Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-06-23
How inoonstancy Was Pun fshed.

How =tnconstancy Was Pun shed.
 The tragedy was due to a very un- happy conjunction of circumstances. The lady of the household had been making "goo-goo'' eyes at the conquer ing and Irresistible Corbett and failed to do her duty in matching the eggs. After ostrich fashion. her husband kept the eggs warm at night. This is recognized rule in ostrich house. holds. But. instead of doing her share of the work in the day time. the wife galliFanted around the farm and told her husband she was shopping. It came to his ears that she was receiY- ing attentions from the great Corbett and then she even firted with that creature before her husband
 Then it happened that a large and healthy family was matched in the ad- joining Cleveland household, and the husband was wroth. He kicked his wife until he could kick no more. And whenever all effort is made nowadays to mate him with some other pretty ostrich maiden, he kicks her through the wire fences.
 Mr. Cockburn was most fond of the dead bird, and stuffed to seem as real as life, her remains are on exhib- ton in the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, D. c.
 About the only pretty ostrich is the baby ostrich Then they are as cute as a chick. When the ostrich begins to get it's growth it becomes ugly. un- gainly. It's body stands five feet high The long, snakelike neck and the flat head, with the long. snaky tongue that constantly protrudes from it's beak and the oblique eyes, give it cunning malignant look It's personal characteristics, as must be apparent, are vicious. It delights in waltzing A number of birds will gather in a cir cle and dance a regular waltz. with bows to their partners, much after the manner of humans
 And ostriches never bury their heads in the sand and foolishly expect to escape capture. Whenever the young are pursued they squat down in the desert and lay their long necks on the ground, as their color is similar to that of the sand. and they are often missed in the chase. Ostrich eggs are never matched by the sun.
 In passing it should be remarked that there is quite an industry in the sale of the eggshells from which the birds have been matched. They are CT orange wood. painted with ( pretty scene and sold IS valuable souvenirs. Normally the eggs weigh about five pounds and taste very well when boiled. They are matched usual iy in forty-fve days.
 
 The plumes from which boas are made are cut off every eight months, with a very exciting process that is dangerous for the pluckers. 4 certain variety of feathers are shed from the birds body.
 Mir. Cockburn has several farms scattered around the country. and con. templates staring one near St. Louis before the Worlds fair opens. In Hot Springs the birds are in hearing of the Iron Mountain railroad engines, and whenever thev hear them Whistlins and rushing by they start to race around in the inclosures. To give them an opportunity to nm for their money, Mr. Coclburn is going to enlarge his grounds and arrange race track. and then he is going to engage daring riders to ride the birds around the track. All the birds of mature size weigh more than 900 pounds. They enjoy such names as Bryan. IIobson. Governor Francis. and Colonel Fordyce.
 (. ARNOLD KRTCKMAN.