The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-03-27
TRAPS FOR ANIMALS S.
How Mans Ingenuity Gets the Better az
Brute fustinct.

The way to mans heart is through,
his stomach, and the proyerb holds
good with animals IN greater degree,
says the N. Z. Herald. With suitable
bait they are thrown of their guard
and become easy victims. for the idea
OF getting something 20 ent Is so large
that II shuts out all others for the time.
Alaskan iish-hooks are often mere
curved pieces OF bone. with no barb
and not even sharp at the point. They
are only hooks to hold the bait When
the fish shuts his jaws on the prospec-
tive food he seems 10 forget how TO
open them and Is drawn out.
In Alaska ptarnigan are driven
toward long line of slip-nooses fasten-
ed closely together. Partridges are
easily driven into nets by man ON
horseback--a thing to be regretted by
real sportsmen.
English spafrows may be caught by
running moose of horse-hair hung on
a tree or window-sill. Horse hair is
gold lace to n sparrow for nest build
ing, and they will pull at the moose un-
I'll they get II around the leg or worth
less neck.
IN Japan they have a novel way of
catching ducks by needless A long
string is fastened to the middle OF n
thin piece of bone. This bone Is baited
and thrown out upon lily leaves. while
one end of the line is made fast TO n
yielding branch. The duck swallows
the bait, but when he attempts TO hy
away the line pulls the needle crosswise
in his interior and ''toggles,n as the
sailors say.
MY father caught Twenty-Five wild
turkeys in trap like this,n said a
friend of mine. He made a pen of
rails and dug an inclined way under 1t.
For several days previously he scattered
corn near the pen 10 famiiarize the
turkeys with the spot; then he threw
corn along the inclined way and In the
pen. and caught the whole flock. You
see turkey won't stoop its head to 90
out by the way 1t came In. but tries TO
get out by thrusting its neck between
the rails"
There are funnel traps. labyrinth
traps. set nets fish-pots. Iobster-pots.
and iish-slides for the deni1ens of the
waters. while there are spring traps.
deadfalls. snares. spring-guus. etc, in
wait for land animals. Then there are
deeoys. The Samoan live pigeons de-
coys are admirably trained The ma
tive. provided with a net with n long
handle. sits behind blind and sends
out a tethered trained pigeon, which
has been taught at the jerk of a string
to hover around as though descending
upon food. This action brings down
the wild pigeon from the trees. aud
when it Is engaged with the decov the
native scoops him in" with the net
For ingenuity is almost tempted
TO say diabolieGl = in trapping the
Esquimaus excel. They bend up
sharpened slips OF whalebone. freeze
them into balls Of fat. and throw them
cat for bears. The bear swallows the
fat. which melts IN his stomach. set
ting free the whaleboneS. which expand
and pierce his inwards. This device is
appropriately called sleep a night and
die
Another ruse of the Esquimaus is TO
grease a sharp knife-blade aud set IL up
for the wolves TO lick These animals
will lick the knives until their tongues
are in ribbons and they bleed to death.
This is hardly trap. but il Is a shrewd
way to rid the world of ravenous
wolves.