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Cradock in the News: GEORGE NEWS – The stall that Life Community Services used to have at the Outeniqua Family Market has been terminated and the lovely handmade articles sold there will now be available at a shop they … Read more on: “Cradock” – BingNews I suspect you’d have to be fully drunk and …

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GEORGE NEWS – The stall that Life Community Services used to have at the Outeniqua Family Market has been terminated and the lovely handmade articles sold there will now be available at a shop they …

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Darlington pensioner writes life story about time as a chambermaid

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A PENSIONER has put pen to paper to recall her days as a young chambermaid to a wealthy family in the 1960s. Darlington woman Anne Cuckow, 81, wrote her memories for a short story competition …

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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THE COMMON, OR FRESH-WATER CRAW-FISH. Craw-fish are found in many rivers, edged in holes whic^» theyform in tlie clayey banks; and their presence is generally esteemed anevidence of the goodness of the water. They are frequently caught bysticks split at the end, with a bait inserted in the cleft, and stuck in the 558 THE GREAT CENTIPEDE. mud at the distance of a few feet from eacli other. These sticks, afterremaining some time, are taken up, and generally with an animaladhering to each. They are gently drawn out, and a basket is putunder to receive the animals, which drop off when brought to the surface.

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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strious neighbor, and as soonas the Canvas-Back rises with the favorite root on which they bothgreedily feed, the Bald-Pate snatches the morsel and makes off withhis booty. They are always very alert and lively, feeding and swimming out into the ponds and rivers at all hours of the day, but areBxtremely watchful, sheltering in coves and behind the land, and onthe slightest attempt to steal upon them, immediately row out intothe stream beyond gun-shot, and then only take to wing when mucbdisturbed. THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUCK. This most beautiful of Ducks seems to be dressed in a studied attiie, to which the addition of a flowing cresladds a finish of peculiar elegance; andhence Linnseus has dignified the specieswith the title of sponsa or the brideThis splendid bird, according to Nut-tall, is peculiar to America but extendsits residence from the cold regions ofHudsons Bay in the 54th parallel to•uMxn DUCK. Mexico and the Antilles. Throughout ?54 a great part of this vast space, or at

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372 THE SUMMER, OR WOOD DUUK. least as far soutli as Florida and the Mississippi territory, the SammerDuck is known to breed. In the interior they are also found in theState of Missouri, and along the woody borders and still streamawhich flow into most of the great north-western lakes of the St. Law-rence. The Summer Duck, so called from its constant residence inthe United States, has indeed but little predilection for the sea coast^its favorite haunts being the solitary, deep, and still waters, ponds,woody lakes, and the mill dams in the interior, making its nest oftenin decayed and hollow trees impending over the water.

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Subjects: Birds Zoology
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he spirit andvigor displayed by it whenhooked afford fine sport. Itis peculiarly apt at breakingthe line, a feat sometimesaccomplished by a violentblow of the tail, and some-times by contriving to twisttlie line round a root or post, and giving a sudden jerk. It feeds principally on larvae and molluscs, inhabiting the banks, andobtains them by rooting in the sand with its snout. The Barbels, orbeards, hanging from the upper jaw doubtless assist in these investiga-tions. It frequently grows to a very great size, weighing from fifteentO eighteen pounds, and measuring upwards of three feet in length,^any are captured by nets during the summer, at which season theyfrequent the weedy parts of the river in shoals; but in winter theyft-tire to the shelter afforded by banks and old woodwork. Severalg-Dod swimmers have been known to dive after the Barbel, as they laypressed against the banks, and to bring up one each time, not unfre-quently appearing with two, one in each hand. THE DEVIL FISH.

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rac DETiL vitu. The Sea Devil, or Fishing Frog,is an inhabitant of the British^ieas. It grows to a large size,some being between four and fivefeet long. The fishermen on thatcoast have a great regard for thisfish, from a supposition that it is agreat enemy to the Dog-fish; andwhenever they take it with theirlines, set it at liberty. It is a fishof very great deformity; the headis much bigger than the wholebody; is round at the circumfer-ence, and flat above, the mouthof a prodigious wideness. THE BLENNIES- -FATHER LASHER, ETC. 469 THE BLENNliS. The species of this genusare small, live in shoals, butnot in great numbers: theyare very active and tenaciousof life, and frequent rockycoasts, where they may oftenbe found in the pools ofwater left by the tide, hidingthemselves among the weeds,and in the crevices of therocks.

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
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lbatross ; of which three are foundprincipally in the seas of hot climates, and the fourth is confined totliose within the Antarctic Circle. Their bill is straight: the ujipermanolible hooked at the point; and the lower truncated, or appearingas if cut off. The nostrils are oval, wide, prominent, and lateral; thetongue is very small ; and the feet have each three toes, all placed ward. THE WAXDKRIXG ALBATROSS, OB MANOF-WAR BIRD. In size these birds are sometimes as large as a Swan. Their genera.color is white, the upper parts are marked with black lines. The quill 390 THE WANDERING ALBATROSS. feathers are black; and tlie tail is ronndecl, and of a lead color. Thebill is of a pale yellow, and the legs are flesh-colored. These birds are found in most seas, but chiefly in those within theTropics: they are, however, often seen about the Cape of Good Hope;and, towards the end of July, they collect in great numbers in Kamt-schatka, and the seas which separate that part of Asia from America.

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Its powers of fllfjht are exceeding^ great; h ts a?moet constantly on>the wing, and is equilly at ease during the stillest calm, or iying withmeteor-like swiftness before the most fnrions gale. They are exceedingly vonicioips, and feed an variows species of fishaad raolluscse. The shoals of flying-fishy whei> ])ersecnted by theirenemies of the deep, make their a]^|K>alancc for a sf)ort flight in theair^ and suffer greatly from the voi-acity of these birds. They alsooften pursue the shmils of salmon iiitt> tine unsMitlis- of large rivers^ and THE PEUCAN TRIBE IN GENERAL. 391 po ffort^e themselves as, notwithstanding their otherwise extraordinarypoweis of flight, to be prevented by their weight and consequentetupidity even from rising. In the West Indies the appearance of these birds is sa,id to foretellthe arrival of ships; this indeed is sometimes true, and arises from avery natural cause. They always fiah in fine weather; so that whenthe wind is boisterous out at se;a, th

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
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sh being caught near the island of Sardinia in great abundance, andbeing exported from that island, in barrels, to various parts of theworld, they have obtained, in several countries, the name of /SardineSprats are likewise found in the North Sea and the Baltic. They usually frequent the deep parts of the sea; but in the autumnthey approach the smooth and sandy shores, for the purpose of de-piEditing there thei spawn. THE SHAD. SJcads appear in the river Ehine in the month of March; in the Severn and Thames, and Dela-ware, in April, May, and ^une;and in the Nile in Decemberand January. As soon aathey arrive, they deposit theirspawn in pl*^^es where thecurrent is most rapid; and,some months afterwards, returnto the sea. They ascend the Rhine as far as BmW, where they are caught in nets,and osier baskets or traps. In order to attract them into the latter, thefishermen use a bait of peas, prepared in a certain way with myrrh:this bait is put into a small bag, and suspended in the inside.

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SHAD. 450 TDE ANCUOVY.

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in-washed, crowded anduncomfortable. CHRISTMAS IN BEYROUT Christmas we spent in Beyrout, and I preached in the Scotch Presbyterianchapel of that city. The majority of the audience were Syrians, but they allunderstood English, and a more attentive people I never addressed. The musicwas superb, solos, anthems and congregational singing. I will never forget thekindness of Dr. Bliss, the President of the college and the illustrious educator;nor Dr. Jessup, the renowned missionary, and moderator in 1883 of the GeneralAssembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, and a mighty agentfor the transference of the best of Christian literature into Arabic; nor Dr. Post,the surgeon, the botanist, the Christian philosopher and prince of Christianworkers. Wre dined at the hospitable home of Dr. Jessup and became acquaintedwith his lovely and accomplished family. It was an American Christmas dinner.At four oclock we went on the steamer Minerva bound for Constantinople. IN THE HOLY LAND 167

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Fountain of the apostles 168 T. DE WITT TALLAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK The next morning we found ourselves off the island of Cyprus. Soonwe were approaching Patmos, the island of vision, where Domitians prisonerand exile was given to see all the victories and all the woes, and all the horrorsand all the raptures of earth and heaven going by him in a panorama, pleasingand blistered, and blackened and illumined. The evangel John has made thatIsland the most famous of all earthly islands. ON THE ROCK OF PATMOS Patmos is a rock sheer down, a plateau at the top reaching to the footof another rock, that lifts its bare forehead to great height, then a long line ofrock, sinking, rising, growing more defiant or subsiding into valleys in whichthere is no verdure, but only desolation and barrenness are cradled. The islandis a place where an evangelist and other offenders against sinful authority mighteasily be starved. Johns condition suggested, no doubt, much of the imagery ofhis inspired dream. A

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water is thick. As the winterfipproaches, these haunt? are changed foi<leep and still waters. The Roach is so silly a fish, that it has acquired the name of theWater-sheep^ in contradistinction to the Carp, which from its subtletyis termed the River-fox. Sound as a Boaeh, is a proverb that appearsimt indifferently founded. This is a handsome fish, either in the water or when immediatelytaken out of it. The flesh, although reckoned wholesome, is in littleesteem, on account of the great quantity of bones. When Roach arein season, their scales are very smooth; but when they are out of sea-son, these feel like the rough side of an oyster-shell. Their fins alsoare geneially red when the animals are in perfection. These fishdiffer much in quality, according to the rivers in which they aracaught. None are good that are kept in ponds. Roach feed on aquatic plants and vermes. Their usual weight iafrom half a pound to two pounds. Some, however, have been knownto weigt as much as five pounds.

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454 THE GOLD-FISH. The baits used in catching Roach are various kinds of worms, flies,and pastes. The time for angling is, in mild cloudy weather, all theday; in hot weather, only in the mornings and evenings; and in coldweather; during the middle of the day. THE GOLD-FISH. Gold-fish are natives of China; and the most beautiful kinds are caught in a small lake in the pro-vince of Chekyang, at the foot of amountain called Tsyen-king. Theywere first introduced into Englandabout the year 16J>1, but were notgenerally known till thirty yearsafterwards._ In China they are kept in ponds, or large porcelain vessels, byalmost every person of distinction. In these they are Yery lively andactive, sporting about the surface of the water with great vivacity;but they are so delicate, that, if cannon be fired, or any substancegiving out a powerful smell, as pitch or tar, are barned near them,great numbers will be killed. In each of the ponds or basins wherethey are kept, there is an earthen pan,

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Subjects: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 23rd (1861-1865) United States — History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States — History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
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forced march.We are headed in the direction of Valley Forge, and arrive at thisland of desolation late in the afternoon where we remain over nightand retire to our couches on the bare, frozen ground rolled up inovercoats and blankets, then pass to peaceful slumber while gazing atthe starry heavens. The bugle calls at the usual early hour on March 10. Thenorders are sent to Chef Schaffer for quail on toast, hot biscuit,pancakes, and maple syrup, ham and eggs, etc. But Schaffer turnsdown these orders, so we are content with plain coffee, hardtack,and bacon, then continue the march until a late hour and put upat another hotel run on the army plan where all secure quarters onthe first floor. At 10 oclock on the following morning we reachMossy Creek, Tenn., and go into camp. MOSSY CREEK, TENNESSEE. At this camp Simon P. Conrad, of Paris township, is detailedfor guard duty on the ammunition train where he remains untilthe close of the war, after eighteen months service with the com-pany. 84

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\(l~- Rolled up in Overcoats and BlanketsAll pass to slumber while viewing the Starry Heavens Footprints Through Dixie March 13, Nicholas Hurford, of Paris township, is also de-tailed for this duty, where he remains until the close of the war,after eighteen months service with the company. Nick is missed in the ranks. He has a habit of taking the nega-tive side of questions raised by the oracles, thus prolonging thesearguments. A thorn to the flesh is Nick, forever throwing ice wateron our hopes of an early close to the war, an event we are hopingand longing for and often discuss in our travels. When Nick de-veloped into manhood he did a poor job in changing his voice andseemed to lose control of it. When under pressure of excitementhis voice leaves the grade and soars skyward and as quickly de-scends to a deep bass when the pressure is relieved. Considerablediscussion is carried on at times over the meaning of the termsunder which we enlisted, namely: Three years or during the war,u

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and feed products to the value of 0,000,000 a year are destroyed by prairie dogs, ground squirrels, and other rodents. It is said that prairie dogs often take half the pasturage of western cattle ranges. It is estimated that the killing of wolves, coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and lynxes saved more than ,000,000 worth of livestock in 1918. Floods have destroyed 0,000,000 in property in the Mississippi Valley alone. 231 232 COMMUNITY CIVICS The loss from fire in the United States is said to equal thevalue of our total product of gold, silver, copper, and petroleum. The buildings consumed by fire in 1914, if placed on lots of 65 feet front-age, would line both sides of a street extending from New York to Chicago.A person journeying along this street of desolation would pass in every thou-sand feet a ruin from which an injured person was taken. At every threefourths of a mile in this journey he would encounter the charred remainsof a human being who has been burned to death.1

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A Cornfield Ruined by Ground Squirrels Protection against loss of property is one of the chief servicesperformed for us by our government. We have already notedThe service of m Chapter XII what a great deal of work bothgovernment j-j^ national and state governments are doing toprevent loss of crops and of livestock from disease, insects, andother causes (see pp. 148-155). What this may mean to theindividual farmer and to the country is suggested by the caseof a farmer who had hundreds of acres of corn destroyed in some 1 The Fire Tax and Waste of Structural Materials in the United States, Bul-letin 814, U. S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY 133- manner unknown to him. A single visit from a representative??of the Department of Agriculture showed him the cause of thetrouble, the corn rootworm, and how it could be eradicated bya simple rotation of crops. The farmer said that this knowledgewould save him ,000 a year.

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Title: The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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generallycrept into some hole or corner to sleep: and it is remarkable that whenperched, or otherwise at rest, it had mostly the head downward, or atleaet even with the body, and not elevated like other birds. These are shy and solitary birds. Like the Woodpeckers theyfrequent woods, and run up and down the trees with surprisingfacility. They often move their tail in the manner of the Wagtail.They do not migrate; but, during the winter, they approach nearer toinhabited places, and are sometimes seen in orchards and gardens. OF THE KINGFISHER TRIBE IN GENERAL. The bill is sharp, triangular, long, straight and thick. Theis fleshy, short, flat and sharp.The feet, except in a few species,are formed for climbing, withthe toes two backward and twoforward. These birds frequent the banksof rivers; living principally onfish, which they catch with greatdexterity. They swallov; theirprey whole but afterwards throwup the indigestible parts. Theirwings are short; yet they fly verygwiftly. tongiio

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THE COMMON KINGFISHER. 133 THE COMMON KINGFISHER. The length of the Kingfisher is seven inches, and its breadth eleven,The bill is nearly two inches long, and black; but the base of thelower mandible is yellow. The top of the head, and the sides of thebody, are of a dark green, marked with transverse spots of blue. Thetail is of a deep blue ; and the other parts of the body are of a duskyorange, white, and black. The legs are red. In the beauty and brilliancy of its plumage, the Common Kingfisherfar excels all the other species of British birds. Its shape is, however,somewhat inelegant, from the great disproportion there is, in size,between the head and bill, and the other parts of the body. Its usual prey consists of the smaller kinds of fish, It frequentlysits on a branch projecting over the current: there it remains motion-less, and often watches whole hours, to catch the moment when a littlefish rises to the surfoce of the water under its station; it dives perpen-dicularly into th

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Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Bingley, William, 1774-1823
Subjects: Birds Zoology
Publisher: Philadelphia : Edgewood Publishing Co.
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variably refusing all except living animals, or such asare not in the least degree putrid. And the fishermen assert, thatthey are never to be caught with baits which have been bitten byother fish. In many parts of England, Turbot and Holibut are sold indiscrimi-nately for each other. They are, however, perfectly distinct; theupper parts of the former being marked with large, unequal, andobtuse tubercles; while those of the latter are quite smooth, andcovered with oblong soft scales, that adhere firmly to the body. Theeyes of the Turbot also are on the left, whilst those of the Holibut areon the right of the head. Holibuts are sometimes caught of such immense size, on the north-em coasts of England, as to weigh from two to three hundred pounds.Olafsen speaks of having seen one in Iceland, which measured fivtjells in length. The Greenlanders employ the membrane of the stomach of th«Holibut, in place of glass for their windows. THE TURBOT, AND nOLIEUT. 425 riiTinimOTraiiTT.;!?^^ filllib

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The Turbot is most active in the night tim., when perhaps is cncm e.are les^ vi<.ilant; and in the .lay time it lies at the bottom with its cl a Ls deTppermost, and is consequently difficult to bo ^^-^-^-f^f ,.,/^ ^said that when apprehensive of danger it will remain periectly still. 426 THE BEAKED CH^TODON TOE PLAISE AND FLOUNDER. The general habits both of the Plaise and Flounder, reseinble thoseof all the other flat-fish. These fish areeach found in great abundance in mostof the European seas. Flounders oftenascend rivers, and occasionally even sofar as to be beyond the immediateinfluence of the tides.

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