Show I r SWIFTER THAN THE PIGEON tf Swallow wallow Easily Outdistances Companions Compan L ions In Flight Between Com Com- and Antwerp A citizen of Antwerp has put to a test th the Celerity and niI of the tSe swallow as compared vA iw pigeons a London correspondent of the New NewYork York Sun says He caught a swallow in its nest under his roof at atS S Antwerp made a red mark on Its feathers and sent the bird with a consignment con con- of carrier pigeons by train to in northern France a distance of ot miles The birds were released there simultaneously simultaneously sim sim- at the next morning The swallow without the slightest hesitation hes hee made for the north and dis dis- like a flash The pigeons circled dr cir cled laboriously around before deciding lug ing which direction they should take The swallow reached Its nest In Antwerp in 67 minutes while the pigeons pigeons' took four hours and seven minutes to cover cover the distance ce In other words the messenger of at spring flow flew at the rate of nearly miles mUes an r hour bour while the speed of the pigeons only slightly exceeded 35 35 miles mUes an hour |