The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07

miles distant.
The negro and I stood guard all
night, for l soon found that ] could
trust him. but il tho fellows returned
to the neighborhood we did not SEQ
them. Next day We got the boat down
to the mill. which was hardly four
miles away, and from thence she was
taken to Clarendon and the goods re-
turned TO their owners. as far as pos
| sible. The robbers were all identified
by name and person by the negro. and
within a few weeks were either cap
tured and sent to prison or run into the
swamp and shO: DOWN.. Y. Sun.
WINGED ScAvENcERs.
How the Grows Are respected D. Om.ts
for Their Good WORKS.
The city Of Omaha has in its service
a force Of thousands of scayengers who
draw no pay, report to no official. but
are protected by law from mOlestatiOn.
They are the crows who flock in town
as regularly rs cold weather comes.
stay during the winter and vanish in
the spring. Each evening as the shad-
Ows fall legiOns Of crows wing their
way in q seemingly endless fight to
the willow cOpses and clumps of small
cottonwood trees on the banks o: tho
Missouri. where they roost for tho
night. A favOrite haunt is at the bend
Of the river between Cutoff and Flor
ence Lakes. where the banks shelter
the northwest wind. The air is thick
with sable wings and resonant with
hOarse caws there after sunset each
night. as the scavengers settle down
among the branches to dream Of back
area lunches and carriOn spreads.
With the break Of day the sable flock
bestirs itself. Each member hops
about to warm its chilled legs. stretched
its shiny wings and heads back tOwaI
the city. The vast flock breaks iSc6
small groups and they alight here and
there on the tree-t0ps and survey tho
back yards and alleys until they can
pick out foraging places. Then they
descend and in short order the remains
Of the breakfasts, the scraps of meat
from markets and the rats killed by
household dogs and cats are gObbled
up. Some rOw do scavenger work
about the residences. Others alight
cautiously in the alleys, and others are
attracted to the stOck-yards and pack
ing-h0uses At South Omaha. They
fight shy Of the business blocks. Tho
RI who inhabits the Missouri is Of
the same breed with the who
pulls up the farmers corn in Vermont
In the East he is . nuisance. The
granger shoots him on sight, tries to
brighten him with scarecrOws and dips
the corn into coal tar before he plants
1t, in the hopes that IL will spoil the
pretty ravens appetite. Two healthy
New England crows can devastate a
twenty-acre corr field if unmolested.
But the crow who migrates to tho
West becomes . respected resident.
and nobody asks. What was YOUR
name back East?" or asks how he
stood with the farmers. He mates
with q clipper Dinah crow in a clump
Of willows on the bottoms, and in due
time they hatch out . nest of hungry
crOwlets. Tho father rustles for grass
hoppers. bugs and tOads. while the
are growing their pin feath-
erA As soon as they can fly their
mother leads them away from the con-
influences Of the city into
pure. green country, and the whole
turns loose upon the vermin and
Mono Of them ever trouble
he corn-6elds. and none Of the farmers
' trouble them. During the fall
hey pick up the loose grain, and now
md then play frse-lunch fend ON thu
In the West much Of the
sosn 10 left standing in the fields during
he winter. while in the Easti il is stored
ID the barn before snow falls. Perhape
MS apparent g~ener0eity on the part Of
The farmer in Nebraska has something
% do With Improved conduct Of The
bird. However this may be, the bird
10 the Missouri Valley does not rely
apon The corn-6eld. summer or winter.
or subsistence. Nebraska. Iowa and
Missouri Crows rendezvous largely al
Peru. In this State. Il 10 . famous
'oast for them. and has attracted the
Intention Of na~tnralists. Pr0A. Taylor.
d the Normal School u Peru. has
.ade . eloss study Of tho habits Of
lAese crows. and i writing . series Of
papers q that subject Meantime the !
able crow continues to spend b umS
msrs IN the country and his winters in
city. following the fashion which
M Wealthiese biped patrons set for
hemselvea-OmAha World.
The Rocco Of ten goats and the
work OF several men for half . year are
required to make a cashmere shawl
, yard and . half vida