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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
times to relieve n family or a community
from the depiedations of this pest than
from all other species combined. The
Cooper's hawk selects a tree in more open
woods for his home than do the preced
ing hawks. The nest is usually of easy
access, although at the time the young
are reared is very apt to be obscured by
leaves. Four to five plain, bluish-white
eggs are a set, about two-thirds the size
of those of the redshoulder.
Later in May, from the fifteenth to the
twenty-fifth, appears the veritable
butcher of this family, the vicious little
sharpshin, or bullet hawk, a whirlwind
fighter which will attack and kill a bird
of its own sie and weight, and one which
we must admire, if in truth for no other
reason than for its indomitable courage.
Secreted in the foliage of a tree, it will
launch forth like a diminutive thunder
bolt and without warning or a perceptible
slackening of speed, grasp in its talons a
chick from the farmer's door yard, even
in his very presence, and disappear with
a speed that would bailie the skill of the
trap-shooter. This miscreant preys on
the young of all feathered creation, and
our only consolation is that it is probably
the rarest of its family. They build in a
fir or pine thicket, and lay four or live
eggs, beautifully marked after the man
ner of the redshoulder.
At the same time we find two harmless
members of the family, the marsh hawk
and the American sparrow hawk. Every
one who is at all in touch with country
life has ?cn the large, graceful bird that
hovers ile.itly over meadows. This is
the marsh hawk, which builds a nest of
dead grass in any marshy swale and lives
on frogs and mice. There they lay five
to six pale bluish-white eggs. The spar
row hawk builds in any small hole, in
trees, and though they may in rare in
stances destroy the young of some birds,
they are death to that feathered curse of
our nation, the English sparrow. Four
to live brownish speckled eggs comprise
their set. It should be our custom never
to molest these two species, as they are
gentle, harmless friends of man and
should be protected by state laws A.
Hart, in Field and Stream.
Odd Hallway Ilule In Switzerland.
"When we reached Switzerland, said
the tourist, "we found in the railway sta
tions, alongside of the ticket office ma
chines for measuring the height of chil
dren. L said to the agenc at Geneva :
41 'A half ticket for my little girl.'
" 'Isn't she too tall?' the man asked.
'Let her step on the measurer, please,'
" 'My daughter's height was duly taken.
It was four feet five.
" 'All right,' said the agent. 'She passes
after all.'
"Then the man explained to me that
on account of innumerable disputes over
the age of children half fares were now
sold in Switzerland according to height
instead of according to age. Children
under three feet travelled free. Those
between three feet and four feet six paid
half fare. Those over four feet six paid
full fare.
" 'The new rule is a good one,' said
the agent. 'We have no more disputes.
The children are measured at the ticket
office and that is the end of the matter.' ?'
Carolina 'Hop" Play for Edward C.
lloyt Trophy.
The Carolina bell boys had their part
in the week's golf, a medal play handicap
for a cup presented by Edward C. Iloyt
of New York, being a pleasant feature.
Martin Finnegan, whose handicap was
three, won first with 99, with John Mul
cahy, whose allowance was two strokes,
second in 103, and the balance of the Held
well bunched.
Gr. Hp. Net
Martin Finnegan, 102 3 09
John Mulcahy, 105 2 103
Ernest Taylor, 116 2 104
William Finnegan, 120 15 105
Tom Pollelt, " 107 00 107
William White, 125 8 117
William Jordan, 143 30 113
Clarence Gurney, 147 30 117
jiii. roiti sixes.
Her Appearance at The Carolina U
.Much Enjoyed.
Mrs. Seabury C. Ford of Cleveland,
contributed much to the pleasure of the
Sunday evening concert at The Carolina.
Her first song was "Ave Maria," by
Gounod, and the encore, "Si ines vers,"
b)r Ilahn. The second number was "O
Komm Mit Mir," by Van der Stucken,
and ''Woodland Madrigal," by Batten,
and the encore "March Wind," by Mary
Turner Salter.
Mrs. Ford is in even better voice than
during her visit last season, and her de
parture causes regret.
Spoon Collector.
Twelve thousand silver spoons are
quite a large number to have stolen in a
year, for it means an average of about SO
a day ; but that is the record of one of the
big hotels in New York, whose head
steward reports that the stealing of these
small spoons by so-called souvenir hunt
ers is on the increase. He reports that
at a recent dinner given by one of the
large societies in New York 1G8 spoons
were taken away by guests, and that to
save themselves from this form of larceny
the hotels no longer use line silver ware
for large dinners, but substitute a plated
service.
On the same day that this statement
was made the manager of another large
hotel told of the enormous expense that
he had to meet annually by guests who
stole toweK This form of dishonesty
and petty thievery is a commentary upon
the prevalent indulgence in all forms of
graft, showing how it prevades walks of
society where common honesty is sup
posed to exist, tt is almost impossible
to explain acts of selfish vandalism and
such acts of petty thievery as are indica
ted in these reports from large New Y'ork
hotels. The persons indulging in them
pass for honest men and women, who
would turn their cooks over to the police
if the servants should put into practice
these peculiar notions regarding private
ownership of property.
Hope Still UreN.
Kuicker Have the doctors given up hope?
Bocker No, they think he may pay 60 cents on
the dollar.
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very convenient to all points
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Corcoran Art Gallery. Cars
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and furnishings are new. The
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travelling alone.
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PROPRIETOR.
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ASHEVILLE. - N. C.
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