The times., 1897-03-14


the other day He left his lioIse Tor q time
to go after some game he fancied that he
had stirred up, and when he got back he
found an enormous eagle on the animals
back, tearing ii with its talons and striking
viCiOusly with its beak, the horse mean
while fighting back as best he could The
eagle was rapidly getting the best of the
four-footed victim, when the farmer took
a hand himself, and then a battle royal
ensued, in which the farmers clothes
were badly tom and his face and hands
earfully scratched 10y the vigorous at
tacks of the bird. The eagle kept up a
continuous fight on 10th horse and man
Finally, the farmer succeeded il shoot
ing the bird and took it lome with him
The owl is noted for wisdom, as everyone
f. knows, but as a fowl of prey for big game
lie is certainly enacting a new role. The
engineer ola Big Four train sa ys that while
near Greensburg, Ind, he saw what ap
pcared to be a cow or horse about to
cross the rails almost directly n front OF
the locomotive. Anticipating an accident,
he put on all brakes just as the engine
struck the object. As the Jar was slight
and no damage done, he walked out on
the running, or footboard, and discovered
what then looked like an eagle lying on
the cuwcatcher. He picked up the object,
carried it to the cab of his engine, but
could not make out what il was, although
he was certain that it was not an eagle.
Aftelward the passengers of the train
pronounced the bird to be an owl, which
measured nearly five feet from tip to UP.
fion ,1rfvpd that hp owl "a the
time he was struck, was dragging along
the ground lamb that weighed many
pounds.
Birds have all sorts OF queer adventures,
but perhaps what is the oldest one of re-
cent days is that which befell sparrow at
Anderson, Ind. 1t flew into knife and
bar manufactory, and, getting too near
| small wheel, was sucked in The worRune n
noticed it go into the Wheel, but knowing
that the cylinder was revolving a a speed
| of j 80 revolutions a minute, took 1T for
granted that the bird had beea killed.
| When the factory shut up at noon, the men
| were astonished to hear gentle chirp from
| the wheel, and there was the sparrow
as well as ever They found that the bird
| had clung to the streng gthening rod on the
inside of the wheel and was in semi
| dazed condition. They picked him up
and put him on a table, and from thence,
| after collecting his wits, the little bird
| flew away to freedom. The wheel in
which the bird rode made 81 900 revolU-
tions while it was upon it, and SO the tiny
| feathered creature Travelled 73 and $40
miles in the embrace of a flywheel
There is an old saying chat n duck can
| find more oGd things to do than any other
| fowl, and this was eNemplified while
| ago at Litchfield, Conn. While skating
| off the city on little pond W. G. Wall
| bridge noticed a curious object in an ice
| cake Approaching it he found it to be
/ a species of wild duck, that is known as q
| fishcrow from the shape and color OF its
| head and bill. The breast and underwing
| surfaces were pure white. The attitude
! of the bird in the ice was one of arrested
| motion The wings were outSpread, the
| feet thrust back and the head stretched
| forward as in flight.
When examined, after the ice had melted.
no wound OF any kind was found on the
body. While in the ice only a portion
| OF the ducks back-about two fnches-was
| out of the cake, which was six inches thick.
| clear and undisturbed, showing the bird
was frozen during the congealing of the
entire surface, and not in the air or fish
hole.
| 1t is something of an honor to be a gov.
| ernor's dog, but there is canine out IN
| Missouri who is entitled to fame from