Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-08-19

nal. Of affinity will indicate the torture
OF the other.
Selecting the turtle dove as one Of the
most finely constituted species. and one
in which the mates we're nearss, perfect
unity he bred only from the highest orgs-
nized. until he produced brood Of birds
ofthe mos, a,,enua,ed nervous system and
abnormAlly attached to each o;her. After
they were panied he secured the services
Of a fellow s,uden, a, certain hour "a
pull a feather from the wing Of male
bird, while he with i,s mate half a mile
of watched for developments. Pane,ually
a, the appointed time the female quiver'd
fla,tered and showed every siga Of an
guish.
lie had proved his theory. Ills law
was good. Now to Systemic rs Prac'i-
cal working. for the Peeunia'y benefit Of
himself and friend. lie knew he had
the wealth of Monte Christie before him.
After he had mated 100 pairs Of dove',
be separated them, placing the male OF
the fr., pair in a cage marked No. /.
and the female in cage marked with a
like number Pair No. ,. Ia the same
way. 20 ,ha, when he had completed this
cruel divorcemen, he bad too sets Of
cages. numbering from l. uP TO 100, one
-, eompo ed en,irly Of males. the Other
Of female.
Hi. fellow student now entered with
real into the work. Tie conveyed one
se, Of the cages to Antwerp fo' more
thorough experimentation. A,noon daily,
by prcoono,rted arrangement, both men
were with their doves. the one in Antseip
and the other in Paris.
Glancing from cage 90 cage. Largo,
watched for sign. Bird No 50. would
uemble. aa,ier and fly abou, the cage.
lie made a memorandum Of Il. Then bird
Ne i6. would show the same symptoms.
ThA, Wa daily noted. and 80 on fof half
an hour. by mail these memorandums
we're compared. and al~Ays found aecu-
rate 10 figure. The number ofeagc' of
the birds tortured In AaiwcrP always
agreed with those thA, suffered IN PAris.
II va. then certain by these means they
could telegraph numbers any distance.
The sympA,he,ie action it. mate told Of
the suffering Of the distant bird To ut
lire ,hi. va, M, difficult. fof the advert
,isments Of the Havana lo,,erY were eve
cry where. Further iaqiiry developed
the f.e, tha, ia New orleans the largest
number Of ticket. were sen; foF dis,fiba-
,ioa. They were KEEP, on sa'e to' siS OF
seven day. after the drawing Of the lot
terry in Havana
Nothing wAs more easy. His confed-
crate would establish himself IN that city.
while he ~oald make hi. headquarters in
New Orleans
Oa the day of,he drawing the m)nsn,
the large prize. were drawn his coafeder.
ate entered his dove room in Havani,
while Largo, stood, paper in hlai. in
his sacred chamber in New Orleans BY
a Prcauangel code they bal Aija'iei all
possible mistakes
Say the slOO.O prize vas drawn by
the number j6.s92
The bird in cage No 5 in Havana
was robbed of wing feather and imme-
dia,ely the bird ia cage No. 5 ia New
Orleans showed the pain Of IT, mate, an d
struggled in il, cage. Largo, pa, do wn
5. Then the bird in cage 6S struggled
the fgures 6s were pa, down bshind the
S. making SOS. Bird % aa,,ered and
,h. figures % were placed Likewise max
ing the number j6,s92.
To signify iha, this number vas com.
ple,e the dove in cage No 100 was tor
,ared, and 100 in New Orleans re-
sPonded
When the work va. through with the
leading prizes. Larigo,'' secret agents
secured the city TO purchase the lucky
tickets. Sometimes he failed ia secus-
log all ba, never 30 small number as
no, 10 ne, himself and confederate from
500 to sljO.OOO a mOa,h.
The death Of L,rigo,'s doves pAralyzed
him, aud for days be walked as in a
dream forse,fal even Of his confederate
in Havana. TIA, individual believing
tha, hi. associate had secured fortune
and deserted him. for a large sum ex.
posed the scheme to the authorities, an d
from tha, time all sale Of tickets was
stopped on or before the day Of the draw
ing. to preclude that Of other designs Of
like character.
Largo, had lived up almO', to his i'm.
mense gains, which was supposed to have
amounted to over a million and a half.
and finding his future in this direction
Gu, of, sold his slaves. horses, etc, keep
log only his wine. and has since lived a
sort Of hermii's life in the old house on
81. Ann Street
The above is the clear. prOsiae. ye, re.
markable details as given by DR.. Lam.
bert. jus, before his death.
Hence IL is, As we said before, few
people know Of the history Of that leath-
er faced old man sitting Of sfternoons in
hi, gallery, putting his cigarettes. Sea.
sons have come and gone. war has sweP,
his ghas,ly skirt, over the country, ba,
..-...a IL. H.. ~ hin.oi ch.riex .r,