The Indianapolis world., 1900-01-27

ol'en oesIh oeIore the spot Sss h.
fixed upon for the nest ~. ana aas
tary eggs are often fonnd G Qs
saken all over the district lying
by the ostrich. The nests a,s ols
holes in the sand and varr a.e ~ .
6 feet in diameter. In tbosa NVn
by a single bird. or MANY in M
from twelve to fifty or q Sivo Sas
They are incubated by nirbt
TO the heat of the sun durins AZ n
The males assist in the iSous ~
and also in taking care of ,1' ~.
until they can provide for tbns %
When the ostrich chicks ara aF oa
common fowl, they run win
rapidity.
Europeans do not care for ~
Of the ostrich eggs, but bnsbm,
very fond of them. They wairS
two to three pounds and ara 81 81
twenty-fOur hens eggs T54i
somewhat resembles turker
very tough. 1t will be remar,
that the ostrich has been know.
remote times, and their braina
served up as food on the tahlas j
Romans, and are referred to or
the book of Job.
Ostrich farming has ALREADY h.
n considerable industry in this co~
considerable industry in this co'
as our readers will remember
in Florida, on an ostrich farm
is an ostrich which acts as vatsss
and woe betide the cOlOred cprg-
long to him. Such n person was
Ion gtO him. Such a person va,
ly killed by this bird while he M,
tempting to steal some pheasapts
interesting bird, which has
dubbed Napoleon" patrols tho i,
every little while. giving at intr
n cry which may be said to mean
is we'll" If anything alarms ri,
at once communicates it to bk
paniOns by Il series Of wells as b.
vances to the attack. The Brn
Eagle recently gave an interestir
count of the method of procedr
this bird.
When fighting the ostrich All
his opponent with his feet with
ries of lightning-like but terrific
ward kicks. The power behind |
efforts would make any govern
mule die with envy, and when
known that the feet thpmSelvs
like ordinary railroad spikes, and
triches have been known to lig
bowel a horse, it can be imaginedV|
chance an unarmed person vi
stand in Il fight. Napoleon" sd
nearly 10 feet high. and weighs |
400 pounds. He is Il bird of unuI
intelligence, and during the day n
violent enough for ordinary pupd
At night. however. he becomes 4
demon, and often his keeper is obj
to stand at n distance; and to see
keeper force Napoleon" back bI
pen every morning, with large d
is one If the sights of the OsI
farm. The enormous bird ScTeei
with rag md strikes out with
feet. all the while slowly giving
One night those on the farm Y
awakened by 4 most terrific Spris
noises. Mingled with the rOarS Of 4
pOleOn" were the agOnizing shries
a human being. Rushing to thpN
the cause was soon discovered. I'D
careening wildly, was a negro, all
his heels followed Napoleon"
sight was laughable had it not
of n rather serious order. The oSd
would strike out and the nercO VI
make q ZigZag run. In the b1I
moonlight, the negrO'S face
blanched white with the feli|
death. and his cries for help nj
even the hearts Of the attenda11I
mercy. Finally the nergO reached
fence and made an effort to get 4
but the bird, with a final effOrt, 81
him. and if the blow had caught
negro sNuarely, it would undOuos|
have killed him. AS it was the
was q glancing one upon the w
which ripped it Open and eXpoSe'
bone. and for a time it was tnoa1
the poor pheasant thief would !,
TO death. The fame of this ePSl
has naturally caused the phpaa,
quarters to be Stunned by otha
redatOrs. but nOtwithStandlns,
fact. Napoleon" still keeps guaNL
the cOlored folk Of the nelglOU
need not have any other lesson
One of our California CORES
ents recently took a photograph
the South Pasadena ostrich fahn
after their views had been lah'
occurred to him that a picture u
self on a full-grOwn. native ina
trich would be interesting 10 l[
ers of the Scientific American,
quested an attendant to ca'c.
and cover his head with SacA,
done he vaGlltcd upon tne .,
Immediately the photograpHe.4
ed the caAnera and the a
Snatched/the hood from tht
the bird. which immedia'e5 o.:s,
away. The vcnturesomc : s' tss
safelE V to the ground al,r' IA
hundfed yards had Deea tso+ tR
HistoNE records the fact ~. Una. ri5a
tives Oh Abyssinia reGnGnuE; nG;-. ma
ostriche but it is not Ihel2 asr ra
amusembnt will become t',! ;!,7sa:
on the Ostrich farms Oh -AD
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