A Bright Bird

A Iarge and handBojne whooping tork, saya tlie Council Bluffs Noupaiel, can be seen daily stmtting arouud uc yard at tb e residenee of Prof faige n tliia city. The elongated bird was urchased by Um Professor during a isit to .Mexico S..HM! months sinee and has beeome quite tarne. Amsng other roo I that the stort reHshes is a nice fat nao ise. Airs. jjiig( has a small yrire nap m llic house, and whenever a móuse happens to wander therein, he becomes a sweet morse! for Lis storkship. The other day Mra. Paige noticed thebird standing near the bam watehing iatently at a stnall hole leading ben eath the biüWiug. The Btork remained in án attitude of watchfulness for nearly half an hour, and Mis. Paige beeomingcurious concluded to watch and sec what followed. Finally she saw a mouse creep into sight ft-om nnder the barn aun me saine instant the intelligent stork pounced down troon the mouse and "took him in." kilhng it flrst and thcn eatingit. After performing this intelligent feat, the stork resumed his vigüaaee at fue mouse hole, and. after watchmg sharplyfor over. anhour he seemed to grow weary oí his workor guí. (ut oí' patience, and marching to the house eatered tlie kitehen and Picking np the mouse trap, hóm whicli ne liad so of ten been fed, he retumed to the barn and sel the trap down near the hole, eVMently appreciating theüse "I the trap, and believsug tliat it would catch a mouse for liim.