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Seashore Shells TeU Odd Tales Collectors Seldom Know the Stories. Sometimes Tragic Back of the Empty Conche8 and Cockles â€" Mussels Yield Silk Almoxt every seashore visitor col- lects sheliii, yet few of tiiein l<now any- thing about the curious little creAturen that built them. On alniost any Jer- «<ey or Ijong Island beach colltctors can find shells of conch or moon unall and shells pf clams and musseU. Some are pierced by neat round holes that cause idle wonder. These little per- forations really tell an interesting fctory. The small holes in the clam shells are often made by the moon snail. It inhabits the spirally coiled whitish shell known anionu children as "the bull's eye." It wallcs on an enormous foot, totini; its shell on its back along the edge of the water until it scents a clam. Rapidly approaching, it grasps the clam in its foot. They re- main immobile for aliout an hour, ^^__^_^.^___^___ after which the snail upholds its foot and saunters off, an empty, pierced their throats coiled Kheli showing that murder has been done. IJRILMNG A nOLK. While the snail's foot^eld the help- le.ss victim, the radula or toothed ton- gue of the snail uncoiled and its end was usetl to drill the hole. Then the prolwsis in which the tongfue is located turned itself inside out as if it were the finger of a glove and inserted a pair of sharp sci99ors-like jaws into the clam and chopped it up. After that the snail sucked out the juice as though the probosis were a straw. This same moon snail is a good and painstaking mothe. in spite of her way of obtaining breakfast. On al- most any June or July day the beach comber may find a "Johnny cod's house," as the children call it. It Hie Iruh Excdl in Breeding Light Horses AT A POLO GAME IN PHOENIX PARK, DUBLIN Tf^fl All-lreliuul I'olo club opened the season with a series of three clnikker matches and provided seme excltliig cowtcets In which much aklH waa displayed. lingual ribbons armed with chitinoua teeth. The limphet, commonly known as "Dutchman's boat," is a shell dear to boys. Its curious shape, round at one end and pointed at the other, and the little diaphragm on the inner side, re- sembling the forecastle, doubtless win for it the name of boat. The builder of this shell uses its teeth to scrape'of"7^ary, Mary, quUe" contrary,'" In together its foodâ€" living organisms ,ifg t^e cockle is most intriguing. For- from the rocks or oysters to which it t^^^te is the beachcomber who comes fa.stens itself. The little creature that ^j^^ cockles as the tide is coming in, pebble-covered bottoms. If one if for- tunate enough to find a bed and rest above it on silent oars, one may see the very interesting sight of live scal- lops zigzagging through the waters, opening and shutting their shells as though they were wings â- ^*% Sunday School Lesson by putting a plank between the stones. But now the plank had fallen down too, and there was a hole big enough for a cow to walk out. "There's the cow," said Dog Wow, pointing across the pasture with his paw. "And there's the hole. If that builds this shell has a homing instinct I fj,r them they literally seem to leap like a carrier pigeon and always re-\-^ j^y jp^^ ^^e sand to meet the turns to the same spot on the same waters bags, Aside from food, pleasure, fertilizer and shell for State roads, the shell creatures provide man with other use- ful materials. The common black mussel, which clings to posts of piers and lives in colonics, fastens itself to Little Cat BY RALPH BERGENGREN It was a beautiful spring night with a cute crescent moon, but nobody in the house where Little Cat lived was awake to look at it. It was past the time of night when Little Cat usually got up, but there ho was, in his basket behind the kitchen stove, sound asleep with his head on his paw. The kitchen i in my basket, and here I am, up and door had been left open that evening, 'out enjoying the beauties of nature!" and when this happened, Little Cat I "You'd have mis.sed it if I hadn't was able to hear the radio. So he had ; waked you up," said Dog Wow. sat up till a.s late an 10 o'clock listen- 1 "Farmer Jonk's best cow â€" " 'I little gentleman. A WONDERFUL NIGHT. "What a night! What a night!" said Little Cat. "Oh, those people! Tho.so people! They think I'm asleep was up late," explained Little Cat, "listening to lieautiful sounds. I There was a lady singing who sang I «<) much like me, Dog Wow that I , simply could not go to sleep until she had finished. It was wonderful. You. rock. The eggfs are laid in which are fastened to the rock OOLORING OF SCALLOPS Scallops have so various a coloring and so fanlike a shape that imagina- looks like a bowl from which the bot-jtion makes them mermaids' fans. torn has been knocked out; it really is , Practical children turn them intojits anchor by means of silken threads the incubator that the mother moon dishes and make tea parties with their ' hese threads have been successfully snnil builds for hatching her children. 'ajj. Scallops live beyond the surf on us ed for making silken hose. The building of this egg case is an all day undertaking. As fast as the eggs emerge the mother covers them with a gelatinous mass that gradually h.nrdens. She holds the case close to her shell until it has traveled clear anjund it, and this process gives it shape. Then she leaves it half buriml in the Fand. The babies l>egin to incubate at once and hatch in about a month, crumbling the shell. The waves help the process, and Fr.on the little ones start in search of food. The waters either crumble the empty "Johnny rod's house," or else wash it upon the hcach. where it turns a whitish color ard in time is eroded by wind and weather or l)econies a child'.s toy. THE SNAIL FAMILY. Tiie snail family is a large one, in- eluding the whelk and thi- conch. There are two conches on the Atlantic coast, Buccinum undatum and the Fulgar genus. The Buccinum is of the same s[)ecie» as the whelk of Lurepe. which is much sought after â- s a food. The Fulgar is known to children as the pear conch. The poet speaks of the wheilk as "Neptune's wreathed horn." and all children at »f>nio time or other learn to hold it to their ears and listen for the beating of the sea- waves within. INCUBATOR OF THE SEA Buccinum undatum builds a curious Incubator, a mass of triangular- shatH-d, parrhinent-like shells, which are sometimes cuIIchI ".sailors' »oi»p." The Fulgar lays its eggs in a long string of incubators that resemble par'hment-fliaped pill boxes set one on top of another. The string tapers like a tail and is flat at the end, by means of which the mother fastens tightly to a ''"'.•k. The little snail* have complete, if miniature, shells, by the time they leave the case, (,'hildren ^ight in these empty incubators, and pretend they are ne»'klacee. The fiercest of the snails that drill the Ittle holiM in the shells of other creatures suck not only the shells of the clams and mussels but also of many of the univalves. Thus Fulgar or Buccinum may cause the death of the moon snail. All have hidden in It is fitting that the heart shell cow finds the hole she will walk right should have won fame as the cockle o"'- And then it will be 'Good-bye, Cow'." "Maybe she won't find the hole," said Little Cat. "She might," said Dog Wow. "What's she doing in the paaiture at this time of night?" said Little Cjit. "She ought to be in the barn." "That's just it," said Dog Wow. "That's a very smart cow. She's got out of the barn, and the next thing you know she'll find that hole and get out of the field. We've got to stop that hole up. Little Cat," said Dog Wow seriously, "but I don't see how. We can't lift back that plank." "Ijet me think," said Little Cat "Let me think." Little Cat stood leaning on his cane. Jun« 24â€" Lmmd XIII« â€" Jmm ihg Savloui^Zeph. 3: 14-17. GoltfMI Textâ€" Choos* you thia day whom y« will aerve^-Joih. 24: IS. Aimâ€" To chaMenea th* claM wltk the claime and appeal of Jaaua t* accept him •» their Saviour and crown him king of th«lr Uvea. Introduction â€" About whom hav» all our lesson thla Quarter centred? la which Gospel have we boen Btudyln* the life of Jesus? Who was MarkT Where did he get his knowledge of th« Hfe of Jesus? Where ,In the life U Jesus, did we begin our studies this Quarter? Presentation â€" have an outline map before the class, and then, calling for the places of interest, such as Caesarea Phillppi, The Mount of Transfigura- tion, The Road to Jerusalem, Bethany, Jeruaatom, The Mount of 01ive«, Geth- aemane, Golgotha, have them marked by the scholars on the map and the events of interest associated with them told. Give a short account of each of the following: (1) The Transfiguration; (2) On the Way to Jerusalem; (3) three rosy children, Tilly, Milly and j The Triumphal Entry; (4) The Trial Willy, had looked out of the windows j of Jesus ; (6) The Story of the Crael- they would have been surprised, and fl«on. What did Jesus teach about the f<4- lowing: (1) Being a Christian at home; (2) How to Be Great; (3) The Cost of Discipleship; (4) AI>oat Him- self. Fill in the blanks in the folk>wing: wondered what Dog Wow and Little Cat were doing. But they got the board at last to the hole in the wall. "She's still there," said Uttle Cat. "I see her." "I'm glad you do," said EXog WowjWhat shall it profit a man between his teeth. "If she'd got oatj Whosoever will come after me it would have been 'Goodbye, Cow'." . Suffer little children "L wish you'd stop saying 'Good- 1 Who-soever will be great 1. /- " »;j J itt\^ r^t "It -amn't Render unto C«sar u^*'.'^*^''^; n w It ^1 The stone which the builders be 'Good-bye, Cow now b««use we ve ^ ^^^y ^-^ ^^^^ j^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ Hat. And by the time he had done , ^, , . t^ „, that Little Cat had come out of the ""^ thought. Dog Wow sat down and window, with his cane under his left ^''"t'^hed him admiringly, wagging h.s front leg. and had stood up on his hind legs, and was leaning on his cane and looking at the moon like a got the board just where she can't get out without seeing it." And so they had, for they had put the No Trespassing sign exactly where 'I ing to the music. Little Cat sometimes sang himself, so ho knew a goo<i deal al)out music, and enjoyed it greatly. The night was so mild that the kitchen window looking out on the porch had been left part way open. Alxjut half an hour after the time have heard me sing? Little Cat usually woke up. Dog Wow ' stood on his hind legs on the porch and looked anxiously in through the open window. He had his hat on the side of his head, and was very much excited. When he saw Little Cat asleep In his basket Dog Wow barked a very small bark, for he was a thoughtful dog and never barked in the night loud enough to wake people up. "Bow-wow!" said Dog Wow, a little louder than before but not loud enough to wake anybody up except liittle Cat. "Bow-wow-wow-wow! Bow-wow!" This time Little Cat really woke up, and jumped out of the basket. He came to the window. "Oh, it's you. is it?" said Little Cat. "I thought I heard something." "It's me," said Dog Wow. "H<rw many times," began Little Cat, "have I told youâ€"" "Well, it's I, If you like that any letter," »aid Dog Wow. "But we haven't got time to Iwther with gram- mar. Not a minute. Farmer Jcnk's test cow â€" " "Wait a bit Ull I get my cane," said Little Cat, "and I'll be with you. And do put your hat on straight! It's way over your left ear." So Dog Wow took his paws off the winilow ledge, and straightened his tail. IS IT A RIDDLE? have it! Ah-ha!" cried Little Cat. "How do people keep other peo- I pie from coming through a hole with- out stopping it up?" "If that's a riddle, Little Cat," said Dog Wow, "it's too much for me." "They put up a lK)ard with letters on it," said Little Cat. "I see what you mean now," said Dog Wow. "It sa.vs 'No trees pass- ing,' or something like that." "I know where one of those boards was put on a tree, and it has fallen olT," said Little Cat. So Little Cat and Dog Wow hurried back along the way they had come till they came to an old wood road. There was a tree near the entrance of the old road and a board with let- "I have," said Dog Wow. "But we ' ters on it that said: have no time to stand here and talk NO TRESPASSING Police Take Notice. lay at the foot of the tree. "It works with people," said Little Cat, "and perhaps it will work with a cow. Anyway, when we've put it where the cow can see it we'll have done the best we can. Dog Wow, and that's doing much." Dog Wow lifted the board with his strong teeth, but the best he couM do was to lift one side of it Little Cat tried to lift the other side with his teeth, and then he tried to help lift with his paws, and then he tried to get underneath and lift with his head. But he was really no help at all, and about singing. Farmer Jenk's best cowâ€"" "That is the third time you have said 'Farmer Jenk's best cow,' " said Little Cat "What is on your mind about Farmer Jenk's l)€st cow?" "She will get out of the pasture," said Dog Wow. "She will run away. There is a hole in the wall, and if that cow finds that hole, all I can say is that it will be 'Good-bye, Cow.' You come with me, Little Cat, and I'll show you." So Dog Wow and Little Cat hurried along the street, past the Smith's house, where Dog Wow lived in a house of his own in the back yard. Dog Wow had to walk backwards and and past the Jones's house, where the drag the board after him. Little Cat Jones's pig lived in a pen of his own walked behind like a little gentleman in the back yard and so on past the and pointed with his cane in the direc- Perkins's house and the Robinson's tion that Dog Wow ought to go back- house to the pasture of Ichabod Jon- .^ard. So he was some help after all. athan Jcnks, the farmer, which was j "i hope that cow won't find the hole just beyond the house where Farmer before we get there," said Dog Wow Jenks lived with his stout wife Sarah between his teeth. "If she does it and their throe rosy children, Milly, ^ill be 'Good -bye. Cow'." Tilly, and Willy. Farmer Jenks' barn "We're doing our best," said Little was at one end of the pasture, which Cat "If she gets out she'll get out, had a stone wall around it, and in one but it won't be our fault" place the stones had falleri down and I u took quite n while, and if Farmer Service'. VsWestAdc'aide St.. Toronto: Farmer Jenks had mended the place j^nki and his wife Sarah and their Patterns sent by return mail. General Questions on the Lessonsâ€" What disciples did Jesus take with him to the Mount of Transfigrurationi What did Jesus ask the disciples at Csesarea Philippi? What did Jesus teach about little children? WTw wanted to sit at the right and left hand of Jesus? How did Jesus enter Jerusalem? Why? What did Jesus mean by cleansing the Temnle? Why did the Jewish leaders dislike Jesos? How did they get Jesus in their poiwer? What was the charge they brought against him? On what charge was Jesus put to death? Where was Jesus buried? What three women came to the tomb that first Easter morning? What was the impress.ion that Jesus made on: (1) The disciples; (2) The people in general; (.'5) The priests and Pharisees; (4> Pilate; (5) The Cen- turion. Application â€" Who do yon say that Jesus is? Do you let him govern your life? Would you follow Jesus if it meant to lose ytiur position or your wealth? How have you answered Pilate's question of what to do with Jesus? Will you accept .Jesus as your Saviour and crown him the king of your life? no cow could come out of the field with- out stepping over it. "Oh. those people! Those people!" said Little Cat. 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