TIIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
Now3 of All Kinds Gathered From
J
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
1
Tlio torrcntlnl rnins nntl fioorts In
northwestern Nebraska anil south--western
South Dakota of the past
week were the moat .severe In the his
tory of tlrnt part of the country, and
caused the death of at least ten per
sons, hundreds of cattle and horses
and washed away scores of bridges
and many miles of railroad track, re
sulting in complete paralysis of traf
fic on the Burlington uud Northwest
ern line.
Farmers in Otoe and surrounding
counties started to break ground for
corn planting last week. The acre
age is expected to,bo as largo this year
as before, ns most of the farmers in
southeastern N6brasku have a system
of crop rotation that docs not Inter
fere with corn acreage.
The O. L. D. Highway Association
lias merged with the Detroit, Lincoln
and Denver Highway Association and
hereafter will go under the name of
the latter. The new D. L. D. will be
from Detroit through Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Iowa and over the O.
L. D. In Nebraska and Colorado to
Denver.
During an electrical storm at Nor
folk, the Infant son of Dick Walton
was hurled from its crib to the bed
occupied by Its parents when light
ning struck the house. Tho parents
were thrown from tho bed to the floor,
but none of the family was injured.
From one to ten years in the state
penitentiary was the sentence imposed
upon Jesse Ingram, 28, nt Mullen, for
alleged cattle rustling. It is said that
Ingram got Into the trouble through
ia dare by other ranchmen to steal cat
tie to pay off his debts.
William J. McCandless of Washing
ton, D. 0., superintendent of the
Omaha-Chicago mall service, was kill
ed when the airplane In which he and
n. W. Johnson of Fremont, were mak
ing an inspection, crashed into a tree
near Osknloosa, In.
Through tho efforts of business men
of Auburn, Sam Kroll, 73 years old
the oldest clothing salesman in Ne
braska, and a man who never drew n
salary, has been rescued from the No
malm county poor farm.
Chns. II. Honor, president of tho
O. L. D. Highway Association (now
tho D. L. D.) asserted at the recent
convention at Hastings thnt the O. L
D. will bo tho first highway paved
across the state.
The First State bank and the Ameri
can State bank at nomingford have
consolidated under tho name 'of the
First State bank. Tho Institution will
soon erect a new bank building.
Complete olllcinl returns of the prl
mary election April 20, show that W.
J. Bryan will have 11 of the 1G dele
gates to tho democratic national con
vention instead of 10.
The government employment serv
ice at Washington estimates that it
will require G.000 harvest hands to
care for Nebraska's 3,000,000 acre
wheat crop this season.
Lew E. Webster, prominent Fnlrbury
business man, died from Injuries he re
ceived when he fell fifteen feet from
an ico shoot at the Fairbury ice plant,
which he owned.
It is reported that an airplane as
sembly plant for the conversion of
nerlnl mall planes into war planes, in
case of war on either coast, Is planned
for Omaha.
Lewis C. nolcomb of Mullen, who
shot' and killed F. N. Klrkpntrlck last
fall, was sentenced to 25 years In
prison. Ilolcomb Is the father of four
teen children.
Nebraska's winter wheat crop for
this year Is estimated at 47,585,000
hiisliels bv the state denartment of ng
rlculture, as compare'd with 54,097,000
last year.
Dean O. V. T. Stout of the Untvor
slty of Nebraska engineering college
tendered his resignation to the re
gents, to tnko 'effect July 1.
A carnival held by tho noldrege
post of the American Legion netted
$2,400, which will be used to equip
new clubrooms.
Seven bovs were suspended from
Lincoln High school following ndmls
slon on their part of joining secret so
cieties or fraternities.
Tho Hebron fire department, follow
lng the filing of a petition with the
fin- rnmicll.ahns been Instructed to
nurclinso a chemical and hose truck,
The new Ice and cold storage plant
built at Sidney is being equipped with
necessary machinery. Tho plant will
be 'one of the largest In Nebraska.
A coroner's Jury nt Omlilm ordered
Policeman Geo. Swan held to the dis
trict court for manslaughter following
his running down and killing Miss An
na Jensen, school teacher, while chas
ing an automobile speeder on a motor
cycle. 4 m
A $50,000 aircraft corporation has
been organized nt North Platte, and a
school of fijing will bo opened soon.
A. F. Ackermnn, Lincoln, has been
Stnte bank at Aurora, which was
closed March 15. Tho, report of Hank
Examiner Boss Brown shows npparent
losses of $75,000. Efforts to pit tho
bank In shape have been unavailing.
Statistics show that In 1880 Ne
braska ranches possessed 570,000 head
of cattle valued at $12,025,000. In
1010 Nebraska farms and ranches pos
sessed 2,073,003 head of cattle valued
' at $124,800,231.
llcturns of tho recent primary show
that thero was n total voto cast on tho
otllce of governor of 154,810, of which
tho republicans polled 102,242. and the
democrats 52,508. On preference for
president. 102.320. of which 130.017
were republican and 50,082" democratic.
A total of 3i,510 women took advan
tage of the chance to vote.
Scott township, llolt county, la (to
imvtt five miles of the most modern
highway ever constructed by n single
township In the state. The road will
conform to fedora! specifications and
will bp 48 feet wide, with a 24-foot
runaway. t All bridges and culverts on
ttiH nlghw'ny will be full width of tho
grade.
A cloudburst over the northwestern
portion or Iowa and northeastern Ne
braska drove many families from their
homes at Homer, swelled all streams to
the Hood stage and wiped out railroad
tracks in many places. Thousands of
dollars dnmugo was roporfed In 'tho
district.
A shake-up nt the state university
was Indicated when the board of re
gents placed Dean W. G. Hustings of
the college of lnw on tho retired 'list,
ns dean emeritus. Hastings is one of
the leading lawyers of tho state, and
has been dean for twelve years.
Tho first squad of prison lnborors
from the state penltentinry to be put
or. Nebraska road-bulldlng work has
proven a success, according to W. L.
Clements, general superintendent of
construction, who has been watching
the work of these men near Tccumseh.
Frank Mnr n, 13, Wood Itlver lad,
was killed ant. his sister, Mrs. Georga
kruger of Grand Island, was injured
when an automobile In which they
were riding overturned on a couritry
road near the former city.
grlculttirnl Agent Houscr of Dodgo
county announced a heavy demand
from farmers for "ninety-day" corn for
seed, tho Intencss of tho planting mak
ing tho yellow dent variety preferred
over more slowly ripening types.
A. new highway from Nebraska City
through Ashland niul Wnhoo, connect
ing with the Lincoln Highway at Co
lumbus or SchUyler, Is being consld
ered by the commercial clubs of tho
foregoing towns.
Prices of lumber on tho Omnlm
market have declined from 8 to 10 per
ce'nt In the past few days. Contrac
tors have taken n brace and nro be
ginning to lay plans ror greater activ
Ity during the summer.
Two Deshler men have purchased a
tract of land enst of town, nnd will
put In an artificial lako of three acres
and stock It with game fish. It will
nlso be used for boating and bathing
Nebraska Is anxious for strict en
forcemeat of prohibition laws, accord
lng to Jnmes II. Hanley, state prohlbl
tion enforcement ngent, who returned
to Omaha from a tour of 25 counties,
It Is reported thnt the potato crop
in Box Butte county will bo short this
season, tho farmers having sold 'the!
seed too closely on ncqount of the high
prices.
The Auburn band, nfter an, existence
of forty years, has dlsbnnded. It wa
the oldest musical organization In tho
stnte. Non-support was given ns the
cause.
Excavating for the now Platto
county court house to be built at Co
lumbus bus commenced. It will per
haps take two years to complete the
building. '
Efforts nre being made to bring the
first annual show of tho National Im
plement and Tractor association to
Omahn during the coming winter..
Gasoline prices, nre skyrocketing. At
Omaha and other cities In the. state
It 1ms risen from 27 to 30 cents a
gallon and another ndvnnce Is fore
casted.
iU a conference at Hutchinson, Kan.,
a decision was readied to pay harvest
hands In Kansas and Nebraska 70.
cents an hour with board and room
this season.
"Flag Day," June 14, will be ob
served by schools and patriotic so
cieties in many towns and cities of
Nebrnskn.
Tho Hastings post of the American
Legion has engaged quarters and will
soon havu a modern club home.
Bov. Charles W. Savldge, Omaha's
"Marrying Parson," recently per
formed his 4,G00th wedding ceremony.
Heavy rains the past week washed
out 7,000 feet of track between Walt
hill and Winnebago. 1
Tho "shlmmle" Is barred In dance
halls of Nebraska City by order of
Mayor Thomas.
Work on the Stnte Aid road between
Franklin nnd Orleans has been started
Raymond J. III11, who killed his
father at the hitter's home near fie
ucvn In March has been committed to
the Insane asylum at Hastings.
filenrock, a hamlet of about 20 popu
lation, near Auburn, Is soon to have a
hank, work liming begun some time
ago on a new brick structure to house
the Institution.
II. S. Harris, principal of tho Hnr-
vard schools, who shot nnd seriously
wounded Husscll Aker, young farmer
of tho Harvard vicinity, near the homo
of his sweethenrt, Edna Korgan, Is be
lieved to be mentally defective.
Petitions calling for a speclnl elec
tion for the pdrpose of voting $70,000
bonds for the erection of a new ,hlgh
school building' hnvo been presented
to tho board of education nt Venango,
The new cereal mill being built nt
Bentrlce will liavo a capacity of 25,000
packages daily. Tho plant will cost
about $30,000 and will be in operation
this summer.
Farmors of Merrick county have orv
ganlzod for the purpose of fighting thd
Union Pacific In Its nttompt to occupy
valuable farming land along Us right
of-wny. ;
FAMILY PERISH ES I N FLOOD
High Water In Hat Creek Valley, So.
Daki, Causes Several Deaths and
, Enormous Property Damage.
Alliance, Neb. The entire fr.tnlly ol
B. F. Darby, a farmer, consisting ol
himself, Ids wlfo and three children,
together with Harvey Bell, IB year
old, and a rancher, Charles Cortoz,
wore drowned, and hundreds of cattle
and horses perished In a Hoed that
swept through Hat Creek valley, onu
mile west of Ardmore, S. D on
May 12.
Tho Hoods nnd wnsnouts wero tho
moat disastrous ever known in the his
tory of tills pnrt of the country auil
completely pnruiyatou train service oiu
Hie Alliance division of the Burl mir
ton as far west as Kdgemont and on
to the Black Hills llns of the North
western. The torrential, rains ex
tending as far west as Billings, Mont.,
nnd swept railroad bridges and trestles
from their moorings, carried scores of
culverts and literally miles of track
away, leaving a mass of tangled wreck
age In their wake.
In tho Hat Creek valley moro thnn
two miles of track Is washed out. Tho
force of the flood nt this point carried
everything before It, the water reach
ing a deptli of 15 to 18 feet. A 400
foot railroad bridge and a 500-foot fill
near Henilngford wera swept nwny.
llallrond olllclals here say more thnn
2,000 feet of bridge will have to be
built and n fill nearly two miles long
constructed beforo train service can
be resumed. The lines will not bo In
operation for several days It Is report
ed. Every bridge on the Niobrara river
for a dlstunco of 50 miles' was washed
Out.
HOOVER WOULD ALLOT SUGAR
Tells House Committee Government
Made Mistake In Not Buying Crops.
Washington, D. C. Herbert Hoover,
former food administrator, appearing
before a house committee investigating
the sugar situation, declared that the
world shortage of tho product was
likely to continue two or three years,
The, pressing need was rationing, he
said, with Immediate government ac
tion to control tno supply tnrougn
commercial, not legalistic, methods.
Mr. Hoover ,snld that Jf tho govern
incut had bought the Louisiana and
Cuban crops Inst year, it would have
meant a lower tax on the family pock
etbook. Even now, ho said, there was
a chance to help by limiting the sup
ply to non-essential Industries. He
told tho committee thnt prohibition
had stimulated the use of sugar in
manufacture of sweet drinks uud tints
had added to the drain on stocks need
ed for 'homo consumption.
Carranzalsts Defeat Rebels.
El Paso, Texas. President Carranza
has eluded his rebel pursuers and, with
a smnll bodyguard, is ngalji in hiding
in the mountains near Onxaca, revolu
tionlst headquarters were advised.
Carranza forces held off u superior
insurgent, force for nearly u week
Without ammunition for a protracted
siege, the Cnrranzistns drew out the
attackers. A concealed nest of 100
machine guns mowed down the rebel
forces, while Carranza and the main
force withdrew.
The rebels admitted "tremendous
osses." They claimed capture of 00i
Carranza troops. Two rebel generals
and several other officers wore killed.
' Name Deba Their Candidate.
New York. The national conventioi.
of tho socialist party acclaimed Eugene
Victor Debs, federal convict No. 2253
In tho Atlanttc, Gn.. penltentinry Its
cnndldnte for the fifth time for presi
dent of the United States.
Soymoro Stedmnn of Chicago, gen
eral counsel of tho pnrty, was nom
inated for vice! president,
In nominating Debs, the socialist
party of America signifies Its determi
nation "not to recede one Inch from
our revolutionary program," Morris
Illllqult of 'isow xoric, leader or tne
"conservative" forces, declared.
Nebraska In Thirtieth Place.
Chlcngo, 111. Nebraska delegates' t
tho republican national convention In
June will find themselves In thirtieth
pla.ee from tho front In the Coliseum,
us tho result of seating arrangement
decided when each state's locution
came out of a lfrown derby on a print
ed slip. Delegates from North Dakota
and Colorado will be in the front row :
Kansas Seventh; Iowa, twenty-fifth
North Carolina delegates, who drew
last place, wore advised to bring oat
trumpets.
U. S. Warehouse Highjacked.
Chicago, III. Thousands of gallont
of liquor, valued at $000,000, ami
seized by tho government as evidence
In enforcing prohibition, have beer
stolen from the government wnrehousi
here, Internal Bevenuo Collector II
W. Mager announced,
Villa's Career Ends.
Juarez, Chihuahua, Mox.r-Frnnclsco
Villa's days of banditry nnd constant
mennco to nil attempts to establish
stable government In Mexico nnd to
tho relations between this republic and
the United Stntes, aro ended, according
to reports reaching here. Lendors of
the new revolution displayed vlslblo re
lief at tho announcement that Villa
had laid down his nrms nnd turned his
men ovor to General Ignnclo Enrlquez,
revolutionary commnndor of tho Chi
huahua district.
POOR POLICY TO KEEP
AS AVERAGE" WHEN AVERAGE IS LOW
V,
Mowastwwwoiwwuwflwu
A Plney Woods Rooter and an Example
Can Accomplish In
(Prepared by tho United Stntes Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
"What is the uso of all tills
noise about 'Better Sires and Better
Stock?'" It was one of tho well-to-do
farmers of the county who was talk
ing. "Look nt' those steers over yon
der. No purebred sires among their
ancestors so far as I know. But they
are good enough for me. I tell you,
Bitscom," he salt earnestly, coming
over to tho fence beyond which tno
county ngent snt In his flivver, '1 11
admit we've got a lot of help In a
scientific way from tho Information
you've brought us, but on this stock
proposition it's different. I believe in
good stock, of course, nnd take a rea
sonable pride in my animals, but what
Is the use of overdoing It? Wo better
move nlong the wny wo huvo been for
the past 20 years, I say. Sometimes
we get some poor nnlmnls, of course,
hut the creatures on my plnce stilt mo
pretty well. My father, on tho old
farm back East, never worried about
purebred sires and he made n fair liv
ing. What was good enough for fath
er Is good enough for me."
"Hold on u minute." said tho county
ngent, stopping his motor and comtng
over to tho fence. "You've always
listened to what I have hud to say In
the nast and I want you to listen to
me now, for tho simple reason thnt
it means dollars and cents to you. It's
nothing In my pocket, but It will menu
more profits for you when you sell
your live-stock products.
"Now here lstho dope, as the boys
sav: United Stntes department of
ngrlculture men. other animal hus
bandry specialists, poultry specialists,
and nil tho rest have figured this thing
out on n broad, basis. There are no
twown.vs about It. Better sires mean
better stock : that menus better mnrk
erablo products, and that means bet
ter profits!"
Boy Converts His Father.
For nn hour Bnscom, tho county
ncent. nnd Sam, the farmer, talked
over the better-sires campaign, the
county agent skillfully citing examples
from his own personnl knowledge and
from .reports he had rend. He told, for
Instance, of n New Jersey boy who
was Influenced to buy a high-grade
cow for $155. quite to the disgust of
his "practical" father who owned Ave
cows, which he churned, nnd trutn
fully, were "ns good as tho average In
the neighborhood." On freshening, tho
boy's cow gave 24 quarts of milk, and
kept It up for n long period, while
none of the father's cows was able
to mnke nny such record. Finally the
father saw tho point nnd confessed
that It was a deal moro profitable
to expend ills inbor and feed on well
bred animals than on his so-called
avenfge cow. '
The Incident set the county agent's
friend to thinking, nnd the former
lost no opportunity to press his point
home.
Breeding Counted.
"Sam," he went on, "you don't be
gin to realize what this tiling will
Wan on your plnce. Klght breeding
counts every time. Tho United States
department of ngrlculture tells of an
Oklahomn farmer who owned two reg
istered Shorthorn yearling hulls that
lie prized highly for breeding pur
poses. A butcher saw those bulls and
on nsklng the price learned that they
were registered nnd that It would take
$200 to buy the two. tWhnt did he
do but pay the $200, and when he
killed them ho said they wero the
cheapest cattle he had bought for u
long time, because fhey wit the bet
ter kinds of beef, nnd more of It. My
private opinion Is It was too bad. to
deprive the community of the use of
thoo purebreds, even though the
butcher was willing to pay tho price
But this Is tho big point: Breeding
counted In dollnrs and cents In thnt
ense, and It does every time."
Hogs Pay Despite High Price
. Turning from the subject of cattle
to hogs, the county ngent told of what
North Carollnn boys hnd been doing.
"Even though hogs had never been so
high," he said, "hundreds of boys
bought pure-bred pigs with tho ex
pectatlon of selling their offspring,
Thoso lnds wero not disappointed
Through their county agents, tho pigs
were sold nt Splendid prices nnd moro
thnn one of their dads was converted
by the experience to tho uso of pure
bred sires."
"See here," snld the county ngent
pulling two photographs from ills
pocket, "these weru taken down 'In
Mississippi. This ono hero" Indlcat
Inu one of the photographs "shows
STOCK "AS GOOD
of What the Use of Purebred Sires
Two Generations.
tvnlcnl Plney Woods rooter. You
know this kind of rnzorback, Sam.
Now look at tills picture," handing
over tho second photograph. "Here
is what two generations of breeding
with purebred sires brought. There's
somo pretty good Berkshires. Be
lieve me, when the owner, ntnndlng
back there, takes thoso hogs to mark
et, he'll appreciate the money value
of Jho -'Better Sires Better Stock
campaign."
The county agent paused n minuto
ns If to let the thought sink In.
"Snm, you better sign up. Tills
thing will menu n lot to you even
niore next year thnn this because
you'll havo moro good animals on your
place."
"You win again, Bnscom. Tlmca
hnvo changed. t Wo have got to pro
gress or we lose out. Count on mo in
the campaign."
TWO BIG FACTORS IN
EDUCATION OF HORSE
Future Value and Usefulness De
pend on Training.
Broken Colt Is One That Is Safe to
Handle In Stable or on Road and
Will Promptly Obey Orders of
Driver or Rider.
Tho breaking nnd training of colts
is of prime Importance, says thoUnlted
Stntes department of ngrlculture, be
cause their future valuo and useful
ness depend to a great extent pn
whether or not they nre well broken.
By a broken colt Is meant ono that Is
safe to handle in the stable or on tho'
road and that will promptly obey tho
orders of tho driver or rider.
Memory nnd hitbtt are the two main
factors with which wo have to deal in
training horses. A horse nets through
Instinct nnd liablt, and one of its great
est characteristics Is uniformity of con
duct. What a horse Is once trained to
do he will nearly always do under like
conditions.
The first thing In training n horse Is
to get his attention. The second Is to
mnke him understand what Is wanted.
The education of tho horse Is based
on Reward and punishment. Tho re
ward, a pat on the neck, etc., should
Immediately follow the act of obedi
ence. Tho punishment, to bo effective,
must Immediately follow tho net of
disobedience.
Few horses aro Inherently vicious.
Mnny horses nro made vicious and un
reliable by the carelessness or unnec
essary brutality of their trainers. If
horse kicks because the harness
hurts him, or shies nt something of
which he Is afraid, punishment Is not
Justifiable. If, however, after being
stopped, a horse starts beforo receiv
ing the command to do so, he should
be punished. Horses nre nnturally
obedient, and when thoroughly trained
their conduct Is uniformly good.
A horse should bo trained w thnt
ho thinks there Is no limit to Ills pow
er to do the tilings required of him,
nnd believes that he lias no power to
do that which Is against the wishes of
ills driver. Above all, never ask of a
liorso something he Is unable to per
form and then punish him because It
cannot bo done. If during the first
year of hla work a colt Is hitched only
. . . ,, i in i
to loads no enn pun, no win uevuiuii
Into a good work horse, whllo If ho
Is overloaded a few times he may be
come bulky and worthless.
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Live Stock,
Notes
Grass Is the limiting factor In beef
production.
Breed sows
same time.
to farrow about tho
Liberal feeding
ngulnst dlsense.
Is an Insurance
Castrato lambs when from eight to
sixteen days old.
Stockmen who have cattlo to dehorn
should bo suro to complote this work
before warm weather begins.
Sheep enn only become Infested with
scub through coming In contact with
Infested sheep or quartern.
DADDYJ EVENING
FAMTALm
" 'MTHOA.
THE KAGU BIRD.
"""Glad to seo you boys nnd girls,"
wild the Kngu bird, to the children
who wero In thg bird house of tho
zoo. Now the children couldn't under
stand Kngu talk but the keepor who
understood tho birds so well knew
what they were saying nnd also en
joyed tolling tho children.
"Yos," said the Kagu bird, "I come
from New Caledonia. I haven't tho
least objection. If you look thnr up on
your maps. I don't mind In tho least.
In fact I'd bo quite finttored if I
thought you did.
"I'm about the size of a toucan bird
ns you can see. I don't consider, my
self very enormous or very small. I
nm Just a nlco Blsse, eh, boys and
girls?"
And the Kngu bird put his head on
ono side ns though to see If the boys
and girls looked us though they agreed
with him.
"Now I am n sub-order of tho crrtno
family, meaning I'm llko them In a
smaller Rort of way.
"Of course I am nowhere near tho
size of a crane gracious, mercy, no I
"I am a distant cousin of tho
trumpeter birds nnd the sun bitterns.
"I am very fond of showing off ns
you can see. I like to show off my
plumage and my wings. I enjoy
spreading them so you enn see how
flue they are. And my crest Is beau
tiful too, eh?
"Of course, you see, nnother reason
why I like to show myself and' poso
and strut about and lut you see liow
lovely I nm Is bechuso I am rnro in
the zoo.
"They don't have many Kngu
birds. I'm the only ono hero at pres
ent, nnd we're always rare, nnd not
often found In zoos.
"Don't you llko my long blue-gray
beak, and my gray-blue and white
breast? I do hope you llko my color
ing. "Do you ndmlro my black bend and
back and the white under the end of
the 'tall?
"To show you I'm not conceited I
don't mind If you look at the Mexican
crow next door, or next cage. He Is
.small but he Is brilliantly colored nnd
not llko the crows you have at all. Ho
is moro brilliantly colored than any
of the North American' species I be
lieve. "Then thero Is the white jackdaw
from Europe. He's a -handsome fel--lowand
there Is the true whlto crow
next to him. He's n nice fellow too..
"There Is thnt ndornblo llttlo bleed
ing heart pigeon -over yonder. His
heart Isn't really bleeding It just
looks thnt way from his coloring. Ho
comes from the Island of Luzon, nnd
ho Is grayish tan, us you can see, with
Admiration."
red feathers lengthened nnd stiffened
over his little breast. That Is how he
happened to get his nnme, you see."
"Thero Is the Yucatan Jay. When
that fellow leaves his nest his head Is
whlto nnd his benk Is yellow. At tho
time of his first molting his hend be
comes black but tho beak does not be
come black until some time Inter. He
Is n nlco gray color and his black
head and breast and tall nre nlco
touches. Ho Is a neatly dressed fel
low. I supposo you would call him
the size of it crow.
"Ho is lurger than tho (Mexican
crow.
"There Is tho dear llttlo Madagas
car Weaver, a dear llttlo creature with
ids reddish body and black spots.
' "In the winter little Mr. Mada
gascar Weaver wears the same dull
colors as Mrs. Madagascar Weaver
but In tho spring ho Is ull decked
forth ns you now see him.
"Thero Is tho Brazilian Silver
Beaked Tanager from Eastern Brazil.
Doesn't ho look llko a scarlet tanngor
taking a bath?
"Ah now, boys nnd girls, you're look
ing nt mo again, so I won't have to
talk to you about the other birds.
Still I love to see you In the zoo and
to have you make friends with us.
"I've been chatting and hope you've
understood nil I've told you for I
know iill about my neighbors, you see.
"But ah, that Is right, come and talk
to met There, I will strut about for
you anil spread my wings so you can
see Just what they look like.
"You look ns though you llko me.
Ah, that Is very good, for I lovo nd
miration. "Yes, the Kngu bird loves to bo ad
mired." "lie most certainly does," said tho
keeper.
"lie most certainly does," tho chil
dren suld. .