FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1904 



OSE WAY TO SAVE THE BIROS 



tFrom the Florida Times-Union and Citizen] 

 The Times-Union gratefully acknowl- 

 edges the receipt of letters Indorsing Its 

 proposition that Florida pro Into the busi- 

 '.-'t .supplying the demands of fashion 

 I ^ ih rc I m PI ( I , I jnomi 



n hi 1 



I'll 



iicler 



By , 



.Lural cundltlrin:-,- w 

 conditions for securing su- rc: 

 Ing same ot our wldi> niir--! 

 netting each tide would iirln 

 prisoners, who would ^don 

 domestlealed. and afi-v •■'inMiwhip.' i '■ 

 rookery they could i..- :,, i,v, 



wider range with *l 

 that they would r " i 

 out by a gate whicli 



the pluckinff wn.s tn '■-■v- ii-,--- 

 would 1).= entirely happy tjnd contented 

 within lh= enclosure. provid."d a proper 



locatlr.ri V, HIT- ,= e".irerl I 

 The - - ■ :- , ' 



the m 

 and '1 



the ac- ..,! ,,-| , ' , 



wher-: 

 plareil. 



ter required. 

 *hrr,ii6;h the 

 trround 

 aid bo 

 ranch 

 i ii.ine birds 

 entlon. The , 

 1 as Uie raul- I' 

 ed, hut the!!-. 



land-; \Vi iln tii i 1 1, , i 



prote/oted from all their i-nf-mr^K .'m,-] th"lr 

 nests are built in (he .^itind-ia indi^pnoiis 

 to the marshes and Rorierallv found there. 



my 



thev 



ittle 



tec ted 1 

 The liuslness is on( 

 little, outlav in money, 

 specie..^' criuld not he 

 out delay— the egret.= 



■ould , 



! to I 

 the 



I 



nd i 



h 



I still haye them wiin i 

 pairs from South Ani' • 

 be entirely domestical, 

 le flesirahlc— within i 

 i.apture they becnmo n.-: I 

 horns. 



Fifty ncres of mfirsli In 

 vlre neltinec would afford : 

 •nr fiye Ihounnnd hirris. pn 

 n 1 ( \ 1 1 \ > 1 



ITislnlillshnd withm reach n[ th^ tn 



nerve and tied n Ijiewsfig- in the demand 

 of fashion In.stead of yamly denouncing it 

 as a cruelty and a curse.. There Is always 

 n good side If we can find it. 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1904 



At the .>5anr 

 has become 

 can life s 

 ru/ary Cent 



+ + + 

 time that our study of nature 

 general, a feature ol Ameri- 

 common that the Feb- 

 ^^.u.,^. ^...,».,^.-y takes for a text the 

 current .iest that the next outdoor manual 

 is to be entitled ■'How to Tell the Animals 

 from the Wildflowers, ' a danger threatens 

 that stunv which tne Zoolo.i;ioal Society 

 Bulletin ot New ^ ork .=-peaks of with a kind 

 01 despair— the auiornallc shotgun. It de- 

 1 this new .t;un, which tires, elects 

 d shells, and reloads In response to 

 1 of the trUTger, as easily the worst ' 

 lorces at worK m the progressive 

 nation of all American birds. -With 

 trum^ciiL oL umnterrupted slaughter 

 ilin! mnrkf.f licnter or sportsman 



„' .1(1 ;i II . ,11 !!■■• cnvcv In I In. sami^ 



Ing rate, the 



lOoLera and the 



efBeiencv o£ their firearms have Increased 



, „,,,,-■. rnpi'll-.- .-Nn.d the logical con- 

 ;,,..<iripss, as the 

 . i.i. that if we 

 ,iiirri--rt folk and 



.ln = t tn the 



the day. as llna ji-uii.m 

 does, "when this State 

 will prohibit the use ol 

 aotly as carrying o 

 throughout the coon 1 1 

 has beeti stopped with 

 of the public. In les: 

 ' 1. ,1 / will have pas; 



:vn-idpr al 1 

 Ing all liv 



■ 1 of 



I Li , 1 n I inly 

 and all the States 

 lethal weapons, ex- 

 pistols, common 

 Y tUty years since, 

 the cnlire approval 

 th^in .a generation 

 f d when the Amer- 

 rs-p ny,=.r the land 



at 



will. 



1 allowed to live 

 + + 



mnant of our game 

 in peace. 



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My Dear I/Istener— Having been the wit- 

 ness of a. very unusual electric (?) phenome- 

 non I wish to send you an account of It. 

 li.sit owing to the hour of Its occurrence. 

 2 ■i^' \ M. today. It should have escaped thn 

 atfention ot those who keep you posted on 



ich 1 



lit 



;.3 attracted bv a flashlr.? 

 of light in the crack beside the window- 

 shade, and I looked out to see whether n 

 thunderstorm was m progress. Ihe sky was 

 clear and from ihe horiiion there Hashed 

 lights, first m one place, then in another, 

 the cenire of Hie dJ-ji urbance being in the 

 southwest- 1 he sontii to east was quiet, 

 thp norlh i.-s.-, f'rlivu tiian the southwest. 



,\. n - Lexington is guiltless of 



-.'i... 1^ 1.1 till! 5uhurba.n eleeirlc car 



11 1 in li„hi 11-hteI sev 

 fi il til 11 11 1 m th street I was 

 altogether a very .stranse experience and 

 one quite worth en riour s w.,lching in the 

 nght. I can give no Idea ot the duration 

 ,r I lie phenomenon. M. P. C. 



Lexington. Jan. 2T. 



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h curious effect oE the long-continued se- 

 n-re cold ot the present winter is noticed 

 111 a group oC three large trees on Walnut 

 dreei In t^rookiine. Running from l>asa 

 .... top of each iree. a heiglit ot nearly fifty 



ft (l,r ipi IS I jntinuu s spilt peu- 

 ly a font in depth, eacli crack facing to 

 m--. nr.rthwpst. The cicect is like a triple 

 .ir-n.-e nf llL-htiiing. which has opened each 

 i,.-.f. |r, t!ic heart, and one wonders if tha 

 t,^-p,-..,nrc will not injure f^ifg srow thjjf^he^ 

 trees in the coming spring. ^'^so'T^Ty ' 



SA\'^ THE STARVme WILD BIRDS 



I To the Batter ot the Transcript: 



i The Audubon Societies have already < 

 plained to the public througt - . i r 

 nmns the great mortality an. 

 due to the unusual severity ti 

 over the greater part of the C' ei. i , 

 in a position to know that In spite ol t 

 .splendid efforts being made in certain lo- 

 calitieB. to save the birds by feeding them, 

 the mortality still continues, and I ! 

 writing, not only to call attention to this 

 fact, but to urge bird-lovers and kindly- 

 hearted people everywhere to do son 

 thing, if ever so little to assist in checking 

 this mortality, ,4s tne Audubon Societies 

 nave pointed out. birds can stand tha mout 

 severe weather if they in-i-. m i ciifHeient 

 supply of food to keen ! ii heat 



of tneir bodies. Thev unable 

 to get this food. Tl. ,:is cut 



oft the supply of the ds. 

 eoyerlng not only the . sei 



oearing weeds, and ti' w, by 



enveloping the. trees in . , -■ of Ice. 



prevent other species irutri ^-ecurrru:; the in- 

 sects, insects egss and larvae, which 

 ordinarily attord them an abundant supplv 

 of food. In order to save thenj ii Terii 

 other food must be supplied t 

 and at once. The best way : 

 the desired result In any tow 

 the cooperation of the school; 

 and colleges, and this will t 

 fused if those in authority '•- 

 in a reasonable way. In tl i. 

 ample, the case w i u i 



superintendent of scrn r esult, 



forty studenUs ot tie yolun- 

 teered fl'.er- .;er^- • ■r_ 



differ.;! 

 Ing dn 



ministi.i ..... 



by such otVjcr eitiz.eii.s as could afi..}i'd 

 hour or more during the afternoon. Man.v 

 who could not go in person, sent quantities 



next day, and ihey will continue to go at 

 It until Ihe weather breaks and the snow 

 melts away, and until all danger of the 

 birds dying of starvation is over. 



Ernest Habold Batnes 

 Stoneham, Mass., Jan. 20. 



