Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-08
THE RAISING OF osTRrcHFs,
Five Facnq New Earried rhe
 T.iteu States.

the United States-twN in California, one in Texas. one in Florida. and ous in Arizona. The last named, although the youngest. is the largest and most fonrishlng n the country. IL Is To- eated near Phoeniz and the Salt river valley seems :eli adapted % the Al cican ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter They graze the entire year in zae fields the same as horses and cat tie, anu are healthy and thrifty. The man charge of the Arizona farm, Wao spent 15 years handling ostrichea in South Africa. says the birds do just as well in the Salt River valley as in Africa. and hat Ehe climatic and other conditions surrounding hem here seem as well adapted to their requirements as those existlag in 1helr natIra home Alter 1he birds attain the age Of tour Week t57eHe is fattie darzer Of tsieir dying from natac2. causes for many years. s not positively known how iena m ostrich VII i've under norma. s55.z.. OBS Ut there are AIsas sn South #4.4eaa farms which are believed ta Ha.s -aaE.st 3e passed tae century many Of them ha7.aa been T aaHE -aera 5Rer fifty gearz- Most ahe 5aea, obtained Bro0-
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 Soldiers.
 This $ t2e first war Great Britain has fought aga.nst white enemies with eut 91glae foreigners to fight fo~ Us. says t.a1soa paDar Until less than 53 ls5. re had war on han =efff=S=z Q GermanY.a and al.=5z nope za rass.#5 fight for T.. s4e ms.. .aged 9eIe most U ala so5a4e9s. eGa were hired to fight until the war was fu.shed Tn 1756 n invasion of Engl-,,,d WIS feared se 5000 Hessians were hired 10 come and aefend these shores against the eU peeted attack These hirelings wers paid at the British rate of pay. and fos every mar of them killed their king Vas paid zo much per he'd. Even aga -nst the American colonists Hes Sian troops were empIoyea. No won der our fellow Englishmen wera en- ragged at this shameless actiGn The 4andgraVe of Hesse was paid S2,355, Reg in per cent stocI. for The Hes-
 
 This was the amount of $50 per man The Irish re5eIlio1- of 1798 was pus 1owh chiefly by Hessian hireiings. Tn tho long struggle with Napoleon we freely hired foreigners. out the bulk Of the work was done by British sol. diers. Wellington found that he could not rely on his mercenary gangs too much. Tn 1901 the Kings German ie- zion" of 10 GOO men was formed Two years later the force was increased by 5000 men. Besides Germans from all the Deity states. there were also en- listed French roYa!ista expelled by Na- poieon, CorsicaAs, Greeks. Italians Turks Portuguese, Belgians. Huapari ms and Swiss At Waterloo, Wellins, tons army of CT GOO was made up oi only 22 900 British, and the rest were Dutch, BrunswIckers, Hanover,ans and Nassanmen. When peace came in 1914 there were 10 less than 9. 600 hired lore gnefs forming corps in the British arflaY The Grimean war was the last tine Britain had to go a-hring sol dieFa. Thirty thousand men had been zeat 10 tae crimea and moro were wanted So the government went to par.ianerlt with q bill authoriztra the enlistment ae f0 GOO Germans. 5000 sFisa and GOO Italians, at British raees if pay.
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 Tier has Just died It Clapaam. Eng