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process of formation. After the mother
has sat one night the blood may be seen
bounding through the veins and the pulse
of the embryo upheavng.
The same nest is used over and over again
during the season, whether by the old build
ers, thtir rapidly developed progeny. or by
tramp linneis
Noisy jays and woedpeckers abound the
entire year, never deserving in the coolest,
snowiest day of winter. The w6odpeeker
has a glossy black plumage, brilliant red
head and wings speckled with white. He
riddles the trunks OF trees with holes for
acorn stOrerooms during the fall, and when
he comes with his bride for the wedding
feast of worms which have developed in the
acorns his harsh cry seems TO be a human
voice CRYING Justify, Take itp' Take it!'
Take It'll"
The cry mover varies, is never shortened
nor prolonged. Other birds sometimes aGd
to their note or stop abrnrtly before round
ing off their measures. The woodpecker is
never frightened nor cajoled into abbreyia-
TING his.
We have two kinds Of bluejays-one with,
the other without, topknot. Both kinds
have quarrelsome voices, are always In
spirited wrangle and have invariably the
same cry-'Grandpai" with a heightened
tTilling of the r.
There is wee gray bird about the size Of
a California canary, whose only sound Is
ike tLdb Ul al lHtbllBoul Huuldu DdDc Vi
SIX months rolling It's tongue In an attempt
to talk, and succeeding only in "bntther,
butther, butther." A haf-siZe larger but
still dimlnutive, is another bird in Quaker
costume, with fancy topknDt In summer
we have the brilliant bluebird. the yellow
hammer, the golden oriole. with its harsh
cry that sets ones nerves quivering, cat
bird and the mocking-bird.
The edible birds are mountain quail, wild
pigeons. mountain doves and snipe.
There are several kinds of hawks whose
light or dark, and various night owls. The
screeeh owl has two notes in his sereech.
merging c sharp into ID.
When the owl gees after a chicken he
does not pick IL from its perch; he lights on
the perch and crowds the fowls closer and
closer until one is crowded out Then he
darts after it and catches it on the fly.
A coyote finding chickens perched above
his grasp runs round and round in circle
until his prey grows dizzy watching him and
falls. Coyotes abounded with us until the
scalp bounty was renewed.
Once, when out In the woods, a coyote
came along. l held out my hand and coaxed
him within two feet of me. In this order
we nearly reached home and firearms,
when, smelling gunpOwder, perhaps, and
with an understanding of my Judas Ca
reSses, he turned tail and fed. gray wolf
used to run with one band; black animal.
larger than a maStiff. with another.
Occasionally we find a gray fox. Red
foxes are numerous. Bears rarely get so
far as the foothills, but during the winter
there are many deer.
The streams have but one edible fish, a
sort Of trout; lower down the San Joaquin
is alive with salmon in the spring.
LOUISE A. LAILETON
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A ProdigaI Journalist.
Columbus ga } Enouirer-sun.

= N0iuHiDuo kusJ EuquireE-ouu
The announcement of Rev. ST SmallS re-
turn to journalism would be surprise 20
the country if thatpoint lad not been passed
already in the career Of this widely known
and erratie genius. He has PLAYED many
parts so far. without any exhibition of stage
fright, and has generally managed to make
himself heard. He left brilliant record IN
Journalism when he entered the peTipatetic
field of evangelism. which he has followed
since, with frequent raids upon the lecture
platform and the political stump. There is
much doubt whether he Is better equipped
FOR any other service than his old profess
sion. and his return TO il, even temporarily,
Will be welcomed by his old newspaper
friends and co-workers. 1t Is stated that
ne has desk in the editorial-rooms of the
Atlanta Constitution. paper which has had
the benefit of his brightest and best Jour-
nalistic effort Ii long absence has not
dulled his gifted pencil we NAV expect some
bright work In the future. AT any rate,
Colonel Small is welcomed back into the
Told from which he has so long strayed.
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MILKING A MOOSE.
When Hunters Yarns Are Passed
Round This Deserves Hearing.

KouHu his deserves Hearing.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
"Here's pretty mess. The milk is all
gone"
The speaker was one Of party of four New
York sportsmen, who, with an equal num-
Der of guides, had been cruising about on
the west branch of the Penobscot, but were
now camping on the shores of Chamberlain
Lake. preparatory to returning to North
east Garry. They had been out longer than
they had planned, and some of the supplies
had become exhausted.
Then turning to the guides, who were
lying at full length on the ground quietly
enjoying the young hoods discontinue. he
asks, Isn't there farmhouse or hotel
near where we could buy somee"
depends on what you call near" replied
woodsman. III you don't reckon forty
miles far then we are near house. but
that's about the distance. may be a trifie
more. You want milk powerful bad, don't
your Well, you fill up on water Tonight
aud may be In the morning can accommo-
date you, though, mind You. / don't
You'll have to get move on you," said
one OF the other guides, ''if you are going to
make the Garry tween this and TO- m orrow"
well knowing that the journey in that
time was impossible-"for blast me, An
nance, II l know where you're going to find
the color OF milk nearer than that"
Annance made no response, but puffed
silently at bis favorite pipe. He had an
IDEA, though, that he could get some milk,
but did not mean to tell how. That night.
unnoticed. he left the camp about sunset.
walked slowly through the woods for about
mile and again came out on the shore of
the lake at point where small stream
formed an outlet. This was near the place
where he had seen the COW moose. and here
he took up bis position beside trail leading
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and who Is as busness-like now as he was
then. He is a persOnlfcation of both physi-
cal and mental health, and as be greeted me
/ noticed that his voice was strong and
during my talk with him / found his men,
DRY unimpaired. He is a live man in every
sense OF the word and the world is not out
of joint for him. He is good story-teller.
can quote speeches and words of others. and
can initiate the accent of the characters
whose conversation he repeats. l found
him full OF business. and upon telling him
that L wanted TO get some photographs Of
himself and his house. he gave me note
for myself and photographer to Mrs. Webb
Hayes, telling her to let us take pictures Of
anything in the house from garrett to cellar
and gave me an appointment for my talk.
The town Of Fremont, where President
Hayes lives, is one OF the most beautiful
little cities in Ohio. 1t contains about 5000
people and is city Of beautiful homes,
surrounded by large lawns. which are
filed with great forest trees. The streets
are paved with brick and they are all lined
with rows of great shade trees. President
Hayes home is on the outskirts Of the town
and in fact as much in the country as
though IL were miles away from it. 1t con-
sists of a great park of forest trees. sur
rounded on three sides by a stretch of roll
ing country and on the fourth by the town.
The President calls it Spiegel Grove. and he
told me there were thirty different varieties
these are inhabited during the summer by
more than fifty-twO varieties of birds.
The house is a two-story-and-attic red
brick, built in the Gothic style with porch
about one hundred feet long and fifteen feet
wide running across its front and with many
windows on all of its sides. 1t does not i'm
press you at first glance as being large
house and the President calls it an old
fashioned one. 1t is, however, | judge,
more than 100 feet square. and President
Hayes has added to 1t from time 20 time
until il must now contain more room than
the White House. During my walk through
it with him later in the day. asked him as
to the number of rooms it contained. He
replied that he had not coun ted them. but
that his last gas bin showed that he was
keeping up seventeen fires. and found that
the attic was whole house in itself. The
thing that struck me most about the house
was its home-like character. Every part Of
it is used and it looks as though some one
lived in it. There is not a stiff corner in
any OF its rooms, and 1t is one OF the most
beautiful. though by no means the grandest,
homes 1 have ever visited. The en-
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trance door is In the center of the
porch and you come first into a wide
hall which is fioored with wood of different
cOlOrs, and which has an oak wainscoting
reaching about as high as your waist. AT
the end of this hall Is the dlning.room and
at the right and left are parlors in which
gas fires are kept blazing. The drawing
room is, l judge, about fifty feet long by
twenty-five feet wide, and an archway
leads from this into the Presidents library.
The walls Of the rooms are covered with
beautiful pictures, among others a copy of
the picture of Mrs. Hayes, which hangs in
the White House. and there are few paint
ings by famous artists hanging here and
there The hall contains some old furni-
ture which has been In Mr.. Hayes family
for generations, and long clock which be-
longed to bis grandfather stands in one
corner At the right as you enter is little
painting OF the President when he was
boy and there are photographs of himself,
Mrs. Hayes and their friends everywhere,
doubt whether there Is family in the
country who has sc many photographs as
that of President Hayes. He told me that
not long ago they had begun to count them,
o. put na a stopped at 5000. and he had no
photographs in the house. These photo
graphs are of all characters and of all sub
lects. Thousands OF them relate to the
President and lis friends and great many
OF them are snap shots taken by his chill
dren and by friends Of the family. The
house has been photographed again and
again and his son Rutherford Hayes Jr., or
"Rnd." as he Is Familiarity called, is very
successful amateur photographer. During
my walk through the house with him the
President showed me dark room for devel-
0ping photographs, which Is better ar
ranged than any / have ever seen In a
photographic gallery. ana he gave me sew
a nj aaIa
Among those selected one taken this fall
when he was just 20 years old and another
which was taken at 65 by q Toledo photog-
rapher and which is his favorite picture Of
himself. In both of these photographs he
Is represented with Grand Army button In
his coat, and he is evidently proud of his
soldier record. During my stay we took
photographs of number Of the rooms In
his house. and before l left he stood with
me and his little grandson, Sherman Hayes,
on the steps at the end OF the house, aud NV
PHOTOGRAPHIC friend took picture of us.
The plata cana nllt very wall nth. thu Az
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1862. / took part in the battle Of South
Mountain and l was wounded In my left
arm and it has never been strong since
then" President Hayes uttered these words
in the quietest way, as II being wounded
was matter Of no account whatever, and
throughout his talk / was struck with his
simplicity. at the battle Of South Noun
tain he led the charge. holding his position
at the head OF bis men after he had received
the rebel ball until he was carried faintlng
from the field. He was distinguished for
his bravery during the war and he was
always in the front of his troops. and in the
second battle of Winchester, where he was
commander Of one OF the brlgades. he led
his troops to the charge OF battery, only
to find himself in morass about fifty
yards wide. He was, as usual at the head
of his brigade, and he plunged into the
m0rass. but his horse at once became mired
and could not move. The future President
dismounted and waded across alone under
the enemy's fire. As soon as he had reached
solid ground he waved bis cap and signaled
the men to come over. When about forty
had joined him he rushed upon the battery
and took ii after a hand-to-hand fight with
the gHnners. He was made brigader-
general shortly after this and General Grant
speaks Of his bravery in his memoirs. He
made no more reference to the war than the
words about his driving, and he seemed to
lock upon his life as not more interesting
than that of ordinary men. Later in the
uay ne cHdtteu Win NE ABOUT some OIL the
great men he had known, and expressed his
opinions Of the ability of some of the Presi-
dents of the past. He told me some inter-
esting "reminiscences of Webster, Clay and
Tom Corwin, and gave me word or two
on public questions aud the tendencies of
the times. Mixed with it all was an air of
delightful simplicity, and his conversation
and the incidents connected with the re-
mainder of my visit are so interesting that
will devote my next letter to them.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Fremont, Ohio, January 6.
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or on the floor. Almost as swiftly would
one of the birds dart after 1t. For two
weeks the same futile attempts at building
in this desirable nook were kept up. until
abruptly Mrs. b. Wren went over to the
plate and commenced work there, the same
day laying an egg.
Before the nest was half completed she
had laid her litter and commenced setting.
Fearing the eggs might fall upon the floor l
lifted the nest into a shallow paper box,
which caused great surprise to Mr.. B. Wren
when he came home with an installment OF
his mates dinner, for he hoped excitedly
around on the rim Of the box, pecking here
and there with curiosity. After the house.
wife had swallowed her bit Of green she
held quite a twitteTing confab with her
pfovder, in evident explanation how this
wonderful change for the better came about,
for lie flew to the roof expressing his salts
faction IN his usual run:
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Tennessee's Jim-Crow Cars.


The first Indictment under the Tennessee
"Jim-Crow law" which requires railroad
companies to provide separate cars for
white and negro passengers, and prohibits
the mingling of the races on trains,
wss found last week by the Davidson
County Grand Jury. Singularly enough
the complaint is by colored passengers, be-
cause hite folk invaded the sanctIty of
the '.jim-crow" car and would not leave it,
William Kidd of the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad was conductor on an accom-
mediation train running between Nashville
and Hopkinsville, KY, three months ago,
and complainants allege that one morning he
permitted several white persons to enter the
coach reserved for col0red passengers, and
they rode into Nashville in it. forcing their
company on the colored passengers against
the latter's wishes, refusing to leave the
car because there were no other accommo-
datiODs. The Grand Jury returned a true
bill against Kidd, and capias for his ar
rest is In the hands Of detectives. 1t is be-
leved that he will surrender and the rail-
road company will test the eonstitutionallty
OF the law.
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A DAY WITH AN EX=PRESIDENT.
WRITTEN FOR THE MORNING CALL.

Scene: The Ball House at Tifin-your
correspondent standing at the telephone.
"Heilo. Centralr'
"Hello, Ball House''
Connect me with President HayesW
"Hello. President Hayesw
Hello"
us the President at home?"
Yes" replied female voice. "who wants
him?"
Frank G. Carpenter, correspondent of
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
'All right; wait moment and will call
him."
A moment later comes a masculine voice.
''Hello, Mr.. Carpenter; what can | do for
your"
II would like to have talk with yon for
THE CALL. and have come out to Fremont
especially to see you"
"But. Mr.. Carpenter, / am very busy to-
day and
"But. Mr.. President the people want to
hear from you and have come a long way
and"
'But won't you wait until get through P"
the President continues. II was going to
say will be very busy to-day and will be
down town in short time and call upon
you and arrange an hour for the talk.
Where are your"
81 am at the Ball House.
III will be there in twenty minutes"
"All right Mr.. President"
With this reply left the telephone and
went into the writng-room. at the end of
twenty minutes exactly by my watch beard
the door of the Office open and with brisk
step an energetic man entered the room. He
was Of medium size, as straight as an ar
row and his only sign OF age appeared In
the white OF his hair and in his beard of
frosted silver. His blue eyes, which looked
at me from under his slouch hat, were full
of fire, and his cheeks were rosy with health.
He wore an overcoat well buttoned up at the
throat. l recognized him at once. 1t was
ex-President HAYES. who is now more than
seventy years old, but has as much vigor
fairs of the nation in the White House.
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Nature,s snrest Allr.

II nature did not struggle against disease even In
weakly constitutions. swift indeed would be the
course OF maIady TO its fatal Termination While
nature thus struggles let US, lest W rse befau MS
aid her efforts with ludicious medicinal help. Fx.
perience must be our guide ia battles with disease
and that clamp to orr feet" Ind cltes Hostetters
stomach Bitters a SAFE tried and tboreuqh aII,,
OF nature II the blood be infected with bile IL the
bowels and stomach are inactive, II the kidneys
fail to expei impurities OF which they are the
ma tural outlet course of the Bitters is the
reliance OF the sufferer. one. moreover. that Is
sahesloneo oy professional Endorsement and for
nearly half century. No American or foreign
remedy has earned greater distinction as remedy
ior ana prove ntlve oil chronic liver complaint,
maiarias constipation, kidney and rheumatic
trouble and debility.
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which Is just off the bedroom. In company
with him | looked at it. 1t is about
fifteen feet long and ten feet wide. and one
side OF it was walled with books and cases.
AT one end there was a bathtub and at the
other there was desk Uttered with manu-
SCRIPT and papers OF various kinds, and the
room was, in short, kind of bathroom and
workshop combined. Along the tops of the
cases were books bearing upon the subjects
winch the President was studying at the
time visited him. and all the surroundings
were those OF hard work. mo one will
think OF infruding their presence upon a
man when he is in his Bathroom" said
PRESIDENT Hayes, "and great deal of my
hardest thinking do here. You note my
books; these are changed from time to time
as take up different studies or become in
terested in different subjects. am doing a
good deal OF reading and have an excellent
library"
President Hayes has, in fact, one of the
finest private libraries in the country 1t
numbers about 1000 volumes, and his col
lection OF Americana Is one OF the finest in
the country. He bought at one time 1000
volumes from Robert Clark e. Co. of Gin.
clnnati OF books bearing on American his
tory and American biography, and these
the book publishers had been wears in
collecting. His books are classified so that
he can lay his hands in moment on auy
volume, and they are arranged on the
filled with books on American history. He
has about 1000 volumes which treat of the
late civil war, and he has books on the
various States properly classified. He has
been saver OF intellectual products all
his LIE. and he has all the newspapers that
ne has taken In early life, and bis attic
Is hlled with files of the leading Journals
OF the day. In these newspapers you can
read the history of half century of Amer
lean life. and some of the cases of the
attic are devoted TO bound volumes of
pamphlets on all subjects, classified with
great care. He has many fine editions of
the classics and his collection of uenarai
literature Is large. His favorite noveIists
are Dickens and Thackeray, and saw
many photographs and pictures of Emerson
In MS library ana on the door and walls of
his sanctum. He is very fond of Emerson
ana he told me that he read him a great
deal He said he considered Emerson more
healthy in bis intellectual life than Thomas
Carlyle. and that his chief reading was An
American history a M hinure mir a.ts
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In a Bookstore,
Detroit Free Press.

Condolences occur in Detroit not less
than they do elsewhere. Not many days
ag0-for the book Is but recently out-a lady
of this town went into bookstore, no mat
ter which one.
Have you," she said to a sweet-faced
clerk. who looked as though he had been
brOughtup on milk and honey farm, "have
you David Aliens daIghter?'"
"Ma'am?" he responded with a start, as a
rudy glow suffused his face and coruscated
from the tips of his ears.
Have you got David Aliens Daugh-
He braced up manfnlIy.
Nom. haven't" he Id, bravely; mot
yet, anyway, Dnt II the OLD man will only
hold OIL Tor about month longer you bet l
will have her."
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8 s tt Z

To one who has not closely observed the
habits Of birds it is astonishing TO discover
the amount OF food such wee mites con-
sumo. When that poor little husband ever
found time to feed himself was a marvel, as
he seemed always fitting in and out with a
biz OF green, a tiny seed or wrlggling
worm for his beloved spouse. Both were
very fond of rice. so one day. thinking to
tighten his labor, l strewed a handful on
the plate within her easy reach. But, IN
deed. she knew her business better. Naught
of it would she taste, but compelled her
husband TO carry 1t away grain by grain to
the roof, where. after he had called her, she
would follow and accept il from his bill.
She understood Woman's rights too we'll
to undertake her support in addition to her
housekeeping and family cares. She kept
her quarters in apple-pie order, tidying up
the first thing ia the morning by carrying
all litter out of doors.
BY constant practice learned the meas
ure of the wren song, and found an i'm
Dense fund of amusement in using it as a
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ROSES.

Let the roses plead for me-
AS they come to your hands,
They may say In their language, "His lips are yet
seaed";
For the strange web of fate hath its infinite
strands,
And in silencs heart-throb may oft be revealed.
Let the roses plead for me-
When they cling TO your lips,
For they dare In their might what may not pre-
sume,
While each leaf in an ecstacy futters aud dips
AS you brush from their eTeases the yelyety bloom
Let the roses plead for me
AS they lie your breast
In the glow of their Deauty and keenness OF thorn
They Will blush at the thought of secret con-
fessed,
and will live In your smile or will die In your
Scorn.
Let the roses plead for me-
Though all faded ana fed.
Though nanght but memory waits OF their spell,
And crumbied in ashes their petals lie dead,
For they came to you once with story TO tell.
Let the roses plead for me-
Since tn cir touch may disclose
How up through the shell of my pride and dsdain
Gas the life OF flower swells, Quiekens and
growsl
Came love with Its emblems OF passion and pain.
Like a rose. ERNEST McGAFFEY.
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Advantages About Equal.
Chicago Tribune.

Challenging pariy's second Coming for
ward hastily)-My principal desires me to
say that the distance of only ten PAGES, for
which you stipulale, gives your principal an
unfair advantage, sir.
Challenged party (speakIng for himself)-
In what way, sir
"He Is a large, feshy man, and you are
extremely thin. At that distance you can
hardly miss him, while 1t would be about
as difficult to hit you at ten PAGES as at
twenty"
That's all right. If lie hits me his bullet
will 60 out on the other side. and il my bull
let hits him 1t won't go half way through.
The thing Is about even. Tell him to take
his placer
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TUE F00TRILL BIRDS.

10 May newly welded pair of Bswick's
wrens came to live with me in my lonely
hut in the Fresno foothills, selecting
building site under the saddle-boards of the
house. The locatitn for some cause would
not answer. But few twigs would keep
their place. the MOST dropping into my lap
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A STAGE MOTHER.
Wonderful Career of Nine.
Laurent, the Actress.
CHARACTERS SHE EXCELS IN.
She is Now President of the Home
for the Orphans of Dramatic
Artistes i'm Paris.

Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL.