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THE EM OR V COMMENCEMENT.
The Freiilimnii'i Declninntion Con
ti*st LitMt Night.
Emory College, Oxford, Ga., Jurte 9.
The second event of the Fixty-.-e :o: and an
nual cimmcncement of Emory College,
the freshman cV lamation contest, oc
curred to-night beginning at 8 o'clock.
There are ten speakers in the freshman
contest, ar.d the comieiiticn lor the. med
al is always lively. Thin evenirg moved
io exception and when the contest had
closed and the judges retired, speculation
as to the result was rife. Th re wer sev
eral favorites who had strong backing,
but it was shown tint th crowd had
packed the winner by tiie loud anplauss
that greeted the decision of the jcdg.s.
These who spoke were, R chord D. An
derton, Tampa, Fla ; .1 In S. Ccllirs.
Oglethorpe. (5a., Edward Y. Davis, Dade
City, Fla., Hugh U. Ford, Carte raville,
Ga.; Louie James Leonard, Atlanta; Wll
llam Neldlinger McGehee, Talboticn, Ga.;
Cyril M. Jl&s.n, Macon. Ga.; Hubert JO.
Osborne, Augusta, Ga., 1 owed West,
Mlljeclgeville Robert L. Wg
glns, Buena Wla. Ga.
After prayer and a selection by <”ha d‘s
Orchestra the cor.test w s op nod by Mr.
Anderson, ”Lo>al y to the South.” Mr.
Anderson takes a sd< ndid si unci in h's
class, and besides being a good P uk r is
an athlete cf note, being n:anag\ r of tho
freshman basket ball t am of last win
t- r r, and the wlnn- rof the bicycle race on
last field day. He i> a m.inber or P.d
Gamma Society.
John S. CoilDs, “Robert E. Le?,” was
the sectnd speaker, and acquitted him
self well. Mr. Collins is cn • of the lead
ing meml ers of the freshman* classes in
scholarship.
The third speaker was Mr. El ward Y.
Davis, “The Unknown Confederate
Dead," who made a splendid effort, and
again proved that athletics and literary
talent may go hand hi hand. Mr. Davis
tv a 8 o member of the freshman baseball
and basket ball teams, and is n member
of the Deltn Tau Delta fraternity.
After music by the orchestra, President
Dowman announced the name of the next
speaker. Mr. Hugh C. Ford, “Lee and His
Followers.” who made one of the best
speeches of the evening, und brought great
pleasure to the hearts o* his many
friends, who comprised a good part of
the audience. He is o member of Few
Society, and the Kappa Alpha fraternity.
He was followed by Mr. Louie Leonard
of Atlanta, who is acknowledged as one of
the best speakers of the college, and as
one of the mdet popular members of the
freshman class. He was perfectly nt nis
ease, and made n splendid appears tv
lie is a member of the Sigma Alpha Ki>-
allon fraternity.
Mr. W. N. McGehee came next, “The
fixate Should Erect n Monument to Her
Confederate Dead.” Mr. McGehee was of
the nub-fresh man class 1 ist year, and
was a speaker for h!s class last com
mencement. He Is dux of the freshman
c'hss. and is a member of the baseball and
besket lm!l teams. He is n member of
Few Society and the Alpha Tau Omega
fraternity.
After Mr. McGehee came Mr. Oh borne,
“Eulogy on the Confederate Dead.” Mr.
Osborne, as an orator, stands high in
local fame, having won for lilmaelf quite
•'name by hU rendition of “Casey nt the
Bat,” in the contest for freshman places.
He I* n member of Few Society and the
Alpha Tou Omega fraternity.
After music. Mr. West was heard,
“Hannibal on the •Alps.” his ipcech ixdug
In subject a pleasing relief. Mr. West
was n sul)-fr>shman speaker last year,
and was the winner of the medal for Im
provement in declamation. He Is n mem
ber of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
The contest was closed by Mr. R. L
Wiggins, w'ho spoke Mat Ransoroe’* fam
ous •perch. which Is call and, “Southern
Chivalry.” (Mr. Wiggins Is a close
student and a good speaker. He \ a
member of Phi Gamma Society, and the
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
The freshman medal was won by Hu
bert Osboine of Augusta.
Mr. Mason of Macon was called home a
ft w days ago on account of sickness and
was not able to return In time to take his
place.
On Sunday in the chapel church the
commencement sermon will lie preached
bv Bishop H. C. Morrison of Louisville,
Ky.
The College Trustee*.
The annual meeting of the board of trus
tees of Emory College was called to or
der yesterday morning by Vice President
W. P. Pattlllo of Atlanta. On the roll
call the following were found present: Gen.
C. A. Evans, Atlanta; Rcfv. Thomas F.
Pierce, Greenville. Ga.; Dr. W. F. Glenn,
Atlanta; Dr. W. ,P. Lave joy, Atlanta; Dr.
\V. F. Qulllian, Madison; Dr. J. W. Rob
ert?, Macon; Dr. W. C. Lovett, Atlanta;
Rev. J. P. Ward law, Waynesboro; Dr.
Charles E. Dowman, Oxford; Col. Lewis
D. Palmer, Nashville. Tenn.; Mr. R. B.
Reppard, Savannah: Hon. W. A. Hemp
hill.’A Ganta; Capt. John L. Day, Lumber
City; Mr. W. P. Pattillo. Atlanta; Mr.
George Winship, Atlanta; Col. R. E. Park,
Macbn; Hon. T. M. Swift, Elberton; Mr.
A. G. Candler, Atlanta; Hon. Green 8.
Johnson, Statesboro; Hon. H. E. W.
Palmer, Atlanta, and Prof. W. A. Bass,
Atlanta.
Two vacancies in the board, caused by
the death of Hon. T. M. Merriwether of
Washington. Ga., and Rev. J. C. Sale of
Bronson, Fla., were filled by the election
of Hon. H. E. W. Palmer of Atlanta, who
has been aji alumni member of the board,
and Rev. C. A. Saunders of the Florida
Conference. \
Marvin Williams was elected adjunct !
professor of mental and science to
rill the place made vacant by Mhe resig
nation of Rev. C. C. Jarrell. Resolutions
of respect to the memory of Trustees
Merriwether and Sale were passed, and
will be published.
A number of resolutions have been In
troduced which advo:ate some radical
changes In the college government, and a
great deal of interested Is manifested in
their passage.
l.ast night the sub-freshman declama
tion contest occurred, at which the fol
lowing spoke: William G. Connell, Ox
ford; Sam (J. Brown, Dorsey; Lawson
Dent, Newnan; Sidney G. Glenn, Atlanta;
John 11. Goodwin, Jr., Atlanta; Weldon
Hatcher. Augusta; Harry V. Hentz, Quin
cy. Fla.; Douglass Rumble, Forsyth;
William J. Stallings, Clima*; Charles <\
Tyler, Moultrie; George Winship, Jr., At
lanta.
The declamation medal was awarded to
John B. Goodwin, Jr., of Atlanta. The
English and mathematics medal was won
by Douglass Sumble, and the scholarship
for excellence in class work by the some
man.
HORSE I)IMD (’ TUB TRACK.
Some ilxrltlng Contest* on the Turf
nt Cincinnati.
.Cincinnati, June 9.—After one of the
most exoltilng contests ever witnessed
on the lorn! track, Horace won the six
furlt/Dg sprint race al Newport to-day.
Med, at 209 to 1, led to within a few
yards of the wire, when the others closed
In on him and the four horses finish and
noses apart.
deutilc. 4->ear-o!d gelding, owned by A.
T. ltoblnson, dropped dead from heart
disease. Summaries:
F.mt Race—Seven furlongs, selling. Mac
Flecknoe, 4 to 1, won, with Tim Gainey.
7 to 2. second, and Edna Gerry, 10 to
1. third. Time 1:29.
He coil 1 Race—One mile, selling. Mlz
zoitri. 9 to 2, won, with Gadsden, 5 to
1, second, and Rlce,\3o to 1, third. Time
1:414.
Tnird Race—Six furlongs. Horace, 11
to 6, won, with Foneda, IS to 5, sseonrt,
and l’nnce of Wales, 15 to 1, third. Time
USV
Fit rth Race—Handicap, one and a slx-
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1900.
teenth mites. Enghurst, 12 to 1. won,
with The Star of Bethlehem, 5 to 2, sec
ond. and May Ella, 60 to 1, third. Time
1:47V 4 .
Fifth Race —Five furlongs. Menace. 7
to 1, won, with May Cherry, 10 to 1, sec
ond. ant. Regina. Lee, 4 to 1, third. Time
1:02 ,
Sixth Race—One mile, selling. Clay
Pointer, 2 to 1. won, with Beana. 3 to 2.
second, and Ennomia, 8 to 1, third. Time
141V*.
GOOD CARD AT GRAVESEND.
Wen tiler Was Perfect Hut Track
Was* finite Heavy.
New York, June 9.—Between B,COO and
10,000 people went down to the Gravesend
race track to-day to see one of the best
cards of the season run off. The weather
was perfect, but the track was heavy
from last night’s rain. Summaries:
Firs-'t Race*—About six furlongs. Pi
cardy, 4 to 1 and 7 to 5, won, with Ham
mock, 7 to 1 and 5 to 2, second, and Oliver
Mac, 9 to 2 and 8 to 5. third. Time 1:12.
Second Race—One and one-quarier mile?.
Prince of Melbourne, 8 to 5, won, with
Prince MeClurg, 0 to 5 and 1 to 2. second,
and Half Time, 12 to Time 2:10
3-5.
Third Race—The Great American stokes,
five furlongs. Prince Charles, 5 to 1, won,
with Prince Pepper, 15 to 1 and G to i.
second, and Tommy Atkins, 5 to 1, third.
Time 1:02 1-5.
Fourth Race—The Broadway, one and a
sixteenth miles. Sarmatian, 15 to 1, won,
with Hindus, 8 to 1 and 3 to 1, second, olid
Col. Roosevelt, 7 to 1 and 5 to 2, third.
Time 1:40%. •
Fifth Race—Grand National steeplechase,
about two and one-half miles. Philae, 4
to 1 and 8 to 1, won, with Charagrace, G to
1 end 2 to 1, second, and The Bachelor,
8 to 1. third. Time 4:32 3-5.
Sixth Race—Five furlongs, selling. York
shire Boy, 4 to 1,. won. with Connie, 20 to
1 and 8 to % l, sc ond. and Admiral Pepper,
5 to 1, third. Time 1:03 2-5.
Jockey llroke Hi* Neck.
Hamilton, Ont., June 9.—While exercis
ing the horse Sir Wilfrid over the jumps
at the Jockey Club track here to-day,
Crocker, the Jockey, fell off and landed
on his head, breaking his neck. He was
dead when picked up. Crocker was a
well-known Steeplechase rider.
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND.
llronkl>n Hod nu Easy Tiling With
tiie l'ittnhurgr Team.
Brooklyn, June o.—MoGlnnity had the
PlttHbur&s at, his mercy to-day, hel ling
them down to four hits until th? n!n h,
when he allowed th*m as many more.
The Brooklyns latUd Tannehill at wM,
e-p'clally in the eighth. The fielding of
Will ams and ttie batting of Jennings and
Cross were the features. Score: R.H K.
Bio kl.n .. . 0 .1 1 2 ft ft 0 5 o—9 14 1
Pittsburg ...K.O 0 1 ft 0 ft ft 0 2—3 8 4
Batteries—McGlnnlty and Farrell;
Tannehill and Zimmer.
/
IloMton Print to flilrngo.
Boston, June 9.—Griffith was Invincible
to-day, except in the fourth, when Bos
ton hcored two runs on four singles. The
batting of Lowe and Mertes were the
features. Attendance, 7,500. Score:
R.H.E.
Boston ~*....0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 o—2 7 0
Chicago 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 x 3
Batteries—Lew Is and Clark; Griffith
and Chance.
Kv w York Pont by 111 u intern.
New York, June o.—Th? New Yorks lost
a ten inning game to ihe Bt. Louis team
to-day through the blundering work of
Gleason. In the
cf llawlcy and Wtyhng and the (hiding
at times by both te.ims were notable fea
tures. Scoie: R.H.E.
New York .0 00101 OftO I—31 —3 7 G
i St. Louis .0 1001 0 0 0 0 4—6 12 4
j Batt ries—Hawley and Bowtrman; Wey
l hing and Robins, n.
It \\* Philadelphia** Gnine.
Philadelphia, Juno 9.—Pitcher Hahn of
Cincinnati, wan an easy mark for Phil
adelphia until the end of the fifth inning,
when he was withdrawn and Newton sub
stituted. The latter was effective. But
it was too late to save the game, and
the locals won by better all around piay.
Attendance, 7,625. Score: it. H. 13.
Cincinnati ...0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 o—3 7 3
Philadelphia 2 0 032 200 x—9 12 1
! Batteries—Hahn and Newton and Peitz;
| Bernhard and McFarland.
Sennnee Bent Georgia.
Atlanta. June 9.—Two thousand people
saw the University of the South baseball
team from Sewanee, Tenn., defeat the
Georgia Technological nine by a score of
l to 0. The only run was made in the
ninth inning on an error. Sewanee vnade
four base hits and the Technological’s
three.
Other Baseball Game*.
* Harvard, 6; University of I* nc.sylva
nla, 1.
Princeton, 5; Yale, 4.
Chicago, 5; Detroit, 2.
Kansas City, 13; Cleveland, 4.
Mlrnea* ol s, 0; Buffalo. 5.
Milwaukee, 2; India*' apolis, 8.
Providence, 3; Hartford, 2.
Syracuse, 4; Rochester, 6.
Toronto, 13; Montreal, 7.
Toronto, 3; Montreal, 0; second game.
Georgetown. G; University of Chicago, 3.
Worcester, Mass., June 9.—SpUngfleld, 10;
Worcester, 3.
Gettysburg, 6; Indians, 11.
Will Not Transfer the Team.
New* York. June 9.—The Brooklyn
baseball team owners in town to-day, de
nied in unqualified terms, the story sent
out fnom Philadelphia, that they contem
plated transfering the Brooklyns to
Washington because of lack of patronage.
Span.'*li 4 iinnon Received.
Atlanta, Jure 9—The two Spanish can
non captured at Santiago, which Gov.
Candler secured for Georgia cn his recent
visit to Washington. D. C„ arrived to
day. and will be mounted at the cap tol
next we k with appropriate ceremonies.
EXPLOSION KILLED THREE.
Much Damage \\ *** Done liy the
Rumting of a Roller.
Atlanta, June 9.—A special from Annis
ton, Ala., says:
Three men were killed a-ipl eight in
jured by a boiler explosion at the Duke
Brick Works here this morning. The dead
are John C. Ryan, white, Will Story,
colored, L. Baker, colored.
The injured are George W. Y/eitzel, n
member of the firm, dangerously; Asa
Wiikerson, bad v crushed, will probably
die; Hosca Williams, colored, will die; I!
V. Reaves, white; Lee Simplon, white;
William Knight, colored; Charles Strong,
colored' Dan Morgan, colored; Mart
Hundley, colored.
The extensive works were wrecked,, and
a house home distance away and imaged,
but none of its occupants were injured.
The cause of the explosion is not known.
Death or \\ . 11. Cos.
Tennllle, Ga., June 9.—W. B. Cox,
supervisor of the Wrightsville and Ten
nllle Railroad, died to-day from appen
dicitis. Ha was well known in Savan-
I nah, having been connected with the Plant
| System for many years.
TO BRING NEW ENTERPRISES.
Mr. Brob*ton to Propose n. Constitu
tional Ain end m cut.
Brunswick, Ga., June 9.—Mr. Edwin
Brobston, a delegate from Glynn county
to the State Democratic Convention next
Thursday will offer the following a* a
plai k In the Georgia Democratic p’at
form:
"We favor an amendment to the consti
tution whereby it will b? provided that
any municipal corporation In this state.
In a manner to be provided by law. rnay
encourage the establishment ond operation
of manufacturing enterprises within the
limits thereof, by exempting such enter
prise from municipal tnxnticn, while in
operation, for a period of ten years, from
the date of establishment thereof, and
authorizing any county in the state to en
courage the establishment and operation
of manufacturing enterprises with'n the
limbs thereof, in a manner to be provide!
by law. by exempting the same from sluts
and county taxation while in operation,
for a like period of time.”
Mr. Brobaton says:
”1 will offer it, believing the material
interests of our state require some leg
ists ion to put us on a par with our els er
states, who ar<? cons antly securing man
ufacturing enterprises that ought to come
to Ceorg a Cur formers aie Leg nning to
feel the benefits of home marke s for e t
ton. We ought to have one hundred-fold
rr or manufacturing than we have. Geor
gia la not keeping up with her sister
states. Let the Democratic party take
advance ground and apply the remedy.
"We will s cure lower t'txea after we
create or induce mere w alth to be taxed.
I apptnl to progressive Georgians, and
trust they will lend influence to the end
that our Democratic Convention may
unanimously approve the sentiment em-
I> and ed"ln th's res lut'on, wh oh is essen
tially Democratic in that it adheres to th?
principle of home rul *. and permi a tach
community to decide for itself.”
DEATH OF PROF. JOHN It. BLAKE.
Famous Dlucotor Grndnated at
liil*er*lt*y of Georglii.
Columbia, S. C., June 9.—John Rennie
Blake, born in Greenwood, 8. C., 1825, dl and
ut his home last night. He was second
honor man at the University of Georgia
In 1846. In 1852 he became a professor In
Oglethorpe College. The following yetr
was elected professor of natural histo y
and mathematic® In the Synodical Female
College of Georgia. On the nomination cf
Agassiz he was elected cor re-ponding
member of the Natural Historical Society
of Boston. In 1857 Prof. Blake was circl
ed to the chair of natural science# in hl
college established by the Synod of Mem
phis. This Institution fell in the war. Hi#
chief work was at Davidson College. North
Carolina, where he was for twenty-five
years. Ho was six years president. He
has made many bequests to charity, In
cluding SII,OOO to found an Infirmary in ona
of the of China.
IS HOrHI.ENKLY INSOLVENT.
Auditor's It .-port Is the Southern
Mntunr* Cose.
Atlanta, June 9.—Mr, T. A. Hammond,
apiKtintod by the court as auditor in tha
cose of the failed Southern Mutual Build
ing and Loan Association, made hl re
port to day. Mr. Hammond found the
rotter;n hopelessly Insolvent, the report
ehow'ng mat he apaoclutlon lest about
~'u.ucc Item the lime of Its organization
to the appointment of the receivers In
F* brua < v lIIJI,
Mr Hammond decided that withdraw
ing nu mt-era wera not entitled to rank
as creditor*.
AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
Revolver Contest to He fthot and Re
sult* C n bled.
New York, June 9. Arrangements for
the coming Franco-Amerlcan revolver
match are complete and a practice match
for selecting the teem will take place at
Greenville, N. J., next Thursday morn
ing.
This international ’revolver match wilt
be the first International cable match ever
shot. The French team will shoot In
Pari* on Sunday and Monday, June 17 and
18. the scores lielng cabled ond the tar
gets exchanged later.
The American team will be made up of
local men and men from Boston. Spring
field, Mass., Providence, R. 1., Pittsburg
and Wilmington, Del.; Louisville, Chicago
and Washington.
FIGHT WAS LOST HY A FOL’L.
MeKeevfr Struck lluiidler Twice Ur
low the licit.
New York. June 9. Charlie MrKeever
of Philadelphia, lost to Jimmy Handler of
Newark, at the Seaside. Athletic Club to
night, by fouling his opponent in the eixth
round, of what was to have been a 25-
round contest t 148 pounds. Handler
did hi bo*(t work on the body, and in the
fourth round, scored a clean knock down
with a rigiit on the jaw. McKeever, n
the sixth round, struck Handler low*.
Handler was hurt and claimed a foul,
which was not allowed. They continued
the round, and It had not progressed more
than a minute, when MrKeever deliber
ately repeated the trick. This time ha
was promptly disqualified.
A llltf IlHililinK Contrnot.
Columbus, Ga., June 9.-T1 e cent ac‘ for
building seventy-two dwellings on North
Highlands for the Bibb Manufacturing
Company was let to Rufus Jones to-day
al SSO 0 0.
INC REASING 111 MAN ENERGY.
Nikola Tenia Consider* the Problem
In a finsiirine %rflele.
“The Problem of Increasing Human En
ergy,” with special reference to the har
nessing of the sun’s energy. Is discussed
in the June Century, by Nikola Tesla,
whose paper Is Illustrated with pictures
of the writer’s electrical experiment#. The
article is one of the longest and in come
respects one of the most Important ever
published in the magazine.
To Intjrease materially the productivity
of the soli, it must be more effectively
fertilized by artificial means. The ques
tion of food-production resolves itself,
then, Into the question how best to fer
tilize the roll. What It is chat made the
soil is still a mystery. To explain its
origin Is probable equivalent to expla'n-
Ing the origin of life ifself. The rocks,
disintegrated by moisture and heat an 1
wind and weather, were in themselves
not capable of maintaining life. Some
unexplained conation arose, and some
new prlnrlple came Into effect,,and the
first layer capable of sustaining low or
ganism* could then subsist, and so on
nnd on. until at last highly developed
plant and animal life could flourish. But
though Ihr theories are, even now, not In
agreement as to how fertilization Is ef
fected, It Is a fact, only too well ascer
tained, that the soil cannot Indefinitely
sustain life, and some way must Mb found
to supply It wlih the substances which
have been abstracted from It by the
plants. The chief and most valuable
among these substances are corapotjnds
of nitrogen, nnd the cheap produciton of
these, is, therefore, the key for the solu-
• lon of (he a 1-lmporiant food problem.
Our atmosphere contains an lnexhausti-
Iblc amount of nitrogen, and could we but
oxldlie It anil produce these compounds,
an incalculable benellt for mankind would
follow.
Long ago thta Idea took a powerful hold
on Ihp Irmielimtlon of scientific men, httl
nn f means for nceomijll.hlnit Ihli
r. sun could not be devised. The prob
lem was rendered extremely difficult b\
tho extraordinary inrnness of the nltro
Ken, which refuses to combine even wltf
oxygen. But here electricity comes to oui
Hid; the dormant affinities of ihe element
are awakened by an electric current of
the proper quality. • •
In the manufacture of nitrogen com
pounds by this method, of course, every
possible means bearing upon the Intensity
of this ac tion and the efficiency of the
process will he taken advantage of, and,
besides, special arrangements will be pro
vided for the fixation of the compounds
formed, as'they are generally unstable,
tho nitrogen becoming again Inert after
a little lapse of time. Steam Is a sim
ple and effective means for fixing perma
. nently the compounds. The result Illus
trated makes It practicable o oxidize the
atmospheric nitrogen In unlimited quan
tities, merely by the use of cheap me
chanical power and simple electrical ap
paratus. In this manner many com
pounds of nitrcßen may be manufactured
all over the world, at a small cost, ond
In any desired amount, and by means of
these compounds the soli can he fer
tilized and is productiveness Indefinitely
Increased. An abundance of rheap and
healthful food, not artificial, but such as
w. are accustomed to, may thus be ob
tained. This new and Inexhaustible source
of food-supply wlil be of Incalculable ben
efit to mankind, for it will enormously
contribute to the Increase of the human
muss, and thus add Immensely to hums,
energy. Soon, I hope, the world will ses
the beginning of an Industry which, In
time to romp, will, 1 believe, be In import
ance next to that of Iron.
A Muskrat at Dinner.
From Bt. Nicholas.
If you know whore there Is a colony of
muskrats—and If you don’t know you can
easily find out; any farmer or hunter will
show you their village of grass houses
by the river—you can have no end of en
joyment by going there at twilight and
railing them out. Squeak like a mouse,
only louder, and if there Is a pointed nos*
In sight, making a great letter V In tho
water. It turns Instantly toward you. And
If the place Is all still, you have only to
hide and squeak a few times, when two
or three muskrats will coune out to see
what the matter Is, or whah young musk
rui has got Into trouble.
If you go often and watch, you may
see a good many curiouq things; see
".Musquurh" (that's his Indian name) dig
ging a canal, or building his house, or
cutting wood, or catching a trout, or
cracking n fsesh-wattr clam. or rolling
a duck’s egg along on tho water’s edge,
so as not to break It, to his little ones
to the den far b/ow. Aid if you like
bananas, you may some!lime smack your
lips at seeing him eat bis ’hansna In hts
own way. This Is how he does It.
First, he goes to the rushes, and. diving
down, bites off the biggest one close to
the bottom, so as to sav.e due soft, white
part tlyit grows under waiter. Then M
tows It to his favorite eatlgg place. This
is sometimes the top of a bog, sometimes
a flat rock on the shore, sometimes a
stranded log; but, wherever it Is. he likes
ft .r. ■ i 1(i ,k. , , t ... .. .. . a a ... _ . .
to cat In ihut one place, and always
goes there when he Is not ‘ioo far away,
or too hungry to wait.
Crawling out to his table, he cuts off
a piece of Ihe stump of Us rush, and
sits up straight, holding It In his fore
paws Then he peals it carefully, pulling
off sirip after strip of th<i outer husk
with his teeth, till only tho soft, white,
luscious pith retmUns. Thin he devours
greedily, holding It In his paws and bit
ing the end off and biting It off ogaln,
until there Isn't any end left—exactly ns
n schoolboy often eats a banana. Then
he cuis off a second piece. If the rush Is
a big one, or swims and ge’.s another,
which he treats In the same way.
And if you are n boy watching him,
your mouth begins to ’’waiir.” and yot
go and cut a rush for youdself, and eat
It as Musquash did. If yotl art hungry.
It I* not very bad.
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