The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-10-06
A WONDERFUL SPINNER. +

~ -Ma.y d. Brine, in Nursery.
i A WONDERFUL SPINNER.
Little children, have not even tn,
few years Of your young lives taught 70,
that this beautiful world OF ours is full
OF wonderful thingsp Have You not al
ready learned that our loving Father il
wise and thoughtful in all things, ane
that dc never places even the loves
creature in the world without giving i,
all that is needful to its welfarep
The great ocean holds many of these
humble little toilers, and it is the story
OF the life-work of one of these families
that am going now to tell you.
Have you ever gone into great fac.
tory, where men and women are a,
work amidst the buzz of machinery.
spinning threads, of which, by-and-by.
will be woven the very clothes you and
WEAR These men and women have
70 devote long months, or years, to
learn low to do their work, and other
men have devoted other years to in
venting the machinery with which these
delicate little threads are spun; and all
the work is done in the midst Of hurry
and hustle and noise. llfss
1t all seems very wonderful, the toll
OF these human spinners; but what will
you say when tell you that, MANY and
many time, you and l have held in
our hands q more wonderful spinner
than these; a spinner SO humble and
quiet that few know of its industry and
skill; a spinner who has again and
again come to the. aid OF man, when.
but for its help, all his toll of months
and years must have been lost and
swept awayP
Perhaps you viii hardly believe It
when | tell you that the homely little
mussel, that we use to bait our fish
hooks with. is this very spinner of the
THAT which dwells by the sea, = in the
screvices OF the rocks, and gives us SO
much trouble to tear it loose from its
rocky bed. 9lss = A3' =,
When the tiny mussel first creeps out
OF the little egg which held it, it floats
about in the water at the mercy of the
wind and the waves; but very soon. ss
1T grows larger, and the time comes for
it to settle down for life, Dame Nature
the faithful servant of the great Gre
ator-furnishes the humble mnssel with
the means of moving about at will SO
that it may select its home.
Take up one OF them in your hand
and open it carefully with a knife. and
you will see an organ or muscle of con-
lcal shape and deeply grooved in an
pearance. This is the musseI's q foot.ss
and it is by this il, sdrags itself alonp in
its early days while hunting for 4 rock
or bank which il NAV suit its fancy tn
choose for its future home.
This 'foot' is just like that of the
snalls we all know 50 well, and If YOU
will watch a snail moving along on the
ground you will know exactly how the
"Spinners OF the Sea- -and, in fact,
all Of the nlollusk family-travel be-
meath the water.
The mussel does not love solitary
life On the contrary, when we find
one we find thousands Save. and hi,n-
dreds Of thousands all fast-bound.
by their own work. to their rocky
homes. 500 8 = - -
just as soon as the young mussel.
looking out for a home, finds a place to |
suit it. it puts its foot firmly in the rock.
and at once begins the work Of its life
w .n 30 an1 faar ~ .nat y may not De
II Won IL, lnot no 49, ~ new nome: ii
shall in ra o b "no1 .nuie IA. d. tne open
no down rom sha ;,a ou VIII see nang-
hnndle Of st o ~. .h.,,a oaser =, tne 1901 q
has snun ont Of o. saa,; M s,1, tne 1901
hat e secratad y s : r,a.d !: aaeerlal
rior And tins tha anu ~ l y, nue.
not only sn;ns b;s 'n en spn, .h o. me sea
tually n,annfact,,es "I tt sl1sau, DaI ac.
which l,e ma sl' 'he material o. |
AS we have sai,, tho ro,,, :. ,,,,..o.,
,aa;;,,s so, sai's Tue young mussel