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naturally to an American, because he
has lived in the atmosphere of this pro-
duction. and it is this fact which makes
the properly equipped young American
more valuable than any foreigner could
ever be to American manufacturers.
The business men Of the country are
Incoming more and more alive to the
necessity of some emphasis of proper
scheme of commercial education. Their
Intelligent sympathy indicates will
ingnesS on their part to cooperate
fully in the establishment of this train
ing for foreign service. In it they see
an offer of solution for one of the
most difficult problems confronting
them.
They will not only be able to avail
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sweet. vigorous notes running in coup
let's. but his singing period is rather
brief. lasting only until the young are
hatched The wood thrush has un-
doubtedly the most beautiful song of
any bird we have, its bell-like notes of
spiritual quality being quite different
from those of any other.
One of the popular fallacies concern
ing birds is that the brilliantly col
ored ones sing less beautifully than
those which are dull. The cardinal is
an illustration of this mistaken idea,
and In the tropics there are brightly
colored birds which are as musical as
any of dull plumage."
At this point a mounted partridge.
which was evidently not the game bird
of the east, was noted by the visitor.
That is the California quail, ex-
planned the ornithologist, and he point
ed out the difference between this rich
ly marked bird of the west and the
speckled eastern quail. The distinctive
points of difference are the beautiful
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the Germans were kept very much on
the alert. After dark on the night or
March ! all the fuss and guntire was
allowed to die away and quiet was re-
stored. The three battalions were
brought up late at night into their
positions of assembly and by 4:15 am
all three of these battalions were in
Evening star., 1916-04-30

DR.. Robert Ridgway,
Uncle Sans Chief
Ornithologist, Tells OF
the Governments Re-
markable Exhibit of
Bird Specimens - 1t
Contains Approximate
ly 100000 Birdskins.
Beautiful Birds of the
United States - South
America a Bird
Paradise - Songsters.
Feathered Folk in Gen.
trail America-Dr. Ridg-
way and His Work.
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7F there is one person in this country
who officially notes with just lit
tie keener regret than any one else
q when the wood thrush has sung
ITS last song of the season. who rejoices
'Jore than another when the cardinal
makes its winter headquarters near his
own, and who sees the return of the
first migratory brown thrasher just a
little ahead of every one else, that per-
son is Robert Ridgway. curator of the
division of birds. United States National
Museum. and an authority upon the
birds of North and Central America
DIR. Ridgway has given a whole life
time to the study Of birds, and next
April he will celebrate his fiftieth an
niversary of service in the United
States National Museum. 1t is his hope
TO crown his half century of labor by
the completion of his great monograph.
in ten volumes, The Birds of North
and Middle America" the most COM
plete scientific enumeration and de-
scription of the birds of these sections
which has ever been undertaken. The
work is now in it's ninth volume.
The pathological exhibition on view
representative display OF interesting
birds. but it forms very small portion
of the archaeological section of the Ma
tional Museum. where DR.. Ridgway and
his several assistants perform their
scientific work.
Two great apartments filled with
hundreds of square fireproof metal
cases containing bird specimens. with
a smaller library and Office, comprise
the laboratory of the man who has
been called the greatest ornithologist
OF the world. In his Office a recent
his desk. Processing himself as hav-
ing leisure for little talk about birds.
he led the way into one of the larger
rooms. where a young lady was care
fully measuring birds
Certain dimensions of a series of
specimens OF every species of bird must
be made and recorded with the utmost
accuracy. in order to determine differ
ences between the more closely related
kinds explained DR.. Ridgway. The
total number of specimens measured
as necessary aid to the preparation
of volume has summed UP $500
which have been measured this past
winter. These are water birds-shore
birds. gulls and their allies and auks
ON which l am at present working"
Lifting one of the perfect specimens
the visitor commented upon its light
ness.
Although retaining their perfect
form, these are only the skins of the
birds explained the scientist They
sse not stuffed for exhibition. but for
investigation. being lighter and more
easily studied in this form than mount
cd birds. We have approximately 200.
100 bird skins in this collection. which
is about forty times is many as are
on view in the exhibition cases down
stairs. We place on view only about
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Between 5 and $50 the British in
fantry had secured all their objectives
with very little loss, and had taken
prisoners five officers and 254 men. The
enemy's artillery fire up to 7:30 am.
was widely dispersed, and by no means
concentrated on the point of the Brit
ish attack. This was due to the feints
which had been arranged both on the
north of the Ypres salient and to the
south of the Ypres-Comines canal. The
troops at once consolidated the posi-
tion shown by the line B. bombing
parties having proceeded forward Ito
cover the work of consolidation) as far
as the ms" marked on the map. At
am. these bombing parties withdrew
in good order without any pressure
from the enemy. In their wireless the
Germans stated that they had driven
the British troops out of the position
which had been captured. AS mat
ter of fact. the British consolidated
everything they intended to consoli-
date, and withdrew the covering parties
of their own free will
The attack on the bluff was well car
ried out. the whole of IL being recap
tured. An officer proceeded along a
German tunnel for a distance of sixty
feet and blew il up. Some fortyseven
Germans were caught and made pris-
oners in the continuation of that tun-
mel under the bluff
owing to the English bombardment
of the previous fourteen days. the Ger
mans were becoming anxious about the
position which they had captured from
the English, and were organizing an
attack in order to relieve the situation.
At noon on the morning of the British
attack the Germans started to deliver
their premeditated attack, but unfor-
tunately for them. they encountered
very heavy barrage in front of these
trenches, and, according to prisoners.
one battalion of this attack was wiped
out.
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honors heaped upon him. and is an ac-
tive. or corresponding. or honorary
member of every important ornithologi-
cal society in this country and OF many
of the most prominent scientific or
9anizations abroad.
He was a member of the advisory
council of worlds congresses at the
Columbian exposition of 1898: member
of the international permanent or
nitholosical committee at Vienna. in
1881 and of the second international
archaeological congress at Buda Pesth
in 1891. as we'll as member or the
HERMAN scientific expedition to Alaska
in 1899. ~
Thomas NJ. Brewer, he is author OF the
five-yolume History Of North American
Birds; is author of Birds OF limos.
and many other books and papers on
American avifauna; and when The
Rirds of North and Middle America,
on which he is at present engaged. Is
finished, he will have given to the world
the most extensive and complete work
upon the subject.
DR.. Ridgway has an able and sym
nathetic collaboration in his scientific re
searches in his wife. who was Miss
lula Evelyn Perkins of Washington.
d G. Mrs Ridgway finds her chief In
terest in scientific reading and research
along the lines of ornithology and bot
any The only son OF Dr. ana MIS-
Ridgway, Audubon Ridgway. YOUNG
man of unusual promise as naturalist,
died in 1901. at the age OF twentythree
while he was occupying the position OF
head of the ornithological department
of the Field Columbian Museum in
Chicago.
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RACES were put on in the intervals
which had been left free in previous
barrages. The result of this was that
the German troops coming up in sup
port were pushed forward in the in
tervals previously left and were, there
fore, caught properly in the new bar
RACES.
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ME PpouD ARGUS PHEASANT

the pigeons in the Ohio and Mississippi
. valleys, but is now only found. and
that rarely, in limited sections of
southern Florida.
also nearly extinct is the ivory-billed
woodpecker. next to the largest wood
pecker in the world. / had to make
three trips to southern Florida to pro-
and saw only two others. This was in
the Big Cypress west of the Ever
glades, wholly unnhabited section
beyond the extreme outposts of settle
ment.
rs there not a better attitude toward
bird protection now than formerly"
DIR. Ridgway was asked.
r5sss 1nsFs more he and 5eBass Bs.ssr p4s
tecting the birds now than formerly.
and people are taking greater in
terest in birds than ever before"
In DIR. Ridgway's country place.
bird haven" in southern Illinois,
which he has fully protected and other
wise ideally adapted to the study of
bird life, the eight acres holds bird
population of ten pairs to the acre, and
this would score a higher average but
for the fact that it became necessary
to drive out the blue jays and crow
blackbirds on account OF their destruc-
tiveness to the eggs and young of
other species.
East of the great plains" DIR. Ridg-
way continued. birds in the same lat
1tude are DTaCtiCdlly the same, Win
the exception of the sea birds, many
Of which are rarely, if ever, found in
land. There is only one bird found
here in Washington-the fish crow
which is not found in the Mississippi
valley and there are only one or two
species found in the Mississippi valley
which are not found here. The physi-
cal character of the country east of
the great plains is so uniform that one
cannot expect marked differences of
vegetation or bird life.
in this eastern section the total
number of species Gncluding all kinds
and counting birds found a all times of
the year, aggregate nearly 900 species,
and this number offers great oppor-
tunities for the student. During the
summer there are two species of orioles
the orchard and the Baltimore, and the
two tanagers. summer and scarlet, are
plentiful from the end of April to Oc-
tober. Among the song birds the wood
thrush is common. its sweet voice be-
ing heard frequently in the morning
and evening, especially after shower.
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Our own magnificent North Amer
lean parrot has nearly completed its
sacrifice upon the same altar, the Car
olina paroquet being nearly extinct. 1t
was once found as far north as the
Potomac valley and the great lakes,
and used to fly around in foCks like
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Historic Canadian Parliament
Building Destroyed by Fire.

Ottawa, Feb. Is. The historic
Canadian parliament building
was destroyed last night by a
fire unofficially declared to have
been caused by the explosion of
a gas bomb or internal machine.
Two women guests Of Speaker
Seyigny persisted. Numbers of
firemen and policemen were bur
led when part Of the building col
lapsed. The number Of persons
taken to hospitals is undetermin-
Ell early this morning, Freder-
lex F. Pardee, chief Liberalwhip
and William S. Loggie, member
of parliament, from New Bruins
wick, are missing and il is fear
ed they are dead. The loss can.
not be estimated in money. The
building was valued at five mil,
lions OF dollars, but the content:
were of inestimable value.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Minnesota is so Cold a
Train is Frozen to Track,

Saint HiIaire, MINI, Feb. Is
It's so cold in Minnesota today
that railroad locomotives freeze
to their tracks. The Crookston
local passenger stopped here to-
day to take water. Numbed by
cold during the time necessary
to thaw OUT the water tank, the
frman spilled considerable water
when he tried to put il into the
locomotives tank. II froze in
stantly and the assistance Of
another engine 70 gently bump
the passenger several times to
loosen it, was necessary.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17

vast beds of anthracite in the
vicinity.
A large force of men are at
work drilling holes deep into the
earth and into these openings
water and slush is being poured
directly on the subterranean fire
in the hope of preventing a rap.
id spread and if possible to ex'
tinguish it.
Already the fire has destroyed
millions of dollars worth of coal,
while the sixty-year fight to ex.
tinguish it has cost enormous
sums of money and labor.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Failed to Get Relief For
Hickman Flood Sufferers.

Washington, Feb. 10. Senator
Ollie James and Representative
Barley, of Kentucky. today ap-
pealed to the War Department to
assist three thousand flood suf-
ferers in the Mississippi valley.
1t was declared that they need
Immediately food, clothing and
shelter, Acting Secretary Breck-
inridge said the disaster was not
a national affair, hence the Gov.
eminent aid was impossible.
Army engineers, however, in
the vicinity might help.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
KENTUCKY WOMAN
POPS" THE QUESTION
Californian Comes To Lexington Is
Result Of Leap Year Proposal
Through A Letter.

Lexington. KY, Feb. Is. A
real Leap Year romance developed
here today when Mrs. Anna Mar
Gus, 40 years Old, an attractive
widow of Cincinnati, and Victor
Schadd, a specialist and bachelor
of Oakland, Calf, were married
by County Judge F. A. Bullock,
on a free marriage license. Yrs.
Marcus admitted she popped The
question to the Californian in 2
letter and that he promptly &c
cepted, coming on to Cincinnati,
where they met yesterday for
the first time.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
GERMANS READY FOR S0R-
TIE BY OCEAN AND AIR
Activity Of zeppelins And raube'
AT Kiel and Withdrawal Of
Leaves Of Absence.

London. Feb. 10. -Rumors that
the German fleet is preparing
for its long expected dash into
the North Sea reached here
from Dutch sources and aroused
high hopes in London that a
great naval battle is imminent in
the North Sea.
Dispatches from The Hague
reported that German marines
along the Belgian coast were be-
ing withdrawn and sent to kieL
All leaves Of absence OF German
naval officers have been cancell'
ed the dispatches added.
From Copenhagen camereports
Of sudden activity at Kiel and of
rumors reaching Danish frontier
towns that the Germans were
about to risk battle, Four Yep
pelins and a flock OF German
taubes have REINFORCED the air
ilotilla at the German navy The
imposition is that they are to
accompany the fleet in It's sortiC
from behind the protecting guns
and mine fields Of Helgoland.
Vague rumors that the German
naval officers were about to at
tempt a startlingicoup poured in
to London even before the eX
ploits Of the German commerc,
raider that captured the Appan
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Favorable Report on Saloon Bills.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 10, The
senate committee on regulating
intoxicating liquors late yester-
day ordered favorable reports on
two of the Frost anti-saloon bills
senate bill u. making saloons
where liquors are sold On Sun
day common nuisance, and SEN
ate bill l26, removing screens or
other distractions to view from
saloons during the time the law
requires them TO he closed, and
requiring a $500 bond TO guaran.
tee that a law-abiding place viii
conducted.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17

became known. Since the APP
pam reached Norfolk, several
Berlin dispatches have carried
similar hints.
A recent report was that the
Germans had equipped several
new dreadnaughts with l7-inch
guns and had armed Zeppelins
with devices for shooting torpe.
does from the air, preparatory &c
challenging the British navy fol
supremacy in the North Sea.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Pennsylvania Subterranean Fire
Eats Through Million Dollar Con
crels Wall Toward New Mines

Kansford, Pa. Feb. 10. - The
famous mine fire which has been
raging now for more than sixty
years and which started at Sum-
nit hill, near the spot where
Phillip Ginter discovered anthra-
cite coal in l79l, has burned
through the immense concrete
wall which the Lehigh Coal 4
Navigation Co., sank in front Of
It several years ago at a cost Of
more than a million dollars, 1t
now is threatening the mammoth
vein in the Panther Creek valley
the largest and richest vein of
anthracite coal in the world,
The wall, which was sunk into
the ground one hundred feet,
was fifteen feet thick, of solid
concrete. Experts believed il
would prevent the fire from
spreading any further and event
ually extinguish it. The fact
that the flames have eaten theil
way through this huge barrier
has caused grave fears among
the Leh!gh Coal & Navigation o.
flcials, who now are putting forti
every possible effort to proven
the fire from getting into tn,
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Many People Don't Nov

A sluggish liver can cause a person
an awful lot Of misery, Spells Of diz-
illness, headaches, constipation and
biliousness are sure signs that your
liver needs help. Take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills and see how they help
tone up the whole system, Fine for
the stomach too. Aids digestion. Puri-
fies the blood and clears the complex.
ion. Only 25c a. your Druggist 8
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
Chinese Pay Debts, Take
Baths, Observing New Year

Cleveland, Feb. 10. - Three
hundred Celestials here celebrat-
ed the Chinese new year yester-
day by paying their debts, TAX
ing a bath and the shooting of
frecrackers.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-02-17
whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tastciess
chill Tonic Is equally valuable as &
Geneil Tonic because i, contains the
we'll known tonic properties ofQUINlNB
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Entiohe9 the Blood and
Ba:iis UP The Whole system. so ce:'s
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07

MI. y. II. LII dCktlt. btlitC .fui
or of this parish and owner Of
the Hy Jacobs Ferry playing be-
tween Berwick and this city,
left this morning for Lake Ar
thur where he will be gone for
several days on business.
Major Kahn has resigned
his reportorial commission with
The Review. Henceforth. the
Major" will fight for an educa-
'tion and will only furnish The
Review with scrap" news on
Saturday
There has been an improve
ment in weather conditions in
this vicinity the past fortnight.
The nights are much cooler and
the days are becoming more
pleasant. It is believed that the
heated period is near its end
for this year.
Mr.. Lionel Fleury, recently
connected with the Texas Oil
Company at New Orleans has
accepted a position with the Ra-
mos Lumber Co.. at Ramos and
assumed those duties this week.
His many friends will be de-
lighted to learn that he has at
last returned to good old St
Mary Parish.
The first decline in the sugar
market in several months was
recorded in New Orleans yes
terday according to news adj
vices when granulated sugar
dropped one cent a pound which
is attributed to lack of demand
and the wide difference between
granulated and raw sugars, the
difference between these two
grades was 223 points.
The John Dalton Co., are NOV
ing from their old quarters on
Front Street to their now To-
cation and modern building just
three doors north of their old
location. The John Dalton Com
pany will be in a better posi-
ton than ever to supply their
large patronage with the goods
they sell and will be glad to
welcome everyone.
Mr.. Leon Kahn. one of the
leading business men of Morgan
City and proprietor of an up-to-
date establishment on Front
advises that there has
been great demand for trap
pers supplies this season. He
has sold an enormous lot of
traps and guns to fur gatherers
and has provided for the wants
Of trappers and hunters in the
splendid line of guns he is hand
ling.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07
TRINITY CHURCH
Morgan City

Morgan ClLy.
September 10th.-Services be-
gin at 1880 p. m.
DR.. Mckenzie's text will be
Give me understanding and I
will keep Thy law Please
come. Service short.
Sunday School and Bible Class
at 10 a. m.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07

Take HERBINE for all dis
turbances in the bowels. 1t
purifies the bowel channels,
promotes regular movements
and makes YOU feel bright. Wig
orOus and cheerful. Price soc.
Sold by Belanger Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07
Personals

Mr.. Jere Dyer left this morn
ing tOr visit in New O. .ieans.
By express 'asl nigh, NuEnal-
ly's on ice Peoples Drug Co.
Spanish Cigars. Xtra flavor.
5 cents.-Peoples Drug Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. 4. Duffy OF
Ramos spent Wednesday, even
ing in the city.
Misses Ruth and Olive Mon
Grief have returned from visit
to New Orleans.
Mr.. Lawrence Hebert and sis
ter Miss Lucy of Patterson are
visiting relatives here.
SEEI. w PADDOCK
FOR INSURANCE ii.
Miss Ives, aunt of Mrs. Thos.
e. German is reported Ill ar the
home of her niece
Miss Ethel Moore of Franklin
is the guest Of Miss Leta Pro-
haska this week.
Miss Edna Gillen left this
morning to spend some OF her
vacation in Biloxi. Miss.
FOR RENT-A i-rcom house
on nuke Street. Arpi,' to Mrs,
J k,esbal, Box lO4. 81
On Friday night, September
9Th, the Margarets Daughters
will give 500 game at the K. of
c. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. Tholl..s. of
Orange, Texas, were visitors
here today. the guests CT Mrs ].
Greenwald and family
School starts soon. Cold lunch
es in demand. We specialize on
good things for them.
Dyer-Lehman Co. Ltd.
Mr.. e. A. Bibbins and family
have taken possession Of their
home again which has been ccr,-
pletely remodeled since the fire.
Miss Rene Mayer, of Frank
lin is back at her post in Ber-
wick to take up her school work
for the coming session in that
city.
FOR SALE-Fairbank Morse
Gas Engine, 4 H. P.-Apply at
Review office.
w. A. Chauvin & Son recall
to hunters and sportsmen that
the open season is at hand in
their neat window display of
scenes and ammunition.
Mr.. H. Thomas. a moving pic
ture theatre proprietor of Or
ange, Texas, left for his home
today after a few days here of
business and pleas
ure.
We sell the goods that don't
come back to customers that do.
Dyer-Lehman Co. Ltd.
The Modern Store.
Frank E. Bernard, Jr., of
New Orleans, one of the oldest,
but youngest travelling men on
the road spent Wednesday in
Morgan City.
Mack Willis. one of the earli-
est colored settlers of Morgan
City died this morning at his
nome this morning in this city.
Mack was known and respected
oy all as worthy citizen.
Building? 1t will pay you to
)uy hardware. lime. cement etc. |
from us.
Dyer-Lehman Co. Ltd.
Don't forget tonight the bene-
it of the Helena Circle No. 6 at
he Evangeline. Miss Ollie He
bert and Messrs Raoul and
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07
WANTED

WANTED Good Catholic
Homes for our orphan baby chill
dren of one and Il half TO five
years. For particulars apply to
your parish priest on To our
southern representative. l.. +.
CenaS. 1ll7 n. Rocheblave Str.
New Orleans, La.
THE NEW YORK FOUND
LING HOSPITAL
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-09-07
Benefit Helena Circle tonight
The Morgan City Weekly Re-
view S1.5O per year in advance.

Benefit Helena Circle tonight !.