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SENTINEL-JOURNAL PUDLISIEI4D WIMKLY. PICKENS, S. C. Say what you think, but not all. "Harvard is after $1,200,000." So are several other people. A Russian doctor has confessed that he killed forty people. Few doctors are as frank. The -lament is made that the supply of crabs is going backward. But that is the nature of crabs. It is a good idea to stay away from a powder magazine, even when you "know" it isn't loaded. Advocates of a universal language seem to forget that we have an effec tive one already-the language of the byes. e That Chicago woman who takes tax Icab rides to cure tho blues evidently e Isn't blue because sli hasn't any t money. With the millennium and the Pan- i sma exposition both scheduled for c 1915, one or the other will have to y give way. i 8'toughton, Wis., has the largest h Steel ski hill in the world. This shows Ii that almost any town can beat the m 'world at somothing. b ii The new Manhattan bridge may now Pe said to be in successful operation. t( A man committed suicide by jumping t off it the other day. t: t: The author of "Curfew Shall Not it - ing Tonight" has been discovered fil In' Texas. Well, Texas is big enough b to stand almost anything. a p A young American heir is to marry A the daughter of a near-royal family. P Is this the first step in a crusade to even up a long uneven balance? t A Scranton, Pa., man has refused an offer of $1,000 for a hen. He must V have an idea that the reduction in the price of eggs will be only temporary. a Warships would be more admirable as preservers of peace if they could be so constructed as to be reasonably t safe for the men who operato them. A westorn contemporary wants to know what line is the most beautiful in the English language. ', "Inclosed C And check" is a promising candidate., The aviators now are getti a I ried -and giving up their at , mar iarriage is a thing cal ., travels. bring the average man d;blated to %n to earth. French town the riot ers made the streets run with chain - agne. There must have been an un usual amount of spIrit in thut lively I 3iot. .. C New York -cab and taxi owvners have petitioned the city council for perumis- r sion to r-educe their fares 25 per cent. We certainly live in an age of won ders.. We may now telegraph by tele phone. At the rate modern invention t 'ise saving time our up)-to-date year t ought to last twice as long as tbe old style. - A .French. aviator has accomplished tthe feat of carrying five passengers in en aeroplane. E0vidently killing them1 ffone at a time is 'too slow for rance. Now it is possible to go around the world in a little over a month. Per ~aps before this wonderful century tends we will be flying around it in a week. A woman in Newark found a man thiding under the bed and promputly Id him arrested. The traditional old feminine terrors are giving way be tre the modern woman. I"Don't," says Mr. Carnegie to the poor working gir-l. "refuse a man simply because he's a millionaire." But be wary of the fellowv that has lonly about $10,000 a year. A rich Pittsburger who died recent left $10,000 to his pretty stenogra etpeople to whom he wrote from nxking jokes about his spelling. ISixty thousand worlds discovered by Professor Hale of the Mount Wil n observatory should mitigate the renuosity of those acquisitive per na wvho seem bent' on getting pea ession of this small specimen. Wellesley students are to be taught . he art of raising onions. Coming so bon after the announcement that an ' nusually large number of the Welles Sy girls are about to be married, this indeed significant. G otham waitress lost nearly $1,. she had saved from tips, by the iperfidy of a designing lover. Plain ly, no oneo had given her the most mm 'portant tip of all about trusting to ~the specious promises of a borroWing -wooer. "Chicago," says a prominent citi .4enf of that burg, "is a magic word." ~', Too ti'ue. On meeting a stranger in 'dark alley all one has to do is to eaculate "Chicago" and said stranger w1l throw up his hands without fur 1rparley. PASuN PASSEf RESUMARLY everybody knows , by this time that. there is a standing offer of $400 in cash for the man, woman,. boy or girl who * finds the nest of a wild pig eon (ectopistes migratori us), otheiwise known as the passenger pigeon, and finds with it' the nestling birds. In order to got the eward the person who makes the dis every must leave the nest and the Irds unmolested and prove the truth of . by making a report and giving the sci ntiats an opportunity to verify the case. Magazine and newspaper articles lit rally by the thousands have been writ- . mn about the disappearance of the 'ild pigeons which once, as it is al 'ays put, "darkened the sun with their ights." The members of the biologi. al survey in Washington are specially iterested in the subject of the disap earanco of this bird of passage from a wild haunts. For years it has been oped that nesting pairs might be found i some part of the country and that 11th proper protection the bird might o restored In part at least to its place i nature. Recently there was a story published > tho effect that the birds, wearied of 1e constant persecution which met iem In the United States, had changed 10 course of their flight and had gone ito Mexico and there were living peace illy and happily. This story proved to e absolutely without foundation. Still nother tale was to the effect that the igeons had gone into the heart of South mnorica and there finding conditions leasant were leading a non-migratory fe. This tale also proved to be en rely fictitious. In all parts of the southern states in '1o winter seasons there are people ratching sharp-eyed for a glimpse of 10 bird that once was a common sight. a the summer sharp eyes of the north re constantly on the alert for the same urpose, but as yet no authentic report as been received that the bird of mys 3rious disappearanco has revisited the cenes familiar through the centuries to .a ancestors. One of the scientisirP..ya,. d M. I the search for,-m . 1 tterested .uthve(n 19 'v the wild piigeol Is . .4.2ane, fellow of the American .. thologists' union and president of he Illinois Audubon Society for the 'rotection of Wild Birds. Mr. Deane - irtually has given up all hope that any [ving specimen of the passenger pigeon ver will be found, but he is as tireless oday as over in tracing reports of the ilrd's reappearance to their sources. "he offer of $400 for the discovery of a iesting pair of the pigeons and their n(isturbed nest comes from Clifton . lodge of Clark university, but $100 ad itional will be paid for the discovery. f a pair of birds and their nest If found the state of Illinois. Th'le additional eward Is the joint offer of Mr. IDeane nd(, as' I remember it, of Professor Whitman of Lie University of Chicago. One of the most curious features of the earch for the wild .pigeon 'is the mistakes which re made .constantly by menh who years ago rapp~ed the pigeons and were as familiar with beir appearance as they were, and are today nr thait matter, with the appearance of the comn ion robin of the dooryard. Reports have come a from all sections of the country of the reap 'earance 'of the .pigeon, but on investigation it nyariably has been found that the discoverers ad seen nothing more nor less than the corn non wild clove ('venailnra macroura), or mourn ng dove, which is so familiar a bird that it eems almost impossible that any. man of the ~ountryside could have failed to overlook it as its constant neighbor and could confuse it with te much larger cousin, the plassenger pigeon of >ther days. To give an example of how the search is con lucted for the wvild pigeon and how conscientious ire the scientists in attemp~ting to ye gfy reports >f its reappearance this one instance, taken from a hundred instances, may be nioted. Recently a -eport from northern Michigan reached the presi Ient of the Illinois Audubon society that the passenger pigeon In very truth had reappleared in the vicinity of a club house freqiuented by ishormen and gunners, many of whom had known the pigeon well in the old clays and who were certain that in this case they could not be mistaken as to the identity of the bird vis itors. It was a long journey to the northern Alichi gan club house, but an ornithologist undertook the trip believing In his heart that finally the pavsenger pigeon had been found, for lhe knew that the men who had made the report had been familiar with the bird in the old days and sup posedly knewv the appearance of its every feather. At the end of the journey he was told that the pigeons were there and he was led out to see them. They proved to be mourning cloves, a bird common in nearly all parts of Michigan and in most of the states of the Union. The dis appointment was keen, and keener in this case because this was one report which seemed to have about it every mark of truth. When I was a boy I knew the wild pigeon fairly well. It was nothing like as abundant as it had been in the years gene by, but occa sionally small flocks were seen in the vicinity of my birthplace in the foothills of the Adirondack mountains in central New York. I am sorry to say that I shut some of the birds before I fully realizcd the value of giving protection to a van ishing race. The mourning dove I know as well as I know the I~lnglish sparrow, and I think that there is no chance of confusion in my mind re specting the identity of the dove and its bigger relative, the pigeon. It is possible, though I am not euro that such Is a fact, that I saw the last wild pigeon reported In Illinois. Others may have been seen since that time within the bor dera of the state, but if so I have not seen their oppearance reported. At ive o'clock on the morning of a late April day. fifteen years ago, I went into Lincoln park, Chcao tolo o mgaigbrd hc a drope dwnint te lesur goud ro thirnih flight inodrt- et n ed. a jus enere th akwe y teto a atrctdt a ?ag bidprhe nte ibo a ape re ad acngthsnwhchwa jus riin;uto LaeMcia. yhatgv a sortof lep, forI recgnize itintaty.s. h paene pienabd of which I a o seena lvingspeime fo-a les twev ya Thnistnl I egntodub ndtouh thatmy ees mst b misake and, thtth t mosher wamanifingth bir an ta wa was beore m wa eal a mornn dov.I fo *ulyhl an horadthniet h al an eti royfih donthKe hr Cricbe. Mr. looseveotknewating birds which had dropede down th spee nowleared grou berxtoct thengtfih ir. orerto wareset ofed thd Unit enSte the oaiohnlly aentona wasd apttrate toria lare brd ehwed onta liabn Ho almle tepae anPing Knt.e suWhihr was dayt heisng wht of Laeichigan. My hieart pge. aIt wofldep forfecognizedper intanfor as the phossawe asmay igeonsr os whish togehd nto setence. livin oesimply freorts tele ypear. ancen iantyigeon tafoc doub aien thought onespdobts verynifyingl the birdt and that tahe, walin thatr te wasureallydovmoursingenoagaIn mdstak clor ndtshcusn Irdne.,trewsn1 sibi idofectoseveforei o ae a beut iful shimn othecaloeo paseetign with thae his througt wertoo with ignys. f he brdh forobably wolda houran shthni efthe maple and ont ixep afewyscightst dondth ae sried drive towd th ithe an of the roaeoftenr nishe yid inc thea flsh it woudatea.a one otcotme ofd the crh oo survivin mem-n beshifch theredent eawfwere passenero peo trie.grpgos vr ieta Mr. Roosevelt ke h idwe e~a as byanen hins trips aseline ala has epfo aathful eyeh opten frs poiblmae sihtm gad sJeimn Bouhcsesrd frehi torend extict dWrenooseveoosethat ensn prient had te spot in Virginia. Buhrroh belwed thein stoy bcae the plcene not.accurae thoerer day honawre hoelvd tosenin waslad igeo Itore wo .bte peectly proprgi tod for. ar wogsa to many pnqirieos as onceis toher toe shootwonerkfsthem-onetonly--inoder topoe itncg inhen oldlne simplyghtport the apptarg alc apigeon r of a focko pgeronth every. noeo thm nabe m dlw e - 1v M K 5~ lyanew he biunrd well.rt Hojw-eer there seeno pos 1tive prof today tht thet Sne ork famersabend gunneAr. werotust was muchfo mistakea were the oldtimere wodtold th ewoyo the breturnlof tHoevpieons tohhe usopper cgyv publisheda bya the Aerica Oarnihlsts'd unonr there recently ap - uc mearedakaer by Awert Hazen Wrigt on "Som Earl Resor s of the Pas-n o thengePon." In thisppe of thega forstrcont the pTge muktitusro terly days. When oe read tulhe b temsal mtndlt a r ere wcht num b t v ansd t woutr ay Apert teen turl dp fro hse faeaf h ar.- oe o tn hd been is os failarto hepepnLe Po . he cutyis st. IseemsfromoM . Wr rht' paprogh hwver tha aceturad halind befor iAuubo th ase bor reord weemdeofrthe foimemen whoer of te brds hicmwee se i Aerica odThe eariet rier clldhe turOt~lle~ adovsppoMr. age;the resmblth mnewatory bird wftel. owncoutry Inoneseaowevrteroves are s times foudin ituchabundanc toay that endho thei arm canotbgsenwen te not fusting 7imchaistkenas.er Mr.Wriht oun anthestry efn te rturn om ses-umeso the pigeons te wrteg uppe anoherJesit athr Amterica rn1.Thlots seratin ws mdet Cyug Tae Auk ae Yoar state "For leaue erm jurnalsawoby ithosid of rier ithn avey puithed pac heo nin exreely iealuspions there recnres are setthee fr cthngpears, fro pseve by Albert hundrd beng oten aen tronce. nothea teenh ceturywriearRcrs of the Pasnerpgos th t Lwec coftheAmn fi he accountf ever varety o b hfoun heer sawo prin nof tha pieonaouninsh pienmrsthte ofi yearone anklled1r2ada thngem iht."es Wostinretbe tast fay brd specirs whicht have fce of the eappaanth.tepieninM Tour Oaon, ofltinogrs, igeonsincksichichn thatitenyvanaes Audubn h Vgnatual perhapses from Mohr. Wrts paer owenstanc that arooftueen andd ha befoe rAudubosngers bigorn, rerd of mae od thimmenwste numers ee.Tedsperneof the focks which weeseninceic.Te coearest wthes alletod the turte dofvthe Mr Wright qu ote fvromtheg toedouith terhe Jnnhla whionf the speares 1but likened theAerthan Indi ains else thae peons, usge ae heldvaccount abge athe esemblertfo the migrtng out- of thobe owncofufetrIned ae. ute lvsar oe tieHoudi Wsuc aTndnc thaiseenlo ther. arvy cano bieyee theymere flyingx inrt, boidya," ecn inenWshntn "ut ightu fearch aotherurefoodenwe toythe too sense Thunsbr ofd etere lgoer'n the wrtings day seratonsn maade ave vryu laein CrNws Yor stae, "rour lerapes from thoe Ire sawn by thatd ofame-uerranthin ao know, limihcruted f ihor theNSt. awralncey onry: "orptd, mthebrdd thf MEN WHO THIN WITH THEIR FEET ELEVATED BLOOD THUS MADE TO GRAVI TATE TO THE BRAIN WHERE IT QUICKENS THOUGHT. St. Louis, Mo.-"Hello, Mark!" call ed a man on a Mississippi river steam er, who sat with his feet elevated on a. table in front of him as Mark Twain approached. "Your face seems familiar," return. ed the Hannibal humorist, "but I don't seem to recognize your feet!" Many persons are recognizable to. their intimate friends because of the appearance of their feet, however. They are so accustomed to putting their feet on' the table, the desk or even the wall, that those who know. them best usually see their feet first. This gentleman, whose pedal extrem itics show so prominently in the ac companying picture, may be easily recognized by his feet. He is a hail fellow-well-met sort of a person, whose hat is set at a rakish angle and Thinking With the Feet. wbO had ahe ati'o of a cigar in his mouth. He is -nost democratic. He believes that all men were really born "free and equal," as asserted in the preamble to our constitution. To prove that he is the equal of if not better than all coners he elevates his feet whenever, wherever and upon whatever he chooses. This man, of whom we have a glimpse here, always stands on his feet and never on his head, meta phorically speaking; there is more blood in the lower than in the upper Portions of his body, consequently he thinks with his feet oftener than with his head. 'hien he has a downwright hard job of thinking before him, as in the present instance, lie invariable ele vates his feet. In that way the blood gravitates naturally out of his feet and his heart has less labor .in elevating it to his brain where it quickens his thought. The good nature of a man who puts his feqt on the table is fre Quently augmented to the disadvan. tage of his manners. GIRLS PLAY INDOOR ALL Sport Fast Taking P1, ' of Basket. Ball AogChicago Young Weomen. Chicago.--lndoor baseball has been invaded by the girls of Chicago, and the sport is fast taking the place of basketball, which for years was su premne as the exercise and amusement for" girls in their gymnasium work. When -indoor baseball was first brought into prominence back in 1887 it is doubtful if George WV. Hancock of Chicago, who is credited as the originator of the game, ever thought it would develop as a pastime for girls as well as boys and men, but such is the case: To the girls of West Park No. 1 goes the credit of probably the su perior gathering of indoor baseball players in Chicago and vicinity. The girls are coached daily by Miss Franz, and1 it is due to her general knowledge oif the game that her class has devel oped( into such expert players. 'rho niany daring feats which are attempt ed1 by the sterner sex in their clashes Playing Indoor Ball. on the wooden diamonds are duplicat (Id to a "" by the young girls. What's 4 .more, they have become very adept 1at the game, and without any thought sof injury or accidents they slide to ithe bases, romp around tho diamond 'and push each other out of the way, just as boys, when the score becomes close. CONVERT BURNS TOBACCO Another Confesses Stealing Chickens When He Was a Boy and Pays for Them. Blrookville, Ind.--As the result of re ligious fervor aroused by a revival at Bluena Vista, Howard Jockson, who raised a fine crop of tobacco last year, decided that the use of the weed Was wrong and burned all that lie had. He1 also threw his lodge pins into the fire and renounced his allegiance to sev eral secret organizations. Another cit izen made public confession to stoal ing some chickens many years ago for a boy's midnaight feast, and paid