Telegram-herald., 1889-10-13

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'.I'1s bzzI1, TIE small rel dz.r. May 80
risEizs II wlld hogs, Ihs psocaTg aid pea,
,zgusx, psTTCss Il every sEoc-ss, ~ gators y
e1orus0Us $40, shSrks. serpSnts GEd 1eauJltl
tirus are slnosE TIE slis ia1aoItsur ~ Tia
Wild country IN tle wsek ] rpent ca The
Ch0oca rfveT J lost Ten pounds II rssh ~
oa4ss of the heavy dew which fails every
night This de~ a equal - some u car
showers snd causes tie death u nlAay u@Y-
elefs TIE climate Is very warm, tle t1er-
In0Eleter never registering lower than q
degS u 4 Necessary - Wsar q veal over tie
hsAd ana face TOR s0Dsk from mosquitoes
aud snGts.
A tour made by Col. Cos into Mexico IA
the ~iurer u 1873 is described - q
most pleasant Journey Tne scenery about
Ia PaE. a poyt Oh the lower pert cf the peain-
sala 4 Lower California, Is uuFivalea for
beauty and grandeur The harbor Is fringed
VITA cocoannt tres, ani hack OK tho town
rlss green hills which are finally merged into
t3e blue u lofty ranges VI mountains The
town once reached lt Is surrounded VIII
cactus and plesqult, the soil poor, but oranges
and other tropical fruits are raised ia aOun-
dance where they have water Tor irrigation
Ia Mexico, opposite Ia raz. Col Goss added
10 bis valuable collection several rare speci-
mens, among them male aud female he'll
meted crested jay. superb birds measuring
thirty inches, with tails thirty inches long.
lis Journey T. the gusno island, in the Gulf
oi California, between L. Pay and Guayuils,
was also rewarded ia specimens q The rare
birds which inf~st that Isolated locality.
Col Cos has devoted many weeks and
months 70 the collection of Kansas birds aud
il is his pleasure and delight to point out 10
visitors such specimens as have been cap
tured upon her great prairies. lie has ira
vorse1 the state, tented for days along the
streams and on the praries in order to pre-
serve in his collection specimen of every
bird that rides the wind or wave.
What pleasure % the student Of natural
history. the lover Of birds, % find here IN
the capitol building Of Kansas a collection
gathered from almost every section O. North
America, all mounted, each bird IN Its place
and marked with its name.
The casual observer does not realize the
thousands Of miles Travelled over land and
sea in the collection OF these birds As a
writer has said: These now folded and 81
lent wings have been dipped in tho spray
that dasaes against the shores of Nova SEQ
tia or where the Oregon hears no sound
save its own dashing, or have famed the
cold heights about the crests of the Rocky
mountains, or have been reflected in the
dark bayouS Of Louisiana, or have liz up with
their sudden flash the gloomy forests of trop-
ical Americs. Yet here they are, ali III their
places, forrl and plumage, perfectly pre-
served by the skillful hands Of one man.
Let il bo said that this generous gift to his
state. his yelf sacrifice and his devotion 10
a work which 10 him has been labor Of
love viii In after years be treasured by his
fellow citizens as a gift which money cannot
bUy, and which nothing but the arduous toll
OF = lifetime can secure.
D. O. McCRAY.