New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-27
Lundborg's
VIO-VIOLET
A Perfume
Modest and
Delicate
PIGEON MAIL FROM ALASKA.
HOW THE BIRDS WE'RE TRAINED FOR
THEIR LONG TRIP.

THEY ARE FIRST TAKEN A QUARTER OF Mi''
AWAY FROM HOME IN EACH DIRECTION.
AND THE DISTANCE Is GRAD
UAIr.Y INCREASED
From The Duluth News-Tribune.
The use Of homing pigeons as means means, OF com, pm
municatng between one part OF tne WORM anu =, "a
1 0ons dnr naS Regarded as a crude thing.
The pigeon bearing on It's wnss , tms 80 reach
the pole; return in two months" was fine sPeci,
of the genuine carrier pigeon O. II wsS r., Oh the
and SaT da
cooling to its mate who Is also iai'o'' "''"
The pigeon that carried to Cork tho news n.0 OF
Queen Vctorias triumphant march past tne Mn Mf ahe
sion House made the trip In sn London
ablaze. and the United KINGDOM happy: ~
message OF congratulation from the gamekeeper OF
the Kascrs preserves to similar hr, nf tbe Cars
made il in safety. 1t had been trained In the Car
domain at Berlin some weeks ee69se and others to
come in Which the Of the pigeon Is and viii 6e
pnaI expsdtions and trips to the interior OF IN,
known nd on c whfnf III lines Of
eiling there Is really no other way Oh ea'''"s
he Win this in mind and knowing that the demand
for homng pigeons will increase pigeon theIs
been busy for the ai hey HVe could be able to 60
iopg distances and arrive with unerrnS Instinct l.,
The I method o' former DAYS IT the
pigeons shut up e Py ON thS surToundng
nTGggH hen When ready be flown they were
carried as quickly "a they were tied
bv string to the top Of large pole. on aaned
perched and from this point OF Vahh,iI ,bav were
knowledge OF the country through wh'e" '"''
'fn'e i. weknown fact that animals Snr tr sos
,,ro,gh a strange land are all alert iheF u 80
,nroHsn az The head tho wdeawake look as they
view each crossing. their sIeepessmes nnint OF the
ali indicate that they are noting every po''' "a
pigeons trained in the old way hut ma S no snI great
as,,nce was required OF them their return was "0'
ccnsdepea method s considered to be more
by practice and less by a ns sway from hi roof
taken Quarter r., OF next DAY " he is taken hair
nile in aroher direction. The distances mr. skn
u'y rst,rn Journey from any point Without
making false stroke with his wihss' anu WIZ
rive nome nnesnnksr pigeon is fully trained his
night is almost abnormal In swii'nSss b "t trained
taso, AID sixty miles an hour Is easlly MAJ
,aIned by him for period o. two OF ,sdI,cd with
dp ne bWnSred md twenty miles an hour rs no'
swift as the best carrier pigeon or an1 Of pigeon
ths; few three hundred miles an h3IT' ms SP.e'
has however. not been Lately clua s r. now placed
T.. .hown by the direct communication tnat Is
tablshed by them between Ahs nSseo au owner OF
Portland received few days ago pSS eSo,e The
sent ~ Chilcoot Pass few weeks ne.V,V month
seutney from Portland to Chcoo taxes bore
g., "a. nieeon made the trip In hVc uaSs i..nJs,
o ~, ,V wings Communication between me eSe5
IN ChsSSt enc enc by Inc editor Of this paper. Mr.
Thman responded thus
ITO tho Editor. . ,.,. q, ma nd and I
Information asked FOR: ! do not max Isnving II
hms,uc,s OF training homing pigeons. &c" rnnins
NOR" 10 my son My boy has iou''ee" "''"'
nigeons M the present time -,... .,,,,ed from
pon' Juiy Il party OF gold ,.eeksr: ss@t ~ ours
~ inc nafno OF cain. who took iwo Srrived AZ
y. ~, was lc, loose August - ana az rhI. ~ -
Oh u Ieg on The morning OF September Lns ps a
our our MS we'll trained by Messrs. brethe''oh anu
Merton Of Portland $1,000, n, ,veIye hundred
IL IRON, C'hilcoot Pass TO Portland t,hs tsr
AZ, wa had no idea the pird "ouIa az "a ched
r"c,id not tell YOU whether pigeons nave 49,.
= SiShcr stage Of development than IN 'ho o'u '"''
out v ' an not have any losses in hyng theh SUP
-, d,s,,nres As twenty-nine or thlto nes, =, .
smo Vol by May l. 1875, We VIII sehd ho'm e s, o
Ma ~ Takaai Alaska. and We nope 70 n"'' s'"
and useful results. 10. 4. .auxfactory I am
Hoping tns ,,i IN ROBERT uHDMAN.
'o"No tsl East Sinth-s,.. Portland. ORC