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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-03-15

gave these pigeons their chief occupa-
ton, flying at sea, and already reports
are coming from different sections of
the country that a number of big pig
con lofts have been put ON the market.
At the Brooklyn navy yard and at
Norfolk where the government former
ly kept over thousand very highly
bred homers, bargain sale has been
held and the birds disposed of to the
highest bidders. There are no lofts In
Charlestown yard, but the opinion over
there is that as far as the navy Is con-
cerned. at least, the days Of the carrier
pigeon are over.
The lofts at the Brooklyn yard have
long been the pride Of certain officers
In the navy, and are we'll known and
much talked of in every locality where
homers are kept. The sale Of these
birds was great blow to the fanciers
in the navy, and although they pro-
tested, nothing could be done to save
them.
Some of the birds were bought by
the naval officers who were fond OF
them and others were taken In various
parts of the country.
From the standpoint of fancier and
breeder this new condition Of affairs Is
distressing, inasmuch as they have
lost one of the chief markets for their
birds. The government was a very
good customer and took many hun
dreds Of the birds each year paying
good prices for them, generally what
ever they were asked. Now that mar
ket Is closed,
1t is a well-known fact that only
small proportion Of those who own
homing pigeons fly them for CONNER
cial purposes, or make use of them
solely for their abilities to get home
from a great distance. The bird is
pet or rather valuable animal of the
same type as other prize winners and
are flown merely for their owners
qualification.
But on the other hand, there are
many concerns which own them and
use them strictly for business reasons,
notably the weather bureau. some fish,
ing fleets that sail from Bos on, num-
in the South and some shipyards on
the great lakes.
Perhaps the largest owner outside of
the government is a large private plan
tation in western North Carolina,
whose owner is New Yorker by tax
alton. This gentleman has extensive
cotes in New Jersey and in North Car
DINA and frequently flies his birds
back and forth, carrying business and
personal messages. The distance Is no.
quite 900 miles, and he has several
birds which can make it between sun
rise and sunset.
In Boston there are numbered among
the aristocratic members Of the pigeon
inhabitants several very distinguished
homing pigeons, which have achieved
remarkably long distances. They had
all Of them hoped to serve their coun-
try as messengers during war or peace.
but have been prevented by Sig. Mar
conf and his invention, and are now
doomed to 60 the rounds Of the pigeon
shows and live. the rest of their lives
taking blue ribbons. -.
The birds are owned by man out
in MedfOrd C. Twombly and have
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"for sefenty- five cents. 1t ISIS; all brass
ant dose two lettle glass feeders. SOw
"Cage," scorned the purchaser. mo
cage for my bird"
But dose leetle wooden tlngs ISIS too
small, 1t ISIS yust for carry bairds in"
"Oh, that's all right, Heiny," laughed
the stranger, growing merry as he
peered lovingly at his linnet; "I've got
better scheme than t. It." +,
And he walked to the back Coor
which looked out into the dingy little
yard where the chattering sparrows
frolicked In the budding tree, and
patches Of sun-warmed grass glorifled
the coming spring. Schwartzberger
followed him wondering, but the queer
fellow did not pause till he stood be-
meath the tree. Then he slipped out a
few of the wooden bars Of the cage
and, holding 1t al0of, said:
Nov cut for the woods, Mr.. Linnet!
Hike for tall timberw
The song bird hoped into the tree
whence the frightened sparrows had fed
and skipping from branch to branch
till he sat In the crest Of young, green
leaves, stood up, bobtailed but trans
figured, and spouted forth fountain
of triumphant melody. The scrawney
man who had released the little bird
stood beneath In the cool shadows with
eyes aglOw, lips laughing and ears
battered with the music Of the freed
singer.
Schwartzberger stood In the doorway
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Re Determined to Persevere.

Before taking up any special line
of study-mathematics, for instance
make up your mind, at the outset,
that you will persevere until the sub
jects is thoroughly mastered. Do not
drop it because it proves so much
more difficult than you thought it
would be. Do not be discouraged be-
cause you have to spend SO much more
time in trying to solve your problem
than you anticipated. Persevere and
you will not only master a branch OF
knowledge that will prove invaluable
to you in the affairs Of life, but you
will also have clarified and enlarged
your mind and made it much better
fitted to cope with other things
Success.
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become we'll known in the country and
In Canada. The most noted Of the lot
Is known as Number H. which has
made a very remarkable performance.
II was sent to Flint, Mich, two years
ago in the spring and came home to
Medford over territory that was en-
tirely unknown to him In the wonder
fully short space Of seven days. -
The bird was flown under the regu-
lations Of the New England federation
for homing pigeons and was counter
marked by private band Of that or
sanization. Since its remarkable fly
the bird has done numbers of smaller
ones and has made record for speed.
A cote mate Of number al" is an
other very celebrated pigeon known to
fame as Number ~" This bird be-
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THE IVORY MARKET.

Tho Supply for England Decreases
Steadily and Rapidly.
Our ivory supply, according to the
annual reports just issued, continues
to show signs Of steady decrease, the
total quantity imported last year being
only 232 tons, 'Eainst 272 tons in the
preceding year, and an average annual
importation Of 232h tons since 1889, SO
that, naturally there has been a good
demand at higher prices.
In the face of the continued sinai.
receipts, prospects are described as be-
ing decidedly favorable-that is, from
the sellers point Of view. East In
dian cut points suitable for billiard
balls realized, as usual, the highest
price, selling up to as5 los per hun
dredweight, against Els last year. The
west coast Of Africa was the only, CEN
ter that shipped us more ivory last
year than during 1900, but still the
1881 tons received thence are below
the average quantity-112 tons.
shipped during the last four years.
The quantity received from the Cape
was extremely small, only three-Quar-
tiers Of ton, while last year no ivory
came to us through that port. One
may say that Cape ivory is a thing of
the past, for even before the present
war the country had been SO thor
oughly explored that the big game for
merly to be met with in those districts
had either been exterminated or gone
further north, and their ivory, II still
obtainable, must now be shipped
through the more northern ports. This
makes one wonder where we shall
draw our supply Of ivory from when
Africa is denuded Of elephants, which
at the present rate Of progress must
soon occur. Would 1t be feasible to
reserve an area large enough to allow
the wild elephants to wander about and
breed, undisturbed by the hunter, until
the time arrives to obtain their tusks?
London News.
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A Lively Guest.

A Chicago man came down from that
town not long ago to consult with GER
tain officials Of the big corporation to
whose interests his energies are devo-
ted. After the meeting he was invited
TO go home with one Of the officials and
dine with the family and follow up the
dinner with little game.
Late that evening one of the leading
officials was called to the phone.
"Hello." said a voice. this Is the
man from Chicago. I've won all of
Jim's money and now I'm playing him
for his wife's spoons. I'll put one aside
for you II you'll tell me how you want
It marked. That's all. Goodnight"
And he rang off.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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WISE WORDS.

Generosity Is the flower Of Justice
Hawthorne.
Every one can master a grief but he
that has it.-Shakespeare.
Happiness is easy when we have
learned to reconnaissance. de Stael.
If you know how to spend less than
you get you have the philosophers
stone.-Franklin.
Never be afraid of what is good; the
good is always the road to what Is
true.-Hameleton.
He only confers favors generously
who appears, when they are once con-
ferred, to remember them no more
Johnson.
No true work since the world began
was ever wasted; no true life since the
world began has ever failed.-Samuel
Smith Harris.
Skill to do comes by doing, knowl-
edge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there Is no knowl-
edge that Is not pOwer.-Emerson.
II we could read the secret history
Of our enemies we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering enough
to disarm all neutrality-suspicious..
A man who lives right, and is right,
has more power In his silence than an
other has by his words. Character Is
like bells which ring out sweet music,
and which. when touched. accidentally
even, resound with sweet music.-PhIl.
lips Brooks.
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gan as youngster and flew away from
his cote on many mysterious missions
of which no one knew the destination.
It's owner kept very sharp watch over
him for fear that in its anxiety to test
Its long distance powers 1t would get
lost When the bird was II months
old 1t was liberated in Telsonburg,
Ont, and flew to Lawrence, Mass, a
distance of 535 miles, in one day.
Covering the distance between the two
cities in far better time than one could
do 1t even though he travelled on the
fastest express train that he Gould get
The trip was made at an age when
the homing pigeons are not supposed
to do very much long distance flying,
and the performance Is all the more re-
markable on this account.
Number X, 57261," member of the
same distinguished family which
claims the other two, Is noted as ra-
Ger, and has a record Of so miles an
hour for a distance of over 500 miles.
All these birds were born and bred
in Medford and are numbered among
the most valuable pigeons in the coun-
try. They are direct descendants Of
famous Belgian stock and have pedi-
gree as long as any Of the descendants
Of the Mayfower.
Mr.. Twombly. who Is well known as
an authority on homers, said that the
breeding Of the birds for the market
would be very seriously affected by the
introduction Of wireless telegraphy,
for by it the very thing that the pigeon
was intended to accomplish would be
brought about much better, and with
less expense and more surety.
"The training Of pigeon Is diff
cult" said Mr.. Twombly. ut has to
be taught to fly from small distances
at first and then gradually brought up
to the longer fys. They have to know
their home thoroughly and to learn
the landmarks near it in all directions.
Then, with their wonderful sight and
their ability to flyin an exactly straight
line without swerving and their knowl-
edge of direction and natural aptitude
for picking out the right quarter of
the compass. they can fly in from a
very long distance.
while the wireless may hurt our
business, l guess there won't be very
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away to the back door and released the
bird. The merchants bright eyes
bulged with surprise, as he watched
the pleased face of his customer, half
afraid that the man was maniac and
might do him harm. But the odd fell
low only stood smiling aloft at the vel
low chOrister in the tree till 1t spread
Its golden wings and darted to the roof,
and thence away into the free sum.
mer
And at intervals all through the sum
mer the stranger came and bought
birds; sometimes one, sometimes two:
laughing always to himself and radiant
always as he watched the apotheOsis
Of the liberated creatures as they rose
from the yard and vanished.
"Meester, vat-you-call-it," said
Schwartzberger one day after he and
Rachel had watched and wondered ut
the delighted prodigality, "vat ISIS your
name. blease:"
Goddard" he smiled. "TOm God
dard, Heiny, that's me"
Zach, Meester Gottard, dis iss my
woman, Rachel" and the merchant
nodded at his wife. "Now, Meester
Gottart, w it ISIS? We are crazy init dis
pizness NIT you? Wy it ISIS you trow
dem bairds away? Please told us w.
No? Yes?"
Goddard's face got longer and gray.
He looked out into the dim street
where already the first brown leaves
of autumn were rustling. He stared
absently for a moment ut RachePs cat
face and then at Schwartzberger's.
Summer Is over" he began, quietly.
II shall buy no more birds this year.
They would freeze or famish In win
ter" He looked around at the brave,
piping chorus In the cells. Next year,
IL I'm here, I'll come again. Oh, yes
The smiled, wy did did it?' Well,
Heiny, and you, Rachel, 1 don'tmind tell
ing you that I've done time myself. When
l happened along here last April l
was just out Of the pen; c..me up from
Joliet, wandered along Milwaukee ave-
nue. and-saw these little convicts of
yours. had just about SO and felt
as big rs the Governor Of Illinois, so I
just thought I'd pardon out few Of
these little devils. And I've had more
fun doing it"
The rare, wistful smile came over
his face again IS he buttoned up his
coat and walked to the street.
"Gcod-by, Heinyw nc called, saluting
Rachel as he left.
"DOt's buggley-house. amt itT' quer-
led Schwartzberger, blinking ut Rachel.
well, 1t may be iss-aber It's goot
pizness for us, Ikey."-John H. Raft.
cry, in the Chicago Record Herald.
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with his old brr6 Gage dangling by
his side.

M,'n s,S DIS old e'ss dangling by
IVY did you did It" he whined. com.
Ing out and staring at his odd patron
now, dot baird will vent away. He iss
to fly avay-seew
And sure enough, the linnet rose
lightly into the blue air and sailed
away toward the sun.
IVY did did 1t, eh HeinyT sneered
the fellow, tossing the empty cage into
the ash heap and laughing again, "it
was my baird wasn't it?'
And he walked out through the store,
whistling gaily. Schwartzberger
looked after him. examined each coin
Of the 81, found them good and NUT
tered In his beard: dot yellow Is vat
You call buggley-house. l must told
Rachel" and when the woman came
in with his lunch they marveled much
ut the queer actions of the linnet buyer.
The following Saturday he came again.
He was better dressed and his lip was
darkened by growing mustache. The
phSuSu iooh was 6ohe AAVih hiS AoSC
and the hunted stare from his eyes.
He laughed In the merchants face as
he came in and there was music In his
voice as he said:
"Well, old Heiny, got any Hartz
warblers left?'
The dealer smiled puzzled grimace,
ran his glance over the improved con-
dition of his customer, and answered.:
ivy sure, and also some fingers from
dot Plack Vorest."
Schwartzberger eyed him askance as
he wandered along the counter peeking
at the birds and listening like mother
quail to the plant Of her scared brood.
Here's a fine fellow" he said at
last. How much for him. Heiny?"
"Tree tollars vifty-a Swiss cock NIT.
600 such voice!'
The buyer counted out $3.50, lounged
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FLY LONG DISTANCES
Some Remarkable Records That Have Been
Made by Carrier Pigeons.

While wireless telegraphy has many
advantages and will benefit many peo-
pie yet there ia line in which the
magic Of Signor Marconi is making
itself felt at once, and very seriously.
That Is in the matter Of carrier or
homing pigeons. These very interest
ing little birds have lost their occupa-
ton as result Of the discovery and
will shortly be out Of business en-
tirely.
The wireless has been perfected
enough to do the work that formerly
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* Schwartzberger, the bird fan
cler. He walked up and down
the dirty floor Of his store and
paused at the door, which looked out
on the little sunlit back yard, where
some disreputable sparrows cluttered
In the soot-laden branches of bur-
geoning tree. 1t was April, and the
wine Of spring was In the tingling
breeze. He walked between tiers of
and snarling terriers clawed and cursed
at their prison bars. The stuffy air of
the bird store was vocal with the mat
ms of a thousand tiny feathered pris-
oners, who knew that winter was gone,
and with swelling Threats piped the
,shrill music of their hopes.
Schwartzberger stood behind his win
dow. and through the dirty glass
watched the faces of the people who
stopped to view his living wares. Men,
women and children paused to watch
the grave antics of monkey lording 1t
over litter Of bull pups In the big
cage. Boys pressed their noses against
the pane, laughed and went away.
Girls with kind eyes pointed at canar.
les, linnets, finches and bluebirds swing
Ing in small prison cells but one by one
the gazers went away. A hungry-lOok.
ing man, smooth of face and pinched.
fingered longest. His clothes were new
and cheap and fitted badly, so that
Schwartzberger saw little chance Of
sale. He doled water and food to all
his prisoners, grumbled as he shortened
their allowance, and went back to the
window.
The blue.eyed, hungry-looking man
was still there. The dealer stepped out
and said:
1T iss someding you wish? Yes?'
"How much for that canary there?"
asked the stranger. "That one with
the voice? Hear him." And the fellow
listened with a vague smile as Il the
birds brave song pleased him.
"Oh. dat yellow. Yust came in ant
see him."
They went inside, and the eager
Schwartzberger lifted down the little
wooden cage In which the songster
sat.
Scared, isn't he?" murmured the
stranger wistfully. "Guess he thinks
you're the jailer and I'm the sheriff"
The dealer explained that the bird
was Hartz Mountain songster Of rare
voice and noble lineage. How much?"
"Foor tollars," grimaced the mer-
chant, holding up the cage. "Dere ISIS
a few only of him left
"Too much, too much" sighed the
customer, wandering sadly along the
tier Of prisoners, but lingering some
coins in his pocket, so that Schwartz
berger's cupidity kept alert.
"Vell, how much you would spent?"
1.-TWO dollars is my limit" explained
the customer, pausing before linnet
which semeed determined to burst
his small neck with furious rounde-
lay.
"Now, dot ISIS fine slngster, vich l
will let you hat for two tollar. Hiss
tail ISIS came out ant he ISIS yeti mOult-
ing, aber-"
"All right. I'll take him. guess
he can fly all right?"
The stranger pulled out his money
and counted out 81 in small coins. The
merchant resumed his solicitude.
II hat a nice lectle cage. vich you
must see It," he gurgled, bustlng about.
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In Russia the average acre of land,
because Of bad cultivation, produced
but one-fifth the amount produced by
an acre in America. This is the Of
fetal statement by her minister of
finance
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A Case of TelanathY.

n VWHO
He (who has been snubbed all the
afternoon)-Good-by!
She-Why, what a coincidence. I
was just going to say that myself
Town and Country.
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Miss Elder wears false hair, does
she not?" asked Mrs. Van Braam.
IL have no reason for doubling
that it Is genuine human hair she
wears" replied Mrs. Dinwiddie, guard
edly.-Pittsburg Chronicle. Telegraph
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LET NE NO MORE A MENoIcANT.


LET NE NO MORE A MENDIcANT.
Let me no more mendicant
Without the gate
OF this worlds kingly palace wait.
Morning IL spent;
The sentinels change and challenge in the
tower,
Now slant the shadows eastward hour by
hour.
Open the door, o Sentinel Within j
The feasters, daring destiny and wit,
Casting to win
Or lose their utmost, and men hurry by
At Offices of continent energy.
Let me not here mendcant
Without the gate
Linger from dayspring till the night is late,
And there are sent
All homeless stars to wander in the sky,
And beggared midnight winds alone go by.
Arthur Cotton, in the Atlantic.
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No matter what ails you, headache to can
Ger, you will never get we'll until your bowels
are put right. CAscARETs help nature, cure
you without a grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to
start getting your health back. CAsoARErs
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up In metal
boxes, every tablet has @. @. G. stamped on
IT, Beware of limitations,
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Tho readers Of this paper Will be pleased to
isarn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure In all
IL stages, and that IL Cstsrrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure II the only positive cure now known to
stltutional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhC Cure Is taken inter-
Aally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease, and giving
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work. Tho proprietors have 50 much faith In
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY b Co., Toledo, O.
Sold BY Druggists, Toe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
"A musical education isn't necessary to
U{0n Vovr pyvy, ,,roisau
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Underground wireless Typography.

Colonel Pilsaudski, of the Imperial
Russian army, claims to have succeed
in transmitting wireless messages
through the earth over distance OF
six miles. The trials were carried or
in the vicinity of the village of Besinet
and are said to have given great salts
faction.
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Will you be short of hay2 II SO, plant
plenty Of this prodigally prolific millet. to
8 tons Of rich hay per acre. Price, 90 lbs,
&1.9O; 100 lbs, $500; low freights. John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. A
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California.

Year round Excursions three times per week
without change from WashinRt n, d. @. to
Los Angeles and San Francisco. Personally
conducted. Berth $780,
@. @. DANIELS. New England Passenger
Agent, 22s Washington St, Boston.
q. E. CURRIER, New England Agent, ITO
Washington st., Boston.
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San Francisco savings banks hold
1927 1898, 469.49 for account Of depos-
itors. NEIL
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There are now about 80 electric fur
races operating in Italy, mostly near
Terni and Narni, Perugia, for the man
ufacture of calcium carbide.
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Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
the Ohildren's Home, In New York. Cure
Fevershness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disor-
ders, move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over Sc, 900 testimonials.
AT all druggists, 26c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen 8. Olmstead, Leroy, N. Y.
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There is one titled person to every 100
untitled persons in Russia.
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FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
rveRestorer. O. trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. R. H. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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PUTNAM FADrLRss DYES do not stain the
hands or spot the kettle. Sold by all drug
Qists
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Thanks to American and English
tourists Switzerland is able to support
1900 hotels on an annual income of
$25, 100000.
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remarkable falling off in pigeons for
there are some Of us who could not get
along without homing pigeon about"