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By W. L. McATEE, Assistant Biologist in Econom
ic Ornithology, Bureau of Biological Survey.
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just the same they are mighty
busy. One who has seen them at
It during the season when they
are1 rearing their ypung can have
no doubt about their being a
great help ' to the orchardlst.
They are .nctive everywhere:
flickers, blackbirds, robins, and
thrashers seek their insect prey on or near the
ground ; woodpeckers, nuthatches, litmice, and
chickadees closely search the trunks and limbs of
trees; vlreos and warblers scan the leaves and
probe the flowers; and flycatchers and swallows
sweep their prey from the air Itself. Every few
minutes all day .long the hungry young must be
fed ; and that they are well fed their rapid growth
attests. The quantity of insects they and their
purents cVmsume is enormous. Not only orchards
benefit by the good work of birds, but gardens,
berry patches, and plowed and newly sown fields
as well. ' While fields actually grown to tall crops
are less freely visited, all crops are helped to some
extent, and practically every farm pest has its
bird enemies.-, (
To learn exactly how and to what extent birds
are aids to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry,
tS9 biological survey has been making a scientific
study of their food habits ever since its establish
ment In 1885. Its investigations are carried on in
both the field and laboratory. All that can be
learned out of doors by direct observation and by
study of the available food supply is valuable, but
there is a surer way of finding out what a bird
eats, namely, to look Into its stomach. It has
liMti rononfrprll v flpmnnntrntprl that the nature of
the food and feeding habits of birds is such that
it is Impossible to arrive at definite results by di
rect observation. On the other hand, the examina
tion in the laboratory of the contents of the stom
ach gives information that is definite, exact, and
indisputable.
From the percentages and the economic value
of the food items, the utility of a bird can be
closely estimated. Tlie biological survey is then
able to recommend how It should be treated.
In the United States are found more than 800
distinct kinds of birds of CO families, of which 20
families are classed as waterfowl, 7 as shoreblrds,
4 as nplun,d game birds,' 5 as Birds of prey, and 33
as land birds.
The upland game birds comprise such familiar
groups as the quail, grouse, ptarmigan, wild tur
keys, wild pigeons, and doves. The last two, while
usually harmless, sometimes damage crops to an
extent which requires that they be controlled, and
economically they deserve less consideration than
the turkey, quail, and grouse. These three kinds
of birds have feeding habits which are helpful to
agriculture. They may be "hunted, but their num
bers should not be reduced below the normal pop
ulation for each type of country.
' Hawks and owls, though not closely related,
may be considered together on account of the sim
ilarity of their feeding habits. Feeding chiefly up
on living animals smaller han themselves, natur
ally they sometimes prey upon some of the domes
ticated kinds, particularly poultry. This has given
them a bad reputation with farmers, so long estab
lished as to amount to traditional prejudice. Sci
entific investigation of their habits shows that only
a few species of hawks and only one owl feed chief
ly, or even largely, upon birds, and therefore to
any great extent upon poultry. The birds of prey
regarded as chiefly injurious include the sharp
chinned, Cooper, and duck hawks, the goshawk, and
the great horned owl. The great horned owl, which,
like most of its relatives, feeds at night, gets only
poultry that is Improperly exposed, and when pre
vented from doing this, its habits are largely bene
ficial. The remaining species of hawks and awls, more
than 500 in all, have useful habits. They feed on
a great variety of rodents and have a tremendous
effect in controlling the numbers of these pests.
Their staple food consists for the most part of
meadow mice, but It Includes also .many other de
structive rodents, such as rabbits, ground squir
rels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers, and house rats
and mice.
The bam "owl is one of the most useful of the
birds of this group. Its food Is easily studied by
examination of the pellets, made of the hair and
bones of its victims, which accumulate about its
roost. In C75 barn-owl pellets collected in Wash
ington, V. C, were found the remains of 1,119
meadow mice, 452 house mice, and 134
house rats, together with a sufficient
number of other small mammals to
make an average of almost three to
the pellet, and probably to the meal. In 592 pel
lets collected in California'there were found skulls
and other traces of 2G1 pocket gophers, 74 field
mice, 184 pocket mice, 144 deer mice, 50 harvest
mice, 230 kangaroo rats, and 215 house mice. These
items make It clear that the barn owl is constantly
doing work of great value to agriculture. Its serv
ices are typical of those of hawks and owls In gen
eral. Owl.; as a group have long been persecuted
by man, but never has persecution been more un
just. The hawks and owls are not he only suffer
ers, however, for when their numbers are greatly
reduced in any community, farmers will be forcibly
reminded of the fact by a great increase in the
number of destructive rodents.
Among the most praiseworthy birds are the
cuckoos. The most widely distributed species, the
yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoos, usually keep
out of sight, but are well known by their strange
notes, which have earned them the name "rain
crow." The cuckoos feed very largely on caterpil
lars, and subsist to a larger extent than most of
our birds on the hairy and spiny kinds. One stom
ach contained 250 tent caterpillars and another
217 fall web-worms. The cuckoos are fond also
of grasshoppers, sawfly larvae, plant bugs, and
other injurious insects.
The large and important woodpecker family in
cludes 24 species in the United States, most of
them highly beneficial. They are the chief de
fenders of trees against insect attack, most of
them being specialized to feed upon wood-boring
larvae, pests preyed upon by few other birds. From
10 to ' 80 per cent of the annual diet of various
species is made up of ants, which are almost uni
formly Injurious. The flickers, or "yellow-hammers,"
especially are assiduous destroyers of ants,
one of these birds being known to have taken more
than 5,000 at a single meal.
A group of birds, which, though diverse In ap
pearance, are related in esaentlal characters, in
cludes the chuck-will's-wldows, whip-poor-wills,
poor-wills, nighthawks, swifts and humming birds.
All are almost strictly insect eaters and conse
quently beneficial. The lurger ones feed extensive
ly upon leaf-chafers, the larvae ef which, including
the well-known white grubs, are very destructive.
The nighthawks take considerable of the same sort
of food, but, In common with the swifts, capture
a great variety of small insects, more than 50 dif
ferent kinds having been found in single stomachs,
represented in some cases by thousands of individ
uals. ' v
One of our families of birds gets Its popular
name "flycatcher" from the insect-eating nature
of its species, 31 of which live In the United States,
including such birds as the spectacular scissor-tail,
the bold, dashing kingbird, and the more quiet and
domestic phoebe. On the average, 95 per cent of
the food of these birds has been found to consist
of insects. The rose-chafer, a species not only de
structive to vegetation, but known to be poisonous
to chickens and pheasants, is freely eaten by the
kingbird. Several flycatchers have the reputation
of eating hive bees to an Injurious extent, but It
has been shown that they take mostly drones, and
furthermore, that 4hey eat enough enemies of bees,
as robberflies, to pay for all the domestic beesthey
take.
The jays, crows and ravens have always been
severely criticized, and it must be admitted that
on the whole the criticism Is justified. About the
best that can be said for birds of this family is
that on the average they do about as much good
as harm. It would seem a good policy to accord
them the same treatment long given the common
crow the crow Is not especially persecuted,
neither is it protected. Thus while the birds are
allowed to exist in reasonable numbers for the sake
of the good they do, the way is left open for ag
gressive measures against them when necessary.
In the case of this family, as of all destructive
birds, damage is the result of overabundance.
The damage done by the blackbirds Is conspic
uously the result of over-population. The damage
sometimes is serious, and protection of these spe
cies is not recommended. In the same family with
the blackbirds, however, are such birds as orioles
and meadowlarks, and these do much more good
than harm.
The great sparrow family, comprising almost a
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hundred species in the United States, as a whole
shows a good economic record: The sparrows, or
finches, are essentially seed eaters, but they con
sume also a fair proportion of insects, and in gen
eral must be regarded as beneficial.
The tanagers and swallows are almost exclusive
ly beneficial, the latter especially being tireless
destroyers, of a great variety of insects.
If soft plumage and harmonious colors were the
criteria of bird worth, the cedar waxwing would
stand near" the top. Economically,' however, it is
in the doubtful, even the very doubtful, class. It
is too fond of flowers, buds, and fruits, especially
cherries, and It consorts in such large flocks while
gratifying these tastes that the interests of man
kind suffer considerably.
The butcher birds, or shrikes, which have the
curious habit of hanging part of their prey upon
thorns, in crotches, or in other suitable places,
destroy some birds, but on the whole are beneficial.
About 10 kinds of smooth green-coated vireos
and 55 kinds of warblers of varied and brilliant
but neat plumages constitute the especial guardi
ans of the foliage of our trees. There are millions
of warblers and vireos in North America, and the
aggregate destruction of insects by them Is beyond
conception.
Allied in sen-ice to the warblers are the barlJ
climbing creepers, the industrious and inquisitive
nuthatches, the restless and active chickadees and
titmice, and the tree-scanning kinglets and gnat
catchers, of which groups there are In the United
States more than 23 species.
Mockingbirds, catbirds and thrashers are dis
tinguished by unusual ability as songsters. Eco
nomically considered, all are rather too fond of
cultivated fruits, but as a rule they do more good
than harm.
Closely related to the mockers and thrashers are
the wrens, of which we have 11 species. These lit
tle birds are Incessantly nctive, tireless, and good
singers, almost wholly Insectivorous, and conse
quently beneficial to a high degree.
Only one family of small land birds remains to
be mentioned, namely, that including the thrushes,
robins and bluebirds. The thrushes are character
istic woodland species, and while not of great eco
nomic importance are for the most part commend
able In their relation to man. Robins and blue
birds are the most familiar species about our
homes, and so beloved are they that they are al
most immune from persecution. The bluebirds
strictly deserve this high consideration, but the
robins take a large toll from cultivated fruits, and
probably are too numerous in many localities.
To understand the economic value of birds, not
only must the feeding habits of species and famil
ies be known, but also the collective effect of birds
upon pests and crops. Most of their damage re
sults from local over-abundance either of one spe
cies or of a number of species of similar feeding
habits, and it is inflicted chiefly upon fruit and
grain crops.
If birds by their united effort are potent to ac
' cornplish great harm, they are for the same rea
son able to do great good In the destruction of
insect pests. Fortunately, many more species are
helpful than harmful. Unusual outbreaks of pests
upon which birds can feed are always attended by
gatherings of the bird clans. ,
The American Ornithologists' union model law
for the protection of birds has been adopted by 40
of the 48 States of the Union. The migratory-bird
treaty act, putting into force a. treaty with Great
Britain for the protection of ndgratory birds, sup
plements and re-enforces the state legislation.
It remains only for public opinion to back the
law at every point, and for citizens to put into ef
fect every practicable measure for the increase
and conservation of bird life. The essentials of
bird attraction are the suppression of enemies and
the provision of water, food and nesting sites.
Material Increase in the numbers of birds admit
tedly is a two-sided problem : Some birds of nega
tive value should not be increased, while others,
not now noticeably destructive, may become so
when they are more abundant. On the other hand,
there is no doubt that the majority of birds are
more beneficial than injurious and that by increas
ing their numbers we shall do ourselves and our
country a valuable service.
Synopsis Proud possessor of a
printing press and equipment, the
fcift of Uncle Joseph to his nephew,
Herbert Illingsworth Atwater, Jr..
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth,
with his chum, Henry Rooter,
about the same age, begins the pub
lication of a full-Hedged newspaper,
the North End Daily Oriole. Her
bert's small cousin, Florence At
water, being barred from any kind
of participation! in the enterprise,
on account of her intense and nat
ural feminine desire to "boss," is
frankly annoyed, and not at all
backward in saying so. However,
a poem she has written is accepted
for insertion in the Oriole, on a
strictly commercial basis cash in
advance. The poem suffers some
what from the inexperience of the
youthful publishers in the "art
preservative." Her not altogether
unreasonable demand for republi
cation of the masterpiece, with its
bauty unmarred, is scorned, and
the break between Miss Atwater
and the publishers of the Oriole
widens. The Sunday following,
Florence's particular chum, Patty
Fairchild, pays her a visit. They
are joined, despite Florence's open
ly expressed disapproval, by Her
bert and Henry. Florence will not
play. Patty and the visitors in
dulge in a series of Innocent Sun
day games. Among them is one
called "Truth," the feature of
which is a contract to write a ques
tion and answer, both to be kept a
profound secret The agreement is
duly carried out. t
EFFECT OF SUN ON CLOTHING
Some Fabric Less Affected Than Oth
ers, but All Suffer Should Be
1 Stored in Dark.
All clothes wear out through ex
posure to sunlight, air, rain, me
chanical strain and bacterial action,
says "Textile Chemist" In the London
Iaily Mull. Of these, sunlight is by
fur the most harmful. Hence, clothes
not in use should be stored In the
dark.
lint light Is selective In Its action.'
A dark fabric Is less affected than one
which is brightly colored. So that a
Briton's love for drab-colored clothing
cannot entirety be condemned.
Not all fabrics are affected alike,
for while wool and silk rapidly deteri
orate In strong sunlight, cotton and
linen are much more resistant.
In spite of this, however, it would
not be economical to use all cotton
clothing, since colors fade more rapid
ly on cotton than on wool. When a
dyed woolen fabric is exposed to sun
light, the fabric is attacked first and
the dye is thereby partly protected. In
the cotton fabric the dye protects the
cotton.
A coarse dress material Is more re
sistant to sunlight than a fine one.
Clothes are not much affected by
pure rain and air. In manufacturing
towns, however, the atmosphere is
SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
After all, Herman, there are more
prizes than blanks in the matrimonial
lottery. '
If a man realizes how careless he Is
about paying back what he borrows he
veldom lends anything.
Apartment houses accomplish a
great work In accustoming the human
race to set no great store by "things."
The . fellow with the most money
Daintily talks the loudest about the
Messiugi of poverty.
HAD OWN IDEA ABOUT NEWS
Editor Wasn't Taking Up Space With I
ft, -r-1 . r- . . . I
iniiBr i ni everyone was
Familiar With.
Recently a large part of a southern
town was burned ' and from various
cities and towns newspaper men has
tened to the scene. Only In the un
burned office of a local weekly was
there peace and contentment.
When the newspaper came ou.t It
was eagerly scanned by citizens and
visitors, but there was no mention of
the fire, the place of honor being given
to a story of a fight between two
deckhands on a river steamer.
"Look here, Henry," said a sub
scriber to the editor, "when are you
all going to give us something about
the fire?"
"Why, William," replied the editor,
"I didn't reckon to say anything about
often slightly acid, and it Is then par
ticularly destructive to wool.
Some fabrics are most susceptible to
certain kinds of microbes, and these
flourish best under warm and moist
conditions. Clothes wear better when
irequenny orusiiea tree from dust.
Cotton ami woolen fibers are very
elastic and strong. They can with
stand a great deal of rubbing. So that
generally It is not until clothes have
suffered from exposure to sunlight that
they fail to resist the strains caused by
ordinary wear.
It. Every man, woman, child and dog
In this town knows that there was a
fire, saw the fire, and was at the tire,
and I reckon they're plumb tired of
It. What I'm printing Is news and
news is something nobody knows any
thing about until he reads the paier
and finds out." Harper's Magazine.
PART II Continued.
"I say you won't speak of Julia's
engagement outside the family, will
you, Florence?" , (
'Tnpa !" she gasped. "Did Aunt
Julia write she' was engaged?"
"Yes."
"To get married?"
"It would seem so."
"To who?"
" 'To whom,' Florence," her mother
suggested primly.
"Mama !" the daughter cried. "AYho's
Aunt Julia engaged to get married
to? Noble Dill?
"Good gracious, no!" Mrs. Atwater
exclaimed. "What nn absurd idea !
It's to a young man in the place she's
visiting a stranger to all of us. Julia
only met him a few weeks ago." Here
she forgot Florence, and turned again
to her husband, wearing her former
expression of experienced foreboding.
"It's just as I said. It's exactly like
Julia to do such a reckless thing:"
"But we don't know anything at all
about the young man," he remon
strated. "How do yon even know he's
young?" Mrs. Atwater, asked crisply.
"All in the world she said about him
was that he's a lawyer. He may be
a widower, for all we know, or di
vorced, with seven or eight children."
"Oh, no, Mollie!"
"Why, he might !" she insisted. ',' For
all we know, he may be a widower for
the third or fourth time, or divorced,
with any number of children. If such
person proposed to Julia, you know I
yourseir sneu nate to De aisappoint
ing!" Her husband laughed. "I don't think
she'd go so far as to actually accept
such a person and write home to an
nounce her engagement to the family.
I suppose most of her swains here
have been in the habit of proposing
to her just as frequently as she was
unable to prevent them from going
that far; and while I don't think she's
been as discouraging with them as she
might have been, she's never really
accepted any of 'em. She's never been
engaged before."
VNo," Mrs. Atwater admitted, "Not
to this extent. .She's never announced
it to the family before."
"Well, I'd hate to have Julia's job
when she comes back !" Julia's brother
said ruefully.
"What's that?"
"Breaking it to her 'admirers.' "
"Oh, she isn't going to do that !"
"She'll have to, now," he said. "She'll
either have to write the news to 'em,
Leggings Prevent Burn.
For foundry workers there have
been invented leggings made of as
bestos and duck, gluzed so that drop
of molten metal will not cling to them
4t This, the Slender Form of Florence
Underwent a Spasmodic Seizure, in
Her Chair.
or eise tell 'em, face to face, when she
comes home."
"She won't do either."
"Why, how could she get nut of It?"
His wife smiled pityingly. "She
hasn't set a time for coming home,
has she? Don't you know enough of
Julia's ways to know she'll never in
the world stand up to the music? She
writes that all the family can be told,
because she knows the news will leak
out here and there. In confidence, lit
tle by little; so by the time she gets
home they'll all have been through
th''ir first spasms, and after that she
hopes they'll just send her some for
giving flowers and greet her with
inn.uly handclasps and get ready to
user at the wedding
"Well." said Mr. Atwater, "I'm
Afraid you're right. It does seem
ruther like Julia to stay away till the
first of the worst is over. I'm really
sorry for some of her love-lorners.
I suppose it will get whispered about,
and they'll hear it; and there are
some of the xoor things that might
take it pretty hard."
'"Take it pretty hard!'" she echoed
loudly. "There's one of 'em, at least,
who will just merely lose his reason !"
"Which one?"
"Noble Dill."
At this, the slender form of Flor
ence underwent a spasmodic seizure,
in her chair, but as the fit was short,
i and also noiseless, it passed without
being noticed.
"Yes," said Mr. Atwnte' thought
fully. "I suppose he w' ."
"He certainly will!" Mrs. Atwater
declared. "Noble's mother told me
last week that he'd gotten so he
was just as liable to drop a fountain
pen in bis coffee as a lump of sugar;
and when any one speaks to him he
either doesn't know It. or else jumps.
When he says anything, himself, she
says they can scarcely ever make out
what he's talking about. He was try
ing enough before Julia went away ;
but since she's been gone Mrs. Dill
says he's like nothing in her experi
ence. She says he doesn't inherit it ;
Mr. Dill wasn't anything like this
about her."
Mr. Atwater smiled faintly. "Mrs.
Dill wasn't anything like Julia."
"No," said his wife. "She was
quite a sensible girl. I'd hate to be
in her place, now, though, when she
tells Noble ahout this!"
"How can Mrs. Dill tell him, since
she doesn't know it herself?"
"Well perhaps she ought to know
it. so that she could tell him. Some
body ought to tell him, and it ought
to be done with the greatest tact. It
ought to he broken to him with the
most delicate care and sympathy, or
the consequences "
"Nobody 'could foretell the conse
quences," her husband interrupted
"no matter how tactfully it's broken
to Noble."
"No," she said, "I suppose that's
true. I think he's likely to lose his
reason unless it is done very tactful
ly, though." . .
"Do you think we really ought :to
tell Mrs. Dill. Mollie? I mean seri
ously: Do you?"
For some moments she considered
his question ; then aswered, "No. It's
possible we'd be following a Christian
course in doing It ; but still we're rath
er bound not to speak of it outside the
family. and when It does get outsite
the family I think we'd better not be
the ones responsible especially since
it might asily be traced to us. I
think It's usually better to keep out
of things when there's any doubt."
"Yes," he said, meditating. "I nev
er knew any harm to come off people's
sticking to their own affairs." '
But as he and his wife became si
lent for a time, musing in the fire
light, their daughter's special convic
tions were far from coinciding with
theirs, although she, likewise, was si
lent a strangeness In her which they
should have observed. But so far
were they from a true comprehension
of her, they were nnawnre that she
had more than a casual, young-cousinly
interest in Julia Atwater's en
gagement and In those possible con
sequences to Noble Dill, which they
had sketched with some Intentional
exaggeration, and decidedly without
the staggering seriousness attributed
to their predictions by their daughter.
They did not even notice her expres
sion when Mr. Atwater snapped on
the light, in order to read, and she
went quietly out of the library and up
to her own room.
On the floor, near her bed, where
Patty Fairchild had left her coat and
hat, Florence made her second dis
covery. Two small, folded slips of
paper lay there, dropped by Miss Fair
child when she put on her coat in the
darkening room. They were the re
plies to Patty's whispered questions,
in the game on the steps the pledged
Truth, written by Henry Rooter and
Herbert Atwater on their sacred words
and honors. The infatuated pair had
i either overestimated Patty's caution,
or else each had thought she would
so prize his little missive that she
would treasure It in a fender safety,
perhaps pinned upon her blouse (at
tlie first opportunity) over the heart.
It Si positively safe to say that neither
of the two veracities would ever have
been set upon paper had Herbert and
Henry any foreshadowing that Patty
might be careless; and the partners
would have been seized with the ut
most horror could they have conceived
the possibility of their trustful mes
sages ever falling into the hands of
the relentless creature who now, with
out an Instant's honoralJe hesitation,
unfolded and rend them.
"Yes, If I got to tell the truth, I
know I have got pretty eyes," Herbert
had unfortunately written. "I am glad
you think so, too, Patty, because your J
eyes are too. Herbert Illingsworth
Atwater, Jr."
And Mr. Henry Rooter had likewise
ruined himself In u coincidental man
ner. "Well, Patty, my eyes are pretty,
hut suppose I would like to trade with
yours because you have beautiful eyes.
also, sure as my name is Henry
Rooter "
Florence stood close to the pink
shadei'. electric droplight over her
small white dressing table, reading
again and again these pathetically
honest little confidences. Her eyelids
were withdrawn to an unprecedented
retirement, so remarkably she stared,
while her 'mouth seemed to prepare
itself for the attempted reception of
a bulk beyond Its total capacity. And
these plastic tokens, so Immoderate
as to be ordinarily the consequence of
nottrng short of poignant horror,
were overlaid by others, subtler and
more gleaming, which wrought the
true significance of the contortion a
joy that was dumfoundlng.
Her thoughts were first of Fortune's
kindness In selecting her for a favor
so miraculously dovetailing Into the
precise need of her life, then of Henry
and Herbert, each at this hour prob
ably brushing his hair In preparation
for ihe Sunday evening meal, and both
touchltigly unconscious of the calami
ty now befalling them ; but what even
tually engrossed her mind was tin
thought of W'allie Torbin.
Master Torbin, approaching four
teen, was In all 1 lie town the boy
most dreaded by his fejlow-boys, and
by girls of his acquaintance. Including
many of both sexes who knew hire
only by sight and hearing, lie had
no physical endowment or attainment
worth mention; but boys, who could
"whip him with one hand," became
sycophants in his presence ; the terrot
lie inspired was moral. He had a spe
cial overdevelopment of a faculty ex
ercised clumsy enough by most hu
man being, especially in their youth;
in other words, he had genius not,
however, genius having to do with
anything generally recognized as art ;
or science. True, If lie had been a
violinist prodigy or mathematical prod
itry, he would have had some respect
from his fellows about equal to that
lie might have received if he were
gifted with some pleasant deformity,
such as six toes on a foot but he
would never have enjoyed such deadly
prestige as bad actually come to be
his. In brief, then. Wallie Torbin bad
a genius for mockery.
Almost from his babyhood he had
been a child of one purpose: to in
crease by ghastly burlesque the suf
ferings of unfortunate friends. If one
of them wept, Wallie Incessantly pur-
But What Eventually Engrossed Her
Mind Was the Thought of Wallie
Torbin.
sued him, yelping in horrid mimicry;
if one were chastised, he could not
appear out-of-doors for duys except to
encounter Wallie and a complete re
hearsal of the recent agony. "Quit,
papa ; pah-puh, quee-yet! I'll never
do it again, pah-puh I Oh, lemme
alone, pah-puh !"
"I may have a slight surprise
for you."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
DELVING INTO MOTHER EARTH
Man Has Gone Far Underground In
Search of Riches That She
Has Concealed.
For centuries man has been engaged
In burrowing his way deeper and
deeper into the crust of old Mother
Earth, in order to extract the minerals
which she hides beneath her surface.
A century ago 1,000 feet was thought
to be a stupendous depth for any
shaft; for in those days there were
no engines capable of pumping from
greater depths, and no system of ven
tilation had been devised which would
make it possible to work in galleries
at a greater distance from the surface.
Coal pits over 3,000 feet deep are
now fairly common in England, while
Belgium has two which exceed 4,000
feet in depth.
But coal is not alone in having deep
pits. There is in Australia a silver
mine whose bottom Is 3,fO0 feet below
the surface, while a gold mine at Ben
digo, in Australia, has been sunk to
4,300 feet.
A famous Transvaal gold-mining
company is sinking a shaff which,
when complete, will measure more
than 7.000 feet.
Cawdor Castle.
The coming of age of the fifth earl
of Cawdor recalls the tradition of the
building of Cawdor castle, an anciept,
moat-surrounded castle approachable
only by a drawbridge, which Is perched
upon a low rock overhanging the
bed of a rushing stream near the
town of Nairn. In a dream, so It is
told, the founder of Cawdor castle
was commanded to load an ass with
gold, turn it loose, and follow it until
it rested and there build a castle. The
ass came to lialt beneath the branches
of a hawthorn tree, so upon this spot
was built Cawdor castle. The trunk
of the hawthorn tree, with its roots
branching out beneath the floor and
its top penetrating the vaulted arch of
stone above still remains within the
tower to argue for the truth of the
story, and, in further allusion to the
picturesque legend, the Gaelic saluta
tion to the roof-tree of the Thanes of
Cawdor is "Freshness to the hawthorn
tree."
Colonel Yell of Yellville.
Tellville was named in lienor of a
gallant soldier. Colonel Archibald Yell,
who went to his God like a man on
the field of Buena Vista. Archibald
Yell was a man of parts, a gentleman
who in time of peace did his share in
politics and in time or war did bis
share as a soldier. He resigned as
a member of congress to enlist as u
private at the outbreak of the Mexi
can war. When the Arkansas troops
were organized at Washington, Hemp
stead county, lie was elected colonel
of the regiment in which he had en
listed as a private. Albert Pike was
a captain under him. At the battle
of Buena Vista Yell's command stood
against a sweeping charge by a great
force of Mexican lancers. Archibald
Yell died there fighting hand to hand
with the Mexicans. Arkansas Gazette.
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