davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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off by green wings and a purple patch
on the head.
The rcd fronted tories, from the Aru
islands. are almost as rare and Just as
beautiful as the stellas. The ground
color of their plumage is olive green.
broadly streaked with red and yellow.
Every one knows the familiar little
green "l1ve birds" which tell tho for
tune of the crcdulous by pluckmg
cards from boxes under the direction
of Italian women OH the street corn
efs 1t is easy To ina CINE, then. the
excitement caused three years ago by
the appearance of birds of this snecies
whose phmage was of the most deli
cate blue. set off by purest white. This
change of color is caused by total
elimination of the yellow from the nor
NAL green, and is OF great scientific
interest. These birds have been lea
lousy guarded in Europe, and the So
ciety.s pair are the first to find their
way across the Atlantic.
Among the larger birds are a variety
of. eagles, vultures, owls hawks and
gulls. There are three Goliath herons.
natives Of tropical Africa, standing
fully four feet high when erect. and
so savage il is unsafe for the keeper to
enter their cage unarmed
This addition places the-bird collec-
ton of the New York geological park
first in rank of all such collections
throughout the world.-New York
Times.
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VISION OF VUlTuRES.
The Human Eyesisht Not to Sc Com
pared With IT,

Compared with our human eyesight. the
vision Of birds of prey is marvellous
The bird student is often amazed at the
Immense distances at which hawks
eagles ana vultures can distinguish OBJ
jeets. II is a well authenticated fact that
vultures do not ind their food. by sthe
sense of smell.
Many years ago Charles Darwin ex-
perimented with the earrions birds of
south America, and found mat so long
as the food was concealed from sight. no
matter how putrid and ill-smelling it was.
the birds failed TO detect it. Other OBJ
servers have reached the same conclusion
A friend OF the Youths Companion
writes.
Il was detailed for service with some
troops that We're moving along the Next
can border. One evening we camped nea,
small stream on the western slope OF
the bills east from san Diego. During
the hight one of the wagon mules died
We took the body short distance from
camp and partly concealed it III a elump
OF willows. The next morning. after the
column mad resumed its march. I roue TO
the summit Of the highest hill, some three
miles from our camping ground. and
| swept the country through a pair of pow
| erfm binoculars
| As the glasses moved along the hori-
| zon vuiture. a mere speck in the dis
lance came into their field He was san.
ing IN great circles In the blue heavens
miles away. far beyond the ken of tbs
uRaided eye. Suddenly he paused in MS
hiEht. turned sharply. and headed direct,
ior our abandoned camp ground.
watched him until / was convinced tina
ne had discovered the dead mule.
Then recolIected that years ago
mad read ia one OF Capt Nayne Reid,
books something Of the habits of vui
lures, and ! began to look for others. Ii
a few minutes another appeared. a bIacl
speek IL the SKY. speeding In the wake 0
the first then another and another came
from different points OF the compass; the
more and more, an hurrying toward thei
: | ioatisorne feast.
While 1 watched the gathering vul
lures made a little calculation. whe
,he hrst yulture discovered the carcass
ne was not visible 10 the naked eye. an
] was but speek through the binocuiar
That Is. adding the three miles Laa ris
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Marble Paved Highway Across
Macedonia,

We do not know how Neapolis looked
in Pauls time. though il must have been
place of some considerable Importance
since the great Egnatian Way. splendid
road paved with marble, and which
stretched all the way from Rome to this
outermost boundary of Macedonia. ended
here. This road. traversing the whole
southern part of Italy, from the Mediter-
ranean to Brindisi on the Adriatic, began
again after the interruption Of the AdriIic
at Durazzo; then it went across the
breadth of Macedonia to Salonca, Apollo
MIA, Ampsipolis, Philippi and Neapolis.
With all our pride in modern road build
ing, since time began there has perhaps
never been constructed such a magnifi-
cent highway as this,
After passing some large modern to-
bacco warehouses and some fine homes
belonging to the tobacco magnates, we
came to the edge of the city and faced a
tremendous rocky hill, seemingly COM
posed OF solid granite. on which not a
blade of grass or the smallest churb could
find lodgment. Black and forbidding is
this great mass of rock. like the "blaek
hills" of Montenegro. Beside the modern
road, and not more than 50 yards away
in many places, the old Roman road was
plainly visible. 1t Is now so out of repair
as to be impossible. and Yet in some
small stretches it is as smooth and as
well paved rs in the ancient days, though
/ saw none of the marble Slabs with
which it is said to have been covered. /
descended from our ancient chariot and
walked upon some of these stones of the
old road.-Christian Herald.
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The Famous Bagdad Railway.

Turkeys biggest and most impor
tant railway project is the line which,
starting from Konia, the terminus of
the Anatolian Railway from SIAM
boul, is being carried 125 miles in Il
southeasterly direction to Bussorah, at
the head of the Persian Gulf, touch
ing on the way Aleppo, the metropolis
of Syria. Mosul, on the site of ancient
Nineveh. and Bagdad. the one time
capital of the Kaliphs. The conces-
sion for building the 900 miles from
konia to Bagdad is in the hands of a
German company. the general man
aser of which. Meissner Pasha. has an
enVlabie record of twenty eight years
IN railway construction in Turkey
Inc $50 miles from Bagdad to Bus
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New and Strange Birds.

The collection of birds in the New
York geological park has been enlarged
by the arrival of a consignment of
seventy rare and beautiful specimens,
including at least forty species which
never have been exhibited here. They
were gathered from the various zoolo-
gical gardens and private aviaries of
Europe by Lee S. Crandall, assistant
curator OF birds. There are falcons
and owls from Iceland and the Ma gel
ian Islands, crows from the Alps and
from the Himalayas of central Asia,
and birds of paradise from New Gut
nea.
Probably of greater popular interest
are two Count Raggi's birds of para
dlse. The male OF this species, full
grown, is like the greater bird of para
disc now in the park. except that its
plumes are reddish chocolate instead
of yellow
The great bower bird of Australia
VIII attract much attention because
OF his peculiar call, which is indistin.
guishabe from the new of a cat.
Most delicate of all birds which 81
Tar have been kept successfully il
captivity are the tiny purple sunbirds
the feathers Of the male are a SHIN
mering BLUSH black in color. So sen
sitiye are they that ar hours with
holding of the liquid food at .whiel
they constantly sip or a few moment
exposure to temperature below 5
degrees causes their death.
The most gorgeous OF the lot are tn
wonderful stella tories. These bird
inhabit the inaccessible mountains
central New Guinea, and only IVY
pairs ever have reached Europe aliv'
Their predominant color is scarlet, So
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GUN USED BY AUDUBON.
Probably a Gift to the Great orni-
biologist in 1880.

There turned up recently in the
lands of Il Philadelphia furniture
lealer an extraordinary relic of one OF
he most famous men of this country
L man of firearms, hui not a man of
var: scientist who killed birds by
he hundred, but only that he might
ound the cult Of preserving the bird
ife of this country--John James
Auduhon. the ornithologist, whose
lame has been given TO the great So
aiety whose purpose is To save the
birds.
The relic is a shotgun that seems be-
gend any doubt TO have belonged TO
Audubon, and that bears evidence of
being presented to him by friends in
england. 1t was apparently made To
their order.
The gun came into possession of
Samuel n. Rhoads of Philadelphia, the
book dealer, and is held by him now.
Ii is a fine specimen of the old-fash
oned, muzZle- loading. double barrelea
collectors gun, small in bore, long in
barrel, heavy, but handy for all that
II is still in beautiful condition and
might but yesterday have come from
he shop of its maker. Conway OF
Manchester Eng.
Experts say that il was probably
quilt some time in the decade of 1880.
1t was al that time that Audubon was
England, having his Great Bird
Books published, and it is believed
hat his friends had the gun made for
a gift
The gun is 60 inches long, and
weighs l , pounds. It's meuntings are
Of gold and silver, and it is fired. of
course, by percussion caps In the
utt-plate is an odd trap door, open
ing into cavity large enough To hold
a reserve stock of gun caps. of oil. or
even a bottle of cold preventive.
On the midrib, between the barrels.
5 engraved the legend John James
Audubon, Citizen of the United States.
FLSL. The initials indicate Audu-
oon's Fellowship in the Linnaean So
ciety OF London
MI Rhoades believes that the gun
was used by Audubon on mis- collectinz
trips 10 the coasts and bays OF Florida
he earelinas, Maine and Labrador
between the years 1892 and 1887. He
values the relic at $500
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Chicago produce Market u.

p
Pig exports, today, helped bring ap ',p
p sbarn rally in wheat The close Wa
nervous. to above last night ~ ~
finished to sGs up, oats with q sam ~
{ 10 and provisions at an ADVANCE -
10 vq}tEl5lAT-Mav 7sz: July 80, sent. $50;
coRN-May 529; July 5Ss@Si' sept. s'T
ass. -. o,,0,,. sent. sS}.
mss POIsK-Aay 209am97l; Jus 2a d.3,
IARD-May 1857; July lobo' lie, SEPT 1 aT5-.
SHORT RIBS-May loSzAi ""4S
III BsnTTER-s creamerdies SO ssaso At
EGGS-Firm. receipts la,f H. cs,S eg9i,nary
MARKET cases included, lIMa; otalnaiS
firsts l6ta17; firsts u. o,,,.. a care.
oTATOES-Steady; receipts o. ~ W.
Michigan Mar; Minnesota 4S@4''
consin 47@A9.
RYE-No. 2 62s.
BARLEY-47070. S'
TIMOTTIY-259n33 5.
CTOVER-1200nl 1850. ~ r,g-z,
PORK-20,S0 so.
LARD-1060. - sf
RIBS-1012Ad =
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den from camp to IS the range of the
binoculars. the bird must have been near
ly p miles from the carcass.
"The carcass itself was partly concealed
and invisible from my position except
through the glasses. That the yulture de-
pended upon his vision alone is evident,
as enough time had not passed for any
putrefacton changes to faint the air
Another Interesting thing was the
promptness with which the other vultures
took the hint when the first maue the
discovery. There was only one in sight
to begin with; in 10 minutes taere We're
ifty.
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Boston Produce Market.

Boston. March II.
Quotations on -four, grain, nlllfeeai
meal, hay and straw are strictiy wiloie-
sale for carload lots to jobbers. All othef
quotations represent prices to the re-
BEEF-Dressed unchanged; whole cat
tie l2d124.
BRAN-Lower, 22G22.50.
BUTTER-Ste northern 3Sef8; west
ern 3IMA. ,e,1,,o
CORN--Lower; No. yellow &C.
EGGS-Firm: choice 26M2l; western -
m2i.
FLOUR-Firm. spring patent ig,ftb.
HAY--Firm; No. | grade 2lM22,
I.AMBS-Firm; spring ifaGilah.
INRD-Unchanged pure ~.
MIXED FEED-Lower. 2a,5o@26.lo.
oATS-Steady; No. 2 clippeu white ~
poRK-Steady; medium backs 2ss0si2i2p
POrATOf.S-St white lSNle.
SGGAR-Steady granulated i56,
yEAL--Firm, s4l5.
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WHO ATE ROGER WILLIAMS?
However, Don't Let This Story Spoil
Your Appetite for Apples.

The memory Of Roger Williams, the
founder OF Rhode Island. was long neg
leeied. He died in 1858. after a long and
active life. but for long time his
grave lay unmarked.
In 1856 the Rev. j. II. MeCarty con-
tributed TO the Ladies' Repository Sc
ries of articles on Roger Williams. in
one Of which ne told the following in
teresting story Of The discovery Of the
dead Puritan's grave and limited at the
unconscious cannibalism of the neigh
bors.
During a period of 1873 years not even
a rough stone had been set up 10 mark
the grave of the founder of Rhode Is
land till the precise locality of his grave
bad been almost forgotten. and could
only be ascertained by the most careful
investigation. Suffice it to say, how
ever. the spot was found, and the ex
humation was made 4 short time ago.
though there was little to exhume.
On scraping off the turf from the sur
face of the ground the dim outlines OF
seven graves contained within less
than one square rod, revealed the buri-
al ground Of Roger Williams. The
/ asterly grave was identified as mat Of
Mr.. Williams.
on digging down. into the char
| mel house it was found that
everything had passed into oblivion.
| The shanes of the collins could only be
traced by black line OF carcenaeeous
matter. the thickness of the edges OF
| the sides OF the collins with their ends
distinctly defined. The rusted remains
4 II. a til on
fragments of wood and a single round
knot, was all that could be gathered
| from his grave. In the grave of his
wife there was not a trace of anything
save a single lock OF braided hair
which had survived the lapse Of more
| than $50 years.
| Near the grave stood a venerable APP
pie tree, when and BY whom planted
is not known. This tree mad sent Two
Of its main roots into the gra yes ri
Mr. and Mrs. Williams
| The larger root had pushed It's WAY
| drought the earth till it reached t!te
precise spot occupied rs the skull Of
Roger WIniayns. There making turn,
las ii going round the skull. il followed
| the direction OF the backbone To the
i hips. Here it divided into tWo branches
sending one along each leg 10 the heeL
iwhere they both turned apward TO tins
toes.
/ One OF these roots formed sigh
crook at the knee. which makes Tbs
whole bear close resemblance 70 Z
human form
!, There were the graves, emptied @
, every particle or human dust! Not
| trace Of anything was LETT II is kncWi
to chemistry that all FISH and the gela
tinous matter giving consistency L. m
bones are resolved into earbonic-aei'
gas, water. and air, while the solid lin
dust usually remains. But in this cas-
even the phosphate Of lime OF the bone
e of both graves was al gone. Their
Z stood the guilty apple tree" ar va
d said ct the time, canght in the y+ry ac
q of .robbing the grave"
= To explain the phenomenon Is not tn
! design of this article. such an ex
tplanation could be given. end man
. other similar cases addueea. But hi
:, fact must be admittod-thc orga.l
!, lmaiter Of Roger Wlliams has bee
IansInutsd into the apple tree, II IL.
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had been done better and no hardship
had been entailed. Others who spoke
against repeal We're Fred +. Wheeler
of Portland. president of the Maine
Master Plumbers association, David
c. Calhoun of Portland, j. II. Cosan
OF Augusta, i. r. Dunning of Bangor
Roscoe Hanson of Waterville John b.
Smith of Lewiston, Charles Eaton of
Brunswick, Mr.. Sheehe of Portland. all
Of who maddressed the committee
along the same lines.
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The Journals stories of the sessions
in the Senate and House of the 18th
Legislature are confined To summary
of the proceedings with such infor-
nation as may be outside the routine
work. The complete proceedings. how
ever. with the speeches. votes. reports
of committees, etc. viii be found in
the stenographie report elsewhere in
this issue.
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In 1910. says writer in the Rail-
way Age Gazette, the twenty-one di-
visions of the Pennsylvania railroad
wrote and forwarded 200, 600 letters
Now, through the co-ordination of va
rious departments. this enormous cor
respondence has been reduced 20 per
cent, approximately $40. 900 fewer let
tiers being written
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New York Cotton Market.

New Y0fK,7 MHFttl y.
snot closed ouiet sfiddAng ai's'sn'':l
y d, do. gulf 1865. No sales Il
GALVESTON quiet ~ New orl Z. as
l22: savannah steady, IL -. ss 81 M
o,iiet, IL. Memphis quiet, y g 80 al /:
Net rcceipts for I'VE days 81 s'yss.s 4. y Y
isxnorts TO Great Britain 4a:esaM344az<1
France 1892. TO the Continent $1,000
Japan 49li.
Stock 76s,58a5.
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CHICAGO Cattle Market.

CHICAGO. MAreh 1000
HOGS Receipts 2s0d0;a strong. Dglks "Ns
sales S70GSs5: light SlO@905; miXed 9'y''
800 heavy ss0GS9o adv.
CATTL E. Receipts loo NJ n
beeyes 7l5Si9l5: stockers and. feeders uV3sass
SIS. cows and heifers 3o0@3oo; calves 'g'
SHEEp-Receipts 1900 strong; ,, ~,
lambs Sn0G9l0.
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passed into the woody fiber and was
capable of propelling the steam engine;
il had bloomcd in the apple blossoms.
and had become pleasant to The eye
and. more, il had gone into the fruit
from year 10 year, SO that the question
might be asked. Who Ate Roger VIII
liams. Watsons Magaainc
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only for sew erage. He pointed to The
fact iliat the Lewiston board OF
Health is composed of two doctors and
4 pawn broker Surely it would be
better TO have plumber look after
~pi8iabing than pawn broker ne
remarked.
] II. Chase. member of the Auburn
{ board al health. said the law Of 1911
had worked satisfactorily. Plumbing
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.
BOSTON RAILROADS.

y. d Nj. .s....-.s. 20 ~ ~ 81 %
Maine Central
New Haven ......,..... 123ss l23s 123i i3'
INDUSTRIALS BOSTON
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New York Money Market.

New York, March Z.
Prime mercantile paper 81 to per cent.
sterling exchange weak at 49, for 60
day bills and at $40 for demand.
Commercial bills 49,
Bar silver 81
Mexican dollars AZ
Government bonds firm.
Railroad bonds irregular.
Money on cali firm at 4lM6 per cent
..1s..l. - Al Last liam = closing hid &
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JUDICIARY NEAR END.

CONTINUED from Page one)
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sTENoGRAPHIc REPORT.

P. Bass Of Bangor opposed the b1ls.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-05
HAVING HER FLING
Stephen Knew His Own Mind ano
Refused to Be Made
Jealous.
BY CLAUDE SlSSON.

Annie" said Miss Susie MaoH
Arough the telephone. can you come
Over to the house about two o'cleck!
why. vas going out this altar
opon."
Then you'll have to give u up. ]
must see and talk with you
Anything happened"
Something dreadful and ! don1
onow what to do about It"
Then III come and be glad 10
Don't commit suicide before ges
mere"
Miss Susie and Miss Annie were
ahums, and were therefore at odds
most Of the time, This happened 10
- one Of the times when tney
thought the world OF each other.
Something dreadful. eh?" unused
aliss Annie as she turned from the
Aelephona Now. isn't that nice! !
wss Just wishing that something dread
tul would happen to somebody, am
surely lucky girl"
Annie will know what should Do
done, and she will advise me-, signed
Miss Susie as she hung up the re-
solver. III I went to mother shs'd
all me . little idiot Il something
bnt done! But something shAu b
hone!"
Something was done She broke .
water pitcher. cuted her brothers
oars, telephoned an order to the gro
Usry for her mother, and was gently
weeping when Miss Annie arrived.
They fell into each others arma
hhsir tears mingled. They wiped
1heir eyes on the same handkerchief.
Annie Morton said Miss Susie at
blst when they had broken away. you
have got TO give ne advice or shall
lis!"
You know will advise you"
You know have been keeping COM
my with Stephen Long,"
! sYss, know"
We are the same as engaged Hs
talks about what and where W win
I've after marriage"
Welt"
We'll, I was over to see Ars. sibly
Q few days ago, and after We had taxi
- Of other things. she says 70 ma
1ays she:
Susie, Stephen Lang = . Inc
ooanS man
think 90
Bat before you marry him ind out
4 - truly loves you. He may ~ hs
49,, but not one young man In tsa
moWs his own mind
We had got that far. ana ] vas 70
lnS 70 ask her how could tell when
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-05
re doesn't SLOW II nen-

re doesn't SLOW II nen-"
"Oh. my soul!
Then you can commit suicide, and
will hold your head while you are
doing i, and III write some poetry
tor you 10 leave behind and have pub
lished il the papsrA"
VIII i. be sad poetry" asked
Susie.
"D-eadtully sad 1t will relate how
a young girl died for a skite Of q
fellow who wasn't worthy OF her. and
1, viii be sung in Ill the dance halls
on tie East side. Your name and
Stephens name won't be there. but
everybody will know who is meant
Believe me, Stephen Long will have
10 skip for Hoboken within a week 1t
isn't joke to drive girl 10 her
death for urrequited love"
oh, Annie, how much you know!"
was exclaimed with clasped hands.
"Ot course"
And what wise adviser you are!"
There may be wiser In the
bunch, but don't guess So"
A box Of cheap candy came next
day In lead pencil. on the cover there
Of, were the initials J.. NJ In the
evening Stephen Long dropped in, as
was his custom. He saw the box,
looked at the initials, and without q
word ate a good half of the candy.
Susie was In tears. Not even sign
Of curiosity, not TO mention Jealousy.
Why didn't Stephen ask who y. n"
was? She vas ready to answer that
he was the latest thing out in daisies,
and then Stephen wouldn rise up and
threaten to make dogs meat OF him.
But Stephen munched the candy and
ignored y. H."
stephen, ! want to 30 TO Amuse'
ment hall Friday night" said Susie,
shooting her second arrow!
All right. sis"
will you 90 along toof"
-Of course"
They say there win be some fel
lows there from . man-o'.war. and
each one can waltz like . dream?
"Thatl' be great"
Some OF them will be sure to ask
me for q waltz"
III they don't there will bs q
row."
THAT was another arrow wasted
Next day she told her friend Annie
about 1t, and Annie looked a. wise az
a clam for two or three minutes and
then said:
Susie Mabby, there IL Just one
thing that will save you from . sut
cide's grave"
And what's thatr
you must hirt the swfullest hind
1t that dance. You must ignore
Stephen a. II he had never been born
You must laugh and tehs and giggle
giggle - II you we're having the time
Of your nie. You must seem to b
mashed on about I'VE fellows"
MY stars"
ITS the only way. my dear. I've
got that suicide poetry written out
and it'a q Qeach. but Va don't Kaol