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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-15

Nenable Cralle has returned TO Rich
n:ond' after visiting friends in Farm
Vile
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-15

Miss Julia Carlton. who has been
me guest of friends in this city. has
returned 10 her home in Toano.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-15

Mrs Easkins Hohson has retu,,s :,
mount Airy Powhatan countv
Ter spending week with friends :,
this oly. en"s IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-15

Rev and Mrs A1fpaa Nv
a s.p rislting Mrs. Buckner Randolph a,
hed!ands her home in Eana,,,aL
county. Faoquier
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

lordly masters of the feathered world
that they are, to whom the blue vast
nesses OF the heavens are natural high
ways, and who have no need to fear the
approach of enemies to their nests
perched in the clefts of mighty preci-
pices, cannot reconcile themselves to
prison bars. however wide apart man
may set them. The spectacle of these
great eagles of the Zoo. sitting in
crumped detection high up under the
roof netting OF their cage. strikes the
sole pathetic note of the park.
Appetite is the outward manifestation
of the springtime gladness in the rep
titan world. During the long winter
months the alligators, crocodiles, lizards.
and snakes eat little or nothing. The
first warm rays of sunlight stir them to
new life. Their blood begins to circulate
and their alimentary canal-which in the
snakes may be said to constitute the
lining of their entire bodies-begins to
twitch and send little c. @. d. messages
for help. Little Johnnie and Susie may
notice tomorrow as they look down into
the crocodile pen how lovingly the big
saurians gaze upward in their direction.
Little Johnnie and Susie, however. must
not mistake this fond look of affection
in the crocodile's eyes and his amiable
smile. 1t is very material love he is
expressing. Don't let little Johnnie's foot
slip.
And so all through the park you will
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

In their surroundings. They haven't lost
any weight, either. In fact, Buster
the huge Alaskan bear, the largest In
captivity, recently tipped the scales at
1,1e0 poubds. gain of ITO pounds over
his weight last fall-----------s,-- ---..sss.--c
In the Bird World.
In the bird kingdom at the Zoo the
spring fever for mating and housekeep-
ing is at present epidemic. During this
week large numbers of the birds will be
liberated from their cramped cages in
the bird house and given the freedom
of the huge steel aviary out doors. There
they will make up for lost time in their
nest building. They will find the herons,
who have occupied the aviary for sew
eral weeks, already mated and estab-
lshed in new nests, in which a number
of youngsters will soon be stretching
forth their long necks and yelping for
sustenance. .-
There is none of this glad joyousness
of spring noticeable among the big birds
of prey occupying a special aviary of
their own. They haven't room to start
up Housekeeping and the only sign they
show of any particular springlike feel
ing is the wistful manner in which they
gaze upward into the blue canopy of the
between their high perches. To the
smaller birds, captivity can be made
more or less pleasant. In their native
state they are constantly on guard
against their natural enemies. At the
Zoo they have big. pleasant quarters
with ample room to exercise their wings
in and place TO raise their little families
without fear OF the ominous shadow of
the hawk. But the big birds Of prey,
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

covered cement border around his pond
until his fippers froze to the surface.
In wrenching them free he irritated his
skin until 1t became necessary to put
him indoors for the rest Of the winter.
He Is too valuable a specimen to be ex-
posed to the stone throwing proclivities
Of unruly Easter Monday boys, so he
will not be returned to his pond until
after tomorrow.
The rarest, as far as the ZOOS Of this
country are concerned. specimen Of bird
land to be found at our Zoo is the kea,
the sheep-killing parrot of New Zealand.
According to the New Zealanders, this
parrot hangs around the slaughter
houses on the big sheep ranches. There
they have acquired a fondness for the
fat around the kidneys of sheep. So par
ticularly fond have they become Of this
delicacy that they have learned to at
tack live sheep, a lighting on their backs
and with two or three strokes of their
fearfully long and sharp beaks tearing
out the animals kidneys. They touch
no other portions of the sheep, large
numbers of which, the story goes, have
been found dead on the ranges, I'M
touched save for the missing kidneys.
Several new additions have been made
to the Zoos summer quarters for ami
mails, chief among which are the new
zebra house and pen and the pen for the
dainty chamoix built on the cliffs
Larger outdoor cages for the monkeys
are also under way. Z. R s.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

find every form of animal life expressing
in some way its appreciation OF and
interest in the springtime, Even the big
carniverous animals, especially the cats.
feel the spell of the season, while the
monkeys are fairly bubbling over with
exuberance of spirits, expressed through
the medium of the remarkable acrobatic
agility for which they are famous.
Some Rare Specimens.
The National Zoo now holds LAS in
dividual animals. birds. and reptiles.
These include SIS mammals, 692 birds,
and 1G7 reptiles. Perhaps the rarest Of
all the animals is the little fur seal.
brought down last fall from its haunts
among the Pribilof Islands of Alaska
by members of the National Fish Com
mission. 1t is this seal that provides
the beautiful garments The specimens
obtained by the Fish Commission are the
first introduced to captivity. All pre-
vious attempts to wean the young seals
from their mothers had been unsuccess-
full and of course the old seals are too
large and difficult to handle to be
brought such a distance alive.
The seals secured by the Fish Commits
sion were weaned on the bottle, and so
far they have suffered no i'll effects
from captivity. The specimen sent to
the Zoo was given a special pond last
fall. When cold weather came he got
in the habit of standing out on the ice
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
A.Sp01etane hoy/msI0Ia0A:

gestion of a toothsome morsel being
| thrown his way, made an easy target
| for the poorest of throwers. AS fast
as an egg became broken in rolling 1t
would be carried to Hippos tank and
hurled into his vast frontal orifice. 1t
was lots of fun and it prevented the
grounds from being Uttered with egg
yolks. Hippo enjoyed it immensely. No
one knows how many eggs he consumed.
He never told. But ii must have been
bushels and bushels. Unlike poor Dunk,
however, Hippo had no i'll consequences
from his service as egg receiver extra
ordinary. He did not appear especially
hungry for several days, but otherwise
his peaceful existence was undisturbed
by his enormous banquet.
To prevent Dunk from a repetition of
last Casters sufferings, he has been
chained further back in his house, be-
yCnd the reach of the overhospitable
peanut providers He is in a peevish
mood, anyway. At this time of year the
spell of the jungle and the herd is upon
him. He has gone must" as the native
elephant drivers of India call it. Lightly
his fancy turns to love- and finding no
fair elephantess within the radius of
his hearts longing, he visits his royal
displeasure at his captivity upon his
keepers, who are careful to stay well be-
yond reach of his mighty trunk. Dunk 3
seasonable peevishness will be height
ened tomorrow when the swarms of |
peanut-faden visitors surge through his |
house and his nostrils are tantalized by |
the savory odor of his favorite delicacy.
OF all the animals in the Zoo, the one !
that shows the most marked change in |
appearance in the spring is the arctic !.
fox. During the winter this pretty ami |
mails fur is a glistenIng, snowy white. |!
AS spring draws near the coat begins |
to shed, until IL disappears entirely and !
the fox blooms forth in a brand-new, !
shiny uniform of a slate blue color. His |
coat doesn't begin to turn white again |
until cold weather sets in. The arctic !
foxes at the Zoo are now resnlendent in
their new spring dresses. The difference |
in climate between Washington and i
circle has not affected this annual |
change of clothes.
A Popular DeIusiOn.
By the way. according to DIR. Baker.
there is a general Misrepresentation about
arctic animals in captivity in warmer
chimes. According to popular tradition,
the polar bear and his kinfoIk of the
far North are supposed to suffer fear
fully during the heated season of these
attitudes. DIR. Baker says this is all
bosh-though he used more scientific
in so saying. The circuses
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

"All this happened In less time thar
you could think 1t did, and In the couple
of minutes the fight lasted, though Il
seemed a week to me, the great Kaffii
had actually chewed the reptiles head
off-clear off from the body, and then
and not till then. did it begin to relax
its coils. But IL was far from being
either loose or limp, and no sooner had
he severed the head from the snakes
body than he began the. herculean task
Of breaking its stiffening coils from his
own.
Having accomplished this, the Kaffir,
without any further ceremony and with
out paying the slightest attention to the
compliments paid him by the onlookers,
walked down to the little stream and
washed the blood from his bodyS
When he returned to pick up his stick
and the little bundle he had left hy the
roadside. We could see no mark or scratch
upon him as evidence OF the encounter
With his stick in one hand and his
bundle in the other. he resumed his jour-
ney without speaking a word to any
one.
II asked one of the Zulus who the great
Kaffir was. and he answered:
oh. him Kaffir from way behind
mountain Him know nottingham never
go to Sunday school; him no go to any
school
Maybe he never did, I thought to my
self. but he must have heard in some
manner the story of st. Patrick driving
the snakes out Of Ireland.
Yes. continued the, Zulu. him thinks
that when him XIII snakes like that, IL
a snake ever bite him when he sleeps and
no can watch him coming. the snake bite
will not poison him. All him people be-
lieve that
s.Ands that is ali the information the
Zulu would give me.
THE snake was q Natal rock snake,
or Port Natal python. as 1t Is sometimes
called. and 1t was beauty. The Zuius
rolled its body on the road and I had
full opportunity to inspect 1t. Its color
Ing was especially noticeable. the entire
skin possessing 4 rich bloom not unlike
the color OF the plum or grape. Its
teeth were rather large for q snake. but
II had no venom fanss. ! was told that
this particular specimen was one OF the
largest ever found In that country"
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
FIERCE BATTLE BETWEEN
PYTHON AND BIG NEGRO

when / noticed that he was intently gaz.
ing at something near the roadside, and
presently saw the cause of his rapt at.
tention.
Across the road a huge snake began
to crawl, and when its head was about
half way over the giant Kaffir sprang
toward 1t, making a pass with a stout
stick he carried
THE snake. which proved later to be
twenty-eight feet long. rose up and
struck at the Kafir repeatedly but every
time 1t struck, the man parried the blow
with his stick in the same manner that
a parry Is made with a cutlass in parry
ing blow for the head.
Quicker than you can blink your eye
the snake had coiled itself around the
black giant, around his body. his arms
and legs; and l could plainly see his
muscles swell out in resistance against
the awful bone-breaking pressure Of the
snake.
Bites Snakes Neck.
But while the snake was coiling
around the black man he was forcing its
head toward his mouth, and In the twin
king was fiereely biting and tearing at
its neck. sinking his teeth deep into the
soft flesh and splitting mouthfuls of it
to the side, while blood spurted from the
veins and arteries.
The snake continued 10 con and
squeeze. and It looked to me as IL 1t
would be but a few seconds until the
Kaffr would be dead one. But he was
losing no time, for he bit and tore at the
snakes neck in the most hideous and
horrible manner. maintaining at the
same time all the resistance of which nc
was capable against the snakes coils
Blood covered his face. arms. and chest,
and ran down his legs in streams to the
ground.
Tn the meanwhile one of the officers
had drawn his revolver, and another
drew his knife, and both were hurrying
to the Kafiir's aid. when one Of the
zulus came out of the quarry and
rushed between them and the strugglers
crying:
Stop. sir. stop. Ee's all right; him
XII the snake: that's fun; yes. sir. only
fun
IT must interpolate that It was the
awfulest fun had ever Witnessed
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

der which will make It equally as tender
and palatable as the sirloin, and this way
is TO be shown to the rising generation
| in Kansas.
The same principle may be applied to
the cooking of cornmeal, which is The
most nutritious of all foods investigated
by the Kansas legislature. 1t contains
three times as much protein, fats, carbo-
! nydrates, and food value, as wheat bread
and twenty times as much as beef or
mutton or eggs. And cornmeaI foods are
much more nutritious than any of the
cereal foods that are commonly used in
Its place for breakfasts in kansas and
that cost much more than cornmeal But
as ordinarily put upon the table at pres
ent the cereal foods are much more pala-
table.
Queen of Corn Breads.
That is because folks do not know how
cornmeal mush is soggy and heavy and
indigestible. The corn bread is usually
served in the same uninviting form.
But there is way of cooking cornmeal
mush and corn bread into luscious and
palatable foods, and the Kansas Iegis-
lature has found that way and is going
to have it taught to the girls of the State.
This will be beneficial to the State in
three directions; it will create a greater
demand for the staple product of the
farms of Kansas prairies; it will give its
people better brain and muscle-bulding
food than II has now, and thus rear
population of stronger men and women;
and IT will give the people OF the State
more money to spend for other things
than food.
Here is the Kansas recipe for corn
bread:
Bring pint of water to boil. Stir in 4
one teacupful of yellow cornmeal and
cook little as you would mush. Turn II
into the cake bowl. Add one-half cup
New Orleans cane molasses. Add one
half teaspoonful soda dissolved in hot
water and a little salt. Stir well together
and let stand until cool enough to re-
ceive one-half cake of yeast dissolved or
a cup of prepared sponge. Mix well with
the mush in q bowl. then all the meal
you can with a spoon. stirring long and
well. Put In bread tin. leaving one-feurth
space to rise. Wet spoon in cold wafer
and smooth the surface. Place where II
will be warm all night. In the morning
II will be light, filling the pan. Bake in
oven little hotter than for wheat bread
and little longer. It win come out light |
and tempting. the best corn bread you |
ever ate. Your success depends upon |
the stirring and the amount of flour. II |
lot successful first time keep on trying; |
Il e worth while.
"~
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
KANSAS TEACHES CHILDREN
TOCOOK CHEAP FOODS WELL

To solve the problem of the high cost
of living statesmen are advocating a re-
duction of the tariff, Congress is called
in extra session to make a treaty for
reciprocity with Canada, maya zines and
newspapers are printing columns and
pages about it, and thinking men every
where are investigating and compiling
statistics. But the legislature of Kansas
thinks 1t has found a way for the people
of that State 10 have better and more
nutritious food than ever at less than
one-half the price now paid.
The State legislature of Kansas has
found that plain, cheap food is more nu-
tritious than the fancy, high-priced kind
1t has discovered more food value in a
pound of salt pork at 16 cents than in a
pound of sirloin steak at % cents a
pound: more nutrition in a pound of
cornmeal costing cents than in twenty
dozen eggs that cost 81; more brain and
Drawn in beans, oatmeal, rice, and po-
tatoes than in mutton, chicken. beef.
pork, or fish that cost three and four
times as much.
Having discovered this to be true, the
Kansas legislators decided it was neces-
sary to let the people of the State Know
about IT, and the vexing problem OF the
high cost of living would be solved. ard
after that. II the people wished to so on
wasting money for FOCUS that nad little
food value. II would be their own fault.
Taught I'm Schools.
Therefore, the legislature appropriated
enough money to give each high school
in the State $3.50, which is TO be used in
establishing classes in domestic science
and domestic economy, in which the men
and women pupils will be taught all
about the nutritive values of different
foods and the comparative prices
These high school courses will net stop
at bare presentation of the prices and
FOOD values. After the pupils have been
taught those things they will be shown
how to buy. With diagrams they win be
shown whence comes each piece of meat
cut from the carcass of an animal and
what to ask the butcher for After that |
they will be taught ways of cooking |
plain, cheap foods to retain their nutri- |
tious elements in the most easily dieested |
forms and how to prepare them In the |
most palatable manner.
sfrlofn No Better Than Chuck.
These legislators. contend that while n |
cut of sirloin costing % cents pound Is |
far more palatable than cut Of beef
shoulder costing Z cents. when both are
cooked IN the usual manner. yet there is
way Of cooking and serving the Shout
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

1t happened at a cafe table, no matter
| where. They were telling snake stories,
when a traveller of renown broke in:
"Rattlesnakes, Those helpless little
trichinae you have in this country! Why.
The idea of trying to surround them with
blood-curdling accounts Is enough .
make a mule laugh his harness of.
'Eut I'll tell you a live snake story
il you care to hear it-and by snake
don't mean those little things that your
sparrows feed their young upon; mean
the real things-snakes from fifteen to
thirty and even forty feet long.
II saw this with my own eyes, as the
say, and it happened in South Africa in
1Saa.- when I was down there on my first
trip. / was on my way through Natal.
on a road leading to the interiors; road.
by the way. lying in. the neighborhood of
the one Riders Haggard describes in
his King solomon's Mines and II you
read that book you will get good idea
of the country and natives in that VI
cinity-when I saw fight between
man and a snake that made my blood
curdle in reality.
Near a quarry on that road stopped
and Joined the company of some officers
Of the Cape mounted police, and we
stood there talking and watching a, crew
of Zulus working in the pit, when the
biggest and handscmest black man ever
saw came along the read and stopped
near us.
..He was a Kaffir. fully seven feet tall.
finely proportioned. and he had the most
beautifully regular features that have
ever seen on man. but he was as black
as the hinges of hades. His eyes were
wonderfuI-bright and piercing-and Of a
hue different from any have ever seen
in man, woman, or btby. and I have met
types of nearly every race. color, creed.
or religion on the globe.
Attacked Huge Python.
"And his teeth. They were the finest
and most perfect ever saw in the mouth
of man, beast, or In dental ONCE. II
You please.
II was watching him as he stood there.
and, with the others. commenting on his
nne phy{iQue and handsoms proportions.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-06
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-06
PECULIAR ACCIDENTS AND EPISODES OF
L|FE-.-HERE ARE SOME
Man Cuts Foot While Shaving People Yawn
Jaws Out of Joint

hard swing for long drive on the
Dlnwoodie Club links
Mrs. Sarah Fisher of Port wash
ington. l.. l.. attended the theatre In
New York one evening and toward
the close of the performance took
violent fit of sneezing and had to be
taken to the ladies' room. where a
physician found that she had broken
two ribs.
David Watson of West Orange,
y. j.. had an experience with a Gel
uloid collar that he will remember
for many day Watson was wear
ng the collar and at the same time
pouring gasoline from one can into
another when suddenly the gasoline
exploded and set the celluloid collar
afre. Immediately flames shot up In
circle about his head. and the next
minute Watson was on his way to
nearby fire house. When he arriv-
ed one of the firemen turned stream
from a chemical eXtinguisher upon
the burning collar and put out the
flames. but Watson was so badly
burned that he had 10 be taken to the
hospital.
Dislike for fashion coat cost Mrs.
Able Harrison. of Union Township,
N j.. one of her thumbs. Mrs. Har~
rison bought a pair of high-heeled
shoes but when she got home she de-
cided that she didn't like the high
heels and was trying to cut them down
with an ak when that implement
glanced and cut off a thumb.
A very little. everyday sort of an
accident cost Abel b. CASTOR, of
Plainfield, N. j., his life. CASTOR was
Waiting with a young woman in a
hall in Plainfeld one evening when in
trying to avoid humping into another
couple he sweryed to one side and
struck his elbow on the sharp corner
of a post. The pain of the accident
caused him to leave the floor and go
to the cloakroom, where he was found
unconscious only little while later.
A physician was Immediately called
and the unconscious man was taken
home. The next morning he died
The doctors diagnosed the case as
meningitis.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-06

The family consisted of 10 boys and
6 girls. He has served more than half
century at sea, and has figured in
but one disaster. He modestly claims
to have crossed Penobscot bay more
times than any other man. For 81
years he was in the packet business
and averaged at least one trip a day,
which makes his total 81 times 365
with many extra trips thrown in for
good measure.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-06
(urfeW Ordinance.

At a special town meeting held at
Norway, recently, it was voted to
adopt the curfew ordinance, and the
report of the special committee APP
pointed at the annual March meeting
to~draw up the conditions for such an
ordinance, was accepted. 1t provides
that no child attending the Norway
schools. shall be on the streets of
Norway, or at any other public place,
after nine p m, from May /, to Oc-
tober 81, inclusive; or after eight p.
m. from Nov. I, to April 80, unless
accompanied by parent or guardian,
or some other person having legal
custody of such child or unless the
employment of such minor makes 1t
necessary to be out after the curfew
rings. The curfew will be sounded
five times on the fire alarm after the
town clock finishes striking the hour.
Violation of the law will be punished
by a fine not exceeding So for each
offence, with costs of prosecution.