. St. Nicholas [serial] . nmistakable proofs, too, of itshaving been inhabited, and by savages, undoubt-edly of a very ancient day. On examining thedwelling and remnants of others (for the discover-ers found only one perfect one), these wise mendecided it must have been at one time the bonycovering of some animal of the armadillo family. Further research and study convinced them theyhad found, not only a perfect armor of the Glyp-todon, the gigantic armadillo of prehistoric times,but, what was still more wonderful, that this armor,abandoned by its original wearer, had become,probably, the very
. St. Nicholas [serial] . nmistakable proofs, too, of itshaving been inhabited, and by savages, undoubt-edly of a very ancient day. On examining thedwelling and remnants of others (for the discover-ers found only one perfect one), these wise mendecided it must have been at one time the bonycovering of some animal of the armadillo family. Further research and study convinced them theyhad found, not only a perfect armor of the Glyp-todon, the gigantic armadillo of prehistoric times,but, what was still more wonderful, that this armor,abandoned by its original wearer, had become,probably, the very first habitation of man. The only perfect one of these dwellings, nowknown to be in existence, is in the possession ofthe French Government, and is kept in the Jardindes Plantes, in Paris. A number of casts or copies have been taken ofthis ancient homestead, and one of these is to befound in each of the larger museums in the UnitedStates. FROM THE DEACONS SCRAP-BOOK. ?Speak as you think, be what you are, payyour HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. Jft Ifugent THE LETTER-BOX. Jack-in-the-Pulpit and the Little Schoolmaamrequest us to give their thanks to May G. M., of Troy,N. Y., and to D. B. McL. (who writes from Scotland),for good letters on the difference between red and whiteclovers. Mays letter, they say, is excellent because it isthe record of close personal observation of nature, andD. is admirable because it proves that when oncehis attention is called to a subject he is just the boy tostudy it up, and, on request, pass along the informa-tion he gains. They thank, also, Helen T. G., a little girlof Southern Dakota, who has sent them a very neatlywritten account of John James Audubon. Judging from the letters Jack has received, it is veryevident that the history of the great naturalist has latelybeen read by hundreds of his congregation. Clinton, St. Nicholas : I am a little girl, eleven yearsold, and am always glad when the day brings you. Ilike all of your stories. I h
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