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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1908
Page
23
Oddities from Outing Magazine explore how animal tails aid balance, signaling, and defense. Descriptions cover cats, lions, jaguars, sheep fat storage, weasels, and ermines with emphasis on tail tips for camouflage and balance. A brief courtroom vignette concludes with a nautical anecdote about a captain’s cap and a mistaken punishment.
A column relates anecdotes on whether rats can read in an old Salem County house, rats moving on after letters, and a molasses‑streaked rat lesson. It also mixes tales of snake charming, partridge shooting, and animal curiosity with reflections on observed behavior.
An amusing aboard tale from Captain Christopher Cradock, skipper of the Swiftsure, told during a court martial in progress on the Hibernia at Malta in the British channel fleet.
A homeless brown collie in Los Angeles race against the undertow to rescue Eddie Lawrin, three year old son of Mrs J N Lawrin of San Francisco visiting on the beach. The dog swam out dragged the boy to shore and delivered him to his brother. The collie then retrieved the boy's cap from the surf.
Reuben Hale joins a frontline unit believing himself a coward. After wavering and plotting desertion a combat shout provokes a sprint forward, and he becomes the first to engage the enemy. His bravery earns a corporal rank yet leaves him haunted by fear and doubt.
A Mexican candy vendor is a year round street fixture in warm climates. Aztec taste for sweets is noted with varied confections once brought to Cortez’s march. Vendors sit at fixed street corners all day and year, often selling specific candies they may make themselves.
The piece recounts Johnny Nimrod Jr and a tale of courage and fear in battle. Reuben Hale rises from private to major, earning praise from comrades while facing inner doubt and desertion fears. The narrative contrasts public heroism with private terror.
The author argues that hares do not double back to mislead pursuing dogs. Instead instinct drives abrupt changes in direction, causing scent-tracking hounds to overshoot and lose ground. Since the dogs rely on scent, they cannot anticipate these abrupt moves, allowing the hare to escape.
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