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Ty AISING. bears by, handr-such, isiht life and habits. More to the point ' than any' y
unique occupation'iofja ma to care for ',
, 2 ton, Ohiot -y r-fpi ; V; ;t i ; Arir - 'youftg.y; Breeding of b
' 'He is R.,H. LodieMd he stumbUd :'S '
the business by accident. -A number of years havef'
ago a friend presented, him with a bedr.cub been.soldto. zoological ' gardens in different
thai had been picked 'up along, the shores' of ; parts ixfUlhe 'country k ISometimes, alsotlifr.'
Lake Superior. He. got another cub iokeep ; jLodgt 'regales r his friends upon feasts of bebr.
JthlLjneom pany.)"'' ;; x-y'v,r --y- meat.-; ;;Spi i '.. S n -.; . '
JVow, for eighteen -years Mr. Lodge has . .'! So unusual is h'ts success that the United
t raising bears. In that time he has learnU ; Slates-Government, has issued a monograph
ed considerable that is interesting about their ' uon his- methods.- i Sm . .v-'Tr-vi;-'-;
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J LACK bears comprise the interesting ursine possible! Their ..'cunnin'trick nevet appealed to '.
J3 ; '?ily,tbat Mr. ' Lodge ia collected. S ' ..' . him. V- If heSfelt ! in ."mf ugly . humor4 :hV wpuld , f
; S i .With the grizzly, giants of the ; Rock trangle his owrr children" as quickly as he would -.v
lountains, they are typical oi .the original bear jhose of his nchVoi,;v'.";;!'";.'r':: , ... J
'amilies of North America.' . '"i " 1 v. ;. t S Constant- watchfulness on the -part- of Mr.
1 Exceedingly difficult to raise in, captivity. . r-, Lodge and his sons preren ted -such tragedies as a
iey. Hr. Lodge has succeeded, .where nearly U ;'rule, ,liowVer;'-V-ifVr''!"''r k-t " ..' ;
others hare failed ;by following as closely as posS S S Equally important '- was the .jnatter of "pros v ;
.ible to natural, eonditiona. - ; 't,:.. ..A . ii. ,W:-vidiiiD' mi'n1ripr'.-inor 'hit'opt!1'! ' ffipi tho 'Vwor . "Rr :-
4 While such conditions include all the freedom" the middle -of Decembor they are accustomed to
'.hat is possible sunlight and '6pcn-air exercise. 1 retire to -their;' hibernating caverns' for the 'cold '
'n the. summer they. also' mean.'ry. warmSua
srt; for the. iiberna ting period of th6,.Kintet A;'-iyLta Lodge idug 'dens in'the side of hill at ; .
lonths.------: ..) " ,. ,, .r5 -tlKr-oits -and filled -them with "straw. He was -eare-
It was through' no intcntJwi deju should' be dry at lLtlrfles,' an'dfy-
at Ifo.Xodge began to raise bears: ".But,;, hayipg.' - that the animals' should 'bd kept warm and free
--W nd appreciating t possibilities oihihe '1 S
asinesfl.ha has continued TI . -av ; c " jj the rconditions- .'of -iiatnralr 1iibernating';'V;
- JLtghteciryeara agor-A.A'c-KenduII, proprietor places were prodccLi ; W L V. tL 1 .
;f a lafg feed itort'lir-Cletelandrand a-ulosef ; Each pitig twenty feist in ; diamctef and twelva-Z ,61 jrt
j vr- t rv-.olf, tfm !.v. ii'.' ' '"i. j ' ..iL . i- . . -t cleaned Jne:
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!tRttSb. VZr-? ' ist. -one-walaf a'rideeifemalea.!.Th yoomr
;;k' '. v'-i y. i- . bears of this.yearrand several !oi former 'Mait ax "
summer acorna. aocles and sweet u ' The ryoung; are surprisingly small when born. .
,coxn. aMUhad .'bytha -'bisara. .h .ia ' t.onlyiiiiio 'tt .Ttwrra. pound.
;" Acres ot aweet cern 'are 'raised,! , Tbey do ' net .open Ttheir "eyea until they J. are a ;
.; and what is not 'utijted Jy resi- ' month old. , ;At firsl they have short, Telteti hair . ,
'dejvyheW
;"bia"iad,tp.'--UaTa.1 .Watar-'tney tereqir.r. 'r'k'iy ;
: melons u are P flways a. favorite V-ll;Tha" greatesi difficulty in resring beara In cap -.. .':
r food.; 'f, I i ,?Vv S V.". : y: titity: is, not to feed them '-properly ao . much aa y
i- ' : . Sweet-.'comr"dried and kept : to " present the; mother f rotaT. killing them i after ,
;,'oyer.nteT; ja fed to'tjjem after V they haveDeVn' taWn from" her.'f " ia model ,
'. the animals "come but o t hiberna- v mother . ao . long" as the. young are under ' her care ; v
l'tion, and they thrive on it. : ThFa, V-but, once ''separated from them, aha often seems
V with.aeet', jparabipaVja' the 4rstf-toainrYn:av it ia necet-
; food given the: animals v in -the S sary .to .'separate 'thero'iftfie 'old7 ones are 'to bo" ' -rapring.f-,'tiV;',rir;?A?i
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; i . ,;s ;Sjica7Wtt1iy''V A"' nstanJe of the matricidal tendenclaa '
jine of; the most' important ends of tbe; mother, 'two. cubs were removed from the '
ytb be iattkiiled.'Aa cold weather 'old femalevofv'tbe colony); in !; May, 1$98, before
approaches, the .'bears, then, all ' ' proper knowledge of - tlie animals was acquired by
fwellsron.ko : on auanti-. . Mr. Ikdge.V''He,.put'them kgain in Octo- ,
lltica of f at; 'as -is their natbre;-, ber of hat-ycar, after 'first keeping. tinly a grating .'
but to enable them to. become' fat ' between :'theiri4 'vTyl y lv-tV:l- rr"''
7' they ; mustfed'weUjand care-1." WJiPn.Uhe
Jvf ully'LI4' the head and-r :
.14 iThe ypung of tbe.Lodge col- killed .1iim;; and onlyrby'force Vas she prevented - -'
onylhaveblben bor'n, almost with; f from cUmbing'tha treeof the pit and killing the j
Jontabetween 7nu;'i'',.-a)ther''eublso.V.C .f x.' , yi y, S -',: r- ;'(';:1
' 27, The first sign of their birth: y. At no ; time 'tcanthe be'ar father be trusted
-is "" apparent from;' a"-whimper- . with his chlldreivasiheVIs" aptifo kiU them npony.
, ,,,.,.. . ..I,;ion- l in thA v,nita-Jiutuie-auiroteat-..nroocftuon..-i-.-!i.y-j.ii'r'
bearrLonflncdJn'the g-tewayjp
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hn plfnffinr ;tn-,tbt'-bfji'r.-.tteiir, -thoir drns ynnly thnn wwyP
n.a fl-Ai;cW-mrt KFi a 'viimiT hs ffoured. ''i mi no until eariy .... . - . ' - lj ' ; tj At.i I
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- t.lo v - . .. , . . ; . , . . natural dens
on uw iww cooru-yjioyvvw'ji. BjEampapy-iowara.ttie .entrance,.. ln.oMfcr to-msura-arainage. --3 j kh- rrr f-- f - j- if:1" sr ' 1 "- - ',.- -. - v - ,r . , " -. v 1 ,V " T , T , v..
of hunter., When taken.to Mr. Lodge's place, at; hidr is further- improved' ..by a gutter .nmdT;" ? 'ZSXtfZ V?'
Silver Lake, near Akron.he was o; small. that a , ' f-pm"tne-e f'AS I ;v!?f
jui-ganon pan
just appearing
This bear
rindmotber of the
rought twenty-five'
9 majority
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. t .. . j..- - i.., . i ' . a 1 , i ' auu u l , ii in nv in i hpl i iui iuur 1 lnii uuiiu i m inn in nr miwinnflT -rnDT n n vaa wnrm i ww. mrn slim rr . j ot Tk4M a 4 -i hum a meiai m-nsi tinm rama iaat v r -i r - - -
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:.Janary S7,'189Vthrea malesj January . 86, 1801.'. , ; ...-w?A,?t,i these misfftrtunes. the Lodges have
two malee and one'famala; January 81, 1903, two. ; m.;.i;iyatr -bs. '. TheT have sold many .
males and one. 'fonale j January, 1905, 'two males ' , io ioa. i tn u..a treatad iheirtiendinJUroni-,
-waa.usna h net cmuiuo, ner neaarrt xoading -to 'the pit 'is. a brick-lined passage- iucj um m utgiTCuc.. ( Mujso.iiauo uwu . -""" , ' . "r 1 . ' .. . . . -
abova'.theHm. ;: Swaynicet loffg and:feet high. This is pre- .Aut the middle of November tbkeepeM 24,; possibilities ol ' accideit,;rtust- abroad
etill, lives as. ihe great-great-gr-otf yidcd with' inner and outer tcsNof iron gTating a quantity of dry leavea and; straw." :ThJ bars drag 1893, two males ind oto female; Jfnuary p;i8B.;y, again witi pears almost-aa, wnn cmiuren.
family nt'Silver.Lake.. She has wand affords a chamber to separate tbe bear from-'thia material into"thoUnnor-dens end 'arrange It-.ttf V oMtmale' 'an'dTi'one ,vf emaM ; Janiury 24; .lBM,tw. . About. . month, ago.-one;o- tne yonna; oaarB oi
(cnbao.tbia: troubled: vroridV--the- milnpit' when desirabW' : r y: :suit themselves;! iy'r i:i : r.-yj . -meWand one' female fa J897V ono.hiale.rata?t -Lodge colonyWMwporting in xne wp ox
of, them Jwag, to. roach tho duU; y ; , Two-ietiringdens are 'excavated In. the bank.,-,..' S When the hihefn'atipg period abivei, aboirtth ite 'of Mrth'no'tnote tne pit, wnen'iuieM.na "-'
.,- .- . . . ...... ... .' .v...i : .,j-i:.'..,i..4 . '.hi. a.Tijj r.A.'". k -.,-: v . .x i , , . , ; era! dava late another leu Irom toe top ox
Soon after -t her captivity-began, Mr. , Lodge These are probably ten feet beneath the surface" 'quarters md la which,' to afeop:' away. tKe winter
rrhiuj m nnn.... lTT a Ian fit, livitrl A ' ' 4riA . J - 1; I I.l. t.il. ..'.J " ; (: .'. ' . ...... ... - .' . ... .'.
, . .... . . w .v - m.tj iiuuiiu. are iiseu 'WivU' urii;, ;buu vuu:ioc, niunuis. . i- - .. ;.: r..
1 nn . k.. l .tj:L' ' .V.a li'(.t.aa'. .x'tK'tV.'Jl V - (. .i ' : ll i I . 1 ' j. 1 ' I I V' " . i I . ' s ' - .
. j inji.jiiru. vw.xuv" "f". ;, w, vm oy a z-incn circular opening. . i i W-An.pvner consiaeraoia. aicmeni in "rna succet 1
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' r,yry-.;yrr.tHt rJ--wrT. ' . naiM im-feihalefT '. . 1 ; . ; -r,
;de;'r. ing aWt in the topVwMle the only.oponlng in the ; , : In tha spring-plenty of green foodTla "fed o ' . ' thirty-three, new1 afrivkle ive joined ; offers are belhfir rtade hstan to Ir.-Lodge for ,
.-i'.Inotherfl la-that leadina- tolnanit. ""?. :. .'r ithem. such" as dandollons: fclover' and other 'food r;! tha "colony since If was founded, and all but six of . ,. specimens, and tbla year "he can i eeU anyone of .
TC for 3anlinasa tha pit U equentlr waihed hy '-that thas!. would, get if rwiiii3wild.. Z)nrinTtlU :VtheM 'ftMmM'arali. xnanliood nd womanhood. ; the cube for f 300 almost at any time, . -.- I
iuf of -itnrnr.
Thia paternal bear has always presented
'If frumpy and unfatherlv disposition
T...5, he would kill' his offspring hne,..r
i hdrtaevthbfa"tiTtie6Qlnt'"be,nriBe Handsome