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weather. Cats and dogs are given to '0 l How Archie Convinced Her. Living Barometers. l i THEY SL'RPASS THE MOST ISGENIOUS PROOF THAT SHE “’AS ALWAYS READY INVENTIOSS or CivtLIZED MAN. 3 '10 ADMI'I‘ qux sun was WRONG. Civilized man is the only animal that l “ No,” said the girl who prides hcr- does net possess a high degree of sen-f self on being determined, “ I didn't sitiveucss to atmospheric conditions. Whether the human race has ever pos- sessed this attribute, it would not be may to say; but, from the facr that brutes possesséthis faculty in direct pro- portion to their wild or natural condi- ‘ only l i give in to Archie just because I'm (211- l l gazed to him, and you needn’t think it l girls. He simply convinced me that I 1 was mistaken, and I'm always ready to be shown when and where I’m wrong, it tion, it may be inferred that, through “ You never are wrong,” interrupted attaining a sheltered and perfeCtly hous» the sarcastic girl, grimly; " You’re like ed condition, human beings have lost the Old Country woman who said she the useful {oddity of l'orctelling the was always open to conviction of sin. weather, according to the law of nature but she’d just like to see anyone con. tir-t removes any attribute alter the ne- vincc her that she was wicked.” cessity for it has ceased. Thanks to “ I‘m not like that at all,” snapped Moriceili, this deficiency has been to out the determined girl, with an angry some extent supplied; but the lact rc- glance, “ but I do think things out for mains that. other living creatures have myself, of course. I always have done, the power of making forecasts that are and I haven't any use for people who for more trustworthy than any the ingc- let others make up their minds for unity of man has been able to devise. them, and then I’ve got a certain qual- The spider is a good example of a ity of mind ” living barometer. lie is constantly “ I know," broke in the sarcastic making alterations in his web to suit girl again, as the other hesitated mo- the weather; and, by watching closely, mentarily, “ You think it’s a strong considerable skill in Weather prophecy will. Your mother calls it obstinacy, maY be acquired. In fair weather he and your father says it’s nothing but runs out long filaments of guy ropes for downright, sheer pig-hcadeduess; but his web. The coming storm causes him never mind, my dear, tell me about to shorten these; and if the storm is to Archie, How did he finally convince be long and severe, these guy ropes are you that you’d made a mistake in re strengthened as well as shortened. For gar-d to that quarrel ?” the benefit of those whom nothing could By way of‘ response the determined induce to study the Spider, it may be girl blushed vividly, remarked that the common domestic “ Well,” she said finally, after mak- animals evidence coming changes in the ing two or three false beginnings, “ he was very sensible about it. We both decided, when he gave me my engage- ment ring, that we’d be sensible what- ever else we were, and we never acted foolish, as some people do. So he just talked to me sensibly, and to show me that he wasn’t angry .he brought me some lovely Jack roses. Thenâ€"thenâ€" wcll, perhaps he did put his arm around me, but not all the way, I’m sure, :0 you needn’t laugh, you idiot! and then, well, I think I let him kiss me jusr once or so. And then ” “Well?” queried the sarcastic girl mercilessly, as the other paused to smile to herself and go off into a castle of dreams, “ What happened then ? H aw did you make up the quarrel at last ?" “ Oh,” said the determined girl, blushing again and still more vividly. “ I don’t quite know, dearie. We llld alovely time, I know that, and when it was overâ€"mamma called me to come to bed before I thought we’d been talk- ing a minuteâ€"I just knew I’d been wrong. And honestly, dearie, I don’t. want you to think I’m bragging because I’m engaged to Archie, but really I do think, even ifI wasn’t going to marry him, that he’s the handsomest and most gentlemanly, and the nicest boy I ever met.” “ And the most sensible,” added the sarcastic girl, with a manner that chalâ€" lenged dispute, but the determined girl refused to take up the challenge. “ So,” she finished quietly, “ I’ve al- ways told you that I was willing to be shown where I was in the wrong, you know, and now, perhaps, you’ll believe it." scratching and other restless movements, and their fur looks dull when a storm is approaching. It is a sure sign that the barometer is falling when a flock of sheep become quarrelsome; when goats bleat incessantly and seek sheltered spots; when pigs begin to carry straws into the Sty; when the barnyard fowls huddle together and fill the air with their czickling. An observer of the wild er animals will soon realize that they are still more demonstrative when a storm approaches. The hedgehog is very distinguished as a weather proph- et, for he always begins to strengthen and fortify his house when he feels an unpleasant change in the weather com- ing. The wild birds are, probably, the best objects for observation. The low- flying swallow has become proverbial. Other birds generally remain grouped together, and do not venture From their homes in the faco of' coming rain or wind. There have been several success- ful attempts to make profitable use of this remarkable and unfailing instinct. In many parts of Germany the “frog barometer” is a common object in the home. They have a small green frog in that country which always comes out of the water when cold or wet weather is approaching. These frogs are kept in halt filled jars in which is a tiny lad- der; and some hours before a storm the frog will come out of the water and sit on the top of the ladder, where he will remain until the storm has broken. There is a story of an old meteorologist who used leeches for the same purpose. Ile arranged his barometer in such a way that when the leeches crawled up the side of the jar a hell would ring, and this gave warning of the storm. The little creatures would gather round the top as long as the storm was in progress. 9-0-â€" A Disappointment. “Col. Bibbles didn’t stay long at the seashore," remarked one of the men who was sitting in front of the drug- store. “ No. He left. his family there, but he got insulted and came home.” “ Didn’t he like it there?" “He says the place was very nice and eomlortable, and he could have stood their habit of closing all the sa- loons on Sunday if they hadn’t played ._. Q ._â€"___. About Earthworms. __ A discussion on the subject of earth- worms and vegetable mould appeared in a recent issue of Longman’s Magazine. The writer, Grant Allen, states that it was Gilbert White of Shelborue who first of all pointed out the importance a practical joke on him.” of earthworms as producers and main- “ He was always a sensitive man.” taint-rs of living layers of vegetable “Yes. And this time his feelings mould. It was the patient investiga- are hurt worse than I ever knew them tions of Darwin, however, which fully to be before. He says it was the meal- established the fact, and raised it to the est trick that was ever played on any- rnnk of a scientific discovery; his first body. He Was feeling quite thirs y writing on the subject appearing in the, and gloomy, when some of the family Gardeners' Chronicle. Later he issued chanced to say something about a bar an entire book on this interesting sub- ject. Darwin showed that earthworms act upon the soil in three ways. In the first place they open up and loosen the ground for the roots to penetrate, more pertch aeration of the soil being thus obmined. The acids they secrete also act chemically upon the layer of rocks beneath in a way that assists the disin- tcaratiou of the latter. In the second place they crush in their uizzards small trumcnts of stone, and ‘iberate their component elements. In the third place they drag down into their burrows countless numbers of leaves, which they eat. and carry up the refuse to the sur- face. It is computed that 110 fewer titan weather you are fecling.’ 53,000 worms inhabit an acre of garden H Don't jest with me," he returned soil. 'l‘hcso worms pass through their very earnestly. bodies ten tons of material in a year. “I'm not joking," she said with big- ;md throw it up as would at the rate ol‘ eyed ingenuousness. “ I really feel a one inch in depth every five years. 1 little chilly myself. I wish I had ' ‘lie greater part of the mould is can» i something around me.” pun-ell ot' the refuse of vegetable matter, As he moved his chair close to here anl is teeming with millions of bacteria. she realized that the quarrel was over, Even alter allowing for ether co operat- l and as he put something around her the ocean. The Colonel didn’t lose a mi:- ute. He went out and got a bathing suit and waded about a quarter of a mile in the blistering sun, only to dis- cover that it was a sandbar.â€"Detro£t Free Press. -0 Warming Up. There had been a quarrel, and they sat rather Far apart on the verandah without speaking. At last he said : “ You are rather cold toward me." “ I ? 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