The Washington critic., 1889-06-10
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

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church and for her sslo Won sbosldn,t
saw such things A little religion
wouldn't hurt you bit. ] am sure
singing hymns is as respectable rs going
down the river Sunday afternoon with
a crowd Of boys and getting drunk; and
anyway whether you take an interest in
religion or not you have friends enough
who do so that You ought TO be ashamed
of making fun of any kind of religion.
And your religious friends, am sure,
are not the ones who do you the most
hurt or the ones who cost you the most
money. You may think it's smart TO
make fun OF religion but some day you
will wish you never had done IT, You
know don't like that sort Of talk any.
way and you -" and the rest OF the
talk was lost in the din OF the shuflllng,
talking crowd of promenaders. But
that young man will need just such a
sensible little body all his life and the
Photographer hopes he will have sense
enough to marry her
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Among the many objects of interest
with which The Smithsonian Institute is
stocked are two small onImajs---a foy
and n smlirrel-botb valuable for their
beauty. The fox is Of species known
as the cross fox. and was presented To-
the Institute about two years AGO bv
Mr.. John Melville Of Portland, Oregon.
This animal was taken from the Yucon
River in Alaska, where he was born In
June of 1887. He measures about two
feet and three Inches, and his great
bushy tail, which stands straight ont
behind, is as long again. All four legs,
from the first joint down, are covered
with coat of glossy black fur, and his
body and head Except the long pointed
nose, which is similar to his iegs), is
thickly covered with grayish blue
hair.
The diminutive creature In the oppo
site cage is even more valuable than
the fox, though not so rare. 1t is fe.l
male squirrel. commonly known as the
fire bellied, and can be found in Central
America only. She was brought here
in the early part of last wear from
Mexico and presented to the smith
sonian by an army officer. She Is
about seven inches long, and looks as
she lays all curled up in little bunch
IKE ball OF gray worsted. The
belly is. a haming. red, This little
animal Is very. delicate, and requires
the nurturing OF human babe.
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1t has been matter of n GOOD deal
Of conjecture and no little interest as TO
what becomes of the. sparrows when
they die. A reporter called upon Ro5.
ert Ridgewav this afternoon nj his officc
in the National Museum. and asked for
enlightenment on the subject. well.
II has always been a mystery to
ornitholopists and observers of birds
about the streets of this eitv but l.