm to a prejudice IN THE BKEEDIXO waa soon rumored that the Indian and NS town m cerfon,, son. Tb ben, Jays aw egsTe&cb altergave wj Vraro jhe march of progress two of his comrades were going to bad a tHWiiiab name for tumly a cennate day, and a remarkable tact is that and unrelenting arm wielded axes that murder Harris the very first chance tury. This Is Corte Madera, In Marta she alwaya lifts her first egg in her laid low vhat waa once n monarch ot they got Harris was Informed and count). Ths Corte Mad era ns having no postofflee had to go several miles to beak and lets its drop aud break on the forest. The great live oak was In armed himself. " the ground. Instinct tells her that her its prims tn 1735, when John Wesley v He started out one day single-hande- d get their malt They put tbe requisite to surprise the braves In a place machinery at work to have the place first egg will not hatch, and so she dis- preached is Savannah colonists and to which they had chosen as an ambush. declared a postofflee, but the most enposes if It herself. An ostrich egg la Indians beneath Its branches. about twenty-fiv- e times larger than n Protest against the tree being cut He came upon them very much sooner terprising man In the town was on common fowls egg The ostrich hens was offered by citizens of than he expected to and had barely Jerry Adams, the keeper of the crossto step behind a tree when they road saloon. To the Washington Asometimes begin to lay when 2H to S tbe town bur miles from Thunderbolt, time Savannah In Corte years old, though they do not get their which the tree stood. The opened fire. H awaited his chance, uthorities he represented that protest, and on his first shot brought down his Madera was too long a name.' To this The growth until 4 years of Age. however, wts ignored, as the mayor of males are full grown a year later. A the the postofflee authorities lent a .willtown held that It waa public do- chief enemy with a broken leg. nests hen of will battle the for three egga main and.tM The good lay three up ing ear, and the subtle Jerry suggested kepi company waa entitled to a year from thirty to sixty eggs all have over an hour, and Harris was hit In to them that a more euphonious and the removed to make way for tra told. , , ths shoulder; not a very serious, but a convenient same was "Adams. They lta tracks. An ostrich ten years old la In Its once agreed. Now the Corte Had It not been that there was no painful wound, that bled profusely. He at have their postofflee, but they prime, but when It Is fifteen years old time in whlci to take his position from a standing changed such action, the it Is much less valuable as a feathep lost their beautiful Spanish name, hare and to a to one, get managed kneeling It produces court would iave been asked to inter In a good shot that laid out on ot hie and their town la named after the producer. At twenty-tw- o vene to prevrat the desecration. The only small plumes. The average life enemies and left the odds two to one, keeper of the local saloon. of an ostrich la forty years, end one tree has long been pointed to with with ths leader of the opposition badly sometimes reaches the age of 100 years. pride and Mats odist children through- the 82d Man's On Jok parallel, and Harris, as tbe litn A ostrich weighs about out the coune have been taught that tle boat in which - the party came One great joke that man ,has on it was beneatl it branches that Wes ashore touched the beach, leaped out woman all the time le the way she runs ley Inculcated the lessons that are foland ran aa fast aa, he eould ahead of hey ffieetlsgs. Uifi goea out to A ward lowed the rest and Ascended A slight hill upon association and finds out that if a which he planted an flag "In person can shout loud enough be can Tfc rwplw ( tb Earth. name of Abraham Lincoln, the always rise to a point or order and the According to recent calculations President of tb United States, and of thus Interrupt the proceedings. After there are about 1,500 millions of hu- the union. - that, man knows all about it withman beings new living on the face of had been absent since the out needing to acquire the unimporThe party the earth. Of these 800 millions are and none of thetn knew tant Information that Cushings mandwellers In Aila 320 million innabit preceding Jnly, ual aint an almanac, but a book of Europe, more than 100 millions dwell rules. ' He can then sit and read thA In North and South America, and 1 la and chuckle over- - Sorosls and paper supposed that Africa contains over 200 affaire other until his wife breaks Into millions tbe test belong to the islands man violent sobs. , No scattered all over tbe globs, in regard ever condescends to thus joke without to color, blade men and whit men referring to hen parties. This is a delbetween them dispose of 800 millions, and subtle form of Irony that icate 700 mlllloes are and made up of brown, ahowa not only that woman Is mans yellow and red men. One-thir- d of the Inferior, but also that woman la much A Fall-UroMala. human race wear clothe, but in eptta better off in tbe home circle, where she 600 pounds, and when stretching its of the looms of Lancashire, one-sixIs not exposed to Insults as shs would neck stands over eight feet from the wear nothing and the rest are only be If she went out to vote. New York ground. The legs are always bare, and partially clad. One-thilive In .. Time. the neck la covered oilly with a light bouses, nearly one-ha- lf dwell In cave J fur. The male birds are the black or, huts, while the rest are houseless. ones, with white weathers in the wlnge from All Laod. Gave Him Bla TIU. ; tspA and tail. The tomato bird Is " drab In tbe postofflee department there Is WhenTRcproentativ Otey of Virthe feathers are equally valuable, as was traveling out In Missouri a book that is always kept under lock they are almoet all xlyed before being ginia, HARRJA number of orators during a a with and key. It la on of the most treasUOK T0CAI. put on the market. Tbe only feathers YM the names of the principal ured articles In tbe department This old with their natural colors sue the campaign book contains a set of postage stamps speakers got Into the papers, hut Mawhite and black found on the male. Otey wae always lost amid the who wu elected or what waa going on ot every country In tbe world. These jor The ostrich is first plucked whet ethers. At ona of the n the atatea, and consequently had stamps come from Berne, Switzerland. even months old, and every seven words "and where s mass meeting was held no knowledge of the outbreak of the Seven hundred and fifty sets ot each towns months After that. All the valnable mentioned this (act to the chaircivil war and tbe secession of tbe United States postage issue are also feathers are found on .the wings and be of tbe gathering. in a little southern state. Harris was. therefore, distributed from that point Each) tall Fine ostrich plumes at the farm man came Major Oteys turn to cost $8 or 10 each, and even more for while it much surprised when he got back country comprising the international The chairman led him to verycivilization to find that when he speak. some fancy grades. All the ostrich to postal union when a new Issue ot edge of the platform. Ladies and erected hla 18-- s tarred flag there were stamps 1 out sends a certain number' plumes ot commence nre really double the he Gentlemen." said, as he turned hie but 18 states In the union and that of seta to Berne. The officials at that' plumes, made by uniting two of the natural feathers. The stems are pared twinkling eye upon the major, I have Abraham Lincoln waa president They point then distribute the stamps to down and the two are sewed together, now lhe honor of Introducing to yon were still further surprised to find at the different postofflee ' departments, the distinguished Virginia statesman s back to back. . crippled. After this the firing for an throughout the world. Colonel Others." 'When the proper time has come to and orator. i hour or so was desultory, and then the ' Tb Bofkf'Ufifi IlfcIbBlDfi pluck the ostrich he is cajoled, by That. Indians planned a stratagem that ADlirre means of an orange or n tid-bl- t, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., began to lmost finished the white man. until Lady I have made Inquiries at your he Is headed for a small, box-lik- e earn money hen be was six years ' The uninjured redskin stole off and last place, and your former mistress Just large enough to hold him; old. fll father offered him a fee of attempted to execute a Eank movement doesnt speak very flatteringly of a man slips in behind him and, with a one cent for every fence post in need while the No, I don't suppose she crippled Trankilena kept up sudden rush, shoves him Into the pen ot repairs that the boy could find on more ot me than 1 do of thinks the front Harrla, any fire from a steady and claps the door shut. Here the the big country place near Cleveland. after many efforts, was fortunate her; but I hope Im lady enough to. bird has no room to kick and Is At O. The first days work netted him of her to myself. , enough to get a chance shot at the jJ keep my opinion the mercy of his shearers. thirteen cents Boston between darted Transcript. he as flanking party , t Ms-dera- 1 full-grow- Great, indeed, is the amount of work which a busy bee will do in a day. Every head of clover consists of about 60. Cower .tabes; Tn tains a very small quantity of sugar. Bees will Often visit a hundred different heads of clover before retiring to the hive and in order to obtain the sugar necessary for a load must, therefore, thrust their tongues into about 6,000 different flowers. A bee will make 20 trips a day when the clover patch convenient to the hive, and thus will draw the sugar from 120,000 different flowers tn the course of a single days work. each-fwhictr . Career Li-det- y Lieutenaat Harris, of Boston, the Hero of Many Exciting Adventnros. about Pasadena nrjr JennlB. who U I The rooster waa awakened by strokfeathers, big or little, soiled or ragged, ,.rtnerto tn Southern I ing the feathers on the top of bis head been has torn or ones, quit ostrich backward and then giving him a slight waving plumes farming keril 1 WM afraid to be the supply. About 800,-0than larger SAt aid setting him upon bis feet. la invested in ostrich farming In imoBf th WrU. The craziest, mean-es- t it is carious that the more he was Southern California, and all this sum mule tint ever existed is comnitsnurized he easier it became am) earns good dividends. It takes 25,-0- placent and by the side the more things he would do. "And it mtrtch. to start a farm nowadays at the of a me ihe ostrich can did not hurt him lathe least Hg-eI direction and theres kick I least so large and handsome that he waa The original ostrich farm was that finally sold (or a fancy price. Quincy of F. J. Johnson, in Santa Ana Valley, in Optic. Mr. Johnson spent several years South Africa studying the ostrich farming as conducted by 'the French. IncsniotM Pises of Work The following ingenious piece of po- In 1SS8 he Imported twenty South Afetry ig said to have been circulated in rican obtricbea to California at an exPhiladelphia during the occupation of pense of 622,000. Half of the birds the British in the War of the Revolu- died in two years and more 'Were A thousand tion. Its author is unknown Its pe- brought from Abyssinia. culiarity coneiets in the manner la and one facta concerning the keeping which it may be read in three different of ostriches had to be learned and it cost a lot of money. Mr. Johnson perways, viz ; severed and be is still an ostrich farmLet (1) the whole be read in the or- er. He has made four importations Ot der in which it is written; (2) then read the lines downwards on the left ostriches during the last eight years and has bettered his flock by adding of each comma in every line; (3) in Nubian ostriches to It. When the first the same munner on the right of each crop of feathers was ready for market comma. By the first reading it will be there were no buyers for them because observed that the Revolutionary cause of the prejudice of millinery buyers is deprecated, and lauded to feathers from California, but all by the others: that bas been fought down, until' CaliYlark! hark' the sounds, the fornia ostrich plumes command as trumpet din of war's Fioek ot (out Ostriches, large a price as any in the market. 0 o seas and solidalarms, grounds, doth call ua The approach ot the breeding sea- dodging the kick, its wonderful, top, to arms Who for King George doth The bow fast they caa kick. stand, ihelr son Is always easy to observe. honors soon will shine; male birds grow suddenly restless. As "Nearly every man that knows how Their ruin is t hand, who with tbs regularly as February comes around to care for and to pluck an ostrich in Congress Join. The acts of Parliament, In them I much the male birds begin trying to get out Southern California gets fSO to 1100 When they find they cannot escape to month; a few get 6120 a month. delight ; 1 hate their cursed Intent, who for the broader fields each finally selects withCongress fight. There was once a fish who refused to The Tories of the day, they are my dolly in the corral a spot which suits his GEORGIAS FAMOUS OAK COT DOWN. swim artistic taste, and he digs a wide, shaltoast; (Now. what do you think of that!) Cede WhM Wmtoy PrmokeJ low hole In the sand. Around this he Tr Bis folks alt pleaded and argued with They soon will sneak away, who Independence boast him, . ItSS, U bstlliM waits a to hen condescends until Who But he set his fins down flat hold, they have my choose him celebrated The marmate. a After Wesley Oak, at for the hand and heart; For swimming, he said, waa much too Savannah, Ga., hu been cut down to May they for slaves be sold, who act s riage there la no divorce or desertion; alow, Whigglsh port. And this Is a rapid age, you know. the two mates stick close to each oth- make way for a trolley car track. TraHa would hunt up some swifter way to Old Monsfield, North, ond Bute, moy er until the close of the breeding sea- - ditions clusterini about the old tree dolly blessings pour; go. Confusion . And and everon flah sat! dispute, thers that little Congress rtoUaC We know that cats are fond of fish, na that the arctic ini traveler! tell well enough to do their them like floe own catching. Their owner never feed Eskimo dog In the ummer tlm and one of the moat Interesting sights of that country 1 to watch them get their own breakfast, aay a traveler in American Boy. They will not go the " Into the icy cold water'ttll they are eery hungry, but In the morning they will wade out in the water and stand as still as a stone until a fich comes sailing by. They then Jump for him, diving just as a seal would, frequently sinking under the water ten or fifteen feet These dogs are used for drawing sledges, but they are tremendous hunters, When they see a deer or other game, no matter how many sledges are behind them, off they go like mad. Their owners know they are likely to get beyond control at this time, and each dog is fastened in the harness in such a way that one little puli of a 'particular string by the driver will set him loose, so when the dogs catch sight of game and start of wildly the driver Just pulls the string and off they go. Had . to-da- y, th rd lut - Btwa re, |