Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-10

deed so fond are they OF this berry that
upon his approach the Earnest Student
mayhap may hear them murmur in ecstasy.
Here comes huckieberry." Upon
catching this remark ii would be well for
E. Student to pause and question HIS heart
for few serious moments to assure him
self of his fitness for the life upon which he
is about to make a busy entrance II there
should be found the shadow OF a doubt
would take the liberty of stating TO him in
large type the simple but pregnant SEN
tence. Back from the woods! The open
road for you!" For once in the race there
Is no turning back until every entry Is
scratched.
No previous knowledge is required In coll
Letting jiggers. 1t is simplicity itself: in
fact. the simpler you are the more you are
liable to collect. Just take a little walk
through the berry patch and I offer to
every one who requires II written guar
antee that you will accumulate enough
specimens to satisfy the ordinary craving.
**
The Jigger. although carnivorous in his
tastes, unlike the lynx and other members
OF the higher order 'carnivora" does not
attack its prey single-handed, but rather,
like the wolf. hunts in packs In blocks OF
from 1000, 900 to 100000 they attach
themselves to the person OF the passerby
and proceed at once TO stake out home
stead claims simultaneously. In q few
minutes there is something doing In Bug
VILE Race suicide is unknown in either
the higher or the lower classes OF jgger
society. and although | have never gone to
the extent of verifying the returns, I am
told that an adult of the species is liable at
any moment to become proud parent to
the extent of several millions With the
population increasing at that rate the sur
face of the Earnest Students body which
he has surrendered to science is at an early
stage human map with the principal cities
indicated by varying areas OF an inflamed
and exaggerated shade Of red.
1t is on these centers of population tina.
the student will find his interest focused.
and he will soon have his hands full for
the jigger Is the original busybody. COM
pared to whom the ant and the bee are but
as pikers along the roadway OF life. 1t may
be claimed by the unenlightened that 1
have dwelt rather at length on the jigger.
but no longer. | can affirm. than the jigger
mas dwelt on the undersigned.
Much has been written of late pro and
con. relative to the existence or non-exfst-
ence of the reasoning power in animals.
My eminent feilow-observer, John Bur-
rcughs. admits that while animals think,
they do not think that they think, while
William ]. Long, on the other hand maya
zlnely affirms that psychologically the ini-
tial stage Of consciousness in the more up
to-date animals precedes the successive
stages OF attention, association of ideas.
ois1unction, reassociation and reconstructed
conception or both. | must admit that this
view has been held by me for some time,
and l do not see how 1t can be success
fully controversial
In its support 1 would beg to submit an
instance which has lately come under my
observation. as follows:
A prominent physician of these PARTS
while on his rounds discovered in a fence
corner turkey buzzard with a broken
wing. He dismOunted from his horse and
proceeded to examine the fracture which
proved to be a serious one. Before leav-
Ing the poor bird he said aloud. half to
himself, IF I had you at my Office Mr.
Buzzard. I would set the injured member"
On his return home that evening he was
surprised to find the buzzard sitting in the
office window. True to his promise the
that 1T should be dressed In few days"
At the appointed time the bird returned and
continued to do so at intervals until he was
fully restored The fact that he never
came back to pay the bill Is further evf-
dence of his quite human Intelligence.
The foregoing anecd0te was told me by
the express agent here. a gentleman whose
physical superiority to myself went far
toward convincing me of Its truth.
1t Is a general complaint by those who
spend their vacation In the country that
the local chicken runs to legs and back,
while the breast or white meat is almost
entirely absent. Something should be done
to remedy this. II the hen could be taught
to hold herself more erect, breathe deeper
and give up to some extent her sedentary
habits. I think she would soon Be abreast
of the times. CHAM.