The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
Animal,

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| Details of a thrilling fight in which
an enormous timber wolf vanquished
pack of 1S hounds reached Mattoon,
ILL.,, the other, day. 1t occurred on
the Sizemore farm, near Marley, Ed
gar county, and was witnessed by
| Siebert Scott, William Creech and
Mark Davidson, who were at work in
a sugar camp. They saw the wolf
, running, followed by the dogs. The
pursued animal was. weak from the
long chase, and, seeing the men, ran
! into shallow creek. There it turned
at bay. The hounds attacked it vi
ciously for an hour, but retired with
slit noses, lacerated hanks and bleed
ing bodies. The wounded but vic
torious wolf was shot and killed by
Scott as it clambered upon the bank.
DESCENT OF THE BARINGS.
History of a Great Commercial Family
Extending Through Centuries.
Two centuries ago there lived at Bre-
men, In Germany, pastor of the Luth-
eran church named Franz Barring, or
Baering. In those days, says Spare
Moments, the ministers of his order
might be men of great learning, but
their circumstances We're at the best
moderate. His son, John Barring, went
to England and established himself as
clothmal1cr near Exeter, in Devonshire
From the ranks Of the cloth drapers and
the linen drapers, quite as often as from
amcng the goldsmiths, the merchants
and bankers were then recruited. John
Baring's son, Francis, born in 174O, was
sent at an early age to learn the fart,
trade and mystery of a merchant, and
before he died he made himself, by con-
sent, the first merchant in the world.
He was a director in the Honorable
East Indian Company, then one of the
highest rewards to which a merchant
might hope to attain: for a time he was
the great company's chairman; for
twenty-five years he sat in parliament,
then far more exclusive body than it
has become under the extended suf-
fragc; in 1893 he was made a baronet;
in 1910 he died. But his first title to
honor is that he founded the house of
Barings. His sons were the first Barring
brothers.
All previous records in the fasting
line have been broken by a queer rep
tile called a cyclodus, owned by Jo-
seph st. Clair, a cigar merchant of 104
Hudson street, New York city After
a seven months fast, during which the
cyclodus took nothing in the shape of
sustenance it died last Sunday night.
In the seven months it increased from
eight to Is inches in length and grew
stouter in proportion.
The cyclodus is a species of sand
lizard, belonging to the family of scin-
cidoe. In color it is silver and gray, !
with brown spots and dark gray rings
around its body, and is found on the
rocky shores of Australia. The most
peculiar feature of this reptile is that
it is double-headed. The four legs are
jointed so that it can walk in either
direction without turning round. The
cyclodus is web-footed. The foot has
four fingers and a thumb, while the
joints On the legs are made on the same
principle as a mans elbows.
When two furtive, lightly -garbed
figures stole back to their respective
beds, the sky was shivering towards
the dawn. AS Amherst crept into his
bed, the next man to him moved, and
muttered in his sleep. eve beseech
Thee to hear us. Good Lord" He was
the second tenor in the choir, and had
been practicing some new music the
day before at the squeaking har-
monium.
Amen" said Davy, fervently, as he
drew the blanket over his head.
At the same moment the bugle rang
out "Reveille,'' clear. as a bell-reson-
ant as the last trump-each note ris-
ing and falling on the still air. 1t was
echoed from cliff to cliff, from fort to
barracks, till the whole island rang
with the news that another day was
born.
And the eunners of Tigne woke to
reluctant life, and grumbled them
selves into uniform and pipe-clayed
helmets once again. But there was
gladness in two rough, honest hearts,
for a shadow had rolled away with the
purple line Of night-cloud into the sea.
Black and White.
A Mosquitoes Teeth
"A mosquito gets its growth in a
short time. It is fully developed and
equipped for business in three weeks