The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Wild Men L Have Known.

D -NAtI IL IAbEO"H.
[Fv Ernes Grizzly-Bear Bear-Grizzly.)
I marked popularity IF the genus
homo is his propensity to move in
this time Of year Even if he has n
perfectly comfortable lair he will
Snend weeks roaming the country for
a smaller and more expensive den.
that he nav enjoy this wild debauch.
The search for new quarters is gem
orally conducted by the female, two
Or more of them frequently travelling
together for this purpose. and they
seem to take especial delight in in
Vadine some cave or lair which is al
ready occupied and will not be vacat-
ed for another month. This is done
with the object of inspecting the
furniture of others of their kind. Elk
petitions of this sort generally con-
tinue through SIX days of the week,
eEd include the examination Of from
to two hundred lairs In each
a considerable Darleying is done
with a ferocious specimen who guards
the abode and is crowned with Their
title OF %iainitor.
Long debates are held and much
tact exercised 10 determine the num-
Der and size of clubs which the new
conner shall be permitted to bring.
scientists disagreed on what happens
of the cubs that are born during cap
tenacy of the liar. and Professor Gin
namon holds to the opinion hat they
are forthwith DISPATCHED by the ian
itOr. This. however. remains to be
proved.
=, The female frequently spend an
eSur in each subdivision of the pros
VpectiVe home. figuring on whether
the Morris chat CT folding divan will
20 into it. Some of the animals are
SO short-sighted that they have been
known to rent caves in which it was
impossible for a full grown specimen
to lie stretched out After these pre-
liminaries the female Will indicate
to the janitor that the lair is per-
fectly lovely and h is sure she will
take it. bHt her mate must see it
first. On the following Sunday she
will then pilot him through the en-
tire two undre lens.
After inspection of all the lairs the
nan will make his choice. which. by
a strange coincidence will generally
be the same his mate had decided on
the previous lay. hen pensue a series
of preparations which BATTLE my pen.
for / once had the happiness of OBJ
serving the process from start to fin
iSh.
Two specimens which I had under
surveillance first spent q week In tear
ing their lair t. pieces. ever imEress-
ing the services Of their cubs All nee
essarY articles were carefully hidden
in the bottoms of bundles. When the
strength of the pair was exhausted
they went out and hired five enormous
brutes to complete the work of demol-
ishrnent. These a animals ar
rived early n morning in a large
covered cage. They must have been
derived of water during the Journey.
for they Tapped from a fOaming pail al
freduent intervals.
With terrific roars they rushed in
10 the lair and seized a pier glass.
which they threw across the sidewalk
to the van The crash of SDlintered
glass seemed music in their ears
3 neNt grabbed a noise-making lnstru-
ment called a piano. n While one
animal PLAYED it with his hind paws
the others playfu1iy forced it through
a window. The protests of the own
ers were of no avail and only Id
ed fiendish glce. The beast Dounc-
ed upon barrels containing plates from
which the animals feed. and had an
imDrOmDtu game of football.
l concluded that were it not for
this wedding out process the genus
home would accumulate more stuff
than his lair would hold. After pack
ing a Wagon full of debris they NOV
ed off. and I followed on the trial.
Conceive my establishment to find
the refuse was ctua dumped into
the new dem Fellow naturalists.. can
we longer credit the ANNA man with
ever horse sense ?-Washington Post.