Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-05-17

| served and described. What chat
tering and loud cav -cawing there is
these are the calls to come to court.
Then one old fellow. the head village
man, patriarch, or chief, who for years
on years "has led the Changing rookery
home" as the poet sings, takes up the
parable and addresses his companions
in the most solemn judicial tones. Then
there follows the chorus of agreement
IN the law laid down, ''caw, cav, u
"hear hear" ''let Judgment be done, u
and straightway the nest of the offend
ing pair is torn to pieces, to be worked
into other nests by-and-by, and the
offenders are driven out-for time at
| all events-to find site for their nest
building and pairing elsewhere than
with their own family or tribe.
| Mr.. Romanes in his "Animal Intelli
gence," into which he admits no state
ment that he had not thoroughly veri-
fed, gave the following at page 324,
from the pen of the late Bishop OF
| Carlisle
81 have seen a jackdaw in the mids,
of congregation of rocks, apparently
| being tried for some misdemeanor.
First, Jack made speech, which was
answered by general cawing Of the
| rocks; this subslding. Jack again took
up his parable, and the rocks in their
turn replied in chorus. After q time,
the business, whatever II was, ap-
peared to be settled satisfactorily. II
Jack was on his trial. as he seemed to
be, he vas hoDorably acquitted by ac-
clamation; for he went to his home in
! the towers of Ely Cathedral, and the
rocks also went their way,"
Even the shy and shrinking swsl
lows have been known to sit as a jury
and to resolve en- combined action
against an enemy. Here's a story of the
way IN which the wiles of q cat to
! make prey of some of their number
were defeated by them. 1t was told
and vouched for by the Rev. Philip
Skelton:-
81 once saw q remarkable instance
of the sense and humor of the swallows
played off upon a cat which had, on a
very fine day. placed herself on the
top of gate-post, rs if in quiet con.
temptation, when about a dozen swal.
lows, knowing her to be an enemy,
took 1t into their heads to tantalize
her. One of these birds, coming from
behind, flew across to her ear, and
she made snatch at it, but it wa.
too late. Another, in five or six see
ouds, did the same, and she made the
same unsuccessful attempt to catch it
/ Then followed a third, and a fourth
and all the rest; and every one, wher
it passed, seemed to set up a laugh a
the disappointed enemy. Then they
/ formed a kind of circle in the air, anC
few round and round her for nearly
an hour; till at last pussy, tired of be
lug made lutt of, jumped down anC
| fed, as much baffied, l believe, as
had been diverted"
There are certain insects which yer,
closely initiate the coIors Of bees, anc
iutrude themselves into the hives o
these bees, with the definite object o
robblng them of their honey. When
they are detected there is great excite
eating to another, and considerable
/ disorder seems to prevail, until, finally
sort of court is held, after which tn
business of dealing with the intruder
comes on, when o certain number o
bees, as though deputed fer the pur
| posa, proceed to seize with their pin
GERS the unlucky personator, and elths
turn him out or tear him to pieces.
Here is another instance of jury-lik
| dellberatiOn issuing In definitely con
certed action for punishment, on til,
/ part of ducks, not generally credited
with much cleverness or power O
united action, vouched for by anothe
clergyman. He writes
"One more anecdote in evidence c
| the sagacity of the duck. 1 had fiv,
/ Aylesbury ducks, with number o.
! fowls. The lord of the yard, a mos
/ despotic chantIcleer, would never suffer
/ the ducks to feed with his family anC
/ friends when, at the regular meal times
the gra was scattered for their com
mon use. Ferociously and without
| pity he drove them from the ground
This had been going on for many
weeks, and one day, at the usua
! twelve O'Clock repast, the act of expul
sion was performed as usual. l wa
present, and saw the discomfiteC
| ducks retire to another corner of tn,
yard. There they evidently held
conference, or resolved themselves int
a jury. Having been so engaged som,
five minutes. they proceeded with de
hberate and resolute air, in single file
as Is their wont, towards their oppres
sor. Having reached the tyrant, the,
surrounded him, each duck turned hi
posterior towards the enemy, and will
concerted action fairly hustled hin
clean out of the yard. To see the sur
prise of the cock, as he jumped from
side to side to avoide the pressure O
the attacking party, was ludicrous il
the extreme. The victory was complete
from that hour the ducks were nevel
again molested."
Now, concerted action, in all thes,
cases, with q definite penal purpose
| could only have resulted from confer
ence at which q systematic process o.
procedure was settled on. That the
animals perfectly understood ant
agreed to this was essential to sue.
cess. We might cite many more cases
but the principle In all is the same
the recognition of a common cause, ol
right, or interest first; next, the full
consciousness that individual action
could not avail, but that united actor
would prevail There could hardly be
q higher or more definite proof of the
exercise of reason. The animals suff, 1
from the fact that they have no clerks
to make record for them, as we human
beings have; but human beings, oh.
serving their action are compelled to
draw certain differences, that animals.
the more closely they are observed, re-
veal more aad more hkenesses to men,
even in the higher aspects of moral aud
social development. Surely, that nice
observer and thorough lover of the
animals. Henry Thoreau, was right
when he summed mp his deliberate
conviction in the words, "Animals
are undeveloped men standing on their
defence awaiting their transformation.
The Bones OF Daniel Boone
Daniel BOone's remains wel-
brought back from Missouri and
placed beneath big limestone rock
lnnLinn h.