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1 Odd Facts About . Wild Animals The 'lion does not chew its food, consisting of about twelve pounds of beef 3 day, when in captivity, but swallows it in chunks, except when it licks of! the bones with its tongue, which is like a sharp rasp, then the meat comes of! in shreds. So sharp are the spines in its tongue that three playful licks on your hand will take the skin off. The lioness, in times of peril, will come to the assistance of her mate, but not so with the lion, who shows a decided “yellow streak” and, when In seeking safety from the attacks of the tiger, hunters have often found a small tree a safe refuge. The tiger is a powerful swimmer, but not a tree climber. Its whiskers are stitt‘ quills, like those of the porcu- pine. and are so sensitive that it de- pends on them almost entirely for guidance when prowling in the jun- gle at night. An elephant‘s instinct tells him not to cross a bridge that will not hold his weight. This has often occurred against his keeper's judgment. No coaxing or threatening will cause him to cross it until it has been strengthened, then he will go across it without any coaxing or force. in danger, Will leave his mate to fight her own battles. The elephant is provided with 24 enormous teeth, only eight of which, however, four in each jaw, are in action at one time. The other two sets of eight each are reserve teeth, coming into use as the others are worn out. ' Thu jaguar watches fish by lying on a log nwr the water and flipping HIP") nut with its claws. Una of its i'amriiv dishvs is turtlvs and turtle vggs. It is “In "0| “gm" of South Ann-rice: and the largnst 0f the cats in Hip Weston-n Homispherv. I‘t can be distinguished by a string of black sploiciws along its back which are wanting in the coat of the leopard. The leopard seems to have a mania for destruction, often killing wan- tonly every sheep in a flock, where a lion would only kill one for food. Tree-tops are the favorite haunts The stomach of a hippopotamus. or river horse, will hold about {our bushels. Its food consists of roots and water plants in its naliw laml. and hay. carrots and (‘abbago in cup- tivity. It has long boon supposed that the hippo sweats blood. This mistake arises from the presence on its skin of rmlolish brown oil gloâ€" blflos which servo to koop the lhil-k hillo pliant. The hyena has the strongest jaws in the» animal kingdom and secures the marrow in thv bmws, left by the lions. hy cracking “mm with its tenth. thvn Pating not only “in mar- row but alsm thv honv, wli'rh the qut‘l'flll acids of its stomach rnadily dissolve. The hynna is considered a di-sirablv (-itizvn lwcansv it is a thorough-going: scavengvr. The girall'e has very prominent eyes, and little depressions behind them so that it can see in every dir- ection without turning its head. When a giraffe desires to feed on some tempting grass it lies down, eats all within its reach and then moves. Its boots are very dangerous weapons, but full as damaging is the use of its head. which it swings from side to side with sledge-hamâ€" mer force. The giraffe has no voice and is incapable of making the slightest sound, even when in great pain. The kangaroo at birth is scarcely the size of a mouse. It is placed by the mother in a pouch peculiar to the marsupials, where it stays for weeks. finally growing largo enough to crawl out and hoo around. The opossum is the only animal in the Western Hemisiihere possessing a pouch like the kangaroo. The female kangaroo when being pursued by hunters. will throw out her offspring and leave them to their fate. flm, Inc-ht l. «a. The large ape called the gibbon is perfectly formed to excel in gym- nastics. Its arms and hands are long and powerful; its shoulders and chest are broad, to give exceptional lung power, and the lower part of. its body and legs are small so that there is no unnecessary weight to carry. By seizing a branch, and swinging itself once or twice to gain force, it launches itself through the air thirty or forty feet to another branch, which it never misses. The gibbon is of a very gentle nature and is easily tamed. of the leapsrd; its block rosettes blending so perfectly with its sur- roundings that it is almost invisible. For this reason, it would not change its spots, even it it could. The stripes of the zebra are a striking example 01 protective col- oration, for when it lies down in the dry, dust-covered grass of the Afri- can plains the color of the grass matches the ground color of its coat, and grass shadows match its stripes, rendering it almost invisible. If domesticated, it would be valuable, because it is immune to the bite of the poisonous tsetse fly. A poisonous snake can be distin- guished by the fact that the pupil of its eye is elliptical, like the split pupil of a common house cat. All non-poisonous snakes have a circu- lar pupil. A snake’s mouth clan ac- commodate food ten times the size of its head, because its lower jaw, being in two parts, separates at the chin, and the skin of the throat stretches until there is room for the food to pass. After feeding, the snake sleeps for weeks, until digestion is complete. I expect I had better throw this mm'king-bird away before a game warden comes along and orders me to cough Up to the tune of ten bucks; I knew I was taking a chance when I killed him, but he was such a pretty shot. swayim.r on that bough, singing to split his throat. And this dove! why did I waste ammunition on him? It must. haw been that his little coral feet were so enticing: as he ran daintily along that I just had to shoot his head otl'. And look at that rabbit. still alive and struggling to breathe! I thought he was dead two hours ago, shot all to pieces as he. is. I may as well throw him away. He is too badly shot up to cook. 'l'ln-se quail are hardly laruc enough to be eaten. I shot into the bunch to get the mother; then. low. I can count ’cm when bragging of the number of my kills. 1 must have winged at least half a dozen birds which have gone oll' somewhere to die; and. 'let‘s see, two rabbits got away after being shot. That was liover’s fault. He has been a faith- t‘ul dog, but he's getting old and isn’t worth his keep. Next time we go hunting I guess I will just acci- dentally shoot him. Well! I have certainly had a day’s fun and earned a good night‘s‘rest. - "Dotestml sport That. owos its plvasm'n to anoth- m"s pain."â€"â€"-COWpor in “The 'l‘ask.” Gen! This has [won a tino day. Haw I had an“? I’ll say I have. Let's count "vm._ Twenty corpsghs! Tho Hanover Fair Association is contemplating holding a three-day fair in 1924 instead of two days as hrretofore. Hanover building operations fur 1923 run up to $100,000 in value. The list includes high school $52,700 separate school, $17,000; six (lwsll- iugs, $23,400, and the balance in im- movements to old buildings in the town. THE HUNTERS SOLILOQUY (David Lee Wharton in ()m' Dumb Animals.) HOLD THREE-DAY PAIR JIRRY (N THE 10. LITTLE JIMMY ‘ HELLO mm“: Am or- Ls m 0.0th Daemon: Sum Mm m1: Wm. 1n. SEW AS‘ Shun AS {a} 1 04». r~â€"â€"/"f_ Mama-93h new A» Anus-rm: meat-w m 0 UWSI mm: mm I ‘~ Iouw.: ' (London Free Press.» On Wednesday of this week . the London Canadian Club and the Chamber of Commerce will jointly pay honor to Dr. Banting. the dis- tinguished young Canadian scientist, whose discovery in the field of me- dicine has just earned for him and for his associate, Dr. McLeod, the award of the Nobel prize in mediâ€" cine. This is the first time that a Nobel prize has come to Canada, and only five times in the various fields in which the awards are made has a citizen of the United States, with all its large population, been so honor- ed. London has particular interest in Dr. Banting as a former member of the staff of the medical school, and it should not be forgotten that it was in the Western University medical school library that Dr. Bant- ing got his first clue to the discovery that he 'later worked out. in the lab- oratories at Toronto. The Nobel prizes, awarded annual- ly in the five fields of physics, chem- istry, medicine, literature and the cause of peace, come from a bequest of $9,000,000 made by Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and philanthrOpist. Alfred Nobel’s career was a remark- able one, his many inventions, in- cluding dynamite, smokeless powder and artificial gutta percha. Any one of these would have earned him large fame and great financial profit, and it has often been remarked as curi- ous that this manufacturer of agents of destruction should have used his meney to forward the cause of peace. Alfred Nobel, however, was a scien- tist before a money maker, and, though he invented means of des- truction, he himself was probably chiefly concerned with their indust- rial value to the world. LONDON LID DR. sumac One of |the very beneficial eflectsi of Dr. Banting's fame as far as this country is concerned is likely to be its reaction on the Canadian made in impressing upon them the value of research.- Dr. Banting’s discovery did not come out of the pure ether unsought. Before he began work scores of other men had done prelim- inary investigation that cleared the \‘i ay. Vast numbers of experiments had been made, numerous lihes or approach tested, most of which, doubtless, seemed fruitless, yet all were leading to the discovery which international medicine now recog- nizes as outstanding. In the univer- sities of Canada to-day there is re- search under way that is all too lit- tle appreciated save when it takes such form as that of Dr. Banting’s work. But this preliminary spade work is necessary. The ground must be cleared and many men are engag- ed in the task. There should be greater recognition given to the val- ue of pure research work in all fields of knowledge. In this new land, with .its wealth of natural re- sources, there is particular need for men who will attack problems that are of inmortance, and they shou‘ld be encouraged to do so by the state, by the universities, and by the pub- lic’s own attitude. Golgi, Cojai, Lavorn. Ehrlich, Met- chnikofl‘, Kocher, Kooael, Gullstrand, Carrel, Richet and Bunny. BUTâ€"EVERY BOY SHOULD HAVE A DOG. (Edgar A. Guest.) Ma says no, it’s too much care An’ it will scatter germs an‘ hair An’ it’s a nuisance through and through An' barks when you don't want it to; An‘ carries dirt lrom off the street, An’ tracks the carpets with its feet. But it’s a sign he‘s grewin’ up When he is longin’ for a pup. ' 0 Most every night he comes to me An’ climbs a-straddle Of my knee An” starts to fund'le me an‘ pet, 'l‘hen asks me if I’ve found one yet. An’ ma. says: “Now, don't tel'l him WELL t 0‘!) Am! 'l‘he bison bears the distinction of being North America's noblest native wild animal. His title is clearer and more deserved since he has hardly escaped extinction, and that by the hands of the white man. From fifty millions strong when the first white settlers invaded his domains his numbers drOpped to ‘a thousand. He was storm-proof against all natural {093 but easy prey for man. The march of civilization across the great. plains did not sweep him aside; it ground the bones of countless of his kind . into the very dust of. the prairies. It was about a, generation ago that the great American bison family reached its ‘lowest point. Since then the few scattered remnants have re- couped and rehabilitated themselves. With that grit and tenacity written large in the very face and demeanor of the American bison, and With the help of a few powerful friends who did not want to see one of the finest of animal species pursued or perish from the face of the earth, the bison have come back and new number approximately 10,000,.of which over 6,000 are in Wainwright Park, Al- berta. Government reservations in both the United States and Canada are harboring by far the greater part of the bison pOpulation, which pre- cludes the repetition of wholesale slaughter and annihilation, but there is a hardy herd of perhaps six or seven hundred which has survived the attacks of its enemies and is on the increase, It has penetrated to the far north and above Lake Athaâ€" basca. Let us how: the bison has found a home on this hemisphere where it can exist and maintain it- self after the manner of its original forebears. “RSV. South African church m... The choir will sing the Hellelujgh Chorus, after which there win be . collection for remit: to the roof. By Swinnerton