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WHAT'S A NOSE
WORTH TO YOU?
Man Suing the Traction
Company Values His at
$4,000.
How much is your nose worth?

How much is your nose worth?
Chambers r. Owens values his at
$4,000. for in a suit filed against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany he asks that amount as damages
because conductor assaulted him.
Owens declares that on May s. 1906.
he. with his wife. boarded a car at
Seventh street and New York avenue.
AT Thirteenth and II streets he alighted
and assisted his wife down. afteTWard
reboardiug the ear. The conductor, he
says, assaulted him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-06
Lover, Aged 81, EIopes
With His HOuSekeeper
Wanted to Be Sure of Home Comforts, But
Has to Beg COnserVator OF Estate for
Increased Allowance.

turned Saturday MIR Skinner eahed at
the office of his CONSERVATION for forgive
ness and his blessing. I've been mar
ried," he broke the news 10 Louis X.
Morris, his conserVator.
You've been WHAT" questioned Mr..
Morris
genarian bridegroom Nothing strange
about that. is there? 1 shall want my
allowance increased. I'm married now
and being married is expensive, you
know"
The conseryator has the case OF the
aged bridegroom under consideration.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-06
WILL EXAMINE HAU
AS TO HIS SANITY

KARLSRUHE, Germany. Feb. 6.-The
trial OF Prof Hau, OF George Washing
ton University. charg~ with the muir
der OF has motker-ln-iaw, has been
further delayed,
the prisoner is so depressed that the
court considers il is necessary 10 have
him examined and his sanity estab-
llshed before the trial begins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-06
SONS SWEETHEART
ELOPES WITH DAD

SPEAR FISH, s. D, Feb. 6-8fiss
Jessie Mcfarland deserted her accept
ed lover and affianeed husband, Edwin
Jenkins. at the marriage altar to elope
with his father. Charles Jenkins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-06
MODERN WARFARE.

Il think we had better attack them on
the left flank. general.
NO. captain. the moving picture ma
chimes will catch as better on the right"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
LOOSING GAME
CONTINUED from Page one.)

CONTINUED from Page One.)
On July 81, 1907, the trustees held
the following property for the estate:
bills receivable, sss,O25; Oahu Railway
& Land Co. bonds, $40, 1850; Oahu Sugar
Co. bonds, $1,000; Haiku Sugar Co.
bonds, $4,000; Waialua Agricultural
Co. bonds, s295O; Honolulu Rapid
Transit & Land Co. bonds, $4249.34;
Pioneer Mill Co. bonds, s1O35; Dowsett
Co. bond, s1OO25O; Real Estate, book
value, Beretania avenue property, $780,
013.50; Fernandez property, $17s6.55;
Kona property, sl5.4s5.25; W. L. Peter
son property, ss263.90; Nuuanu and
Kewalo property, s144.5O; E. D. Bald
win advances, s299.ss; cash On hand,
s172s.52; total of s215, s63.94, which
is S196391 less than last year.
The increase of the estate from 1883
to the present time has been from
s14s, $3.50 to s215,s6394, an increase
of $67, 1864 which is represented by
the income in the value of lands held
and a profit On the sale of 100 shares
Of C. Brewer & Co.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST CIRCUIT, TERRITORY CT
HAWAII.-HOLDIN TERMS AT
HONOLULU, COUNTY OF OAHU.

Gustave Rose and Helene Kruger v.
Rosina Rose, Bertha kumbel and
Maud Kaikilani Chapman "a minor).
Term Summons (stamps).
The Territory of Hawaii: To the High
Sheriff of the Territory of Hawaii,
F. Thompson, Miss S. NJ. Maggie, Miss
or his Deputy: the Sheriff of the
County of Oahu, DR. his Deputy:
You are commanded to summon Ro-
sina Rose, Bertha Rumbel and Maud
Kaikilani Chapman "a minor, defend
said Circuit Court at the term thereof
pending Immediately after the expira-
ton of twenty days after service here
Brown, E. B. Mechanism and wife,
pending at such time, then to be and
appear before the said Circuit Court
at the next succeeding term thereof,
to wit, the January term thereof, to be
holden at Honolulu County of OIhu,
r. l.. Atkinson, DR.. H. E. Anderson
on Monday, the 18th day of January
Q90S) next, at &c o'clock a. m, to show
cause why the claim of Gustave Rose
and Helene Kruger, plaintiffs, should
not be awarded to them pursuant to
the tenor of their annexed complaint.
And have you then there this writ
with full return of your proceedings
thereon.
Witness the Honorable ]. T. DE
BOLT, First Judge of the Circuit
Court of the First Circuit. at Honolulu,
Oahu. this 18th day of August, 1907.
(SeaD
(Sig) J. A. THOMPSON,
Clerk
I certify the foregoing to be a true.
full and faithful copy of the original,
and that publication Of the same was
this day ordered.
HENRY SMITH,
Clerk, Judiciary Department.
Honolulu, August 10. 1907
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
FORECLOSURES.
MORTGAGES NOTICE OF INTEN-
TION TO FORECLOSE. AND
OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given that whereas
D. Mckenzie, of Honolulu, Oahu, did
execute the following mortgage and
additional charges thereon. his wife.
Christianna Mckenzie joining therein
in release of her dover, to-wit:
l. Mortgage to Stephen Spencer.
dated May "a. 1894, recorded in the
Registry Office in Honolulu in Liber
l41, pages 255-257. upon the property
hereinafter described as First" to Sc
cure the paymeA of $500 in two
years from said date; which said mort
gage was assigned to H. A. Widemann.
Trustee, by ]. ". Dowsatt. admins
traitor with, the will annexed of the
estate of Stephen Spencer by assign
ment dated July go 1898, and recorded
in said Registry Office in Liber 147,
page 256.
2 Mortgage, as an additional charge.
10 H. A. Widemann. Trustee, recorded
in said Registry Office in Liber 1870.
pages 245-247, upon said property here
matter described as First" and also
the property hereinafter described as
Second" to secure an additional loan
of $500. then made by said III. A.
Widemann, Trustee: the whole mort
gage debt. then amour ting to s.. 900.
to be repaid in two years;
). Mortgage. as a second additional
charge, 70 F. W. Macfarlane and
August Ahrens, as successors in trust
OF said H A Widemann, Trustee. dat
ed August 1s, 1899, recorded in said
Registry Office in Liber 1856. pages 1ss-
2Ol. upon the security Of said proper
ties herein described as First" and
Second" to secure a second additional
loan of $1,000. then made BY said Mac
tariane and Ahrens, Trustees. the
whole mortgage debt, then amounting
to 5000, to he repaid in one year:
l. Mortgage as third additional
charge, to said Macfarlane and Ahrens.
Trustees, dated Februarv 7. 1901. re-
corded IN said Registry oHce in Liner
2l5. pages <e7-4ss, upor tbs security
'ast Aforesaid. to secure a t-frd sdsi-
iional loan of $1,000. then n1,de bv sasd
and Ahre7s Trustees the
whole Of said mortgae7 indebtedness
hen amounting to $1,000. on prineina1
70 be repaid in two ye7rs:
1t being provided in each Of said !
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
IS SPRECKELS II
MAKING A WILL?

Continued from Page One)
dant. His is the guiding and control
ling hand and brain in his fathers
business. b.
1t is therefore the conclusion of some
that the present thorough examination
and accounting of the Spreckels af-
fairs in Hawaii is to enable Rudolph
Spreckels to know not only what prop
erty and property interests his father
has here, but the history and relation
of them one TO another, at least sui
ficient TO enable him intelligently and
efficiently to deal with them.
Others think that Claus Spreckels.
mindful Of the mortality of the body"
as the old legal formula went, and
that ut is given to all men once to
die, and after that the judgment" is
having such an inventory of his prop
erty made that he can deal with it
fully and completely in his will in any
scheme of trust estate or other form
of devise he may choose for the man.
agement and distribution of his estate
after his death.
Both may be in mind.
At any rate, the hours that both
Sanford and Reynolds have spent in
the past few weeks, porting over old
documents in the Office of the Regis
trar of Conveyances and in the Office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, AMI
the other hours that they have spent
in the Spreckels Bank and in w. g.
Irwin & Co., and the evidence appar-
ent that they were making extensive
Investigations of some kind, have
aroused the curiosity of the business
community. And everybody who has
become interested in their goings and
comings has seen enough to be con-
WINGED that enough information re-
garding the Spreckels interests here
has been formulated to enable Claus
Spreckels to deal intelligently with it
in his will. if that is the purpose of
the investigation, or for Rudolph
Spreckels to deal intelligently with it
as his fathers representative, If that
is the object
1t was expected that the two would
sail by the Alameda 1t was even an
nounced in one of the evening papers
that Mr.. Sanford had sailed by that
steamer. He is booked, however, by
the Miowera for Vancouver.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
IN THE PLANTING SEASON.

s. F. Hood. of the Department of
Agriculture. at a dinner where he was
the guest of honor, told a seasonable
agricultural story. a story that should
appeal to all suburbanites
One beautiful spring morning." he
began, "a suburbanite looked sus-
piciousIy over his hedge and said to his
neighbor:
Hey, what the deuce are you bury
ing in that hole there2'
The neighbor laughed-a harsh, bit
ter laugh
Oh he said. I'm just replanting
some Of my nasturtium seeds, that's
all
'Nasturtium seeds2' shouted the
first man, angrily. 1t looks more like
one of my Buff Leghorn hens
Oh, that's all right the other re-
torted- The seeds are inside"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
GROWING
GIRLS need
PINK PILLS
The Tonic Necessary for Their Proper
Development and to Insure
Healthful and Happy Life
Read This Statement of an
Iowa Woman.

There is form of anaemia, or blood
lessness, that often affliets growing
girls, that has been called the anaemia
of development. 1t requires care and
proper attention as neglect may cause
life OF unhappiness and suffering.
There is also danger of consumption.
especially if dry, hacking cough is
noticed. The disease is in the blood
and DR.. Williams Pink Pills are par
ticularly well adapted to cure it. We
have Yet to hear of case in which
these blood making pills have been
tried without success.
Miss Esther E. Burbin, of 212 L.
Main street, Davenport, Iowa, says:
"When 1 was school girl 1 became
afflicted with anaemia and grew so
weak that / could scarcely walk. There
was craving for starch and ate
great deal of it. 1 was pale and thin,
had no ambition and was subject to
ny StcilCdi dildChs. " oiedtu was 50
short that I would have to sit down
and rest on the way up the school steps.
l would fall asleep during recitation
in spite of my efforts to keep awake
and at last had to give up going to
school.
Sometimes it seemed as if my heart
would jump out of my body. Almost
everything 1 ate hart my stomach and
I had bladder trouble that caused me
to bloat and puff up. had two doctors
during the two years before I began
using DR.. Williams Pink Pills and at
last they told my mother that they
could do nothing for me.
"Our druggist recommended DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills and when had taken
them about three weeks noticed 4
change for the, better. Altogether 1
used them for about year and they
gave me new life and health when ev-
cry other means had failed. I have
the pills to many others
and am always glad to do 500
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box; six
boxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

Many women in Munich support
themselves by street sweeping. It does
not follow that they are liefeng citi-
zens of the city because they brush
and carry away the dirt Of its streets.
The recruits of this army come from
the country, strapping daughters OF
small farmers or laborers. and the task
is a coveted one 20 these stout and
wholesome young women. so that there
Is always waiting list. They dress
in kind of uniform. Tyrolese hat of
green with feather on the side. blue
petticoat, red jacket and a neckerchief.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
FROM CANADA.

Mothers have the same terror Of
Group in all countries, but Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy leads in popu-
larity for a prompt cure Of this dread
ed disease. Mrs. Thos- Matthew Of
Caledon. East Ontario, says: Il have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
several times, and try TO keep 1t in
the house always I can highly rec
ommend II for children troubled with
Group" For sale by all dealers. Ben
son. Smith & Co., Ltd, agents for Ha-
wall
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
Thursday. October Il.
DEPARTED
Tuesday, October Is

Tuesday, october Is.
Str. Kinau, Freeman, for Maui and
Hawaii ports, at noon
Str. Iwalani, Self, for holokai and
Maui ports, 5 D. m.
Str. Maui, for Kauai ports, 6 p. m.
Str. Likelike, Naopala, for Hawaii,
p. m.
Str. Niihau, oness. for Kauai ports,
$40 p. m.
L. s. A. T. Sherman, Bruguierre, for
Nagasaki, y. m.
P. M S. s. Siberia, Feeder, for Yoko-
hama, Sis p. m.
O. S. s Alameda, .Dowdell. for San
Francisco, 10 a. m.
Str. Mikahala, Gregory, for Kauai
ports, 5 d. m.
S. s. Rosecrans, Holmes, for Gavi-
ota u m.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
PASSENGER,
Arrived.

Per +. NJ. =. =. SIBERIA. OCTOBER 10
from San Francisco.-For Honolulu
Mrs. A. F. Boyd, Willard E. Brown
Mrs. Willard E. Brown, Mrs. ]. A
Carter, Mrs. A. Coors, H. \. Denison
Mrs. H. n. Denison and infant, Miss
Florence Denison, Miss Hazel Denison
Mrs John Effinger. Captain c. W. Ex-
ton. Miss Lydia Gallaie, Miss Rhea
Gallaie, j. A. Gilman, X. S. Gjerdrum,
Miss Annetta Haskell, Mrs. A. He'll
strom. Mrs. a. X. Hopkins, Mrs. Jas.
Horton. Miss A D. Horton; Mrs. ].
F. Hamburg. infant and maid; F. How
ard Humphris, Mrs. F. Howard Hum
phris. W. Bresler, A. II. Jungclaus,
John Little. A. z. Lloyd, Jas. H. Love,
Mrs. Fannie Love, Mrs. Henry Ware
Lyon, Mrs. J. II. Meyers, r. V. Nit
chell. .Thos. Nolan, Antonio Perry, W.
H. Rice, Mrs. W. H. Rice, Miss E. D.
Rice. P. l. Rice, Miss F. Smith, X.
Tanigoshi, Jas. T. Taylor, Lew Wal
lace. Mrs. Lew Wallace, VIM. ]. West,
Paul Wilmington, Mrs D. L. Withing-
ton, Miss Anne. Wilmington, X. c.
Vaughn. n. D. Linderman. For Hong
kong: \. A. Bryan, Samuel E. Darby,
Mrs. Samuel E. Darby, ]. Debeel, Miss
NJ. Debeel, E. S. Hoyt, layovers for
Honolulu.
Per Str. Mikahala. October 16, from
Kauai ports-W. Puaoi, c. H. Fuller,
Lin You, a. Buchholtz, S. NJ. Kaiwi, H.
Isenberg. W. o. Rowell, P. G. H. Dew
Grill and SO deck.
Per str. Claudine, October 17.-From
n
Roendahl. W. ". Hall. From Keanae:
r. y. Boyd. From Kahului: Miss NJ.
Bailey, Mrs. a. Enos, c. Crowell, W.
Jameson, Rev. ]. Nua and wife, Miss
NJ. E Fleming, Mrs Ayres, J. S.
Bailey, Miss a. Bailey. H. Holt, ].
Holt, Jr., Master G. Harris. a. W.
Bottomley. c. r. Collins, Rev. S. K.
Kaailua, Mrs. Dotta. N A Newman.
From Lahaina: H. E. Cooper. Mrs. c.
H. German, W. H. Stew
art. IS deck.
Per str. Helene, October Ii, from
H. Fisher.
Departed
Per stnlr. kinau, Freeman, for Maui
and Hawaii ports. October ia. W.
T. Bottomley, ". R Jameson, Mrs. A
Mrs. Anna Lidgate. Geo.
Smithies, B. F. Dillingham;, E. Erdman.
H. Focke, Henry E. Cooper, a. Hane-
berg, J. Q. Young, W. L Whitney,
Miss n. Barraclough, Miss C. A. Pat
ten. VIM. Green, Mrs. Wayson and
child
Per strnr. Maui, Bruhn, for Kauai
ports, October 15.-W. H. Rice and wife,
VIM. Lennox, H. Jaeger and wife.
Per stmr. Likelike. Naopala, for Ha-
waii ports October 15.-W. G. Irwin, !
VIM. Giffard, Richard Ivers.
Per stInr. Iwalani. Self. for Molokai, |
October 15.-Miss Hartwell.
Per P. NJ. s. s. Siberia. for the ORR
ent, October 1e.-Maj. r. L. Amesley, |
Mr. and Mrs VIM. Cluf, Miss Cuff, |
Miss E. Dickinson, Miss G. Baucus. L. !
I. Atkins, Mrs A D. Atkins, Mrs l. |
g. Weber. Miss Luft, Miss E. NJ. |
Reid.
Per o. s. 5. Alameda, October 16, for |
San Francisco-Mrs. ]. A Hughes and |
children. L. WELLER and wife, Theo |
Martin, Miss Kaufman. L. Schweit- |
ger, Miss Armada Carlstrom, Miss Mary |
Rapoza, Mrs Thee. Hoffman. Mrs E |
E. Walker. Mrs. a. Samuels, H. ]. |
Johnston, ]. A Buck, J. Wagner. W. |
Brick and wife. c. o. Osborne. Miss |
B. F. Harrington. Miss F. N. Benner. !
F. ]. Barnes, wife and Child, H K. |
Fletcher
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

"Wednesday, OCTOBER 10.
Str. Mikahala, Gregory, from Kauai
ports, AIS a. m.
P. NJ. s. S. Siberia, Feeder, from
San Francisco, 9:S5 a. m
A. O. s. s. Rosecrans, Holmes, from
Gaviota, : a. m
Str. Niihau, Oness, from Anahola,
5:35 a. m.
Thursday, October II.
Ger. sp. H. Hackfeld, Deckmann.
Hamburg, $3.50 a. m.
Str. Claudine, Bennett, from Hawaii
and Maui ports. Sis a. m.
Str. Helene, Nelson. from hawaihae,
1:20 a. m.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DR. McLENNAN-The Royal Hawai-
ian Hotel; cottage y. Entrance
Beretania street, near junction of
Alakea and Emma streets, Homo
lulu Specialist in chronic, difficult
and lingering diseases. An honest
opinion given at first consultation.
Accommodation furnished island pa
tients. Telephone 22S.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
MARRIED.

CCMMING-GUILD-A 1913 Makik
street. Honolulu Cthe residence of
Mr. James Guild, on the 18th inst,
by the Rev Doremus Scudder, D. D..
James Cumming, Kahuku, TO Mill
cent. youngest daughter of Mrs.
Mary Guild, Honolulu
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
Wounds and Skin Diseases cured by
"THE HOUSEHOLD SURGEON"

Druggists refund money If DR..
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEAL
ING OIL fails--Made by PARIS
MEDICINE CO., Saint Louis, q. S.
of A.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
BORN.

ENOS-In this city. October II, to the
wife of John Enos, a daughter.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

HONOLULU IRON WORKS COMA
chinery of every description made to
order
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

LEVERS & COOKE CRobert Levers,
F. ]. Lowrey, c. NJ. Cooke).-Import-
ers and dealers in lumber and build
ing materials. Office, 414 Fort street.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
BUSINESS CARDS.

F. A. SCHAEFER & Co.-Importers
and Commission Merchants, Homo
ture. 1t is planned TO make this home
lulu, Hawaiian Islands. !
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
HONOLULU STOCK EXCHANGE

Honolulu, Thursday, October Il, 1907.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
LOCAL BREvlTIEs.

{From Thursdays Advertiser)
Announcement has been made of the
marriage in Oakland of Harvey Levy.
grandson of Mrs. L. A. Coney. He
is well known here.
L. G. Kellogg has resigned as mem
Der of the Board of Agriculture and
Forestry. on account of a contemplated
absence from the Territory. No sue.
cessor has yet been appointed.
E. c. Peters, representing c. III. Nc
Bride before Judge Andrade, yesterday
made formal objection to the appear
ance of A. NJ. Brown as prosecuting
attorney The objection was overruled.
but may be renewed on appeal.
H.. X. Fletcher travelling auditor for
the Standard oil Company, who has
been down here to audit the accounts
of the Honolulu office, returned to the
Coast yesterday by the Alameda. He
is reported as saying that "Breckons
is barking up the wrong tree REFER
ring to the published statement that
the United States Attorney doubts that
Lionel Hart was responsible for all
that has been found wrong in con-
nection with the affairs of the office.
The grand jury. however, is fnvesti-
eating the matter and is said to have
elected considerable very interesting
testimony.
Sheriff Iaukea says he wiz probably
arrest some prominent property holder
who violates the recently passed gutter
ordinance, and will let a test case be
made of it.
Luka Paaluhi was given divorce
by Judge De Bolt from her husband,
John Paaluhi The libelant is over
seventy years of age. The hbelee Is
seventy-five, and it is alleged that he
has kept a sort of harem.
News of the wedding of Mr.. ]. ].
Newcombe, formerly of Kaanapali.
Maui, to Miss NJ. Snarey of Noting
ham, England, came as a surprise to
his many friends. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. Geo. Snarey. The wedding took
place early in January.
1t is stated that, acting on report
sent by United States Shipping Com
missioner Almy, instructions have been
received to prosecute r. A. Lucas Of
Hawaii, in connection with
seven advance notes for $50 each signed
by sailors of the ship John Ena.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

lUspitsl.
F STOCK. Paid Upval. Bid. Ask.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18
PORT OF HONOLULU.
ARRIVED.

Wednesday, october 16.
ahala, Gregory, from Kauai
The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-10-18

100 a. m
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-09
side bet and his $1,000 guarantee.
Squires takes "a per lent of the gross
receipts, about 5000
PEACOCK TICKLES
WOLVES PALATE
Strange "Nature-Fact'' Witnessed by
500 Children I'm Bronx Zoo.

While the discussion about wolves
and carbon is pending between Presi.
dent Roosevelt and the Rev. DR.. Long,
some interesting facts about wolves
and peacoks were established in the
Bronx Geological Gardens YESTERDAY.
Wolves, at any rate Tasmanian
wolves, are fond of ~peacocks, and
when they lie down together the pea
cock is inside the wolf.
Tasmanian wolves go for a peacock
like a hen for a worm and tickle their
palates with peacock feathers.
No nature faks" is hidden in these
statements. If necessary 500 Bronx
school children will make affidavit
that they are true. The children went
TO the geological gardens i'm a body,
guided and cared for by their teach
ers, who delivered instructive little
lectures before the animals cages and
explained what the hyena was laugh
ing at and why the leopard changed
it's spots-on the floor Of the cage.
Forty thousand other visitors were
there. - .-t~
The children passed five peacocks
which. as if to say, "see who's here"
proudly displayed their gaudy tail
plumage. Being there to see fierce
beasts and rarer birds. t he children
scarcely glanced at the peacocks.
which seemed much Inundated and
shut up their feather show. But. re-
covering itself, n peacock plainly
determined to force the children's at
tention to it and command their at
miratien.
They were gathered before the rocky
den of the Tasmanian wolves \
teacher was saying, there. children.
you see the"-when the peacock few
over the iron fence and alighled in the
middle of the den.
Quick as so many streaks of ii2Et-
ming, he six gray wolves rushed at
that peacock: it seemed that all
grabbed it at. once. The unfortunate
bird gave a feeble little cry and was
not.
A few of its tail feathers, limp and
broken. strewed the den. The wolves
snarled and fought over the feathers
and quickly guiped them down. al
though they almost checked them.
This incident, children, we'll Illus
trates the ~ferocity of the Tasmanian
wolf, which even confinement cannot
tame" said a teacher. Nov, passing
on to the next cage"-Ncw YORK
World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-09
NightinSaIeS in Scotland

h nightingale favors some dis.
tr1cts and shuns others. Scotland il
does not visit; but a century ago 8
patriotic Scotsman tried to establish
the nightingale in t hat country. He
commissioned a London dealer to Dur.
chase nightingales eggs. enc shilling
each being given, for than4. These were
we'll packed in wool and sant to Scot
land By mail coach.
A number of men had previously
been engaged to take special care of
all robin r~edbreasts' nests in places
where the eggs could be hatchel in
safety. The robins Eggs We're remov-
ed and replaced by those of the night
1ngale, which were Matched and a
ed by their foster mothers. When full
tedged the young nighr:rgales seemed
perfectly at home n2ar the places
where they first saw the light: and IN
September the usual period IF migra-
tion,, they departed.
But the n~ightinga1es never returned
to Scotland. 1t has been suggested
that it was not the climate they oh
jected to so much as the difficulty Of
acquiring the accent.-From the
Glasgow News.