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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLOTTETOWN AUGUST 10 1897.
[FIGHT FOR A BIRDHOUSE,”
Giycatcbers Driven ous! by DPluebirda Wrens the Final Victors, F «One spring,’’ said a lover of birds, eehore came to a birdbouse in my gar- gen « pair of great crested flycatcher. a dosea birdhouses ecattercc This particular cne was about e, with a peaked roof and a chimney at each end, a doorway for tho pirds to go in and out and a couple of les bored through the back to light and air.
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pirds, who had left their nest behind ghem. This nest the great cr sted fly- pate ulled apart and threw out of the house, every twig and straw. They gleaned t house out completely and then they brought in everything new and built a nest of their own and set-
tled down comfortably for the summer.
“But in a few daysa pair of blue-
birds came along, and they meade for this house. It might have been the game identical pair of bluebirds that oc- cupied it the summer before. I don’t | know about that, though I have no doubt that robins and other birds that
have been south for the winter, hun-
dreds of miles away, do come back in
the spring to the same places and to the
game trees. Anyhow this pair of blue-
birds wanted that birdhomse, and thay |
were ready to fight for it, and that is @pat they did. little bird and a pretty plucky sort of a fighter, but not a match for the blue- bird. They had a grand round up inside the house, and finally the bluebirds pitched the flycatchers out, and later they pitched out every stick of furni- ture that the flycatchers had brought fn, cleaned the house ont entirely and then brought in fresh material and built g new nest according to their own ideas, and they settled down for the summer.
‘‘Welk a few days after that a pair of wrens came slong, and they took a fancy to that particular birdhouse, too, and they sailed right im and tackled the bluebirds on the spot. You couldn’t see the fight from the ground, but every now and then you could see a straw or a feather shoot ont of the front door of the house. The bluebird is a good, sound fighter, but the wren is a better one, and the upshot was that the wrens fairly put the bluebirds out and took possession of the birdhouse themselves. And then the wrens did just what the others had done. They pitched out ev- ery scrap of stuff in the birdhouse—just tambled it out of the door, to fall on the ground—and then they brought in new stuff and built a nest for them- wlves.
“‘Nobody molested the wrens. They maid there and raised therr young there, and im the fall they all flew away and left the birdhouse again de- serted for the winter.’’—New York Sun.
LADIES WHO STOLE.
Strange Tales Are Told of Our Ancesters of Washingten's Time.
We naturally have a very exalted Opinion of the aristocracy of our coun- try and can scarcely be convinced that the ladies of society in the early days of independence conducted themselves in any but the most dignified manner. In- deed some of their descendants would feel highly elated to know that they in any wise resemble their supposed court- Wy ancestors. It is to be hoped that they are not kin to the personages referred to in the following complaint:
One of our early statesmen actually complains that ‘‘between tippee beaux and fashionable belles an honest fellow will stand a good chance of being fieeced by the politest tissue of mistakes con- ceivable. The gentleman will help him- self very casually to your hat if it is better than hia, take up your umbrella with the most absent air imaginable,
The flycatcher is a nice |
bear off your loose coat without once |
perceiving his mistake and pick up your gloves, ‘they so much resemble his.’ ’’
And now for the ladies’ part in this
proceeding:
**The lady will borrow your penknife, very accidentally put your pocket hand- kerchief into her muff or playfully take your ring from your finger or breastpin
from your bosom, all as innocently as
though it was the very thing you called upon her fer, so that between ladies and gentlemen you will stand a good chance of being turned out, stripped of all your possessions, according to the newest rnles of etiquette.’’—Philadel- Dhia Press.
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COURSING LIZARDS,
Whe Amusement of g Tame Engle In the Arizona Desert.
In St. Nicholas Wolcott Le Clear Beard writes of ‘‘ Moses, a Teme Eagle,’ which was one of his pets while he was engaged in engineering in scuthern Avi ryona. Mr. Beard he was very fond of the lizards with which these plains abounded, and one larjre variety, called swifts, from their remarkable speed in ruuning, seemed to be especiz- ly coveted,
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brought out, and, after the swift had falcen s ten foot start, weuld be set free. ‘he lizard would promptly resolve itself t white sti \ ross the descrt.
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I lug, half firing, Moses would pur- sue, followed by the laughirg crowd, o1 which onlv these on hors ack hed much chance of keeping up. It was in bo sense a cruel sport. It amused Moses and us and didn’t hurt the swift, for he got away every time, and if the feel- ings cf our pet were a trifle Injured as he returned, perched on some cne’s wrist or saddle horn. from his fruitless hunt these were speedily svothed by the prompt gift of a nice bit of fresh beef, so mo one was the worse. The liz- ards, howevy« r, he seemed to view as a sort of dessert, and «as he could absort an unlimited quantity they were al-
ways in Cemard,
A certain stick kept on the veranda |
of our office was generally under his eye, and when any cne picked this uy and started for a walk across the desert Moses would hop gravely along behind sure that some of his favorite dainties would soon be forthcoming.
Of course Moses wes perfectly well able to catch the smaller kinds of liz- ards for himself, but there was lees ex- ertion in allowing some one else to dc it for him, and exertion at this period of his life was a thing to which Moses was violently opposed. These occasions were almost the only ones when he would be silent for any length of time, for he seemed to understand perfectly that at the first note of his voice every lizard within hearing would run for its life to the nearest refuge, and only when a blew of the stick failed for the second or third time to reach its mark would he give utterance to his deep disgust at such clumsiness.
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THE POULTRY YARD.
If the fowls have brood disease, change the food for a day or two.
Success with yeung chickens demands warmth, dryness, liberal feeding and, above all, pure air.
If the hens appear lazy and ahow no in- clination to eat, do not give stimulants but rather decrease the rations.
There are six or eight standari breeds of chickens, ten of ducks, nine of turkeys and seven of geese, not including mongrels.
To fatten hens rapidly there is nothing that will excel cornmeal. Fattcning fowls mzy be given all that they will eat up clean.
Toco much stimulating food causes over egg production and as a result these will be poor hatchers, weak chickens and in- ferior stock.
Hens will readily eat parings from any kind of vegetables if well cooked. If the quantity is pot sufficient, add wheat, bran aud skim miik.
It pays to feed young fowls liberally un- til full grewn. Chickens, like other young stock once stunted, never fully re- gain their vigor, no matter how carefully fed. —St. Louis Republic.
TIRE PUNCTURES.
All that is needed now is a few more bi- eycling clubs, and then every wheelman can have one of his own.—Chicago Post.
The bicycle is said to be closing the theaters in New York, and it is making business dull also in the cemeteries.—Chi- cago Tribune.
Physicians declare that kr excessive bi- cycle riding the nervous system mar De exhausted without the knowiedge of the rider, and that when attacked by discase the bicyclist may find himself without re- erve force to resist it.—San Francisco Argonaut.
Whether it is because the ‘1897 whee!’ is faster, or because there exists a spirit of bravado, makes very little difference. ‘The fact remains that wheels are being today propelled through this city at specd which precludes pedestrians from occupy- ing crosswalks with even a fair chance of sulety.—Rochester Democrat.
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She Accompanied Him.
“The fact that Iwas a good mn- sician,’’ said the lady from Johnstown, ‘was the means of saving my life dur- ing the flood in our town a few years ago.’’
‘‘How was that?’ asked the young lady who sang.
‘*When the water struck our house, my husband got on the folding bed and floated down the siream resened, ’’
**And what did you do?”’
*“*Well, I accompanied him upon the piuno.’’—New York Journal.
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‘‘Now, miss, it ain’t no use ver tryin for ter hide. I knows ye’re under that bat, ’cos I can see yer feet.’’—Nuggets.
Quick and Witty.
Lord Young is said to be one of the ablest Scotchmen on the bench or at the bar. At least he has a ready tongue. One day in September he was driving into town from his place in the coun- try when he met an acquaintance.
‘*Hallo!’’ said the latter, ‘‘what are you duing here? I thought all respecta- ble people were out of town.’’
“‘Well,’’ said the other, ‘‘have you seen anything to make you alter your opinion? I haven’t.”’
At the time of the general election of 1892 he was visiting at Dalmeny House, and the report came that Lord Wolmer, now the Earl of Selborne, had been re- turned for the western division by a majority of 8 ever Mr. T. R. Buchan- an. Soon after some one came in and said that the majority was 300. He added that Lord —-— and Lord had voted for Wolmer.
‘*Ah,”’ said Young, “‘that accounts for the two ciphers.’’—Youth’s Com- panion.
A Familiar Problem, Young Mrs. Torkins had been careful-
ly studying a picture which showed the |
costumes of the Greek and Turkish sol- diers. Laying the paper aside, she ex- claimed, with a sigh:
‘*There’s nothing new under the sun, is there, Charley dear?’’
**To what do you refer?’’
‘*The European situation. It seems to be the same old question of which it’s to be—skirts or bloomers.’’—Washinug- ton Star.
He Got Them Mixed.
A Greek fruit dealer asked a passing pedestrian to step into his store and ad- dress a letter for him. Its destination was, ‘‘Isle of Patmos.’’
‘*Do you know,’’ said the stranger, as he wrote, ‘‘that John wrote ‘Revela- tions’ in Patmos?’’
‘*Oh, yes—John. He sell fruit—he write letter—I marry his sister. He come ’ Merica nex’ year.’’—Atlanta Con- stitution.
How the Mix Up Began.
‘It was this a-way, jedge. Ye see, I doled de cards, and Jim Brown he had a pah of aces and a pal o’ kings.’’
‘*What did you have?’’
‘‘Three aces, jedge, and’’—.
**What did Jim do?’’
‘Jim, he drew.’’
‘*What did he draw?’’
‘‘He drew a razzer, jedge.’’—Cleve- land Plain Dealer.
A Flood Sufferer.
**You a fiood sufferer? Nit!’’ eaid the hired lady. ‘‘You have been hanging around town here all this winter and spring.’’
‘But lam, lady—indeed Iam,”’ pro- tested Mr. Dismal Dawson. “J got to thinkin of all that water, an it made me that sick ’n weak that 1 ain’t been even able to ask fer work. ’’—Indianap- olis Journal.
Profound Griet **I never saw v wewan mourn her husband as deeply as Mrs. Fitzjones does. ’’ **Does she really seem bereaved?”’ **She hasn’t crimped her hair since he died.’’—Chicago Record.
An Irresistible Conclusion. Knockett—Do you believe in a per- sonal devil? Sprockett—Well, I don’t know who else would scatter broken glass on the pavements. —Detroit News.
Poor Plaster.
“‘By gosh!’’ said the clerk of the tountry court as a part of the ceiling fell with a crash, ‘‘that’s very poor court plaster.’’—New York Sunday Jourual.
Disagreeable. ‘*‘What a fretful, peevish tempera- ment Jiggers has!’’ **Yes, he acts just like a citizens’ re- forn association.’’—Detroit News.
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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. Jerusalem In Mit Meit?iesionizing to the Western Visitor.
In The Century an article on Miracle of the Greek Fire,’’ by Richard | Watson Gilder, describes the scenes of ' Holy Week in Jerusalem. Mr. Gilder says:
A city beautiful! On Palm Sunday, from the stairway near the spot where Mary stood when the body of her Son was taken from thv:eross, | saw the Greek pro- | cession in the Cremsh of the Sepulcher. Then I went over te the Mount of Olives. Looking back frqm a fleld well up on the hillside, the whale city fay bencath—the temple area, with the great mosque in full view across the valley of Jehoshaphat. From here Jerusalem, with its clear and stately outline of walls, the domes and minarets of the mosques, and the old tow- ers and churches, has a singular complete- ness. Perhaps even in Selomon’s time, from the outside, though different, it waa not more lovely. The warm gray of the stones of the city is the color of the un: bleached wool of goats. The hills are dark: er, With a delicate bloom over them, spot- ted with gray olive orchards and melting in the distance into violet. It is indeed a city set upon a hill, isolated, distinguished. ‘Lhe picture realizes one’s lifelong dream of the city of God.
The sunset sky was wild and cold, with streaks of sunshine. The rain ceased and the air grew warm. In the rich, low light all blemishes were lost, and the City Beau- tiful was spread before the pilgrim’s eyes. Perhaps it was beard that Christ wept over Jerusalem. must have come on the day of his ‘‘entry’’
Christendom. elers. A few Syrians passed by. I gath- ered some flowers by the wayside and turned again homeware.
You see that we did: uot find the Holy Land disillusioning. There
stition. But here are the same sky, tha same landscape, the same dominating orient. The painter who knows the Holy
; Land best said to us in Jerusalem, ‘At | times when I look at these fields and real- ize that this very picture was reflected in the eyes of Jesus 1 feel myself shiver.’’ The Bible, no matter what one’s theology or philosophy, here takes on a vitality and meaning beyond the power of conception hitherto. Are the places real? Jerusalem, all Syria, is real, and some of the ‘‘sacred
places’’ are unquestionable. But you do not have to be sure that the place is exact when you Jisten, with a new emotion, to the words of Jesus repeated by the French monk on Good Friday, and at that ‘‘sta- tion of the cross’’ where Christ cried out, ‘‘Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for ine, bat weep for yourselves and for your children.”’
True to Life.
The early patroness of Burns, Mrs. Dun lop of Dunlop, had an old housekeeper, an especially privileged person, who had cer- tain aristocratic notions of the family dig- nity which made the admiration of her mistress for the rustic poet incomprehen- sible to her. In order to overcome this prejudice, Mrs. Dunlop gave her a copy of **The Cotter’s Saturday Night,’’ which the poet had just written.
The old housekeeper read the poem, but when her mistress inquired her opinion of it, she replied with indifference, ‘‘Aweel, madam, that’s vera weel.’’
“Is that all you have te say in its fa- vor?’’ asked Mrs. Dunlop in amazement.
‘“‘Indeed, madam,’’ returned the old woman, ‘the like o’ your quality may see ® vast deal in ’t. But Iwas aye used to the like o’ all that the poet has written about in my ain father’s house, and I din- na ken how he could hae described it ony other way.’’
It is said that Burns counted the old housekeeper’s criticism one of the highest compliments he had ever received.
He probably valued it as greatly as a writer of New England stories values a re- mark once made te her by an old mar.
“jf should think when you’re writin stories you'd like to kind o’ make up things more,’’ said this aged critic ina tone of kindly reproof. ‘‘Now my wife and I were talkin about your last book the other day, and my wife says to me, ‘Why, John, there’s just such folks and such things happenin right in this very town us she’s written down in this book, and most likely been well paid for,’ and I couldn’t stand up for ye against her, for I knew ‘twas the truth.’’—Youth’s Com- panicn.
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A splendid new Poultry Buildingis in course of erection, and Amusement Hail will be enlarsed and improved.
In addition to Industrial, Agricultural and Live Stock Exhibits. six nights of HAD & Co’s Magnificent Fire Works and an bourly programme of Special High Class Wramatic Efe, will be given in Amuse- ment Halil, muking together the best and
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To the Burglar who entered our office and broke the Handle of Safe we extend QD invitation to call again, promising him a free entry into the safe, and thereby sav- ing him the use of the Stillson wreech. We will not insure his easy axit, but will be on hand with an ambulance and uodertaker. :
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