Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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ft# Cagles of New Anginal. There are tot two varieties of eaglet found in New England—the bald eagle {Ha Undue Uuvocephalua ) and tbe golden eagle (Aquilla Canademi*). Both of these birds vary much it •olor and markings at different ages. The bald eagle is quite dark far the first year, and is called by those not familiar witli the bird, the black eagle, aud later, when grayish, the gray eagle ; and when in adult plumage, the' white-headed eagle. The young of the golden eagle has rings about the tail, and is called by hunters the ring-tailed eagle, and later, when the golden feathers appear about the neck, the golden eagle. '/bore is one never-faiiing mark by which the bald and golden eagle can b*» distinguished, no matter what the coloi or markings. The golden eagle is nl way# feathered to the toes. The bald eagle j« feathered only down its thighs. The rough-leggod falcon is feathered to tin a toes, with markings somewhat iimilur to the golden euglo,. but the size of the two birds is so unlike that, any an vice need not blunder. The golden ssgl is from thirty to forty inohes from ts bvik to the tip of its tail, and from i. to seven feet in alar extent. The .ea-yli-logged falcon is from nineteen to wev.tjr-I'our inches in length, aud from our to four and a half feet in alar ex nt.

It iw not uncommon to read of eagle# aptnred measuring from four to tom oid a half feet from tip to tap. Then r« ns such eagles. They are limply <*wkt or falcons. I once received a letter from a profea lional gontleman informing me that on* >f his neighbors had captuied a fine ipecimen of an eagle, which I oouL l tave by culling for it. I drove sixteen miles in the worst of traveling in March 0 get it, and found it nothing but * wig D-legged falcon. In 1861, when writing a series of a» doles on our rapaciae, I described a bis/ -iptured in our meadows as the WashJigtou eagle—the bird wus first descrilied t-y Audubon and named by him alter th< immortal Washington. It is now very generally believed by ornithologists that the bird described by Audubon is not a species, but a young, overgrown the bald eagle. The young of our rapacious birds are larger than the adult birds, and the female is larger than the male. These tacts Are unknown to ornithologists at that time, and many new species were described which since have proved to be Immature birds. No bird has been cap tured in the last forty years that ha# fully answered the description given by Audubon, and if there was such a bird, nth a host of ornithologists on the •Wk some one must have found it

Reward of latfwrtry. A poor friendless lad might have boot seen wandering along the streets looking for employment. Be presently halted in front of a butcher shop, and, walking boldly up to the proprietor, asked for a job. There was something in the young man’s frank, honest countenance, whion frruck the proprietor favorably, M Not afraid of hard work I” he asked, “No,” responded the lad with t trembling voice. “ I have supported my mother and two sisters for five years by hard work.” He was put on trial at $5 a week manl 'ng leathery beef, and his sturdy frame xnd healthy constitution oame in good .-lay. One day an old lady came in t< got some beef, and the proprietor told him to attend to the customer. “A tenderloin steak, if you please,” said she. “ Here’s a out that nobody but the first families get,* responded the boy smilingly as he sliced off four pounds at tough round and cast it with a heavy hand on the scales, jamming it dow* with a quick, dexterous movement, until the indicator marked six even pound*. Then he snatched it off before the defeats machinery, used to weigh beef, had time to recoil. “ Six pounds and a half, madam,*’ hr said, looking her square in the face with his clear blue eyes. The proprietor of the stall called him tn that night, and remarking that he had watched his course carefully, added tba« 4* a reward for his quick, compr< hensrn mp of the business he would raise bit rat ary to $25 per week. This shows the advantage of doing everything well, and when the boy’s mother back in New Jer eey hears of his success there will be joy io that household. Young men martini out in lile should learn to adapt the n selves to their surroundings snd neve let an opportunity pass' --.Sab Laiu

Near>l* 6 ntedne9s. Education ma\ create discomforts ,k : toll as secure great advantages. The fierman nation is threatened with a pofmb'ar trouble of the eyes, as a penalty ; ivt reading badly printed books and for ; unwise methods of study. A careful investigation of die schools by competent physicians has revealed the unpleasant Let that near-sightedness is growing common, and may become universal. In children of five years and under, it 1 was rarely found; the vision was quit# perfect. In the lower schools, from flf* teen to twenty per cent, of the scholars were effected; in the higher schools, from forty to fifty per cent. In the theological department of the University, seventy per cent, of the students were t roubled; and in the medical department the misfortune was almost universal, only five per cent, not being thus afflicted. The physicians ascribe the difficulty [ to the praotioe of holding the books too i near the eyes, and the practice is due in a large measure to the * poor print of I sheas* books. . . , _ „