Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-20
BEASTS ON STRIKES.
EVEN INSECTS INDULGE IN PRE-
SERVING REVOLTS.
Emulate tho Human Family 80 Birds
Gather In Factions and Resist Impo-
sitIcns and Fight for Rights aud
PrIylieges-Horses Refuse to work.

number of horses together In field,
especially at this time of year, is that
they all come out on strike. They
bunch together under trees eat less
than usual. get more and more restive.
and are always neighing and rubbing
noses. The end of 1t that the entire
herd declines to do any work, will not
be saddled or harnessed, chase their
attendants about. and bite, squeal and
kick all day. The Oldest jog -trotter
after conference" like this, viii jib,
smash up his cart and behave like
an unbroken colt. Nobody knows the
reason; but in large towns, also. the
horses all suddenly strike at work at
times, especially II they have been to-
gether a good deal Then there Is a
regular epidemic of runaways, smash
ups and so forth, or sometimes most
of the horses of a town, as II by pre-
vious arrangement. will be down in the
road and refuse to get up. Cows are
worse c.ill and when they are seen
crowding together under trees fidget
ing and "mooing,' they are said to be
ION the growl." and the hsrders and
milkmen know they are going to have
q bad time. At such periods cows will
sooner die of milk fever" than let
themselves be milked. and will be as
sulky and intractable as mules. Bull
locks. when they get fit of this kind.
are actually known as strikers" and
are liable to become dangerous. When
the herdsmen see them huddling to-
/ gether sulkily. and making odd snort
| ing or grunting noises. they look out
| for squalls, for the cattle will not be
herded in any direction. and stubborn
/ ly refuse to do anything they are
/ wanted. Birds are notorious for
'woman's rights" stI ikes-that is. the
females sometimes flock together.
abandoning or driving away the males,
and refuse to do any "housework'
whatever They desert their nests
and will not finish building; they leave
| their eggs to grow cold and unhatch-
/ able, and nothing will induce them to
return. The male birds grow very
concerned at such times; but they
have no remedy. for throughout the
beast and bird creation the male will
never dlldNh VI lnJuIt inc
though the reverse often takes place.
Warblers and starlings especially are
given to these female workers"
strikes, and the thing becomes serious.
for the whole district will be full OF
nests left to rot. clutches of eggs aban-
doned, and even young broods left to
starve. If one or two of the "strik k,rs"
havo hotchad out thaft pggs
Ants are geniuses at organizing and
,arryng out strikes, especially the
little yellow ants that live with the
black tribes, and do most of their work
for hem. The wages they earn are
not high. for they merely work for
their keep-they are allowed the same
food as their masters. At times, how
ever, the yellow ant becomes discon-
tented and after a great deal OF con-
gregating and restlessness. strike in a
body. and decline to do anything The
black ants then cut them off from sup
plies. and endeavor to starve them into
submission: sometimes they even at
tack them and try to bully them into
doing the work. The 'yellows," how
ever, generally prefer to be killed
rather than abandon their principles; !;
are not to be coerced. and their mas
ters are driven to do the work them
selves. Sometimes they make raid
and get fresh batch of yellows into
the ant hill to take the strikers places,
but these mostly join the malcontents
in a day or two The strike ends in one
OF two ways-the 'yellows" may es-
cape and try to found a colony of Their
own. or they may give in and settle
down to work again. Perhaps, on the
whole, rabbits are the most determin-
ed strikers there are. In rabbit colo
MES there are nearly always a certain
number of stronger rabbits. who do
most OF the hardest digging and bur
rowing. and about once in two years
these appear to grow discontented, and
decline to make the passages which
connect all the burrows in a big war
ren. Without these passages the as
sembly is not safe from stoats and fer
rets. and the commonwealth is endan-
gered. But the large digging rabbits
give up work and sit about browsing
in the pastures all day and night; and
unless they choose TO get to work
again, all new excavations for fresh
rabbit families have to stop.-Chicago
Journal.
| Prominence OF Some Governor.
OF the surviving Governors OF Mas.
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