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•» *i tar* •■ raw alnaf tl>er th*
«lr«« arm of pv.«r:!« For a
a—rter -if * eetiurr tfe*r* • *»
a-d at.4 iifi'Ca!.' ace* to rav*
* • * »»•-' tii* ’
•at* »e* ibd apatar*
aneoar Ut pot ft. tfc* s-aa4 of mail and tfc*
h-ae at niaa ew*»r«Bt;j »*r- raised It 5**r
*.apa fa LifO» am lai ~ to u< that the aiier.ot.
- it*' t orf o: want tad to 4a aft* tfc* taateoa
*d a—rtm to* fdoaaaa*' of aatira aitM bird* far
d -«■»»*; •* ft* Ut* sad Pecan*
It ■-a* a hard first to **f tfc*> mmm •* ®* tfc*
p*a*da tat tooted ta is* ton! pRitacttoe «aor*
toe>*4 ?r-dar r-rj i«He u fcaowm to a c*t-*rai
* ;«» cl i. * iratia ■ - is « tort sc — *as arrunrfif
If ti r«t *1 a£ rrireart **«* to* to
' ar tb- !>4S ft—* ; ;«i -t oJ a* rrer* sea
:..3Brf * i js.t! •bet'* are *»*• *fco fca*.*" Said a
ji-:r» fc ft* fjgfct u. sat* ffcr wild Mi* afcs bar*
—*£ H »*4 ax a> * Tl»r tratfc i« ;baf
• st *' — is** who aupic* : ie the of -re
. j -a* lealfcrrrd *j«- .*» a«r- - 1'ttnrrd
4 ;tw» or anatao ibat tfcrj am- bars
-
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• * -» l4'- la-1*c« of *• ar.sr f*sto
r> 1 *1® i* rat OMpanar. a" least a raier to a
as i»8* t* tioc14 b* kaova. j**r
*r •* — * < • :** m * twulr—e t.i*i*s 4o paa «**
s *" aaw ■■ fc-ad taadaj to* iiiasas** of a tauw
r.-<j. t-.r. Tie rifit to to* f-atfcn of
* a- r - a*. .’i-r +t«r are
: i* t ** t.11*! «r eaurt «r.Ban
» »:>- *t*- * . - arm; habit
4 '"*** S' «■.'if* UTT J." i':«T>S» 1 :m*4
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r~ "Tie"- *_i4—■ • of » tors tro—U6 l» SO
■< ad ■* a part c? **» ptex-sc* of tfc* wears berat
'" T "' ' '•)«. - to* Ft..4-*! State*
Tt -: c-etaSe •» *r- n sx.ir.-v If a W<f fc- to
■ ■ a A: *r»ca cat sSao rtr-as tfc* aal* of
i lAnaap* is pan-fSL.j fcrk£dd*a a, tfc. Fared
Pal ■ r- -f i—i alrra?* las !•***. sp»*
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. - c—t-fcs :*•**. a# rr«-a* armee to
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■a > r Ti*« ttrw* priiteate'1; *111
;:sto# t« . ft* "»•*«: »*irt a* tftMt
to ra! » , . I— - *r ;_** «*5*M«to
'to inMUto' af r . ... .* Tto Taftorf
» aataral*:' art ■■? rrcit : - .<• imrift■rttt
uawr erf t* j «* s>. tana**
•saoN’tjm* 1oe to tnunia trf
a jier.4*. m»-' tto a*.ae»r; ns <'s "to nf.rlM'
iJS. j&r'rrH U'fflti* (Victor trf Vr*
* a-tea w 'a* IT- !"i *"•' rf tto SsllHMf A*
„ -i-n. c< A to_:«t *■*»«>* *arf • !*•&** erf
Ar-ra-m Muet. terf tto
aweiti erf tto we* f —acteM to *»•
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..«■**■* a r, *. JL r*te Atom—.
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. li lMurik .>r erf Ai^tok aura Tire arr
- a to s**» #r**H6 tto -r ii*e» to tto vtarfr
•" • ...i'll* »*,4 to ttosr ftortwifeM.
* r .-'-ratorf I "-jrt aovtiM aalrf bm au&c
*. si *to ton. :.*■ vm to to »*c|« out
■ ' ..jatoto** -aasfe —rater otoj a ?•-*
---r* Bar a—n trf 'to r*»a*e* of tto ■aureta
i— -4
T-- ■ c* #*-» — - * - " V - -. the '''cgctavcti
t juI--.* i*e destToj* ed he the insect
«•*“»■>**■ So •* urc'd --- -re that if this Krer.-h
ec-r. • ■* r . • that •- making their fight
r *’-• ' t-f-n-.*•- hare been mating
!.i * — f rit ffcr r;*a a fact which is rot a»
'- - - t ) r ■ ■■ e- ■•■.!)• saving tttorts it
~s'jc ?-c ■*. of trhlct searly eterr state
-: the ra-':m >*• one, tt might he said that it
- ■ - t r • *V veer .tat the y -V.se In
*ed States jiahc r f—■( -.-:at
’ • • - '-■■■. l-r ii: w>r tar s’aac' t-med.
c - :-.-• r—aar. -t- .-. ether lec
* ' * !■> - v thoasaadi of
- '*■ ■.. ■ * - ■ i. * d annti
■:: it n-« • ir» of the tncremeht
- r : - , - «••; I-i;.chor -oid of
the tegsa -c od the r.-usaJe to save the
- -Ter- whir . y. ar hr year were
" : :: . * > the fara. at. i tb gar ier. ,n
r* —■ . i tv-her Mr I Hitcher said.
*»■ ■ 1 -' ’ ■ - if th* udi-un in 1S:
T. nt.':,-a, * ; eblt ix< . - ms a "most
:. -| on •* tu and many str.-Dg ed'.to
- _ «er »’ "c a tjuota* on from or" of
*'■■-*' t-t ■ 'Tr ■ Saer.Sets of S; -.g Birds'
■J • ar- --nee* of it- • res* in re
« the dtsttioi: The destruction ■ f
AzteTir-m * - - turd* J r -.ii. r - purjjoses
*" - : - •'tr-: run . * rt ->• - Tie un
i . - - r. v-(tl tc a vast army
f s-c: «iti v '-- and This am r ac-"s its
' ' on . .• • a ical ;*er
hclia ti ryeicm."
’Ti.* «er. ”.j.' a guest" * further refer*
■ti d-~*i. - of v rlt ‘ w'-ed in ether col
t*r .t.i '-f the ;-s r a litefe furnish. s evidence
f t*H char:, t i f the l.u in- ss The
: v- n. :• - jit of 'r • 2fif;®: o agitation was
- tt-. am - <*n tho'- g.--s' union at its
- 1.- -i it. New York city Sep
- - eer J»«f a, ir’ed a cojrtnir.ee of its
:..er-b»; t» 1l*« .-: .gate the extent of the ai
jr* w. L-ird destruptioe and to devise
uzfcttr by legal or any
other iegiiima:- method.
1 * • te* found -hat the claims of
« ;.rejs i,n of in lividuais were not in the
• -•* * tag: -rated. Uttt ca the other hand did
-.o- fu i- t *eut the terrible Inroads that
»e-e being c.. te on the non-game birds.
After a la: Se cf 2 ..tar
ter of a century it is
hard for the people of
the present day to real
ize the enormous num
ber of birds that were
slaughtered for the mil
iinery trade alone.
"The greatest suf
ferers were the white
p 1 u m. ag e sea and
swamp birds, such as
terns, gulls and heron,
but incredible num
bers of land birds also
were sacrificed, some
fib or TP species being
included in the lists. In
one millinery estab
irer.t alone 150 skins
of the Baltimore ori
oles were found.
From the work
started by this coramit
tee in ISM the present
well-organized and
financially endowed cor
poration known as the
Natter.al Avoc ation ot Auduoan Societies tor
tfce PrvTecmn of Wild Birds and Animals- has
resulted, r." hough in the interim there were
man?' periods when the outlook for bird pro
T nha in North America seemed doomed to
failure."
It was the result of an apical made to
cor.gres- by the council of the Ornithologists'
union -ha? tel congress to vote an appropria
tion of JV>- •>. the money to be administered
i:t - the dteotion of the department of ag
ricu * lire for the purpose of taking means to
sav t- the 'ins of the native American birds
whii h vi "re useful to man.
As William Du’oher says further in his
st ry of the ;r t-ct.ve movement:
•?-. recognition of the action taken by the
Ar -lean C>m:t: ogists' union in securing the
atpre;Tiatlca. the secretary of agriculture in
vited the council of the union to select a su
perinterJent to raiy on the work and at a
s h nt meeting held in Washington. Dr.
' in n 1'art Merriatn was selected as the sa
perinteu\ r t and Dr Albert K. Fisher as his
assistant. Doth of these noted ornithologists
wer- an ors the founders ot the American Or
nitholor'.-ts' union."
It wa= Irani tnls humble bes.nning that the
present hi logical survey, a division of the
Failed Siatei. department of agriculture, has
grown It is perfectly apparent from the let
ters v liich agricalturists s nd to Washington
c: r.stuntlv the’ the werk of the biological sur
vey ba= its value appreciated more and more
every > oir The survVy iias published a great
mass o' valuable statistics of the food habits
of birds and their relation tc agriculture and
forestry.
As l.as been said, there are Audubon soci
e ies fer bird protect :cn in nearly every state
in th< l nion They are affiliated in one great
society called the National Association of Au
duboc toe!'ties. The writer of this article
frer.: 'lersor.a! knowledge ran speak of the be
ginning? oT one of the largest and most ac
tive of the state organizations.
Person* who were known to be interested in
birds were asked to meet to form a protective
organization A good many jiersons not par
ticular! v interested in bird protection a so
were invited. Several women came to that
Erst meeting, wearing the plumage of wild
birds in their hats. At first the society in
ti r.ded to dc its work by persuasive mission
ary efforts, and along this line to a consider
able extent the endeavor has been ever since.
bat It was soon foon.5 that while so re pcope
w. re willing to be guided bv pl-'r.s cif fcartaa
ily a-.d bv stories of the destruction of the
growing things because of the ra" id increr.se
in insect life, there were c*hers who cou d "'t
be reached by any except hard handed meth
ods.
Se it is that the bird pro* ctrrs net or.'y
have carried cn a great work in the education
of children and in moral suasion among 'h*
elders, but they have taken rases into court
and have prosecuted wilful and persistent vi
olators of the law. until today the bird protec
tive laws are as much feared as any other
laws on the statute becks. There a'wr.vs have
been some laws against the wanton killing of
us-.fu' birds, but cntll the men and women of
the American Omitho’r.gists' union and of the
Audubon society went earnestly at their labors
tbe laws were laughed at ar.1 violated with in:
punity and almost always with immunity
Years ago untold thousands of useful na
tive birds were trapped to be sold as pets in
cages The women of the south complained
to the women cf the north who were engaged
in bird protection work that their mocking
birds and red birds < cardinals! were being
trapoed in multitudes because of the demand
by the trade in northern cities for caged
songsters. The bird protectors of tbe north,
took the matter up and in nearly ali places
todav it is illegal to sell caged wild native
American birds.
About fifteen years ago there was a week
of zero weather in some cf the southern sta'es
The blue bird, which is a northern favorite,
does not co far enough south in winter 10
esro.pe all of the storms cf the winter season.
The unusual cold of that winter fifteen years
ago almost annihilated tvc tribe of bluebirds
There were only a few left to come back to
the northern fields In the spring. Tbe blue
bird, however, was pr. t»cted. and the eEl
cieney «>f the Audubon society's work was
never more clearly shown than in this case.
The blue birds today have recruited their
ranks under protection a-d are as numerous
as ever they were.
For years the bird protectionists went
ahead with their work with the treasury at a
low point.
It always had been hoped that some kindly
disposed person would realize the strength
and beauty cf bird protection work and would
give cf this substance t - tbe cause. The man
known as a scientist nor as a bird student.
One day. however. Albert Y.'illcox saw a news
paper account of some of the bird protection
work done by the national Association of Au
dubon societies and he wrote a letter asking
for more details. He received the information
that he wanted and he wrote to say that he
was about to make a new will and felt so
much pleased with the work cf the society
that he would give it annually during his life
time a considerable sum of money to be used
in carrying on the work of the association,
and that when he died he w-ould give the soci
ety a legacy of Smo.OOO in his will. and. he
added. "I may not limit it to this amount.”
Albert Willcox died four years ago. He left
$100,000 to tbe Audubon society as he b.3d
promised, and in addition he made the society
his residuary legatee to the extent of one-half
his estate. Today the National Association of
Audubon societies, through the generositv of
Mr. W illcox. is placed on a sure and lasting
foundation. The bird protective work has been
going on for a quarter of a century. It had
all sorts of trials and tribulations, but today
it seems that the friends of the feathered
kingdom have triumphed in their cause. The
promise is that there will be no cessation of
the work which means so much to the bird
and more to man.
•'.» fcalf '*» »«jrM 4hhi know
•Jb» cCkcr Wf I t *-• * r»iur»ise
&aa *rk tfe* g-jcuixa i4tbn
*Aatf wftaf M mar+r r«-yji**4 tto
7t# raetrlwar »ru» "TV V
»*■« f* orS0hMl aV bar* umr
•c-w ***•«■»»£ *1 eaa quit*
- .» «. ~—LMtHMm
Woman and Her Instincts
Wee eg mjl folio* tl*e as ol ihett
tat aw*, not because masculine or
’•oaatif' arguments conrince them,
beranse tt vac there before they 1
*ere; they can no more help It than
they '»s stop their heart* front beat
h* 'hey hare no more choice In the
matter that they hare In regard to
tar'ng uancs and feet nor as much
Ware as amenable to the underlying
tea -jf life are the cider and sterner
member* of womankind w ho chatter i
c platforms about women's rights ;
tVben this kind fall, they fall like
L<ucifer. I have even observed, though
I realize that it will take several aeons
before man finds this out. that the
nrongeat-minded women are usually
the ones capable of the strongest af
fecticns the mast apparently unsexed
c'ten. in the deepest sense, the most
womanly The instinct for mother
hood is the primal, indestructible fact j
of woman's life, and professional I
work, university life, even—even the
ballots are not going to change it, any
more than the present style in sleeves
is going to change it. As well be
afraid that water will run up hill,
that the Hudson will turn and travel
back to the Adirondacks. as that the
heart of woman, be she short-haired
or long-haired, booted and spurred or j
clad in chiffon, shall be made any way :
except as it is made, and has been
for all time! The swallow to her
nest, the river to the sea and the
heart of the woman to her chiid, ex*
istent or non-existent Tou cannot
keep the needle from pointing to the
pole, and no amount of good advice
will make it point there irrevocably.—
Scribner's. .
A Criticism.
First Angel—What is that spirit
fussing about?
Second Angel—She says her hat
pins stick out beyond her halo.—Har
per's Bazar.
DOCTORS ADVISED OPERATION—
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KIDNEY REMEDY
I want to tell you in a few words what
your Swamp-Root did for roe, believing
that my testimony may do some other suf
fering person a great deal of good.
About six years ago, I was dangerously
ill, consulted three doctors, all of whom
and I had kidney trcublc. One of the
doctors analyzed my urine and reported
that I had gravel, and further said that
in order to retain my health and life, an
operation would be necessary. I did not
want to be operated on as I was afraid
that I would not recover. Someone told
me of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and said
ti was a reliable medicine for kidney
trouble, so I decided to try it and went
to Mr. Rose, the druggist, at 303 Central
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tick it, noticed results and continued
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Having been free from any kidney
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Yours verr tralv.
MRS. MARGARET E. AKDERSOX.
Minneapolis. M.nn.
State of Minnesota I
i County cf Hennepin (
Personally appeared before me this 23rd
day of t-er:„ 1909, M“>. M..ry.ret li.
Anderson of the CStj f Mil alia
1 the Siate of Minnesota, who subscribed
the above, and on oath seys that the same
is true in substance tr.d in fact
M. M. KERRTDGE.
Xotary Public.
Commission expires March 26, 1914.
Uttwlr
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One of tne Best Rest Cures.
Is a good story
To many women it is as good as a
■ trip away from home.
When you are tired out and your
nerves are on edge, try going off by
yourself and losing yourself ;n s> u.e
go<<i story You will, is sine cases
; out ot tec. come back rested and :n
v -ge. rated
One woman who has passed serene
ly through many years of hard work
and v. orry that go with the managing
o a house ar.d 'bringing up of a large
family of children, said that she con
sidered it the duty of every busy
housekeeper to read a certain amount
ot "trash." light fiction, for the rest
and change to the mind that it would
give.
Try it. you who lead a strenuous
!i:e. and who sometimes grow exceed
ingly weary of the same.
Gcttirg s Keputst'cn.
Tl: re is a desk in the senate par
t-cularly convenient as a place front
v hich to make speeches. It is next
tc the aisle and almost tn the center
i c" the chamber, and affords an ©ppor
tnnlty for the speaker to make every
body hear.
At least a doxen senators, accord
r.g to the Washington correspond- r.i
of the Si. l^ouis Star, have borrowed
this desk when they had special utter
ances to deliver to the senate. This
led. not lotig ago. to a mild pretest
trora its legitimate occupant.
"I am perfectly willing to give up
try desk.” said he. "but I am afraid
people will think that the same matt
:> talking all the time. 1 don’t'want
tc get the reputation of constantly
filling the senate with words.”—
Aouth’s Companion.
Not Easy.
Pat was a married man—a very
much married man. He had married
no i< wer than four times, and all his
wive- were still in the fflre. Accord
ing tc Pat's own account before the
court where he was tried for bigamy
and found guilty, his experiences were
not altogether satisfactory. The
juuge, in passing sentence, expressed
his wonder that the prisoner could
be such a hardened villain as to de
lude so many w omen.
"Yer honor," said Pat. apologetical
ly. "I w as only ir; in' to get a good
one. an’ it's not a is:■!"—L.ippineo«'s
Magazine.
Some folks never feel saintly until
they have a chance to syndicate their
sorrows.
Deserved the Shoes.
The weary wayfarer leaned over the
fence and watched the housewife do
ing her chores.
"Ah. lady,” he said, tipping his hat.
"I u.-ed to be a professional humorist.
If 1 tell you a funny story will you
give me an old pair of shoes?"
"Well, that depends.” responded the
busy housewife: "you must remember
that brevity is the soul of wit."
"Yes. mum. I remember that, and
brevity is the sole oi each of my
shoes, mum."
Natural Query.
Mrs. Thynn—Don't you think I look
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MUNYON’S
EMINENT DOCTORS AT TOUR SERVICE FREE
We sweep away all doctor's charges. We put the bes* medical talent
Within everybodys reach. We encourage everyone who ails or think*
he ails to find out exactly what his state of health is. You can pet our
remedies here, at your drug store, or not at all. as you prefer; there is
positively no charge for examination. Professor Munyon has prepared
specifics for nearly every disease, which art- sent prepaid on receipt of
price, and sold by all druggists.
Send to-day for a copy of our medical examination blank and Guide
to Health, which we will mail you promptly, and if vou will answer all
the questions, returning blank to us, our doctors will carefully diagnose
your case and advise you fully, without a penny charge.
Address Munvon’s Doctors, Munyon’s Laboratories, 53d & Jefferson
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.