Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1914 — Birdalogued. [ARTICLE]

Birdalogued.

"Oh, comp Ayith hie .10 see my birds” a m;tn <»n'-e sji'l to ire"I have the names all printed uh'lerni-atli the cages. See?” And, sure enough. 1 looked about, and on a card I saw The Harm Mu a ula y ; in tli.it cage 1 saw a huge macaw A crow was called Crotpua. and 1 saw a jas n;.m<-d Jane He called !.i: martin Martin, for the meaning war so plain. His phoebo bird was Phoebe, and a robin la’ - : .] . ~p, And -> - •r d, I saw a fine young bobol;n'. Bob I saw a • n rimed Henriette. It seemed to m ■ ■ pity To cal! 'la- magpie Maggie and a catbird naught but Kitty. I saw a tern named Turner and a whippoorwill called Willie, 1 A tomtit labeled Thomas and a hornbill labeled Billy. Then, came a hawk named Hawkins, and Linnaeus was a linnet. The swallow next*was Barnabas because he lived right in it. And lastly came the homing pigeon —Homer whs his name— And home went I at last because 1 understood hts game —Youth’s Companion.

A London shopkeeper has a cat which from its youngest days has bteen a faithful worker in the cause of char tty. At the call of its master Fluff jumps on the counter and sticks its head through a holp in a card on which is printed a request that the public contribute a penny for the hospital fund. The city of Nuremberg, with a population of over 358,000. consumed last year 46.439.293 pounds of meat, milking nearly two-fifths of a pound of meat daily for every man, woman and child. Pork is the favorite meat. There were slaughtered 157,360 swine, 25,172 beef cattle. 36.9G6 calves. 19.069 cheep and goats. Movable tables and chairs instead, of the conventional fixed desks are used in the Washington Irving high school. New York city. It has been found that 4be plan makes for cleaner schoolrooms and morse efficient school work. Another advantage is that with this type of school furniture the school rooms can readily be adopted to social and community purposes.