Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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Nests You May Find in
the Summer Vacation.
hen boys and girls are at play out
of doors they very often see some-
where a bird's nest. Then if they are
wise they will carefully mark the
place where it Is try to see definitely
how it is made and to find out some-
thing about the littles creatures that
have made it their home. The only
boys who have good excuses for rob-
bing birds of either their eggs or their
aest are those wr. wish to suuiy them
scienttirally ud perhaps to take pho-
tographs of them. Indeed fow chil-
dren would want to destroy birds'
nests if they stoped an instant to
think of the wonderful intelligence
the bird had shown in building them.
No man could ma!:e nests as secure
and easily hidden as the birds them-
selves. After the birds return la the sprin?
from the warmer climate where they
have spent the winter the first thins
they tr.'nk about after mating is get-
ting a snug nest ready for their eggs.
In selecting a site they must of
course remember the wind which Is
a powerful force for the H'tle birds to
cups are made. The bird besides
knows bo well the difficulties of this
kind of Best building that it chooses
usually a damp or stormy day to per-
form the work. The mortar tken will
not dry so quickly as when the sky Is
blue and the atmosphere clear. Yet
the robin never changes thii style of
a nest although he might learn from
others an easier way of performing
his labor.
The style of a nest seems to depend
a good deal on the little birds that are
expected to occupy it. When they a. e
born with feathers as chickens snipe
and quail they do not need a downy
ss.ft nest to give them comfort but
little naked humming birds thrushes
and sparVowB would have a hard rest-
ing place if their nests were not lined
softly with wool and fine hairs.
The ruby-throated humming btrii
that hovers around the honeysuckle
vines running his long bill down the
Mowers' tubes to taste their necter
places his tiny nest on the horizontal
limb of a birch and so covers the out-
side of it with bark that it can scarce-
top which is an unusual haM with
birds and enter and slip out of It at
the side. The bird has received his
name because this hidden nest Is sup-
posed to rt?enible a Dutch oven.
The meadowlark which many a boy
or girl scares up while crossing. a
meadow in summer sinks the nest in
the ground and allows a little tuft of
grass to form a dome over it. Even
so however it is not nearly so well
concealed as that of the quaint oven
bird.
The beautiful Baltimore oriole
which is known to every child by
sight makes its nest of plant fibers
and various threads and in the shape
of a long bag. It hangs it daintily to
the limb of a tree. Here it is difficult
to reach as usually it sways from the
very end of a bough. When hatched
the little ones must often be rocked to
Kleep by the evening breeze.
In the swamps and mashes where
the red-winged blackbird makes his
summer home it is not difficult to find
liis nest. It Is made of broad coarse
grasses although lined wi;h those of
finer quality and Is attached to sturdy
low bushes or even reeds. The faintly
blue eggs are curiously scrawled with
purple and after they are hatched it
is not long before the young birds
learn to fly. In July the old and young
gather together in considerable num-
bers in the marshes. The female is
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contend with and must also try to
have the place concealed from general
view. It Is true that there are some
bird that fearlessly lay their eggH on
the open sea shore or ou rocky cliffs
without making any nest at all. This
however happens most often on re-
mote Islr.nds where there are few peo-
ple to notiie or care about birds and
their doings.
The birds that are common through-
out this part of lh country lti'.vtly
look about for twigs rootlets and
prHsses when they hav decided Just
where their tiestg will be built. Of
course the bark ami leaves of trees
lichens ipl lers' welts and even the
hair of row are chosen by some birds.
The robin first lays a foundation of
F rasa or stubble for its nest and then
makes a mortar of mud and water as
a lining for the Inside. This mortar
the bird heaps usin its nest and then
molds iuo shape as systematically as
ly be told from the tree. Within it Is
woven like a heavy felt of cow's hairs
or the fur of animals so that It may be
soft and cosy. Indeed when the two
white eggs let out their tiny inhab-
itants they are pitiably naked and del-
icate looking. A harshly lined nei-t
would cau.e them infinite auffei lug if
not death.
When the oven bird or golden
crowned thrush makes his nest it
seems that the stronger Instincts is to
hide It well. Indeed boys seldom find
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It anil In the bushes but they pass it
unseen. The bird places It ou the
ground and usually where the wind
has blown dead leaves and twigs.
Should there be a tiny mound of these
leaves so much the better for the
oven bird. He and his mate slip under
It and construct their nest so that It
appears nearly like a little rise In the
ground. They thatch It over at the
not nearly bo conspicuous as her hand
some mate with his black shapely
body and bright red epaulets. Her
black Is dimmed above by being
streaked with rust color while tinder
neath she is striped black and dingy
white.
On the outskirts of the marsh the
harsh cry of the catbird causes boys to
look around for their nests. They
find them in the branches shaped like
a "Y" of small shrubs the elderberry
being an especial favoiite for such
nest building. These nests of smooth
twigs and grasses ar very loosely
woven1 together. It seems as if the
catbird vlshed to accomplish the task
as quickly as possible.
Sometimes when tho parent birds
are teaching the little ones to fly they
Instruct them as well iu the nest build
ing by showing them how to carry
twigs and how to weave thetn In and
out together.
AN ARCTIC AUTOMOBILE.
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The accompanyfii picture shows
!ylin Krickson a Panish explorer in
t.e automobile in which he has start-
rd north to find the much sought pole.
The automobile Is light and is built
of sie.'l. with comparatively small
wheels and with a car body In which
there are no superfluous appoint-
nunts. The running and stealing
gear of this car were specially r'-
Mgwd. aJid in fact the cntiie auto-
niobllj was specially constructed for
she hi'.zarlous expedition.
A BRITISH RAILWAY TRAIN IN AMERICA
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This Is a photograph of the loco-
motive of the only British train of
tars ever run on an American rail-
road. It Is named Queen Empress
jd as hntu for exhibition at the
world's fair In Chicago In 1893 when
the gold medal was awarded to Itg
manufacturers for the superiority of
Its TForkmanship.
At the close at the ftr a train was
made i p of c;;s exhibited by the Lon-
don and Noithwestern Railway com-
Ia.iy and drawn by the fmeen I'.m-
prcss. it riarie the tiip from Chipr.?o
to New Yotk. being tle only Instince
of tho nt.cliih railway ' arriac-e" hs
lolling s-ock oa the tracks of an
American rialroad.
The Way With Them.
"He's a great practical joker isn't
he?"
Yes."
"I suspected as much."
Why. has he been playing a joke
on you?'
"No I playf-d one on him yester-
day and it made him u mad as a
batter."
LIFE SA VING DRILL.
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An exhiblton of a United States life
saving crew is graphically pictured
In the Illustration herew ith. The crew-
Is shown In the act of firing a line to
victims battling with the tsea. Of
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course it is not a bona fide rescue
but for all purposes it Is realistic
enough and the thousands of people
lining the banks of the lake on wli'eh
the exhibition Is given are absorbed
In every movement made by thai
alert and dexterous life savers for
they want to see Just bow ship-
wrecked persons are brought safely
to shore.
HOW INDIANS HUNT SEALS IN ALASKA.
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The Alaskan Indians hunt peala on
the same lirlnclple that we hunt ducks
In the Chesapeake; that Is to say by
means of a "blind boat only Instead
of trying to make their boat look like
a hummock of salt marsh grass thev
disguise It so that the seals will mis
take it for a piece of floating ice. In
addition to filling the canoe with the
white canvas screen seen at the bow
In the picture they Cuver the whole
oraft with the canvas and clothe
themselves In white as well. So clev-
erly is this all done that It Is difficult
even for a man to distinguish th in
from the dilft lee at any consldeia-
ble distance.
The photograph wns taken from a
steamer cruising In (llacler Hay Alas-
ka and there were three seals which
had Just been killed In the canoe.
IS THIS AN ANCIENT OIL KING?
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Much comment was caused when the
genuine Egyptian mummy shown in
tthe illustration was exhibited at one
of our recent expositionr. Some spec-
tators with considerable Imagination
said that they saw a striking resem-
blance to John D. Rockefeller In the
DreserTed featun of A nobleman of
the ancient world. Then others found
the liktnss which thry disw?rrd
to be even more remarkable when the
lower part of the face ws covet ?d.
Br pltcnc the f.ngfr or a bit of pa-
.sr over tlie inummr s month tbe
features ats-itme scmchirg ef tv.e ap-
pearance of the Standard Oil king.
Residents in Turpentine District of
Franca Have Peculiar Existence.
People live on sixteen foot stills ti
the remarkable turpentine-growing
country of France. They don their
suits after breakfast and do not re-
move them again until It Is time for
bed.
There are two reasons for the wear-
ing of stilts in the turpentine countt j.
One Is the turpentine gathering. TK
otheriis the herding of the great
flocks.
The turpentine comes f'cm the mar-
itime pine. This tree is tapped a
shingle Is Inserted and from tho
shingle Is hung a tiny bucket. Into
which the turpentine tirips. The lap-
ping process is like that need on thy
American sugar maple.
Young pine trin-s are tapped low hut
with each year's passage the incision
Is made higher so that It is not long-
before most of the trees are tappe.l
twenty to thirty fevt from the ground.
Hence the huge stilts of the work-
men. On these stilts they traverse ttn
flat country covering five or six yards
with each stride and quid-.ly and easi-
ly they collect the turpentine that
overflows the little buckets hanging;
high up in the trees.
It Is for herdlrsg also that the s'.ilts
are useful. The country is very fiat
and the herdsman unlers he contin-
ually climbed a tree would l unable
to keep all the member of his hug
flock In Mght. But striding about
his stilt' he commands a wide pros-
pect. He is alwavs as ll were v o
a hill.
The Fti't wearers carry a fifteen-
foot staff wilh a round fat top liie
dinner plpte. When it Is lunch thun
or when thej are tired they plant ni
right tinder them the s'aiT and nt
down on its round fli t t p. Then in
comfcrt seated so dif.ily high tiny
eat and rest and (hatter a etrangn
sight to behold.
Modem Methods
"We have some fine sausage" vtn
Hired '.he 'ai'er.
"Keep it."
"How about a laste ef Lam?"
"Cut it out."
"Corned Uf potted chick n.
cSnried tongue?"
"Thunder and Mar! Yen must t;i
me for an iuve.tieating committee. 1
came here to get something to est.
Bring me a glass of di'tilied watir
and a fumigated banana."
Take care of your ctssr!r r1
your credit will care cf Itself.
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 210, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1906, newspaper, August 24, 1906; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc731854/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.