The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-16

tlous animal circled around the box. eyed
me valve, and seemed TO be bound TO solve
NE mystery Finally the bear grabbed
lne boA and Wrenched IL apart. That Was
more than the man could stand. so he ran
70 me Mouse, got the rifle and hurried
rack Just in time to see the bear upset
the ram and almost ruin IL, and he banged
away and killed the bear
ME watching for a shot at a deer
near near derrick one fall 1 noticed a huge
geHoW jackets nest hanging from the
nmb OF an iron wood saplng. not far
from a tree l had climbed up little
psIore sunset l saw "A fine buck making
MS way toward the lick As he apDroach-
ca me yellow jackets nest / noticed a
movement in the foliage overhead am;
t tlle mex, neAt instant a catamount plunged
heaulohg through the leaves and landed
on the bucks neck. The buck stumbled.
but soon got on his feet, and the catE-
mount, who haG struck the limb to which
the yellow jackets nest was attached
sprahS on and began to root and tear I'M
me uhuefgrOWth, for the disturbed IN
SSOLs nae poured out and were singing it
uiLlief tlIuily. The buck dashed out Of
slght IKE a streak, and from the way ne
Shorted l judged that some of the angry
hornets mad got at him also. The catd-
mount ran up beech tree and leaped
rom enc tree top to another till il couldn' L
80 any further, when it tumbled 10 the
6ffoqhu, wounded TO death by the stings
Ol the yellow jackets.
once saw a rabbit hop out of the
Drusn near my single shanty in the
WOODS Just at dusk and begin to nibble at
-'AAAc Attuo. Ntll a llemlOCk nOUEh lust
me RABBIT sat big horned owl, that took
step or two along the limb the moment
tne rdbblt came in sight. The rabbit be-
o1n an alarmed and darted into the brush
ana the owl adjusted its wings and
loVked disappointed. In a moment the
TaDblt skipped out again, and the owl let
user drop noiselessly and caught the
RABBIT Then the owl flew into the tree
WIN the rabbit and all of a sudden a
wildcat that l hadn't seen before ran up
sLne trunk and gave the owl a cun and
Rhocked 1t out of the tree springing
/ down upon 1t and taking the rabbit away
me owl sailed of through the woods. and
cluobed the wildcat to death while il
was crunching the rabbits bones
crows are so fond of eggs that you can
pay some amusing tricks on them one
summer 1 placed a stuffed porcupine I'm
held, spread little straw over it, and
STUCK some hens eggs onto the duilIs
1 crow soon spied the eggs from a tree
/ TOP and flew down to get one. 1t lit on
/ the ground near by, and then it filtered
! up and settled down on the straw. But
1t hoped off very suddenly, looked side,
/ ways at the eggs, and scratched around
as II its feet didn't feel exactly natural
/ me crow tried again, got its feet pricked.
ana flew back to the tree, where It sat
1 silently till two more crows got fooled IN
/ the same way, when it began to COO and
chuckle as If II was laughing at them
/ Then the two Joined him, and the three
! sat on the tree till two more got their
/ soles pricked. when the five went squall-
/ ing away to the woods The next morning
Hoticeu d DlS mock OF crows nylng back
/ ana forth from the woods to the porcu-
/ pine. Finally they all disappeared. and /
found that the black scamps had outwit-
ted me, for they had piled up a lot of
/ twigS on the quilts, and on them the cum
| ming crows had got foothold, stuck their
| bills into the eggs and carried them off
/ "One spring / fed the crows on chopped
/ frogs till the corn got well up, and by so
/ doing kept them out of the cornheld. /
/ scattered the frogs in a field next to the
1 corn lot, and the crows soon got so that
! they watched for me to come with the
fodder. When l had fed them few times
| a lot of king birds got in the habit of fol-
! lowing me to the feeding ground. They
/ lit in the trees, and when the crows set
| tied down to eat the king birds whaled
| them back to the woods where they kept
! shady till the king birds went home"