THE VICIOUS PECCARY
A Fierce Cr..,L. 2 Is the South
American Wild Boar.
HE IS SMALL. BUT FEARLESS
Will Attack Man or Any Animal In Ex
istence on the Slightest Provocation
and Will Fight to the Death—A Bat
tle With a Jaguar.
Durluu one of Ills journeya into Mex
ico Edward W. Walton, a mining ex
pert. bad a close call front being sliced
to sltnxls by the fierce little South
Atnerii an pigs known as |H'< earles. lie
told lhe story of his escape to a Den
ver I'ost reporter.
"I wished to secure some plumes
from a number of the beautifully plum-
agixl birds.“ said Mr Walton. "I went
into the jungle and came to a small
opening in will h there were dry
leates. probably a foot In depth, cov
ering the ground, and hundreds of
beautifully colored tropical bints In
the air and in the trees. 1 fired at one
of the birds tn flight, when It seemed
to me the whole area of these dead
leaves arose in fr nt of and all around
nte. Being a stranger, naturally I was
much frightened, especially when I
saw the animals which raised up the
leaves apparently ready for alt attack.
The older animals opentxl and eloeed
their mouths, showing their big. sharp
tusks, formed much like a dirk knife,
and some of them started toward me.
Impulsively I commenced firing nty
gun In the air and turned around,
which seemed to stop most of them
momentarily, and as I had lots of car
tridges I kept up the shooting, and
they turned and ran away. I found
afterward thnt I bad saved my life
by so doing and l>y not shooting any of
the animals.
“These animals proved to tx* pecca
ries. They are most fero.-i.uis and will
attack any animal In existence on the
slightest provocation.
When I got
back to headquarters and told my com
panions my experience 1 was informed
that had I shot one of the animals and
made him squeal the whole bunch
would have been on me and would
have tom me to pieces quickly. They
have been known to kill bears, jaguars,
cattle, horses and any number of dogs.
Although iti tbe fight scores of their
number might be killed, they seem to
have no fear when once aroused.
“1 was told tbe peccaries burrow un
der the dry leaves to protect them
selves from mosquitoes and other
winged pests of that hot country. My
friends bad many exciting experiences
to tell in regard to these ferocious lit
tle animals. One of this party, while
traveling with a companion in a wag
on. stopped for lunch under some trees
and turned their horses out to graze.
While at lunch a large bunch of pec
caries appeared, and they thought it
would be nice to sboot among them
and get one or two for meat, so they
fired into them, wounding several,
which commenced to squeal. Then tbe
whole bunch made an attack. The men
climbed quickly into the wagon and
kept on shooting so long as tbe am
munition which they bad in their
pockets lasted. As they were opening
their bags to get out more ammunition
tbe peccaries climbed up tbe tongue
of the wagon and jumped into it. and
tbe men saved themselves only by
jumping on to tbe seat and then on to
limbs of tbe trees, tbe peccaries taking
possession of tbe wagon and tearing
things to pieces. They remained in
possession for hours, tbe men watching
them from safety in the trees.”
Tbe peccary, or South American wild
boar, is tbe smallest of bis species, av
eraging about three feet long, nor is
the animal possessed of any unusual
degree of strength. To make up for
the natural individual deficiencies in
combat with tbe more powerful ani
mals of tbe jungle tbe peccaries al
ways travel in large herds. When once
attacked by a herd of peccaries the
outcome is ueariy always death to their
enemy. Tbe little pigs are armed with
short sharp tusks, and no matter bow
great tbe slaughter of their own num
ber during tbe melee the herd stay on
the job until tbe work is finished.
Travelers in tropical and South
American countries tell of tierce en
counters between tbe peccaries and tbe
jaguar, tbe tnouster cat which is lord
of tbe forest. The jaguar has a fond
ness for a dinner of pork, but a whole
some respect for tbe power of a herd
of wild pigs. When he wants to sat
isfy his cravings for a pork diet be
drops from a limb of a tree on to tbe
back of a straggler in the peccary
herd. Tbe jaguar slays bis victim and
then retreats hastily to his tree be
fore tbe herd can get at him. When
the herd grows tired of waiting for
him to come down and moves along
tbe jaguar dewends and enjoys bis
meal at leisure. Frederick Selous in
kis romance of tbe animal world has
an interesting account of a fight be
tween a jaguar and a herd of pec
caries. Tbe peccaries had the jaguar
treed on the limb of a tree from which
the bark had rotted away. He was
only a few feet above them and by
harassing and jumping at their enemy
finally succeeded in bringing the con
flict to the ground. After the fight
was over there were eleven killed and
wounded peccaries, but the jaguar was
literally torn to pieces.
Same Thing Now.
“You know woman was once the
head of tbe family.” sbe said.
“No need to speak of that in the
past tense.” replied her husband meek
ly.—Philadelphia I.edger.
The most sublime act Is to set an
other before you.—William Blake.
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
Th*
Many
and
Variad
Duties
They
Have to Pti form.
As a conductor lie will probably be-
giu in the freight service. His calxx'se
writ be a traveling office. and. more
than that. It will carry all the gossip of
tile division up and down the line. It
may be a homely little ear. but It is
just as sure to lie a homelike place.
From Its elevated outhx>k he may com
mand a grxxl view of the train away
ahead to the engine, and he will lx*
sup|iose«i to kuow all the while that
the brakemen are attending to their
duties, that the train is in good enter,
particularly that there art* uo hot
boxes smoking away and In Imminent
danger of setting fire to the train, and
the valuable content». Then* is a deal
of bookkeeping to lx- aeeomplisixxt in
that traveling ott)<-v. The conductor
will receive the waybills of the ears
of his train and their contents, and he
is held res|xmsible for their safe de
liveries to their destination or tbe Junc
tion points where they art* to lx* de
livered to other lines.
When he comes to the passenger
service there will lx* still more book-
keeping to confront him. and tie will
have to lx* a man of good mental at
tainments to handle all the many,
many varieties of local and through
tickets, mileage txx*ks. pass s and oth
er forms of transportation contracts
that come to him. tv» detect tbe good
from the bad. to throw out the coun
terfeits that art* constantly be.ng offer
ed to bint. He will have to entry quite
a money account for cash affa rs, and
he knows the mistakes will time to be
paid for out of his own pocket.
All that is only a phase of his busi
ness. lie is responsible for the can*
and safe conduct of bls train, equally
responsible in the last respect with the
engineer, lie also receives and signs
for the train orders, and he Is required
to keep tn mind every detail of the
train's progress over the line. He will
have his own assortment of questions
to answer at every stage of the jour
ney. and he w'll lx* expected to main
tain tbe discipline of the railroad upon
its trains. That may mean tn the one
instance the ejectment of a passenger
who refuses to pay his fare—and still
be must not involve the road In any
big damage suit—or in another the sub
jugation of some gang of drunken loaf
ers. The real wonder of It is that so
many conductors rone as near as they
do to the Chesterfieldian standard».—
Edward Hungerford in Outing Maga
zine.
Waiting Fcr the Children.
An old woman bobbled up to the con
ductor of the train and said excitedly:
“Vondt you to pleece boldt on yet.
Meester Gonduckitor. vile my two
grandtkinder conies by the drain? 1
runs off mldouit dem undt dey is gom-
ing so vast dey can. yes.”
The conductor looked impatiently at
his watch, then at tbe woman's pa
thetic face.
Theu lie consented to
wait a little, as the train was on time.
Five minutes later two blue eyed,
chubby cheeked children came on tIn
run. rushed up to their grand mot her,
kissed her. helped her on tbe train
with her birdcage and basket and theu
hurried away.
What tbe conductor thought is none
of a refined person's business.—Chica
go News.
Selling Baked Potatoes.
The baked potato merchant is a com
paratively modern institution in the
London streets, the first potato can
having made its appearance, according
to Henry Mayhew, about tbe year
1846. Fifteen years later, when May
hew published his “London Labor and
the London Poor,” be estimated that
there wore 200 hot potato venders In
London, each selling on an average 300
halfpenny potatoes a day. “In cold
weather.” adds Mavbew. “the potatoes
frequently are tiought to warm the
bands.
Indeed, an eminent divine
classed them In a public speech among
the best of modern improvements as
forming an excellent medium for dif
fusing warmth into the system by be
ing held in the gloved hand.—London
Chronicle.
Giving Him Her Trade.
There was a new clerk at tbe corner
drug store.
“Will you please let me have a
stamp?” smiled tbe woman.
The clerk laid one on tbe counter
and took the money.
“I wish.” said sbe, “that you would
weigh this letter. Maybe It takes more
than 2 cents.” He weighed it.
“Only 2 cents, madam.” he said.
Then, taking the stamp up from the
counter where she had left It lying,
he added politely. “Allow me to put It
on for you.” and be did.
“You are so nice.” said she. “that I'm
going to t»egin to buy my postcards
here too.”—New York Press.
Ths Flying Idea.
The first man who got the theory of
the flying machine right was no less a
person than the painter Leonardo da
Vinci. He pictured it as heavier than
air, provided with wings and uplifted,
in spite of Its weight, by tbe rapid
revolutions of a propeller. I-eonardo
bad an Idea that the propeller might
be turned by clockwork or by setting
a number of laboring men to turn a
handle, but In that respect he was mis
taken.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Logical.
“A disease should be attacked at Its
source."
“Then if a man's disease is heredi
tary 1 suppose you'd doctor his father
for It. eh?”—Exchange.
As the births of living creatures at
first are III shapen. so are all innova
tions. which are the births of time.—
Bacon.
< Hoss-1:x ED JI sTIl'E
WEAK. WEARY WOMEN
These two Items appeared in the
utnie column of a local newspaper:
“I.Hile Sutton of Ocean Springs.
Miss., an orphan, who bad the can* of
an Invalid brother, pas arrested for
-tealing five eggs and half a pound of
butter, und was sent to prison for a
term of seven years."
' William Kevelwich of Baltimore,
a chauffeur, who ran down and klll<"l
Vlliert Piles, a little boy. In Buffalo
last July, pleaded guilty to the charge
of manslaughter in the secund degree,
and was placed on probation for ten
days upon th«* condition that he
w on Id within that time pay to the
boy's father 11,000.”
New
York
Tribune.
Mutterings of » Mere Man.
When a woman says sweet thing'
about you she Is giving her candled
opinion.
When women get their rights most
of us will get left.
Beware of the woman who is so
stingy that she won t even tell a joi «•
at her own expense.
Ti e bravest of tiler sometimes >.ct
frights on their wedding day.
The girl who is a good listener is
the one who hears the most proposals.
Smart Set.
ake a <»I h t mm i:
For Col Is or La Grippe most peo
ple prof ■r he mild vegetable laxative
in "We k
Break-l'p-A-Cpld Tab-
lets" to li Calotnel laxative In other
cold rt ai .les. Sold by Underwood's
pharmacy.
l.enru the CaiiM* of Daily U oe* and
End riicm.
When the back itches unxt throbs.
When housework Is tortur«>.
When night brings n«> rest or sleep.
When urinary dlsurdi-rs set In.
Women's lot Is a wear) one.
Th«'r«> is u wnv to escupe tlicse w«i.'<
Itoan's Kldtic) I’llls « ur«* such
Have cured thousands.
Ilead tl i - woman') tcstliuon'
Mrs. J. II. Baussutu, Twelfth
(’ streets, Medford, Orc., says:
suffered so severely from kidney t
hie that 1 wtut unable to do my house-
work.
My kldn<<is were very weak
mid caused tn<> much anuoyunce.
back ulso paliietl mo si'verely,
when
stooping
or
lifting, sharp
twinges darted through my Hons.
I
run down In health and was feeling
miserable w’«*n Doan's Klduey 1*111»
were finally brought to my attention.
Through their use 1 was helptxl from
th>‘ first, nnd I continued taking Hu*
leiuedy until I was entirely cured. I
buv«‘ often r)'c«inii'jeii)l«'>l I loan’s Kid
ney Bills to other aufferers.”
For sal«* by all d«*alers.
Price 50
cents.
Foster-Milburn C«i., Buffalo,
N> " York, sole agents for th<‘ Unit«'I
States.
Remember the name
Doan's
and tuk«* no oilier.
it
V complete thrvshltir
FOR SALE
\i r<x.itili.; volivi vi.
outfit, consisting of one 20 li.-p. Alt
man-Taylor
One day Dorothy came running
into the room where her mother was
reading.
“Oh, mamma!” she cried excitedh,
"come and look at my kitten, She'd
walking all around the room with her
stem sticking straight up into the
air.”— Delineator.
engine
«quipped
for
:•
4
Dependable Hardware
$
4
*
Heating Stoves, Household Utensils, Guns
T»
f
*
and Ammunition, Cutlery—in
*
*
;hing in Good Hardware—No
4
*
shelf-worn goods..
4
4*
+
Agents celebrated Ell wood Fences—
and everything the farmer needs
F»
st i 4
b
+
b
Hardware Man +
b
*
4* 4* 4» 4* 4* 4* 4» 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4» 4» 4» 4 * 4* X
burning oil; one 36-6 1 Aultman-Tay
*F»
lor separator with Parson feeder, sep
arator is rebuilt about same ns lluf-
fulo Pitts with Jen«» attachment; ha*
been run one S' ason. Hard oil cu >s
nil over.
<)n«> Daniel II t cleaner that chans
the grain before It enters the sack
F. C. White, who has been making
One Derrick table, derrick and
a survey under the allotting agent of wagon iu good shape.
the Klamath reservation, was in th«
One side elevator, new last year;
city from Klamath Agi ncy Tuesdin ¡■Iso new draper last year.
Two water wagons, oil drums, ro
tar>
pump, tv o low-down water
THERMOMETERS.
pumps.
For particulars writ«*
Texting
Procenu
it
the
Nations!
W. H. JONES.
Weather Bureau
Nelson, Butte County, (’al.
Each day at the weather bureau it 2t
Washington th«' thermometer.* re> ci' is:
from various manufacturers tbruuijh
out the country are put through Hi«
test of standardizing them
The various process«*« through which
the bulbs pass before they are lab«,lc)|
"accurate” aro easy. Inasmuch as there
is practically little scientific work at
In >>ur store. Ami
When a thermotn
tncbe<] to the test
if
you
don't
eter is first handed to 'be man In
think
that
testing room It 1« dipped Into a
< ompllmetnry
filled with a compound far below
freezing point
It is thrust in at
flic best girl, just
point where It bappetis to be at
come in ami
time nnd worked tip and down until
our heat rings.
the «legrec of tbe cotn|H>nnd is reached
( Wr’rv k|x-aklng
Having then recorded th«» lowest tem
of qualit).)
perature tiie pr^-
of testing f ir the
highest is begun This is just ns sim
When we s|wak of prl ccx you will
ple as testing for the low tem|x-r:itur«
realize «wc arc not attempting I.)
The bulb Is dipped into a vat of water,
wring your purse with our rings, Imt
Goodrich's Cash store will bo open
first at IX) degrees
Then It Is worked
gradually until 130 degrws Is renctied iati assure you that your in*|M-etion evenings until further notice.
I
If tbe mercury In tho bulb will indi will satisfy the most exacting demand,
of
your
cate 130 degre«>s further testing is un should you care to make one
AAA A A A. A A A A A A A A A A A AAA AAA AAA
necessary because that Is u tolerably Christmas presents a ring.
warm temperature nnd one seldom If
GENTS’
HINGS
ever reached by natural heat.
All
kiiol*
A thermometer the bulb of which
contains mercury will not register
settings to
lower than 28 degrees below zero—thnt
nil siz.es of .Xmas
is. mercury will freeze at that point
purses7 at Ilei*-
Iu this country very little use is
kenipcr's.
fcir.-.
■""'"'J
found for thermometers showing more
than 28 degrees below zero, but in the
FOI XTAIN
far north they are of course necessary.
PKNB
We have the largest
Such instruments, however, contain
Heltkcmper
atul most complete line oi
spirits in the bulbs instead of mer
Jr. lias < liriMma*
cury. l)Ut «t en Hus fluid becomes slug-
of high grade Christmas
gifts that pleas -,
pl'ii w lien 40 or f«O la-low zero is re-
CEO. R. HORN, the
City Meat Market
MEISS & ARMAND
PROPRIETORS
ALL K/NDS OF FRESH. SALT
HOLIDAY
ANNOUNCEMENT
corded and it will seldom show iX) be
low- Hsrf>«r’s Weekly.
*
FOBS
Of all kinds, *n
endless variety.
licitkcm|H-r's
for tin- pretti)'*!
and choicest
.Xmas fiiftM.
Pleased to allow
Goods
whether
you buy or not.
Shampoo,
A tnld-eigbteentb century traveler,
who is tile hrst fx-rson known to have
made English of the word “shampoo,"
wrote that "shampooing Is an opera
tion not known in Europe and is pe
culiar to the Chinese, which I had once
the curiosity to go through, and for
which I paid but a trifle
However,
had I not seen several Chinese mer
chants shampooed liefore me I should
have been apprehensive of danger,
even at the sight of all the different
Instruments."
The original "sham
poo,” aa-~tlils traveler's detailed ac
count nnd other allusions for long
FOR THF
after his time show, was very much
TABLE
¡
what we call “massage” now
It was
HOME
from India that the word really came,
And nt the
and it represents the Imperative of a
verb moaning to knead
s a m «• time
make mother
The Measuring Ro«i.
liappy with a
Whatshiename Bitkins .....................
11,000
.Xmas
Jame« C. Bllklns ...................................
10,000 IIHcful
Hon James C Bilklna ...................
loo. we gift.
Our public spirited benefactor,
James C. Bitkins ..............................
200.1»)
bl'l B IktM
l.'MO.OOO
That old leather t< »ited hog Bu
kins-..........................
5,000,000
-Puck.
Taking No Risks.
Dentist You should have taken gas.
AS I suggested, sir. You would have
felt no pain
Victim Mo take gas!
Mo. with £20 in my pocket! No fear.
Get it over Loudon Tit Kits.
presents that has ever
been brought to this city,
and we arc better pre-
parcel io attend to your
holiday wants than ever
before.
I
<1
KARNAK BltANH
EDISON Phonographs,
and Records,
MUSICAL Instruments,
POST CARDS AND
POSTCARD ALBUMS
SOUVENIR GOODS and
other articles too num
erous to mention.
Th«- prettiest
< >
scleqtlon ever
shown in the
Fulls at
WINTERS
JEWELRY STORE
G. HEITKEMPER, JR.
I
I
if
CUT GLASS,
Hand-Painted CHINA.
( H and lie convinced;
n > trouble to show you
The Big Store
Ix-ioling Watchmaker and Jeweler.
All Goods Engraved Free.
Opposite the American Hotel
Oregon for the County of Klnmath.
Sull in Equity for Decree of Di
vorce.
Arthur Newby, plaintiff, va. Minnie
Newby, Defendant.
To Minnie Newby, the above-named
defendant:
In the name of the
State of
iro-
gon, you arc hereby requlrcd to :ip-
pear and answer the coinplalnt llhxl
against you In the
above
entitle)!
suit, on or before the 20th duy *jf
1910, that being the day
..ml tho l.:xt day witnln which you aro
inquired to answer, as fixed by tho
t<l r of publication of this summons,
11 .'‘in full to appear and nnswer, tho
plaintiff will apply to the court for
Hie relief demanded In nnld com
plaint. Stild suit I h brought to secure
dissolution of the bonds of matri
mony existing between yourself ami
plaintiff.
This summons is publiahed In th«
Klnmath Falls ‘ Republican,'' a week
ly newspaper printed and published
nt Klamath Falls, Oregon, by ordor of
Honorable George Noland, Judgo of
said Court, and dated December 6th,
1909; the first publication to bo made
on lb« 9th day of Decetnbor, 1909,
and tlm last publication thereof on
the 20th day of January, 1910.
12-9 1-20
HENSON ft. STONE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
A FFW BARGAINS.
Five lots, Sign.ly location. »1500
Can loan |750 cn the deal.
A nice cottage with bath, large
lot, 11700.
A good buy.
A largo residence, fire lot. $3S00.
Three cottages on three lots. Room
)■ incug'n for another cottage; »2250.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«««»♦«♦♦♦♦««♦♦♦♦a ♦♦
«
In the Circuit Court of th« State of
January,
HTEKLING AND PLATE
A NICE BACK
COMB
St MMOXS
of the 1«)t publication of sunimons,
DIAMONDS,
WATHCES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVERWARE.
(IFF LINKS
variety,
Big
anti blind en
graved fr«x> of
charge n(
ll)itk«'in|Hr's
AND SMOKED MEATS
MASON » Sl.OlJGH.