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    English Church Life and Social Reform
ONDON, July 31. (Spot ml "oil
I at HI. I'aul'H cathedral must ulwuy
I III' lllU'll MtlllK boiull-r lif I III- lib u
riiiilmiH uf llml great historic
pile, l,ul lii i, Hi' nervier III mri n nl.it.
ii ft 11.1 1 1 - 1 1 I 1 there III tin' Miiiiiini'r, mi
iiiii ii'Ht iittm licH which In iiIiiikciIk r un
usual ft (i in Ihu fuel that It In iilti-lided In
-t t . t liy Iiih tiiiiJOHty'H JudgcH mill Hint the
,l. 'in her for till) IliciiHliili linn I III' l air op-
iii.rniiiUy uf bringing tin' ln nil') i In; Bin pi 1
iii 1'iiir ii pun a Hut of gciiilcuiru who ilii'in
iHiK often bring tliu law n lieu iii
i lu lr fellow rruiitiircs, lint, iih iiiiiny iliinU.
In mil temper In vv with Christian lui i'. j
' I ii 1 1 ' mi often iih liny hIiuiiIiI Walling
iimli'i tlutl I ii fi III l ii it Ii ilmno In Hu- uiiuii
uf hiiiiiii t'.,liil ill hi-r iill'loiis folk hu III'
lllllir Wlll'll lIllM Hl'IVlte should m 1111, I
ruiiinl a wish HpiiugiliK up win, Ii, , mild ii
iii I y liai' In iti glut ill" l, would liaM' .i'1'li l
in till' nri usluii ii new l mini. both ul In
ii'ii'Ht anil IIvi-IIiiihh. What I ii.ivid w i
ilial llu pulpit tur HllH m i iihIiiii might him
lii'i'li occupied liy huiiii outspoken pn.iilui
lllii' III. I'ulkllillsl ur New York, ul. tailing
uf t hat Mini, liy at least taun, v,is.itlb
genius of tin- Tiiltuugc hi ripe llul t lit-
have mi Hiirli men In (he ("hurt Ii uf I'nglun I
I'vcrythllig I'ligltsh Ih vciy llhclv to lie run
i-iil tonal ami iih a matter uf i uiiihi lliai
was what the Hi'limili ptuveil in In uii an
ui'i iihIuii Into which a live Yankee preii, In t
wnulil have heeli Biire. lo Interject snuni hltig
I hat viih Htrlklng, even If In did nut
tliu full length uf sensationalism
Hill 'self Hpei larillai i If fi I wholly hit k
nit; In thin Hervlfe'' un 1 1 nirary they
wrio III the iiiiihI allliienl evidentc Tin
pulpit iliil nut make nun Ii slum. Iml I In
oii.ihIuii Itself was ilrcldoilly a show It Is
the one occasion In the year when ilure i
,i i tuning together uf what luli-lii Im' i ,iI1cI
the thlee KngllHh Kl'iici1, i Iiiiii Ii law and
I ii gnvoinmolit. 'I'lie hew Ikk-'-I. suii'ln
I it I ii I Judges ale 1 1 1 1 I at Hie enli.iinr lo
Si I'aul'H hy tin even unite f.un.isl nally
urayi'il rlty uhlel men, In-adi d I v iln lur,l
maynr, anil if Ihe leailer will imagiiu. in
lilt- ffiilral IhIi- uf lli.it grout i at In ,li ,il i
1 1 11114 prueeHHlun uf mu ll illguit.ii n-i, will'
miiiio llituhy carrying hefure em Ii ur iheui a
gulden uiai'e ur other shining ciiiI'Iciii ur
Inn olhoc, ami will Iheii wulrli this winter
IIIK pageant iih II eiitern the chain I ami
tliele blends, In the process uf sratliu
llHelf, with the surpllccd eliulr ami I In an
utmly gowned clergy, he will he iuli' inn
lnceil thai the nri'llHlun wiih Imleeil what
I liau ralleil II, viz. a hIiow, ami. assiim
III- fancy to have tolil him all lit lale, he
will further agree that It wiih a mIiuw well
worth Hcolng.
I'l iilii'lel mill lis IteiiNiiiiN,
A pleiiHlni feature uf thin chun h spot
laile wiih thai fieri)'. JudgeH ami tin
ratheiH alll.e all farileil tant i-fiil ly in
ranged liuu(ilflH uf while ami leil Mowers
I'll Ih il til nut HfflU Inappropriate lllll bc
rore accepting Ihe pruprlely of what one
Hei'H iih a full explanation uf why une hcch
It. one iiiiihI reiueiuher that In lluglnnd
what iifople iln Ih nut half ho likely to he
limn heeaUHf It (oiiforniH to good taHte iih
fruin regard to Home ancient rustom. TlieHe
houilietH fiirrleil inn In thought to the scH
hIoiih iiiiiiii uf the Old llalley. (In the talilt'H
In fruut uf the presiding Judge ami the
atlemlaiit alilernifii ynu will always hoc
III thai hlHturli hall, when eniiii Ih In sos
hIiiu, I mi i i i j i i i t k which hear a HiiHpUiuiiH re
Heuihlaiii'e In those whli'h, on HiIh particular
Sunday, are hu pleaHiiutly In evhleui'e at
St. raill'H cathedral. Mere, I (1111111111. wiih
perhaps a little cluo which, If fullnwnl,
might Ihrow light upon thin matter. Ami
ho It turneil out. The white Mowers typify
the purity of I : 1 1 k 1 1 h 1 1 JiiHtlce, ami the
whule I nil n in t . with 1 1 H fringing uf green,
whfthfi you Hce It In a Judgo'H haml at
church ur nu IiIh tahle at the Olil llalley
'oiuuuMunraleH. iih une might hae heen
Hiue It illil fruin the II ih t . a eUHtuiu which
HtrelchcH far bach lutu niithiulty.
In uhleil time the hciiIh uf KngllHh Judges
were Hliewn with Hccnlfil herhs iih a pru
Icctlun tu their Ini'lshlpH against the
pliiKUf, ami. at the (Mil llalley, iih a par
ticular prutectlun iikiiIiihI Jail fever; fur
N'ewi-ate pil.iun wiih In clime prulmlty. anil
f rum Iln fmi I atiuuHphere. iih the Irnu ilour
wern upniieil tu liriui prlHuiiciH Into Ihe
(I'lllllllllietl fliilii Third 1'age )
of these club houses ami that they are re
-erveil exclusively for Ihe men. The hous-s
-tin nfteii uf great sle. They Inuk like
immense luiyrlckH, starting from the
ground and going upward until they meet
In the ridge of the roof The entrance Is
a hole at the front There ale tin wlndowH
and ihe houses are built so protected
with mats that they keep out the
mosquitoes.
I'lnl Idle In New lilllneil.
In other Boctlons of Ihe cnunli) the men
and women live together on the apartment
house plan. In boiuo places there are
houses f.no feet long ami Hu feet wide,
containing sixty families or more Such a
home would he divided by little partitions
into stalls or poiiH running out to a central
hall, to that going through It would bo
like passing tin Hugh the stalls of a row
stable. Ill each Htall a family has Its qu ir
lers, the women doing tholr cooking In
sldo and tho smoke llndlng Its way out
as It enn through thu roof. These Now
ilial roiitn there w.i ilaiier of I llf i'l lull
Tlu-ri is- or , ,.ui no nu h ilaniT iniw,
hiu what a pity It would hf to ever KlVn
up diiiiiH wliii ynu usfil tu iln nncf' Vuu
mlflii miidlfy tin' Minium a little, hut tu
wholly Khi. it up, what a Hlap In the face
Hint would he to Ihe HhlldfH of oiu'H ati
hhIoih' So lliiHf ICiikIIhIi Hi-eiu tu ariue
In Hllrh CiiHi i Hence the hiiuilletH, ear
rhd nliKe In Judifti, aldernun and dcrio'
wiih Ii fui and s.i pliiiHlni: a fi-aturf of that
spei Inl si i ih i r,,r the JudKf.s They were
certainly un inl and It rather -.reined
Ilial tin pn a-h r frr.m the lenai uy wiih
wh1 h In- , Iiiiii in Iiih own ip i inn-n wiih
m:u hi im:a nm m cit m.n
WKAItS (M.OTIIKS
THIS
tiluro than half iierHtiaded that theno llnral
sticfeHHiii'H of the ancli'iii Hci-utfil herhs
iullht hf useful as well The preliminary
hi-rv Ices hiHled ahiiut an hour and a half.
Many In the audience were Kept huny ilur
1111 that time In Imlillni nu tu their pa
tience, and hu Hleepy weie siitue that they
ueeileil to held on to their clialrn to keep
from fallln over. Hut the bishop uf Step
ney Htlll held nu to Ills hompiet and Hfcuifil
reluctant to lay It down even while he
wiih prcachltiK.
titiinu- innl I'ntliiiNliiNtle.
TIiIh hlnlinp ul Slopney In an tnlcrcHllm
'limine for more leasons than une. He lins
only recently heen appulnled and he Ih
ho -oiiiu Nul ipilte in. they Hay, ami he
ducHii'i haik even that. I.Ike Ills intimate
fili'inl, ihe new and out liful bishop uf
lam, Inn, he Ih ii bachelor. Nu wonder the
i hi nl i Is binu'iitlui; a decline In the hlrlh
late when uiiuiarrifd men seem to hi- su
much in viiue for IiIkIi olll i-h of church
and Htate' line lumhl iiIiiiuhi have Inferred
that the bishop id Slcpury wan a bachelor
from the hi i'chh he laid in his m-iiiioii un
the proper Iraluim; of children No one
Ih ever unite sun- uf the cx.nt rules ac
rnrdlui; to which children Hlinultl he
himit-ht up an those who never had any
European Efforts to Colonize New Guinea
( i u I in ii Hats are very dark, for the walls
extend almost to the Hour on account of
the innsquiloes ami often there Is not more
than iwu feet of wall before the roof be
gins. The roof, however, may reach up
as high as tltlily reel above the Ihior. The
material of Ihe houses Is usually poles and
grass First a rramewoik or poles Is made
ami then the thatch or grass or baiiatia
leaves is lied on.
New lilllneil llulili'H,
Tin New tiulnu liatl.es are Mini of Ihelr
lillilr ti They treat them well and are
exceedingly aflectlouate Mr D.iunccy told
me that In his ten years' liitercuiiise with
tho natives he had never seen a father
strike his child anil that tuotheis never
whip their children.
A queer thing I" the Papuan cradle It
Ih made of the liber or the banana woven
together In the shape of a bag Into this
the babj Is dropped mid the hag Is then
hung to one of the poll's rf the loaf or to
a tree and swung to sleep If the mother
goin out she merely unhooks or until s the
string and HllngH the cradle on her hack,
to hrlni up. Still, thin hiuhihir lu-diup
wiih ipilte rlf-ht in i oni etid i n i that if peuple
'Id not learil nhedli'llie while they ale
yoiiiiK they will he liKi ly tu l.n k that win, Ii
is vital to Kood cliifiiKliip
Auuther point made h iIiIh hlnluip in Ills
Hcriuoii hefure IiIm majiiiy'x JudKe.-i wiih
Hometliiiu Hid- thin In a free country, he
Kiiid, law iiiiihI harmonize with lihurly. It
intiBt never cume Intu cuntact with tin
reaHiinahle i unsrli n e uf tin- people, other
wise it would In- ini'tfeetual n inl would
IU-- I Hsarlly fall Intu contempi In niaklm
Huh point ihe pre.n lu r II set meil tu tue,
hriiuuht Into vow an hy a llanli that fi-aluiv
Clltl, IS A fllltlSTIAN AND IIKNCi:
uf the, legislative HjHteni ur IiIh own country
In vvlilrh Its chler HlrciiKth Hen and In ho
dolni neci-HHarlly Hhuvved up without per
Imps IntemlliiK to do it what In our coun
try H a chief element uf weakness. Too
often with us laws are enacted before there
Is any widespread demand fur them. The
IhiKlish are mure likely in their legislative
cnactnientH tu he behind the public cun
M'lcuce than ahead of It and who can douht
that this Is one reason why ihelr laws
when they are made nre ho generally re
spected and ho strict ly enforced ?
llesldcH Heeini the KiikIIhIi JttdKeH al
that Hpectacular Hervlce In St. I'aul'H I
have Keen many of them the hiHt few weeks
In the illHcliiirie of their ordinary duties.
Out of docm unly twn have been nuted
who depart su far from the aiuieul tradi
tions uf the bench ns lo leave the upper lip
unshaven, ami even in these cases the
mustache h ho closely trimmed as to su--Kest
that the atiKilst wearer of It Is a lit
tle ashamed of such an adornment. In its
Kcneral contour the Judicial cnuiilenaiice
Heeiiis to me to have uiidei'Kone a pleasant
I'h.iiiKe It used to he more s ileum and
repellant than It is now. The Itnpi esHiun I
had loin; carried of the Ihiullsh Jiii1im inn
that to see one of them In all his Klnry,
with the swnnl or Justice above hlni. was
carrying her baby ah ut - the Indian
squaw ilucH her papoose.
V I In-1 in en mid I'm riuerx.
It Is rather remarkable tint the Now
(iiilnca savnget have developed special
trades tin the south roast there are somo
tribes which tin nothing hut tlsh and others
which devote themselves to farming The
farmers never llsh and the Ushers tin not
farm The two tribes live close to each
other and cxilianee their respective prod
ucts The farming Is largely done with
sharp stlckH. the tin u Ht.itni ug in a row and
plunging their sticks hit the grattml simul
taneously and thus prying up the soli. Th
fishermen make their own t moos. Some of
them gather shells and pearls PotUry and
ropo making are other principal Industries
Not far from 1'ort Moresby a tribe lives
which makes cooking vessels of ohiv. drying
them In the sun nnd baking them with tiro.
They then carry these vessels from p aop to
place and sell them
New Guinea has hut few animals of note
The chief nre wild pigs and small mar
supials, Including tree kangaroos in tblrl
a bignt uiny a link molt upia-liiiK ili.m
I lie tui.il da) ol jii'lmiKliI is Iik, I) lo be
Many ul Uie ol'l-uuiuia win Miss) ubl
svolils ami sunn ol tin in wtl
hulj leirulD. These -plain ie were
su common lillei'li or twiuty yi.us -iK-i as
to hu t ii 1 1 :il . and tiny naiiu.ul tvoivnt a
Very stern type ut Judicial i;outlleiiani;e.
Hut tuday the t)pe uf race must treiiuuntiy
si-L-u, ballliiK that of Justice Jetitie, who III
urn ut in i- would eaoily p.is- for a mcdil ul
I IH In Sain, Is of the John Dullish oldfl'
full, fair, rosy and Kui-d-nalured.
Il.iiiv in Illil linilltliiits.
The old liadltiuns Heeui lo have Kolttn
i heir death blow- when Ihu kindly and
beamliiK Lord Itiissell was made chlcl' Jus
ine and If thut'ueen sets tho style tor ladles
-ih to the color uf their hair what foibldH
( li.it III the same culiutl) a chief JtlSil e
should bet the style fur his nsMiclutcs lit 10
ihu habitual expression of their ollkdal fea
uireH. .sutiiet IiIiik ur this kind hccius really
to h.ive taken place. Uird ItusselTH suc
ii'ssur Ih l.i.rd AhetntuliL', uf W hum It ii
said that he has never been Known lo lose
his tempi I and who eeitainly, un the h.-lich.
looks like a man whu wouldn't take half
the pleasure tu sc nti'iiclti! you tu h,- haui'ed
and ipnun red as he would III dolni yuli
some oilier kind or a koihI turn. Tin-Ji-Hler
or the I'tlKlisll bench Is Justice liar
llin. whose retualks, which are Ireipiutit.
are lisiiued to by counsel and ol liens in
Un- spirit of mirthful expectancy with
whnh t heater-Koers listen to the droll
words i r the funny comedian.
Hut what a mistake anyone vvuitld make
who should Imai'lne that even so delectable
,i Justin- as this didn't still have his i-uku-i-h
iye on the blindfolded IIkui'. who h. Ids
the stales or thai he couldn't on occasion
follow a (ood Juke with a staKKerllii t-,cu-tcticc'
It was unly the oilier day that Jus
tne liarllni', licu'lin some mention of an
aiii'i i iiii'tit between the plaint III' and de
fendant, asked to see the iiKi ei tucllt. I'ulth
Willi it was lead by plaint lit 'h counsel. Ilui
his lurdshlp Htlll Insisted uputi seeini' it.
ami when it wiih handed to him the llrst
iIiIiik' he noticed wiih that no stamp had
been used and tin- next thlni th.it eveiy
lindy else In the cuuit nutlced was that tile
plaint ill' wiih up at the clerk's desk pay In
a line of a little over ;;,n for ailempllni tj
'lerraml the revenue.
This Instance ot spot Justice is ehaiacter
istic. or i'lif-llsh JudKes and uf tin swift aim
sure proi'iss s of ihu lhmllsh courts. In
some of the conns proceed Iiiks may drai".
as, for luslaliie, in that which a ft vv da.v -aio
wound up a li.inKruplcy care which ha 1
been runnim- forty-live years by turning
ovei tu Ihe eredltuiH a Dual dividend i.f
sumeihltu,' Iihh than a penny In the potiml :
I'anes or this kind show how cirtaln It is
that the I'lmllsh law when once sit In imi
tlon will not fi-ase lo ui'lnd, thoiinh Keinra
iloiw pass, until il has turned out the full
measure uf Its own Ideal of Justice. Hut what
chltlly impresses un American Is Ilial the
KiiKllsh courts, particularly In criminal
trials, move qui !lv and tiro so Intolerant
of captious appeals for delay.
Celine Slue ail' I'unlsli tnenl.
There Is no daiier here of a murderi r
nutllvliiK all the witnesses to his crime
unless, by the way. ho succeeds, as many
do. In eludliii arrest. One could hardly say
that tin I'hmllsh police are either vi ry
UUlck or very sttte in ferietitm out olleiul
ers, bin there Ih certainly notlilio slow
about the l'nullsh courts when once ihe
culprit has been caunht. Kveu I'ai'l Itus
sell niiiHt pay the ienalty. despite ihe fact
that ho had the sympathy or his Judges and
almost the whule or his fellow -countrymen
lie could not even scenic what In our
country would have been deemed a leasou
ahle postponement. To delay the wheels
of Justice In KiiKlainl It Isn't ciuiiikIi to
plead that you want time to net evidence.
Vou have to show clearly what evidence
jotl expect to net and when you've done
that the Juilic comes in with his little
hatchet to determine, llrst, w hat likelihood
there Is of your Kettlm- this particular evi
dence, and. hi'iondly. whether the evidence,
even if Sou should net it, would he likely
to alter the result of th, ti ial
There has ceruiinly, however. In en ,i
chatiKc In the way In which Justice is ad
ministered over here and II Is decidedly
the itiiititiy is won.:, i n.llv rich Tin it .it
I IiIh i tut hpirhts uf laud biids mil
among i In in many of most gorge, us plu
mage. There are parrots and cockatoos of all
colors and pigeons mote splendid than our
peacocks. I have seen New tlulnea pigeons
as big as hen turkeys ami as small as tho
tiniest dove. The goura pigeon Is the
largest. Its hotly Is of a brilliant light blue
nnd its neck has all the colors of the opal.
It has a crest or egret of tiny slaty blue
feathers running from the back of the head
out to the front high above It, much like
the curl on the head of a baby When tho
sun catches this crest It shines as though
It were set with Jewels.
There are tiny birds here as small as tho
smallest humming bird and more beautiful
than any humming bird wo have. There
an al-o rasoevviii s which have b idles al
most as big as ostriches, but which look as
though ihey wero clnd In feathers of frayed
i loth-'sllnes rnther than ostrich plumes
Tho cassowary Is sometimes caught hy the
native when small and tamed, It Is not a
in the diieittoli or fait'hoss and Hi. i,.is,d
Ichicni y Not t-vell Jul Is their min h
i haiue or even any fur the utility to estapo.
The l'lillsh Judges, too, ate as keen ,i
ever 111 ih le Uuk the suphlstries ol iouum'I
and as tpil k as ever when pleaders uy to
hoodwink Jurlis In politely iclhim tin in
to shut up. Ami. Hpeaktlii of Junes, ti i
very evident that thesu an btlll as palpably ,
iih ever In this country the tools of the man
who sits on the bench. This, on the whul, .
pel haps. Is nut a bail IhlliK. assuming tin
JtldKU lo be fall'-lllllldeil, lor (lie Jildi;. at
ways knows hotter than Juiles wiiai tin
law Is. lie Is also better lined to wiuh
evidence ami less likely to allow Judnini in
lo be waiped by sentiment. Hut sonic or
the Jinlyes lush their Jurymen, they un
really snappish ami overbt ariiin iow.u.i
them.
A Juror who doesn't attend to what wn
tiesses ale MiiyiliK or who ivin seems nm
tu bo tlolin; so ma expect fiom tin Ju l-,
a public reprimand. A few dayn aio a
Jut til- who fell 111 this way under judh ml
disapproval was banished from the box in
disgrace. The Juror must be i aleful, ion.
when he Is permitted to ask the Jinlue -i
iiuesllon that he doesn't prelate his tpies
thin with any remarks, ntherwi-e he will
never leach his question, lor tin- Jiidue will '
tell llllli. iih one did the mill -lav I lulu-
tloesu't want any sukkihI n tioiu tin
Jurv box and that slm e the Inquiri'ii jui .
man s -t ins imapahteof eomlni to Hit poim
he'd better sit down.
-Iiltlues lnl.es a Iluiiii.
line Is slll'pl'isid. ton, lo lilid how ml n
Judges over here still seem lo bruul, ai
Juries ill the ellurt to brlni them to .kic
metit. This very week the foreman ot ,
Jury told the Justice that two ot the twtm
were holdliiK out against tl ther ten. 'I h.
judge's exact laniiane I did not lake down '
hut his torn- was thai of a mail who In-,
lust heard one of the most monstrous thin.'
ny which judicial dlKitlty was ever ritlll, -i
..ml in substance he said. "Don't come U v
with such sunt as that: ko ak'aln and ton
shier your verdict, and let me see your tu;i
faces auaiu hefure yi u've agreed, if yu.i
dare."
Thus the I'linlbh s)steiu is nut perfe-t.
even thinmh It thus have some rcami'i
ihtl are Hiiperler tu those of our own. It
is. however, Hlirely linprovliiK. The (tillly
may siaml no better chance than ever to
i si ape Hcvere punishment, but there Is un
d. iihtedly now a heller chance for thus,
whose iuilt is not clearly estahlishul ami
;i far itreater likelihood than formerly that
Justice will he tempered with mercy This
Improvement Is due. In my Judgment, to two
things. Whatever muillllcatluns there may
have been in the law Itself one may pas-,
over an of little consequence. It is the
times innl the men that have chunked
With democracy so fully recoinied else
where, how stinni;r It would he if this
spirit, which alwa.vM at its best cuiiduces
lo fairness and fraternity, did not llml Us
way dually Into the court of Justice. Judges
now aro especially careful to --Ive tho poor
their rights, and, If they were not, how
strangely out or Joint with the time they
would be!
Arter all, though, the greatest change I
iu the personnel or the Judges themselves
From top to bottom they aro dllferent rrom
what they used to he more considerate,
mure human and kind. So vital is this
change in tho temper of the I'ngllHh Judges
that, ns I have hinted, It has brought Into
vogue a new and kindlier typo of Judicial
countenance. Prom Hawkins, who was
Known at tho Old llalley as the "hanging
Judge," It is a lung and glad cry to tho
kindly-featured, pleasant-spoken ami gentlo-
ninnnereil C.ranUiam whom I saw dispensing
Justice at this court, and not dispensing
with It, a few days ago. There were two
ncqulttnls In manslaughter cases tho same
afternoon. The prisoner In one of these
cases I was sorry for, hecauso he was with
out counsel and was pressed hard, and, a
It bcenicil to me. unfairly, by tho law
olllcers of the crown. Hut one could soon
see that Justice (Jraiilliain was getting hold
of the ense and the way he punctured tin
claims of that inllated iiroset in ion was no
only a delight to those listening, hut It
was the sure salvation of tho unfortunate
man In the dock III'NKV TUCKMJY.
safe pet to have about, for It will swallow
any i lung in sight from n stray Hpoon or a
pound of lulls to a pup or n kitten. It Is
by no nu aus lerlain that It may not attaik
tho baby ami when angry a kick rrom m
will break the skull of a 10-year-old boy.
Minis. o' I'miiilise.
Tho king of nil Now (itilnea birds, how
ever, is the bird of paradise There nn
furly ipeclcs of this bird and most of this,,
are found In New million. The birds at,
ei uip.iratively small, but ilnir , i.lor Is tin
im st gorgeous known Some of them ate
of the brightest ted. with a luster likr that
of the opal, with yellow hills and velvet
like plumes i m Ircling the base of the head
Tho feathers of the tall stand up like llllgree
wires. Tho golden bird of paradise has six
long feathery tips extending from tho bat k .
of its head and a great crest or trown
rising out of tho middle of lis back some
what like a canopy over It It Is only tho
malo birds that nre so gorgeous, but they
aro hunted everywhere for their feat hers
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