The morning news., 1899-12-31

Breeding Belgian hares is a new
Southern California industry in which
large number of persons are engaged. So
great is the interest that pure -biooded
buck hares are quoted at from $500 to $500
each, and a recent issue of Los Angeles
paper contained seventeen columns of ad-
Vertisements concerning hares and rabbit
rles. In justification of all this Juror the
Les Angeles paper explains that as an ar
ticle of diet the hare has advantages as
yet shghtly understood in this country.
The flavor of the meat is delicious" it
says, far finer than that of the best
poultry obtainable here. All of the flesh
is eatable, so that there is absolutely no
waste after the animal has been properly
dressed. From a dietetic point of view the
ifesh of the hare in invaluable II lacks
the heavy, oily substances found in ducks.
chickens and turkeys. The flesh. there
foIe' while very nourishing, produces no
inflammation, and may be taken with re-
lsh ana profit by any invalid. 1t has
none of the strong, gamy flavor found i'm
the wild rabbit. and is therefore accenta-
Ole TO the weakest stomach The Ralgian
mare VIII dress pound for every monl
pI lts age up to six or seven months He is
good for food from about the tenth weet
o his existence. The fifth month is about
the profitable age to kill if intended for
the market. He will sell for 20 cents ner
pound, dressed weight which is the ree,,-
lar market price of turkeys A small rab-
bltry to provide food and pin-monev for
family may be established on the rear ~
any city lot From beginning of five dos
and buck it is safe to say thai 300 hares
can be raised per year, and the original
stock still remain" ''''''
speaking about animals" said An
gustus Thomas, playwright, chatting with
party at The Lambs according to tbo
New York Times, "the oueerest onas
ever came across are the mountain ,at
one sees at the mines in Colorado. Tbay
are ABOUT as big as a wharf rat hut +heI,
nave bushy tail like a squirrel and aro
pets of the miners. Whenever tba 1,,,at
con hour comes you will see the feIiouis
come from their holes or nests or Uhora
ever they live in the intervals between
iieais' squat on their launches. and sif
tnere until one of the miners shares ~
dinner pail meal with them. Whafat,ar
tney ger OF the scarps of that meal tbeI
sII up ana eat just as souirre1 dooS
ne miner doesn't exist that would not
snare his meal with them. The rats 80
intelligent and mischievous as tbev oar
De- ana TO me they always seemed IN,
pueu with sense of humor that never
saw IN any other animal rrbo,, -
thieves by nature, but their tbietr, =.
peculiar. Now, here's yarn abobt one
ot them, or perhaps about a colony nf
thenn' When l was in Southern Colora6o
there was box of tallow candles IN 49,
roush cabin where the men slept. W. s,ot
up one morning and the box was erort1,
nor candle in sight anywhere, bur in tSs
oox was a pie of sticks and rubbish 90
an Sorts 1t is the rates. said the noinere
as soon as they saw that rubbish CO..
lhey claim that one of these rats pe,,er
steals anything without leaving sorootbt,,r
IN the place of the stolen article 0f
course. we Of the camp never exnectoa -
see the candles again, but two davs iater
give you my word. there was tbe 49,
ooNfui OF candles back again. The p,inore
say that the rats brought them hact We
l suppose II must be true. AT anotbor
lme the rats made a raid on a sac< -
potatoes IN the cook house and bro,,,S,
tnem all into the hut used FOR sIeori,,s
qnariers We found them in the norntn,ss
all piled up much, after the fashion thfs,,
one used to see IT, pyramfdai nlios s'as az
cannon balls in the navy yards in ~
Gays OF the old-fashioned round amn,nrt
uon a mountain rat will steai nene
SCRAPS OF iron, end even the iron etew".
IKE cand.estieks the miners use ana ,.b.',,
they are stolen fellow can fou If ~
rats did &C. for II they did there were
alWaYs the iel-iaie markers they mad loe,
oehlnd in place Of the stolen article %