adapted to ornamental work within 

 doors than to be exposed to the action 

 of the weather. 



SULPHUR. An elementary substance 

 belonging to the class of metalloids. 



It has been known from the earliest 

 times as the product of volcanoes, and 

 as a natural mineral deposit in clay 

 and marl formations. It also exists in 

 primitive rocks, as granite and mica. 



ACCIDENTS TO BIRDS. 



GUY STEALEY. 



STRANGE accidents happen to 

 birds as well as to people, and 

 some of them are as unexplain- 

 able as those that fall to our lot. 

 I remember rinding a meadow lark 

 suspended from a barbed-wire fence 

 several years ago, dead, its throat 

 pierced by one of the sharp barbs. 

 The bird had apparently attempted to 

 fly between the wires and, miscalculat 

 ing the distance, had dashed against 

 the barb. 



Another curious case Which came 

 under my notice was that of a small 

 water bird. While walking along the 

 bank of the river flowing through our 

 place, I discovered the little fellow 

 dangling from a willow, his head firmly 

 wedged in one of the forks. He had 

 been there some time, and how he ever 



got caught in that fashion is a mystery. 

 But the strangest mishap of all I 

 ever witnessed occurred last summer. 

 I was picking peas in the garden when 

 my attention was attracted by the flut 

 tering and half choked cries of a bird 

 a little distance from me. Hastening 

 to the place I found a brown field bird 

 hanging from a pea vine. Around its 

 neck was a pea clinger, which formed 

 a perfect noose. As nearly everyone 

 knows, pea clingers form into all im 

 aginable shapes. The bird was feed 

 ing under the vines and, being frightened 

 by my approach and in trying to escape, 

 had thrust its head through the clinger 

 with the above result. I soon freed 

 it and saw it fly away but little the 

 worse for the adventure. 



To the Editor of BIRDS AND ALL NATURE : 



I find your periodical most interest 

 ing and instructive, as it brings one 

 into closer relation with all forms of 

 life. 



Better than a knowledge of Hebrew, 

 Greek and Latin is it to know what the 

 birds, the trees, and flowers all say, 

 what the winds and waves, the clouds 

 and constellations all tell us of coming 

 events. 



There is a world of observation, 

 thought and enjoyment for those who 

 study nature in all her varying moods 

 that is denied those who, having eyes 

 see not and having ears hear not. 



In looking over BIRDS AND ALL 

 NATURE I have noticed with pleasure 

 some articles from the pen of Caroline 

 Crowninshield Bascom that have par 

 ticularly pleased me. Her interpreta 

 tions of what her pet cats and birds 

 have to say, their manifestations of in 



telligence, and the sentiments of affec 

 tion, or envy, jealousy, and malice; 

 their obedience and their moralities 

 under her judicious training. A woman 

 who can train a cat to live in harmony 

 with a bird, to see each other caressed 

 in turn by a beloved mistress, should 

 be on the county school board as a 

 successful educator. For boys and 

 girls can be more easily trained than 

 those in the lower forms of life. I trust 

 Miss Bascom will not try to harmonize 

 the cat with rats and mice, lest those 

 natural-born thieves increase to such 

 an extent that every municipality will 

 be compelled to have traps and police 

 in every nook and corner, in every 

 cellar and garret of all our private and 

 public buildings. There is a limit, 

 dear Miss Bascom, to peace and good 

 will on earth. 



ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. 



New York, July /, 1899. 



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