242 



THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



stint by the head of the family ; drug- 

 ged waters and food flavored with 

 sweat at the cabaret, plus the fragrance 

 of stale tobacco, stale alcohol, very 

 stale alcoholics, stale strategems all 

 around. 



Oh yes, the people like to be hum- 

 bugged ! For the tables were filled, so 

 were the come-ons — ears, eyes, noses, 

 bellies — with poison, and their pockets 

 rapidly emptying. 



Yet neither the poor, pretty, panited 

 girls, nor the gluttonous drinkers were 

 as poor as the man who taxed all for 

 his poor stuff. 



Enough. We have seen poverty of 

 soul, poverty of mind, poverty of taste ; 

 to-morrow we shall see riches. Back 

 to Stamford. 



Up and out into the fresh morning 

 air, past prosperous homesteads and 

 fragrant gardens, glimpses of the spark- 

 ling Sound, and we apply brakes at 

 ArcAdiA. 



"Welcome," says the bright blue sky ; 

 "Welcome," say the trees : "come, enjoy 

 our shade ;" "Welcome," from the leaf- 

 embowered cottages ; "Welcome," say 

 the whole God-blessed clan of Bige- 

 lows. 



Take your ease, breathe ozone, walk 

 with God, feast your soul. 



Forget the poor cabaret, for here is 

 wealth. Strength, love, normality — 

 these are yours without condition or 

 price at ArCz^diA. 



Stamfordians, you can get the price- 

 less for nothing, or you can buy the 

 worthless by paying out your all. 



Everyone to his taste. 



But taste can be acquired. 



Has Established a Conchological 

 Museum. 



Y. Hirase, one of the members of The 

 Agassiz Association, has been a faithful 

 worker among shells for thirty years. He 

 labors for a new ideal along the line of 

 nature study but in the meritorious pur- 

 suit he has met with many financial trials. 

 Recently he issued a circular in which he 

 appeals to his American friends, telling 

 the story of his struggles, the great ex- 

 pense for books, papers, magazines and 

 the time that he has devoted to the work. 

 He states that he has consumed half his 

 property and that necessarily hi? family 

 has lived sparingly. But, good for him, 

 he has been sticking to it and now expres- 



ses his determination as follows : "I was 

 determined 'not to look back, as J had put 

 my hand to the plough' nor to leave it 

 off until I should fall down dead." 



Every lover of shells wili be interested 

 in his circular. Add'-ess : V. Hirase, 

 President, The Hirase Conchological 

 Aluseum, Okazaki, Kyoto, Jai)aii. 



The Astonishingly Powerful Stump 

 Pulling Machine. 



That Mr. Seton aided by one or two 

 workmen has been able to uproot such 

 enormous trees, as was explained in 

 our November number, has attracted much 

 attention and elicited many inquiries. 

 At the time of publication of that num- 

 ber we did not know the manufactur- 

 er's address, but have obtained it and 

 are glad to present it to our many in- 

 quiring friends. Full particulars may 

 he obtained from Walter J. Fitzpatrick, 

 182 Fifth Street, San Francisco, Cali- 

 fornia. 



A man at the handle of this machine 

 can lift forty-eight tons. This is more 

 than can be accomplished by sixteen 

 horses. Is there any^thing more aston- 

 ishing in all the realm of mechanical 

 power? The editor, watching the 

 operation of the little machine, realized 

 that it is entitled to its name of the 

 "Wonder Worker." 



It will pull any stump that a one 

 inch wire cable will hold. It is built 

 of first-class material, it will last a life- 

 time, and it is not expensive. Think 

 how convenient this is for any farmer 

 or, perhaps even better, for some local 

 contractor that could easily secure one 

 and do a thriving business among the 

 farmers and others that have need of 

 so powerful a machine. A few farmers 

 could club together and own it in a 

 company and each have the benefit of 

 it. Where in all the world can another 

 machine be found capable of pulling 

 as much as sixteen horses, and needing 

 onlv one man to control it? 



Of Interest to Parents. 



"Child Life," published by the Amer- 

 ican Institute of Child Life, of Phila- 

 delphia, Pennsylvania, has been dou- 

 bled in size and so improved that it is 

 now in true harmony^ with its name. 

 It publishes much material of interest 

 to parents, and reprints from a large 

 number of magazines suggestions in- 

 tended to inspire interest among the 

 young folks themselves. 



