Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-07-07
Willy REYNARD.
Few Wild Creatures Cam Compete
With the Cox In Craftineaa.

Few Wild Creatures Cam Compete
With the Fox In Crnftiness.
Those familiar with the Fables OF
Hsop' will remember the reputation
which reynard bears among the rest
OF the animals. 1t is questionable
whether any wild creature can CON-
pete with the fox in craftiness. To
look at him generally, even In his or
binary habits, he exhibits an amount
of cleyerness which astonishes one.
Should fox catch hedgehog, whose
spines effectually protect him from
most of his enemies, he does not waste
time, as q fox terrier will do, In en-
deavoring to worry his prey. He mere
ly rolls him to the nearest water,
knowing that drop or two will cause
the animal to relax his hold.
It Ia rare thing to catch one in
trap laid at the door Of his earth"
even. If he is inside when the trap Ia
set he waits until some other animal
springs it and then energies to eat the
victim and the bait. Only when driven
by the terrible pangs Of hunger Will he
tempt fate in his own person. Most
animals gorge themselves when they
are fortunate enough to come across a
superabundance Of food. Not SO with
reynard Should he find poultry
yard well stocked and Ill protected he
il;s his larder first. Nor does he, as
the proverb says, put all his eggs In
one basket" He puts one fowl In q
hedge, hides another In bush, places
third in hole in tree, rapidly digs
cavity for a fourth and covers 1t up
again, remembering in each case where
his stores are concealed And when
his supplies are sufficient In bis own
estimation he takes fine fat chicken
or duck to his earth" for present en-.
:joyment.-
ksa<iy Every Human Quality II On
like In the Sexes.
"A man Is man down to tis
thumbs, and a woman is woman
down to her little toes" writes DR..
Havelock Ellis in his book "Men and
Women" There is hardly measur-
able quality Of any sort which Is not
unlike in the two sexes. Women even
button their garments on the other
side from that chosen by men and
choose Sunday instead of Monday as
their favorite day for making way
with themselves. So far as laboratory
tests go DR.. Ellis says that women are
unquestionably superior in general
tactile sensibility and probably 81.
perior in the discrimination of tastes
with no advantage either way in the
case of the other senses. Women have
better memories, read more rapidly
bear pain better, recover better from
wounds and serious illness, are leaa
changed by old age and live longer.
| Furthermore, according to the same
authority, women have relatively
larger brains, especially in the fronta
region. It has long been said tina,
women are the more like children, but
DR.. ELLIS says that men are the more
like apes. Women, In short, are more
| civilized than men, and civilization 1t
self is but the process of making thu
world ladylike. In fact, the only thing
left ii which man is superior Is mus
Gle. Men are two, three and even -four
times stronger than women, and TIKI
occasional exceptional woman hardly
reaches the level of the average man.
Even between the ages Of eleven an(
fifteen, when girls are taller and
heavier, boys still retain their singl,
advantage In strength. M-~