The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-03-13
THE STORMY PETREL.
A Naturalist's Efforts to Discover tho
Secret OF Its Ftoht.

secret OF It's Fu9ht.
A naturalist visiting Algeria bought
from sailor four captive stormy pet.
rels. They weighed about 1G5 pounds
apiece. Their wings We're five inches
wide and had spread of four feet. The
ability of the petrol to breast the mos.
furious storms has been universally ad
nired. lis name is derived from its pow
ar Of walking on tue waves like the apos-
lie Fetcr, and its courage and strength
n planting its footsteps on the crests of
lie most tampestuous sea have given
text TO May writer's. The naturalist
wishing to release his captive petrels
threw one of them into the air II
tried to hy. but fell hcadl, went
crashing against 4 stone wa and bat
tered out its brains He took the Sec
ond petrol 70 IN upper story and
launched it from u window: but. hav-
ing no initial velocity. it, too. fell like
q stone. The third bird he took to the
top of an observatory and pushed il
out into space. 1t tapped its wings
desperately, but nevertheless lunged
downward and broke its wings against
a post
The naturalist was now convinced
that the stopkly petrels feats at sea are
made possible because it first gets up
momentum by running along the top
of the water. Wishing to give the re-
naming bird a chance to demonstrate
his theory. he took it out into desert
like plain bare of grass. smooth as the
surface of calm sea. Here" the nat
uralist reports, Il set my fourth petrol
down. 1t squatted at first and then
turned with its beak to the wind and
its wings outstretched and started run
ing. beating its wings, not hampered
by any heritage. 1t ran hundred
yards, carrying its weight less aid less
on its feet and finally all on its wings,
but all the time skimming the ground
At last with a single bound, catching
the wind. the petrol rose sixty feet, ca
reened around and flew past me over
head and glanced at me on its way,
as if to say, Success in flight is all
based upon momentum llsIsli
Isaac and the Angel.
Old Isaac was a devout Christian. IL
was his custom when his work was
done to retire to his cabin and devote
himself to worship until bedtime His
earnest and frequent announcements
that he was always ready to meet his
'Lawd' had been so often heard that
some boys decided to test Isaac's faith.
One night. while he was under full
Roadway: 30 Lawd, we know dy long
Buf'rin' fur dis beni'ted sinner, but we
feel. o Lawd, dat in dy love we will be
spahed dy vangins and raj. We are ala
ways reddy, Lawd, at dy biddin' to
cum and meet dy angel Gabriel. Send
him, o Lawd, wild his shinin' trumpit,
his robes OBJ glory and his crown OBJ
life, and take dy poh sahvant into dy
vineyard
isaac, Isaacw came in deep sepul-
chral tones down the chimney.
"Amenr' softly said Isaac, closing
his prayer abruptly and rising, with
fear and trembling.
isaac! Isaacv' came the still dread
full tones
"Who-ho-hos dat?' stammered the
awe stricken negro.
1.-THE angel of the Lord has come for
1saacr'
Isaac hesitated. and then, with 3
show of enforced courage, it came:
''De Lawd bless you, dat old niger
hain't been here for week"
Thoughts on Love.
The first sigh of love is the last Of
wisdOm.-Antoine Bret.
Love is like the moon; when it does
not increase it decreases.-Segur.
Love is the most dunder headed of
all the passions; it never will listen to
reason. The very rudiments Of logic
are unknown to it.-Bulwer-L ytton.
In love, as in war, fortress that
parleys. is half acknowledgements de
Valois.