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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

NOT single newspaper man was present
to help receive Miss FOLSOM on her diseln-
barkation from the steamer which ar
rived yesterday. 1t is to be feared that New
York newspaper men are losing their natural
gallantry, and perhaps little of their shrewd-
ness
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

CONGRESS was yesterday pleased to treat
the oleomargarine. matter with considerable
hilarity. The constituents of the different
members who were unable to see the serious
side of the question, will probably, when an
opportunity arises, show them that it is no
laughing matter
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

THE senate claims to have passed more bills
during the present session than ever before.
The country will believe it when the expense
account comes in and the sergeant-at-arms
begins to make his drafts on the treasury.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

THERE was much discretion in making the
date for the Republican congressional con-
vention July Z. 1t is highly important that
there should be an interval of rest between
the Fourth of July oratory and campaign
elOOuence
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
A Heavy Judgment.

s .s New YORK, 2S.-C. P. Huntington's
suit for 500, 1000, against the Rockaway
Improvement company, for money loaned,
was concluded to-day with q verdict fur
500. 063..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
Weather Predictions.

WASHINGTON, May 30, a. fi.-Wis-
consn. Minnesota, Iowa and Eastern Da-
kota: Local rains, slightly cooler, variable
winds. Nebraska: Light local rains,
nearly Stationary temperature, variable
winds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

THE exposition corner stone will be laid to-
day in Minneapolis. 1t will be a fitting in
auguration of an enterprise which will reps
the twin cities tenfold.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

THERE is considerable propriety in the
farmers joining the Knights of Labor. But
the days of labor they are particularly well
acquainted with.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

The steamer Ontario of the Sarnia Trans
portatiou company, struck and stranded on
Green Island shoal, off Mississauga, on Thurs
day. The passengers were landed at Bruce
mines.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
A sudden Summons.

FoRTY-sEvEN hosiery manufactures have
organized for mutual protection. They in
end to ssocR it, to the opposition.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

The prohibition convention at Newark. N
j.. yesterday, nominated Gen. Clinton B
Fiske for governor by reclamation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
THE ST, PAUL GLOBE

Has n Larger Circulation than that
os Amy other Newspaper Printed
Northwest of Chicago.andi it is Stead
lily and Rapidly Increasing. keeping
Pace with the Growth az the Great
City Of which the GLOBE is Admit-
teddy the journalistic Representa-.
tive.
1t is the Best Advertising Medium
for Those who Desire to Reach all
Glasses of Newspaper Readers in the
Great n Northwest, and Especially in
Minnesota and Rakota.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

1T SEEMS that the veteran soldier Maj. EU
GENE EELD, has not followed that undertaking
regard for the truth for which he is notorious
in reporting in the Chicago paper which he
so ably directs a conversation between him
self and member of the GLOBE staff. The
latter, the poet-soldier to the contrary, did
not say, minneapolis is a way station be-
tween St. Paul and Minnetonka. and will soon
be of sufficient Importance to erect into a
separate ward" Far from it, 1t is to be
feared that much anarchist agitation hath
made the poet mad-perhaps that's the rea-
son why his editorial work is now performed
in the quiet seclusion of room in the rear
of the office blacksmith shop, to which access
is difficult. What the member of the GLOBE
staff really did say was: sit pleased him to
observe that the growth of Chicago was of a
character to give rise to the hope of its
being in the near future of sufficient size to
warrant the Twin Cities in considering it on a
plane of equality with them and in running
TO it two more limited trains daily These
little mistakes will occur at times.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
A WELCOME no FRANKIE.

The national heart wells up with graft
tude. The young lady who is destined to
be the mistress of the White house yester-
day set foot on her native shore after long
absence abroad. There has been good
deal of talk about the young lady in her
absence and she will doubtless be sur
prlsed to learn how much the American
folks know about her. When she went
away she was wholly unknown to fame
a sweet, modest little girl just fresh from
school, and now she comes back to dis
cover that she is more famous woman
than the queen of England. We are right
glad to see her back. She occupies very
tender place In the loyal American heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29

such was the case with respect to
section 20 of the act of 1881 and we
feel no doubt that the title of the act in no
manner expressed or suggested the subj ect of
what must be regarded as an enactment dis
tinct from all else that was sought to he ac-
compiishe6 by this law, that is, the repeal of
the act OF 1877. The case of Tingue vs.. vii
lage of Port Chester, recently decided in the
court of appeals of New York and New
Hampshire Rep. 525, presented the question
of the constituhonality of an amendatory
act under circumstances similar to those
which we have been considering. The village
of Port Chester had been incorporated by Leg
islative enactment in 1868; the charter was
amended in 1875; by chapter 227 of the laws
of 1877, authority was given to to make re-as-
sessments for local improvements when the
original assessments should be lin the future)
set aside as illegal. By an act of 1875
it was sought among other things to so
amend this latter act as to authorize re-
assessments in case of q former assessment
being set aside either before or after the
passage of that act. This amendatory act to
amend chapter 255 of the laws of 1875 en-
titled ian act to amend CHI. SIS of the laws of
1868, entitled AN act to incorporate the
village of Port Chester to amened CHI, 227 of
the laws of 1877. Following prior de-
cisions the court held that the
reference in this form to chapter 227 of the
laws of 1877 did not serve as the express ion
OF supJect OF the proposed enactmenS, and
In their view of the case it was as though no
such reference had been made. We will say
in passing that we do not wish to be under
stood as adopting the opinion of the court
upon that particular point. The at
tempted amendment was held unconsti-
tutional because the subject was not
expressed in the title. 1t is said that the act
of 1877 is subject to like constitutional objec-
tions as that of 1881. We find no ground to
support this claim. None of the reasons upon
which our Judgment as to the constitution
atty of the law under consideration is based
are applicable to that of 1877, which act is in
no respect extraordinary. There is no rea-
sonable ground for questioning its validity
Our opinion being that the declared repeal
was unconstitutional, the order repealed
from must be reserved and the cause re-
manded for further proceedings in the d1 g.
trict court. Dickinson, j.
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Uncle Esek's Wisdom.

Century for July.
All political parties are made up
of foxes and geese-about FIVE
thousand geese to one fox.
The great beauty of charity is
privacy there is sweet force even
in an anonymous penny.
1 am an uncompromising Radical
up to date, but, when / reach the
other world, l can be a COnseryas
tive if it is the best thing to do.
Men of great genius should not
forget that their failings, or vices,
are more apt to be noticed, and
even admired, than their virtues.
All Conservatives have once been
Radicals, aud their virtue consists
in having found out that half a
loaf is better than no bread.
My friend, if you must keep a
pet, let It be one Of the serene kind
"a rattlesnake or swapping turtle, for
instance); this wall exercise yonr
caution aud strengthen your genius.
/ know Of nothing that viii test
a mans true inwardness better than
to feel like the devil aud be obliged
to act like a saint.
My dear boy, if you must part
your hair IN the middle get it even,
il you have to split a hair 10 do it.
Independence is a name for what
no man possesses; F; nothing, in the
animated or inanimate world, is
more dependent than man.
Il isu't 50 much what man has
that makes him happy as it Is what
be doesn't want
There are many comfortable pe0-
pie in the world, bnt 70 call any
man perfectly happy is an insult
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NUMBER ~.

my sketch is made. That picture
/ saw few months after the sum
mer day, when | had grown wiser,
though so little older. | was going
to Paris to devote my lifo TO the
study of art, which was all in all
to me now. Yes that was the one
wise action of my life. | have new
er regretted it, and after all these
years, with my hair grown white,
can sit and gaze calmly on the
little sketch which | made with
aching heart so long ago, u sketch
from memory. The first glimpse Of
1t made my heart beat faster for Il
few moments only. l am wiser
man now and happier one. (G)
My lite has been uneventful. | can
love my art, and find III it peace
and cOntentment. / am nearing
my journeys end, and Katie is on
the other side. l turn the sketch
to the wall, and 10! on the back of
the canvas the bronze jug! l smile,
remembering the time when paint.
ed that from memory too. Ah, old
jug, you are fearfully out of draw
ing; you hold no syrup, but sweet
and graceful memories cling to you,
and love you we'll! l light my
pipe, aud let tue thoughts of other
days wreathe themselves into the
soft blue smoke aud slowly vanish.
Emmefin Neao York Home journal.
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The Goat

N. 0. Chronicle.
During an editorial career OF
over fifteen years we do not remem-
Der that any special inquiry has
been made for more Information
about the goat than every well
regulated community has at the
tongues end. A party by the name
of Smith has broken into the rigid
silence and asked about the auceS.
tors of the common goat.
1t is a descendant of the paseug,
an animal found in the Caucasus
mountains and the hill country of
Persia, whose legs are longer aud
horns very much larger than those
of the common goat. From the
earliest times the goat has been
dOmeSticated in Oriental families.
1t has spread all over the world,
adapting itself to every climate.
Diversity of climate and surround
ings has produced various breeds,
the AngOra, the Syrian, the CASH
mere, the Guinea goat and others.
No other animal except the dog has
shown such susceptibility of varia.
tion.
Only IN mountainous countries
are goats found wild, though the
inhabitants of our suburban dis
tricts, and candidates for Masouic
initiation, imagine the goats they
look upon are not exactly tame.
The goat is sure footed, and shows
great strength and ability in leap
ing. Thousands of small boys can
attest this fact, and some ladies
have experienced it to their sorrow.
Leaves, branches of shrubs aud
herbage of lowland pastures, to-
getber with choice assortments Of
rubbish constitute tue food OF the
goat. The ancient Greeks and Ro-
mans sacrificed the goat to Bacchus
because of its tendency to imure
grapevines by eating the young
tendrils and the habit of dining Oh
and his offensive smell,
make the goat an odious creature to
many; but the youth who has 10
pair hitched to a small cart is ex-
ceediugly happy, and tue milk of
the female is nourishing to invalids.
There are no mountains or hills ia
this city to develop the goat, and
yet 1t thriyes abundantly, and the
GROWERS call on the police from
time TO time to restrict his cavOrt.
ing and gregarlOus prOpensitles.
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SSIPPI, FRIDAY, JULY 30. 1885.
THE DYING BIHB.
BY MARIE S. L4DD,

1t was a day OF rain,
The window pane
Was dripping with its wet;
The wind went moaning by,
And, in the sky,
Clouds lowered, black as jet.
Unto my window flew
A bird drew
Within its trembling FORMS
A bird without a nest
Unto my breast
1t fluttered from the storm.
In hoy'ring, it revealed
A wound, concealed
Beneath its tiny wing:
And yet, with clearest note,
Swelled its small throat,
And sweetly it did sing.
But this was its last song,
Though clear and strong
Was it its pam TO hide
One gush of melody,
Outpouring free,
And then the lone bird died.
Like to this dying bird,
Some have been heard
To warble free and gay;
Although their might be found
A cruel wound,
Sapping their life away.
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WILSON 4 LOzANO,
CHEA-P CASH.
Dry Goods Z Notion House,
CHEAP CASH
s3DAUPHIN ST., MOBILE, ALA.

@ sfRsG S SooK sss @ @ & ;s % Ell Hs s"p st. as a s %
@ s % % 's s SaR Hs sas *
9aea @ domestic p% sD,s reduced and yard
aud s s: s s1p ] 8" .ss % 3 s ss IS .s sS s 4 Se and al" of or"
@ S pcs pc. @ ff; % sSi ss'"f " %
q g % reduced to
sS S TS P7%spSt "5H sss
80 pcs Fsprl s
3 is p ssw % .as.. lss y. to ,a.
S @ r n dr lSSs f chat "f
s s% e % % S o"P &c &C. % % sSss
$50 @ PS % % @ @ % s bon e as SS q down Il G 80 S 20 d. &c., and %
o"rH E%r4fs @ are the largest @ m in t G city 3 & Y% % @ by T"ees here
''o G M. ss Ss reduced @ from ] @ 5 % shades ya Our o
loo So pcs pcs E EesSlnr s s5 moss IS % shs " eTns % &c reduced % % a @
e. rS s @ Ts a. 20 ','t
&c &c $a 5 1 q & s 4%'5S Soc Ts Rd % ss s ] % & 7 per pair
@ @ Gc' C u"s"ei TSss siS sns @ linen and band
Ta SPY cape
1000 S s So @ s sh @ ass @ a ss %s.s cd
Dozen Of ahs Fe bali Fatts o5to@ a" % cts per ball. O'
per
"." S % n % s "asrs es S " P 7 f ] a o % for 3 aG.iG ] @ reduced to
pair
Tea @ @ q %a s :% s. 90 % " q 4 Dr. stroos
% @ ;6 @ r
do1 @ s a % yssnr s%f % a s' Fsao San hose regular price, per
1900 border s
S @ 100 f"s % Gents @ ris lat pS% p6 s S f $ 1 % o s' border h reduced
500 So f % & %S & 1ee li n pe 5 " az % P s e%a per
belts il white blue black cardinal 10
10000 collar P4 at doz eodoents regular 9o
regular bars long, cheaper quail
SG patterns WILSON IozISo % s 5TRi DaaRr I5 s5 MSS
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GeneraD
Merchandise
Usually kept in iirSt-class store
Furniture and Housekeeping Goods Of all
Kinds A Suecialtv.

Usually kept IN hfst-class stofe'
Furniture and Housekeeping Goods Of all
Kinds Specially.
STOVES are sold lower than New Or
leans or Mobile prices, as | buy them for
spot cash direct from the manufacturers.
STEAM GRIST MILL-Fresh Meal rGrits,
Hominy, Chops, Cracked Corn and Feed
of all kinds sold at lowest market prices,
and delivered free of charge within city
limits. Buying feed in large quantities
enables me to get the benefit of wholesale
prices, and can therefore sell as cheap as
Che cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
a person can get the best Shoes for the
least money. No paper soles, paste-board
counters or wooden heeels are used IN
myShOe FaetOry-nOue but genuine oak
tanned leather, and / defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Also, have always 60 hand hrst-elass
handmade Shingles for sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers tor past patronage
invite a continuance of same.
Respectfully, A. BLUMER.
Goods DeliUered Free of Charge.
October 2. 1885. Billy
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Chancepy Court Seventh Dist.
cHrr " A Arrrs. r,,r . ~,


Jackson county, first Monday of March and Sep.
tember. continuing ak days,
Harrison county, second Monday in March and
September continuing six days.
Hancock county, third Monday in March and
September, continuing six days,
Greene county second Monday IN April and Oc
tober, continuing six days.
Marion county, fourth Monday in March and
September, continuing six days.
Perry county. first Monday after the fourth Mon
day in March and September, continuing six days.
Wayne county, fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday Of March and September, continuing six
days
Clarke county. first Monday in May and Novem-
beT, continuing six days
Lauderdale county, third Monday of May and
November, continuing twelve days.
KeaipeF county, second Monday in May and No
vember continuing six days.
Monthly rules OF ChanGery Court on first Mon
daV in each month
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POsLOf1ice Hours.

The following are the postoffice hours of the
Scranton post0fice;
Open from O'Clock a. m, to pm. From 3O'cOck
pm. to pm.
Sunday-0hiceo open half an hour before and after
departure of mail trains.
Mrs. MARY G.. LAIRD, p. NJ.
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Moss Point Directory.
Churches.

METHoDIsT-Rev X. J, Jones, pastor.
Preaching every Sunday. Prayer meet
ing every Thursday evening.
BAPTIST Elder o. ID. Bowen, paster.
Preaching first and third Sabbaths in each
at IL am,
PREsBYTERIAN-R ID. o. Byers, pas
tor. Preaching every second and fourth
Sabbath at 1890 am. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at pm.
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Judge J. w. Starr holds regular terms
of court at the courthouse in Scranton
the first aud fourth Wednesdays in each
month. At Orange Grove LIST and 4th
Tuesdays in each month.
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Official DIRECTORY jackson County.

Clerk of the CouTts-Walter NJ. Denny.
Sheriff-JOhn X. Clark.
TreasureP-J. X. Mcleod.
SurveyOr--E. W. Morrill,.
AssessOr-E, i, Ramsay.
Co. Stipt. Pub Ed-Dr. II. L. Howe.
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THE COUR rs.
REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit Court Seventh District.

u
SAMUEL H. TERRAL, Judge.
JAS. II. NEVILLE, District Attorney.
Clarke county first Monday in February and
August, continuing twelve days
Kemper county, first Monday in March and
September, continuing twelve days.
Lauderdae county first Monday in July and
January, continuing twenty-fOur judicial days if
business requires,
Wayne county, first Monhayiin April and Octo-
Der, continuing six days,
Greene county, second Monday in April and Oc
tOber, continuing six days.
Perry county fourth Monday of April and
October, and continue six days.
Marion county, first Monday of May and No
vember, and continue six days.
Hancock county, second Monday of May and
November and continue six days.
Harrison county. fourth Msnday Of May and
November, and continue six days.
Jackson county, first Monday Of June and De-
cember, and continue six DAYS.
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Justice Courts.

C. p. Bowman holds regular terms of
justice court at thecourt-hOusc in Scran-
ton on the first nd third Saturdays in
each month.
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Beard of Health. jackson Co.

S. S. Henry, president, DR.. W A. Cox,
Charles Bosrer, j. w. Stewart and W. S.
Dodson, ST. DR.. w. d. Bragg, port ply
sician and health officer.
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Subscribe for the DEMOcRAr-
STAB.
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GULF LODGE KNIGHTS or HONOR No.
2484-lieets on first and fourth Saturday
nights of each month. Ira w. Broome,
ID. L. McIunis, v. D.; W. NJ. Ward, A. 4;
J. X. Mcleod, r.; p. II. Freeland, +. r. ;
d. X. MeInnis, g.; VIM, Welch, c.; Al
bert Frentz, G.; G. j, Anderson, s.. E..
w. Morrill,, j. w. Morris, VIM. Watkins,
Trustees.
PAscAGOULA LODGK A. F. AND A. NJ.
No. POP meets thiid Saturday night IN
each month. w. Watkins, W. NJ;
II. G. Dempf, S. W.; J. W. Stewart, J.
w: J. X. Mcleod, s. D.; j. II. Rolls, j..
D.; Geo. Huggins, Jr., Secretary A. Blu
mer. Treasurer.
Z. /. HOWE r. A, CHAPTER No. 49,
Meets second Saturday night ia each
month. L. A. CoulsOn, II. p; J. w.
Morris, King.
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f. Rev. G. +. Thompson, Methodist viii
preach at Ocean Springs, Let and ID SnR-
day in esch month at n am. Biloxi, ID
Sabbath at II am. aud pm. Handsbono
4th Sabbath at II q. N. aud JPN.
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Pnst,,fIice and MaIIs.

POstOflice and Mails.
POsTOfice open fr0m An. to 8 pm.
every day.
On Sundays open from 9 to loan. and
from to pm.
Letters for register will be received
during the week from a m. till $3.50 p. m.
No letters Registered on Sundays, nor after
hours on week days.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF NAILS.
Fron ScruAtOn---Aniyes at o:35 a m. and
LIS pm. Departs at 9l5 am. and
3f45 pam.
LsdkesUills Raats---Anives on Wednes-
days aud Saturdays at s pm. Departs
on Mondays ahd Thursdays ct 9 am.
A. BLUNER. P. NJ.
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Scranton Directory

METHoDIsT-Rev. J. w. Tinnin will
preach each mouth at the following times
and places: Zion, 1st Sabbath at IL am.
Scranton, I'd Sabbath at IL am. and 7p,m.
Pascagoula, I'd Sabbath at 3 pm. Orange
Grove. 3D. Sabbath at IL am. Big Point,
4th Sabbath at IL am.
BAPTIsT-Elder O. d. Bowen, pastor.
Preaching first and thiFd Sabbaths in each
month at p.m. Sabbath-schOOl every
Sunday at pm, Mrs. p. X. Mayors, SUI
perintendent.
/. 0. O. F.-ScrantOn Lodge No. As
meets every Tuesday ut 1880 p. m. j. II.
Rolls, n. O., A. K. Meade, Secretary, w.
+, A. Parker, Treasurer. Visiting broth
ron olwnvs Nveleoma
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PROFESSIONAL.
III B. EVERITT-
ATToRNEY-AT-LAW
Scranton, Mtss.

viii practice in all the courts of the Seyantb
judicial district, and the Federal and Supreme
courts of the State.
June 25 1886. iT1y
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Fire CDInnnnY.

SCRANTON FIRR COMPANY No. is. r.
Thompson, president, Geo. FFcntz, fore
man. Regular meeting first Monday
night in each month.
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DONE AT VHIs OFFICE,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-25

POWDERED rice is said to have a
great effect in stopping bleeding from
fresh wounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-25
Protection for the Birds.

The startling decrease in the num-
bers OF many of our birds, brought
about of late years by the unceasing
persecution waged for the sake of
fashion, has aroused the Ornitholo-
gists' Union to a recognition of the
necessity for instant and decided effort
i'll behalf of our birds. The objects of
the committee are as follows:
]. The gathering of all possible in
formation bearing on the subjects of
the destruction and protection of North
American birds.
2. The diffusion of information
among the people in respect to the
extent of the slaughter of birds for
millinery and other mercenary pur-
poses; the wanton killing of birds in
sport by men and boys; the robbing of
birds nests; the destruction of the
eggs of rails, terms, gulls and other
birds for food; and the marked recent
decrease of many species resulting from
this general destruction; the spreading
of information, also, in respect to the
utility of birds as natural check upon
the increase of insects injurious to
vegetation, and with reference to their
interest and value from an aesthetic
point of view. This with the object Of
developing public sentiment in favor
of the rigid protection of our native
birds, sentiment that will naturally
spring up strongly and widely as soon
as attention is called to the subject.
The headquarters of the committee
are at the American Museum of Natural
History, Central Park, New York City,
where the officers or any of the mem
bers may be addressed.