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Alexander After Eggs.


Alexander. like his great namesake, was
not satisfied SO long as there remained
other worlds to conquer, so he proposed to
scale the cliffs and hunt for eggs | re-
iuctantly gave my permission, and up he
went clinging to the narrow lodges with
his bare feet, and inserting his naked toes
into crrviCcs to gain support. Nothing else
could have so easily climbed that almost
perpendicular face of rock except a fy or
perhaps another small rascal like Alex
andcr. It made me shiver merely to watch
him. and when he had gained a COMPARE
lively wide shelf of rock l shouted up to
him to abandon the search and come down
If he could. But he simply shook his
WOpliy head in the negative, and kept on
until he reached the ledge where the birds
had placed their eggs on the naked rock
Having found two eggs. the problem with
Alexander was how to bring them down
to me without breaking His apologies for
garments We're merely strings of rags, and
Of course, had no pockets in them; but on
his head he wore the remains of what had
been hat. and placing the eggs in this
taking the brim in his teeth. he safely bore
the treasures down the cliff and proudly
laid them at my feet.
Although the trOpic bird may breed in
many other places in the West Indies vet
have not been able to find it anywhere
but in the island mentioned and my ex-
plorattons extended over some three years
In which | visited nearly every isle and
islet Of Importance between Porto Rico and
Trinidad, coast OF South America.
The Frieate Bird.
\ sometime companion of this bird is
one much larger and more attractive
which. instead of darling swiftly about on
whirring wing, hangs suspended In the sky
for hours. apparently without motion and is
called the frigate bird C'Tachypetes auuil-
Ia. Like the trupiC bird. this species strays
very far away from land. sometimes being.
hundreds O itrbf
is strong and powerful. 1t is a sea robber,
| believe. like the great gulls, deprivinS
other and smaller birds of fish they have
caught by their own efforts, as the eagle
does the tishhaWk
The frisate bird is rarely seen on land,
except in the breeding season, and the
nearest l have ever noticed it come to it
was a sudden swoop upon a rock or pro-
mOutory- 1t catches the flying fish as they
rise from the water, scOoping them up
without any difficulty; and what with the
frigates above them and the pursuing dol
phtns below, the beautiful sea swallows"
have a very hard time of 1t. Though ca
pahle of sustained a flight as the tropic
bird. and in many ways similar in its hab-
its, its manner of breeding is altogether
I different. ! learned that II bred In the ISL
ana OF TobaSo. when | was there but never
| found its nests. \ valued friend of mine
WHO visited 4 vast breeding ground on the
coast or Honduras. says il was on a low
Island near the main coast and sheltered
from the sea. There were about 100 nests
scattered about on small trees some fifteen
or twenty feet high, and in the dense thick
cts OF mansrove bushes. The mangroyes
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THE WELL-KNOWN 6-YEAR- OLD TROTTING
MARE. MAY r." MARK OF 235, WELL
BROkEN FOR TRACK OR ROAD; BREWS-
TER ROAD WAGON AND HANDMADE SET
HARNESS, BY AUCTION.
On SATURDAY, DECEMBER SECOND, 1899, AT
TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ, L will sell, in front Of
my sales rooms, 800 Pa. NV. the above first
class team. being the property of a gentleman
leaving the city.
Terms cash. JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, Auct.
no293t
The courier., 1899-08-12
EBB.

Rosy-finger'd Eros, brought she
Eros, chanting jubilate-
Eros pois'd on gola-gauze wings,
Gleesomely Loves music sings:
When burning midday on him shone,
Shrank voice of Eros to moan;
Just sad sound, nor aught besides,
Woe such song such end betides.
When Eros faded Eros died,
After flow, at ebb Of tide,
On still night-winds dark ghosts glide
O'er the gray sands-to and fro,
Ceaselessly, the shadows 60,
For these, no stay on Blessed-isles,
Ocean Beyond, where summer smilss'
No pause soul-weariness beguiles,
But rest, forever, spirit flies,
In whom, by whom, glad Eros dies.
-IDYLA.
The courier., 1899-08-12

sentiment OF the entire country on this
question.
The appointment OF Mrs. Horace
Brock as chairman of this committee is
especially suitable Mrs. Brock at the
recent council held in Philadelphis,
embodied the sentiment Of the Wor
cester club in orcise resolutions ask
ing for an amendment to the con.
stitution whereby the biennial should
be composed of representatives from
state federations only. These resou.
tious gave detiniteness to a somewhat
scattered discussion, and testified
knowledge Of the question and breadth
in considering it from which all may
confidently expect that fairness which
should be a prominent characteristic of
the chairman of 30 important q CON-
mittee. We are told she is a capabl,
loyal and broad minded woman, and
shall know for ourselves year hence.
President Lowe did not attend the
International Council of Women at
London as she had planned because OF
the serious illness OF her hus sband, Col.
William B. Lowe OF Atlanta. But on
the tenth Of this month they both
sailed for Europe for the express pur-
pose Of consulting physician in Paris
in regard to Col. loves health. Hence
they will necessarily spend good share
OF their time at this point. Mrs. Lowe
will thus have opportunity to advance
the interests OF the General Federation
at the coming exposition. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lowe will be gone about two months
and will carry with them hearty wishes
for pleaeant and beneficial voyage.
The courier., 1899-08-12

1t is justly claimed that women now
demand the same standard Of judgment
in their affairs as is given to men, and
no congress OF men, would be content
with 80 ephemual a success as tea
drinking with the Prince OF Wales and
some new ideas about the cut OF his
Highness' coat. However, some of the
great results OF this congress which are
now held strictly in reserve may yet be
The courier., 1899-08-12

Mary Augusta Jordan, professor of
rhetoric and old English 10 Smith col.
lege, discusses in the Independent "The
College Graduate and the Bachelor
Mai1." So much has been said through
the press about education acting as a
bar to marriage and happy homes that
we are glad OF this timely article. Miss
Jordan admits that the marriage age il
somewhat advanced, by the college
women, but che does not believe it to be
deplorable postponemsnt, nor does she
believe that the college graduate is
avoiding marriage to an alarming ex.
tent. In defence Of later age in mar
riage she says: THE college graduate
who marries at twenty.six usually
brings to her husband as fresh life and
heart, and az undiminished zest for
experience as any society trained girl
four years her junior can Offer" She
further says that the woman who de-
liberately chooses celibacy or who in
common phrase devotes herself to pro.
fession is rare. Speaking of college
graduates who have married she con.
tends that they make the best wives and
mothers that we have. She saye, "They
have devoted themselves not only whole
heartedly, but intellectually TO the nur.
ture and rearing OF CHILDREN, to the max. q.
ing and keeping Of homes. They have
not married as young as their grand.
mothers, to be sure, but by no means
The courier., 1899-08-12

80 large a part Of their history is written
on tom mbstones" Through this medium
OF later marriages she believes the
institution OF marriage has prospered
and further says: III to insure early
marriages the contracting parties must
be caught young" and shared before
they know what they are doing, then
there is a heavy premium on ignorance
as the root OF social we'll being, and a
curious reliance on marriage as a salts
faction for the demands OF the intellect.
No honest believer 10 marriage will be
satisfied with such theory or such prac,
tice. The colleg, graduate believes that
II Is an institution founded of God and
honorable for women, but the days OF
marriage by capture, marriage by barter,
marriage by sale, marriage by conven.
tion, marris ge as the last resource. and
even marriage for home belong to
past that is rapidly coming to seem dark
and dreadful-or picturesque and prim.
tive, as the temperament Of the student
may dictate-but in either case ire.
coverable past"
For comprehensive discussion OF
this question this article by the Smith
college professor is the best and comes
nearest the truth Of any we have ever
read. The day has passed when edu-
Gated women feel they must marry for
home Or as last resort. The newt
able result Of this independence means
greater deliberation and care 10 choos.
ing mate, with the consequent proba.
bilities OF wiser and better choice.
Though the age Of marriage is later there
is just as much marrying and giving in
marriage as there ever was. lis said
that for every Jack there is Jill and
the college education has yet to be de-
vised that will overcome the influences
OF sex.
The courier., 1899-08-12

Cheatham's "Cut Price Store" hung
out this new announcement the other
day:
WE LEAD, NEVER FOLLOW.
But somehow it didn't exactly convey
the idea it was intended to.-Town
Topics.
The courier., 1899-08-12

1t grows more certain each day that
the congress OF women in London was
pretty justly estimated in the fret tele.
graphic accounts we received, for as yet,
no member Of that congress has volun.
teered word as to the proceedings. or
what the outcome has teen, although
some Of the representative press women
OF this country were delegates. 1t looks
as il our American delegates had been
sworn to secrecy as to the internal trials
and tiibulations OF that gathering, and
have even entered into collusion to
keep the hoped for beneficial results
secret for the present. To bs sure the
papers have told us about the gracious
condescension of the Queen in ordering
tea served to the delegates who we're
permitted to visit the castle. But that
her most Gracious Majesty presided
over that tea table or was even present
on that proud occasion seems impossi.
BILE, for we read that she was starting
for her daily drive when she met the del.
egates at the castle gate, said delegates
separating into two lines between which
the carriage Of the Queen slowly passed
while che smiled benignantly as Miss
Anthony and few other notables were
pointed out. This beautiful condescen-
sion only supplemented the order she
had left behind that the delegates
should be served with tea while in the
castle. 1t is hardly to be expected that
the class OF American women who went
to that convention were overwhelmed
with this attention. They hardly went
that far to attend that kind OF a tea
party, or to study the style OF English
woman's dress, of which more has been
said than Of the congress.
The courier., 1899-08-12

Briggs-What's the matter, old man!
Griggs- nothing but dyspepsia.
prickly heat, mosquito bites, malaria
and a sense OF utter loss.
Briggs-Why, I didn't know you had
been away on your vacation.
The courier., 1899-08-12

Edna-Isn't it lovely here at the sea
shore to see the silver waves come tum-
bling in?
A bert-Yee, and to see the silver dol
lars go tumbling out.--Record.
The courier., 1899-08-12

81 have nine invitations to dinner
"What will you do with them?'
II am trying to trade some OF them
of for invitations to breakfast. ."-Re'
cord.
The courier., 1899-08-12
revealed to along waiting constituency.

The work being done by club women
is appreciated by mea as demonstrated
by Mr.. Morris Joseph, OF Cleveland,
Ohio, who recently presented the jewish
council Of women OF that city with q
beautiful club home valued at $40. 900.
The object OF this club is educational
and philanthropic. A committee had
been negotiating with Mr.. Joseph for
this bhilding, upon going to bin Sec
ond time to further discuss the matter
they were handed deed Of the property.
The courier., 1899-08-12

Martha-The newspaper says that il
you hold your breath, you can 60 to
sleep.
Jonas-You bold yours and let's see
how that works.-Record.
The courier., 1899-08-12

It is pretty generally believed in club
circles that the mixed club is to be the
ultimate result Of the club movement.
Here and there successful organizations
OF this kind are springing into existence.
The latest OF which we have word is "The
Barnard" in New York, which has a
membership Of 600 men and women.
There is doubt that the mixed cub will
devote more time to social pleasuree
than to serious study, and still less
doubt but that the ultimate result will
be good.
The courier., 1899-08-12

Mrs. Lowe has appointed the com.
mittee Of fifteen for the reorganization
Of the G. F. w. @. as follows:
Mrs. Horace Brock, state president OF
Pen nnsylvania. chairman; Miss Margaret
). Evane, state president of Minnesota
Mrs. N. M. Lauder, state president OF
North Dakota; Mrs. j. Lindsay John
son, state president OF Georgia; Mrs.
Frederick Hanger, state president OF
Arkansas; Mrs. Emma Van Vechten,
ex-president Of Iowa; Mrs. Lucy Blount,
chairman Of correspondence, District OF
Columbia; Mrs. G. A. Eldridge, chair.
mon Of correspondence, Colorado; Mrs.
Edward Rotan, chairman OF correspond.
ence, Texas; Mrs. May Alden Ward,
president OF Cantabrigia club of Mas.
sachusetts; Mrs. Penoyer L. Sherman,
president OF Chicago Woman's club,
Illinois; Mrs. Dimies T. s. Dennison,
president Of Sorosis, New York; Mrs.
Charles s. Rowland, club president,
Delaware; Mrs. j. s. Harrington, club
president, Indiana; and Mrs. Rebecca
Douglas Lowe, President G. F. w. G.
This is strong committee and de.
monstrates the democracy underlying
the club movement for the members
represent all classes, state presidents
state chairmen OF correspondence, club
presidents and the laity; all sections Of
the country are represented thus we
may expect correct expression OF the
The courier., 1899-08-12

the mental ana moral lie. (b) AS u
means 'f retaining pupils, especially
boys, in the schools, and removing that
repugnance or indifference to stu1y
which is the cause Of 30 much absentee
ism. (c) For the Influence upon charac.
ter in showing the real dignity Of labor
and the delight OF labor in it's homely
phases.
Third-V Vacation schools. With the
close Of the school year begins period
Of danger to the morals and health OF
the children Of many localities. They
are left without playthings or legit-
mate amusements, and are left for weeks
exposed to the temptations OF the streets.
II has been eaid that vacations are the
DEVILS seed-time. Wherever the vaca-
ton schools have been introduced, the
immediate result has been to lessen the
per cent, Of juvenile crime. The import.
ance OF these vacation sct ools, and also
OF evening schools, and parents schools
during the year cannot be overestimated
Fourth-Public free kindergartens.
They secure two or three OF the most
important formative years in the child's
lie for educational purposes; they thus
lengthen the school life, which now. for
the average child in the United States,
is only four and three fourths years;
they give to the child's development
from the first, the creative impulse. and
the right intellectual and moral trend.
Fifth-Mothers' clubs, parents and
teachers unions and all means for unit
ing the homes to the schools.
Sixth-The improvement and enrich
ment of the four lower grades Of all
schools. Where eighty per cent Of. all
the pupils in the schools now fnish
their school education. Clubs can do
no more important work 10 community
than to endeavor to secure for these
grades good facilities and teachers of
broad culture. noble character, thorough
education and professional training.
Seventh The necessity for securing
by request to superintendsnts and edu.
Gators, by discussion and investig alton
Of methods, and by every means possible
systematic instruction and training in
morality IN all the grades Of the public
schools.
State federations and individual clubs
are urged to appoint committees to co
operate with tue committees OF the gen.
eral federation in.carrying out these sug.
gesticns.
All questions or reports may be sent
to the chairman Of this committee.
Margaret j. Evans,
Carleton College, Northfeld. MINI.
The courier., 1899-08-12

As the discussion Of re. organization is
again opening the question Of taxation
we print by request OF several the fol-
lowing amendment to the bylaws which
were made June 1898, at the Denver bi-
ennial.
REPRESENTATION.
Article l, Section s.-Each federated
club OF fifty members or less shall be en-
titled to be represented by it's president
or her appointee only.
Each club OF between fifty and one
hundred members shall be entitled to be
represented by its president or her ap-
pointee and one delegate.
For each additional one hundred men,
bers or major fraction thereof, a club
shall be entitled to one additional dele.
gate.
The minimum representation OF each
state federation shall be five delegates.
Each state federation OF over twenty
five clubs or majority fraction thereof.
DUES.
Article ILL.,, Section THE annual
dues for clubs shall be at the rate OF ten
cents per capita.
The annual dues for state federations
ssssMas De at the rate OF twenty. five cents
per club.
Dues shall be paid annually the first
OF May, beginnidg with 1900.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
pnd range sheep Conditions.

Reports as to winter losses on sheep
are rather more definite than on cattle
and indicate q loss of from II to 80
be a conservative estimate. Cold
nights We're bad ON lambing in nearly
every section, and losses have been
heavy, few sections reporting over 80
per cent OF q crop and Z as low as
40 per cent. Idaho, Wyoming and
Montana report most successful lamb
crop; Utah only fair; New Mexico,
Colorado and Arizona and the extreme
western Texas very bad. In the south
west the drought left so little feed for
the ewes that in many sections the
lambs We're killed to save the mothers,
and the herds are kept alive only by
cutting down brush and young trees
along dry creeks or the foothills for
them to browse upon. A heavy loss
will result to the Utah sheepmen by
the action of the government in eX-
Guiding them from forest reservations,
where heretofore they have found sum-
mer range. They are now thrown upon
the desert, which, at this season of the
| year, will cause the destruction OF
thousands of animals from heat and
lack of water. Reports from Arizona
and New Mexico indicate less than
half a lamb crop and heavy losses in
ewes. Movement of lambs to feed lots
from south will be late, and lambs will
be poor. Western lambs will be in bet
ter demand for the feed lots than
southern stuff, owing to the fact that
there has been better feed in the north
west.-Bulletin National Live Stock
Association.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Teach Colt. to Walk Fast.

There is no pace so valuable or so
much appreciated and SO practically
useful in II horse as a fast. fair. square
walk. and there is nothing that will
cause an animal to be driven harder
and kept SO continually on the other
PAGES as a deficiency in this respect.
say The Horse Fancier. Months of
time and hours of patient, intelligent
effort are expended to make the horse
Il fast trotter. n high actor. Il perfectly
gated saddle horse. but so far as the
walk goes. he is generally put upon the
market as nature made him and rolls
along at the pace his ambition dictates.
commended by his owner as a wonder
II he happens to walk fast, and sworn
at and overdriven by every M If lie
chances Il be lazy and SLOW. The fast
walker is often made so by being put
with a mate while breaking which hap
pened to be n quick, free mover. and nc
farmer or breeder can be too careful in
seeing to 1t that no colt of his is ever
driven or led beside a sluggish. In
active partner.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
HOG LICE.
Persistent Insects That Are Not Eas-
lily Exterlminated.


The hog louise is the only insect
which causes much trouble in raising
hogs, says a government bulletin, and
when it once becomes established in
a drove it is not easily cXterminated.
Fortunately. the lice are so large that
they can be seen easily. and their
presence may therefore be known be-
fore they become very abundant. They
are liable to appear at any season Of
the year. and they thrive on hogs of
any 9 OF condition. They are found
III and behind the ears. back of the
shoulders and in the creascs on the
lower part eli the ham moro frequently
than elsewherc; if those places are free
from them. there is little danger that
they exist on other parts of the animal.
Coal oil IS sure death to every louise
it .cve. $, but does not always kill the
CO.; si4 .....;t be used with caution
20 p.osant It's blisteriE$ the skin Of
thu lU@. i. lic:l Il large drove is to be
s.ss..a!, tic work n be done very
c.:c!sly by usiA." Il spiay r;..sp having
al attachment for miNiI.g the oil and
water. a.el the pGElp si.ould be set so
that it vi use about five parts of
water to a." part of Gil. When such
a miyti";, is thrown oyrr the hogs in
. fine spray. only Il little OF the oil is
used to cover the whole animal. and if
the spraying il done in the evening
nearly all of the oil will be evaporated
by morning. and there will be no bills
tering of the skin when the hogs are
exposed to the hot sun on the follow
ing day. So little Gil is used in the
spraying that few of the eggs will
be killed. and the work should be re-
peatcd at the end of a week and
again at the end of Il second week. If
the work is thoroughly done. three
sprayings will be sufficient. If a spray
pump is not available. the hogs should
be rubbed with a mixture containing
two parts of lard Oil to one of coal oil,
repeating twice at intervals of a week.
The sleeping places should be thor
oughly cleaned, the bedding burned
II the inside of the buildings thor
oughly wet With coal oil.
Even with the most thorough treat
mcnt 1T requires time and patience to
clean a drove which has become badly
infested, bet it must be done if the
hogs are to .e kept in a thriving con-
dition. 1t is NOT difficult to destroy the
larger part of the lice. but that is not
sufficient, for where there are even Il
few eggs left in the ear or under the
jowls Of n single animal the pest will
soon become as bad as ever.
Lice nevcr inicst clean hogs when
they are not brought from an Infested
drove, and the hog raiser who has Il
clean herd cannot he too careful to
keep 1t so. No stray hog s..oultl be al
lowed on IL" premises. and any which
are purchased should be examined very
carefully before they are allowed to
run With the others. The oil mixture
should always be kept close at hand
where it can be used Immediately if
any Indicators of lice are seen. 1t
is much easier to LII Il few lice on q
few animals than to clean u thoroughly
infested herd.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-09-05
Green Corn a. Forage.

If we were called upon to provide
green forage during the months of Au-
gust, September and October and had
no alfalfa, we would plant sweet corn,
which is no doubt the best crop for
such a purpose. 1t is much better than
common field corn, as 1t contains more
sugar and less starch and remains sue
culent much longer. Plant Stowell's
Evergreen in drills 90 to 3 apart and
kernels 6 or 8 inches apart and ilrigate
two or three times. 1t is best to feed
when in the roasting ear stage, and
hence, if to be fed through September
and October. 1t should be planted at
different times st as to have Il success
sion. As it requires about three mo,:ths
for this variety to lie fit for table use
plant Il part Of it &. ont June I and Ii
and July l.. 1t VIII not injure covvs
after they become accustomed 70 it.
and then All ordinary COW cau be fed
100 pounds Il day and gradually in
crease the amount. Some bran. corn
Latll or other grain food should al
ways lnc fed with grect food in this
Way.-Drnver Field and Farm.