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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-03

X. OF c., NO. 1889. MEETS 1ST AND
Sd Friday.
UNITED ARTISANS, COLUMBIAN
Assembly, No. 104. meets every Isl
and Sd Friday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-03
LODGE DIRECTORY

w. O. THE W., NO. 228, MEETS iTH
Tuesday in each month.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-03

BROTHERHOOD OF A. Y. NO. e60,
meets at l. O.. o. F. Hall. I'd and 4th
Monday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-10-03

l. O. O. F., NO. 81, MEETS EVERY
Wednesday evening in l. .. y. \.
Hall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-05
CITY NEWS.

Wilbat, the ladies tailor. 11O5
Main street. Bell phone 1o41-Adv.
Regular meeting OF Keol,uk
lodge. No. 1866. B. P. o. e, tonight at
Elks' hall, Gixth and Biondeau streets.
initiation and social session. ADV.
Manager Dodge Of the Grand
opera house tnis morning received a
letter from Ehs Psshs-Frereg Co. In
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which thai company awards the 1850
prize TO Thomas Francis McManuE,
Jr-. for the best descriptive letter as
to how the Tom Thumb pictures we're
taken. The piotures we're exhibited
al the Grand several weeks ago and
the management advertised an award
Of $3.50 in gold 10 the one who would
contribute me best descriptive article.
The management Of the opera house
did not wish 10 accept the respongi-
6slity for the decision 30 put the issue
up to the Pathe-Freres Co. with the
result as announced above.
Regular meeting Of Pucgechetucg
encampment No. 7, !. o. o. r. al
Odd Fellows hall at o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternaiiy invited
To s.a1ende-.Advcrtisement
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
LEO HAVE
Wire Fences and Walls of the Park Give Evidence
That Shaggy Denizens Are Beginning to
Part with Their Heavy Winter Garb
in Favor of Lighter Coats.
lAVE HAD DOMESTIC TROUBLE.

OF last year The lady python, who ate
at the same time last summer, called for
a table dhote repast on January 2S, so she
probably won't want any more food until
next summer II you don't believe these
DR.. Tanner tales of the snake world. ask
Mr.. Ditmars, who is a perfectly reputable
ophidologist, and would not mislead a
trusting public. True II is that In their
native haunts, where they are hustling over
rough country much OF the time, the
pythons dine more frequently-as often as
once in ten days. But they have no exercise
in the zoo. and like the devotees OF the
fasting cult, adapt their diet to their
sedentary position. There is said to he
nothing in the theory Of unreQuited affec-
tion to account for the male pythop's
longer period Of abstinence from food than
his mate The pair are most always twined
together.
The pythons used to be fed forciby
every few months. A dozen men would
hold snake while a rabbit at the end Of
a stick was poked ten feet down its throat
This suffragette-feeding method was given
up as unhygienic and an invasion of the
reptilian right 10 be hungry. When Mr..
Python indicates by opening his mouth,
trying to swallow his partners tail or
otherwise that he is ready TO dine, he will
be presented with a thirty-pound pig
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

eIophants I'm tho Zoo. Of whom Little Congo
and the big female indian Luna are the
only wage earners They earn pennies from
visitors by ringing a bell. Every time they
earn q penny the keeper gives them a pO-
toto or carrot worth a fraction of a cent
II seems that they arc badly exploited, but
tho keeper argues that they do not know
the vaIue of money and they do not need
all they produce.
Luna has her occasional tantrums.
A while ego she ran amuck. When she Is
,or,, very good the keeper bestows the
,or,a of Alice upon her. but when she be-
co,res had he says reproachfully, "Oh, you
nnar, and sometimes that makes Alice
..a,,,, In her best behavior. Gunda. the
,,d,ar male. IL her best friend, but he has
tontrur,s of his own, and is so impetuous
,hat no ia rarely allowed to visit her. Some
t,,,,o ,po Gunda tried to ram keeper with
,ts ,nsks but the keeper Jumped right be-
tween the points and managed TO escape.
I1.,,.o ,rd Little Congo live together.
c,,,do IN his own yard looks over the
.a.a,,,o iron fence and emits Byronic signs
IT, W IA os a locomotive exhaust The hippo
j, ,ho rbInoceros on the other side of the
a,',id,ng hear the sighs and exchange satir-
Ica grunts. ,ou,n. %
on in a big outside cage in warm
,veather. @ Along with the monkeys. iuSlua-
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
Pvthons VIII Soon Break Their Ten Months
Fast, The Mating Season Is in Order and
Even the Bears Are Showing Signs of
an Unaccustomed Amiability.
ZOO
RS FEEL THE VERNAL INFLUENCE,

with Romeo's ways. Sometimes she ovess
looks them by stretching her neck a little.
Again she disentagles from the rope hug
and walks away, as If TO say. "Ah. Romeo.
Romeo :" The Gland looks across the
aisle with an expression sympathetic TOT
Juliet and contemptuous for Romeo.
The birds in the little and big cages arc
singing ditties from dawn till dark, while
they are busy with architects plans and
with getting house furnishings on the in-
stalment plan. The raw material for
nests-cocoanut shells, boxes. hollow
stumps. even last years nests. which have
been carefully saved up-are provided for
the birds. In the big outdoor cage there
are scattered about plenty Of stringy bark.
iute, dried grass and feathers for nestl
making. The mallard ducks stray to varf.i
Gus little ponds in the park to build their
nests. A large number Of water fowl have
STAYED outdoors all winter They have kept
the water in tho big pond from freezing,
by their constant activity on II by day and
by night.
The beaver pond has been renovated, and
there will be some dam building there soon
More beavers will be obtained TO join the
pair now at the zoo. Unless lot Of new
ones are brought in at once the old bea-I
yers will kill the newcomers In fight over
the dam site.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

appear in public unless she gets some OF
those new Paris creations.
Baldy is Susie's oldtime admirer and
beau. Susie cares more for Little Dick,
who shares her cage. II 1t were not for a
fine mesh wire between cages. Baldy would
Give Little Dick n taste of the jiu-jitsu, with
which he recently dislOcated the leg of an
orang-outang II may be n circumstance
of chimpanzee poetic Justice that Little
Dicks conquest OF rival is not unalloyed
with bitterness Little Dick does not fear
tbe competition of his own kind. but he suf-
fars spasms OF jealousy because OF Suse's
popularity among humans. especially male
visitors Undeniably Susie Is vain and fir
tatious. Little Dick sometimes feels that
bis life would have been happier IL he had
mot Retty first. or even II he had come
across Miss Mike, the orang-outang, at
some jungle mop.
There is a budding romance between the
giranfes. who are known as Romeo and
Tu,et n ls n tender spectacle to see eight
soot nerks twined around each other In
rone effect. The trouble with the romsnce,
aocording TO Keeper Snyder, Is Romeo's
manners. which entirely belle his name
fnstead of being gentle and persuasive. he
,,.oos IulIet with rude and uncouth actions;
=, ,oct behaves like a regular clown. Juliet
is willing, but it is hard for her to bear
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

ing rhesus, Java, mangobey, coatlmundi
and black apes, are a raccoon and smai
black bear. The monks tease the coon ana
hear. and all have a lot of fun together.
The other day a mangobey monkey stole
an egg While he was warding on MS
mates the egg broke. Some sly monks
licked up the dripping contents, and the
thief was much chagrined TO discover
moment later that he had only the she'll
There was also big and little rhesus' VINO
slowed away surplus food in their mouth
nouches after a meal. After while the
hr fellow grabbed tho little rhesus. put
his fingers in his mouth and robbed the
little ones pouch. This action the entire
parliament Of monkeys reprehended with
mich chattering. 1t would have been all
right. according TO monkey ethics, 10 take
the food away from the little one before II
got in his mouth. Afterward, 1t was I'M
moral and constituted a case Of grand lar
ceny.
Chimpanzees, being sensitive to cold. are
not allowed out much for spring promen-
AIDES or exhibitions until the latter part OF
MAY. On warm days they may be let out
in the exhibition cage for a short time.
However. 1t is possible 10 dress the CHM
panzee TO withstand the coolness OF an
early spring day. Badly wears a regular
park uniform, consisting Of white shirt,
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
Father Vaughan
and Kate Carew'
Continued from first page.

tween capital and labor are terrible. The
man declaiming on the soap box says
We make the goods and we want bigger
wages The capitalist shrieks that with
out his money the wheels OF industry would
stop He must have larger dividends The
socialist wants to take 1t all, divide It per
capita and when it is segregated divide It
again. All these distinctions are stupid
things Where does religion come in? And
II YOU claim to have ii and believe in
the Fatherhood Of God you must believe
in the Brotherhood Of Man. Isn't that oil
the working creed you need?"
How about the coal strike in England?
Did you approve OF it?"
The hot blood rushed into the fathers
face II told them more than twelve
months ago that there would be strike
in less than two years and more than a
million people involved; that they had let
loose forces they could not control. Un-
fortunately had prophesied only too well.
'Syndicalism. This with such a tone Of
scorn.
I wonder what "syndicalism" is. / don't,
know, but it must be something awful.
do you think II means a civil war I'M
England in the near future?'
The anger Is but flash in pan. He
laughs.
Really. we English are the most beauti-
fully illogical people in the world. We are,
extraordinarily compromising. We will rush
right up TO the edge Of precipice and
when we get to the last possible standing
point we say, oh | think we had better
not go over this time.
you're awfuly nice to-day, father,
/ coax please answer the question I
asked yesterday when you were looking
out OF the window"
We'll you just say was the incest. pref
tiest. gentlest little boy that ever was"
"Of course, BUT
Something more than all that? Well,
read the first chapter OF the Life of Car
dlnal Vaughan which I wrote; that will
tell YOU"
Il suppose people ask you lots OF silly
questions"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
LOTS OF SILLY QUESTIONS.

well. the other day a woman asked ms
how many children the Catholic Church
would recommend her to have"
] Just showed my spectacles aside at that.
"I told her to get on her knees and send
a wireless to God. whatever He told her
would indorse. What silly question: Did
YOU ever hear anything like It? Now, my
grandfather had twenty. MY father had
fourteen, one of my brothers has seven or
eight. and some of my relatives mono and
would give all the material things they
possess just for one"
"You are glad TO go back?"
"I leave you with great pain I'm my
heart. | have been received everywhere. In
every part OF the country, by every class,
every individual, by the press, with the
greatest kindness, the most consideration
and in the most chivalrous manner pos
sible."
you might settle permanently with usr
Yes?'
My child. shall never settle perma-
nently anywhere until go TO my heavenly
home"
There is another Of those choice. sunny
moments of priestly hunior
81 am thinking when I stand on the
threshold OF eternity and greet st. Peter
I shall say:
"st. Peter. II you have any work to do
during my sojourn here don't call on me.
I am going to have long vacation; In
fact, ST. Peter am on strike
We are at the outer door. He draws ms
aside for moment from the flood Of In
coming visitors. His words are clear cut
as diamonds. brilliant ard pure. set In the
golden sincerity OF his thought.
This world is to me an absolutely negli-
rible quantity am like poor boy, ae
school for a little while. getting my educa-
lion. l learn my lessons. / run the Mas
ters errands, I take my punishment. When
my tuition is over, 1 shall not receive my.
prize here, but'-he raises his hand-"sbove
in that heavenly home,
my child. shall meet you on the dosr'
step Of that home.
God bless you."
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

born in captivity are more dangerous to
man than the wild ones that have been
tamed the former lose tEeir respect for
man through familiarity and will attack
him.
mating season for the deer family. There
will be n lot of baby deer i'm May, June
and July. The shedding of horns has been
going on for some time, and will cOntlnue
the elk have dropped theirs. the axis and
fallow deer will get rid of their horns next
month. Two axis deer and one hog deer
were born in March: eight infant elks are
expected this summer The bisons mate at
most any time and have their young from
May to October. There were FIVE young
additions to the bison herd last summer.
There are two Indian and three African
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

Refora going in altogether they lap up the
water and dangle leg or an arm In H.
soon Ivan spies woman who comes
around at intervals with bread for the ami
naIs and he hastens TO sit on his haunches
In front NJ the bars and make noises like
vnuno cal, when the farmers wife appears
with n pail OF skim milk ivan anu niiso'
Tip. a keeper informs you, are a,.il'. res
at least ivan thinks so, but the little griz-
yIv hos snt her heart on one of the forty
seven other bears. maype bi"S' ''A' VI
Engineer
There is A Syrian mother oear win TWO
babies born in January. she IL staying
with them in little wooden house Duilt IN
corner of a big cage. Some OF these hne
days she will take them outside so visitors
can see them. The keeper says tnat Bears
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21

rSHIS is an unscientific story OF the
awakening of spring among the AMI
mails at the New York Zoolog1cal
PARK. 1t is unscientihc partly because IL
was told by Head Keeper Snyder VINO ls
not authorized TO dispense scientific IN
formation about the Bronx zoo. Also De-
cause the animals, by long association win
man have become rather unscienuhc'
They do things which no beast would dare
10 do in the jungle for fear of being sug-
n,atizod by his fellows as a nature faker.
Take the jealousy Of Little Dick the
cbinnanzee. the love affairs Of Gunda the
slenhant. the romance of the giraffes' the
,u-i,tsu performances of the bears. and
che bleating eloquence of the walrus as he
raddles after a keeper who has fish In
b,s nocket. That walrus, the only one in
oontivitv in this country, seems to have
,+raved from the pages Of "Alice in Won
6erland
M the animals know II is spring? Say,
,r the words of Snyder. when the doors of
the buildings are opened up and they feel
that balny breeze It excites their nervous
centres and makes 'em feel frisky. They
ohirp and sing and grunt and holler and
roar and emit pRans of joy. They stand or
lie in the warm sunlight and gaze at the
blue sky for hours with an ecstasy. They
smell the sweet odors Of bursting buds and
their fancy lightly turns to courtship days
,n the Andes or the Himalayas or the
coneo forest The giraffe twists his neck
q few times around the neck of his mate,
the .erocodles exchange glances Of shy af-
taction. and the toucan tries to warble
Sonnet in competition with the robin and
the or4ole There is twice as much uoise all
over The zoo as at any other season OF the
year.
The wolves at twilight climb upon the
highest rocks in their dens and howl sere-
nades Of intense amorosity. There is
poignant quality in their love music which
reminds us of the Russian composers.
other beasts may feel as deeply, but they
cannot express themselves as well, which
Is a misfortune. When the hyena. for ex-
ample. pours out his heart. we cannot SYM
pathze with him and desire rather to KICK
him.
Most Of the animals have begun to shed
their heavy winter coats in favor OF hght
spring garments. Nature has so arranged
Il that the old coats are gradually ais
placed by the new. which is more 8stheuc
and hygenic than a sudden change vi
course the snakes shift their skins rather
suddenly; they're an exception to the rule
Besides coats. 1t is the proper thing Tor
number Of creatures TO doff their horns at
this season It feels much better not 10
wear horns in warm weather. Those vain
wilful animals which insist on retaining
their heavy headgear suffer from headache
and other troubles but DR.. Baird, the zoo
physician. refuses to prescribe for them
He has enough to do attending patients
which are sick through no fault OF ther
own. II he tried to doctor all the vanity
and foolishness in the park he would nave
time for nothing else.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
HAIR is EVERYWHERE.

The bison. musk OK and Rocky Mountain
goats are losing a lot of hair. They look
thin and starved in their spring suits, not
because they are thin, but because o. the
contrast with their winter gear. The al
pacas of the Andes shed little hair. and'
say II you shaved 'em off they'd De the
funnist looking animals you ever did see.
Nature shows a fine discrimination IN the
family Of the Mongolian horse. The ola
ones are shedding literally. but the little
fellow born last summer, is going TO Keep
his winter suit on until quite late. The
tigers. lions and leopards are getting re-
tailored all the time, regardless of the sea-
son. However, the Siberian tiger, which
has been in an outdoor cage all winter, Will
soon begin to dispense with his extra heavy
coat
II all the wool and hair shed in the zoo
In spring could be gathered up, there would
be enough to start blanket and mattress
factory. But it's all scattered around
rubbed off on fences, rocks. trees and SIDES
OF buildings AS Snyder says, man can't
very well go up 10 the animals and pull IL
on EN-. 1t wouldn't be practical 10 dry
plck grizzly bear or pluck the superfiuous
iur from the hide Of a Bengal tiger.
The musk OK and the Rocky Mountain
goat by the way, have hair outside and
Wool Under the hair sticks out on top.
animals like these have to be kept very
ory II they are allowed out In bad
weather their wool gets wet stays wet a
iong time, and this causes penumonia. In
.heir home regions there is no wet weather.
nFlx ds4F d, kfgh
ne down for hours without getting damp,
oeeause the wool prevents the heat of their
'oaies from passing out and melting 1t.
snakes In state of nature usually
'hdhge their skins about two weeks after
emerging from winter Information. In the
peipetual summer of the reptile house they
'ned early and often. The garter, black
1"u gopher snakes shine in new skins about
e'y SIX weeks. Usually the more active
"e snake the oftener II invests itself in
costume II is a melancholy fact that
'e nVes OF the snakes are shortened-how
Vn cannot be precisely stated-by their
saying awake all the year around in the
'nclal precincts OF the reptile house.
ur'nermore It wears on the nerves of a
SNAKE 70 be teased by visitors. There was
for - 'ho other ody VINO ratpeu
ABOUT an hour and dashed his nose
,rss 'H the glass front OF his cage, being
''i.eo thereto by visitors who dlsregarded
s, sp not to plague the poor reptile.
,n,aAe Ae Is iikeiy to hurt himself by butting
e,s, 'ue giass' and he uses up lot OF en-
80 py being mad and sticking out his
t.,es. '"o regal pythons from Indo- China,
.,a one and twenty-four feet in length
bav. .nicK as an extra size ships cable.
brs,, nol been cavorting especially in cele-
sh@ ''n OF spring. but Mr.. Ditmars homes
80 go .ns ealmy air wifi stimulate the appe-
49,. ~ the male python 80 that he Will soon
HS last which has lasted since June
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
SILVER KING GIVES TROUBLE.

speaking of animals that love the cold
"Silver King" the Polar bear that was las
soed by Paul Raney in the Far North, H
nroblem for the Zoo management. The!
u,ould like to put him in a large untenanted
don made especially for polars but fear
,bot the bars are not strong enough to re-
s,roin this savage and ugly brute WHO
,,o,chs toward half ton. He is now kept
g. small cage. The other day some work
-, xyere doing something near his cage
and every little while Silver King, snarling
horribly. Ieaped to his eight or nine feet
~ height and tried TO get at the men. In
,ha ,nterrnissions he kept up muttering
,,ro,,l and his small eyes flashed wickedly.
euyar King is thought to be the largest
nolar bear in captivity
rhe other bears. brown piack ana griz-
80 more amiable dispositions The
Tolerant impulses Of the season cause
eNup', a,,oao each other around their dens
'"e'' -. cIownishly. A japanese and a
anu Ii,,, hoar nut up an especially amusing
,rho Ian" small. black hairy and
,1',,ocoed incites the large, brown, hairy
49, Dues,an TO pursue him. ana then
80 nm with make-believe snarl The
ioaiD 4ia,,ai enemies face each other with curl
na' ,e' I,ns which almost break into grins.
lns ~" oi,rcb roll over and scamper away
over the rocks a,,o r,onster which
lF1n' oround 100 pounds, skirmishes
"e'e i,, with Silver Tip, small grizzly.
lousnpS ,,ntain of hairy flesh does not scare
ne ~ .n little grizzly, which grips vans
ear or takes hold OF MS lor'nsa" asauns "Io, 30.
Ivan aings his immense arms around ms m
antagonist % and bears down WIN AL ms ms
Wight The grizzly finds tenoer , spot spot
ana bites harder When they D'ean ana 'oose ,s'.
10th @ animals are putting harder. ana 'hey
Dusn 49, into the swimming pool to eeoi oil.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
THE MALAY TAPlR RECEIVING
CALLERS.

After swallowing the pig whole Mr.. Python
Will lie down TO pleasant dreams for an
other half year.
The elephants, rh!nos. tapirs, anteiopes'
Andes bears, tropical deer and such Ike
creatures. who have been kept indoors all
winter, have been allowed out for short
time on sunny days. The ground has been
too cold for these animals 10 stay outdoors
very long. The big tortoises and LIZARDS
will soon be baslHng in the spring sun.
That walrus who bleats eloquently as ne
chases his keeper has been out all winter
disporting in snow and ice. lie is starting
to shed his hair, but not his whlskers'
which Just naturally wear off. lie uses
the stiff. wiry whlskers as rake to rake
clans and mussels out of the mud. Some
folks mistake the walrus for seal OF sea
lion. There were a bunch OF sea mons IN
the zoo, but they all died from pneumonia
They kept healthy and happy breaking lhe
ice in their pool all winter. but when spring
came they caught pneumonia and turneu
I'D their toes. That was last year and the
wear before. Maybe the Zoo VIII nave
fresh lot this spring brought from Santa
Barbara, Cal.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
THE PYTHON HAS MANY ATTEND
ANTS AT HIS BREAKFAST.

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coat. trousers, shoes. stockings hat and
even gloves. Susie IS so particular as to
Insist on undergarments, and she likes the
fluffy rufIles kind. 1t is said that she also
keeps track Of the changing styles and
wants hobble .or panner skirts, and hats
lust like what the visitors wear. She tells
her keeper quite plainly that she has moth
ing suitable to wear and that she won't
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-05-16
SCARCITY OF GOOD TURKEYS
Census Bureau Issues Gloomy Fore
cast for Future Holiday Feast
Ducks Also Decrease.

According to the census bureau, the
forecast for the future holiday feast is
very gloomy. at least as far az the tur-
key goes. Instead, chicken or roast
beef as q centerpiece will be used In
stead Of the time-honored turkey. Ten
years from now q rsultimillionaire may
be able to have q duck or goose on
his Christmas table, but as for turkeys,
they will exist only In fancy or at the
National Zoo. According to the CEN
sus bureaus report, there were 1884,.
695 turkeys on farms In the United
States In 1900, and only 2,668,708 In
1910. At this rate of decrease indi.
Gated the turkey will DO q strange bird
In 1920. The number of ducks de.
creased with almost similar speed. In
1900 there were 4.785,s50 and In 1910
there were only 2,906,626. The geese
have gone more slowly. In 1900 there
were 6,e76,78S. and last year there
were 3,431.eS0. Chickens are doing
well, however. for In 1900 there were
233,966.021 and In 1910 there were
280,S+6,133. not counting the few that
are Matching as this paper goes to
press.