Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-03
3. Belongs to a monastery.

..sYhe appropriate answers of these
would be as follows: Chaucer, Dryden
Pope. Taylor, Holland, Hood, Burns,
Abbott, Southey. Shelley, Coleridge
and Young.
ANIMALS NEVER COMMIT SUICIDE
Il do not believe that animals ever
commit suicide. do not believe that
they have any notions of death, or
take any note of time, or ever put up
any bluff game, OR ever deliberate to.
gether, or form plans or forecast the
seasons.
They may practice deception, as
when bird feigns lameness or para
lysis to decoy you away from her nest
but this, of course, is instructive and
not conscious deception.
There is at times something that
suggests cooperation among them, as
when wolves hunt in relays, as they
are said to do, or when they hunt in
couples. one engaging the quarry in
front while the other assaults it from
the rear; or when quail roost upon
the ground in a ring, their tails
to the center, their heads out
ward; or, as when cattle or horses
form circle when attacked in the
open by wild beasts, the cattle with
their heads outward and the horses
with their heels.
"Of course, all this is instructive
and not the result of elaboration. The
horse always turns his tail to the
storm as we'll, and COWS and steers,
If l remember rightly, turn their
heads. John Burroughs in Outing.
DUELS BETWEEN PARTRIDGES.
The mating season is time OF
great excitement among the part.
ridges, and generally extends over a
fortnight or three weeks, according to
the size of the stock and the proper.
ton Of the sexes. Should cocks pre-
ponderate to an excessive degree, the
business will not be settled till many
a pitched battle has been fought to
the bitter end, and the weaker males
either driven away or actually killed.
A cock partridge is SO poorly armed
for the fray that it is a matter for
surprise he should be able to kill one
of his own kind, but If battle is
watched there will no longer be cause
for wonder; once bird recognizes 1t.
self beaten it appears to make no
further attempt at defence, and tameiy
submits to be scalped by its success.
full rival.
There is nothing in the whole ami,
NAL world quite SO craven as beaten
partridge, for 1t seldom makes an eff.
fort even to escape Country Gentle.
man.
SAWED STEEL WITH YARN.
What drop of water does to the
hardest stone is only circumstance
to what thread of yarn can accomp-
fish. Major McClaughry. warden of
the federal prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, once found a prisoner
who was supposed to be pounding
stone, working away at one Of the
bars to an outside window. The man
finally admitted what he was doing
and was induced to give a demonstra-
ton.
A grating of the same description
was placed in his cell and guard sta
toned over him to exact the proof d
the statement. With the limestone
dust and silicate from the. stone pile.
the yarn from his sock and little
water this man cut the Bessemer steel
bar In Is working hours. With some
fine emery, chalk line, and two wool
en- handholds to save his fingers he
made the other clean out of the bar
in five hours, proving the matter to
the guards satisfaction. Popular Me.
chanics.
SPARROW PLAYED 'POSSUM.
was In our maids room when we
heard my old tabby Persian cat com,
ing upstairs with the peculiar muf1ed
"mow-wow" that meant a prize. He
appeared with a sparrow that he had
managed to catch. Both the maid and
thought the bird was dead. His
head was dangling Imply, his eyes
were half shut and one wing was
trailing.
The cat laid his capture at our feet
with pride. was going to pick the
bird up when it shot up and few
straight out Of the open window. He
had evidently not been hurt in the
least by the cat, who was SO furious
at his capture escaping that he nearly
went out the window too.-Country
Life.