Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-03-30

OF all the dangerous animals which
boy can meet al night coming homs
from the grocery. rhinoeeroa Is this
worst Without the slightest warning,
and with anger terrible to See the
rhino win charge him and catch him
ON his horn and assassinate him for ne
other cause than that he IL = boy and
has perhaps been throwing stones at Z
cat. II the rhinoeeros were AZ plenti-
full in this country now az 1000 years
ago. the loss of human life would be
something awful.
There WAS time In America when
woman could not 20 to the Kitchen
door 10 shake tablecIoth without soe-
ing rhlnoeeros standing around. They
went about In great droves. blowing
up the ground with their horns and
nKhting everything that came In their
way. and only the elephan, could stand
before them. II the weather hzdnt
changed they would be here yet. II
got so that II was winter about hair
the time. and. fearing that II he stayed
around be would have 10 shovel SNOW
the rhino packed Up aud vent on 10
Africa He 10 not happy animal in
his native state. Some one called his
father liar before be vas born, and
ne goes around trying To and ont who
IL was and ready To lick anybody Who
says good morning To him. Il makes
MIN mad TO think he can't climb like
a Nlnpkav
ssery time he sees an ostrich doing .
eakewaik tears OF rage gather in his
eyss. He gets up mad and xoss TO bed
ugly, and II Ia no wonder be has no
friends. Many of the natives OF Africa
perish every year on the horns OF Ia
fnihoeeFos. They 80 walking along
reading their Bibles or singing gospel
hsmns. ali unsuspieioas Of danger. and
thr hrst thing they know they are spit.
Ted on the horns OF a rhine and be-
come angels. No matter how good .
native Ia or how many wives and child.
zen he has to support. the Fhinoessos
VIII not spare him. Like an avenkiax
aemon. he skulks In some dark thick
~ and At The proper moment zpflnk.
out With a fierce cry. and the bIaody
deed Ia done. The rhIH0csrua In a
state OF captivity Il ius, "A bad a. when
ne ~ free. You may feed him on Hart.
sset Pears and cut loaf sugar has yen
cannot win bis gratitude. IL his keep
sr scratches his back wlth stick. he
wiz hump II up aud seem to beAtau
MS Affection. but he cannot De truatsa
Just as soon as be gets the keeper
around 70 the right spot he will take
MS HE without giving him one hour 20
repent OF hts sins. There have hsen
Ssspsrs sho have whispered words of
ehesr and friendship Into the ears OF
the rhlno and others who have val.
ioped MIN with baseball bat and stab.
paa MIN With piIehfoFk. but II wa.
III the came 20 the animal. I have
itawn picture Of the rhlnoc roz M
you VIII IND him Ia his African home
tie Ia about to charge upon nv
village and redden his horn vlth ,hs
oiood OF the guilty and Innocent aliks
When boy stands b fore n Fbtna +,
captivity. he should not feel hard In
ward MIN. The rhiHo vas born that
way and can't help H. He was uslthsr
made Tor an elephant nor hlppopota-
mus, and 1T must worry him ali dax
long as he ponders over it. I, NAV he
.hat way down In bis heart somewhere
hs mas store OF affection and that
some day keeper will discover /, win
piek axe. and therefore we ought IN
use him well and hope for the best /
mad forgotten to say that when rhino
charges an Innocent village the ground
.'smoies beneath his feet. and all ma
lure cries out In alarm. while the dad
ana wounded people make up such .
'loefai picture of slaughter that strong
men nave to turn away their heads
ana women Hing themselves down and
weep. Let us all be glad that We are
not rhinoceroses.