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A Zoological Study. 
Lifting yourself by your boot straps 
seems easy compared with the feat of 
the marsupials that the teacher in 
Harper’s Magazine questioned Johnny 
about. “What are marsupials?” she 
asked the little fellow. 
“Animals that have pouches in their 
stomachs,” came the quick reply. 
“And for what purpose do they use 
the pouches?” continued the teacher, 
ignoring the slight inaccuracy of the 
reply. “I am sure you know that too.” 
“Yes’m,” said Johnny promptly. 
“The pouches are for them to crawl 
into and conceal themselves when pur- 
sued.” — The Youth’s Companion. 
Townly — “Do you often have to rush 
to catch your morning train?” 
Subbubs — “Oh, it’s about an even 
break. Sometimes I am standing at the 
station when the train puffs up and 
other times it is standing at the station 
when I puff up.” — Boston Transcript. 
Praise great estates, farm a little one. 
- — The Georgies of Virgil. 
“You Must Do It Yourself.” 
No one can write your book of Na- 
ture for you ; you must do it yourself. 
She will never fail to inspire you; the 
light that shines across the fields, the 
wind that murmurs through the wood 
and the soft beauty that is blended in 
the depths of the distance are all wait- 
ing for your heart to open and take 
them in. Once you understand clearly 
that it is not what some one else has 
written about Nature that should guide 
you, but what you see and interpret 
yourself that matters, you are on the 
right road and your book has a perma- 
nent entry. — From a very interesting 
illustrated article by Frederick B. 
Hodges, “The Book of Nature,” in 
“Photo-Era Magazine” (Boston) for 
June, 1921. 
A small fish, the “top minnow” 
(Gambusia ) , is proving highly efficient 
for eradicating malarial and yellow- 
fever bearing mosquitoes. Among other 
advantages over oil the fish do not spoil 
the water for drinking, and the cost is 
much less. 
