THE SUNDAY OREdOKIAK, PORTLAND, MAY 8, 1H&
"DAM BEAD'S BOy HOOD PETS
FAMOUS ANIMAL ARTISTS
AMUSING REMINISCENCES" OF HIS
EARLY MENAGERIE
H
i OW1 did I happen to take up the
study of animals?" A reminis
cent twinkle came into the
eyes of lan Beard, the famous, animal
artist. "How did I? Why. I didn't. It
fast grew up -with me; my first recollec- 1
done are of animals and of drawing
them."
Jr. Beard paused for .a moment.
"Tes," he continued, "nearly all that I
can recall of my childhood days concerns
Bsy boyish love for the animals and in
sects of our neighborhood, and I knew
about them before I had learned my
alphabet.
'It seemed to come naturally to me to
study an Insect or an animal, a great deal
more so than It did to say 'A, B, C and
'2x2 is V I even went so far as to call
tiP7 oy names all my own, because no
one, my mother included, who always en
couraged mo In my boyish passion, could
always tell me their correct names. "What
the names were I have forgotten, except
that I often called my pets after cattle or
the race horses of the day. You see, I
spent my boyhood in Cincinnati and in
Covington, Ky., so I was In the center of
the horse-racing country.
Racing- Grapevine Beetle.
"One of my earliest recollections is that
at the age of 7 I had discovered the grub
la Its various stages of development Into
the beetle. When I told my parents what
I had found, they laughed; they couldn't
believe that beetles were the result of
such evolution. But I knew, for I had
hatched them.
-'I had a lot of fun with my grapevine
beetles. I made little carriages of paper
and slivers of wood and hitched the beet
ties to them and raced them for all they
were worth for hours at a time. Fact is,
I guess, I raced nearly every pet J owned.
"And they were many. " I had crows,
wild pigeons, fish of various kinds, foxes,
squirrels, 'coons, bullfrogs, snakes, rob
ins", catbirds, chipmunks, rabbits; owls and
what not. Oh.'yes, and there was a lot
of toads, with a five-legged fellow among
them.
"I charged five pins to view the freak
in my circus, and, as a result, my family
never had to look out for pin money. I
Hooded them with pins as long as I pos
sessed that toad.
Tito Tricky Foxes.
"Get In trouble rtth my menagerie?
Well, I guess I did, but not with my moth
er. Bhe didn't seem to care how much I
stocked the house and the back yard with
all ports of creeping, crawling and walk
ing things. But my neighbors weren't al
srays bo indulgent. I distinctly remember
how they got after mo about my two
foxes, Faust and Marguerite.
"I kept them in a box somewhat sunken
in the ground, with the earth slanting up
Jrom the door. A peg was driven in the
center of the box, and to this I fastened
the chain which held Faust and Margue
rite. Therefore, Imagine my indignation
when a neighbor came to me and accused
xoy foxes of stealing his missing chick
ens. "Tain't to' I declared, 'they're
chained'; and to back up my words Faust
and Marguerite came out of the kennel as
Jar as the chain would let them and then
went back again.
" There,' I said, triumphantly, 'can't
you see they're chained?'
The man went away half convinced,
aad I thought no more of the -matter
ntll the next day when he and another
neighbor hunted me up and again accused
the foxes of stealing chickens.
' "Tain't so,' I said, 'they're chained;'
and Faust and Marguerite showed the
gentlemen that I spoke the truth.
"Well, they couldn't say anything more,
so they went away, but bright and early
the following day one of the men showed
up again.
" 'Bay,' he said, 'your foxes are steal
ing my chickens.'
" 4 Tain't so.' I said, 'they're chained.'
"Then, as I spied Faust lying Just out
side his house, I said to him:
" 'Have you been stealing chickens,
"Once before I had asked him that
question, and he had got up and walked
around and showed that he was chained.
J3ut this time he didn't move; Instead.
he had a sly look in his eye that made
aa think.
"After I had got tho man away, I went
tmlctlv to Faust and shoved him to one
side; and then I found out why he hadn't
moved he wa s hiding a big chicken
feather under him.
- "If somebody had picked up that feath
er and aimed it at me, he could have sent
me scrawling with it. How. in the name
of goodness, I asked myself, could that
chained fox have got that feather?
Bright and early next morning I got
uo to investigate. I found the loxes in
their den, and I was about to turn back
to the house, when I discovered the trail
of a -dragged rope or chain leading across
the yard in the direction of a neighbor's
chicken coop. I followed it; it led to the
chlekery. I followed it back; it led to the
foxhouse.
"After I had -hastily obliterated the
trail I went to the den, and what do you
think I found besides several ,of my neigh
bors missing hens "burled? In the earth?
Why, those foxes had worked the chain
from tho peg "and, la order to be free to
rob hon roosts, they hail deliberately put
bp the trick of coming out of . their house
-wha I "was. around only! -.6b ,far as tho
jDfcaln, When, fastened would let them.
- 'T, sir; -tHat'o what- ihey did;" and
C- Beard chuckled over 'the cunning of
bis1 foxes.
Tie Pet CrbTv'a Antic.
Thea there was my pet crow," he con
tlnucd. after another chuckle. "He was
always up to some sort of mischief.
1 made a pond out of two old washing
machines placed side by side, and in It I
put ,309 or 400 red eyes, or black bass. A
red eye is fiat like sun fish, and mine.
when they got scared, would throw their
bodies on their sides between the crevices
ef the rocks in the pond.
"The aquarium was. tho favorite bathing
place of tho crow. Of course, whenever he
smarted to take his bath the fish would get
between the rocks. He would pay no at
tention to them until he was through
with his preening, whea ,he vould pull
several fish out from their hiding places
and At with them to the rabbit house
where he would secrete them. B.efore I got
sb te this trick, he had nearly depopulated
tae pond.
"He did another mean thing, did that
rW. He pounced down" on a nest of new
'horn rabbits, skinned them, and delib
erately put them among my father s
Ehotoe&t books. In a day or so the house
got In a pretty bad condition, but it
ras a good deal worse before the crow's
Jwork. was discovered. And then there was
a lrray time all around.
A Vicious Ovrl.
Xy Virginia owL as fierce a specimen
m I ever seen, also kept me in hot water.
VLs an Illustration, he got loose by knock
Jar my aunt down, and, when a man tried
to eatch him, sent a talon clear through
the fellow's foot. I finally chased him
ttewa, and much to the surprise of the
Jeekers-oa, who expected to see me
vosaded, the owl did not even try to In
Bfe men. I Just picked him up and held
Mb as a game cock is held and that keeps
ft, Mrs. from using beak or talons.
Bt I cot orettv badlv bitten br
urlsy buzzard, and I still carry the scar
a y wrist, for a vein was completely
Jewed. The bird got at me while n, man
trying to sell him to me for an eagle.
"Ok. yes. evervbodv for miles around.
wSwa he caught anything in the bird or
anwtMti une. hunted me up and tried to
Mil it 4q m. But J caught, most oX mjr
is ?! -i
a sin OS?
D AIT 'BEARD, SKETCHED 3Y HIS BROTHER. FRAWK.
the boat a day or two later, ho started
some, pleasantry at my expense.
" "Why, gentlemen,' he said to the crowd
around us. 'I dare say he has several
snakes In his pockets this morning.' And
with that he dived a hand Into the nearest
pocket.
"A second later the man gave a howl
that was heard all over the boat: and then
I remembered that lust before I Mt hnmn
I had. put several crawfish into that pock
et, one or the fish had nipped the man's
hand, but it took me some time to con
vince him that ho had not been bitten by
an anaconda."
WHAT GREELEY SAID.
Go West at Aay Rate an Admirer
Thinks He Shoaia Have Said.
PORTIiAND, April 30. To the Editor.)
I notico that Horace Greeley Is jip once
more ror review and discussion, and as
usual grotesque and absurd statements
arc made respecting his character and
work. The New York Press goes further
than, that, and utters several outrageous
falsehoods about him. It says ha "was
ono of tho most profane men that lived."
This is a gross slander. Greeley used
profane language sometimes, as men of
intense feelings and convictions aro gen
erally inclined to do, whether they give
way to the impulse or not, but that he
was conspicuously or generally profane
is not true, and It Is an ungracious false
hood to attribute such a habit to him.
The same paper says: "When he realized
that he- was dying he said aloud. "Well.
the devil's got you at last, you d d old
This exclamation is wholly un
like Greeley, and Is a dirty invention by
soma conscienceless scamp. Greeley was
full of kindliness and civility to all men
except scoundrels, whom he scolded with
out stint, but he would hardly hand him
self over to the devil on his deathbed,
when he did not believe in the existence
of a devil at all. He was a TJnlversalist
in religious faith, believing that the ills
that afflict mankind can be reasonably
accounted for without invqklng the theory
of diabolism. He believed in practical
righteousness and good works, and in
veighed against dishonesty and hypocrisy
in all forms.
And I see, too, that William A Ldhn has
written a new biography of Greeley, in
which the author says Greeley took tho
ground in December, 1SG0, that if the
colonists had a right to rebel against
Great Britain, under the "consent of the
governed" clause of the Declaration of
Independence, then by virtue of the same
principle 5,000,000 Southerners would be
justified in withdrawing from the Federal
Union. I do not believe that Mr. Linn
can successfully deferd. that charge by
any quotations ho can mako from Mr.
Greeley's writings. Greeley was too clear
headed to make a blunder like that. He
felt the full force of the war threat
knew the terrible sacrifices and losses
war would Incur with the final outcome
in doubt, end he was anxious to avoid the
collision. He believed the great mass of
the Southern people were at heart loyal
to the union, and would show that they
were so. If a free public expression could
be given, and if for a time they could be
kept out of the hands and from under
tho Influence of xancey, xoomos ana
other secession leaders, who were only too
anxious to sprinkle their cause with blood.
Mr. Greeley, like many others, hoped
that the war might bo averted through
delay and the prevalence of cooler coun
sels, but ho never made such' a blunder
as Linn charges him with.
The Revolutionists had not been con
sulted, and their consent had never been
given . to the government that was over
them. When they worKea up into con
scious being, they found themselves the
subjects of a hereditary government in
which they had no voice, and feeling that
they were men, they rebelled .against It,
in the name of manhood and of liberty.
But the people of tne Southern States
had been consulted and had given their
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consent to tho Government, of -which they
tvero a part. Nay, indeed, not only a
part, but a very Important and prominent
part. They had been leading and promi
nent In tho formation of the Government
and they had far more to say In the ad
ministration o the Government than any
other section of tha country. And they
had enjoyed a full share of all the advan
tages and of all the glory of the new
Government, and were morally and legally
bound to help carry out all the obligations
of the Government In whatever form they
might appear.
Every state that rebelled had sought to
become a part of the Federal Union, and
had consented to como in, being given
full citizenship with all the rest, and had
received all the rlght3 that belonged to
all. Georgo "Washington and his compa
triots had a right to rebel against a gov
ernment they had not helped to form,
and that did not consult their Interests
or wishes, and In which they had no
voice, but the case of the Southern States
was altogether different. The people of
the Revolution had not consented, but the
people of the South had, and that con
sent had placed them under moral and
legal obligations that were In the nature
of a contract. Obligations may be taken
on at will, but they cannot be put off at
will. A man may bo free to enter Into a
contract or not, as he may choose, but the
obligations of the contract, once Incurred,
he cannot put them off at pleasure. The
South could not go out of the Union with
out the consent of all the parties to the
original compact, and that were mem
bers of it at the time of the attempted
secession, and nobody knew this better
than Greeley, or could argueylt more vig
orously and lucidly than he 'could; I ven
ture the assertion that Mr. Linn cannot
make his contention good by any fair
rendering of what Mr. Greeley has writ
ten. Men think carelessly sometimes. It has
even been argued that the United States
had the same right to subdue the people
of the Philippine Islands that it had to
put down the Rebellion of 1SSL Of course
j the trouble with that contention Is that
1 the cases are not alike. The Southern
people, as I have shown, had been con
sulted and had consented to come' into
and to be a part of the territory and peo
ple and Government of the United States,
but none of these conditions -was true of
the people of the Philippine Islands. They
had never asked to como nnder the Juris
diction of the United States, nor to -be
connected with this Government in any
way. They had never been consulted
about it, nor had given consent in- any
form whatever to any such relation. If
our claim to these Islands can be Justified
on other grounds and I do not say that
it cannot be well and good. "We are
there now and in possession, and let us
see how it will work out; but tfiey could
not bo held If we had to base our right
solely on the ground that we had the
same right to subdue them that we had to
compel the Southern States to remain in
the Union. The cases are not alike, and
the logic that fits the one will not apply
to tho other. LEVI W. MYERS.
The colonists' ground of revolt was not
"consent of the governed," but certain
specific acts of mlsgovernment' which they
submitted "to a candid world." This ade
quate basis of revolt did not exist in tha
case of the South or that cf the Philip
pines. Pine phrases do not count in these
matters. Cession of territory, whether
Louisiana, Canada, Alaska or Luzon, does
not in Itself furnish cause for revolt of the
ceded territory.
Inheritance.
If a man dies, leaving a wife, but no
will and no children, is- the widaventl
tled to all the property,- both real an
personal, according to tha lawa of . Ore
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If he leaves no children or lineal de
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I property would descend to the wife.
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pets myself with my own hands, and not
with traps. That sounds rather strange,
but it's true, and I'll tell you how I did it.
Catching: Animals "With His Haads.
"One day I saw a cat creep upon a bird.
I noticed that she would creep only so
long aa she was not noticed approaching
by her Intended prey. The second she was
observed she would stand motionless, as
If in an endeavor to give- the impression
that she were inanimate. Then when the
bird was not looking, she would creep a
little closer, and again stop when the
bird's attention was attracted. She kept
this up until at last she was near enough
to spring, when she pounced down upon
her prey.
" If a cat can do that, why can't I imi
tate her and do the same thing?' I asked
myself.
"I first tried the scheme on bull frogs.
I waa successful almost from the start,
and I soon had the depression by the
cellar door well stocked with, frogs caught
by my hand swiftly shot around them.
"Then I got more ambtiious, and the
result was that I caught a gray squirrel
and a chipmunk, and even a 'coon.
"Catching that 'coon was hard work. I
trailed him- into a hollow log and then I
lay down on my stomach on that log
with my hand poised above the hole out
of which lie bad to come. I lay there,
quiet as a mouse for over two hours
jraitins with my; eyes nvc oft .the bole.
Finaljy the 'coon ventured forth, but no r
sooner bad his body got half way out j
than I grabbed him and carried him home .
In triumph and added him to my circus. ,
"I wish I had the art now, but my hand
has lost its cunning. Only once in recent .
yeara.bave I been able to catch an animal.
I was fishing in a trout stream when I
noticed a black object In among some
rushes. A second look told me it was a
muskrat, and that moment also the in
stinct of my boyhood's cunning rose in
me, and, almost before I realized it, I
had dived my hand into the water and
pulled out as fine a specimen of a musk
rat as any one could desire to sec
An Aaaceada Story.
"Another achievement of my young
days, of which I am still proud, was my
taming of robins and cat birds. To tame
a bird is hard work, and to tame either a
robin or a cat bird is the hardest kind of
work. But, after days of effort, I suc
ceeded in getting several of them to be
pets, and they would come to my call and
sing for me and eat crumbs out of my
hands almost as willingly as a trained,
canary.
"Snakes?" Mr. Beard laughed. '1 had
many kinds, but one of my latter-day ex
periences with them will Illustrate how I
treated them In my youth.
"I managed to secure a baby anaconda
aey.ral yean ago and kept him for a loos.
time in my studio in New York City. One
day, -however, I wanted to remove him to
my home in Long Island, so I stock the
little fellow he was about three feet
long In an overcoat pocket, put a soft
glove over him and made for the ferry
boat.
"A short time after I was seated and
engaged in reading my paper, I noticed a
man by my side get up rather hurriedly
and take a seat In a far corner- Pretty
soon another neighbor did the same thing,
and then the whole cabin stared in my di
rection.
"I began to think that maybe something
was the matter with my personal appear'
anco, so I preened my whiskers, readjust
ed my tie, and examined my hat for dents.
But everything was in good order, as far
as I could ascertain, and I was still In
the dark aa to the embarraselHg gaze of
the commuters.
"At last, in a second attempt to discov
er what was the matter, I happened to
swing a band around to my side, and It
struck something clammy. I looked down,
and there, waving from side to side, with
a foot of his body out f my pocket, and
his tongue making Hghtnlng-rike darts,
was the anaconda that I had forgotten
all about.
The Seqael is the Snake Story.
"But the sequel to the lneldest was quite
as amusing.
"One of my neighbors had witnessed
jtta whoie affslrj aad wfea 2m bm (m
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