Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1909, Page 22

OST of the Busy Bees have been enjoying themselves, some of the stories and letters sent in fun playing Hallowe'sn pranks and, better yet, several of the boys and girls have gone nutting and pienicing in the woods did they gather nuts, but had sport watehing the birds and s quirrels and play- The editor is pleased that so many of the Busy Bees ap- cellent stories were sent in last week and ing outdoor games preciate the beauties of nature. E this week about the wonderful autumn colors and the svorts and the frolies of this season of the year. Let us have some more stories like this. The stories of travel are also interesting to Busy Bees Several boys have joined the ranks of the Busy Bees this week and have given considerable assistance to the Red side prize and another received honorable mention Prizes were awarded this week to Ruth Kirschsteln of Omaha, on the Red ad to Arthur Mason of Fremont, also on the Red side side, tior, was given to Arthur Wurdeman of Leigh, Neb, Any of the Busy RBees nfay send cards to anyone whose name is on the Posteard Vxchange, which now includes Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo, Jean De Long, Alnsworth, Neb Jrene McCoy, Barnston, Lill'an Merwin, Beaver City, Neb. Mabel Witt, Bennington, “eb Aana Gottsch, Bennington. Minnle Gottsch, Bennington, Neb. Damnke, Benson, Neb Marie Gallagher, Benkoima da May, Central City, Neb. era Cheney, Creighton, Neb. is Hahn, David City ea Freidell, Dorches ice_Bode, Falls Cliy Reed, Fremont, 1 Lu burs. Fromant, Neb rion Cap) ibson, No tholomew, Gothenburg, 6 West Koenig street, Gr ab. 07 West Charies street, Grand l\:. West Righth street, W8 West Charles street, Neb. (bex 12) Tev 3 Crawto! nd, Neb. & P‘Inll nmym West Fourth street, b, One of the new writers won a Juanfta Tnnes, 2760 Fort street, Omah 3718 Farnam street Neb Lillan Wirt, 4158 Caas street, Omah . 846 Georgia avenue, Om: MM Franklin Jack Coad Meyer Cob Ada Morri Neb. Myrtie Jensen, 2000 Gall Howard, 4722 Capitol K 16 Lothrop strest; Omaha oddrich, Holen Houe Emerson G Maurice Johnson, 1027 Locust, 8t., Omaha. Loon Carson, Neb Gretehen street, Omaha b Pauline Coad, Wiima Howard, 4723 Capitol Hilwh Mildred Jensen, 3107 Leavenworth, Omah Bdna Heden, Mabel Sheifelt, 414 North Twenty-fitth street, Omaha. Johnson, stroet, Omaha. Emma Carruthers, 811 North Twenty-fifth Omaha. Leonora Denison, The Alblon, Tenth and Mae Hammond, O'Nelll, Neb, down dashed Winter In his snowy chariot, roaring with rage for his sister's pretty work made him feel both sad and gloomy Then calling on his little nephew, Jack Frost, they would go out on thelr journey of destruction, freesing lakes and rivers and breathing heavy frosts Into the air The flowers were dead, the bare treey stood out against the cloudy sky and things were in possession of Winter. judging from Many of them had lots of Not only (Second Prize.) The Cunning Squirrels ng Arthur Mason, Aged 11 Years, 648 North larkson Street, Fremont, Neb. Red Side. John and Rob had a lovely large walnut tree In thelr vard, and one fall it was full of great, green walnuts and they had planned on enjoying them when they were ripe, but there was a family of squirrels who liked walnuts quite as well as little boys and they sald: “We must get those nuts before those boys do and we are much the best climbers, so before frost we will store them away.” And so they came day after day, mother, father and the three squirrel children, and no matter how the boys threw clods at them, and even the cat, Peter, tried to catch them, they came until every nut was stored away for their win- ter use. When the boys told their father he sald “Wall, they know little boys can buy nuts all the winter long, while some day they may go hungry, and after all we can take a lesson from them, to always be careful when there Is plenty and save up for times when we may not be able to get what we wish. Honorable men- on the Red side Om treet, Om ard street, Omaha venue, Omaha. 10 Nicholas, Omaha. 1124 North Fortleth, Omaha. tman, 18 South Thirty- 718 Farnamn street, Omahs. venus, Omal 1210 8outh Eleventh, Omal (Honorable Mention.) A Nutting Trip By Arthur Wurdeman, Aged 11 Years. Lelgh, Neb. Red Side. Last Saturday we went to a nutting party. We were out to the woods in the country. We took our lunch with us and 2789 Chicago wstreet, Omaha. M6 North Twentleth rphy, Bas reet, Madge L. Daniel # HELEN HEUCK. we went out on a hayrack. B e * Zola' Beddso, There. were twenty of us. We started at B Rutt, Leshara, Neb. Agnes Richmond, Orleans Neb. ? & m. We arrived there at 9:30 a. m. E. Rutt, Leaxara, Neb. Mario Fleming, Osceola, Neb. ington, Neb. n, eb. Nel ton, Neb on, ¥ ythe ta, Lexington, Neb. le, Lexington, Neb. . Alica Grassmeyer, 5, Bt b, Utiea, Neb, g o, 1044 0. Bt Lincoln: Neb: Mildred ¥. dones, North Loup, Neb. "‘f'b L S, coin, N Alta Wilken, W ¥ gnkl\krd. Wace, , 2000 L, wtree! ae Grun 227 South Fifteenth atreet, KElale Stastny Frederick Ware, Winside, N Seventventh Pauline Park Edna Behling, York, Nebh. Mary Frederick, York, Neb. Carrle B. Bartl Irene Reynolds, Little Sloux, Etnel Mulholland, Box 71, M Bleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia. rmn Mellor, Malvern, berteon, Manilla, ia. v, Nebraska City, wiord, C Neb. ., Norfolk, Neb, Helen Johnson, , 884 South street, Lin Nob. se St ons, Neb, lo M Lyons, Neb. i ton, [ Lotta Woods, Pawnee City, Neb, L, street, coln, Neb. Leo o 1, (fl'-'m:'-"‘.n Kath We went to the grove and put our dinner buckets down near where we were to gather our nuts. We found that Jack Frost had broken the hard shells of acorns. We hunted many acorns, then we went to tha walnut grove and picked many of them. We saw many squirrels, They were gath- ering the nuts from our sacks and we caught one of them, but we let him go again. He scampered like the wind. We watched him climb a tree to his nest. Then we got our lunch and ate it. After our lunch we went after berr! We got a good many. Then we started to play many games. The favorite was "run a mile.” They always get laughed at. After playing we went to the place where St., B, Omaha, West Point, Neb. Wilber, Nob. York, Neb. t, Fontanelle, Ta. Norfol 81 bertson, Manilla, Ta. we had our nuts and our lunch baskets t, h street and Madl- Ma ‘Witherow, Thurman, Ia, y son uhfi."n b. Evoy, 4 . and then we went home saying: ‘That - orth Loup, Neb. PR TR AR ) P N W Mie, this was the jolllest time we ever had.” b th 8t., mt Adlm‘ Sorry, M Wyo. Box 82 ard Fred 0. n onarch, 1 Now Spring was always very kind and The Little Orphan m eridan, v)';' 983 North Twenty-fifth o Boulevard, Omaha. Dodge street, Omaha. AY, boys, have you been reading casement, and also to ascertaln where such Appearance in the heav- o prilljant light came from. of Halley's comet?' asked ‘ommy Grey of several of his schoal fellows one evening after homeward. 't De meen with the naked eye, for it L | " he went on to explain. “But i £ I 7 eye.’ you ought to be an astron- Fred Davis. As for me, I pre- take care of them- it can be seen With In thnt case this globe Wil And E F ignorant kid!" ‘sneered Tommy. 'd read along these lines you'd t no comet can ever hurt us. We ve our place In the great system, FEREs 1 _Belghbor. the boys laughed at this, and Art have & keen desire to have a per- Introduction to this comet which us bas_appeared so far away? I ubt but that you'll be able to go , or the moon at some future ddy. comet won't be inaccess- . age of wonders some ly Invent an airship that travel like the lightening, but of good breathing alr in tanks supply the lungs of the navigator.' laugh at the greatest returned ‘‘ommy our neighbor planets tramps, the comets, is of deep t_me, 1 mean 16 be an as- And if it 1s ever a distance planet—whicn now—I shall be one & stateroom in the I 1 £ {11 i s i il : E : Jou! As the boys had reached the gate to Tommy's | bome by this tice e: sulject 2 i changed from comets 1o 's fine old dog. who was tall In welcome to his mas- a few minutes of general the boys took themselves off _.s i ] ! few anxious inquires from her school, and then hurried the house. There books and papers serious aspect and They dealt with and Tommy was ward St, Omaha. 'North )nmm?n ave- ulin ln-ln. #33 North Twenty- Henry L. Workinger, care Sterling Remedy company, Attica, 1 n m"“h ham _Dav! North Platte, Neb. t., Omaha. %m Tommy Rides the Comet . By Willlam Wallace, In Jike 490000000 miles @istance 'ENt Tommy had ever seen, Hurrying to the window, Tommy opencd & photographic instrument in use the sash and asked the man his business. Astronomers that oan take tho !Ie was s0 much amased at the queer per- of bodies In the heavens which no ®on's appearance there, and astonished it g.q hold, fierce Winter. close enough to be the sudden light which seemed to envelope “ the earth, that he did not know just what to say, so framed this question: “What do “You're You want, sir, and whers do you ocome everything about planets from?" young man., allow me to come t on the ground and into your room and I'll make an expla T'm rather uncomfortable here, with comet won't come S0 such a small foothold." And the queor man smiled. tion. might enter. the study tace and you. table he looked Into Tomm id: “‘Well, young chap, I want will And I eame from the comet. “The comet?" planet recognizes the rights of WA¥ Sreat. “Yes, Halley's comet, son rushing through space #aid: “Well, seriously, Tom, do Came 5o close to earth that I just slippad tinually down to see what T might see. Well, 1 Change! Why, we get a new view every “'Oh, she'll be du landed on the ledge of your study window. million miles.” And 1 beheld you poring over thos umes, teaching of the heayens. I know at minute,” sald Tommy. once that you were one of u old man smiled. was ‘all Interest now. comet? And the comet within reach better tell you that we shan't be back this of the earth? Oh, how perfectly splendid “Where do you want me to go?" he asked for a long period?" breathless antielpation, With me—on the comet's ta the finest place from which 1o study the would say * after her brother, Winter, had driven the By Ronald Wyckoff, King Bné Aged 11 birds away, folded leaves under deepening Years, Wilber, Neb, Red Side. snow, made flowers die and had done many _One old Christmas night a little orphan other dlsagréeable things, kind little Spring WA sitting outdoors on the cold and icy made a visit to Mr. Sun and that jolly BtePs of one of the neighbors. Her golden wan WHohe YR With his strongest force, “DAIF WAS fiying in the whistiing wind and T witeh. haThaw the l1ttle aleeh watimiy D4 NSE v Suals whteves. SHe just had @ thing scarf, and was very cold. As she up over:the rainbow bridge, he knew what & 1O ST ATE S0 YO saw the fire- whe wanted. Then Spring would call all her et l® U g en sitting around it play- falry servants and at night when no one g witp thelr toys. As she was thinking was about, they hung new leaves on the spout the warm fireplace she dropped Off trees, sent warm whispers to the freezing (o sicep. flowers and just Mr. Sun appeared I The chlldren went to the window to look the east, blew thelr little bugles as & call at the snow. There they say a pitiful little to the birds in the far south. Then Spring girl sitting on the cold steps fast asleep. would bring the warm rains and the sleep- They told their mother all about it and she ing flowers and plants would look up in went out and awakened her and took her grateful surprise at the drops pattering in the house by the fireplace and gave her down. Then she brought the March wnds clothes to put on. They gave her some sup- Okl. 80 Troup street, Kansas nd, n, Néb. West Third street, stories or letters ouly 8. Write name, and ad- BRI R 3 12 on of books :g" T hke ‘pags oueh woek. Siiieee ail commuhioations to ONILDREN'S DEPARTMENT, His eves fell (First Prize) on the queer figure of & little old man Pather Time and Grandchildren Which clearad the frost out of the air ana Per and as she was eating they hung gifts halt wizard and half human, standing on g school as they wended their the window ledge outside. And around him “You know the comet gigwed and burned the brightest yellow ot Kionstein Aged 10 Years sugi E&v0 Dew Iife to both people and plants, O the Christmas tree for her, and she was B e e Eob, Red Side. | Then Spring would go home, tired from huppy ever after. Have you ever heard of Father Time and her work, but happy because things were Nis g u:dvhl!dr»ni‘ It not T will tell you. fresh again after the cold, dreary winter The Jack-o-Lanterns Father Time had & daughter named, Year, Summer would begin her work them, By Helen E. Morrls, Aged 9 Years, McCool and her ohildren, or rather Father Time's beautiful Summer. She brought the flow- Junetion, Neb. Blue Side. grandehildren were, kind little Spring, s out of the hard ground that Spring George and Robert had planted some beautiful Summer, the gay artist, Autumn had softened with April showers. She put pumpkin seeds In the spring, It was just Bach child was a more leaves on the trees, brought hot & Week before Hallowe'en. A 16t of the tavorite of Father Time, but Spring was summer winds and as Spring, went home Secds had come up and were now very caressed more Lecause she was the baby. tired, but happy. large pumpkins jndeed. Pather Time was & very old man with & Bright Autumn came next. She was the Thursday morning George and Robert long flowing beard and white hair falling Eay artist and painted the leaves a golden WeNt out to the garden to see what kind of In Wavy masses over his shoulders, He was color of a fiery red. Sumac was found in Pumpkins they had. They found they had very kind to many, and just to mll and Its reddest glow on the hills and every- “‘;‘,‘_‘ [ “'T‘h"": [od ‘f“r"':l“l‘"‘:'" foa aa many came before his throne (for you Thing was equally beautiful. Autumn had pm‘:;;{n.“:e;‘_‘c;’m:: T B Ry b s M O R et wab & TyAfthe ginhar. ey, whel OUt iato:(he Earden vice, o 0 and each got a big pumpkin. They were Pather Time, his daughter and hix grand- artist. But he was very mischlevous and oo jarge that the boys had to get a wheel- stepped aside that the visitor children all lived together in a wonderful Autumn would go around and warn thIngs pg,row, on which they put the pumpkins. Once he was seated beside palace In the sky. No mortal has ever of her son and her brother Winter. She They set them on the ground and hurried ¢'s discovered of what it was made, so we had the leaves fall and the birds heard her away to get a big spoon with Which to dig ave to guess. 1 imagine it as a palace calling to them to go south. They all the pumpkins out. Then they ran out to made of a misty product tinted with deli- obeyed and then Autumn would go home. where the pumpking vere. They took out And Tommy's surprise cate, changing colors and never (he same. As soon s she had gone out of sight, their Jack-knives and cut & line around the She's there— = = == = a fine rate, She heavens you could want. And we're eon- give him plenty of time in which to study Bul you'll be in the vigor of your prime running into new territory, the heavens undisturbed Ah, ha! Nothing so fine as riding on & here again In about comet’s tail” seventy-five years' sald the queer old Then Tommy followed the old man out vol- “I'm ready to go with you, sir, at any man. “You don't mind & short time like through the window, and soon found him- “I'm deeply inter- that, do you?' self salling through soft, radiant light, in Again the ested in the study of astronomy.” “Not at all" ‘aald Tommy, diterminsq “® 90Tt 0f airship, one very ditferent in ‘Then let's be off, son,” said the quesr to be as brave as any one could be. * oonnr.ucflon from those invented by our A ‘man old man. “But before we depart I would ready to go, sir." world's people. Up, up, up they went at a terrific speed, and before Tommy hardly vealized that he had left his own earth he found himself sitting comfortably on a shaft of light. Behind him and before him stretched light, light, light. For a million miles he might have seen nothing but light, light, had his vision been power- ful enough to reach that far. He was the very center of the tail of Halle comet! His heart beat with happiness. At last he would see Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, the moon! Oh, he would visit them c¢ach e the old man had visited carth; only he would remain longer on each of the planets than hix queer com- panion had stopped on earth. Just a8 Tommy was holding his eye to & telescope to get a good look at the small planet—earth—which they were leaving rapidly, he felt some one tugging at his shoulder. What did the meddler wani, any- way? Maybe some comet man or boy was wantng to look at him, thinking him a curiosity. “'Stop bothering me!" he ex- claimed. “Can’t you see I am occupled with the telescope? Go away ‘But It's supper time, son, and the food is on the table, getting cold. I called and calied. but you did not come down. Then 1 came up to find you fast asleep over this great book you love so well. Come, wake up, child, and come to your supper. You are tired out from so much study. You must rest, my dear Tommy." Tommy stirred, moved a benumbed arm which had lain beneath his head. Then he opened his eyes to see his mother stand- ing beside him, shaking him by the shoulder. “Oh!" sighed Tommy, in disappointed tones. “My ride on the comet's tail was only a far-fetched dream. How disap- pointed I am. Why, 1 should not have re- turned to this place for many years. And 3 bere 1 am In Ume for supper,” “Yes, there'll be some change in things way for some time. Can you remain away on your little, slow-going globe, son,” smiled the old man. “And as life is so “When will the comet return this Way short on the earth—as compared with lite son. 1t's agein? asked Tommy, hoping the wad on a comet—you'll find the grandchildren Not for ten years.” That would of your school friends quite old and worn, TFOMMY STEPPED ASIDE THAT THE VISITOR MIGHT ENTER. 4 * A’ Child’ s Wish I WISH 1 were a fieh, to swim, Or a wild bird, to fly; I'd see the mysteries of the deep And wonders of the sky. I'd visit caves in ocean's bed, Where man can never go; 1'd sweep above the storm-black clouds To mquntaing capped with snow 1'd see all things that're hard to find, For I'd both swim and fly, Were 1 a lovely finny fish, Or a bird up in the sky. stems. Then they pulled the tops off and began to dlg. Soon tHey had all the inside dug out. Then they took the seeds and dried them so they might plant them next spring. Then they cut eyes, noses and mouths In their pumpkins, but Robert, who was small, made his pumpkin look like it was laughing. Then, setting their pumpkins on the steps, they went Into the house. Bach took & cents and went down town and got some candles, When they came back they got some matches and each took a candle and lighted it. Then they made holes in the top to let the smoke out. Then they blew their candles out. After the cobs, wood and coal were brought In, they ate supper. After supper they lighted thelr jack-o-lanterns. They put them in front of the house on two posts which they had put up that day. Then the boys dressed up In sheets and stood beside the posts, Whén any people came along they sald “‘Boo! Some little children came along and were almost scared to death when the boys Jugiped out at them. | After awhile the boys went into the house and went to bed, leaving the jack-o-lanterns alone to scare the many people passing by. A Mischievous Visitor By Vera Diekover, Aged 12 Years, Atkin- son, Neb. Red Side. Alfred White was a little mischievous boy and he was always asking questions. He llved in Chicago, where there were no flower gardens or nice green lawns. One day ha went to Sloux City, Ia., to visit his grandparents. He had never in his life picked a flower off of a bush. Mrs, Hayes, his grandmother, was very fond of flowers and always had a large spot of ground for them.., The first!thnig When Alfred reached the house he ran into the garden. There he saw some large sunflowers. He thought they were trees “Grammie, may I cut down a tree?™ he asked. Mrs. Hayes handed him a knife and off he went. He said he was going to play George Washington. He soon had the tree chopped down and was back into the house. “Now can I put the cat m the washing machine and turn the crank?' “Yes,' said his grandmother. *Oho, do you think § would do that?’ he asked. “No,” sald Mrs. Hayes, "I don't think you would.” That evening Mrs. Hayes sat down to the desk to write a letter to Alfred's father to let him know how he was getting along. You had better write to mamma instead of papa, because she worries more than papa doss,” sald Alfred “I'm going to write to her if you don't." It was now time for him to go to bed, #0 he could not say any more about the letier, He was soon fast asleep. He first dreamed about cutting down the tree; then of the cat, then he thought of the lctter and began to ery In his sleep. The next day he did not try to drown the cat or do anything else naughty. My Voyage to America By Adelaide Howes, Aged 14 Years, 623 cast Fifth Street, North Platte, Neb. d Side. I left England on the Gth day of May, 199, after spending most of my life in the city of Liverpool, which 1s a well populated place, We salled on H. M. 8 Haverford, on which we had a very pleas- ant trip. There waz music and dancing and all kinds of games and amusements. The third night we were on board the steamer, one of the boilers burst, which caused a kind of a panic on deck, for the people all made for the lifebelts and got prepared to swim if the boat should go down. ' But mother kept us In our bunk, for she sald that was the safest place But It was soon over, for the captain told us that the steamer could go on one botler, so that calmed the people We passed some very pretty scenery at Queenstown. There were various kinds of models shaped out In grass which from the boat looked lovely. We stayed thers two hours to let more passengers on, which, T guess, were about 300. After that we saw nothing but water and a huge lighthouse, which as prettily situated amongst some rocks. Then we were nine days on water without seelng one speck of land. Then we passed the banks of New- foundland. There we saw two whales a short distance from our steamer, which were of monstrous size. Then after that we came in sight of nothing till_ we reached the Delaware river, and there we saw some nice bulldings on the banks of the river which reminded me a lot of the River Mersy, Liverpool. We next arrived at our landing place, Philadelphia, where we had to pass two doctors and the cus- toms house. Then we got our train for North Platte on the 1Sth day of May, and we arrived on the 224 day of Ma and my Whole journey was, from Eng- land to America fourteen days on water and three days and four nights by train My journey was 6,600 miles, which were pleasantly spent. The Faires and the Star By Caroline Bixenman, %3' South Lincoln Avenue, Grand Island, Neb. Blue Side. Once upon a time in a beautiful wood lived a band of fairles who had a very wise queen. One morning the fairies saw a star which was very large. They went to the queen and told her She, not knowing what it meant, told one-third to go in the water, one-third to go through the wood and the rest to fly all over so to find out what it meant, The wood and water fairies went to their places and came back with no answer. But the fairles going to the star saw & gate and a beautiful angel, who asked what they wanted. The fairies asked what the star meant. The angel sald there was an- other race called the human race and wa: Eolng to take possession of the land and all on it. The fairies looked up and safd: “We wlill give all our riches if God will spare our lives, The angel said their lives were safe, but they must only be seen at night, and It they were seen at day the human race would drive them away. Happy and yet #ad, the falries came home and told the queen what happened. But the fairles, keeping the angel's word, lived happlly ever after, The Ant and‘the Dove. By Leland McEwen, Aged 7 Years, 502 West ;‘K\‘;Nny»fl"h Street, Kearney, Neb. Red e. Ofie hot day in August an ant went down to a brook to drink, but the poor thing felt into the water and could not get out. A dove saw it and dropped a branch into the brook. The ant got on the twig and so got safely to land. A Story About Ella By Mildred Hosford. Aged 10 Years, Ogden, Ia. Red Side. Mrs. Brown had a little girl named Ella. They were poor and had just moved to New York. There was & large house next door and the people who lived there were very rich. Mrs. Brown sent Ella over to the large house with a nickel to get gome milk, so that they could make some tomato soup for supper. Ella started off. When she got to the door she rapped and a nicely-dressed woman opened the door. She asked Ella what she wanted. FElla sald: “Have you got any milk, because mamma wants to make some tomato soup.” “Yes, I have,” said the woman. “Just walt until John comes in from milking." Soon John came in with the fresh, warm milk. The woman poured some out into a pall and gave it to Ella. The woman gave her an apple besides and Ella gave the woman the nickel and sald: “Good- bye” and then started home. Insects in Death Struggle “I have seen many strange sights in my time,” sald Peter Gayer, assistant man- ager of the Knickerbocker hotel, New York the other day, “‘but never have 1 witnessed a combat like the one I saw on our ship at Caleutta.” Mr. Gayer, w may be ex- plained, had spent most of his life at sea until he settled down a year or iwo ago to the excitement of life In a busy New York hotel “Tiis was a combat between two glant Insects, one a tarantula, the other a Cal- cuita roach. Ever see a Caloutta roach? Well, he looks just like a cockroach, only he s as big as a mouse. This particular one was a pet of mine. I had bought him from a Malay for a pound of butter, and for an insect he was a remavkable creature The roach would come to me to be fed, and he would crawl about on my hand with the utmost fearlessness. His favorite place of refuge was Inside the bottom of my coat sleeve “A favorite way of catching ordinary cockroaches in the far east s to sprinkle flour in a bowl, covering the botton and the inner side, and leaving a depression In the middle. 1 used to do this frequently at night, and in the morning would find the bowl almost filled with Insects, which had been caught in the flour as securely as in a fine wire cage. “One morning after rising T took a look at the bowl and was spellbound by what I saw. The interlor had bec..me an aren Below the rim was a ring of cockroaches, struggling to get away from an awful duel between a tarantula and my Calcutta roach in the bottom of the bowl. 1 stoed watching that contest for almost two hours. The tactics they displayed seemed human. Each appeared to know the weai point of the other. The spider stood much higher than the roach, and the latter seemed to act malnly on the defensive, His shell was a real armor, and as he crouched low he seemed to be protecting himself with a shield. His vuinerable spot was in the middle of the back and he labored to keep this covered The pide made his attacks In a series of sudden springs. The roach, when on at tack, almed at the legs of the other. One afier another of the long, thin extremities of the tarantula were lopped off. Finally he was down to two legs, and his method of attack became like that of a prize fighter, unging furiously at his opponent when chance presented itseif. Most of the time the advantage seemed to be with the roach, but his strength did not equal that of the other. However, after a long fight, he got away with both of the tarantula’s remaining underpinnings. For a mowment it seemed that the roach had won the ducl, but the spider, though leg- less, was still unconquered. e lay for a moment, apparently gathering strength Then, doubling up his legless body, he sud denly launched himself full at his foe The roach was apparently taken unawares. This time the t ntula found the Achilles' heel of his adversary—that fs to say, the small of the back The roach writhed in violent contortions. In a brief momegt it was all over, and when I picked uy%¥tne tarantula he, too, was quite desd."—New York Worlds