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The Weather.

The only disturbing condition outlined by the
weather reports OF yesterday was the storm area
central over southern Florida. II was causing
only light rain at scattered points nthe Gulf
section There was also light rain In the
State Of Washington and coudincss in the lower
Lake regions. elsewhere fair weather was main
tanned.
The pressure was high over all the interior of
the country.
1t was cooler In almost all the Atlantic and Gulf
States and warmer In most districts west OF the
Mississippi River. Freezing temperatures covered
the greater part OF New England and ross occurred
as far South as Tennessee Mississippi, Alabama
and Georgia
In this city the day was fair; wind light TO fresh
westerly: average humidity, ~ per cent; oarom-
eter, corrected 10 read to sea level, at A. NJ,
sos4; p. NJ, $3.50.
The temperature yesterday, as recorded by the
ofncia thermometer. Is shown IN the annexed table:
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MARRIED..

GEARE-DAVIS.-On Wednesday, November s, In
Church OF Holy Trinity Brooklyn, N. Y, by the
Rev. John II. Mcsh, Irene Blackwell, daughter
OF George H. Davis OF Hanover. n. j.. TO Ran
dolph Edward Spencer Gcare OF Washington.
d, C.
PoTTER-DUFF.-At ST. Johns Episcopal Church.
Brooklyn, on November II, Elizabeth Patter-
son, daughter OF Mr.. and MIS- Peter Dur, to
Ar. Francs Drake Potter.
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BONN / \ ESIlIlS 4

Cure headsche, constipation. dizziness, dyspepsNSs
Give new life 10 old vers Never disturb diges''on
Az Druggists or Wholesale by Crttenton-
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DINNER TO PRINCE LOUIS.
Chief Guest OF Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nj
ThompsOn-The Other Guests.

ThOnpSOn-The Other Guests'
COL and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson Of
No. East Sixty-ninth street gave dinner
last night in honor of Prince Louis Of Batten-
berg. The other guests were Prince Alex
ander, Capt. King-Hall, whose wife, Lady
Mabel King Hall, is house guest of Mrs
Thompson Capt. Kerr Capt. Dare, Capt.
Pierce, Capt. Farquehar, Rear Admiral
Evans and Mrs. Evans, Capt. Coghlan and
Mrs: Coghlan, Gen. Chaffee and Mrs. Chaffee,
Gen. F. d. Grant and Mrs. Grant, Gen.
Mills and Mrs. Mills of West Point, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stephen H. Pell, MIR. and Mrs. j, Fred
Tams, Mr.. and Mrs; Douglas k0binson1i SIo
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parish. Jr;. Mr.. and
Mrs. benjamin Welles, Mrs. Adolph Laden
burg, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Livingts son,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Alexander, Mrs. j.. West
Roosevelt, Mrs. Eben Wright, Miss Violet
Cruger, Miss Caroline Edgar, Miss Lor-
raine Roosevelt.
Prince Alexander to-day will be the
guest of MIR. and Mrs. Stephen H. Pell at
their Tuxedo residence.
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beauty in the women of the United States
Mrs. Jeanette Pomeroy is the expert who
will make the personal investigation for
the committee. She has been studying
feminine loveliness for thirty years and
ought 10 know something about it. It is
said that she will show that beauty ia less
a matter of accident and prenatal influence
than of environment and hygienio condi-
tions,n ~
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To Picture the St. Johns Guild Work.

The trustees of st. Johns Guild have
issued announcements that at the annual
meeting to be held on Tuesday afternoon
next at half past 3 O'Clock, besides the
reading Of the annual reports by officers
and ohairmen Of committees, there will
be a description Of the work with stereopti-
con illustrations, addresses by Charles
A. Moore and William Sherer and a short
musical programme, The meeting will be
held at the Madison Square Theatre in
West Twenty-fourth street.
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Edna Hopper Taken to a Hospital

Edna Wallace Hopper. whose illness with
appendicitis is exciting concern among
her friends, was taken from 2s West Thirty
third street to DR.. Walkers private hospital
Yesterday. A consultation Of physicians
was held there last night to decide about an
operation, but the result of the consult alton
was not made known.
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Tom O'Rourke Leases His uo,e,

Tom O'Rourke says he has leased his
Delevan Hotel, at Forty-first street and
Broadway, to a syndicate for four years
The place will be closed for two weeks and
Its name will be changed
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Train Kills Henry Blackwell.

TENAFLY, n. j.. Nov. ll.-Henry Black
we'll. 65 years old, was instantly killed by a
train on the Northern Railroad near the
TenaAy station this evening. He was a
we'll known citizen Of this place
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PERCENTAGEOFWOMAN'SBE4UT!'

In This Fair Land OF Ours to he Studied
by Mrs. Pomeroy.
Charles Hemstreet, who arrived yester-
day by the American liner Philadelphia
from Southampton, is the American secre-
tary Of committee Of eminent physicians
Of several nstionalties who will determine
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COYOTES ONCE MORE COuuoy.
Eastern Oregon StOckinen Again Organiy.
Ing TO Fight the Pest.

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 2C.-For the first
time in rome years coyotes are plentiful
on the eastern Oregon plains this wear.
Once almost driven out by the determined
ehorts OF the stookmen and the cooperation
OF state and county governments they are
causing trouble on tho sheep ranges.
Several years ago the State placed a
bounty on their heads and many eastern
Oregon, counties offered an additional sum
1or scalps presented to the County Clerk.
lhe sheepmen organized big coyote hunts
and the animals were all but driven out.
For a time II was a rare thing I o see a band
and this made the sheepmen careless.
This year finds them again very abundant
and they are attacking sheep and even
worrying droves OF cattle. Coyotes have
a systematic way Of rounding up a bunch
OF SHEEP, and then keeping them moving
cont inually. Many thus die Of exhaustion,
although only few are eaten.
Stockmen are beginning to resort to their
old ways OF Kidding the country Of coyotes.
Inc state bounty law il yet in force and
the sheepmen will organize coyote hunts.
me oregon bounty law has been a source
OF great abuse and the State has beer robhd
of many hundreds Of dollars About thrcr
years ago scheme was discovered ~
which coyote scalps had been shipped into
TINS state Tor months from Idaho, where
there Is no bounty, and the regular fec
collected.
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| ornaments which had been scattered among
the various palaces of the Kremlin, we're
collected in the Palace of Arms, built by
Nicholas !. in ls49. He brought back to
Moscow some of the ancient jewels and
crowns that were taken to st. Petersburg
during the reign of Alexander I. In the
various glass cases are the dresses and
belongings of many rulers.
The crown Of the Kingdom of kazan is
preserved as q relic of the last Gear of Kazan
before the Tatar country became a Rus
sian province, bearing the same name.
1t was Ivan ~. who, after repeated as.
saults on the city Of kazan, finally con-
quered it in 1852. and baptized Ediger. the
last Tatar monarch, as Simon into Chris
tianity.
II was to celebrate this happy conolu-
sion Of the wars with the Tatars that Ivan
magnaniInously presented him with the
crown. 1t is Of Tatar workmanship,
surmomted with pale ruby. In the gold
ornaments which surround the crown
below the apex there are pearls, sapphires
and other precious stones, A band Of Inn
perial sable surrounds the base.
Near this crown is the imperial globe Of
Michael Feodorovitch, which was made
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The ancient symbols Of the imperial
power of the Romanoffs are probably much
safer to-day than living members of that
dynasty. The crowns and sceptres Of the
present reigning family of Russia are for
the most part preserved in the Wintor
Palace at st. Petersburg and even the per-
son Of tho Car Is no more closely guarded
than these outward and visible signs of his
divine authority.
Nothing in the Winter Palace is accounted
more remarkable than this treasure as it Is
called. II is kept in n room on the second
floor Of the palace and this is closed with an
iron door.
Two under officers stand guard there
night and day and visitors are allowed to
inspect these riches only under the super
vision Of soldier The iron door is closed
end locked once the visitors have been ad-
mitted to the room. Then the treasures are
revealed in glass cases.
The most wonderful OF these insignia
of the Emperors in point OF value is the
sceptre Of the Gar, which contains the
famous OrlofY diamond. There are various
traditions surrounding It's history, but of
its value there is no doubt.
The story told in the palace has it that
the stone was one of the two diamonds
forming the eyes Of gold lion which stood
at the foot Of the throne Of the Grand Mogul
at Delhi. The stone that formed the other
eve was the Koh-i-Noor, which is now
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Hornl,li That Impris ons Mate.

FROM Tht SCteHVVr american.
remarkable mode OF incarceration ia
pract by the horn bills, birds with immense
bills and horny crests. which inhablt Southern
Asia the Ma,ayan lslands, and Central and
Southern Africa. In most il not all species
the brooding female il walled up In Q hollow
tree and fed by her mate.
She remains confined In her prison until
the eggs are hatched, and in some species
until the young birds are able to fiy. Mean
while the mother has beoTne temporarily
incapable OF flight. az she has mo,lted or at
loast shed all her wing feathers, during her
captivity. But the male ia indefatig ble
in providing for his family. snd is said to
work 40 hard that he IL reduced almost 70 4
skeleton at the end Of the brooding season.
According 10 the theory OF many natives
tho female is imprisoned to prevent her
Degleoting her duty Of brooding, and II she
has been unfaithful or negligent her mate
closes the little window Of her cell and aban-
dons her to a painful death by suffocatlon.
The true story. perhaps, ls this The female
walls herself in so that she cannot fall from
the nest after losing her feathers, and also
10 protect herself from enemies. The build
ing material is her own excrement. This
version Ia less poetioal than the other. but it
ia probably nearer the truth. IL is sup
ported by the statement that the female
liberates herself as soon as the young birds
are well grown. so that her prison Ia less
formidable than il appears.
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The tower which forms the gate was
built In 149l by an Italian architect and
bespeaks its origin plainly.
More sacred to all good Russians is the
resurrection gate which contains the
Chapel of the Iberian image Of the Mother
of God. Here the Gar and his family must
first come on arriving at the Holy City.
Here lie must halt and say prayers before
going to the palace in the kremlin.
No Russian, unless he be Jew or Anarchist. .
asses the ikon without crossing himself.
/ Strangers who are not willing to perform
= this ceremony are advised to not approach
the chapel for fear their unusual conduct
/ may attract unfavorable attention. The
chapel, which Is very small Is nearly always
crowded with nuns and beggars.
The ikon is an exact reproduction of the
image of the Virgin in the lberian convent
on Mont Athos. It was offered by the
clergy to the second Of the Romanoh Cars
in l84s after the copy had been made with
the utmost solemnity.
The background is dark brown, as in the
case Of all the figures of the saints made in
Russia. On the right cheek is the mark Of
blow made by n Tartar soldier.
The shoulders OF the image are covered
with precious stones, there Is a crown Of
rare pearls on the head and rayon Of dia-
nonds. The image is draped in cloth Of
gold
Good Russians believe that this image
oan overcome all evil influences. During
the war with Japan it was carried TO the
front with the troops. That was a severe
test Of it's efficacy but the outcome did not
affect the faith of the Russians. All those
who can afford it pay to have the image
brought to them when they are i'll, and it is
frequently seen in the streets in a carriage
drawn by four and eight horses in costly
harness and surrounded by laokeys in eab-
crate liveries. The priests follow in car
riage
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STORIFS or BIRD LIFE.
Pigeon Goes 10 BANK Every Da

MoorosrRie correspondence indianapolis Times,
Everard h. Hadley. assistant cashier OF
The Farmers Bank, last summer raised a
beautiful white pigeon which is great pet.
The pigeon began following him to the bank
every day. going home with him TO meals.
II the pigeon happens 10 be late and misses
it's owner. IL flies to the bank and beats against
the window with its wings till the door is
opened. or else takes its station Oh an Indian
cigar sign nearby and watches for patron
to enter the bank. when 1t alights on the
mans shoulder, rides into the bank and seeks
4 nnsiIi0n nehr Mr. Hndlev.
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GZ0Hr or THE CzAP
MICXHEE EE000P0EI7T,H

by Greek jeweller. On the right is the
sceptre of Alexis Miohaelovitch. Both OF
these were made during the seventeenth h
century, about fifty years having inter-
vened between the dates at which they
were designed.
Michael Feodorovtch's crown il heavily
ornamented with .iewelry in the old Rus
sian style and called the crown of astrakhan.
The crown and globe Of this Michael, son
of Feodor, are especially interesting, since
he was the first of the Romanoff Cars
His sceptre and that Of his son, Alexis
are both examples Of the finest work OF
Greek artisans and both bear the Russian
eagles, which had not hitherto appeared,
although they decorate also the sceptre
of Peter the Great.
These sceptres are stalls Of gold, heavily
carved and enamelled. The decorations
are also set with rare Jewels and some stone
of especial value is always placed at the
top.
Ivan V. of Russia was the halfwitted son
of Feodor, who was made co-Czar with his
brother, Peter, through the Vaccinations
of his half-sister Sophia, who did not want
to see oil the power in the hands OF Peter.
He was scarcely permitted to exercise any
appearance Of authority and scarcely
needed crown. His sister was put into
a convent for her share in the part and Peter,
who afterward became known as the Great,
reigned alone, to the glory Of his country.
The Red Gate to the Kremln in which
these monuments OF old Russia are pre-
served leads directly on to the Red Square
whence it gets the name by which it is
most frequently called But st. Nicholass
Gate ia the real name, because of figure
of the saint in mosaic which forms part of
its ornamentation. He is represented az
the patron of the afflicted.
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Stealuboa, Han into Flock OF Geese.


From The WdshiaVtJH Sur.
Capt. Baily Reed. master Of the river
steamer Harry Randall. reports a singular
occurrence that happened on the trip Of his
steamer up the river Thursday night. Cap
tain Reed SAYS that the attention OF the men
ia the pilot house was attracted TO a singular
noise in the air over the steamer. like she
was passing through flock of big birds.
Turning on the searohlight II was dis
covered that large flock Of wild geese
ilying low. had run afoul OF the steamer and
blinded by the rays of the searchlight. were
dyng wildly about the smokestack. Several
OF the big birds struck The stack. but fell into
the water where they could not be recovered
in the darkness. The men on the steamer
fired on the geese. but failed 10 bring any
home. though they claim they shot several.
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Needed Light From the Fire.

In the little town OF Wilmington Is n fire
department in which the citizens take great
pride. II Ia composed of volunteers and AT
the hrst alarm the force assemb bles so bur-
riedly that the equipment Ia not always com.
plete, 10 eo'n-
Not long ago a FIRE broke out at midnight
When the department arrived only one Ian
tern could be found. The smoke was po,ir.
ing out OF the building, but no flame an
peared, and the night was very dark Finally
Tongue OF flame shot Out OF one corner OF The
building. The crowd cheered as the innn
toward It.. ""'e'
Al this crisis the excited captain sbouted
BE careful what you are doing, mani Keen
the water OF that! II is the onIy Iight We'vp
got to put out the firs by we w
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Legend or Rich and Worthy Gentleman
From Hdrper's MnOd,ine.


This Don Juan Manuel, senior, was a rich
and worthy gentleman who had the bad
vice Of killing people Every night at II
O'clock, when the palace clock was striking
he Went out from his magnificent house
as YOU know. sehor, it still Is standing In the
street that has been named after him all
muffled in his cloak, and under IL his dagger
in his hand.
Then he would meet one. in the dark street
and would ask him politely: What is the
hour OF nighI?" And that person. having
heard the striking Of the clock, would answer
II Is eleven hours of tn" night" And Don
Juan Manuel would say To him: Senior
You ar" fortunate ahpye all men because
yOu Fuuv prNr'S.lv III" hour At which you
de- hon h" would thrust with hs dagger
"ud then, l'"ring the dead gentnman lying
~ ~" street h, would come back again into
~ o&n Iomc. iud this bad vice of Don
In1n Mann"r> of killing people went on
: nor TOR Il great many years.
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Wild Geese as lDeeoys.

Fr0n We WoShinaDpn Star.
In a shipment received by q Arm on the
hsh wharf this morning from oonslgnor iii
the mountains OF North Carolina we're six
eagles and six wild geese, all alive and hungry.
The eagles were OF the bald aud American
varieties and were large birds. The Wild
geese. 1t is stated. were caught several months
ago and have been trained to act as decoys
for Wild ducks ana geese.
The birds have had the web OF one foot
split and the bone OF one OF the wings re-
moved 40 that when they swim or fly II 10 in a
circle and they have to come back to the point
frcm which they started.
Put overheard they cry to the geese flying
and attract them to alight. 80 that the hunter
can get a good shot at the wild ones. The
seese, It s stated. bring high prices. tiOo often
being paid for well trained wild decoy goose
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among the English Crown trea sures

among the English Crown treasures.
mercenary stole the stone and fed
with it to Malabar. where he sold it for
10000 guneas to the captain of a vessel,
who in turn sold it to a Jewish merchant
for 1000 guineas
Ultimately the stone fell into the hands
Of an Armenian merchant, who took it 10
Amsterdam, where II WAS bought by Count
Orlof. He paid the merchant more than
sloo 600, gave him yearly income of S4OO
and created him baron. Then the count
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A FENCE OF MOOSE ANTLERS.
2,.5OO or THEN Used TO DECORATE
CY BL.4NCHARDS WALL.
The Combination Used Now as Proof OF q
Tradition That Moose Shed Their
.tntlers Yearly In q Certain Part OF the
Maine Woods Near MOosehead Lake.


/ Maine Woods Near MOosehead Lake.
GnEESv1LLE, Me-, Dec. 3o.-A very old
| Indian tradition asserts that all the bull
moose OF eastern and northern Maine
make journeys to the west shores Of Moose
I head Lake at the close Of the year for the
purpose OF casting their antlers. Though
the story has passed for fiction among
the Caucasian residents, there are not a
few old hunters and woodsmen who believe
1t, and relate tales about the abundance
OF moose antlers among the maple woods
twenty-five miles north Of this village.
Charles Anance, a halfbresd, says that
he filled two box cars with discarded moose
antlers six years ago and shipped them
10 New York, where cutlery manufacturers
purchased the lot for knife handles. He
cleared $500 from a weeks work.
The first white man who used his knowl-
edge Of the habits of moose to advantage
was old Cy Blanchard father OF CYRUS
Blanchard, member Of Gov. Cobb's coun-
Gil. The old man was the owner of vast
timber tracts in Piscataquis county and
when the land was sold of to settlers the
town Of Blanchard was named for him.
As he grew old he built big house in the
north part of the town and surrounded
1t with high stone wall, crownne the slate
coping with a dense fence of moose ant
les, all Of which had been picked up among
the woods west Of the lake. About fifty years
ago, when a star route mail line was put
on between Blanchard and Monson, a post
office was established near the big Blanch
ard house, and 1t is still known as Moose
horn.
More than $500 moose antlers have been
placed on top of the Blanchard stone fence
since it was built, though most of them
have been broken by snow and ice or eaten
by insects
The moose Of Maine drop their antlers
from December 15 to January |, though
few very aged ones may retain these
ornaments until February. Old hunters
say that they could go out among these
woods fifty years ago and pick up a hay-
rack OF fine anters in forenoon, though
they have not been so plentiful Of late.
Though moose anters will keen for an
indefinite time when housed and removed
from moisture, they fall to pieces very
fast when left in the woods. Those shed
In the winter remain firm until spring,
but as soon as warm weather arrives a
small borer gets into them and reduces
them TO a fine powder in a few weeks
though thousands OF antlers are dropped
IN the Maine forests every winter, no hunter
ever finds one the next summer.
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Quail Lives With Chickens.

Nobdsh correspondence Cincinnati En- ouirsr.
Near the barnyard Of Lit Lofand, a farmer
Of this county, an old quail Matched her brood
and the entire family proceeded 10 make itself
at home with the chickens.
They followed the fowls around continually
but one day the mother with twelve of her
little ones disappeared, leaving the thirteenth
alone and the quail seemed to be as contented
as though II were with the old quail, Lofand
moved to another farm this week and the
QUAIL was oooped up with the chickens and
immensely " '"'"'' hie
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BlS EasIe Comes to Town In Car.

From the LouisTHs Post.
In struggle with an eagle which few
from an empty box car In the yards OF the
Southern Railroad Jesse VOLTS clorhing
was torn in several places. After he had
MANNED the bird with pistol shot he de-
spatohed II with blow in the head with a
wagon spoke. Wolf will have the bird,
which measures 5 feet 5 inches from tip to
tip OF wings, stuffed.
The bird is thought TO have secreted itself
in the box car while IL was IN eastern Ken
lucky and was unable to gain it's freedom
until the car was opened upon its arrival
this city.
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Great Treat for hooks and Crows
From ne London Doiiy Mail

From me London DoNG Adu
An eXterminator used a. he Mid-Surrey
Golf Club Richmond. has succeeded in un-
earthing and killing $40 worms on one square
yard OF ground. From the whole thirty-fve
square yards composing the greens three
and half hundredwesht OF worms were
taken.
The sprnkling of the powder on the Mid
Surrey clubs greens was not devoid OF Il
humorous aspect. Thousands of crows and
rocks took The opportunity and partook Of
such gsrgantuan meal that they weT IN
walking on The ground swaving from lie
10 side and unable To make any real effort
10 nv
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Greedy Seagulls.
From the TG%oma ledger.

From The T0S0md ledger.
A Nansimo fisherman had unique eI-
perience with n fook OF seasulls several
evenings ago, lie reached Nanaino In an
open boat containing two tons Of herring
While uptown the seagulls took possession
OF the. boat. On his return all but sixty flew
away. This number had SO Rorsed them.
selves with herring that they could not fiy.
but hoped about in q state OF helplessness.
Tile fisherman finally climbed into the boat
and lifted them overheard. They were able
to swim with an effort. and most of them
went ashore to recover from the efforts OF
their feast.
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rot strong enough to hold his prey But he
il Il handsome fellow and rarely one may
hear sweet little song az no sits on the top OF
s,me lcafless bush, particularly late in the
winter But generally he Ia silent. like the
true birds Of prey, or at best gives only rasp-
inV eoueal
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Strange winter bird.


There Ia strange little bird. about as
big as robin. which nearly every winter
brings us, He is generally alone, like tiny
black and gray hawk in many OF his ways.
but related truly TO the gentle vireos and wax
wings.
He is the Northern shrike, or butcher bird,
and h" gets cruel living by catching mice
and little birds. which he hangs on locust
thorns. sharp twiRs. or the points of a wire
ience, y his little reet. unlike the hawks, are