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throwing stones at. some robins. He
was promptly requested to STOP, but
regarding this as Interference with
his personal liberty, dehantly told the
humane, lads that he guessed he'd do
as he pleased and continued heavinE
stones. The Audubons had the cour-
age of their convictions, and after due
wraning they pummelled the transgres-
sor into submission and then explained
why they appeared In the role Of bird
protectors. Numerous instances have
been observed Of the children putting
a stop to bird hunting and to cruel
treatment. $3.50. Is.
Results Are Chronicled.
AS the Kenwood school is small and
has but few advanced pupils, the
letters are many Of them mere state
scattered food or furnished water for
the birds, had put out straw, string /
or other building material, had built "a
a bird house, had protected nests and
birds from intruders. or had watched
their habits; some merely assured Mr..
Gregg that they had not injured any
BIRDS The letters show that a study
Of bird food has been made and that
the pupils are planning to gather sup I
plies Of seeds to be put out In cold
weather for the birds that remain in
winter.
Failures as well as successes were
| reported and one pupil was obliged /
to write sorrowfully that his bird
house had been untenanted. One Of
the most interesting points made was
mentioned by several. that they had /
| ~ baon O. much intarasted in them as
| tIis:~a,11nmer One nIni1 had seen I
1 more birds stnce beginning, bird study |
I than In all thes rest Sof2 his life. A
member Of the sA.sroom football team
] ait tryIng. to helm birds. =,
i Misfortunes are, not without their
compensation ana some OF the onll-
Euren' Hlloins That accaae1les WIZ De
iaii :5tne us, ulespase .
measures, sessapllslieaA plrI s.nvs
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q hold thelrZea ptured Quarters. :. ..sA
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slA ,..n e ,o,
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tie BIRDS @ 8 am solng. Gee
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enei 70 s. ay'
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: I Ifwish you were in.%Kenwood still to
see what good work the Audubon society
: has done. guess There a. million
n birds, here. I am sure they came be-
FL cause the nhaldrsn treated them we'll We
Isl all love them So YOU know, when the
p children asked their teacher;t5 What
d makes the lamb love Mary so?' the teach-
er said: 'Why, Mary loves the lamb, you
e know I think the little birds love Ken
d wood because we all love them.
I have put up a birdhouse, kept water
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= - 49, BIRTHS.
LABEL, Mr.. and Mrs. Noah. 1918 Sixth street
n, girl. - =|s.5f': ,-.s.<.:ss.@1 80
Carlson. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles, 1915 Grand
DieEeys Mr. and Mrs. H. G., 1925 Second ave
cederb1adt, Mr.. and Mrs. rank. Al Twenty
Wisemlller. Mr.. and Mrs. john 225 Eighth
avenue s. boy 81 :.ss z...eF
! Brantley, NJ: and Mrs. charles RI Al Elev-
enth street. fboy. E s: T. IS $s$FZ sssSsEs.ss%
Belangsr, NE. and Mrs Charles. f12o4 Second
street NE, boy. er.E3. s
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3 Boys Relatively. Giants.

-s-4E t 5.s SE.E. .
1 have tried almost every way could to
make the birds like Kenwood. / perhaps
haven't done much to make them stay in
Kenwood, but I have not done anything to.
make them go away. One day In J,1ne I
was playing with one Of the girls, when I
saw two boys throwing stones at birds SO
went up and told them that T thought
they would not like to have a great big
giant come and try to kill them or per-
haps kill them. I told them they were
just like giants to the girds. II finally got
them to promise that they would not hurt
any birds or drive them away from Ken
wood. -Hilma Critten.
put up a birdhouse and they came to
1t, but afterwards learned that It was
too near the ground. Then, made what I
called "a Birds Lunch Counter This
was made of a hoop CROSSED by wire, with
a box In the center and placed on a post.
It was very interesting to watch them
come to eat and drink. This gave me q
good chance to study them.
8..s3s - $500 ,s.tst ! John W. Macarthur Il
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The tragedy or , Nest.

always loved the birds, but when I
was very little I loved them too hard
When the little currant wrens built In
the current bushes went to see them ev-
cry day and more than once gave their
hiding place away to the bigger birds,
who drove the parent birds away. soon
learned better than that and had a chance
Of watching the catbirds that built their
nest SO we could see them closely from
the kitchen window which we did not put
up for fear Of disturbing them. They
built in the alder bush for three years and
the last spring I noticed that the mother
bird had not changed her position for
three days. I went UP quietly and found
she was dead; with three tiny skinny ba-
Ibies under her. IS .&s7l: $Ssss91
I took the stiff mother bird and with a
lot Of roses started to bury her, when 7
found that two of the little ones had still
a little life, I put them in the nest and
covered them with cotton, hoping the
! father would take care Of them. It raineG
in the night and buried them beside their
mother with a slab of grapebox with thu
date OMIT at their heads There is a pinl
| bed blossoming over their graves now ant
a squirrel is buried beside them. TIL
alder bush Is bare and there is no mes
with Its white cleth in 1t any more
! .t-<~ OLIVIA RoJl5 ~
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
RUSSIANS VS.. GERMAN.
Former Will Retaliate With a Duty II
Latter Persist

Berlin. Dee. s6-A letter from a CORES
pendent in 81. Petersburg 10 the vossische
Zeitung in Berlin SAYS that the Russians
are becoming ansered at the selfish oppO-
Sition OF the AgraTians in Germany 10 any
modification of the tsrin affecting Rus
sian produce. and are likely To retalsate
by clapping prohibitory duties on German
manufacturers and giving their orders
elsewher The writer says that for the
realization OF Russias political aims inn
rense additions TO her feet are required.
The attitude IF the German Asrarians.
however. has made her unwilling 10 place
further orders Tor ships with German
firms. As she has neither the shipbiiid-
ing accommodation nor the technical skill
which would enable her 10 construct her
Own ships she is compelled Ia buy them
from abroad The attitude OF the Ger
maa Asrarians Is. therefore. a serious
menace TO the German shipbuilding trade
and may mean the loss Of livelihood TO
1900 worlxmen for years TO come. In the
writer's opinion. the real need OF German
industry is a sensible tarifT policy, which
would further its interests far more than
long ministerial speeches. the expensive
missions OF experts to gather Information
abroad. or the lettering restrictions OF So
called state aid
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century, which are still paid In agree
ment with the Budget Committee. NJ
Thomson demands their suppression. ar
guing that they are contrary TO common
law and political equity. He proposes
that fer the current year the credit for
majorats should he reduced By So.oce
francs. Speaking in the Budget Commit
tee en- this question. NJ Rouvier. the n
nance minister, protested against any
action which might injure the credit OF
the state The first act Of the Assembly
in I7sS. on June l.. he said. was 20 place
the creditors OF the state under the safe
guard of the honor and loyalty OF the
French nation OF the si6 najorats Gre
ated by Napoleon. only 81 sim remain in
existence. the rest having lapsed for want
CT direct heirs. Two majcrats created BY
Louis XVII also remain. The probable
ity Is that in comparatively short Pc
Rod the greater number Of these remain
ing MA iorats VIII lapse. but II is thought
probable that the French Chamber Will
refuse 10 wait. and that before long these
Napoleonic pensions win cease TO be a
part Of the public debt
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
MINISTER is ATTACKED.
M. PeIIetan and Col. Rousset Get Into
IL Thick

Paris, Dec. 26.-M. Pelletan, the French
minister of marine, was the object of a
very bitter attack in the French chamber
the other day. but came out of the en-
counter with flying colors. Col Rousset
asked whether it was true that NJ Pei
letine had ordered the maritime project of
Toulon TO destroy a legal dosSer. When
the minister refused TO reply, on the
ground that he was not sufficiently &C
quainted with the facts, Col. Rousset in
of them. He asserted that M Pelletan
had on his own initiative quashed a de-
cree jof Justice and usurped the power
of the chief of the state. He owed an
letan said it was unprecedented that
minister should ont be allowed time
enough to obtain information. and prom
ised to reply on the next day Then he
admitted that he had quashed the SEN
tence in the case of a sailor named Ker-
morgan. There were, he explained, two
kinds of tribunals in the Marine Depart
ment-a court TO try offenders afoat and
another to deal with those on land. In
the case of the sailor in question, the
maritime project of Toulon had sent Ker-
morgan before the Marine court, whereas
he belonged to the land forces. Conse-
quently, the sentence project who had
made the mistake. After consulting COM
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CONDEMNS ABBEY LOISY.
Cardinal Richard Forbids the Students
to Attend His Lectures.

Paris, Dec. 26.-According 70 a Paris
correspondent of the London Times. Car
dinal Richard. archbishop of Paris, dur
ing his recent visit to Rome, made an
other vigorous effort to secure the new
Pontiicate what he had failed to obtain
from the old-a direct condemnation of
Able Loisy. the leading representative
of Liberal Catholic biblical exegists in
France. The Catholic organ. the Verite
Franchise announces that Cardinal Rich
ara has forbidden the pupils in the mein-
aries of his diocese to attend Able Lei-
sy's lectures at the Sorbonne. He has
furthermore called upon them to hand
over to their superiors any of the Abbe's
works which they may have in their pos
session. The Paris EcIair publishes an
interview with ''one of the most emf
nent of the consulting members of the
commission for biblical study" who de-
clared that the object of Cardinal Rich
definite condemnation OF Able Loisy.
This informant adds that NJ. Vigoroux,
the chairman of that commission. was
not at first a strong opponent of Able
Loisy. Indeed. he would have found moth
ing reprehensible in LEvangile ct PEglise
IF that book had been written in Latin
and only one hundred copies had been
printed. He considers, however, that
Able Loisy has gone too far in his latest
publication, 'Autour DUN Petit Livre.'
The interview concludes thus: VIII
Rome condemn Able Loisy? Opinions
are much divided. 1t is feared that his
ccndemnation would have grave cOnse-
quences. Able Loisy is the head of a
school and has many devoted admirers,
particularly among the younger clergy
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
WORSE SINCE 1877.
Overflow of the Neva in Russia Taken
as Warming.

ST Petersburg, Dec. 26-The latest over
flow of the Neva is but another warning
TO the inhabitants of St Petersburg OF
what may happen to them in the event of
a long series of westerly gales in the
Gulf of Finland. The food @ feet 6
inches) is the most serious that has oc-
CURED since 1877. when the Neva rose
10 feet inches above its ordinary level.
The great inundation of 1924 was the most
disastrous on record. on that occasion
the river rose Is feet S inches above it's
normal level. and inundated the whole
urban area of ST. Petersburg. The Kath-
airline. Ligoyski, and Obvodni canals all
have basins for the reception of surplus
waters, but they are CT little practical
value, as is shown in the present in
stance. There are two other canalized
channels, the Moika, and the Fontanka.
but these are not furnished with over
flow basins. All the islands, which are
of alluvial origin, are very low. Their
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
BEGINNING TO FEEL
Russians Do Not Treat Yellow
Race with Contempt
LOVE NOT FOREIGN DEVILS
But Do Not Care to Be Too
Sure of Their Game.

London, Dec. "a Moscow correspon-
dent OF one OF the newspapers says that
Russian writer's have altogether abau-
doned the tone of half-contsrart in which
they formerly spoke OF tie Citing quail
ties of the yellow races. Instead of com
pa-.ng the forces which Japan and Russia
seveTally control they are now consider
Inc now even IN insignificant military ex-
petition in the Far East would affect the
policy of Russia in general. The possibil
ity of Japan acquiring commanding in
fuence with the Chinese is the par5ic
ular bugbear of the moment. Certain Ill
tra-patriotic journals, whose habit is TO
beIittle everything which is not Russian.
still affect TO believe that China viii never
submit to the tutelage Of Japan, hisJor-
ically only a pupil OF China, but would
prefer to learn from those Western ma
lions which have taught Japan her new
civilization. The Moscow Gazette thinks
that China is absolutely irreconcilable,
and that Russia's position in Manchuria
must always he based upon force alone.
while Japan viii probably prove open to
profitable arrangements. On the other
hand, the Novosti fully believes in the
possibility of Japan and China joining
hands against the foreign DEVILS and
notes that Russia has frontier of ten
thousand versts (six TO seven thousand
niles contiguous with that of China. and
must prepare to bear the brunt of the
coming cataclysm. The Noyosti hopes
that the other powers OF Europe will see
the wisdom of siding with Russia before
it is too late, for if Japan succeeds in put
ting herself at the head of the Chinese as
against the outlander. then the danger
will be one for ali Europe, as well as for
Prussia
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MENELIk'S FINE PLAN
English Find That He Never IL
tended TO Assist Them.
AGAINST MAD MULLAH
He Simply Desired to Protect
His Own Country.

Paris. Dec. e6--N Leontin. who arrived
in France the other day from Abysinis-
had a good deal 10 say about the British
campaign against the so-called Mad Null
lah. Among other things. he declared
that the Emperor Menefek never intended
10 assis; the English in their offensive
operations against the Mullah. The only
object OF the Abysinians Is TO prevent tho
Mullah from invading shcir country Thus
the army of Ras Makonnen has only hal
occasion TO Intervene once. This was
when some Of the Muilah's forces at
tempted Ia cross the frontier and were
repuised There Is. NJ. LSontief says. no
alliance between the English and ths
AhvS<inlans. The two armies act indie
r,.ndentiy and on their Own account. and
their leaders are not unitei by any under
standing or BY any common tactics. The
present aim or the English Is 70 discover
are known TO the natives. nuicmfwNI
and take possession OF them. These are
known 10 tine natives. hut not 20 ths
English, who search for vnem at haphaz'
ard In order To md and seize these
wells the English are obliged To use ora
small forces The Mullahs soldiers eaiy
easily remain a day without drinking
This Is not the case with the sepoys,
whose health and spirits are affected by
the scarcity Of water. The English. In NJ.
Leontieffs opinion. have 90 deal wita
formidable enemy. The Mul!ah. &c thinks,
is a remarkable soldier and his army -
well supplied with arms and ammunition.
which. IL II rumored. are obtained from
English traders So the struggle is likely
to prove long and costly.
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highest points do not rise more than 10
feet inches above the average level OF
the Neya: ard the mainland is very 1T
tie higher than the islands II is a CON-
mon occurrence for The streets in parts Of
the yasiii ostrof 10 be flooded during
the winter. The branch OF the Seva fow-
ing southwest has a breadth of from 47a
to 700 yards, and maximum depth Of ~
feet The other branches are the Little
Neva. which. with the Great Neva. forms
the yasili ostror. and the Great Neya.
with the Little s.eva, froms the Peter
buigsAi Ostorff. Three other branches
encicse the islands of Elaghin. Krestovski.
Kammenyi, and Aptskalski- Smaller
branches of the Great ard Little Nevas
form the islands of Petrovski. Gclodsl.
and other smaller isands. The present in
uhdagion indicates that the consuuc ion
OF carsls to carry off surplus water. and
.he raising of the sescoass. are not safe
guards against foods in abnormal condi-
items
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ALL IN SAME FIX.
French Minister of Finance Explains
Financial Situation.

Paris, Dec. -6--The French minister OF
finance. NJ Rouvier. delivered a speech in
the French chamber the other day on
the financial condition of the country. lie
said that the fail in the price Of rents was
due TO various causes. All the public
funds of Europe had declined. and France
could not expect To be an exception. for
the money markets of the world were in
terdependent. Since June. 1902. he said
French rents had fallen three francs:
English consoIs. eleven francs: German
funds. two francs sixty confines; and
Russian stocks. TWO francs The with
drawal OF deposits from savings banks
was due TO other causes. among which
was party dissension. Replying TO an in
cidental Question put 10 him by NJ Janet.
as TO whether a state loan was con
templated. he said that the necessity Of
issuing such loan depended less or the
finance minister than on the policy fol-
lowed by the chamber However. at the
present moment he could say there would
be no new loan. The public treasury
contained two hundred and forty-eight
million francs. The treasury bonds no
longer amounted to more than one hun
and fifty million francs. There was how
ever, dark side TO that picture. There
were three hundred and eighty-three mill
lion francs of short treasury obligations.
with an infinitely small redemption fund
of one million francs per annum. II the
chamber by its policy. obliged thu finance
minister to issue forty or forty-five mil
lion francs more Of those obligations. no
one could feel sure that a loan would
not have to be issued. Returning 10 the
question of the savings banks. Minister
Rouvier said they had behind them seven
hundred million francs. In 1902. and In
the present year. three hundred and forty
million francs of deposits had been with
drawn. but that call on the banks had
been met withoNQny of the rente stock
belonging to thdUAeing sold or pledged.
The country was not impoverished. NJ.
Rouvier added that If nations sought 5he
friendship of France il was because be-
hind her army they recognized the
strength of her credit and the extent or
her resources.
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5000 IN THE LIST
Beer Poisoning Among English
MidIandS Extensive.
INVESTIGATION IS MADE
ArSinic is Found to Be the
Deadly Ingredient

London, Dec. 26-There are sorae dis
Royal commission on arsenical poisoning,
which has been investigating all the cir
cumstances of the extensive and fatal
beer poisoning in the English midlands
.n 1900 1t says that the number OF per-
sons who suffered was certainly 5000. and
probably considerably greater. Seventy
deaths are known to have occurred; but
at is believed that a large number OF
deaths certified as due to chronic aIco-
honsm, cirrhosis of the liver, Addsens
disease. or to alcoholic" ''peripheral,"
or multiple neuritis, were really cases
CT arsenical poisoning occurring before
the nature Of the epidemic was discover
ed. 1t is incidentally mentioned that the
period of prevalence Of poisoning was at
tended by a marked diminution of the
birth rate in the localities chiefly affected
The report adds that there can be no
doubt that a considerable proportion of
the beer brewed in some parts Of England
before 1900 contained noteworthy ouanti-
ties of arsenic. mainly derived from malt
and from brewing sugars, and that the
amount derived from malt must have
varied greatly in different parts of the
country. Malt had been shown to be sub
6ect TO arsenical contamination from the
Tuel used in the drying kiln, and in a
much greater degree when the fuel was
gas coke than when other forms of fuel.
such as oven coke or anthracite were
employed.
An important section of the report deals
with the ways in which foods Including
drinks are liable to be contaminated by
arsenic, and enumerates the principal in
gradients of food, or substances used in
food preparation, which are likely to con-
tain the poison. There are sulphuric acid
hydrochloric acid. glucose, 'invert" sugar,
glycerine, mineral and coal tar coloring
matters, caramel phosphoric acid and
phosphates boric acid and borates, malt,
and hops. a corresponding list of the fin
tshed foods, subject to arsencal contain
tnation includes beer, golden syrup and
treacIe, foods containing glucose, such as
certain syrups, jams, marmalade, adulter-
sted or artificial honey, and certain
kinds Of sweets and confectionery, Vine
gar, Demerara sugar. various extracts of
malt used in the prepared foods which,
under different names. are recommended
by manufacturers on the ground that they
will afford a meal without cooking or
other preparation, foods containing gly
ceEine, such as cakes a few meat extracts
which contain a large proportion of this
substance. and some kinds of confection-
cry. "Bole Armenia and other mineral
coloring matters consisting mainly of OK
ide Of iron are frequently added in con-
siderable proportion in the preparation Of
d variety of foods-for example, sausages,
enchovy preparations. cocoa, and certain
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London, Dec. 26-It is little remark
able that Russia should have set the
example of Europe of organizing a regu-
lar motor-car service for freight and pas
sengers over considerable distance. The
cars are to run regularly on time table
along the Circassian coast between No
vorossick and Sukhum- Kaleh a distance
of about two hundred and seventy miles
1t was announced some three months ago
that Prince Khlkoff the Russian minis
ter OF ways and communication. had pro-
ceeded in a motor-car down the Circas-
sian coast between the two points men
toned. From that ministerial tour of in
spection sprang the idea IF starting a
motor-car service on q commercial basis
and a company has now been formed at
st. Petersburg. with capital of three
millions of rubles, for putting the project
into practical operation forthwith. 1t is
doubtful whether railway over the
same route would repay the cost of con-
struction and maintenance. but a motor
car service will probably be lucrative if
it is organized and managed upon eco
nomical principles which are not apt to
prevail in Russia. The concession is for
twenty years, with power to the conces-
sionaries OF extending their field Of oper-
atoms