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Show Holland's Famous Bird. s Tho stork Is treated with great and 7 singular respect In the Netherlands. ! Theso strnngo birds mny bo scon ). f horo and there, almost everywhero In tho south, but I do not remember see- i Ing nny In tho north. Tho houso so- lectcd by tho stork for a nesting place Is considered fortunate, nnd very special spe-cial facilities nro provided by the householders to enable It to build a nest comfortnbly. At The Haguo J, many ot theso birds aro maintained I at public oxpenso. Tho first, that I I saw was from a window of the railway a trnln ns wo wero crossing the "Hoi- 8 lnndsdlcp," when a chlmnoy-top camo I Into vlow on which wero two of tho ' long-legged creatures, preening them- 1 solves, their nest, nn unsightly bun- $ dlo of sticks nnd strnws, littering the '1 housotop. Tho Chnutauquan. |