Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-03-16
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

/ PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Short and sweet The fawning bor-
rower.-Puck.
DR. Squills- ibid you hear of the
murder last night?" DR.. Pills-'No,
doctor, whom did you kill?''
Ethel, do you really read my letters
over two and three times always?"
Truly, Tom Then you do really
think THAT you should try to
write more plainly. Ocean.
-He-"You are always talking
through your hat and always about the
same thing She-"Perhaps it's be-
cause it's always the same hat De-
! "A Growing Pleasure. -He-'.Aren't
you pleased with the way my mus.
tache is growing?' Shelves, indeed!
I'm more tickled with it every time you
call. Jury.
! Mrs Goodkind-'T There's only one
trouble about poor Mr.. Careless He's
generous to fault!'' Mr.. Gruff-
''Humph! It's pity that he isn't gen.
erous to his family. BLACK and White
WHO is that fellow leaning against
the bar? Isn't he a pugilist?" ''That
is what he calls himself, but, strictly
speaking, he is an oralist. ''-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
"A Lucky Find.-Hazel- ''How many
overcoats have you, anyway? That
isn't the same one you had yesterday,
mine when I came out. This one be-
longs to my sister. Judge.
! -Figg (reading the programmed.
/ six months are supposed to elapse be-
tween the second and third acts" Fogg
| (whose ears have been outraged by the
| excruciating strains of the orchestral -.
rs that all? 1t seems good deal
longer than that Boston Transcript.
Immunity Must be Paid for-s'If l
cure you" ''I'll charge you only TWEEN
ty-fve dollars and put your picture in
the papers, ''But / don't want my
picture in the papers" I'm that case
the charge will be one hundred and
fifty dollars Truth.
gle? He was widing in the park, and
his horse threw him, and Weggie came
wight down on his head" Chappy-
''Gwacious! Was he hurt?' Cholly-
Eyes. He bwole his left arm. But
that wasn't the worst of it. He had to
wide home with his hat smashed in.'-
Harpers Bazaar: II
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
Indications That His Victorious March is
Nearing Its End.
News comes from P Pennsylvania that
the English sparrow is retiring before
the advance of our native song birds
At a meeting in Pittsburgh of the State
Ornithological associa ton, DR.: Thomas
L. Hazard read an interesting report
on the bird population of the Allegheny
parks. In 1875 the park commissioners
imported seventy-fve sparrows from
Philadelphia, and took such good care
of them that all but three died. The
three survivors managed to escape from
the shelter provided for them, and re-
turn to their natural habits filled them
with health and vigor They began to
raise families, and in a few years there
were hordes Of sparrows while nearly
all other birds were driven out of the
parks by their pugnacious enemies
Lately, however, the sparrows seem
to be less aggressive than they formerly
were. Last spring Dr. Hazard counted
in the parks nine robins, four orioles,
several bluebirds and other song birds.
There had been seen in the parks also
during the summer red-headed wood
pecker, downy woodpeclzer, flicker,
yellow warblers and several other rep
resentative birds of sweet song and
bright plumage. Another encouraging
fact was that DR.: Hazard had counted
this fall in the parks five robins nests
in good repair and three of last years
slightly damaged, four orioles nests in
good repair and four not so good, as
well as eleven other mes is built by de-
This made total of twenty-seven nests.
whereas two years ago he had been able
to find but two such birds nests.
DR.. Hazard is led to hope, from his
observations, that native American
birds are losing their fear of the spar
row, and that the despotic reign of the
latter may be near its end. Although as
hostile as ever, the sparrows seem to be
growing more discreet in their attack
At any rate, robins and other birds
esteemed for their plumage and song
appear in increasing numbers year by
year, and show the disposition as we'll
as ability to h old their own. An inter-
esting statement is that some birds,
noticing that sparrows stunned the
tops Of high trees, abando ned the habit
of building their nests near the ground
and established their homes in lofty
perches- This affords an example of
reason overcoming instinct in the bird
mind. If the aggressions Of the spar
row are to be checked by more pluck
and persistence on the part Of other
birds, the fact will be both interesting
and welcome-Rochester Democrat
HANS GOODNESS,
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