Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 209, 14 June 1919 — Page 14

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MQNJ3, IND., SATURDAY. JUNE 14, 1919

! Some Tiny Friends ' What Is tbo name of the tiniest birds you have ever seen? Perhaps you will say the wrens, and indeed the wrens are little, as well as being always busy and always good disposltioned. But they are not the smallest birds we can seo around , here. There is a great big family of little birds, so small that you will miss them unless you keep

your eyes and your ears open whenever you are out of doors. Of course they are not as small as the lovely humming bird, but they are very small and are often dressed In pretty colors, especially yellow. These warblers are called migrants, because they fly long distances in moving from their winter to their summer homo. They usu

ally live down south in the winter time, partly because it is such a

comfortable place to live, and part

ly because they can get the food they like best there, during the winter months. That food is gnats and all kinds of insects, and as you know, insects like that hide themselves away by the time old Winter

. Begins making his appearance

around here. As soon as they see

that spring has really begun, they pack up their things (which Just means themselves, because birds don't have trunks and things like that) and start northward. Many of them slop when they como to the country and woods around Richmond, probably saying, "This place looks very nice to us. We will spend our summer and raise our families here. And so they stay. ' Many fit t&e warblers, however, probably think when they arrive in Wayne county, "Whew! This 'is going to be too warm for us here.

Let'8 go farther north to spend our

summer. And so they fly on north

.ward, only letting us see them as . , they pass, and by the tlmo the month of May is ended, they are

far away from here.

There are many interesting birds, though, among the warblers that

do decide to stay. One of these is called the Yellow warbler, or the summer warbler, and is what a

great many people see when they think thep have seen a "wild canary." They are mostly yellow except their breast which Is streaked with brown. They are not frightened easily, but like to stay in gardens or orchards, or lawns where there are plenty of bushes, Instead

of hiding their pretty little selves down deep in the woods. And, oh, such a home maker as is this Summer Warbler! Their nest is not : Just a clump of twigs piled up in a heap, but is very carefully made . of fine, long grasses and Is lined all Inside with down from certain

plants. Mr. Summer Warbler is always doing something (he isn't one bit lazy, in fact he doesn't even take a vacation), and he is happy and contented for that is the way his little song sounds. Listen for it. It sounds like we-chee, chee, chee, cher-wee. Another warbler that often stays with us during the summer is called the Maryland Yellow-throat. He is dressed mostly in a suit of olive green and be wears a black mask . over part Of his face, just as if he were a burglar and afraid to show his face, but he is just fooling, and then just to show you that he is a gay little bird, he wears a bright yellow collar, which gives him his name. This little fellow likes to get acquainted with people, and you will find him friendly, if you are

friendly and kind to him, so that he Is not afraid of you. He, too, Is an energetic bird, and sings his Bong quite loudly and with great energy. His best known song is "wichity, wichity, wichity, wichity," but when he has somthing on his fcnind, he shortens it to 'chack" re

heated over and over again.

Try to see these two little friends.

They are indeed worth seeinc,

When you go camping, or to Thistlethwaite's Falls or the Glen or

kny place where there are a good many trees and some water close by and sit quietly for a little while With your mouth closed (talking frightens them away many times) and with your cyc and ears wide jopen and see how many of these Seal little bird3 you can see and ear.

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' If you'll just reconcile yourself to the idea that the other fellow lias all the soft snaps, you may find one

and If you don t it will be no more than you expected. Electricity Is replacing all other

forms of power in Bombay's extensive cotton, mills.

An interesting story of the boyhood of Albert of Belgium, and of his self-training for kingship, a story of the hero King's labors in disguise on the Belfast docks, and in Belgian mines, as a stoker, as a locomotive engineer, etc., is told by

Katherine Dunlap Gather in the

May St. Nicholas. She writes in

part as follows:

The years of manhood came, and

he entered the army Begin

ning with the lowest command, he

worked his way rapidly through

every grade until he attained the

rank of major general, and this varied experience was more valuable to him than thousands of lectures on military tactics would heve been. He nevr took advantage of his high position to evade some disagreable task, and Brussel citizens tell how the Crown Prince was often seen wet with perspiration and begrimed with soil as his regiment returned on forced marches from the maneuvering ground. He became 0 proficient in military matters that he often lectured up

on the- subject, and the men in the army knew ho was not just a noble In a uniform, having command by

tho prerogative of his rank, but that he was a soldier to the core, place at the head of the army, should Belgium ever need his pres

ence there. Little did they dream how gloriously he would take it one

day!

He decided to know the needs of the toiler by toiling beside him. So

he studied railway engineering and ran a locomotive from Brussels to Ostend, the passengers in the coaches, and even the members of

the crew, having no idea that the bare-armed man at the throttle was Belgium's future king. That he might add to his knowledge of railroad matters he visited America, and under the guidance of James J. Hill-made an extensive study of our railroads. Shipbuilding, too, the methods oC construction nnd the lives of the workers, was something that needed improvement In Belgium, so he went to Ireland, disguised as a newspaper reporter,

nnd worked for works around the

British docks

served as a stoker in a steel factory, went down into a coal pit at Seraing, and worked as a miner, and visited factories of every kind, sometimes working, sometimes making informal trips of inspection, and always he kept his eye open that he might learn the people's needs. Albert, too, went on with his life of work and study, filling his days with preparations that .would make him more fit for kingship. Know

ing that Belgium's policy in the Congo had shocked the world, he

decided to know Congo conditions at first hand, and although his advisers urged him not to risk his life

by going into a region where there

was danger from fever arid from savage natives, he replied" that his duty was to go wherever he could learn anything that would benefit his people.

Americas Flag Is The Oldest It is not generally" known that the Star Spangled Banner of the United States is older that any one of the present flags of the great European Powers. It was adopted

in 1777 by the Congress of the Thirteen Colonies of North America, then at war with the mother cou-

try. The yellow and red Spanish

flag came out in 1785; the French tricolor was adopted In 1794; the

red English emblem,' with the union jack in the upper corner, dates from 1801; the Sardinian (now the

Italian) flag first fluttered in 1848;

the Austro-Hungarian flag was one of the consequences of the compromise of 1867; the present German

flag first appeared in 1871, and the Russian tricolor is quite a recent affair. The only modification that the American flag has undergone since it origin is the addition of a new star every time a new state is taen into the Union.

Twenty million tons of paper pulp can be produced annually from India's bamboo and grasses,

Returning home, he 1 declares a recent estimate.

A Dog Who Knew In the" issue of Our Dogs, of over twenty years ago, there is to bo found an interesting story of a dog from Lisbon, Portugal. He was a Newfoundland, a very wise and well-trained animal, and his master had occasion to spend some weeks in a Lojidon hotel. One of the porters in tho hotel struck at 'the

dog, who was quietly waiting for

his master. The dog appeared not

to take offense at the wholly un

called-for act; but the next morning, when the porter was polishing off the brass plate on the door, bending over at his work, the huge dog went up back of him and with a heavy blow with his great paw, he knocked the man over. Then he trotted off with a dignified gait, paying no more attention to the man. Some of the days, during his stay in England, the weather was stonny and, whenever his paws would be muddy, he would walk very quietly up and down the stairs and along the halls, but when they were dry he would make as much noise as any lad, running up and

down. In the courtyard at the rear of the hotel, was a well with a pump.

One day the dog, being very thirsty, went out and sat by the well, but no one gave him a drink, though he looked longingly at the men as they came and went. Finally, he was seen to go into the outer kitchen, and there he spied an empty pall. He took this in his mouth, took it out to the pump, and then began to bark. One of the men came and saw at once, of ccurse, what the dog wanted. After ho had drunk all the water he wished.

he knocked the pall over with his paw, emptied the remaining water in it, and then, soberly carrying it back into the kitchen, set it down whero he had found It Christian Science Monitor

Col. Jim: "Why Is it that you colored folks l,ike chicken so well? " ' hecf or mutton just as good.

IS11 t - Deacon Joe7" --- i,Ji, Deacon Joe: "Yessuh, yeDov.7 dey is v'y good, but looky yuh, " kuhnel, how's a poh collud pusson gwlne ter tote home a cow or a sheep undah his coat?" Tommy Levy Barker, 213, Sevastopol School. ALL IN A SENTENCE. "Is the professor in?" she asked, entering the door of a courtroom by mistake. "What professor?" asked tho gruff attendant. "The professor of music, of

of course. I've come to have my voice tried." "Well, you'd bettor not have it tried here, ma'am. This is a court of justice." Yonkers Statesman. Army Aviator (watching young bird learning to fly): "By George. I believe that young one's got the makings of a flyer. I was a littla timid at first myself." BOTH IN THE ALPHABET. "Maw?" "Well, Junior " "Paw don't know much about music, does he?" "Not very much, but why do you

ask?"

'At the show this afternoon a

man told paw the lady on the stage was singing high U, and paw said

it sounded like 11." Youngstown Telegram. Rookie: "Is this gun working?" Sergeant: "No, it's discharged."

Parson: "Does yo take dis man fo' wuss or better?" Bride: "I'll take him jest as he am. If he gets euny wuss I'll kill him mahself." NOTHING DOING. A negro, a new assistant on a

farm, was .asked to hold a cow while the farmer, a cross-eyed man, was to hit it on the head with an

ax. The negro, observing the man's eyes, in some fear, inquired:

"Is yo' gwine to hit whar yo

look?"

"Yass," replied the farmer. "Den hold de cow yo' self." I Lloyd Slifer. SAFETY FIRST.

Mandy: "What for you gib dat baby a big piece, o' pok to chew on?" Dina: "Don you see de string tied to dat, piece o' pok. De Oder end is tied to the chil's toe. Ef he chokes, he kicks, ef he kicks, he'll jek de pok out. Ah reckon you all don learn mo nothin' bo't bringin up chillens. WAS HE GLAD? Dad: "When I was a little boy my mother only gave us bread and jam, she never thought of butter." His son: "Then aren't you glad you came to live with us dad? Ethelyn Morao. St. Andrews School.

If you've never been tempted, you don't know waht you've missed.

THE MISUNDERSTANDING, There was once a king of Prussia who had a regiment of tall soldiers in which ho took great pride. When ever a man would enlist, the King would ask them questions. "How old are you, my man? And how long have you been in my service?" And last of all he would ask: "Do you like your food and quarters?" A man, who knew no German, once tried to enlist. His officer said to him "When theiJing asks you, How old are you?' you must say thirty

years. When he a.skes you, 'How long have you been in my service you must say, three weeks." When he asks, 'Do you like your food and quarters?' then you must say, 'Both.' The man learned without understanding the question to which they were answered. The day came to beckon him. Tho king said, "I haven't seen you before, my man. How long have you been In my service?" said the king. He did not understand a word, but gave the first answer ho was taught. "Thirty years," said the man. "What?!" cried the king. "How old are you then?" "Three weeks," said the man. "What!" thundered tho king in fury, "are you crazy or am I?" "Both," said the man quietly. James Laccy. 6A, Starr School.