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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19
Personal and Other Items from tho
Mountain Town.
(specIaI 10 The ,rines.DIsnatc b = !,

Especial to The Times Dispatch)
SALEM. VA. July 1s.-Nfr H. G.
Hatcher has resigned as deputy sheriff
and jaller Of Roanoke county, and Mr..
D.. T. Blackwell. of the Cave Spring Dis
trict, has been appointed to the position.
MI. Blackwell will move his family to
Salem.
Dr.. Gordon Morgan. OF the Hospital
Corps. u. S. A.. who has been in the Phil
ippine- Islands for the past four years. is
now at home on a furlough visiting his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Morgan,
near Salem.
Miss Julia Campbell. of fredericksburg,
Pa, has gone to the Roanoke Red Sulphur
Springs for stay after visiting friends
here.
Miss Claudlne Kizer has returned from
Salisbury N, c., where she was the gdest
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. #. Allemong are
at Rawley Springs, Va, where they will
Mrs. William Simpson, OF Duncan. Miss.
Is visiting her mother, Mrs. c. G, Tomp-
klns, on High Street.
Miss Claudine Hutter. OF Lynchburg,
Va. Is visiting Judge and Mrs. W. Griffin
on Union Street.
Miss Nellie Edwards has returned to
her home In Floyd county after a visit
to her sister. Mrs. F. P. Hartman, on Broad
Miss Matte Brown of Buffalo. N, Y.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. Harvey
cutter. on Broad Street.
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recently on bird photography intent. saw
a battle royal in mid-air. The adjective
is used advisedly. for the fighting birds
were kingfishers. This bird Is built some
thing on the order Of battering ram. He
is far from graceful, but thesg glory of his
plumage goes long way in making up
for lack of the lines of beauty In con-
tour, The two kingfishers meeting In
battle In Mr., Hegner's view fought vi
ciously until finally one fell to earth
with a wing broken by powerful blow
from his antagonists beak a broken
wing for a klngfisher means death, His
means of livelihood are gone with his
means of flight.
Stricken as was the kingfisher, his
anger survived the stroke of his adver-
sary, and in picture taken of'him after
the battle he still showed in raised crest
and bristling feathers the passion In his
heart
1t is feared that the royal race of
.kingfishers is doomed to extinction. Man
In the utter self!shness of his nature
be grudges the bird the few fish which 1t
catches for the appeaslns of its appetite.
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nursery rhyme children are taught to be-
lieve that the "1ittle birds in their nests
agree" and agree out OF the nest as we'll.
The familiar ditty was written for its
moral effect. and 1t is true enough to
stand solely or the good 1t may do but It
must be recorded. reluctantly enough, by
the way that birds sometimes show what
Englshmen call nasty" temper.
Love and war always come together
with the birds. and as the old saying
makes all things fair in these two con-
tingencies possibly we cannot blame the
songsters for rowing" through the whole
courtship season. The male birds do the
fighting. while the charmer over whom
they have waxed pugnacious looks on
with apparent unconcern as to the out
come and weds the victor instanter.
IN MORTAL COMBAT.
r. w. Hegner. while tramping afield
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an entry In President wadswortt's Book
Relating TO College Affairs" an old MS.
volume now preserved in the Harvard
library, was raised May "a, lips. NO
life was lost, nor person hurt In raising
It, thanks be to God for His preserving
raised We House had a supper In We Hal.
after which we sang we first staVe or
staff In We 127 Psalm"
Even rSter 1t had been raised" how
ever, 1T was far from finished, and the
college appealed to the General Court for
an addition to the original loo POUNDS:
President Wadsworth, so said the peti.
toners, Can nowhere hire a convenient
house for himself. and his family is
divided, some dwelling in one house and
scme In another" In fact, winter found
the house unfinished. and another entry
In President Wadsworth's diary tens US
that In October some OF our family
lodged at We New House built for We
President. Nov. at night was We first
tine that my wife and / lodged there
;rha House was not half finished within
Nor was 1t wholly Finished within" till
1T27. when the amount necessary to COM
plete 1t was paid out of the college
treasury.
Naturally however, 1t Is the military
history that clusters about the old gam
brel-roofed structure that gives II Its
greatest interest to the modern visitor
and the mind goes back. although not
very easily, to the hot July days when
Cambridge was a fortified camp and the
walls Of the old house. echoing to the
voice Of Washington and his generals
heard the beginning of the plans that
we're to result in the evacuation Of Boston
and the first victory of American military
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ing stock alone. The cost Of getting the
roads in a fit condition for the race IS
about $500, and the bill for policing the
route will amount to something IKE twice
as much, Of which the treasury agrees
to pay one-third.
The expense of transporting the cars to
Ireland is considerable Item, but tins
Is far exceeded by the salaries and wages
paid to highly trained chauffeurs, and to
seine of the drivers of the cars, who, IT
is said, exceeded $500 each for their SER
vices.
OF course, this does not apply in all
cases Mr. Foxhall Keene, for instance,
and several others having volunteered
their services for the mere sport Of the
thing, or owing to a direct interest In a
certain make Of car.
It is estimated that the race caused the
spending of $500. 900 in Ireland by the com
petitors and the thousands Of visitors who
came over to see the event. but that
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into barracks for the Colonial troops.
or these buildings Massachusetts Hall
and Wadsworth House are still standing,
and Of the two, the latter. although less
noticed by casual visitor has had the
most varied history. For many years
indeed 1t was the one Harvard building
into which every student entered during
every year of his college existence, not
for the sake OF historical associations. but
In order to pay his bills at the Bursars
office, as the official residence of the
various famous cergymen who have con-
Quoted services in the Harvard Chapel
and Is thus associated with the beloved
name OF Phillips Brooks. as well as that
of, General Washington.
At the beginning of the Revelation the
Presidents House. as 1t was called, was
the first place chosen by the Provincial
Congress. then sitting at Watertown.
Mass, as General Washington's head
army we're removed to the old Vassall
Mansion. now best known as the Long
fellow House, and not only larger. but
further removed from the guns Of the
enemy During the period Of Washing.
tons occupancy, as the story was after
ward told by a member of the American
Medical Staff. the house narrowly escaped
destruction by n bomb that was thrown
from the British intrenchments on Cops
Hill and fell, with the fuse still burning.
into what is now Harvard Square and
very near the Generals quarters. A SOL
dler stamped on the burning fuse and put
IL out at the risk of his own life. Who
the soldier was has never come down In
history. but the story was told years af-
terward to President Quincy, Of Harvard,
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NEST IN sNAKEsKINs.

The power of hereditySis shown strong
Nv in the selection Of building material
by the birds. Possibly the most remark
able case In point is that of the great
crested fly-catcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
This bird is a noisy summer resident OF
the northern tier of States 1t builds Its
nest in a hollow tree, often occupying the
hole excavated by woodpecker. Almost
invariably the nest is lined with the cast
off skin of a, snake. The young fly
catchers are matched in the dark. They
probably can't see what 1t Is which forms
their warm bed. They are led into the
light of day, fed for while and then
turned loose to shift for themselves. The
next spring when the yearling tly-catch-
ers mate the first thing they do.is to
search the country for a snakeskin. and
they are mot happy TIL they get IT.
What Is 1t that puts the snakeskin idea
into their heads? The search for the
answer is likely to be longer than the
search of the birds for nest lining in a
snakeless country.
VIRTUES OF THE GATBIRD.
The catbird is held in contempt by
some of the thoughtless ones. Possibly
it's name is against the bird. 1t Is our
On rden friend, however, q patient and
treless warrior in the army battling
against the insect pests, The cntbird is
soberly dressed in the main, and rs II IN
half shame of its one bright touch OF
plumage, It hides tho olending req
feathers beneath its tall
What "a singer is our catbird! His roll
inp succession of notes would be well-nlsh
matchless did he not mar the performance
with an occasional Querulous. cat-like
tone. 'In the midst of Its music u some
times cries meouw, as Verslner puts
IT. II our friend would consent to cut out
n Ihar mr. two if his music he would be-
INC rival as n soloist Of MS cousin, the
hooking bird,
who has eight pairs of the birds nesting
this summer on his few acres OF ground
He wishes the number we're trepieu' ne
a thicl.- growing bush, though 1t OCCASION
civ sa,ects n tree. The photographer
Who would get a satisfactory picture OF
n catbird's home must needs employ
flash light, 1t, perhaps, goes Wllhout say
ing that most of the pictures taken nave
been secured after the bushes nave pfeh
cut away, an operation 70 wHich the cal-
bird yociferously ob)ecls.
EGGs OF RARE BEAUTY,
we hear much OF robin-egg blue and
art has succeeded in reproducing the color
fairly we'll, hut there Is fortune tqr the
nan who will put green upon the mar
ket that has the true nue. or the egg
of the catbird, 1t IS, OF az me greens OF
nature, thing apart IFS beauty is be-
vond that of sea. the grass..and the en-
erald To call the egg eemrllke Is to be-
little its beauty, And how the bird guards
| its TREASURED Approach II ever so care
| fully. and the alert father and mother
challenge you and your es ,en than for
devotion ia its home and Its young. the
| catblrd should be beloved Z once saw a
| her catbird, whose young We're In n
hush. Nv against the muSzle OF a pistol
held In the hand OF boy whose murder
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and man frequently shoots it on sight.
If the same rule were to apply to every
fish-lovIng woman and child 1t would
take but a few Fridays to depopulate
the earth.
The kingfisher adds a charm to every
waterside In the land. Its rafting cry
is one of natures own sounds. 1t wakes
the echoes in the wilderness and Its voice
blends with the noise Of the stream
tumbing over its rocky bed. Recently a
we'll known writer OF books on fishing
advocated the killing of all the king
fishers because they catch fish. The
writer told of his paying boy ten cents
a head for every kingfisher which he
shot. An estimate was given of the
number Of fish which the bird caught in.
a day-a small number at that-and then
with a delightfully."- unconscious incon-
sistency, the writer-sportsman told Of
the huge size of the strings OF fish which
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colored coat makes 1t inconspicuous.
Weed seeds are its diet, but 1t loves bread
for dessert. There Is a charm about the
birds domestic relation. 1t divides its
food with It's mate II 1t happens to run
across some particularly delectable It'd bit
which 1t thinks may not have come in
the way OF its seasons partner.
The chipping sparrow lines its nest
with horse hair, the hair from tall or
name. This habit gives the sparrow in
some sections of the country the name
of hair bird. There have come under my
own observation scores Of chipping spar
rows nests. and l have yet to see one,
which was not lined in with the material
but If it should be declared that
the bird never varies in its choice Of home
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women Of America. especially In the
South, have great prejudice against
work that savors of the servant. IT IS
fortunate thing that much OF this fool.
ish pride Is passing with the advent. OF
the new woman" who dares to do that
for which she is fitted independent of
what q few narrow, biggoted people may
say. II there is one thing above another
for which woman should be well ftted
1t Is to serve a meal daintily. since for
ages past 1t has been their Inherited
duty The majority of men and women
would rather be served by girl walters.
Asked the reason, they would probably be
unable to say.
To an observant person the reason is
obvious. clean cloth. napkin, plate
cup and saucer, knife. fork. spoon, etc.
are requisites. A man walter puts them
on the table and the business man comes
In to his Lunch the dishes are there just
as the inkstand. pen. blotter and file are
on his desk. to be used when required.
His lunch becomes merely part Of his
daily task. Now let some neat. fresh
gives the cloth a pull here. changes tho
position of knife and fork, puts the sugar,
cream and various other condiments
within easy reach. and yet does not mar
shall them side by side like row OF sol
dlers; gives feminine pat to the nap
kin. Behold the change. What was
once a place where the dinner was served
has become daintily arranged table for
| the exact patron who secures 1t. Again.
| the appearance Of the Waterman is a.
social animal and a bright, pleasant girl
| who is willing to smile upon and ex-
change the com pliments of the season
possesses an attraction for the average
| man. Many men habitually dine at res.
taurants and know their walter and call
! for them each day. If for any cause she
| is absent they are sure to ask one of her
! companions what Is the matter.
chat and winning smile. These girls work
about the. same number Of hours as the
average working girl, and are paid per-
| haps trife more. OF course, here as
| in all other places, there are all classes,
] but all are respectable and many Of them
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SOME BIRD
SURPRISES
War Among Males the Rule
in Courtship.
a BATTLE TO THE DEATH y 4 tt
Chipping Sparrow Doorstep Friend
Catbird's song-Devotlon to Its
Home and Young-Eggs
Of Rarest Green,
q BATTLE TO THE DEATH
(BY EDWARD B. CLARK

Associate Member American Orn'tho'o-
gists Union, Author OF birds OF Aa ,e-
side and Prairie" etc2
,-, HERE are daily surprises IN
IT store for every lover or BIRDS,
Surprise is the spice OF lleld
SG work. Things are set down in
lAEaSgI the books as rules. governing
'-"-- life in feathers, and, 10, walk
abroad in the morning will set the books
at naught.
It is impossible to put down one thlng
as an invaluable rule, for the bros WI!
break 1t before it is dry on the paper.
RED WINGS IN TOWN,
"Where can find the red winged black
birds nesting?" Chicago friend asked
me recently.
"You can't find them nearer than the
stretches of the Skokie Swamp, north
of the city," answered. 1.-THE red wing
never comes to town"
An hour later I found pair of red
winged blackbirds building nest within
four blocks of my city home. The birds
had pre-empted bit Of damp ground in
what is known as the "debatable land
a tract claimed by Captain streeter on
the one hand, and by score of million
aires on the other.
The red wings were constructing their
nest in the rushes under the shadow OF
Marconi wireless telegraph station.
City streets hemmed in the site, hundreds
of people We're passing constantly, and
yet Captain Blackbird with his orange
and gold epaulets shining on his shoulders
and making him a fair mark for the
stones of every idle boy. lowered over the
heads OF intruders. and called his
"conk-er-ee" as blitiiely as though he
were above the isolated swamp of the
countryside.
TRAGEDIES OF BIRD LIFE
There Is an interesting family to-day in
the nest hidden in the rushes of that
wet town lot, Some boy did find the father
blackbird Shining mark, and the devoted
creature is now helping his mate fill
the mouths of the hungry family, while
one of his legs are broken by a stone
from slungshot. hangs dangling.
BIRD life Is full of tragedy In the old
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THE REsTAuRANr GIRL.

There arc many occupations for women
formerly peculiar to the Northern States
which are gradually penetrating the one
time conservative South. Some of these
will never become popular in the South,
while others have already gained con-
siderable footing. Notably among this
latter class may be mentioned the work
of girl walters in restaurants, lunch
rooms and ice cream saloons. This work
is not at all unpleasant and by far more
hygienic than very many kinds OF work
performed by girls. For some reason the
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'WHlSKBY AND BEER HABIT.
PERMANENTLY CURED BY
nORRINE"

Physicians and scientists throughout tbs
world have long since pronounced drunkenness
q disease of the nervous system, creating
morbid craving for a,stiu,plant. Systems vary
as to the kind OF drink that Will satisfy this
craving-sonle want whiskey, others beer, wine
kimnlel etc, the use of which will eventually
result In running the health and bringing on
disease. In many cases ending In death.
"ORRlNE I" permanently removes the gray
Ing for liquor, restores the organs OF tae
stomach to their natural condition and Ia
proves the appetite aud digestion. It contains no
Injurious drugs of any description. "ORRlNH"
can be given without the PATIENTS knowledge,
II desired. n tea, coffee. water or milk, II re-
auires nc Office or sanitarium treatment, but
cal be taken at home We will refund the money
Il It falls TO do all that Is claimed fo. It.
Mr.. Z. T. Sims, Brooklyn, n. W wrltesi
use my name as twenty-year drpnkard 70;
stored TO manhood aud health by boxes OF
'ORRlNE,' II Is a wonderful and marvellous
cure for the drink habit
The price of "ORRINE" is 81 per boz.
/, boxes for S. Mailed III plata, sealed wrapper.
BY ORsINs Co., BIT 18th ST., N. W., Washing,
ton, d. c. Interesting booklet tseaicd) free Oh
request. Sold and recommended BY
POLK MlLLER-coLEMAN co,
iot East Broad Corner First Street.
: POLK MILLER DRUG CO..
1884 East Main Street,
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IRELAND is PLEASED
WITH THE AUTO RACES

{special Cable to The Times-Dis6atch.
Copyright. 1909
DUBLIN. July S.-The Irish have
gained large enough share Of the 100000
which the recent automobile race cost
to make them we'll pleased with the whole
affair. Putting the average value Of
each Of the twelve competing cars at
SIS, 600. the sum of $4,000 represents roll
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finishing material. some patient observer
would be sure to stumble across an ex-
ception to weaken the rule Once upon
time there We're no horses in America.
and what spizella socialis used then for
its house can only be matter OF con-
lecture
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banded, not to reassemble until after the
military occupation of Cambridge. and
every available building had been turned
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Gus intention had OWNED too late to
save the bird. that in truth was faithful
into death.
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these figures are we'll under the mark
may be judged by the prices asked for
accommodation
For single room as much as $50 per
night was asked; 800 has been the price
of accommodation for small party for
one night In the neighborhood of XII
meade, and small plot of ground add
joining the course cost, In one instance,
500 for a weeks camping,
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strategy, carefully considered and worked
out in detail. over the British forces.
The college itself had temporarily dis
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ASSOCIATE Member american OrH'tFluto-
r,sts, Union, Author of Birds OF Lake
side and Prairie" etc) /.
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Z SALEM SELECTIONS

Concluded next weekly.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-13
A. W. Jermv, the Paper hanger.
ehattei Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue Of chattel mortgage given by
George CLANCY to John W. Cupplcs and
also mortgage given 10y George Chaney
to Mrs. Charlotte Doris and which mort
cages are both now owned by John W.
Cupples.
The undersigned will on Saturday, the
18th day Of June, 1903, Mt . o'clock p M,
at the front door Of W. J. Clark's coal
office on Adams street, in the town OF
Monte Vista in the County Of Rio Grande,
State Of Colorado. offer for sale and sell
To the highest bidder for cash the follow
ing described property, o-wit:
Three single harness, five double har
ness, two surries. five bugeies, three
horses, one spring wagon.
And will apply the proceeds of said sale
to the debts mentioned in said mortgages
interest and costs. JoHN W. CurrLEs.
BY W. S. WOODS. His Agent.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-13
w. j. Marshall.

Eight ear loads of lumber for the
new mill came in Tuesday and the
rest of the material Is all ordered
and on he road. The work of con-
struc'ion will soon begin and it will
not be long before bigger and bet
ter mill will loom mp in the place
where the former one s,ood.-La
Jara Chronicle.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-13
President Roosevelts utterances

President Roosevelt's utterances
at the recent banquet at Tacoma.
Wash, are being much commented
on. He sad: II would like to
be president OF the United States
for another term, but this much l
will say, propose TO be president
this term. would rather be all
president for three and one half
years than half president for seven
and half years"
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-13
Champagne Toasts.

A story Is told that recently in
Los Angeles tve prominent gentle.
men of foreign birth chanced to
meet One wns Russian, one II
Turk. one Frenchman, one an
American. and the other an
Englishman. The gentlemen Ike.
came bosom friends, aud finally u
D champagne supper was proposed,
nt which each gentleman, to he IN
keeping with the times. was to
give toast to his native country,
=, the one giving the best toast to be
at no expense for the wine.
Here are toasts given:
The Russian-''liere's to the
stars and bars of Russia, that were
never pulled down.
The Turk-''Hcrc's to the
moons of Turkey, whose wings
were never clipped"
Inc CTcuCuuIuu T llctc w tuc
cock of France, whose feathers
swerc never picked"
The Amcrican-"iIerc's to the
. Stars and Stripes of the United
States of America, that never
Atrailcd in defeat
The Englishman-"liere's to the
rampin', roarin' lion of Great
Britain, that tore down the stars
and bars Of Russia. clipped the
wings Of turkey, pIuked the fcath.
ers of the cock Of France, and ran
like HI from the Stars and
Stripes Of the United States Of
America"
The Englishmnn paid for no
champagne.
The Monte Vista journal., 1903-06-13

Its only strike we are making. and
brilliant effect, surely. 1t strikes con
stcrnation to the hearts OF the old style
merchants, hut it's good thing for you
and the rest OF the public.
We believe you will he interested in
our thirty day opening sale. We are
Offering goods at prices lower than ever
offered on this market before. You will
find at our store nice, clean, new stock
Of hardware, tinwarc, granitcwarc, at
prices To suit your purse and present
hard times.
Give us trial.