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MONGOoSE DEADI1RST Or
ANIMALS AFEOERAL
ENETIX

iourishes under the effect Of advancing
civilization. just the great. gray timber
wolf gradually vanishes. 1t makes its
lair near the hen coop Of the farmer and
the Landing grounds Of the sheepman. 1t
fades SO unobtrusively into the sage
brush as to be ever present, yet still .un-
seen. 1t mockS the eXertionS of the
hound dog and scornS the succulent bait
that carries the deadly poison. Its num-
bers are increasing and its toll upon the
plainsman is as certain as taxes.
u
The hunters of the government are es-
pecially bitter against the coyote. All
the western states place bounties upon
their scalps. Finally the government has
built great pastures that are coyote
proof, have hunted the animals out Of
them, and have placed in them the lambs
and mothers of lambs of the whole
countryside. and these have waxed
strong without the attendance of shep-
herd nor paying the toll of the coyote.
The object is to show the sheepmen the
economy of thus handling their focks
and so lead to the general building OF
such fences: All because Of the sly
coyote.
There is another small creature against
which Uncle Sam has declared most I'M
renting war to the death. This ami
NAL is foreigner and all the ports are
vigorously than they are against the in
PRODUCTION of the pig-tailed Chinaman or
the disease-infected rat. For this of all
the creatures that dwell I'm the wilds is
the most bloodthirsty and deadly. and
were a pair Of its kind to gain admission
and start a family tree. that event would
cost the farmers Of the nation hundreds
of millions Of dollars.
This small creature is the mongoose
made famous by Kipling, domesticated
and highly priced in India, the plague Of
the West Indies.
One night last year a farmer, living
on Cape Cod, Mass, heard a disturbance
in his hen house. He sailed forth with
a shotgun and killed a small creature
that he found in possession. Examining
further. he found that Of his flock Of
$50 chickens but half dozen were left
alive. Examining the thing he had killed
he found creature the likes of which
he had never before seen. Through a
scientific neighbor the animal was iden-
titled a mOngOoSe. Thereupon a wire
was sent to Washington and a commo-
ton was started that was equal to what
would have happened IL a warship should
sail into New York harbor and shoot the
top off the Singer building. An army Of
experts and hunters were dispatched to
Cape Cod and all the ports We're started
on a search of the manner of admission
Of this dread creature. All the animal
men Of the nation were hauled over the
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Quite a different sort of digger into the
dirt that has recently aroused the ire Of
the productive farmer and has reached
the federal government and brought
about action because of the influence or
the owner of the spinach who lives at the
forks of the creek is the crawhsh. II
may seem a stretch of strict speaking TO
denominate this crustacean an animal,
but it has become a material enemy OF
the federal government and that bureau
which arbitrates differences Of this sort
has pronounced in favor of war and
recommended methods of procedure.
The crawfish comes out of the mud in
the fertile lands of the Yazoo delta In
Mississippi and such communities and
eats up the growing crops of cotton that
may be developing thereon. Great finan-
cial loss thus results. Planters have been
Offering crawfish collectors d barrel OF
-four for a barrel of the crustaceans and
the negroes of those parts have been
busily collecting the latter. Uncle Sam
the dusk when it fares forth and should
be hit with a stick. Thus may the most
execution be done in the shortest time.
During the day the campaign may he
pushed by going into the enemyS coun-
try with a large can. such as Is used IN
administering lubricating oil to railway
engines, by inserting the nozzle Of that
can in the crawfishs burrow. depositing
a few drops of the carbon bisulphlde or
chloride OF lime, tramping the dirt into
the mouth of the hole and thus causing
the death of the crawiish by suffocation.
Copyright. 1872 by ". 4. Du Puy)
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city. 1t was during that period that she
met Mr.. Sheppard. In reality she had
known him all her life, and he is friend
of her fathers. But the romance dates
from a pretty tea given at the seminary
Mr.. Sheppard was very popular. being at
this particular time the only bachelor in
the Texas delegation. The marriage took
place at the Sanderson home in TeXar-
kama December 1, 1909. and Mrs. Shep-
pard accompanied her husband to Wash
ington Immediately after. She had been
away from her books but few months,
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CHE Is One of the Young
oest of the Hostesses-Is
Just Twenty-Five, and Was
Before Her Marriage Miss
Lucille Sanderson of Texar-
kama, Also Her Husbands
Native City-Marriage Was
the Result of Romance
Which Began Four Years
Ago, When Mrs. Sheppard
Was a Student at a Local
Seminary.
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member of the lower House before he
steps up to greater things on March 4.
Mr.. Sheppard and his attractive young
wife are figures OF interest in Washing
ton, and in way they belong
as much 10 the capital as to Texas.
Their marriage wa, the result of
romance which began in Washington
seminary four years ago, and since that
happy event Washington has learned to
know Mrs. Sheppard and TO predict
wholly successful social career for her
commensurate with the obvious impor-
lance of her husbands political one.
Mr. Sheppard is also very well known
in Washington. He succeeded his father.
Mr.. John l.. Sheppard. who died here in
1904 during his term of office in the low
er House. Elected to finish his fathers
term, Mr.. Sheppard has been returned by
the first district of Texas ever since
Il must plead as happy people always
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1t in any greater degree than other
communities probably not SO much as
thousands Of other cities, but principle
is the thing which inteosts me and not
alone the practical application.
II am like Mr.. Sheppard. native
of Texarkana, a dual township, which
furnishes what seems the nearest aps
proach to communistic welfare of any
the Union. We typify unity in our very
name. Texarkana, the first syllable of
our great state, and the last Syllables
OF Arkansas. An imaginary line sep
arates the states in the city proper but
they are one. industrially
the same. though each, of course. must
have an individual city government. But
We are content with one federal estab-
lishment, like the post office. which serves
for both states the recognized abbrevia-
ton serving Tex-Ark. for both towns.
Though we proudly claim the glorious
history of Texas as part OF our heritage.
our local history begins only from 1913,
when both cities were founded. They be-
came incorporated towns in 1880, and
then went forward in leaps and bounds,
after the manner of cities in the south
west. when situated on the vast trunk
lines, which honeycomb the continent.
Not only is Texarkana near Arkansas.
but our city is only twenty-eight miles
from louisiana.
"The situation is important, as it keeps
on neighborly terms with other states and
widens our horizon materially. We have
reached quite high point in population.
and now figure among the large cities OF
Texas We are sufficiently developed to
enjoy all that municipal prosperity means
the modern improvements, fine water,
broad streets and substantial. even ele-
CANT public buildings and private resi-
dences. But We are still small enough TO
be the ideal community when our parents
have their friends. whom we know and
like also. and when nearly the entire city
is on visiting terms. / should feel swat
lowed up in a great city like some of the
eastern ones. and the small city makes
powerful appeal
Mrs Sheppard is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. n. =. Sanderson Of Texarkana.
and her mother belongs to a well known
southern family, and was before her mar
riage Miss Sue Ferguson Of Morris coun-
ty. Mrs. Sheppard, as Lucille Sanderson.
was educated in the local schools Until
she had reached the higher studies, when
she was sent to college in LYnchburg,
Va. She returned there for two years,
and was then sent to seminary in this
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be tasted, and, therefore. result in the
wolf splitting it out. This carefully set bait
was overlapping for the male wolf and
he was so poisoned. The hunter eventu-
ally tracked the mother wolf to her lair.
shot her as she emerged from it. and
within found ten little wolves, but re-
Gently born.
Such tasks are so difficult. however,
that they are seldom performed except by
men specially employed for just this WORK
and those in the forest service are doing
a great deal of it.
In southern Utah the forest service
hunters were called in to measure cum
ming with a certain wise old bear that
had outwitted the cattlemen for years.
In passing it may be remarked that there
is question as to the status of the bear
and it's reputation with the government.
With the grizzly bear Uncle Sam is at
war, for the grizzly is not only Destroy
err of live stock. but is a dangerous crea-
ture for man to meet in the woods. The
smaller brown and black bears are also
destructive to live stock, but have d
strange degree of personal popularity.
The forest service sent out circular let
ter to all the stockmen and asked them
if they held that the brown and black
bears should be blacklSted. Strangely,
these stockmen came to the defense of
these bears. and asked that they be given
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THE Government Has
1 Been Holding Conclave
With Many of the Represen-
tatives of the Animal King
dom-The Result Has Been
in Some Cases Declarations
of Peace and in Others a
Breaking Off of Diplomatic
Relations - War Has Just
Been Declared on Our Old
Friend, the House Cat.
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BY MARGARET h. DOWNING.


NORRIS S II + p
PARD of the first
dis
trict OF Texas is
one of the mem
bers of the lower
House selected for
higher h on or S.
Like his colleague.
Ollie J a m e $ of
Kentucky, he fin
iShes his term as
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governmental arbitration board to give
reasons why war should not be declared
against them. In some instances trea-
ties Of peace have been signed. In others
diplomatic relations have been broken Off
and in their place appeared war to the
death
In all these cases Uncle Sam has sought
TO determine just what members of the
animal world were actual offenders
against the man creature. His findings
have been most surprising, for he has de-
clared himself, for instance. the friend OF
the despised skunk whom all his people
have held as an hereditary enemy The
virtues and good services of this creature
outweigh its vices and it is friend of
man. On the contrary the federal gov
eminent has stipulated that there shall
be war to the death upon that denizen of
every American household. that recipient
OF favors and caresses Of the hearth
stone. that lapper of milk from the ma
tional saucer. the cat.
Many an innocent hawk. skunk. owl
weasel says the government has
5een shot for the deeds of that sleek high
wayman, the house cat. 1t is safe to say
that this marauder. which enjoys all the
comforts and protection of the home,
destroys in the aggregate more wild birds
and young poultry than all the native nat
ural enemies combined.
The biological survey, a bureau of the
Department Of Agriculture is The Hague
tribunal of last resort between the deni-
Zens of the animal world and the federal
government. The business of this bureau
is to determine just what animals are
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HOSE monarchS of

lose monarchS of
the wild, kings of
the forests, princes
of the plains.
rulers of the cata-
combs beneath the
ground. even dis
putantS for au-
thority in city al
leys-all members
Of the animal
world-have been
appearing before a
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GROUND SQUIRREL
Has BUBON1S PLAGUE

mans friends, and which so depOrt them
selves as to mitigate against his best in
terests. The decisions are reached after
a hearing of all the facts and are en-
tirely aside from those currently &C
cepted opinions on the same subjects that
may or may not be correct.
The declaration of war upon the cat is
not only the most important action of the
animal Hague. but the greatest surprise
yet supplied Not only this, but the cat
is the first animal that has called forth
the unsparing condemnation Of the court.
The court finds, in the first place, that
the cat is unpardonably cowardly. 1t
masquerades as the protector of the
household from mice and rats. AS mat
ter Of fact. there Is not one cat in hun
drsd that dare attack a rat. The rats are
as likely to run the cats out of a house
as is the opposite thing to happen. The
mouse is so inoffensive that the cat might
attack it with impunity were it not for its
overpowering laZiness. DR.. A. X. Fisher,
the government cat authority. recently
caught twelve mice under the bed In
which he slept despite the fact that there
We're four cats in the household
But these feline frauds do not cease
with inactive SHINING. While they scOrn
pursuit of the foes for whose suppression
they are maintained. they are. neverthe-
less, Unfortunately fond of a certain sort
The dweller in a cottage in the suburbs
maintains family of cats for the sup
preston of rodents and as companions
for his children. Soon he notices that he
no longer hears the song of the hooking
bird that used to sing in his trees. The
thrush no longer pipes in his rosebushes
and the lark has gone from his neighbor-
hood. He does not realize the cause Of
all this nor the treachery of the creature
he has harbore0.
The cat has done it all. If she summons
sufficient energy to forage at all she goes
after the birds. If she has not that ener-
gy she merely slumbers in the sun in the
springtime. and the young birds. trying
their wings for the first time. fall almost
within her lap. These young birds are
her special prey, and her attack upon
them, the animal Hague holds. is among
the most despicable acts Of any animal.
The baby chickens of the barnyards of
more from the cats that the farmers har-
Dor than from the creatures Of the wood
or the air that prey upon them.
Yet this is not all. The cat betrays
even those children Of the household for
whose pleasure it is maintained. The
most aristocratic of these felines Is prone
to creep abroad al night and mingle with
the most disreputable creatures of the
alleys rounda bout. They enter the most
insanitary quarters of the neighborhood.
where there may be diphtheria, smallpox,
tuberculosis or any other of the cOntagi-
Gus diseases. The fur of the cat Is an
ideal lodging place for the germs of these
diseases. and on the morrow the baby
will bury it's face In that fur and the
worst may happen. Ringworm is one of
the lesser diseases that cats transmit.
Aside from all these things the ex-
perts hold that the cat is an migrate
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CArR OF ONE OF
UNCLE AMSPROFESSIONlAL
HUNTERS -

Goals as possible importers. Finally II
was discovered that the creature had es-
capped from an obscure menagerie and
that there Were no others OF its kind
and that there was no possibility of its
reproduction.
The capacity for blood letting that the
mongoose showed in this henhouse is but
typical of its character. Wherever IL
fares forth il is equally deadly. 1t de-
StroyS the birds in the forest, the Wild
animals in their lairs, rattlesnakes in
their dens. pigs by the litter. rabbits in
scores. 1t iS near the United States
as the West Indies and there is always
danger of its getting esta blished on the
mainland If it should the depredations
of the predatious animals we now have
would be made to look insignificant in
comparison. For this reason there is
defensive war against the mongoose
Of course there has been waged in San
Francisco and in Porto Rico a war OF
determination against the rat as bearer
of plague. and that warfare has become
quite general, particularly in seaport
towns. There is another plague harborer.
however. that promises to be more dlf-
ficult to deal with than the rat, and this
is the ground squirrel Ground squirrels
in California are today infected with
bubonic plague and. while no rat has re-
Gently been found in San Francisco that
reacts to the plague tests, this cannot
be said of the ground squirrels, for these
are being regularly killed and shown to
be affected.
The ground squirrel is most attrac-
tive little animal that burrows Itself a
hole in the ground and there lives happily
with neighborly rattlers and owls. IL
fares forth and feeds merrily upon the
farmers wheat upon grass seed which
il stores frugally underground. 1t dwells
in villages of its fellows and the MEM
bers of these communities scamper play
fully about the mounds that their exca-
walton make and chatter at the passerby
But there is bubonic plague in these
villages. The ground squirrel population
of much of California is affected and
the affectation is probably spreading be-
yond the known limits. The ground
squirrel is almost nation wide in its dis
tribution so there Is a big fight on for
it's determination and a large task ahead
OF the government, that has declared the
war. In the meantime plague lies dor
mant in the burrows and may break out
at any time.
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diplomats. the cabinet women and the
wives of justices of the Supreme Court.
But sending cards by a footman, or even
by mail, has come into vogue, and with it
much leisure hitherto unknown. Mrs.
Sheppard spends much time browsing
among the papers and magazines in the
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Congressional Library and she is a con-
slant reader of current literature.
Senator-elect and Mrs. Sheppard ar
rived in Washington with their little
daughter and will spend the winter I'm a
sunny apartment house in the residential
section Of 10th street near II.
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do said Mrs. Sheppard. that l have no
history. though l find following the
threads of the national chronicle of alb
sorbing interest. / was fortunate enough
to hear some stirring additions to it dur
ing my husbands recent campaign for the
senatorship. / accompanied him on many
of his speaking tours. and 1t was much
more exciting than social life could ever
by master of fiction. If / have a hob
by, 1t must be akin to the pursuit OF poll
ties, though / must be placed An The cate
CORY of the spectator and sympathizer
and not an active participant. Just now
my small daughter would preclude any,
thing more ambitious than her welfare
and the care OF my home. But should l
have leisure for a mission, as the term
goes, i should select that noble work
which claims so many women. for the
benefit of poor and dependent children. l
have been deeply interested in the numer-
Gus methods devoted for their aid, and es-
pecially in the children'S bureau recently
opened in Washington. ] hope this win
ter to have leisure to examine the organ
lzation infinitely and perhaps to aid a lit
tie. IL the inexperienced but entirely sym
pathetic outsider Is permitted to do so.
find II a most hopeful sign that SO much
is being done for children. 1t seems to
promise that the next generation will
nave less disheartening problem than
We have at present.
Conditions are different with us, but
it seems merely another aspect of the
same puzze. My home city. Texarkana.
is the distributing point of an important
agricultural and lumber district, and in
our city limits are two great creosoting
plants.
This means that We also have the
child problem. though our climate Is
softer than here and nature is more
productive Mere creature comforts may
not be lacking. but the higher things
for children. their moral and physical
development, invites all the time, money
and energy which We can devote. There
are also other vast industrial plants
railroad shops. lumber yards with their
large body of employees. carpenters. build
ers and the allied trades Cotton prod
ucts are also sent in quantities repre-
scented by an imposing array of figures.
and We are one OF the great depOts
through which Texas beef is sent north
for general distribution. I am, there
fore, keenly interested in this organiza-
ton of a bureau to look after the inter-
ests Of the children. Not that We need
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and was just nineteen. There is
small daughter. Janet, who is not yet two
years old and she will probably be the
youngest child in the senatorial set, as
her mother is the youngest hostess.
Granddaughter and debutante daughters
are more in the senatorial line than in
fants. Senator Lea of Tennessee is the
only colleague of Mr.. Sheppard who IS
near him in point of age.
Next to the interest / feel in children.
q reflex Of my love for my little GIRL
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Second ward-(second Primary District:
4th. 9th, 9th and 9TH dstricts--Polling
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REGISTERS NOTICE.


ESTATE OF JAMES COKALEARES,
Ia DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given that Letters OF
Administration upon the estate Of James
Cokaleares, late OF Wilmington hundred. dc.
ceased, were duly granted unto the Della.
ware Trust Company, on the eth day OF
August. A. ID. 1912, and all persons in.
debted 10 the said deceased are requested I,
make payment to the administrator without
delay, and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required to ex
hibit and present the same, duly probsted
TO the said administrator, on or before thr
sth day of August A. ID. 1913, or abide BY
the law in this behalf.
DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY.
Administrators.
Address Delaware Trust Company. VII
mingion, Delaware a14eod.et
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Second Ward First Primary District;
1st, 2nd and ord districts Polling Place
81
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PROPOSALS.

ID ROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
l. the Office Of the County Engineer in the
court House, Wilmington, Del, 10 be opened
and read, 12 o'clock, noon, August 27, 1919,
for the erection Of new Fender Crib for the
Market Street Bridge, across the Christiana
River. Plans and specifications will be on
file in the Office Of the County Engineer after
Thursday, the 18th. All bids must be ao-
companied by a certified check or bond foi
tho sum of 5000. A deposit Of $500 is re.
quired for each set Of plans, the same will
be refunded on return Of the plans The
right is expressly reserved TO reject any and
al bids
JAMES WILSON,
Assist County Engineer.
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Eighth Ward--(F (First Primary District;
LIST, End and Ord misunderstanding Place
7O2 East Seventh street
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

M UsICAL INSTRUMENTS u All
IHl descriptions. bought and sold; 10 cent
sheet music and orchestra selections. Cata-
logue free on request Repairing a specially.
Bows re-haired. Old coins bought and sold
Coin catalogue. II cents, postpaid G. A.
Milano. 2ol ". Eighth st.. WILMINGTON,
Del. f22-iv
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Wilson [ ineto Philadelphia
lAssENGEKS and FRNGHT.

PASSENGERS and FREGHT.
Leave Fourth Street Wharf. Wilmington.
daily, including Sundays for Phiiadelphia
and Chestnut Street Wharf, Philadelphia for
Wilmington. al 7.3o. 900 1880 A. NJ. I2
o clock noon, i.3O 800, AIS. 600, ZOO
$50 and $40 D. m.
FARES--On Saturdays. Sundays and legal
holidays, between Wilmington and Philadel
phia; ,One way. soc; round trip. soc On
an other days, special one day limited ticket
one way, i5c; round trip, 25c.
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APARTMENTS.
BOARDING AND LODGING.


ID OARDING, LODGING AND FURNISHED
ID rooms, at LYNtH's, No. West
J ourth street. ally.
II, HE WILMINGTON. i55 SOUTH TEN.
L NESsEE AVENUE, FORMERLY THE
-ENON." Atlantic City n. J Boarding by
day or week. Terms reasonable. airs. WIN.
m23.6m.