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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-20

The American Leather Company has
closed ) deal by which il comes into
possession Of the taanery Of the Vir-
ginia Tanning and Exchange Company
one ,.l'o = the largest tanneries in the South,
near Bristol, Tenn.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-20

Nelson o. Whitney, Professor of Rail-
way Engineering in the University of
Wisconsin, died suddenly of heart disease,
aged 49, He was native of South Car
olina
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-03-20

Charles A. Johnson, defaulting cashier
of Niles National Bank of Niles, Mich,
was arrested at Columbus, Ca, late Sun
day afternoon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04

wisdom, it may be said that the study
of birds naturally follows. and that it
is an agreeable us we'll as eievating
study.
In many minds the impression pre-
walls that the positive sciences absorb
the time of select few minds which
are adapted TO that species of inyesti-
CATION; and that the theories of philo-
ophers emanate from very few
learned pates. This is popular fall
lacy. Every child who investigates fire
until he gets his fingers burned is
scientist; and every child who asks
''why" is a philosophic reasoner. The
many thousands who love birds, Study
their habits, and inquire into the reas
sons for their activities are all sci
entists and philosophers.
In the eastern part of our republic
the District of Columbia is one of the
best localities for studying our ma
tional birds. Not only is it the breed
ing ground of many species whose
range extends but little to the north
of US, but. lying as it does in the path
way of the annual migrations each
spring and fall, furnishes us as a con-
sequence with fair idea of the birds
lima UlllHS the states DOTOcIiHS the
Atlantic ocean.
Theh fall migration has now fairly
commenced. Nearly every night one
may hear countless numbers of birds
calling to each other as they pass over
head on their southwark journey,
while during the day. when the birds
are resting and feeding, trip into
the surrounding country Will give an
idea of the vast numbers hat pass over
us each night. From now until well
on into October the birds will be COM
ing and going in almost constant
stream, and it is some of the hand
somer and raPer of these that should
ready paid US call of a few days and
are now far on the way to their winter
home.
The golde n winged and the blue
winged yellow warbiers have been and
gone, birds whose very names suggest
the daintiness and richness of their
attire and which, TO be seen, must be
energetically sought after, as they b.
no means consider themselves as in
tended for the admiring gaze ofahe
public. The former inka bits almost
exclusively the oaks. and is most album
dant in the spring migration, about
May u.
lima CINE 4 bird but little larger than
a hummer. of a beautiful slaty-blue
color above. shading TO white on the
under parts, with crown and a bar on
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04

peat the performance an instant later.
A few strayed into the lower trees and
showed upshandsomely. They were
Eery shy. though. and one had to be
cautious in his movements to obtain q
close view.
The other bird mentioned, the blue
winged yellow warbler, is very rare.
1t is rather unpleasant work searching
for this bird, although when secured
it is ample pay for the toll and trou-
bic it has cost. 1t is emphatieally
swamp warbler in every sense of the
word. inha biting the densest thickets
it can find, and leading a chase over
the worst ground imaginable only too
often to be lost in the end.
One of the bird hunters who takes
great interest in seeking these swamp
angels recently said: 81 had been
wandering for hours through the
swamps bordering the eastern branch,
struggling through mud and slime
reaching to my knees, was hot,
thirsty, scratched and bleeding in a
dozen places from thorns and briars
innumerable, following n little song en-
tirely new to me, but which from its
character / suspected belonged to this
species, and finally when about to give
up from sheer exhaustion, a streak Of
gold dashed in front of me and paused
moment on a twig to plume. In
stantly my gun was at my shoulder,
when, as luck would have it, the cart
ridge missed fire and my bird was
gone"
The hooded warbler is regarded as
the most beautiful of them all, by
many student-hunters. It's hood of
golden yellow is bordered by short,
black mantle Of rich luster; and the
contrast is one of the most striking
and handsome in all of natures aviary
painting. The mantle covers the head
and neck, the body being of brilliant
yellow. like full ripe corn, while the
back, wings and tail are olive green.
1t would try tAe skill of a master to
reproduce the colors on canvas.
In the list of these migratory war
oilers We have those called the Cape
May, Connecticut, bay-breasted, ceru-
lean. morning blackburman, magno Ola,
Tennessee, Maryland, Kentucky and
Kirtland's warblers; and their WARDS
ling in chorus could not be adequately
described even by a Beethoven, all
every man, woman and child who has
tunity to hear them.
One of our successful Nimrods of
science gives some cogent counsel
about how to secure specimens of
these warblers. He says: ut Is little
thing, simple in itself, yet upon it
hinges the success or failure of a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04

each wipg of rich yellow, broad
back stripe on rhe side of the head
passing through &he eye, and also a
black patch on the throat, both Dor
dered with white, and we have a pen
pict ure of one of the most beautiful
of all birds nhabiting our continent.
The roads leading to our selec< and
beautiful geological park are through
splendid forests. In the spring time
the trees are filed with the yivacious
beauties. chattering, chirping, telling
each ether stories of love, or bewailing
some species of hard luck. Their mu-
steal or coaversa tional qualities are
marvellous. Every tree top is sway
ing and glittering with scores of these
living gems of ma ure, and the fragrant
forest air is made inspiriting by the
cantatas of their myriads of little
throats-
Beauties must hunger and thirst,
and these warbling beauties were seen
vigorously hustling for food. Occa-
sionally one would be seen to dart
downward through the air in pursuit
of n insect. and at such times CLEAN
of gold would catch the eye An in
slant later the little fellow would give
a song of triumph and gladness from
an adjoining tree. only perhaps to re-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04

days ousing. II is explained in short
by one little word-squeak- Applythe
back of the hand or the forefinger to
the. lips and make a squeaking or kiss
ing sound. With i little practice a
fairly good imitation of a bird in dis
tress is made. Such a=noise never fails
to draw about You dozens of birds, and
if one keeps quiet it is surprising how
close they viii come. II one place app
pears barren of birds. go tie another.
or another, Hntil you get where the
birds are; then squeak"
Men who seek the capture of the
little beauties, as well as those who
kill them in order TO possess their bod
les, are obliged to endure hardships
and encounter numerous difficulties IN
their quest. They seek their food in
Swamps aud marshy places, ana 10
those localities hunters must go. There
is a marsh at Laurel, Nd. about 1a
miles from this city, where millions of
these innocents go for food. There
they must be followed by hunters in
heavy rubber TAP boots, and there
must each hunter Squeak until the
little ones come to him. And, in the
middle of the Potomac river. where
once the flats were = menace to IFsyS,
CATION. an island has been built and
walled up by the federal government.
The lower part Of this island is get
damp, with rank vegetation. and all
classes of the y~arblers 60 there. fol-
lowed by the hunters. On the Virginia
side of the river, opposite Washington, j,
there are Sloughs and bayous, which
are also attractive TO the birds. In
a few weeks thousands of the little
reed birds VIII be slaughtered for the
benefit of the tables of the epicures.
And. if the falling of every sparrow
is marked. surely the recording angel
must be kept busy keeping count of the
falling of these innocents Of the air
and of the trees and of the swampss
while the doings OF the men whose :
hands cause their slaughter or cap
ture must also be recorded in the ever
lasting volumes SMITH D. FRY.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
HAWAIIAN MUSIC.
Elementary Medes of Expressing
Musical Ideas Influenced by
Incoming Civilization.

In paper on HAWAII. Bishop Potter
describes in Century the native mu-
tic of these recently-acquired Pacific
Stands.
'In a long. Pacific voyage people
who are destined to be two or three
weeks together in the same ship and
he same table sooner or later con-
,1ude to make the best of the situa-
ion, and enc and all bring out their
store of amusements or accomplish
nents for the common benefit.
''It is to this that we owed, on an
.yening that, viii always be. memora-
Die, the privilege of listening 30 some
Hawaiian songs accompanied by run
ming commentary both descriptive and
historical, to which 1 am bound to say
am indebted, in it's larger sugges-
tons, for the outlines of this paper.
The singer and performer-for he was
both-Awas an American gentleman
whose name, if I were at liberty to
record it here, would be familiar to
many American ears; and he brought
20 his task a rare and most individual
harm. He was born in Honolulu, Of
IN ancestry identified with the earliest
missionary history of the Sandwich is
:ands, and he united in himself the fine
insight of his New England forefa-
hers and the sunny vivacity of Oahu.
The instrument which he used was
4 primitive guitar consisting of
wooden bowl with metal strings across
is open face; the notes were pro-
iuced by a manipula ton analogous to
shat of banjo; and along with this
lie undertook to give brief history
Of the evolution of Hawaiian music.
Some of us had heard it-or thought
NE had-while in the islands, and had
oeen much struck with both its plain
siveness and it's tunefulness. It was
'ude shock to learn that, in it's plain
tive and unadulterated form, Hawaiian
music had neither characteristic: and
that for the obvious reason that it
consisted in humping at the bottom
Of the wooden bowl and twanging it
With a single string. The performer
then illustrated how these elementary
modes of expressing musical ideas had
been influenced by the incoming o,
civilization; how the Hawaiians had
caught the airs of the missionary
hymns and modified them by their owr
Interpretation of them; and finally
how as the element of civilized life be,
came more pervasive and potential, the
music of the native and the manipula.
ton of his instruments took up into
themselves everything it was APP
parently not much-that was intelligi.
bic to the native mind, even to the last
negro or music-hall melody.
'The whole was a parable of really
large suggestiveness. For one could
not but see in it how what had come
to pass in connection with some thing
that, after all, was that which had
taken place in other and far graver
aspects of that life. There was. in
other words, first the primitive sim
lplicity and barbarism of that life. with
all its charm and all its dreaminess;
and then. step by step. there came to
be. out of the mere babel of primal
instincts and acts, like primal noises.
some thing increa singly complex, in
reasingly pathetic. and sometimes,
alas! increasingly ira oic''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
THE GIANT REDWoODS.
1t Is Not Easy to Account for the
Colossal Size of the Great
Trees.

The Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) is
natures forest masterpiece, and, as
far as 1 know, the greatest of living
things, says John Muir, in Atlantic
1t belongs to an ancient stock, as its
remains in old rocks show. and has
strange air of other days about it.
thC rough bred look. inherited from the
long ago, the auld lang syne of trees
= The Pacific coast in general
is the paradise of conifers. Here
nearly all of them are giants, and dis
play beauty and magnificence I'M
known elsewhere. The climate is
mild, the ground never freezes, and
II DISTURB and sunshine abound all the
year. Nevertheless. it is not easy to
account for The colossal size of the
sequoias. The largest are about 500
feet high and 80 in diameter. Who
of all the dwellers ofs the plains and
prairies and fertile home forests of
round-hea1ed oak and maple, hickory
and elm, ever dreamed that earth
could bear such growths ?-trees that
the familiar pines and frs seem to
know nothing about, lonely, silent,
serene, with a physiognomy almost
godlil>e, and so ODD. thousands of
them still living had counted their
years by tens of centuries when Co
lumbus set sail from Spain, and were
in the cyigor OF youth or middle age
when the star led the Chaldean sages
to the infant Saviour's cradle. As far
as man is Concerned, they are the
same yesterday, to-day and forever
emblemS of spermanence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
what Is .Noshfn<..,

AN old Scottish farmer. bein,. elect
ed member of the local school
board. visited the school and tested
the intelligence of the class by his
questions The first inquiry was:
..Nao. boys, car ony o You tell me
what naething is2''
fer 4 moments silence n small
boy II a back seat arose and replie.i:
Its what ye gle me t'other day
for haudin' yer horse!"-London An,
ssscrS-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
HOW She Had Saved.

I'm so glad you told me to keep ac-
counts, Henry" she said. Il have just
been going over them, ana find that
have saved 5000 n the last three
months"
Good he exclaimed. where's the
money ?'''
"Oh, 1 haven't got the money" she
answered, ''but the accounts show tha
1 have saved it just Che same" = Chi
cago Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04

Oh, where is oblivion now? From
the dark and oyershadowing word that
if seemed when 1 began it has become
some hing which no man or woman or
child who loves the Lord need ever fear.
Oblivion defeat ted. Oblivion dead. OBJ
Iivion sepulchered. But 1 must not
be so hard on this devouring mons ter,
for into it's grave go all our sins when
the Lord for Christ's sake has for
given them. Just blow q res urrec-
tiou trumpet over them when once OBJ
iivion has snapped them down. Not
one ofehem rises. Blowsagain. Not
stir amid all the pardoned iniquitfes
of lifetime. Blow again. Not one
of them moves in the deep grave
trenches. But to this powerless res-
direction trumpet voice responds,
half human, half Divine, and it must
be part man and part Goa, saying:
Their sins and their iniquities will 1
rememher more" Thank God for
this blessed oblivion. So you see I
did not invite you down fnto9a cellar,
but on "a throne; not into the grave
ward to which all ma terialism is des-
tined. but into garden all a-bioom
with everlas sting remembrance. The
frown of my first text has become the
kiss of the second text. Adjudication
has become coronation. The wrfnging
hands of a great agony have become
the clapping hands of a great joy The
requiem with which We began has be-
come the grand march with which we
close The tear of sadKess that rolled
down our cheek has struck the lip on
which sits the laughter of eternal tri-
umph.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
THE BIRDS IN FALL.
Southwark Migration Has Already
Fairly Commenced.
Feafhered Warblers Of Rare Plum
age Seen liz the Vicfsity OF
Neutrality-suspicious. the Little
Beauties Are Caught.
Especial Washington letter.

TN the Nazarene philosophy it Is
stated that every form of animal
. life is guided and guarded by IN
seen beneficent power; and the care
which is taken of the sparrov is noted
to illustrate the statement. Without
reverence or irreverence, but merely
considering the Nazarene philosophy
from the human side of the prsmul-
gator of that form of knowledge and
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
SeIf-Evfdent.
Ssst.rS-

'.This seems 20 be a time of re-
ligious unrest" SAID the rank OUT
slider when the hornets got mixed up
with the church picnic party.-Chicar
go Record-Herald-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
A Preparatory Course.

First College STUDENT hear the
members of your class are going to
take up Russian next term.
Second Student-Yes;< you see. we
want to get up a new, class Yell
Philadelphia Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-10-04
Gettin. Hi. Bearings.

The Female want my photo
graph taken
Photographer = Yes'm. Want a
likeness, or something handsome2-
Judge.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-12
1 T AND POINT.

When you do 4 thing you talk too
much about it.-Atchison Globe.
When you have said enough, shut
~. Many n maj keeps on boring after
striking oil and II runs out at the bot
tom.-Chicago Daily News.
She-"Your friend seems to have a
very poor memory" He-"Wen. no
wonder. lie was In an Information
bureau over ten years."-Smart Set. o
"Willie's right pert about splittin'
wood" Its his sportin' blood; ! bet
him ten cents he couldn't split five
cords In a wcek."-Indianapolis News.
Mistress-"What I want IL an active
girl" Applicant-"Then ! think I'll
Just suit you. I've moved about n good
deal of lnte-been In no less than ~
different places in six months."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Papa-"What on earth do Bessie and
that young man find 10 talk about?"
sinmma-"Oh. questions of the hour. I
suppose" papa-"Im bet they haven't
The rcmotcst idea of what the hour
is."-Dctroit journal.
Trcspassing-"Say. boy" inquired
the angler from the city. "do you think
I'm likely to catch anything herc?" 81
reckon you are" replied tho rustic
youth, who had been watching Che OPP
Grafton. ~ Jest sec Farmer WanRcr
comm over the hill" - Philadelphia
Press.
Pompous Publisher Ito aspiring nov
ice In lit%craturc)-'I have been read.
ing your manuscript. my dear lady,
and there II much In II, I think-ahcm'
very good. Hut there are parts somc-
what vague. Now you should always
write no that the o ignorant can
understand" Youthful Authorizes
twishinR to show herself most ready
60 accept adyicc)-"oh, yes, I'm sure.
But tell me-. which are the parts that
Lave given you trouble ?"-Punch.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-12
WOMEN AS
Scotland Now Following the Es.
ample other Countries Have set
In R~esonnisInu Them.

Since charming Sally Brass directed
business In Bcvis Marks City, women
lawyers have played hut n small part
In British fiction aud have played no
part nt all In real life. but apparently
that IL Ia be changed nj Inst. The now
els OF the present century should por-
tray many q feminine lawyer. aud
there Will he M anomaly about II, for
up In the north n courageous Scottish
lady seems To he on the point Of fore
Ing the closed door and thus opening
up n new profession for her sex.
This year. indeed. may witness the
triumph Of Miss Margaret Howic. Of
Strnng hall, kim. says the London
Mail. Her petition for ndmittnncc TO
the law agents examination has been
,led and the Incorporated society does
not feel called upon To oppose her
prayer; In fact. they "do not con.
1eiye u 20 be their interest or duty
10 maintain that woman ought not
20 he enrolled" Miss Howie's fate f.,
therefore, In the hands of the judiciary,
who will soon decide whether she shall
he the first woman ever admitted Co
practice In Scotland, England or Ire.
land. IL the decision IL favorable Miss
liowlc Ms n law agent would he eligible
for the offices of sheriff substitute,
notary public and clerk in the court
~ sessions and bill chamber.
Though England. Scotland and Ire.
land have 40 far been wlthopN women
lawyers, the Incorporated Society of
Law Agents point out that so far as
they are aware permission 20 practice
has never been sought. On the other
hand, II has been successfully sought
In the United States and France. Won.
en- lawyers are becoming ms popular
and ns numerous In the United States
os women physicians. and they appear
10 play the role of Portia with great
success.
In France the admission Of women
Co the bar required the passing Of n
special enactment, and II was only on
December 4, after u strenuous strug-
gle, that the bill became the Inv OF
the land. Next day the first woman
barristcr was formally admitted In the
person of Nine. Petit. who, robcd In
cap and gown, was duly sworn In be.
fore crowds Of legal sightsccrs, among
whom was numbered her husband. who
~ also q doctor of law.
Nine. Petit Is already so full OF work
that n sharp-witted criminal whose
victims were anxious To bring him 10
an early trial, which he was equally
anxious To avoid, is snid 10 hnye used
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-12
SOIL Fertility.

We olow and tin more extensively
than we fertilizc. Labor Is costly. and
profit comes from n rich soil. "Why
should not IA large farm be made just
as rich IL a sJnall farm?" some one
asks. II an, l presume; but IL will
not be made so In the hands OF n ma
jority Of MS. On small farms IL
seems more feasible 10 grow manurial
crops for the fields, to draw n
TO the farthest field from the barn, 70
keep every acre under ones " eye.
With hundreds of acres needing spe-
cial attention the expense bill be-
comes nlnrmingly big. ! know that 10
would seem that that which would pay
on a five-acre field should pay pro-
portionately well on a 50-ncre field;
but whether IL would OF not. the Ave-
acre field Is surcst OF attention, and
therefore surest OF net income in its
tillage.-Farm and Fireside.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-12

Miss Glendower did not faint.
neither did she scream; she was one
with her emotions held always well
In hand, and she expressed the proper
amount of regret the occasion re.
quired, shuddering u little over Its
horror. But to this day land she Ia
Mrs. Lawrence Irving now she can
not look quite steadily Mt a big red
star that sometimes burns In the west
at early eve, and the scent OF tube
roses, or Jasmine, or syrinRa makes
her deathly sick.-San FRANCHISES
Arg0naut
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-04-12
Put Him to Sleep.

Poet-Did you get my book Of SON
nets that l sent you?
His Friend-Oh, yes-delightful!
couldn't sleep till I'd read 'em."-Tid
Bits.