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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-28
YOUNG LIFE STRICKEN
Chester Dixon Victim of Great
White Plague.
DIES IN LYONS. COLORADO
Funeral Services In Denison on Sat
urday Last.

Chester Dixon. bright. Industrious
enterprising son of Crawford county
died in Lyons Colorado on Wednesday,
Aug. 2lst, after battle Of more
than four years against the grim de-
stroyer. the great white plague.
tuberculosis. Three years of the
struggle were spent in Colorado. but
the climate while prolonging life did
not affect cure. Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Dixon who have visited him
each year during his stay in Colorado.
found him this year much weaker and
three days after their coming he died.
Owing to the telegraphers strike it
was impossible to make suitable ar
rangements for the funeral by wire,
and the services were held in Denison
at the home of H. W. Randall instead
of at the old homestead as was de-
sired. Rev. C. H. Stuil officiated at
the obesquies which were attended by
those loving friends by whom the
news had been received. Appropriate
music was furnished by Mrs. Lou F.
Martin and Prof. w. C. VanNess and
with love and tenderness the mortal
remains of this splendid young man
were laid to rest.
Chester Dixon was born in Hanover
township. Crawford county. on June
4th 1879. He attended the rural
schools and took splendid studies at
Denison College and in Des MONIES.
He had been called to mourn the loss
of father. mother and brothers. until
but one of his immediate family.
William remains. Chester was a
young man of splendid character. up-
right. conscientious and faithful ir
every relation. His sorrowing loved
ones have the sincere sympathy of all
who know them.
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Mrs. Fred Heffiehnger is visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. l. Me-
sCiellan. Tog gerhers with Mr. Heffie-
finger she goes to Canton. OHIO where
they will attend the National Letter
Carriers convention and they then will
go to Philadelphia were they will
make their future hume.
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Mrs. P. E c. Lally and children
returned the first of the week from
Lake Okoboji. where they have been
spending the summer at their beauti-
full cottage. Frank AMI Adds made
the trip overland driving the horse
RSifiSSf
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:. Miss A. E. Chaplin of Alden. Iowa
is expected the latter part of the week
to visit her nephew. Fred Marshall
and other relatives.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-28

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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-28

Mrs. N. Cavett returned on
Wednesday from Des Moines visit.
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racked 1t the old birds build UP the sides
by adding new material, until In the curse
OF q few seasons it is three times Its original
size.
In this manner the osprey, or ishha wk,
In the course OF q few years will have a nest
nearly the size OF a hogshead. Although
the osprey is a true hawk, the grackles
sometimes build their nests in the side Of
the. osprey's and live in perfect security
laying their eggs and rearing their young
q few inches from the huge awkward chill
dren OF their feathered host.
One curious habit that the hawks ave
is that Of placing on the top Of the nest a
single spruce, maple, oak or chestnut twig
which has a few green leaves attached.
Nearly every hawbs nest examined will
have this solitary dash Of green in it.
III one Of the hawks is killed the remain
ing bird will 500 mate again and return
to the same nest. In this manner a pair OF
red shouldered hawks have beer known
TO use the same nest for nine successive
summers.
The broad winged IA wk builds his nest
In the woods or I'M grove, selecting q maple
oak or a chestnut tree. In the crotch Of
limbs a body, OF sticks is placed and on this
soft materials. such as the inner bark OF
the chestnut tree, and then a lining OF dried
lea yes Is laid.
While some birds are shy and prefer to
live as far from man and his works as they
O get, others seek his mpa The
purple grackles prefer TO select for their
nesting sites the pines and evergreens
IN and about the grounds Of houses. Some
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joining room and proceeded TO arrange
her pupils on their perohes for their music
lesson. Cling went the little tuning fork
that abe held In her hand.
Yankee Doodle went 70 town. sang
the teacher very slowly. After a moments
dead silence a little green parrot replied:
Yankee doodle town town." in a deep
base voice.
Yankee = Yankee = Yankee = Yankee
shrieked a big gray and red bird. hufing
out his feathers and ~olapping his wings
as II getting ready for 6 fight.
Town town = blankety : blank : blank
yelled a particolored parrot, the hand
soonest bird in the class.
That is just the way he always does"
the teacher explained after ~smothering
his head with a towel. THE sailor who
brought him over taught him to swear.
and now the wife Of a minister has taken a
fancy TO him and is willing to buy him at
a good price as soon as he forgets how TO
curse and learns a few decent sentences.
NO, l never knew a parrot TO forget a
swear word. ! believe they are all black
guards by nature, for they pick up such
language without repetition"
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build their nests In hollow trees or in bird
houses, constructing them Of sticks, dried
grass, feathers and other soft material.
Both Of these birds ave sweet voices and
they are probably the finest singers Of the
swallow family.
To the ~unpractised eye the nest Of a ma g.
pie looks like a bunch Of coarse sticks as it
rests among the branches Of q small tree
or a bush along some stream. 1t Is sure to
arouse your curiosity and on a close inspec-
ton you find that the bowl OF the nest is
covered and that there Is always one
and sometimes two openings in the side
for the bird TO enter and leave the nest.
II the owner is at home she slips from
her treasures and out Of the narrow passa &c
as you draw near, Then she flies to a nearby
tree and scolds you In harsh, discordant
notes that soon call TO her aid a number Of
her kin, and the flock tries it's best to drive
you away.
Most Of the eagles and hawks ana many
Of the owls return TO the same nest year
after year, II the nest needs repairing after
the storms OF the preceding winter have
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brother and a girl friend together without
shrieking at the top of its lungs;
Behave yourself. Nick Then he'd
make the sound Of a kiss. Behave yourself.
Nick The sound Of a kiss again.
of course there was no good in their
denying the accusation. II II wasn't true
why did the bird do it, and only when he
saw my brother with that girli
ooh, some parrots have plenty OF sense. |
have heard people say that the African
birds were brighter and more huent takers
than the South American or the East Indian
birds. ] haven't found 1t 30. / think it all
rests with the individual bird. Some birds.
like some people. are brighter than others.
'As a rule. | have found il easier to teach
a parrot to speak French than any other
language. / have had four hat l can now
recall who were very good indeed with
French and German, but couldn't or wouldn't
learn a word of English.
Il nave had several dozens of crows, but
only succeeded with even. And / muat
admit that all Of the seven could pronounce
a few words before they came to me. |
don't consider myself a success as a teacher
Of crows M l always refuse them when it
is possible,
while ! know that l enlarged the vocabu-
larry Of the seven birds to which I referred
| haven't the slightest idea that l would
have been able to teach them hadn't they
learned the rudiments before coming TO
me. Parrots don't like them, and / have
known a whole roomful Of canaries 70 re-
fuse 10 sing 90 long as a crow was In sight.
Il believe as a rule they are more In
telligent than parrots but it's o sinister sort
Of trickery. almost devilish. Personally I
haven't a bit of use for crows and would
never have them around IL II were not for
my mother.
she likes them and one fellow that was
here for some six or eight months became
% attached to her that he tried to follow
her everywhere. / IN sure he knew that
I disliked him and returned the feeling
with interest. Whenever I came in sight
he would always exclaim:
I'm a liari I'm q liar! Broke, dead
brokel'
Il have tried the photograph in teaching
birds but never found IL satisfactory, Birds
not only want the words repeated to them
but they want the attention and indiyidu-
ality Of the teacher.
Parrots that had already learned certain
words would be moved to repeat them on
hearing them ground out by the phono-
graph but i never had one learn a new
word or sentence from the machine. As to
teaching them TO sing. a couple Of lines,
a short verse at h most, is all that | have
ever been able 10 accomplish.
Il have n class Of Ave now that l am
teaching Yankee Doodle II you will
remain in this room / will 20 in and try
10 get them 10 "a v their laaaon Pirds -
like children, easily embarrassed, and they
never show of when you want them to.
Sometimes they do not object TO having
a stranger in the room when they are having
their lesson. but nine times out Of ten Il
makes them as dumb as oysten'
Here the bird teacher went Into Tia ad.
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of the birds that would naturally nest in
hollow trees and under the shelving rocks
OF cliffs, the chimney swift, the cave swallow
and the Phoebe, for instance. take advantage
of the chimneys Inc the protection of the
porches and o~verhanging ave Of houses
for their nests.
inc of the oldest of nests ia the stick
basket that the chimney swift builds in
the sooty chimney or fastens to the ~planking
in an old building. This bird seldom lights
outside Of a chimney. and gathers his nest
ing material by flying swiftly over the top
of a dead tree and in passing s1atching a
twig. Then descending to the chimney
the bird fastens the twig TO the SCOT covered
bricks by the aid Of a thick glutinous sub
stance that comes from his throat or
stomach. Other twigs are added until
a neat twig basket is made and in this the
four white eggs are laid.
Some birds, like some people, are shiftless
in their work. The herons and the cuckoo
make mere platforms of sticks, 90 loose
and fiimsy hat often the eggs can be seen
as one stands on the ground and looks
up between the twigs.
On the other hand. the humming bird.
the blue gray gnat catcher, some OF the
hyoatchers, the vireos, the orioles and many
other birds build nests with such pains
and care as to excite your admiration.
or all nests the orioles is the most durable.
because 1t is practically a woven nest OF
string, horse hair and other strong fp1es.
Although the oriole never uses his nest
a second year, five years of winds and
storms cannot whip 1t TO pieces.
Young birds are unable to build as neat
or as compact nests as the birds that have
had several years experience. Even some
experts are obliged TO patch up their nests
before their young have left It A heavy
transform will sometimes wash away the
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diversity in selecting nesting sites and
material for their nests as the swallows.
As has been said, the bank swallow builds
its nest in the bank Of a stream. The cave
or cliff swallow makes a globular shaped
nest under the raves Of a barn or beneath
a shelving rock on the side OF a cliff.
Hundreds Of tiny mud pellets the size Of
buckshot are taken from the road or the
river bank and welded together until an
irregular IVA is formed, and In this the
dried grass and feathers for the lining OF the
nest are placed. These birds nest IN colo
mics and the nests are placed 30 close to-
gether that often they join.
The barn swallow attaches his nest to the
planking or to a rafter inside Of a barn or
other building. He uses mud also, but he
mixes horsehair and dried grass with L..
just as men mix hair with mortar to
make 1t hold together. Instead OF con-
structing a hollow ball as some of his rela-
tives do, he leaves the nest open on top like
the nests Of most birds.
The white breasted swallow and the
purple marten, the largest of the swallows,
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rim to the mud bowl that the robin lines
with dried grass. and she has TO build 10
up again. Practically the same thing some
times happens 10 the nest OF the clln swal-
low.
1t is interesting to watch a bird searching
for a suitable nesting site. A bluebird for
instance, flies to the opening in a hollow limb
and cautiously peeps in, as though half
that it is not, she fills the entrance and
stands there looking down. 7 finally she
hops out of sight. II she is satisfied with
the cavity she begins at once to bring in
nesting material.
A robin will alight in a crotch in a tree,
turn around, lift her tail, look down and
turn around again and finally snuggle down
and sit a few seconds as though calculating
its circumference. Birds will sometimes
change their minds after they have nearly
finished a nest and for no apparent reason
will abandon il and begin another only Il
few feet from II.
The making OF a nest is not so difficult
and tedious a job as one might suppose.
Few birds are more than a week in house
building, and. when both birds assist in tha
work a nest can easily be built in three
In the marshes bordering the lakes and
rivers Of the northern United States and
Canada the grebes build floating nests 81
dried rushes, mere RATS that rise and Fall
with the water. These ducklike birds are
expert swimmers and divers. and when they
hear an enemy approaching through the
weeds they slip silently off the eggs and.
half submerged in the water. swim away,
to return when they are confident that all
danger is passed. The young grebes some
timas follow their mothers example.
Many Of the ducks that rass over the
United States in the spring nest In Canada
Some build nests in the tall grass and reeds
in the marshes and lakes and along the
rivers, while others select hollow tree
trunks or hollow logs In which to build
their nests. Among the latter GLASS are
the American golden eye or whistlewing.
the W ood duck or summer duck. the AmeTi-
can merganser or sheldrake. and the
hooded merganser.
That huge scavenger bird. the turkey
buzzard or turkey vulture, lays its eggs on
the ground or in q hollow log or a stump.
It makes scarcely any pretenoe at nest
building, but will sometimes scrare to-
gether a few sticks and leaves and lay two
eggs on them.
Most birds are loath TO leave their nests
when they are incubating, and the turkey
buzzard is no exception, Sometimes she
will permit one almost to touch her before
she takes wing, and then clumsily beating
her wings she f1ors through the tops OF
the bushes until she Is high enough to srread
her wings and chow to advantage the grace
full curving flight for which she is noted.
Soon after the young buzzards break
through the egg shell they resemble downy
chickens, save for their curved bill. Even
after they are a month old and half the
size Of their PARENTS they still retain the
snow white down, although the large quill
feathers on the ends Of the wings may
have begun to show themselves.
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he would begin to squawk over all the new
words that he had picked up.
From that beginning I picked up other
bird pupils, most Of them parrots. l never
was able 10 make Bill learn a word OF Eng
fish or anything but French. The lady he
belonged TO was very disappointed, for she
didn't understand a word Of the language
and was never. 80 far as I know. ever able
to understand the bird or make him under
stand her.
That is the only bird ! have ever had
that could not be taught more than one
language. As a rule ! teach them two,
French and English is the usual combina-
ton. Next to that English and Yiddish
is the combination most in demand.
MY method Is very simple. l begin
with a very simple word. In English my
f~avorite first word is\ hello. My mother
and repeat that word over and over again
until the bird picks 1t up then we usually
take good-by. or good morning.
When they are mastered we select
hmple sentences. From sentences We 20
TO songs. As a rule it is easy enough to
teach a parrot TO sing a bar or two Of a
popular song.
SAbNh a navy "a Oul III llC
middle Of a lesson, when I would be strue-
Cling TO teach them the simplest sort OF
sentence, and sing a whole line. No, ! had
never taught them, but they had picked II
up from some other bird in the room. 1t
had struck their fancy. they had thought
il over and burst out with it.
DO I believe that a parrot thinks?
Well, II they don't think it amounts to the
same thing. am sure that certain sounds
recall to them certain other sounds and
persons.
Nov, take the fret parrot that I taught.
He always associated the French language
with my French girl visitor. When l
spoke to him in French he anewered, but
az a rule II was with her accent. My mother
always insists that he had learned many
words and sentences before he ever spoke
them.
ooh, yes. birds often do that. I have
labored as ! thought unsuccessfully, for as
much as two weeks. Never a word would
the bird say. Then suddenly something
would move II and there would be a long
string Of words, and In my voice.
'oh. they are curious creatures. Some
things they say make my flesh creep, they
hIe 30 10 tue punt ~ lew NSehb ago L
had q large African parrot as a pupil. He
understood English and his master wished
him to learn German.
'one day my mother had a friend come
in, and n few minutes after she had taken
her seat the parrot cooked his head on one
side and, looking at her. asked:
$50 John and Mary are fighting againf'
He had heard my father say IL TO my
mother the night before when they we're
talking about this woman's daughter and
her husband. II that bird didn't think.
what prompted him to make that particular
remark 20 that particular womAny He
never said it before nor after, 30 far as we
know.
Another pupil we had never cav my
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THE BIRD MARKETS OF FRANCE
BOURSE AUX OISEAUX IN PARIS
-FOUR BIG IMPORTERS.

Sunday Trading In the Flower linz
pOrtations by Petty Oficers OF Big
steamers-Fluctuati0ns I'm Prtce-Prire
Singing Contests-Amateur Collectors.
The birds have a quarter Of their own in
Paris. II has been unoficially named the
Bouree aux Oiseaux, the Bird Exchange.
In it meet the feathered inhabitants Of all
parts OF the world, In every color Of the rain
bow and in every size and shape.
Every day Of the week it Is on the right
bank Of the Seine along the Quai dc Ges-
vres and Quai de la Megisserie. On Sunday
it is on both sides, for the Flower Market
is transformed into the Bird Market. For
the day more thar a hundred dealers take
possession Of it with their cages full Of
trilling, shrieking, squawking pets.
Some half dozen big dealers frequent the
market all the year round: in summer the
number is increased to fifteen or twenty.
The remaining hundred or 30 are called the
'bricoliers" or tricksters-there are tricks
in the bird trade in Paris as elsewhere,
There are poor devils with a cage or two Of
canaries or linnets. Some are regular
fanciers In a small way. Others are people
getting rid Of pets they are tired Of, hunse-
wives disposing Of little birds Matched out
in the cages Of their pets, a work girl out Of
a job trying TO dispose Of her tiny comrade,
or al art student out OF luck with a Raudy
macaw or q Japanese nightingale, eager TO
sell II for the price OF q dinner.
Tho big dealers set up metal frames over
which they stretch awnings. They will
pile up lbo TO 200 cages, four or five birds
to a cage, and sell half Of them in the day.
The small fry take up their quarters any
where In the market, making for sun or
shelter, according to the weather. Az the
buyers crowd around, the contraband
dealers circulate among the people.
A mar with expressionless face and his
eyes fixed on vacancy will remark in passing
you. az II to the atmosphere, 'Goldnnches,
mufinches, tombits. nightingales! Wonder
IL any one would like ons?"
II you take no notice he passes on. II
a police agent questions him he explains
that he was just expressing his wonder
TO himself, for since 1880 these field birds
are protected from killing or capture in
France and there Is a heavy hne for having
them in captivity. II you show an interest,
however, the man will become confidential
and in a back DOM in q back street near by
he will show the birds and sell them at a
trivial price, generally enough TO buy a
few drinks.
On a good Sunday a large dealer formerly
used to take in from $3.50 to 500. Nowadays
the taste for birds is said 10 have fallen Oh,
prices are lower and the days gains are
greatly reduced. II Ia said that the
bricoliers are lucky when they clear from
&l.to TO y on the days trade, The total
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he attempts to carry sticks into the hollow
tree trunk or the bird house that some
body has placed at their disposal. No
matter what he does he can never satisfy
Jenny. She chases him about, scolds him
and misses at him whenever she catches
him in the act Of carrying a twig into the
house. But he is a sly fellow and often
watches his chance and then tries to sneak
building material in while she is away.
Sometimes she catches him in the act and
ohases him out OF the house in a hurry.
She follows him a few feet and Their return,
to the house and deliberately picks up the
very stick she compelled him to drop. and
carries it into the box herself. From this
1t is evident that it Is not the material that
she objects to, but she does not want him
meddling in household affairs.
Johnny Wren is IN adept at nest building.
Most male members Of the wren family are.
After he has helped his mate TO COM
plete the nest that Is TO be the home proper
he occupies his spare time in building
other nests, evidently for the sake Of doing
something. The marsh wren will some
times ave four or five nests swaying in the
stems Of the thick rlshes in the salt marshes
along the coast or at the mouths OF the big
rivers.
After a pair OF house wrens have raised a
brood Of young ones they throw out the
old lining Of the nest and put in a new one
change the bedding, so to sp~eak-before
the second set Of six eggs Is laid.
As a rule the different species Of wood
peokers hew their nests in dead limbs, but
some Of them nave been known to e~xcavate
a nest in a live limb. In the southwestern
part OF this country, where trees are scarce,
they will use a telegraph pole as a site for a
nest. In the bottom Of the pole on a bed Of
chips the white eggs are deposited.
The belted kingfsher and the bank swal-
low tunnel in the bank OF a stream. They
are often near neighbors and live in perfect
peace. The kingfsher burrows six or eight
feet into the sand, but the swallows eggs
can be reached by thrusting the hand and
arm into the hole. Both birds lay their
eggs on mats Of grass stems, dried grass
and other soft material.
Few other bird families show so much