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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
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CHERRY COUP INDEPENDENT
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0BRT G005 Editor aiid Publkher
Official Pnper tof Cherry teuu
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1JW gerJTevr in Avanoe
FUBLIBHED EVERY THflfesDiY
are but siignti r interested m
Golden ilrrigationitustrict
the
The order of the board of foealth to
citizens of Valentine should not be
disregarded J4fe is precious and a
little cleaning up may save mauy
doctor bills as well as lives
vCarpentoraarestillatwort on
cabinet and changes are
made everyday It is probable that
McKlnley -will take a -hand about
JMarch 4 and make his own cabinet
With the legislature in session at
Lincoln with Cleveland holding Con
gress at bay and the war in Cuba to
distract public attention there is no
need of loyal Nebraskane dying of
cnnuT ghatever that is
St tPaui used the Parthenon at
Athens a3 a model for her 4ce palace
this wfnterbut jfor graceful outlines
symmetrical proportions and general
beauty it can not compare with our
j
There is going to be lots -of fun over
the seating of lyirkpatricivjand Neville
s supreme judges all departments of
thestate government are to be turned
WJQugifle out and thoroughly aired
and sheoj will be raispd in general at
the state capital so newspapers will
flotWauLfar eaitorial topics during
the next few months
The great New York democratic
Qrganization Tammany has tjeenlield
up ashevorst thing ever known in
politics bat when ltrcomes to spending
jnoney thereformJadministraton of
JJew York catf give it cards and
spades and win out easily The in
crgasfediCpst of She ity government
jforiie yqar 1S96 ws 65196117
Suo ithan in -1895 and the taxpayers
iiave been aasessqd liigher than ever
before - r
Jt sesms to us that the crime f
rfirimmaliconspiracyls one that goes
Unpunished more than any other
crime By this means banks are
broken husipess men ruined and
thousands plunged into want and mis
eryhy thegratificatjion of this wicked
deske to rule or ruin Anything that
tends to-make- the innocent suffer
vrithjjnguilty is a blofcupqnciyiliza
4ion and a stateof things worthy of
theetitmQal trpjB1 men
don dmrndL
--
Tho Hyannis Tribune is after stock
ju8tleSjrOf all kindsand advocates a
noveg5etliod 6f punjshingthe rascals
It mwasitBlng inoe nor less than
that allterested should petition Con
jgresir5jasViatbill oiaking itaserious
offence foxanyone tp drixe v hold
uporiaiiyovernment land stolen
stock In support of thjs method the
Tribune says
As it iiiow there is one
connected with
jfche BtiBiWot those who -axe trying to
suppress it Besort to the gunning
jpetod is uxiplfiasant to ail concerned
And progecutiqn in the courts results in
uuju6fc acquittal It is quite dis
iiouragjag to oneprosecuting to spend
jjjundrec of dollars to hunt - down a
rustler cjsariy guilty only to have him
acquitiedy a jury tof his peers
who uiay4je in the ame business or
have air underground affinity for it
Tbo stocking cant afford to surrender
and let the rustlers have a lear field
cor yet jan ihey afford to put tp
tsoney iqbnc Juries that in
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TtTVORCE LAWS NEED
SIOK
-The divorce laws pf the various
States should be so amended or revised
that they will conform each other in
essential principles if ttot entirely and
to attain that end it is suggested that
nnmmitteea be aoDointed by the
Entered atthe PoeVoffice at vaieHttae Cherry
teounty NeStaska as Second class matter
This ipaper will be mailed regularly
to itsinbtersuntihadgiteorder
to dwiontiiueTfeceiveand all
AdroriVrta rates o0 per inch
per nvontk Bates per column or for
long time adB madeifcaawn on appli
eatioc to this office- -
THURSDAY JAOTARX7 1897
897
laceoiiaaliveonce more and the
war ufTubageeB merrily on
The people- of Cherry county are to
bs concratttlated outhe fact -feat they
j -
with a view to the formation of a law
to he presented and passed in the
states which are represented this
would -at least save a whole lot of
troublend prevent many people from
having -two or more legal husbands or
wivesrQt the same time A peculiar
case WR3 recently decided in a New
Tork iraurt wherein a woman obtain-
ed a divorce iu South Dafeota and re i
married Her husbandlived in New
York and he alsaapplfed for a divorce
which was granted tho judge holding
thattbe divorce granted the womsn
wasyroid in New Yotk and that her
second marriage wastatutary grounds
forthe granting of u divorce to her
first husband Te question now
arises Was tb womans second
marrage legal
Everyday almost the need of rjew
divorce laws is brought out Take this
case for example Judge Kinkaid
grants a divorce to a certain -party
Under our state law the divorced
I parties cannot remarry for six months
aftefthe divorce is obtained1 but in
South Dakota the lavr contains no -such
provision One of the parties desires
to remarry and crosses the state line
one week afterward andwithouteven
the formality of obtaining a license is
Jegaliy married The absurdity of the
thing is immense Ofnvhat avail is
our carefully constructed divorce law
if it may be thus easily evaded
Either the present law should be re
pealed or steps should -be taken to
makeit binding
JACKSON DAY
Tomorrow Eriday January 8 is the
aaniversnry of the battle of New Or
leans fought in 1S15 with that great
democratic leader Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson commanding the
American forces This day has by
common consent been set apart as the
one -particular day upon which all
democrats should show their loyalty to
their party and in many citiesUt will
be observed by banquets parades or
speeches In Valentine we will not do
eitner or tnose tilings out tins paper
calls upon all followers ofJackson and
Jefferson to celebrate the day by reis
teringAivowthat they -will remain
loyal to the party and the principles it
represents that they will gird up their
loins and regardless of our recent
disastrous defeat will be found behind
the breastworks of truth honor and
honesty in politics when next assailed
by the enemy The methods used in
the last campaign to compass our de
feat will not obtain in the next and
if all remain loyal we will win the
next battle even as Jackson wont the
battle of New Orleans though the odds
were apparently very great against
hira
jHurrahfor Jaoksonl
Hurrah for democracy
GLOVEE WAS RIGHT
Acouple of weeks ago the Brownlee
Horuet said
The Valentine official has decided
that the Hornet cannot lawfully pubjj
nsh pnal proot notices for various
reasons One was that it was started
for campaign purposes and to secure
final proof notices and that there is
no support -for a paper because so few
people live here and other equally
absurd imaginations The fact of the
matter is that very few people in Val
entine realize that anyone lives down
la this part of the county but the time
is not far distant when they will see
the error of their waysKand they will
no doubt feel disposed grnt us our
rights aW if the land office officials
or othersthink they can kilt us off
by withofdmg patronage hat justly
and lawfully belongs to us we can as
sure them that thev are barkinsr ud
the wrohgtreef the prospects are that-
isre will be here sometime yet
n its last issue the same papei con
tained the olio wing
With this issue the -Hornet will
cease to visit you - Our reasons for
discontinuing the publication of ithis
paper at Brownlee are that we expect
to engage in the newspaper business
at Springview this state
The Newport Republican of last
week contains an article in which the
editor advocates the appointment of
Mr jL P Brown qf Hammond Eock
county for receiver of the U S land
officetkere to succeed J A Fike at
the espiration of that gentlemans
term of office -Mr Brown is de
scribed as an old soldier he head of a
iamilv is a farmer aadas been a
resident of Hock county for seven
years Mr Brown may he a good mau
in fast we think he is but as this is
his first step in politics he may find a
rough toad bstore him
MkftttMNMUMBM
The village board of Springyiewhaa
passed an ordinance1 requiring all doga
which aro allowed to run on the
streets to be muzzled
The treasury bureau of statistics re
pent that we imparted wood and
j manufactures thereof to tbo value of
rious stale - legislatures wis winierj
w w
withOctober 896 against 17002-
270 for the corresponding time In 1895
Turning to exports of wood andmanu
features thereof we find that the total
value was S2yliJoy42 for the ten rv ff0ods shops
lnof vonr nnrntriRr a9499Q53fl I
uv jt TuMuww
for the same time the year before
The latest convert to the full vato
assessment plan of raising taxes is tlh
Alliance Pioneer Grip In cofBmewt
ing on the subject theOrip says At
the rate people are going
soon not be enough property taxed to
maintain any government at ahVall of
which is a tendency iiack to barbarism
and customs of the untutored savage
With so many of the newspapers up
holding the law and demanding its en
forcement the assessed valuation of
the state will surely take a raise this
year
plenty of cash for that purpose any i
way t wil be great times for the
country when everything is as prosperous--
Alliance Grip
Bro G IV Fritz of Brownlee has
killed his Hornet thefuneral serruoi
being pronounced -last Friday H
goes to Springview to engage in tin
newspaper business aud The Demo
chat wishes him success Mr Friz
is an able young man and we like hi u
even if his politics are a shade fl
color This paper did all that it coul
to keep the -Hornet aliv3 clippiiu
therefrom freely butthe proper fooc
silver and gold at a ratio of ljS to 1
was lacking and it died Papers
than class are most generally sho -lived
when they start with nothing hu
wind and large gobs of hope for
foundation but the majority have hi
sacks ot gall to buoy them p vnd
tbatrespect theHoruht waa lacking
-KEEPING AT XT
While on its deathbed last week tin
Brownlee Hornet said The Demo
crat ought to be satisfied with
verdict or tne people on the com
house question and let itrest until tlu
next general election Now isnt tha
pretty doctrine for a newspaper
especially a populist newspaper to
expound Why bless you the peo
ple of this county did not know any
furnished
PROTECTION TO WHAT
The first need of the government
andof the country is more revenue
Thedeficiencyin thepast three years
amounts to nearly 138000000
The Treasury 4srunning behind now
at the rateof 7QOOQ000 a year And
yet Mr the great pur
pose of the tariff bill which he is toJ
frame is protectiqp -
Protection- to what To the trusts
and monopolies Are -they not fat
and saucy enough already - To legit
imate manufacturers Are not many
ta them now exporting articles iu
at home To lab jr Is there a siugle
schedule of the present tariff in which
theduties do not moTe than cover the
difference in laoor cost between this
country ard jEurope In many of
them does not the protection exceed
the entire foreign labor cost
If in choosing this course the repute
licans are not inviting a recurrence of
the defeat of -1890 then like causes do
not produce hise effects and history
has lost the hafc -of repeating itself
I Jrfio Ycrh World
Mti
i irinyiinmi hi rt i
loe pnnjtBfis
JrtAinnnirA
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- Prtparalinn for tlm HdrinirrSfiMiii tii
Regular rticloa of Trade in New XThlj 1r Xlcoi All Saints da
Ydrk Shops nni Ialiaeenihcloida
I near It h lr n the faslfn of reoetit
Secret Store Whore Slfceplnj Potions
and Qth Quark NoOTnnm Ar
80WL la a Snrreptfriouii
Manner
love pdfions and love charms
legmlaraarticlcs of trade in many of the
queer looking little shops ou New
Yorks greateast side They axe to be
found for the- most part in the dirty-
looking groceries and
There is also a constant demand
for sleeping potions as well as tor
various odd poisons whose ne is- little
understood -by Hit medical profession
here 2erhaps 3f these poisens could b
traced Jtheir use might ssolve many an
east si3e mystery that has baffled tin
police Your east side foreigner has
been hrthe habit of buying such things
there m j n obscure stores in the cities and ovns
where she used to live ann JZJie aemana
is still supplied in one way -or another
in New York
The -writer dLseoered one of these
secret stores in n walk on the east side
It was connected with a HttSedry goods
shop east of Third avenue His atten
tion Was attracted to a edlleetion of
amber beads which on the east side
andother parts of town are freely
fioldj to anxious parents who tie them
about the necks of their children to
keep of croup The proprietor of the
shoprwho seemed to he a Uoirmnnian
It may be a hard matter for people withahalf Tlussian type off ace picked
to obtain or borrow meney for any up a peculiar amber n ing which he
other purpose hut it isxaifact that for offered for sale as a love ring
the purchasing and handling of cattle - j
r o rugs are used for the purpose of ex-
any responsible personcan get all the citing love in a c0 tml creieKs lover
cash which he can properly handle lt Some of these drugs are made into
may be for the reason that cattleds the medicines or Move - potions to be
only known property that can be con- fallowed but there are many love
J tr r j
charms which can be made up with
verted into cash at a moments notice
the Amber is
jewelry or worn on body
with any hope of realizing as much as firmly believed by the peiissiuTs in
what was paid but there seems to he southern Europe to have peculiar pow-
ers m causing one wno wears it to oe
loved It is made into locket or set in
a ringvor carried in a bag around the
neck
j Anfber is also distilled into an oil
and isiused as oneof the ingredients of
lovo potions which are given in a
liquid form to be taken It
is a brown colored liquid of hot taste
and a strong disagreeable odor It is
poisonous in large doses butvin s cia
amounts is freely used in soutlvr
countries It is frequently rubbed
back with wonderful effect Mist
of these love potions or lore piil
ters continued the old
storekeeper must have originated in
oriental countries where uch things
have been in common use from the
cst times
Another new drug used to stimulate
the emotions of love is a salt of gold
originally discovered by the old al
chemists in their attempts to make goh1
iOUtof silver or the other baser metals
xifi was long agoused as a secret lore
medicine and is now used by physi
cians for that purpose It acts like
strychnine which is one of the most
powerful drugs known but it also has
special action in exciting the passiorv
One of the oldest of love potions i
cslled the essence of pearls It date--back
to the time of Antony and Cleo
patra
xVmong -the German peasants cor
rdf strange superstitions has beep
nanaea tiown wiucn ai e prncticeit ever
among the Germans in New York cit r
to day at least among the more igno
ant A stick of lovage root is suppose-
In them to be eiTjcrcious in excilin
love It is used by young wives or un
married girls who have doubts abou
their husbands or lovers The lovapv
thing about the court house question01 Ls TaAe Jnto powders and baked ir
cokes given to the men to eat or pu
according to the Hornet and this into wine orbeer for them to drink A
paper proposes that that plea -shall not pld superstition teaches that bat
hold good next time Were here to ihlood is an excellent antidote for a-
stay and fight it out on this line r lo7er
has- been thought to ha
If the Brownlee followed his
man similar
p A diet of mttshr001P
own advice he would never say free and truffles is recommended by the Ger
slveror Bryan or tariff or anything mans as a stimulant to the emotion of
else about national issues for four 15
The old Roumanian storekeener had
years tocome Keeping everlastingly a curiously carved woodra chest cor
at it brings success tis said and this taining several -little metal flasks with
paper proposes to prove or disprove sine of these love potions which h
the adage df any facts on the court hf d g f tive land Fe
- also had recmes for the marufaeture of
house question are wanted write tethers but
these he declined to show
riieeauor anacuey win De cneerruuy He seemed proud of his reputatior
which had brought him patrons no
only from his own people but- people
of various nationalities even including
Irish and negroes N Y Press
An Index to Horses Character
Phrenology as applied to horses is a
new and interesting studj and the fol
lowing maxim should be carefull
studied by all lovers and owners of
horses Every horse carries an index
to his temper and intelligence in his
4ace The teachable tractable animal
is broadand flat between the eyes the
bony ridge of his face dishes slightly
from the point where the face narrows
towards the nostrils His ears are well
set sensitive and far apart with a well
defined ridge of bone extending across
the top of the bead between them Al
ways feel for this ridge in judging a
horse The eve should be large clear
auccessfel competition with foreigners and S h a prominent ridge of
JSl aiUUg tUt illllVl UX4VA ArJl LUg VA
the socket Westminster Gazette
An Animal Census
The latest enumeration of the ani
mala known to science includes no less
than 386000 recognized species The
real number is belieed to lin very much
larger It has been estimated that of
insects alone the earth harbors 2000
000 species but ihe late Prof Itiley
rtgarded eien that estimate as far too
lfw According to his opinion 10000
000 would be a moderate estimate of
the number of in ect apecies The
number of individuals is of epure in-
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-HOLIDAY tlMiZS
gladness
THfUwWrnMft ii
tars jo ljrgin J he sfison Verks he-
toK Christ ut jally arro Christ
mas grcuns flecoraV the s and arc
disnlaved with houv aud rnitlctA
are from Thanksgiving omlil the high tide
of 1m holidays sets in wifJi Chnjtxnas
tek All lliisr tirne the holiday feeling
takes holdofall of us and for the time
at lpastthe gokicn rule becomes a living
prineiple Kvcryiom feels the new im
jiiilse whidbinfls us closer to our fel
low men Tito young who are forever
hopeful are tilled with bright anticipa
tions of the season The middle aged
fonret their sordid cares forget al
most -their struggle to keep the wolf
The blessing of UiehOlidaiis is seen-
abroad in the cheerfulness and selt
sacrifiee -with which home people bur
den themselves down -with bundles all
to give pleasure to loved ones Men
who superbly order all their packages
sent home rake pleasure in carrying
home their Christmas bundles all for
the pleasure of introducing them se
cretly to hide fheniaway until the day
arrives
There are those among us to whom
Christmas brings sad memories to1
whom Thanksgiving recalls a scattered
household but -we cover our cares and
sorrows for this beatific season and re
joice with t hose who rejoice Such sac
rificu of self will he a power which shall
let t4ie despondent into an atmosphere
of courage and hope A large portion
of these blessed weeks lie fore Christ
mas is spent in preparation of holiday
gifts and holiday feasts for poor chil
dren There are a myriad of missions
going forth on errands of mercy ot this
season
Thanksgiving day the first festival
of the holiday season is peculiarly an
American feast day Though it par
takes something of the nature of the
Jowish feast of the ingatherh g it is not
like that ci purely rCliniousfestival It
is a iMason when families that are sep
arated meetagain under ihe old parental
rouf Like all festivals of Puritan orgin
it Ls celebrated with relhr ous observ
ances in New England The Thanks
giving sermon was formerly as much
apart of the celebration of the day aa
the dinner that followed This day has
been compared to the IlarvT Homo
days of theEuglish farmer or the Kirn
r C Scotland I Joth the--e da s were pub
lie rejoicings of the -entire community
in the completion of harvest and wrr
celebrated with considerable rout ard
rabble These were seasons of pictur
esque procession and merry drinking
bout and not of religious and home ob
servance
Let us all rememberthe holiday sea
son in the holy spirit of good will to
men It matters little what our ex
ternal giving may be if we give to
Heaven a grateful heart for the blessings
that are showered upon us Let us not
profane this season by vulgar ostenta
tions gifts whieh are beyond our means
and serve only tc gratify our own self
esteem atnd pride Let lit meet the sea
son in the spirit of Tinv Tim with the
prayer -God
X Y Tribune
bless us one
SUFFERERS FROM FLAT FEET
How the Breaking Down of the Arch Js
Remedied
Despite the fact that the beauty of a
well arched foot is much appreciated
by people of an artistic turn of mind
hay been sung f requently by poets and
versemakers there has been until late
ly little interest from a scientific point
of view taken in its direct opposite
the UaT foot In a great number of in
stances flat feet are the occasion ot
considerable keen suiiering generally
resulting from the breaking down of
the arch that is thfc displacement of
heme of the man3 little Ixme i of file
foot either from overstrain or some
disease of the muscular structure As
the weight of the body constantly rests
upon the foot there is jio opportunity
for the bones to get back to their
proper places
The result is that these little bones
keep nibbing against -each other and
the pain gets more and more severe
Commonly the persons afflicted in this
way think that he or she has rheuma
tism and let it go at that Until re
cently the only remedy was a steel
soled shoe that was clumsy and heavy
The new device is interesting It is an
insole curved to jit the foot made
of a bent strip of steel and acting as -a
spring It is covered either with leath
er or with vulcanized rubber to pre
vent rusting and needing no fasten
ing but simply to be placed in position
it can be changed zrom one shoe to an
other at will
In position it acts simply as a sup
port literally holding up the bones
and giving them an opportunity to slip
back into their proper places While
any -insole of the approximate shape
ivili give relief the best results are
Teaehed only when one is especially
made from a cast or impression of the
foot great proportion of ihn peo
ple troubled with flat feet come from
the north of Europe many of them
from the lowlands of Germany The
inhabitants of the south of Europe
strangely enough are seldom troubled
with anything of the sort Their in
steps especially in the case of women
are nearly always highly arched nad
finely formed Y Tribune
Heath Warrants Jn England
Whtm a criminal is sentenced to
death in England the judge writes op
posite the name in the calendar Left
for execution Fourteen clear days
must elapse and then it remains for
the sheriff or sheriffs to appoint a
day for execution Xo warrant is is
sued from the home office except for a
res jsitc or reprieve The queen does
sign a death warrant Chicago
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A JJ03IE J0R LKPFAiS
rhair Only Placo of Refuge In Thik
Country
cx JuHtiturlna in IotiWiuna WJior
Poor Lttrortauutt A Are lli
plly HftiKotl arid Carvri
for
tlu
Perhaps few people know that the
only leper home in the 1nited States is
oiit recently established in the parish
of Iberville not many miles above New
Orleans It i a state institution its
board of direetor witirely miiieiiJine
but if you would kiow who rer
sonal service to outasts
ahI then indeed look to the women
The whole civilized world has begun
to take alarm at- the fart indisputably
shown that lenrosv is tin- inercaso
---- it iiinf on
fr6m the door and join mi the holiday - l -
CIUIJHUUIU llUl lilt 1J it III I 111 ILpilUj
perhaps of Scriptural days but a
ease incurable and hideous enough and
-only tobe stamped out by the complete
isolation of its victims
To this end was- the lepers home in
Ixmisiana established and ha for it
inmates men and women black aad
w hite who have com to it from dif
ferent states of the union
Alter the board of directors had for
mulated their plans after the funds
had fbeen placed at their disposal one
great diifimilty frowned on them Who
could they get- to care for the lepers
len Preposterous Then one illum
inated director proposed that they set
forth their dilemma to tlie mother supe
rior of the convent at EmmitsbuirMd
Forthwith thii another called on Sister
Peatriee then in eharge of thehospitnl
at Lowell Mass When the summons
came Sister Beatrice cheerfully re-
signed her charge and became the
zealous and untiring superior of the
lepers home in Louisiana Sister An-
me Sister uiomas ana sister cyni
-con joined her and together they
have made this home a real home for
those who dwell in it The suiters es
tablished themselves in the old Camp
mansion once one of the finest planta
tion residences in Louisiana but now
somewhat fallen inrpdecay With that
genres for systematic and wise admin
istration which is characteristic of the
order they soon converted the dilapi
dated dwelling into a comfortftblft
home The house stands in the inidBfc
of a grtjveof towering1 pecans and wide
spreading oaks Not far from this
building is a new house wherein dwelt
The resident physician and a priest of
the church both consecrated to the
serIceof humanity
In this building ak o all the patients
take their raeaJs prepared by a black
madonua of the pots an artist ia her -
line
The sisters strive to interest and
amuse their patients encouraging those -
who are able to sew wash cut and saw-
wood and eutivate the garden There
33 a large park for their exercise and
recreation furnished with swings
benches and outdoor games of various
kinds The lepers live in smaHcottag
built on either side of a live oak avenue
These houses are comfortably fur
nished and spotlessly clean Each
house is occupied by two pereonfi ex
cept where there aro more than two
members of the fame fjunily in which
ease they are all permitted to live to
got her In one of them live four sift
tcrs ail afflicted with leprosy and each
with a different lypc
Among the patients is a man of 75
who does not remember when- bo was
notaleper Another isa union veteran
drawing a pension and still in love with
life Yet another is a young mulatto
who was emplo3ed as- a carpenter in
building the cottages Hardly had he
driven the nail when- he found
himself a leper But the most inter
esting patients- are- a pair at lovers
the tragic pathos of whose atory is al
most without parallel
About six years ago in the parish of
Lafourche there lived a young fellow
of about 25 who was engaged to a good
pretty girl of Id Almost upon the eve
of marriage he made the horrible di
covery that- he was a leper He re
leased the girl from hex promise
though she implored him to marry her
He sought a clearing im the heart of
the woods and lived there utterly alone
As soon as the home was openhc sought
its shelter His sweetheart still lovecK
him still declared that some daythrj
would be united Six months al terher
lover entered the home she too sought
it crying Unclean unclean1 Thu
this woeful pair so tragically ucatd
are yet forever disunited as marrythey
cannot at least as long as they
mates of the home They spend much
of their time together and aeeja cheer
ful enough Chicago Nerwa
Pigeons Outwit ft Hawk
An observing southern sporteraaa
r
J
told recently about a flock of pigeont
that measured brains with a hawk and -came
out on top in the contest H 8
Edwards owned a flock of pigeons -
which one day were cut off from their - t
cote by a large hawk The pigeons
knew that if the hawk once got above -
them one at least of their number would -
go to make the hawk a meal and ao up
they flew in circles pernapegoTnghigh
er than the hawk TheJatter keptun
der the pigeons and leisurely followed - -
their laborious movemen te Then
came a curious and unexpected sight to
Mr Edwards Every pigeon closed it3
wings and they appeared to be the size - -
of sparrows and down they came past
the hawk at a terrific rate That -astonished
the hawk It actually dodged - -
the dropping birds and missed haif a
dozen wing strokes before it got in full
chase of them When it got down to
the barnyard not a pigeon was in sight
some were in the cote some were in
the porch two were in the well house
and one in the kitchen- The hawk bad
been outwitted completely It is a
question how the pigeons managed to
check their fall as they did not slacken
up until they were about 16 or 20 feet
above the ground when they scattered
in all directions to escape the hawk -
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