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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

white plumage and the two great sweeping tail
feathers that give him his name. With his wife
he does not lack other names, and they are
known in various places as "old injun,' 'old
wife" "old molly 'old granny "old squaw,
and 'old south southerly." Because OF the oily
nature of their flesh these ducks are unit Tor
food, and yet the gunners on the Chicago break
waters and the government pier used to Kill
dozens of them in the pure wantonness OF sport.
When the sloping stone abutment that pro-
tects the outer Lincoln Park driveway, Chicago,
from the waves is piled high with ice during the
winter the venturesome person who Will scale
the side of the pile may see in the dark water
only few yards beyond of the most beauti-
full ducks known to the bird kingdom The
golden eye or whistle wing, frequents the cold
waters of Lake Michigan all through the winter,
and comes close to the shore. 1t is seldom that
more than four or five are seen together. and
oftener a single pair will be found Ii the pro-
lection which the male apparently tries to ex-
tend to the female during all times Of the year
be basis for Judgment, these birds remain
mated for life
The golden eye almost invariably places him.
self between his gentler companion and danger,
and when they swimming or flying to new
foraging places he invariably leads the way.
The movement Of their wings is rapid that
it produces a musical Whistling audible at a
great distance. Because of the rapidity of their
flight the Indians call them spirit ducks, believ-
ing that some supernatural aid is gwen them TO
add to the swiftness of their iourneyings.
The best of the bird scavengers acting as the
allies of the Chicago health department IN win
ter are the herring, the ring-bfl1ed gulls The
herring gull is a big grayish creature, almost
pure white if he is three years DID, with black
tips to his wings The young of the first year
are motted gray, entirely different in appearance
from their parents. The result of this difference
is that people looking at winter flock of the
gu1ls think that it contains several species. The
lagoons in Jackson and Lincoln Parks are often
fair with hose DrOVi0od heavy
storm is coming in from the eastward.
A decate-looking bird is the kittewake gull
1t does not look if it could stand the rigors
of lake winter weather for day, and vet neither
storm nor cold succeeds in chilling It's optimism
or in abating it's industry. The kittewakes have
been in the lake off Chicago in winter, and here
they doubtless occasionally have remained until
March.
A bird lover considers it an ornithological
epoch when he sees great blackbacked gull
The persistent and careful observer who cares
nothing for weather conditions may find this rare
creature, perhaps the largest of our gus, if he
will but keep constant watch along the lake
front. The bird has been seen here on several
occasions in winter. Its name gives a good de
scription of it. It is sometimes known grew
somely as the coffin carrier
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

The kinget smaller than any of birds,
the ruby throated humm1ng bird alone manages
to live through all the colo Northern winter and
be all the while cheerful robin in April.
The kinglet as far the experience of one per
is concerned at least, prefers to get his sum
mer food in the thick bushes, and seemingly has
preference for those which are near clamberlng
vines The kinglets cast about for likely places
in which to pass the winter AS far can be
ascertaned they simply get into the heart of some
thickly twigged bush through which vine
branches and there all night long they defy both
cold and snow.
The great northern shrike which is due in the
northern states from it's summer home in the
British possessions about October l, spends his
nights close to the bole OF an evergreen tree.
There is little clump of evergreens well within
the limits of the city of Chicago where half
dozen of these birds roost nightly from October
to March Inasmuch they live a diet OF
English sparrows and spend all the daylight hours
in the laudable vocation of killing the imported
feathered pest the exact location of their roostng
place will not be given for fear some champion
of the sparrow might disturb the rest of these
feathered friends, whom many are unknd enough
to call butcher birds.
AS matter of fact one need feel little anxiety
for the welfare of the birds that stay with us in
winter. The nursery dtty of What will the robin
do then, poor thing?' is tearcompelling but the
robin the bluebird, the jay and the chickadee
will all care for themselves and will feel no envy
of man in his steam heated fiat.
During the bitter weather of winter while peo
pie with hearts in the right places scattering
crumbs and seeds at their doorsteps for the little
feathered land visitors the great city Of Chicago
as whole is doing its best to feed the storm
blown birds of Lake Michigan. Not all the sew
age of the city Notwithstanding the completion
of the drainage canal, is sent towards the Mlssls-
sipp Some little of it still finds it way into the
lakes with its burden of garbage and there the
gull scavengers by eating much of the output that
from their point of appetite is edible do their best
to aid in purifying the water supply.
IN the dead of winter when the cold is so IN
tense that it seems that exposed creature can
live, the waste of water between Chicago and
st joe Mich. is peopled with strange feathered
visitors who shun the same water stretches when
the wind blows soft out of the south. storm
which once rose and preceded a spell Of zero
weather brought with it from the north scores
of strange, beautiful arctic visitors known as
long-tailed ducks. They may be seen all through
the winter well out into the open water of Lake
Michigan. They fairly revel in cold weather
and in cold water. 1t is highly probable that
they would never cone to the great lakes at all
were it not for the fact that everything north
ward is frozen solid. The male "long-tail is
beauty with his strongly contrasted black and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
TELLS OF CHINESE HORRORS

Gradually the horror OF the pres
emit outbreak in unhappy China is be-
ing brought home to us as the news
sits through the press censor's fin
gers by way of private letters from
officials and missionaries who are in
the midst of the turmoil and blood
shed. To the friends here who re-
ceive such letters details of the
tragedy of war are brought home
with stunning force.
DR.. Joseph Beech, whose portrait
is here shown, is one of those who,
through no act of their own, are on
the firing line, SO to say, in the rebel
lious provinces of China.
In a letter to friend here in
America DR.. Beech describes his ex-
periences after the outbreak against
the Manchu dynasty and declares
that the suffering there is beyond de-
scription. He states that over 5000
persons were ruthlessly slaughtered,
while many women and girls commit
ted suicide at Chentu, West China,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
PROSECUTED THE M'NAMARAs7

In the quest of the 'mep H.,
up" said to be involved in tba 'slsf
Angeles dynamiting plot that ros,l 10
in the confession of the NcNsa 'N
brothers, John d. Fredericks 6ia. aa
attorney, is pretty certain IN W.
looming figure.
All through the trial of the Nv,
ers Mr. Fredericks showed an n u,O'l'
taxable brand of Judgment and eDara rS
He and his associates were onno'
by the cleyerest counsel that r o0",.
be obtained, but the trial was roa u
lar progress of victories for the n,a Wv
cution, even before the later stass'
when outside events began to mSs'
mine the case of the defense Aas,
to Mr.. Fredericks' legal acumen = =
large fund of personal popularity :
California.
In addition to being a stern AZ,
rather uncompromlslng individua,
Mr.. Fredericks is a man Of imav,n"
ton and distinctive sentiment r.,
tie more than year ago wbor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

attended of "Voes Women"
"Womans
the in
asked sing sort of parody
the LAND of liberty
other things
Of liberty clause
"You making history tonight Frederks protested m
asking
you'll tactics favor
vote by that attitude There is feeling
tude will resent
of the who speedily reconsda
aloud then with
there pretty strong mo" the motion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
PUTS coNvIcTs ON HONOR

An interesting experiment in the
humane treatment of convicts has
met with the success that it deserves
and its author, Governor West, Of
Oregon, at first regarded as a senti-
mental enthusiast on prison reform,
is now receiving the plaudits of those
who would be doing something for
the under dog"
Salem is the center for a num-
Der of the state institutions, all of
which have considerable tillable
ground surrounding them-hundreds
OF acres of rich arabic valley land
ready to return to it's cultivators album
dant harvests of golden wheat. It
was Governor Vests self-imposed
task to bring to this work the hun
dreds OF strong, naturally active men
shut up in the penitentiary, and at
the same time to establish a system
which would be Of mutual benefit to
the state and to the convict. The
governor declares that sentiment had
nothing whatever to do with the
honor system
The system has worked admirably
at farming. roadmaking, brickmaking
ting earlier lessons in law-breaking a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
WINNER OF A NOBLE PRIZE

Prof. Wilhelm Vein, whose pie
ture appears herewith, was recently
awarded the Noble prize for Physics
Professor Vein is only AT years DID,
He studied at the University OF Got
tingen, Heidelburg and Berlin, ana IL
the author of number of books on
Roentgen rays, hydrodynamics anu
electricity.
The awarding Of the Nobel prizes
is an annual occasion OF great inter
est throughout the world. 1t taxes
place on the anniversary of the DEAN
of the founder of the fund, Allreu
Bernhard Nobel. The fund amounts
to over $8sO00,OO0 and the five prizes
closely approximate $4,000 eacn'
Those for physics and chemistry arc
awarded by the Academy of Sciences
Of Sweden, that for medicine by tns
Caralus Institute Of Stockholm, anu
the literary prize by the SWeolsn
Academy. The peace prize is aWaru'
ed annually at Christiania, NORWAY
by a committee Of Ave chosen lTom
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

the woodpecker is felt to
keep him as a companion
throughout the winter a
piece of suet bound firmly
to the limb of a tree and
occasionally renewed will
insure his presence as a
guest as long as the snow
flies, and with him, tempt
ed by the suet, will be a
goodly company of jays,
chickadees, and golden
o..ooGl Ii, crl0tc.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

There is puzzle for the scientists even more com
pick than that offered by the spectacle of migration
1T is to get the solution of the problem of why
birds with the recurring autumns invariably seek
warmer climes while others apparently much more
poorly fitted by nature to withstand cold weather
conditions, stay about the familiar nesting scenes
when the snow lies deep and the cold is like that of
est Agnes Eve"
The titmouse, the Concord chickadee of Emerson
is little feathered> gem which looks as though a
breath OF cold would set it all a-shiver Yet this
little fellow sticks by his Northern friends all
through the winter, when bigger more heavily feath
cred and apparently hardy species have sought
out the orange and the magnolia groves of the gulf
There are scores of other birds which remain with
us to pipe cheerful note over the snow wastes
Whlie their southern-fying friends are silent amid
their congenial surroundings
one OF the most Interesting bird studies is that
which leads to personal knowledge of how the
ieatbered species for themselves during time
when exposed man, though heavily clothed at
times freezes to oath. 1t is question if many peo
pie know how the despised English sparrow, whom
we always have with u.s. manages to pull through
Northern winter without offering himself up as a.
sacrifice to Jack Frost 1t is matter current but
mistaken belief among those who have noticed the
great bulky nests which the sparrows have built in
almost every that these punches of straw dried
grass, and feathers form the abiding places of the
sparroWs during the coldwnter nights. AS a mat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

ter Of fact, a sparrow sell
dom goes near a tree nest.
in winter. If he has found
a lodging for his summer
home in a cornice of a
building he may go there
to sleep away the long,
cold nights, but the tree
nest is deserted from the
moment the last brood is
Matched.
If one wishes to know
where thousands of the
sparroWs sleep in winter
let him on some cold night
take a stout club and rap
with all his might upon an
electric light pole that is
fitted with an overhanging
hood, There is a little
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05

Methodist Episcopal College
penned Chnu when the let
disturbed
friend here who made known Its
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-05
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w WIN 7EPIEzsz@&z BLASTS tpv,re ; CLARK

HE greater battalion of the army
of the birds is in the southland for
the winter. The warblers were the
pioneers in the march to escape the
cold. The naturalists Of the world
would give much to know what it was
in the torrid time which told these
daintiest of the feathered creatures
that they must be moving on
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-20
FOR RENT-Pleasant, large sleep

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ing room, furnished: reasonable
Box IL, City. l--V- iPu
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seven blocks from Main street. and
one block east of South Florida ave-
me. Price. $1,000; terms: rental
ST., month. Address Box a13, Lake
land. Fla.
Jewell Kelley Co.. best of all. next
week: canvas tkeater. Main and
Missouri streets
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l-l5-tf
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Big canvas theater all next week.
Jewell Kelley Go. 10 cents to all.
Special sale of sheet music a.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-09
BATTLE ship maine
IN MOTION PICTURES
1t the Savoy Theatre For
Today

Pictures that will hold interest that
is great and ut-of-the-ordinary will
be those of the raising and burial of
he battleship Maine, which will be
shown at The Savoy Theatre this af-
.ernoon and evening. There will be
three reels of this excellent film, ev-
cry one of surprising interest.
1t is through the marvellous agency
of the motion picture that these Won
derful scenes have been recorded and
brought to Americas by Manager
Wall, the scenes of the raising and
burial of the ship off the coast of
Havana being shown with wonderful
clearness and completeness. The &C
tual happenings that have been pho
tographed in part and written of in
the newspapers and magazines are in
this manner brought directly to the
people of Americas, who can see it all
for the small admission price charg-
ed.
Realizing the wide interest in these
pictures among both young and old
Manager Wall has generously Offered
through Superintendent Miller of thu
local schools passes to each teacher
in the system so that they may enjoy
these beautiful pictures. The pictures
are of unusual historical interest
teaching lessons of patriotism an(
loyalty that should be impressed up
on every boy and girl. The Savoy
will be crowded this afternoon anG
evening throughout the entire time
these pictures are being displayed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-09
Want LIGHTS
FOR Bridge
LIT AT night
RESIDENTS REQUESTING IT
Lee Street Bridge Lights Not
Illuminated

Requests have been made by resi-
dents along Lee street that the lights
on the Lee street bridge be illuminat-
ed at night, at least for several hours
on dark nights. Investigation shows
that the lights have not yet been wir-
ed, according to a statement made
yesterday by City Engineer Ansley.
The bridge is equipped with mod
ern lights of the kind that are used
on similar structures in the larger
cities, and the lights are exceptional
ly handsome and pretty. The fact
that they have gone without being il
Illuminated at all since they were plac-
ed on the bridge is singular COM
mentary when the trouble required tc
secure the lights placed on the bridge
by the contractor is taken into con-
sideration.
The matter of providing for the il.
Elimination of the bridge has already
been attended to, as there are only
four lights on the bridge and the ad-
ditional expense incurred by the city
in supplying current for them is very
little. The contract for the wiring
of the lights has been already given,
but due to the delay of the contractor,
the work has never been completed,
according to City Engineer Ansley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-09
SPECIAL RATES WILL
Hold UNTIL MIDDAY
Erroneous Report Current
Yesterday

An erroneous report was current
here yesterday to the effect that the
reduced railway rates to the Macon
reunion would be withdrawn after
last night, and that visitors going to
Macon today would be required 20
pay the regular rates.
This is not true, except as applying
TO the noon trains, which would ar
rive in Macon after the reunion exer-
cises had ended. Round trip tickets
at the special rate, $1.7O, will be sold
Tor both morning trains leaving Amer,
lcus at Gao and 7:4S o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-09
NOTICB-stock feeders and chicken

NOTICD-Stock feeders and chicken
raisers. Como is the only feed thai
has ever been adjudged pure and un-
adulterated by decree of the United
States court. Your grocer will sell
you a sack of Como IT'S lbs. 6 IA
bushels, % lbs. to the bushel, a feed
that is all feed, at the same price of
sack of oats 100 lbs, 5 bushels, 32
lbs. to the bushel, and you feed the
same measure CT one as the other.
Your stock assimilates every pound of
Como, which is not true with any
whole grain feed, consequently youI
save about 35 per cent. in your feed
bills by using Como. Como Horse
and Mule Feed is a uniform blend of
highly nutritious pea green, colra al
falfa meal with ground corn and oar
products. Como Hen and Feed con-
aims no grit will grass seed, oyster
shells or any harmful ingredients.
~ "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-09
CONSERVE HUSBANDS,
UNMARRIED WOMAN'S PLEA
Miss Phillips Advises Wives to Sup
port Mates in Times of Illness.

Miss Phillips Advises Wives to Sup
port Mates in Times of Illness.
st. Louis, Mo. May 8.--A conserva-
ton policy in the matter of husbands
was advocated by Miss Phillips, Of
the Children's Aid Society of St. Louis
in an address at the national confer
ence of the Federation of Day Muir
series at Hotel Jefferson. Miss Phil
lips, who is forty-five years of age
and unmarried, illustrated her argu-
ments with a recital of st. Louis
wife's experiences.
"A wife should conserve her hus-
band Miss Phillips said. by con,
seryation, | mean that in the case OF
illness or disability the wife should
support her husband.
One instance occurred in st. Louis.
The husband was advised to go west
for his health and had insufficient
means. At the day nursery we advis-
ed the wife to go to work to help the
husband regain his health. She re,
fused and the husband died. Then
she had to get a position. We kept
one of te children until she again |
married. The second husband was
healthy man, but he turned out to be
/ former convict We have both the
children now and the woman is sup
'orting man who will not work. She
would have been far better off had
ne conserved her first husband" |