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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-21
BHE sIT1Is..

The many friends Of Capt Charles Hop
klns will 1eer.t 20 learn tina he - @tiH
seriously ili az he has heen for mary
weeks Ills son. 4 Il. HOPKINS. 81 Spf-
kane. is IN constant attendance AZ his bed
sdV.
kane. ia In constant attendance at bis bed
yesterday Afternoon for stealing T u
fuckers chickens Charles ftck said bo
was mixed uu IN he SAN" case ard y ~
fin.s3 80 In defatll; II payment botA went
to tne C1s2uty jail
Tomorrow bring WashinSfon's birthday.
All city county and Felrral offices L.
eniher with tne lanks and ftse pubste ts-
brarg w.}l remain closed. The post offlce
VII t.e open the same on sunday. t'e-
sspen 9 and l9 oc.oek 3n ftle foreuessr.
ard tno carriers VIII make ONE delivery.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-21
RAILWAY NOTES.

The Great Northern has iust received
specifications for fifty new passenger cars.
The National Association Of Local Freight
Agents viii meet in annual session It Nor
folk. Va. June H.
Mvron r. Herrick has been elected pres
DENT Of the Wheeling a Lake Erie. sue
cseding A. g. Blair.
The oniahs VIII put a new train "a Te-
s. Paul ard Omaha March l.
J. Ross Neaele mas resigned from the
Union Pacific At isui'e 70 60 10 The Short
Lines Portland cfiires.
Thomas A Graham district freight ana
passenger agent 81 the Southern Pacific.
vas here sr9m Tacoma yesterday.
General Manager < e. S1ickney. % the
Chicago Great Wcs.eTn. viii spend thc re-
rnairder 81 the winter IN S3Dtae'n Ca3ifgg-
MA
rio C~sraa Western earnings for tne
second we4k In February were So 81 2 de-
crease ~ $3.spo FER the ceTresronainK week
ir lS8S,
Vice Yreslaenr kenAsick = ;he Northern
Pacific. : SAID 70 aaee declined che pFesi-
6surV % the Delaware. Ifsckawa1ua AZ
Western. 70 succeed Samuel SaoAa.
F. J. YARD cales rnEifssur o. tne Rio
Crnnde Western denies fhaf fis itHe s. 10
abandon ga rnEfa through Prove canyon
TIE nae viii be- pat through io iiebef ttfy
within * guou as. So t9s 51s-ss3a q mart.
Capt ". Fl. Henry. superintendent o. t.
I~n8Eh kal}et LAX steatasp 81 fe. Aas
fs.Ens3 T. r. Saa A}.e0. dlTtss n g49t,r-
tr-enaert ~ the isbtEn %8st~y. vii k3s9
az a. superintendent ~ ihs ststgrs s3iIs lie.
TIE Southern pac5lc has announced ara
5f will hereafter decline - honor reg 3esg :
from othar fcafS yes annual me ~ lr1p
gsSsee sor r8t.TeAu employees gr tle.r FAM
.ies U1 iess s.Ersd - me president ere NJ
fne vicf p~tes-i"Tss. assistant ~ preside 1t
ar genera fsAaaxs r. ana r*va}4aa - For Trans
+ta.s - tHf-e "a "a
seould nut - hrnoYe8 unless signed hy sn
officer - '1e rank s1aicafed. or ny one -
tce fs1Agagsrs.
Ths t,Sfs al etS9 7s53.s s-aa Cgrs71 .e- =
&sssnsstts aas uo24n~ts tee railroads that
re t.Eu* - fa@ ol3 Epl8&waar1l eas saaa
weight ~ = go pounds sss o~~n extended
20 Nsroa q Ta5s app.les s. toaFfe. Tfta
ard EIx$G-e.asS freighIs- The aew raAn4-
nam car load ~hfEH Nj - sfFfo effect
April Increases ta> we3g1t - D 80 Ee38Tl1 .
flsr tsscSs glasses - freight. TIE ~ afTs1ua
~elEat 80 HEzt- SECOND aEt tajr4-ClIss
freights w.il resua y - 81 =" poar-is.
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TOLD or THE yANDERBILTs.
santa Fe Man Denies That They
Want 10 Gene West.

Chairman Aimee + Walker. e the
San.a Pcs tsoara - directors. was QQes-
,}oas.. IA Los Angles hy tns Herald on the
roSS nsiity of Vanderbilt line Ia the
CCaS- ts vaa asked
~ bat - r5u7er> lhat ye Fsnaer1lts
want 70 get iufo Pacific last territory -
! Con gstnk they ecufenp ats T. They
Cartrol nothing weS- 81 Chicsgo.' ne re-
rlied
Tee Eutthwe Stern--@
No answered Mr. Ws|keg. 'Tnaf
s.a-k is wisely scattered The Wand ?
b.'fs 30 ms cwn a rontfoi - tAst road
There seems llEtle question THAI fhe Los
Angeles ran"r has gris1ssotei NJ Walker.
II appe2-- that there has b~ea to nassch
irvezts Katirg or ib~ psrt - TIE Wander
hIfts n shs most feasible route into Cali
foTnts foy there 20 I've nothing n tho re-
p1rt thai taaY have a u2snd % ~cu}e West.
re IS 80 generally kr3owu "a 20 he admitted
practically wItheI5 G,Sgate that the Nevv
Yerke~s have purchased the o. cage K
Alton = n Chicago - Kansas tStE. which
- = contra 6scfiou - ths statement stfrt~
laee5 - he S8rte Fe uar. AID taat they
have eyes ou tAs MON Pacific r ehey have
aot already Eatt%S 3 Is almost . fcregose
ryarfuss1n &fn iho Sa8Tr Line under
ttnlo0 Pacific centred thay are a. far wess
az H1uf4ugtoa. or, and south - Milford,
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HE W ANTS \ WIFE.
Letter Received by City Employ
rnrat Huremu From Pro>ser.

John pates. u pgosser Wash has evil
IDENTIFY mistaken the spirit % the city en-
ploymenj bureau IL a letter dated Feb
ruary = he writes 70 Secretary Grout ash
ing ham - get vie foT "01| or -w2 PER
sons 80 arrange he exchange Of a
wagon toF phpUaEra ~. and tel d II
whore he can get bee supplies The iet-
ter says.
What would he yogr Zee - pat one or
80 persons ~ Trcsp0Usteure with q NO
man FIR q VIE Pleas give me word could
you gct a trade Gor me 10 A secondhand
0De-horse wagon for an Edison phouo-
eFap IN IN good order one OF M old MAKE
good fer business as well as cxhioition.'
As al aftsrthought the following post
script, ''Wbe1 YOU write give ire the name
OF some person wno deals ia uee supplies I"
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NoRTHuE ESTEEM INCREASES
January Earnings show Continued
Expansions.

For the month OF January. 1895. the
N0rthW eSteTn group of railroads makes Il
better showing than any other part Of the
country, 4 tendency toward continued ex-
pansion Is shown in the railroad earnings.
out Of rs roads which turned 81 state
ments. eighty-tige have reported increases
IN gross earnings. and the losses on the
remaining roads were not large State
ments from rs companies show a gain of
10 per cert
The Milwaukee. as far as earnings for
January are concerned. takes the lead OF
al roads IN the country. The gain follows
the large Increase Of last year
Following is A table giving the thirteen
roads that lead IN increases for January:
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casssn BE hasEers@9 - xst a Ere es1t his
matches wCE5d not twzy-~ Returning -
tae sled down tie bark he laid 1ss nit
tasz dcvE 20 S-6 Z candle ard S1-se more
rszzEEsz. TIE rnsrte-s instantly T-0.s
slit ard could r.os ~ returned 20 th@
aasa9s. Digging his eltsews into the s2nkv
ard wish azs3s rapidly losing sensation,
he eIirB5s~z this step assent 20 the c&cs~z-
ar4 - 3 miracle got Tire fire going " Se0
tae party arrived All nSsi- GEterSar1 -
was found with & big S3ws ~ snow ~
front et him. hts feet stretched wefs away
from t1a warmth vigorously e-r1pgSEs
extracting the FIRST freq tSe frozen saxF.
ard wlth4I rs cheerful ana resigned -
ever
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GENERAL RECEIVER APPOINTED.
y c. Nstaeshead Fakes Charge of
Guarantee loan 4 Trust 60.

Judge VI aase tn tha superior rssGrt yrs-
tsrday made s. change ia the asfn ais;~a-
ssH q she sTa.rs - she Aefgnet tsuh}H0-
~ Loan \ T'tsgst Company renewing ia
eah FUgts W special tpresvrr and assignee
sa3 appointing = & - EeFhesd general
receiver Ff4e change wNs ua ga NOT an
ssn.Ht rf suY ttssatiss4rttao wtfh NJ
F2FfA personally 1sl; go t.e reason that
sas cesstt .fera1s5 g genera. receiver uet~
sssazy % nasfen tae wiD1 ue ~ tae
saakw nTa4sa
John Graham. car 81 thc 3"Tf~}tors =
rs aTs&va tsnb efo3Sat sass tnr tna
~Fssysl - 81 Fusth AS - c.sj ree1l yer
as 1t-3so Moore granted fse prayer 6
rs eavfFiA5nt
fseeelvst G'ai5r~hsaf was formerly casef
sspu'y sn tHe shrF r. efsre aH4 eas Il
Sezf Ase can Safe f1f maeo~ un thr szi-
san t--Ae.- ~ IN. -. .A-L u s.. ~
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The Great Northern Is eliminating use
less APPENDICES from the names ~ sta
lions on its system. Small hamlets and
settlements that have fonrishsd the title
OF cities VIII be shoTn OF that dignity and
will have 10 be content with what they are
r!gbtfully entitled 10 tn the way Of names.
The company has issued a notice that
Pickert Siding. in Steele county. y. d. will
city. y. ID. viii DC called simply Page.
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Great Northern Flyer Changed.

The time Of the departure OF she Great
Northern flyer was changed Sunday. The
train Heretofore left ST Paul st $40 H. m,
hut now does not leave the union depot
there until twenty minutes later. and Min
reapolls half n hour later. The difference
in time Is made up between Minneapolis
and Grand Forks
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Judge Aibert~on Ites af Hs< Home
In south Carolina.

r Il Aibertxoa Yesterday received
telegram arua1rciug the death - fss
ftth-T Ir!.ler J. " AabeFt~aa. at Eliza
h.th tHty. \ C. aged Is Dean Was due
"a GA a9v Juiss Aihertsoo hai been fer-
a.r for Some Une bai hls aaa.a WAS sud
arn
lle was ore &C the u'ost prom nent mem
peFe 20 fna Scuth carolina bar. aaE NfS far
wears fafcp 80 fee sBEer1er reUft AUd sF
ae, .tsr5., Il .fs-t fAe office est ulted states
.t.4trtr, attorney Hts wife and .Nrey laugh
f~fe ara three soUs survive .gu.
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FIRST CAR TO SUMMIT.
Waite Pass Railway Passes an Im-
portant Nifestone.

Word was received here yesterday that
she White Pass railway has hauled is
first carload OF merchandise TO the summit
Of the Skagway route 20 Lake Bennett
The important even, happened last Wed-
nesday, and was attended by much ceiebTat-
ing.
The road Is now open for permanent bust
ness from the coast line OF Lynn canal 20
that point
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TIE original coarse - twe3w@ J~eff.rN7
Hh.cn Ip~ Alfred y Martin ~ 'saresT&4-
asre.lz - deliver AZ Bsake ha. ~ tai&
csfy rave teen CaznT .atasi- 6n1 yesterday
afternoon 4 ri1gras-r q f4tizsgss whe have
teen tnter@4sr ID attendants uss3n ths course
tEst 20 arrange ~ 4 cent ags&rscs - tfae
series as a Veg - rfAs3rE fArss I'ssFzE4sa~
urrt Ea 4asffasz zssAzgitssssf4 ia
M continuance ~ IT, Ma 4n's @us&. -
= COMMITTEE. consisting ~ A1srsfs. Dae4ss
Esr@ zgans AMI s.&rEg8. RS apps Cses3 20
make q Canvas - tGe CITY &1@ axGexf an
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Several petitions in bankruptcy WsTe Sled
IN the United States district court yestyr~
dsy. none 81 which was u0ex pectc8. and.
IN consequence caused iftle az 10 sensa-
tion ~ commercial circles
The firm of Simon auJ Joseph Rsddel.
0f $ew SxhatcoFn Hird bankruptcy papers
giving liabilities al So ~ and sSSe - uofai~
mai Charles Canhsifu. - t1is city. con
auct.0g business under the firm name Is.
tae Plymouth SnCe ana Ciaf hfug Company.
failed for sgsiss -. wita nominal assets.
The bulk 90 rs a40uey dus Is owed 81 Last
ern creditors
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the charge % passing counterfeit rnoney
Lucas ate breakfast ~ th@ Golden state
restaurant and il Is claimed faat he gzve
a japanese woman a counterfeit 4 gold
piece AZ payment Lucas fns.3 Capt sui
1iERr tfsat ae must have receives. sne raoE-
~ from one % The sodgesg- lie viii n~
arrs&EEs1 before United States C91a--ts-
ssotsg kfeter tasg afternoon
TIE celH bore the ss1tc Tsss and wAs
fairly we'll engraved II was light weight
aD~e9eT- ard ha1 d4ngy appearance
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GOLDEN HAS REFORMED.
Say. the Past Is n Closed Hook 40
Him.

Joseph Golden. the iaeairIcsi u8u. who
was arrested Sunday evening oy Detective
Powers owing 20 suspicious connected
With utd eases. ieft the city yesterday af-
tsrnooH = Vii never reIuga here agar.
be said when Chief Reed toia MIN he might
&c
No matter Wat may have been in the
past" said Golden. 4 arm living an honest
nfe row ard trying So b. a man a III a41x-
ious Ia forget the past"
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STEVE BAE.EY's PLEA.
Asked Judge Cam to Dismiss =
Charge Against T. e. Mackay.

Steve Bailey. proprietor az ;ae North
eFa hotel. pAea1@d guilty. brfor4 Judge
Ca1n ysater4ay afternoon 20 fighting with
r.. T. N4ckAy. a railroad conductor, az the
notsl sunday night GT. Bailey explained
70 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Hart
tAat be struck Nack4y, hast ggs lnto she
trouble because Nackzy insulted one o! has
guests.
Mr.. Bailey thought. howegey fhat Mack
az had been p4nIsse4 sufficiently, and
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The Denver Republican says; "Freder
ick Y. < Crosby, treasurer OF the Union
Pacific has been appointed To- a similar
position on the Oregon Short Line. Rail
road men say this shows the gradual all
sorpiion of the oregon Short Line by the
Lon Hartflie =.
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the amount - permanent support thai
could be guaranteed Tor future lectures
II Is prohab BE that a movement 20 organize
the citizens who have hecn attending Dir
Martins naeeting~ into AN organization
VIII lie made in The near rnturo.
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viii be devoted e. 4 reception. programme
81 vocal and instrumental music and pa
tflotic addresses. TIE announcement tn2t
a bal would b. Included in the ceiebra-
Ion W. an sFrur.
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Wsshiuxton's Birth day.

Washington state Society. Soas o the
American Rsevoiutson. VII celebrate Wash
lngf5n's birthday az tae Queen Anne C@Go
hogss Wednesday evening. The evening
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pleaded wish Judge Cam 20 dismiss him
without costs, Judge Cam fined Mr.. Bailey
g. and allowed M. MaCkSy % 60 gree
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they pay "a Eastern landowners they can
bay fine farms in the Northwest. and they
are pulling up stakes and moving 10 the
promised land O. plenty.
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TO MANAGE ALL THE COAL
Pacific Coast Company Has a
New Department.
FAMOUS ENGINEER IN CHARGE.

Thomas n. Stcckeft. jr-, Arrives
From the East "a Manage This
Bureau-Ship Architect IL Here
With Capt. GoodniI. Going Into
an Exhaustive Inspection Of All
the Steamships of the Line.
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SOUVENIR sss- I~auaes WEDNESDAY
f4.zx S<E GrcAes.S~ 49,
The Republican., 1899-04-13

times previously and always oLedient-
ly arose and departed when his uncle
came, l gave the matter no thought
and cheerily told the boy he might take
my trap and go driving with some of
his friends, as l would walk home.
When the front door closed and short
ly thereafter we heard the noise of
wheels dying away down the street.
I thought l saw look of pain in + tty's
face, but 1 did not speak of it. The
trap would be hers in few months
and then the dear girl would never have
to sit at home for lack of her own ve-
hicle.
For an hour or more I talked to
Kitty much as l had done on other
evenings and then l asked her to be my
wife.
| waited a moment when had asked
this important question and was sur
prised that Kitty did not throw herself
in my arms, or, at Least, with shy
blush wait for me to take her there.
On the contrary, she began to cry, and,
asking me to excuse her. she went out
of the room.
l do not know that any man who
reads this story has ever asked a wom-
an to marry him, and then have her
walk out and leave him sitting alone
with his thoughts. To him l need not
state how l felt; to any other it would
be impossible.
Ten minutes or perhaps a dozen,
though it seemed to be a week, had
passed and then the door opened and
arose to meet Kitty and receive her af-
firmation of my suit, the dear, nervous
little creature.
But it was not Kitty.
"My dear madam,"I stammered, as
Mrs. Price entered.
Good evening, Mr.. Filkins." re-
sponded Kitty's aunt. coming forward
with her hand extended, which took,
for, as l have previously said, | liked
the Widow Price. "Be seated" she
added, with wave of her soft white
hand toward the chair I had just left,
at the same time seating herself in the
chair Kitty had just occupied.
L was entirely unbalanced at TINS
procedure, but 1 obeyed.
''Will you be kind enough to ex-"
1 began, when she interrupted me
''It is no more than is due you, Mr..
Filkins," she said, "under the very eX-
traordinary circumstances. Indeed,
Mr.. Filkins," she went on, getting more
excited every minute, 81 don't see what
ever possessed a man of your age to
talk as you did to a child like Kitty.
You are old enough to know better,
and I'm sure if | had had any idea you
were not to be trusted, l am very sure
[ would never have permitted you to
have seen her except in my presence.
Why, you are the last man on earth I
would have thought would be making
The Republican., 1899-04-13
SHARING ALL.

Dear. It is twilight time, the time of rest;
All! cease that weary pacing to and fro;
Sit down beside me in this cushioned nest,
Warm with the brightness of our ingle
glow.
Dear, thou art troubled L,at me share thy
lot
OF shadow as shared thy sunshine
hours.
am no child, though childhood. half-for-
got,
Lies close behind me with its toys and
flowers.
I am woman, walked by happy love
To keep homes sacred altar fire alight!
Thou hast elected me to stand above
All others in thine heart. 1 claim my
right,
Not wife alone, but mate and comrade true
] shared thy roses, let me share thy rue!
Bitter? I know it, God hath made it so;
But from his hand shall we take good
alone,
And evil never? Let the worlds wealth go.
Life hath no loss which love cannot
atone.
Show me the new hard path that we must
tread
shall not faint nor falter by the way
And be there cloud or sunshine overhead.
1 shall not fail thee to my dying day.
But love me, love me; let our hearts and
lips
Cling closer in our sorrow than in joy;
Let faith outshine our fortunes in eclipse,
And love deem wealth lost and broken
toy.
Joy made us glad, let sorrow find us true;
God blessed our roses, He will bless our
rue.
ALI the Year Round
The Republican., 1899-04-13


Mexico has completed and in opera
ton about 1000 miles of railroads.
This mileage is exceeded by that of
any one of the states of New York.
Pennsylvania, Illinois or Kansas. Mex
leo has several times the population of
most of these and many times the area;
in fact MeXico's area is double that of
the four states combined. To be sure
the masses of the population of Mex
leo cannot be counted upon in anything
like the same proportion as regards pro-
duction and consumption as the masses
of the United States. but the great dis
parity in area and mileage and the rich
and undeVeloped resources of the coun-
try compensate. The railroads of Mex
leo and the numerous extensions and
short lines contemplated and ir course
of construction will be well paying
properties. The railroads now existing
in the republic have been built at a
cost to the government in subsidies
averaging about $4,000 per kilometer
This is much lower than the subsidies
paid by other Latin-American coun-
tries, the republic of Chilli having aver
aged twice that amount, and the Argen-
tine Republic more than three times as
much.-Modern Mexico.
The Republican., 1899-04-13
guns, and her bands slowly and sol

guns, and her bands slowly and sol
emnly played the national anthem.
No circumstance of pomp, no empha-
sis of official recognition, were omitted
in the dispatch of this ship. The sec
retary of war stood on her deck when
she fired her farewell guns at the base
of the great generals tomb. The SOL
diers were in uniform as on dress pa
rade, and the huge ship and its crowd
ed decks was an impressive representa-
tive of national power. Not without
similar ostentation is she to steam
over waters once plowed by the gal
leys of Roman and Carthaginian SOL
diers. She carries large guns with
which to fire salutes and exact them
in return. Her significance is not to
escape observation.
Behind her on the great Saxon high
road around the earth follow two more
ships of like character, the Sherman
and the Sheridan, both model trans
ports, each bearing, as she does, nearly
1000 American soldiers, and guns to
The Republican., 1899-04-13

MY DEAR MADAM" l STAMMERELt.
love to my niece; and Kitty thoughtso,
too. You are old enough to be her
father and ought to be ashamed of
yourself, and it was such painful sur
prise to Kitty, too"
By this time | saw I had made a mis-
take. for l do, have sense enough to
know beans when the bag is open, and
| tried to stop Mrs. Price and explain
and apologize, but nothing can stop
woman when she once gets a start, and
the widow had it.
why, Mr.. Filkins," she flew along,
kitty had no more idea of your
wanting to marry her than she had
thought of the man in the moon She
never thought of you as husband, and
she always talked to me about you as
the loveliest uncle
stop there, madam" I thundered,
rising in such majesty and might that
she was forced to silence. "Stop there.
1t is her uncle I want to be. Will
you"
1t was now the widows turn to BE
embarrassed and she broke in on me
with wild impetuosity.
81 don't don't mean that" she ex-
claimed. ITS Dick your nephew.
Haven't you ever discovered that they
are in love with each other? Are you
blind or just plain stupid?"
Goodness knows how I ever got out
of it, or the widow, either. though she
didn't altogether, for she is now Mrs.
Filkins and Dick and Kitty live just
around the corner, as happy as two
bees in honeysuckle or as their
uncle and aunt are. - Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican., 1899-04-13

feet dull flesh color. The bunch of
feathers behind its ears gives it its
name. The South Africans have do
mesticated it and made much of its vir-
tues. 1t eats all sorts of things, as
stomach analysis shows. This was
found in one stomach: Eleven lizards,
II tortoises, three snakes the size
of a mans arm and several handfuls of
assorted insects. When it is ready for
bout it walks around the snake and
plays on the reptiles nerves of irrita-
ton. When the snake strikes the sec
retary bird does a side step and re-
ceives the blow on its powerful wing.
After few strikes the reptile is tired.
Then the bird nabs it by the back of the
neck and shakes the life out of it. If
it is particularly tough he flies up
with it few hundred feet and drops
it kerplunk in a way that is always
fatal. Then he eats it.
The Republican., 1899-04-13
A TERROR TO SNAKES.
The Secretary Bird of Africa KIlls
and Eats the Most Poison
Gus Reptiles.

The secretary bird a native of AZ
rica, and also found in some of the
West Indian islands, is the. king of
make destroyers, the lordliest bird
that walks. 1t is about four feet from
tip to tip, as swift on foot as on the
wing. 1t is wonderful boxer and as
quick as the mongoose itself. 1t likes
TO play with reptiles, to get them thor
oughfy reused and then to swallow
them at leisure. 1t has long neck,
slender body, strong legs and power
full beak. Its color is clear light gray
along the sides of the head and throat,
wings a brown black, thighs and alb
domen black breast and tail coverts
white The cere and bare skin about
the eyes are yellow and the legs and