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HOW ma a atrlped wild-animal,
and I will ahow you one you
want to keep your eye on,"
aald the circus man. "I have
had to do with wild animals
now for a (rood many years I won't
tell you how many, because I am get
ting; old enough to feel the weight of
these time ppsts and I have never yet
come up with a striped beast that did
not show mean traits.
"Sometimes I wonder if this is not
the way nature has of marking up the
bad fellows so that they may be known.
Just as we put striped suits on the Im
possibly bad of the human kind. Tke
hyenas, for instance. They come under
the head of a dog species. How seldom
you ever hear of a dog; snipping the
hand that feda It? Thene ugly things
are liable to do it at any time.
Bite Hand That Feeds Them.
"They are the most uncomfortable
things In the whole menagerie, and If
1ATURE
FOR SHORT DISTANCE
IN
WIRELESS
C Genua
German Engineer Invents
pparatus to Be Carried
on Man's Back.
(Journal Special Servtc.)
Berlin. Aug. 23. A German engineer
named Helnicke has invented a system
of wireless telegraphy for short dis
tance servlc'e which can be transported
from point to point with remarkable
ease and rapidity.
It is expected that the system will
come Into general use. in connection
with military reconnoitring operations,
naval landing parties, and other similar
purposes.
Negotiations have been begun for the
installation of the system on the trains
of one of the principal railway com
panies in the Lnlted States. American
railway travelers will thus be able in
the near future to transact telegraphic
business during their Journeys by trans
mitting messages to receiving stations
along the line.
The transmitting and receiving appa
ratus are both fitted in one small, case,
with a weight of approximately 40
nounds. which can thus be carried on
a man's back. The weight of the pole
for the wires ana otner accessories is
approximately 1U0 pounds, so that an
entire station weighs approximately 140
Tioimii.i.
A station can be moved from place to
place by three men, and five men are
able to erect It ready for use in eight
minutes, ine cost or a station is taou
and the range of communication about
2S miles. The smallest portable wire-
Jess telegraphy station hitherto in use
la so much heavier that 12 men are re
quired to carry its different parts, while
Its cost exceeds tsuu.
PORTLAND B. L. & P. CO.
Portland Railway Division.
Commencing Wednesday, August 2S,
107, d until further notice, during
trsTepairs on Union avenue, Rus-
"touver. Woodlawn, Alberta. Rus-
il-Shaver and Broadway cars will
cross tha river coming in ovar the Steel
bridge, than1 around the Alder atraet
loop and return ovar tha Burnaldo
brldga.
The East Burnslda cars will rur. from
East Eighteenth and Stark streets to
Sixteenth and Washington streets over
Burnslda bride. i
I had unruly nerves they would have
me jumping like a bay In a ripping
storm. You can t train them because
they can never be depended upon. Their
heads are not big enough for much
storage of sense, but, for all that, they
nave more room there than seallons. the
most highly Intelligent, unless possibly
the elephants, of all beasts.
"The hyena Is so cussedly mean that
I leave him severely alone and gen
erally put him In a dark corner, where
he can pad-pad to his heart's content.
His fond Is shoved In to him In a long
handled pan. The tiger Is another
striped bad one. Even kitten tigers hiss
and scratch and hump themselves, show
ing that the meanness of their nature
Is In the bone. Most kitten snd puppy
animals ar'nrtupld and friendly, and
like to have their heads rubbed.
Tigers Always Unruly.
"Kitten tigers will scratch the hand
that tries this, even though thejr.eyes
are little slits not yet open. A nimble
young tiger would rather fight than eat.
SEE
It's fruit harvest time at Heidelberg.
Today we will have on exhibit tons of HEIDEL
BERG grown fruit: pyramids of delicious apples.
We will give you baskets of the finest Prunes, ripe
and juicy. We will prove to you conclusively what
HEIDELBERG soil will do. We will show you
how easy it is to have your own vegetables, your
own fruits and flowers. How you can have all the
advantages of city and country life. Take your
lunch and enjoy a real outing. Investigate HEI
DELBERG thoroughly from every point of view.
The more closely you investigate the more pleased
you wjll be. Take Alberta car, get oft at Twenty
fifth street. Free carriages will meet you.
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PHONE MAIN 6744
PACIFIC COAST REALTY CO.
305-6-7-8 BUCHANAN BUILDING
and wild animals certainly like to eat.
A full-grown tiger "Will fight to a finish
with anything that walks, but it Is
more cunning and does not take so
many chances as the exuberant young
ster. "Tigers have been trained, but they
are apt to turn any time and make
trouble for their master. It may be a
scrap between themselves that stirs
their savage blood; It may be a hurting
whip, or it may be a crazy impulse born
of something no one can spell. After
the tiger once gets the taste of blood,
the best thing to do Is to kill him. I
feel toward him much as the men felt
toward the redskin when he said: "The
best Indian is a dead Indian.'
Giraffe Mildest of All.
"Zebras are pudgy little horses, with
stripes that give away their tempera
ment. Every now and then you hear of
zebras broken to harness. Well, I have
seen a few of those, but they didn't go
far before something else was broken
besides the zebra's mean nature. They
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are strong and good-looking, but so in
fernally cussed that there is no doing
anything with them. They serve all
right for a menagerie as a part of a dis
play of wild creatures, but that about
lets them out.
"On the contrary, spotted animals ars
apt to be gentle and teachable. The
giraffe is the mildest thing on four legs.
The two with the Rlngllng Brothers
are perfect specimens, with big melting
eyes and shrinking airs. They mske
me think of a red-cheeked country girl
who wants to run from every stranger.
The spotted species of the deer are just
as timid and further carry out the idea.
Of course, there Is the leopard, a rather
bad animal, but he Is an exception, and
the meanest of his kind Is the black.
The black leopard is frequently called
the black panther, but the spots are
not visible. t
"Sometimes a lion's mane Is marked
with uneven black circles. When this
Is the case It Is wise not to get too fa
miliar. It is the sign of a bad streak
somewhere In Leo's makeup, and there
Is no telling when this stain might turn
his strength into savage danger. In the
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TODAY
PORTLAND, OREGON
Rlngllng collection there la a group of
magnificently grown lions with head
gear of this beautiful marking. Every
time that any of them mixed along
with other lions in the big exercising
room In the winter quurters in Baraboo,
a big; row took place and tho lion with
the striped mane was sure to be In the
midst of It. They are good fighters
and will never give up until killed.
"Last winter I had to wave torches
and throw hot water to break them
apart. As a last resort when these
beaata get Into a savage struggle I use
hot water. They don't mind a beating
with a hot iron, but will give up and
turn tall when the steaming water hits
their heads and backs. I don't like to
do this, because they have sensitive
spines and are apt to take cold Big
aa they are It doesn't take a cold long
to grip their lungs and hurry them Into
pneumonia.
Solid Color Animals Gentle.
"Animals with a solid color from the
crown of their head to the tip of the
tail generally turn out to he well bal
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anced. The black tiger la rather against
this theory, but he, after all, Is an un
fair example, because his spots are
plain to be seen when the light Is
strong. The elephant Is good-natured
and obedient. The camel takes life easy
and doesn't seem to worry about any
thing so long as ho is left to munch
by himself. A bear with a fur of sev
eral shadings Is a bad one to take risks
with. Bears are not mucn gooa any
way, to my mind.
'The polar bear la the meanest of
them all. His coat of solid white goes
against the notion that an unvarying
color marks the animal as being level
headed, but this Is only an exception.
The tapir Is a harmless beast and rather
affectionate. He can evon cry. Big
rolling teardrops show this when tils
keeper cuts him out of a meal or goes
away for a day or two. His suit of
nature's clothes Is what the girls call
drab. The llama Is an animal sort that
may be properly classed with the
spotted animals. Brown and white and
black and white In huge splashes land
to the good looks of their curling coats.
They have big lamb-Ilk eyes and would
run from a baby.
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"Monkeys are In a clasa by them
selves. If one of them has red hair h ;
la sure to be a dandy scrapper. Th
beat fighter la always the leader. Thr .
hang together and bow and acrap be
fore the boss Just like a good many
people. Monkeya with red faces and
flat heads will whip the life out of
those smaller than they ara, but will
run like the wind when it cornea to aa
even break. 1
"A monkey riot la a funny apectacla.
Even In the same caga you will find
groups herded together, aa If thar
were some class distinction and the line
were drawn tightly. If two of tha bi 1
ones come together in a row tha othara
generally stand off and let them hava
It out. But if any of tha littl onea
get to scrapping then tha fathea and '
mother are apt to mix In. and tha next
step Is a general row. . .
"We separate them by turning on th
hose and punish them by locking up ,
tha den, so that they cannot gat any
peanuts from the crowd, and put them
on their good behavior for a whlla at
least. The monkey likes to aat and
likes to be noticed." ..
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