Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-03

pittsburg Dispatch. His country house
! Is forty miles from New York and seve-
| raj miles from the telegraph station.
| He frequently found that kilograms sent
10 him from the city were. perhaps. "A
| couple OF hours IN reaching him. by
reason of the long distance which the
| messenger had to travel. lie had for
some time been keeping carrier pigeons
! as pets and he now determined TO put
them TO practical use. He trained two
/ hocks In the usual way by gradually In
/ crcasing the distance from which they
had 20 fly TO reach him. One OF these
| ilocks lives in his New YORK office ana
! the other In large house on his estate.
| Regularly. every morning. "A basket fun
of the latter Is sent to New York ana
the birds which live I'm New York are
forwarded to the country. At regular
! intervals during the day. when he does
| not go TO business one Of these trusty
messengers Is sent TO him. carrying the
latest intelligence Of the business world,
and 50 accurate and so uncrring are
these little birds that they have invari-
ably delivered their message Within an
hour OF the time that II has been in
trusted 10 their safe-keeping. II. on the
other hand, Mr.. de CordOva wishes
TO communicate with New York, he
sends one OF the birds whose home Is
situated there. with his message. In
this way he has repeatedly ordered GER
tain stocks to be bought received the
news Of their purchase and price, ana
given orders for their sale.
on one occasion one of these carrier
pigeons made for IT'S owner over 5000,
In the following manner: Mr.. de Cor
dova was fishing at the Island Of Curly
hunk a tiny speck in the ocean owned
by party Of gentlemen. and situated
some forty miles from Boston, win
which city only once day is there any
connection. and this Is by means OF
steam launch which brings the letters
and returns with the answers. He had
made certain large purchases OF stock
and his confidential clerk had sent him
long message detailing The history OF
It's movements. upon which il was neces-
sary that his employer should act with
out delay. Unfortunately, when inc
yacht arrived he was out i'm a fishing
boat. and he did not return TO the island
until after the boat had left on its home
ward journey. Although among Guilty.
hunks owners were several milionaires
who own steam and sailing yachts. not a
single craft was in the little harbor. and
no boat could possibly have been trust
| ga I'm the roughenng sea TO live 10 reach
the mainland
Ii happened By chance that Mr.. de Cor
dova had not sent back TO his country
house all the carrer-p pigeons he had
| brought with him for the purpose of
amusing himself and letting his family
know how he was enjoying himself. one
solitary bird was still left in its little
cage. on it depended everything. He
wrote a message giving full and explicit
Instructions to his clerk, wired ii very
carefully on TO the bird. threw the bird
into the air. watched ii circle three times
and then start on its long fight across
the sea.
Carriers never fly at night, but. with
the rising Of the sun. It was on the
wing again. Before o'clock it had an
nounced it's arrival by entering its cage.
The message was taken from it, and
trusty friend conveyed II by an early
train TO New York on the opening of
he stock market the instructions were
carried out. which resulted in the very
pretty profit of 5000 for the gentleman
whose fancy led him TO keep these pets