, 1890-07-20

arm movement steps off at the rate OF
eighteen feet per step with no danger to
her extra limbs. The ostrich also has
her limbs reasonably far apart. and there
fore does not interfere.
Abou Ben Pangborn, of Watermelon
township, Congo cOunty had a young
FLY ostrich which wanted to sit in the
summer of 70 and he did not wish to
have her do so, as he had sold the setting
of eggs to n Sabbath school for Easter.
So he tied her by the hind leg at the
kraal of a neighbor, 2s3 miles away. The
chain was attached to her limb just be-
low the calf of the limb. the other end
being fastened to the root of a BAN
burrowallipus tree which grew near the
kraal.
When the desire to sit comes over the
female ostrich she cannot overcome it
any more than a walking delegate can.
She yields to it and becomes its willing
slave. You can play on her with a fire
department or tie a red rag to her over
skirt. but you cannot quench her desire
to occupyR seientary position.
That was the way with this young
thing. Her name was Patience She
had already sat several weeks on a pine.
apple vhurse. uud, aside from giving it a
rich home favor, she could not detect
any progress towards Matching out a
wholesale grocery store.
So one day u great longing to get back
to her own nest 2Si miles away came
over her. She lost control of herself.
Her mother nature asserted itself in q
brief ejaculation such as the female os-
trich makes when suddenly confronted
by a great mental problem. In her
minds eye she saw those Sabbath school
children blowing the interior out of her
large and juicy handiwork, and then dec
Grating the exterior with lilies. etc, etc
and tying ribbons to them, and Patience
arose and girded up her IONS and gave a
great kick that busted the periphery of
the kraal and tore down the bamburro
walllipus tree, and with tho chain and a
prong of the tree root, together weighing
thlrty-seven pounds, she trotted across
to her home, by actual computation, in
sixteen minutes and twenty-five seconds,
though Abou Ben Pangborn made it IA
little short of that with his new stop sand
glass Patience thus made a record Of at
least a mile in thirty three seconds, carry
ing thirty-seyen pounds attached to the
calf of her limb.
Mr.. Root says that he can reduce this
record greatly, and has done so already
In several initances. He has five birds
now in hand, named and described as
follows:
Timbuctoo, a large ashes OF roses bird,
over ten feet high, who PAGES without
urging at thirty seven on an empty stom-
ach. Give him a little hot lunch out Of
the cellar OF a recently burned hardware
store and he can make it in twenty-nine,
so Mr.. Root says. Timbuctoo has q pow
erful digestion and a tape worm which
coaxes ship %chandlery and railroad roll
ing stock. 1t will pay to get your tips
from Timbuctoo.
Overgrown Williams is a large, soiIed
white geldiug, with no record as yet,
though he has taken no dust from any
other bird in the United States, barring
those on Mr.. Roots ranch. He is young
yet and awkward. He also SHES some,
and when he does so is apt to step out
from under his rider, leaving him in a
comatose state. He weighs 2S7 pounds,
and hopes to do even better thar that as
he fills out by another spring.
t. De Witt Talmage is a pearl gray os-
trich of rather slender build, who has al.
ways led an upright life, or at least if not,
he has never allowed anybody to get on
to it, as Mr.. Root says. De Witt makes
good time and acts as his owl jockey. The
Duke of Council Bluffs says this bird is
the shrewdest one he has ever seen. He
can throw a a race with wonderful ease,
and in a style that would tickle Satan al
most TO death.
Lily Dale is a large black ostrich from
the Soudan. She is twenty-seven hands
high and easily eats out OF a second story
window. She is lot particular whose
window it is, eyether. Lily is a broad
shouldered brunette and has a record, but
1t is not a very good one. 1t was made
in Africa before she came here, and Mr..
Root would rather not have anything said
about it. She is very cross while sitting.
and Mr.. Root is short two hired men this
summer on that account They are both
bird Saf fan ,o aps u swnsa!e will join {;
tps s1-pproacue-Se@e 70 the aviary.
And Lily, who was at tnsse sitting on a
tin sprinkler and e~ndeavoring, by putting
her mind on it. to hatch out a spring
freshet, arose and kicked of the GENTLE
mans silk hat.
Also his head.
Especially Oleson is a heavy set bird.
weighing a trifle over 800 pounds. He is
very docile and eats out of ones hand,
sometimes returning the hand when he
gets through with it. He has very beau
tiful corn colored plumes and does not
sing while moulting. Especially Oleson