The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1903 Page: 6 of 8
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FEATHERED ARCHITECT.
Clever Little llnmnierliend llnlliln
Krgular A part men t lloua* i«
Wilila «f Africa.
A great mai)v other birds build very
elaborate nests or house*, but none
see in to have acted with quite the same
modern architectural spirit is the
hammerhead. Most birds, too, are con-
tent with providing warmth and shel-
ter for their little ones, without hav-
ing any care for themselves; but our
bird seems much more civilized than
that. It is not a very large bird—not
inore than 1« inches in length; yet it
builds a house nearly ten feet long-
and lays it out in rooms!
It selects a sheltered ledge of rock
when possible, sometimes choosing a
is put almost inaccessible to man. but
sometimes building also on the open
plain. The structure is half as wide
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A HAMMERHEAD NEST.
as it is long, and has a domed top, as if
the feathered architect knew that the
arch is the strongest possible shape,
the walls are built of t wigs, interwoven
firmly and filled in with clay; and so
substantially is the work done that,
when completed, a heavy man may
walk over it without injuring it in the
least. The house is built on a slightly
inclined surface, and the door is
placed at the lower end in order that
the tloods of rain which fail in the
country may not pour into the dwell-
ing.
Th'- doorway is the smallest opening
possible for the bird to enter, and is
frequently so disguised that it is no
easx matter to discover it, even though |
you may have first seen the bird dart
through it.
The outer doorway open* into a j
small ante-chamber, which leads |
through a small entrance into a larger j
room, which in its turn opens by a
<! "iwav into a spacious apartment ;
r.i'/ed one step above the floor of th«*
other chamber* and carpeted with soft
leaves and velvety moss. In the last
nid choicest apartment the mother
bird lay* from three to five snow-white
,. and there the 1 111.• birds first
rth from t li< ii shells. St. Nich- '
CLEVER FOX TERRIER.
He Has l«earne«l So >lnn> Trleka That
lit* .Might llinoNt lie a 1 I re us
Performer.
In Jamaica, New York, there livei
a very clever little fox terrier dog
who might almost be a circus per
former, so many tricks has hi
learned. But his "star performance*
is one in which he shares the honor!
with a tiny Maltese kitten. In fact
it is really the kitten that is th*
"star." The kitten is dressed i
doll's clothes, ami submits wit 1
much grace while the buttons ar*
fastened and the strings tied. Thei
the fox terrier is told to "sit up,
which he does, without delay, bal
ancing himself on his haunches
Then the kitten baby is laid in his
"arms," and both keep perfectly stib
till the command is given: "Kiss the
baby gently."
Then the doggie bends over and
kisses kitty. Kitty does not like thir
n bit, but she submits with good
grace, only flattening her ears to
show her disapproval.
The minute the kitty baby is un
dressed he shows her much less gal
lantry, for, with a joyous bark, hi
starts to chase her, and the little
bundle of fur leads him a dane© al
over the house, stopping now and
then to arch her back and spit at
him furiously. Cincinnati Enquirer.
LATEST MOUSE TRAP.
Any llo.v <4111 Colint ract One nud
l'lierel > Leave tin* Old Panilly
t at Without Occupation.
Years ago cats had a value all their
own, according to their ability to rid a
house or Wru of the rats and mice
■which infested these buildings, but
with the introduction of the automatic
trap, the felines may possibly have
been the authors of the exclamation
recently attributed to the horse when
the automobile made its appearance:
"My occupation is gone!" Jlowe\er.
the eats still have the consolation ol
being retained as pets, with an occa-
sional mouse as a secondary considera-
tion. The trap has come to stay, and
goes on dealing out dea t b to the rodents
with as much regularity and faithful
AMKUICA (TP HACKS.
A Hisiory of Which Americans Have
Reason to Ee Proud.
rropliy which \Von in 1SB1 lln*
Alter Since Left 1 ork—
Tliia * ear'* Content <0
lie a IIoI One.
r<-sed the Atlantic and challenged
th« New York Yacht club. He was met
I,. Mr. .1. S. Diekerson, in the schoon-
er Madeline, a vessel of 151 tons.
Again the programme of the races was
nitr red. This time the lisne of the
contests was to be settled by either
vessel winning two matches out of
ti ice. The Madeline was victorious io
heats
[Special N.
11 b great
int est s
AUTOMATIC MOl'SE THAI'
ness as the cat was wont to exercise
in former tiine>. We show herewith
| the latest idea In the trap line, which
comes to us all the way from Cape
Colony. This device is to be suspended
from the pantry shelf, and has an open
ing leading across what looks to be a
perfectly safe path to the bait insist
the cage. Hut woe to the mouse 01
rat which attempts to reach that bait
for the path turns out to be a tilting
platform, xx hich at thi proper momt nt
swings on its pivots, releases itself
and slides the animal into the water
tank beneath. The picture shows the
trap doing its cruel work. Milwaukee
Sent incl.
\ York Letter !
international yacht
it is now belii ved,
will, be a con test l>< t ween Sham
rock 111., Sir Thomas Upton's beau
tiful new boat, and the Ueliance, a new
llerrcsliotf creation, built for C. Olix e,-
Iselin and other members of the New
York Yacht club syndicate, The race
will be for the America's cup a sil-
ver trophy worth about but upon
which not h ss than $.>,000,000 litis been
expended by challengers and defend-
ers during the past f>~ years.
A short review of the struggles for
the cup cannot fail to be of interest to
every patriotic American. It is just
,VJ years since the (Jucen's cup. of the
Hoy a 1 Yacht Squadron regatta, xvas
borne o 11* across the Atlantic. In the
summer of l^'l an odd-looking schoon-
er, xvit h a pole fun-mast and a loxx,over-
hanging lioxv, entered the Solent and
anchored olT ('owes. Kngllsli yachts-
men viewed her with curiosity. The
stranger proved to be the America.
She was a vessel of 170 tons, built upon
the lines of a New Kngland pilot
schooner, and her owner xxas (i. I
Schuyler, who flexv the burgee of the
New York Yacht club.
The fatuous race took place on Au-
gust 22. The course xvas from Coxves,
right around the Isle of Wight, back to
the starting point. America took the
lead almost from the outset, and stead-
ily increased her distance from her
competitors. I'ut one vessel stuck to
her heels in such a fashion as to leave
a ray 0f hope for the llritisliers, and
this xxas a little 47-ton cutter, the Au-
rora. In the tumbling xvaters out-
sale the Needle* the America bad it all
lier oxvn xxay. her superior xvcight and
si/r entirely breaking doxxn her plucky
little adversary. The race xvas a long
one, and xvhen at v:.">7 in the evening
the gnu from the mark boat pealed
forth again, it xxas to announce the
victory of the America, which had
crossed the home line 18 minutes ahead
of the Aurora.
America's surprising triumph gave
:i great setback to yachting in Eng-
land. and it xvas !'. years before the
tii>t attempt to recover the lost lau-
rels was made. In 1S70 Mr. Ashbury
crossed the Atlantic in the schooner
Cambria, a vessel of 22S tons, and chal-
lenged th. N« xv York Yacht club. Mr.
Franklin Osgood took up the gaunt-
let. and on tlo Mb of August came out
to defend the cup in the little schoon-
er Magic, of 1 7 tons. The course sailed
was over the regular racing track of
the New Y01 k Yacht club, and in the is-
sue the Cambria was vanquished by
nearly 40 minute- the worst defeat
of the half century's contests.
Mr. Ashbury xxas biattn. but not
crush 1 d. and challenged again. Mr. Os-
good once more consented to defend
the trophy. The progratun the
1S71 races xvas considerably altered by
the N\ xv York Yacht club commit tee.
m> as to give the txvo boats an oppor-
tunity of sh" xv ing t heir respect ive mer-
its under xarxing conditions. Instead
In xx hich "t xvo st
ing all t h i - ti mi
been gradually
ishing in si/.c
of is70 were the last
ekers" took part. Dur-
tlie racing yacht had
but steadily dimin-
, • the chief cause
which contributed to this result
being the increased cost of con-
struction. When, therefore, in 1SS1,
. i Alexander Cuthbert challenged the
N'exv York Yacht club to sail for the
America cup, it xvas with the cutter
Summer Frocks for Little Misse:
ft:
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RELIANCE ON HER TRIAL SPIN.
A t a Ian t a. a smart, high-rigged craft of
84 tons. Tile Atalanta xvas met by the
sloop Mischief. 79 tons, which xvou
an easy victory.
Four years elapsed before the next
contest xvas sailed. In 1885 Sir Rich-
ard Sutton, one of the famous racing
men of his day. crossed the Atlantic in
the schooner (Jenesta, resolved toleax'e
nothing undone to recover the long-
lost trophv. The (lenesta xvas met by
the cutter Puritan, owned by Malcolm
Forbes, which won the deciding race
by 1 minute 30 seconds.
In 1886 the (lalatea, a most extreme
example of the "plank-on-edge" type
of cutter, of 170 tons burden, xvas
brought across by Lieut, llenn. to try
and wrest back the coveted cup. To
oppose her (len. Paine, xvho had un-
dertaken the onerous task of defend-
ing the mug. brought out the compro-
mise cutter Max tloxver, a vessel whose
burden xxas nearly identical with that
of the challenging boat. Only txvo
HE little misses are entitled
to consideration in the mat-
ter of summer frocks quite
as much as the larger
misses, and it is seldom
they do not receive it. The
fond mother is as anxious that her lit-
tle daughter should appear at her best
sis she is to appear that way herself.
It is for these fond mothers that xx e
give the folloxving suggestions for
making dainty summer frocks, and
supplement the suggestions xvith illus-
trations that they may be better un-
derstood.
A graceful little dress is carried out
in white silk Thracian crepe, and
might serve either for summer best
for a young girl or for a school girl's
home evening dress. This frock is ar-
ranged xvith an empire band coming
to a point in front, and ti chemisette
covered xvith xvliite silk embroideries
and finished around the throat xxith
button hole stitching. The front of
the Sodice betxveen the band and the
chemisette is gracefully draped with
so*t. folds of the Thracian crepe. The
sieeves are prettily tucked on the
shoulders and then left xvith very full
draperies, which are finally draxvn into
a band of embroidery at the wrist.
We also give sketches of txvo very
dainty linen coats fo-.* little girls. One
of these is made in mauve linen xxith
a cape collar of transparent cream-
colored lace edged xvith a wide linen
band. This ' ".u fastens neioss the
front xvith straps and button-, xxliile
the bell sleeves are drawn into wrist-
bands of 1 ransp trent lac.'.
The other co-it. for ti little girl. i-
carried out in pink linen inn
double-breasted shape, fasten
four linen bill ton. embroldci
silk. Kouml .he shoulders tlo-ie .>
pretty cape of pink linen edged xxith
frill of xvliite spotted muslin borderc
with lace, while the coat is compleii
by a collar and cuffs of hu e and spo
ted muslin.
In our remaining illustration
dainty summer frock for a li
max be seen, carried out in s
floral muslin. The folds of
hang looselv from a yoke, xvhi -h <*o; -
sists of tucked mu-lin :itul lace inser-
tion, and the skirt is 'inishci prettily
xvith rows of tucks and a cross xxay
muslin frill. Round the shoulders a
little muslin fichu is draped, finished,
on either side xvith small choux of the
same material. The sleeves ar" fully
draped and draxvn into cult's of tran-
sparent cream lace, matching the in-
sertion on the bodice.
in a
xx i t h
with
tie girl
pretty
muslin
June Brings Out Summer Modes
kj
dor
vith the
al of
peep
park, ar
of Nlagi
water is
> | Vrltowntone Fall*.
•cat falls of the Yellowstone
the Yellowstone National
• more than txvice the height
tra falls, but the volume « f
not so great.
I'lnit 1111* Peculiar Interest.
(Jen. Eugene (IritVm has in his pos-
session the \merican flag made by
the sailors in Lieut, Gilmore's party
out of patches and strips of their
clothing after their rescue from the
insurgents in the xviblcst part of
Lu/on.
UNE always brings out an I imported cloth models are enibroid-
nstoniahinp new array of ered in wonderful colorings, and the
gowns, unci us I watched liigli, draped taffela belt in ><-f*t s 1
the parade ou Fifth avenue j carries out a harinon.y in i«
the other afternoon 1 j neeting the pelerine bolero
eould not help but notice . full skirt.
_ . t he number of distinctly 1'arUian It seems to me that a £J roat
races were required to prove the Amer- j ,n0(U.ls „orn, a fact which bespeaks j brown is worn, 11 light brown running
lean bout's supremacy. In TssT .lames jjle passing of the patriotic sentiment | ^
11,.]I took the Thistle to New York.and whirli we women were wont to show
chullenged for the cup. (len. I'aiue
was again intrusted with the defense,
in an I icipa.t ion of which he had already
brought out the Volunteer, a tine cut-
ter of L'li'.) Inns, with outside ballast,
and in mam respects an advance upon
HOME-MADE BOXING KANGAROO
I; i: '
m msri i '
in tin
bun
f|UMK years ago a boxing kangaroo appea
^8 immense success. Here is one that you
that .cost - nothing to feed, lie is cut out
i ii foil on the side axxay from the spectatr
the picture slioxv
ux isible side is ab
ivire, the end of x
ii wooden platf
liuman boxer may b
> covered xvith tinfoil and thi
hich is pressed into a lump
Neither the xvire nor the
of xx a'
box c r *:
sort of galloxvs
of cardboard. 1
of his legs run
«>r sealing xva\
other foot should touch the floor. l« this wire is attached a long line
xx ire, which ends in a nail driven into a cork. The cork is fitted into th#
end of a f'laKs lube (a lamp chimney, for example) which i- held in the
hand and rubbed vitli a silk handkerchief or a bit of fur.
Now the fun begins. The kangaroo springs forxvard, hits his antag
onist, is violently repelled as If by a blow, returns for the charge, and se
I be combat goes on as long as you rub the tube. This is an electrical
trick, you see. The electricity produced by rubbing the glass is conveyed
by tin- xvire to tlic human boxer, lie is therefore electrified and conse-
quent v attracts llic light sxvinging kangaroo, which promptly comes for-
ward and hits him. Hut as it does so the kangaroo itself becomes charged
xxith ohwtrlei.v. and is therefore repelled, and stays axxay until its elec-
tricity leaks oil' over the cotton thread around its neck, xxjien it makes a
fresh attack.
It is au amusinir ida.vtliiug and ca-y t«> make, says the Hrooklyu I'.aijle.
which xx e women xvere xvont to slioxx
during and Just after the xvar xxith
pain. But this year, mor
number of years. Paris is again the
vogue, and many of the hands
models are Parisian productions.
On the avt nue light cloth goxvn
d foulards were much
and red had a fair share of pop-
rny. Thus a charming frock of r
foulard, spotted wit h white.
;t.'i a skirt gauged over the hips and
a number of almost plain, graduated
Hounc
chic little goxvn xxas in finch
ray cloth, xvith deep cuffs
pointed yoke piece, and an elongated
I down the front of the skirt of
iut de Vcnise. finished xxith a xx
d of black taffeta
trappings appear on almost exer
model. A blue cloth frock was elal
tely strapped with xvide bancs of
at in of the same shade, tli
11 pc I
which xvas opposed to him
Defender xx on easily,
ml race the American 1
ul and in tlie third it had
|)ef n
but in t he
i WW
he xvorn
i \ed x\i
I hi
liief feature of th
I fancy ine run r n
lav a little lat
for linens and bops;
fabrics ti
f Torch-in ! •-! mi-iipg t h
11-1 met
III) ! I:
2*1 <
S h:. ill l'« M'k
I ill
In ti
n<rh i ne
I he ^ las
Hid t!
tuic IliC tile ti
iii'lkercbief should be xxi
• ;hem ^crfecll) dry.
rr the register or bo
,
:r •' •
v'
v
811 AMI
tUCK TI
the schooiit r
Mvonia
lunibia, of
0 tol.s.
Octolur the
t X\ ft y a
first match «
vcr the
ic l.ixo
better. The
course
Saiuiy llook I
gh t ship
sailed contes
the \
home ten in
null s a
pet i t or. in
he race
, ay ( (dun 'i
i xxas (1
\x it lis ti
.•ame in xxin
ler by
a r« suit of ti
ic ace Id
was tiisquall
fled frt
the contests,
and by
her place xx a
taken
Mippho. li
m pi ti g
xx hich prove«
quite
opponent as
the nrig
the race of
Octnb,
more than '>
111 illu 1
two days lat
-t she c
ihead of th
challe
1 he next
it t e nipt
; l rophy xx as
mule by
jp's later,
111 the s
JJuAi't
of 138
i .nit.i
up, ti
races b. ing Aqgu t %%
1 folloxxing Thursdays, Sat-
Tuesday if necessary . Sir
ie\x \ acht is named Sham-
i cut i cr rigged craft, xx itki a
Wntt r line length of 00 feet. Shamrock
III. XVill be opposed by the Ueliance, a
uexx boat built by the llerreshoffs for
I,,. Ncxx York Yacht club syndicate,
catled by ( Oliver Iselin
has already had several
provei
men s
lteliance
tests and
fast boat, but expert yachts-
fin to think that she will not be
reliable or as fast as Columbia.
Should further trials demonstrate this
m be a fact it i-s likely that the twice-
winner will again be commissioned to
L'fend tbe cU|
\Y
11.1.1 AM NY A l.TEH WVIAJL
lief being a lace jabot and collar
;aught xvith a boxv of green tatTeta.
Fine xvliite cloth frocks xvere also I
Been to advantage. The skirt of one
xvas cut quite plain over the hips and |
doxx ti the front, and was prettily i
gauged sit the sides. A very deep ;
cape collar of the cloth xvas trimmed j
xvith little tabs of the same and gold j
buttons, finished xvith a white kid belt
and gold buckle. At the neck xvas a
gre< n and xvliite check cravat
The loose short sack Is still xvorn.
but I do not think it is quite such a
favorite style as the close-fitting bo-
lt ro. A blue cloth goxvn slioxved one of
these sacks, trimmed xvith black gal-|
loor and green embroidered, motifs, I
xx ith an inner frill of lace.
Parisbi.t l^ilors understand so xvell (
f he art of combining softening touches
with fabrics of utility Many of the t
XX It 11
with lit
tl\:
iborati
xvith gold
• th <
illustrations ar
pt rx fiehc e! t.t li
pink panne vel
point. With it
pict ure hat
affair in light tan
Some of the pietur
flat, xxliile others boast i f the high,
jam-pot crown. There is a good deal
to be paid in favor of both, but I tl.'.nk
over here xx e prefer the flatter kinds.
Wry pimple indeed are the trimmings
of these hats. Long ostrich plumes
are never out of fashion, neither are
xvreaths of superb floxvers; and just
no xv ribbon rosettes and cockades,
mostly knife kilted, are quite a fea-
ture. Tlies", by the xvay, are easier to
make in a stitT ribbon; moire is very
effectix. and so is striped Pompadour
ribbon.
El LEN oSMONUHJ.
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