The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, May 20, 1915, Image 3

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HIb Own Wlndowt.
A womni. Iwul been nrrentotl for
throwing Miotics through tho windows
of a building on Pnclllc nvotiuo and
her lawyer, "Indignation" Joncn, had
applied to Judge. Goggln for a writ of
luUieiiH corpus.
After this facts had been rccltod
without comment, Judge- CJoggln ox
claimed "Hold on there. What number did
you uny that was?"
"Number 10."
"That's my property. I'll pay tlio
lino myself, but don't break tlio win
dows again."
REAL SKIN COMFORT
Follow Use of Cutlcura Soap and
Ointment Trial Free.
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EV factB In natural history aro so
Interesting as the annual migra
tion of birds, and largely becauso
there Is such little real under
standing as to tho naturo and
methods of this remarkable phe
nomenon. Theories aro plen
tiful, but a demonstrable oxnla-
nation of all the facts Involved Is Btlll wonting.
Soino of tho Inherent characteristics of migra
tion, such as tho apparent senso of direction
possessed by birds, seem to defy observation
nnd analysis, and to bo absolutely beyond our
ken so far as any understanding goes. Tho
cause Itself of this curious habit so far Is only
conjectural, but tho most logical explanation
scorns to bo a senrch for food. This apparently
holds good for the fall flight from North to
South, when InsectB have perished from tho cold,
and vegetation died, so that both Insectivorous
and grnln-cating birds nro alike affected Yet
eomo members of both species, crows, Jays, quail,
partridges, wood ducks, cardinal grosbeaks (tho
ordinary red bird) and often somo red-headed
woodpeckers, remnln North throughout tho win
ter and manago somehow to make a living and
perpetuate their species.
Even If those bo exceptions to tho general rule,
there still remains tho unanswered question, Why
do not those birds who winter In the South re
main there throughout the year Instead of going
North when tho spring opens? Food Is abundant
and apparently southern latitudes aro ns fitting
for tho rearing of young ns tho far North. As n
matter of fact, wo really do not know, though
wp have some Interesting nnd plauslblo theories
about It that do not boar tho test of questioning.
So ns usunl when we run across somo mystery In
nnlmal life that wo cannot unravel, wo call it
"Instinct," nnd let It go nt that Of this ono
thing we may, however, be quite sure, that In
stinct in animals always serves somo useful pur
pose, and is usually an expression of nature's
care for the preservation of the species.
Years of observation novo developed tho Inter
esting fact that therof aro certain well-defined
routes in all countries which tho migrations
follow, certain water courses, certain chains of
mountains, certain valleys, and this seems to
obtain from ono generation of birds to another.
Whether tho younger birds learn this from tho
older birds who have been before, or whether
they simply mechnnlcally follow tho oldor birds
In their flights is largely conjecture, but two
facts seem woll established. First, that animals
evidently have somo method of communicating
with each other. Everyono wjio has heard Hob
White call together tho scattered covey, or tho
hen glvo tho alarm for a hawk to her chickens, Is
convinced on this point. Tho second fact seems,
however, to controvert tho theory of the older
teaching tho younger ones tho way thoy should
go, for It has been shown in mnny Instances
that flocks composed entirely of tho year's broods
of young birds make their first migratory flight
alone and unnttonded by tho older birds, and find
their way unerringly along tho usual routes of
migration. Once moro wo havo to fall back upon
instinct.
Just how birds find their way from one distant
latitude to another Is the most Inexplicable ot
nil the mnny mysterious facts ot migration. The
length of tho flight from northern habitat to
southern winter resort varies according to tho
different species of birds all tho way from 1,000
to 3,000 miles, and In a few cases to G.O00 miles.
Yet these distances are apparently traversed In
generally direct straight lines, and with the most
orderly and buslnessllko methods of procedure.
To say that tho oldor birds show tho younger
birds tho way (since this has been shown to be
untrue In many cases) only removes tho difficulty
back Into tho remote past, for at somo time
there had to be some birds to find tho way tho
first tirao, and we only dodgo this difficulty when
wo talk of Inherited Instinct.
It Is clearly not a cbbo of birds seolng their
way and being guided by landmarks. It Is known
that migrations as a rulo toko place at night, and
that in general birds fly very high, In fact, at
tremendous heights, when migrating. Under
such conditions finding their way by sight Is Im
possible. Moreover, tho sight theory breaks down
In the case of those birds who cross great
' stretches of water whero there are no landmnrks
1 whatever. Thoro is a species of cuckoo which
nummers In Now Zealand nnd winters In eastern
Aiintrniin. which means a straight flight of some
! 1,800 miles without rest or stop across the track
less waters. Certain speclos or numming tnrus
that winter In Central and South America spend
their summer vacation in tho United States, and
to do so muBt fly across somo 1,000 miles of tho
Gulf of Mexico.
A recent experiment demonstrated that neither
tho theory or seeing tho way nor previous knowl-
'edgo of tho routo can account for tho llndlng of
'tho way In migration. Fifteen terns were taken
,froni their nesting places on Bird Key, Tortugas
(ono of the Islands of tho Florida roof) and wore
released at distances varying from 20 to 850
tnllos from their homo, nnd 13 of tho 15 found
ihelr way back safely. Observations havo also
Shown that tho. same birds return to tho samo
not year nftor year. Robins that winter In
Florida will build their nests In tho same tree
In a northorn stnto an long as thoy live. An ox-
olantatlon which is In much favor Is tho probable
SnasoBsion of a sixth sense the sense of dlroc-
GZAT
tlon concerning whoso physical basis and naturo
wo aro entirely in tho dark. It seems to bo u
house common to most animals. It is extremely
well developed In horses and dogs, and llkowlso
In fishes, who year after year come bnck to tho
same stream to spawn. It is possessed to n lesser
degree by man, being more pronouncod In tho
savago than In tho civilized man, probably be
causo In tho latter disuse has dulled Its percep
tion. Tho speed at which birds fly during migration
probably varies according to the natural capacity
of tho species. Nevertheless, in such flights
The Bird Or the Cat?
"The llird or tho Cat?" has become a scratch
ing subject which Is making the feathers lly in
many a heretofore peaceful neighborhood. Bird
lovers who hnve attempted to establish sanctu
aries for their feathered friends havo been com
pelled to revise their visiting lists according to
where her royal highness. Tabbykins, holds sway.
Tho bird man who has found to his sorrow that
any bird and cat combination means cat-astropho,
even while ho Is taking tho mnngled body of tho
Httlo feathered tenant, that ho has worked for
months to nttract, from tho clutches of tho lnno-cent-looking,
fluffy, four-footed murderer, will bo
assailed by tho cat-owner, who Indignantly de
clares that whllo other low-bred creatures may
catch birds, she knows her own blue-blooded
darling Fluffyklns Is too well bred and too well
fed to do such a deed!
Naturalists statistically rank the fells domes
tlcus as third In the bird-destroying agents, hold
ing every roaming cat responsible for the lives of
at least fifty birds n year. A game warden who
reports 200 quail killed by a mother cat in less
than a year on tho gamo preserve advocates the
wholesale extermination of catB under the super
vision ot a gamo warden.
Tho valuo of tho cat to catch mlco or ratslB
disputed by a bird enthusiast, who maintains that
this' Nero of the animal world will hush forover
the Joyous song of any little feathered chorister
simply for his own amusement when not In need
of food. When ho dines ho goes nftor a cold bird
In preference to any other delicacy, and will
catch mice or rats only as a last resort to keep
from starving.
The most serious arraignment against both the
domestic and stray cat Is made by the boards
of health, who havo found these animals to bo
carriers of Bcarlot fever, diphtheria and other
diseases most fatal to their human associates.
A successful business man says that If a cnt
kills a little chicken in the yard of tho avorago
farmer, tho cat is made away with. If tho four
footed hunter comes homo with a quail, ho Is
petted: yet the qunll is of greator economic valuo
to tho farmer than Is either tho cat or the
chicken. Ho thinks, for humane reasons, tho wild
or stray cat loft on abandoned farms should bo
put out of tho way.
A cat-a-comb, whore feline prowlers may bo laid
permanently to rest, Is considered a necessary
adjunct to every bird sanctuary by a bird con
servationist, who has tried, without success, vari
ous methods to prevent cats from killing helpless
song and Insectivorous birds so valuable to man.
Another long sufferer from cat depredations con
siders n near-by deeper bath, In which to Im
merse nnd leave tho savago depredators, Is tho
only wny In which n bird bath may bo maintained.
Somo friends of tho birds think to llccnso tho
cnt and hold tho owner responBlblo for IiIb pet's
destructlveness will boIvo not only tho vexing cat,
but also tho kitten, question. They concludo that
If a person pays for a license ho will not bo so
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BPJ I mi, firm I' "I ' ' T''''Vf lyTrTT VITNTITIfiiaiirn'' ri'r
they display a spied and endurnncn entirely out
of their ordinary wont A little sandpiper, which
Bumniers In northern Siberia near tho Arctic, hns
to fly over the Himalaya mountains In order to
roach India, whero It passes tho winter. In doing
this It mUKt rise to heights of four miles nnd f
wards to clear tho towering ranges. Wilson's
petrel Is known to range from tho South Ant
arctic ocean to tho northern limits of Ilrltlsh
Amerlrn. As ducks' and geoso aro almost the
only birds whose migrations havo been seen In
the daytime, many telescopic observations and
InRtnntnneoim photographs havo been taken of
them during flight. These observations Indicato
that tho flight of ducks, particularly teal, muBt
frequently roach n speed of 100 miles nn hour
and over. Even with tho slower Hying birds It
Is possible to cover long Btretchcs In ono night,
as tho flight seemH to bo pursued without rcBt
"nil throught the night" Tho probnblo cholco
of night for flight 1b that tho day mny bo do
voted to feeding. Besides, tho dangers of the
birds of prey, other than owls, nro Uuib avoided.
Tho ducks that reach this latitude In tho spring
aro frequently vory thin nnd poor, evidently ow
Ing to tho strenunusnesB of their voyngo.
Ono of tho remnrkablo characteristics of mi
gration In the regularity of Its annual movement
among the different species, often tho snmo day
each fnll nnd spring marking the dopnrturo and
arrival. The lllghts seem Invariably to bo In
flockn whether tho species be gregarious or
otherwlso No poonor Is tho destination reachod
than tho nongregnrlous species soparato either
singly or In pairs. One exception to this nro
robins, which aro nongregarlotiB in tho North,
but invariably go in flocks in tho South. Just
why some birds ot tho anno species stop In ono
latltudo whllo otherB go farther on 1 not known,
though probably tho question of food supply Is
the determining factor. Tho whole subject of
migration is ono of tho lntorostlng phenomena
In nnturo which has been n matter of common
observation for some thousand years and yot of
whoso essential nature wo havo only tho senntost
Information.
Ily bathing and anointing these fra
grant Bupcrcrcnmy emollients impart
to tender, sensitive or Irritated, Itch
ing skins n feeling of luteiiHo nkln
comfort dinicult for ono to ronllzo who
hns tiovcr used them fur llko purposes,
Cultivate an acqualntnnco with thoin.
Sample each free by mall with Hook.
Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY,
lloBton. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Too Much for Them.
Corpulent Imll lilunl llttt you can't
give me any reason why 1 should not
enlist.
Spouse Well, 1 should miss you,
dear, but the Geminim couldn't. Lon
don Mall.
Rheumatism Is Torture
Mnny pultiri Hint tnnt nn rliciinmtlam
nro iluo lo tho fnllmc of tlio Idilncyn to
ilrlvu off uric at lit tlioroimlily when
you KiifTor ncliy, bml Joints, barknclio
too, Olrzlnrsn niut tirlnnrv dlMurlmlicer
ot Moan's Klilnoy IMlls, tho rctmdy
Hint In rerommonrtiMl by ovor 1W.00O
iipoplo In tunny illrfcrvnt UiuIn. JJonn's
Klilnoy IMtlB holp woiik kidneys to
drive nut tho uric ncltt which an often
mimes buclmrhe, rhuumutlntu nnd lum-
Iiiiko.
A Kansas Case
D. T Sumner. 620
Iiiillnna St., Nco
ilo.iha, Khii.i wiys:
"My hack ofton
pnltu'd bo Imtlly I
rnuliln't K't up
without help. Tho
doctor milil I had
Kriisel and would
hiiM) to undorKn
nn operation. Tlio
Uldiicy seeri'llntis
with In torrlhlo
n h n p o nnd my
henlth nun nil rim
down. Tho first box
of Diun'tt Klilnoy
rilln helped mo ami
continued ii'io rid
mo of tho ailments."
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Children Cry for Fletcher's Castorm
His Mistake.
"Jones Is a Holf-mndu man."
"I know. Ho surely mndo n mis
tako In not consulting an export."
apt to desert his cut, leaving It depondent upon
hunting for a living.
OptimistB who Btlll believe that cat nnturo may
bo educated or restrained, suggest that bells and
bright ribbon ho placed on pussy so that a warn
ing will precedo her fatal spring. Others ndvo
cato that tho poles or trees on which bird houses
nro placed' should bo sheathed In tin or wrapped
In barb wire to prevent tho cat from climbing
lip and destroying tlio half-grown nestlings beforo
thoy can fly to safety. A thorny roso bush is
advised by .another humnno person; but tho over
present cynic thinks It much better to plnnt tho
cat at the roots of tho roso bush, whore ho 1
suro In tlmo to evolve Into harmloss fertilizer.
MYSTERIOUS JAQS.
"Iloffcls says ho makes It a rule never to take
a drink before six o'clock In the evening."
"Ahem!"
"Well?"
"I frequently see him full during the day and
I was Just wondering If he had hit upon eomf
way to take his liquor hypodermlcally."
PUZZLED.
"I never enn tell what you men aro talking
about," said tho debutanto, with a pout.
"What's tho matter now, Celestlno?"
"I met Mr. Drokerly Just now, and ho said he'd
been up to his neck In wheat all morning, yet 1
never saw him look moro Immaculate"
IN THE EUGENIC HOUSEHOLD.
"These eggs aro exactly as I llko them, Hor
tcnBo" "Ycb, Archimedes, I submerged them In water
at 212 degrees Fahrenheit for exactly two antf
one-half minutes "
TOO BULKY.
Stout Wlfo How do you llko my masquerado
costume? I'm a page.
Husband Pago? You look more like a vol
ume. Princeton Tiger.
HIGHBROW8.
She Didn't you think tho pcoplo at Mrs, Qnn
dor's reception were nil extromely dull?
"Yes, but you know It wns author's day,"
Life.
NATURAL DEDUCTION.
"I wonder how those spirit messages aro writ
ten?" remarked tho dense party.
"With a medium pencil, I imagine," replied tho
wise guy
NOT THE RIGHT KIND.
"I don't seo how you can stand theso howling
students with their class ycllB for overythlng."
"Well, you see, they're such a cheory Bort."
YOt'll OWN IIIU'tKllHT Wll.l. TKI.I. YOU
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ut KyorniuirU Wrlto fur llonk of tho K;o
mall Krru. Murlnn Hjo UrnirOy Co.. UliliatfO.
Tho ostrich nlwuys approaches Its
nest by a devious path, the Idea being
to conceal tho location from observation.
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
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