anaheim-gazette 1905-07-06

THE TRAVELING BIRD PUZZLING PERFORMANCE OF THE RED EYED VIERO. Does He Fly a Thousand Miles In a Single Night? — Where Does the Mysterious Chimney Swift Go For Five Months Out of Every Year? A man who travels 10,000 miles in a year is counted a "globe trotter" of unusual energy. But our common nighthawk, that every American boy and girl knows, thinks nothing of having a summer home up in Alaska and a winter resort in Argentina and traveling the 7,000 miles between twice a year. Its annual trip often covers 115 degrees of latitude. And some of our shore birds, a government naturalist tells us, are still more inveterate voyagers, making extra flights and covering 16,000 miles or so a year. Voyaging by the air line is sometimes extremely rapid transit. The summer warbler that spends the winter in Central America and the nesting season at Great Slave lake, far up in the arctic, travels twice as fast as the spring does. One hundred and sixteen miles a day is the record so far to Great Slave lake, the speed always increasing as the birds move northward. The robin is an old fashioned, leisurely tourist in comparison with some other species. It never does more than seventy miles a day. The average rate for all migrating birds from New Orleans to Minnesota is about twenty-three miles a day. But after leaving Minnesota several species of feathered migrants make first 40, then 72 and finally 150 miles a day before they reach Alaska. The bird traveler that gives the naturalist the hardest transportation problem to solve is the red eyed vireo. It winters in Central America and ap- Why Horseshoe Paint Wears Longer Than Ordinary Paint OIL is the life of Paint." That is a self-evident truth. Zinc carries more than twice as much oil as lead—more than twice as much life. Zinc is the backbone that holds up oil and protects it on your buildings. That is why we combine zinc with lead in Horseshoe Brand Prepared Paint. More than twice as much oil means doubling the wear with Horseshoe Paint because zinc is the chief preservative element in paint. The oil penetrates the pores of the wood and with the zinc, forms a tough, elastic waterproof coating with a fine silky finish. Lead alone reacts chemically on oil and soon causes "chalking"—the oil departs—the paint is dead—the surface becomes lustreless, rough and porous—catches dust and dirt that discolors the paint and admits moisture that rots the wood. We use lead to give Horseshoe Brand Prepared Paint body—better covering capacity and by combining it with zine we overcome the "chalking," because zinc dries hard and tough protects the oil—keeps life in the paint, giving better, longer protection to your building. Now the ordinary adulterated ready-mixed paints carry less oil—less life and are therefore even less durable than lead and oil because they are "doped" with adulterant which have no pigment value and comparatively no oil-carrying capacity. So every particle of adulteration means just so much less life in the paint. And adulterated paints are not cheap, even in first cost because Horseshoe Paint goes much farther (requires fewer gallons) because the abundance of oil makes it spread farther. Zinc—that's the reason why Horseshoe Paint gives double the wear of lead and oAbsolute Purity—that's the reason when Horseshoe Paint gives double the wear of ordinary ready-mixed paint. The proof is the Chemists' Certificate of Absolute Purity on ever can. It never does more than seventy miles a day. The average rate for all migrating birds from New Orleans to Minnesota is about twenty-three miles a day. But after leaving Minnesota several species of feathered migrants make first 40, then 72 and finally 150 miles a day before they reach Alaska. The bird traveler that gives the naturalist the hardest transportation problem to solve is the red eyed vireo. It winters in Central America and appears each spring at the mouth of the Mississippi, travelling twenty miles a day. At this leisurely rate it proceeds for six weeks, all the way up to the latitude of northern Nebraska. Then suddenly, in the space of twenty-four hours and before a single red eyed vireo has been seen anywhere in the region between, numbers of the birds appear in British Columbia, a thousand miles to the northwest. This puzzling performance is repeated every year. Unless the red eyed vireo flies a thousand miles in a single night, how does it manage this bewildering schedule? Nobody knows, but then nobody knows either where the chimney swift goes for five months out of every year. Great flocks of chimney swifts, with numberless fledglings among them, leave the United States every autumn. Their movements can be easily followed till their various migrating bands join into a countless host on the northern coast of the gulf of Mexico. One day they are there; the next day they are—nowhere. Five months later, in March, a joyful twittering far up in the air heralds their reappearance on the same spot, plump and brisk after their winter sojourn. But where the winter has been spent only the swifts know. It used to be a tradition (made out of "whole cloth") that they hibernated in the mud. But that merely showed the hopeless attitude of men's minds toward the problem, for no swift was ever found in the mud in any known spot. What mud? Where? was therefore the natural question, never answered, and leaving the mystery deeper—and muddier—than ever. The golden plover, too, has a yearly schedule of travel known to the naturalist in every detail. In June it reaches the "barren grounds" far in the arctic circle, where Greely found these bird voyagers as far north as latitude 81 degrees. The nests are built on the moss, close above the frozen ground; the young are rearled, and then the flocks hasten to Lab- Santa Barbara Excursions. Sea 1905, from Anaheim. The South Pacific Co. will sell special round tickets Santa Barbara and return, lowing dates, for $3 25, viz: June and July 1st; August 4 and 5; Sept and 2. Stopovers at Ventura and San Paula only, going or returning. Turn limit 30 days from date of sale. We handle all extras for the McCormick mowers and rakes, and give them the genuine article for the same price as you pay for imitations. ST BROTHERS. with marine life. After resting a few weeks in Antilles the plover starts afresh, time for Patagonia and southern gentina. Unlike other birds, it its whole mind to traveling and both night and day. Six month Patagonia, and then back it travels the arctic by way of Guatemala, Tand the Mississippi. The whole year route forms a great, irregular ellipse 8,000 miles long and 3,000 miles across its widest point. Surely, marvel as were the stories about the migration of birds believed by the ignorant early unscientific times, the truth is usual, stranger than fiction.—Your Companion. In influenza and Turpentine. In the year 1890, when influenza was epidemic throughout Europe, new workmen contracted the disease fore the natural question, never answered, and leaving the mystery deeper—and muddier—than ever. The golden plover, too, has a yearly schedule of travel known to the naturalist in every detail. In June it reaches the "barren grounds" far in the arctic circle, where Greely found these bird voyagers as far north as latitude 81 degrees. The nests are built on the moss, close above the frozen ground; the young are rear-el, and then the flocks hasten to Labrador in August, where the crowberry grows for their benefit so thickly that when they leave the feasting place in the fall their bodies are plump almost to bursting, and their very flesh is stained red with the crimson juice of the berries they have eaten. They strike straight for the Antilles and for South America beyond, more than 2,500 miles in all. The plover can swim, however, and rest on the ocean wave, and on the way down it frequently feeds in the Sargasso sea, where, far out in the Atlantic, thousands of square miles of seaweed teem Influenza and Turpentine. In the year 1890, when influenza was epidemic throughout Europe, many workmen contracted the disease three watch factories at Madrese Germany, and a number died. At factory at Madretsch, however, the ease did not appear. Investigator showed that oil of turpentine was in the turning of the metals used watch cases. The oil became wet and evaporated, and the workmen hailed the air laden with it. This led to protect them against the disease. Since then oil of turpentine has always evaporated in that factory on a stove, and not a case of influenza has ever occurred there. BANNER LYE WITH LESS WORK You can thoroughly clean your home and household utensils, including washing, at a cost of Ten cents a month. Send for free booklet THE J. K. ARMSBY COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO Trying an Insanity Test. A writer in Leslie's Magazine, discussing the question, "Who Is Insane?" relates a story of a student who asked the French alienist Esquirol if there were any sure tests by which to tell the same from the insane. "Please dine with me tomorrow at 6 o'clock," was the answer of the savant. Two other guests were present, one of whom was elegantly dressed and apparently highly educated, while the other was rather uncouth, noisy and extremely conceited. After dinner the pupil rose to take leave, and as he shook hands with his teacher he remarked: "The problem is very simple after all. The quiet, well dressed gentleman is certainly distinguished in some lines, but the other is as certainly a lunatic and ought at once to be locked up." "You are wrong, my friend," replied Esquirol, with a smile. "That quiet, well dressed man who talks so rationally has for years labored under the delusion that he is God, the Father, whereas the other man, whose exuberance and self-conceit have surprised you, is M. Honore de Balzae, the greatest French writer of the day." Squirrels Hid the Nuts. In the North woods one season there were two parties camping a little distance apart. One party carried into the woods a bag filled with filberts, almonds and other nuts. He hung the bag up where he thought it would be safe and the next day visited my friend and his associates in the other camp, being absent from his own camp two or three days. When he returned my friend went back with him and on the way was told of the treat in store for him in the shape of nuts. Upon reaching the camp, however, a hole was found in the top of the bag and every nut gone. It was supposed the squirrels had carried them off to their homes in the woods, and nothing more was thought of it till the next day, when my friend went to put on a pair and his associates in the other camp, being absent from his own camp two or three days. When he returned my friend went back with him and on the way was told of the treat in store for him in the shape of nuts. Upon reaching the camp, however, a hole was found in the top of the bag and every nut gone. It was supposed the squirrels had carried them off to their homes in the woods, and nothing more was thought of it till the next day, when my friend went to put on a pair of rubber boots hanging up in another part of the camp, and in these boots were all the nuts nicely stored away by the squirrels for winter use. The Cranes of Ibycus. The well known story of the cranes of Ibycus is paralleled by one which is told of a hanging which took place at New London, Conn., many years ago. The murderer who was hanged was known to have had an accomplice in his crime, but no hint could be had of the identity of the other guilty party. Just before the execution took place (for it was a public one) a stranger came up hurriedly to the gallows and said to the culprit who was about to be hanged: "Goodby, Dennis. Don't blame me." By these words suspicion was directed toward their utterer, and soon after he was arrested and in due time was convicted and executed for complicity in the same crime as that for which poor Dennis had already suffered death. A Physician In Every Menagerie. All animal keepers are supposed to study the needs and ailments of the animals under their charge, and they understand the best methods to coax their dumb friends into submission; but, in addition to these keepers, every circus and menagerie has one or more physicians who prescribe for the sick animals. An imported wild animal is too valuable to lose without an effort to save its life, and all that science knows is brought into requisition to cure it of any complaint. Wouldn't Gild the Pill. "So she is going to keep the ring, even though the engagement is broken?" "Yes," answered the gloomy young man, "and that isn't the worst of it. She didn't even condescend to tell me that polite story about cherishing it as a memento of a very dear friendship." —Washington Star. Origin of "Rule Britannia." Wouldn't Gild the Pill. "So she is going to keep the ring, even though the engagement is broken?" "Yes," answered the gloomy young man, "and that isn't the worst of it. She didn't even condescend to tell me that polite story about cherishing it as a memento of a very dear friendship." —Washington Star. Origin of "Rule Britannia." It is a curious fact that Great Britain owes "Rule, Britannia" to the suggestion of a prince who had few English sympathies and no love of the sea. Frederick, prince of Wales, when residing at Clifden House wished to have a mask performance there on the 1st of August, 1740, to commemorate the accession of George I. and the birthday of Princess Augusta. The prince commissioned Thomson to write something for the occasion, and the words of "Rule, Britannia" were the result. Dr. Arne set them to the familiar air, which became so popular that Handel used the opening bars in his "Occasional Oratorio," 1746, to the words, "War shall cease, welcome peace." In 1751 Mallet produced a new version of the words, "improved" by Lord Bolingbroke, who substituted three stanzas of his own for the fourth, fifth and sixth of the original. Of this mutilation Sir George Grove says, "It failed, as it deserved to fall." Time to Break. Miss Ascum—Have you really broken off your engagement to him? Miss Flytle—Oh, yes, I just had to. He was getting too sentimental—began to talk to me about matrimony. —Philadelphia Press. Men are sent into the world with bills of credit and seldom draw to their full extent. —Walpole. 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