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HIGH-FLYERS ON MARS.
Possibility Of Race of Semi-Angels
Living There.

Possibility of Race of Semi-Angels
Living There.
From the North American Review
If the attraction of the earth were less
powerful our winged TRIES might have re-
ceived a much greater development. In
virtue of the unquest:o enable principle
known as 1.-The struggle for existence -
these winged creatures. dominating all
others, would have been the strongest.
Progress would have been effected along
this line. The superior race. the human
race, would have been a winged race.
These simple considerations, which it may
be easy to extend much further. are enough
to convince us that our human form is
essentially terrestrial. and that the inha5-
itants of Mars cannot resemble us. They
different.
Upon Mars. for example. one might sup
pose. witht ut scientific heresy, that the re-
markable hghtness of tier bodies may
have developed the winged race more high
ly in the direction Indicated. and that the
inhabitar is of this planet may have re-
ceived the privilege of fight.
Does this amount to saying that, for this
reason, they must necessarily have the
form Of birds? No. The bats, are they
not mammals which suckle their youngc
Is 1t saying, then. that we must imagine
them under this form? Not at all. May
they not re- Their be like dragon flies flutter-
mails?
AS to this point We can imagine every
thing and prove nothing. 1t Is even highly
probable tfat the reality is sonnet hing alb
solutely different from all our terrestrial
conceptions.
On the one hand the Hghtness of The
Marian beings is favorable of their winged
constitution. On the other hand how
ever. the atmosphere is hardly well fitted
TO sustain them. But still we recall that
terrestrial zoology furnishes instances OF
birds which are very heavy. such as con-
ders and the vultures, and these are just
the ones which fly highest in the most rare
fed regions OF our atmosphere: they have
been observed even above the submits of
the Himalayas, the Andes ard the Cordil-
leras. at elevations of from 5000 to 1900
meters (27.00O to 10000 feet, where they
can still soar freely, thanks to the enor-
nous spread Of their wigs.
Nor must we lose sight of the fact that a
human being weighing 30 Kilograms Q54
pounds wo-A weigh no more than 26 kilo-
grams CSC pourds) if transported to the
globe of Mars.
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PRIDE IN BIG CALVES,
Increase Of Cycling Has Injured the
Clothing Trade.

Increase of Cycling Has Injured the
Clothing Trade.
From the New York Press.
Charles F. Reichers. president Of the
United Garment Workers, who has Just
returned from western trip. declares tina.
there is a great depression in the clothing
trade throughout the country, due to the
great number of bicycle riders who wear
knee trousers.
According to the doc tors, mems legs are
becoming less scrawny with the use Of the
bicycle, and, the masculine element
is proud of a bullying calf, there is no
doubt but that knee breeches will in time
supersede the hideous trousers
What's rare as a day in June! and
what SO brave as a pair of shapely calves!
A few years ago a feeble attempt at the
made by the young swells Of the uptown
clubs. but it failed dismally. There was
reason for the failure in the ridiculously
attenuated legs which the proposed return
to knickerbockers would have disclosed
But bicycles now have worked a change,
Mr.. Reichers says:
THE cheap and shoddy bicycle suits
will soon go, and will give way to rich
and fanciful costumes. Many manufac-
turers are thinking seriously of putting
large quantities of knee breeches on the
market next season to take the place Of
the unsightly and unserviceable trousers
now worn
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY,

Schedule in effect June Il. 1885.
All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania pas
500 A.M.-Daily. Local for DamiIle. Ccunectu
at Manassas for Strasburg. daily except Sunday,
and and at Lsn,hhnrs with the Norfolk and Western
for the Natural Bridge and Clifton Forge.
Ills A,M.-Daily.-11IE UNITED STATES FAST
NAIL Carries Pullman Buffet Sl.-1~rs New Yori
and Washington to Jacksonville, u:iifinr at Sails
bury with L altman Sleeper Tor Ash~yilie and Hot
springs \. u; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn
and at Gharett. with Pullman Sleeper for Augusta
also Pullman Sleeper New York New Orleans
via Montgomery. connecting at Atlanta with Pull
man Sleeper for birmingham. Memphis and ST.
4.ol P.M.Iocal for Front Royal. Riverton and
strrshurg. daily. except Sunday.
AZ AZ, FM-psiiy Legal for Charlottesville.
WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED. cnmrnsed OF
Coaches Pullman sleeper: New yers to a"a A.s Ss
via Charlotte. Colunbia savannah and JACKSON.
Vile. and New York to M'mphls via Birming-
ham: New York to New orie MS WA Au.nta anu
Atlanta. Southern Railway Dining Car Greensboro
TRAINS o2 WASHINGTON AND OHIO Drv1s.
sundays only for Round Fin 20 pm. daily. eI:
fsp. Sunday fsr Leeshnrs and e:2S pm daily e,
cept Sunday from ,und I'm. ZOO am. daily eI.
cept Sunday, from HrrTdcn. S:34 an daily, ex-
oept Sunday, from L.estUrg.
ington, Ga am. c:2o pm, and $40 pm. daily.
day. and $40 am. daily from Chariottesv1lfe.
Tickets. Sleeping Car reservation and inforrna-
fion furnished at Offices 5l1 and 1900 Pennsyiyans
W. H. GREEN: General supt
]. NJ. CtI.P. Traffic Manager.
". A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agent
I. s. Brown Cen. AGENT Pass. Dent
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RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
Station corner of 9Th and B stree.a
'sS TssE say. s .a5 bsas S E.Es
Daiss ..s
st. st. Louis: Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet FaIIOs
1880 AN FAST LrNE-rurln.n Bufre, rar,or
S lar 10 Harrisburg Buffet Parlor Car, Harris
$40 R;M: cHIsAso AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS.
sleeping aud Dining can. HarTisurs ffi to s.:
TIC Sul FM WnsrEk Eu, sss sngo
iRg Car TO Chicago and Harrisburg to Cleveland
E. n.;: and s'es
,o fM aTP. AcFffc to E Siinns Steer,
7;S3 AN for Kane. caaandaisua. Rochester and
1890 Am. for Enira and Remove. daily. e,cep.
i Sunday. For Lock Haven week days and Will
10 I'm. for williamsport. Rochester Buffalo and
niagara faus daily. except Saturday. with Sleep
1910 Pm. for Erie. CanaDdaigua. Rochester. Buff
nrto an 10 H F Falls daily Sleeping Car Wash
FOR PHILADELPHIA; NEW YORK AND THE
400 Pm. ~cosGREssiSSAL LIMITED. daily,
Rer rarl0s a Can no with 0 Dining Car from
ca and 20 Dining Car f5S1 VIII
900: II 90 Oinins Car from Winning. on, A. NJ !:
lib. 3:15. 40. $40, 1000 and II 81 PM For
Philadelphia only. Fast Express 1853 AN. week
6hys Express. l2;l5 week days. POI and $50
IN daily For Boston without change. ESQ
An week days. and BIS p N. daily.
Atlantic City via Delaware River Bridge. sIl-rail
route). BIB Pm. daily: tvia Market Street Fer
ry, 1000. 1l:0O AN and 12:45 I'm. week days
ii :S5 + N. daily. and 800 A NJ Saturdays only.
For Baltimore. G:25, ZOO. 7:2O. So. 300 10 co.
1870. go and II so An. 12:l5. le:l5. 2:Ol,
S:i5 go a 90 Limited. 40. 4:36, SEQ. sos.
$50 1:10. loco. l0:40. lib and II :35 PM
On SUNDAY, 200. 7:20, 300. 9.O5, 1890, ii 90
AN: 12:l5. Els, 2:Oi, 3:l5. $40 400 Linn
atsi'; 20 $40. s'oa. $40 7:lo. 1000. lO:4o
For rope's Creek Line. 7:2o AN and 4:ss Pm.
daily, except Sunday. SUNDAYS. 9:05 AM
IN daily, except Sunday. Sundays, 300 AN.
Atlantic Coast Line Express for Richmond. points
on Atlantic Coast Line. 4:30 AN, 3:46 r NJ
daily. Richmond and Atlanta $40 M daily
tfttmond only. 1851 AN. week days.
10 Pm. week days
For Alexandria, 40. 6:35. 7:45. $40 9:4s. 1851
ll:0 AN; 1880. l:4o, 80 4:25. 300 537
6:la SOP, 1910 and II ~ PM. On Sunday at
80 1:is. 9:sS M; 2:45. 6:l5. 500 and 10 10
Leave Alexandria fer Washington Cos. G:Is, o5
SEQ $40 1913 los AN: LOO. 2:l5, 90
3:3 500 5 30, G:l3 200. 7.20, glO. 10 81 and
IL :0S M. On Sunday 6:i3, 9:lO 1O:2s A NJ !:
2:l5 $40. 700 TO. $40 and $50 PM
Ticket Offices. corner Fifteenth and q streets and
nj the station, sixth and b streets. where orders
can be left for the checking of baggage to destiDs
tinn from hotels and residences
General Manager. General Pass Agt
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sALr1sc 4 local GOLD NINE.


Colorado Milne Methods Applied to .
New YSFE Soda Fountain.
From the New YsrksMorId
With the advent of spring. gentle spring.
comes the onslaught on the soda wafer
fountain, the Ytreet buttermilk man 1nd
corner lemonade. Sometimes the onslaught
comes just before spring. and the weather
has nothing TODD. with it. That was what
happened on Sd avenue one cold day re-
Gently.
A man in that heighborhood had a new
soda water stand for sale. 1t seemed TO be
in the right place for generous patronage.
but the rent twas coming due and the
weather was uncertain. But how is a man
to dispose Of a soda water stand that has
few or no customers: The proprietor found
solution. He had a gold mine without
any gold: he would do others had done
In similar situation in the far away re-
sions of Colorado-he would salt it,
Now, sailed claims are worked off on
conndlng purchasers every day in New
YORK II the claim happens to be a nom
paying saloon customers are hired to come
and patronize it during the selling season.
mat Is to say, they are furnished the
financial Wherewithal to come in every now
ana then and to bring their friends in and
Duy drinks. There are plenty of customers
10 pc mad in this way. When it is a nom
paying restaurant or lunch room, the salt
Ing process is worked the same way. A
cieverly sailed place can in this way be
SHOWN TO be doing a good run Of business.
VI course. as soon the sale Is made the
business falls of at once, when there is
nothlng left for the new proprietor but to
lose money, shut up. salt the place
Tor some other ''tenderfoot. There are
places IN this city which have been salt
ed half a dozen times.
our enterprising soda water man con-
tracteu with some twenty or thirty chill
uren or both sexes in his neighbour bod to
Duy SODA water DIT his stand for one week
putting out about a peck of pennies and
Hickels III the investment. His youthful
customers were to come in SO many times
a day and hand this Doodle in for the eff
1erVeseent stuff, the loss would litter
all, De only the cost of the material, which
Is not much Barring the fact that some
VI these youngsters were inclined 10 blow
IN everything the first day, things went all
right But the weather had not been taken
INTO account: it turned cold. To the evil
oent astonishment of the 'tenderfoot'' the
uh on the fountain continued unaba ted
IN Iact, grew stronger and more frantic
he couldn't understand why anybody
should want to dispose of such a yerita pie
gold mine as this. While he was cogitating
small but knowing six-year-old came in
and said:
Please. sir: l want some more pennies"
PENNIES? Pennies?" queried the nervous
proprietor. What for?'
W nat for exclaimed the child. con-
temptuously. Why. to buy soda water
Win, OF course You didn't give me AS
l'much as you did the rest. anyhow
mat stand is still for sale.
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From the Chicago Tribune.
Florence Nightingale was seventy-six
years old on May 10. Born in Florence
she was named after her birthplace. HeI
father was William E. Nightingale Of EN-
bly, Park. Hampshire, and Lea Hurst, Der
byshire; anG Florence the younger daugh-
ter, was, With her sister, Frances Parthen-
hope, who ma rried Sir Harry Nerney, and
6ied in 1880, his co-heress. Besides the
historic part Florence Nightingale PLAYED
i'll the Crimean war, she will always be
known as the friend and supporter of the
Gorernesses II Institution in Harley street.
London, and as the writer of many valua-
BILE hooks nursing. The testimonial
fund of f;rt,kp contributed by a grateful
country after the Crimean campaign in
honor Of the Lady with the Lamp" Miss
Nightingale handed over for the founda-
ton of nurses raining and employment
Institution. Delicate health has made Miss
Nightingale live quietly for many years.
but she has ever been at work for the good
Of others.
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CRIPPLED, but LIVELY.
Without the Use of Legs. hut He Car
Take Care of Hlmself

From the New York World.
1t is well-known fact that nature
makes partial amends for the loss of one
faculty by Strengthening those left to US.
The loss of sight is followed 10y an extra
ordinary acuteness of the sense of sound.
There are several blind men Well known
about New York who thread the crowded
sections of Broadway with apparently as
much ease as those who can see. They
go about fearlessly, ignoring the dangers
of cable cars, trucks and trolleys without
even the assistance Of the traditional dog,
trusting wholly in the sound of the staff
on the pavement.
There is a cripple who haun;s The vicin-
1ty of list street and LIST avenue. p-opelling
himself crude little board on wheels
by means of his hands. His withered
limbs are twisted up beneath i.im, useless
from birth. But his powerful ANS take
the place of both legs and feet. He can
roll along through the crowded thorough
fares. cross the streets and dodge the
trucks and trans with astonishing CELEBRITY
and certainty. He is known 20 the en-
tire neighborhood. and he is practically
the boss Of the ward. People seem to
have much respect for his judgment on
1neir various affairs. and he is consulted
as often as a Tammany leader. Some
times the street urchins attempt TO take
liberties with him. They never do it
twice. He has a way of suddenly hop
ping off his board on his hands, with a
leap like that of kangaroo. and grab
bling boy by the leg and shaking all the
courage out of him. which has earned him
the respect of the knowing ones.
He can whip a man twice his size and
weight. All he wants is to get his enemy
within reach, and ii is done Being high
strung and quick-tempered. his fighting
qualities have been frequently tested. The
young roughs of the neighborhood are in
deadly fear of those arms. There is not
much sympathy wasted on that cripple
you may readily imagine.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect June H. 1896
Leave Washington from Station corner OF New
~ For Chicago and Northwest. vestibuied Limited
Trains. ii 80 am. sos D. IN.
For Cincinnati: ST Louis and Indianapolis. vesti-
b1 lied Iimi,ed s:45 pm: Express. !2:ia night
For Berkeley Springs, Cumberland. Deer Park,
For lexington and Stanton. 11:soam
Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans. 1850
fsr Eal;IInors. seSi DAYS. 500. $50. roo.
us 1s:os. ssiS iS 80 - SIS. 20, SO SO
night, Sundays I7;os. f7:Io. $50, rssoS 1000
am sl2:o5 xl2 :35, LOO. 3:o0. 32a, 4:32 Ks :o5,
APO, $50. xs:oo. x9:sO. ll:15. XII so pm.
For = A Al no and $50 an 1910 and
for Frederick. Assoc, bill 30 Am. ellis. b $50.
For liagerstown. bill 80 am and rs 80 pm.
For bSyd's and way points, week days. 600
an go $50. 7:oS pm. sundays. 500 an.
20 am ans 500 Sat s'DIs sss sass
20" 4, ~ %; 30 pm Sundays 500 am. l:la SIS,
For Washington Junction and way points. as 90
cpa aay i II 30 p% ''''
For hay Ridge. week days. BIS am and AS
From Bag Ridge. week DAYS G:1s am. $50 and
s;la pm Sundays 500 and Sis pm.
ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
An trains Illuminated with Pinrsch Hight.
East. week days, 900. 7:O5. SEQ Ho00 m. Din
ing Carr Zoo, II :3a. 300 t5:05 Dining Carr, 500
pm u2:ol night; Sleeping Car open 1000
o,cockt. Sundays. G-05 Dining Carr. 600 am
Dining Carr. n2c35 Dining Carr, 300 ,5:05 Dining
Carr, 800 l2:o1 night: Sleeping Car open for pas
senseIs 1000 p.n.l.
Buffet Parlor Cars all trains
For Atlantic City, 1000 m, 1900 noon. Sun
days 12:35 pm.
bExcept Sunday aDaily cSunday only.
HExpress train.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Company orders
left at ticket Offices, 6l9 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. New York and Fifteenth street,
and Depot.
WM. Il. GREENE, CHAS o. S(-CLL.
1elo Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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tentton to fairly win his game. Although
fixed ammunition was by no means plenty
with him, 1t was not this fact nor any
dangers of Immediate starving that brought
was his unQuestioned devotion to sports
manship. On a pond of about 100 acres
extent were five ducks, and the Indian,
after indicating his desire to get Two, took
up his rifle, and, putting cartridge in 1t.
tossed the belt to Denning and made to-
ward the water. The Sioux occupied three
mortal hours In maneuvering to make his
shot. He made it finally and killed two Of
the ducks with single bullet at nearly 100
yards. Stranger and more wonderful things
have happened, certainly The Japanese
do as well with an arrow shot from a
seven-foot bow and at even greater dis
more remarkable than what comes Of doing
for the sake alone Of the performance.
Denning assured me that 1t was his fixed
belief the old Sioux would have done the
same sort Of thing whether his friends
were hts audience or not, for it was the
charm of making good his chances that
inspired him throughout and that even at
the childlike game Of tossing shells "a kind
of miniature Quoits played with empty
cartridge shells) the same old Sioux in
variabiy won-usually owning all the empty
shells in camp that were worth having.
Our present subject calls for the tntelli
gent exercise of far more than mere knack
and willingness to shine; it entails train
ings of kinds that will keep the nerves as
We may say superconscious and that will
keep the muscles from r:gidity. Nothing
is more fatal to fine pistol shooting than
the practice of gripping the piece in
vice-pistois shot from vice never shoot
as straight as the mob expects.
When the shooter finds that his scores
do not come up to lively expectations let
him look into himself. Constantly deter
mine during the making of each and every
shot where the trouble lies: see if at one
time it is uncontrolled flnching. at an
nfh nr he iii 49, he trtc hat
not? Every one will find that, only in the
proportion OF their intimate CONSCIOUSNESS
of the progressive stages of each shot made
can they come to be reliable shooters.
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RAILROADS.
Washington, Alexandra & Mt.
Vernon Railway.

From Station, I39 St and Pa. Ave.
e FOE ALEXANDRIA. ,Daily. except sunday
$50 4. &; 8, 10. Ii. IL am. /. 2 3. 4, 5, Q,
SUNDAYS -. 10. IL, IL an. i, 2, 3. 4. s. q.
FROM ALEXANDRIA DAILY. except Sunday,
o.; g. ~ TO- H. IL am. 1. 2, 8, 4, ), @, z.
sdNDAYs. 1925 1910 am; 1910 a:Io. s:1o,
SD 10 6:lO. .:10 $40. $40. 1910 y. m.
LUX MolNT VERNON AND WAY STATIONS.
IN DAILY, except Sunday
~, IL. IL am, I. 2. 3 pm
FROM MOUNT VERNON AND WAY STATIONS
$50. Dafly, except Sunday
Al as' l2:SS am, 1888, 2:33 3 :33. ALB. 5:33
Iok ARLINGTON AND AoUEDUCT BRIDGE.
~. IL u am; 1, =. 3. 8. >. q. Z. \, 8 nm.
FhoM ARLINGTON AND AQuEDItT BRIDGE.
o. IL Sa l2:35 a m: 30. 2:.5. 3:35. 49,. 5:35,
- FOR MOUNT VERNON PARK.
III. III, II Am. I. - 3. Z. X pm.
FROM MOUNT VERNON PARK
do i2:s5 an. 1: 35, 2:35 3.35, ABS, 5:35.
FoR MOUNT VERNON PARK. SUNDAYS.
10. III. IL am, j. .. 3. 4. ). C, Z, pm.
FROM MOUNT VERNON PARK. SUNDAYS.
ii so 10 am, 80 $50. $50. $50. $50
ESQ, $50. $3.50. $50 pm.
G. ABBOT, GEO r. PHILLIPS
Gen Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent.
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hazard M, doings have been already eliminated

hazard doings have been already eliminated
therefrom
skill Is one thing-scientific skill is more.
for scientific skill Is possible onlv to some
one familiar with various phenomena re
lat1ng to the performance in hand Scien
tine skill invests the individual with ability
10 proceed further in a given direction to
do better what is difficult, and. assuming
1t to be within his scope, the sciep tifically
sk1iifui becomes, with practice, reasonably
sure OF his performance Oftentimes we
hear it said of an individual who is notaf,lv
adro1t: He has the krack of doing thin "a :,
Than this there is perhaps no more uni
versally implied ignorance. Nothing that
Is really difficult to do Is done by knack.
any more than it is done by nonsense
Among difficult performances pistol shoot
ing takes foremost place. II it is diff
cult indeed to do excelent1y well and al
though the premises here implied that no
one does it we'll by knack seems sometimes
upset by Tom, Dick or Harry doing sheer
wonders at 1t, still Tom Dick and Harry
soon or late all come down together unless
they find out why their good shooting Is
good and also why their OFF shooting is Off
Case i'm Point.
My friend Ed Dennlng. a fine pistol shot,
once told me Of old Sioux experience
shooting ducks. account of which " Ill
not be out Of place here. The Sioux in
question had on various occasions evil
denced his sportsmanlike disposition-hs
undertook nothing in the nature of hazard,
other than with the clearly indicated in
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A rather remarkable state of affairs ex-
lists in the Maysvile Jail. There are about
twenty-five prisoners now confined there.
some of them awaiting trial Tor the worst
of crimes These prisoners have formed
good order" society, and organized q
mock court to punish offenders Fred Bass.
who shot and killed Orth Gambia was
chosen judge, and Laughlin who killed his
wife and niece near Augusta. is sheriff.
They have adopted laws against splitting
on the floor, boisteroGs conduct using vile
or profane language. etc, and these are
strictly enforced Offenders are whipped
with a strap. Garrett Breckenridge, await
ing trial for murder, is the exec utioner.
Jailer Johnson says the society has effected
a remarkable Improvement in the conduct
OF the prisoners. The noise they formerly
made greatly annoyed a young lady who
was very sick at her home on 4th street,
just south of the Jail. and Mr.. johnson
told them this. and his complaint result
ed in the organization of the society.
The society details two of its members TO
clean up cells each day
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Leff-Handed Animals.

From Popular Science News.
There seems to be evidence that some anil
mails at least are left-handed. Parrots
grasp and hold food with the left claw.
Livingstone stated that lions struck with
the left paw; he taught that all animals
are left-handed. David S Jordan, who has
been shaking hands with parrots to verif,
this observation fir ds that the left-handed
habit may be induced in parrots from the
fact that in Offering ones finger for the
parrot to grasp it is usually that of the
right hand. The parrot therefore puts his
left claw forward. If the left finger be Of
fered the parrot will put forward the right
foot. He says however, that there Is APP
psrent1y small preference Cor the left
foot. but this he accounts for ON the ground
that left-ft otedness is most always in
duced in parrots from the fact that those
who offer The finger or food to the par
rot usually do SO with the right hand.
Repetition of this process ii would seem,
tends to make the parrot more or less left
footed