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mm PAGE THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK msrmss calculable. Jewelers aver that the stone is very susceptible to atmospheric con ditions, fair or cloudy weather. They are also said to be affected by the human aura or atmosphere, becom ing a dull green with certain wearers. Ill-health has been known to make them look faded, while with a healthy owner they regain their beautiful tint. The mystic union of the two colors of Venus is expressed in the turquoise, the emerald green of the earth, the azure blue of the sky, and wherever green and blue burn together, as in turquoise-blue and peacock-green, there is an added passion and mystery in the beauty of color. Hlrd on Wing- and Foot. Birds are endowed with greater powers of locomotion than are the lower forms of life generally. They can fly and they can walk, and a very large number can swim. Fishes can only swim, though one does not forget the capacities of the 4 'flying" fish, which, however, does not fly in the sense that birds do ; quadrupeds can walk and most of them can swim, but the powers of flight are absolutely confined to birds and insects. The gift of flight is one of the most wonderful in the world of creation, and this faculty has been bestowed upon birds and insects for a very special reason which we need not now discuss. You may have observed that the flight of birds is altogether different from the flight of insects. In the former the wings are of bone and sinew clothed with feathers, varying in size and shape. In the insects the wing is composed of a thin, gauzy material stretched across a slightly built framework, very much in the shape of a fan. You can see the wings of a bird move, or flop, when it is flying, but your eye sight will have to be very keen if you observe the movements of the fly's wings, which goes in a particular di rection at a high rate of speed. And yet both bird and insect can lift themselves easily from the ground and take any route they please. This sub ject of bird and insect flying is most interesting. I cannot, however, say mere now by way of comparing and ex plaining these methods of aerial movements. If you are observant I dare say some of you will have noticed that there are birds that hop ani birds that walk when afoot. The sparrow when about the fields and gardens always hops, and so do the thrush and blackbird. The star ling runs, and if he gets his eye on a worm that is disappearing in the soil he runs very fast to drag him out. The wagtails also run, and they can trot round so quickly that they can easily take the gnats and other small insects on the wing. The rooks and daws walk sedately, as do the wild pigeons, but the finches are mostly runners. Some of the birds very rarely are seen afoot. I doubt very much whether any of my readers have ever seen a swift on the ground. These beautiful birds, now wintering in tropical countries, have such wing-power that they neverseem to want to come down from the clouds to rest. But they do come down, all the same and I dare say you have seen them visit their nests during the breeding season If you are near the locality where the house-martin or the swallow builds, you may have seen these lovely birds gather ing mud with which to construct their nest. I have watched them frequently, and have noticed, as you may have done that they walk with difficulty, as if they had lost control of their little feet. The reason that swifts and swallows walk so indifferently is because they have little use for their feet. They live entirely upon insects, which they catch in the air. The bills of the swallow and the night-jar are short and wide, so that they can take the insects easily on the wing. The corncrake does not fly a great deal during his stay in summer, not be cause he cannot use his wings, but rather because he is a capital runner. He has learned to keep low among the growing grass for safety, and when flushed very rarely uses his, wings. That he does fly, and fly well, how ever, is evident in the fact that he mi grates as regularly as other birds one might name. When limbs are not used, however, they cease to develop, and, in course of time, even disappear altogether. The apteryx, a New Zealand bird, has no wings, and the penguin, which lives in the polar region, has only short, stumpy wings, which are of very little use for flying. The birds seen at this season are practically all ground feeders, so that when we see them on the wing they are not in pursuit of food, but removing from one feeding ground to another. lliriille. Pray tell me ladies, if you can, Who is that highly iavored man, Who, though he's married many a wife, May live a bachelor all his life? (A CLERGYMAN.) A LITTLE MAID FROM HOLLAND. Last week's puzzle picture Master William L. Cummlngs won the prize offered for the first correct solution. ;y m a fc-4 1 f r- r r ircicapipipai itw: &.tM3Sll A. v 1 jsis rut' km . J4 ,f HOTEL TRAYMORE, Atlantic City, N. J. ALWAYS OPJBIV JFOIl THE UECfiPTIOir OF GUESTS. HOTEL TRAYMORE CO. Chas. O. Mabquette, Manager. D. S. White, President Pinehurst Handicraft Shop GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING Arts and Crafts products of "Heart, Head and Hand" from many lands, well nigh numberless, and each with interest and fascination. A Studio as it were, where is shown that "art is the ex pression of man's joy in his work." A rendezvous for Village guests who are always welcome. GEORGE F. FOSDICK, Manager. St Ifoat's School for (3irls The Diocesan School of the Carolinas. Founded by Albert Smedes in 1842. College, Music, Art, Elocution. Delightfully located in a 20-acre grove of primeval oak and pine. Special atten tion to social and religious training; every opportunity for athletics. , Two new dormitories; large new building containing dining room and gymnasium. Northern visitors are cordially Invited to visit the School. For Catalogue, etc., Address REV. GEO. W. LAY, Rector, Raleigh, N. C. J, S. NEUCOMB & CO., REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE, Telephone No. 4. Southern Pines, North Carolina. A SO! DEAL MEANS a GOOD A DEAL Tourists' Baggage In sured from time of leav ing home on journey, in hotels and until re turn. Automobile In suranceSpecial. Life Insurance: Mutual of New York. Fire In surance : All Best Com panies, including Home of New York, Liver pool and London, Hartford, Royal and others. ' Opportunities for Investors. Fruit Lands for Sale. CHOICE CUT FLOWERS Roses Carnations and Violets A Specialty Mail, 'Phone and Telegraph Orders Promptly Filled J. L. O'QUINN & CO. 'Phones 149. Ralelflh, N, C. BRETTCjN pure a,r health andcomfort pure water BRETTON WOODS IN THE HEART OF THP WHITP MOHMtmuc Golf Course full 6,460 yards for season 1910 ' TUB jkount PLEASASX TOE MOUNT WASHINGTON ANDER80N & PRICE, MANAGERS. . Information at Hotel Ormond and Bretton Inn at Ormond Beach. Florida. retton Woods Saddle Horses at Ormond this Winter.
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