Telegram-herald., 1890-07-20

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Especially Oleson i a heavy set bird
weighing a trifs over 80 pounds. 10
l. very d0clls 2ad e4ts o1E of e2es hand.
soHstiMes retaining the had when hs
gets Ehrough with IT, H5 las very beau
tiIul eorn colorsd plunes znd doss rot
sing while m0uiting Especially O.eson
and Lily Dale viii De driven by small
eclorsd Id NF Root says they wlu %
haraesssd 70 a t1o wheeled vehicle
Weighing thirty-ssven and half pounds.
the darky weighing sixty pounds. and
VIII make sOCr mics strsightway and
return II less than nineteen minutes
The novelty Of these races viii easily
advertise them and the expense viii DO
small Local entertainment bureaus
are requested 70 communicate with Mr..
Root. who VIII give rates OF percentage
on which De VIII play. A good mile
track, properly inclOsed. VIII DO al that
Is necessary when he goes On the road.
Different eOlored ribbons VIII mark the
fzvorites, and naturally much money
win change hands.
The study OF the ostrich is filed with
interest % the thinking mind. Minds
not used for thinking purposes. however,
viii find little 70 interest them in the
/ ostrich One odd feature about this
/ bird Is the custom common 10 the female
/ Of laying several extra eggs outside the
nest FOR the young TO eat as soon As they
are hatched- This Is only true. how
| ever, OF the birds who inhabit Syria,
Palestine and Egypt, as they are not
strictly tropical In the tropical lati-
tudes, Of course. the ostrich does not sit
on her eggs. bat deposits them in sand
/ pile, and with a degree OF indolent faith
worthy Of mother who is q corporal in
the Salvation Army So turns them over
10 an all wise providence TO hatch out.
while she goes forth seeking out other
peoples children in order that abe may
reform them.
/ Little bows should never rob the nests
Of these birds unless they are in readiness
/ 20 face an infuriated God. Once there
was a little boy living about eighteen
miles southwest Of Timbuctoo whose
name was Gooloo GoolisOn. He did not
know what was night and what was
7 wrong. He had little rudimentary con-
science, but il did not annoy him at all.
| A little gospel had entered the family
years ago, bat Gooloo was too young to
get much of il, as he had to eat at the
second table, and there was very little
left after the old folks got through. So
GoOlOo did not know that il was wrong
10 rob an ostrich nest and substitute a
scooped out watermelon.
But he does now.
Whittier he has went people know al
most everything. Especially they know
that 70 fool the mamma bird with a
warm watermelon rind is no way to live.
The ostrich is not brainy bird. Even
in Arabia, where knowledge instead Of
being power is generally regarded as a
calamity, the natives, when they want
to say biting thing Of some peculiarly
gifted ass. say he is 'as stupid as an
ostrich"
a bird dog is Of little use in hunting
the ostrich, for in many instances in
stead of flushing the bird he gets little
flushed himself.