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Manawatu Herald, 11 August 1898, Page 4

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■ •>- T'-r.uy* JAvcly . ..-.■.. .'.... .JunUey V'olk T • '■ •■ ' ;:."- MipHug calls t'y '-■ ■ . -■ •. 'sM^lful r.ijiio In '..'.■■: ■•-•. .'i mlrvov has •" " t '•noble-' *'■■■■•;.,, C....V. >X.i iLu Aow l\nk Y> ■ . i. . :is *..!■) tutu, a wicked person hamlet! i t'.'j v -ror to a large brown mon-

koy fcnov.-u :■ ■ f)M:n. The mirror waa iiiiout 4 iiv.-i.i . i.i diai no! or. Dickotookit, {.■Tinned, -.cowU-.i .savagely and then, knookffl tlio u;rly monkey in. the framo clear nnross ll)<: c.'ifjo. A snutll black monkey picked up the gkiss. Bn gazocl at himself, and so did lial f a dozen other monkeys over his shoulder. Dioko madu v dash and snatched the mirror, whereupon every other monkey leaped upon htm, and such a squealing, Bniipping, twisting mass of monkeys was never seen. Tho keeper found the inquisitive monkeys trying to cat the quicksilver. Ho entered the cage and fought with thorn to tako tho glass away. It was all fun for the spectators, particularly one man, until he was arrested fpr furnishing tho mirror.

The negro is a. closo observer of nature, Bs a rnlo. Evory animal be endows with human attributes. The rabbit, fox and squirrel .wd nil the finny tribe are made to play a part in story,*and song, and the birds mo niifc plhrhtert. Horo ii-o .son 10 sentiments which, the New Orleans Tunes-Democrat says, are — put into i ho mouths, or rather the beaks, of our feather friends by their sable<interpreters. Sometimes tho owlfl hoot from tree to tree across tho swamp roads: I live In the now house, , Who— who— who's . ' In tho old? They call to o:v;h other from their perches "in the mighty oaks and tupelo gums, r 'whoro yeliovr j;-3'niiio and rattan Tines twine so thickly as to make almost a \, jangle, and they say: | ' I coclr I X v For my folks, } ; ~-. A;:'.', who— who — who " •• . C.jk.s-fci-y' all? r Xlie pan v'^Wos shrilly through thy suiunr ■; [>■.•.:■. cs: • i.:')i',v.hitc! '" • Orwxytf - \ U' ; '"littti \ * The dov m • 1- 1- \s, y tho old black for ji ijassiii;: soul. They claim, tod; £ that 'the a<.votiii'rf faslur than does any other bird. The jay is &ni<i to carry scrola downward. ;'Why the purt litUo fellow hasjauch anunr/enviaTble in put a i ion is not known. This Is t'the Bong ho i« .said to emg: .V.v.-iy, a->v;iyl J)un:j carried, a soul , v TJ'.iV. 11 .today. • v j. Cnrvy another '■ I'-nunvvovr. I