Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-07-05

| etYR aS remember the later.
Weare experimenting this,
year with pheasants; bopght one.
setting ofeggs, eleven, and set them
underla little bantam hen; she has
hatched eight They very much
resembielittle turkeys, only they,
Eare smaller These birds are likely
hard to raise, butare worth from s5I
10 " 4 pair. We have Two kinds
one is the English Ringnecks,a
| the other Is called here, (pcrhapser-
roneously) aMongolian Oregon.
The ringnecks are said to be the
most valuable. The pheasant Isl
not considered to have any real
|'commerciaI value, but the buyers
are sportsmenland rich people that
make s'fad1 Of snch things. Peo-I
pie here that have experimental
considerable with pheasants, clam
that the mother birds are not as
good to Sit and attend to the young
As Bantam ben and that the little
fellows need to Be fed 'egg custards
perhaps two or three weeks, and il
they are not restrained the young.
sters have the reputation Of rum
ming of and leaving their foster
mother. TIE males Of the ring
necks are very beautiful when
grown, with . white ring around
their necks and . long, gorgeous
tail. We have just set a second
Bantam on pheasant eggs; the hen
just weighs II ounces. She might
weigh a pound if fat, as she is rath-
or pooE at present.
The Oakland (Cal.) Tribune has
lately been comparing and consol-
ing itself on the subject Of earth
quakes. In part the Tribune says:
"The recent shock in California
is being mistakenly spoken of as
the most violent, destructive earth
quake that ever visited the United
States. The great earthquake
which destroyed New Madrid, Mo-,
in 1911, was far more violent and
more widely extended. 1t was felt
from Pittsburg, Pa, to the Ozard
mountains in Arkansas, and from
the lower rim Of Lake Michigan for
q thousand miles down the Mississ-
ippi. Over 800 miles in length,
from the mouth Of the Ohio, to that
softha st. Francis, the ground rose
aud sank in great unduIations and
lakes were formed and drained
again. Many large streams chang
ed their channels and even their
courses. The shock was peceptlble
out on the plains and the only rea-
Y Vi. i . b q Z I I a L 4 i
son the loss of property and life
was so comparatively light was
owing to the fact that the territory
disturbed was sparsely inhabited
and contained no cities and few large
towns. The physical evidences Of
this tremendous convulsion of ma
ture are still visible in the vicinity
Of New Madrid, which, up to the
time Of the earthquake, promised to
be the great central city of the
Mississippi valley"
aThe central point of violence in
this remarkable earthquake was
thought to be near Little Prairie,
rs miles below New Madrid. The
first shock was felt on the night Of
December 16, and was repeated at
intervals, with decreasing severity,
until the middle Of February. Ev-
cry town in Ohio and Mississippi
was severely shaken up and the
water of the river, which the day
before was tolerably clear, while
the surfrce lashed vehemently by
\ the convulsion Of the earth beneath
was covered with foam, which gath
ering INTO masses the size of bar
rel, foated along the trembling sur
/ face. The earth on the shores
opened in wide assures, and closing
again, threw mud, sand and water
in great jets higher than house.tops.
The atmosphere was filed with q
thick vapor gas, to which the light
impaired a purple tinge. From
the temporary check of the current
BY the heaving up of the bottom.
the sinking Of banks and sand bars
into the bed of the streams; the riv-
er rose in a few minutes q foot and
| impatient of the restraint, again
4 rushed forward with redoubled i'm
petuosity, hurrying along the boats
now set loose by the panic-stricken
boatmen, as they were in less dan
ger on the water than Al shore
where the banks threatened every
moment to destroy them by falling
earth or carry them down in the
! yertex of sinking masses. Many