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The Washington times., 1932-08-12
"WILD CARGO"

lack of cleanliness in handling
animals. Unless ordered to do
so, it seldom occurs to them
to clean a cage. This animals
alarming infection probably
started with a scratch. Filthy
cage conditions, it was safe to
guess. did the rest.
I got busy at once trying to
devise a means of cleaning the
tigers wound. Prompt action
was imperative.
I took a long bamboo pole,
wrapped a cloth around one
end and dipped this into a So
luton I made by adding some
water to a strong antiseptic.
I was wasting my time. The
animal-a big vicious specimen
whose temper was not i'm
proved by his injury-would
have none of my attentions.
With a snarl of rage he
slapped the pole to one side at
least dozen times-then. when
I persisted, he took it in his
mouth and bit the end off.
Some other means of minis
tering to that ugly wound would
. have to be devised. 1 finally
hit upon the idea of using a
brass force pump. I succeeded
in getting hold of one that,
aided and abetted by a fine
nozzle, shot narrow stream Of
water ten to a dozen feet. For
a whole hour I practiced shoot
ing at targets with this pump
until I became fairly expert.
Having rehearSed sufficiently
with water, I filled the pump
with my antiseptic solution and
got to work on the tigers
wound. At first the animal
eluded me, snarling as before.
But I finally made a clean hit.
shot stream right into the
great soggy tester. It landed
with such force that quite
few maggots were washed out.
The tiger howled with rage, for
he didn't particularly like the
sting of the powerful mixture I
was using, and for half an hour
could do nothing with him.
He kept lunging at the bars.
trying to see how hard he could
make my job. But I was en-
couraged by my first hit and
made up my mind to stick to it.
After much patient effort I
managed to clean out the
wound. For three weeks gave
the animal a daily treatment
and, as healthy flesh started
growing around the wound,
weakened my solution. After a
week or so the animal grew so
accustomed to the pump that T.
he happened to be lying down
when I flashed it he wouldn't
even trouble to get up as I
sprayed his wound.
1t wasn't long before this all
ing jungle cat was sound again.
He lost one claw (Which prac-
tically dropped off but that
didn't prevent him from being
as Spry and agile as he ever
was. 1t takes the loss of more
than claw to make a cripple
out of a tiger.
got this ex-invalid back to
America in excellent shape and
sold him to a zoo for a good
price.
FirSt-aid had probable saved
his life-and my investment.
Ito Be COndnuAd
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(Continued from Magazine Page
nine of us-the six fieldhands,
Ali, the cart-driver and L
started yanking away, but we
couldn't bulge the animal,
whose agonized believing grew
louder and louder as it sank
deeper into the hole.
We should have been able to
lift the animal out-for its
weight, 1000 pounds, was not
much for nine men to shift
but the fact remains that we
were unable to do it on &C
count of the lack of proper
equipment. Had we had a block
and tackle, four of us would
have been able to manage it
easily. The best we could do
was to bear down on the rope
and keep the animal from sink
ing any deeper.
1 sent Ali to round up further
help while the rest of us clung
to the rope. The boy returned
in about IS minutes with four
Chinese wood-choppers. Then
the 13 of us started hauling
away. Our combined efforts
were enough to pull the bullock
out.
Strangely enough, it devel-
oped that the sturdy creature
was uninjured. His hindquar-
ters were full of black muck
where he had sunk, standing
upright, up to his launches,
but aside from that he was
none the worse for his expert
ence.
Shortly afterwards we were
rumbling along on our way to
Semi as if nothing had hap
pened.
Some years ago I bought a
tiger that a Malay boy had
caught up in the Indragiri Dis
trict of Central Sumatra. I
needed this animal to supple
ment two I had trapped myself.
I had orders calling for three
of the striped cats and I was
fortunate to be able to aug
ment my own catches with this
one. 1 needed all the time I
could find, as there were a
number of other animals
also birds and reptiles-that I
had to round up before 1 set
sail, at an early date, for the
United States.
The tiger arrived on a little
Dutch boat that makes a week
ly trip down the Indragiri
River, along the east coast of
Sumatra and across to Singa-
pore.
1 sent old Ali to get it off
the boat. He loaded it onto a
Sampan and brought it ashore
at Singapore. From there it
was hauled by motor truck to
my compound at Katong, about
eight miles away.
Badly Hurt
It didn't take mI long to see
that the animal had developed
a bad injury since the day
had personally viewed it in
Sumatra, a few weeks before.
There was a large feStered area
between two Of the toes of his
left back foot. This area was
alive with worms and maggots
and it was obvious that I would
either lose the animal through
blood poisoning or have a
cripple on my hands unless
something was done quickly.
Natives are notorious Tor their
The Washington times., 1932-08-12

Continues Tomorrow
Evening star., 1932-09-06
SUMMERTIME
By d, C, PEATTIE.
Mourning Doves.


TN one of my favorite walks on the
biggest of the Potomac islands,
came upon a smashed egg OF
i mourning dove upon the ground.
/ might not have recognized the
plain white egg, about an inch and a
fourth long, but for looking overhead
and finding the nest out of which 1t
fell. There are few birds that build
as badly as the mourning dove. You
can tell her fiat nest of few twigs at
a glance and 1t is a wonder that any
mourning dove chicks survive such bad
housekeeping and maternal care. Per-
haps the secret of it is that second
broods are so common and undcubteoly
1t was an egg from a second brood that
I found at this advanced date. BY
sheer fertility, she seeks to overcome
her lack of innate capacity Tor child
care.
Tell me, o philosophers. poets. mys-
tics and cracker-boX sages, how 1t Is
that such marvellous nest as the
orioles can exist in the same world
with the mourning doves. II an all
wise Dame Nature, or a perfect and
beautiful plan orders these things,
wouldn't Madame Nature have been a
little all-wiser to have made the mourn
ing dove as skillful as the oriole: would
the plan have been more perfect" as
the trainers of our Constitution so
clearly and unrhetorically state, to have
put more sense and skill into the head
of our sweet ninny of turtle dove?
Biros build by instinct, you say? And
so they cannot do what it is not in
stinctive in them to do? But, accord
ing to the great English scientist,
Wallace, who was Darwin's friend,
Gagged birds, raised in captivity from
the egg, do not build nests even when
given the proper materials to do So
Indeed, he says, they cannot even sing
their native wood notes wild, unless
they are given a chance to initiate one
of their own species. I think these
statements should be checked again.
but taking them, for the moment, on
Wallace's high authority, it would seem
that nest building and singing (and
what else is there to a bird except
feathers?) are matters not of what we
call instinct, but of radical culture,
handed down as precious heritage,
just as we hand down our great dis
coverieS, like the use of fire, of writing,
even of speech.
Children born deaf do not speak,
without elaborate lessons, and, presum-
ably, a child raised among city OF
deaf muteS would do no more than
gurgle or scream, though itself normal.
That birds learn to sing is apparent
when we hear the mockipg-bird, who
certainly learned from other birds. The
same may be true of the art of nest
making But why the mourning dove
has not learned from the oriole is more
than I can say.
Evening star., 1932-09-06

vegetable peeler or with the blade of
an apple corer. These shavings of skin,
which can be bit thicker than when
they would be thrown away, should be
kept in water for meal to follow that
when the insides of the potatoes are
used, or they can be used first and the
potatoes be kept under water. Remove
peeiings and dry on cloth. Put some
in frying basket and plunge into hot
fat until a delicate brown. Put on
brown paper in the oven until all have
been fried. Sprinkle with salt and pep
per and serve piping hot. These curls
are very tasty. The potatoes can be
shaved as well as the skins and both
inside and skin be fried in the deep fat
and served together. They are a cross
between French fried potatoes and po-
tato chips.
Most homemakers are familiar with
watermelon rind pickles and preserves.
Citron melon rind can also be so used.
Pare off the green skin and cut the
solid white rind into squares, oblcngs,
or fancy shapes. TO five pounds of
rind add three and quarters
pounds sugar, the juice and rind of
one lemon and one orange, and a small
piece of ginger root, or little pre-
served ginger, cut into small pieces. can
be added when the mixture is nearly
done. Put into preserving kettle with
barely enough water to cover, and cook
until rind is clear and juices are sirupy.
Put in hot Jars and seal.
When peeling peaches, pears or
apples, save the peelings. Cut small
Cook them down either separately or
two or more together. Cover with
water and add sugar to sweeten. Put
the stones of peaches with the skins,
as they add to the flavor and can be
easily removed. Simmer until skins are
Evening star., 1932-09-06

tender. The thrifty concoctions can be
put in glasses and kept for later use,
or they can be added to bread pudding,
to pies, tapioca and rice puddings, etc,
and improve the flavor and supply some
Of the liquid instead of milk or water.
If apple skins in double amount are
with one or both of the other fruit
skins, they will make a jelly. Cover
skins with water and cook until skins
are tender Strain through jelly bag.
To one cup of fruit juice. add three
quarters cup of sugar. Heat sugar and
add, when strained juice is hot, boil
for Is minutes or until a few drops jell
on a cold plate.
Orange, grapefruit and lemon peel,
cut into strips and boiled down in a
sirup of sugar and water in proportions
Of one cup of sugar to three quarters cup
of water. make delicious candied citrus
peel. Boil until white is clear, or nearly
clear, and skins can be pierced with a
fork. Remove and roll in granulated
sugar. Keep pieces separate while dry
ing and pack away TOR immediate or
future use. The rind hardens as it gets
old, so it is bes: when freshly candied.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06
THAT BODY OF YOURS
DIR. JAMES W. BARTON, M. d.

preferred to take the lime by mouth or
where circumstances made this method
necessary, the dose was one teaspoonful
of the lime or calcium gluconate in the
powdered form three times a day.
I nave spoken before about the use of
chloride Of lime or calcium chloride for
various skin conditions. This is not the
chloride of lime used for disinfecting
purposes. Unfortunately, very few drug
gists or wholesale drug houses put up
this drug for internal uses, but 1t can
be obtained in some places in the form
of syrup of chloride of lime, is grains
of chloride Of lime to two teaspoonfuls
of syrup, which Is the usual dose.
1t also happens that some patients
cannot take chloride of lime even well
protected by syrup; it upsets the stom-
ach. In some cases also the kidneys are
irritated by the use of the chloride Of
lime. For these reasons, therefore, 1t Is
very satisfactory to learn Of the excel
lent results obtained by the lime or
calcium gluconate, as 1t Is more pala-
table and thus easier to take by the
mouth.
Lime Is needed by every cell In the
body at all times and an extra amount
must be taken when certain drugs and
foods are taken, or when other condi-
tions arise within the body itself.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06

in the kitchen and it was hard to resist
the urge to collect materials and drive
right back to New York to make
them up.
In and around New York we do not
go in for wholesale picking and pre-
serving as they co in the country and
country towns where the materials for
them are so plentiful and so cheap.
Many women, however, feel that house
keeping is not complete without some
jars Of homemade products. There is
something so satisfactory about max
ing up favorite recipes, favored and
seasoned just to suit the family taste.
There Is such a sense of well-being
when we see those glass jars filled with
jam or pickles which will be useful
throughout the Winter. 1t Is one Of
the few semi-permanent results which
cooking gives. Usually the result Of
hours Of hard work in the kitchen is
blotted out in an hour or SO!
While you are not likely to make
chilli sauce and catsup, as you find 1t
less expensive to buy one Of the famous
brands on sale at every shop, there are
tomato preserves and conserveS which
are well worth making. Grape mar
malade and spiced grapes, as well as
jelly, are other favoritcs. Pluns have
flavor which make them particularly
desirable for conserves or for jelly to
serve with meat. If by any choice you
find some peach plums when you are
dining don't let them escape.
One Of the most delicious Of Fall
preserves is made from either canta-
loupe or watermelon rind. The same
recipe can be used for ripe cucumbers
If you find some in market.
Ounce Leather-Pare and core
ounces and cook with few table
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Everyday Psychology
Thought Feelings.
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

So many people do so little actual
thinking in the everyday run of affairs
that it may be worth while to call at
tention to the fact that thinking, in the
real sense of the term, has its own
peculiar feeling.
Thinking means more than the ex-
ercise of any particular organ. We all
think with all our bodily parts-brain,
muscles, glands, eyes, ears, tongue, etc.
The thinking apparatus is the whole
body. believe that modern scientific
research into what might be called the
headquarters of the mind" will bear
me out in this statement. No wonder
famous philosopher once observed
that the most painful experience In all
the world was the birth of a new idea.
When a person actually thinks, he gets
general bodily shaking up.
The vast majority Of so-called think
ers think with the Pack. Having
learned by experience the pain that
may follow the expression of their own
thoughts, they quit thinking altogether.
Thinking is suppressed, remodeled, re-
adjusted and finally abandoned for
ever, in the interest of cooperation,
harmony, safety and companionship.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Picking Time Is Here for Those
Who Would Make Their Own
BY EDITH M. BARBER.

spoonfuls of water until soft. Press the
pulp through strainer, measure it and
to one pint of pulp add one and one
third cups of sugar. Cook this mixture.
stirring it and taking care not to let
it scorch. When the paste is thick and
clear, turn it out on platter which
has been brushed with unsalted fat.
Let it stand and dry until film forms
over the top. Then turn it on to a
wire cake cooler and dry until it loses
its sickness. Roll the dried paste in
thick paraffln paper and pack it in tin
boxes or glass jars.
Melon or Ripe Cucumber Pickle
Soak three pounds of pared melon rind
or ripe cucumbers, cut into lengths, in
lime water (two ounces of lime to one
gallon of water) three hours. Drain and
soak in fresh water one hour. Make a
sirup by boiling together two quarts of
water and one quart of sugar. Add the
well-drsined melon rind or cucumbers
and cook rapidly 80 minutes. Add two
cups of sugar, one cup of vinegar and
a spice bag dwo tablespoons each of
cinnamon, cloves, allspice and one
tablespoon of mace) and cook until the
cucumbers or melon rinds are trans
parent. Pack in hot jars and seal.
Brown sugar may be used.
tCopyrignt, 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06
LITTLE. BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Me and pop was taking wawk be-
fore supper and some man in blue over
halls was laying underneath a car in
garage hammering and whisseling at
the same time, pop saying. Now that's
fine, that's what I call something werth
heering.
G. / don't call that very good whissel-
ing I said, and pop said, wasn't call
ing your attention to the quality Of his
music, what impressed me was seeing
man happy at his werk. If all the in
habitants CT the werld suddenly Termed
to love their werk the millennium would
descend on the erth over mite and we
should indeed enjoy a rain of peace
on erth good will to men. No man can
really be happy unless he is erning his
daily bread by the SWEET of his brow,
either Utterly with his mussels or fig
uretively with his branes. But to really
taist the full flavor of life he must love
his werk, and there's ony one way to
love your werk and that's by doing it
well. Nobody ever gets in trubble except
idlerS and men who do their werk badly,
and that proves that man was intended
to werk and he was intended to be glad
he has Werk to do so he can do it to the
best of his ability with song on his
lips or at least in his hart, pop said.
And we kept on wawking and pritty
soon pop stopped and shook hands with
some man and they started to tawk
about diffrent subjecks. the man say
ing, suppose you herd about Fred Hop
per, some old bozo or other died and
left him so much money he'll never haff
to do another stroke of werk as long as
he lives.
The lucky stiff, some men get all the
brakes, pop said.
And me and him kept on going, me
saying, Well G. pop, why aint he un-
lucky instead Of lucky if he don't werk
any more and love 1t and everything?
and pop said, He is, that was just
manner of speaking. AS a matter of
fact the poor chap is to be pitied, he
said.
Looking as if he wouldent mind be-
ing pitied himself for the same reason
German musical instruments received
ft1fo H. ". Ik1A-
Evening star., 1932-09-06

- REAT glacial bcwlders are the
4 favorite home sites of the
T lichens. Sometimes the entire
~ surface will be covered with
this fungus growth. When it
is the most flourishing the rock Is
turning into what is known as stone
flour.
The hchens have formed partner
ship with the green alga, a minute, one
celled or few-celed plant. The first
partner furnishes support and water,
while the other gives the green color
ing.
The air is filled with the spores of
these plants. They are too small for
the eye to see. They float about until
some one of them settles on a stone,
fence rail or tree, or the ground for
that matter. After finding lodgment
they begin to grow and acid develops
and the host begins to disintegrate.
In the Spring the lichens flourish in
moist places near the large patches of
this growth. Millions and millions of
spores will be sent forth, reaching
crevices in rocks, limbs of trees and
stumps OF course, the soil is made
up of minute particles of rock flour
and the process is long. tedious one.
Think how long it will take to reduce
the bowlder to fine dust. But you have
to add humus, the decayed matter of
live plants, in order to supply your
seeds with nourishment. One is i'm
pcrtant to the other.
There are many places where the
Iichens are the only plant food for the
grazing animals to get through the
Winter. The goat is especially fond
of it and the reindeer and sheep eagerly
devour it, for the acid flavor and the
slight moisture are most acceptable. 1t
is believed that it was the abundant
growth CT this plant which broke off
and rolled down the mountain slopes to
the children in Bible times and was
named mama.
There were many people at one time
who believed that the heart-shaped
lichen was an effective cure for those
suffering with malady of the heart
Then there were lichen9 which resem-
bled a dogs tooth, sought at the time
ene was bitten by dog Finally, any
shape could be found to meet the need,
but somehow the duped ones woke up
to the fact their beliefs were silly and
the lichens were left in peace. 1t has
not been so many years since the webs
of spiders were sought to stop the flow
ing of blood from a bad wound.
Stones in graveyards are badly eaten
by the fungus growth. 1t creeps into
the stone and the depressionS where
the lettering is, SO that often it is i'm
possible to make out the inscription.
Millions of dollars worth CT valuable
property is lost every year from the
fungus growth invasion, yet there are
many of these plants which are abso-
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Shepherds Pie.

Put two cupfuls of faxed fish or
diced leftover meat in baking dish.
Add sauce made with one tablespoon
full of flour, one teaspoonful of fat
and one cupful of soup broth or gravy
If the gravy is used, omit the flour and
fat. Cover the top with two cupfuls of
mashed potatoes, brush with fat or
cream and brown in a hot oven.
Evening star., 1932-09-06
My Neighbor Says:

1t is a great mistake to put
odds and ends of vegetables into
the stock pot. The pot should
be kept for bones and trimmings
of meat, your poultry giblets,
bacon rind, etc. Vegetables cause
fermentation.
The idea of a stock pot Is to
have good foundation for any
soup you choose to make-to-
mato. lentil, celery and potato
being four most popular and
{ lily made.
If you have no stock, the liquor
in which fresh brussels sprouts.
cauliflower, celery, potatoes and
onions are boiled makes an ex-
cellent foundation for vegetable
soup.
A bone ring sewn on the top
Of hem and on wrong side of
bed room curtain will make it
possible to hook curtain to
small hook at side of window
frame, thus keeping curtain un-
wrinkled and clean when windows
are opened at night.
(Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06

quality and price
that it was not
surprising to find
cars stopping and
to see women buy
ing in large guam
titles with the idea
of Fall picking
and preserving in
mind.
As We drove
through the vii
lagos the delectable
odor of spic e d
vinegar greeted us.
We had visions of
great kettles of
chilli sauce and
mustard pickles, Of
spiced peaches and
Evening star., 1932-09-06

In order to OBJ
tain relief the pa
tient often takes a
number of baths
daily into which a
few handfuls Of
washing soda have
besn thrown.
Sometimes a tea
spoonful of baking
soda taken three
times a day gives
relief from intense
itching from the
use of drugs or
foods.
Drs. J. G.. Down.
ing and A. Blum
enfield have used
lime in the form of
calcium gluconate
Evening star., 1932-09-06

lutely necessary for us. It is most
interesting to see how many of them
you can find on a walk through the
woods. The mushrooms, of course, are
the most familiar, and there are great
shelf fungi found on dead stumps and
old trees. There are about so well
known ones. Books have been written
about them; fine illustrations will help
you to identify them. See how many
you can find.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Lime for Irritation.

7 N certain ailments 1t is necessary in
order to obtain results, to use drugs
which cause a severe itching of the
l skin. As the patient has to con-
tinue the use of the drug the Itch
ing may be so severe that he scratches
himself to obtain relief, particularly at
night. The result Is an irritable skin
with blotches, Jumps, rashes and SO
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Pineapple Circles.

Place six slices of canned pineapple
on glass plates. Outline with cut-up
marshmallows. Fill the pineapple CEN
ters with mint jelly cubes or with
stuffed dates and garnish with cherries,
walnuts or marshmallows.
Evening star., 1932-09-06

In number Of these Skin CONDITIONS due
to scratching the itching skin.
The lime was given in three different
ways-by mouth, by the veins and by in
lection into the skin, the injection into
the skin being the method preferred by
these physicians. Where the patient
Evening star., 1932-09-06
Rinds of Vegetables and Fruits
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

%kNS Of fruit and vegetables, re-
moved when preparing for GER
tain ways of serving and which
~ are usually thrown away, can be
utilized to make tasty dishes.
So can the food budget be diminished
without detriment to the excellence of
the table or the nourishing power Of
the foods.
Scrub potato skins thoroughly so that
they are perfectly clean. Peel with a
Evening star., 1932-09-06

~ EACHES, apples, plums, ounces.
u grapes, melons, tomatoes, Gu
cumbers, squash and corn in
i colorful array all along the
roads on the improvised stands
in front of farm houses and at cross
road markets all the way down from
Canada through New York, Vermont
and Massachusetts,, were so tempting in
Evening star., 1932-09-06

German musical instruments received
into the United States last year were
valued at S1,437,282.