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TEE new and elegant side -
wheel passenger packets 1l
this Inc viii leave Memphis Tor 8eTa--
Bluff. west Point. augusta. IacE70uU0rr and
all point % White river, SCI fC.0was
LEdALTEEDElL-.. John ID. EllCtl. master
EyeTy tuesday, ar5 O'Clock lm.
p. p. WALr---.. WI. ashford. master
Every Saturday. aL5 % o'clock p T
Connecting al DsvalI8 Bluff with railroad Tor
Little Rock. and az IaC5 s1ul-rL with mo
uEht-draughL steamer Fort .I l1r ErG-
hOntas and all points on BlcE river.
For nslguJ OF passage apply IE llHEa. Ir EE
ONCE Memphis and Arkansas Ever Packet
Com pauy. ~. u. P~ATIE=IE- Agent.
u Madison So. Merchants Insurance .l
Ur 70 ELLIOTT MILLER al
fe5 No o Pr1mruEdn -... Huu.TE-
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Fer Arkansas RiysF-Asmphis aad ArkaB.
sas River PaOkst e0.-U. S. HziL
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT

THE Wednesday boat win be- w~ff1Trrvu
Il nom this date until urine lUuea and
only the following boats VIII asEuu DURING
the dull season. tO-Wit;
The new and elegant Passenger Packet
NARY BOYD. Hainas, master. uu leave
Memphis Every Monday, az O'Clock I'D.
PAT CLEBURNE, Reese FritGUGrl. UaEIa1
Every friday, az b pm, CONNECTING ar L.l-re
Rock, Ark, with our light du5uElt boats
DAhDAHELLh and EOhE GLB50E lur Fg-.
smith old all Intermediate points
All the boats OF this line having been allt
expressly for the trade, possess superior zl-
commentator Tor passengers and uLzlEa
passed facilities for Transporting le..u. Co
all points on the Arkaulsa river E.rHua.
detention, at any stage OF water.
Frelgn8 consigned 20 tlis company El
Memphis OF Mouth OF White river VIII a5
forwarded promptly 70 destination without
charge for transfer.
JOHN ID. ADAMS. President
". q. ~PAIIESON, Agent, no. u MGdislu Ste
apl0 Merchants LuE Co. Bll.tLEE
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Joe Locke, 1861 Main street, has all The
latest fashion magazines, illustrated
Wseklies and the largest variety OF dRlies
Ia the CITY,
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SEE advertisement Of DR.. Butts Dis
pensary, headed "Book for the Million
Marriage Guide" in another column. It
should be read by all.
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ON HAND,

10 USEKEEPERS LINEN DAM
ASKS, LINEN SHEETTN9S
AND
PILLOW CASE LINEN.
In short ends, at great sale to-day.
A. SEESSEL & SON.
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PIQuEl
LOCAL NEWS

-Leddin's College.
Attend RObsrtsOn's College,
w. q. MitohePs school, S0S Third St
The DAILY APPEAL, i've cents PEI
copy, can be had OF all nsW5men in the
city.
0dical store, has all the lste magazines
and illustrated and weekly papers.
"A fine lunch is set every day, at the
Madame Vincent saloon, No. IS Union
street. Don't forget the place, because
you will be we'll served.
The DAILY and the WEEKLY APPEAL
can be had Of sll the uewsmsn in the
city-Joe Locke, on Main street, Mans
ford, on Second, and EmmOns & Son, on
Jefferson street.
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STEAMBOATS,.
FOR ARKANSAS RIVER.

Memphis and Arkansas River Packet Con.
sBaHy-U. S. Mail Llns.
FOR Arkansas River, connecting at Little
Rock with light-draught boats of the line
for Fort Smith, ana with stages for
Hot Springs, Arkadelpnla, Cam
den and Washington, Ark.
Str. PAT GLEBUnhE ~PritGhaFd, master
This elegant new side-Wheel
passenger and freight stsamer6
leaves as above.
FRIDAY, May 26th, at pm.
FOr freight or passage apply on board or AZ
g8mpany's ONCE, No. 70 Madison ST., Mer-
chants Insurance CompHry's building.
myB ". q. PATTFSON. AGENT.
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PICNIC.

REMNANTS Of swisseH, Southern Pal
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b PARLOR AND CHURCH ORaAEs.-The
BEST and most popular can be had at 81.
g. Holenberg's, "a Second street.
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ST.. J0sEPH's IBFuRMARE-In charge Of
the Sisters, corner Third and Jefferson
streets,
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FOR WHITE RIVER.

FOR WHITE RIVER.
Memphis and Arkansas River PaC kst Cen.
panY---Whits River Line.
FOR Helena, Mouth White River, Clarendon,
DeVaIl's Bluhand JacksonpOrb
The splendid passenger
TH0S. n. ALLEN Ashford, master
Thfs superb passenger and freight steamer
Is now al the levss recel wing, and viii depart
as above on
SATURDAY, May 9TH, 1T S pm.
For freight OF passage apply on board or 70
We PAHTEBON. Agent,
NoaH Madison ST., Merchants Insurance
Compauy's building. myfA
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RENNANTs Of Calico, Southern Palace.
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HATS cleaned, dyed, pressed and
trimmed, by NJ. Cohen, 384 Main street.
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"
PARAsoLsl PABAsoLsl! P~ARAsoLslll
The Great Red store sells Rne japanese
silk parasOls for 81 90, worth So 50. "A
large lot of lined and nnlined siIk nara.
soils from rs. cents to s. 90 less than else.
where In thei city. These goods must be
sold by the FIRST Of June next,
VIM FRANK, go Main street,
BURNKTE's COCAINE, tho favorite hair
dressing.
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AVERT THE EvI.-n mothers would
eve Mrs Whitcomb's Syrup to theil
SnAoren wben sick, morality would be
eoss among them. L costs only twenty
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Supreme Court.
Special to the APPEAL.J
JACKSON, March 25, 1871.
Twelve cases remain on the equity
docket Of Madison county. Probably it
will be finished on Monday. The equity
docket Of Memphis will then be taken up.
Lawyers concerned in the Memphis equity
dOcket cannot safely be absent beyond
Monday. The fourteenth viii hardly be
finished next week. The law docket Of
Memphis will not be taken up until the
fourteenth Is finished.
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STEAMBOATS,
FOR WHITE RIVER
RAILROAD PACKET co PAEY.
WHITE RIVER LINE

Running fran BsVaH's Stuff 30 esarss..bH
with the Memphis and Little sCT g
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MANUFACTURERS
SHORT ENDS
From all the we'll known

MAKERS OF LINENS.
A. sBEssEL q SON.
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REmNANrs OF Domestic, Southern Pal
ace,
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Just received twenty thousand bushels
best article.
BIGLEY, MELLERsH & co.
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A. oELsaEL 8UN LU-UaVl
TEN THOUSAND Remnants at half their
value, Southern Palace.
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REMNANTs Of Table Linens, Southern
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UNTIL the drst of June, the Great. Red
Store, 30 Main street, will sell handsome
French styles lawn at 10 cents a yard
Fine quality satin striped piques at %
cents a yard. Shoes and hose, the cheap
est IN This market; and all other goods
pr0portiOnRtelV low.
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DRY GOODS
GREAT BARGAINS
THIS WEEK
PRICE LIST FOR THIS WEEK
AT
VENDIG g. BROS,

VENDlG q BE9
common prints for comfort use. etc. &c
I BestmaksPr Prints, fast ool0r, WARRANTED L1c
Hope. LonsiaIe, Bleached Lomaslc,
yard Ike
4 Imperial heavy bleached Dome-
ito, bargain lee
Bed Tiekings lzl-
Iron Grsnadine, "A inches wide re-
uuoe1 se
1o4 Brown s~heatiuEs-ths best made
very heavy, .e
1o-4 Blsaohed shsstings-vsry hne ana
very heavy, at.. ms
A new line OF hsautifuI striped ereua-
adtnes Soc
Inc best French kid gloves ever sold in
MeAphiar worth ROa pair, ATT 81 81
Every pair warranted 60 give entire
satisfaction or another pair given in
its place.
Large assortment Of White MaIssIlesa al Lc-
Fringsd Covsruds for single beds at 81 Is
Fringed 7Coverlids for Double beds
cheap sZ0
Tbs beat asB0Ftu8at of ladies Gloih
Shsss, 8Bsklns, Slippers; li55, fer
Misses and Children. Kept To-
the City. 8ar1alHs
offered,
Come and look at our Cloth Lace shoes,
msn cut
FANS ana PARAsOLs greatly re-
ducsd this week.
splendid assortment of BOysstraW hats
SO pieces c-Ottonades, brown and blue,
hsavy. la
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FIVE THOUSAND

SHORT ENDS or IRISH LINEN,
PHI
sTEAMER SCOTIA.
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PIANOs AND ORGANS

REMNANTS of silks, southern Palace.
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UqIted States District GOHrt-Iudgs Trlgg.
ost of yesterday, in this court, was
taken up with bankrupt cases. Several
motions were made, but nothing Of conse-
quence was done.
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REMsASTs Of Cashmere, Southern Pal
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l.. sEEssEL & Son to. day.

REMNANTS Of Pants Linens, Southern
Palace.
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JUST opened, q complete new stock Of
ParasOls, twenty-five per cent cheaper
than herstOfore, Southern Palace, 1872
Main street.
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FOR SALE

[Fv-To loan Money o CoustersIs.
49, u md e. T.. o. RoE l6 myf9
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2. L. 10.
THE GREAT IRISH LINEN,
IN SHORT ENDS,
Worth 8Oc, for 3Os.
A. SEESSEL g SON.
REMNANTS of E~mbrOideries, Southern
Palace,
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

Messrs Busey & Lambert, whose plan
tation lies on the river between Lime
stone and Flat creeks, some three miles
from Claiborne, are what we call model
farmers. They raise everything; liter
ally everything, except coffee, that they
consume, but some to spare. By fertil-
izing, strict attention, etc., they produc-
ed this year one-third more cotton to the
hand than their neighbors, and in addi-
ton made 43 barrels of very superior
syrup, and 8 barrels of most excellent,
finely granulated brown sugar, all made
from nine acres of land. Estimating the
syrup at Is cents per gallon, say 1880
gallons, would be 81, $50, and the sugar,
say {, 900 pounds, at 121 cents per pound,
$3.50, making grand total of 81, 800
from nine acres. Who can beat that with
Gotten at 123 cents per pound? Samples
of both sugar and syrup may be seen at
the ''Planters Headquarters. None
have looked at them yet but expressed
surprise at the excellence of both articles.
If every planter would pursue the course
of Busey q Lembert our country would
soon be flooded with money, and pros
perity would reign again throughout the
South.-Monroe Gala. Eagle.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

A correspondent of the Journal of the
Farm, whose reliability and experience is
indorsed by the editor, in an article on
cotton seed and its uses, says:
There is cake something like lin
seed) which is ground, and called cotton
seed meal. This will soon be in general
use by all good dairymen, and, to illus
trate this, will give the result.of one
experiment by large dairyman in Mary
land, who sells all his products (milk) in
he city of Baltimore.
He had two cows coming in at the
same time when he commenced his ex-
pertinent. These cows were not giving
nine quarts per day. One he continued
to feed as he did his other COWS, but for
the other he added to a peck of ordinary
mill feed, one pint of cotton seed meal,
and fed two quarts of the mixture twice
a day. The result was, that, on the
third day, the milk had increased to
eleven quarts per day, and continued to
increased until the seventh day, when the
yield was seventeen quarts. At this
quantity it continued as long as his meal
lasted, and not being able to procure
more, the yield (under the ordinary feed
ing) went back to nine quarts per day
The milk from the cotton seed feed was
much richer in taste and color than the
other. This experiment was made last
winter. This season he will feed all his
COWS with it. j. j. A.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26
nua Age Wirhowf R.Iasasn.

Alas for him who grows old without
growing wise, and to whom the world does
not set open her gates when he is exclld-
ed by the present. The Lord deals so
graciously with US In the decline of Efe
that it is a shame to turn deaf ca. to
the lessons which He gives. The eyi be.
comes dim, the ear dull, the tongue falt-
ers, the feet totter, all the senses rGuse
to do their Office, and from every side
resounds the call, "Set thine house in n
der, for the term of thy pilgrimage isat
hand" The playmates of youth, ne
fellow-laborers of manhood, die away ad
take the road before us. Old age is Ike
some quiet chamber, in which, discn-
nected from the world, we can preparan
silencee for the world that is unseen
Tholuck.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

Torpor is the characteristic of Winter
Vegetation dies or falls into a state Of
trance. The whole aspect of inanimate ma.
ture teaches us that there is paralyzing in
fuenee in the air, and ought to teach as tha
our bodies require an increase ofvital powe
to contend with it. Some even of the warn
blooded animals bury themselves in tie
earth and remain in a state of partial stup4
faction until the season is over, and TIE
elixir of the spring sunshine stimulats
their stagnant blood, and restores ther
vigor. But man, although he feels the in
fiuence of the season, can protect himsef
against inclemency, He has fuel to warn
him externally, and can tone and strengthen
his internal organization and endow it with
the extra amount of vitality which the cir
cumstances require. OF all invigorant
that have ever been recommended for thi
purpose, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is tn.
purest and the best. Fortified by the daily
use of this wholesome vegetable tonic, the
human system may defy the chills and
damps OF winter in any latitude. It's effeci
is to promote brisk and regular circula-
ton of the blood, and activity in all the Sc
cretive organs. Without the slightest ten.
dency to produce fever, it imparts health
full glow to the surface, and stimulates the
exteriorvessels to discharge, in the form OF
gentle perspiration, the useless matter elm
mated from the blood. Thus the system is
kept unclogged. Fever and ague, bilious
ness, indigestion and collie, all of which are
common consequences of the searching
damps and low temperature of winter, may
be avoided Gas well as cured) by course Of
this genial tonic and Alternative.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26
MISSISSIPPI.

The residence OF Mrs. M. Davis, near
Natchez, was destroyed by fire recently
Courier.
The city fathers of Bay st. Louis have
posted up about town hand-bill containing
the "City License Ordinance for 1871" 1t
has, among others, the following item:
"For running one-horse wheel-buggy,
81 so. For running four-horse wagon,
with or without oxen, $12."
The fernando Press says: Mr.. James
Dockery killed a bear weighing six hundred
and fifty pounds, recently, on Cub Lake
Bayou, in this county,
Vicksburg celebrated General Lees birth
day (the 19th). Col. G. E. Hooker, of this
place, was the Orator of the day.
The Canton Mail says: Last week there
was an arrival of nine more immigrants
four of whom were for DIR. Howard, and five
for Mr.. D. >. Nichols. They were fine look
ing men, all of them, and looked as If they'd
be worth something to the country"
The Crystal Springs Herald says: ''Three
Englishmen, who came over with DIR. Hans
low, have found employment in Crystal
Springs. They are neat, industrious look
ing peogle, and intelligent. There is plenty
room here for thousands of these sturdy,
go-aheadative Englishmen, to whom every
good citizen will extend = hearty welcome"
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26
MARRIED.

In this city. on the 18th inst, at the Bap-
tist church, by Rev. Mr.. Hackett, DIR. WM.
s. BECK, of Simpson county, to MISS ELLA
r. BAILEY, of this place.
We congratulate the gallant Doctor on
TIN good fortune which has given him one
lof sackson's loveliest daughters, and we
feel happy in the prediction, that although
the wreath of orange flowers, which encir-
clsd The brow of the beautiful bride may
fade, here win be an eternal spring to the
beautiful flowers of affection which will
bloom around these devoted hearts. In
making this announcement, we utter the
wish that every hour of their married ex-
istenee may be bright and happy; each one
brighterand happier than the last.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

Ii
Thera ere but few persons wIr3zre
been IN the habit Of bngine fani pro-
visions in small quantities who has mot
nc times been surprised in he diFence
IN qunntity of different half busls of
apples, potatoes, carrots on turnipe With
vegetables, like carrots, beefs andlarge-
sized sweet potatoes, II Is almost ipossi-
Bile TO measure with accuracy. j may
with fairness be supposed that thehuck-
ster ID likely, under the circumsfales, 10
favor himself instead of the buyer The
same IL noticeable with cabbage. In q
lot of 100 heads Of cabbage, say ten
cents per head, there are hardly 10 Of
the lot that are of the same eight.
They win vary from four ounces two
pounds, as the case may be.
Still, there il no way of bein any
more accurate under the present stem
of guess-work. Shrewdness ON tn part
of the buyer may sometimes get th best
of the bargain, but there is no ceainty
whatever of getting an equivalel for
the money. 1t would be better foiboth
producer and consumers if vegables
and fruit were sold by weight instd of
by measure. Take, for instance, cab
bage. The head is placed upon the ales,
and in case it weighs ten pounds, al the
price is, say one cent a pound, the,oint
is decided at once, and the buyer ithen
satisfied that he gets fair compention
for his money. 1t would be mucl less
trouble to the huckster, and ten lines
more satisfactory to the buyer, to nave
weighed 10, 20 or 80 pounds of panips,
carrots or onions, than to have hem
measured. In one case guessing aust
always be called into requisition, whe in
the other the scales would truthfulIl in
dictate the quantity.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT - PARADE
AND WAsHTNG-Thef fire Department turn
ed out in full uniform yesterday to attend
their quarterly washing. Chief Engineer,
Thos. Green, being prevented by business
engagements from taking command, the
command fell upon Assistant Engineer, o.
Clifton. TheJackson Brass Band escorted
them up State street in review to the cistern
in front of the Capitol, where the apparatus
was worked with that skill which justifies
our citizens in being proud OF their Fire
men. After the exercise, jackson No. is
apparatus was housed and that Company
escorted No. 2 to its new house on Capitol
street, where refreshments had been provid-
ed by the considerate foreman of the Gem.
Altogether it was a pleasant evening with
the firemen.
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

/ -
MAsansoToN Jan. 2s-Ihe Governor of
Ieuressoe has given Thomas III. ReveIs 4
commission @ to congress for the State at
The Judiciary Committees Of the Honse
VII report faEoEably on the bill amending
l vote.
The COMMITTEES ON Southern outrages
meet Tomorrow. Holden, son OF the Gov
ernor Of North Carelinas win be the drst
sEsATE-Stearn is seated as Senator from
Summer presented resolutions.of the In
diana Legislature, adverse to Dominica.
JeWett presented resolutions Of the st.
Louis Board Of Trade in favor OF widening
the channei OF the mouth of the Mississippi.
Motion 20 suspend rules, to extend TO
all States lately in rebellion the provisions
OF the act OF March 4th, 1854 tailed, yeas
., nays ~ not two-thirds. The pr0vis-
ions of the bill gives equal rights to loyal
claimants IN all States.
FOREIGN.
LONDON. Jan. 21.-ConHagration Longay
confirmed
Country around Valenciennes inundated
In consequence OF approach of the Germans.
Modified guard Behaved bad at st. Quer-
tin; fully 1900 of them panicked.
Cambria dispatches dated 10th, says there
Is panic among the people-Germans ap-
Rroachlng; Faidherbe gone to Duyal; Gen.
raVre 70 Lille. The whereabouts Of one
division of the army is unknown. Gambet-
Ia is at Lille. Dispatches from Lille, of
the list reports utmost consteYnation-wo-
men and children fleeing from the town,
and troops arriving in pitable state. Gam
BETA spoke, advising resistance to the Bit
ter end. He denounces the paEtizan and
cowardly cry of peace on any terms repud-
lated the desire on his part to form dicta-
torship; urged the people and army to
duty, promising final triumph.
Paris news to 10Th says, Jules Favre Is |
very sick. Victims of bombardment 40 !
women. 80 children, and 92 men.
LONDON. Jan. 22.-Gambetta made anoth-
er speech. and expressed his confidence in
Gen. Faidherbe. Heannounced fresh levies
for tho army.
French at Cambria summoned to surren-
der.
Bismarck declines to enter upon negotia- |
tions for safe conduct to conference.
Advices from Paris say Trochu, at coun- |
Gil Friday, stated that should the hope of
outside assistance fail it would be his duty |
to surrender the city before the Germans
destro yed the public buildings, and fired
the center of the city.
The King telegraphs to Queen Augusta |
on the 2lst inst, "enemy yesterday with |
drew into Paris. Total French loss at st. |
Quentin, 1900. Enemy has withdrawn to |
Valenciennes and Cambria"
The weekly clarion., 1871-01-26

From the journal of the Farm.

LOA4 gAC OOOx11dA Vi Lll0 aIlus
When the offspring of birds require
the care of male and female to rear and
protect them, the birds will, be found to
go together in pairs as devotedly as man
and wife, but where the female alone is
capable of raising progeny, the social
intercourse is promiscuous, and the af-
fections seem more doting and stronger
under the care of the single female pres
ent than when under the fostering control
of both parties; the affectionate care and
attention of the parents being naturally
adapted to the wants and helpless condi-
ton of their young, and is continued to-
wards them until they are able to provide
for themselves. In winter, birds are
without any fixed habitation and grega-
rate into large focks, without any visi-
bic signs of particular attention from one
individual to another. The relations
which had subsisted between male and
female seem to be divorced at this season,
but when spring time returns, a change
takes place. The general society is dis
solved; the promiscuous bevy return to
first principles, and partnerships are form
ed consisting each of male and female.
The pair united as it were by marriage,
fix on place, and by their joint labor,
with much care, prepare nest, and dis
play great ingenuity In the design, and
neatness In the execution.
The labor of nidifcation i no better
understood nor more skillfully accom-
plished by old birds which have perform
ed the operation of building repeatedly,
than birds having paired for the first
time. The whole practice is governed
by instinct, and nothing required to be
gained by observation and experience.
The different kinds of birds have each
peculiar manner of building, and every
successive individual of the same species
builds nests after the same model and of
similar materials, as did their progenitors,
and to elude the mischievous tendency of
other birds and animals. The nests are
artfully constructed fer concealment, so
as to thwart the designs of rapacity and
plunder which the feathered tribe prac-
tice towards each other. The nests of
birds are always suited TO the size of the
eggs, and the determinate number of the
young to be produced, and in the process
of incubation, birds do not act under the
influence of physical necessity, but have
to at certain extent an instructive yoIition.
In the thickly settled sections Of our
country birds are diminishing in numbers
every year, mainly because there are. no
secure places Left for them in which to se-
cure their habitation for breeding. They
do not prosper and multiply, and the laws
are inadaquate to protect them from the
ruthless pratiee of sportnen. The evil
consequences OF this are plainly seen and
felt in the iucreaseof destructive insects,
which punctDre and prey upon all kinds