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DARLING AGAINST sPARRoW.
The German BIRD to Ne Fitted Agninss the
EnEIish One In Pennsylvania.

PrrrsBuRG, Pa, Oct. 16.-Not deferred By
the many failures to the English
sparrow, tho Allegheny Department OF Public
Works has adopted a now plan to rid the city
Of this ornithological pest. II tho now plan
is worth anything at all, ncIt summer will see
numbcrless conflicts between tho English
sparrow and tho German startling. Tho Alle-
gheny Department of Public Works puts Its
faith in the starting, and predicts tho carly ex'
termination of the sparrow.
David Fulton, superintendent Of Riveryiew
Park, says the German startling Is tho ~invotor.
ate foe Of tho sparrow. Wherever the starting
has obtained q foothold the sparrow eventually
has disappeared. The startling drives him from
his feeding grounds, destroys his nest, and kills
his young. In fact, he persccutcs the sparrow
with the same pertinacity that tho sparrow
shows toward the native birds. that he has
driven out Of the Allegheny region.
Superintendent Fulton somc time ago OBJ
tanned a number of pairs Of s~tarlings, which
have been breeding in the avinry in Riverviow
Park. By next spring $500 full-1edged spar.
row killers will be turned loose In tho city. The
startling is q beautiful bird, about nine inches
long, with Elistening green-black feathers.
One bird is more than a match for half a dozen
sparrows. Equalling his special enemy in pug.
nacity. he excels him in strength and quick
The startling. is migratory. but as tho spar:
row does not breed IN winter. 1t 10 not feared
that the southwark flight OF the German bird
will be followed by an increase In the number
of sparrows. Migratory though he LIS. tho
startling is said to be fond Of his homo and TO
return to II every spring.
A local German ornitholostst sounded .
solemn note of warning when he heard of Al.
Iegheny's new project. Let tho Departments
OF Public Works beware" he said. Tho spar
rows were first introduced in America be-
cause they were considered useful. As the
original two dozen pairs increased to thou
sands, they were found to be a nuisance. They
ruined the crops by. dcvouring them and
added to tho damage by driving the i~nsectiv-
orous birds away. 1t Is true that tho staring
win persccute the sparrow, but unfortunately
he is as much an Ishmael among songbirds as
the sparrow Is. The startling will find it more
to his liking to drive out the few songbirds
that the other has left, rather than TO devote
his time and attention to the quarrels ONE little
sparrow. who Is brave even il he isn't strong.
The starting is as impudent "a the cuckoo, and,
like aim. thinks it ridiculous 10 build himself
a nest when by looking about he can ind and
utilize a domicile that some other bird hal
built. Superintendent Fulton will be sorry
for having introduced this fighter"
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tribe. All her 1nery was thrown aside, Her
modern couture gave way to q stiff, black braid.
and her chief garment was u blanket. Not ono
word OF English would she utter: This young
woman has never resumed the habits Of civiliza-
ton, and there is no evidence that shc remem-
bcrs anything that she learned at the Eastern
school. This case is said to be an exceptional
one, although il not infrcquently happens that
graduates OF schools go by degrees back to the
life Of heir fathers.
Col. Muihaii recently lost his 14-year-old son.
Logan Mulhall. after whom towns and counties
in the Indian country. have been named, Col.
Mulhall idolized tho boy. The lad came home
from school on a vacation. when, us his father
says. "he Just laid himself down and died.
without having been i'll more than u day or two.
Col. Mulhall has had n great mass OF marble
erected above the boys last resting, place. he
would not have the BODY put into the. ground,
but had 1t placed in n large room in the centre
Of the mass of stone. Passing throngh the Okla,
lers may sec the tomb standing like a great stone
house in the midst OF the Uninterrupted prairie.
The trainmcn have learned all about It. and
many u passenger is RECALLED with a long and
silly story in which facts are as scarce as hens
teeth.
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DEPUTY BHERIFF HAS SHITERs.
Had . warrant to serve on John L., ana was
Filled with Forebodings.

rum hC u
Deputy Sheriff Winslow sat in his office pc
rusing the account of David's interview with
Goliath. He was not reading for the sakc.of
his spiritual welfare. He was about to venture
forth upon an undertaking beside which that OF
David palcd into insigniticancc. lie was going
to serve n writ upon the body OF John l.. Sulli-
van. Therefore hc was seeking tips. and his
memory being somewhat hazy in regard to the
manner in which David did up Goliath he read
the story to SEQ if he could v~anquish the terrible
John J.. in the same manner should the latter
take 1t into his head to swat the majesty OF the
law.
lie stuffed a revolver in each hip pocket,
stuffed three or four bludgcons ard Epring bill
lies about his person and started forth. Ito
started in business at the box office OF the Olym-
pic and was told that no would find John l.. in
1 MS dlress,nE room Srn 1t Is needless to state t that
not lake his life in his hand as he did yesterday
afternoon.
outside the door, Il forgot to make my will
and bid those ut home %farewell," he thought.
We'll, hero goes. II he don't reach me the
jacks IN kicE him in tho stomach" He sur
vefE,ed his iceT WITH pride. ,o,
SEQ Mi. sullivan. Come in" yelled the ter
rihc voice. The big. fellow had just left the
stage and was in his sparrlng rig, Without
low read tho writ Of arrest. He knew 1t by heart
blow he gxpoc,ed; i dIdn'l come: There w"y
'or. John l.. intimatcd that his former mana.
ger, Mr.. Damn; who had the writ issued, was
ling assertions which the Sheriff had thought
were meant for him.
sullivan sent for steve McMaugh to furnish
could get TO the theatre. Winslow, who. by tho
way, ID rather. thin and of light weight. could
with u halo around his head. 10 one saw il
there, but he knew II was there because he felt ii.
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DOG DIED FOR MS MISTRESS.
saved Her from Wolves. nnd Gunraed Her
UntIi she Was Rescued.
From the Topeka stat, Journal,

CANEr, Oct. l2.-Sam Dodge. "a ranchman
living southwest Of here, went to Vinita. ]. r.,
on business, and shortly after he had gone Res
sie, ms o'yearold child, wandered away from
nome IN an attempt. 10 follow him.. Mrs.
l,onSc discovered her Absence about two hours
alLor sans departure. She made II thorough
seaTeh or me premises. and, failing TO lind the
chs!u. notified the neighbours OF her disappear.
ancc, Ihcy turned ont in force, and srourcd
the hrairies all that day and all that night and
dcrcr.
inte Saturday evening an Indian ca,nc upon
iIor Iast asleep, Just south OF Post Oak Creek.
in an old road known as the ''whiskcy trail
; ASfoss her body stood u Newfoundland dos,
the ranch. The dog was torn AMI bleeding, and
nhGeanrh ms feet lay the bodies Of TWO wolves. Al;
covered with dust, Bessie WAS uninrmcl. She
ana her protector were taken hack to her home.
a Instance or twelve miles from. where ti,cy
were FOUND, where the Gors died oi his wounds
that night lie was Eiy"na drccn' burial, and
yesterday sam Dodge ordered II marble monu-
nli,t when Will be placed nj the head OF the
faithful animals grave.
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England has put upon hor by refusing to attend
IL conference 10 which she is q party. IL is well
known to the Russian Foreign Office that Eng.
land was Immediately informed OF Russia's ac-
ceptanCc OF the invitation OF the United States,
the Russian legation at London having fur
nishcd tho Information. In tho same way tho
Japanese representative ut London informed
Lord salisbury OF the agreement OF his Govern
mcnt to be represented. Col. Hays notification,
in the outset, was hat the President expected"
the attendance OF Russia and Japan. There was
NJ intImation at the time, or near thattimc, that
England had any objection TO meeting with
these powers. Not until Canada realized TINT
her piracy in the Behring Sea and about the seal
islands of Japan and Russia would undoubtedly
be outiawcd by the majority OF tho conference
was such Il demand made on LORD Salisbury
ms decided him to risk offending Russia rather
than d~ispleasc Canada. While Lord Salisbury
used his best efforts, after learning that Japan
lad been invited to tho contcronccb by the United
States. to prevail. upon her to revoke hor nc
ceptance anu decline 10. eHSer tho conference,
when he failed in this, Japan was treated as of
ntcly insult Russia, aftor considering tho situa.
ton for weeks, is II moro serious Thing. For
this reason Russia's course in the matter ia
awaited with interest. Her relations with Erg-
land are already strained. lnd tho course of
lord Salisbury In the present Aiattcr is, under
the circumstances, not only extraordinary. but
positively insulting. Piracy on the high seas
has been pretty well broken mp. 1t is still iol-
lowed by Chinese about Formosa. and by Can
ada in Behring sea. This latter branch of the
otlAwry is likely to be wiped out in u near flu
turc by the Joint action OF Russia, Japan, and
tho United states. ii. V. BoYNToN.
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Returned the Hen SRlI.
From the BOsfon Globe.

A Miss Hix OF Thomaston, Nc, called on n
Mrs. Philbrook for the first time in four or five
years. though they are tho hes. OF friends and
live within a few rods of each Other. The time
ting hen and this last time called 10 return one.
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Surely from these facts we can deducc no such
conclusions as these gentlemen seem to reach.
In POINT OF number OF undertakings and imam
rank the municipality controlled wugks about as
two to one, though wllon tho miles OF main and
number OF Consumers arc considered, the dif-
ference il not so great. While the work is
thus hcing done by private companies. tho mu.
inequalities are permitted to exercise authority
y OF gas up TO the standard. The prescribed
illuminating power OF gas in England varies
between IA ana IL candle powcr-not SO high
ns exacted In many OF our American cities. As
70 price find 4 varies as much as IN the
anything about is in the coal regions, where it
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17

London. Liverpool. Dublin. Newcastle. and a
large number Of other important towns have not
yet munlc! puli2eI their gas works. The total
receipts and expenditures of gas works owned
by local authorities and those owned by private
companies for 1896 compare as follows:
Receipts, Expenditures.
Municipal gas works. Ss2, I"S,035 SEA, 100, 7tO
Private companies -. B4.0l4,1SO ~, 7EO
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Wv ouNh away VI ~ 'N'Nh ei' ~
when the time came for tho shooting. Tho
young fellow was VOL liked in the tribe, and for
witness his execution delicate coinulin,cnt
TO the condemned man. The hour arrived and
iime mean he rmsS Wa I not InGre Tho o iiSa n,'n nna I TSsE Ins
the assembled host. Rifles cracked and the
self acros the body OF, tho dead man, ex;
claimed that it was not the accused who had
BILE! him In many Ways. She was the bcirothcd
oil, The dead man, and OF course recognized him
where the Others. under the peculiar circun-
stances, did not. The younger brother. 10 pre-
serve tho honor OF his people and knowing that
keep his faith. had rushed 10 takc the absent
ones, place. Later tho other man was duly exc
cGted. whether honUrably or not cannot be told.
This story is related by The Indians, who do not
as a rule speak on such subjects as death and
justice and tradition.
scandal that is likely 10 become tradition he;
cause the son who WAS sentenced 10 oealh did
drunkenness. lie Subsequently, Went 10 his
death in the usual, way, but there were Kisses
appoarancc to be shot, and there WAS no praise
Tor tho relatives, although he bore himself in
manly fashion at tho last moment.
Col. Mulhnll tells OF " number of instances in
when young men and women educated at tho
Indian schools have l;onc back to The tiltc only
speak any but tho tribe language, throw OFT tho
raiment of civilization and return 10 the blanket,
| Nv, Icllb OF one GilSt IN particular Wilefc Tue
father, who had made money and some rcputn'
tlOn as q business man, iClt \ great pride IN tho
an Eastern school with hon0rs. When she caInG
home she had the h%eATticst possible reception AT
the, hands of all the important whites and
Indiana OF the community. There were music
ana leasting and, much nierrynaking and con,
graduation. At the end OF 1t all tho young cir
thanked the assemhlage In her acquired and heI
native language. Then she excused horself and
shahad deserted her Immediate people and gone
to We with what may DO called an orthodox
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Awcnknown notaryp public of Philadelphia says Of Ripans Tabules; Ina"
b..n uspr them for about two months at rate of two per day and I'm tem so very
effective hat should not dream of being without them even for a day. Had been
.ro,b1cI with INDIGESTION for overt or year to such an extent THAT l was compelled
to eat very sparngy at all times. now Parake OF all kind OF tod dscrmn na
and Immediately thereafter swallow a TabMe Have given a number OF lapuhes I"
friends troubled as was and have heard nothing but praise for then in consequence
Will say. finally, that I have an aun who has been dyspePhc for hteen years VI
laes she had been unable to eat even the smallest kind OF a meal with any degreeot
comfort. She had tried numbetcss remedies (ome Of which 1 had procured if hr'
without obtaining relief. Seeplcs nights and miserable days were all she ha 10
look forward TO, Ripans Tabules made a new woman Of her mot a bloomer girl
womars rights advocate, but in a physical sense( She never tires Of thanking Dr.
Sam ns she now dbs me for her present relief from distress and hera ability to seep'
drug nnSTwsT TGR 1--WE s Tsp@PHs d@T SHdSI M.ss pe%S and thmss 1S SS.Rsa o mad nI
IMsn GsSsg g 9SMs@0 %%he d @ sd% 5% a%%n s%%%mnMGt%% ysS @%m ss H %dM sH@
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
SHOCKING CORN.

The Old-time way of cutting corn
was to cut 1t UP, ten hills square, car
rying the cut corn to the centre Of
the square, and standing.it up against
a "gallus" made by tying the tops Of
three or four "hills" Of two rows.
Cutting corn by this process was slow,
hard work, from the fact that man
spent most Of his time going after
and carrying back the corn to the
shock. Several years ago we found
out a much more expeditions way.
The corn was cut into fair-sized CAV
els ard left upon the ground for q
week Or so to dry out and cure. By
this plnn there was no carrying corn,
as a es!vel Of It could be cut at arms
length. and then step taken forward
to the next. When the gavels had
dried out fairly well-and rain
seems TO wet INTO gavel very little
these lunches are get up by laying
the frs,t cut across a corn row ridge
and another across Il, making an A.,
then alternate the bundles until the
x Is ten or twelve bundles high, and
then end up twelve bundles, three in
each ot the four angles, and tie the
tops together. One thus has shock
of twenty bundles that two men
will f'et up in three minutes, and one
that cannot tall down or blow over.
The bundles. II put top and butt, Will
settle down and have q slant that
sheds the rain, the air gt,es through
the x at the crossing Of the bundles
and sf'on completes the drying, and
when pne comes TO husk The pile ii
easil, taken down and als easily re-
sst ap pain. and from start to finish 9
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
Value of a Trade School.

A difficult piece Of investigation has
been carried through, with interesting
results, by the superintendent of the
Hirsch Trade School, says the Jewish
Messenger. A census of the graduates
of the last three years shows that, OF
70 per cent. whose course 1t has been
possible to trace, more than two-third
are to-day successfully engaged In
practice Of mechanical trades. This
demonstration of the values of thu
school method has the added import
alnce Of disposing finally of the conten'
ton that Russian Jews are not APT
material for artisans. Intelligent
choice Of the branches taught and 8
rigorous insistence Oh good workman
ship, have insured an opportunity fol
each graduate to earn living even In
a season of "hard tines" 1t Is certain
that taste Of the sturdy independence
of such a career will forever preclud,
a return to the debasing conditions Of
the sweat shop.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
x.Rays and Gold.

The vision of a miner, the chief part
Of whose equipment consists Of an X
ray machine is seen by Tesla. He be-
lieves that mountains may be radio
graphed and gold located without tho
trouble of excavation. Such mining,
he says, is possible to a limited extens
at the Klondike, but only to limited
degree, because Of one almost toy ap-
paratus for producing them. He
thinks that as 1t is only question OF
tubes and currents, at any moment q
way may be found for producing rays
that will penetrate hills and noun
tains, perhaps the earth itself. A
noted metallurgist has a radiograph Of
quartz with gold imbedded in the cen.
tire and concealed from the naked eye
He believes that much labor can be
saved and a great deal more gold
mined at Klondike il the beds and
mounds OF sand and gravel arr
searched by X-rays as they are thrown
up. Then only the richest dirt neeG
be washed.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
The Worst Boy in school.

He was about the worst boy In the
school and the teacher had punished
him again and again until she had be-
gun to consider. him in the light of
natural enemy, and she felt that the
boys feeling for her must be almost
one Of hatred. SO 1t was In the nature
Of surprise when. In view Of the ap-
preaching holiday separation, other
boys OF the school brought to her desk
little gifts of remembrance, to have the
bad boy approach with some hesitation
and place box Of candy on her desk.
.sBut / don't think / can take It,
Tom She said. "You have been too
had boy; you have seemed to do
everything you could to displelse me-"
"oh, please take It, Mis-, Blank, :"
said the bad boy hi entreatlng tones,
" worked after school hours to get the
money to ges It,
And someone felt tears coming very
near the surface then. for the bad boy
waa d poor hoy and had not 50 many
pleasures In life that he could be ex-
pe:ted to sacrifice any Of them for any.
.Oma..-Exchance.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
CHEAP STORAGE FOR ROOTS.

Last season, writes j. L. Irwin, /
successfully stored 1900 bushels Of
beets out Of doors. With a stirring
plow, four deep furrows of the. re.
quired length were made in we'll
drained place. The loose dirt was then
shcyeled out, leaving a shallow trench.
The beets were pulled and hauled to
the trench in a wagon, where they
were tipped by hand and piled in,
bringing to well rounded top. They
were then covered with dry hay or
straw and q few inches Of dirt thrown
on To prevent heating, wisp Of hay
was twisted and left sticking up
through the top Of the covering, thus
giving free ventilation until colder
weather. AS the season advanced,
more dirt was added. until by the time
winter had settled down enough had
been put on to prevent freezing. Some
favor burying without the straw COW
ering. ! tried both ways and found
each method was equally effective, but
the trench. with the straw covering
was much the easiest and convenient
to haadle when opened. Should a
farmer have frost-prcof cave where
he could put a few bushels at time,
the trench need be opened only on the
sunny, warm days. and the disagree
able task Of taking out the roots in
cold OF stormy weather done away
with.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
THE TIDE TURNS.

Because corn is just now down and
wheat up, the sentiment of some of the
farmers and writer's seems to be about
like this: What fools these farmers
be who stick to corn when they could
make so much money growing wheat,
or beets, or something, for there's no
money in corn at present prices. !"
Twas ever thus. Only a few seasons
ago wheat was common food for stock
no money in wheat then-and our
jumping jack farmers were dropping it
and going into corn culture more ex-
tensively. Now, they are loaded up on
corn and no money in that, they say.
History repeats itself and it will do
so in this case The farmer who
always wades in at high tide and out
at low tide will never get very far
from the starting point. Agricultural
Epitomist.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19

PREPARING CURRANT CUTTINGS.
The currant roots very easily from
cuttings. It is not SO generally known
as it should be that these should be
prepared and set out in the fall. If
this is done early enough it is not ne
cessary to heal the cutting by laying
them on their sides and covering the
entire cutting, as Is often advised. So
soon as the leaves will part readily
from the stalks, the cutting should be
made and planted. The soil is now
warm and new roots will form very
quickly. Before fall rains come to
chill the ground, cover it well with
mulch TO keep the wet from drowning
out the root. A good plan is to earth
the soil up against the cutting. This
will also keep 1t from being heaved out
by winter freezing. Enough roots will
form this fall, If the transplanting Is
done early, SO that the cutting will
make large growth and be firmly es-
tablished next season.-Boston Guilt
vatOr.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19
Want bugs Protected,

For some time past British emtomolo
gists, or bug-hunters, have been exer.
cised over the determination of certain
Insects in consequence Of the zeal of the
collectors, who roam over the country
with butterfly nets. 1t would be diff.
cult to protect butterflies and moths by
Legislation, as has been done for birds,
90 AN association has been formed un.
der the auspices of the chronological
Society Of London. The members agree
to leave rare insects alone for awhile
and to do oil in their power to curb the
sporting instinct In Others. The insect
collector who abides by it will be more
than human, remarks London Graphic
Imagine stamp collector agreeing not
to pick up a rare specimen fronn the
roadside, yet a similar temptation will
be met and have to be resisted by the
insect collector.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-19

man will thus care for coin at an
economy of 40 per cent. I have had
men who would put three acres OF
heavy corn into gayels per day, and
two men will put one acre of good
gavels into these shocks in two hours.
Time is money in this day and gen
Grafton, and in farm work the econ
omy Of the growing and saving Of the
crops is quite as important as the dis
posal of them.-NeW York Tribune.