The Newark Journal.
O. F. CRAIQ, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - “ ARKANSAS^
BIRDS OF MID-PACIFIC.
Great Number and Infinite Variety
Found on Ocean Island.
On Layson, away out near tlie*
middle of the ocean, Walter K.
Fisher, who made the inquiry into
bird life for the government,
was amazed at the great number
of birds and their surprising tame
ness.
Popular opinion has held that
birds of all kinds were naturally
afraid of man, but those who have
made a study of the subject op
|M>se this theory. Naturally, birds
do not show fear of man until t hey
recognize in man a deadly enemy,
says tin* Boston (Ilobe.
There were terns and albatross
es, booby birds, curlews, finches,
and man o' war birds in densely
populated colonies all over the is
land, and beyond protests, such
as bill snapping and sidling away
when attempts to handle them
were made, they took little notice
of bipeds without feathers who
went among them.
The investigators were able to
approach as close as they desired
to record with a camera tin* do
mestic duties of mamma terns,
and with tact not much time was
required to get into caressing
touch with any of the winged pop
nlation.
One of the most characteristic
birds of Layson is the gray-backed
tern. It lays a single egg on the
sand and sometimes on the bare
rock. When the chick is hatched
one of the parents stands sentinel
over the nestling. Approach of
the investigators would cause tin*
guardian of a nest to spread its
wings slightly, tilt tail and walk
around in circles. I’nlikeourown
tern, these of the far Pacific is
lands hold their bills straight out,
like a gull, when Hying.
In studying the white tern, or
love bird, it was discovered that
the parent in feeding its young
brought two little fishes in its bill.
It was always two, and how the
provider for the tern household
captured the second fish without
onbeaking the first was a puzzle
they could not work out.
Whenever the investigators ap
proached the nest or young the
white terns arose and hovered in
front of their faces, peering in
tentlv athheni, as if trying to di
vine their intentions. .lust out of
reach they would flutter, turn
ing their heads from side to side
and occasionally uttering a droll
and wheezy little cry. They did
not offer to peck at the intruders,
tut seemed content to stare and
wheeze.
Terns on the wing at some dis
tance would, on catching sight of
the men, change their courses and
fly close to for investigation.
Terns standing guard over a nest
ling would make no attempt to tlv
when approached and stroked on
the back.
Marvelous Model.
An enterprising Cardiff (Eng
land j firm has constructed a cigar
ette model of the new town hall,
and has induced the mayor to
make an official inspection of it.
The model is nine feet long and
more than four feet high, and
there art* worked into it more*
than 25.000 cigarettes. The mod
el employed the Turkish firm’s
manager five months in th«* mak
ing- ll is an exact facsimile of
the building, and to the smallest
detail is architecturally correct.
Deaf and Dumb Doctor.
A deaf and dumb German schol
ar named Walter Kuntzc has had
the degree of doctor of philosophy
■conferred upon him by the Cni
lersity of Leipsic for a masterly
treatise on certain agricultural
subjects. This is the first time a
deaf and dumb person has been
made a doctor by a German uni
versity.
The Tramp and How
He Is Produced
By DR. H. C. ALEXANDER,
Prominent Chicago Student of Sociology.
ANDKRING tendencies produce tramps, and these wander
ing tendencies are a species of insanity. Nervous break
downs also cause a large number of tramps. An examina
tion of 120 tramps made recently showed that 104 were
mentally deficient—insane. Some tramps are hereditary,
some gradually drift into shiftless life and others are vic
tims of mental degeneracy. #The struggle of the child in the public
school to keep from falling behind his mental superior leads to vaga
bondage.
As a remedy I would advise the sanitation of homes and dress and
the use of healthful food and pure water, improper food during the
growth of a child causes nervous breakdown, and the drinking of im
pure water causes debilitating diseases like typhoid fever. Fevers of
this type cause nervous weakness and vagabondage.
If larger damages were awarded by the courts in cases of personal
injuries there would be fewer tramps in the streets. Tlr* men are maimed
by accident. Unable to get work, they drift into the streets and beg.
KNEW THE VOICE.
Wonderful Faculty of the Late Blind
Chaplain of Congress.
Like many oilier Mind people,
the late Mr. Milburn, chaplain of
congress, could identify people by
their voices even when he did not
know them well, or had not seen
them for years. This is not
strange when we remember that
Helen Keller, who is deaf and
blind, can meet ton people at <®nee
whom she has never “seen” be
fore, and when they shake hands
with her to say good-by, can
call thevn all by their right names,
identifying them by the feeling of j
their hands. The Boston Tran :
script tells a story which illus- j
trates this power among the blind
to recognize voices.
Once, when Mr. Milburn was
out driving, a man stopped the*
carriage and beckoned Mr. Mi!-!
burn’s friend to come across the I
street. He went, and the stranger!
said:
“When I was 18 or 20 years old,
Dr. Milburn was in the habit of j
dining with my father. I want to
see if he will know me by my
voice."
The two men went back to Mr.
Milburn’s carriage. The stranger
said:
“I)r. Milburn, do you know me?"
‘•Yes, sir, you are the son of my
old friend, the publisher, Mr. Har
per." Mr. Milburn had not heard
the voice for more than .‘{0 years.
Not long before Mr. Milbtirn
died Bishop Cranston visited him
and entered the room without hav
ing his name announced. When he
spoke Mr. Milburn railed him by
his name. They had not met for
29 years.
Trolley Ferry.
A ferry is plying across the Mis
souri river, a short distance
north of St. Joseph, which is de
scribed as something unique. It
is not run by wind, steam or elec
tricity, but solely by the force of
the river’s current. its propri
etors call it a "trolley ferry.” A
steel cable is passed across the
stream over the boat. This cable
passes through the stationary
pulleys on the deck. Ily means of
these pulleys and the cable th.*
boat is held so that the current of
the river strikes it at an angle of
about 4.1 degrees, and in t his “side
ways” fashion the current forces
it across the channel. It carries
100 tons of cargo over in four min
utes.
It Is Longest.
Among long staircases the
world over, none, it is safe to say.
is so long or difficult of ascent as
"Jacob’s Ladder.” This remark
able flight contains more than 7i*(i j
steps. The steps rise at an angle j
of exactly to degrees. "Jacob's i
Ladder” ascends a particularly'
steep hill at St. Helena. The steps
are, naturally, the most direct
route to the summit of the hill,
and, despite their great length,
are traversed daily by large num
bers of wayfarers. There are
many persons who, from long
practice, are able to ascend the
steep stairway at a rapid pace,
without once stopping for breath.
WOMAN TIGER HUNTER.
Thrilling Encounter of an English
Diana in India.
American women, whose suc
cessful invasion of lireut Jti-ituin
is a generally accepted fact, have
pushed their conquests farther.
They have gone even into the
t'handa jungle, where, in the per
son of Mrs. Donnett. tin* wifeof an
English army officer on service in
India, tin* American woman re
cently shot the biggest tiger ever
killed in t hat country of big game.
The beast measured ten feet eight
inches in length, had a perfect
coot and teeth two inches long.
It took It! men to carry him to
camp, yet lie fell at the first shot
of a slender young woman, whose
account of her exploit is certainly
t hrilling enough to he quoted from
the t'liicago Record Herald:
I am a sort of a "big-hug" in
the camp now, she writes in a
home letter. The natives bow
down and kiss the hem of my
dress, for I am the tirst lady who
has ever shot in these great jun
gles. Ah, 1 am a lucky beggar!
So just listen while I tell you
about it.
\»e had heard thai a tiger had
killed a lor of doer in a piece of
bamboo jungle about six miles oil',
no Timmins [her husband] and I
got about 40 heaters together and
took up our positions near an
ojien space, while tin* beaters,
driving six buffalo in front of
them, went into the jungle with
horns and drums and made hide
ous noises. After about half nu
hour, when the beat was nearly up
to my tree, I saw what I first took
for a deer gliding through the
high grass and bamboo, when sud
denly a huge tiger was revealed to
my astonished eyes. He was go
ing full bat, so 1 saw that it must
be then or never, and, although it
was a very blind shot, 1 let blaze
at the vanishing stripes as they
rushed through the bamboo.
A roar and a rush told me that
the beast was hit. but I could set*
nothing, as the jungle was so
dense. When t lie shikar came up
1 told him where I had fired, and
then I got down, and with loaded
rifles we approached the spot.
About ten yards from where I
tired lay f he great monster—
dead!
The shikar and l all but Imaged
in nil!- excitement, and when the
heaters came up our hurrahs
brought Timmins tumbling down
out of his tree, and his joy and
pride quite touched me.
I had a 1 ready shot three bears,
two panthe rs and a tiger, besides
all sorts of deer and otlie*r smaller
beasts; but when I saw that great
striped body, >h, so beautifully
yellow and black! lying there slain
by my own hands, it was the*
proudest and happiest moment of
my life*, and 1 shall never forget
my feeling of exultation.
Germans Are Thrifty.
1 e*n out of every 27 persons in
Berlin have a savings bank ac
count.
The dollar you have to pay bac k
is twice as big us the one you bor
row.
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Miss Rose Peterson, Secretary l"
Parkdale Tennis Club, Chicago, from ex
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pains and sickness peculiar to their sex, to use
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IIow many beautiful young girls develop into worn, listless and
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ART ENTHUSIASM.
It Did Bent AH Hon- Much Anima
tion There UunIn the
Picture.
When the artist son of John Harper wasa
raw student his father was ver\ much in
terested in his work. One day he saw a new
ly finished picture on the easel, relate* the
Aew 1 ork limes.
"Ah! that's tine,’’ he burst out, "fine!
1 here’s lots of life, lots of animation in that,
my boy. 1 ou ve struck the right thing now
—life and action.”
"lint, father, 1 don’t understand what you
mean.
\\ hv that picture has action, movement
in it. Look at those horses, rearing and
tearing ahead, tugging at the reins—and
t.ieir ru.ers are standing up in their stirrups,
shouting and waving their sabers over their
heads tue wnole pictuie is movement and
animation. What is it—Napoleou’s last
caarge at \Vaterloo?”
"Xo, father, that’s your beef patch in a
strong wind.”
liusincan Precaution.
A caller at the boarding house of .Mrs.
Irons was surprised to see u tine grevliound
basking m the sun outside the kitchen
dior. "I didn't know vou had a dog,” she
Saul, "lie's a beautiful animal. How long
nave you had him?”
"l\\o or three years.”
How docs it happen I have never seen
nnn m passing along were?”
"We don’t allow him to leave the back
’ V"‘ 1 ruUK. with emphasis.
" uat kind of an advertisement would it.
be tor a boarding house to have a creature
as lean as that dog is standing round in
irorit of it." -\outli’s Companion,
Some folks said I nele Eben, “gits
credit fob bein lucky 'case dey has sense;
others gits credit fob ha
an
a vi n scribe
I , , . iiu iuu ii>i * i u r*t
cause dey a lucky.’—Washington Star.
How well Miss Elderley carries
Mabel- _
her age! doesn’t she?” Daisy—'‘But* she
n.u»t ue so accustomed to it by now.”
1 hiladelphia Bulletin.
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