Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-09

leg ne Is Immediately killed and carved I'm
INTO steaks of which he does not make the
pest; should all go well, however. he is
s So Ior SIX years hard work, and six
ySals more OF llghter work, and then he ia
arlNen to the slaughter house. The carabao
Is one OF the slowest animals that ever trioJ
70 move For this reason the sanitary do.
p p,it tii, .h OF Manila has supplanted him
The cat of the Philippines Is want.d ,,,
eiIe museum authorities. 1t will be easy to
procure as there are plenty of cats IN
sbtre IN every municipality and barrio in
tiils part or the archipelago These cat.
the real thoroughbreds. have a IittIe hooL
az the end of their tails and cannot straipby.
em then out even when they run I'D a free
90. 81 'he Nay Of a dog. There are wild
cais III the Island, and they are abont the
only wild animals the natives fear W.
oTriul stories of jungle and hill are told in
Whlch the wildcat plays the part Of he
S! SIessor- Ihey are of the tiger nature
nstti9 oE =. tne nesh OF other animals and
them. as Taught
sere are many birds, though few sonr-
PITS. II mas been told how the martin wa
received by the Spanish government T Fly
nave increased and multiplied, but thew d.
not sing A few thrushes do sing hut ~
m% da13 OF the North American songsters is
MISSING from the piping. The thrush 60
shy, too. and it is a lucky man tbat ~ 80
one Among the fowls of the air. a re tba
pencan and f1amingo. The latter f1v across
the pay Just at daylight, their bright nInn,.
age iIghtened by the Redeemed RAYS of rba
sun They stand in the shallow PLACES NJ ~
Day and their long necks and crooked haai
are submerged good part of the tiroa a..
their search for food. When it is broad j7ax
tie woods and swamps ~ i'''
-: as LOT monkeys. there are whole fam
mes OF them on this island alone II thann
IS any dlh1culty in getting the "tarsiar ;,
me dehclency could be made I'D in nnan.
titles OF the solemn-faced members ~ IL
tribes that submit to capture ava = VI III, ..,e
iZduoh scarcely a volunteer regiment ~
E1Ie nome without its monkey mas
Use ,'I. vary from the smallest sizes that
L;nd nc, ne niuoen under the hat to the larger
i LiIu mat want to chase children and 90
bananas There are rats tooNh,, s eet
fellows which tumble and so1eai sho,,.
hlsht ana can swim like ducks from casoa
to casco. iiom casco
Bats come under the head of r,o,
ana are wanted In the Island of aIindas.
Is variety covered with fur and hJsr -
an umbrella Once in awhile these w.,
ny creatures get into civilization II 10
saLu one once Hew into the dining roon, ~
a Manila hotel at dinner time and 1917 y,
grove the guests into Mysteries 'Tbere q -
pats that live on fruit, besides these -
. MN which grow very large There
a go are sinaHer bats here which go kitine
about in the gathering dusk much fhe same
as those in the United States.
IL Is asked that an eagle be sent to tho
institution There are eagles here which
giler but slightly from the eagles Of the
Rocky mountains There are nIsnty ~
them; some Of the bald, varietw
others Of the black head. "'''
Ihere Is family of pigeons which die
oihsuish themselves by the bright red spots
| on their breasts. They appear as tbnwo,h
| they had been stabbed in the hreast Us y
| their lifeblood was oozing out Other hill.
/ are the snipe and the ployer.