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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18

I'm the usual coinagc7" I venture,
She gave me a long, whimsical
smile-Once more her fathers daugh
ter.
THAT, I'm afraid, was the trouble"
she answered; 'for as laid my money
down on the counter I suddenly no
tlced that there was q person at the
back Of the store"
"a person?" l interrupted.
"Yes! Suppose we say "a peck.
marked person. was 1t your
"What a memory you have for de-
tails" parted; land then?"
swell! I took my change and man
aged to whisper word to Sweeney
good friend, remember-and came
out. i took short cut back, but the
person that had stood in the back of
the store seemed to know the way
almost better than $50 well that he
got ahead Of me. He was walking qui-
city this way and SO slowly that had
at last to 0vertake him. He said moth
Ing, just watched me as If interested
In the way was going-but, I'm
ashamed to say, he rather frightened
me! And here am"
swell, then" I said, "let's hurry
home and talk it over with the king"
The "king," as I had realized, was
practical romantic" and at once
took the matter seriously, leaving
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18
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whole sunken Spanish Main, glimmer-
Ing fifty fathoms deep in mother-of-
pearl and the moon. It was the very
Secret Rose Of Romance; and, also,
mark you. it was some money-oh,
perhaps, all told, it might be some five
thousand guineas, or-what would you
say2-twenty.five odd thousand dol
lars; Calypso knows better than I, and
she, as ! said, alone knows where 1t Is
now hid, and how much Of it now re-
mains" .-
He paused to relight his cigar. while
Calypso and T. Well, he began again: :
Snow my daughter and l." and he
paused to look at her fondly. though
Of the race Of Eternal Children, are
not without some of the innocent wis.,
dom which Holy Writ countenances as
the self-protection Of the innocent
Calypso, I may say, is particularly en-
lowed with this quality, needing it as
she does especially for the guardian
ship for her foolish laxative old fa-
ther, who. by the way, is almost at the
end Of his tale. So, when this old chest
flashed its bewildering dazzle upon us,
we. being poor folk, were not more
dazzled than afraid. For-like the
poor man in the fable-such good for
tune was all too likely to be our I'M
doing, should it come to the ears of
the great, or the INDECENT criminal.
The great in our thought was, I am
ashamed to say, the sacred British
treasury, by an ancient law of which,
forty per cent Of all 'treasure-trove'
belongs to his majesty the king. The
INDECENT criminal was represented by
well, our colored (and not so very
much colored) neighbors. OF course
we ought to have sent the whole treas
ure to your friend, John Saunders of
his Britannia majesty's government at
Nassau, but Well, de didn't. Some
day, perhaps, you will put in word
for us with him, as. you drink his old
port, in the snuggery. Meanwhile, we
had an idea, Calypso and l."
He paused-for Calypso had invol-
UNFAIRLY made a gesture, as though
pleading to be spared the whole reve-
'lation-and then with smile, contin-
ued:
I'VE determined to hide away our
little hoard where it would be safe
from our neighbors, and dispose Of II
according to our needs with a. certain
tradesmanr In the, town whom we
thought we could trust-a tradesman,
who. by the way, quite naturally lev,es
little tax upon us for his security,
No blame to him! I have lived far too
long to be hard on human nature"
"John Sweeney" asked, looking
over at Calypso with eyes that dared
at last to smile.
1.-THE very same. my Lord Ulysses
answered my friend.
And so I came to understand that
Mr.. Sweeney's reluctance in selling me
that doubloon was not so sinister as II
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18

She Drew Up From Her Bosom q
Little Bag That Hung BY Silver
Chain, and, Opening 1t, Drew Out,
With Laugh-a Golden Doubloon.
as might have surprised some of those
who had only heard him talk--his con-
versational fantasies on tho theme to
come later.
Calypso, however. had The first
word.
Il always told you, dad" she said
and the word dad" on the lips of that
statuesque glrl-who always seemed
ready to take that inspired frame.
work Of rags and bones and talking
music into her protecting arms
seemed quite the Quaintest of para
doxes-"I always told you, dad, what
would heppen, with your fairy tales Of
the doubloons."
"Quite true, my DEAR" he answered,
'but isn't fairy tale worth paying
foreworth little trouble? And re.
member, IL you will allow me. two
things about fairy tales: there must
always be some evil fairy in them,
some dragon or such like; and there
is always-a happy ending. Now the
dragon enters at last-in the form Of
Tobias; and we should be happy on
that very account. It shows that the
race Of dragons is not, as I feared, ex-
tinct. And as for the happy ending,
we win arrange it, after lunch-for
which, by the way, you are somewhat
late"
After lunch the ''king'' resumed, but
in brief and entirely practical vein :
I've are about to be besieged." he
said. 'The woods, probably, are al
ready thick with spies. For the mo.
ment we must suspend operations on
our GOlconda"-his name for the ru.
ms that we were to excavate-'and,
as our present purposn-yours no
less than ours, friend Ulysses-is
to confuse Tobias. my suggestion is
this: that you walk with me a mile
or two to the nor'ard. There is an
entertaining mangrove swamp I should
like to show you, and also you can
give me your opinion Of an idea Of
mine that you will understand. all the
better when have taken you over the
ground"
So we walked beyond the pines,
down onto q long, interminable fiat
land Of mari marshes and inangroye
trees-so like that in which Charlie
Webster had shot the snake and the
wild duck-that ONLY Charlie could
have seen any difference.
Now" said the "king," "dofyou see
a sort Of river there, overgrown with
mangroves and palmettos?"
YES" I answered, -"almost-
though it's go choked up it's almost
impossible to say"
"4Well," said the ''king," "that's the
idea; you haven't forgotten those old
ruins we are going to explore. You
remember how choked up they are.
Well. this was the covered waterway,
the secret creek, by which the pi-
rates-John Teach, or whoever 1t was !;
perhaps John P. Tobias himself
used to land their loot. It's SO over.
grown nowadays that no one can find
the entrance but myself and q friend
or two; do you understand"
We walked q little farther, and then
at length came to the bank Of the
creek, the 'king" had indicated. This
we followed for half mile or 90,
till we heard the murmur Of the sea.
Go BE C0NTINUED.)
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-18

had, at the moment, appeared; that 1t
had in fact come Of loyalty which
was already for me the most precious
Of loyalties.
"Then," said I, cas- a fitting conclu-
sion to the confidence you have re-
posed In me. my Lord Alcinous, IL Miss
Calypso would have the kindness to
let us have a sight Of that chest Of
beaten copper Of which you spoke, I
would like to restore this, that was
once a part Of its contents. wherever
the rest Of. them" land I confess
that paused a moment) 'smay, be in
hiding"
And I took from my pocket the sa-
cred doubloon that had bought from
John sweeney-may Heaven have
mercy upon his soull-6or sixteen dol.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09

BERLIN. Octubre S.-Lss tropas
en- Curlandia que Sc italian bajo las
6rdenes del General Won der COLT,
insisten en- que permaneceran ALI
segun Sc We por una proclana que ha
sido dirigida "A la Patria Alemana y
a TODD ell pueblo c~ivilizado.' La pro-
clama dice en- parte:
mo obstante Ia orden del gobier-
no aleman, dada baJo Ia preston de
Ia entente, pernaneceremos en- este
frente para proteger Ia f~rontera ale
mana contra las horas bolsheVikis Y
mantener los verdaderos ideales So
cialstas."
Una Agencia semi-oficial de infor-
macion dice que Ia proclama fue ex-
pedida antes de Ia Ultima orden del
gobierno para que r~egresaran las tro-
pas. Y agrega a este efecto:
'Falta yer ahora 81 la Ultima or
den de Berlin surtira el efecto de ha-
Ger zanzibar de parecer a los scldados
de Won der Colt
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
Sc HALLA LIST0
Ell EJERCITO
ESTOMZANO
En- vista de Ia actividad de
Won Der GoItz, Sc Ia
ordenado Ia moViIiza-
cion de las reservaS

COPENHAGUE, Octu5re s.-La
.anunciada activj5at de las tropas
alemanas del General Won Der Goltz,
en- Mitau, ha dado por resu!taio 81
Que el gobierno estonjano ordene la
movilizacion de t)Gas las r~eservas
del ejercito eStcaiano, Segun dice IN
despacho rec.0ido hoy aqui. TambiGn
Sc sabe que IN ~ejerc!so de Ia Russia
del Noroeste c~2r:.nua a~vanZando len
tamente hacia Pskoff Y los informes
recibidos indican que el enemigo
cuenta con IN numero de fuerzas
mucho menor del que Sc ~esperaba.
Cr5ese que los bolshevikis han tras-
lado sus fuerzas de Narva para re-
forzar al ~ejercito que combate con-
ira el general Derikine.
FL General krasnos viene ahora en-
canine para Ia Lituania. para tomar
parte en- Ia ofensiva que Sc proyec-
ia contra Petrogrado. E. comandan-
tie Gade regresara a Reval como CO.
misionado militar encargado de los
aSunros americanoS-
La Co~nferencia de Paz de los tres
Estados balticos Y Finlandia con los
b~olshevikis, Sc eSpera que tendra lu-
gar antes del % del mes en- curse.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09

EMIGRATION. n. Y. Octubre s.
la primera victima del torneo ae-
REQ que Sc esta efectuando, ha sido
Ell Coronel Gerald Brandt, que tri-
pulaba una maquina de Haviland de
cuatro motores, marcada con ell nu-
nero /. Ia cual cayo a TERRA en- I'm
punto distante a una milla de Ia es-
taci6n de deposito aqui. Ell Coronel
resuito sacramento herido, siendo
probable que muera a consecuencia
de las lesiones recibidas. Ell Sargen~
TO Gu 10 acompanaba, ". H. hewitt,
recibio tambien muy SeriaS ~lesiones,
pero su eStado no es tan grave como
el del Coronel, quien sufrio Ia que
bradura de los brazos Y las piernas Y
varias leSiones ~internaS.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
una CRISIS COMO
la DE- FLUME EN-
ASIA MENOR
La provocan los nacionaIis-
tas turcos cuyo Jete
Mustafa Kemal Sc a.
podero de Konich

PARIS. Octubre S.-El General
Ali Ria Baja. Gran Yizir de Tur-
quia, ha iniciado n~egociaciones con
Mustafa kcmal, el lider n~aclona!lsta
turco, cuyas tropas tomaron possession
recientemente de Ia ciudad estrate-
gica de Konich, segun dice un des-
pacho de Constantinopla.
Las tropas nacionalistas turcas. Sc
dice cue cuentan con mas de 100000
hombres Y estan bajo Ell mando dl-
recto de Mustafa kemal. Con la cap
tura de Koniec, llevada 4 cabo la Sc
mana pasada, dichas tropas han pre-
cipitado en- el Asia Menor, una crisis
semcjante, aunque en- mayor ~escala,
que Ia que D'Annunzio %provoco en-
la Dalmacia con "a captura de Fiume.
Sc tiene Ia firme ~creencia en- los
circulos oficiales de Ia C~onferencia
de Paz, que la situaci6n en- ell Asia
Menor Sc halla ahora fuera del o n
troll del gobierno otomano Y que las
~potencias aliadas Sc "encuentran sin
ayuda ninguna en- la actualidad para
hacer a efecto de e~jercer n preston
militar Y lograr ~implaatar IN rene
do ~apreciable. Hay alguna duda acer-
ca de 81 las p~otencias Sc hallan SUI
ficientemente unidas o inclinadas pa
ra i~ntervenir Y algunos Hogan a Greer
CUE en- el case actual ocurrira algo
parec;do a 10 que csta pasando en-
Fiume.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
NIrEVA O R Octubre S.

NUEVA YORK. Octubre Sci
torneo aereo mas grande en- IA histo-
ria de Ia aviacion Sc inicio esta ma
mana aqui a las 9.l5, tempo de es-
Ia ciudad, cuando Il aeroplanos Sc
elevaron por los aires para tomar
oarte en- Ell vuelo trascontinental que
Sc hara entire Nueva York y. San Fran
cisco.
Cuarenta Y cinco de las maquinas
parlieron del campo aereo de Mineo-
Ia Y el resto, %. emprendieron Ell
yuelo de San Francisco para esta clu-
dal. e. vuelo Sc hara a traves del
continente, ida Y vuelta, 10 que COM
prende una distancia de mas de $500
milIas. esperandose que tai viaje tar
de cuando menos , dias. Los vuelos
Sc haran solanente de dia-
FL primero an partir del aerodro-
mo de Mineola, fue ell Teniente J. 5.
Machle, photo numero i, en- una
maouina modelo de Haviland de Qua
tro m~otores. que inicio el vuelo q las
9.10.30 Dos minutes deSpueS e. Brl-
gadier General L. E. o. Charlton,
attach5 britannica, intent6 elevarse en-
Ia naquina nUmero g.. IN biplano Bris
tol. pero hubo de retardar su vuelo
debido a una descompostura del mo-
tor.
Despues de Ia partida del Teniente
Machle, las maquinas que e~mprendie-
ron el vuelo, fueron las Siguientes,
con dos minutes de intervalo cada
una: numero y. Is, %, 81. II. SIS,
23, p, 81, ' 9. e. numero So sc VIC
obligado a regreSar veinte minutes
despues de su partida, debido 2 una
descomposCura del motor.
Este es ell primer torneo aereo, que
tiene IA magnitud de I'm verdadero
derby. Todos los aeroplanos que Sc
registraron paar tomar en- 81, han
Sido probaGos como capaces para
recorrer a razon de Glen millas por
bora. Durante cl trayecto habra p
eStaciones en- las que los aerop!anos
podran detenerse por 80 minutes. Los
que permanezcan mas de IS horaS en-
una e~stacion, quedaran eliminados
una estacion, qUedaran eliminados.
Las ~estaciones de ~referencia
son las siguienteS; Bingham
ton. y. Y; Rochester, n. Y; Buffa-
10, \. Y; Cleveland. Ohio; Bryan,
Ohio: Chicago, III; Rock Island H.;
Des MoineS, Iowa; Omaha, Neb.; St
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
AIemania dice que va
emDez0 Ia evacuation
de Ia Lituania
Los soIdados de Won Der
GoLtz expidieron una pro-
clama, sin embargo,
negandose a saIir
de csc territorio

COPENHAGUE, Octubre Sci
llamado del gobierno aleman a las
tropas del General Won der Goltz pa
"a que evayuen las provincias balti-
cas-, ha prouado haber sido eficaz, Sc
gun dice IN despacho procedente de
Berlin. Ell mensaje agrega que el re-
greso de algunas de esas tropas en-
pezo ell sabado Y que varios trans
portes conduciendo fuertes contin-
gentes de soldados saldran en- breve
con rumbo a Alemania.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
PARA LOS HOMRRES QUE TIE
MEN TRABAJ0S RUDOS

Los traoaJaGoreS De Iaorlcas, 1e-
r~rocarrileros, ~haceadados. mineros, Y
en- general. toGas las personals dedi-
cadas a rrabajos rudos, estan eXpues-
cas a c~ontraer Intermediates de los
-inones. La n~atUraleza ~previene es-
tas dolenciaS por sintomas que ge-
neralmente son: dolores de espalda Y
cos-ados, articulaciones tiesaS Y ado
lor;das, dolores reumaticos, etc. e.
Sr. J. G. Wolff. Green Bay, Wis,
escrbe 10 Siguiente: LAS Foley
Kidney Pills, me ~aliviaron de IN
fuerte dolor de espalda que me habia
atormentado Dor espacio de varios
meses. Con unas cuantas bocellas me
aIivie." (Adv.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
fIa Sido remoVida Ia
barrera de minas
del Mar del Norte

WASHINGTON, Octubre S.-La
remocion de Ia gran barrera de mi
mas que fue puesta por Ia marina
americana en- 81 Mar del Norte, du-
rante Ia guerra, ha sido va compile
tamente t~erminada, segun Sc anuncio
hoy oficialmente por ell Secretario de
Marina, Mr. Josephus Daniels.
En- ell trabajo de remocion, soia-
mente un serio accidente st registro,
siendo Ia destruction de n de los
barcos limpia minas, en- Ia cual per-
dieron Ia vida varios de los MEM
bros de Ia tripulacion del barco-
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
Denikine capture $4,000
boIsheVikis mas

LONDRES, OIctubre S.-En IN
communicate Official que Sc ha recibi-
do aqui, expedido por el General De-
nikine, Sc aSegura que durante las
operaciones nevadas a cabo en- los al
rededores de Veronezh, fueron he
chos p~risioneros mas de 10000 bois-
hevikis. FL communicate fue trasmitido
Dor la via in~alambrica, desde el Guar
tel general de las fuerzas de Deni-
kline.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09

MINEOLA, L. I. Octubre S.-En-
ire los academies ocurridos a Ia ma
quinas que tomaron parte hoy en- ell
derby aereo, sc cuenta Ia caida del
aeroplano que piloteaba el Teniente
Mauricio Cleary V en- Ia cual iba e!
Sub-Secretario de la Guerra, Bene-
dicto Crowell, como pasajero. La
maquina cayo de una altura de $50
pies Y Sc d~espedazo, pero sin que los
tripulantes sufrieran golpes de on
siteracion.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
Sc LNlCIO Ell GRAN YUEL0
MILITAR TRAnSCONTINENIAL
Tonan parte 70 aeroplanos con photos del %ejercito
LamentabIes academies han ocurrido, siendo el mas grave
la caida del a~eropIano nurnero 4 ~pilOteado pcr Ell
coronel Brandt, quien esta moribundo

Paul, Neb.; North Platte, Neb.; SID
ney, Neb.; Cheyenne. Wyo.; Green
River, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Battle oMunt, New; Reno, New; Sa-
cramento, Cal; Y San Francisco.
Al General L. E. o. Charlton, Alta
che aereo de la Embajada britannica,
Sc le permitio tomar parte en- el tor
neo como una mera cortesia interna-
cional.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
ITALIA RATIFICO
Los TRATAD0S
DE- PAz
La ratification. Sc hizo por
decreto del Rey Victor Ma
nueI iii, que sera Dresen-,
tado al Parlamento

w --SAf
tor Manuel III, por medic de dos de-
cretos reales, ha ratificado los ira
tados de paz con Alemania Y Austria.
II Giornale d'Italia, uno de los prin-
cipaIes diarios que Sc publican aqui,
dice Tue cada decreto contiene dos
articuloS, ell primero autorlzando al
gobierno a e~jecutar el tratado en- to-
das sus parties Y el segundo expresan-
do que ell decreto sea presentado al
Parlamento para cue Sc declare ley. .
PARIS, Octubre Sci Rey Vic
tor Manuel de Italia firmo aver un
decreto real ratificando los tratados
de paz con Alemania Y Austria. Sc
gun dice un despacho ~procedente de
Milan recibido aqui.
La ratification del tratado de paz
con Alemania, por e. decreto real del
Rey de Italia, viene a completar
pr~acticamente los requisites que Sc
hacian ~recesarios para que dicho
tratado Sc pusiera en- vigor. siendo
Ell principal de ~aquellos ell cue el do
cumento fuera ratificado por tres
de las grandes potencias aliadas Y a
sociadas. e. Parlamento britannica
fue ell primero de los aliados en- rati-
fear el tratado, y ell documento aho-
"a solo esta pendiente de Ia ratifica-
ci6n de uno de los dominios de la
Gran Bretaha, para que tenga efecto
en- TODD ell Imperio, cl parlamento
a~ustraliano. La Camara de Diputados
fr2ncesa aprobo el convenio la ema
ma pasada Y ahora solo csta pendien-
te de Ia ratification del scnado fran
ces, para que el documento quede en-
calidad de obligatorio para Francia.
Con ell decreto real del Rey Victor
Manuel. Sc completan las tres ratifl-
caciones necesarias, V 10 unico que
eSta pendiente para que el documen-
to Sc ponga de lleno en- vigor, es Ia
notification de dichas ratificaciones
al Supreme Console Inter-aliado, no
tificaciones que Sc haran tan pronto
como las ratificaciones queden ter
minadas. La de Italia sera probable
mente la Ultima, pues hasta ell mes
de Diciembre, en- que Sc reunira 81
nuevo Parlamento, no Sc hara Ia apro
baci0n formal de Ia ratification real
por Italia.
81 Italia ha sido Ia Ultima de las
grandes potencias europeaS en- rati-
fear el tratado de paz con Alemania,
ha sido, en- cambio, Ia primera en- ra-
tificar el tratado con Austria.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09

LAREDO. TEX. Sc peeesi.aa Assn.e,.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
ex-Kaiser cambiara
SUI Residential a Doom

AMSTERDAM, Octubre Sci eX-
Emperador Guilermo de Alemania
trasladara SUI actual Residential de
Amerongen a la ciudad de Doom, CO.
mo para Ell dia Is del proximo mes de
Diciembre, segun Sc ha sabido aqui.
FL ex-Emperador Sc establecera en-
IN castillo que compr6 en- la mencio-
NADIA ciudad de Doom.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-10-09
DISCURSOS

Alocuciones. p~oesias, cartas farilia-
res, amorosas, de duelo y de negocios'
articulos. etc. necesita-a I'd. hacer
frecueatemente en- 81 vida social. >
81 TO sabe h%acerlo, faltsra o Sc pom
drd en- re-Euenza. Cuando n~ecesite
algo de clio. pidalo a Don Placido Bill
hao, 10 Menchaca Street, San Auto-
rio. Texas. Discusses cxtensos, $500;
Discursos brevcs. $500: Cartas. sl-eo.
Escritos de todas classes = precios
convenciona!es.
The Washington times., 1919-05-11

down and balances it on his nose. Still
holding it in place he makes his way down
the ladder to the floor, where he losses
the ball to me.
"Of somewhat the same type is the
trick in which one of my sea-lions balances
a lamp with a long stand on the end OF his
nose, while steadily going forward on
small barrel which he revolves with his
flippers. In another trick he rolls over
and over on the. floor while steadily balanc-
ing a large ball.
Then there is the performance of the
five animals that constitute what call my
orchestra. Three blow horns, a fourth
plays cymbals attached to his flippers,
while the fifth makes the bass-drum re-
sound through the arena with reverbera-
tions which no human player would dare
to provoke / believe the sound Of the
drum produced through his own efforts
appeals to him, and he seems to take
great pleasure in it.
"In a class by itself, however, in the
world of performing animals is the bell
solo performed by my star sea-llon mu-
The Washington times., 1919-05-11


The sea-lion could easily outswim the
submarine. To avert this danger OF an
accident a man on the patrol boat signaiied
TO the captain of the submarine, who was
watching through his peTiscope, when the
seal was near The submarine commander
then stopped his craft and came to the
surface.
When the captain stepped out of his
coming tower he always found a sea-lion
on deck, lifting up a iipper and barking
loudly for a fish dinner.
Without delay the animals were en-
ployed in chasing real enemy submarines
Il is stated that they were responsible for
the capture OF destruction Of number.
When the sea-lion had located an under
sea boat the British destroyer or patrol
boat dropped a depth bomb on the spot,
The intelligent sea-lion was usually killed
in the operation, but that is only one OF
the innumerable cruelties of war.
And thus we are led to consider the
curious fact that an animal brought up
entirely at sea or on some slippery, Shiny
rock at the edge Of II, with nothing but
fishy companions, far from the educating
influence Of the lord of creation, should
be nearly the most intelligent OF animals.
A standard work on natural history
says:
rather, their power Of understanding what
they are required to do, and their willing.
ness to do it-probably exceeds that OF
any other animal except the elephant aud
the dog"
But Frank E. Huling, who trained the
wonderful sea-lions performing In the
Ringing and Barnum and Bailey circus
and probably knows more about them
than any man alive, goes much further
than that statement. He said:
THE sea-liOn can be taught more things
than any other animal, not excepting the
dog or the elephant From my own ex,
perience ] can at once understand how the
British officers were able to train sea-
lions to follow submarines with unerging
efficiency. In fact, there IL scarcely any
work these beasts cannot be trained to do,
When you realize that they can do juggling
tricks impossible for men, you can form
an idea how many other things they can do.
The California sea.liOn is the most
adaptable for training purposes and more.
intelligent than the fur-seal Of Arctic
regions. The large sea-lions from South
America are too dangerous to be handled
easily.
When two or three years Of age the
California sea-lions are at their best for
training. Taken out Of the water before
that time they are not sufficiently grown
to understand what is required Of them.
The first obstacle to be overcome Is the
unWillingness Of the newly captured sea-
lion to take food. Like most animals OF
his type, he secrets a great layer Of fat
called blubber on bis body, upon which he
leeds when not able to obtain other food
have had sea-lions that refused food for
nearly two months before allowing them.