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dress, he becomes violent, rude of speech, sanguiuary 

 iu acts and profane in utterance. 



"MORE LIKE HIS DAD EVERY DAY." 



When such versatility of words and deportment are 

 iiuestioned by the fair French maid Jeannotte of the 

 beautiful but faltering Julie de Varion — ^he answers: 



"My dear, I have two hearts and dispositions. When 1 

 speak kindly or am modest and so good it is because I am 

 following the dictations of mother's heart and teachings; but 

 when rude and bloodthirsty, or wicked in my wants, my 

 words and deeds are inspired by a plutonian father's heart, 

 which impels to acts black as Cimmerian gloom." 



Tlie thought has occurred to the writer that per- 

 liaps Jays are two-liearted animals, for some observ- 

 ers seem to have studied principally Jays with good 

 dispositions and mother's hearts, while on the other 

 hand investigators, it would appear, have been able 

 1o find Jays chiefly of bad thoughts, and deeds of vio- 

 lence, transmitted, of course, from vicious sires, for, 

 most happily, it is rare to find a loyal wife and mother. 

 Irui> and pure, who would teach her offsprint; fi.' dn ill. 



THEY ARE OMNIVOROUS. 



The Jays, like other birds of the family, are omnivor- 

 ous in (heir food-habits. They consume much vege- 

 table food, such as cereals, mast, berries and fruits: 

 their animal food comprises numerous iiisecls and 

 their larvae, with spiders, snails, lizards, fish, tre(» 

 frogs, mice, birds and eggs. Considerable mineral 

 matter, sand, gravel, etc.. is often fiMind in their stom 

 achs. 



