St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-12
Probably Another Ohio MaR.
detroit Free Press

| lDetloit Free Press
| The race is Tot to the swift, nor the
/ battle to the strong, nor is it the man
with the largest mouth that gets the most
favors in this world. Yesterday forenoon
IL very quiet stranger entered Il real -es-
tate office on Griswold street and softly
asked if he cOuld use a blotting-pad IL
moment. One was handed him and he
sat down to table, looked around and
said:
"Ah! thanks, but have you pen and
ink?"
They were furnished him. He tried
the pen on the pad, shook the ink around
and modcstly continued:
"lf you could spare me a sheet Of
paper"
A sheet was handed him. He wrote q
brief letter, folded it up and whispered:
81 shall have to beg an envelope Of
you?"
An envelope was passed over, and,
when he had directed it, he looked all
over the table, under the table, up ut the
ceiling and inquired:
"You couldn't lend me a stamp, could
yon?"
A three-centcr was handed out, and,
when it had been licked on, the stranger
rose ana started out, saying:
Gas you have no office boy, I suppose
shall have to take this letter to the Office
myself"
A Birds COurtsHaip and Death.
Do birds hayea language of their own,
and have they any of the emotions of
humaneS!
A lady who live on Olive street, St.
Louis, relates the following: A few days
ago there fell in front Of her window
from tree, a "Chippy" or ground bird,
such as chatter about in parks Or streets.
1t seemed wearied and crippled. She
piclld it up, carried it in the house, fed
it from her own mouth, and at night
placed it in the cage with her canary.
The canary at once bestowed upon the
newcomer all the attention of a mother,
and nestled beside the little stranger
during the night. In the morning the
lady placed the chippy on the window,
so that it might haye the privilege of
regaining its freedom. 1t plumod its
tiny wings and went away. The canary
mOurmed during the day as if he had
lost his mate. ln the evening the chippv
came back and nerched upon the win
dow. The sash was raised, and it flew
in and nestled upon the cage. The can
airy at once struck up his liveliest notes.
and seemed gratified This was repeated
two Oh three days, the chippy going each
morning and returning in the evening.
One day it went away aud did not come
back. The canary dropped, and the next
day fell dead from his perch in the sun
shine that played over his gilded cage in
the window. That night the chippv
returned, and during the evening it
mourned over its dead companion. Tn
the morning il clung to the cage until if
was turned out. For few days the
empty cage was hung in the window, and
on each succeeding evening the chipDv
returned, and clipped as if it was grief
stricken. One day it brought q petal of
a tube-rose in its bill, dropped it in the
cage and flew away, and never came
back.
SPIDERS AS PETs.-As spiders are for
the most part banished from eyerv room
where they are likely to hear music, op-
are very seklom afforded of
witnessing their behavior under it's in
huence, but occationally people are met
with who do not share the general an
tlpathy to these interesting and ill-used
little creatures. A few years ago the
writer had a conversation about Spiders
with the waiter at Messers. Boffin's wei
known dining-rooms in Oxford. rTIis
man had q pet spider which lived in the
Of his home, ard he said he
could always induce it tc come ont Of IFS
hole by whistling. The little creatures
web was carefully preserved from injury,
and at the time this interesting circum
stance was related to the writer the spi-
DER was regarded as pet Of the family. !
cases might perhaps be furnished
oy obserVant lovers OF the animal world, |
out unfortunately very few people seem
to be aware OF the spiders partiality for
music. q Us II experiments We're made with
dliterent kinds OF instruments by skill |
fnl musicians, it is extremely probable !
that very interesting results might be !
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
. SINGULAR HABIT OF THE SCORpIoN.-
/ here is a species of stinging scorpion !
found in the river bottoms of Western |
Texas, whose method of propa CATION is
not spoken of in our text books on natn-
'al history. Immediately after the birth !
II her young, the female places them is .
receptacle on her back, |
Ehere they at once attach themselves |
snd commence sucking her blood. OF
course the mother soon succumbs to this |
iIiltti tiCttuitiEiit dUu DGgin TO urOOD,
| he young ones are by this time sufti- +
'lently -nourished to demand more sub
tantial food, and they kill their mother
md devour her. Should one of the
,onng ones become detached from the
living nest, it is at once killed and feast
'd upon by the mother. Thus it seems
hat while the female willingly sacrifices
Ter life to her offspring, yet she does not
lesitate to kill them should they be so
levoid of instinct as to refuse to remain
where she places them after birth.
While this is going on the male parent
tands around evidently "bossing the
ob.'-[Corpus Christi Ledger.
Somebody has told the Joke on
ailita colonel during the late war, that
u one occasion he drew his regiment up
long river bank to attack a Federal
unboat: The gunboat began pouring
1 broadsidcs, and knocked the sand
anks all to pieces, when, finding his
osition untenable, our colonel gave the
nique but effective command, "Unbank
nd sedge.' Direcly however, the shells
egan falling too thick in the sedge, and j
g shouted. "Unsedge and bresh." s
ven here the fire was too hot. and the