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noblemen. A lover of the great out-of-door and deeply interested in botany 

 he mingled with flowers all his life, and the study of plants and music was 

 his chief delight. His was a sensitive nature, easily hurt, but never did he 

 allow hatred to enter his heart. Kind hearted and sympathetic, he felt 

 deeply the pain and sorrow of those in trouble. Those who knew him best 

 knew him as a man who followed Christ's teachings in all that he did, and 

 loved him for his kindly, sympathetic nature. 



Joel Ivunell was born in Kalmar, Sweden, March 30th, 1851, and spent 

 his boyhood days there. His father was Doctor of Theology and Philosophy 

 and pastor of the Lutheran State Church, in which creed Joel Lunell was 

 baptized. As he grew to manhood many hours were spent at the great pipe 

 organ in the church and his knowledge of music gave him daily pleasure in 

 later years. 



At the age of eighteen he entered the university at Upsala, Sweden, to 

 study philosophy and medicine. 



He was married at Kalmar, Sweden, in 1884, to Miss Emma Swenson. 

 In 1888 they came to America and settled at St. Paul where he was associated 

 with Dr. Fleisburg. Later he moved to Willow City, where he practised his 

 profession. In 1894 he moved his family to Leeds and has since made his 

 home here. 



In the early days of his career he worked so unceasingly among the 

 sick that his health was broken, but in spite of this fact he still carried on. 

 During the flu epidemic of 19 18 he did his bit with the other and younger 

 physicians, attending cases night and day until the danger had passed. 



Besides keeping up his medical practice Dr. Lunell compiled a herb- 

 arium of over 30,000 specimens of plant life, including plants from all over 

 the world. During the past thirteen years he has written botanical articles 

 for the American Midland Naturalist, published at Notre Dame, Indiana. 



Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Lutheran 

 Church and interment made here. He is survived by his wife, six children 

 and a brother. 



"Waterfowl in Nebraska/ 



This very interesting and informing paper forms Part I. of 

 Bulletin 794 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The following 

 are the contents: — Introduction; Effect of Federal Protective 

 lyaws; Future of Waterfowl in the Sandhill Region; Natural 

 Enemies; Hunting Grounds; Waterfowl Hunting in the Autumn 

 of 1915; General Description of the Sandhill Region; Annotated 

 List of Birds; Game Birds; Nongame Birds. 



Seldom have I enjoyed a more interesting article on bird Hfe 

 than the one under consideration. And an important element of 

 this interest is the description of the Sandhill Region where Dr. 



