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Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo borealis)
Length, about two feet. One of our
largest hawks; adults with tall rea
dlsb brown.
Range: Breeds in the United States,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada and
Alaska; winters generally in the Unit
ed States and south to Guatemala.
Habits and economic status: The
red-tailed hawk, or “hen-hawk,” as it
is commonly called, is one of the best
known of all our birds of prey, and is
a widely distributed species of great
economic importance. Its habit of sit
ting on some prominent limb or pole
in the open, or flying with measured
wing beat over prairies and sparsely
wooded areas on the lookout for its
favorite prey, causes it to be noticed
by the most indifferent observer. Al
though not as omnivorous as the red
shouldered hawk, it feeds on a variety
of food, as small mammals, snakes,
frogs, insects, birds, crawfish, centi
pedes, and even carrion. In regions
where rattlesnakes abound it destroys
considerable numbers of the reptiles.
Although it feeds to a certain extent
on poultry and birds, it is nevertheless
entitled to general protection on ac
count of the insistent warfare it wages
against field mice and other small ro
dents and insects that are so destruc
tive to young orchards, nursery stock,
and farm produce Out of 530 stom
achs examined, 457, or 85 per cent,
contained the remains of mammals,
pests such as field mice, pine mice,
rabbits, several species of ground
squirrels, pocket gophers, and cotton
rats, and only 62 contained the re
mains of poultry or game birds.
Barn Owl
(Aluco pratincola)
Length, about seventeen inches.
Facial disk not circular as In our oth
er owls; plumage above, pale yellow,
beneath, varying from silky white to
pale bright tawny.
Range: Resident in Mexico, in the
southern United States, and north to
New York, Ohio, Nebraska, and Cali
fornia.
Habits and economic status: The
barn owl, often called monkey-faced
owl, is one of the most beneficial of
the birds of prey, since it feeds almost
exclusively on small mammals that
injure farm produce, nursery, and or
chard stock. It hunts principally in
the open and consequently secures
such mammals as pocket gophers,
field mice, common rats, house mice,
harvest mice, kangaroo rats, and cot
ton rats. It occasionally captures a
few birds and insects. At least a half
bushel of the remains of pocket go
phers have been found in the nesting
cavity of a pair of these birds. Re
membering that a gopher has been
known in a short time to girdle seven
apricot trees worth SIOO it is hard to
overestimate the value of the service
of a pair of barn owls. One thousand
two hundred and forty-seven pellets
of the barn owl collected from the
Smithsonian towers contained 3,100
skulls, of which 3,004, or 97 per cent,
were mammals; 92, or 3 per cent, of
birds; and 4 were of frogs. The bulk
consisted of 1,987 field mice, 656 house
mice, and 210 common rats. The birds
eaten were mainly sparrows and blaok
birds. This valuable owl should be
rigidly protected throughout the en
tire range.
Brown Creeper
(Certhia familiaris americana)
Length, five and one-half inches.
Range: Breeds from Nebraska, In
diana, North Carolina (mountains),
and Massachusetts north to southern
Canada, also in the mountains of the
western United States, north to
Alaska, south to Nicaragua; winters
over most of its range.
Habits and economic status: Rare
Interesting inf or
mation about
them supplied
by the Bureau
of Biological
Survey of the
United States
of
ly indeed is the creeper seen at rest.
It appears to spend its life in an in
cessant scramble over the trunks and
branches of trees, from which it gets
all its food. It is protectively colored
so as to be practically invisible to its
enemies and, though delicately built,
possesses amazingly strong claws and
feet. Its tiny eyes are sharp enough
to detect insects so small that most
other species pass them by, and alto
gether the creeper fills a unique place
in the rankß of our insect destroyers.
The food consists of minute insects
and insects’ eggs, also cocoons of
tineid moths, small wasps, ants, and
bugs, especially scales and plant lice,
with some small caterpillars. As the
creeper remains in the United States
throughout the year, it naturally se
cures hibernating insects and insects’
eggs, as well as spiders and spiders’
eggs missed by the summer birds. On
its bill of fare we find no product ol
husbandry nor any useful insects.
Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
Length, seventeen inches. The broad
black band near tip of tail distin
guishes this from other grouse.
Range: Resident in the northern
two-thirds of the United States and
in the forested parts of Canada.
Habits and economic status: The
ruffed grouse, the famed drummer and
finest game bird of the northern
woods, is usually wild and wary and
under reasonable protection well with
stands the attacks of hunters. More
over, when reduced in numbers, it
responds to protection in a gratifying
manner and has proved to be well
adapted to propagation under artificial
conditions. Wild fruits, mast, and
browse make up the bulk of the vege
table food of this species. It is very
fond of hazelnuts, beechnuts, chest
nuts, and acorns, and it eats practical
ly all kinds of wild berries and other
fruits. Nearly 60 kinds of fruits have
been identified from the stomach con
tents examined. Various weed seeds
also are consumed. Slightly more
than 10 per cent of the food consists
of insects, about half beetles. The
most important pests devoured are
the potato beetle, clover-root weevil,
the pale-striped flea beetle, grapevine
leaf-beetle, May beetles, grasshoppers,
cotton worms, army worms, cutworms,
the red-humped apple worm, and saw
fly larvae. While the economic record
of the ruffed grouse is fairly com l
mendable, it does not call for more
stringent protection than is necessary
to maintain the species in reasonable
numbers.
Water With Meals.
Most people are better off for talc
ing some water with their meals. Wa
ter is an aid to the chemical activities
of digestion, and Is furnished by the
body itself in large amount. The gas
tric juice, of which the stomach
makes about a pint and a half per
meal, is made up of nine hundred and
ninety-five parts of water per thou
sand. By drinking water with our
meals we help to furnish a part of
the digestive juices. Whether the
amount, should be a part of a glass or
several glasses can be determined only
by the experience of its effects by the
individual. Such water should not be
taken Ice-cold not very hoL A healthy
appetite, the appetite of hunger, like o
healthy mental appetite, needs no
sensational drinks.
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Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JULY 9
THE THESSALONIAN CHRISTIANS.
LESSON TEXT-1 Thess. 2:17-20; 4:13-18;
6:14-24.
GOLDEN TEXT—If we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will
God bring with him.—l Thess. 4:14 R. V.
This epistle Is probably one of the
earliest of Paul’s letters (A. D. 50-53?).
It links itself closely with the seven
teenth chapter of the Book of Acts.
Driven from Berea, Paul goes to Ath
ens and later to Corinth, while Tim
othy returns to Thessalontca and car
ries a report to Paul at Corinth.
Whereupon, perhaps within six
months, Paul writes his epistle. A
study of the two letters addressed to
this church teaches us how Paul ad
vised and instructed his Gentile con
verts. Th e first is a particularly cheer
ful, positive and helpful exhortation.
I. Thanksgiving and Testimony (1:
1-90; 2:17-20). (1) Salutation (1:1)
The phrase, “the church of the Thes
salonians which is In God” is nowhere
else used. Some think It to be unique
because Paul had so little to condemn
or to criticize. The deity of Jesus
Christ and that grace and peace pro
ceed from God is clearly set forth.
(2) Thanksgiving (vv. 2 and 3) (a)
For works of faith; (b) for their
“labor of love,” and (c) their “pa
tience” (endurance). That these
works were “in the sight of God” is
evidence of their genuineness, and
such spiritual fruitage awakened
(3) Knowledge in Paul’s mind (v. 4).
They were “elected” to salvation, holi
ness and likeness to Jesus (vv. 5-9;
I Pet 1:2; Eph. 1:4, 5; Rom. 8:29).
(4) Testimony (vv. 6-10). Paul could
appeal to the known copduct of him
self and his friends to substantiate, to
prove, the standing of those candi
dates for holiness who had been “elect
ed.” His words had not come to them
in mere exhortation and eloquence but
“also in power,” which governed their
conduct. This was not to win ap
plause, but in his own case he labored
for their sakes (v. 5) and In their
case they had received the word “with
joy” In the midst cf affliction to the
end that they became examples (pat
terns or types; literally, like tho far
echoing notes of a trumpet) (v. 7) to
all that dwelt In the regions there
about. Their cbedience, consistency
and missionary spirit (vv. 8-10) sound
ed forth everywhere and all that
needed to be done was to say, “Behold
the church of Thessalonica!" (5) Paul's
glory and joy (2:17-20). Paul sets
forth his character as a Christian
worker (2:1-16). (a) His physical
btldness (vv. 1,2); (b) his faithful, im
partial teaching (vv. 3-6), affectionate
ly kind (7,8), unselfish, working for
his own support (v. 9), holy and con
sistent (13-16). No one "had anything
on him,” and such a life dares to bo
bold, though it is net free from per
secution (v. 16). (6) Paul’s desire
(2:17-20). He hero sets forth why this
letter was written. Separated from
them by persecution, he desires to
return and supply the things they were
yet lacking and to seo face to face
these whom he loved. Satan pre
vented (v. 18) doubtless using the bit
ter persecution stirred up against him.
He had therefore sent Timothy from
Berea to comfort them (3:15), who
had made such a good report (3:1-10)
that it urged Paul to greater prayer
(vv. 11-13) on their behalf.
11. Ignorance Illumined (4:13-18).
Paul rebukes certain sins (4:1-12), ex
horting them to godliness and to love
one another. He then touches upon a
doctrino which was one cf his
strongest reasons for writing to these
Thessaloniar.s. The imminent return
of Christ had been strongly empha
sized, but in the months of Paul’s ab
sence some of their number had died,
died without seeing Christ’s promised
glory. Would those who remained
have any advantage over the dead
saints when Christ should come? It is
to set their thinking aright that Paul
writes. This he does ty outlining the
great and blessed hope of the church
in its "rapture” at Christ’s coming.
This is more clearly set forth here
than anywhere else in the New Testa
ment. Those w r ho mourned over de
parted loved ones are not to “sorrow
as those who had no hope.” . Jesus
the risen, everlasting Savior and king,
13 certainly coming again in his king
dom cf glory, “with a shout, with the
voice cf the archangel.” Their sor
row is not that of the world, for those
departed are but “sleeping’ and will
come back with Jesus when he comes.
Together they who sleep and we who
are alive shall be caught up “to meet
the Lord In the air,” ell to dwell to
gather forevermore with the Lord.
Paul’s description cf the events cf
this second coming, this rapture of
the church, has not yet been fulfilled,
but he and the disciples were not mis
taken as to its nearness, its immi
nence.
111. The Hope of Church and State
(5:14-24). The letter closes with
moral exhortations with reference to
spiritual leaders, care ot one another,
the spirit of prayer; and he exhorts
them not to “quench the Spirit” by de
spising prophesying, that preaching
and testifying which can be exercised
by the weakest, feeblest member ol
tho church if he be Spirit-endued.
CALOMEL SICKENS!
ITS MERCURY! DANGER
‘‘Dodson’s Liver Tone” Straightens You Up Better Than Salivating, Dangerous
Calomel and Doesn't Make You Sick —Don’t Lose a Day’s Work- —
Wonderful Discovery Destroying Sale of Calomel Here.
You’re bilious! Your liver is sluggish! You
feel lazy, dizzy and all knocked out. Your head
is dull, your tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don’t take sali
vating calomel. It makes you sick, you may lose
a day’s work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes
necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into sour
bile like dynamite, breaking it up. That’s when
you feel that awful nausea and cramping.
If you want to enjoy the nicest, gentlest liver
and bowel cleansing you ever experienced just take
a spoonful of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone to
night. Your druggist or dealer sells you a 50
cent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone under my
personal money-back guarantee that each spoon
Plenty.
“Did you go in for oratory when
you were at college?”
“Not much, but I've been let in for
a lot of it since I got married.”
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with “La Creole” Hair Dressing,
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. SI.OO. —Adv.
Surprisingly Ungracious.
“Germany’s reception of President
Wilson's last note was ungracious.”
The speaker was Joseph H. Choate,
diplomat and lawyer.
“Germany, in this instance,” he con
tinued, “reminds me of the chap whose
office a beggar entered.
“‘I ain’t had nothing to eat for
two days, boss,’ said the beggar. ‘Can’t
you help me out?’
“ ‘l’d like to, my man,’ was the re
ply, ‘but I sprained my foot on a bill
collector yesterday.’ ”
Germany and Her Waterways.
Although Germany has three times
as many miles of railway In propor
tion to area as the United States, she
has spent hundreds of millions of
marks in the enlargement and improve
ment of her waterways. What the
statesmen of Germany think of the
importance of the waterways is shown
by the fact that in the midst of the
greatest war in all history, when the
empire is fighting for its very life,
they are not only maintaining and
operating the waterways they already
have, but are actually building more.
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With Cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free
Bathe with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
— r
Little Nonsense Now and Then.
“I think It’s very unkind the way
some of those politicians make fun of
the ‘favorite sons,’” remarked Mrs.
Twobble.
“Oh, I don’t know about that,” an
swered Mr. Twobble. “Tho average
political convention is a nerve-wrack
ing affair and I presume the delegates
feel that they are entitled to a certain
amount of relaxation.”
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chili TONIC. know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out mararia, tbe Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents.
Somewhat Evasive.
“Did Miss Grabcoin offer you any
encc urugement ?”
“Oh, yes,” answered the professional
summer man.
“Congratulations.”
“Yes. When I asked her what sort
of husband she thought I would make
she said I was a rattling good tennis
player,”
Taking Her Seriously.
“I've begun to think that fellow is
really seriously in love with me.”
“What makes you thiuk so?”
“He's taken me to the theater three
times now and not once has he ever
tried to kiss me good night.”
THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly, grizzly, gray hairs by
using “La Creole" Hair Dressing.—Adv
The people are called upon to con
dense the milk of human kindness.
American Fur Heads Preferred. ,
A furrier at Kingston, Ont., states
that the heads used for trimming furs
are now imported from the United
Stutes, according to Consul Felix S.
Johnson, who writes: “An effort
was made to manufacture this class
of goods in Canada, but the result was
not a success. In the article received
from the United States, the skin which
is moistened beforehand, is drawn
over the head and dried and retains
its form; that made in this country
retains its moisture and the tongue
and teeth in time dropped out. There
was nlso a great difference in the price,
heads from the United States selling
at $1.50 per gross and the Canadian at
$2.50. With the duty and other charges
the American article is no higher in
price than the domestic.”
A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
For thousands of years consumption has
been considered as incurable. Yet, in the
past few years there has been discovered
a treatment, which if we are to believe
the statements of patients, is proving ef
fective. Here is what one lady, Mrs. J. A.
Rippy. 703 North 18th Ave., Nashville,
says: “For four years I have had a ter
rible cough and suffered with tubercnlosis.
In less than two years I had a number of
hemorrhages, and had tried all kinds of
remedies with very poor results. Since
taking the first dose of Lung-Vita I have
not had a single hemorrhage. I am able
to do my own work, eat and sleep well,
better than I have in many years.” Lung-
Vita is proving equally as effective in cases
of asthma. Try Lung-Vita now. Send
$1.75 for thirty-day treatment. Nashville
Medicine Co., No. 10 Steger Bldg., Nash
ville, Tenn. Adv.
American Silo in Holland.
The first American ensilage tower in
Holland, which was erected last yenr
on the .Tohannahoeve farm at Ooster
beek by the Institute for Agricultural
Improvement, hus given such good re
sults that two other towers are now
to be built on the same farm, which
will provide sufficient ensilage maize
to keep the entire farm stock during
next winter.
The head of the .Tohannahoeve pro
ject asserts that the American method
is preferable lo that hitherto in use
there. An excellent fodder for all
kinds of animals is thus produced, he
says, while the losses by fermentation
are considerably less. He comes to
the conclusion that as many as 44
cows can be maintained on 37 acres
by the new method, and that with ex
clusive stable feeding they might even
be maintained on about 22)4 acres,
only an albuminous fodder needing to
be added in the winter.
WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY
Is her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre
ole” Hair Dressing and change it io
the natural way. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
The orange tree is the only one
which bears fruit and blossoms at the
same time.
It's a Picnic Getting Ready for a Picnic
If you choose
Spanish Olives Pickles Sweet Relish Ham Loaf Veal Loaf
Chicken Loaf Fruit Preserves Jellies Apple Butter
Luncheon Meats j Pork and Beans
/1 9 / Ready to Serve
CfinV f Food Products
M Insist on Ltbby't at
Libby, McNeill & Libby k
ful will clean your sluggish liver better than s
dose of nasty calomel and that it won’t make
you sick.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is real liver medicine.
You'll know it next morning because you will
wake up feeling fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone, your stomach
will be sweet and your bowels regular. You will
feel like working; you’ll be cheerful; full of vigor
and ambition.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is entirely vegetable,
therefore harmless, and can not salivate. Give it
to your children. Millions of people are using
Dodson’s Liver Tone instead of dangerous calomel
now. Your druggist will tell you that the sale of
calomel is almost stopped entirely here. —Adv.
WAS MYSTERY NO LONGER
Bridegroom’s Admission Satisfied
Small Boy as to the Disappear
ance of the Jelly.
It was a happy day for A ley when,
after a courtship of many years, he
sat at the wedding breakfast beside
his wife.
Unfortunately, he was of a very shy
temperament, hut on this momentous
occasion his was painful
to behold. The long table was lined
with the usual large number of ad
miring and criticizing friends, one of
whom proposed the health of the bride
and bridegroom.
But the climax came when the
bridegroom rose to respond.
“On this —er —this—er —most sus
picious— auspicious occasion,” he
Jerked out, "I feel” —a long and em
barrassing pause—“l feel too full for
words.” Having concluded this bril
liant bit of oratory he sat down again.
“Great Caesar! I told you so,”
piped Algy’s newly-acquired brother
to his school chum, in a voice audible
to all. “That’s where all the jelly
went to!”
Browning’s Peculiar Eyes.
Browning’s eyes were peculiar, one
having a long focus, the other very
short. He had the unusual accom
plishment (try It and prove) of clos
ing either eye without squinting and
without any apparent effort, though
sometimes on the street in strong sun
shine his face would be a hit distort
ed. He did all his reading and writ
ing with one eye, closing the long one
as he sat down at his desk. He could
see an immense distance. He never
suffered with any pain in his eyes ex
cept once when as a boy he was try
ing to be n vegetarian in Imitation of
his youthful idol, Shelley.—Boston
Transcript.
1
Sorry for Husband.
A husband who says his wife.chased
him out of the house when he was
clad in his night shirt and pursued
him in the direction of an electric arc
light admits that he spanked her with
a fence picket. Considering the lack
of distinction which marks the night
shirt and the pitiless publicity which
the arc light might have given the cos
tume, it is easy to sympathize with
the husband if his whole statement Is
true. —Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Proof.
“Some people believe the world is
growing honest.”
“They must be hearing something
about the conscience fund paying off
the national debt.”
There is a limit to everyone’s capa
bility, but few have reached their
limit.