rHK NASSAU POST: wnt^PORl, H. Y, SATURDAY, JUMlJ », 1914
ROOSEVELTS LAST GREAT ADVENTURE
Colonel Tells Story of Wonders He Found in South Amer¬ ican Wilderness
rzcitement. and It was not possible to ane the rifie, ao I liorrowpd the apear '•¦f Doutor Joiio the yonnger nnd killed fhe fierce Uttle boar therewith. This waa a collared peccary, amaller
foaf ^lU "WeTI gFoWn T&flng In Se?' poncb.
Queer looking: Birds.
We saw on the banka screaaer^^
blK. ereated waders of arrh.Tlc type.
SAW MANY CURICUS WILD ANIMALS
Interested in Truculent Peccaries,
PJa> fu! Wasps and Formidable
?pidtrs of the Forests
WITH i.'uf ri'fnm of Co'-.it' Itooecvclt lifter sevfn nionth.s .*pent 111 t!ic v'lids of .'¦'ouiJi Anit.-rlc« 'Jle Interest In the former pros'dtnt ia divided h<e tweia :;>• -iiLMtfi of the tbrllllnz ad- veulurea he eLcountcred nnd conje<- ture us to hla future p'j;:tlcai activities. The big gueatlon which he has uot nnawei-ed is. Will he ruu for tbe presl- deu'^y Ir 1!.il*J? Viiother element of lu terest nttacLln.,' to the coionel'a re tern la tbe wedding of ClB sou Kcru.lt who abnred the. perils of the Brazil wilderness with his father. Krrmlt Is to marry Mlsa Beile Wyatt Wlllnrd dnugbter of Colonel J. E. Willurd. American ambaasndor to Spain, In Madrid on Juno 11.
Getting buck to the United States the last of June, ("Colonel Roosevelt may atart in Pcpfcinbor on a trnuscoiitl- nental atumplng tour. Thla plan ia contingent upon his hen Ith.
Thnt the Bouth American Jungle trip Is tbe last big adventure nflcid con¬ templated by Colouel Koosevelt he doea not deny. "I went tbe ultimate," woa bis eipretiHlon for the long odds be bad faced. \"I knew lu.Tt 1 was CettlUB to the age when if I wns to do «nj-thlng reijulilng nny unusual physi¬ cal exertlou I must do It now. In fact, I was just' a little over the aj;e. But 1 put It thnnigh."
Newapaper men to whom he anld tills were quick to observe thnt, while the rolonel showed the results of ex¬ treme physl-fll hnrdships. these h;id fnl'.ed to alTpct the spirit of Ro^sovelt ¦trenuousness. Tliis fact was shown In bnnd clasp, eiieech iind mauner. snd notnbly ao when the colonel niiuouiic- ed In vigorou.s word.^ thnt in his ad¬ dress befdrp tl.e Nntlonul Ge^rnph lc society In Wasliington he would be prepurrd to refute Ftuteinents by A. Henry Suvagp Lnndor nnd others tlisl he hnd uot n>filly discovered a uew river In South America.
TLrlUlng encounters with aavngp bensts, dcprivptlous and hardsh![)N irhlch many a mnn would not live tbrough. were the lot of the foniir- president In his trip of explonition and collection of siwrimens In a vast terri tory unfrequented by man. Added to these was the ever present memicp of deadly tropical fevers. The fever gX)' tbe colonul finally, and for a time, so ll waa learned aftor he Ind loft ih-i wi: denioss far behind him, bis lifo wnM despiilrpd of. There wns one day diir Insr the cxpedlrlon's fl'ht wltli de.a.'i tji.nt was very trtiri''- Tlils ^V(1B while the I•¦¦rty was working It.'j wa.v throuirh tbe .fu'iTle Ihnt f'''n '^d tho Iinvidn river r.ne Ulvor of Dnw'.it) Coj.in ' Roo* (-'¦' I -d f(4t thp Ktriln fr)r d i.v.<. Od A\r.i} . ¦•> fiif f,'ve.r attac'.ied him. Tv! be •lu^./rcd on. That n'g'it he wj»j ''¦•llrlcwi .At 'I'lybrenk the ft.', er Lad utiated. un 1 the t'olonel insisted npon contliiulutf the trip. I'or days tli(> parly ImJ been ou : ,»lf rations. "Wo can't stop now," s-Md Roosevelt. "If we don't fni on vv-r'il nil die h.re." And go on tliey did. That day and the next Oobjoel Roosevelt purrcrid fc'-iil;lr. f>n the third day Kcrmit begged him to bait tSi. Jooroey untli he was better. "1 <'nn't d.,> It," was the undnunled re¬ ply. "I'll go as far an I can, and whon I nm umiblp to proceed farther I'll stay right there nnd light It out alone." Tbat night the colonel wii« In a critical •tate. "If I'm to go It's nil liglit." he told the pariy'jj doctor, "but see that tbe others don't stop for me." How¬ ever, he got better in tha night nnd the next morning was pust the crisis "Kuew I'd mako It," he said, grlnnluj;.
[Fronhf Colonel Rooeevelt'a tlilrd srtlclu desorlblng hla journey In the Urazlhnn vUdarneia In Scrlbner'a Magazine (or June, int Z^^.. rltfiil, 1914, by Charles Bcribnar'a Sons.]
Wm bad beeu out nbout tbree hours when one of the doga gave tongue lu a large belt of wood¬ land and Jungle tu^the loft of our line of marcb through the marsh. The oth¬ er doga ron to tbe sound, and after awblle the long barking told tbat tbe thing, whatever it waa, was nt buy or elae la some refuge. We made our way toward the place ou foot. The dogs wei-e boyUis pxdteiUy at the mouth of a bugc hollow log. and a very bhurt ex¬ amination aboweU ua that mere were two peocarlca witbin. doubtleaa a hour and sow.
However, Just at tbia moment tho peccArlea bolted from un uuauspected openlas at the other end of tbe 1ot(. dlred Into tbe tangle and Instantly dla- appeared with the houuda In fuU cry after tbem.
A Fierce little Beast. It waa twenty minutea Inter before we again henitl the pack bnylng. With Miucb dltQculty nud by the Iucc9«nnt awlnglog of th* umchetea we oiiened a trail through the network of rlnea and bmnobea. This time tbei-e wos iMdy one iiercary, the bonr. He was at bay iu n half hollow stump. The dqga were about J4s Ji^o^L F'^^.^£ ^^
HD'I less fierce tb.an Its white lipped r'''^ apurred wings, rather abort bUla
'ilnsfolk. It Is 0 vallout and truculent
Ittle bc/"»t, nevertheless, nnd If given
the chnnce will bite n piece the size of i
1 teacup out of either mau or dog. It ,
Is found singly or In small parties,
Teeda on roots, fruits, grass nnd s')me- [
times snnkps and insects nnd dnilghts i
Irt muke lt« bome In hollow logs. If
taken yonng It makes nu nITectlonnte
nnd entertrilning r'et. '^'hen the two
>»'ere in the hollow log we heard them
"tter a kind of moaning or menacing
i^runt, long drawn.
Biting; Jungle Injects.
T^o fire nets, of which I bnve spoken, .ire generally found on a 8p€?<-ie» of fmn'I tree or sapling with n greenish trunk. Tbey bend the whole body ua they blip, tbe tall and hesd being lhru<«t downward. A few sec'ond.s after the bite the poison causes considerable pnin; later It may make a tiny festering uore.
There is certainly the most extraordi
nary diversity In the traits by which u.iture aihleves the perpetuation of specle.'J. Among the warrior and pre- ilacJoua Insects the prowess is in some cases of sik li type us to render the pos- -essor practically liiiinurio from danger, la other coses the condition of its ex¬ ercise may nurirmlly be tho sacrifice of the life of the possessor.
Fighting Spiders.
There are was[is that i rey and for¬ midable fighting 8[)lders, which yet in¬ stinctively ao handle themselves thut the prey prnctlciilly never succeeds In cither def(?iidlng It.'elf or retaliating, being cojitured and paralyzed with un¬ erring efficiency nnd with entire secur¬ ity to the wasp. Tbe wasp's safety is absolute.
On the other hnnd, these figlitiug ants, Including the soldiers even among
SPECIAL MUSIC AT SERVICE
John C. Bay lie.
I The funeral ot tbe late John C. Bay- Choral Society and Choir of Church Ue, of Seaford, was beld yesterday af- of the Ascension to Combine. ternoon from the Methodist Episcopal 'What promlaea to lie oae of the most — .
Interesting services on the calendar of the Church of the Ascension, Rock¬ ville Centre, will be given ofi tomor¬ row afternoon. The Long Island Chor¬ al Society and the full choir of the church will combine In tbe rendition of a special musical program at four o'clock.
Among the oratories will be "Hal- leluliah Chorus," "Gloria," and othe.' selections from the Messiah. J. Read organist of the church, has made an effort to make the service a musical event of the season. The Rev. D. Her¬ bert O'Dowd, has invited the public to attend.
Church of that village. The interment was in the Greenfield Cemetery. Mr. Baylis, wbo died on Tuesday, was born in Seaford and fer a number of years was the postmaster and con¬ ducted a general store In that village. He was In his seventy-second year at death. Two sons, J. Wesley and Olan¬ do D., and one daughter. Mra. Harry Graet, all of Seaford, survive.
® 1914, by American Presa Asaociation.
HOW OOLO.VPTj KOOSRVKLT IOOKED UPON UIB UKlUn.N UOMU.
the termites, are frnnticnlly eager for a auccess which generally means their annihilation; the cuudition of iheir ef Oticncy..^ls absolute iudifference to tliolr own security. Probably the uiajurity of the ants that nctunlly lay hold on a foe sulTer death iu consocitieiice; cer tjiliily fhey not nu-iely ruu the risk of but eiiferly invite death.
Odd Animals of Brazil.
Cherrie und Miller bad secured a lit¬ tle civl In tlip cliaco, and it was travel¬ ing with them iu a basket. It was a dear little bird, very tame nnd iiffec- tlonate. It liked to be handled and [lettcJ, uud when .Miller, Its especial protector, came Into the cabin It would make queer tittle noises ns n signal that It wished to be taken up and perched on his hand.
Chpri^e and .MUler had trapped many mammals. Among them was o tayru weasel, whitish nbove and black be- | low, ns big and bloodthirsty as a fisher martin, and a tiny opassum no big;;cr than a mouse. They had taken four species of opospiun. bnt they had uot found the curious water oiiossum which they bud obtained on the rivers tlowiug iuto thc Curitibean sea.
Thla opoasuui, which la black and white, swims in the strenms like a inuskrat or otter, catching fiish nnd liv¬ ing in burrows which open under wa¬ ter. Miller and Cherrle wore puz/.lcd to know why the young throve, leading such nn existence of con.-^tnnt Immer¬ sion. One of them once found a fe¬ male awlnimlng; and diving freely' \v«41i
Photo by American Presa Asaociatlon.
COLONEL liOOSEVTELT LEAVING BTBAMEB
All)AS OIU BUAiU) TUO IN NSW VOllX IlAIUiUU.
and no eapednl otfinitiea with other modern birds. In one meadow by a pond we saw three marsh deer, a buck and two doea. They stared nt us with their thickly hclrod tails raised ou end. Theae tails nre black underneath in¬ stead of white as In our wbite tail , deer.
One of the v.Tgaries of the ultra con- | fealing coloratlonlsts has been to up- j hold the (Incidentally quite preposter¬ ous) theory that the tall of our dper is colorpd white beneath so as to har- | monlzp with tlie sky nnd thereby mis- I lead the coiignr or wolf nt the critical | moment when It makes its spring, but this m.irsh deer shows n black lnst<;ad of n white flng, and yet has Just as much need of protection from its ene¬ mies, the Jaguar and tbe cougar.
. Mr. and Mra. Mount on Tour. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mount, of Rock¬ away avenue, Rockville Centre, start¬ ed on Wednesday for a tour of Lon^ Island In a new automobile. They will be gone several days.
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