The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-27

bottle as watering pot. One day dur
ing the dry, hot weather. I CHANGED to
leave the bottle about half full OF
water sittin-: on the window sill with
the pots. The heat was intense, and
L moved my desk close up to the win
dow, thinking that the dust would be
preferable to the stiflin- air on the
other side of the room. AS I sat there
L noticed two sparrows drop down from
the dusty housetoD and light in my
window. The Door little things were
about done up with the heat and the
DUST their wings were hanging limp
and their feathers were drOopy. Evil
IDENTIFY they were in search of water
They walked round and round the
bottle, cycling 1t from all quarters, ap-
parently considering ways and means
of quenching their thirst from the con-
tents. Every now and then one or the
other would hop up on the bottle, peer
ing down its narrow neck lOngingly
Presently the two seemed to give I'D
the effort and fell to chattering might
lily. Feeling sorry for their HELPLESS
ness. I went across the room for a
little squat ink well, thinking to pour
some water into it for the thirsty
birds. When / got back I found that
their own righteousness had relieved
them of their difficulty. During my
absence they had found a small brown
fern-frond that had fallen on the sill.
Taking this in his beak, one of the
sparrows- had mounted on top of the
bottle, dipped the frOnd into the water
and was generously relieving the thirst
of his friend, who sat with wide-open
mouth to receive the grateful drop
The two took turn about at the dipping
till each seemed satisfied, but after
they left ! filed the ink bottle with
water against their coming again for
drink in nv window garden"
Professor Booteasy says: Cats die
at an elevation of $4,000 feet, even
though they are reputed to have nine
lives when on level with the ocean.
Dogs and men climb the greatest
known natural elevations
Goldfish are Of Chinese origin. They
were originally found in a large lake
near Mt Tsientsing. and were first
brought to Europe in the Seventeenth
century. The first in France came as
a present to Nine. De PomDadour.
Many of the flying squirrels peculiar
tiles are to be found in a curious little
lizard which is common in India, Java
and Borneo, known as the flying dra-
COON" This little crature's first six
false ribs are greatly elongated. and
support winglike expansion of skin.
which, when stretched, seems to bear
it I'D.
A lady photographer at Buxton, Eng,
owns a seagu1, which, after being
tanned. proved 70 be so dOcile and
clever as in some way to be used in
the lady's business. To prevent it fly
ing away, the birds wings were clipped
and the owner was proceeded against
for cruelty. The magistrates refused
to convict. on the ground that a sea-
gull, not being a domestic animal, did
not come within the statute. This view
was upheld by a divisional court re-
Gently. Mr.. Justice Vaughan Williams
remarking that he wished the law was
different, but they had no right to ex-
tend its scope.
A hen has been known to foster
under her wings a poor. shivering little
pig, and to continue to do so until the
pig was able to take care of ITSELF
Boston Herald.