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The Tribe of Insect Fiddlers. The Addling Insect tribe comprises, besides the cicadas, the katydids, crick ets, locusts and grasshoppers, all of those creatures that make sounds with their wings and legs Instead of with their mouths. Next time you hear a inerry cricket chirp, Just think that it produces this pleasant, homey sound by rubbing Its fore wings together. In sects of the cicada tribe have two pairs of wlntts, the front pair close to their heads, the back pair behind the others. The fore wing of the cica da tribe is called the elytron (plural, elytra . Crickets and the kind of grasis hoppvr called long horned make mu sical Instruments of their wings in this way. Locusts nml short horned grasshop pers produce their sounds in another way. by rubbing their long, strong. TUB (illASSHOl'I'KK. vmooth hind legs against the wig .'S of their fore wings. The process is much like that of a violin bow scraping across the stiff fiddle strings, though the sound made is not much like violin music. Another iueer thing about the cica da family Is that they seem to have their ears stuck around almost any old jilace about their bodies. Crickets, katydids and the long horned grass hoppers have their organs of hearing Jn their fore legs. Locusts and short toorned grasshoppers have theirs in their sides. There Is oue species of locust that lias been dreaded by man from Bible times down to our day. It Is called THE MIOIlATOliY LOCUST. the migratory locust because it flies through the air from place to place la numbers that cannot be counted, de vouring everything except earth, rocks, solid wood and Iron as It goes. This locust Is not green, like the smart. spick and span grasshopper, but is of a dull, dirty color. Its fore wings brown. Its hind wings of a lighter shade. It Is about an inch and a half In length. How an Ostrich Eata Oranges. At the Cawstou ostrich farm In Soat Pasadena. Oil., there is a veterau bird called Emperor William. The Emperor makes a daily practice of catching in midair oranges which are thrown to him and gulping them down whole. He has been known to have as many as a dozen of the big round fruit going down bis slim neck at once, making the latter look not, unlike a string of Immense beads. Although be has oa several occasions eaten as many as thirty-five or forty oranges In succes sion, be Is in good health at the ripe ostrich ago. of twenty-three years. The food seems to agree with him. Nonsense Rhyme. There was an old person of Bree, Who frequented the depths of the I She nursed the amall flahes And washed all the diahes ' And swam back again Into Bree. I, A Bottle Trick. ' Remark to the assembled company that yon can get vinegar out of a bot tle If you have no corkscrew and If you do not break the bottle or put -sol to the cork. fjolntion: Push tbe cock into tb bob 1PM iii ftl m I mm The Wars of Our Country V. French and India War-Part I. By Albert Piyioo Terkuac AKE a map of North America. Trace along it a narrow thousand mile strip along the Atlantic coas southward from Maine. Compare this In size with the rest of the continent. That "strip" was held In 1748 by the English settlers perhaps a million in number, and divided into thlr teen colonies. Al' the rest of Nortl America was yfAsmiyr.roy as M'MUFK. claimed l j France. In IT i: th English itaic ornnted ixiii.iwki acres of land o't the south sid. of the Ohio river to an association of English and Virginia secultitorr known ;- the "Ohio cimipa-ny." ThN grant was in the heart of the sectloi claimed by 1'rance. To strengthen their bold and to pre vent the English from moving west ward the French built a chain of forts and trading posts from the St. Law. r.uice to the mouth of the Mls-;issip4 completely hemming In the thirteei .'olmiirs n the west. Governor I i n widdie of Virginia resolved to send a message of protest to the Enoch com mander. M. I'ierre, who was stationed at Erie. fa. The choice of a man to bc.ir 'this message was one requlrln great cure, for the trip Involved flit' traversing of several hundred mil of trackless wilderness, fn'.l of hostile savages, in dead of winter and caller! for prudence and diplomacy as well as courage. 1 'In widdie selected a big rawboned Virginia lad. barely twenty one, by trade a surveyor. The ho; was George Washington. It was hi first appearance In history. He made the perilous Journey and brought back St. Flerre's insolent refusal to cease fortifying the disputed land. A party of Virginians started erect an English fort at the Junction of the Metiongahela aad Allegheny rivers, on the present site of Pitts burg. While they were at work on It a bodv of French attacked and de feated them, took the place and pn ceeded to complete the fort on their ovrn account, to garrlsea It will Frenchmen and to name It Duquesnr In honor of their commander la chief. Smarting at this huailllatloa, Virgin! raised about 150 men and appointed Colonel Joshua Fry their leader, wltl Washington second in command. Thi little force marched forth to recap ture Fort rnniaesne. A detachment of French opposed their progress at fJrea Meadows May 1!8. lToi, but were beaten and their leader, Juiuou vllle, killed. Tills was the first blow of the war. The Virginians were continuing thetr march when Colonel Fry died. The British gev e r n in e n t now took an active band In the war. General Edward Braddock. with several regluwnts of "regalai's." was sent across to America to take supreme colu mn ml Itratkloc could MA OP BBADDOCK scarcelr be made to take a serious view of the situation. Vfbnt could few tsiiuVs vf savages and a few bun dred French emigrants do. lie asked scornfully, to check tbe trtamplmm march of bis Rrlrtea najesty'a reguhti troeis? Washington aad ettjeas trie to point out to htm tbe Oawrors torn lurked ta tbe forests of Pennsylvania aad tbe difficulty ef das losing tlx FreeM uud Indiana freia Obetff ehahi of forts. Bat he s Bobbed tbe "pro v Id otflta." sceroed tbetr 4vk and bi ITS set oat with a body ef kOOO men to capture fort Duqaeaae IKAa tbe al Bed force, Tfcoagh tke forest swarmed with la aassas, kVraidoak ase4 ae eaatkm and wvia even seat eat ace. Wttti tnaeek) siajeaff aad wt a attwapt at seorecy, he auarabea1 ea tevraia1 Lie- fceaae aoaV-death. leftfljr - JWy ka4 arrived hi the aear Tlnafhr ef toe fert Waafaaagtaa begged Mat great ureceaUoua aa Ma aavaaae, Braaxtec refasea te batten. ButMealf ea Mae nerWatg of fair 8. aa hVhr were hat tea wtttv arena tttear goes. Mae roeha aad trees ea either side ef the hah ittete acute- waa cUaibing barst fcate ordone of taaVl abot and wheaaaag ar rowa. Braddock bad btuadared ateateb iota a eeear arranged geeae aad Indiaa atabimb, Bfaddock saw one of ha grenadance. aamed lracett, skulking beatad a rock. In fury at such cowardice, Beeddecfc jrore bis sword Into the ekaUar back. Faucett's brat bar, wfca. stood near, snatched up a masket and tally wounded tbe foolish general. Shot by one of bis own soldiers. Brad- dock fell. Washington took eoOMna&C and by consummate skill averted bloody massacre. The Land of Puzzledom. No. 4S1. Word Building. . Find one word that contains all the following words without transposing any letters: Act, actor, fact, factor, factory, or, 'tis, to, Tory, sat, is. No. 482. Charade of Countries. I. My first la the home of the lloa so stroma;. My aecoml'a not hit when the arrow fltea wrong. My whole la a country that la oowa on the map. you Just turn to Europe you'll find It, mayhap. II. My fir ft Is wbere children froaa ages un told Have onupKled and nestled when hungry or colli. My second la far o'er the aea and right here. e live on It, thrive In It, year after year. My whole la a country where reindeer may dwell. But cold, so cold you'd not like it well. III. My first no fit. could swim without. To find it'a so just look ulout. My second's where you'd wish to be f you wore ailing on the aea. My whole a country Is bound to be That Is north of ltusaia. close by the sea. Touta'a Coaapaaloa. No. 483. Talking Baby Puacle. oooo( This couple have a baby which of has been trying to talk. W hut progress It has made may be do- rnilned when It is known that three might marks added to the ciphers in the picture will change tbem into hat baby is saying remember, just iree straight marks added to it. What is the baby saying? W'ashlng- on Siar. No. 484. Sure Thing Fill In. Mother was annoyed. Bob had con- racled the habit of saying "Sure!" or Sure, Mike!" to every question or re mark, and It hurt her literary feelings So to reform him and make him sick f being "sure" she Blade blra fill in tbe following blanks and learn the hing by heart: One thing you must do If you'd sure "euro Or amass much sure, Your words yeu must '"sure. I sure you 'tis true. No. 485. Numerical Eniflma. My 4 2 1 la an endearing term. My 6 6 7 11 a slender band er one quite firm; My 2 S Jt 8 a aly suggestion see; My 12 fS 14 15 1 welgha down eo heavily! My whole lona; years ago was found The greatest need In the world around. Wltbeut Us help I'd not here Nor would you aeek me far, I (ear. Ne. 486. ehsaeings. Behead aa English river and leave part of the harness of a berse. Behead closely and leave in good time. Behead by wore of month aad leave to pluck Bp courage. Behead an actor and leave one of several thicknesses of material. Behead to subdue and leave to bring forth. Behead to fall back and leave to aass away. No. 487. Pictured Ward. What parte ef a viae are repcaseate? No. 438, Pyramid Puaxle. Hear range tbe letters at tUla pyreaHa so as te spell a taatHlar phrase tt wa words: B R It HUH B B B Riddle and Answer. I have but eaa eye, aad that wttheat eight. Tet It kelp me. whatever I : I am atiarp fittest wtta, wttfceut am arlsat. The fertua ef eeiae aad ef seme a 4a- llgfct, Aad I deuet aet I'at aaefal te yea. . (A aeeeJa.) Key te Paaasedam Ne. 4T4. Oaaraae: Saw-h' horse. Ne. 47S.-Prei4eat Pucale: Orapea. p4e, HKet, Fan, Iron. Ear, Ladder, Desk. Iaitlals spaM Garfield Ka. 4rfl. Zigasg: Joseph Haydn. Craaa Werda: 1. Jecnnd. t. Robust 3. U aster. 4. Street. 6. Seraph. Wretta. 7. Sllcht- I. Banana. 0. Try Ing. 10. Adages. 11. Number. Ne. 47T.-Hiftdea General: Win, fleld. Boot. tbaa. cock-Wlnfleld 8cett Han cock. Ne. 478. Hemeajrat: L Dandy lions. 2. Dandana8. No. 479.-rietnred Birds: Tfarosh, robin. bobeibA. Urk. No. 489. Anagram: Rewotatlon. Q0 The Readereof Tbe Courier. We have made a contract with a Fountain Pen Co., of New York City, to advertise their $3.00 Pen for one year, anu by this arrange ment we can let onr subscribers who will ncer their subscriptions immediately (whether due or not), have one of these splendid pens for only $1.00. This is not a fake scheme, but a first class Fountain Pen with a 14 carat gold point and guaranteed to be AS GOOD as the best pen made. It is jnst being introduced, and you may rest assured the very best material is usea in its muuuiaciure. We have them right here in our of fice, they may be fied to your satisfaction before jou buy. If our subscribers at a distance will send check at once, paying for our pap?r one year from the time his present subscription expires, and add $1.00 for this magnificent per, we will send it to him prepaid, iw der our own personal guarantee that it fully comes up to the above de scription. We have signed contract not to sell to dealers, but to subscribers only." When its merits are known our subscription list will be doubled. Cur friends may esteem this as a gteat favo' that, we have been able to secure such a rare bargain for them. It will ptv theiu to act promptly. Address The Courier, Asheboro. Kllla llrr K nf JO 1 rur "The mos' niercil ss en-my I hail for 20 years," declares Mrs. .Ihid. s Ouucao, of llaviiesville, Me , "was lyi-"piii. I suf fered intensely after eatii.g orlriiiking and could scarcely slfep Afh'i in.i'iy rem?di"s liul failed and several doctors gave me up, I Iried El ctric Billers, which cured me com plelely. Now 1 can eat ant-thing. 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