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N0J1DAU AXI) WA(5NKJ.
THE FORMER'S ATTACKS (JN
THC COMPOSER RTrUTKO.
KiirilRit'N .'.U.Iit, liiinliro.il. .,. i:
.fplloii in in, .rBiiiiMi,i, ,.,.,
Mmlo N 11 in.,i ('rin!liiii-".i,ui.
trill," "Die Mi'UtiMiiRi r."
T IS true that Wan
ner was a incg.ilo
innnlae and eraz.v.
'i 0111 some piivutu
letters In which he
speaks of the King
of Uavnila an
"more than broth-
r, in uro t h a n
friend, nioio than
wife." and from
Mime of his queer
dressing-gowns of
ooms llttcd up -is
M much lcason
ho wan si HCMtnl
tabits, -women's
fabulous price, i
boudoirs thoro
lo suspect that
psychopathic. I havo shown, In my
"Ilommn do ('ejnlo." that ho seems In
ninny of his letters not only nuul hut
Imbecile. It Is tine, too, that ho often
repeats the same concept; that he is
Jften obscure and contradictory; that
he doHghls in plays upon words; thai
llko the mattolds, he underlines the
words which seem to Itlm the most im
portant in his works; that, when he
wrote ".Judaism In .Music," he had a
sort of delirium of persecution against
tho .lows. And certainly Wagner's
musical libretti, which his fanatics ad
mire as wells of philosophy, are Incom
plete, oven silly, and their verses arc
horrible. Hut that detracts nothing
from tho merit of the musician; the
Interweaving of even Shakespeare's
dramas Is often puerile, worthy of pup
pet shows and street plners; but the
.mnienKo trcasuro of psychology stored
in them does not on this account lose
it thousandth part of Its value. We
smile at tho general slaughter which
puta nn end to tho last scene; but we
-lose th" bcok enthusiastic over the in
finite power of tho genius which fath
oms the human soul down to Us gid
diest depths. What matteis to us the
philosophy which he has chosen to em
ploy? askH Ccsnro Lombroso In the
L'entury.
So wo must regard Wagner as a great
musician only, and not as a poet or a
philosopher. His music Is a great crea
tion, and this nil dices: a great creation,
not because of the lelous which it tties
lo represent, but because it expresses,
with extraordinary power, one of the
most universal sentiments. Kven Che
rc.ofit positive man baa a very strong
Inclination to embellish bygone ages
In his Imagination, with nil those
flowers lacking in his own time: seeing
them from afar, ho does not perceive
thoso innumerable vulgarities of
VYllllll lliuuu will i;Ajniu-iiu mi n-ui-
uuil ne iniuies mat. men muse, nave
been happier. .Not otherwise, perhaps,
9roso the widely diffused legends of the
fiolden Age. Wngnor linn tlexe no more
than color this Illusion vividij. He Is
anly tho musician of this universal sen
timent, which ho has been able lo make
objective, In forms prerfso and not
evanescent. As to the sensation that
Wagner Ir, incapable of creating sym
metrical melodies, and that ho covered
counterpoint with r'.dleulc, nnd avoid
ed all burdensome labor; that he in
vented the theory of the Leitmotiv he-
causo ho was not able to differentiate
tho personnges of his operas by giving
to his music nallcnt characteristics,
these accusations vanish merely nt the
nnmos of his operas "Lohengrin,"
"IMo Mclsterslnger," etc.
Nordau pronounces atavistic, and
therefore diseased, not only tho co
operation of the various arts which
Wagner dreamed of, but also tho incom
plete melody and the natural lccitatlvc
of tho Wagnerian personages. Ah to
;ho llrst point, he It observed that Wag
ner tendpJ not to olncuro the specific
rharactorlstlcs of the various arts, In
srdcr to fuse them Into one art, but to
make thorn work together, each with Its
proper means, In the musical drama.
Whence we perceive tho distance which
jcparntos this Ideal (which does not
.n Its unity oxeludo diversity) from that
featureless Jelly" Into which, accord
ing to Nordau, Wagner would reduce
melodrama. As to the unsymnietiieal
melody, even though Sponccr's hypo
:he.sls be admitted, that primitive song
vvns merely a discourse more animated
:han usual, It does not follow that the
artistic attempt to make the actor sing
is naturally as possible, with tho grcat
tst eomformlty to tho text, Is an atavis
tic rctiogrcsslon: still less, If we bear
in mind tho marvelous concomltnnt de
rolopmcnt of tho Wagnerian orchostrn.
We aro willing to concedo that the ro
itatlvo of Wagner, ns It is constituted,
revives primitive vocal music; but that
Joes not touch tho s!ow artistic process
which was necessary for understanding
Riul using with nn artistic purposo all
'.ho natural relations between the sung
and tho spoken words.
7
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Nut it nil lllntiirj In WiihIiImkIiiii.
Tho tlmo Is not far off when a num
ber of prominent personages will un
dertake In this city that perilous trnns
Itlon from political hustlers to leaders
of society. Tho successful man who
achieves u residence In Washington as
the reward of his patriotic efforts with
tho gang undergoes a metamorphosis
,n many cases which is strango nnd
:omploto. And these butterflies, as
:hcy disport themselves In tho druw-
' Ing-room and tho society column, aro
tho more brilliant and Interesting for
having passed through tho chrysalis
period, us tho Inws of natural history
dorannd, Washington Star.
A Tcu-(iivn.
Mr. Wayback Why does that Mrs.
Ootham call that pink dress it T gown?
Mra, Wayback I'm sure 1 don't
now. It don't look half so much like
k T as some of her other druses
LOVED HIS FAIR CLIENT.
"'"I in- IMIil t, ivimlix
Hi
with nil
Own Life.
Law.ers are ordinarily supposed to
be cold-blooded and cautious, but P.n
gone dure, the ..,rR advocate who
shot hlmseif in consequence of n do
mestic scene of exceptional vivacity,
, "nisi nave tieen otherwise constituted.
hi!., pleading In the divorce court tho
cause or a lady who was struggling to
get out of the matrimonial cage he fell
In Iom- with her.
She was s(, moved to admiration bv
Urn eloquence of her advocate that sho
had hardly breathed the nlr nf fi-pr--
i dom again before she married him. She
nan a good foitunc and he hnd a lirst
rate practice. They weio both well cal
culated to rhino In society by the
Kprightllness and Parisian tono of
their conversation, and they became fa
miliar and notable figures In literary
and political salons.
.Vine Cnire's appearance was rc
mnrknble sh" was still young, but her
hair had turned white. She looked like
a youthful mainulsp pontile of the last
century. .Sh- ie elvtd her friends twice
a week, and on the afternoon of the
tragedy her salon war as full as usual.
At length she took li ive of her Inst
visitors. Among these was a lady who
had called to see her prhately. Sho was
Bi"iitly agitated. Sh win the wife of a
gentleman between whom and Mnltre
t'ane a duel had 'iron secretly ar
tanged, and she had resolved to tell
this to Mine. Carre, with the hope that
she might stop the hotllc meeting.
"Hut what Is It all about?' asked the
lawyer's wife.
"About me," replied the Mtnr.
"Oh!" Presently Mine, r.irre walked
into the room wheie sho knew her hus
band was. and the conversation soon
became extremely nnlmated. M. Carre
was heard to say: "Nothing then re
mains but to die?"
"Nothing," icplled the lively r.s she
rushed off to ber own room with the
intention of poisoning herself. This de
sign, howecr, was frustrated, and the
report of a pistol brought her back to
the room where sho had leftUier hus
band. A friend uiterod at tl same
time.
M. Cine was still tstanilirg, al
though tho blood was pourlngtrom a
bullet wound In the temple. Asyie fell
upon the ground his wife screanvMl, "I
forgive you! I loe nu!" Then lefoie
her intention was reallcd she iizcd
the levolver and fired a bullet into her
own head. Sho fell lifeless. vvhcrc.il her
husband llngcied nn hour or tvvo.l
One thought Is in every mind with
leapect to this terrlblo drama of ylo
mestlc life. It Is expies.sed by the wonts
"How Parisian'
'I hi' lmulilne .I.H'lm".
A remarkable bird of the kingfisher
species Is the "laughing jackass," o
Australia, by which name it is known
because of Its strange look nnd pecu-i
liar utteianccs. A very good Idea oft
this feathered wonder is given by nn
old bushnian, the late Henry Wheel
wright. "About an hour befoie sunrise," says
Mr. Wheelrlght, "the busbman is
awakened by the most discordant
sounds, as If a tioop of tlcnds wero
shouting, whooping, nnd lr.UKhlng
nround Mm In one wild chorus; this Is
the mornlag song of tho laughing Jnck
ass. warning his feathered mates that
daybreak Is at hand. At neon the same
wild laugh Is heard, nnd as tho sun
sinks Into the trest It again rings
through the forest. I shall never for
get the first night I slept in the open
bush In. Australia, it was In the Dlnck
forest. 1 awoke about daybreak, after
a confused Bleep, and for some minutes
I could not remember where 1 woh,
such were tho extraordinary sounds
that greeted my ears; tho tiendlhh
laugh of the Jackass, the clear, flutc
Uko notes of tho mag-pie, the hoarso
cackle of tho wattle birds, the jargon
of flocks of leatherheads, and tho
pcrenmlng of thousands of parrots as
they dashed through tho forest, all
joining In the chorus, formed one of
tho most extraordinary concerts I have
over heard, and seemed at the moment
to havo got up for the purpose of wel
coming tho stranger to this land of
wonders n that eventful morning. I
hnve heaid It hundreds of times since,
but never with the same feeling that I
listened to It then.
"Tho laughing jackass Is the bush
man's clock, and bolng by no means
shy, of a companlonnble nnture, a con
stant attendant about the bush tent
and a destroyer of snakes, Is regarded,
llko the lobln at home, as a sacred
bird lit the Australian forests."
U'lut ll Wuutf-il.
An Inquisitive fi-year-old bobbed up
nn a Hlg Four train as a brakeman,
wearing a patent-leather cap and a
brass-buttoned blue shirt, rushed
through tho enrs In the unceremonious
stylo peculiar to his class.
"Sny, pap, docs that man own tho
railroad?"
"No, sonny, he's only the brakeman."
"Why docs ho slam tho door so
hard?"
"Maybo so that he will break some
thing." "la that the reason they call him the
brakeman?"
"Ho still, Johnny, until we get
through tho tunnel."
"I'll bet that If 1 hnclt $100 I'd get a
suit llko tho brakemnn 'wears."
"7ben what would jou do?" asked
papa, curiously.
"I'd take it to Sunday school and take
up the collection. I'll bet I would get
lots of money, too, heeaiiRO I'd scare
the people just like the conductor mid
tho brakeman does."
Ho Didn't ii.
Mr. Ultlman A friend of mine ha
Invited mo to accompany him on a
yachting cruise, but I suppose you'll be
ungry about it, as usual.
Mra. Citlman No. The Society Chit
chat says that mourning hats were
never so becoming as they arc this season,
SOME FA JIM TOPICS.
i Mint, hints rent tii.i.i:iis or
' Tin: stiii,.
.Nfi-ili. In (In- l)nlr I'liriiu-rf. Drrnil
It hrn m Sim liriit l!(Ti'fl nf
Cnliliim mi lltitti-t' Stnel. oirs
l'liullr,. Point.
in the inannfaiiuie f butter the
milk must be kept scrupulously funn
all suspicion nf taint, from bail minis,
It must bo Kept nt a low nnd equable
temperature until the eivinn Is raised.
The cieani must be piopetly ripened,
t burned at :i proper ti'inpcratuie, en it
fully woiked and salted and packed In
suitable iwiekiigcs, iti-conliug to the
season mid nisei the particular market
for which II Is Intended and, until
sold, kept at a low teinperatiiie, ami
from contact with air; can nNo must
be taken Dial the cicntu W propeily
iiurued. In this way the Intelligent
dairyman makes u uniform article of
butter, no mutter what the season, and
an itiilcle which coniiuuiids the lilizli
est pi Ice In any inaikel In which It Is
siilil. To accomplish nil this a suitable
dairy building must be prm hied, con
taining all modern conveniences, In
cluding Ice mid pine water. Ice Mip
piles have supeieded tin need of ory
cold spilugs ami that cheaply, The
cow will In round of the Hist Import
mice. In this progiesslxe age no man
can succeed in dairying with a loi of
cows picked up in random mid of
mixed breeds,- or of no particular
breed. Then are rows especially
adapted in the dairy, Just as there are
rattle adapted to the piodiictlou of
beef or for labor; nnd we confess to a
partiality for the llolstelu l'riesliiu.
Again tlie question of grasses conies
in. This also Is one among tin very
Important questions to 1m couslileieil.
Without grasses, sweet, succulent, and
that shall fedlow the season in suc
cession, the dairyman cmiuot hope to
compete Tvith bis more practical. If
not tunic! intelligent ueighlstr, who litis
paid clue attention to this keystone of
dairying. With a succession of sweet,
micqulent grasses from spring lo fall,
supplemented with proper forage
plants (luring the months of late July
and August, plenty of good clover,
timothy, orchard grass and red top
for winter feeding, mid :iu abundance
nf ground grain, to Ik used Imth dur
ing the drouth of summer, and (lining
the winter, nnd proper implemenls.
utensils nnd buildings, we have tin
foundation laid for making money In
on.e of the best paying blanches of ag
ilculiute. Hxehnnge.
I'limit-m IIi-i-hiI II
A Milwaukee botanist, found the
Russian thistle at Ilartland, Wis., not
long ago. Soon afterward a specimen
of It wiih sent to blin from Palmyra,
Wis. This week while nt flic state
fair he found it growing along the
railroad truck In that vicinity.
This Is the week which threatens
the future grain product of the great
northwest and which is woiklug Its
KHttnn ThlNtle.
way Into Wisconsin along the lines or
iiillwu,,. Scientists call the plant Sal
Koltikull tragus. In North Dakota the
plant Is called the Itusslan cactus.
Russian tuiubleweiwl has also been
used to some etent tn name the
plant. It Ik wcdl known that the plant
Is neither a thistle nor n c-iic-iiih, ami
thai It is not even closely related In
ellliVr of these groups of plains. Itus
hlml thistle serve-t the purpose, how
ever and us such t is most c inoulv
known.
This weed made its appearance In
the northwesi a f,,w yours ago ami
the dainngo It lias already done Is us.
Unfit oc I to amount to several millions
of dollars. The plant was first jiitr.i
ilufc'il Into the Pulled Slates, if Is be
Ileved. in IST.'l or JS7I, In some llnv
secM brought from Russia and sown
iioaV Scotland, Itonhoiiinie coiintv,
p'ljtli naknlii. It spread at first but
liitjr It Ineivased lapldly. Milwaukee
Lveiilng Wisconsin.
IlrflM'l of Cllllluiua. .....
-i bulletin of (he Iowa station fcdK
of
an o.vpciiiucni with midi- r,.,-
mil-It cows: From Nov. L';i to Nov. :!7
mj eireets op cabbage Is shown from
the analysis; fourloen of the cows
show- higher per cents nf butter fat;
nX'."?'. B,,K,,,,J' 1wit I'"'' wnlH. The
mill, tablet shows Increase In the email
tm. I ho caldmge Is palatalde and
m,M 'V m ll ('m "IMn the
quality of butter Is the polpl 1u.iu1i.mJ
!?!? '"iT .V10.1"'". IH--lnllys but it Is
noticeable that the change from a drv
inwn to one more succulent irave
I""1 '"Ilk wltlmut deceasing tl, f(l,
Km. i y ,'0,,"V.i,,ll,K "'" 'Uuounts
of tltllk given dully ,y the twe-ntv
cows Nov. 1.., with the uiiiouiiIk KV.'n
tnYnr.I the e os, or the nluety-M-ven
nt inllk hold up iiilte well when lt s
remcn.borecl that WH -,,,. W( K
wltli a herd, half of which were hi the
ast months of their period or laela
tlon, when the tondeney wltli manv
hi 'Mm k,vo i,,ss ,nllk op y l -
t rely. fJhe eivamery experts report
tint the butter from the cabbage in
Ion did not kni well, but grneliiallv
lieen.no tainted. P.-nf, Patrick's nif.
nlycs of the vegetables rod hIiow the
cabbage to bo the lo.vcM lu oiatllo
k
ncuis tiuil in hae the highest melting
point, except the itilabiiL'ji.
sn-ci llri'i'illnu.
In sheep lireiclliig tliere Is but one
way eif keeping the Ideal slusp, and
that Is by lr.Ing to improve II. Like
till oilier stock on Uu farm, sheep arc
either Improving or cleteiioilallitg, ai
cordliiK to the uiau:igi,iueut glen H.
itslii a thoroiiglitiiiil run unci mallin:
to c-iivfullj solceled ewes i gradual
linptoveuietil can be made, while If
no particular care Is taken In the se
lection of t lie breeding animals there
will li. u gradual limiting down. With
good management u ram can scrw all
the ewes usually kept on u I'm m. so
that the 'Xpense Is coinpaiallvoly
small, or coujm' the Improvement
will be ki eater at the start than later
on. That Is, u good ram will add mote
to flu Impiovomcut of sheep that
shear lour or live pounds of wool than
those that shear eight or more.
Tin safest plan In all eases Is to
breed the besi rams to the bcs ewes,
liellor bac a less number of sheep
mid have them of a quality that with
good feed and cute will loiurii a fair
prnllt than a linger number kept with
out piolit. The best mid most econom
ical way of liiiprolng Is by selection
nnd brccdlm.', especially with sheep,
mid the sheep, us well as other stock,
i should be kept Improving. Ncluusku
i winner.
Tin- ninVroiicc III I'riiiliii'lliin.
It may be considered uu oMra Hem
nf expense to provide meat, bone mid
giecn food for pouliry. but there me
bundle ds of I'ariiier-' who lose money
mi their flocks by feeding grain only.
So long has It been customary to
look upon gialn as the natural food
of all kinds of poultry that, some con
sider (heir dul. done when I ley have
a plentiful supply of it The hen
really piofeis bulky rood as a poitlou
nf her liUliin. No doubt many readers
who have Hied the expoiliuent or
keeping n hopper or trough tilled with
corn or wheal before the fowls till Ihe
time may have noticed that the bens
will cot but a small purl Ion of It.
This Is due to being Mil felted with It.
They have urrUod til a singe when the
grain Is not desired. They couso to
bo productive. Tin dlfforcnco In pro
ducllon Is the i easily noticed also.
With the hoppois full of grain tlietc
will be no eggs. Tilling the rood en
liicly. leaving the grain nut r Uu in
lion," and tin liens will respond to the
chaiu'o mid ini'ke a large illlVercnco In
the number oC eggs. I'loilda l'liriuer
alii' Trull (irower.
In-ii to Sow Wlu-iil,
on i -mint should wheal be sown
until coed weailier has conic. Not
o'llv docs the licsslmi lly altaik wheal
which Is up boron the llrst rtosl. Inn
lis m-owtb Is not m the light kltul to
liisiire'n good harvest, ihe wifoitt
plant should have u sptcadliig bablt.
This it will have It sown alsuit the
lime fiost comes, bill h,v this time
also inliis will begin lo fall. Those
will beat down the wheal leaves, and
by coveting ilieiu with soil will cheek
their giowth. it Is in this way that
the sprcadliiK growth which Is iilwa.vs
desired in wheal Is obtained. Whc'i
the soil is hot ami diy, the wheat root
stiikes downwind In search of mois
ture, lis top also spiles, upward anil
tho plant Is easily winter killed.
stock Notes
It Is claimed that If r.c Is fed too
long to hogs ll causes Itching or Ihe
skin.
Prof. Shaw prefers shorls to oals
for pig reeding on the ground ol econ
omy. IT a cair Is only hair rod when It Is
young It will never, be the most proilt
able animal to keep.
It Is said that If two blankets uro
put on a wot horse, the moisluio will
soon collect In the outer one, which
may bo iciuovccl, leaving the hoic
dry.
A writer wants to know why Anier
lean sheep tiro sent lo Kiigluuil mid
sold as Hnizllsh mutton, mid Kugllsh
sheep sent to America anil sold as
r.iii.ilsb mutton.
Corn on cob, well gioiinel with hair
flu bulk or oats mid inked with hay,
Is highly recommended as a ration foe
hors'.t. The (Soruinii cavalry have or
doled such supplies.
The Southern Slocknian says Texas
will not bo a bin lo supply the iloiuaml
for hogs to follow feeding cattle, but
will have In look abroad lor hogs In a
eniisidcrnhlc extent.
One reason for the Kngllsli suprem
acy In mutton growing Is thai there
the lambs mid sheep are fed always
niton the best the laud nH'oiels mid are
not cnuliucd tn short pastures ami
stubble fields.
I'liiillry I'.iltitu,
All over-fit lieu Is always lu danger
or apoplexy.
Poultry unr babies can stnml tilth
and k-vp In health.
A. wcdl hen. IT not too fill, Is full of
l'le. Sick hens mope.
When tin Mid begins lo w bee.e, you
have a case of roup on hand,
I'sn plenty tif elry oarlli In the lieu
house mid coops. It Is a puiilior.
Vermin cause (he hens In pick (heir
feathers ami otherwise to be restless.
The way some iMople i of use In use
vvhltctvush lu the poultry house would
Indicate that It was expensive.
Winter Is coming, ami before It
comes the house should 1st lled so as
lo Insure wii'iuth, IT we expect eggs.
When sickness neoius among I ho
poultry Hud the cause mid remove It
mid medicine will likely be uniiei-es-sarj,
A poiillryuiin says that after leu
yeais of footling evor.vlhlng he has
learned Unit the basis of vigor lu poul
try Is green food.
I'llllciilly or apparent dllllculty of
swallowing op the part of young poul
try, especially ducks, Is said to Inill
tale largo gny lice In the neck.
When Ihe uesis are where the dog
can run hofoio mid aiimnd them, eith
er Ihe ting, the ni'sts or the laying Iipiir
me nut of place, The laying lien needs
to lo kept quiet.
Theie Is nothing edse under the sun
Unit ooiiipinos in soft, tender, gioon
spreutts or oals. wlteat or rye for adult
fnwis or young ami growing chickens
writes a puiiltryniau.
ABOUTOntSONKIHRDS
COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE
THRUSH FAMILY.
lllelilril In 'llirrn I'lirl. 1 h.i Wunil
'ltitili.li, tin- f I -i in 1 1, "I ll r t , 1 1 mill tin
()llsdiiii't.iil TliriKli- VVimll mill Hit
tnlt sMt..,.t St);,r,.
: families to
which our po-onlled
thrushes belong are
three, ono the
Uu indies proper.
The family Turdl
nae contains the
(lenus 'Turd us,
Wood thrush, the
Hermit thrush, the
O 1 1 v o - b a e k e; d
thrush, the dray
rheekod thitish, and the Robin, among
those wVll-knovvn, nlso in the tleiiua
Hlalln, the llltie bird, and lu the (lenus
Ri'gulus. the Ruby-crowned wren, and
the (lolilon-oioslod wren.
Another family, the Wood Warblers,
Syhicolldae, In the (Jenus Sclurus, cou
taliiH what Is known ns the (loldeu
ci owned thrush, tuitl the Water thrush.
This family contains a great many
genera, Including Ihe well-known
American Redstart, and tho Scmiet
Tanager, Another family (Llothiichl
daeHneliules the.fienus llnrporchyncus
containing tho Drown thrush, also three
genera of wrens. Tho representative)
gcMiits of this family Is Mlnius, and con
tains the Mocking bird, and the Cat
bird. All the genera I havo mentioned
nro summer residents of tho North tem
perate 7one, with possibly the Winter
wren. Tho Wood thrush, the Hermit
thrush, tho Olive-backed thrush, tho
Robin and the Drown thrush, are not
rare.
The Mocking bird la Incident to
Southern Illinois in summer, and more
rarely in a few localities of Western
Central Illinois. A considerable number
of the wrens also aie summer residents
of this state. Among the most familiar
birds of tho families mentioned arc tho
robin, the blue blul, tho eat bird, nnd
the brown thrush. When I was a young
man on the farm, all these birds were
very common, unci for several yonra a
pair of mocking birds made their nest
somewheie In a wooded ravine. Hawks,
owls nnd crows weie numerous, ami for
many yeaiKa pair of bald eagles nested
In a great burr-oak nenr thu north
western end of Lake Calumot. Ad
vancing civilization has rendered all
the singing birds comparatively rare
in Cook county. Within tho limits of
Chicago they arc confined to the parks
principally, though in some residence
districts tho robin, the brown thrush,
some wrens, and our only variety of tho
humming hint may be found. As n con
sequence of tho Indiscriminate killing
of Insectivorous birds on the farms, in
sect life has become) so numerous as
seriously to Interfere with the produc
tion of annual crops, some seasons, es
pecially grass, the small grains, Indian
corn, garden crops nnd fruit.
Stringent Inws havo been passed to
protect tho farmers, and game wardens
arc appointed to look after the enforce
ment. They cannot piotoct against the
pernicious small boy with stones and
tho ttiillnriihberolltig.unrcau thoy avail
against parents who allow their chil
dren to destiny the nests of the singing
birds. Thoro are localities whero
humane and wide-awake farmers do
protect singing birds, but pot-hunters
and bird-haters aro of tho majority
against birds.
Our best song birds nro more birds
of the orchard and garden tliail of the
forest. Their food is obtained from the
open grounds, meadows, gardens
and orchards; away from civilization
la the openings, and natural meadows
near. Mnny of them build near the
ground, and oven on tho ground, rather
than high up In trees, and for tho rea
son that their most dreaded enemies
aro predntory birds. Thickets nnd
hedges aro especially sought, nnd they
eagerly seek tho homes and tho orch
ards, where not disturbed. Hence they
aro generally found in villages nnd
towns, and in suburban localities, and
they dollght to sing on low trees and
shrubs. Tho robin and tho brown
thrush In tho early morning, however,
ciengntH to sing rrom tiio upper
branches of taller trees, whero thoy
mny bo found. To the robin undoubt
edly belongs tho raced of being tho
Philomela of American birds, his so
prano volcings extending from April
to tho lnnt of July, Ho Is not a mimic,
his song in ItR variation being all his
own, nnd reared in confinement ho is
ono of tho most cheerful and best of
our feathered vocalists. Tho brown
thrush Is nlso a persistent singer, often
as soon ar. daylight appears, and then
again dcllghtH us at the decllno or day
with his vesper song, and cm still mqon
llght iilghtB often continues his song
until Vcspertlllo, tho comon bat, conies
silently flnpplng hither and thither In
tho pursuit of nocturnnl Insects. Hut the
brown thrush is partially a mimic, and
really belongs, and Is placed nmong
this clnss with the mocking bird and
the cat bird. It is nlso moro pleasing,
nccause less nauio to bo broken up with
harsh, abrupt souiicIh; though, llko tho
mocking bird, Is often a night singer,
when tho moon Is bright and the air
Is still, There used to bo a charming
family that yearly mnelo their nest near
my homo in Knglcwood, Krom tho
top of a tall cottnnwood, across tho
street from my home, before tho bun
roBo, nnd dining the nfter part of tho
day fuid Into iho twilight, tho soft Ilute
lllco notes wero heard until July, and
again lu tho early autumn, I fear thut
tho family wero captured or scared
away by vacation boys, who nt that
tlmo seem ferocious for blood.
Tho Wood thrush nnd the Hermit
thrush nro among tho sweetest of our
singers, of original Kong, but. they aro
rare, ly, and denizens of the woods
rather than the haunts of men, 1 used
to hear them forty and more years ago
, A I, ffcr
nn the farm, not moro than fourluen
miles south of Randolph street, suit'
what an Infinity or birds with them &nd.
among llieni. There van lion that
could chatter with tho Uobollnk, unit
this happy nnd hearty llltlo rellow,
when singing on somo tall weed, ami
pouilng out his song, suddenly seemed
to think of something forgotten, and
lluttoroil nwa, singing "Phow, hIiow,
Mndallnrnu, see, see, Uobollncolu, Matl
allnk. WhlKcodlnk, wait, wait, wait,"
Down nmong tho tickle lops, hiding in
The buttercups. Tho little rascal has n
bad name In the ripening grain North,
and In the rice Holds South, hut no les.i
a charming fellow, jolly singer, and
poet.--Jonathan Peilan in Tanuerrf
Review, Chicago.
HE WAS CONSCIENTIOUS
Anil I I.mi rt I y Siirri-iiilrrril 'to llio A-
iKIirc All tlm I'roprrly I If. (Iirtit-il.
Sy incuse Post: It was under some
of the eailler bankrupt luvva that Utict
exhibition of inn Hhrewclneivt oc
curred, when It was required that lu
ease of a man'u Insolvency ho must t nt 11
over to the proper ofllcer or the law
every hit of his pioperty for the benefit
of his creditors. The mihjcct of thin
story was yet a young man and wealthy
when misfortune nvoitook him mid
failure was Inevitable. Some of his
proport wiih real estate, some of It
was not, the latter consisting of se
curities easily converted Into eunency.
A nice little bundle of bank bills
could be more safely handled thnn cer
tificates of stocks, etc. When the tlmo
came, being an honorable) man, he con
scientiously aiirruiiilrrcil his entire ef
fects, oven a tubular cane, from which
tho handle could be disjointed, tho girt
of nn admiring friend. After handing
tho walking stick to the official, thus
satisfying the law, he suggested its re
turn. It was a present from a friend,
unci could be of but little value to tiny
one but himself as a memento.
"Certainly." said the olllccr, "tnk
It. It's of no use to us."
"Thanks. I'll prize It highly."
Home lime afterwards, in his quiet
homo, tho shiowel financier disjointed
the hnndle mid removed from his tnhti
lar depository several thousand dol
lars of well crumpled bank bills.
A lriiiili:ircl' rrcmtitloii.
A drunkard, who knew his weakness,
took the precaution the other clay of at
taching a label tn hlmseir with a naniu
and iiddioKH on It. "I am out for the
day," said the label; "when 1 am boozed
tlo this to my buttoiiho'e and send mo
homo." What vvaa very Ingenlousho
did not write bin own name and addrcM
on the label, but that of his employer.
This lemlnels one of tho presence of
mind, but absence of principle, exhib
ited by Sheridan who, being picked up
drunk lu the gutter, and linked his name
by tho constable, replied, with a stutter,
"I am the great and good Mr. Wllhcr
force." llnltlrr mill llottln .11111.1117. "
The bottlers of tho United States em
ploy 2e;,7;!t men, serve MSO.O.'LS euu
tomers, use 2H,!M0 horse, have Invested
?ll,ri":i,lt'i!), use annunlly $lJ,7t".i;:i'J
worth of bottles, and the loss ami lucak
age amounts to $3,ii22,S0l. Ho said:
"Consider the enormity of tho figures,
the number of lunula employed, tho
mouths fed, the horses used', tho cus
tomers supplied aqd all, bottlers, handu
and horses, havo to he fed and clothed,
think of Hie number of wagons built
and the enormous amount of moucy
paid every year for Anierlc.Ui mudti
bottles.
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
An nrtlsan of llrusscls has Invented
a rovolver that shoots seven times u
second.
Waller (5. Dennett of 121 East 88th
street, New York, was bitten on the
face b' a mosquito. Kryslpolus result
eel and caused death. ,
Somo men In Wanson, Ohio, whiles
boring for vvntor, struck a gas well.
Tho gas became Ignited, and for houia
threw a flnme seventy-fivo feet high.
A mowing machine operated by John
Russell, of Liverpool, Mil,, ran through
a nest of bumblebees. Tl.o enraged in
sects stung him so severely that ho
died.
A Diooklyn young lady, who wno.
rather stout, tried u qunck preparation
for reducing her flesh, Sho lost some
flesh thiough Its use, and also her
mind, and Is now In an Insane asylum.
To (est whether sheets are lbunp or
nut place uu ordinary tumbler be
tween the sheets for a llttlo while, and
If they are not perfectly dry traces
of moisture will appear on tho iusldo
of tho glass. ,
A system of I renting Iron ore by
electrlclfy has been discovered by I)r
Laval, a Swedish scientist. He claims
that by his method tho oro can o
converted into steel at one-fourth tho
usual cost.
An Italian ofllcer has invented n
magazine rlflo which automatically
flrcH twonty uhots in two seconds. This
weapon was lately testeel In Florence,
and at a distance of 400 yards, tho
twenty shots hit the targot.
A new theater about to be erected
in London Is to have a novel adjunct.
This Is a nursery, with paid attend
ants, who will pay proper attention to
Infants while tho mothors are enjoy
ing the performance on the Binge, ,
Tho decision of un Alabama Judge
Is causing alarm among tho bachelors
of that state. He declares thut when
a man places his arm about tho waist;
of n marriageable woman, it ic prima
facie evidence that bo has proposed to
her. .
Tho cutest cat In Now London he
longs to William allien. She put h
piece of lobster meat near a rat-hole,
and concealed herself. In. a few mo
ments a rut came out, grabbed tho
meat, and tho cat pounced upon the
rat, ouu made it her prey.
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