GOD IS GOOD 
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trap, makes to go down the steep incline and climb up the other side. 
But this short cut proves fatal. No sooner does he lodge on the finely 
powdered wall of the hole than he discovers he has no foot-hold, and he 
tumbles to the bottom. The spider does not show himself, but by a 
series of kicks and the consequent flying up of the dirt he works the 
ant under the soil, where he has him at his mercy. The spider is not 
always successful in catching his prey immediately; for the ant, real¬ 
izing he is in danger, strives frantically to escape. But no sooner does 
he try to climb the wall than down he comes again; forvthe soil is so 
fine and light that it rolls. dow!n with his weight. He soon becomes ex¬ 
hausted, and then the spider’s task is an easy one. 
The traps are laid close to the tracks of these little ants, and many 
a one tumbles in before it realizes there is a hole, for the brink is so 
unstable that with the mere weight of the ant’s body it immediately 
gives way. Can any of my young readers see the lesson there is in this 
story of the ants for us? —J. M. Philpott. 
ANTS HAVE COMBS 
N O creature is more tidy than an ant, who can not tolerate the pres¬ 
ence of dirt on her body. These little creatures actually use a 
number of real toilet articles in keeping themselves clean. No less an 
authority than Dr. McCook says their toilet articles consist of coarse 
and fine toothed combs, hair-brushes, sponges, and even washes and 
soap. Their saliva is their liquid soap, and their soft tongues are their 
sponges. Their combs, however, are the genuine article and differ 
from ours mainly in that they are fastened to their legs. The ants have 
no| set time for their toilet operations, but stop and clean up whenever 
they get soiled. Nicholas. 
GOD IS GOOD 
There is music in the air, 
Joy-notes sounding everywhere; 
Robed in summer’s beauteous dress, 
Perfect in her loveliness, 
With a true and tender tone 
Blending countless notes in one, 
