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JPeople
"The tinning of animals, and espe
cially our common birds and mam
mals, is by no moans Buoh a mysteri
ous art as many persons\ suppose it
to be^" said G. AJdeu Loring, who
has served es field naturalist for tba
United j States Biological Survey and
Smithsonian Institute. "Most an?
malo respond quickly to kind treat
ment.
''Once assured of our friendliness
they seek our company, build their
homes near ours and visit our ground o
io search of food. Sometimes they
become BO confiding that they enter
our hou/cs, take food from our Angers
and ?H.?? perch on cu? hands.
"But if we hunt them and do all
we can to destroy them their atti
tude toward us is' Just the rerers?;
They take to the open ?j fields and for
ests and are ever oit the alert tof dan
ger v
"Probably there are po better illus
trations of the ability of oom ani
mals to take' ?are of themselves onoe
they understand that ira are their
enemies, than the oases of the red fox,
woodohupxand common crow. Here
we have three animals that have been
persecuted from tb o fimo that the
country was first settled, yet within
the last decade, despite the wonderful
improvements in firearms, traps, ?t?.
their numbers haye not become smell
er in the least, while animals of great- !
er strength but weaker minds have
been exterminated.
"What bas been the result of .the
warfareagainst animals? It has serv- ,
ed to raefe? them specialists in tbs art
cf self-preaervfttion and today Bre'r j
Fox and Jim Crow bav? the reputa
tion of hoing two'pf the smartest ?ni- i
mils living. ...>;-'.....'. .
' 'It aught surprise esaoy of tbs Cen
tral Park visitors to know that the;
little bunnies that tai? acrta fr om their <<
hands and perch on their shoulders
Tfhile eating tbesa aro &o f corf ol of ]
man in many otber pari?lo? tho conn
try that without the. ttUnost stealth
sud caution' the banter cannot ap*
"Why sra ibv-aq?sroels S?-'tamoin I
Contra! Perk end BO aby ia other j
places? | Simply because they ave fed s
ic one plaoe and hunted in others, li j
tho Central J?er& enamelsviere hunt- ,
ed, they too, would become wild in a ,]
remarkably short ??me. , v j
"To. a ^certain exten t, ?be sam e ii t
true with all auimals-^-e make thees ;
our friends cr dur enemies. Thatani- J
mais are quick to discover and take <
advantage of ??eUffii^.^ )
proved by the dee? In th? Adirondacks j
and tho Western, States. AW tho .]
guides and mountaineers who ?ive?n <
y:. a doer couDfcry mu$)#v????t their gar- V
4eas with '^^^^iigt(i??\^ deer j
.. would soon rain these. ~. J
v;'. "As ; soon as th? hunting eoatjca j
opens and (several shots have been i
fired few deer are^-seon near hb?ses?"
?nd fr^'^a^me; until the season jj
oloses :tbey;?r^-.?s shy as .hawks. :. ; <
; "Pally r to appreciate what CAD be <
accomplished by protecting ?nimals 'j
/We hayo only to tura to tho fellow-1 j
. Atono KT.?IAM.I: CL -^-^-^.*t,a ..
Khabits of the animals- living there
f with tKe ;habits bf their kin who liva'
I io tho country juat beyond tho boan* :
?daries^^e^^ I
i all is the cheng? that has occurred $.u c
j.thebabits^^ :i
^mi^^^^?^^^ country, i
just outside^the park knows that fcrd? %
ie one, of the kc^t din^?^i? of ali game i
to approach* Bothjhis sight and his 1
hearing are tMec^rt,, but if you wish (
h^^?^?0t ^ent of you and 1
era^i^^ *
mkU and watch thebear* feidinr in ?
^?Sc^i|- 'f1
-?ttryisg tte r?oH?? ."oarrs?? ?p^f^ ?
mi without ?alt?og for tbs drivers $o
fonp th? barrels climb Watts t?. A
^pUsih??t do not add totho%aily
MING ANIMALS.
Mysterious A.rt Some
order to let tho stages pass, and on
the parade ground cf the fort and
tho lawns- about the hotels the mule
deer feed without displaying the least
fear.
"Ia Biscayne Bay and on Lake
Worth, Florida, the winter tourists
haye reoently begun to feed tho scaup
ducks that winter io the South in im
mense numbers, it is a oommon sight
to eee email pleasure 'orafts passing
io aod out aston* the flocks, the tour
is ts tossing bits of food to tho over
watchful birds which scramble for it.
Sometimes they eves swim alongside
the boats and take food ? vow. ono's
baud. . { >? f
"Those, remember, aro tho same
decks that a few months, later will be
on' 'tho way to their Northern breed
ing grounds. Ask a hooter on Long
Island Sound how close you can get
?o G skiff to a flock of scaup ducke.
He will tell 70a if that you scoceed in
coalling within long shooting range of
o flock onoo out of twenty attempts
70a will be doing well.
"Last year a law went into effect
that prohibits the sbootiug of dooks
after the 1st of January. The result
was. that in many of the small villages [
situated on streams andr rivera ducks
spent the winter within a stone's
throw of houses along the bank and in
mauyinstsnoft the residents actually
fed them.
"Circumstances sometimes cause a
bird wr a mammal to commit acts that
it would never do under more favor*
able conditions. For in etta oe last
winter oever? oold weather closed
Cayuga, Senee* tad other Jakes Sa New
^jfork State aod deep snow covered the
."The gulls were compelled ???IA soak
the open rivers, and tho crow* caroo
to the barna ind the subnj&s ef the
Sities ?tu* villages. The $cngs of
hunger seemed to dull ithoir ??neo of
fear to euoh aa extent that they wera
willing to risk being killed rather
thea starve.
"An animal loving factice of the
peace wno Uves on the hawks of the
Susquehanna River in a village np the
Btate came to. their aid.' From Pe
3ember until: the weather moderated ?
be rao .? fr?o ?unco counter on the "
sdge of the loo within fifty feeft of his
house, 'und fed several ! crowe and a
Sock'of gulls that called-daily for their
??ais. .- %i '['??
; . WBUt it IS UOt 'B?s?Sia?y ?O Wft?t f Of ?
sold weather to tame animals. Aw j
ino living in tho country can, by piso- 1
lng food 'at a distance and gradually :
bringing. St nearer and nearer tho 1
bouse, dra w tho birds and mammals j .<
?lose to his sitting room windowY, * <a
Chen by patient waiting a, few of %
?hem, the chickadees, white hreasted ;.
mthatphes and squirrels!/can be ear -3
iio?d into tho house, to be educated '
'ur thor, aocqrdingr to your will. 1
'..'.' 'If you befriend tho birds and matu: 1
hals in this woy you will ebon dis- j
lover that much heretofore i n ex pli- '
>ahlo "influence over animals" is sim- *
jly the. result bf kind treatment and '
snbwiedgo bf their habitai". i l1
?.?'".."?.?" .. '-^'T-:r:,r - V'l. ''???"?'.? ' :'?'l''<
:?r. C?ppleS,,the ' milkuiau, owned
ia^??^n:-.pver . td witt y. When ^ohe| f
lid not know who W?B the owner of o?
\,&?\?, it was/always. safe to Assume ..'
j^?g^ : J . ". - :
One Bucomor a large bull appoaJu| ?
n the field which the cottagers had co
ross^-;thar^:Way to'; tho sUtioa.
raero was much indignatlb?p^jslip g
luerulouB. inquiry' as,to the right of
Supples to keep hie bull there,.
vf'i?soo?s i-?tets'lgbt?^lglit1 ewnsV' '.
iud th? etation >g?mt, fo?k?1 H
5^:;ow?ed that ^ieee olear; p? &e .:.
aka sisea before fae wy born.'* ;?
Thc hull remained: The cottoRert
:ept an 'alert .lig^^^^^d^ro'ssed
lewan's coat tails streamed hojriton- ;4i
.Vend it ..ocnf aston of arms :aod^e^ S
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"S^?' hare, I'yo como .to tell you I
h^^?^i^f?^i?^?w ;Trxmti ?
WW^^^S^^^w.: > S; ?
"It's my ??id; ?i^ewb* my imi?>*
"I gucBs you don't kn?w who I
^*ls;y??l? ..wiec'Jr?m; respectfully. .
oy nun-hut fortunately ?ho doesn't j
Broke lt Gently.
Qa his rot ,? ftora aa extended
trip abroad ai Jughsh 'Squire' was
met at ?he steamship wharf by his old
aad trusted mao. Thinking it strange
that ?hs old men should have come to
meet him the 'Squire asked if thero
was bad nows.
"Yes, sir," replied tho butler,
"very bad nows." The old magpie is
dead, sir."
"What did tho bird dio of?"
"Tao much horse flesh, Bir."
"Too rou oh horseflesh, John?
Whero did tho bird get il?"
"Tho carriage horses, sir."
"What, are they dead, too?"
"Drawing water the night of the
fire."
"What fire?"
"The mansion, sir."
"Yon don't mean to say that the
mansion it burned, Joh??"
"Yes, cir; it burned the night of
the'funeral, sir." . ..
"Whoso funeral?"
"Your mother's, sir."
'?!Whot, mother dead, too?".
"Yes, sir; she never held her head
up after your rather died."
"Great heavens! Father dead as
weill I never heard a word of any of
these misfortunes. What war the
eause of my father's death?"
He received a telegram tailing him
that the ship had gone down that had
the whola of his fortune on bocrd and
the shock of it UUed him."
"John, I am entirely ruined!"
"That yonare.sir.'^
He's a Cuckoo.
This story was told recently ate
smoker given by tho alumni of tho
University of Miohigan at Chicago.
"A youngman and his wife, not
long married/' ssid the relator of the
incident, "lived down on the South
Side where they hada, pretty little
two story .brick. One of their wed
ding presents was a large clock which
told the hour? and half hours by
means of tha euokoo's cry instead of
by the usual chimes or the. sounding
of a bell. One night the college fra
ternity of which the man wat a mem
ber,. gave a banquet, aad it was ac
cordingly late when he arrived at the
front door of his frome. He thought
that discretion was tfco better part of
valor, ap that when ?EO got inside be
began to remove his shoes before
going np the suire. Unfortunately
hO waa not very hanny in th? sseou
tioB of this act j fer one of his shoes
slipped and made ? noise that could
bs heard all over the house: ? nip
isjeutlater'his wife's vois* ease fros
the head of the stairway :
>>VIt that yon, Charles?'
M?>Xeab, dear." .
^ 'What tisae Ss it? Charles?'
"?'Boat 12.'
M 'And ^hea,* said Charles, in tell
ing the incant afterwards, 'that;
blamed oloekj began to cry out. But
it cuckooed only three Mmes, and I ]
had to: stand ther? like a. fool aad .
?nekoo the ?thor nine.' "-Detroit1
Kf?o Frees.
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--? The hen more than a year old is
is hot a winter producer of eggs. Why
is so is not known. The pullet
produces the winter eggs, but as she ;
g?ta o?4?? her season cf egg production
is later. If the egg market in the
ipring an?L summer is not good, then it j
sill not pay to winter the old hens, so :
that a^er all it is Of ;
managementf but one of being gov- :
irned by conditions.
A Bendulsoenoe of Wheeler.
"The first time ? ever saw Gen.
Joseph Wheeler," said C%,\> Charles W.
Bradshaw this morning, in>epeakiog of
the death and career of tho great Con
federate warrior, "was just after tho
battle of Bcntonville, in Marok, 1865.
The cavalry leader had had a hard
day's fight and was resting on thc
ground with his saddlo for a pillow.
Bis coat had boen taken oil and ho was
wearing an old faded jaoket. I didn't
know at the timo who ho was, having
never beon told anything about his
personal appearance and I was unpre
pared for tho sight of the head of au
army sleeping on tho ground. I inqui
red of coe of the guards who the slum
bering man was, and you can imagine
my astonishment when he told mo that
it was Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Of
course I took a second lock, and the
more ? studied the apparent insignifi
cance of the man the more I marvelled
at his record as one of the greatest
fighters of the Confederate forces.
"In appearance, Gen. Wheeler was
nothing more than a uoyi but as a
oavalry leader he was a giant. His
oareer since, the Civil war is proof of
fc*e faot that he was ona of the great
est .cavalry leaders of modern times.
There might have been a little more
of the Spnaioh-American war, bat for
the genius of this little man who made
such a spioy remark in the charge of
Ss* Joan Hill."-Charlotte Chronicle.
Owing to Owaerthlp.
Mrs. Bussell Sago ls one of th^ moet
active workers in the movement to
abolish the dooking of the tails of
horses, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Ina discussion of this movement
sho said recently:
"If the horses already dooked were
out of the way we should have no
trouble in putting a Stop to dooking
forever. But many persons, advocates
of onr movement in the past, no soon
er boy a pair of showy carriage horses
with dooked tails than tHey desert ns
ead go over to the enemy."
"It ia the old storS?** she said.
"White owned a dog. Black who
lived nest door, came io him and said:
'Look here. That dog of yours
howls so ranch at night that my wife
and I are going mad for want of sleep.'
".Is that so?' said White. 'I
hadn't notioedhis how?bg. I think
yon must be mistaken/ ;
"A Weak passed sud Biack esme
home one day with the objectionable
dog on e> string.
" ?I have bought this our,'he told
his wife. *I haye bought this from
White and I am going to chloroform
it. . .. % ?
' 'Another week and White, the dog's
forster owner, said to Black:
u * You haven't ? chloroformed that
dog, yet, have 90a?'
f ?Why, no;; not yet,' Black an
swered. 'The fact is we have grown
rather fond of the critter; he is ?0
fisBrtfol and affectionate.'
" 'But doesn't his barking annoy
you?' White asked.
" ?No,?I haven't no tl oed it,* said
?Black.- . .
"'Well,' White grumbled, ?I can't
sleep1 for that brute's continual howl
ing.* .4* *
Mrs. Sage' smiled again.
"In the case of ourselves it is one
thing; in the case of others it ia a
different matter/'she said.
-. Many a man looks upon a marriage
license as ia blotter. WitT?, which he es*
: peots to blot put his past, . /
Once Too Often.
N. Ni cl; a ry, formerly for many
years a ?ell known taxidermist, of
Lynn, Mass., had skinned an eagle
for mounting ono day, when an old
colored man who did odd johs about
came in.
"Unolo 'Ben,' " said tho taxider
mist, "you cao take homo that gooso
over there if you want to."
Undo "Ben" bore tho "gooso"
joyfully away. Tho next time ho
met Mr. Nickary ho lookod at him
rather queerly, but said nothing. A
fow i mi a lalor tho taxidermist skinned
an owl, and again o ito rod Undo
"Ben" a gooso to tako homo.
Uncle "Ben" removed hi6 hat,
soratohed his head in some perplexity
and then said: ,
"If it's all the same to you, Mistah
Viokary, sub, I'd Uko to seo the feet j
ob dat gooso before I take him home
to my old woman."-Now York Press.
Went by Smell.
The Late Peter Lorillard Ronalds
liked poreeveranoo in his servants.
When he told them to do a thing, he1
expected them to do it, no matter
how diffioutt it might be. If he sent
a stableman out to buy a oortain kind
of whip, he expeoted the man not to
return till the whip was seoared,
though he might have to visit a hun
dred shops to got it.
There is a story about the wey
Mr. Ronalds osme to hire a young
groom.
He was in a drug store ono day
when a shsbby little boy entered.
The boy advanced boldly, to the
clerk; ic jk s small camel's-hair brush
from his pocket, and said:
"Smell this and gimme 10 oants'
worth, I've forgotten the name."
The clerk smiled, smelled, and took
down the iodine bottle, and Mr. Ro
nalds engaged the ing?nions and re
sourceful boy on the spot.
Under the 8eat.
John G. Woolley used to tell this
story: Two drummers, one an old and
well seasoned knight of the road, the
other young, fresh and green, on his
first trip, were seated together on the
train.
The young one went, to sleep. The
old one stole his ticket and put it in
his vest pocket. Presently, when he
saw the oondnotor coming, he woke np
the verdant one and said:
"Here comes the oondnotor; get
your ti ok et out."
"Tes/1
Then bogan the Beeron for the
ticket through hie clothes, in his va*
lises, under the seat, baok of the seat,
behind the seat. Finally ho gave it
np with a groan.
"What shall I do?"
"You are a little fellow," said the
ancient, "get under the seat."
He ?id so.
- Mistreas-I don't want you to
haye so much company., You have
m3re callers,in adey than I have in ft
week. Do m CR ti o-Well, mum, per
haps, if you would try to. be a little
more agr?eable, you'd have as many
friends as I have.
-Whether a woman wants to trust
a men depends not on how much ho is
to be trusted, but on hew much she
likes him. ; '* '
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