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April 7, 1909. TIMy
lady has selected two leaves about
nine inches in length, and growing from
the tip of a slender bough; she is now
actually sewing the edges together! Her
beak is the needle, and the fiber brought
hv linr Til pto ic tho t Vl ron rl llnnr
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I he polished spike drives tiny holes just
lar enqugh from the edge for strength,
and draws the thread in and out just
tightly enough for elasticity!
When the green pouch is finished, both
Lord and Lady Tailor Bird will hurry
off and bring down of the whitest and
silkiest, reft from yonder cotton fields
and from countless nameless plants;
gradually the pouch will fill up and plump
out until it will not hold another beakful.
Then my lady will hop in on top, and
stamp down the fluff and pack it close
with her breast, turning round and round
till she has shaped a cavity commodious
enough to hold her own small body and
the eggs she immediately begins to lay.
Ana nere is one or Matures quiet riddles:
How does she know the exact time
when the nest must be ready for the
first egg?
She never makes a mistake; as soon
as the nest is ready for the egg, the egg
is produced.
She knows, too, that she and her brood
are safe from the monkeys and snakes
which fain would make a meal of them
as long as the nest is hung from the tip
of a slender outer birch, for there is no
support for them.
There are many species belonging to
the genus "orthotomus," all having similar
habits.
There is the pinc-pinc, which builds a
gourd-shaped nest of vegetable fibers,
having an entrance like a spout and several
knob's below it for the male bird
to porch on while the female is nesting.
The color of the pinc-pinc's nest depends
on the materials used. Sometimes
cotton down has been the only substance
at hand, and then the nest is snowwhite,
and presents a beautiful appearance.
The pretty little emu wren, of Australia,
builds its nest on the ground. It
resembles a big ball of grass with a hole
in the side; it is lined with down, feathers,
and moss felted together to a texture
of exquisite softness.
Space falls me, or I could tell of more
relations of the tailor bird which are
just as adept , sewers as he is.?Good
Cheer.
PEANUTS AND POPS
Not ?very boy or girl knows that
peanuts do not grow on trees like other
nuts, but in the ground, more like
potatoes.
In some places they are called
"ground-nuts" or "ground-peas." They
were llrst found in Africa, and they grow
best in warm countries. The greatest
quantities are still grown in Africa, the
next in the Southern States?North
Carolina and Virginia. The plant is a
trailing vine, which lives but one season.
It has four leaflets on one stem, its small
yellow flowers in spikes.
After a time the flower fades and drops
off, then you may see a small pod on tho
1 end of a still stem, curving downward,
I which will at last push the pod into the
I ground until entirely out of sight.
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There it begins to grow very fast,
until an. 4$icn or more in length, forming
a rough shell, with two or three pea3,
or nuts, inside.
It 13 planted in furrows amd rows,
like corn, the peas taken out of the shells,
dropped two or three together in the
furrows several inches apart, then lightly
covered with earth not over two inches
deep.
In the North, grown just as an amusement,
one has to help the pod into the
ground, as tne stem is not vigorous and
curving enough.
After a light frost, the vines are pulled
up with a big iron fork, stored in some
shed or house. In a week or two, they
are dry, * and the peanuts picked from
the vines by negroes.
It is very slow work, as all the empty
shells. whicO they call "pops," are thrown
aside.?Exchange.
COMFORTABLE SORT OF WOMAN.
Said a homely, bent little man pathetically,
when speaking of the mother of
his children, who had done her lifework:
"It comforts me powerfully to
know that Sally would alius lie down
every afternoon an' sleep a bit. Some
folks tho't 'twas a dretful lazy habit,
and 't was no wonder we didn't get rich
faster, but she suited me Jest as she
was. Sally was a comfortable sort ol
woman to have around, never frettin'
at a feller or faultin' him when things
didn't go right. When feelin' troubled
she'd often say, 'Father, I believe I'll lie
down for a few minutes,' then back
she'd come spry and chipper as a canary
bird. Sally didn't drive and scold,
but she wasn't lazy, an' she brought up
the youngsters to do their part. I don't
see that drivln' women gets on one mite
better than she did. It does comfort
me to know that Sally would take her
rest."?Selected.
For all who snow now the sweetness
of thy love, or the power of thy salvalinn
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Lord.?M. E. Townsend.
One standeth not as on a hill, beckoning
to the other to follow; but ye.toil up,
hand In nand, and carry each other's burdens.?Martin
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WOMAN'S DEBT FUND.
Previously reported, $14,058.52; Girls'
M. S., Pres. Ch., Laurel Hill, N. C., $3;
M. S., Pres. Ch., Fort Mill, S. C., $12;
Ladies' Benev. S., Prytania St. Ch.. New
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uneaiis, L.a., $Z5; Mrs. E. E. Hcnshaw,
Kahoka, Mo., $25; W. M. S.,' Ghent PresCh,
Norfolk, Va. (Addi.), $5; L. M. S.,
Davidson, Concord Presby., N. C.. (Addi.),
$10; Mrs, Richard Thome, Carlsbad, N.
Mexico, $1; L. F. M. S., 1st Ch., Winston- *
Salem. N. C. (Addi.), $19.65; Member
.of the Mack Mis. Soc., 1st Ch., Columbia,
Tenn., $3; Children's Soc. (Belle Leyburn's),
Lexington, Mo. (Addi.), 65c; L.
A. and M. S., Presb. Ch., Gainesville,
Tex. (Dallas Presby.), $12; Miss Hat-,
tie McBryde, Maxton, N. C., $1; Mrs
J. D. Austin, Maxton, N. C., $1; Presbyterial
Mis. Union, Toccoa, Ga. (Athens
Presby.). $11; Mrs. W. J. McLaughlin,
Pattei son's Mill Ch., Concord, N. C., $1;
Mrs. Will Morris, Patterson's Mill Ch.,
Concord, N. C.. $1: Miss M. E M>r>aw.
ney, Patterson's Mill Ch., * Concord, N.
C.. $1; Ladies' Benev. S., New Providence
Ch.,, Lex. Presby., Va. (Add!.),
$5.60; Mineral Wells Union, Ft. Worth
Presby., Texas, $36.40; Several members,
L. F. M. S., Pres. Ch., Marietta, Ga.,
$8.85; Five ladies of Village Ch., Roanoke
Presby., Va., $5; Member Blackstone
Ch., E. Hanover P., Va. (Addl.)P
$^; L. M. S., New Concord Ch., Roanoke
Presby., Va.: Mrs. L. S. Harvey, $1;
Mrs. E. H. Peet, $1; Mrs. D. J. Evans,
$1; Mrs. T. W. Evans, $1; Mrs. Boling
Jones, $1; Miss Theresa Franklin, $1;
Mrs. J. J. Wood, 25c; Mrs. M. E. French,.
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uui,, ?v. in. o., rreso. un., tJurnside, Ky.:
Mrs. J. M. Meredith. $1; Mrs. W. A.
Spencer. $1; Mrs. N. D. Stegall, $1; Miss?
Hallie Bryant, $1; Mrs. John Corner.
$1; Miss Bulah Fitzgerald, $1; Mrs. W.
J. Davidson, $1; Mrs. B. C. Heath, $1;
Mrs. Jesse Heath, $1; Mrs. Hiram Irvin,
$1; Mrs. Clarence Johnson, $1; Mrs.
James Johnson, $1; Mrs. John Taylor,.
$1; Mrs. Austin Hatch *1 Afro YUr,u?
$1; Chesapeake Presbyter lal Union, Va.
(Addl.): L. M. S., Aldie, Va., $7; Second
Ch., Washington, D. C. 'Addl.), $3; "Tho
Helpers," Alexandria, Va., $1; total,
$14,282.42.
Mamie D. Smith, Treaa.
Petersburg, Va.