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Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-25
women students at the Innrmary.

Rhoda Gale, in describing the clinics at
the inflrmary, says of herself and the other
women students, "We held a little aloof
from the male patients; we always stood be-
hind the male students; but We did crowd
around the beds of female patients, and
claimed the inner row, and, sir, they
thanked God for us openly" Those who
have read Eugene Sues terribly graphic de-
scription Of the progress Of DIR. Grllfon and
his medical students through the woman's
ward OF q Paris hospital will easily under
stand this.
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-25
Suppose the Case.

IBurdette IN brooklyn EaRIeI
Suppose q molder. or carpenter, or q
stone cutter, keeps house, and he hires q
woman to cook and do general house work /;
suppose this woman strikes for eight hours
work day and extra pay--say price and
half--for making up beds and cooking
meals on Sunday; suppose that we admit
that what is sauce for the gander is sauce
for the goose; suppose but this is ques-
tion that belongs TO the Knights Of Labor;
suppose they take hold of it and ponder
over it and give us their honest opinion on
the subject of "eight hours days work" all
round1 $1,000
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-25
WOMAN AND HOME.
FILTRATION AN OBSTACLE IN THE
WAY OF HAPPY MARRIAGES.
ladies Employed I'm the Government
Departments = Being Neishborly at
Table John Ruskin's Childhood
"A Pair Of Innocents.
IGOR. Boston t,lobe.l

lCor Boston Globe.l
II the writer were asked to name the
thing which in her opinion is in these days
the greatest obstacle in the way OF happy
marriages and happy homes and happy
families, the reply would be given without
the slightest hesitation, and 1t would be-
limitations.
The modern girl land the boys are nearly
as precocious) before they have left OH wear
ing bibs, begin to have their small love
affairs, and these are continued, with more
or less desperation, till circumstances or
sentiment which seems for the moment
deeper than any ever before experienced,
bring about climax In the shape OF a we'd
unns. ~ - "on enough pern"ps, - Yu,s
o,iinax pun IN emu W ene nanes' pu.' aias'
tne napit OF hirtation is one not easily over
come, and married coquettes and beaux are
homes that belle tina name IL people of
This Dissertation could onlv be paired of to-
eether there would be some poetic Justice in
their tormsntinp each other and netting
ont a mutual and well-deseryed punishment
But likes seldom attract each other and
moro often we see a woman giving In re-
turn for the great strong. whole souled
love of some man. onlv-a small fraction of
what she Is pleased to call a heart.
She gives ali she has TO give perhaps.
but She should have more. The
trouble is that she has frittered
away her affection. irving a little to
this one. Il bit TO that. and 4 norton to an
other I'M sbe really has no heart left. and
loses. in consequences. what should have
been her lies happiness. Sometimes she
has anouob sansa and uobilitv of mind left
In annreciate what IL given her and her
~
must ouote sndlv 70 berself.
aAll the Kisses that have given
/ grudge from my soul to-day,
And all / have ever taken
would wipe the thought away"
To,d a w S,p nP r;, hA "a Ie ei,, ner'S
That frash fro,, God,s hoin sar,,;,a
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General advertisements.


UnnRRn x1nR-
Several Ships Annually from Liverpool.
Bv /" or;en,e " from I.,ve,,,ol. Steamers from San
''"''''0 anu YIN y '''e arrivals
srrrrn II nAxrruc o. ~
ANEW IA La Ano * w.,
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English and American Prints,
White Cottons IJnbeacbed Cottons
Linen Drill and Duck. Crown Canvas.
French Merno of different qualities
Grey Blue and MIXED Flannel.
Waterproof Tweeds, Dress Materials,
Silks Satins silk Ribbons.
w Velvet Hosiery tJnderoIotb;ng
IN GREAT VARIETY.
Lawns, White and Printed Moleskin,
Linen and Cotton Listodos, Towels,
Handkerchiefs, Mosquito Netting,
Mems, women's 4 childrens. Boots 4 Shoes,
Horse Blankets .s,s. Bed Blankets, ,,.
YeLVef and TNDest7'U. t
IS1t0S ana mats,
Centre Rugs. Navy and Merchant Canvas
Filter Press Bags (aoxa6), Sugar Bags,
Rice Bags Coal Bags, a & Ply Irvine
n, ol,oh Hou,as;or g. A ~ or;oon Elo nc
SAi6 AASAAt sA"WoAA"h w s@AASAAe"A A"t5s
~, -, ,,,., ,...s, 49,. ....,., ..,,.,,
Mems Saddles, side Saddles, .saddlery
Timed Iron Tea Kettles, Sauce Pans, Fry Pans,
Fin fSi pas sg sSss ksa aGS Pipe
,,,. ~ to inchesl ,..,
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Staple Groceries,

No. and Flour, No. : and . Rice,
Oysters, ' CLANS, Salmon, Af HOLSTERS,
Finest Table Fruits from the Factory
Pure English Spices, Condensed MILK
Cocoa, SPECIALTIES The Pal
ace Kerosene OIL, West0a's Gem
frifugat LfntnDs, "a inch, Rubber
Sprillg and Cdncas Brake just at
hand, Blake Steam Pump Valves, Pack
ing, &C., Blake Boiler Feed, Juice or
Molasses, Irrigating & Vacuum Pumps
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Lowest Market Prices.

All meats delivered from this market thoroughly
Coleman Patent Dry Air Refrigerator. Meat SO
treated retains all It's juicy properties and Is guaranteed
keep ongeg after delivery than freshykilled meat,
las9-a6s
Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-11-25
General advertisements.

General advertisements.
N. v. MCChGS0ey ( Son.
No. AZ Queen Street.
Have now landing
Per Alameda & John D. Spreokels,
LARGE SHIPMENTS OF
assorted Merchandise
Consisting in part Of
Bbls. Flour, Golden Gate.
Bbls. Flour FL Dorado.
Sacks Wheat Best,
Sacks Corn, Best, Whole, 1855
Sacks Corn, Best, Cracked,
Sacks Bran. Coarse and Fine.
Sacks Beans White,
Sacks Beans, Red,
Sacks Beans, Bayou.
Sacks Beans, Horse,
Sacks Beans. Lima
Sacks Onions. Bss, Silver sk9l
Sacks Potatoes Best in Cunnies
Cases Nicnacs,
Cases Extra Soda Crackers,
Cases Medium Bread,
Cases Cracked Wheat, 10 ID. bags,
Cases Corn Meal, white, 10 lb, bags.
Cases Dat Meal, 10 ID. bags,
Cases Corn Starch.
Gases r. B. Bacon.
Cases Fairbanks Lard, 3 ID. pail
Gases Fairbanks Lard, Id. pail,
Cases Fairbanks Lard, 10 ID. pail.
Cases whney's Butter, in tins,
Half bbs. Butter, Pickle Roll,
Or. bbls. Butter, Pickle Roll,
Half frkins Butter, Gilt Edge,
Or frkins Butter, Gilt Edge,
Cases New Cheese
Boxes and bds Salt Goldfish,
Bbls Tierces Columbia River Salmon
=
Cases Fresh Eggs,
Cases Laundry Starch,
Boxes Brown Laundry Soap,
dozens Brooms,
Pure Java Coffee, Roasted and Ground lib. tins,
Sacks Green Coffee,
Chests Japan lea, ~, h. papers,
Boxes Raisns London Layers,
boxes Raisins, London Layers,
u boxes Raisins, London Layers,
Boxes Raisns Muscatel
Drums Citron,
Boxes Currants,
Cases Chocolate,
Cases Mixed Pickles,
Cases Spices assorted, all Sizes,
Polls Mince Meat, Atmores,
Tins Mince Meat, Cuttings.
Sacks Raw Peanuts,
Sacks English Wanuts,
Sacks Soft Shell Almonds,
Sacks Texas Pecans, extra large.
Cases California Honey, h. tins,
Cases King, Morse Co.'S, fresh canned
Fruits, Jees and Vegetables.
Bales Wrapping Paper, extra quality
a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
Best California Leather.
Sole, Insoe, Harness, Skirting and Uppers.
French and American Calfskins,
Sheep Skins, Goat Skins,
Hawaiian Saddle Trees.
And other goods too numerous to mention.
These goods are fresh were bought very low, and
will be sold at
LOWEST MARKET RATES.
N. W, NscEEsyEy ( Son,
a6r-a64 No. AZ Queen Street.
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General advertisements.

General Embellishments.
CASTLE &CooK.E
HonoIvLu, H.
Would cali attention to their Large and
varied Stock Of
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Consisting Of the unrivalled Paris Steel
Breaking Py0sO,
The Moline Steel Breakers and Turrowng pISy, Mo-
vators, Dirt Scrapers.
John Deere's Gang Flows,
Planters Hoes Of the best makes
DIssToNs' CELEBRATED CANE KNIVES
made order A~s shoyss and SPADES
Bows, Yokes Chains, Fence
Chains
Sugar Mill Requirements.
SUGAR BAGS, SUGAR KEGS,
Cumberland Coal,
Sperm OIL Cylinder Laro
and Kerosene Oil, Perfect
Lubricators, Plumbago, AL
bany Grease, Disston's and
S. and ]. Files, all sizes and
kinds Steam Packing, Flat
and Round India Rubber,
Asbestos and Soap Stone,
Flax Packing, India Rub
Der Hose, to aineh, Pipes
and Couplings Nuts and
Washers, finished, Machine
Bolts, all sizes, Cod-pressed
Blacksmith's, Engineers and
Carpenters Hammers Pipe
Cutters Winches, inch to
a. inch, Anvils, Vices, Tube
Scrapers, Crindstones, Best
American Bar Iron and Too
Steel, Builders Hardware,
all kinds and styles, Hub
bucks Paints and Oils, raw
and boiled, Small Paints in
Oil in large variety, Dry
Paints, Umber Venetian,
Red, Ochres, Metallic, &C.,
asstd Sizes Manila Rop,
Staple Groceries,
No. and Flour No. and Rice,
Crushed Sugar, China and Japan Teas
Finest Fable a Fruits ire% the Fsetoryi
cs sss s1ssise sPzlfEsi fseasasss %
ace Kerosene oil, Weston's Gem
trifs0al Linin0s, "a inch, Rmbber
hand, Blake Steam Pump Valves, Pack
Moiasses, irrisatins & Vacuum Pumps
Weston's Patent Centrifugals Complete,
ALSO ON CONSIGNMENT
California Hay, Barley, Potatoes, Barrels
Salmon, Hams, Asbestos Mixture for Boilers
and Steam Pipes, very cheap, Fence Wire
and Staples, Galvanized Roofing
SEWING MACHINES.
Wilcox and Gibbs Automatic; Singer Manufacturing
Company, Assorted Remington Company, Family
Wilson Machines the best assortment to be found
and at Bottom Prices.
New Goo by every arrival from England, New
York and San Francisco.
1 New Traction Engine, s-horso power
Orders from the other Islands filled Best Rates and
with dispatch as3-a6s
u NINE 81 90.
No. "a Fort st., Clock Building,
Have received a consignment of the most Economical
and Valuable Feed for all kinds Of stock, viz:
COOKED LINSEED MEAL.
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General advertisements.

General advertisements.
HOLLISTER e. co.
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF TIN
puBLro & COUNTRY MERCHANTS
in particular to their large and
varied assortment
LUNDBORGps PERFUMERY,
Just received. This is acknowledged
to be the finest perfume in the
world. All of one quality.
Great variety Of odors styles
and prices, also
Celluloid Trusaoes,
(all shapes and stye)
Surgical Instruments,
Photographer Supplies
and the largest and most complete stock Of
DRUGS,
CHEMICALS
PATENT MEDICINES,
ever kept in this Kingdom. A
large invoice OF
WASHED MEDITERRANEAN SPONGE
direct from Europe, free from
sand or dirt Agents for
PARKE DAVIS g. cos
Pharmaceutical Preparations
j. G. AVER g cos
Patent Medicines,
Households Acid phosphates,
Green's August Flower 81 German Syrup.
Ailceck Porous Plaster Coz,
Murray & Lanman Florida Water
Ysrba Busns Bitters.
HoLllsrER . co.,
are also proprietors and Manufac.
facturers of the celebrated
Rheumatic Linment
E u c ALOF r M.
Agents fer VIM. S. Kimball & Cos
Fragrant Vanity Fair,
Tobacco and Cigarettes
which have rivals. The
largest assortment q
PLUG TOBACCO AND CIGARS IN
THE KINGDOM
OUR GINGER ALE s.. SoDAWAzEl
has always been recognized the
best in the market.
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CT. MATTHEW'S HALL, SAN MATEo. CAL.
SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Under Military Discipline,

Located hbuth SAM on
in of and
drei eayw &C Trinity s@
" 49, ~ 49, " ALFRED LEE BREWER, n 4.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
ODD eLuNpsRs.
Some Of the Costly Mistakes Made In
Large Cities.

Some of the Costly Mistakes Made in
Large Cities.
Mistakes are expensive sometimes.
A New Yorker had a lot seventy-6ve
feet wide. intending to build four
ncases of equal fronts on it, and one of
tine middle ones first. He employed a
firm of surveyors g locate the house,
and they located it so that the remain
ing space one SIDE was only ten feet
wide. The mistake was not discovered
until the house was done, the proprietor
having no time, probably, for such
tritles Then he sued the surveyors for
damage, but they won verdict on the
ground that their plan was accepted
and paid for as satisfactory, although
j. located the corner stone nine feet
farther in one direction than was in
tended. This mistake was rather more
serious than that played upon resi-
dent in a brown-stone front in Forty
seventh street, who returned from busi-
ness one night to find the entire stoOp
OF his house in ruins. the heavy stone
work having been pulled to the ground.
His wife said man had come with
orders to demOlish, and had done so.
Although she did not know enough to
demand halt for explanation, she did
observe the name on the wagons. The
indignant citizen took measures to
prosecute, when it was found that the
employer of the men had ordered them
to 90 to the same number in Forty
eighth street instead of FOrty-seventh.
II hol 1aorv,a1 of Tho toll onA had
contracted to have the wrong stoop re-
built, and he was surprised to learn
that the work had not been done.
These incidents of metropolitan life
show that mistakes are there regarded
with very little concern, those respon-
sinle not taking the trouble to apollo
gize or even explain. The same amount
of pains spent in doing a job well that
is spent in getting the job to do would
pay.-ChriStian at Work.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
NO HELP WANTED.

How q Merchant Got Rid Of q TOuble-
some Candidate for Employment.
A young man who said he had left
the farm to strike a job in the city, and
who added that if he could only secure
a place somewhere he felt certain of
laying the foundations of fortune, i'm
portuncd a business house on Jefferson
avenue until the chief clerk finally
played a joke to get rid of him. He
gave him the street and number of the
County Jail and advised him to call and
ask for the place of the last man sent
to Jackson.
Half an hour later the young man
pulled the Sheriff's bell and said to that
official:
81 am in search of situation. / am
twenty-five years old, never sick a day
and
II have nothing for you, replied the
Sheriff.
"Tll work mighty cheap. 1 can brin.
you twenty testimonials that l don't
swear, drink, chew OF gamble. II
you'll
''Sorry, but have no vacancies"
didn't man leave here for Jack
son few days ago?' asked the young
man.
"Oh, yes-half dozen of them"
"Then give me one of their places.
I'll work the first month for my board
and Clothes
''They didn't even get that much, :"
said the Sheriff. as he began to tumble
to the racket
"Well, I've got to make a beginning,
and I'll furnish my own clothes.
II should like to aid you, but really
have no vacancies at present"
ooh, come, now-give me a show"
Cant do il"
Cant Ell: All right for you. I'll find
one somewhere, and don't you forget
it. and the day'll come when I'll make
you powerful sorry that you gave me
the cold shoulder on a cold day!'-De-
tr0H Free Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
now we'll eat the dinner, which I'm
suro 80 do1iciouS ~

now well eat the dinner, which I'm
sure is delicious.
So it proved to be; even the cake or
pudding, which Tot christened snow
pudding, was voted very nice, and the
hickory nuts as good AS raisins.
When they had finished, Mr.. Barnes
brought in his packages, gave Tot and
the rest some ''sure-enOugh waisins, !"
and added his Christmas presents to
Willie's, but though they were over
joyed, nothing was quite so nice in
their eyes as the two live birds.
After dinner the two men and Willie
dug out passages through the snow,
which had wasted a good deal, from
the doors, uncovered the windows and
made a slanting way to his shed for
Old Tim, and then for two CT three
DAYS Willie made tunnels and little
rooms under the snow, and for two
weeks while the snow lasted, Nora and
Tot had fine times in the little snow
play-hOuses, sitting on their sofas of
beaten snow, and playing ''take-tea"
on the tables of the same.
Many years the Barnes family lived
on the prairie till tn, children grew up
and village had Mshered about them,
and often as Christians came around,
mamma was called upon to tell the
story of Christmas under the snow
Olive Thorne, in N. y Examiner.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

There's a subtle air of mystery about the
house to-day:
There are wbisperings and hidings, but not in
merry plav;
There's sound of shutting boxes; there's q
noise of scampering feet,
Then the children come with sober steps, with
faces grave and sweet.
There are breakings-up of savings-banks, odd
pennies from papa;
and mamma;
There are calls for scraps of satin. skeins of
zephyr, shreds of floss,
There are searchings in thick folios for au.
tumn leaves and moss.
The artists, too. are busy painting horse-shoes,
i hear half whispered comments: Those
lovely lily-bells,''
What color is a jessamine?" II want light
err blue
81 think Id put darker shade in that if l
were YOU"
What quiets all the busy tongues? they hardly
dare reply =.
To the simplest of questions, but hesitate and
try
To be strictly non committal. ..Hush.sh-sh!
be careful now, don't tell.
There are smiles and words half spoken, but
they keep their secrets well.
Christmas tree,
BY the light of cOlored tapers, fair and beau.
tiful to see,
Books and statutes, toys and vases. but the
dearest gifts of all
Are the work of tiny fingers, planned and
made by children small
See! cushions. book-marks, pen-wipers, of ev-
cry size and sort,
And what if grandma's foot-stool has leg a
trife short?
1t is covered with gay patchwork of very
crazy kind,
And the rick racks verv crooked-well! they
tell me love is blind.
Here are lovely glowing pictures; can 1t be
the leaves and fern
That we gathered in the autumn to such gems
of art could turnI
Those 'colored outlines" might not do for the
French Academy,
But they hold the place of honor upon our
Christmas tree.
No diamonds ever shone as bright as mother
eyes tonight
And no gifts with money purchased could
give such rare delight;
Though the stitches are uneven and the blum
derS not few,
We only see the perfect work our darlings
tried to do.
kate Laurence, in Youths Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
CHOPIN AS A BOY.
Incidents from the Boyhood of the Grea,
Composer.

Incidents from the BOyhOOd of the Great
Composer.
Chopin, alone of all the musicians,
has been immortalized through his
pianoforte music. If all the works
that have ever been written for the
piano were to be swept away, his COM
positions would of themselves inspire
one through all the drudger that is
necessary to master the instrument.
Frederic Chopin was born OH March
l, 1909. at little village near Warsaw.
The child's genius was apparent in his
earliest years; when scarcely more than
IA baby, he was so sensitive that he
wept on hearing music; and he began
to compose before he was old enough
to write out the notes. He was placed
under the tuition of Albert Zwyny, who
was delighted with his little pupils
progress, and in his ninth year he gave
his first concert. Frederic was gen.
orally full of high spirits, and often
amused himself by playing little prac-
teal jokes. sometimes being joined by
his sister Emily. This sister gave as
rare promise of being great in litera.
ture as Frederic in music. but, un.
fortunately, she died when only young
girl.
Chopin had a talent for Selling the
ludicrOus and placing it on paper; and
his power of caricaturing on the piano
was much like Schumann's. 1t is said
that once, when his fathers pupils were
becoming very boisterOus, Chopin
entered the room and seated himself at
the piano. He initiated band of rob-
bers breaking into a house. their es.
cape and retreat to the woods; as the
music grew fainter the pupils became
brewster and brewster until they We're
all fast asleep.-AgaMa Tunis, in St.
Nicholas.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
PATERNAL REPROOF.

A Prosecuted Little Girl Who Was. Never
theless, Mistress of the Situation.
Papa, what makes the rain come
DOWN." said very small girl to her
parent rs they stood, father, mother
and child, waiting under the shelter of
a grocery sign till the car should come
along.
Don't bother me-" said the father.
"Heally, Maria, that child is getting to
be perfect nuisance. She is always
asking absurd questions.
II think she's real cunning" said
the mother.
"That's the way you spoil her. You
encourage her to be cunning and she
makes the most ridiculous ass of herself
all the tune"
"Well. she's going to be very clever"
II don't believe she'll know her way
home when she grows up"
ats time that car was coming
along" said the wife, quietly.
Il suppose there's some blamed jam
down the street. l don't see any in
sight yet. and we've been here twenty
minutes"
Pa said the small child, AZ don't
see any car track on this street.
1t was so. They were on Tyler street
and they were waiting for the Turk
street car. The mother hummed the
"NanOn' waltz all the way home, but
the old man was very mad and the child
was quite unconsciously mistress of the
situation. San Francisco Chronicle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
MAKING GLOBES.
Where and How the Miniature Earths Are
Manufactured.

Where and How the Miniature Earths Are
Manufactured.
1t is fact not known, perhaps, by
many readers, that Troy is one of the
largest and best producers of school
and library globes in the country.
The manufacture was begun in this
city in 1852. At first only ball
five inches in diameter was made, but
a ten-inch terrestrial globe was soon
added. The list of sizes was rapidly
increased. The balls are made in Bos-
ton. but the appendages are supplied,
and the globes are mounted and
shipped in this city, where are owned
the plates from which the maps are
printed. Globe-making is skillful
and delicate process. The maps are
printed in small sections on English
drawing paper, and these segments
must be so nicely put upon the hollow
ball of papier mache that there shall
not be the slightest break in the align
ment of letters or the continuity of
lines when the smooth and painted
surface is complete. Three months
are required to construct one of these
worlds in miniature, from the time that
the ball is begun until it rests in its
frame or sits alOft upon brass, bronze
or nickel standard. 1t must be so
trimmed and mounted that it will have
no dissemination to change its inclina-
ton in the frame, and will hang so
truly in space that it will halt in its
revolutions at any time when so COM
manded, and remain motionless, as if
its center of gravity were in truth equal
ly distant from all points upon its cir
conference. If the globe refuse to
rest with any other country than Amer
lea on top, the maker will be deemed
more patriotic than skillful. The sizes
manufactured range from three to thir-
ty inches in diameter, and from two to
two hundred and twenty-three dollars
in price, and are mounted in forty diff
ferent styles. The constantly increas-
ing demand for these portable orbs is
very forcibly shown by the fact that
the shipments from this city last year
were fifty per cent. larger than during
the proceeding year.-Iroy (M. ~
Times.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-12-31
BlRO.ENEMlES.
How the Owl Preys upon His Small
Victims.

HOW thc O"A uPou SHlHh
Victims.
The great bugaboo of the birds is the
owl. The owl snatches them from off
their roosts at night, and gobbles up
their eggs and young in their nests.
He is a veritable ogre to them, and his
presence fills them with CONSERVATION
and alarm.
One season, to protect my early
cherries, placed a large stuffed owl
amid the branches of the tree. Such a
racket as there instantly began about
nv grounds is not pleasant to think
upon. The orioles and robins fairly
.'shrieked out their alright" The
news instantly spread in every direc-
ton, and apparently every bird in town
came to see that owl in the cherry-tree,
and every bird took cherry, SO that l
lost more fruit than if I had left the
owl indoors. With craning necks and
Mortified looks the birds would alight
upon the branches, and between their
screams would snatch off a cherry, as
If the act was some relief to their out
ragged feelings John burroughs. in
Ckntsry.