Moose
the name applied to the deer of North America. The name comes the "Edinburgh." The bulletless duel It usually stands over 6 feet high at the moose, is much larger than the female. The male, called the bull the late Thomas Little." In 1803, through Lord Moira's influence, he was appointed registrar of the Admiralty court at Ber- (1806) he was sharply taken to task in which left the non-combatants fast friends for life. In 1811 he married an actress, Bessy Dyke (1793-1865). Meanwhile he had published the earlier of the "Irish Melodies" (10 parts, 1807-1834), mans paid him $15,000; the "Irish Melo- In 1817 "Lalla Rookh" appeared. Longmans paid him $15,000; the "Irish Melodies" brought in $2,500 a year; and about this time his Bermuda deputy embezzled $30,000. Moore's liability was ultimately paid by his pen; but in 1819, to avoid arrest, he went to Italy. He settled in Paris, where he wrote "The Loves of the Angels" (1823) and a prose returned in 1822, producing in the sucreturned in 1822, producing in the succeeding years "Memoirs of Captain Rock" (1824), the "History of Ireland" (1827), "Lives" of Sheridan (1825), Byron (1830), and Lord Edward Fitzpension of $1,500, but his last days were gerald (1831). In 1835 he received a pension of $1,500, but his last days were of his two sons, and the decay of his clouded by sorrow and suffering-the loss of his two sons, and the decay of his mental faculties. He died near Devizes, England, Feb. 25, 1852. wood eater. The male, called the bull wood eater. The shoulder, with the weight sometimes ex- It usually stands over 6 feet high at the ceeding half a ton. The head of the moose is lar unusual size and shape. It has large together with the antlers, gives the head nostrils and a large hairy muzzle. This, and the neck short and stout. The front an ungainly aspect. The legs are long large and bears antlers of MOOSE
MOORE, WILLIS LUTHER, Amer- legs are longer than the rear ones and ican meteorologist; born in Scranton, Pa., this gives the moose when running an 1856. Was printer during his youth, awkward gait. The color is usually then entered Signal Corps, which later brown, the legs yellowish. During the became the U. S. Weather Bureau, in summer the moose are solitary in their brown, the legs yellowish. During the ing chief of Weather Bureau, 1895-1913. September and at this season the bulls ing chief of Weather Bureau, 1895-1913. habits. The breeding season begins in In 1914 became professor of applied September and at this season the bulls versity. Has lectured extensively and winter in herds and form moose yards contributed to scientific publications, and by tramping the snow so that the shrubs published "Descriptive Meteorology" contributed to scientific publications, and (1901).