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The Portland daily press., 1892-10-18
Hams at lie; smau do 111ac; pressed hams

Hams at lie; small do IL sc; pressed hams
111ac
Lard-Choice Sc u ib in tierces and I'd IS :
10-ib pals in cs sac.
Hogs-Choice city dressed 71sc % tb; country
do 612c
Butter-Western extra creamery 24Ia@25e
fancy higher: 1irStS ana extra HrSIS az luMzH
extra imitation creamrvl SGl9 C; factory cnoice
16@17c: Northern creamery. choice at te2oc
New York ana Vermont DAIRY, goou 70 Giaoiee
23924c; Eastern creamery. gootl 10 clotce O.
23924c. The above duotatons are receives receivers
prices for strictly wholesale lotS. Jooolus
prices 1G2c higher.
Cneese-Nortnern choice full creams at g
1912 fancy twins al al lie; Ialf togooo al q
aloe; Western choice 1OG10Ac; far TO gooa
at 7ta91ac; sage Hal 1sc.
Eggs Eastern extras AZ -424c; W aha 90 =
extras lat -tl24c: Michigan extra at -G23c;
Western frsts % a.2z4ac; seconds 2od2l.
Poultrv-Northern Iresh-klled spring cnlck-
ems 1870: fowls 4ta15c: western Iced fowls
l2(al Sc ;chckens at 1O@12c ;live fowls 1O013.
Iseans-New York. hand-sicked pea. at Ice.
2 is marrow pea 2 00@2 %: choice screen pea
l75d 90: nand picked med at COG; choice
yellow eyes. So az 90; Call1ornla pea beans
2 25d2 40: hand-picked. 2 50d2 so.
Seed-Tlmotlly. i J002 90: Western red top
s2@2 20; clover, 12a121ac; hungarian, 20a
Hay-Choice. S1s ooa19 90: fair to to good
16 oOGS1S 90: Eastern choice at $17@lS 90;
poor to ordinary. S120S1G.
Potatoes-Choice ,Aroostook Hebrons at S5c
bush, Houlton Hebrons at S5c; Eastern Rose
soc: York state white stars 73075c; HebrOns
and Burbanlls 73d75c
Apples-Choice gravensteins at 20G4 90;
Baldwins 50d2 90: Kings 25,d2 70; Hub
bardstOn ! 1902 20; pound sweets 2 O0I92 Do
ranberries-Choice Cape 5096 90 y DBL
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Portland & Boothbay Steamboat c

Summer Arrangements. On and after Mon
day, Mayo, Stmr. Enterprise will leave Eas.
Boothbay every Monday at I'll a. m. for Port
land, touching. at So. Bristol, *Heron Island
Boothbay Harbor and squirrel Island. Every
a. m for Round Pond, touching at squirrel
Island Boothbay Harbor and *Heron Island.
Every Wednesday leave Round Pond at $50 a.
m. for Portland touching. at *Heron Island
Thursday leave Portland at 8 a. III. for pema-
qlid, touching at squirrel Island, Boothbay
Harbor, *Heron Island, So Bristol and East
Boothbay. Every Friday leave Pemaquid at q
a. M for Portland touching at SO. Bristol, East
Boothbay, *Heron Island, Boothbay Hdrbor
and squirrel Island. Every Saturday leave
at squirrel Island, Boothbay Harbor *Hero
Island and 81. Bristol, *Steame touches from
June Is to Sept. Is. No freight received after
my1odtf ALFRED RACE. Manager.
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RAILROADS.
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND e. ROCHESTER, R. L.
STATION FOOT OF PREBLE STREET.
RAILROADS.

Ind after Monday. October 2, 1892,
,,s,el ger trains will Leave Portland:
.or Worcester, Clinton, Aver Junction
Nashua, WinGnam and Epping at 1.3o IL
III. and 1890 p. m.
For Manchester Concord, and points North
at 7.3o a. m and 1890 p. m.
For Rochester, Springvale, Alfred, Water
boro and Saco River at 7.3O a. u. 2.3O and
4.I5 D. H.
For tiorham at 7.30 AND 1912 l., IL 30,
800. AIS, 500, $50 and lilo T. ~
For Westbrook, Cumberland Nius, West
brook junction and WoodfOrd's at 7.3C.
800 and 1890 u. m. 1870. zoo, 800, 4.lS.
500, $50. 800 and 11.15 p. m.
For Forest Avenue (Deering), $40 p. m.
The 1890 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver junction with "Hoosac Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Union station,
Worcester, for Providence and New York,
via providence Line for Norwich and
New York, via "Norwich Line" with Boston
g. Albany Il. II. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 80 p. H.; from Rochester at $50 a. M,
1.30 and $50 y. M; from forhaln at $40,
$50 and 11.45 a. M, 1.3O, 4.1O, $50, $50 and
TAO p. m.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South, apply to S. E. CORDWELL, Ticket
Agent, Portland Me.
j. w. PETERS, Supt.
C. j. WIGGIN. Gen'l Ticket Agent:
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Chicago Cattle Market.
(By Telegraph)

CHICAGO. -Oct17. 1s92.-The Cattle market
Receipts 22,000; shipments I; steady on the
best grades: others lower best natives 009
5 so; others at 65@4 80: Texans 50a2 so;
stockers 2 85@3 IS; cows 509z 55.
Hogs-receipts 21 900; shipments -; lie
higher; rough and common at 4 s5@5 15 pack.
ers and mixed at 1905 As prime heavy and
Dutcners' weights 5095 rs; prime light 5 80
(95 go.
higher; ewes 2504 40; mixed at 25Sa4 rs;
Westerns 2094 55; lambs at 25@5 so.
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Cotton Markets.

NEW YORK. Oct. II. 1ss2.-The Cotton
market IS quiet: sales 557 bales; good ordina-
~ uplands at $3.50; do Gulf at &c; good ordi-
nary stained 51sc; middling nplands at Sc: do
Gulf at 33sc do stained 9-I6c.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. IT. 1S92.-The Cotton
market is easy; mlddling 9-16c.
CHARLESTON. Oct. II. 1S92.-The Cotton
market Is steady; mlddling TAG.
SAVANNAH Oct. IT. 1S92.-The Cotton
market is quiet; mlddling TIC.
MOBILE. Oct. II. 1892.-The Cotton market
is easy mlddling 71ae.
MEMPHIS. Oct. IT, 1s92.-The Cotton mar
ket is easy; middlngs 71ac.
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STR. FRANK JONES

for Bar Harbor, Machiasport and Intermediate
landings.
*Runs daily. Sundays included might express
with sleeping cars attached. runs every night,
Sundays included. butnot O'Skowhegan Monday
morning or to Belfast, Dexter or beyond Ban
gor OH Sunday mornings.
White Mountains and Quebec Line$Es
For Cumberland Mills. Sebago Lake. .Bfidg-
ton, Fryeburg, North Conway, Glen, Bart
lett, Fabyans, vt. Johnsbury, Montreal,
jefferson, Lancaster, Colebrook and
Sawyerville, Dudsweli and Quebec, at
$50 p. IN.
The S.45 a. M, the worlds Fair train, con-
meets for al points in Northern New Hamp-
shire, Vermont Chicago and the West; and
with tile Canadian Pacific TranscOntinental
trainfor Vancouver and Pacific Coast points,
The $50 D. m. train has through sleeper TOT
Montreal. where connections are made With
trains via 500 Line for Minneapolis and ~
Paul III
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND
From WateryiIe and Lewiston, $50 g; M. An
g,lsta Bath &c, S.35; Montreal, st. Johns
bury, Fabyans and Rridgton. $50 a. M; st.
John. Bangor. &C.. $3.50 p. H.; Farmington.
Skowhegaii and Lewiston 1926 p. NJ; Rock
land, Brunswick and Freeport 1920 p, H.;
Mixed Train, North Conway and Sebago Lake
45Op. H.; Waterville. Bath Augusta and
Rocklantf. 5.25 p. M. Flying Yankee 5.3a p.
m.,; Rangeley Farmington, Skowhegan, wat
erville and Lewiston. $40 p. M; Montreal
Quebec. Lancaster Fahyans. Britigtons -. ~
H. H.; Night Pullman *1.4O a. III.
sundays included.
PAYSON TUCKER.
Vice Pres. and Gen, Manager.
+. E. BOOTHBY. Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent
Portland October J.. 1892. df
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Runlford Falls & Portland R'y.
OPEN TO RUMFORD FALLS
:. -..... .:..... ). ..... Il

Leave Portland via G. t. Railway. for ali
stations on the P. g. R. F. R'y, 40 a. IN. 1.So
pm.
RETURNING-Leave Rumford Falls $50
a. M. 2.40 p. m.
STAGE CONNECTIONS DAILY-At West
Minot for Hebron Academy at Buckheld tor
West Sumner and Turner; at Canton for Bret
tun's Mills and North Turner: at Gilbertvllle
for Canton Point; at Peru for Dixfeld Center;
at Dixfield for Carthage. and Weld; also f0f
West Peru and Dickvale; at Rumford FAILS
for Mexico, Roxbury and Byron:
l.. L. LINCOLN. Supt.
oct3 dtf
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Foreign Markets.
(Bv Telegraph

10y I6ItStdPIET
LONDON. Oct II. 1s92-Consols s7d Tor
money and The account.
LIVERPOOL Oct. II, transformations
winter wheats at IS id@6s led; Spring wheat
IS 21sda6s 31ad. Mixed American corn at
As 4Lad.
Cheese 50s.
LIVERPOOL. Oct. II. '1s92.-The Cotton
market is steady: middling at 5-l6d; sales
10000 bales speculation and export 1000 D.es.
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MAINE CENTRAL r. r.
For Bangor, Bar Harbor, st. John, the
White Mountains, Quebec, Montreal
the Worlds Fair and
the West.

II and after October I'd, 1892, passenger trains
leave Portland as follows:
For Danville junction, Auburn and Lewis
ton, $50 a. M, 1.25 and STOP m.
lewiston, via Brunswick, $40, 1920 a. M.
1.20, sos and 4l1s20 p. m. and Sundays at
1.30 p. m.
Freepart and Way Stations, $40, 1920 a. M,
1.20 3 05. +11.20 p III.
Rockland and Knox and Lincoln Stations,
CSC AIM, 1.20. and 411.20 D. m. Express
freight leaves Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
days at 600. p, H. with passenger car ssat-
tached 81
Brunswick; Bath, 40 and 1920 a. M, 100
*1.3O, 5.O5 and $1120 p IN. M
Gardiner, Hallowell and Augusta, GAO
and 20 a. m, NJ 80, sos and +11.20 p. M.
Pennington and Phillips, via Lewiston, $50
a. M. j .25 p. NJ. via Brunswick, GAO a. M
and /. 30 D. M Rangeley. $50 a. m.
Monmouth, winthrop. Readfeld and Oak
land, $40 a. M. 1.25 and $40 p, m. sst
WatervilIe via Lewiston, $50 a. M. 1.26.b.1O
p, M via Augusta, 6. 40 and 1870 a. NJ, Nlsoo
and ali 20 p. m. At9t
Skowhegan via Lewiston, l.25 p M via
Augusta, 6. 40 a. m 1.30 and +11.2O p. M
Belfast, 1.3O and L 20 p. m. 4,
Dover and Foxcroft, via Dexter, l.30 and
11.20p.m. tT.8
Bangor via Lewiston, ]. rs p. m. via Augusta.
GAO a. NJ, 100 and $11.20 p. M, and sun
days only at 7.2o a. M s
Bangor d Piscataquis r. r., via Dexter, az
20 y. m. via Oldtown, at GAO a. m3 1l.2o
Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. u 80. 11.20 pm.
Ol1town, Lincoln and Vanceboro, 6.4Oa lns
~ 80 and 411.20p m. s{
ST. John and Halifax, *1.30 and 411.2O p. IN.
HouIton, Woodstock, st. Stephen and North
aAroostoo,S. 130 and l1.20 p. H. The 11,2Q
p. m. train Mondays, Wednesdays and fridays
connects at Rockland with Fesb
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What is

Castor Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine
other Narcotic 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
III is Pleasant. guarantee thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and alays
feyerishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
crYres Diarrhoea Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and fatuency
Castora assimilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is Childrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
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Retail Grocers' Sugar Rates

Portland market-cut loaf at 7c;confectioners
81 G. e. coffee crushed. SAC; yellow, 41a95c.
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Boston Produce Market

BOSTON. Oct. IT. 1S92-The following are
to-tlav's quotations of Provisions. Produce etc.
Pork-Long cuts 90 UOd17 co. short cuts at
90 0o@17 90: backs at II ooC000 90; lean lends
at 20 00@172 3 ; pork tongues II so; butt pork
IL 90.
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80. s,5 PORTLAND. Oct. II.
Receipts by Maine Central r. R.-For Port
and. 1872 ears miscellaneous merchandise; for
connecting roads 1877 cars.
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.HARPSWE[L STEAMBOAT CO.

ON and after Sept. %, 1892. steamer MER-
" RYCONEAG will leave t,rr's Island for
Portland and intermediate landings at GAO u.
m. Return, leave Portland for Orrs Island at
800 p. m.
ISAIAH DANIELS, General Manager.
sep27 diff
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,AILED-Sch Eagle Wing.
FROM OUR CoRREsPoNDE
Notice to Mariners.

OFFICE U. S. LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR,
First District,
Portland, Oct IT. 1892.
Notice is hereby given that the black spar
buoy No 5 Middle Ground, Machias, Maine, and
the black spar No. g. on Horse Ledge, Moose-a-
bee Reach, Maine, have been changed to I'd
class cans
BY order of the L. Fl. Board,
FRANK WILDEs,
Commander, q. S. NJ,
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MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.
[oNDAY. Oct II.

MONDAY, Oct II.
Arrived.
Sch A W Ellis. Ryder Reimbursement TO
Sch Walter Sumner, tBr) Reid, Moncton,
hR ties to B 81 NJ RR.
Sch Delaware, Pinkham, Boston. - E
Sch Sabrina, (Br) Boston for StJohn Nb.
Sch ID Clifford. Boston for Calais.
Sen Rozella, Torrey, Gloucester.
Sch Railroad. Simmons, Gloucester. i5.3ags -
Sch M l. Rogers, Crane, Merchandising to o
Sch W Pendleton, Webber, Damariscotta, Y
Sch Laura & Marion, Eastman, HarpsWell
Sch Emily F Swift, Staples Rockland for
Boston.
Sch Grace Stevens, Stevens, Gouldsboro for
Sch Taniscott, Muller. Mt Desert for Ports
mouth.
Sch Eagle, Fr1sbee, Bangor for Boston
Sch Boomer, Harper, Bangor for quincy.
Sch Diana. Clark. Calais for Boston,
Sch Virginia, Reed, Calais for Boston.
Sch Rienzi, Gray. Castine for Saeo.
Sch Jonathan Coane, Rockland for New YORK.
Sch Humboldt, Kimball, R0ckland for Boston.
Sch Lena White, White, Rockland for New
York.
Sch FLORIDA, Strout, Rockland for Boston.
Cleared.
Steamship Manhattan, Bragg, New York.
Sch King Phillip, Toole Newport News
Chase Leavitt s. Co.
Sch Matte j Allies, Crockett, East Bluehill
and New York-Peter NckerSon.
Sch Lillian, Grindle Boston-James Lucas &
Sons.
Sch Railroad, Simmons, Friendship j Fl
Blake
SAILED-Sch Eagle Wing.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
WISCASSET, Oct. 157-Ar, sch John Coyle,
Clark Portland, to take in part cargo and then
return to Portland to complete cargo Tor Deme-
rara.
PORT CLYDE, Oct 16-Ar, Leading Breeze,
Calais for Boston; Itaska, Millbridge for do;
G M Gilmore, Portland
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NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
coRREcTEDBY PULLEN, cRocKER q co.
SATURDAYS quotations.
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ISLAND STEAMERS.
FREEPORT STEAMBOAT co.

Change OF Time.
ON and after October 10th steamer Plan,
~ stom will leave South Freepoft at ia. II.
for Portland
RETURNING-Leav Portland Pier at 3 y
M for South Freeport touching at all landings.
octSdtf II. B. SOULE. Manager.
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Castoria.

.Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children
DR.. g. G. Osaoop,
"a I'LL, Lowell, Mass.
.,Castotia is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
lhem to premature graves"
DR,qJ. F. KNcHELoE, :
Conway, Ark.
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Grain Quotations.

; MoNCTON. Ms. Schr Walter.56oo rail
.oad ties to B & M r.
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Boston & Maine r. r.
In Effect October 2, 1892.
WESTERN DIVISION.

WESTERN DIVISION.
Trains leave Portland Union Station for
Scarboro Beach, Pine Point, 80; lo;l a;
Beach, Saco. Biddeford. 7.3o $40, 1918 a.
y. 12.40 $50, 5.15, $50 p m; Kennebunk.
f.30. $40 a. m. 1910. $50. 5:l5: $40 p. m;
North Berwick, Great Falls, Dover, 7.3o,
$40 a. M. 12.4O $50, 5.15 pm; Rochester.
Pennington. Alton Bay. Wolfboro, $40
Great eat Fails and and rochester, 80 a. M:
Manchester, Concord via So. Newmarket
Junction.. 7.3o a. M $50 p. m, Gyi! Law
ton, Exeter, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell,
Boston, 1880. rs. 40 a. Ill., *12. 40. $50 p. M
Boston for Portland, 7.3o, $50 a. M,
SUI sunday Trains from, Union Station, for
Boston and Way Stations, 1885, 4.15 p. m.
EASTERN DIVISION.
From Union Station For Cape Elizabeth
Ms@S.45 a. m.; Amesbury. 800 a. M
NewburypOrt. salem. Lynn, Boston. (f2lo
a. N. daily, 900 81 M, (51.oo p H. daily
600 p. m.
Boston fer Portland, 7.3o a. M. t*9.15 a. NJ
daily 1880 m. $500, p. III. daiiy.J
FROM COMMERCIAL STREET STATION.
For Cape Elizabeth and scarboro Crossing
M=g+~12.40, 4.30 p. M.
For Portsmouth and way stations. 4.3o p. m.
tConnects with Rail Lines for New York
South and West
4Conhects with Sound Lines for New York.
sWestern division from North Berwick Sun
days only.
$Western Division from Dover.
h9-Conl,eeis at scarboro Crossing with
train Tor Boston Sia Eastern Division.
Through tickets to all points South and West
Tor sale Al UNION station.
JOHN W. SANROEN. Acting Gen. Man. Boston
W. f. BERRY. Gen'l Traffic Manager. Boston.
d. j. FLANDERS q. +. and T. A...Boston.
d. W. SANBORA. Genl Supt., Boston
act1du
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Oct IA, off Hatteras, sch Viola Reppard, from
Oct 10. lat 36 N Ion ~ W, barque Herbert
Black, Blanchard. from Punta Arena for New
York Stearing with temporary rudder.
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Arat st Michaels Sept II, barque Sarah, Hale
Terceira.
from New York, ar Sd.
Ar at St John. NB i 9Th, schs Riverdale, Ur-
auhart Rockland U Chandler, Haley, Rock
port; Roy, Belfast; 10th, C } Colwell Colwel,
Rockland; Beulah WATSON, Rockport.
Cid 18TH schs Sea Bird, Andrews Rockland !;
G w Scott, Belyea, and Glide, do.
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an eve the dead had come to life. and was
perched Trembling upon a toy tree in the
farther corner of the room. All of this was
done in less than five minutes.
These tricks. as you see. are exceedingly
simple. The bird could not help doing
them. The trainer had simply taken adj.
vantage of the peculiar conformation of
the BIRDS body. Any bird handled AS the
finch was handled could not have helueI
doing the same things. although it might
have taken longer to have roughed the fear
out of an excessively shy bird.
1t is equally easy to train birds to fy to
their trainer and eat hemp seed between
his lips.
There nre many amusing tricks which re-
quire apparatus; such as teaching a bird TO
fire Off lannon's pull wagons, haul down
flags, draw wagons filled with seed up an
inclined plane to the cage, and draw water
from n miniature we'll in a littls thimble
bucket. But those should not be attempted
until the simpler tricks are learned and the
wonld-be trainer has thoroughly acquired
the lnack of tanning Il bird.
The macaw, ~paroquet, cockatoo-all vari-
cities of the parrot i'll fact-are a wild AND
dangerous bird to handle before they are
trained. The parrot must be taken from
its cage with Il heavily gloved hand for It'll
hooked bill is terribly powerful and it is {
cruel bitter. This is the way it is tanned
Take 1t into a small and entirely empt,
room. Put heavy gloves on your hands ant
take 4 stick with you. Then let tho birc
so. Don't let it perch for an III
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slant anywhere. Keep 1t constantly on
she wing. When tho bird tires offer it
yonr finger to perch uron. At first, and in
deed after many trials, IL will bite at your
finger. When it does that smooth 1t down
until il leaves You to fly way once more.
Keep on doing this aud in less than two
hours you will tame tho widest polly that
ever asked for a cracker.
Much in the same way are doves taught
to fy to their trainer aa you have Teen them
do in shows. Begin with not more than
three doves. and keep them flying until
they learn that thsy can alight only upon
you. When these arc thoroughly drilled
add three more. The trained birds will
teach the new ones. You can help this
trick by having hemp seed between your
lips and on your head and shoulders with
which to reward the birds.
The fortune-telling trick, where a bird
picks out a card from q pack, is simple in
Che extreme. First begin with a card be-
tween the edges of which is a hemp seed
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HOW THEY TRAIN BIRDS.
A Wild Bulfinch Taught to Perform
Many Tricks in Five
Minutes.
The Art Ia Simple, Requiring
Patience and Kindness, Moth
ing of Magic.
All Birds Can Be Trainod-Some More
Obstinate Than Othsrs-Talk Nith
y Veteran.
Written for THE HELENA INDEPENDENT ]

Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT ]
s.Giye i'm some 'omp seed.o @q&@E
"'Emp seed?' I repeated after the bird
trainer.
eyes, 'smp seed: hemp, emp seed. a
bird will do anything for that"
I was talking to the Oldest and best
known bird-trainer in this country. We
we're in tho parlor of his house, once a
grand mansion. in the downtown quarter
now given up to trade. There were rows
and rows of c~ages-small wooden affairs
in which songsters are imported, and large
brass and iron wire prisons where the
strong, curved billed takers were kept.
The dining room was also filled with cages,
and the extension, which served ass Kitchen,
likewise held it's share.
Bird training is an art but 1t is not black
art, as many bird dealers try to make their
customers believe. There is nothing about
it Of magic. 1t is simple, and it requires
patience and kindness only.
All birds can be trained, although some
are moro obstinate than others and take
more time and care tn educatc. The canary
il the most difficult OF ali comEaon birds to
train. A# 5.5
Tbs bird that is born in captivity is al
ways harder TO train than another Of the
same species which is Matched in Freedom.
Ii ID the same way with wild animals. The
lion or tiger that has been bred in : cage is
invariably harder to train than tho real
man-eater that has been trapped in his
native jungle. Il is explained that the
former has been accustomed from infancy
to the sight Of man and to restraint; there
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half concealed. This is repeated until the
bird picks up such 3 card without a Sec
ond's hesitation. Next conceal the seed in
the card, and finally use cards without
seeds in them at all. This will not require
more than q week Of training and any boy
Of patience can teach it to his bird.
It is always we'll in training birds to take
the precaution Of clipping some Of the
pinion feathers Of the left or right wing SO
that the pupllc can not fly away.
Among the easiest songsters to train are
the %goldfnch, chafinch, bulfnch, siskin,
redpole and starting.
@ BENJAMIN NoRTHRoP.
Conyright.
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fore, when the trainer begins to exercise
his authority he finds that his pupil has an

fore, when the trainer begins to exercise
his authority he finds that his pupil has an
unbroken will and that fear of man does
not enter into his mind. On the other
hand the captured beast has had reason to
fear his captor, his will is broken in a
measure. and he yields readily to sduce-
tional methods. "Mt
After explaining these things to me, Mr..
Moody. the bird-tralner, took from one Of
the edges q wild bulfnch.
do you want to see me tame and train
this bird in FIVE minutes2' he asked.
/ did.
Mr.. Moody took the bird in his left hand,
making it perch npon his thumb and GOV
ering it with his closed fingers. Do Won
know the deaf and dumb alphabet? If you
do. make the sign for the letter 90" and
you will hays your hand ready to recslve
the bird. Through the 20" the bird will
f1utter. The moment its head appears
gently catch it in your right hand and keep
on rubbing it, first in ons and then in the
other a until its fear has left it.
Il do this for a minute to get the fear
out of the bird,' explained Mr.. Moody.
Nov see!'' Then the bulfnch perehed
When it took wing and huttered away to
a bookcase in the corner Mr.. Moody fol-
lowed it. r"
This rubbing, or ~''roughing," as it is
called, was repeated for two minutes. At
the end of that time the little inch perched
on the trainers finger and hoped from one
finger to the other as if it had known no
other perch aimee it left it's nest of twigs in
old England. When the bird was tired of
flying its fear had been roughed away, SO
Mr.. Moody said, and he seemed to be right.
Il will now make it shout er arms"
Taking a straw, the trainer held the inch
upright with it's breast outward, in his left
hand. Then putting the straw in the birds
claw he gave the order, and surely enough
the finch held the straw as brave as a SOL
der does his rifle.
Nov we will do the Blondin trick"
Putting the straw back OF tho BIRDS neck,
Wr. Moody gently turned the tnch's head
backward until the neck mada a curve or
hook which extended ever the straw. Then
he held tho straw out with the bird sus-
pended from it, and one of the simplest but
apparently most difficult feats in balancing
was illustrated.
''You are going to die now SAID the
trainer. and he laid the finch on its back
upon the carpet, gently smoothing down it's
wings close to it's body and Strengthening
out it's legs 50 that the claws rested be-
tween the long tail feathers.
Now, sir, you are dead.' And the bird
looked it.
1.-THE policeman is coming; look out for
yourselfs and Mr.. Moody slapped the car
pet on each side of the dead bird with tho
palms of his hands, and in the twlnkling of