Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1891 — KING BIRDS IN BATTLE. [ARTICLE]

KING BIRDS IN BATTLE.

.&■ Tycpmlng Man Make* a Novel Capture vnifle Trout TI Shing. The trout-fishing season is only a few days old. and yet G. A. Sheets, of Quigelville, has had an experience that a whole summer does not often develop. One morning Mr. Sheets rigged himself out for a dav’s sport and started for one of the babbling brooks that the trout delight to haunt. While passing Coal Mountain in the vicinity of Cogan Station, his attention was attracted by a commotion some distance ahead. As he drew near he observed two immense birds engaged in a coinbat. So intent were the combatants with the battle they apparently paid no attention to Mr. Sheets, who was thus enabled to draw quite near. Prompted by jcuriositv at the strange battle, the spectator hid behind a tree and looked on with amazement. He ' soon realized that the scene was unusual as well as novel, one of the birds was an immense golden eagle. 1 while the other was a large hawk. It : was a battle for life or death, and. ' while the hillsides re-echoed with the ; screams of the birds, ■end the feathers were flying, Mr. Sheets could no longer control himself, especially as the birds flopped around close to where he was standing. He sprang I <om his place of concealment and laid hold of the eagle which had its talons so firmly imbedded in the flesh of the hawk as to be unable to extricate itself,' He soon succeeded in subduing and making it captive. In the mean time the hawk died. Mr. Sheets succeeded in carrying .both birds home with him, and in the presence of several of his neighbors made an examination of them. The eagle was found to measure seven feet one inch from tip to tip of its wings and two feet from head to tail. Its talons were eight inches in length. 1 The hawk measured four feet lour inches from tip to tip of its wings and was correspondingly large. The eagle was cared for and on Saturday was reported to have fully ! recovered from the effects of the tight I and gave indications of becoming quite Game. It was ravenous and ate freely I of the food furnished by its cantor. | Mr. Sheets is very proud of the bird, which is very rare in these parts.— , Jersey Shore Vidette.

A Plea for the Vgly Girls. It does not matter much to a boy whether he is good-looking or the reverse. He is not obliged to wait for somebody to ask him to dance, and his matrimonial prospers don’t appear to suffer any serious discount from personal shortages that would send a girl’s stock away down below par, or even put her out of the market altogether. One never sees a man so hideous or xepulsive but that some woman is ready to marry him, if he will only ask her; but men are less philanthropic, and so the ugly girls are generally left to run to waste as unappropriated blessings. The “handsome is as handsome does” theory won’t hold at all after we get out of the nursery, j and a little experience soon convinces ' us that it is a fraud and delusion, like that other domestic fiction, about the i drumstick being the choicest part of ' the fowl, with which our elders used to impose upon the unsuspecting simplicity of our childhood. We ugly girls never get any drives in the park, nor free seats at the theater; and as for ice cream and French candy, no matter how handsomely we deport ourselves, /e shouldn’t know the taste of either if we waited to have it bestowed upon us as a reward of merit. Indeed, the expensiveness of being an ugly girl is one of the worst things about it; there are no perquisites. We get none of the plums out of life/' pudding, for under present conditions men do all the carving, and, as one of them says, “All the tine things we think and say about women apply to those only who are tolerably good-looking or graceful. Now, suppose the same rule applied to men, and that only the good-looking ones could hope to attain to wealth and distinction; suppose, for instance, that that famous wart on Oliver Cromwell’s nose had been sufficient to condemn him to obscuritv, as it inevitably wpuld have done had he been a woman; suppo.'-e Grover Cleveland’s too ample girth of waist had kept him out of the White House, as it certainly would have kept Mrs. Cleveland out had she been the unlucky possessor of that inconvenient superfluity; or suppose David B. Hill’s bald pate had rendered him ineligible to the office of Governor of New York, as I have not the shadow of a doubt that a bald head wotild render any woman in America ineligible to the office of Governor’s wife; suppose, in fact, that a bald head was sufficient to blast any man’s prospects in life as effectually as it would any woman’s, I think most of the middleaged men, at least, into whose hands this paper may fall, will admit that that would be a little hard. And, in fact, isn’t it just a little hard that anybody’s destiny in life should be made to depend irretrievably upon an accident over which they have no control, such as having been born with a red head or a pug nose ? But this is the law under which women have lived since the beginning of time, and it doesn’t give the ugly girl a fair chance. —Lippincott's. Catarrh. Catarrh is an inflammation of the mucous membrane. As the membrane lines every cavity of the body that has au outlet, there may be as many different forms of catarrh as there are such cavities. Theclbsed cavities are lined, not with mucous membrane, but with one that secretes a thinner fluid—serum -for lubricating purposes, which is readily absorbed after doing its normal work. Still, the serous membrane also may be inflamed, and its secretion abnormally increased. Thus we may have pericarditis, with its “water” around the heart, from inflammation of the membrane that lines the heart-bag, pr pericardium; pleurisy, with its fluid crowding against the lungs, and sometimes causing their complete collapse, Jrom inflammation of the membrane that lines the chest; peritonitis, so painful and dangerous,

from inflammation of the membrane tnat lines the cavity of the abdomen; synovitis, with its painful and puffedout joints, from inflammation of their similar lining membrane. A common “cold” is an inflammation of the air passages. When it is confined mainly to the nostrils, it is popularly known as a cold in the head, but medically as coryza. When it is confined mainly to the bronchial tubes, it is called bronchitis, which, when it has gained a permanent hold, greatly resembles “consumption,” and is often mistaken for it by the people. Catarrh of the ears and catarrh of the Eustachian tubes often cause deafness. Catarrh of the stomach loads the stomach with tough phlegm and interferes with digestion. Catarrh of the gall bladder obstructs the outflow of the bile, which is absorbed into the circulation, and thus gives rise to jaundice. Catarrh of the bladder is a dangerous disease, from the difficulty of getting rid of the mucus. Two forms of catarrh are due to pollen; one, in summer, known as “rose cold” or “hay fever;” the other, in autumn, known as “autumnal catarrh.” The word catarrh, as popularly used, means either nasal catarrh or bronchitis. Nasal catarrh is often helped by snuffing up, so as to carry it into the mouth, a weak solution of salt and water, repeating the operation several times a day. Where the disease is very persistent, it is well, when possible, to try a change of climate. In bronchitis the case should be attended by a physician. —Youth’s Companion.

Razor Freaks. The finest grades of razors are so delicate that even the famous Damascus sword blades cannot equal them in texture It is not generally known that the giain of a Swedish razor is so sensitive that its general direction is changed after a short service When you buy a fine razor the grain runs from the upper end of the outer point in a diagonal direction toward the handle. Constant strapping will twist the steel until the grain appears to be straight up and down. Subsequent use will drag the grain outward from the edge, so that after steady use for several months the fiber of the steel occupies a position exactly the reverse of that which it did on the day of purchase. The process also affects the temper of the blade, and when the grain sets from the lower outer point toward the back, you have a razor which cannot be kept in condition, even by the most conscientious barber. But here’s another curious freak that will take place in the same tool: Leave the razor alone for a month, or two, and when you take it up you will find that the grain has assumed its first position. The operation can bepeated until the steel is worn through to the back.— Manufacturer's Gazette. Twenty-Mx Year* for Stealing 81.02. In 1888 Fred Easton, of Wyoming County, N. Y., made a raid, in company with a negro, on a farm house and secured $1.02. They were arrested and each subsequently sentenced to twentysix years in State’s prison. Easton was drunk at the time of the commission of the crime. The ’udge who sentenced him recently died, leaving a letter recommending Easton’s pardon. For the Protection of Railway* in War. France has in her army a urique body of troops for the protection of her railways in war. Most of them are men living near the eastern boundary —among them 7.000 foresters and customs officials—able to get in the field at a few hours’ notice. Beccntly this railway contingent was mobilized, so that its efficiency might be tested. The mobilization was not very successful. Half of the men could get no overcoats b<*iause there were none for them.

Just Before the Battle. Johnny—Will it hurt much, Doctor? Dentist—You don’t want me to tell you a story, do you, Johnny? The good book says we mustn’t do that. Johnnv—Well, the good book says you must do to others as you’d have ’em do tp you. and if I was a big man a-going to pull a tooth for a little boy thot wanted me to say it wouldn’t hurt much. I think l’d say it, I)oc tor. That’s what I think. Lively Basket Making.. The manufacture of grape baskets has grown to be an industry in many of the towns along the shores of .Lake Erie. Two men, to determine which was the faster workman, agreed to labor at their trade for one month, each to work as many hours as he wished. The score at the end of that time stood 52,050 for one, and 52,045 for the other. Of Course. A little innocent misunderstanding is sometimes very useful in helping one over a hard place. “Mabel,” said the teacher, “you may spell kitten.” “K-double-i-t-e-n,” said Mabel. “Kitten has two i’s, then, has it?” “Yes. ma’am, our kitten has. ”—Chicago Herald. A novel experiment has been devised for the entertainment of dinner guests, the serving of salad grown under the eyes of the guests who partake of it. The secret of performing this magic feat is in soaking good germinating lettuce seed in alcohol for about six hours, and sowing it in an equal mixture of unslacked lime and rich soil. After the soup has been served sprinkle the seeds with lukewarm water and they will sprout immediately, the lettuce growing to about the size of hazel nuts before the time for serving the salad arrives. The story that Mr. McHale, the Minnesota legislator who made himself famous by introducing the “anti-tights” bill, was only joking is absurd. He was in dead earnest. He is that kind of a man. Why, he won’t even suffer a leg of mutton to come to his table until it is dressed. A Danish archaeologist has found in Macedonia, near the modern town of Niausta, a Greek painting on the walls of a tomb. It shows a Greek horseman battling with a Persian foot soldier.

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