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CHICAGO can BARNS
Rolling Shock and Animals Destroye
the Fire

Rolling Shock and Animals DESTROYED In
the Fire
Chicago. July 1s.-Irhe car barns of tho
Chicago CITY railway company at Cottage
Grove nvenuc. near Thirty-nhnth street.
were destroyed by Are tonight. The barns
occupied three. fourths NJ "a square. They
were flllcd with cars. being the stable for
the entire system. The company lost bbt
oars. 100 of them being grip cars. Not
a rhing IN tho building was saved. The
loss is estimated at fully 100000. Tho
budding mud contents were insured Tor
S71l 900 The fire once started burned With
great rapldity and tho fircnsn experehccd
grca, lifhcn.,y, In prsn,rving many Of tho
ndjog.tng buildings. They managed. how
ever. 10 conilne tho fire 10 the car barns.
Pipcnan sullivan WAS badly hurt by
portion Of the front wall when II topped
over but his injuries WIN not prove fatal.
A ilre anelne was smashed by tho sama
wall. II IL thought the FIRE originated i1om
the crossing OF two electric Fight Wires.
OF tho thirty horses In the barn NIX were
saved.
The following were injured:
Charles Scouiton OF Engine company
No. ~, not serious.
u. Gregg. overcome by smoke. probably
recover.
John semmcrs. conductor. overcome n
smoke. viii recover.
VIM. Byrnes. conductor. face burned.
WEI Andrew. conductor. face burned.
George Rogers overcome by smoke.
Timothy Moynahnn. engineer. bruised ~
falling bricks.
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KARNEs COUNTY.

le Political Barhecue-Clean Sweep
for bryan.
fs City. Texas, July ls.-Yestcrday
hocra,s of tine north end OF the
haa an cd fashioned barbecue ana
at R'dalcyille. twenty miles from
nf' 1t was tho grandest tine N
.oFy of that section of the county.
'o"saha people were present. in
representatives of all political
IN the forenoon Hon. l.. III.
OF San Marcos IN an able adj
Two hours In length presented the
uehiocrLcy. rs address was
~ uolh popu..sts and democrat,
,arest ana mos. conclusive ev, =
MI, we county. me Judge advised
s- s 10 vote for Bryan for presi-
many OF them said they would.
aterhoon Hon. Ben Terrell OF
NJ, sae n short address. he sim
III a National ropul.st ticlset.
at me democrats want every
MAJ ana are unwilling to "whack
bu.r s OF ms brethren diifer with
i. p Morris of stockaa,c also
EolvsI afternoon, and his address
And,da,w WIN much enthusiasm. lie
''e Tor the senate from this
{at executive committee of the
~ t.clfa,' concluded not TO put out
liscnssgo ms year. There has been
BIT t two on this question durln.,
a,ic l.o, Wis Two-thirds OF the
nomina,,i,i .Hates wers opposed 10
I'd. '''ohs and their views finally
Tracy in old Karnes co;,r,,, g
asm has hopeful eyes ana much
''' county. ''o"a' Ticket wiii
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''eoNslN MANIFESTO

pud;,es Say Why They Re-
ktsv WIS. July ls.-A, n coc,rAr
d 40 convention who refl,r, ~
|to VI" Presidential nominee. nm as
~, vac PARTY in Wisconsin yas
sp, II reciies She course pursued
49,, rssr mon In the convention. ,rll-
o'ey carried ont by tn, w.srousl.
'Sso"ns u gold standard and
pa'fo'm adopted by the chleoe,
'" ~ directly at variance wlisl The
winch, since us .r.,,fn~
NJ ,nr creed Of tn, democratic
hurry H. temporary hAs fcr ncgr'r
and A. ihe advocate OF homes,
bneui All times opposed 10 ia
| On fs,t.,r Shieaso convention de-
Un,sad ~ compelling th., clliznns
Ae-haif .tales 10 receive as "A dol
D. ,nd',., tlae IN ile protection nf
has s,sH While The democrat ~
In ,shuruily maintained thai in,
| he ahn.eA justice Is aglininigiar''d
ke cor,N. and beyond poiitieal cor
Iion inn,eiIt'on at Chicago ado,',rd
brem,. AlnH 10 the rcrcnsi ructlop al,
has, ,ttuuft OF the Uritad Stnt.s ~
We cona reversal of its decislon.
. m ,,.,,.inn the use of thai co,,r,
political purposes and ~ n' ar
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MOUNTAIN FLOOD.
CioudMrst Near Icl Paso Swept Away the
Railway Track.

CioudMrst Near Icl Paso Swept Away the
Railway Track.
I'll Psso, Texas. July IA coludburst IN
the mountains this afternoon north Of
Old Fort Bias above this city swept
away several hundred feet Of the Santa
Fe track trito the Rio Grande. The RIO
Grande has been entirely dry for the past
two months and tonight 1t Ia hIlei win
raging torrent fed by rushing streams
descending from a hundred arroyos and
canyona. A number OF animals and sew
cral persons had narrow escapes from
drowning. A Mexican was CROSSING tho
dry bed OF the river IN buggy when he
saw a mighty wave OF water come dash
ing down the dry bed OF this RIVER and
he barely escaped being washed away
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WIN 7
are dead.
CAMPAIGN FUND.
Pops Will Create a Revenue by the Sale
of Badges aud Tickets.

Pops Will Create a Revenue by the Sale
of Badges aud Tickets.
ST. Louis, July ls.-The National ex-
ecuttve committee of the peoples party
held a meeting behind closed doors today
and transacted considerable business OF a
routine nature. Chairman Taubcneck pre-
sided and those present were: j. H. Tur-
ner. Washington; George T.. Washhurn,
boston: j. Ii. Davis, Texas; q. Il. Catcher,
Alabama, and w. o. Stricltler, Nebraska--
u bare quorum.
NJ. &. RanXsn of Indiana. lgna'ius Don
nelly of minnesota and Lawrence Nciar-
lin of New York had not arrived, but
cams. in Tonight The disposition of the
tickets, TO the National convention Was d.
cioed upon Each National commiltocinin
will he given five and each delegate and
alternafe according to the stance hf
lives from ST. Louis. On. OF more. NO
one will receive more than three, fhe
rcarhv Delegates g-aiting she largest NUM-
Der. Five Thousand tickets hnd he"ii
AWARDED TO the Business Mems league nlld
were bought back at SO l-3 cents each.
These tickets will be sold at the rate Of
81 eacl one ticket admitting 20 three
sessions If there are rhat many Il lay.
None VIII be given away and the sergeant
at arms Will be required to decount Tor
every ticket used. Badges for the dele
gates Will he sold for ~ cents each and
those for alt.rnapes for - cents Tho
proceeds from the sales VIII 80 INTO II
campaign fund, she eNlpensLtion being tnlt
several thousand dollars viii be realized
from that source.
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MCKINLEY CALLERS.

Canton. Ohio. July S.-'rhe latest now
elites IN Mckinley callers were groups OF
fifty Mue girls dressed in white giving
tha o,,4ltauoua salute with white hand
L,.rol,i,.f. IRON the top Of big wagon
ni.si win hay followed w COMPANY OF
I'm "XNplinm III. Hahn Of Mansfield ex-
n,,.r,,hnr OF the National committee from
t1h,n Ahner Mckinley of New York, "a
brother OF the present. republican honii-
moo, Executive Committeeman Charles u.
~ ,e. of ,'hjcago md Max Piacht OF
or ,woI ~ wcre am,alg The callers today. 4,
is nnderstood Mr.. iiahn WIN be stationed
at the Chicago heaaq"ar,ers ana nav ,n NO
nd liz, d!re.t on Of appointments anu
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THEY ARE NOW HALF FED.
The Rations of Cuban Prisoners
Have Been Shortened.
HAVANA UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD
System Of Governmental Robbery That
IL ObnOxtOus 60 tho Cubaus-.rer.
souai Scheduic" Tax.

u,,,n. ,,,, sc ~.
a.. .. 10y .i'e ISL oaS OF ."'S
Snc rtt'onS OF tho prisoners AT Moro
c. site and Fort Cabanos were shortened
,,, hnlf ,u,v.r,c rh, ,,,,,s,,,.,., 49,, -.
and u small sized cup of pot,age ma,le OF
rec Cuban ,,t.i,s or "rarh,uyna ,.,b ,
s,ua ..,asat., 49, ,,, wa"
beef.
The city OF Havana is compelled to feed
".' '"e p''S"hefs III the prisons mere.
Havana Is already rot only bankrupt, bu,
son,athinu oy>,r s3oAS IN a,,t r,r ,,ro,,,
g.. a., .,,,,,,..,
~, wv "a "'''"' SO '"a'' win
iaiiii credit, IL becomes mere and mora
difficult for the city 10 feed the ritson-
ers
s,,,4., ,,.a, ,,.., tu. ,, ,e
"p"" cares "..'e i"' tiie "cHa'c OF Nor
prisoners and bears no part in the cx-
REESE of keeping tn, m: they are cared for
hv ,ho nav, irsnov,.,.,e, c,,ta,, .,.,,,,,
WV Nv" -, >"''' % '''"-
'iA1ofs' III tia'ai"' VINO pay me Guy 'aN'
The people Of the United States fro
quonuy complain OF high taxes. nut they
,-,,i, u,,,b ,i,l,. ~, s,,.,,.,s1 a., ,,,,,,,. 49,
-. -, -. ,',''. w l' ~, ~
amount Oh ttNS 'he '"nah p3Ns h'' 're
the war began SPAN gained from &c.
lcQe, 900 TO s.aOiI,ubO from ouba 'lhe
pcIsUlation III t'uin Is i 1aooo. Nllnm.ms
.lt,t suuru ,lo chtiisu and women. Who
do rot own properly. ana .iaus.va,s. bot.-
90 inlsAbilai,is remain to pay the taxes,
which, putting IL at the lowest eatim.lps.
uheie is an average tN per eAnta .. az
lcr year. THIS year the taNss nay" ns,'n
increased enormously and natnrtilS the
burden ials on Havana and u few "'her
sarge 1.p es. AZ ltiue NJ Nsn ~ uI.ls.' =
from the o.linlrN' y n n MSn a,a oNp'fI OF
sugar, ainounung 10 s"'Vpp'V. inns year
i~s't nai be'pW .'u....- ,,..,, ,,a,
lersenai properly are so h'sh ''A. ii'iiS
peff..ns ',lr u''n p', ~ ins III, III. -,
are Wy iSMs,s III ilaNtNn on M"lvn - ~
rropnetofs nA'e ,,o,',, ,,,Si ~, ,,,n ny
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coinpnsn the Inauguration as president of
q c'hiuiudte not elected and while we de
houhce an appointment made by a repub-
.,hii president to Il position In that court
ior the purpose of reversing IL decision
winch danicu the right OF the government
10 issue paper money IN times OF peace,
We are asked by the resolution referred
70, to adopt the same methods which we
nav condemned In our opponents.
mat convention refused To approve OF
the fdclity and honesty of the ono demo-
cratic National administration elected our
ing the past forty years. The principles
enumerated IN tho Chicago platform otner
than those n favor OF the free coinage OF
silver are socialistic in their character and
commend themselves to the communists
OF the country. The candidate chosen by
that convention puniciy announced his
party and fight for free silver in the ranks
or the populist party. Under these cir
tnmstaiices the undersigned delegates at
that convention fe.t 1t their duty under
the instructions received by them TO OPP
pose with the utmost vigor the adoption
OF the platform and after II was adopted
To dec. ne to vote for n candidate who
represented IL.
I'VE have thought It only proper to
mako report of our action to the demo-
Gratis OF Wisconsin and to say that
CRISIS Is Imminent. such as has never in
the history Of the democratic party con-
;ronted It. Its enemies predict lis dis
solution: its false trends invite its alb
sorption by the populist party. such enc
fnieS ana Shch raise friends are alike UNI
trustworthy and mistaken. The demo.
cratic principles are the foundation upon
which Il free government rests; they are
firmly established ia tho hearts OF the
American people, they can not be de
stroNed so long as the love of liberty and
a belief In Il republican form Of .overn-
ment exists. No act W mon seizing tor
chly upon TIM machinery of the party
can control the votes of democrats be-
Loving in those principles.
We have faith 10 believe that n large
majority OF the demoarIis of Wisconsin
are as much today in favor Of .hs rrn-
ciilcs De AIRED by our state convention rs
Nh.n that declaration VAS .nade.
We have entire confidence that 4. n
PROPER opportunity VIII b.. offered to the
nnlori'y to express Is views in n mass
n.e' TING ar convention o he called at
zone date nol far dstar, tho .ri;e prn-
ciH!es Of democratic faith WIN be ncajn
rrononncei N no uncertain tone. anil that
some way will he fuiad y which demo-
Gratis can cast thor votes IN favor of n
democrat and n the same time nsa!ns,
M rrotectpnis's nominated hv the st
Louis convention and tie porulis. nomi-
lated by tie Chicago convention.
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cANNoNADING HEARD.
An Attack on the Trocha to Make
Breach for Macco.

An Attack on the Trocha to Make .
Breach for Maceo.
Havana, July ls.-Passengers from San
Cristobal who reached here today repos
having heard heavy cannonading and mus
kerry firing all day yesterday. II i<oceed-
cd. apparently. from north OF the noun
Trims II 81 believed that an engagement
wac then in progress between fuentes
command and the insurgents nnder NuIlcI.
The latter was recently reporter AZ nav
Ing pussed Los plnas farm In the province
Of pinar del iiio, -. AZ,
protsctoi by Quintln Bindera. Jose MI
ros succeeded In landing an expedition In
tho district of san Diego.
The band of Juan Bruno has attacked
the trocha in the province OF Pinar dei
Mn wiih tho intention OF causing q
breach in order 20 facilitate the passing OF
the line by Macso.
Tho Insurgents have plund sr "a ana par,
tally burned the village of CabeHa5 IN
he province OF Mainnzas. and the town
of san Iilasio de Guamutus., founded N
le9s. also attacked twelvo houses and
burned them.
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1NsuRor1Nr Discomfort.


Whites Complain OF BLACK OIilCcrS VINO
Decline TO BE Displaced
New York. July ls.-Senor Don Arturo
Bisdasano y Topeto. consul general for
Spain in this city. In All interview with u
representative OF the Associated Press.
was asked for information regarding the
reported death oil Jose Maceo Senor Ball
dasano said he had no official tniornh-
ton regarding tnr in%ltfG. but II was
probable sDs the rebel ranks are said 10
ne rent by disscirsion. Ia support OF his
views he said Information had been re-
celvtd from several Cuban whites who
recently Joined ,hn rebels that th.y w'rr
Obliged 10 serve AZ Is'.Vate7. under black
leaders; thut II had caused much feehDB
among the whites, and that the blacks
would not give them commands. as the
blacks and their descendants had borne
the hrunt OF this war.
When asked az to the outlook for Spain
I'm cuba, he said IL was excellent, hat the
rebellion had, he believed. reached iiH
,rs.iA ilnum strength, that he rebe.S were
In two main coinnnniS, that the one In
pinur del Rio under Macco. was honlmed
in by a n.w trocha and could not escape.
The rebels IN the oastcrn part of Central
Cuhn md in Eastern Cuba. under Gomez
and others, were not, he declared, ad
VI. noirg to the relt"f OF Antonio MaHeo,
buf were reported to be failing phck ON
Eastern Cuba whore marked diHcontent
was reported In the rebel camps. ana that
the presence OF Gomez WAS necessary TO
maintain discipline and uphold the author
NV a IaliNtO Garcia.
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dates.


Canton, Ono. July is.--Perhaps one OF
the most significant interviews which mas
boon published here IS statement from
President NJ. p. Raiehford of the ONO
Miro WORKERS. who was in town today on
mining business. ...,..,.r ,na
In rtuly 20 reporter az 20 wiener wiener w
coal nii rrs Wop.I FaNlntN Eu5f"e "
Dei's for..p pros d.n.. ~ sa.a:
'iAs far AZ have boon e',e 10 as scr.
tan ihov wni ra', ~ lne ~ ional ME- c'ns
l,,mi,is, - ne oiut.on !udors.ng pens was
voted 4 @n. ri. miner, arc al for hon hon.
esi r-nnav and sound princl'ics ana inoy
viii moi supper. any party VINO 10 "u-
verse. 10 tAis"
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SPANISH DEFEAT.


General Inclan Ainbushed ana Captu"n
by Macoo.
Key West. Fla. July ls.-The SpaniaruS
under General Inclan have sustained
crushing defeat at the hands OF the m
surgents under Antonio Maceo. NOT oh'y
was inclans column defeated with "easy
losses. but II Is currently reported III
Havana HAT tho Spanish general himself
w,s caDtured and Is now held rs a prs
oner by Maceo.
IRE battle is said IN have occurred en-
July y. near Maeeo's stronghold. IN inc
nroy,nce OF P!nar del Rio. For the last
two weeks the Insurgents have been very
Aggressive and small pa ties haze icpea,-
ediy attacked the irochh. causing the
s;,,sniards much annoyance. General IN
clan was ordered 10 drive back these bands
OF Insurgents and for this purpose took
with him ?0J0 men.
Maceo sesms TO have expected such
movement and arranged 70 ambush the
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Sraniards. He stationed a large force In
fnvesable position and ordered his de-
tachcd bands to draw Inclan into tho
trap. The Spsniards followed the insur-
gent skirinishcrs ircsuticusly and fell into
ambush. Then the Cubans opened fire
from all sides. which threw tho Spaniaris
into confusion. While the Spantaris were
thus disordercd the Cuhans charged.
completely routing thesr ioes.
1t Is said In Havana that the Spaniards
ware pursued almost to tho trocha and
lost moro than 800 killed and wounded.
lcillld
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STRAIGHT populist ticket. As to the Item
that has been going the rounds of tn.
press that the congressional convention at
Ncnedy nnorsep ie Z, ior sonrtr"ller,
attempt was made N the convention 20 ii,
so, but 1t was defeated, and that after
the convention n mass meeting was hc.d
and over opposition the Endorsement was
mn al
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DEATHS PROM FEVER.

Havana July 1s.--Dur.ng June tho mil
tnry hosr.tnls of the island accommodated
sOs6 sick. OF that number 9T2 were iuf-
rering from yellow fever. it6 from dyscn-
terry, NJ from malaria sevcNty-two rom
typhoid fever and T2s were woundsd Dur
ing The last ten days % Juno 2SO oe1ths
occurred. Of which III resulted from yeiow
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pl,p,,1,sr nrlEGATE TALKS.

c,,sro. Texas, July B.-Mr. John NJ
KIN aeIegate to the populist convention
a, ST. Louis from the Eleventh congress
- ,.,.o,,ton leaves today for that
r.y,,'' M king does not believe in in
dorsing the democratic nominee ani says
,hat Ills efforts will be 10 oeieat any SUCH
measure and for the nom'hal'o" Vi
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LOOKS LIKE A spLIT.

Chicago. July is.-1'here are reasons for
believing that Chairman Taubeneck's Sc
crci mission to this city had to do with
another popu.lstic convention TO he held
here by the middle Of the road" faction
OF the party In case the regular conva,-
ton al ST. Louis indorsss Bryan. A move
ment looking 10 the holding Of this con.
yenton was started here on Friday ana
two well known hotel men visited other
hotl men and ofiiuals OF the various rail-
ways with THIS purpose OF Raising sloo,
the amount necessary for bringing the
here.
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DEATH OF W. O. KELLY.

Mr.. W. a. Kelly. we'll known In railroad
circles. bong a conductor on the Houston
East md West Teaas railway. died at his
residence at 10 O'Clock this morning TN
the ffty-third year OF his age, The AZ.
ceased was stricken With PARALYSIS about
flom the shock. He leaves wife and fevr
children.
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Elk. srNATOR jONEe DYING.

Dubuque. Iowa. July is.-Ex-senstpe
George w. Jones n sinkinG gradually al
hts death can not bs Tar on. Mtst Of ~
time he y In a colAatose. o0ndittpu. w
rallies II lnterysis. when HI n1.nd eoomo
- - - c1aas - syee y
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AYEEs-LIGHT-G ainesvllle Texas July
15.-Yesterday afternoon at o'clock Mr..
ID, N. Aynes OF Jacksboro was united In
matrimony 10 Miss May u. hght OF this
city. Rev. H. a. Jones Officiating Thsy
after which they viii 70 70 Jscksboro.
their future hone.
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pEsIpENCE BURNED.

Bryan, Texas. July 1.-THE Radiance
OF Eih. d. II. shivers. colored. was burned
last night, including nearly all houseaoh
effects; insurance, eS0o.
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SOLID IN SHREVEPORT.

Shreveport. La. July Is.-Tho National
campaign is beginning to warm up In this
section o. the s,a.e. The free silver senti-
ment Is almost solid here. The few seat-
tering goldbuss are keeping mum on ihe
tirauoi;,l issues a prominent democrat
ard eold,ug said today that he expected
10 vote for bryan. regardless of the fact
that he d. dnot agree with him on the
II Is nroposed TO have big democratic
mass meeting here at an early date and
indors.e the platform and Bryan for pres
ident.
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ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY.
Havana. July lS.--Thc persons arrested
In a house In San Rafael street. this CITY.
ON Thursday, when the police were scai'on-
.ng for munitions of war, have besn Tor
nully accused Of conspiracy.
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POoLE-KING-orang Texas July a.
Al Inc residence of the brides mother last
night Mr.. John Poole and Miss Jennie
King were united IN marriage 10y Rev. w
j. 6schrest pastor OF the Presbyterian
church.
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THE BRAVE BLUE JAY,
Most Appropriately Called the "sentine
of the Woods"

Most Appropriately Called the sentinel
of the Woods"
The sentinel of the woods is the we'll
earned name given to our bold, aggres1
sive, pert, brave blue jay. Many an ex-
pectant sportsman has paused in dis
may when his first stealthy entrance
into patch of woods was announced
In piercing screams that rang through
the whole region. "Herel here! herer'
the blue-coated watchmen seem to yell
At their shrill warning every bird and
beast scurries for hiding place. MI
one seems to know just why the alarn'
is given. Whether to warn the jay
own family only or otherwise. Ger
tainly the jay must be aware of the
commotion he causes, and if so one can
well imagine his often using it to
spread false terror just for fun. They
will play all sorts of pranks on one an
other, and practical jokes are of hourly
occurrence.
Winter has no terrors for them, and
the brave fellows stay the whole win!
ter through in our inhospitable region.
Frequently they use battered, looss :
JOlhttu OAu DdTn lot d TOOSb db my U
and in the day if sorely pressed tv
hunger they will come to dooryari(s
for food. Through the chill autun n
days they will fight with the gray az i
red squirrel over the division of the
nut crop and repay all thefts by givinf
bunny timely warning of the gunner
approach. Through the aisles of lee
less trees the jays can see the intraSer
at great distance and render CORE.
'spondingly greater service. Useless ii
is for the gunner to sit quietly on log
and wait for the watchnen to cease
their racket. They will continue to
scream so long as he is in sight.
Unlike some human watchmen these
never sleep while on duty. Only one
weakness they show in common with
the human kind. They are apt to
wander off their beat. A tryst with
some fair young girl blue Jay in the
ueighborhood grove, feast at some
beautiful chestnut or beech or a fight
between their clan and another, or a
hawk to be fought off-all these allure
ments draw them from duty, and in
their absence the gunner will find his
best fun with the bushy tails and the
rabbits, and perhaps wonder why he
never had such luck before.-N. Y.
World.