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fine quality of the points found in the 

 state, but she can hold her own when 

 it comes to quantity. 



Much more could be said 'f the differ- 

 ent kinds of arjow heads, s 'me havinj^ 

 serrated edges; others which are so 

 made that they w\\\ roia'u when sh'it 

 from the bow, some having a stem to 

 attach the point to the shaft, and oth- 

 ers having none; others triangular in 

 shape, beautifully wrought and e.\- 

 ceedingly regular in outline 



When we consider that ^11 the var- 

 ious forms were wrought without the 

 aid of any tool other than stone, we 

 marvel at the amount of skill and pa- 

 tience displayed by the being who 

 fashioned these abjects. 



A Home Without Hands. 



J. F. ILLINGWORTH 



I was sitting at my window early in 

 April when I noticed a pair of Bul- 

 lock's orioles in a tree just outside. 

 They were the first I had seen of the 

 season so I was much interested in 

 them. The male, in his gay coat of 

 orange and black, seemed trying to 

 cheer his mate. He flitted from one 

 branch to another singing very sweet- 

 ly while she sat quietly, piobabiy 

 planning for the home which they had 

 come to build. I saw them flying 

 about the yard almost every day, but 

 it was not until about two weeks after 

 that I noticed the female with a long 

 horsehair in her beak, fly to the tree 

 where I had seen them first. I was 

 greatly pleased to see hf r choose that 

 tree as it was only a few feet from my 

 window, and f would have an excel- 

 lent opportunity for watching the 

 builiiing of the nest. 



Mrs. Oriole kept her mate busy car- 

 rying horsehair from the barnyard. 

 She seemed to do all the planning 

 herself, as she would only let him assist 

 when it was necessary for two to work 

 together. After they had finished the 

 framework, which took them about a 

 week, they began work in good earn- 

 est. The female would station herself 



inside of the nest and the male would 

 take a horsehair in his bill and push 

 it through the side; then she would 

 take the end and pass it out again. 

 In this way they wove the nest so 

 neatly and smoothly that it resembled 

 somewhat the cheap grade of manu- 

 factured camel hair goods. Now came 

 the lining and concealing of the nest. 

 The leaves were brought down and 

 tied closely about it so that a casual 

 observer would think it was only a 

 thick bunch of leaves. I dropped 

 Fome cotton batting out of my window 

 and the birds were quick to see that 

 it would make an excellent warm lin- 

 ing f jr their home. They also went to 

 the chickenyard and gathered soft, 

 fluffy feathers, which they placed 

 snugly about the sides of their nest. 



I ventured to look into the nest one 

 day while the birds were away feed- 

 ing, but its mistress was not so far 

 away but that she could see the nest, 

 and she quickly came, scolding. I 

 conld pardon her ill-temper for I sup- 

 pose she thought I was going to de- 

 stroy her pretty home. 



Several weeks after the nest was 

 finished I saw the male bird bring a 

 worm in his beak. This told me that 

 there were hungry little mouths to 

 feed in the nest. The birds made 

 many trips during each day after pro- 

 visions, but the young birds seemed 

 never to be satisfied as they would 

 blway-; open their mouths for more 

 when the old birds came to the nest. 



The youngsters grew very fast and 

 were soon anxious to try their wings 

 and leave the home roof. I was very 

 sorry to see them go as it had been a 

 constant pleasure to watch them and 

 to hear the sweet melodies of the old 

 birds under my window every morning. 



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