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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Uncannu Instinct of Homers
Saved Lives of Manu Soldiers
During Struggle Just Ended
Ml KiinnflJ ,if tlilu Mil tl ln roni(Il
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Willi stories of the courageous work
performed by carrier pigeons while
saving the lives of our soldiers, hut
no incident better illustrates what
tlnv have nceomnllshed than their
activities In the battle of Bethun
court and Dead Man's hill. An en
tire French regiment was cut oft from
their comrades, completely surrounded for four
days, and with no method of communicating word
of their plight to the general In command. Thut
fourth night one of the men scouting in No Man's
Land stumbled over a dead comrade on whose
back was strapped a basket carrying two little
pigeons that during the four-day battle had been
safeguarded by the body of their caretaker. Ten
derly the scout brought the basket and birds
back to the colonel on the hill. Early the next
morning messages were written, alllxed to the
legs of the birds, which, exhausted and dust
soiled, but Imbued w;lth indomltnhle spirit and
pluck, were liberated wafted Into the air by the
prayers and wishes of the regiment, bearing with
them the only remaining hope for these thousands
of men and the happiness of other thousands In
their families at home. Shortly afterward both
birds fluttered wearily Into their loft back at
headquarters ; and In n sortlo ordered by the gen
eral the enemy wns driven bnck and the regiment
saTed.
One of the officers of that regiment Is now In
Wa.shhn;ton, and he has promised himself that
now fne war is over he will have a loft of the
heot birds he can get, and the best care and at
tentiffi that Is possible will bo but a slight part
of his measure of appreciation and gratitude to
the little feathered messengers to whom he and
his comrades owe their lives.
These little birds hnve been used In almost
every crinecivnble way to get word back to the
reserves or to headquarters when all other
niei'ns of communication failed.
Cnrrler pigeons are not only used by the In
fautry nnil the navy, but nre used frequently by
the air service. At the Dunkirk hydroplane sta
tion they hnve an enviable record. There has not
been n single nccldent to a plane, nor the loss of
n plane In combat, where word of the occurrence
was not brought back by the pigeons which nre
a part of the equipment of the planes. Instances
of the value of the messengers could he multi
plUd without number, but It Is more interesting
to recount how these birds are bred, reared and
housed under war conditions.
The pigeon's ability to do all of these wonderful
tasks lies In Its faculty of orientation, that Is, its
power to know as soon as It Is released In what
direction Its home loft Is and to fly directly to It.
The perfection to which orientation is developed
the highly bred and tinlned homer wns recently
de.noust rated at a pigeon fly conducted by the
pigeon section of the signal corps, when 3,100
homing pigeons were released In Washington for
a fly to New York city, S21M miles. To n single
bird, these pigeons ran out of their coops and
arose In the nlr with the speed of an express
irnl!i, and after taking a hnlf circle to get their
bearing were off for New York. Every one of
the pigeons was reported to have arrived prompt
j and the first arrival made the trip In ft hours
and '10 minutes. Surely It did not stop ,, read
many sign posts on the way.
Just how the homing pigeon developed this
power of orientation is a moot question, but Ir Is
certain that it has been cultivated through cen
turies until now It is almost unennny. What
mldes the pigeon back to the loft where It first
"took to the air" Is u quality called by many
names, and jou will find that each person kr.ow-s
that he has ,1,u ,,swer t0 ,,le riddle. Some call
tt innate love of home; others attribute It to fuc
uli, atmospheric conditions, sight, or memory.
1- i sunnily. 1 cannot call It anything moro or less
than Instinct, highly developed. Wo find It In
Wiser degree In horses, dogs and cats, nnd In
other birds It seems to be developed a little less
markedly, hut with sufficient accuracy so that
they migrate annually thousands of miles without
tbp aid of any other compass thnn their Instinct.
When we remember the potent power of selec
tion ai.d think of the years and generations of
careful breeding and selection which the homing
pigeon has undergone it Is not so wonderful that
they have developed the homing Instinct to a high
degree. I have seen their cousins, the fan-tailed
pi Icons bred to such a degree of llneiiesi that
div welj.he-1 onlj a few ounces apiece and were
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so nervous that they could not stand still they
were like the hnlr-sprlng of a watch, constantly
preening nnd ducking nnd on the move. In very
early times homing pigeons were In vogue In
Egypt, Greece and among the Romans. Hnclng
pigeons has been a royal and national sport In
Belgium, France, Itnly, Turkey, Egypt and Eng
land for hundreds of years. It was Introduced
Into this country in the seventies and has enjoyed
a fair and steady growth until now there are
three nntlonal homing pigeon associations with a
membership of more thnn 2,000 breeders.
Much time Is spent In teaching the pigeon nil of
the tricks which count when the bird Is actually
racing In competition wit!' other pigeons. It is
taught to enter the loft immediately upon Its re
turn, for n bird that does not enter so that the
message It carries can be tnken from It Is of very
little value as a messenger. Nothing Is more
exnsperating to the fancier or racer than to hnve
the pigeon return nnd cool Its anatomy and view
tho scenery for a half hour before entering the
loft. It Is nearly sulllclent cause to ninke the
trainer of pigeons lose his faith In pigeon nature;
besides It gives the neighbors a chance to make
remarks about the fullgrown men playing with
birdies. Once the bird Is Inside the loft It can
not emerge, since each loft Is equipped with a
trap through which the bird can enter at any time
but cannot go out unless the trap Is set for exit.
' The ordinary barn variety of pigeon or those
bred for the production of squabs for market and
the racing homing pigeon should not be con
fused. They nie as distinct and have as many
points of difference as have the big draft horso
and the high-strung, nervous racing horse. The
ordinary pigeon has very llttlo homing ability,
whereas the homing pigeon Is kept and bred ex
clusively for that fucultj. They are also bred for
speed, nnd every muscle which Is used In lllght
is developed almost at the expense of the other
muscles of Its body. In races the actual speed
recorded Is almost beyond belief. Speeds of 1,850
to 1,000 yards per minute, or 00 miles per hour,
have been mnde for short distances, nnd It Is not
extraordinary for n bird to cover In excess of 300
miles In n single day. The record for 1.000 miles
Is 1 day, 11 hours, 24 minutes and'll seconds, nnd
wns made by a bird named Hullet. and the longest
successful race was l.OSft miles from Denver,
Colo., to Springfield. Mass. (time 22 days, 3 hours.
22 minutes), although Instances nro recorded
where birds sent from New York to the Pacific
coast as breeders have, on liberation or escape,
returned from California, over the mountains and
plains to their old homes In New York.
At various times in this country the army and
navy have decided to use use carrier pigeons In
their work, but with Indifferent success until tho
recent war. The old reports are rather amusing
when considered in tho light of presunt-day knowl
edge of what can be done with the birds when
handled propeily. Pigeons were used In tho navy
moro than 20 years ago, but failed through lack
of proper care. At tho time of the Mexican bor
der ttoublo pigeons woie again tried, but with
little success for the same reason and through
lack of tlmo for acclimatization.
Homing pigeons were first put on a business
like basis In tho nrmy In March, 1017. In tho
eastern department. In No ember of that year
the pigeon section of the land division ot the sig
nal corps was organized, and since then rapid
progress has been made In this country and
abroad. Hundreds of
lofts have been built and
equipped In this country,
and in the early days
many pigeons were ship
jied overseas. Men havo
been selected and trained
In the science of pigeon
lrcedlng, rearing and Hy
ing. Many of these havo
already found service
overseas In the enre of
lofts ami the birds of our
armies. It lias been nec
essary to train a large
number of people In this
work as It was practi
cally new to each persou
who took It up. Tho
training of olllcers and
men in the use and euro
of the birds at the front
and In the forwtudlng of
messages all took time.
Unfortunately the ply
eons could only fly and
could not talk, necessitat
ing the writing of llio
messages. Some wag has
proposed to Improve the
pigeon by crossing It
with a parrot, thus ellnv
of writing the messages.
might have something to
Minting the necessity
However, the pigeon
say about the matter.
One of the most dlflicult parts of the work or
Introducing pigeons Into the auny service was to
Instill Into the minds of the olllcers and men the
fact that the pigeons are reliable'. That they are
reliable Is proved by the experience overseas,
where the birds are retained In forwnrd positions
while any other method, whether telephone, tele
graph. Induction buzzers, Alreless, wigwag or run
ner Is available, and onlj when everything elso
falls, and only (lie birds remain, then through
barrage, gas, and every oilier of the diabolical
Inventions of war, more than 07 per cent of Ihe
messages Intrusted to our pigeons nre safely and
speedily delivered by them to headquarters.
These messengers nro carried to the front In
especially constructed wicker baskets which can
be carried handily by the soldier Intrusted wl'h
their care. Hack of the lines the pigeons are kept
in either of two kinds of lofts or home, station
ary or movable, but the essential feature of each
Is the same. Every effort Is made to int'ke each
bird comfortable, happy and attached to lis home.
This- Is done most effectively by the method of
feeding, as the uppronch lo the bird's affection
Is through Its stomach, the same as with genus
homo. Each loft Is equipped with a trap through
which the blrtls nre taught to enter ami leave
without fear. Each time the bird enters the trap
an alarm Is automatically rung, notifying the
attenilnnt'of the return of the bird, that (lie mes
sage may he immediately obtained and forwanled
to headquarters.
Before the late war If you had told a pigeon
fancier that you could move his pigeon loft us far
as r0 miles nnd that the pigeons would return to It
swiftly and accurately he would probably have
laughed at you and said something about your
being a novice In the pigeon racing and breeding
game. Tho nioMihle loft Is one of the advances
In pigeon lore that tho war has brought out.
This Is n very Impoitant development, as It Is
highly desirable that the lofts always ho near to
mllltnry headquarters and nvallahle for Instant
removnl with headquarters as conditions may re
quire. These niovuble lofts are very well con
htructed and are Interesting homes for these Itin
erant messengers. They are outfitted with nesting
boxes, observation trnps, stoiage space for feed,
water, and accommodations for one or two at
tendants who nro coustnntly on duty. In fact,
they remind one of the circus wagons that travel
with the smaller circuses about the country.
Another Innowitlon developed was the "owl ex
press." There were pigeons nt the front thai
developed , the faculty for seeing nt night
nnd these were called veritable human night owls,
In fact, they came home much more steadily and
accurately than some of their civilian brethren,
who were wont to bo habitual riders of the "owl
express."
The sport of rnclng and breeding pigeons Is due
to receive an Impetus as a civilian sport now that
iho war Is ended, and the progress made under
war conditions should not be allowed to Infue
ilioiiMinds of soldiers will have heroine familiar
with the blids and will have a warm regard for
them. There will he many who will sliaro c lie
feeling of the o Ulcer who was mentioned In tin
lirst part of this article as having been saved bj
the pigeons In the battle of IlithuiKuiirt a in
Dead Man's hi"
Poslno as Wealthy Cotton Planter,
Money Was Spent Freely for Tailor-Made
Suits, Furs, Etc.
Kiss Was Undoing.
Chicago. Lives there r chorus girl
with soul so dead who never to herself
hath said, as she boiled tho eggs nnd
coffee over the hall room gas Jet:
"Well, It's tny turn next fo one of
those millionaire husbands, with a liv
eried chauffeur and champagne sup
pers and everything."
And what hoots It to repent that
this was the roseate dream of Miss
Lucille O'Dea, ballet dancer, who,
when our story of tho nonplused de
tective and the Arabian knight opens
was on the Ptintnges time at Grand
Uaplds, Mich., carefully chaperoned us
always by her maninia, Mrs. O'Dea.
The Arabian knight wit.i the magic
purse was none other than Chief War
rant Oflleer James Aloyslus Donohoe
lOf the United States navy, and ho Is
chnrged with having embezzled $23,000
pay roll funds. Hut for two perfect
weeks Lucille achieved her dream.
A Tempcotuou3 Wooer.
As R. E. Easterly, son of the third
richest cotton planter In Louisiana, by
gad, sub, Mr. Donohoe splurged Into
the O'Dea ken nt Grand Uaplds. And
what between wine dinners and motor
trips, Mr. Easterly proved a most tem
pestuous, ardent wooer.
They came to Chicago, where they
registered nt tho Ln Salle hotel, Lucille
nnd Mnmmn O'Dea having n suite In
which were no gas jets, hut electric
chandeliers, Louis XIV furniture, Ming
vases and Persian rugs, and nil that.
And, of course, there wns the $200 till-lor-mude
Milt, the $500 fur nnd the
$200 spending money.
House Detective .T. Abrams of the
La Salle was making his rounds on
the sixth floor the other evening when
he suddenly encountered In the front
pallor what at first he thought was a
now statuary group of Cupid and
Psyche. '
Their lips clung In a kiss, Mr.
Ahrains, n detective of chivalrous Im
pulses, waited a considerable Interval
and looked closer,
"No," he soliloquized, "this guy Isn't
Cupid. Cupid never wore no pin-
'""
Their Lips Clung In a Kiss.
ii eked coat and vest and pants nnd
Psyche wasn't dressed this warm."
Another Interval passed Into eter
nity. A lire engine clanged below.
A bellboy parsed paging Mr. Some
body from Somewhere.
A telephone: hell Jangled raucously.
A chow dog yljiped.
Mr. Abrams could hear the Arc en
gine returning.
"Time!" called Mr. Abrams.
They broke.
Too Latel
"Where's a minister?" queried Mr.
Easterly, for It was he. "We want to
get married right away."
"You can't get married now. It's"
too late."
And then Abrams subjected him to
close questioning. Ills suitcase was
found to Contain $7,000 In greenbacks.
The federal authorities were notified
and Donohoe confessed his Identity.
Lucille Is going bnck on the midwest
time. And thus ends tho story of how
Mr. Donohoe was betrajed by a kiss.
OBJECTED TO JUDICIAL KISS
Chlcano Couple Married by Judne
Who Is Content to Take His
Custonary Fee.
Chicago. Itohert Adair Campbell
stood before n Judge hero with his
brlde-to be, Miss Mny Blanche Unmet.
"We want to he married." he said,
-hut we do not want tho Judicial kiss
which Is customary at such times."
The Judge smiled nnd tied the knot,
contenting himself with the usual foe,"
which ("wupliell uald and fled.
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Handicapped.
In a Scottish country parish a well
known Joker was chatting with tho
minister, who Jocularly snld, "I sup
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made up nearly as many witticisms
as I have sermons?"
.Jamie Well, 1 dlnna ken; but yo
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Minister -In what way?
"Well, when I try to palm off an
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heed tae .sermons that when an aul'
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