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6 I THE COUNTRY HOME Women, on the Farm Conducted By Mrs. IV. H. Felton. + Correspondence on homo topics or ♦ A subjects of esr-cial interest to wo- ♦ > ven in Invited. Inqulrlee or letters * + should bo brief and dearly writtea 4 > tn Ink on one aide of the sheet. ♦ + Write direct to Mm W H. Feb ♦ * ton. Editor Homo Department Semi- ♦ * Weekly Journal. Cartersville. Ga. ♦ + Ko inquiries answered by malL ♦ TtrtrtitrrtttJrt ttti tnt-t-t THE STATE SHOULD BUILD AN INEBRIATE ASYLUM. There are constantly growing com plaints that the state sanitarium at Mil ledgeville does not accommodate all the Insane people of Georgia, who are pro nounced insane by rhe legal authorities, after examination. ▲long with these complaints a cry is heard that Inebriates are given the shel ter and attention which snould be given to lunatics who become insane from dis ease or malformation and.not from drink —by theft own voluntary action. How many complaints are well-ground ed or otherwise, ft is not my province to declare, but I do not hesitate to say that any state which licensee the sale and manufacture of intoxicants, is in duty bound to provide a place where craxy fntoxicated persons could be Incarcerated and kept away from their own homes and society after they become dangerous and ungovernable lunatics. 1 do wish it was possible for each one of our legislators to be shut up with the helpless wife and children for a single night, and watch the antles of a habitual drunkard, one who has reached rhe place where he mpat have strong drink. and yet • he knows it is his undoing and -»s down fall when he lapses into Intoxication. Just one single night—all night—and nee the wreck and ruin that liquor has wroug. - In that home, when the head of rhe family has become a madman— wftaeut pr._e or decency—and I am quite sure the body would meet next day and pass a Mil au .or. zing a place of deten tion and medical treatment for the mis erable creature who has lost all his will power and is mentally and morally insane and dangerous to everybody within his reach. Think of a timid woman, shut in behind these four wa..» and compelled to stay within sight and hearing of the vulgar babblings and Indecent behavior of the father of her children, when her life is in danger every morrent of toe time, and her eftspring are doomed also to sec and listen in such brutalised surroundings! I fee! indigna-.on in the very marrow of jny bones that such homes should be demonized to this degree, while that wife and her children are torn by agony, hu miliation and losses of all sorts and de grees. both day and night because of the madness ! state, the proposition—ln reference to an asylum for Inebriates—ln the most gentle tones, when I say here to our legis lators: "Save those children from Inti mate contact with such influence wnich net only destroys their happiness and hopes for the future, but infects their lives and characters with the deadly virus e. debasing example and the lust of un bridled appetite!” So long ea the state draws a revenue from thy sale of such deadly intoxicants, equity, fair dealing, common sense and honesty demands an asylum for the vic tims nf the sale, and a place of deten . <m for the lunatics from drink that tae family may have at least peace at home if their domestic happiness is destroyed forever by the curse. Some years ago I was going out cf At lanta oa a railroad train. As I entered the coach, already fu.l of city visitors bound for near-by summer resorts. I passed a laay who was standing by the door ano leaning towards the empty heater which was not removed In sum mer time. Her pale, anxious face, troubled me. but 1 passed on and took my seat near the other end of the coach. After awhile two policemen came In looking so some thing as J discerned by their actions. When they reached t'.ie place where that pale weman stood, they reached - down . behind her and lifted up a drunken man who-Was limp and intoxicated'to beastli ness and they hustled him out of the train. He had been on a stupendous drunk and she had come to the eity to rescue him from the dram which had engulfed « hto entire mental and mora. nature. Somebody felt aggrieved by rhe pres ence of the drunkard and reported the grievance to the police station. The poor woman had only her trouble for her pains. That crowd eould not bear to ride even a short distance with the man who had made himself lower than the brute, and the demented inebriate was put off and trial anguished woman was tortured to know that her misery must be further uncovered when she fondly hoped she might take bm away from temptation and was thus foiled In the attempt. And that faithful heart was willing to hear the cross ar.d endure the exposure • the drunken creature might be re stored bnee more to his right mind at home. I do not hesitate to declare that the state owed protection to that woman aad a refuge to the demented creature who was made insane by the strong drink which the state gave the dramshop keep er permission to sell to him. Every dollar from such license has been called "blood money.” when it Is received under such circumstances, and which en tailed upon this innocent woman and tmayhap her helpless innocent children) the most abject suffering. It has always seemed a travesty, a faree. a delusion and a snare, to apply such liquor license money to educating young Children. God forbid it longer! It is fit for nothing under the shining heavens, but the support and mainte nance of an asylum to shelter the crazy victims of the drink demon. When a sovereign state holds out Its hand for this “blood money.” it should have the courage to apply this revenue to a refuge or asylum for the creatures erased by tbe intoxicants sold. I am told that a good many people are now talking briskly about the revenues certain counties are getting from dispen saries in those counties. Dispensaries are getting to be popular I am informed, as money-makers. I am also told that one South Georgia county has no taxation for county purposes, because the money tliquor moneyi flows in with a strong cur rent and a swelling tide to meet the bills. I trust tbe good Lord will help me to clarify my vision and never forget that big receipts in dispensaries mean big drinks for. not only the dram shop contingent, but the respecta ble toddy mixers and general and promiscuous debauchery. And I do hope that such money if raked into the county’s strong box will be promptly ex- Suffering Women. Tucker can curs you of that awful J backache, smothering, pa'.nsaround the heart. J/ja misplacement, nervous fears short breath, leu ccrrhoea bloating in digestion and *or.st;pa- Hon Advice fre* Dr. Tucker. Broad atreet, Atlanta, Ga. pended in providing a calaboose and in sane asylum for the numberless topers, according to grade, lawlessness and un happy condition that will be made .by the sale. ' If the state sanitarium is choked, as charged, with scores of inebriates that political influence and family pride desire to cover up under the plea of Insanity, let the state do the honest thing and re lieve Dr. Powell of those inebriates and put them where they legitimately belong, in an inebriate asylum equipped for the purpose and without subterfuge. The asylum for the insane is a place where no common and sane person could bear to stay long, but it is where some noble and uncommon minds have given valuable service and diligent attention to the Insane people of Georgia for a long term of years. It is a difficult and dan gerous service as well. The time has come to demand this asy lum for the inebriate as well as for the unsound in mind, the blind and the deaf and dumb, for reasons which I have here attempted to place before the readers of The Journal. REVELATIdNsTN NAVAL COURTS OF INUIRY. The published reports from the court of Inquiry now progressing in the eity of Washington to discover if Admiral Schley was a coward at Santiago have lessened public respect for the naval department of the government to a remarkable de gree If it is not honey-combed through and through with cliques and strategems it has been certainly unfortunate in appear ance and present reputation. The country’ is paying dear prices for everything connected with the navy. It is an expensive arm of the Federal ser vice, but there has been a sincere Impres sion heretofore that our brave sailors were real tip-top men in the work of the gen eral government and many degrees re moved from the enmities, rivalries and political schemes which have disgraced a considerable number of army officers, great and small. But the Schley trial has reversed all such favorable impressions and the people are opening their eyes to the real condi tion of our naval department as uncov ered in the slow progress of this notable case. There was glory enough for all when Cervera’s fleet was driven upon the beach and destroyed, but Admiral Sampson took umbrage at the request of Commodore Schley, who asked that the reports from different battleships should be sent to him. that he might make a full report to the commander-in-chief. Sampson, with all the whys and wherefores of the en gagement. that due hpner might be given to each and all. Admiral Sampson being away on the eventful Sunday it was not possible for him to tell the story .himself as a participant, and it would appear an improbability that he should a!T any time desire to be set down as present and help ing when everybody knew be was not'in time to do a single thing thing during the entire sea battle, except .to bring up the rear and hear the bejs hurrah over the r victory at the close. It is possible that naval punctilio gets its back up on trifles. but it is too much like child’s play to be thus far adopted by grown And grisrled "sea-dogs A ccording to the testimony, as reported ami printed elf’over the Country, great sea captains can turn out to be very small men when a test is applied to certain jealous, envious natures. These revelations are Impalatable as welt as mal-odorous to the reading pub lic. They have lowered the d’gnity cf naval commanders tq the minimum of common respect and it seems a pity that these captains should tfrr their own rakes) be constantly kept but at sea or given some tasks which would curb'aad prevent evil speaking, banlf biting and en vious detraction among themselves when eff duty and cn shore. Mr. Rayner and Captain Lemly are sharp and skilled attorneys, and they un derstand how to ask questions, but they are rubbing off al) the paint and white wash from our naval affairs in Washing ton. • It makes one shudder to think of what would have happened if Cervera’s ships had escaped out to open sea and left Com modore Schley to the rage of h.s enemies in the squadron commanded by Admiral Sampson The jawbone flourished by an other Sampson on the Philistines In Bible combats would have been Jess deadly than the weapon wielded by this modern Samp son. judging of such indications from naval court trials. ' Commander Schley should always have been prepared to call on the hills and rocks to fall upon him if by any mis chance he should fall to carry put plans proposed or imagined by such commander as Admiral Sampson. The knout and bow-string would be in significant torture compared to the dis grace which menaces a naval commander whose superior officer is both envious and exacting, unjust and jealous. . We have still had only a glimpse at the seamy side and are not enraptured at the working methods of naval commanders after a battle is over and tbe victory won. 'ine report presented by Commodore SchLey after Santiago, which report of fended the commander-in-chief, looks very respectful at this distance, and cer tainly harmless to the average mind. ♦ If some of us had stood in Commander Schley’s shoes we would have seen him— yes. elsewhere—before such a fair report should have been "doctored” to appease the ugly Irritation of a chagrined officer who had no part tn the sea fight. This naval court of inquiry will run up its thousands of expense on the United States government, but there is one plain and redeeming feature in the whole busi ness. The country understands the difficulties under which an inferior officer labors and is considerably acquainted with the su peraltlvs littleness of a commander-in chief “dressed In a little brief authority.” A Regret. Though a quarter of a century has pass ed. I remember with the most acute pain the only time that I ever wilfully wounded my mother’s feelings. She had been sick for months—her last illness—and the care of the entire household had fallen upon my young and Inexperienced shoulders. The nursing also fell to my lot. as there were but two other members of the family at home—my father and a younger broth er. How vividly is every detail of that morning stamped upon my memory! The doors and windows were thrown open to let in the sweet spring sunshine and balmy breexe. My mother sat propped up In bed directing me in my work, trying, no doubt, to teach me all she could dur ing the little time left to her. In my child ish impatience I supposeu she was only finding fault, and petulantly exclaimed that I was doing the best I could; that I shouldn't try any more, as I could not please her, anyway. Each word that I spoke cost me a pang, ana I could have cried out for very sorrow the moment they were uttered, and when I turned and saw my mother with her head bowed upon her hands and silen-.y weeping, my heart ached within me. I went to her and stood beside her. speaking no word, only placing my hand upon her shoulder. How I longed to say. “Mother, forgive me." but no sound came from my lips, which had been so quick to speak in an ger. Gradually she grew calm and turned her sad, patient eyes to the window, seemingly looking beyond all things earth- r THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1901. . PROTECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. From Viewpoint of Facts. The secretary of state. Col. Philip Cook, kindly sent Mrs. Julius Brown the report of the committee on the protection of North American birds for 1900. This re port is extracted from “The Auk,” Janu ary 1901. Evidently the secretary thinks bird lovers should not run entirely to senti ment, but know and attend to "the facts in the case.” It is out of the question to give more than a glance at the practical work done by man organised seeletiee. nobly helped by the press. Most of the effort has been aimed at enforcing. laws already made for protection of birds. Extracts from this report follow: • • • First, as to the repert of the commit tee dn the protection of North American birds for the year MOB: The past year has been perhaps the moat notable one in the annals of bird protection since the present committee was established. As was the case last year, I propose in this report to consider only the work that has come immediately before the committee. I must, however, congratu late the Audubon societies on the excel lent work they are accomplishing, without which the more serious undertakings Os this committee eould not have been car ried through. The societies now exist in no less than twenty-two states of the union, and so widely has their influence been extended that we rarely And per sons today who have not heard of the movement for bird protection, and every proposed act of legislation now finds the way paved for its progress and willing hands extended everywhere to aid it. The strengthening of these existing Au dubon societies and the establishment of additional organisations of this kind in ’our remaining states, especially in the south, cannot be too strongly encour aged. ... The railroads, too. old their part. Espe cially the Pennsylvania railroad also lent us its aid by notifying its agents to exer cise great care not to ship from the state any birds killed contrary to law. as they would thereby be liable to prosecution un der the laws of Delaware. Then during the last session of congress great efforts were made by various game protective associations, headed by Mr. G. O Shields, to force the passage of the so called Lacey bill. This act Is supple mentary to the state game and bird laws and forbids shipment of illegally killed birds from one state to another, while birds coming Into a state, even though killed legally, cannot be sold in that state if tho law there forbids the sale of that sort of bird. The possibilities of prosecu tions of millinery agents for receiving sea birds killed contrary to law in other states are easily seen. Your chairman and many members of the committee exerted all their Influence in behalf of this bill, and were ably seconded by the Audubon socie ties. To the gratification of all, it be came a law In May last. Again, already several seizures of gulls have bem made under this or state laws, most notably that of 2.CM gulls and terns in th* pessesslen of Charles E. rentier, manager for Dumont A Co.. Baltimore. Further on the report says one of the largest wholesale millinery hrms in Balti more requested an official inspection of their stock and agreed to abandon the sale not 'only of gulls and "teiffib but also of grebes, pelicans, herons and ether birds protected by state er federal law. I’ in terviewed practically all tbe wholesale milliners in the eity and without exception they took the same ground and promptly withdrew these birds from sale. This, toe. is interesting: ■■ Ip connection with cage birds, Mrs. Ed ward Robins reports that in a conversa tion with one’of the largest bird dealers W Philadelphia he voluntarily told her, without any idea that he was talking to one .of your committee, that his flrm had recently shinned to Germany 150 blue birds. cardinals. and iW mockingbirds, and stated that all the large importers were also exporters, that this was one of ths necessities of the trade. This, it seems to m». is one of the strongest arguments •galst the clause allowing the keeping of native cage birds which exists in the Pcnßsylvnnla law and that of many other hfate* . the. report, front which Jhese ex.racts Iv to that peace which would soon be her s. She lived long enough for me to prove by my unremitting attention and unfailing kindness how sincere was my regret and how deep was my love. Though no allusion was ever made to my conduct, I knew that she understood and forrave me. When the last sad moment came, though beyond the power of speech, she gave each a farewell, loving look and It seemed to mutelV call me to her. I held her in my amts, end thus she passed * Oh. girls, do nothing to wound your mother. No matter if she should find fault or scold, do net answer her in anger, and some day you will than.v God for it, and be spared many sad regrets. S S. 4»AYNIE. (How many of us would also recall the hasty words If we could do so! The love of a mother is next to the love of the Almighty Father—so pure. Sweet and un failing. This little article touched my heart very deeply.—Editress.) Find Bostrom’s Improved Farm Level advertisement, and see what you get free. Mrs. Springer’s Book, “Intra Muros.” I am crowded with inquiries as to where Mrs. Springer’s book may be obtained since my little article on “Revelations of the Spirit World," appeared in The Jour nal last week. It may be that every bookstore or Sab bath school library Is familiar with it. but the copy I have was sent to me by an old-time friend from Washington City, and was published by the David C. Cook Publishing company. 36 Washington street, Chicago, Illinois. Two other incidents of similar revela tions have been brought to my notice since writing my article, one of them so remarkable that I hope to get a full de tail of facts for another and later article on the subject. From the Far North. Dear Mrs. Felton: May I ask If any of the readers know the words of an old song. "Faithless Emma?” . Why do not more of the southern ladies write for the home column? The Journal is not alone read by its home people, where each may see for themselves, but comes to the far north, where each week It is eagerly scanned for southern ideas on home topics.- Let ua hear from those interested in fancy work, flowers, old melodies and home. With best wishes for The Journal and a reuniting of the blue and the gray, I am, respectfully, DIAMOND. I With. these p) three things you ' ca ‘ n wa *h. Just .so you can do many other things tha.t n.re tiresome, unhealthy, unpleasant and wasteful. If ft’s necessary, well a.nd good: but it isn’t with PE AR. LINE washing. PEARL INE’S way is best, ensiest, quickest, most economical—no soap, no washboard, no rubbing, -..M-.tr—hex* 6.18 are taken is signed by Wilmer Stone, chairman. • • • Then comes a special report, very long and interesting. This Is signed by William Dutcher, and below are- a few clippings. This report concerns many islands, mostly on coasts of Maine, New York, New Jer sey, Connecticut and Virginia. "In beginning this report on the special protection work of the past year,” says the writer, "great credit should be given to our fellow-member, Abbott H. Thayer, for the very Important part contributed by him to the result. The thought of this special protection was his alone, and his unflagging and unaided energy and tact secured the sinews of war, a fund of over 31,409, with which wardens were paid; without this fund nothing eould have been accomplished. Where he should have re ceived encouragement, 1. e., among the ornithologists, he met with discourage ment, for he was told that it was impos sible to raise any funds for the work. By his personal courage and faith he accom plished what others said could not be done.” Wardens were employed on many Islands, and It Is pjeaslng to see how often these wardens were the crew at a life saving station—thus double a life-saving station! The same rough sailors who go out to wrecks and save men's lives look tenderly after nesting birds. The next clipping gives an idea of the work: •. "As it was useless to attempt to pro tect either the birds or eggs until the close season commenced, the wardens | were, prior to that date, fully informed of the exact text of the law and were Instructed to absolutely enforce its pro visions from the first to the last day of the close season on all birds breeding or living near their stations. Just prior to the end of the close season, our member, Mr. Frank C. Kirkwood, volunteered to make a trip to each of the stations In Vir ginia and the one in Maryland, which he did at much personal discomfort. The trip lasted froiW'August 90 to 29, inclusive, and was made In a 25-feet sharpie, a shallow, flat-bottomed sailboat. When Mr. Kirk wood was fortunate enough to reach a life-saving station at night he was com fortably housed, but on several occasions the night was spent at anchor, his couch being the bottom of the boat, and his cov ering a portion of the sail or the sky. Sleep was almost impossible, for if he re ' tired under the sail he was almost suf . focated with the heat, and when he threw ! it off life was unendurable owing to the I swarms of mosquitoes, and on one occa- I rion a temperature of 119 degrees In the i sun at 7 a. m.. were some of the difficul i lies Mr. Kirkwood had to overcome during : nls trip, and on his return to his home he ! was laid tip with a sharp attack of mala j ria as the result of his fatigue and ex ' posure. Mr. Kirkwood reported that he ! wm very well pleased with the results of I the work done by the eight wardens, that J he, tn the main, found them interested, * and that the reports they severally made ' to him could be depended upon. On his return Mr. Kirkwood submitted ; a long written report from which I quote . the following interesting details: I "On Trumpet Island evidences were seen ■ showing that a party had visited the : place and had en.oyed fried terns’ eggs or a tern’s egg omelet. This island was a lew, flat, grass-covered mound with a wide margin of aand and large cobble. I Nests were found on the sandy beach ! above the normal high tide mark and also on the grassy upland. At the date of the vtfit, July 4th, no young birds were found in any stage, probably because all 1 the first clutches of eggs had been taken. 1 It was noticed also that all these unpro i tested birds were much wilder than the : terns on Matlnicite Rock where they are i practically undisturbed. On Green island ! young terh wfli found July 9,-on the cobble, which beautifully illustrated pro tective coloration. It was almost stepped upon before It w*s seen, and during the i whole time that a tripod camera was be ing set up, moved about, focused and plates exposed from two different posi tions, It did not move. “In Moosea bee Reach stands a tall cyl i indrieal roek whose flat apex must contain i an area of half an acre. The sides are sa i precipitous that it is Impossible for any i thing without wings to reaeh the top. HOOP THE ROPE. —— •> ❖ A Recess Carr.e for Girls. ♦ A A -M- -M- • A-M- —■».»>- Here is a recess ganfe for our little girls, played with a hoop and a skipping rope, that Is very simple indeed, and yet is great fun; at least, the little girls who have tried it say so. The girls play “partners,” two on a side. Two of the girls turn the skipping rope, one on each I end. while the other two stand behind a line 15 feet away. The girls with the rope are having their "Innings” and they turn the rope briskly just as if they were turning for someone to skip. One of the girls with the hoop on the “outside” holds it directly at the rope. She may roll It fast or slow, as she pleases, as her object is to keep the "Inside” from making the hoop “skip" pver the rope by whirling it round so that it touches the ground at just the moment that the hoop Is about to pass over it. If the “inside” are clever enough to do this they may score one po,lnt, but if they fall and the rope knocks the hoop over, or if the rope should pass over the hoop, then the "outside" scores one point. The two players of the "outside” take turns in rolling the hoop, and if it should not go far enough or if it should go In the wrong direction and not pass between the two of the “inside.” then the "inside" scores one point. Both players of the “outside” roll the hoop five times each, and then they have their “innings.” Then the girls who have been turning the rope take their turn at rolling the hoop. Each side has three innings, and the side that has scored the greatest number of points at the last inning wins the game. The hoop is liable to do the most extra ordinary things when it touches the rope, especially if both are going fast. It may slip over as if the rope were not there at all, or it may leap high In the air. and coming down again perform amazing evolutions on the ground. It may be thrown back in the direction from whence It camn, and after rolling that way for a few feet suddenly come back toward the rope again. The rapidly whirling rope gives the moving hoop a peculiar twist that causes it to revolve rapidly, and thus do these strange antles. and as it seldom does the same thing twice, this furnishes no small part of thj -un in the game. ~THE COSMIC EGG. Upon a rock yet uncreate. Amid a ehaos inchoate. An uncreated being sate: Beneath him, rock; Above him, cloud. And the cloud was rock. And the rock was cloud. The rock then growing soft and warm. The cloud began to take a form, A form chaotic, vast and vague. Which Issued In the cosmic egg. Then the being uncreate On the egg did incubate. And thus became the incubator; And of the egg did allegate. And the Incubator was potentate. But the alligator was potuntator. *Anonymous. What Broke the Engagement. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. She—But I would never marry a man who loved me for my good looks. He—Of course not, dear. I never thought of such a thing. Too Well Known. Detroit Free Press. Dobson—Lead you JW? Why, man,’ I don't know you. Borrower—That’s the reason I asked you. No one that Knows me will lend me a cent. i The writer passed close by It on the steamer Frank Jones’ about 5 a. m., July 16th. The whole top of the rock was so white with gulls that It looked as though it were covered with a blanket of snow. The pilot of the steamer told the writer that the gulls were never disturbed there, ( because no one eould get at them, and he added: 'I am glad of it, for many and many a time in a dense fog or in the darkness, the gulls have told me that I was on the true course.’ Their cries were always vented on the approach of the steamer whether in daylight, dark ness, or fqg. He thought that the de struction of that colony of gulls would be a distinct menace to navigation." .* * * And very fascinating is No-mans-land. The largest colony of Herring Gulls (L. a. smlthsonianus) in the state of Maine is located the Island of No-mans-land. This island has an area of about 12 acres and Is situated abou a mile from Matln icus island, some 17 miles south of Rock land. It is, like all the islands on the Maine coast, very rocky, with practically no beach, and is consequently difficult to land upon. It is about half covered with spruce and fir trees of moderate size and is well carpeted with red-top grass, clover and weeds. It Is an Ideal home for gulls and about 2,500 to 3,000 pairs breed there. On reaching the crest of the island, the large painted notice of Captain Mark Young, in full view from every direction, was seen warning all persons to "keep off” and forbidding the firing of guns or taking eggs. The result of this protect tion was every where, visible, for a walker had to step with care or he would be in danger of crushing a young bird that was hiding in the grass. The most im mature birds usually selected some cover under which to hide, sometimes going so far under the shade of a stump oi\ log that they looked like balls of chinchilla colored yarn. Others w’ere content with a more exposed position closer to the nest In which they were hatched. The young seen In the grass were in all stages of downy plurfiage, some just showing feathers mixed In the down, others furth er advanced, still others, that had almost left the downy stage, and others whose flight feathers were quite large. In the last stage before flight the birds were tail less but the plumage was perfect, the down having entirely disappeared. They were large strong birds and could run through the grass and among the spruces as fast as a man could. It .was only by cornering one on a ledge of rocks that a ohotograph was secured. • • • Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey has sent the following in regard to plume hunting In southern Texas: "While working in Texas last spring Mr. Bailey and I spent two weeks In the neighborhood of Corpus Christi. In talking with the settlers we gradually discovered that we were in the heart of a plume hunting district. The discovery was grad 4 ual, as the people seemed afraid to talk to us at first, apparently on account of a r,umor of some prohibitory legislation in the north. As an old bird hunter said afterwards, he report was that 'they were rtot golns: to buy any more birds—there was some law about it.’ “So absolutely is the southern ’ plume hunting business controlled by-the north ern market ftiat'this rumor had held up the trade, apd ft was only a$ ftme went by without its confirmation that the hunt ers prepireef to sitart out again? "As they watched our work the people came to talk quite freely to us and we learned a good deal about the number of birds killed, the principal kinds taken, and the prices ' for them. One man boasted—moved perhaps by the small number'of birds we found it Important to shoot-that he and another plume hunter had. in iBB3, shot BJ6 birds In five days, and 1,033 in six to seven days.” Now all this is not the fancies or work of sentimentalists, but of hard-headed, soft-hearted business men. WHAT SHALL WE EAT ”■ ’ i— ' To Keep Healthy and Strong ? A healthy appetite and common sense are excellent guides to follow in matters of diet, and a rr'— ’ -”-t of grains, fruits fey and meats is undoubtedly the best, in spite of the claims made by vegetarians and food cranks generally. As compared with grains and vegeta bles, meat furnishes the most nutriment in a highly concentrated form and is di gested and assimilated more quickly than vegetables or grains. Dr. Julius Remusson on this subject says: Nervous persons, people run down in health and of low vitality should eat plen ty of meat. If the digestion is too feeble at first It may be easily strengthened by the regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets after each meal. Two of these excel lent tablets taken after dinner will di gest several thousand grains of meat, eggs or other animal food in three or four hours, while the malt diastase also con tained in Stuart’s Tablets cause the per fect digestion of starchy foods, like po tatoes, bread, etc., and no matter how weak the stomach may be, no trouble will be experienced if a regular practice is made of using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets because they supply the pepsin and diastase so necessary to perfect digestion, and any form of indigestion and stomach trouble except cancer of the stomach will be overcome by their daily use. That large class cf people who come un der the head of nervous dyspeptics should cat plenty of meat and insure its com plete digestion by the systematic use of a safe, harmless digestive medicine like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, composed of natural digestive principles, peptones and diastase, which actually perform the work of digestion and give the abused stomach a chance to rest and to furnish the body and brain with the necessary putrlmeut. Cheap cathartic medicines masquerading under the name of dyspepsia cures are useless fcr relief or cure of Indigestion, because they.have absolutely po effect upon the actual digestion of food. Dyspepsia in all its forms is simply a failure of the stomach to digest food and the sensible way to solve tbe riddle and' cure the indigestion Is to make daily use at meal time of a safe preparation which is indorsed by the medical profession and known to contain active digestive prin ciples, and all this can truly be said of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. 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He wanted all of his sons to help him, so that he could grind still more flour, for he wished to be known as hav ing the largest mill In that country. Aso soon as the boys were old enough to work the miller tried to teach them the business. The eldest son tried It for a time, but he said the flour got in his nose and made him sneeze, and that he did not like that kind of work anyway, so he came a blacksmith. The next son said the flour got into his eyes and made him sleepy, and that he could not bear that kind of work anyway, and so he be came a tailor. The third son said that the smell of the flour took away his ap petite. and that he simply could not stand that kind of work anyway, so he became a carpenter. The old man was fearfully disappointed In these three boys, but felt sure that his youngest son, Bruce, would make a good miller when he grßw old enough, for he did not like the noise of the forge, the confinement of a tailorshop or the lifting Os heavy beams. At last Bruce grew old enough to work, and his father- started to. teach .him how to run the mill. After trying for a week Bruce said he did not like it one single bit. for the flour got on his clothes and made‘his hands dirty, and that he did not believe.in any kind of work anyway, for he wflnted to be a gentleman. "The very Idea!" cried his father. “The next thing you know you will be wanting to marry a beautiful princess and live happily ever after, like they do in the story books.”! “That sounds nice," said Bruce. "I guess I would like that, now that you mention Jh 1 never thought of that be fore.” "Well, never think of it again if you want to live in this concern,” said his fa ther. in a very bad temper. But Bruce did think of it, and that evening at dinner, when his father asked him to pass the horseradish. Bruce said: "Yes. your High and Mighty Sweetness.” This made the old man so mad that he gave Bruce a .large piece of his mind, kicked him off •the front porch and told him to go west and grow up with the country. Bruce spent the night with his eldest brother, Jack, and in the morning Jack gave him a blacksmith’s hammer and some good advice. He called on his oth er two brothers, and the carpenter gave him a bunch of nails and the tailor gave him a needle and thread. These were not worth very much, but they each gave him some good advice, which the?’ said was worth a great deal, and, besides, it did not cost them anything. Bruce started alone up the road and walked until he was very tired without meeting anyone. He sat down by the roadside to rest, and was just beginning to get hungry when twelve robbers jump ed out of the bushes and each pointed two pistols at him. “Surrender! or you are a dead man!” cried the robbers, and Bruce surrendered. "Hand over your jewels, gold and other valuables!” cried the captain of the rob bers. Bruce was frightened almost to death, but he said he never saw any jew els or gold in his life, and he was only a poor boy on his way to go west, where he could grow up with the country and be a gentleman and marry a beautiful prin cess .like they did in story books. Then the captain said that they had better take Bruce to their camp and hold him for ransom.. So they took him to their camp, and one of their band mounted guard over him to see that he did not escape. The captain of the band sent a letter to Bruce's father and brothers, saying If they did not pay a ransom of 10,000 ko pecks inside of three days Bruce would be lost to them forever. The brothers sent back word that if Bruce had taken their good advice he would not have been in his present fix, and they declined to be responsible for his foolishness. His fath er said that if they thought he was going to pay a ransom just to have Bruce come back and eat his bread they must take him for a pea green lumpiddle. This made the robbers very angry, and they all came and stood In a line In front of Bruce, scowling fearfully. “Prepare to die!” growled the captain, and all the robbers drew their snickersnees and said, "Prepare to die!” just like the chorus of a comic opera. "Don't be in such a hurry,” said Bruce. “I don't see what you want to kill me for, anyway. You must be terribly desper ate robbers.” “Desperate!” cried the captain of the robbers. "Why, we are just as desperate as we ean possibly be. We are so desperate that the King of this country has prom ised to marry the beautiful Princess, his daughter, to any one who would take us to birr in chains, and if any robbers were ever more desperate than that I would like to know it, that’s all!” "There's my chance!” exclaimed Bruce. "Now, suppose you let me take you all to the King in chains, and then when I mar ry the beautiful Princess I will pay you the ransom of W.OCO kopeks and throw in a whole bunch of rearls and diamonds for luck.” “That would be nn excellent scheme if we were all tired of life and wanted to provide for our families,” said the cap tain, "but we haven't any families and wc are not the least bit tired of life, so there you are! I think we had better go on with the execution.” "Not ”al all,” said Bruce. "That would spoil everything. You can’t expect a beau tiful Princess to marry any one that his been executed, can you? Besides, I will marry the Princess at once, and than I will be the heir to the throne anc wil: pardon you at once and appoint you all police captains in the city srsurtd the palace, and then you can get rich in a very short time.” The robbers said that was something like, and they told Bruce to go ahead with his chains. Bruce took the hammer and pounded the nails until they were bent just like the links in a chain, and then he tied then: all together with his thread until they made a fine long chain. He fastened th: robbers neck and heel with this, and they helped him all they could to hurry thing* along. Bruee marched them along the road all that day. and every one he met said that he must be just the bravest young fellow that .ever lived to capture an those desperate robbers all by himself. When he arrived at the King’s palace the King had heard of his coming, and had the court already to receive him. This made Bruce feci very proud, and when the beautiful Princess said that she just adored brave men and was willing to bq married at once, he swelled up like the schoolmaster cAoes when he presents thq diplomas on graduation day. ) The King said that Brace, must be as brave as brave could be, and that when he had married the Princess he should be given command of .the army,* and then while Bruce had his.heck turned, getting acquainted with the beautiful Princees r and finding out which her favorite flower was, the King had the executioner chop off the heads of all the robbers, although they said it wasn’t fair and, that they didn't come there to get beheaded. Os course, that wasn’t Bruce’s fault, for ho did not know anything about M. He has done the best he could, and he married the beautiful Princess and Ihed happily evej after, just as they do in the story books. . didn’t like it one single bit.” said Mrg Dog, "and I want my picture book to loori at.’’ So Tommy got the picture book and I Mr. Dog took it off and sat down under! a tree in the field. He was looking at the ! pictures and having a fine time when Mrs. j Cow came along and ’ looked over hiq i; shoulder. “My goodness me!" she ex« i claimed. "Do read to me what it says un- ( ! der that picture of the cat and the fiddle and the cow jumping up in the air." Mr, Dog could not read a bit, but he was ashamed td say so, so he made up < rhyme. "Why certainjy,” he said: 1 "Bow wow! Sukey, the cow. She turned a flipflap in the afrj When she landed a cat Said If she-could do that. » She could be the prlma donna In hit* opera troupe." \ 1 You see. Mr. Dog was in such a hurry, that he couldn’t make tne last line rhyme, but Mrs. Cow did not know much about poetry, so she did not know the differ-' ence. "How perfectly lovely!” she exclaimed, “I wonder if a cat would take me in an opera troupe if I turned a flipflap like ‘ that?” ' ' "Os course he would,” said Mr. Dog. "He . wouldn’t be much of a cat If he didn't, and, anyway, whatever you see in books is true.” People really thought so in those days, as they were dog for surely you have heard grown-up folks say “every dog has Its day.” "Do you really think I could turn a AlP\ flap?” asked Mrs. Cow, with a simper. • “ “I am sure of it. You are so fraceful,’’ said Mr. Dog. Mrs. Cow made a very low bow and jumped up Ln the air to turn a flipflap, but she only got half way around and landed on the top of her head. Her horns ran so far into the ground that she was stuck fast, and there she was, stand ing on her head, with her feet wildly wav ing in the air. She kicked and struggled, but could not get loose, and she was just about to have a rush of blood to the head when Mr. Man came along and helped her turn right side up aaaln. But poor Mrs. Cow was a sight! One horn was crumpled, and her neck was shut up just like your uncle’s telescope when it Is closed. She triid to look for Mr. Dog, hut < her eyes were between her shoulders, and she could only see straight ahead. "Rub her neck!” shouted Mr. Man, and he and Mr. Dog rubbed her neck until .it came out again. She looked very pale and said if Mr. Man would please excuse her she would go sit In the hammock for a while and rest. While she was in the hammock trying to think how it happened Mr. Cat came along. As socn as she saw him Mrs. Cow ; remembered all about the opera, troupe, , and she was just getting up to do another flipflap when Mr. Dog came along. He was afraid she would poke holes in Mr. Man's front porch and that he would get blam- ( ed for it, so he shouted as loud as he could “Rubber neck!” trying to do just as Mr. Man had done. When Mrs. Cow heard this she ran at Mr. Dog as hard as she could, and Mr. Dog remembered that he had urgent business elsewhere. He ran as fast aa his feet would carry him, but he was so tired from carting the apples that it' was not verj’ fast.' Mrs. Cow soon caught him, and she got that crum pled horn under him and tossed him so high in the air that he thought he would never come down. If Mr. Dog had not fallen on a hay stack. he would have been killed, but tba hay broke his fall, and he was only shak en up. 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