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GO TO DEATH OVER FALLS
Birds Fall Asleep on Niagara River
and Are Carried Over the
Great Waterfall.
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Swimming too near the brink o!
the falls, hundreds of water birds,
v even swans, ducks and geese go over
Niagara falls to their death each
year in the migratory season. So
many birds pay the penalty for their
daring each year that bird lovers on
both the American and Canadian
side* of the falls are considering
steps to lessen the animal toll of the
feathered life.
hince a majority of the victims
are claimed in the night, the theory
is advanced that the birds go to sleep
while swimming and don’t wake up
until the rapids have carried them
over the danger line. Usually they
are killed outright in the fall. Some
times they are only stunned and are
picked out of the river below the
falls' and sold for food.
In 191'^, so Ernest Harold Baynes,
the naturalist, relates, 140 whistling
swans went over Horseshoe falls.
Boys and men fished the birds out,
knocked them on the head and sold
them.
“James Savage of Buffalo,” Mr.
Baynes says, “with some friends, once
saved a flock of swans by chasing
them in a powerboat and making
< them fly away just before nightfall.
It was a daring thing for these men
to do. for. if bv any chance the en
gine had become disabled, nothing
could have prevemed their going
over the falls.”—Philadelphia North
American.
LOVE'S CHARM
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The Lover—Ah ! Geraldine, your
Jear weight seems to me as but a
/eather!
USE LYE TO PEEL PEACHES.
Lve-peeled peaches are no more
njurious to health than hand-peeled
!ruifs, according to Prof. M. E. daf
:a, consulting nutrition expert of the
*al forum stale board of health, not
withstanding the general belief to
;he contrary. It is impossible to dis
inguish one from the other except
for the knife marks on the hand
oeeled product, according to .Jaffa.
The food value, flavor and quality
are unchrnged. In order to learn if
the acidity of the lye-peeled peach is
le*s than that of the hand-peeled
peach, analyses have been made, and
it has been determined that the lye
process does not affect the acidity
jf the finis! ed product.
WAS NOT HIS TIME TO DIE
British Airman May Truly Be Said
to Have Escaped by the “Skin
of His Teeth.
The flying corps of all the armies
have distinguished themselves for
daring and gallantry during the pres
ent war. An eye witness at the Brit
ish headquarters, says the Field, tells
about one thrilling episode that was
more sensational than most of the
adventurous exploits that occur
along the front almost daily.
A British airman, alone m a
single-seated aeroplane, saw and pur
sued a German machine. While try
ing to reload hi machine gun he lost
control of his steering gear, and the
aeroplane turned upside down. The
belt round the man’s waist was
rather loose, and the jerk almost
threw him out of the machine; but
he saved himself by clutching hold
on the rear center strut, while the
belt slipped down round his legs.
As he hung thus, head downward,
making desperate efforts to disen
gage his legs, the aeroplane fell from
a height of 8,000 feet to about 2,500
feet, spinning round and round like
a falling leaf. At last he managed
to free his legs and reach the control
lever with his foot. Then he suc
ceeded in righting the machine,
which turned slowly over, completely i
“looping the loop.” Thereupon the
pilot slid back into his seat and came
composedly to the ground.
FLATTERER NOT A FRIEND
Only the One Who Can Bring Out the
Best That Is in Us May Be Called
by That Name.
Loyalty is not blind adherence; it
is clear-sighted devotion to the high
est interest of a friend. It will not
hesitate to oppose an unwise plan,
to tear away the bandage which
closes the eyes to unwelcome truth:
it will hear misunderstanding and
jeopardize loss of friendship, if these
are the price of loyalty to the high
est interests of a friend.
For friendship can have no sure
foundation save the frankness of ab
solute truth, and loyalty no aim save
service to the higher nature of a
friend. Our friends are not those
who are silent when we make mis
takes and flatter us when we do less
than our best; they are those “who
make us do what we can.”
Such a friend is not only a de
lightful companion by the way, but
a fellow traveler who makes the goal
clear when fatigue and doubt cloud
the vision, and resolutely urges us
onward when wre are tempted to fal
ter in the quest; and such a friend
ship is the highest expression of
integrity; it is a noble form of serv
ice to the world.—The Outlook.
CONTRARY SENTIMENTS.
“Here's a man just paid $600 for
a eat."
"Now, don’t that make you dog
tired?”
VAGUE DIAGNOSIS.
“Jones is in the hospital very
much run down.”
“v~rvous prostration or automo
xjtie ?“
INDIANS KEEP OLD NAMES
Picturesque Titles Were Brought to
Light by Reservation Sale
Recently Held.
That Indian names still possess
their early-strength and picturesque
ness is shown by those which figured
prominently in the recent sale of In
dian lands in the Standing Rock res
ervation in North and South Dakota.
An inspection of the list reveals
such names as Kate Good Crow,
whose nearest neighbor is Barney
Two Bears. Mary Yellow Fat adjoins
Melda Orowghost, while Mrs. Crazy
Walking, on the southeast quarter of
section 19-23-25, has probably
reached the condition indicated by
her name through being in the same
section with Elk Ghost.
Mary Lean Dog rather envies
Agatha Big Shield for her aristo
cratic name. In like manner, Jennie
Dog Man and Mary Shave Head may
be all too willing to assume on short
notice the heroic name borne by Mor
ris Thundershield, heir apparent to
Long Step Thundershield.
Mrs. Did Not Butcher, judging
from her name, is in no condition to
supply the wants of her nearest
neighbor, Mrs. Frosted Red Fish,
who lives on a half section not far
from Helen Difficult.
Feed For Sale
PRICES RIGHT
W. O. Barrentine
L. B. WINFREE, J. P.
CONVEYANCES
McCRORY DRUG CO.
Everything in the drug line
PHONE NO. 42.
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For fresh delicious strawberries
call at Proulx Lunch Room. Adv.
STRONG CHARACTER.
“Does your father look with favor
on me as a prospective son-in-law?”
“Pm afraid not.”
“What makes you think so? '
“The way he talks.”
“Well, wdiat does he say?”
‘‘Whenever your name is men
tioned he says he’s met with a great
deal of trouble in this world, but
probably has strength enough left to
weather one more misfortune.”
HASTY CONCLUSION.
“What’s this trouble in the ranks
of the Boy Scouts?”
“So far as I can judge,” replied
the sarcastic observer, “one faction
wants to make men out of them and
the other wants them to continue
picking violets.”
TO CUT OUT THE LOSSES.
Wife—One afternoon I win at
bridge and the next I lose.
Hub—Then why not play every
other afternoon ?
GETTING HIS DESERTS.
“Oh, Bobert, there’s a burglai
breaking into the garage.”
“Hush! If he steals that second
hand car it’ll serve him right.”—
Life.
Infertile Eggs.
Let every consumer ask the
grocer or farmer for infertile eggs
and take no other. Then the old
roosters will be fattened and sold
and the young roosters that are
to be kept for sale for breeding
purposes will be separated from
the laying hens. Remember
that the hens will lay more eggs
if the males are not present and
that the presence of the males
will render the eggs unfit for ta
ble use in the hot weather after
from thirty to forty hours. Swat
the rooster. Sell only infertile
eggs. **
W. N. Dunehew spent Sunday
at Jud sonia.
Wanted: To purchase a good
second-hand piano box. J. M.
Kellogg. Adv.
| We Pay Highest Cash Prices |
For Your Produce
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Hens, per pound,. ..
Cox, per pound,.
Broilers 1 to 134.
Fryers 1 )i to 2 lbs.. ,
Stags 2 to SlA lbs..,
Geese, each,.25
Dux, per pound,.10
Turkeys, per pound,.14
.09
.06
.20
.15
10
Old Gobblers..1234
Tow Sacks, each,.02
Fresh Eggs, per dozen, ..13
Cow Hides, per lb.10
Horse Hides, each—2.00
Hogs, per lb.06
Peas, per bushel.1*50
$ McCrory Feed & Produce Co.
* L. W. STURDIVANT, Manager. Phone No. 26