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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
Democratic Ticket.

State Senator-R. M. Salmon.
Representative. G. Duffy,
County Judge-Walter Knight.
County Clerk-Lucian j. Harris, Jr,
County Attorney-Ira D. Smith.
Sheriff-Jewell w. Smith.
Assessor--W. J. MCGEE.
Jailer-A. E. Mullins.
School Supt. Il. E. Foster.
Coroner J. H. Rice.
MAGISTRATES.
District No. 2-J. M. Morris.
" 3-Sylvester Reese.
" Nv. w. CARROT.
" 81. D. Rogers.
" &C. L. Dade.
" II. W. Cox.
" SC. w. Lyle.
CONSTABLES.
District No. 1T. S. Winfree.
81. F. Adcock.
" IL. w. Means
SC. l.. Hight.
COUNCILMEN.
First Ward Chas. j. Gee.
Second Ward S. G.. Buckner.
Third Ward-J. A. Southall.
Fourth Ward &C. w. Carloss.
Sixth Ward-R. M. Woodbridge.
Seventh Ward Bailey Russell.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
Also Ran.

Samuel W. Williams. candidate for
Vice PresidentIon the Populist ticket
in 1908, died of appendicitis at Vim
cennes. Ind. eyed GO years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

I, xas Democrats have started a
movement to raise $4,000 for Sec
rotary Bryan on condition that he
quit lecturing while in the cabinet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

Most disfiguring skin eruptions,
scrofula. pimples. rashes, etc, are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters. as cleansing tonic. is well
recommended. 81 90 at al stores.
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

George Park, a Confederate vet
eran of Nelson county, who fought
through the war with one arm, died
this week. He lost his arm at the
elbow when boy.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

Itching piles provoke profanity,
but profanity won't remove them.
Doan 8 Ointment is recommended for
itching, bleeding or protruding piles.
SOC at any drug store.
Advertisement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

One way to relieve habitual con-
stipation is to take regularly a mild
laxative. Doan's Regulets are rec
commended for this purpose. 25c a
box at all drug stores.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
Nice Quiet plaza

did you find a nice quiet place TO
spend the season." YES" replied Mr..
urowcher. Everybody else In the
fAmily went away and stayed home"
s-Washington Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
Girl Wins.

Miss Eva Narz. l4-year-old girl,
won the Owensboro Inquirer's Over
land automobile in a subscription
contest.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
COUNCILMEN.

In card in the Times. S. Brzozo-
wski declares for Buschemeyer for
Mayor Of Louisville.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

Japan is waRing a vigorous cam
paign against 10000 savage head
hum ers" on the island of Formosa.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

For earache. tOothache, palms,
burns scslds. sore throat. try DIR.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. a spendid rem.
edy for emergencies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
To Prevent Blood POISONING

apply AZ once the wonderful old reliable DIR
FokfEks AHTISEPrIc HEALING on. a s,,r.
gieai dressing that relieves pain aud heals Al
the same time. Not Imminent 2Sc Soc. 81 .oo
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
LaekIna Incentive

How many languish In obscurity.
who would become great II emula.
uon and encouragement melted them
TO exertion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12
HIGH PLACE COSTLY
Some Ambassadors Spend riore
Than Their Salaries.

Pay Well for Honor Of Office Holding
Insignificant EmoIuments Of Presl-
cent and other officials Hardly
Cover Expenses-onIy for Rich.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-08-12

nnassrd a. the HopklnsviIle PostofBce as Second
Class Mad Matte.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

Notice Of Hearing for the Purpose Of
Commissioners in the Matter Of the
Construction Of that Certain Sewer In
the City of Willmar, Kandiyoh1
County, Minnesota, Petitioned for by
r. e. ParSon, Alfred Bergeson and
Others, Residents Of Said City.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned Commissioners will meet at
the Council Chambers of the City Of
Willmar, in the City Hall, on Saturday,
the Goth day of September, A. D. 1913,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon Of said
day, for the purpose Of confirming the
assessments for benefits that have here.
tofore been made by the undersigned
Commissioners to defray the cost and
expense of the building and cOnstruc-
ton Of that certain sewer in the City Of
petitioned for by P. E. Parson, Alfred
Bergeson and others, residents Of said
City, commencing at the center of the
intersection of Minnesota Avenue and
Jessie street, thence running nOrtherly
along said Jessie street to the center
of the intersection of said Jessie street
and Becker avenue, thence running east
erly along said Becker avenue to the
center of the intersection Of said Beck
er avenue and Mayson street, and there
terminating.
dersigned commissioners have made the
following assessments against tn e
tracts, pieces and parcels of land lying
and being in the said City of Willmar,
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, for the
purpose Of paying the cost and expense
of building and constructing said sewer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
THROW OUT THE line
Give the Kidneys Help and Many
People Will Be Happier.

"Throw Out the Life Line"--
Weak kidneys need help.
They're often overworked-don't
get the poison = filtered out of the
blood.
Will you help them?
Doan's Kidney Pills have brought
benefit to thousands Of kidney suf-
ferers.
Read this case:
Mrs. C. F.. Wilson, Park Ave.
Glencoe, MIMI, says: II have used
Doan's Kidney Pills with good re-
suits and am glad to endorse them
This remedy relieved me Of trouble
from my back and Kidneys"
The above is not an isolated case
Mrs. Wilson is only one Of many il
this vicinity who have gratefully en-
dorsed Doan's. If your back aches
If your kidneys bother you, dom
simply ask for a kidney remedy
ask distinctly for Doan's Kidney
Pills, the same that Mrs. Wilson had
SOC all stores. Foster Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo N. Y.-Adv.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

a few days visiting with relatives
near Prinsburg.
Peter Theis rented six hundred
acre farm near Murdoch and intends
to move there after he has complet-
ed threshing on the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Jydstrup and
daughter, Caroline returned to Mis-
sion Hill, S. D., Friday, after visit
ing few days with relatives and at
tending the funeral Of Mrs. j. P.
Jydstrup. ...s
A. Foote met with a serious acct
dent Monday morning while he was
running a gasoline engine that oper-
ated the grain elevator on his farm.
In some way he came in contact with
the fywheel Of the engine and the
crank pinion caught in his trousers
and ripped them into shreds. Mr..
Foote was thrown to the ground and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
The RAYMOND News.

Mrs. F. Latterell and children and
Miss Hilda Bengen were Willmar Wis
itors last Wednesday.
Mrs. T. Jorgenson returned to
Willmar Friday, after visiting a day
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. johnson.
A baby boy frightened the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Clough on
Thursday morning.
L.sJ. Kropp sold the 1873 acre farm
Of D. Grashuis to Ehme and William
E. Bruins last Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Nelson return
ed to Willmar Friday after a days
visit with relatives.
Miss Esther Johnson returned
from Spicer Monday after visiting
with friends. Il ~
= Becker and wife Of Rock Val
Icy, Iowa, arrived Saturday to spend
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that is by constitution.
al remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed
condition Of the mucous lining Of the Eustachian
Tube; When this tube is infamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed Deafness is the result and
unless the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condition, hear
Ing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out OF
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but
an Unnamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls; Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free. s 49, 5s .
+. J. CHENEY& CO., Toledo. Q. !.
. Sold by Druggists, 75c. 5s. 2sz III s=% 52:z$
IS Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation. ].
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

DUPLICATE RECEIPT SOCKS
with Willmar date line, ( on page,
with pencil carbon, 200 receipts, 50
cents; 500 receipts, $i.Qo IRlB-
uNE PRINTING CO. &.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
In Spicer's Addition.

AM
Benefits
Name Of Owner L Assessed
John S. Robbins. ..... / 4 $3.50
Peter j. Berg. 29.6O
Peter ]. Berg. $3.50
Peter j: Berg. 10 29-6O
Axel Elfstrum ...........11 1880
Axel Elfstrum ...........12 4 $3.50 .
G.. L. Englund. .13 1880 :
c. l.. Englund. IA $3.50
B. J. Branton. ........... 1850
B. J. Branton, N. 40 feet of 2 S 1858 )
Fred Schwartz, S 10 feet of 5.92S
Fred Schwartz ........... 1850
Alfred Bergeson ......... 1880
Alfred Bergeson ......... 5 5 1880
P. p. Parson, b. II feet of 1880
P. E. Parson, e. II feet of 1880
Carl Dahlheim, E 1923 feet
Carl ri Dahlheim, F. i2ss feet 00
Carl H! Dahlheim, E. IFS feet 40 ~
or ............... SS.0V
NelS Lima ............... 1S.oV
cecelia Carlson, N IS feet
Charles L. Collin: : 1855
Charles L. Collin. ........ 9 1880
Anders Ryden ..........10 S9.e0
4 4nastees Ky of old Swedish ei;ll zseo
W1llmar u z9oV =
Swan Anderson ..........1s Z 1880
S~s sab aRdste1n Of Lot Of Highland Aa
dition.
Ludwig Ellefson, 3 Is feet
Lars Moline. W. Ii feet of 81
Lars MO; u Hi9hiand Addition. =, :,
L Luz sA ElIefson, W: 81 feet ~
Lars 1r Moline, =. Is feet Of ~
M RaeT ~ e fset sf1 Feet of t6se
part Of Lot in Highland Addition,
described as follows: Commencing at
the Southwest OF sai 10 t9f
line Of Becker avenue 1870 feet, thence
running North at right angles with
15o $50 feet, thence Tuning westerly
parallel with the said North line Of
said Becker Avenue 190 feet to the
ming in a Southerly direction on said
West line of said Lot a distance Of
$50 feet to the place Of beginning-,o
Hans o. oison.T;hiat part Of Lot in i
Highland Addition, described as fol- 4
lows: Commencing. at a point on the
Southwest corner of said Lot z, thence
running Northerly on the East line
Of said Lot 7, distance of $50 feet
thenee rHnn ing Westerly parallel "a with
lance of rs feet, thence running
Southerly parallel with the said l. East 5St
Becker Avenue, thence running East
erly on the North line OF said Becker
Avenue rs feet to the place of Begin
INNS a1hs o;o,,n+ of honof+s s:. $44'4o
Notice is further given that no OBJ
lection to any of the foregoing assess
ments will be considered on the said day
of hearing by the undersigned Commits S
sioners unless such objection shall be
in writing and filed with said Commits
sioners at least one day prior to the
said day of hearing, and unless .suff1- Al
cient cause is shown to the contrary,
the undersigned Commissioners, on the
said day of hearing will confirm each
of the above and foregoing assess
ments. - = tosr
Dated August 80, 1918.
E. M. STANFORD,
..--~ J. A. 5HEDIN,
Commissioners. 9
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

was bruised about his leg and arm.
He was lucky enough to get out of
the. accident in such a manner that
he can move about.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

Miss Mabel Emerson of Dawson
came to Willmar Saturday to begin
her duties as teacher.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
Classified Wants

Ono cent q word each insertion. No
I'd for less than IL cents, cash with
order.
80 per cent discount for additional
fnserttons-No accounts booked for less
than &c.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

CEMETERY LOTS-The south
half of the newly-platted Bethel
cemetery (Den Svenska Gravgarden)
is open to the public for the purchase
Of lots, at reasonable prices. See
Lewis Johnson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR SALE-My improved half
section farm, five miles from Will
mar, to good farmer on small first
payment with easy terms on balance.
Farm tile drained and mostly fenced ;
good buildings. For terms call on
or write H. B. Zimmerman, Rt. 4,
Willmar. 395
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

cent. For further particulars call q
our office or write Anderson Land Co.
Willmar. MINI. $50
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR SALE-Poland China boars.
Big type. Good healthy stock. At
reasonable prices if taken soon.
Conrad Monsoon, Spicer, MINI. 1913
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

70 the Norwegian farmers in that VI
cinity and many Of them became In
toxicated. Complaints were made, but
the hilarity OF the occasion seemed to
prevoil and old German lager flowed
freely.
i. 4. +
Captain Road Amundsen Is visiting
his home In Norway and is enjoying a
we'll needed rest at his cottage,
Svartskog, Bundetiord.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
Stock For Sale.

FOR SALE-Pony, II years old;
good saddle horse, or will drive.
$25, if taken at once. E. Ohsberg.
306
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

MONTANA STATE MAPS-New
pocket edition just off press, showing
new counties-1Oc. Other n. W.
states same price. Tribune Print
ing Co.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR SALE-A six-horse power
Willmar gasoline engine, now in use
at the Tribune office. We are going
to put in an electric motor to take
it's place. First reasonable offer will
be accepted. Tribune Printing Co.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
For Salo-M Miscellaneous.

FOR SALE-Good piano, cheap
for cash. Inquire at 405, Ninth St.
No. 1913
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR SALE-One Appleton ensil-
age cutter No. l6 with carrier, near
ly new; one Deering corn binder; and
81 acres standing corn. August Ben
son, Glarum Farm. 400
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
Ee|p Wanted.

WANTED-Boy at PALMS Bak-
erv. 1877
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR RENT-2 rooms, unfurnish-
ed, suitable for school girls. 610
Jessie street. 366
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03

FOR RENT-Five rooms. City
water and sewer. Inquire at this
office 1888
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
Miscoal anoouS.

WANTED-To buy fresh eggs at
the Ideal Bakery. 1853
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
MODERN INVENTIONS
PARCEL POST
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash.''

The parcel post is an invention which
in a postoffice. BY means of the parcel
post one may mail packages all over the
world at reasonable rates. Before the
United States adopted the parcel post,
1t was possible to send packages to Eu
rope or Germany for small sum, but
IL a man wanted to mail a package of
laundry weighing FIVE pounds to a near
by town, the only way he could do it
was to mail it to England and then
have it mailed back.
Now, however, it is possible to make
almost as much use of the postoffice
department as If 1t were va real public
service corporation. BY means of the
parcel post, the unterrified citizen can
order his Christmas turkey at half price
from the bosom of the country, and have
il delivered to him with or without it's
head on Christmas morning by the pant
ing carrier.
The parcel post is designed to give
the ordinary citizen who pays for II as
much service as the Congressman who
doesn't. For many years congressman
have been able to send bedsteads and
mich cows home by mail. and We are
assured that as soon as arrangements
are perfected, the same privilege will
be extended TO ALL
When this time comes posmasterships
will not be so popular. When the post
master has finished stuffing an over
grown calf and corn shelter into .,
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Taft n Great President.

Charles Dewey Hilles. in Leslie's,
Courage, simplicity, directness, and
fidelity to high ideals were the chief
characteristics of William Howard
Taft's administration of the Presiden-
cy of the United States. He was every
inch a President. The quality of his
patriotism is pure. If he was some
thing less the political leader ii was
only that he might be President of all
the people in the truest sense of the
word. Whenever in our national life
there has been need of particular
type of man for the Chief Magistracy
that man has been forthcoming. The
nation had need of a President of Mr.
Taft's judicial temperament. He full
filled his mission, and If he suffered a.
trying political defeat it was due to
faithful performance of his duty and
to oft-proven inability of the people to
appreciate a really great man until
time has enabled them to get a per-
spective on his personality and
achievement. That President Taft has
been great in defeat few will refuse
to concede- Those who have enjoyed
the advantage of close association
with him, the opportunity of knowing
his motives and ideals and of Judging
of his achievements know he has been
great throughout his administration.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Pensioning Needy Mothers.

Should the bill passed by the Legis-
lature of Ohio, providing pensions for
dependent widows and deserted wives
with little children to support, be
signed by Gov. Cox. that Com
monwealth will swell the growing
number of States which has adopted
this home-saving innovation. Penn
-sylvania, New Jersey, Missouri, Utah,
and Illinois already have similar laws,
and New York is most likely to fol-
low suit. \
A pronounced merit of the new
Ohio law is its liberal provision, SIS
per month being allowed dependent
mother with one c!:iid under fourteen
years of age. If she be possessed of FIVE
little ones, she may draw $43 month
from the State against only $50 in
New Jersey.
Illinois claims-and deserves-credit
for initiating this praiseworthy relief
legislation, which, by the longest odds,
is the simplest and most effective
method yet devised of preserving the
families of the destitute from being
torn asunder, or of gradually elininat-
ing the need Tor orphan asylums,
which now form costly addition to
State or church-supported institutions
No mother, under these new condi-
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Were the fire insurance interests to
oppose the bill before the New York
Legislature to check incendiarism
they would create suspicion in the
public mind of lending their aid to
firebugs.
1t cannot be to their profit to fos-
ter arson. The measure which aims
to make it more difficult for criminals
to make money out of the FIRE in
surance companies provides that any
one seeking insurance shall submit. a
written application that an inspection
of the property shall be made by an
agent or broker, and that his recon-
mendation shall be necessary before
an insurance on the property in ques-
ton is written.
This may be strict requirement,
but it is not nearly as stringent as
those in force in Great Britain and
Germany, where no complaint is ever
heard from the insurance companies
and where arson is of very rare
occurrence. What puzzles us is the
fact that foreign companies, which
cheerfully accept these conditions in
the countries named, should join in
opposing their adoption by the New
York Legislature.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
1A~<~ <-7<<<

mild days the room Is so overheated that
your working efficiency is impaired. Well
have that remedied by covering the pipes
and adding a heater that can be turned
off,
Judge A w. Barley of Kentucky.
who succeeded Ollie James in the
House when Ollie became junior Sena-
tor from the mint julep State. dropped
into OHies office recently and noticed
a mammoth silk hat hanging on the
wall. II was Ollies, but he has never
worn it.
Surprising" suggested Ollie, that
were to wear that hat back home. what
do you suppose would happen?
"I reckon" said Barley, seriously,
"that they'd knock it off and tramp on
1t and try to ruin it for you"
Former Postmaster General Hitchcock
admits to his intimates that he feels i'll
at ease out among men, where one Is
expected to tell stories and be good
fellow" A lot of people think he is
crab and stuck up. when, as matter
of fact, he is only difhdent.
Albert Sydney Burleson is the second
Postmaster General Texas has provided
in this country. and those are the only
Cabinet places Texas has provided. The
other was John III. Regain. Postmaster
General for the Confederate States.
Copyright 1918, by Fred c. Kelly. All rights re-
u
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

of the alphabet in the old-fashioned way,
he proved wholly unable to remember
III under any circumstances.
Quite unknown to myself, L was, while
a, boy, under a hopeless disadvantage in
studying nature. L was very near-sfght-
ed. so that the only things I could study
were those / ran against or stumbled
over. When I was about thirteen |
was allowed to take lessons In taxi
denny from Mr.. Bell. a tall. clean-shav-
Ell. white-haired old gentleman, as
straight as an Indian, who had been a
companion of Audubon's. He had
musty little shop, somewhat on the order
of Mr.. Venuss shop in Our Mutual
Friend a little shop in which he had
done very valuable work for science.
This vocational study" as I suppose it
would be called By modern educators.
suprred and directed my interest in COL
lecting specimens for mounting and pres
ervation.
1t was this summer that i got my
first gun, and it puzzled me to find that
my companions seemed to see things to
shoot at which I could not see at all.
One day they read aloud an advertise
ment in huge letters on a distant bill
board. and I then realized that some
thing was the matter, for not only was
/ unable to read the sign but 1 could
not even see the letters. spoke OIL
this to my father. and soon afterward
got my first pair of spectacles. which
literally opened an entirely new world to
me. L had no idea how beautiful the
world was until I got those spectacles.
had been a clumsy and awkward lit
tie boy. and while much of my clumsi-
ness and awkwardness was doubtless due
to general characteristics. a good deal Of
it was due to the fact that I could not
see, and yet was wholly ignorant that I
was not seeing. The recollection of this
experience gives me a keen sympathy
with those who are trying in our public
schools and elsewhere to remove the
physical causes of deficiency in children.
who are often unjustly blamed for being
obstinate or unambitious, or mentally
stupid.
This same summer. too, i obtained
various new books on mammals and
birds, including the publications OF
Spencer Baird. for instance, and made
an industrious book-study of the subject.
1 did not accomplish much in outdoor
study because 1 did not get spectacles
until late in the fall. a short time be-
fore I started with the rest Of the fam
lily for a second trip to Europe. We
were living at Dobbs Ferry, on the
Hudson. My gun was a breech-load
ing, pin-fire doub1e-barre1, of French
manufacture. 1t was an excellent gun
for a clumsy and often absent minded
boy. There was no spring to open ii.
and If the mechanism became rusty it
could be opened with a brick without
serious damage. When the cartridges
stuck they could be removed in the
same fashion. II they were loaded, how
ever, the result was not always happy.
and / tattooed myself with partially
unburned grains of powder more than
once.