The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-10-29
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The r..i :n.~...i, u,-s, Does SOME
Might, st,,"e' Filings al Times
;.,. n<triri, i. ,r,i t.rti hat can be
eHsily broush. up III tie WAY that il
SHOULD 70 !; has no i,.w"r. of dis
examinations s,s-e..,sise God hath de
prived her II wisdom. neither had he
i;u,s,rted TO he, understanding" as
r,.iis the description %! .li,. ostrich in
t!;t. book of Job 1t cannot dise.riln
hate between u wire fence and the
open c;.lnp. between friends aud foes
on between What is helpful and what
IN hurtfuI to the digestion. Il was ow-
ing to its want OF understanding in this
last respect and to an equal want OF
discrimination on the part of the Brit
Isl, public. that it has been found i'm
possible to keep ostrici.es alive III the
geological gardens in London.
4 public accustomed to slip its pen
ii;t,s into automatic machines could not
refrain from the temptation offered by
ti:c Cinniverous throat Of an ostrich
and filed them up with poisonous cop
per. as ii they were SO many missionary
boxes, In it's African life, however
the chief danger that bescts it is not the
rrckl. ss,lc:s Of it's appetite bat its rock
less disregard! of lis own limbs 1t will
take. fright at q shadow and hurI itself
bl.n;.iy into the nearest fence, from
Which it will be extr:cated with
broken leg, OF fight s;,vagcly with il
brother ostrich and break its leg, or
dance, w;,ltzinY with swift and graceful
precision. f.fo:.iins u most beautiful
sight to the spectator and the greatest
satisfaction to himself. until giddi,less
cuiles upon It and brings il to the
ground -aG;.n with IL broken leg 1t
is true that its dangerously powerful
legs are. also very brittle, but it must be
co:ifesss;.,, that it does not use them
we'll.
OF tie danger that tie owner some
times runs from those powerful limbs
u writer tells some very amusing sto
rics. ! sturdy newcomer. some six
ioet Ia height. laughed at the warnings
t.uu S,ere given him when he set out
for walk and disdainfully refused the
protection Of a tacky Il ulorny branch.
The ti1.xterous Use @. which will keep
ti4s ostrich IA bay -averriug that hs
vas not afraid OF dicky bird!" He
was missed and discovered some hours
;,derwsTd by Il search party .ucAt un
ce.;Ifz1rtably Perclled Oh the top OF an
iroustone bowlder and slowly grillinS
under ti,e African sun, while the "dicky
bird" did sentry up and down, watch
ing him with an evil eye.
Another gentleman had a theory that
any creature. however savage. could be
subdued - ''queiled." as he said by
tie human eye One day he tried to
.goeu one of his own ostriches. with the
result that he was presently found in a
very pitiable predicament, lying flat on
the ground. while the subject of his
experiment jumped up and down on
him, occasionally varying the treat
Inent by sitting upon him Doubtless
It was safer to lie down than to stand
up to be Kicked but to be sat upon as
If one were an egg must have been in
deed lIulniiiating
Curious, too. is the account that the
s;lthor gives Of the CAMPS or littie
Kingdoms that the ostric!cs mark out
for themselves. with invisible but never
to be encroached upon boundaries
Inside that camp it will bear no in
trnson, but outside of 1t, in the do
main Of its neighbor. it Is profoundly in
different to the strangers wanderings
Nor is it safe for the farmer to pre-
su.ne upon his former acquaintance
with any bird, for the ostrich has not
wis enough to distinguish an old friend
froln a new intruder. nor sufficient re-
si,cct for his owner to except him from
his suspicious hostilitieA though it
would appear that. as a rule. ne will
manifest q stronger aversion to the
Aaifir or Hottentot than to a white
man. Great Divide