Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

of twelve buffalo. and the young ones are
getting old enough to take some part in the
family quarrels. Just now the more active
portion Of their existence is centered In he
continual efforts of bachelor bull who Is
nearly full grown, to become the boss of
the herd. This the father of the family
will not stand. becomes his dignity, al
though. judging from the present state OF
the feud, Keeper Blackburn, who Eeeps an
eye over such matters, says, there Is likely
to be a change in lordship before spring
opens. He says buffalo bulls are exactly
like human beings, and when one takes it
into his head that he is big enough and
strong enough to be boss he just starts in
and fights his way to the top.
Many In fact, the majority, of the Euro
pean fur-bearing animals like the outdoor
life in winter too. Those animals which
range in high latitudes, like the splendid
Thibetan yak, the mouff1on the aoudad.
with his great horns like the Rocky noun
tain sheep; the Burrhell sheep, the mark
hoor goat and the Tabor goat, who has a
great mat of long hair falling from his
shoulders like the musk OK, can stand a
very much more severe winter than that of
Washington.
The stately aoudad which is about dou-
BILE the size of a Rocky mountain sheep,
which he much resembles in general appear
ance has just now a promising family OF
four children. He and his mate have raised
eight duplicates of themselves within The
past four years, all of whom have thriven,
the other four going to other collections in
different parts of the country.
Afraid of the "Old Man"
In his dwelling house everything is new,
and strong, with double plank walls. The
house is divided into two parts in the mid
die.
You see this PARTITION observes Keeper
Blackburn. THE rest of the family are a
little afraid of the Old man. The young
ones stay around with ma and they keep
pretty close to her most of the time. Moth
ing like a full-grown aoudad with family
for sense of paternal dignity. You see,
there's door in this partition, and while
the family is in here eating, if the old
man pokes his head in they can all scam
per through and out at the other side. By
and by one of his will get big enough
to lick him, and then pa will have better
manners.
Come along and have look at this yak
in the next Enclosure" continued the
keeper. He's got the finest Texas steer
that ever grazed beat mile. The big yak
simply seems to laugh at our Washington
winters and shows it in every hair of his
coat, which is black all over with long
trailing, evenly cut lambrequins hanging
from his body and legs which make him
look like hearse."
A stout wire fence separates his yakship
from his family, a mother and promising
young one in the next compound. He can
see them and nose them when they come
close to the fence, but he can't get at them,
because his temper at this time of year,
Hike that of many another outdoor animal,
is none of the best toward his immediate
circle. The yak's name is Jack" and he
is said to be the finest specimen of his kind
in this country.
Shifts at Washington Weather.
In adjoining house, which, with its
tiled, curved roof, is real architectural
treat and suggests the query why the art
of the designer as well as his skill has