Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-07-23
HOW AN ELK CHANCES His HORNS.
Ten Weeks Required to Grow New
Pair OF Antlefs.

EAlr Oh AnC10f6s
Those who take an interest in the
study of natural history NAV be pleased
to know that in few weeks the stao
elk IN the deer glen in the park will
undergo decided change. He will
soon De shor;ri of the royal antlers that
have made him for the last wear the
pride of the glen.
With the loss Of the antlers the STAG
will change his disposition entirely and
become as docile and tractable as a
lamb. He will show an inclination to
court public petting rather than avoid
it. He will remain in this condition of
emper until the beginning of March;
when he will show d disposition to
Turk in scquestered spots of the glen
and timidly avoid the presence of all,
even of his kind.
During this period, on the spot
where the late antlers were, pair of
protnberantes will make their appear
ance, covered with II soft, dark, vel=
vety skin. These will attain consid-
cradle growth in a few days. The
carotid arteries of these protnkaa1. au,es
will enlarge with them "a order to sup
ply sufticiersy of nourishment:
When lie new antlefs have attained
.neir full growth; which will be in ten
weeks after the old ones have beeu
shed, the bony rings at the base
through which the antlers pass will
begin to thicken, and gradually filling
up will compress the blood vessels and
ultimately obliterate them. The vel
wet VI 1x that DO L l..,
ing thus deprived of nourishment. will
lose its vitality aud will be rubbed off
III shreds by the stag on the edges Of
rocks or other hard substances.
As soon as the full size Of the antlers
is attained the docile disposition Of the
elk will disappear and lie will become
once more for the year the fierce and
unfriendly king of the glen.
The age of the elk, according to
writer's on natural history, is COM
puted by the number of points on the
antlers. At the present time there are
six. The next set will bear seven,
showing that seven summers have
passed since the date of his BIRTH =
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inc Time.
Miss Kate bought her Indian meal
and established a store in her kitchen,
where meal was sold under the market
price. AS long as the people could
buy, they purchased. Miss c. and
her sister knew the circumstances of
every family on the estate; when {,
farmer who still had something left
approached, and, in Irish phrase,
'.made poor mouth, Miss Kate stop
ped him brisKly: There's the dun
cows calf. Higgins; we'll give You the
worth of that in meal. You know
every penny we get will 60 for more
meal" Soon they were obliged TO
guard the door of the impromptu shop.
Policemen stood outside to keep
back the horde of frenzied, dying
creatures lest they should rush in and
fall upon the whole stock of provisions.
Never was Ireland more bloody,
more riotous, than now," wrote Miss
c.. They had no fear of their own
peoples violence, they could be made
to understand that the supplies must
be husbanded,- out of caves and
boys squalid. emaciated shapes crawled
to the merciful ladies who were feed.
ing the poor.
When they sat down to their mig.
gardly meal. as plain now and hardly
more plentiful than the portion they
served to the starving, they had tc
have the shutters drawn in order moi
to see the ranks of woltish eyes glar:
ing in at the Octave lha,aet, i,
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