The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
SIDEWALK PENClLINGS
ERect of Laght Upon Fowls.

| MAth tnS ssAh-iInpOseu oItnoePiC oo thority that Humpty. Dumpty as as sumed, here compel to mean the creations by man substituted for the provisions of Nature''-the Placid Per gain their normal respiration. while he breathed on in the unmoved quiet ude of the atmosphere of calmness that aWsys ,esnyelops him. he effects a1d od heast form indeed an Interesting study. It Is study that must ever remain the pursuit of living ana growing science. for the effects ar are: 1 approximately to the constantly in- and the improvements of the artlnclai- ities already existent u o. l Tn that very diverting Essay or lia in which Charles Lamb with del- icate humor told of the invention or cookery among the Chinese the ulti- vation were not recorded with mi- nuteness. Yet those effects are as interesting as the story or t@neir @ cause The spseIlations. With thsories taesr would have produced with uncooked food as the sole dietary support or are. fascinatingiy attractive because of the infinite space of possibilities into which the thinker is induced. What kind of person would ybu be?" asked the Placid Person, with em- barrassing directness, of the Imprac- 1 tical Person, If you, like your father, | and your fathers father. and all your ing but innocuous slug in the prime val ooze, had fed upon herbs in the gentle springtime and wormy mast ln the cooling autumn. with whatever Of mice and other small deer to sustain your failing strength and curb your | paur CTS appetite in the long temporal intervals, What would you be- if we nent and pithy interrogatories might l propone to indicate the vastness of tn field of speculations upon this theme; ,, ., a study of the effect of artificial light upon domestic fowls, and its results were diverting. It is not expedient deeply as did I. nor is 1t necessary for you to expend so much of your capital in the purchase of the appa- ratus needed for the proper experi- | in abnormal environment. The mat ter, which I have devoted several years of my life to forgetting, was | suggested to my mind by the GOODS the electric lights near the market in the City Hall. There are chickens. l turkeys, geese and guineas. and the effect of the nocturnal illuminations upon them are as variant as the phys I ical appearances of the birds.
 The turkeys are as restive and as 9uarrelsome as unfed beasts of the | field, the .guineas not so bellicose but l quite as lacking in repose, the geese, naturally addicted to late hours when there is any, light at all, noisy when they are not harassed by the | fowls rded with them squat, with heads tucked under their wings, in quiet contentment. Now. to be brief. primal cause of this difference of effects. The chicken was the first do- mesticated fowl; he is least affected by the aartiflcialities to which man | in domestication, have a natural pre- affection for the night that Is observ- able in their wild kind. and are as unmoved by. the made light of man as by moonlight Observe the guinea l and turkey, the youngest of the chill dren of civilization; they are most least approached to augmentation in- 1 to conventional habits."
 The Placid Person paused, for the | one of his auditors who had endured | thus far was significantly tapping his low browed forehead with a finger 1 polished ad unguem.
 Praise for the Grays. That was a great exhibition of l military tactics which the Montgomery Grays put up for the inspection of the United States army ta officer ThursSday arSaat supporters of things military in Montgomery yesterday. The Greys executed the movements about as perfectly as have ever seen any com
 'T happen to know Major sickel paid Captain Jackson of the Greys company, except that they were with could find no fault at all with the company, except that they were without tin cups on inspection, but ne was informed by the captain no cups the State. but that a requisition IS now in for them. Major Sickel, It Is Hnd was agrees6ly o,i3Gy sTTIRris9a GrI1 sa several members of the military at Selma were in MEntgomeiT9y %btg nsi9 bigS agS GreYs. and took many notes which will be of va,n~ to them in preparing for the Selma inspection.
 MT. Frank Clarke of Birm4ngham' will return home today, after spend ing several days in the city with friends :,
 Charles H. Scott, who has been in Washington, D. C., for some time, re- turned to Montgomery yesterday
 MT. E. D. creath has returned to his home in Montgomery after an extended visit to New York. !, a Se Se SE
 MT, Fred Gaines of Gainesville was in the city last night.
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 MT. N. Crane of Mobile spent last night in Montgomery.
 Mir. E. D. Johnstone of Birmingham is at the Exchange.
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 MT Sterling Wood of Birmingham is in Montgomery.
 MT. B. K. Thomas of Tuskegee Is visiting the city.
 MT. w L. Wild of Eufaula is visit ing Montgomery.
 MT. T. c. Curran of Greenville Is at the Imperial.
 MT. O. R. spurlOck of Eufaula Is at the Mabson.
 MT. Fred Blackburn of Anniston is In the city.
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