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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

"One day little boy from away ovor on
the East Side oame to mo ct this window
and said:
II hope, Mrs. Fisher, that no houses
will ever be built between us and the park
when asked him why, he replied:
s'Oh, It's so nice to sit still and watch
the trees and feel just like the park was
your own yard
And couldn't help mental comparison
Of the boy then with what be wss whom he
came to US three years before, tho child
Of immigrants, rough, unoouth. From
the first introduction Of nature study the
child was always eager to accompany Miss
Read when she took the first class into the
park. He was smart and eager to learn
Of all the beautiful things be saw, and am
sure the study Of the Wild In Central Park
had moro to do with developing that boy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
THE BIRD SHOW IN THE EARLY MORNING
Best Time to Study Their Midsummer ActvtieS-Thelr Ne
Enemles-LltIe Birds at School,

Early morning Il the time to study thu
midsummer activities Of the birds. There
Is no longer tho ringing music Of the full
feathered orchestra In the mysterious
twilight hour before dawn, but the whole
tragic comedy OF bird life Is enacted before
the midsummer sun Is high enough to hush
The din Of orchard and woodland.
Parental cares press hard upon the birds
at that time. for the absence Of sleeping
humanity smboldens al the natural enemies
Of the fsathered creatures. war OF
words goes on between the squirrels on one
side and the robins, woodthrushes and cat
birds on the other.
II your early slumbers are disturbed by
the odd, soolding chatter Of the squirrels,
be sure that they arc threatening harm to
the eggs or the young Of the birds. Nothing
can better express dramatic excitement
than the sharp CRY Of the uneasy wood
thrush 1t such time. The robin and the
catbird join In the vociferations intended
to scare away the marauder.
Tho red squirrel seems to b the special
enemy Of the birds. So well do they know
bis misohievous character that they begin
to soold a. soon a. he makes his appear
ance In the region U their nests. A curious
sight on q suburban lawn the other day
was . tiny red squared leapine at full
speed across the grass with two robins
In hot pursuit, ono Of them 90 close that II
looked for IN instant % II he actually bad
the squirrel BY the tail. {.
Another early morning enemy OF the
smaller birds IL the owl who. returning
from his midnight cruises In search of
NAV Ala them With alarm nv tho no.n,n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
HARD TO SELL STOLEN JEWELS
THIEVES OF BIG STONES MUST
TURN TO THE FAR EAST.

Diam onds Of 10 Carats or More Must b
Cut to Find Buyer Here or In Eur ops
I'm India the Rich Natives Buy and
Stero Away Their Valuable Purchases,
Disposing of stolen jewels is a difficult
undertaking, particularly If the jewels are
Of great value. It is almost impossible to
get rid Of large stones in this country and
harder still to dispose Of them in England
and France II they are stolen. Tho only
way to do it with safety is to cut the stone
up, and when large stone is cut it decreases
greatly In value.
Diamond dealers all over the world are
on the lookout now for the large pear
shaped diamond that was stolen from the
Tiffany workrooms some weeks ago. Every
reputable dealer would refuse to buy that
brilliant II it were offered for sale in the
shape in which it was stolen. That there
are diamond dealers who are not reputable
goes without saying, but II they bought
this stone they would buy it with tho idea
Of cutting 1t.
Large diamonds are not 30 numerous
that they cannot be kept track Of. When
q large diamond is found 1t sooner or later
finds its way to the greatest diamond market
in the world, which Is London. Persons
through whose hands large stone passes
are careful to note its good points as well
as it's defects, II 1t has any.
Every diamond over ton carats IL con-
sidered large one and worthy Of particular
note. Every dealer who handles such
stone can give . minute description Of 1t.
The purer the stone the more attention It
attracts from the persons who handle 1t.
That is why it Is hard to dispose Of stolen
diamonds Of any account, for when ono is
stolen every dealer throughout tho world
hears OF 1t and has such a good description
Of the missing stone that he can hardly fail
to identity 1t.
The ordinary stolen jewels find their
way to pawnshops and fences There are
tation OF being fences, but mono Of them
does business direct with thief.
When large stone Is stolen here or In
England or France the first place the
searchers look for II to turn up b In Am
sterdam, which is the center Of the diamond
cutting industry. Fit doe sn't appear there
within a reaso nable time its owners can
bid good-by to 1t, for 1t will probably be dis
posed Of without trouble in the Orient.
India, Persia and Turkey arc the three
countries where large diamonds can be sold
without cutting them up.
Once they are taken into one OF these
they are hidden just a. II
they were put back into the ground. Dia-
mond dealers say that the greater number
Of important jewels that have been stolen
have found their way to these countries.
The Indian princes will buy and ask no
questions. ...
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
Spike McGunn and the Prima Donna's Jewels.
Also tho Polite Stranger Who Volunteered to Help
Him In HE Scheme Of Robbery.

sThe moAn0st man ever see, said Spike
MC0unn Of Detroit, who used to be . swell
hstsl snsak. 'was mug falls in on in .
room u The Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
Il sesdied the nnaks-up Of The hallmsn's
splaAeon In that hotel for week or ten days,
matching tor o. duty onos, before got .
chance 70 do anything. Then tho third
!. 0ocr front mailman turned up missing one
afternoon. Sposs be was siok or on .
drank, or somsthing lfke that.
4 Il figured that they couldn't get another
Mailman 10 take his place before tho next
xncenins. and 90 decided to do q little
husinsas along the line Of the third door
Ifsoat rght quick. happened to know
that there was some good people located
In thsb paft q TIE houss. and took rub
!bs 4 ~ ny rack and found that . lot Of
1thsm wsss out. thsir hoys being pigeon
'hoaod.
sAn ] had 70 do was TO take the front sle-
svator, ride up to The third floor, step Cd,
md IL third hoor front hall was mine for
iopoeakions. ! went up, and there was NO
ard Aeoe ffonS mailman. II looked too
Thas = Mo cunning = souss,' I thous
= sumshoed down The hall In the dirsc-
Non q Q certain suite Of rooms that bad
In uinA-e psinnA donnA's suite.
sTAs rsnshsr u the entrance door to this
ssuies was .. Il was Kind o. shadowy
AoWn that way, and I'm . bit nsa1ighted
Anyway, and 20 instead q getting . bold
~ ths knob Of No. % door-feelins Of my
sbunch Of skeletons With The other hand
what do I do but give The quiet twist on The
Aandls Of No. %.
sThs door was not looked, and knew
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
me E4ST SI2E MEETS a SQUIRREL.
,Rno/oJ az Hxz<nA kzN<zyuH'

Here the children can watch the trees bud
and unfold and die.
Nearly every day ono or moro Of the
classes goes into the park for nature study.
When we came here dare say few Of our
boys and girls knew one tree from another.
They had given no thought to the lessons
in the change Of seasons. Now they look
for all these things.
"They have learned BY observation which
Is the birch. the pine, the chestnut and the
oak. They know when the biros Of different
species come and 60.
Every spring they watch for the robins
and grackles, the orioles, thrushes and
cardinals. They have learned to distin-
guish their notes. they know Of their nest
ing places and the lessons Of love and devo-
ton taught by the parent birds and their
helpless young.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

dark you got mixed on the rooms7 Well.
she's out. all right, and SOS her maid. I'd
ha' gone after her gear myself, but that kind
o. works bit out O. my limo. and I'm some
clumsy at It Bit down. Shes singing It .
matin ., and you've got plenty O. time.
Much doin'''
We'll, this looked pretty much like hs
was member Of the craft In some branch
or other Of it, He had the patter down all
straight enough.
Moreover, his grayish hair was clipped
right short, and 1t struck me that be might
be lag who'd Just finished stretch over
The road, 20 that his hemp hadn't had time
to shoot out to tho right length for such .
good locker. But didn't propose to nib
be until bad biz game oopped dead to ths
Observation-Disclosures,
heavy Tm-not-wise gag, what The devil are
you talking aboutf'
well. cir, be Just throw biz hsad baok
and hollered.
you've got your business down al
pat, pal says he whom he's abb to talk
through his chuckling. But don't mako
mo Hggie. Two got tho earsohs. Just
dag that parson end Of It and dsal from The
h.u. WILL 49,. - ,,- -. -
- "sA. sa". NV ~ ~ ~, ivory
.us -. ~. - ~. 49,. $500 ~
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~ 1870 - 1890 .... u, '.o .yout
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s..ss q. =. M. pveu w. 49, s ~
49,. " NJ ION no %oS . stneH osnk
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

whole outfit, from all sizes o. alligator files
and jarneses to cloth wrapped bottles OF
nitro. That convinced me. could see
that he was O. K, all right.
$50 hero, podner,' says I, after we
talked for little while longer, I'm sorry to
break away. but there hasn't been much
dom with me lately. and need the old
girls stuff next door. Want to sec II she's
hasn't there'll be enough In tho cleanup
to pay for the hunt. Glad to have run
into you. See you some other time. Hope
you win out on your jobs. Now, III just
step in next door, and, by the way, II you
hear anybody coming just hand me the
rap On the wall, viii your
Sure said no, and edged out and
reached for the knob Of the prima douna's
door.
OF course II was locked, but had the
right skeleton for It in my mitt and was
inside In ton seconds.
well. say, tho carelessness Of these stage
folD Is queer, isn't it? That singing
womAn's good stuff s'pose she was
wearing the paste at the matinee perform
anoe-was spread out all over her dresser
not eveo sAltsd away In the Jewel cases
that Uttered the bureau.
1T was pretty soft, bo. I dropped
something like 5000 worth Of blue-white
rocks into the pocket Of my topooat and
In the top dresser drawer found wallet
stuffed with about 81 800 In paper change
-fifties, hundreds and the like.
This Il shame thought, and con-
cluded I'd drop into the room Of the duck
next door and alp him few hundred for
acting ~ lookout for mo.
Il turned the knob Of the primA donnas
door and stepped out. The next door mug
was waiting for me. So were two San
Francisco bulls. He'd touched button
for the cops. 80 was the manager Of the
hotsl.
sThe duck that I'd run into next door had
the wristlets on me bsfore had time to
blush. 80 there I was. nailed with the
goods. My pals got together and did some
buying when oaIno to be tried and I only
got two speoker.
sThe big guy into whose room I'd slipped
by aocidsnt Uas Denver detective. He'd
brought . accustomed burglar from Dem
ver TO San Ffanmsco, and when I ran into
him no was Just about to take his man's
cot o tools to the property clerk.
t0ut ho SURE made . ohimpan3oe out o.
mo-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
SZzLDEX2Sy

into the manly chap he Is to-day than any
thing else in our public school course.
His case IL typical Of the Development
due to nature study. What grand thing
II would be II all the schools OF Greater
New York could b grouped around the
parks 90 that tho children could daily
absorb the beautiful lessons nature has to
teach them. 60
No price d too high for the State to
pay for the worthy development Of its
boys and girls. Under the influence OF
nature study our boys become chivalous,
considsgate Of the rights Of others.
'They recognize that al creatures were
given their lives 10 enjoy. Instead Of
prosecutors the boys have become pro-
tscttoT.. The future 1. blight With hope
II was because Of hiA recognition Of the
value Of tho humane work among tho
children that Commissioner Pallas set
aside tho feeding grounds on Stimson Hill
and named the center Of the nature study
In Central Park in honor of the pioneer in
the work.
During the school months classes from
the various schools assemble on the feeding
grounds at stated hours to study bird and
squirrel LIE. Birds Of every hue and note
and size 60 there daily TO feed, and tho
squirrels come. some Of them from long
distances, for their allowance Of nuts, for
unfortunately the park has few nut bear
ing trees, and frequently these fail to bear
fruit.
Miss Margaret Il. Read Of the 11lth
street school u enthusiastic In her ideas
about the uplifting nature Of this study.
When she began taking classes into the
park, very few II any Of the boys could
tell one birds name from another. Ono
of them gravely told his teacher that
feathers grew on bushes. ..
Now the results Of their visits to the
park are shown in recorded observations
like the following:
Irwin saw . bird With red on IL breast
gray on its back and yellow bill. 1t was
walking around the grass and pulling up
worms. It was robin.
Pasquale saw Q squirrel with nearly all the
hair OF its tail. Pasquals sat on rock and
when no held out nut the squirrel tlmldly
crept near and took II.
Isidore saw white birch with noleaves on
II. Tho tree was dead.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

The high class native Of India IL . 70
markable judge Of all kinds Of precious
stones, and many OF them count most o
their wealth In this form.
Diamond dealers and police Ill ovel
the civilized world have long realized
that as soon a. a precious stone finds IT.
way to the Orient II Is lost until its buyel
dies and his property u divided among
his wives or his relatives.
The large precious stones generally ind
their way into the crowns Of royalty. The
Orlof, which weighs 1e4x oarats, 10 in the
Russian crown jewels. That stone formed
one OF the eyes Of an idol In the Brahman
temple on the island Of Srirangam In the
Kaveri River, near Trichinopou. The
story has II that It was stolen from there
early In the eighteenth century by French
soldier. From him 1t found its way into
the hands Of an English ship captain and
20 got into Europe.
It turned up In Amsterdam In 17e1 and
for q time It was called the Amsterdam
diamond. It got its narne Of Orlof when
Prince Orlon bought 1t for 10000 Dutch
forms and presented It to the Empress
Catherine II. Of Russia. This jewel forms
the head OF the imperial scepter.
Three other famous jewels In the pos
session OF the Russian Crown are tho Shah,
tho Moon Of Mountains and the Polar
Star-the first Of Ss oarats, tho second Of
40 carats and the third Of 70 cants. Tho
Shah 10 an engraved diamond, one Of the very
few largo engraved diamonds In existence.
All are perfect blue white stones. Catherine
II. bought the Moon Of Mountains for
$50 900 rubles, an annuity Of 1000 rubles
and letters Of royalty.
These are not by any means the largest
known stones In exis' eaoe, but they are
among the most valuable, because Of their
purity. Some Of the largest diamonds on
record are Brazilian stones, but doubt
always has been cast on their genuine
meas. Tho Braganza Il Braxihan stone
a. big u hens egg and Weighing 1850
carats. 1t b preserved In the Portuguese
crown Jewels, but there has always been
doubt a. to Ito genuineness. II It b gen.
uine; diamond experts say, 1t IL worth
1224 10000.
Another largo stone On which there has
been q good deal Of speculation - to Ito
rsnuineness b owned by the RAjah Of
Mattarg, Borneo. It weighs se7 carats.
OF the large diamonds that have been
found r. recent years, the Exoelsior y tho
largest. It was unserthsd In the Jaeers-
fontein mine, In the Orange River Colony,
South Africa. IL measured AZ inchss IN
length, . inches in breath and inch IN
thiolness.
The Excelsior vas found IN June, 1888.
There was hAw in 10. however, and It had
to be out. The larger section of II found
it's way to Tiffany 4 Co., where It still
remains waiting Q purchaser. Whsn tho
WAS thought that It was tho Excelior that
had been stolen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06

Emanuel saw a bird bathing IN the lake
and John said 1t was a blackbird fgrackdsI
It new into the sunlight and perohed on .
limb like a fluffy ball
Moses saw a dogwood tree He ssw Q
hickory tree with nice, shiny green leaves on
Gabrielle saw a beautiful red bird. Il sat
on a limb above the feeding grounds and SANG
sweetly. It was a cardinal.
BENJAMIN saw q bird with long legs and
long bill wading in the mud by the lake. II
was q sandpiper.
Michael saw q bird sitting on limb with .
worm In it's mouth. 1t few to the top Of bush
Of q nest. Four little birds stretched their
necks and opened their mouths wide and
cried. The old bird dropped the worm into
one mouth and few away. 1t Was Robin
Redbreast feeding his little ones.
And SO the record runs along, page after
page. The discoveries Of each visit are
recalled in the next. New secrets arc sur.
rendered by the miniature wild In the midst
Of great city every day.
Never a branch Is broken. q bird or Q
squirrel harmed or a nest destroyed. Ell.
cursions are made occasionally to Fort
Lee and other spots available by trolley,
and once In while to distant points in New
Iereey.
The tendency is to inculcate in the boys
and girls love for the beauty and uee-
dom Of the country, q knowledge Of anoehse
life than that Of the crowded city. Eventu.
ally the nature study Of the public schools
may turn the tide flowing into the cities
back to tho country once more.
The nature claasea among the ornnana
Of New York are another feature Of tho
work. Two Of the most prominent worksrs
in this line are Mrs. Lila Ices and Mns
Helen King, both teachers In the Presby.
terian Half Orphan Institution At Man.
haitian avenue and 104th street. .9
Daily excursions arc made to tho PARK,
and Miss Stimson frequently Joins In tbs
class work on tho feeding grounds. Nearly
every child In the institution Is foreign.
born, and many Of them were brought
from Europe purposely to be lost. Scores
Of such, rescued in infancy, have been
taught to feel q love for the country BY
tho nature Lessons in the Park, and have
been adopted into Western homes, where
they are growing up useful men and
women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
TREES FOR GLOVES.
rue way Careful Men Keep Their Driving
0lOvOo IN shape.

0lSvee IN shape.
The man who ars careful to have their
dress - immaculate - possible are no
longer content with boot trees to keep
thsif footesar looking ~ il It bad just come
from the mAksr. Now there are also trees
for gloves, and on these arc stretched the
gloves that arc worn In driving and riding.
siss Of the wearer's hand, althoug Oh It IA
not nsoessary that they should be exactly
Of sine, ~ u required OF those made for
The shoes. Most OF tho gloves that men
wear now arc cleaned merely by washing.
It u for than especially that the hew trees
hsvo eomo into fashion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16

There Is notion, and most per
nicious one, that 1t is the highest re
aliZation Of republican form of gov
ernment that all the people should by
some forcing process be made as much
alike as possible. All human beings
are born equal only in the single fact
that they all come into the world by
the same natural process. The same
equality exists in the matter of death
since what we call life IL extinguish
ed for all under the selfsame condi-
tions. But that IL all the equality
that Is possible, for human beings are
all unlike and unequal In bodily and
mental characteristics, and to such an
extent does this lack of equality 20
that It is seen In the peculiarities OF
every indlvldual.-New Orleans Plea
yune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1905-02-16
CHEAP SHEEP SHEDS.
er. Jamissn of Ohio IIa. Found .
CoyerinH Of Fodder antiafnctorY.

er. Jamissn of Ohio Ia. Found o
Covering Of Fodder Satisfactory.
Five years ago, not having straw to
cover q necessary temporary stock
shed, my hired man suggested that
use fodder, as 1t was plentiful. The
frame that was used then has been
covered yearly since and has been
found the most satisfactory cheap shed
I ever used. With the fodder Of good
quality and put on carefully 1t will
come Off In the spring with very little
waste by spelling, says John NJ. Jami-
son In the National Stockman.
This shed is 100 feet long, 10 feet
wide and extends south from the south
west corner Of barn shed. This gives
both sides of the roof the same wealth
er exposure. The rafters on the west
side rest on the top rail against the
posts Of q post and rail fence The
top Of this rail Is about four feet from
the ground, as are the tops Of posts on
the other side of the shed. Nine feet Is
a very good distance apart for the
rafters and about right when eleven
foot fence rails are used TO lay across
them for the fodder to rest on.
The center posts are nine feet high
and would be better If they were a
foot or two higher. A white oak pole
makes an excellent post and should be
six or seven inches I'm diameter at the
butt after the bark is Off. II seven
inch post auger can be used to bore
the post holes about three feet deep
the posts win flt the holes closely and
remain firm.
On top Of the post can be spiked a
pole or other piece Of timber for the
rafters to rest on. The rafters should
have notches cut in both ends to fit on
top Of posts and on top OF rail or pole
at top Of shed. The cracks in fence
on west side of my shed are closed by
boards nailed over them to keep sheep
from eating fodder set against the