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Show EAGLE TO GO WAY OF BUFFALO? Extinction of the National Bird Seemi Close at Hand. The season for the slaughter ol eagles has set In. Antorlcan eagles and golden eagles particularly have fallen victims to the Insatiato desire of men to kill, if f.hero Is any sentiment senti-ment In this countty at all It ought to bo of sufficient strength to prevent tho destruction at least of tho American Ameri-can eagle, as this theoretically is our national bird. It has already becomo so rare as to bo a novelty and to lead correspondents to consume much space in giving tho details when soma hunter brings an eaglo down. It Is singular that men with guns want to destroy tho very last survivor of a disappearing species of bird or animal. ani-mal. Ono would think that tho rarer a bird or beast became tho greater care there would be to protect It. But tho lust for trophies will not havo It so and tho slaughter of eagles will go on until this great bird shall become be-come extinct, except, perhaps, In tho national reservations, whore tho government's gov-ernment's strong arm extends. Indl. nnapolls News. |