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THE OOLOGIST 



The = e, of course, I left, and on return- 

 ing c-n the 16th of June, found no more 

 eggs Eo I concluded that it was a full 

 set. 



The eggs are either elliptical or 

 glcbular hi form, and are about the 

 color of those of the Blue-birds, and 

 sometimes covered with a yellowish- 

 brown stain. 



The song of this bird, though not 

 considered beautiful; to me in the 

 early morning hours, while starting on 

 a collecting trip, is one of charm and 

 fascination. Two sets which I meas- 

 ured are as follows: Set No. 1, two 

 eggs, 1.02x80' and .95x.T9. Set No. 2, 

 three eggs, l.Oox.TT; l.OSx.Tl and 1.01 

 X . I '6. 



The birds leave for the south the 

 lait week in September. 



P. G. HOWES, 



Stamford, Conn. 



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ADAM AND EVE. 



HEN Adam was created 

 He dwelt in Eden's shade, 



As Moses has related, 

 And soon a bride was mado. 



The Distance We Dance. 



Dancing is a ytreirr.'.>r..; exercise. Cal- 

 culations show the distances negotiat- 

 ed in a night by fair enthusiasts and 

 their partners to be worthy the per- 

 formance of athletes. Thus the aver- 

 age waltz turn will require a dancer to 

 travel over 1,300 yards. Other round 

 dances in their accomplishment in- 

 volve: The mazurka, 1,050 yards; the 

 polka, a trifle under the thousand; the 

 pas de quatre, barely 900 yards. Quad- 

 rilles, howeA'er, hold the record, siu'^e 

 dauciu;; of one entails on each of the 

 eight persons in the set the achieve- 

 ment all unwittingly of a constitution- 

 al a mile and a qurirter long, while 

 dancing the full card, inchisive of the 

 cotillon, at a ball begiuuiug. say, at 10 

 o'clock at night and winding up at 5 

 o'clock the following morning necessi- 

 tates the taking of 28,000 steps, or a to- 

 tal distance covered of over eleven 

 miles.— Harper's Weekly. 



Pewter cciarca orc»oa 



A. pewterlike api>earance may be Im- 

 parted to brass by boiling the castings 

 in a cream of tartar solution contain^ 

 Ing a Bmall amount of chloride of tin. 



He had no conversation, 



Er.t seemed to be alone 

 Till to his admiration 



He found he'd lost a bone. 



Great was his exultation 

 AVhen first he saw his bride; 



Great was his elevation 

 To see her by his side. 



He spoke as in a rapture, 

 "I know from whence she came; 



From my left side extracted, 

 And woman is her name." 



The woinan she was taken 



From under Adam's arm. 

 So she must be protected 



Frt"! injury and harm. 



The \oman she was taken 

 Fror 1 near to Adam's heart, 



By which we are directed 

 That they must never part. 



Likewise that he should love her 

 And treat her as a friend; 



Prize notiiing else above her 

 Till life shall have an end. 



The woman was not taken 

 From Adam's head, we see. 



So she is not to rule him. 

 The meaning seems to be. 



— Anonymous. 



A IVIathenriatical Puzzle. 



Most people are fond of good puz- 

 zles, and many are not entirely happy 

 until they have solved them, but the 

 man v. ho resolves not to go to bed un- 

 til he has found a divisor watLout a 

 remainder (other than 1 and itself) for 

 1,111,111,111,111,111.111 will be able to 

 earn a good liA'ing afterward as a sleep- 

 less wonder. For nobody in the world 

 yet knows whether that nuiuber has a 

 divisor or not. 



Traveling Toothbrush Case. 

 A traveling case for a toothbrush is 

 •veithin the powers of unskilled fingers. 

 In making this use a piece of rubber 

 cloth two inches wide and more than 

 double the brush length. Form it into 

 a long, narrow bag to be slipped into 

 a second bag fashioned from silk or 

 ribbon. The mouth of the second or 

 outer bag is llnished neatly, and there 

 Is a drawstring of narrow cord. 



