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[DROTECTION IR SONG [BImDS ézog arr e UNTITED STATES . &

ODAY the songbirds of the United ’ States have thrown about them, the 3 strong arm of protection. For a - i quarter of a century there was hard and systematic work to save ' creatures who were helpless to 4 gave themselves and against whom, as someone has put it, the hand of man and the head of woman constantly were raised. It perhaps is hardly’ necessary to say that the allusion to the head of woman had to do with the fashion of wearing the plumage of native, wild birds for decoratic n._:‘ for thats and bonnets. : Li was a hard fight to get the masses of the peuple interested in the bird protection *movement. Today very little {s knawn.in a general way of the manner in which success was wrought out. 1t is not at all uncomman even now to hear the bird protectors spoken 'of as mere sentimentalists, and there are men who have had a part-in the fight to save the wild life who have been sneered at as effeminate. The ‘truth {s that most of the men who engagfml in the work of pregerving the feathdred species were hard-headed and could prove‘oxgocmsilxm that they were hard fisted.

It takes only 2 casual glance at a woman’'s hat today to show that the fashion of wearing- feathers is still if not supreme, at least a ruler to a considerable degree. It should be known, howeéver, that not once In a hundred times do you see on a woman’s head today the plumage of a native American: bird. ‘The traffic in the feathers of bluebirds, robins, catbirds and other dooryard pets has been almost entirely stopped. Eyen those who wish that the plumage-wearing. habit should cease altogether are powerless to prevent the sale of the feathers of certzain species of forelgn birds. The aigrette of which woman is so fond is a part of. the plumage of the snowy heron, a bird which lives not only in the United States but in certain foreign countries. If a bird is to be found in America and also abroad the sale of fts plumage l‘s‘gener%lly forbidden in- the United Btates, but there ig, land always has been, some vdiﬁiculty in proving krom whence came the supply. Law, generally speaking, has its technicality loopholes and the bird protective law is mnot exempt. o

Out -of the bird protective movement grew the: biological survey of the department of agri:

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culture of the United States government. The biological survey has been ! great service to the farmers of the United States and to ‘all men engaged elther directly or indirectly in any form of agricultural pursuits. When the survey was threatened’ with extinction a few years ago by the apparent intention of congress to refuse it an appropriation, the farmers of the United States with the bird protectors and the real sportsmen, rose in its defense and saved it. The survey probably will be spared to continne its useful work as long as the agricultural department has existence.

The history of bird protection in the United States naturally and of right, is connected with the history of two organizations, the various state Audubon societies for the protection of wild birds, and the American Ornithologists’ union! Recently William Dutcher of New York, who is the president of the National As‘sociation of Audubon societies and a fellow of the American Ornithologists’ union, told the ornithologists of the world assembled In convention in a European city the story of the bird protection movement in North America. Mr. Dutcher and all the other officers of the ‘National Asgociation of Audubon societies are men who have devoted their lives to the study of birds and to their protection.

A celebrated French scientist sald not long ago that if the bird life were to be swept out of existence inan could survive only a few months. Because of the ravages of the Insects

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now held in check by the birds, the vegetatiom creatures would be destroyed by the insect enemies. So it would seem that if this French scientist is right, that in making their fight for the birds the defenders have been making their fight for man, a fact which 1s not appreciated by some of those who would suffer were it not for the constant saving efforts of men whom on occasion they have seen fit to call cranks. :

To lead up to the establishment of the Audubon socleties, of which nearly every state in the Union has one, it might be said that it was not until the year 1883 that the public in the United States awakened to the fact that too many wild birds were being slaughtered, largely for millinery ornaments and other decorative purposes. In addition, thousands of song and insectivorous birds were killed annually for food. In his story of the movement for bird protection President Dutcher told of the beginnings of the crusade to save the lives of the songsters which vear by year were coming back to the farm and the garden in greatly decreased numbers. Mr. Dutcher said, speaking of the condition in 1883:

“The newspapers published items almost daily on the subject, and many strong editorials were written. 'A quotation from one of, these entitled ‘The Sacrifices of Song Birds’ will show the earnestness of the press in respect to the situation: ‘The destruction of American wild birds for millinery purposes has assumed stupendous proportions. The unholy work gives employment to a vast army of men and women and this army wages its campaign of destruction with a diabolical perfection of system.’ :

“The editorial in question further refers to details of the work published in other columns of the paper, which furnishes evidence of the ghastly character of the business. The logical result of this newspaper agitation was that the American Ornithologists’ union at its annual meeting held in New York city September 30, 1884, appointed a committee of its members to Investigate the extent of the alleged wild bird destruction and to devise means to stop the slaughter by legal or any other legitimate method. :

“This committee found that the claims of the press and of individuals were“not in the least exaggerated, but on the other hand did not fully represent the terrible inroads that were being made on the non-game birds.

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After a lapse of a quarter of a century it {is hard for the people of the present day to realize the enormous number of birds that were slaughtered for the millinery trade alone. ; " “The greatest sufferers were the white plumage sea and swamp birds, such as terns, gulls and heron, but incredible numbers of land birds also were sacrificed, some 60 or 70 speclies being included in the lists. In one millinery estabmeént alone 150 skins of the Baltimore orioles were found. “From the work started by this committee in 1884 the present well-organized and financially endowed corporation known as the

Natfonal Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals has resulted, although in ‘the interim there were many periods when the outlook for bird protection in North America seemed doomed te failure.” 3 It was the result of an appeal made to congress by the council of the Ornithologists’ union that led congress to vote an appropriation of $5,000, the money to be administered under the direction of the department of agriculture for the purpose of taking means to save the lives of the native American birds which were useful to man. As Willlam Dutcher says further in his story of the protective movement: “In recognition of the action taken by the American Ornithologists’ union in securing the appropriation, the secretary of agriculture in-°

vited the council of the union to select a superintendent to carry on the work and at a subsequent meeting held in Washington, Dr.

Clinton Hart Merriam was selected as the superintendent and Dr. Albert K. Fisher as his assistant. Both of these noted ornithologists were among the founders of the American Ornithologists’ union.”

It was from tnis humble beginning that the present biclogical survey, a division of the United States department of agriculture, has grown. It is perfectly apparent from the letters which agriculturists send to Washington constantly that the work of the blological survey has its value appreciated more and more every. year. The survey has published a great mass of valuable statisties of the food habits of birds and their relation to agriculture and forestry. &

As has been sald, there are Audubon societies for bird protection in nearly every state in the Union. They are affiliated in one great society called the National Association of Audubon socleties. The writer of this article from personal knowledge can speak of the beginnings of one of the largest and most active of the state organizations. > Persons who were known to be interested in birds were asked to meet to form a protective organization. A good many ‘persons not particularly interested in' bird '‘protection also were invited. Several women came to. that first meeting, wearing the plumage of wild birds In their hats. At first the society intended to do its work by persuasive missionary efforts, and along this line to a considerable extent the endeavor has been ever since,

darkness, relieved only by the sizzling whitehot missiles bombarding us. . " The Brlef‘st Eeßters, Even the new French ready printed postcards, upon which you have only to tick off the gentences that fit your ~case, do not beat the record of brevity Hn ‘a holiday correspondence established' by a Frenchman in’the ‘eighteenth century. = Voltaire and Piton, the epigrammatist, exchanged challenges to write the shortest possible

but it was soon found that while some people were willing to be guided by pleas of humanity and by storles of the destruction of the growing things because of the rapid increase in insect life, there were others who could not be reached by any except hard handed methods. :

So it is that the bird protectors not only have 'carried on a great work in the education of children and in moral suasion among the elders, but they have taken cases into court and have prosecuted wilful and persistent violators of the law, until today the bird protective laws are as much feared as any other laws on the statute books. There always have been some laws against the wanton killing of usefu! birds, but until the men and women, of the American Ornithologists’ union and of the Audubon society went earnestly at their labors the laws were laughed at and violated with impunity and almost always with immunity. Years ago untold thousands of useful native birds were trapped to be sold as pets in cages. The women of the south complained to the women of the north who were engaged in bird protection work that thelr mocking birds and red birds (cardinals) were being trapped in multitudes because of the demand by the trade in northern citles for caged songsters. The bird protectors of the north took the matter up and in nearly all places today it Is illegal to sell caged wild native American birds. g About fifteen years ago there was a week of zero weather in some of the southern states. The blue bird, which is a northern favorite, does not go far enough south in winter to escape all of the storms of the winter season. The unusual cold of that winter fifteen years ago almost annihilated the tribe of bluebirds. There were only a few left to come back to the northern fields in the spring. The blue bird, however, was protected, and the efilciency of the Audubon sdciety’s work was never more clearly shown than in this case. The blue birds today have . recruited their ranks under protecti®n and are as numerous as ever they were.

For years the 'bird protectionists went ahead with their work with the treasury at a low point. ;

It always had been hoped that some kindly disposed: person would realize the strength and beauty of bird protection work and would give of this substance to the cause. The man known as a scientist nor as a bird student.

One day, however, Albert Willcox saw a newspaper account of some of the bird protection work done by the national Association of Audubon societies and he wrote a letter asking for more details. He received the information that he wanted and he wrote to say that he was about to make a new will and felt so much pleased with the work of the society that he would give it annually during his lifetime a considerable sum of money to be used in carrying on the work of the assoclation,

and that when he died he would give the society a legacy of $lOO,OOO in his will, and, he added, “I may not limit it to this amount.” Albert Willcox died four years ago. He left $lOO,OOO to the Audubon society as he had promised, and in addition he made the society his residuary legatee to the extent of one-half his estate. Today the Natlonal Association of Audubon socleties, through the generosity of Mr. Willcox, is placed on a sure and lasting foundation. The bird protective work has been going on for a quarter of a century. It had all sorts of trials and tribulations, but today it seems that the friends of the feathered kingdom have triumphed in their cause. The promise is that there will be no cessation of the work which means so much to the bird and more to man. 3

letter. So, when Voltaire was starting on a holiday, he wrote to Piton, “Ee rus,” which is the complete Latin for “l 1 am going into the country.” Piton’s answer was just “I”"—complete Latin for “Go!” The tick on the new post card can hardly be shorter than that single letter. In business correspondence the record is divided between Victor Hugo, who, anxious to know how his “Les Miserables” was going, wrote to the publisher —"“?"—and the publisher, who triumphantly replied “!”"—London Chronicle.

! Sanday School Lessen for Nov. 13, 1910 Specially Arranged for This Paper Lesson Text—Matthew 24:32-51. Memory verse 44, Golden Text—*"Watch and ‘Pray, that ¥e enter- not linto temptation.” —-Matt 26:41. . The disciples had accepted Jesus as the Messiah and chosen the way which led to the establishment of the kingdom of God. But they were in the meantime to endure great temptations and difficulties; wars, famines, tribulations, hatred, prisons, death, disasters, earthquakes, pestilences, disciples waxing cold, false prophets arising, stars falling, the sun darkened, the moon turned into blood, the powers of heaven shaken, “such as had not been from the beginning of the world”—then, Christ says to his. disciples, “when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up vour heads; for your redemption draweth nigh; it is near even at the doors.” And he also adds, Watch therefore. Be ye also ready. For ye know not on what dayv vour Lord cometh.

The parable of the fig tree s a'l beautiful illustration showing us that | while we cannot know when Christ is | coming, we have warnings:so as to be! on guard, as the first signs of spring bid us prepare for the summer. This generation, that s while some who were listening to him should still be alive, as he himself said. l - The time to watch is at the beginning of the course that leads to \hese{ results. - The day of judgment is the | end of the course: the choice lies at} the beginning. ‘

Those really watched who go fore- | saw the future and the true ideal ofi their lives, that from the beginning | they went on toward it by the omyt path that led to it. They were faith- | ful in every duty. They served their | Lord by obedience. They resisted ev-f ery temptatien. They were on their | guard against every wile of the devil. ’ They were wide awake, with eyesg open to every opportunity, to the signs i of the times, to new ways and means, | and possibilities. l

“Blessed is that servant, whom hes lord when he ecometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.” To those who so watched was entrnsted the kingdom of heaven, for, theraselves and for the world. : Those failed to watch who were so absorbed in their own selfish pleasures and gains that they neglected their duties, forgot their Master’s interests, were eye-servants. This folly was Intensified by beginning *“to eat and drink with the drunken.” They took the road ‘that led to destruction. Rev. S. W. Hanks, a’second or third cousin of Abraham Lincoln, years ago devised a most vivid temperance lecture called “The Black Valley Rallroad,” which he illustrated by a large chart. It is given in a book called “The Crystal River.” : ' The Land of the Crystal River is the land which all children enter when they come into this world. . To live in the Land of the Crystal River, the land of temperance, of selfcontrol, of good character, of highest useﬁzlness, of prosperity, of religion, of heaven, should be the hope and the aim of everyone. = - The Black Valley country is situated in an extensive lowland, lying between an elevated and exfremely fertile and beautiful region, called the Land of the Crystal River, bounding it upon its upper limits and a vast and unexplored desert forming its lower boundary. Vice and erime abourd. Innumerable drunkards and criminals are found there. Prisons and poor bouses take the place of churches and school houses. ¢

The man in the conning tower at the junction of the Black Valley railrcad with the rallroad to temperance, would guide all youthful travelers to the better way. He urges all to seek the highest and best life. We are building a house for ourselves, a body in which we must live, and a character in which our soul must ablde. God would have us possess a perfect body, and to put away everything which injures health, which brings weakness or disease. He would have us form a noble character of which we will not be ashamed, which wiil fit us for heaven and usefulness, and the company of the good. We cannot cheat God, but we can cheat ourselves. By using strong drink in any quantity whatever we are skimping, degrading, making poor and weak the house we have got to live in. Every drunkard was once an innocent child. Every one was first a moderate drinker. No one ever yet became a drunkard who refused to touch intoxicating drink. Not all who drink moderately do become drunkards, but no one ever became a drunkard who did not first drink moderately. It is terrible to let a habit begin in youth which will impel us to go on doing wrong against reason, against the power to help others, against love of .God, of man, and of country. “The story is told of a rich young man who sat at a dinner table with a number of friends, and babbled drunken foolishness all the long evening. One of his friends was a court stenographer. 'Seized by an idea for the help of his friend, he stenographically reported every word that the latter uttered. The next day he had these notes transcribed and sent to the man himself. The latter, shocked, could scarcely believe that he himself had descended to such a level of imbecilfty. ‘lf this the way a man talks when he is drunk, I méan to keep sober hereafter.' "—Willlam T. Ellis. . Sign the pledge. "Sign it now. S . Keep it forever. .

Noble Trait. There is no nobler trait in our American people than the big heart and the liberal hand. May God save our country from Cainism and make us true followers of him who into a murderous world brought a new spirit, the spirit of brotherly love.—Rev. Ernest A. Tappert, Lutheran, New York City. ;

BALANCED BY GYROSCOPE Window Cilezaners and Other Similar Workers May Wear Novel Safety Apparatus. : Chicago.—Why is it not as important for an individual to keep his balance as for a ship or a railway train? A German inventor thinks that it is, and he has devised individual gyroscopic balaness, which will prevent a wan from falling when he is working under conditions of danger. : . According to reports, as given lln Popular Electricity, an American version of the Brennan monorail system in which a gyroscope fly wheei keeps the tar from tipping will‘scon be in service. A European inventor has already demonstrated by a test on a fair sized steamer that a simiiar pian can " ‘.,\ - ; b 88l . \ 1 P i ; \ ks L} i ,1- I E eW r < 3 : T —g i A —L [3 T ] -t B it 4 AN I -} £ 4 * = 3. Llgd DLt A S Y B L R e N Y - ’év‘f{f 2R "i‘.ﬁ‘.‘&z{{-,‘ : it[ ! - i = By A v ?, Y | IRase LSRN BT e

Balanced by the Gyroscope. be used effectively to overcome the rolling of vessels. Now a third has reasoned that the balancing of cars or ships is no more important than that of individuals working wnder unusaal and dangerous conditions. For instance, a man washing the windows of any tall building can work 'to best advantage f free to lean back somewhat, just as he would do if standing on the ground. Safety straps make this possible to a certain extent, but themselves are hindrances to free workimg. Were th. window cleaner a biloodless machine we . might simply equip his interior with a gyroscopic balance wheel. Next to this is the external arrangement just patented by Herman Zoern, aa architect at. Nek Brandenburg. He proposes to strap a light frame to he man, carryving a pair of hoops driven 4t high spéed. in opposite directions by an electric mo tor. A practical test of this scheme will be awaited with interest. and—attention, proaibitionists'—might nor the same pll)gn with a storage battery thwart the unsteadiness of a toper?

RELIC OF BALTIMORE'S FIRE

Eig Clock That Withstcod the Great Conflagration of 1904 [s Again . Keeping Accurate Time, :

Baltimore, Md.—The last rellc and reminder of the big. Baltimore fire of February 7 and 8, 1904—the big, tall iron clock that has stood on Baltimare street, near Light, for many yvears and which was recently denounced as an “eyesore”’—has been rebuilt. Persons passing along Baltimore street at this point have noticed the

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It is probable that a bandsome bronze tablet will be placed on the frame of the “Big John” to tell the strangers its history. It has always peen a sort of mystery how the clock withstood the flames, and the other week while the workmen were putting it into shape again crowds of curious and interested spectators looked on. So positively sure are the officials of the Western Maryland railroad - that the clock will keep the corect time that they have issued instructions to time all trains on the road by it.

Ireland’s Decline. Belfast.—lreland at the end of last year had 890 fewer inhabitants than in 1908. The registrar general’s report issued recently shows that the population, 4,371,570, has fallen by 130,000 in ten years. -Emigrants last year numbered 28,676, 5,379 more than {n 1908, and 890 more than the excess of births over deaths.

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| The Key to Germany. . Capt. Charles King, the author, | praised, at the Milwaukee club, the | German element in Milwaukee's pop- | ulation.. i *I know a soldier,” said Capt. King, ‘ “who met the kaiser last year in Ber‘Hn, ’ [ "“‘'You have a thorough knowledge i of our best thought and custormrs.' said | the. kaisér. ‘Have you ever been to i German? before? I "0, yes, sir, sald the soldier. 1 "“What citles have you visited? . Berlin and Hamburg? asked the kal- | ger. ! *‘No, sir,; sald the soldier. ‘M . waukee."” . P Model. African King. i The Christian village of Hombo in {.Africa I 8 a proof of the power of the | gospel. At.daybreak every morning i the horn is blown and the people. as-{-semble at the king’s house to hear the } word of God read, and to firaise and | pray. Witchcraft and superstition Vz‘h:nte fallen under the power :of the | gospel, and the heathens are taking ‘ knowledge of it. The native church ! at Loanda contributes $l7 a month for | the suppo‘irt of native workers on a na- } tive station in the interior of Angola. l Deserved the Shoes. i The weary wayfarer leaned over the | fence and watched tle housewife do- | ing her chores. | _“Ah, lady,” lie said, tipping his hat, ' “I used to be a professfonal humorist. 1 1f I tell you a funny story will you ! give me an old 'pair of shoes?” | “Well, that depends,” responded the | busy housewife; “you must remember | that brevity is the soul ot wit.” . ! “Yes, mum, I remember that, and i brevity is the sole of each of my %sboe’g, mum.” L ! . “Kin by Marriage.” ' A caller was talking to a small Harlem girl who is extravagantly fond of her mother. She likes her father well enough, but he is far from being first in her affections. The caller, knowing the situation, asked the child why she didn’t love her father as she did her 1 -mother.. '

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