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CIRCUS ANIMALS LIKE THE LIFE-CROWDS
AND JOSTLING PROLONG THEIR LIVES.
Washington Post:
“If the people who write so
much about animals,” said Mr.
Blackburn, the head keeper of the
Rational Zoo, to a Post reporter,
recently, “could spend a month
or so in charge of a large zoo sncli
as this, or the one in London, they
would no doubt change many of
the opinions which they have ex
pressed with confidence in the
books and stories which many of
them have written.
“For instance,” ho continued,
“I take notice that Ernest Thomp-
■on-Seton says thnt animals
ought to be continually changed
and shifted about from one pad-
dock, cage and pasture to another,
to keep them from .being discon
tented and nervous. The rhinoc-
erous, he says, comes in time to
know every bolt and bar in his
cage, so that, according to the
author, the animal ought to be
shifted into new quarters when
this happens, to prevent his dying
of ennui and lonesomeness. This
sounds very well and humane, es--
pecially when it appears in n
magazine with nice illustrations,
but when it comes down to prac
tice I am afraid that Mr. Thump-
son-Seton would find that it would
not pan out. Animals are as
peculiar, cranky and uncertain as
people, and it is impossible to tell
in advance how any experiments
in the way of new quarters or
changing about is likely to result.
Let me give you a pointer or two
from my own experience.
“Along about 1770 I was with
Barnum’s circus. At that time
they had an old polar bear thnt
had been with the show for eight
years. He lived in a little cage
about large enough for one to turn
around in, yet, for all that, he
was as fat and contented as one
could well desire. Well, about
the eighth year of the creature’s
■existence in Barnum’s show, the
management decided that, ns he
was getting old, it would be a
good plan to trade him off for
three young bears to the Hagen-
bnck people in Hamburg, and this
they did. The young bears ar
rived in as good condition us you
could well desire, yet in four
weeks’ time all three had died.
As for the old bear, which hud
lived with the show for eight years,
he went to Hamburg, where he
was turned into a large, roomy
pit, but in less than a month lie,
too, bad given up the ghost. The
old fellow missed liis old quarters
and "the shaking up of loading and
unloading of the circus, so that
he simply pined away and died of
homesickness and wishing for his
old cage.
“ You see, it is this way: While
an animal is like a human being
nild does, to he sure, require 11
change now and then, it is more
than humanlike in its love of rou
tine, orgrooviness, one might say.
Animals become attached to cer
tain quarters, just as a country
man gets used to the farm on
which he was raised and has lived
nil his life; so that, when they are
removed from the cage in which
they feel perfectly at home, it
frightens, npiiovs, worries and un
nerves them to such an extent that
frequently they pine away and die
us u result.
“ We have an object lesson in
the conservatism of animals nearly j
every month here ut the zoo. The
average person would imagine that
all that would lie necessary to in
sure long life and happiness to
zoo animals would be simply to
ojs.ui the doors of their cages mid
watch t hem spring out into a nice,
roomy yard to spend the day, ca
vorting around and enjoying their
new-found freedom. But that is
non what usnitlly occurs. Some
years ago, when I first came to the
National zoo, workmen Imd just
completed the .very fine series of
large out-door cages for the hig
carnivores, which ran the length
DIED FOR LOVE OF BROTHER
of the main buildings. The inner
cages of the lions, tigers, leopards,
etc., all have doors leading out
into these yards, and a few days
after I had been here I opened the
door of the cage in which which
we kept our biggest lion, expect
ing ho vi ould go out and have a
good time.
“ But he did nothing of the sort.
He kept away from the door ns
though it were a trap, until one of
the men took a scraper and prod
ded him out. Then, after he was
once out, he was afraid to return.
“ He stayed out in the yard
three days, until on the fourth,
when u heavy rain-storm set in,
we were obliged to drive him in
again. Even then, we had a time
of it getting him in. Wo would
get him as far as the door, and
sometimes ho would poke his head
in, hut just as sure as we began to
hurry him along, ho would bolt
bnck ngaiii, as though .frightened
and nfruid to venture further.
“ Take our pair of fine leopards
as another example;'I verily be
lieve that if I were to change them
into new quarters they would die,
although they are now in excellent
condition. When the female leo
pard first came to the zoo, she did
not eat anything for three days,
and I was beginning to think that
we were going to lose her, when
on the fourth day she liegan to
get used to the new quarters and
eat something. To-day she is per
fectly happy and at home in this
cage.
“About the only animal or ani
mals that will leave their cage
with a bound are the apes and
monkeys. You may rest assured
that the minute the cage door is
open, Mr. Monk is going to be up
and doing, leaving the enge with
out the least hesitation, nnd mak
ing straight for the place where
he can commit the most mischief.”
D?.0YE HIS LOADOF COAL.
This is a true story of how a
West Philadelphia man got a load
of coal. He wasn’t known persi m-
ally to the dealer, and when he
learned that several of the drivers
wore ill lie dressed up in his oldest
clothes and went to apply for a
job. “I guess I can put you on
for several days, hut can't promise
you steady work,” said the coal
mail. This arrangement was sat
isfactory to the applicant, nnd
pretty soon lie was- sent out to
deliver a load of coni. Instead of
taking it to its proper destination
he drove to his own home and
dumped it into his cellar. Then
lie took his wagon hack to the
yards, handed over the price of the
coal to the astonished dealer and
made a clean breast of the whole
affair. “Well, that hunts any
thing I ever heard of,” said the
coal man, nnd so great was his
admiration for the new driver’s
nerve that, lie let. him get away
with the trick.—The Philadelphia
Record.
NEW HOUSE ON HIS LAND.
As n result of the recent Hood
in Missouri, P. C. Nuekles of
Roeheport, thirteen miles west of
Columbia. Mo., is in possession of
a story and a half house newly
finished, says the St. Louis Re
public.
The water was all over Mr.
.N'lickh-s’ farm and drove him to
higher grounds. When lie returned
the other day. he found the house
on a piece of bottom land. It is
in good condition and appears to
have been recently built. All the
furniture and clothing had I
carried to tile second Door and are
only slightly damaged.
They don’t, lynch just one puny
negro up north; they kill out the
whole colored population at one
cruck.
A dispatch from Cincinatti says:
Heart-broken because she could
not marry her brother, Henrietta
Distler, aged 18 years, yesterday
afternoon committed suicide be
taking poison. The girl nnd her
brother, George, aged 20 years,
came to this country when they
were infants and were cared for
in the children’s home in this city.
Subsequently the girl was adopted
by Herman Niederholm and the
hoy by another family. A year
ago an intense affection sprang up
between the two. Later their re
lations were made known to them.
The two continued to see each
other until two weolqt ago, when
the young ninn discontinued his
visits. The girl took pnris green
and died several hours later. She
left, a farewell letter, in which she
declared her love for her brother
nnd requested him not to marry
for two years after tier death.
GEORGIA PEACHES ARE
TO INVADE EUROPE.
The Macon News of July It says:
The Georgia peach is to invade
the markets of Europe under the
supervision of the agricultural
department of the United States.
An agent of the government, Prof.
Powell, is now iri Fort Valley
supervising the packing and ship
ment of a car of fine Elhertas,
which, when they reach the other
side, will no doubt produce the
same pleasant effects on the appe.
tites of the Brittishers whose
empire is first to be invaded, that
they have at home.
So far seven small shipments
have been made, four from Geor
gia and three from Connecticut,
all of which arrived safely and in
tine state of preservation on the
other side. The fruit is wrapped
and packed as oranges are, except
thnt it is placed in very much
smnller packages, or in similar
packuges tliut peaches are packed
in California.
President John M. Eagan of the
Central, has just returned from
the pencil section and says where
the trees were taken proper care of
thnt the fruit is of an extraordi
nary fine flavor and ns large ns lu
has ever seen. The fruit, is, of
course, thin on the trees and will
not. measure up to the crop of last
your.
The shipments yesterday were
the greatest so far this season,
reaching (tit aggregate of IS) cars,
the total being Hilt) ears against
till ears at the same time last
year. The prices the fruit is
bringing is a source of grunt grati
fication to the growers, being the
highest in the history of the
business.
somewhat, for he stepped up to
the blind man nnd deposited a
half-dollar in his hands, mean
while muttering •something about
the ‘widow’s mite.’”—Birming
ham News.
VIENNA NOBLY RESPONDS
TO THE CALL FOR AID.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.
“A good example often does a
great deal of good,” said n benevo
lent, old gentleman. “ It, will also
often make a person do u generous
deed, almost against his will. I
noticed a striking incidence a few
days ago. 1 was standing on the
corner of First avenue and Twen
tieth street, late jn the afternoon,
at a time when the crowds there
were thickest,. There were n num
ber of people standing near bv
jraiting for a car. An aged blind
man, under the guidance of bis!
equally aged wife, approached and
mingling with the crowd, began n |
canvas lor alms. He approach
a well-dressed and prosperous-
looking man. and beseechingly
held out his hand. Tile prosper
ous-looking party mntinhed them
impatiently away, The blind
mail's wife then led her cliarg
to a ragged," unkempt, seedv-look-
ing workingman, and this time
the mute iip|>eal was not made in
vain. The wordingnian fumbled
for a moment in his pocket, and
pulled out u nickle, whicti lie
handed to the blind man with the
remark that it was all the money
he could spare. This seemed to
disconcert the prosperous man
The following telegram, which was
received n few days ago by J. P. Heard
from a committee of Kansas City citi
zens asking for financial aid for the
thousands of Hood sufferers there, who
were made homeless and destitute by
the ravages of the angry water, ex
plains itself:
“Kansas City, Mo.
.T. P. Henrd,
Vienna, Ga.
“Committee appointed by the lum
ber men of Kansas City. Mo., have
visited in person the awful wreck
caused l»y the Hood in Kansas City.
Over twenty-five thousand people are
homeless; other neighboring towns
have suffered proportionately ; one-lialf
million debars required to relieve the
situation ; outside aid urgently needed
for three towns. Can we draw on you
for one hundred dollars or more?
Answer quick.
J. W. Merrill. J. N. l’enso. It. A.
bong, It. A. Barr, Harry A (iureinch,
J. H. Tschudy, Committee.”
As soon ns the telegram was received
Mr. Heard started out among the peo
ple with a subscription list nnd the
followidg list shows those who con
tributed and the amounts;
J. P. Heard & Sons, $10; K. R. Lewis,
$1.00; Mayer, Watts & Co., $5.00; G.
M. D. Hunt, $1.00; J. S. Byrom, $1.00;
J. M. Walters. 50c; J. J. Milligan, 50c;
D. B. Leonard, $1.00; J. M. Gammnge,
50c; Dr. C. T. Stovall, $1.00; Forbes A
Coxe Drug Co.,$1.00; R. Bonisae, $1.00;
M. P. Hall, $1.00; B. M. Wood, 25c; W.
W. Jordan, $1.00; Taylor Bros., $1.00;
Peacock A Kelly, $1.00; L. L. Wood
ward, $1.00; A. E. Jordan, 50c; J. O.
Hamilton, $1.00; J. L. Taggart, 60c; J.
B. McDonald, $1.00; J. W. Lashley, 30;
J. II. Moring,$l.C0; Feldser A Rainbow,
$1.00; J. J. Cooper, $1.00; Collie Wil
liams, 50c; Dr. H. A. Mobley, $2.50; J
Y. Hall, 25c; Cash, $1.25; C. W. Mob
ley, $1.00; .1. Frank Powell, $1.00; J. D
Hargrove 30c; W. B. Johnson, $1.00: J.
B. Smith, $l.lO;.Tudson Siinmons,$1.00;
W. J. Bryant A Bro , 50c; J. J. Fields,
25c; J. B. Forehand, $1.00; Moseley
Mercantile Co., 50c; Miss Nell McCall,
50c; Misses Carnes, 50c; J. A. Walden.
50c; B. D. Brynn, Jr., 50c; W, 9. Chris
tian, 25c; W. B. Lewis, $1.00; Walton
Bros., $1.00; W. F. Newby, 25c; J. L.
peavy, 25c; D. L. Henderson, $1.00; J.
M, Whitehead, $1.00; B. P. Howell,
35c; Miss Susie Shell, 10c ; J. G. Oliver,
20c; A. J. Shell, 23c; T. A . Adkins, Jr.,
$1.00; Lawson E. Brown, $100; W. H.
Page, 50c; T. J. Folds, 50c; Eli Wood
ruff, $1,00; W. II. Berry, 25e,
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CATARRH OK STOMAH.
When the stomach is overloaded ; when
food is taken inlo it that fails to digest,
it decays and inflames the murium mem
brane, exposing ilie nerves and causes
the glands to secret ill use In. instead of the
natural juices of digestion. This is called
catarrh of the stomach. For venrs I
suffered witlt catarrh of the stomach,
caused by indigestion. Doctors nnd
medicine failed to beiteOt me until I used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.—J R Rhea, Cop
pell, Tex. Sold by Vienna Drug Co.
Thu nows pit pot' war is u tisdoss
>-xjssiiiilitun* of energy which very
quickly tires the respectable rend
ers of any paper.
CHOLERA INFANTUM
This lias long been regarded as one of
tile most dangerous and fatal diseases to
which infants are subject. ft can lie
cured, however, when properly treated.
All that i« necessary is tlie give Cham*
tieriain’s Cnlic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedv and eastor oil, as directed with
eaetr bottle, and a cure is certain. For
sale byall druggists.
IS YOUR LIFE WORTH FIFTY CENTS?
If So Try a Buttle of
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A WORD TO
THE WISE.
We wi&li to inform the people of
Vienna and Dooly county that we have
just received a $10,000 stock of
Clothing, Shoes, Caps and Hats,
which we are going to sell to you at
prices that will make you our customers.
We make a specialty of
Merchandise, Farm Implements* Plows, Etc.,
and handle a general line of these
goods. We cater to tlie cit y as well as
•he country trade.
Mayer, Watts & Co.
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DO YOU EAT?
Why, of course you do! But do you eat the beslt
This is the question that should interest you (he most. Buy
your Groceries from us and rest assured that you have the
best there, is in the eating line. We have just opened up
a nice Market and will keep on hand nice Country Beef
and everything else in the market line.
In connection with our Grocery and Market, we have
a first-class Restaurant, where you can get one of the best
meals in town for on 25c. Come to see us whenin town.
W.J. BRYANT (a BRO.
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TO THE TRADING PUBLIC:
In coming to town please make my store, near the A, &
B. depot, your headquarters, where you will altvays find a
nice and fresh line of
FAMILY AND FANCY GROCERIES.
with prices ever right. Highest prices paid for coiintry
produce. I solicit the city as well as the country trade.
Come to see me. Yours for business,
J. B. FOREHAND, Prop’r.
Vienna, Georgia.
GREATEST AUCTIONS ALE
EVER HELD IN VIENNA.
ON ACCOUNT OF HAVING PURCHAS
ED PROPERTY IN PHILADELPHIA I WILL SELL
MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry goods at auction prices.
I AM COMPELLED TO RAISE THE MONEY
TO PAY FOR THIS PROPERTY AT ONCE AND
THESE GOODS MUST GO. WE MEAN JUST
WHAT WE SAY.
Examine our cost marks.
Wk defv the worbl to product* a medi
cine for the curt* of all f< ruu of kidney
and bladder trouble*, and .til disease* pe
culiar to woti.cn. that will equal Smith *
Sure Kidney Cure, Ninety-eight per cent
of the ca*e* treated by Smith'* Sure Kid
ney cure that have come under our ob
servation have been cured. We sell our
medicine on a positive guarantee if direc
tions are followed, and money will be
refunded If cure is not effected. Price 50c
and $1.00 by Vienna Drug Co.
THIS LINE CONSISTS OF
Shoes, hats, dry goods, cloth=
ing and notions.
All brand new goods.
JUST BOUGHT FROM NEW YORK.
R. Boniske.