Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-04

It's full of lovely pictures Of animals
and birds,
They're bright and gayly colored, but
there aren't any words!
And SO ! said (Pm sure hope it
wasn't impolite9,
Uncle, they've left the stories out,
this book is not made right"
And uncle only laughed and said:
why. you can't read, my dear!''
But I know "Cat" and Dog" and
even those words aren't here!.
A QUESTION.
What is the compelling desire that
excites the courage, or as many who
never have experienced the irresisti-
BILE desire express it, the reckless,
foolhardy Indifference that leads the
hunter to face dangers, jeopardizing
and risking life, health and limb for
the sake of bringing down to his feet
the bird of swift wing, the fleet
footed deer or the more ferocious
animals-mountain lions, lynx or
grizzly bear here in our North Amer.
lean fields of sport and in the jnngles
OF India, Asia and Africa? Hunters
will leave all the luxuries of earth
and presence of fair women, will go
forth glad-hearted, enduring all man
ner of hardship, to face the great
ferocious human devouring animals
of those countries with an eagerness
equal to that with which the home
loving husband or father will greet
his loved ones.
Many have asked, what is it that
prompts the hunter to raise his gun
and send death to hawk that is
soaring far up in the clear rariflsd
air? He sends death to this bird
through the blue, serenely sacred
peace of the still heavens while
sailing gracefully, beautifully along,
evidently happy in the might Provi-
dence has provided him with above
huSnanity.
The crack Of the hunters gun.
echoes back from cliff to cliff. It's
the death note of the bird which
falls into an abyss out of reach, and
II reached is of no value. He but
amused himself for the moment and
tested his skill. Satisfaction 'mantles
his brow. He but followed the UNI
explainable desire to deal out death
to wild animal or bird life.
1t is not that the hunter is cruel
at heart, though he will on the i'm
pulse of the moment commit such
acts.
AS a general thing, hunters are ex-
tremely tender-hearted. Their asso-
Citations and communications with ma.
ture create a sympathy in their bos-
oms for all helpless things, and il
asked to explain why he shot the
hawk he would find 1t a difficult task
to do so. Had he come upon the
hawk wounded, the chances are he
would have provided a meal for the.
wounded bird.
The careless regard for life of bird.
and animal is not confined to the pow
er he can exert over such. He is just
as careless of his own life in follow
ing an instinct born in him. Hunt
ers are not made, they are born such.
Why men will stand for hours, nearly
frozen, wet and hungry, to get shot
at a bear, deer, turkey or duck they
cannot tell; or why will they go
forth on the trail of game which they
know will rend their bodies into frag-
ments. or tempt other dangers for
the sake of coming in contact with
the mer?-Forest and Stream.
WHY THE PEA HAS A BLACK EYE
How queer are the folk lore tales
that the old grandmoth in. the
country tell to the children! And
the youngsters never forget those old
stories. To this day, when l hear a
hen cackle, recall the tale of the
ill-used biddy that fed her owners
without explaining until, when she
laid her last egg, she broke silence
with the reproachful cry:
81 lay an egg here, and lay an egg
there,
And still go observation-disclosures
footed, b-a-r-e-footed."
And 1 never shell peas for dinner
without remembering how the pea got
its black eye. If you haven't heard
the story, here it is: Once, an old
woman put on a pot full of peas to
cook, kindling fire under the pot
with straw. She dropped one pea
and one straw and they fell close to-
gether. Presently, a live coal popped
out and fell near them. The pea
and the straw jumped and cried,
please keep your distance until YOU
are cooler. We have Just saved our
lives. The old woman would have
burned one of us up and boiled the
other "And I've Just saved my
life," said the coal. IF hadn't
jumped out when the fire was getting
so hot would have burned to ashes
like the others. Now since We haya