THE -SUNDAY OIIEGOXIAX, POUTLAXD. XOVE3IBEE i, 1914.
iJCMES JW HCIURES 10.
QMS
ROLF, A DOG THAT TALKS
was found to be: 'Lol fll flo; Iela filr
(Lol Tiel floh; Iela vteler) Lol has
fleas, but Iela has more." Whereupon
he wagged his tail and looked highly
delighted.
ROLF, a large mastiff, who 'talks'" . normal. But that he considers himself It has been said that Rolf is very
by means of a "paw language," is and his friends, Iela, a dog, and Daisy fond of pictures. Here is a story which
mystifying the scientists of Ger- a cat, superior to the rest of the ani- proves that he understands perfectly
many. The animal reads, counts, adds, mals is seen by this story. what they mean. On one occasion they
subtracts, multiplies, divides, dictates The family were one day discussing showed him a photograph of a baby in
replies to letters received by him, and tho dogs, and the talk turned to the a bath. "What is that?" they asked,
even discusses religion. subject of eating. Germans are care- At once he spelled out, "Carl in bath."
Rolf is owned by Frau Dn F. Moeck- ;
el. the Invalid wife of a lawyer of r. .............. ................................. .....T
Mannheim, whose house has become
the rendezvous of learned professors
who have submitted Rolf to extraordi
nary experiments with astounding re
sults. What adds to the peculiarity of
Frau Moeckel's dog is that, unlike the
famous Blberfeld horses, trained by
Herr Krall, he is largely self-educated.
Ever since Frau Moeckel purchased
him he has been the constant compan
ion of her children. He was allowed
to sit by the side of Frau Moeckel's
little girl during lessons.
Frau Moeckel states that one day
her little girl was unable to answer a
simple question in mental arithmetic,
when she exclaimed, "How stupid; why,
even Rolf could answer that. Couldn't
you, Rolf?" To the amazement of
mother and child, Rolf lifted his right
paw and beat the exact answer to the
problem.
It was naturally thought that the
answer was a mere coincidence; but
when they gave Rolf another problem,
be again returned the correct answer.
A third and fourth test followed, until
It was evident that the dog knew what
he was talking about. Frau Moeckel
then took him In hand and began to
educate him.
An alphabet was fixed up, Frau
Moeckel asking: "Rolf, bow many
'paws' do you want for 'A,' how many
for 'B etc" The dog himself desig
nated bow many beats of his foot would
designate the different letters by which
he spells out his thoughts, ideas and
answers. Like the Elberfeld horses,
Rolf uses something like Colonel,
Roosevelt's "simplified spelling." He
eliminates all useless letters.
Some of the things that are related
and written about the "Mannheim dog," '
as he 'Is known, are so fantastic Jhat
they would be unbelievable were It not
for the fact that they are attested by
men whose word Is beyond doubt. A
professor from Basle has made on his
experience with Rolf a report that
reads like romance. He says:
"Frau Moeckel has Just received a
letter addressed to Rolf from a gentle
man who had come to see the dog and
of whom Rolf had grown fond. The
letter read: 'Dear Rolf: I still think
very often of you, and how kind and
nice you worked for me. I have told
our Pick (the gentleman's own dog)
about it. He cannot read, speak or
calculate yet. We also have a dach
shund, but I am sorry to say he is sick.
Many greetings.'
"Before my eyes Rolf dictated with
his paw a reply, which, translated. Is:
'Lib; big bet mudr gomn irun dagl aug
dogdr holn grus.' 'Dear Pick: My
mother come learn. Also Daeckel
(short for dachshund). Get doctor.
Greeting. Rolf.'"
The professor then asked Rolf why
lie (the professor) had come to see him.
Rolf answered, "to see Rolf work." The
letter "M" was written on a. piece of
paper, and Rolf was told to give some
words starting with that letter. He an
swered "Mouse, man, Michel." The lat
ter is the name of a servant in the
house. While the professor was talk
ing with the dog a motorcar went by
in the street. A few second later he
was asked what had just passed the
house. Rolf replied: "Audo.
Capturing Animals
to Exhibit
I CAN YOU FIND FOUR GIANTS? j
iCK went up the beanstalk
To see what was on top.
A giant bold or a bag of gold,
And none could make him stop.
He found a golden treasure.
And down he went with laughter.
That noble boy, his mother's joy,
Lived happy ever after.
ful to make a distinction In this mat
ter between animals and human, be
ings, using the word fressen for the
former and essen for the latter. Rolf
knew the distinction, and consequently.
Which" was quite correct.
Rolf understands, too, the meaning of
printed words which gives rise to the
hope that one day he will read. A page
was shown him on which was the word
TO capture wild animals means a
great deal of expense, danger and
trouble. One who hunts for the pleasure
of it does not know how hard it is to
capture wild animals alive and unin
jured. If an Injured animal should
happen to be caught, it 1b generally i
killed immediately, although If its in
juries are not such as to make It es
pecially dangerous it may be set free.
It is thought better to capture the
young animals, and to do this is some
times a most difficult task. The
mother will fight fiercely, often seri
ously wounding one or more of the
meriV and If It does not seem possible
to capture her, too, Bhe is Bhot and
then the young ones are taken. It Is
not always easy to get the young ones
even then, tor some cubs are strong
and vicious and can use their teeth
and claws to great advantage.
In the case of lions the young are
sometimes caught by throwing a net
over them. . They get tangled in this,
and then, the net is easily picked up
and they are carried off. But the cubs
are able to scratch through the set
and geiferally manage to leave a few
marks on the men carrying them. If
the mother is wounded, but not fatally,
she usually follows the cubs, crying
and moaning, and this not only dis
turbs the little ones, but may bring
out her mate from his hiding-place.
Then the men have to drop the cubs
and defend themselves against the
grown lions. .
Traps are used to catch full-grown
lions, but lions are suspicious, and
sometimes Instead of eating the fresh
meat which baits the trap they hide
and watch for the return of the hunter.
Another way of catching animals is
by chasing them into spaces Inclosed
by bamboo rods and netting. This is
done by building fires behind the ani
mals or by chasing them with lighted
torches into the Jnclosure. They some
times try to climb the bamboo, but as
it Is too light to bear their weight,
they fall back into the net. When they
get Into the lnclosure they are not fed
for a little while, and this subdues
them and makes it easier to transport
them.
Catching tigers in India is done in a
most interesting way. A sticky sub
stance is smeared over some sycamore
and other leaves and left In the trail.
When they put their foot on one of
these leaves the leaf sticks and makes
them uncomfortable. They try to get
rid of it by rubbing it on their heads.
This makes them more uncomfortable,
for it sticks to their bead. Then the
tigers roll on the ground. This of
course makes more leaves stick to them
they die at once other times they re
fuse food, even when taken out by the
natives, and starve to death. Again
they may be badly hurt when falling,
and this of course makes them useless.
One of the greatest expenses In con
nection with the capture of wild ani-
A GERMAN FAIRY STORY
La poor man and his family lived. He disappeared into an opening in the side
male la that thev mav either die on had a few cattle which he used to drive of the mountain.
their arrival from some unsuspected to pasture every day and as there were When the man reached this opening
injury, or else from exposure while wild beasts around, he always carried all he could see was a brilliant light
they are being transported, and so hia bow with him. He was lucky shining, but he went right in and found
prove a dead loss, or they may be so enough sometimes to shoot a deer and be was In a hall whose walls and cell-
' Ins were of glittering precious stones.
He could look right through the walls
at beautiful (lowers and trees.
In the middle of the hall stood a
beautiful queen with a dress of gold
and sliver. On her golden hair was a
lovely crown ornamented with spark
ling Jewels. Her eyes were a soft blue
and In heir hands she had & bouquet of
blue flowers which matched her eyes.
Around her many girls sang and
danced happily. These girls, too, were
very beautiful, but the man paid no
attention to them. Instead of looking
at them, he went and knelt before the
queen.
She told him to choose what he
wanted from the precious stones, her
silver or her gold, or one of her maid
ens. He looked at her and thanking
her, he asked only for the flowers she -had
in her hand.
She gave them to him and told him
he had made a good choice. She told
him he could also take some seeds to
plant in the fields so he could grow
the blue flowers himself.
As he was about to thank her there
was a loud clap of thunder and he
found himself again on top of the
mountain among the rocks. He looked
around, but all he could find was the
bunch of flowers and some seeds In a
dish.
He picked up his bow and, taking the
flowers and the seeds, he went home.
When he told bis wife of his adven
ture, she was angry that he had not
asked for some of the gold or jewels
Instead of the flowers.
He said nothing in answer to her
grumbling, but went out and plowed
a field in which to plant some of the
seeds. When he had sowed seeds in
this he had enough for two more
larger fields and much seed over.
The seed grew quickly and soon the
blue flowers came and the fields were
very beautiful. Even the man's wife
enjoyed looking at them.
The man often saw the queen and
her maidens in the fields, caring for
the 'flowers, but she never came close
to htm. Soon the flowers faded and
the seeds were ripe.
Then she came to his house and asked
his wife lf-she knew how to spin flax
and weave linen. As she did not know
what flax was and could not weave,
she replied "No" to both questions.
Then the queen offered to teach the
woman how to spin and weave the flax
which was the queen's flower, that she
PUZZLE PICTURE FIND THREE FISHERMEN.
f ft -. : -. - -
III 111 ILE fishie in the brook,
jULtJ I win
catch you wiv my hook
v But don't feel bad
Don't look sad
Cause I'll take you off the, hook
And throw you right back in the brook.
a fine
miserable that they are of no use for then his family would have
exhibition and have to be killed. .feast.
SIXCE PAXTLIXB LEARNED TO COOK, he saw a fine deer with large horns. H wanted the people on earth to have and
to make clear his peculiar position, in- Mannheim, the name of the town where
terposed In the conversation.
"Rolf essen," he declared.
"Indeed," said Frau Moeckel, "it Isn't
fressen then? How about Iela?"
"Iela essen, and Daisy essen?" he an
swered. "Schwein fressen!" Which
shows that he considers himself half
human at least.
Not long after this Herr Moeckel
Outside of his seances, Rolf seems came home and Informed the family It cannot answer.
he lives. He looked at .it for some
time, and, upon being asked what it
meant, said: "Mannheim the rest I
cannot understand, which is very
funny!"
At the present time the dog is taking
lessons in geography and grammar
with the two children of the family, and
often answers questions which they
Little Rosamond and the Fairy
LITTLE ROSAMOND was feeling to read beautiful books and write let
quite discontented because vaca- ters to your friends. J cannot do that."
tlon days would soon be over. "Can't you read and you a fairy r
All the live-long Summer she had cried Rosamond in astonishment. "No.
chased the butterflies through the my dear." answered the Katy. "I
dewy fields, and had gathered dainty will never be able to learn, and I must
wild flowers, making them Into beauti- not allow myself to feel unhappy but
ful wreaths and nosegays for her dear you", my dear, can learn to be a lovely,
mother. intelligent woman, which. I hope, you
One morning at breakfast Rosamond will do, while I must Just remain a
said: "Daddle, need I go to school this gauzy Katydid fairy. Farewell"'
year x so love v stay ai nome ana
the woods, my dear?" Inquired her
grandma.
Then Rosamond told of the gauzy
fairy and how glad she was she was a
little girlie and could go to school.
Her grandma brushed her hair and
kissed her rosy cheeks, and said: "I
thought you would find happiness gath
ering the wild flowers, but come, my
dear, you and I must go down to
lunch." MARY C. KENDERDINE.
help mamma."
Her father laughed, but shook his
head, and Rosamond took her troubles
to grandma.
Grandma smoothed her hair and kiss- vase
A flash of green and the Katy was
gone! with sparkling eyes and crim
son cheeks Rosamond ran all breath
less to her grandma's room and began
to arrange the wild flowers in a tall
ed the tears away and then said: "Run.
darling, down to the edge of the woods
and pick some wild flowers for my
room. I was just thinking how much
I would like a fresh bouquet, and
you'll soon forget all about your child
ish troubles."
Rosamond ran singing to the edge of
a pretty woods and in a moment was
busy gathering wild flowers. Present
ly she sat down to make them In a
bunch just the way her grandma loved,
then suddenly she was startled by hear
ing a rustling sound.
On looking around she saw the larg
est and most beautiful Katydid any
one could Imagine!
As soon as the Katy saw Rosamond
was looking at her she scraped her
wings and. making a graceful bow.
she said: "Good morning! Good morn
ing, my child!"
Rosamond laughed aloud and called:
"How very funny, you darling, beauti
ful Katydid, it seems to hear you talk
ing, I never heard any of you could
hold a 'really conversation.' "
Then the Katy bowed very grace
fully again, replying: "I am a Katy
did fairy, so I can talk to good little
girls, never to naughty, rough boys.
Didn't you ever hear of a Katydid
fairy before this morning?"
"Never! Never!" answered Rosa
mond, "but you can't imagine how hap
py I am to have met you, so please
don't go away, but stay here and play
with me."
The Katy was silent for a few mo
menta, then she said: "I will stay
with you for a while If you will take
a walk with me along the edge of this
woods. Of course, I know we must
not go out of eight of your home, and,
pardon me, may I sit on your shoul
der?" Rosamond was only too delighted to
give the Katy permission, so she flit
ted on the little girl's shoulder.
"Let me tell you this," answered the
Katy; "I would gladly be a dear, sweet
little girlie like you, with a grandma
and father and mother to love me.
Everyone thinks fairies are so happy,
and so they are, but how much happier
you should be than I. Tou can learn
"Did you have a pleasant time
Moral of a Check, in Blank.
New York Globe.
Hiram Haw! Haw! Haw! I skinned
one of them city fellers that put the
lightning rod on my house. Silas Ye
did? How did you do It? Hiram Why,
when I made out the check to pay him
I Jest signed my name 'thout specifying
no amount. I'll bet there'll be some
body hoppin' mad when he goes to
cash it.
and they get madder and madder un
til they are almost blind with rage.
Then the natives creep up and put
strong nets or sacks over them.
Elephants are sometimes captured by
use of a noose, but generally they are
surrounded by alot of men with fire
or torches. These men come closer and
closer until they drive the elephants
into a keddah. In it they are tied, to
some logs and left alone until they be
come quiet. Then a. tame elephant
comes in and leads them around until'
they are easy to manage. All ele
phants, however, cannot be tamed., and
when such a one is found he is either
killed or set free at once.
There are many ways of catching
snakes, but most of the ways axe more
or less dangerous. One of the most
common ways Is to drive them from
their hiding-places by setting the grass
on fire in a circle. As they try to es
cape from the fire they are caught by
nets on large hoops to which Is fas
tened a huge bag.
The smoke makes the snakes stupid
and those who are used to handling
them' have no trouble in putting them
into the bag. When they are taken
out of this they are put Into boxes and
shipped.
On a journey they are kept warm
and dry. and are not given food or
ter. If snakes catch cold they be
come dull and stupid, and sometimes
have some kind of mouth disease which
they never get rid of.
There are other ways of capturing
animals in different parts of the world.
Many kinds of traps and pitfalls are
used. These are sometimes hidden by
leaves and branches, and the animals,
in running, fall In and cannot get out.
i.iiiim inii .. iiumi . . 0 , A , 4 Sometimes they are so frightened that
Since Pauline went to cooking school stole softly forward, but Just as he got
'He was
Booncino Dobv-
J -tihooo Kt -they "
Knew- bdV oh'- 1
X'm in QisoVdCe
All dW r
1 ffivcw him down
-trie r-n Air- wav
.He had s sp'lendf'd
But such s
diSApnoi rifmiS Vt1
Why he did'nr
Bounce aT . aII ! "
And learned domestic science.
Her modern foods are all the go.
And ma is all defiance.
Now. Pauline makes the cakes and pies
(Though ma does up the dishes),
And Pauline planks the bass and trout
(But ma cleans all the fishes).
We've quite forgotten now the taste
Of ma's old-fashioned dinners.
Instead we have chop suey and
Those hot things fit for sinners.
Goulash and fricassees and such.
And tlmbale and patty.
Now greet our eye from mora till night Rover can.
nearly to it the deer sprang a
farther sway.
little
lARm the use of.
When the poor man and his wife had
learned how to spin and weave, they
soon became very, very rich and then
He determined he would have the the wife was satisfied with her hus-
deer and so chased it -until It reached band's choice of the flowers.
What Do You Think About It?
E4VBRYBODY knows animals can't stoutly, "when he's hungry he always
- think." John Lee threw up his takes mamma's dress in his mouth and
head and looked about the little group as
much aa to say, "Contradict me, ir you
can! I'm right. Of course, I'm right!"
Betty, aged 7, shook her golden curls.
P'raps not," she said very softly. "But
Till we axe almost batty.
We never were just crasy o'er
Crab soup, souffles and chili.
And turkey bash or chicken klopps
Would knock a real fowl silly.
Mousses, frappes and Ices, too.
Put Pauline In her glory.
But when we ask for boiled pigs' feet.
That is another story.
Now Pauline's health-food pies are
well, They're tougher than shoe leather.
Once we ate pies th'at'were so short
They'd scarcely hold together.
Rover, stretohed full length on the
rug, pricked up his ears and shook his
head; then, crossing his paws, he
scrooged his nose between them and
went to sleep.
"Huh!" grunted John. "How do you
know?"
Tom looked doubtful.
pulls her to the pantry door, and he
won't let her go until she gets him
something to eat. I've seen him lots
of times."
"That's so, lassie." Mothen. Lee came
in and stood smiling by the door. "I
don't believe,' 'she said thoughtfully,
"I've ever told vou about the time he
saved Tom's life."
Betty's cheeks turned a shade pink
er. John's eyes opened very wide. But
Tom Just sat. open-mouthed. and
stared.
Mrs. Lee nodded. "I left Molly, the
i t. ittfi. m.M. ns. ho ji4 nurnpL with him while I went upstairs.
"I Just know." she declared stoutly, she continued. "But Molly ran across
"When you're hungry, John Lee, you to the store. He was fast asleep on
tell mamma and ask for something to the very spot i where Rover is lying
eat, 'cause I've heard you." now. and Molly thought he would Just
"You Just bet I do." John agreed. Bleep quietly until she returned. But
lauehlne. "But vou didn't hear Rover, all at once there was the greatest
Bet. I know."
Betty nodded vigorously. The yellow
curls bobbed back and forth like
strands of gold. "Well," she cried in
triumph, "I saw hira act it. That's
every bit aa good, Mr. John. So, now!"
"Act it! My eyes-" Tom rolled over
Bnt when Pauline goes back to school chuckling in great glee.
. To learn more heathen dishes, "Let's put him on the stage, John.
We'll eat old-fashioned cookery' ' He's an actor. Rover is." Reaching
But Pauline says that they were bad
Vpon a man's .digestion.
And since, of course, she ought to
know.
We take it without question.
barking and whining and clawing you
ever heard, and Rover came tearing nn
the stairs as if he wero in a fit. Ho
caught up my dress and tried to pull
me down stairs. But I thought ho
wanted to get me to the pantry, so I
tried to send him away."
Betty leaned forward. "Did he go?"
she whispered.
Mother Lee shook her head. "So."
Cora beef and kraut delicious.
Souffles and rarebits may please some.
But give us straight boiled dinners.
We have no quarrel with cooking
schools.
But old-time cooks are winners.
. ..... J . ; 3 I n
v. .v. ,- sne repiiea. xie just tuw u
rlbr "V,t .r." he, commanded, and pulled and pulled, until I began tn.
"and show your tricks."
Betty's eyea were almost full of
tears. Above all things, she hated to
be laughed at. "Anyhow." she declared
The Dancing Leaves,
Said the gentle breeze,
"I tvill softly blow
On the little leaves.
They nu'ZZ dance, I know."
Then the breeze it blew
On the leafies wee,
And two fj two
The; came from the tree.
Merry little sprites.
Dancing all around-
Red and yellow coat
Happiness they found
Dancing in the sun,
Hiding by the sheaves;
It is lots of fun
For the little leaves.
Dancing in highway.
Up and down the hill;
Resting in byway.
Oh! so very still!
WILLIAM A'. ROBERTS.
arm I
wa-
he-
be afraid and followed him down. And
what do you guess I found?"
"What?" cried John; but Tom sucked
in his breath witn a little whistling:
Sound, and twisted his chubby fingers
into Rover's shaggy coat.
Mrs. Lee sat down. "A tiny coal had
snapped out to the rug, and the room
was full of smoke," she said slowly.
"A little streak of fire bad crept to tho
very edge of Tom's dress. A minute
more and he would have been all
ablaze." She smiled softly. "What do
you think about dogs now. Tom?" she
asked.
Slowly Tom's fingers untwisted and
began to stroke the great brown head
of the dog. "I guess." he replied em
phatically, "they can think, for sure."
John laughed roguishly. ' "Maybe."
he observed, "if we did put Rover on
the stage he'd go ahead of us. Eh,
Betty?"
But Betty's arms were elapsed tight
ly about the neck of the big dog. her
yellow curls mingling with his shaggy
coat, and both were fast asleep.
Hens of Gold.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Hens owned by Tom Barron, of Eng
land are winning egg-laying contests
in every part of the world. Barron
has recently been telling the Connecti
cut Poultry Association about some of
his methods. During the poultrymen's
convention he sold 62 hens that he now
has in competition in this country for
12200. This successful poultry-raiser
began life as a shoemaker.
-Good-Bye, Robin Red-Breast.
Robin Red-Breast has packed his The chilly winds now soon will blow
grip. And then there'll be a lol of snow.
For he is going on a trip "Good-bye! Good-bye!"' says old
IV ay down south to a warmer clime, Jim Crow;
Where skies are bright in Winter "You'd belter hurry up and go."
time. WILLIAM A. ROBERTS.
A Shirt 40 Tears Old.
Kansas City Times.
Jacob Elsenhut, a farmer living near
Alta Vista, Kan., is the possesor of a
shirt that he bought more than 40
years ago in Switzerland. The shirt la
of a soft material, cream colored, and.
T although It has been worn much, it is
still good, and is worn considerably
J by Mr. Elsenhut. Eisenhot wore this
shirt on his wedding day.