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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1895)
r "THE AMERICAN DEATH OF THE BIROS. na FMrfal Lffvrt ( th rbruary Coid bup la lha feoaih. Tbe reaJers of "Our Buys and GlrU hr been told of the (treat damage don to the orange-grovm and the fig tree of the south by the cold "snap" of last February, but there I auother loss that w mho live there hare suffered, about which very little has been BaiJ. The severe weather not only killed our trees but the thousands of bright-plumed birds that have heretofore enlivened cur forests and groves with their beau tiful coats and their sweet songs. The bluebird, that harbinper of the early spring, did not give ua his merry greeting this year. His bright blue jacket and brown-red breast were missed by everybody. Seven little blue forms, dried and decayed, were found v In one old post oa our place, where the poor creatures bad fled in vain for shelter. The blue Jay still struts about with his usual dignity, but only here and there, showing that his tribe has suf fered fearful losses. The peculiarly sad note of the turtle-dove this year seems to mourn for the death of all her family. The effects upon the several tribes of the oriole seem to be tbe most curious. They evidently look upon man as the worker of all the evil they have suf fered. Formerly it was an easy matter to find their swinging nests near to al most any country house, and they ap peared not to be afraid of men. Now they have hidden their nests far out In the forests and they are shy even of the breeze as It rocks the cradle of their young. Even the few humming birds that are left will not come to suck the pot plant as was once their daily habit. The woodpecker, though only a sum mer visitor, is spending his vacation at other resorts this season. His lazy call and his constant drumming upon some dead tree, so common In summer be lore, are conspicuously absent this year. But the fell destroyer was no respecter of persons or rank; the royal family succumbed as well as the peas antry. The mocking-bird, the queen of the bird race by virtue of her genius and Inheritance, is almost destroyed, except along the Mexican Gulf. A hun dred miles back it is hard to find one. The gum-tree and its berries, which have been held as her home and her feeding ground as far back as bird his tory runs. Is now the feeding ground of m h- commonest subjects, the sap-suck-- er and the yellow-hammer. I have heard but two singers this year within a scope where in former years I have heard 200. In losing a crop of oranges, figs and vegetables, we lose dollars and a few luxuries whoso place may be supplied by the other sweets. The trees will grow again after a few years, but It will be many years before our groves and forests are full of birds again. G. W. H. BREAKING A MIRROR. It Slgnlflranre to the Cilrl with a 8a peratltliiu Turn. "There!" said the girl who was get ting ready to go out I've broken my hand mirror! What does that mean?" "Seven years of sorrow," said her friend; "it also betokens that you will quarrel with your dearest friend." "Charlie? That would be too dread ful !" "Charlie? I thought you always counted me your dearest friend! So you have let the cat out of the bag. That pudding-headed Charlie Strong! Before I'd " "You needn't say anything more, Sue Garland. I hate you! And as for Charlie, you know you would have giv en your eyes to have caught him!" "Pooh! I refused him half a dozen times before he ever looked at you. I wish you good afternoon and a better temper, my dear," and the' friend slammed tbe door behind her. There were several other girls left, and they one and all began to condole with the girl who had broken her hand mirror. But she was inconsolable. "You see how it has acted already, and If there are to be seven years of it, I shall just die, I know I shall! There, I've quarreled with Sue, the dearest girl in the world, and that's only the beginning!" "Let me see where It's broken," said one of her chums as she picked up the cause of the trouble. "There's a fracture right through the length of the glass, but I don't know how it came there. I didn't drop It or strike It against anything. Sev en years? Ain't it Just awful?" "Seven grandmothers!" exclaimed the other girl; "that Isn't a fracture; It's nothing but a streak of moist air. Look. I can wipe it off with my hand kerchief!" "So it Is. Oh, you dear thing, run right after Sue and bring her back. Tell her the glass wasn't broken, and we haven't quarreled after all! And the seven years are up already, and oh, ain't I Just thankful!" THE NEW DAILY SCHEME. The friend at Omaha are trying to ra'.e sufficient capital to start an American daily. They already have a fair ttart, but doirf the tn-sU'.ance of rienJs everywhere in tbe United slates. Can you take one or more shares, on account of true AmcricanUm This Is their plan: In anwer to rert-aWd mjuet.li we have finally eoncenU'd to undertake the tak of (starting a Daily American in Omaha. This mould.be "an t ar thing to do it people were to act as they talk Yet It will not be inipt ibl, even they Co not, for there are thousand of patriots mho are anxious to have the news anxious to givnthe I'rott'fUiut preachers as fair a hcarine 'as Is ac oidcd to Hi n an ritM rd 'it :r: i ant lecturers of the Jesuit Sherman tamp who will rtsuond to our call for sub scribers for stock to enable ub-to estab lish a Daily American. We have consulted with our friends and they have fcugebU'd-tbix'plan: Increase the capital ohtock '.of tbe American Tublibhing Co. tii:,O,0KJ. Divide into 10.000 ,bart'.of 115 each Begin business wbenfloO.OtO has been subscribed Each btockholdi-r mutt"; be a sub scriber. Subscription irlce of the'paper, first year, will be $10; (8 tbe t ootid, and whatever tho directors decide there after. The management of the company will be placed in tbe hands of a board of directors, who will be elected from among the stockholders by a majority of the slock represented at the regular annual meeting. The Indebtedness will not be over 40 er cent, of tbe ctipltal stock at any lme. If vou want to helpestablish a Daily American, fill out and return to this office the following black, keeping this statement as our part of tbe contract: CO t I O i ( I fn t I CO I D O - 03 W O cd o u a to 30 2 to c o O D o M o o a. o cS O ft o o o" o Hi cS a a) a bts T3 CD 'u o tn a 00 a 0) rrt CO tt J e Id o I I w c O Cm a 2 2 T3 IS cd O r w w i a u Oi u O Ih O Cm CO o o o D Cm 5 "3 c o M- Q CO How He TudK:rt C'hfkrActer. , "So you want a situation?" said the business man. "Yes, sir," replied the applicant. "Hum do you ever go fishing?" "Occasionally." "When were you fishing last?" "Day before yesterday." "Catch anything?" "Not a thing." "You can come to work next Mon day if you like. If you keep on telling the truth like that you may be a part ner in the firm one of these days." Iter Natnrnl Inference. Young Wife I want to buy a cheap cap for my husband. Hatter What size does he wear? Young Wife I declare I forgot to And out! I know the size of his col lar he wears though. It's fifteen. He'd want about size eighteen or twenty for a cap. wouldn't he? Also, please fill out the following blank for our information, as we do not want to have a Romanist associated with us In business; 01 o be a IrH K. CO 05 o to A a . (M a a O 3 M o s 5 u OS oj a a CO . M 03 -a a OS CO s o o - ! Or? to o " r 2 a 03 to O CO CS bc-S J OS a.-c "M e3 C & CS o A cS 0 J - e 0 ) -s 2 .S : be , to . e a j co o w z e. M a be O 03 P. 3 cj. r be J2! t ' ( i t CO r I a.s : 5 Scu u! ' 0) a S j ( a 3 m ; at:.: c.Sq .3 to O The following numbers of shares have beo spoken for In the schema U get up a patriotic daily paer in Omaha: Omaha. Nrb I.I M hrv ( tili'uo. Ill Ilmtii ill. Neb . U tknrr. Neb It h me. la M mheaiMHW Miutt I Ureiiee. Neh kanMtH I'M t. M) I.itraiutt. Vjfo...... Msrioo Uliui In k AlittiirA. la . There are to be lO.lHut shares ohare U (15, ptya'i'o when (KMl.OtHI ha lieen ub-rilcd. The capital sttK-k Is to le IITiiVlMi. How many thares will you waul? Ix-t um have a daily. . - M'DCiil.S. ii i is t I I I t : Kaoh S Cut Huh OuL C TLe Mitourl ra.-itio IUily will sell round trip tickiU at very low rate for the following: Atlanta, (a. Very low rates for round-trip tickets on sale until December 15th, limited for return January 7th, 1'.m. For fur ther information, time-table, etc., ad dress eomj any's offices, N. K. corner 13th and Farnam or deMit, 15tb and Webster streets, Omaha, Neb. Thus. F. Coukkky, J. O. l'HILMl'l'l, l'.A T.A. A. C. F. & 1'. A. Never in the hiftory of the orJer I A. I'. A. in Montana have thing looked brighter than at present. With plenty of money in the treasury, an army of pitriots and votes, Montana will soon be too liot for anv ltomanist to make binuelf known. llutto Kxaminer. Errors of Youth.! SUFFKKKRS FROM Know DiDiliIT, ToailM Iniiscreiions. Lost ijjaool BE YOUR OWN PHYSICIAN. Man mn. frun th rrT.--ti of vouthhil impni- dti(?, hm9 brouKlH tlx ml ft atate ul akiiM( that haa r4iiv4 ihr xrnertl ay ale mi to much M t ludu)- almiiat every otlit-r diafa-; i'd tlia Mi ratiM f Itif troubir waiivlv rver iwtvg uaiWi. thry arc (loi-ttiitHl tor rM tvliunif lnl lli r.lit one. t lu'riiif ourralriiaivr hOIi-ki-ami tnMnlal iirarlHf . W9 have diH-ovrreil n-w ai d roiKfiitrmtcu rfinc- ' dwa. Tie 'CMiitaiiviTiK iinwriHion li orltrr! i J l-KKTAIM 1MI M-r KI'V t'l BR. huiidn-tti of rtuws haviiin (mh-ii rrat"ril to pffrt'rrt health by H i uaeafltraU other n iitiMli. faiVd. 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