Popular science monthly . tention attracted!)>• the lines on the paxe-ment and slopjjing to in-\estigate their meaning. separated from his crow. No longer canhe perform his natural dut% of signaling tothe immediate poultr\ population. The cap is made of strong canvas andhas suspender straps which fasten aroundthe legs and hold the cap in place. Theseiiang comfortabK loose when the roostersiiead is down, as when he is eating; butwhen he attempts to throw his head backand his chest out in order to give vent tohis pride in a crow that ma\ be heard bye\er\- rixal cock for miles around, he fnids
Popular science monthly . tention attracted!)>• the lines on the paxe-ment and slopjjing to in-\estigate their meaning. separated from his crow. No longer canhe perform his natural dut% of signaling tothe immediate poultr\ population. The cap is made of strong canvas andhas suspender straps which fasten aroundthe legs and hold the cap in place. Theseiiang comfortabK loose when the roostersiiead is down, as when he is eating; butwhen he attempts to throw his head backand his chest out in order to give vent tohis pride in a crow that ma\ be heard bye\er\- rixal cock for miles around, he fnidshimself unreasonabh restricted. The capmuzzle ma\ be worn during the day, also,if necessar\-. Separating the Roosterfrom His Crow THE latestfashion newsfrom the poultry\ard dcMribes a newstyle of nightca|) forthe rooster. Of•ourse the rooster isnot consulted as towhether he likes itor not. but he wearsit under llu- mandate ofwho in turn is inlhn-ncefl l>\- the more orIc^s caiislic uf hi-, |-or. The Step Lively. Please! ofStage-Coach Times WHEX the tra\elers blood is boilingwith resentment against the auto-crats in uniform who issue peremptoryconnnands and hustle belated passengerswith scant courtesy into overcrowded cars,he is apt to iineigh against modern timesand sigh for the da\s in which, althoughtra\el was slow, a man had at least time tocatch his breath. But E. G. Marchand, aCanadian writer, in a graphic description ofa stage-coach journe\- in the seventeenthcentury, shows that although conditionsma\- change, the conductors of to-day andthose of olden times are of one clan. The special grievance of the stage-coach passengers was nt>t so much the o\ercrowd- ing, although the wooden horseof TroNciiulilnot have leen more closely packed. It was the heartless- nessof the conductorat the times andplaces allotted foreating, that finallyi-aused a generalstrike of the patrons,lie was accused ofluing in comii\anccwith theinn-keepers,who in\ari,\bl\-
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