Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-02-25


No. 2 appears to be thrown into the
hand in the same manner. The move
ment of the right hand is to all appear
ance the same, the 'chink. is heard as
the new conner strikes coin No. 1, there
fore Coin No. 2 appears to be also in the
left hand.
But it is not. AS the left hand ap-
ltpears to close upon ccinao. 2, It Is rap
idly carried by the fingers of the right
hand into the palm, where it strikes
against coin No 8, making the clicking
sound which deceiyes those looking on
as to it's real position.
The left hand is now opened and
shown to contain but single coin.
The hand is then closed again, the coin
pressed into the palm. When the hand
is opened, care is taken not to expose
the palm, and the hand is allowed to
drop at the side as though it were
empty. Although the palm is not ex-
posed the audience will take it for
granted that the hand Is empty, as
upon the earlier disappearance Of one
Of the two coins the hand was so freely
shown as to make it quite clear that the
missing coin was not concealed in it.
The appearance, at the conclusion, Of
the two coins in the right hand causes
those watching to firmly believe that
the left hand has no secret to yield up.
Busy Animals.
The fox is a dealer in poultry, but he
Is nothing more nor less than thief.
Fat ducks and chickens are his delight,
and a plump rabbit comes next best.
The otter and the heron are fisher
men. The otter is not often seen, for
he carries on his work mostly under
the water, but the heron stands with
his long, thin legs in the water wait
ing till fish comes by. Then a sud-
den plunge with his long, sharp bill and
the Door fish is brought up and swal-
lowed.
The ants are the busiest Of all. Catch
an ant asleep in the daytime if you can.
They are always in earnest at their
work, building their underground
homes and laying up stores of food for
the long winter.
The swallow is a fly catcher, and
skins now over the surface Of the lit
tie streams. 1t takes a great many
flies to feed him for just one day, and
he is forever at work.
The beaver is wood cutter, build
er and mason. 1t cuts down the small
trees with it's teeth, and, after it has
built it's house, it plasters it with it's
tail.
The snail, too, is builder, but It
takes the material for it's house from its
own body. 1t is so anxious to begin
work that it commences to build its
own house before it is even hatched.
The mole that burrows under the
ground makes a little fort under the
earth from which it tunnels in every
direction, and it makes such clever
paths that it can run from one to the
other and can scarcely be caught.
The bees do not all live In hives or
tree trunks. The mason bee digs hole
in a brick wall and lines it with clay.
In this nest it lays two eggs and closes
it up. The miner bee bores long holes
in the sandbanks and the carpenter bees
bore their tunnels in wood. The uphol-
sterer bee lines his nest with poppy
leaves. The rose leaf cutter takes q
leaf between its jaws, begins near the
stalk and cuts out circle Of just the
right size and as perfect as could be
marked with a compass. With these
circles of fragrant rose leaf it divides
it's round hole in the wall into little
cells.