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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
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r, where thereare doubtless cities who^e climatic con-dition would prove to be favorable forkeeping chimpanzees much longerthan is possible in the more northernzoolosfical collections. WHIP-POOR-WILL. Hark! 1 hear the voice again. Softly now and low,When the twilights oer the plain And the first stars glow.This is what it uttereth—In a rather mournful breath— Whip-poor-will! Whip-poor-will! What has Will been doing now? Has he truant playedWith a sad, coquettish brow From some simple maid?Did he steal her heart away?For I hear you alwavs sayWhip-poor Will! Whip-poor Will! Tell me now what Will has done. Whos to whip him, dear?Is he some scamp full of fun That is straying near?Have you caught him at your nestBy the ones vou love the best? Whip-poor-Will! Whip-poor-Will! That is all you seem to say. Little bird so shy.Tell me now, without delay, Why whip Will, oh! why?There! your voice fades in the leaLeaving this command to me, Whip-poor-Will! Whip-poor-Will!—Monroe H. Rosenfeld.
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I. L: e-.s.7f TONGUES. W. E. WATT. THE tongue is said to be thestomach begun. It is the firstorgan of the digestive systemwhich acts upon the food. It isthe source of much of the pleasure oflife, particularly to young people. Asit stands at the entrance to the alimen-tary canal it is endowed with powers ofdetecting the qualities of whatever thehands present to the stomach. In early life the system demandsabundant supplies of good material tobuild up growth and maintain activity.The sense of taste is then peculiarlykeen, and the appetite for goodthings is strong. After maturity the de-sires become less and one has not somuch pleasure in eating unless by ac-tive labor or from some other cause thedigestive organs are kept in a robustcondition. With the years the tastes change.We wonder how children can possiblyeat such quantities in such combination.The food which fairl)- delighted us longago has little or no attraction for us,and with many adults there is need forstrong seasonmg and con

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