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NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING 
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Wherefore^ let us be thankful that there are still 
thousands of cool^ green nooks beside crystal 
springs^ where the weary soul may hide for a time, 
away from debts, duns and deviltries, and a while 
commune with nature in her undress* Nessmuk. 
MAJOR CHARLES BENDIRE. 
M AJOR Charees Bendire died on Friday of last week in 
Jacksonville, Fla., whither he had gone from his home in 
Washington. His death was not unexpected, as he had 
long been ill with a malady known to be fatal. 
Major Bendire was a native of Germany. His father 
was a forester, and it was amid the scenes and surround- 
ings of his boyhood days that those tastes were imbibed for 
the study of natural history which were destined later to 
dominate his life. Coming to America in the fifties and en- 
tering the army, he was commissioned from the 
ranks in 1854; in 1864 he was breveted First 
Lieutenant for ga,llantry at Trevillian Station, Va. 
and more recently as major for bravery in action 
against the Indians of Canon Creek, Montana, in 
1877. He was retired from the cavalry in 1886 for disabil- 
ity ill the line of duty, and from tiiat time devoted himself 
to perfecting his great collection of the eggs and nests of , 
North American birds. To this work his leisure hours 
on the frontier had been given for many years, and the 
fruit of his industry was the collection, unequaled for scope 
and quality, which he presented to the Smithsonian In- 
stitution, and which is now deposited in the National 
Museum. After his retirement from the service he held 
the position of curator of the collections of eggs and nests 
in the Smithsonian. 
From 1886 to the time of his death his one absorbing 
ambition was to carry out to its conclusion the great task 
•which he had set for himself as a genuine labor of love, 
the series of volumes, of the "Life Histories of North 
American Birds, with Special Reference to their Breeding 
Habits and Eggs." To this he gave his enthusiastic and 
assiduous devotion. Of the work projected on such a large 
and comprehensive scale two volumes have come from the 
press as Special Bulletins of the Smithsonian Institution. 
That Major Bendire should not have lived to complete the 
undertaking will always be deplored by the scientific 
world. In that portion of tlae work accomplished he has 
left an endui-ing monument. 
Major Bendire was of a simple and ingenuous nature, 
one which endeared him to his associates. With the 
frank bluntneas of the man of the frontier he had the ten- 
der heart of a woman, and his unselfishness and thought- 
ful regard for others were the characteristics by which he 
was best known. It is told of him that when he was in a 
company where anyone person either through bashfulness 
or for other reasons appeared to be neglected, it was to 
such a one that Major Bendire would devote himself; in 
such little things may we find the key to a man's life. 
contempt, and has an ephemeral career, unless he be one 
of the rare few who, beginning as a matter of fashion and 
engaging in the practice of sport, develops into the genuine 
article. 
THE! GENUmE AND THE IMITATION, 
Propinquity to nature often develops a love of it among 
men, each according to his individual bent of jnind, as in 
the sportsman, the poet, the naturalist, the artist, the mu- 
sical composer; or those who, feeling nature's grandeur and 
appreciating her bounty, though unable to give exprtjssion 
to their feelings, adore mutely and partake gratefully. 
Many residents of cities and towns who are not favored 
with such direct association, yet who, the impulse being 
strong within them, catch their inspiration from those who 
have knowledge and experience of nature's great handi- 
work, never rest content till they too have delved deep 
into nature's bounties. 
And though each one has learned his lesson apart from 
his fellows, he has learned it truly, for they all will have a 
common understanding and noble enthusiasm when they 
meet, distinct from the misunderstandings and lack of 
common purpose which are peculiar to the artificial lessons 
taught in the ins'itutions of man's creation. 
So many people there are who have a genuine love of 
the natural in recreation, of the wholesome sports of shoot- 
ing and fishing, camping and sailing, touring through the 
wilderness seeking healthy adventure or studying nature's 
histories, that association with such sterling characters 
excites a desire in others, who are not sportsmen, to ap- 
pear as such; for in every class of society there are those 
who are mentally or physically indolent, or, unfortunately, 
deficient in true perception of life, yet who are so vain that 
they wish to appear as being proficient in any interest 
which appears dominant with their class for the time 
being; yet any eff'ort toward genuine accomplishment or 
enthusiasm is to them the least of considerations. 
The veneered pretender is met with in every interest in 
life, particularly in art, literature and sport; but it is as 
pretension specially relates to the latter that we refer to 
it here. 
With the genuine sportsman, the love of nature and na- 
ture's sports is not a fashion. His convictions and his loy- 
alty change not from the beginning to the end. Infirmity of 
body, or the restrictions imposed by business cares, may 
prevent him from material enjoyment of his preference^ 
but his enthusiasm and love never wane. And there is 
such a multitude of genuine sportsmen in society, whose 
accomx^lishments are so respected, and whose example is 
so approved, that the imitation article has come into being, 
for there is nothing of true worth but what has its imitation. 
It is sufficient to the artificial sportsman that he will 
seem to be in the fashion, therefore his sporting character 
is largely made up of exteriors, manifested generally in 
elaborate paraphernalia and nicety and profusion of tailor- 
ing detail, and much theoretical talk; so that, as an inheiit- 
ance from the artificial sportsman, if any one appear in 
garments of resplendent newness with equipments to 
match, there is ground therefrom for suspicion that a fash- 
ionable career of sportsmanship, ephemeral in its brevity^ 
has just begun, though the suspicion is not always well 
founded. 
The artificial sportsman soon wearies of manly, practical 
sportsmanship, as is to be expected of one whose interest 
is a sham. His interest is the interest of fashion, the in- 
terest of exteriors, not the genuine interest of the genuine 
sportsman. Sportsmanship being popular, the sham 
sportsman wished to be in the popularity. His efi'orts are to 
catch the eye of the multitude — to go out alone in pursuit 
of sportj as does the genuine sportsman, he cannot do and 
be happy. The creature of fashion reverses the tenets of 
true sportsmanship, for he assumes the appeal ance of a 
sportsman that he may gain such importance from it as 
may be. 
The true sportsman preaches the doctrine of sport for 
the good of his fellows, with no thought of self in it. To 
him rod and gun, garments of beautiful make, and all the 
appliances of his art may be a delight to look upon, yet he 
always considers them as but a means to his pleasure and 
enjoyment, and they always have reference to their prac- 
tical usefulness. Exterior appearances are to him 
neither the beginning nor the end. 
And thus it comes that the sportsman who is so as a 
matter of fashion is soon discovered, is a su ild 
A GOOD WORK. 
The address of President John P. Haines, delivered at 
the last annual meeting of the American Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is filled with valuable 
information concerning the interests of the Society and its 
practical workings. 
The statistics incorporated in his address give much 
specific data of the stupendous and beneficent work ac' 
complished by the Society, though, as a matter of course, 
they afibrd but a faint idea of the vast routine, with its in- 
finity of detail, inseparable from the duties of the Society. 
In 1896 there were prosecuted 709 cases in the courts, as 
against 952 in 1895; the fewer cases, as Mr; Haines ex- 
plains, being a result of the increased vigilance of the 
officers of the Society, and not due to any laxity on their 
part, as might thoughtlessly be inferred. Their vigilance 
and activity resulted in the almost total suppression of 
cock fighting and dog fighting in certain sections wli ere 
they once flourished, and this in turn materially reduced 
the number of prosecutions. 
The disabled animals, temporarily retired from labor by 
the Society, numbered 3,207; and the horses, mules and 
other large animals which were permanently disabled and 
in consequence humanely destroyed, numbered 3,254. 
The number of small animals which were homeless or 
disabled past recovery, and in consequence were hurnanely 
destroyed, was 73,197; and 583 disabled horses and other 
large animals were removed from the streets by the Soci- 
ety's ambulances. The cases investigated reached the 
large total of 37,035. 
The dogs received at the shelter numbered 27,587, and of 
these 3,049 were returned to their owners and 654 w'ere 
placed in desirable li-'ines, thus disposing of them in the 
best manner permitted by the circumstances. Of the large 
total of 43,263 cats received at the shelter but 7 were re- 
turned to their owners, and 163 were placed in homes. 
This made a total of 70,850 dogs and cats captured, cared 
for, provided with homes or humanely destroyed. It 
demonstrates the great and good work done by the Society 
and the necessity of its existence. The immense numbers 
of the common species of dogs and cats of little , or no 
value, and their boundless fecundity, result in vast, num- 
bers of vagrant, predatory animals, which would soon be- 
come an intolerable nuisance to the public were there not a 
force in action to keep them in check. This work is done by 
the Society, and yet so silently and thoroughly done that 
the public at large knows but vaguely of it. 
Of the shelter work of the Society, Mr. Haines states 
that no other part of its interests has been more appreci- 
ated, and that letters are received from all parts of this 
country and from abroad in respect to it. The shislter and 
its purposes have been thoroughly adopted and approved 
by the people of Brooklyn and New York. Other cities 
also have adopted it, though Mr. Haines looks forward to 
greater improvements with more time and experience for 
guidance. 
The Society has purchased a site for permanent head- 
quarters at the northwest corner of Madison avenue and 
Twenty- sixth street, and it will determine in the near 
future whether to build with a view to the future growth 
of the Society's needs or more economically to meet the 
needs of the next few years only. 
SNAP SHOTS. 
Boston now shares with Chicago the pride and privilege 
of the possession of a rare collection of books on angling. 
In 1893 Mr. John Bartlett, whose book of "Familiar Quota- 
tions" is so well known, gave to the Harvard College 
library his large and valuable collection of books on angling, 
numbering over 1,000 volumes, with nearly 800 pamphlets; 
the works are in several languages. The collection has just 
been catalogued and is now accessible to the public. It is a 
noble gift, and Mr. Bartlett is deserving of the gratitude of 
all anglers for having thus placed the coUectioB where it 
will be kebt intact for all time. 
Washington has a new society, the District of Columbia 
Game and Fish Protective Association, with Com. B. D. 
Evans as president. One purpose of the movement is to 
secure a law to prevent the sale of game in Washington 
during the close seasons for neighboring States. 
