Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-18
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''but there is strange case in Catahoula
parish, where live. "A negro boy about
twelve years old is an alligator charmer
| There are not many of the saurians left I'm
| Louisiana, what there are being found al
most altogether in the Boueff Little Black
| and Ouachita rivers, that form a junction at
the town of Trinity. On Boueff river es-
pecially there are a number OF alligators,
although not nearly so many as there were
a few weeks ago. 1t Is here that the negro,
JEFF Phillips, has his cabin. He feeds the
gators, announcing his coming by playing
| on mouth organ. He claims 10 charm
them with his music, but as / have never
known them to be affected by music,
don't place much reliance in that theory.
But for several years JEFF has gone regu-
| larly TO the river bank and fed the alliga-
tors: In hot summer weather he will lay
| stretched out on a log, playing his mouth
| organ, while around him will be half a
| dozen alligators, two or three of them
| large ones, summing themselves upon the
same log, and paying no attention to JEFF.
The alligator tanner is looked upon with
| superstitious awe by those of his race, and
Is usually avoided. some of the people
| claiming that he is possessed of a devil in
the form OF an alligator"
| There are misfortunes so intensely fun
ny that one cannot help laughing even
though they may be serious" said J. ID.
Lynch at the Metropolitan. II went bee
hunting In western North Car DINA last sea-
sen. The tree had been located, and It was
but short distance from the cabin of the
man who found IT. We went to the tree.
| winch was very large one. and hollow to
| the base 1t was so large that the discov-
| erer thought he knew a better Way IN pet
me money than to cut down the tree. Re-
| turning 10 MS cabin, he secured a hatchet
| Some thick strips and large nails He nail
| Gu tne strips on the inside of the tree
FORMING ladder, then climbing up one
| slep ana mailing another, he succeeded i'm
| getting up to where the bees had stored
| their honey. We were TO stand below and
gamer the comb as he dropped 1t. One
| large piece came down.. then there was a
| ipud cry OF pain, and our friend came
tumbling TO the bottom, with his head lit
| orally covered with bees. We succeeded in
| rescuing him and killing off the bees by
throwing sacks over his head but when
| the hight was over the bee hunter presented
an appearance that makes me laugh when
| ever / think of it,
THE Pennsylvania Dutch. as they are
called, are noted for their phlegmatic ma
tires and their honesty" said p ID.
! Goodman of Lancaster, Pa, at the Howard
Il saw an instance demonstrating both
| phases few days ago in Cincinnati / was
| walking along Vine street with an ac-
quaintance of mine from Lancaster when
| he suddenly said:
| i1aA vas HlIle
| L had known the man for twenty years
and never heard of his having a brother
AT that moment my friend spoke to man
who was few feet ahead of U.S.
| WE gehts Peter. vas das your
| Das vas me, und you vas Hans dond
| it@ was the placid reply
| The two shook hands, and Hans nv
companion. said: 1T vas thirty years as
| l never heard of you Same since heard
| of you, replied Peter
| Then l was introduced and we went in
| to a place to celebrate the event when
Peter said to Hans: i vas owe you five
| toilar, und das interest i borrowed II until
| ven L should See you some more. Das inter-
est was per cent, nine tollars. Himmel. 4
| wish i Eadt seen you sooner as dis" He
| paid the fourteen dollars Hans accepted il
| as matter of course, and they pledged
| their brotherhood in beer"
Dog stories are usually regarded as
chestnuts." said A. p. Beckwith of In
dianapolis at the Riggs. 1T would seem
that at some time or another dogs have
! been known to perform almost every act
their masters have. But never heard the
| counterpart of a story i know to he true.
A fine st. Bernard dog was injured by a
| street car on North Illinois street in Indian
apoiis, and his owner took him to a veter-
| mary surgeon, who dressed the wounds
| and gave instructions to bring the animal
lHe lt!lO"l0S morning. Before breakfast
| the dog went to the Office of the surgeon
| and waited on the door step until he arrived.
| Every morning the dog appeared before his
| master arose. and one day a bandaga used
| around one Of the animals forelegs slipped
and the dog, realizing that sonnet thing was
| WrcDg, went to the office in the middle of
the day to have it fixed. 1t took about two
| weeks Tor the injuries to heal, at the end of
| which time the dog ceased his visits but
| has always since greeted the veterinarian
affectionately whenever he sees him."
TT seems strange that squirrels should
be so plentiful as to be a pest in any set
tied country" said E. b. Breed of Spokane
| Washington, at the National, but such is
the case In the northeastern part of the
state of Washington. They ruin vegeta-
| ton, and the farmers can find no way TO
get rid of them. A favorite plan is for
| the owner of ranch to have a squirrel
shooting match. Sportsmen's clubs from
| Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle and elsewhere
| are invited to squirrel hunt The ranch
| man entertains them royalty, and prizes
are given for the most squirrels, while tie
| cup having the smallest number DAYS all
| of the expenses of the trip. Rivalry runs
| high, and the clubs send their very hest
men to compete for the prizes. 1t is not at
| all uncommon for the leaders to have sew
| eral hundred to their credit at the e,d
of six days match and a thousand a
day, where several clubs compete is lev
| no means big record. Yet, notwIthstari-
ing this wholesale slaughter, there does
not seem to be any perceptible dimihution
| in their numbers"
L. c. Zachritz OF Tucson, Arizona is at
the Cochran. Speaking of his territory, he
SAID: 1t Is the most wonderful country
on earth. 1t has the only petrified fore ST.
the only petrifying spring, where anything
in. the vegetable line can be turned TO
stone; Is the habitat of the ella monster,
the best cattle country and richest in
| al nhan oil oin
ties The latest has just been unear.hed
at Montezuma Wells consisting of he
remains of people of a pigmy race wholly
| unlike anything ever yet discovered. They
| average but three feet tall, were well form
| ed and understood the art of cmbalming "a
well as the Egyptians did. A great many
OF them are still most excellently preserv-
| ed, and the mummes are better prepared
than those of Egypt There are a great
many relics of the Aztecs in Arizona, but
this race evidently occupied the country
| prior to the time Of the Aztecs"
c. r. Rittenhouse of Chicago, formerly a
detective. but now travelling salesman, a