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Opinions of
44 0 J frill 1 8 4 I M
Trimapk of forestry.
(XXRDING to United States
V I of Bordeaux, the growth of
I 'ft DMifiiH! la the La ad
most remarkable achievement ever wrought
by human agwucy In the modification of natural
conditions of soli and climate for the benefit
of mankind.''
A century ago the region between the Oironde and
the Pyrenees was In most of lta extent "not only one of
the mowt barren in the world, but apparently altogether
hopeless of reclamation." Sand dunea were advancing from
the rta at rates varying up to 200 feet a year, swallowing
bp fields, meadows, vineyards, houses, churches, villages,
and leaving nothing but a gray desert. The old forests bad
been destroyed, and now nature wma taking Its revenge.
There seemed no hope for the hart of France, when It
occurred to Bremontler, a native of the threatened region,
that the devastation might be arrested by planting the
"pin maritime."
The Idea was submitted to Napoleon, who saw Its value
and ordered Its execution. The result, says Consul Tourgee,
Las been the greatest of his victories. To-day the dark
Squadrons of the pin maritime are posted on thousands of
Bandy slopes, faithful guardians In the shelter of which
the vineyards and wheat fields rest secure." They give not
-only protection, but profit. "LumlxT, firewood, turpentine
and all the by-produits of resinous distillation are now pro
tluced In such abundance here as not only to prevent the
heed of Importation, but to make southwest France a con
siderable and profitable exporter," even to the United
States.
Meanwhile, by permitting the reckless destruction of
our own much richer lous-lafJ pines, which formerly pro
tected our coasts and which asked only to be lot alone, we
Sre bringing upon ourselves the same desolation that threat
ened France a century ago. Milwaukee Free Press.
Our Bad College Spelling.
UCH is said in the papers about college En-
TV ft lglish. The people within and without college
ffl I walls disiare that students write badly. But
Ulere IS a LUIU LliOie Miuudiuuuidi man lut-ji
ixwr English style; it is the matter of their
rpelling. Many college men, as proved by their
essays, cannot spell. They
the mistake of transforming writing into writting, and of
Sining into dinning an echo probably of the noise of a
Soiiege dining room.
But poor spelling is not confined to college students.
College professors are not free from the blame. A letter
lies before the writer in which the distinguished head of a
faiost Important department In an American college de
clares that a certain candidate, whom he has recommended.
Is "competaut" A New England college professor has
recently said that in making applications for a place in
English several candidates wrote of the salery. Of course,
also, a man may lack culture and spell correctly. Spelling
Is more or less a matter of an arbitrary bit of knowledge,
but whatever may be the psychological relations of the
Irt, the schools should teach boys and girls to spell. By in
correct spelling the higher ranges of learning are rendered
less Impressive. Leslie's Weekly.
When Divorce Is Not an Evil.
TIOLBSALE and reckless denunciation of di-
A 7 1 vorce, so often heard from
T I keeping with reason or
la nrtf uttl-ars on
blessing.
The woman with a brute for a husband
would be in sore straits, indeed. If there were
no escape through the law from a union worse than death.
The wife who found herself hopelessly bound to a drunken
sot might well despair if she could find no relief in divorce
laws.
In most States of the Union divorce is not so easy to
procure as the ministers would intimate. Most State laws
provide that there must be good and sufficient reasons be
fore a husband and wife can be legally separated. Every
IN A TIBET NURSERY.
Sock-a-br-Babjriam In the Forests of
This Little-Known Country.
Our first meeting with the Slfans
presented many ludicrous features,
says a writer in Collier's Weekly. We
were plunging through the gloom of
the forest when our ears were assailed
with a concourse of yells which echoed
through the supernatural silence with
ghostly weirdness. In this forbidding
wilderness we had not looked for signs
of human habitation, so hastily ar
ranging ourselves in position we pre
pared ourselves for what seemed an
Inevitable hostile attack. Long and
anxiously we awaited the onslaught
of our supposed hidden assailants,
when again the peace-disturbing sound
echoed almost, it seemed, over our very
bends. (Jlancing upward, the mystery
was soon explained, for in the lower
branches of the tree we could descry
numerous small bundles, each too large
for any eyry and too small for a wind
fall. Both my Klangsl and Gharlkaucse
escort, with their superstitious natures
roused by these ghostlike sounds, vis
ibly paled beneath their dusky skins,
and gazed furtively round in order to
Beek means of escape from this en
chanted spot. Even I was not a little
puzzled and awed until, peering more
closely, 1 became aware of the fact
that the disturbing element which
bad caused so much concern arose
from the fact that we bad unwittingly
tumbled upon an aboriginal nursery,
and that the weird and ghostlike
ounda emanated from several hungry
and lusty-lunged infants. Then the
aoienui itLJlnesa was broken bj our
hearty laughter, the Klangsl and
Charlkaneoe, as If to make amends for
ttr credulous fears, making the
aynaa ring with their forced guffaws,
Ttea Clfaa Tibet na, as we nbse
Cpaaftlr teamed, place their children
is C2n entdJea and nang theaa from
t treaa la tfca forests near to their
f'lak fat two waaona the Brat,
v '- UXd that they will be ln-
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.
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
I 11411 1 M Ml 1
Consul Tourgee.
couples are divorced
the "pin maritime,"
as and adjoining de-
frequently make
the clergy, Is not In
with public policy.
Avtl flfton it f a
PROOF OF THE NECESSITY FOR IRONCLADS.
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asifc ,
y a. ar
7b
Helplessmeaa ot the Wooden Ships "AgMmemnon" and "SanspartU" L'ndtr tie
SMI-Flrtot the Sebastopol Forts, 1854.
structed by the deities; the secoii,
that their full existence may not
endangered by the abominable lilth
and squalor of the settled regions. Sev
eral times in the day they are visited
by their mothers, who provide them
with food and remain with them dur
ing the night, and in this forest home
the child remains until It Is 2 or 3
years old and has grown strong and
healthy enough to stand the rigors of
hardship and disease.
Mormon Missionaries.
According to the Mormon authori
ties, upward of two thousand mission
aries are constantly In the field, most
of them young men, and all under the
supervision of experienced leaders and
directed from headquarters established
at central points. Hardly a week
passes that the newspapers do not con
tain some Item concerning this Inva
sion: Mormon elders stoned In Oblo,
a rich convert In New York, a new
Irrigated valley opened and settled lu
Wyoming, a strong new church organ
trad la Illinois. Utah la, of course,
Bader Ibrawa political control, bat It
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lawyer of experience knows that almost Invariably when
there are the very best of reasons
why they should be. The Inside history of unhappy mar
riages, as told in the private offices of attorneya. Is some
thing appalling. Even the ministers, who deal In theories
often Instead of actualities, would stand aghast at the
revelation.
The indissoluble marriage of mlsmated men and women
would be an unnecessary hardship which the people, whose
influence makes the laws, would not stand. Nor la it to
be presumed that an Indissoluble marriage law would make
any difference in the matter of hasty marriages. The
couple who embark on matrimony do not look forward to
or take into consideration the matter of escape, should the
tie become burdensome. The thought of divorce, like re
morse, comes later. Chicago Journal.
The Wonders of the Wireless.
HE time is coinlne when the ardent news-rath-
m A lerer will go to a hilltop, rig up a small jointed
I I pole, point it heavenward, and read the bap-
I nun Inrra t Via u'teli'l fs r at H I u 1 ) it thn rvi f-
ious man will thrust his wireless instrument
Into the azure and pick therefrom the dolug
of the nations. But just at present Hussla is
objecting, and raising questions as to the legality of such
measures on the part of the Japanese and British par
ticularly the British, who have a fondness for getting au
thentic news no matter to whom it belongs. Russia says
the correspondent who purloins any wireless messages shall
be treated as a spy. We pass up the question of Just
how she Is to enforce her demands, seeing her navy is
mostly In winter quarters for the war.
Everybody lias an opinion about the woman who takes
down the receiver on a "party line" and studies up on her
neighbors. But here is another problem: Is it gentlemanly,
aci-ordlng to International law, to speak over the heads of
the censors, and, as the Injured New York Times puts it,
"cast dispatches ou the nncovenanted air?"
Our own government does not feel called upon to settle
this little question. The Department of State prefers to
wait till some American citizen is involved Wore it decides
on the Justice of the Russian claims. But this simply
means that public opinion will step in and determine wheth
er it is a breach of neutrality for a man who has some
thing to tell to say It through the atmosphere Instead of
by copper wire through a strictly guarded office. At present
the London Times, whose correspondent is the person in
evidence, prefers to speak of the three-tulle limit and neu
tral waters. It contends, with British mildness, that If the
British flag files on the correspondent's ship, there can be
no question that it is all right. In the cabinets of the
governments there is pondering and palavering, and the
result may be a joint note agreeing to the Russian con
tentions. San Francisco Argonaut.
Politeness and Crime.
feTTt iMmninffp sort VrtCfthiitnrv with nnr irow-
t ling slackness, are changing. We are carrying
f Ithlngs (otherwise Insupportable) with a laugh,
anu wiuiuj uianrra iui i.ur uipjsc. n.n una
been said, we are still sensitive to such coarse
words as "thief and "steal," 'but It Ik vain
to deny among ourselves that certain unchal
lenged doings of to-day forcibly suggest those terms. So
we save our face with an indulgent gayety not devoid of
humor. We give a twist and a turn to the rapidly changing
English language, and the ugly words disappear In the
process. When a conductor steals a fare we Jocularly
remark that he Is "knocking down on the company;" wIim
we steal a ride from the same company and conductor we
laughingly refer to our success In "beating the game;" when
we bribe we merely "influence" or "square things;" when
we are bribed we collect "assessments" or "rebates" or
"commissions" or "retainers," and so on until we reach a
grave definition of "honest graft," which would be more
humorous If so many people did not feel that the term sup
plied them with a long-felt want Now, these expressions
and others like them may bear a strong resemblance to
thieves' slang, but they merely reflect the language of a
people unconsciously retreating to a lower moral level.
Everybody's Magazine.
Is not so generally known that the
Mormons also control, or at least hold
the balance of power, In Idaho, In Ne
vada, and possibly In Wyoming and
Colorado, with a strong following In
Arizona, Washington and other States,
thus electing, or at least Influencing,
not a few I'nlted States Senators and
representatives. Nor has the growth
of the church been confined wholly to
the United States. The Mormons are
migrating In considerable numbers to
the newly opened Alberta country In
Canada, and they have taken up for
Irrigation considerable tracts of land
in Mexico. Century.
An Americanism.
A good way to find out bow small
the world Is Is to do something crooked
and try to hide. To get an Idea of ths
earth's Immensity try to spread tbs
news of a good deed all over It Bal
tlmore American.
Biggs My, but you bare large ears!
Diggs Yes. All I lack is your bra 1 us
to be a perfect donkey! Chicago
Newt.
OLD
FAVORITES j
MSH I I I I M l rl-tl r
The Girl I Left Haiti od Me.
The dailies of Franc sr fond and free.
And Flemish lips are willing.
kai soft the makls of Italy,
Aud Spanish eyes are thrilling;
Still, though I bask beneath their smile.
Their charms fail to bind me.
And my heart flies back to Erin's U'e,
To the girl I left behind me.
For she's as fair as Shannon's side.
And purer than its water.
But she refused to be my bride
Though many a year I sought her;
Vet. since to France 1 sailed away.
Her letters oft remind me
That I promised Dever to gainsay
( The girl I left behind me.
he says: "My own dear love, come
home.
My friends are rich and many,
Or elie abroad with you I'll roam
A soldier stout as any;
If jou'll nt come, nor let me go,
I'll think you have resigned me."
My heart nigh broke when I answered
No!
To the girl I left leliiiid me.
For never shall my true love brave
A life of ht and toiling;
A ml never as a tku!kiiiK xlave
I'll trend my native noil on;
But, were it free, or to be freed,
The imt tie's close would find me
r Ireland hound no messsee need
' From the eirl I left behind me.
J Thomas 0lsirne I 'avis.
Opportunity.
aster of hnniiin destinies am I.
Bine, love, aud forune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities r.nd fields I walk; I penetrate
I (everts and sens remote, and, pnsmnc
by
lovel, and mnrt. and palnee. soon or Inte
knock unbidden once at every gate!
f sleeping, wnke if feasting, rise before
turn awny. it is the hour of fnte,
nd they who follow me reach every
ftnte
lortals deiir", and conquer every foe
nve death; but tlioce who doubt or lies-
'oiiileiuned to failuse, penury, and woe,
eek me in vaiB and uselessly implore,
nnwer not, and I return no more.
John J. Ineiills.
BOY REFORMED BY SURGERY.
( nrfiron Hemovcd Part of Skull I'ress-
iiiK on Hia Krain.
I-ondon Is Just now very much Inter
ested In two surgical cases which
t roiuise to render vuluable assistance
l i!iitlng the way to the reforma
tion, of criminals, says the New York
'i'irues. One of the patients was n
tn of good family who had developed
Irntal instincts which seemed to be
i-cjorit, control. He gave his time to
the invention of malicious mischief, de
I ghted in killing or wounding, was the
ierror of the uelghborhoou In which he
lived and promised to grow up a des-
(x rado and a criminal,
i A surgeon took him In hand, exnm
ftied his head with care, located what
he considered the seat of the trouble
removed a portion of the ckull nnd
thus relieved the deforming pressure.
The change was Immediate. The lad
forgot his prerolus tastes and habits
and was restored to his parents a nor
mal and lovable boy, the complete an
tithesis of his former self.
The other was a soldier who was in
jured in a skirmish and after his dis
charge for disability became a thief
Lnd burglar. His previous character
had been unexceptionable, his military
record was the best and the change
was naturally attributed to the Injury
to his head, caused by a blow from the
butt of a musket. When he was taken
In hand by the surgeons he had about
ome to the t-nd of a career of crime,
elng paralyzed on one side and un
ble to get about except on crutches.
A depression in the skull sufficient to
(.ring an abnormal local pressure upon
the bralH was found aud an operation
Was decided upon, which restored Lis
hyslcal lowers as well as his mental
lnd moral faculties. His discharge
ivas secured and he has since lived an
ndustrious and honest life, with no ev
dence of a disposition to go wrong.
RED LYNX IS FEROCIOUS.
A' ben Famiablnic It 1 an Anlma
t
He Hhunned bjr the Traveler.
California has In her bills the lursies:
ind most kind-hearted of the great
ghters, the grizzly, and at the same
lime the smallest and most treacher-
us, the red lynx. Most hunters call
nem "wildcats," but they are not
'he real wildcat has a long tail and
ives only In Europe In fact, he's
lliout extinct now and old hunters
;read the walling midnight cry of a
lungry lynx more than they do all the
growls a grizzly ever let out. For
I hen a lynx Is maddened by hunger
Lc fears neither man uor beast, and
tnost of the animals of the forest give
dm the road without waiting for him
o nsk It In Canada and even In the
northern row of Ktatcs of this nation
J'.ie lynxes grow to be much larger
liian they do here, In the warmer cli
mate of the southwest. There, too,
they are hunted for their fur, but here
that fur Is worthless, and, save for
those killed by an occasional hunter,
'be lynxes hold undisputed sway in the
too thills.
No matter how soundly tbey may
ts sleeping, you can never "catch one
napping," for at the slightest sound of
your approach be will clear the ten or
fifteen feet between bis nest and the
atround .r.d be off like a flash In the
nndergrowth. About the only way to
et these fellows Is with bounds, and
Iben generally one or two of the dogs
;ets pretty severely chewed np.
In the bills the lynxes usually st--
in thick underbrush or lu cave d -t "
the day, coming out to work hao-'
the quail coveys by m-)!i!!t 1 !
if the night be bright, the '
hunter h nsl irt rousing " "
round-eyed owls with his t.h.ut '
eucotira cement to th- d-g, whi. h i
not always realy to ruh Into the t- t
of an angry cat.
It 1 almost impossible to trap s cat
though a hungry lion may occasions I.
1 caught in this manner. Now and
then a cat can t run into a trap pre
viously set along a runway, nd in th
way the lumbermen of the Canadian
pineries take many of the cats that iu
fest the great forests of the north
The further south you go the smaller
the lynxes become, until the famllj
winds up with the little pampas cat
of the South American plain. 'u
lynx, however. Is the most savage of
all, and the hardest for any dog. n
matter how good he may t-e, to master
In a fight a cat has an immense ad
vantage over a dog, in that he can
fight with all fours, and usually d.
so. There is little worse can t-efall i
green pack of dog than to shake an
(dd lynx out of a tree Into their midst
When a lynx fights he d.s-sn't bite ud
let go like a wolf or doss, but bites and
hangs on like a bulldog, while his
claws keep up a sort of -n.i re-drum a
conipanluieiit on the dog's ribs It
takes a mighty gool dog to no up :
lynx, and when a thoroughbred hunter
gets such a dg it takes a mlchty cool
price to buy him. I "S Anirelcs Time
ODD FACTS IN TELEPATHY.
Kxperimcnuthat Add Greater Myter
to the Occult riiclliimemi.
That tcleputby or mental communi
cation of persons at a distance from
each otluT Is more tbiin a fiction h;i
frequently U-en demonstrated by well
authenticated facts. A writer in a
Paris sWent!fic journal relate souk
circumstance coming under his l-r
vatlon that v. ill interest Heme uhc
may 1' Investigating the phyebie p,
uotneua.
"lu my effort to discover the fte-Hi-hiiImii
of telepathic commili'ic'ition.''
be says, "I U"il a Uoniat' im-dium,
I'olitt. taking him to the house of M
le Albert: at .loinvllle. Having r--.il
that Meaner had at one time put n
woman to slis-p by placing lil inne i
a l.!iin of water, the woman having
placed her umbrelhi in the same basin,
I ds-bhsl to s.e if the same effect!
could be obtained it!i my medium
I went one morning with I'olitl to tbt
b.ili-r of the Manic, and rcpie.te.)
him to place hi cane In the water,
where I iiKo placed my own stick al
some pa-es upstream, at the same tfmt
making a iiiucubir effort. Tlii effort
on my part produced a violent con
traction of the arm of the medium,
who nearly fell Into the water, al
though i subsequently discovered thai
the lntertosltioii of a boat Ix-twecn
myself and the medium succeeded In
arresting the effect. We then returtiis)
to the garden of the house and pro
i-ced.sl to make a series of tit.s.
"M. He AllsTtis joined us In out
promenade, and the following Is hi
account in an Italian Journal of tht
exis-riments: -le IiN-ha, I'olitl ond
' nyself went to the Ismler of tin
.Ma me. a river with a breadth of W
feet and a depth of from fifteen to
thirty fist, Ix-ing very rapid. Ie
Ibx-has was rowed to the middle of tht
river, while I'olitl and myself Usik an.
other IsMit and descended the current,
stopping at a distance of fcbout 1.2i0
feet from Ie Uochas. I had agreH
with Ie Itochas that when be mads
a signal by raising his cane I wag t'.
request the medium to place his own
stick lu the water, the back of th
medium lsdng toward De Ris-hns. All
of this was done. lie R.x-has gave tht
signal, I gave the order to I'olitl, who
placed his cane In the water and wait
eL A few second passed before tin
medium felt any effect, then suddenly
his arm was violently shocked, hit
hand contracted; he resisted with all
his strength, but it was evident that
the cane was jsjwerfully drawn to
ward the bottom of the river. Thlt
exiM't-iment was repoaW many time,
mid gave with every trial the same re-'
suit. The following day experiment"
were male on the track of a railroad,
which experiment seem to fndlcata
that the effects may be transmitted fur
a much greater distance along tl,i
on or a conductor.' "
Somelhlfiv f
"I have always contended." said ths
observant man, "that there Is more In
a name man our revered friend. Kill
Slmkspeare, ever dreamed of. For In.
stance, I once knew a fellow named
Chen tern, w ho was so unwise as to go
lido the auction business, of course
he went broke, in spite of the fact
that he was ns straight as a string
I i't his name was agaWist him. Tiers'
was another chap named Ketchem. J
went to school with tw.i. i...... ... '
iiu was
aiways reading dime novels, and when
tin riar no V n ....A i . .
..m vq, Hi- a ion wiiii a private,
detective agency. He iailed about
three mouths, and failed Ignominious,
ly A Oerman friends of mine named
Boozer, who Is a chemist, wanted to
start a drink-cure establishment, but I
dissuaded him on the strength of his
name, as dellcnielv i .....
.. ' , ' 1 'OU1U. just
the other dav n nm t.i.
- , ,., ,1(lp wai
opened up In my nolghljorlioml. Tho
v.,,.,, B ume is ituggy. Imagine
my surnrlse when dfi. ,. .
. - 1 winnow
decorations were placed, I read ths
sign, which, by the way, was not pnne.
tllttfjwl- 'till.., ft ...
Ilnlr uuln(t
fbavlngr "-Philadelphia Record,
Uoaeinah.
AliceYes. I accej.te.1 Oeorire .
once. I knew when he
he was wholly unselfish.
Bertha Ah nnti .
- - vuhiq ever nsva
any doubt about that-lloston Trsn."
cripL
.
KIlislH-th K-ddns' novel. "Ti.e Msg
,wic North." Is sl.ort1y to be lul f
I nsb-rtck A. Hokes Cominy. It U
id to be a striking creation.
Lady Bu rue-Jones Is preps ring a bl
grapby of her husband. It will con
aln r.ir.sluctious of many of his plc
ur,,f ome pictures of which no re
productions now exist.
The American Booksellers' Ax la
don has agreed to accept the net price
tystem on the understaiMllug that It la
the publishers' Intention to include
within It "as rapidly as possible" copy
righted fiction.
The Macmilisn Compsny Is bringing
,ut Kadiiim and All About It," by S.
Hot tome, author of "Itadiography.
-Wireless Telegraphy." -Klw-trlcal In
trument Making." etc, The Uwk Is in
rochure form.
In jins.f of the statement that liter
mire is a paying profession, the estate
f Henry Setoti Merrlinan. author of
Itarlasch of the tiuard." can ! jsdnt--.1
to. I Miring eleven years Mr. Mer
initio made li'O.ni'i.
due of the most Important publica
tions of 1t4, If not the most lmjtort
nt of its cbis. will ( "'Ihe Psychol
igy of Adolescence," by (i Stanley
Hall. President of the Clark Culvers
ity. 'ot'ci-ter, Mass.
"The Pn rn disc of I louiitil.-" Is the tl
IV of the new novel which Is to lie
published for I. ileus Ma let In the au
tumn. The work, it Is said. Is largely
oiici-rned with the doings of the nou
ic.iux riches In Piiglish society.
"The Watchers of the Trails." a na
ture i.iM.k by f'harlin I. I'-ibcrt
somewhat of the same order as hi fa
ll. ou "The Kindred f the H"ild"l, Is
; lie of the inoM intercfting of the pub
lication to be made this kcasou by
1. C Page ,V C.
I'bar'e Ii. Kobert Is whd to pub-li-li
a new novel, "Tin' Prisoner of
M:ideinolee," with Ihe scene laid ll
that land of Acadin which he loves so
well. The story is based oil the fa-
IIKlll Siege of I.olllsblirC Slid pOScSf-S
much of the witchery found lu "liar
barn." Through the bit,. Ir. Kiuiles, author
of "Self Help," was In good physical
health Up to Ihe last, yet he had been
dejid lo the world for several years.
When still able to write he prepared
bis "Memoirs" and put the finishing
touch to them shortly before he ceased
lo use his pen. It Is probable that the
Ihigllsh publisher, Mr. Murray, will
oon publish them.
In a list of great men of the day,
which a cotitemMrnry puts before Its
reuders ill order to have them vote on
the "xreatesi man living," we notice
(he following literary names: Tolstoi,
Swinburne, Nord.nu, Kipling. Iw
Wallace, Alfred Austin, Ibsen, pos
tand. Maeterlinck, Slct.klewlcg, Lester
Ward and hiephen Phillips. Why omit
Meredith, Hardy and Bjornsou?
Two books. U N;,,J, will I the out
come of Henry -J?( in r visit o t!,!9
country one Is to be a new novel on
American life and ma liners, the other
i collection of Impressions of his coun
trymen. He experts to iqe!id several
months In travel through these re
iions. It Is sixtfM.fi years since he has
K-en the home of his youth, and in ihat
time there have Ix-en many extraordi
nary changes In American habits and
American Ideas.
STORKS HAVE NO VOICES.
Srect Kach Other by I'lupplng Their
Long Hill. Tourthrr NoLlly.
Storks ure not often seen on the
riierican continent, but are common
y found In nearly nil the countries of
Kurope, In Holland, where they are
jamruiiiriy imnieroils Mild r t.rvw
u-'ted by law, their nests ftrt. e,..n,ny
Jii uie summit of n ta tiokt nut im
on ptirpise for them, m wlih-h Is fixed
iu oi.i cart wheel, a Hutch gentleman
lias one such pot In tils grounds with-
sight of his library window, imt ho
mproves on the cart wheel by having
in Iron framework for the reception of
toe U'-M. The first year It was put
ip, toward the end of June, n solitary
foting stork used to come dally and
inspect this framework. He was seen
there one day standing in nn empty
receptacle exactly like a would be ben
edict inspecting mi empty house, con
templating the view and wondering If
the drains are all right.
The verdict was apparently favora
ble, for next season saw, the nest oc
upled by the newly wefhl.nl pair.
Their power of wing very fine, and
n hot dajs they 8Beeiid spiral circles,
liardly moving their broad, black
slugs, till they Jo, I10 ,hal
files. After the young are hatchtsl
hey appenr to be suspicious of one an
ither, and unwilling to leave the nest
liiguardi-d.
Htoi ks have no voice. The only noise
icy make Is "klappering" (snapping
heir great red mandibles rapidly and
o'ldly). Thus they greet one another,
enerally by throwing back the head
lntll the up.er mandible rests on the
ack, but occasionally "klspperlng" la
M-rfornied with the head and bill In
he former position.
An AmeHoaniam.
It takes two to make a bargain, but
bmeUmes ons find, a bsrgalu so thor
Highly bad that it i. . .....
Wo people coiuljtetal their Intelllgenca
n inaLIH is. ...
. iu tssjasnors American.