The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-03

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| trich eggs, using them for food. The
strength OF the oettich 10 marvellous, y
single blow from its two-toed foot being
ssen IS s ssrss ". sr xr r
| Il can not NY. II depends upon Its strong
legs and feet for speed and can run much
snss ops gas cssss tsss
lows stones ones glass. nails and pieces OF
triches have been brought to this country
and places called ostrich farms have heen
established In California and other States
feathers Wen, have told you all
with love TO Mistress Primrose and all
the Haps. Gusta Shcpperd.
| PANsy's LETTER.
High Prairie, Texas.-7near Mistress
take the opportunity In writing To. the
dear old Post again. think that we have
had very good contest and oh. such
birds are very beautiful | 's saw s a pair a.
them here and | think they are so cute
lying around. g. my, what tiny little
they are the smallest birds ever saw.
They arc green on their backs. A pair
stay here all the time; visited 3 cotton
runns. think Il Is very ~ ss nice ," 10 hsvs
q gin that will gin wen, / oan sit on our
Eallery and hear seven whistles every
with some OF the haps. Those that
want are as follows: Gust Tell Them
That You Saw Me- and "rhe Fatal We'd
ding" Now | know that nome of the
liaps know these songs and / want them.
VIII send any tina, have IN return for
them, ! am going TO ask the haps some
paperY why is Texas 0 more .av int interes HM
than any other state In tho Uniong !
think this would be a very good contest.
and | think II Mistress Primrose would
| leave IL TO q vote u would be carried. And
think books" would be n very good
contest. too but not as good as the. for
read are: '''rhe White Rosc Of Memphis'S
in south Africa" s,,nrlse and SUNSET,
me know through The Post, and send mo
your address. ! Will close, with love to
all pansy
ABOUT THE OSTRICH.
Santa Anna. Texas--Doar Mistress
Primrose; I thought I would write and
tell the liarw something about the ostrich
The ostrich has a naked and callcus head,
al the point: legs half naked, muscular
and iieshy, very long and rough, term
hating In two toes pointing forward ono
, has no claw, The wings are very short
{ and formed of soft and flexible feathers,
the tail taking the form OF plume. There
sparseiy difrused over the interior Of Al
| RIGA. sometimes found In Asia and some
reared In California. In the days OF the
Roman empcrors they were consumed IN
considerable numbers. Heliogabalus car.
| ried his magnifrepcc so far that he caused
Q dish to be served to him containing the
, brains of 600 ostriches. which must have
, cost an incalculable sum. The ostrich Is
, a very voraolous bird Its sight aud hear
ins. are so highly developed that It is said
l "a "A Ia nh clx Lac.
and the slightest sounds excite its ear
The ostrich Is capable. OF enduring hunger
s snS . thirst FOR many days u ma,ured 4
/ lily ira ned to be mounted like horse AMI
to bear burden. Tho tyrant Flrmius,
who reened In Egypt in the third century
them for riding. The iSgs Of an ostriS h
running at fun speed can no moro be
seen than the spokes In the wheel OF u
: vehicle drawn by fast horse. 1t Is sup
posed to , be able to run s,, thirty miles ~,
diameter and is only a hole dug In the
) sand and surrounded by a kind of ram
! part composed OF the debris. Each hon
lays from fifteen TO twenty eggs 1ho
: eggs weigh. from two 70 three pounds and
= each one of them equals In contents abotr,
$ twenty-five hen eggs They are OF a
. tolerable flavor and often very season
= able meal TO travellers, one Of them being
i more than sufficient for the breakfast OF
Il two or three persons. Tho cry of the
4 / pStiitU very MUCH TtStftlltitS NTit W q
= hon. Or. Livingston says he has beer
4 frequently deceived and that only the
e quick car of the native can detect the az
= ference. The mother ostrich Is not with,
, out affection for her young. Kindness and
! caresses are sufficient TO attach them Ia
. any ono. hut care must be taken mover
!, and levour every hing they car steal In
! Ell ages the feathers ri the ostrich have
: been the object OF considerable trade. Tho
{ birds are hunted and reared in domestic
, state, not so snurh for their resh, grens.
!, or eggs as. for the plumes. Each bird
! produces about baif a pound Of white
feathers and three pounds Of black These
! delicate. wavy and aexible ornaments.
! sought after by the, fair sex, are found
on. thS pstrlch's taa and wings ,, ,, dSod
A sIORK STORY.
Borden. Texas. dear Mistress Primrose.
al Pardon me for writing SO soon after my
4 n poor little thing, hated TO have It
printed. And want to tell you stork
story, too. OF the dozen or more species
quilts and wing coverts are black; pJl and
feet red, and bald. blaekish circle around
the. eyes, The body is Ia feet; bill. "
inches long and straight tsnre sign OF
sincerity, with wings strong and ample.
y fully Jusufying the prophets description
,, Of two flying women sn whose wings were
wings Of the stork.a Common to US, in il
} appearance. we who see 70 many beauti-
|, | ful birds, think she " not OF radiant
I plumoge nor qneenly airs.
) Ancient mythology ascIlbed to her a
, divine origin, as the legion runs.
: Juno became jealous OF Anlgone. the
charming sister OF proud Priam. accused
; her OF having boosted OF superior beauty,
, and in wrath changed her into storh,
But In eaGerness TO destroy her beauty
the cruel Juno forgot 10 deprive her OF
} the rare moral cxcellencies for which
she was noted among deities. and hence
she was worshipped as The decentralization
| of picty, temperance. gratitude, and con-
jugal HAL love
The ancient Hebrews honored her with
the name "Hasidah." signfying plous and
beneficent.
! The Moslems esteem II as a sacred bird,
and give II protection and food.
II has been supposed by many In Chris
tan lands TO live a charmed life, and to
, offer IL violence would bring msfortunes.