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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

side removed except the frame. This
leaves a very roomy interior, which if
padded and provided with little cush-
ion for the bottom, makes a nice resting
place. The trunk closes Ike any other
trunk. But, i'm the side, there is a little
door through which doggy is watered
and fed. This trunk may be used for
the big dog that can never hope TO come
in the passenger car, and for the small
dog who barks and is quarTelsomc.
For the dog that is to be taken in your
Zap all the way there is a dog satchel
This is square, when folded, and looks
like a dress-suit case. The top opens.
however, and the dog can be lifted out
after the conductor has passed. This
satchel is much used in town, on horse
car, cable and elevated lines. No dogs
can travel on the roads, and the dog
satchel is carried along. Once on terra
irma the dog is liberated and the walk
resumed.
The finest dog satchels are made with
padded interiors and leather outside. The
top is in a very fine cut leather design
and the side trimmed with silver. II the
dog is small enough. the satchel passes for
a shopping bag, and parcels are tucked
in alongside the dog. For travelling such
a satchel is supreme, IL you want your dog
near you. The ventilation of the top
and sides is carried on through holes in
the leather, and the dog is as happy there
as in his basket at home. Little food
racks come for fastening upon the sides,
and water cups that are like patent ink
wells, out Of which not drop can be
spilled IL upset.
There is dog sstchel that looks like a
shawl strap. The dog portion IL In the
middle A stiff leather tunnel Is made for
him and the travelling blanket can be roll
ed around II without injury to the dog.
The ends OF the tunnel slide shut like little
folding DOORS and the dog Is safe inside.
This is very sure 10 escape detection and
the dog can travel "A long way secure In
his recess. BY sliding the ends open lit
tie air can be admitted and the dog can
breathe. II he barks the end can be clos
ed and the dogs remarks smothered. This
Is for a TOY" dog
Newfoundlands st. Demands and other
large dogs that must go IN the baggage
car have travelling crates. They arc made
Of polished wood, and fitted with two sets
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

Hungarian artist, announced that his mod
81 was an American girl from Nevada, U.
S. A., who posed for several of her coun-
trymen also. he was not believed. Finally
upon a wager, he produced the young lady
and cigarettes were passed around.
In the discussion which followed it came
out that the great majority of art students
in Paris are painting from American mod
els-yes, from real American girls, who
keep house for themselves on the Rue Bols-
senade or live in the pensions. They are
good, clever. nice girls. with friends at
home. to whom they write daily; but they
live in Paris because here is the money
which they want. They are better paid
than in their own country, because the de-
mand for them is greater, and they can
make enough in a year to keep them and
lay up a good deal besides. They are wit
ty and clever and immensely pretty, of
course.
They are hired by French, German Ital-
ian and American artists, each one of
whom, thinking he has prize, keeps the
name and address of his model secret; and
thus 1t happened that none knew that the
other had an American model until the cat
jumped out of the bag in plain sight of
everybody.
The first American model in Paris was
Minnie Hastings, a young newspaper wo-
man of Nevada She came here two
years ago TO study French journalism.
Her idea was to translate the French
papers, gather the news of Paris and
write or cable il home daily to her news
papers. This worked well, but ii was
hard, and when one day Miss Hastings
was requested by an artist. whom she
was Interviewing, to pose for his Madon-
ma, she threw a white shawl around her
head, cast her eyes heavenward and sat
down for an hours contemplation OF the
frescoes, thinking all the time what a
Jolly STORY 1t would make to write home.
The picture was such success that the
artist insisted upon paying for the sitting,
and so urgently did he beseech Miss Hast
ings to pose again that before she knew it
she was giving up four mornings a week
TO the artist and 10 a friend who was
painting a cherub frieze, in which a sweet
pink baby face was needed. Finding that
her patrons were disposed to keep the
matter a secret, the Nevada girl soon
drifted into the Trby business from
which she has never emerged. She IS the
Queen" of models OF the best class
Another girl who poses for a select few
artists is a Miss Kraft of New York This
girl came to Paris to be an artist herr
self. But no sooner had her sketch class
seen her beautiful blue-black hair ana her
vivid red cheeks than they began to coax
her for sittings. Al first she made the
arrangement that they purchase rer
art materials in return for short sittlnRs
daily But the sittings heightened until
the brush and palette were laid aside and
the sittings taken up in earnest. Miss
Krant has been gypsy so many times
that she doubts now whether her veins
run free from Moorish blood. aud the
number Of occasions in which she has
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

at a small and lonely railway station out
west, or of perious experiences IN war
times, and the impression has become
quite common that tclegraphers stationed
on this side Of the Rocky Mountains sell
dom have other than the most common
place, routine existence. with nothing IN
ii Of more than passing interest. As re-
CARDS the operators for railroad compa-
nice. that supposltion Is wrong. Within
twelve hours ride OF this city there are
scores Of railroad telegraph offices where
an operator is employed day and night to
look after both the telegraph and the
station. on many of the roads in New
England the night stations are a dozen or
fifteen miles apart, and some of them are
a quarter OF a half of a mile from the
nearest dwelling house. At these places
a night operator is on duty from in the
evening tin next morning. A Sun re-
porter CHANGED TO meet recently a veteran
key twister," who was for several years
in the employ of a railroad running
through Maine and New Hampshire and
up to the White Mountains. This operator
sometimes found himself in pretty tight
box. and his account of one experience
illustrates the close shaves that railroads
telegraphers have now and then.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

New York, March 2s.-The Easter bride
who gets dog for wedding present. or
who owns a faithful retainer from who
she would not be parted for the world,
has things nicely settled for her in tie
provision which has been made for the
wedding tours of dogs.
Trunk and satchel makers have dubbed
together to provide a nice way to get
doggy around the country without hurt
ing the feelings of nervous fellow pas
sengers or running against hard-hearted
railroad officials Dog trunks are now
so plentiful and so varied that brides
wedding presents will surely contain one
or more of them. And not only will they
be of use on the wedding tour, but also
for summer travelling hereafter.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
A NUGGET OF PLATINUM.
Find Ia the Swampy Low
lands of Colombia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
New York, March 23.--A savage, wan
I dering through the swamp infested ~"
lands of Spanish Colombia, about 800 nue. ,s
from the seacoast, found heavy .ss
nugget, which, few days later ne t sa
to the nearest trader for bottle OF I l.I,
The nugget which passes as native cut,t,ng
cy. was sent as a draft to an eXp POI M
merchant, of this city. Il Is SAID 70 o., h
largest nugget of platinum at pIeseH
America. an.
Although the little object measures ~
proximately only by "a inches i Wei ,,..
nearly pounds. II is Of blush WINE al
tire, and contains fully IS per cenL,
pure platinum. The additional ingrtI',n,l
Of the nugget arc rhodium, gold anu
ladium. ,bs|
What enhances the importance oi,-sst
find is that the ordinary platinum ~ r-oj n.
Is about the size OF canary seed - nd
trinsic value OF the big nugget Is ~
as a specimen 1t Is worth much NOR I'd
c. 0. Baker. the platinum Tenne .,le,|
sent IL for inspection to ii. T. Day, ron
of the Geological Survey in uila~cssIity|
I'VE are trying TO learn the e1ao' VA ID
where the nugget was found, no snan1|
day. Reports from that portion .. ,ri
ism Colombia are very contradictory ~
unreliable. Il was found near rl1 W., M
name Of which we do not know la,,rtry|
jective point OF that part Of the .latll
is Buena Ventura. Although so'u, ~, t0|
mum and other valuable metals rs ard
abound there. the miasmatic swami mini
50 deadly as 20 render simple pla0"
ing almost impracticable. ..ourags|
I'VE have always tried 10 en- andl
platinum mining In South AmeieSd viii
the United States. We hope this i onl
he brought 10 the attention Of u,', eooi|
the Pacific coast We know tne' c,llfar-
deal Of platinum goes 20 waste " y IN theI
MIA The great platinum county
ural mountains OF Russia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

of Stats, out of which the dog cannot mob.
his nose to get hurt. The inner SET is 'co'.
cred with felt The dog has paSSas
spot in the middle and on the side Of tSa
cage there is a drinking cup, which b;s
mistress fills by frequent trips to the has
gage car IS
The cueerest wedding present is helm.
made for an Easter bride. whose insenss
rable companion is a little japanese n6o-
Ole, with turn-up nose and long silky hair
1t is a muff, made TO hold the dog. Insi5s
there is little white silk bag, into whioS
the poodle is slipped. 1t is not ouite -
large as a fashionable muff. Upon t5s
front there is an immense bow of ribbon
and perfect garden of violets and rossa
Vines fall downward, like a shower hon
Quet, and the sides are covered with vsr
dure. Should doggy's inquisitive nose n,
flying hair come within sight, they are o..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

AUX AND THE DODO GONE.
OF All the Birds Recently Extinct
None Is More Interesting Than the
Great AUX.

None Is More Interesting Than the
Great AUX.
Rene Bache. in Washington Post
Before the white mar came there was a
large and clumsy bird on the island OF
Maurtius called the "do1o." 1t was relat-
ed to the family OF pigeons. Being incapa-
BILE of flight and good TO eat, the species
was destroyed wholesale by sailors, and
the eggs and Young were eaten by hogs.
So it disappeared, and not a single speci-
men remains in any museum to tell its
melancholy story. Mauritius had also a
small but peculiar owl and a big parrot
a large heron with short wings. and a big
rail, all of which are now extinct, as well
as a good many other birds which are
now known only by the stories OF early
voyagers ard the bones found ia caves on
the island. Far 10 the eastward Of Mauri-
thus on Rodriguez Island, dwelt a near
relative of the dodo, called the Solitaire"
II became extinct about the beginning Of
tho eighteenth century.
OF all birds recently extinct none is more
interesting than the "gare fowl" or great
aux" The last two living specimens were
seen and taken on rocky islet off the
southwestern point of Ireland. A single
egg of a great aux was sold not long ago
at auction for 81 500. And yet sixty years
ago birds OF this species were found on
Funk Island. off the Newfoundland coast
in countless numbers. People from the
mainland used to go over 20 the island in
summer and kill them by myriads. TO eat
and for their feathers. They we're so fat
that they served as fuel, Ships used to
land there and get boat loads OF the auks
by the simple process OF placing a plank
between the boat and the shore, and driv-
ing the helpless creatures over IT, The
Smithsonian Institution has practically a
corner on their bones. A while ago II sent
an agent 10 Funk Island for tho purpose
and he brought back nearly a barrclful OF
aux bones. II you want a skeleton you will
have to send 20 washington FOR il, and IL
viii cost you about 300,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

been Spanish lady got beyond her count
a year ago. She is rather highprced
and poses only two hours a day. She
keeps house on the top floor of nice 1T
tie street in the Latin QUARTER and ne
ceives" her patrons in jovial assemblage
every Monday evening.
American girls make capital "altogeth-
er" models. They catch the peculiarly
pure look which a model must wear upon
her face or lose the point of the picture.
Virginia on the beach with no clothes on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

Paris, March 16.-The greatest surprise
was occasioned in art circles the other day
by the discovery that the best models Of
the artistic colony are American girls who
are living in Paris and earning a good sum
yearly by posing
That an American art student should
go 10 Paris to paint from models furnished
by his own country is contrary to all ira
dition: and when Franz Josef, a young
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
a rELEGRArHnR's STORY.
The Close shave That Came of sleep
ing on Duty.


Telegraph operators are usually romi-
nscent fellows. and the veterans among
them delight IN telling their experiences.
OF course, some Of their stories may be
trihe exaggerated, but they generally
possess st least one unique featurc-thcv
are based on something that happened
over a stretch Of wire perhaps 100 or 800
miles IN length Occasionally one reads Of
an extraordinary adventure Of an operator
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

conveniences are offered for dogs, ana tne
bride who wonders all the while sne -
away How JapDo is can take Japp'
along in the satchel built for him
Harry Germaine'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

-Salesman-The fact is that since the
date of your last letter OF inquiry these
pillows have advanced in price.
Customer-Thats funny. How can they
be down pillows II they have gone 'up?-
Boston Courier.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

-she-well. dearie. / promised to
make mince pie Cor you, and now have
done so.
Hc-Yes. Rather paradoxical. You kept
your promise, but did not make n good
Indianapolis journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

My brethren, said DR.. Boyd Carpen-
ter. bishop Of Ripon, England IN a recent
address 81 beg YOU to take hold OF your
own heart and look Il straight In the face"
Bishop Carpenter, as might be suspected,
is an lrishman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
AMERICAN ART MODELS IN PARIS.
Uncle Sans Many Clever Trilby's Who Are
Earning French Francs in Paris.

Of
to rite. But DR. 10 he
GraceM lax The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28
A DOG WHO WOULD A-TRAvELI ING CO,
Nice Little Satchels for the Easter Bride
Who Cannot Leave Jappo at Home.

Devices Eude Hand R
With Feed Trains Hollow
traps andst uGed Munsfo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-28

Copyrig ht 1881.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23
Navajos Guard Their Urea

Word comes from t.s northern
of the territory tba1tbe famous
long soughs for Adams diggings ny Z
been found. Two prospectoFs Proff Mt
the news into Prescott. apd sfaN6 te
the heroes of quite an exciting tale
The mine of tabled richness is said to
be located on the Colorado and New
Mexico border and these two pros
pectors while travelling southwark
camped M night on the edge of the
Navajo reservation. In the morning.
while out hunting their horses, they
found the partially burned remains of
a cabin. and stray bits of utensils and
paraphernalia usually carried by wan
dering gold searchers. The ruins were
situated on a level piece of ground
near the mouth of a very deep canon,
and in 2 n0rthwesterly direction from
a saddle shaped mountain. The char
acter of rock in the vicinity led them
to begin prospecting for gold and the
result convinced them that they were
at or near a marvelously rich ledge.
Within the space of four hours they
had washed out in a pan over four
ounces of gold, some of the nuggets
being as large as grains of corn.
The p~rospectors were preparing to
begin operations on a larger scale when
they were visited by four Navajo In
dians, who quietly but firmly warned
them not 10 proceed with their Ia
bors, but to leave the spot at once.
The Indians then accompanied the
p~rospectors to the limits of the reser-
walton and babe them never to return,
intimating that men had lost their
lives in the past because they had dis
regarded this injunction. The pros
pectors came at onceto the old Warm
Springs reservation, where they ex-
hibited their gold as Relaf Of the story
they related. Ak4naYe pie party of
prospectors is now oeiI lade uz to
push their way into I espitsble
country, but the indians " \have the
law on their side If the pin%s found
to be within the limxSpf the reser-
walton. Denver GOtAAScFsn.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23
DONE STOP TOBACCO.

HOW T0CURE YOUSELF WHILE USING 1T.
The tobacco habit gs?ws on a man until
his nervous system is sSifAHeac ted, I'M
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23
SACRED PIGEONS OF VENICE.
Tons OF Grain Required to Care for the
10y of st. Marks Church.

Tons of Grain Required to Care for the
Doves of st. Marks Church.
1t may be of Interest," says the st.
Louis Republic, to such the readers as
like to. sentimentalize on sacred subjects
to know that the "Holy Pigeons of st.
Marks" have been recognized as such
by the authorities of Venice for more
than a thousand y~ears--ever since the
year s77. In olden times it was the
custom of the sacristans of st. Marks
church to, release doves and pigeons,
fettered with paper, after the religious
services of Palm Sunday. The paper
letters partially disabled the poor birds,
and such of those as did not escape
were caught by the people, who fatted'
them for Easter dinner Sometimes
one and sometimes q dozen of the poor,
fluttering creatures would manage to
break the paper thongs which bound
wings and feet together, ~whereupon
they almost invariably sought refuge
on the roof and l n the steeples of the.
historic old church. All of the escaped
birds assumed a certain sacredness, and,
it being against the law to kill or harm,
them in any way, increased to enormous
numbers. During the time of the repub-
lie the ''Sacred Pigeons of St. Marks"
became objects of national solicitude,
tons Of grain being annually supplied
for their maintenance, After the fall
of the republic thousands Of them
starved to death and all would have died
but for provision made by a pious old
lady, whose will perpetually provides
for them.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23

A Phoenix, Arizona, dispatch Of the
nth, says: james Stsyens, the i'm
prisoned miner, who was rescued from
the Mammoth mine this morning at
ter IN Imprisonment of fourteen days,
Ae 7 o'clock this morning, at a depth
OF 1875 feet, the miners broke into the
drift where Stevens had been confined.
Stevens was fearfully emaciated and
had lost seventy pounds during his
confinement, but his mind is clear. He
had eaten lunch before the cave-in
came and had since nothing to eat. OF
water he had a gallon, which lasted
three days, His candles lasted two days,
during which he managed to open up
connection with filled in stone, thus
securing purer air.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23


In San Luis Obispocounty, Cal, there
is a gas well whose strange conduct
is described by a correspondent. The
well is 6 inches in diameter and $50
feet deep. During settled weather it
blows out gas for three hours, and
then sucks in air for an equal period
of time, and this regular breathing
continues without interruption until
a change of weather. Before a storm.
when the barometer is falling, the
time during which the well expires gas
is greatly increased, and sometimes the
outbreathing continues for "a hours.
After the passage of the storm, ami
with the barometer rising, the inhala-
ton of air is similarly prolonged. If
the air is shut off when an Inhalation
is about to take place, the gas after
ward ceases to flow, so that the well
must be allowed to perform its regu-
lar breathing in order to continue its
yield of gas. An automatic valve has
been placed at the mouth Of the well
to permit the ingress OF air, and when
the opening is restricted the inward
suction causes q loud sound, asst the
well served for nostrils to a subter-
ranean monster afflicted with snoring.
Science.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1897-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.

G~rasshoppers are unusually abun-
dant this summer.
John Saucer is doing the lower
portion of the county.
Mrs. Chas. Bishop visited at the
MeAughan ranch this week.
Maverick branding is getting some
people into trouble in Grant county.
Stockmen are gathering cattle to be
delivered at the railroad next week.
Through the agency Of copious rains
mother earth is maptled WITH a beauti-
full coat of green.
Austin Crawford is in from San
Marcial. He is doing assess 'ent work
on his mining claims in this district.
Ar eclipse Of the sun is billed to oc-
cur July 90 The solar exhibition will
commence at 6:15 and will last two
hours.
1t is reported that a cloud burst oc-
Cured below Grafton doing consider
able damage to John Yaple's house.
Fences and corrals were swept away
by the flood.
The Case Bros. and Caldwell have
taken a six months lease on the AL
batros owned by Mark Thompson and
Lew Kruse. The boys are moving up
to the property to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. K. Mattress and
Train Dispatcher Leicham and wife,
of San Marcial. arrived here the early
part Of this week. They have come to
enjoy an outing Of two o. three weeks
duration.
prosperity" has arrived. That is,
sometime between 10 o'clock Saturday
night and Sunday morning, some en-
terprlsing person "opened up a gro.
Gerry business" by plundering DR.
Wegmann's store and appropriatinp
some thirty pounds of coffee, a guam.
tlty of sugar, n ham and a liberal
amount Of brandy. Entrance was
gained bya window in the store-room
The doctor feels confident that he
rightly suspicious the perpetrator Of
the deed.
The commissioners of Sierra anG
Grant counties refused to make ap
preparations for the New Mexico ex
hibit at the Tennessee exhibition, fol-
the reason that the finances of the
counties would not justify such ap
preparations. This is the 6rss time IL
the history Of Sierra and Grant tha'
these counties have refused to liber
ally respond to financially aid the ad
Yercising of their products. Theil
failure to respond is a sad-eyed com
mentary of prosperity" now beinl
doled out to the people by the presen'
goldite administration.
1t Is reliably reported that Indians
have already commenced slaughterinl
game. Stockmen in from the plain
report having seen Indians encampet
in the Adobe ranch country with deaf
deer and antelope in their possession
There is a strict game law prohibiting
the killing of wild game out of seasol
and the white man who violates i
is subject to severe punishment. Tit
law should be applied to the law
breaking Indian. 1t is tho duty o
Ja@-respecting citizens to see to it tina
the law is enforced.