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DERES SPANISH KING
Infanta Eulalic Quarrels
Nephew Alfonso.
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tlio wlnior
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battalion of the army
Is In tin southland for
Tito wnrblors woro tho
tltn mnrch to oic.ipo tho
nnturiillms of the world
would glvo iniir-h to know what It waa
in tin- torrid Mint! which told those
daintiest of tho feathered crouttiroH
hat thoy must ho moving on
There Ih a puzzle for the scientists even more loin
plox i hau that oilered by the spool ado or inlj,rntlon
It Is to j-et tl.o solution of the problem of why some
birds wllh the iwurrliiB autumns liivarlabl seek
warmer clinics while others appaietttly nitirh more
poorly fitted lij nature to withstand eoltl weather
conditions, stay about the familiar ne.stltiK ai-enes
when the snow lies deep and the eold Is like that or
"St Actios Kve "
The tiltnouse, the Concotd chickadee of KmorMitt
la it little feathered kmii which looks as though a
bieath of cold would set It all ashlver Yet this
little follow sticks by his Northern friends all
tnrouj;lt the winter, when bluccr. morn lie.nllv f..nil
red, and apparently more hardy species have sought
uui me orange ami the magnolia groves of the gulf
There ate scores of other birds which remain with
us to pipe a cheerful note over the snow waste
while their KoutheiiHllnK friends are silent amid
their fongunlal surtoundlngs
One of the most Interesting bird studies Is that
which leads lo a peisonal knowledge of how the
feathered species cate for themselves during a time
when exposed man. even though heavily clothed, tit
times freezes to duth. It Is a miestlon If many peo
pie know how the despised IOngllsh sparrow, whom
we nlwa.vs have with us. manages to pull through a
Northern winter without offering himself rp as a
eacrlllce to .lack Ftost. It Is a matter of current but
mistaken belief among those who have noticed the
groat bulky nostB which the spanowa have built In
almost every ttee that then bunches of straw, dtled
grass, and feathers form the abiding places of the
iparrows during the cohhvlnter nights As a mat
ter of fact, a sparrow sel
Joni goes near n tree nest
In winter If ife has found
n lodging for his summer
home In a cornice of a
building ho may go there
to sleep away the long,
cold nights, but tho tree
nest Is deserted from the
moment tho last brood Is
batched.
If one wishes to know
where thousands of the
spartows sleep In winter
let him on some cold night
take a stout club and rap
with nil his might upon an
electric light pole that Is
fitted with an ovcrhnnglng
hood. There Is a little
platform In some of these hoods directly over tho
glass globe. Upon this as many sparrows as can
conveniently crowd together rost throughout the
cold weather nights A club rapping experiment
on an electric light pole at a Chicago avenue cor
ner near the North Side water workB lot during
a howling blizzard one winter night resulted In
tho dlslodgment of twelve frightened sparrows.
They fluttered about In the storm and hung like
so many fascinated moths When tho pounding
ceased they made their way hack to their resting
place and doubtless remained undisturbed until
morning. Their flat was certainly modern In Its
appointments, for It was heated and lighted by
electricity.
Take a trip through a thistle field in July and
there .will be seen scores of goldfinches feeding
on tho seeds of the prickly plants. These little
creatures hnve tho appearance of the birds of the
tropics. It would seem 'that barely n breath of
tho north wind would send them scurrying south
ward. In truth, however, these birds, frail though
thoy appear, stay with us all winter, yet not one
person in fifty outbido of tho ranks of the bird
students knows tho fact.
In lato August tho goldfinch drops his gold and
black livery and puts on a sobor sparrowllko
garb. This Is tho reason why people think that
tho little thistle seed lover has left them and
that another bird has taken Us place. In the
Chicago Academy of Sciences there Is pathetic
evidence of how tho goldllnch keeps warm during
tho winter nights. Tho curator has there an
oriole's nest from tho outsido of which hangs tho
body of a goldfinch caught by tho neck and liter
ally hanged by one of the cords with which the
oriolo has fashioned Its home. Tho goldfinch
has sought refuge in tho nest from tho weather
and on leaving it In the morning has thrust his
head through the fatal noose. These birds utilize
tho deserted homes ot all their brethren who
build deep nests. Tho goldfinches return night
after night to a nest which nn oriole hai' swung
from the tips of an elm In Western Springs, Jll.
Tho chlckndee of which something hns been
said, builds Its nest somewhat after tho manner
of the woodpecker, but If observation goes for
much, the bird does not uso this absolutely safo
and warm, retreat for Its winter night lodging.
They have been startled time after tlrao Just nftor
' sunset on cold nights from tho vncated nests of
many species of birds, the chlckadeo simply bury
ing Itself In tho warm linings in which tho sum
mer beforo the young of Its friends had been
cradled.
By mid-September tho Bwallows one and all
had disappeared. It may bo that if tho appear
anco of ono swallow does not mako a summer,
tho abBonco of tho entire tribe may not mako an
autumn, hut It Is certain that tho birds must feel
something that bids them Iwgone, for thoy go In
a body and they go In the twinkling of an eye
Tho swallows live upon Insects, and there Is no
reason as far as food Is concerned, why tho
should not stay at least two weeks longer, for
their homes are In sheltered nooks. Tho hum
ming birds, despite Its dollcacy. Btays longer than
the swallow and complains not.
If ono can catch Bight of n saucy llftlo wood
peckor going Into a hole In a tree on his lawn at
this season of tho year ho may hopo to have an
interesting neighbor during tho entire winter. All
tho downy woodpeckers remain In the north tho
years through. Soino of the red heads May too,
but most of them go a few score of miles to tho
tooth. All of those birds that remain pass their
nights in holes In trees, and at the dime of the
WM fall month thoy ar busy locating proper
eo.d weathot habitations. If enough Interest in
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Princess Who Was Conspicuous Ini
America During the Chicago World's
Fair Is Again In the
Limelight.
Chicago. Americans who tiro old
'enough to remember distinctly tho Co-i
Uumblan exposition of eighteen yearn
ago In Hits city will recall the coming
of Infanta lOulallo of .Simla as a guest,
of Uio nation. At that time she was
about thirty years old and she i' to
uted ii Hetisatlou hctc by snubbing tho
leaders of American society most roj
ally. In Chicago she tefused tho hos
pitality of Mrs. I'otler rainier on tho
gtound that she could not be tho guest
of an "Innkeeper." Kieiitioully hIiico
then Ihilalle has figured In the Inter
national dlspad hen In a more or less
sensational way. She Is a woman of
Independent spirit and Ihluka no more
of ilcfjlng cotitt etiquette than of
snubbing Ameilcati women.
Alfonso, Ihe youthful king of Spain,
who Is hi r in pin w, has found her far
from complaisant when ho has Issued
his orilets and she has never hesitat
ed lo eiltlcli'o him openly. Ho object
ed strenuously when she divorced her
husband In Trance, a thing illegal In
Hpalu; hhe called him an lugrate when
ho did not rewind her son for fighting
lit Aft lea; and for some time she has
preferred to llvo In Paris.
Recently sho published a hook In
which she Justifies d I voice as a natu
ral support to molality under certain
circumstances, and when Alfonso
tho woodpecker Is felt to
keep him as a companion
throughout the winter n
piece df suet bound firmly
to tho limb of a tree and
occasionally renewed will
Insure his presence ns a
guest as long as tho snow
files, and with him, tempt
ed by tho suet, will bo a
goodly company of Jnys.
chickadees, and golden
crowned kinglets
Tho kinglet, smaller than any of our birds, sav
tho ruby throated humming bird nlono, manages
to llvo through all tho cold Northern winter and
bo nil tile while as cheerful as a robin In April.
Tho kinglet, as fnr as the experlenco of one por
son Is concerned at least, prefers to get his sum
mer food In the thick bushes, and seemingly has
a preference for thoso which are near clambering
vines. Tho kinglets cast about for likely places
In which to pass tho winter. As far as can bo
ascertained they simply get into tho heart of somo
thickly twigged bush through which run vino
branches and there all night long they defy both
cold and snow. '
Tho great northern shrike, which Is duo In tho
northern states from Its summer homo In tho
British possessions nbout October 1, spends his
nights close to tho bolo of an evergreen tree.
Thero Is n little clump pf evergreens well within
tho limits of tho city of Chicago whore a half
dozen of these birds roost nightly from October
to March. Inasmuch as they llvo on a diet of
English spnrrows and sjiend all tho daylight hours
In the laudable vocation of killing tho Imported
feathered pest, the exact location of their roosting
placo will not bo given for fear somo champion
of tho sparrow might disturb the rest of these
feathered friends, whom many are unkind enough
to call butcher birds.
As a matter of fact ono need feel little anxloty
for tho wclfaro of tho birds that stay with us in
winter. Tho nursery ditty of "What will tho robin
do then, poor thing?" is tear-comielllng, hut the
robin, tho bluebird, the Jay, and the chlckadeo
will all cure for themselves and will fool no onvy
of man In his steam-heated flat.
During tho bitter weather of winter whllo peo
ple with hearts In the right places are scattering
crumbs and seeds at their doorsteps for tho little
fenthered land visitors, tho great city of Chicago
as a whole Is doing Its best to feed the storm
blown birds of Lake Michigan. Not all the sow
ago of tho city, notwithstanding tho completion
of the drainage canal, is sent towards tho Missis
sippi. Somo little of it still finds it way Into tho
lakes with its burden of garbage, and thoro tho
gull scavengers, by eating much of tho output that
,from their point of appetite Is edible, do their bebt
to aid In purifying the water supply.
In tho dead of winter when tho cold is ho In
tense that it seems that no exposed creature can ,
live, tho waste of water between Chicago and
St. Joe, Mich., Is peopled with strango feathered
visitors, who hIiuii tho same water stretches when
the wind blows soft out of tho south. A storm
which once rose and preceded u "spoil" of zero
weather brought with it from tho north Bcores
of strango, beautiful arctic visitors known aa
long-tailed duckB. They may bo Been all through
tho winter woll out Into tho open water of Lake
Mlohlgnn. Thoy fairly revel In cold weather
and in cold wntcr. It Is highly probablo that
thoy would never come lo the great lakes at all
woro It not for tho fnct that everything north
ward Is frozen solid. Tho male "long-tall" Is a
beauty, with his strongly contrasted black and
whlto plumage and tho two groat sweeping tali
feathers that give him his name. With IiIb wife
ho does not lack other names, and they are
known In varloitB placea hh "old Injun," "old
wife," "old molly," "old granny," "old squaw,"
and "old south southerly." Hecauso of the oily
naturo of their flonh these ducks are unlit for
food, and yet tho gunncra on tho Chicago break
waters and on tho government filer used to kill
dozens of them in the pure wantonness of sport.
When tho sloping stone abutment that pro
tects the outer Lincoln Park driveway, Chicago,
from the waves Is piled high with Ice during tho
winter the venturesome person who will scnlo
tho side of the pile may Bee In the dark water
only n few yards beyond ono of tho most beauti
ful ducks known to tho bird kingdom The
golden eye, or whistle wing, frequents the cold
waters of Iake Michigan all through the winter,
and comes closo to the shore. It Is seldom that
more than four or five are seen together, and
oftcnor a idnglo pair will be found. If the pro
tection which the mnlo apparently tries to ox
tend to tho female during all times of the year
ho a basis for Judgment, these birds remain
mated for life.
Tho golden eye almost Invariably places him
self between his gentler companion nnd dnnger.
and when they aro swimming or flying to new
foraging places ho Invariably leads the way
Tho movement of their wings Is so rapid thnt
It produces a musical whistling audible at a
groat distance. Hecause of the rapidity of their
flight tho Indians cnll them spirit ducks, believ
ing thnt somo supornntural aid is given them to
add to tho Bwiftness of tholr Jnnrneylngs
Tho best of tho bird scavengers acting ns the
allleB of tho Chicago health department in win
tor aro the herring, the ring-billed gullfl. Tho
herring gull Is a big grayish creature, almost
pure whlto If he Is three years old, with black
tips to his wings, The young of the first year
aro mottled gray, entirely different In appearance
from their patents. The result of this difference
Is that people looking at a winter flock of tho
gulls think that It contains several species. The
lagoons In .Jackson and Lincoln Parks aro often
fairly covered with these birds, provided a heavy
storm Is coming In from the eastward.
A dollcate-looklng bird Is the kltlowake gull.
It does not look as If It could stand tho rigors
of lake winter weather for a day, and yet neither
storm nor cold succeeds In chilling Its optimism
or In abating Its Industry Tho klttowakos havo
been In tho lako off Chicago In winter, nnd hero
they doubtless occasionally havo remained until
Mnrch.
A bird lover considers It an ornithological
epoch when ho sees a great black-backed gull.
Tho persistent and careful observer who cares
nothing for weather conditions may find this raro
creature, perhaps the largest of our gulls, If ho
will but keop a constant watch along tho lako
front. Tho bird has been bcoii horo on several
occasions In winter. Its name gives a good de
scription of It. It Is sometimes known grow
sotuoly as tho "coffin carrier.'
.
METHOD OF KEEPING YOUNG
Remarkably Sound Advice for the
Woman Who Haa Some Years
of Life to Her Credit.
Tho way to ward off old ago Is not
to four It, not to allow one's self to
ho opprcsflod by tho dread of advan
cing ycnrB, Uso only legitimate pre
ventives and avoid trying experiments
with preparations not Indorsed by
physicians Do not wear toilettes In
tended for young girls, thoy only add
years to the appearance. Keop up
your Interest In tlm young, but do not
envy them Itetlro with dignity from
tho struggle, do not poso as your
daughter's rival Above all, surround
your life with sweet, truo affections
which prevent the heart from growing
hitter Do not lose Interest In th
gtowlng events of the day; do not fall
behind the times and do ii"t harp on
other and better days To thoso who
come lo ou for ndvlco bo alv ,yn kind
and sympathetic An you advance In
years preserve carefully your personal
appearance, for once loit It may not
be tegaltieil save by strenuous effort.
Your costumes should be simple and
unpretentious, yet graceful. These
lilies, cnicfully and sensibly followed,
will keep joii young nnd attractive.-Dschangu.
A Little Off.
Senator Petiiose was talking lit
(Vasblngion about the dreadful hunting
Accidents of last month. "Whon buck
(ever selon a man," ho said, "ho goos
ns far on his aim as tho old lady wont
In her definition of the word "belli
ruse' She wnM talking with a friend
about a bishop
"'He's a line man,' said tho friend,
n flue, bantlMimc man Ills only
tumble Is that he's a little belllcoBO.'
"'llelllcose?' said tho old lady with
n surprised frown 'Ho must havo
changed, then Tho last tlmo I saw
him lie was tall nnd rather slender.'"
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heard of It ho telegraphed n command
for tho suppression of tho book. Then
Kulallo exercised her womnn'H pre
rogative and talked back, expressing'
herself in no uncertain terms. Sho
defies her kingly nephew nnd says sho
Will sell her Spanish estates, glvo up
her plnco at court and llvo as sho
pleases in Paris. At tho same tlmo
eho bids Alfonso a c,urt farewell.
Of courso all European royalty la
Bcandallzed and In clrcleB which aro
not royal expectations uro nursed I hat
before long Kulnlle, now that sho has
"kicked over tho traces," will bo dilng
things to keep tho sensational press
busy.
Alfonso had troublo enough trying
to govern his somewhat rebellious
subjects. Ho might havo known bet
ter than to try to buss a woman.
NOW A PENSION FOR MOTHERS
Homes May Thus Be Kept Up and
Children Reared by Mother
and Sent to School.
Chicago. Tho now Illinois atnto law
pensioning deserving poor mothers
with families recently heenmo opera
tive. The flrflt week forty mothers,
most of them widows nnd tho solo
support of that many broods of chil
dren, received checks for amounts
ranging from $18 to $120.
Tho pension net allows $3 to $10
n month for each child. Nearly all
tho mothers woro tearfully grateful.
Tho pension nllows them to keop tho
family together and oxcrciso tho caro
necessary for growing children.
Tho deserving mothers nnd children
nre Investigated by officials of tho
juvenile court. When tho home Influ
ences aro found to bo good nnd tho
mothers deserving tho money Is paid
to tho mother. Hoforo tho law was
passed tho mothers who found It Im
possible to support their children
turned them over to the Juvonllo
court and that Institution placed them
in other homes, for tho support of
each child tho county paid ten dollnrs
a month In tho new homes. Tho pen
sion law authorized tho county to
leave tho children with tho parent
and pay them 'the ton dollnrs a month
for each child.
A Boy's Miraculous Escape.
Grand Junction, Colo. At tho risk
of his own llfo an unidentified tramp
saved Wllllo Stevens, twelvo years
old, from death. Tho boy, on IiIb way
to school, Jumped upon a moving
freight train. Ho slipped nnd fell un
der a car. Tho tramp, who was riding
on tho rods, beneath, grabbed him and
held him from tho ground until tho
train slopped. Tho boy's leg was
fractured and two of his llngors wero
smashed heucath tho wheels
Important to Mothora
Kxnnilno cniolully uvery bottlo of
CASTOKI A, a safe and suro remedy fop
infanta and children, and sco that
Hears tho
Signuturoof i
In Uso Kor Over 30 Voars.
Children Ury foi Flclcher'a Castori
Physical Proof.
" Jims, I saw your double on th
street today "
"Impossible, madam I'm a single
man."
Constumtion r.umcn and nRRrnVfttes in.injn
wrioiiK iliM'.im'M. It is thin numbly cured by1
Dr. 1'irice'n I'liMiant l'ollcta. Tho favor
He family laxative.
Most of us would keenly enjoy
working If only wo weron't compelled
to do It.
TO CI1RR A COI.n IN ONE DAY
Tnkn I.AXA'llVH IIHOMO quinine TaMeU.
DrnugUiiircInnil limner It It Titlls to cure. B. VT.
UUoVlt'BRltfuaturoliunetchbux, tic.
You'll generally always find that
the person who is most suspicious of
others, himself needs watching.
Urn. Wrnstow's Soothing Syrup for Chlldre
trcttilnff, noft-n tin Kiitn, reduce lnflntnn
tloa, ullaj'H palu, curci wlud colic, Sic a bottle.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man whoso word was as good
as his bond?
Lewis' Sinplo Hinder, utmiht 6c many
smokers prefer them to 10a cigars.
A woman falls In lovo gracefully,
but a man usually stumbles Into It.
Knees Became Stiff
Five Years of Severe Rheumatism
Tho euro of Henry J. Goldstein, 14
Dnrton Street, lloston, Mans., it another
victory for Hood's Sanmparilla. Thli great
medicine has succeeded in many enses
where others huve utterly failed. Mr.
Goldstein bays: "1 suffered from rheums
tinrn five years, it kept me from business
and caused excruciating pain. My knees
Would become as stiff as steel. I tried
many medicines without relief, then tookj
Hood's Sanaparilla, coon felt much better,
and now consider mvself entirely cured.
I recommend Hood's.
Get it today in usual liquid form oi
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
44 Bu. to the Acre
ha betrr yield, but that' what John Kennedrof
lOdiiiunUjU.AIDArtli. Western Uinulu. But from 411
acres ofHpil ns VV boat I nftlll Reports
m
sHsvsVWft TlsSM
I&bfc
Xroio other districts In that proT-
inco anow ea oilier excel
lent rennlLiaueh til
DUO bushels of wheat
from la acre, or S3 M
bu. per acre. 'i&SOand IU
buslicl jrlelda were nuin
emus. A blub, as Its
buibels of oats to the
acrewrethrphed from
Albert fields In U1U.
The Silver Cup
at tbs recent Spokane
Kalr wasuwurdeu to the
Albert (ioTornmentfor
Its exhibit of grains, gnu sea and
VMrntAhtpa. llttDortauf excellent
yields fur 1V10 oorun alao from
ruiakaictxtwan and Manitoba In
VVeiUTii Canada,
Free homesteads of 160
acres, Mild atljoluina; pre
riiipllnnanf 160ncrea(at
li per litre) nre to be had
fii tlm choicest district. a.
HrlKMils coineulent, ell
In lite xcellitnt, soil the
yery.beyt. rulln ya lose t
Imml, hutldlUK lumlMir
cln-ii. fuel easy toKet uml
ronmiiiiililo lu rl-o, wutcr
easily procured, mixed
Xumilnirn success. .
Write as to hot place for set
tlement, seniors' low rullwur
rales, uicrlitlTO IlluktratrJ
"ljist Host West" (sent freo on
apiilicullun) ami othi'r Informa
tion, to Nup't of Immigration,
Ottawa, Can., or lo tho Canadian
UoTeninienlAyt-ni. (3d)
W. V. BENNETT
Rflflm A Bii BldsT. flaiha. Ilk.
rJ ll'loA write totheg0PtrnsnnitycMi
A6ker's
HAIR BALSAM
Cletntfi sad buutine) the nslz.
I-mmiitM s luiurisnt ffrowth.
Never rails to lle-ttore Oray
usir to us xouiuiui vvor
Cures scalp duttxs U lislr tailing.
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