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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2651, 30 October 1906, Page 3

HIS FEAST ON HOG ISLAND Philadelphian's Greed for Oranges Gives Ciance for a Joke at His Expense, x Hog island Is a little British spot in the tropics and lies just acre.: s the harbor from, Nassau, and its inhabitants Isi'.f- Iv been immensely ccicjing a taiii" jo.:o on a \i~iih;g ci.i.'cji of Plii:-.;..'.i)jia. Hog ioland is known all over the world for its sa sural magnificence and the wait rs oi' which are like one largo mosaic, containing all the colors of tlu rainbow, ar.d, to timagination cl the eye, a hundred others. Here there is asmaii army c-f boatmen, who row sightseers acres; the bay to the island. 0.: landing the visitor enters a large orange grove, of which fruit he is alicwed to partale to his heart's, or rather stomach's, content, all of which cos's the small sum of 25 cents. N6w, the American citizen has a liking for oranges, and when he found himself in the heart of the district where they grow and with such a tempting offer before him he just simply couldn't withhold himself. So he started in with a vengeance to clean the grove of its luscious fruit. When he had finished eating the thirtieth orange, however, his conscience pricked him. Seeking out the owner of the grove—for that generous English gentleman does duty as cashier—he told him what he had done and offered to pay him in accordance. "That's all right," was the reply, "you don't owe me any more. You see, jou are on Hog island."

HABITS OF BIRD BABIES. Some Remarkable Instances of Inherited Instinct Among Young o£ the Feathered Tribe. "It is not all bird babies, however, who have such warlike dispositions, and the young of those parents which are themselves of a timid nature, or unable personally to protect their offspring from marauders, frequently adopt very different tactics," writes Jerrard Grant Allen and Leonard Buttress in an article on Bird Babies in Pearson's. "Their plumage is, in many cases, so beautifully adapted to the surrounding vegetation, earth or atones, as to be practically indiscernable so long as the chick remains still. Indeed, the aviary is able to afford examples of protective resemblance at least as perfect as that demonstrated by beast or fish. Hereditary instinct it is which teaches the baby that this protective coloration is its best safeguard, and it is not slow to put its advantages into practice. "An example of this is the case of the stone curlew. The tiny chick, just ©merged from its shell, will, at the approach of some real or supposed danger, flatten its little, sand-colored body against the sandy grouud, stretch out its neck to the fullest extent, and lie there motionless and almost indistinguishable from the stones around it, until all sign of danger is past. Unless in fact, he chances to catch sight of the heady, yellow eye, the man will be a keen observer indeed who detects anything different in that little heap from others on the surrounding waste."

WHEN THERMOMETERS SELL People Like to Watch the Mercury When It Marks the Extreme* of Temperature. "Thermometers? Yes, we are selling lots of them," said the young woman behind the optical counter in the big department store, during a recent cold snap, according to the Philadelphia Record. ' "Our sales always jump in weather like this, and in extremely hot weather in summer. During a long spell of even weather, when a winter is not extraordinarily cold or a summer not extraordinarily hot, there is little demand for thermometers. But just let a very cold spell set in in winter, or a very hot spell in summer, and it makes all the difference in the world in the sales of our department, although thermometers are simply regarded as a side issue. Suburbanites are especially eager buyers, particularly at this time of year, when the temperature in early morning is several degrees lower In the outlying districts than it is in the city proper. It's a great source of satisfaction to the suburbanite to come in town, see a thermometer registering seven degrees above zero, and say with great, complacency: 'Why, the thermometer on my porch was one degree below when I left home.' " The Projectiles We Use. We have now armor piercing projectiles, deck piercing projectiles, semi-ar-mor piercing projectiles, common forged and cast »te€l projectiles, cast iron projectiles, shrapnel, and so on, in endless variety. As the work the gun, whether ashore or afloat, will have to do can be pretty clearly predicted, it would appear as though one, or at most two, kinds of projectiles were enough. These two would naturally have, the one a high penetrative power, and the other a large capacity for internal charge, giving great destructive power when the shell is burst. No one who has not examined carefully the effect of bursting shell in a closed space can have an idea of its destructiveness. A small sixpound shell, of about 2 J /4 inches diameter, containing three or four ounces of powder, burst in an ordinary room and breaking into 20 or 30 fragments, would probably destroy everything in the room.—Scientific American. Koreans Are Conservative. Eight years ago an attempt was made to introduce European dress in Seoul, but the change could not be made because of conservative opposition, especially on the part of the women. At present the only Koreans who wear 7,in Hi first fcL.fcia, i e C ired bv a f>-w dose* of that ptavai.t, reia'de and iffei-tuul medicine, Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. In many instances one Hose is sufficient, but as a rue t : iree or four doses are necessary. It is a go d thing to keep it in the bouse. G„t a r hoitle' to-day ; It mr>y eav© a life. For sale bv L. Hotop, ehemi-t. Drill Instructor (to lounging recuit)— Hang it all, man ! Stand at right angles to your horizontal base. The Prrparation Best fitted to relieve and absolutely cure Indication is Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabu!en. They contain every known digeatant and digest every kind of food. Good results are always certain. For sale by L. Hotop, chemist.