Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-26
PIGEONS AND THE CHINESE
How tho geIestials Make the Birds
 Eaeer for GIreIIns

Lager for GIreiing
 The Chinese have made pigeon fylna &he deeeyiug game that it is because sAay like any kind ef playing fol Keeps, says St. Nicholas. Fgan IT kite-hyiag, they fix little hooks 10 theil kite strings and Try to pull Tn each other's kites and count t fals to keeE my kite that crops into 6hei YaIds They will tell yeu that kite or l strange pigeon Chat cones tc youI place, if given up. takes away yoat family luck So you must tear the kite and keep the pigeon. Eut when you see the town dandies saunterine out with their fans and bird cages fo watch the noon kite flying, critie1E ing the flocks and their tactics, and arguing the fine points of deeoyiag you guess that family luck" has very little to do with their game. To desog strange pigeons. pigeon keepers musi first train their flocks to ..fy in spir. als, that is. to rise steadii in circles without straying far from the home roof. Pigeons naturally fly together ip circles Even wild pigeons Whee about in foeks before struggling off to the fields Chinese make their birds eager for elrcltng by keeping them shut up in wicker house built on the ground around the 5ioveeote, and they cure their birds of struggling by pelt. Ing them with pebbles when they try fo alight anywhere except on one spot --the ridge-po1e of the roof facing the wicker house. The flock must alight here in bunch, and immediately walk down to the caves. This is done to bring any strange pigeon among them down within sight of the grain, which is then scattered on the floor of tha wicker house. Pigeons are fed only after flying, for unless hungry, they arg lazy and manageable Their food is millet sorghum seed or corn. which their keepers use to get as much work from them as possible. When shere is much flying and calling down 90 de, they are usually fed with millet, which is so small that 1t keeps them eating long time without filling them. At other times their food is sorghum
 
 cons, but they are so fond of it that pigeon keepers usually have 1t on hand 10 call them down when they are al. 4A
 kuoxBs IT oM4 pue etssnId d-e!.qU 1T UsQ 'nBsseN -ass9H uE uaalI!qi 'EIIIsa IT aAH naelInoJ saxYsuoHIIm sseV4 Jo pue 's4Iem 600'000'I 1q pIeMdn 10 emoouE up oARq '(968I uf uaAas-E3 -uaA4 pue A6SI uf o9IQl-64IoJ 4su!B5Bl 9uIu-64JoJ Iaqmnu s!ql JO 96SE uI e0I 6Tuo pue s168T u 85I 4su!B5H 'sEIBm 000'00g Jo anu9AaI IBuuue ud suIAeq suosI9d 8t1 B!ssnId uI eJe eIeqa 'euoou! eQa spIeS9J sV .mRpslod 10 s4oIIlsIp aql UT 0Ag pug uIIIag 1T aAU uoQM Jo 9aJql 4GlIo aql 10 slIYslno oql IT sloT SuIpHnq 10 sJaumo fHRdI3u!Id eIe G7ql .sYIem 000's SuIpaeoxs 4ou So auoouI TBnuue Ien4oe us 91gq (L68I IT oM4-flIIqq 4su!e9e sB} a9Jq4-f@uaM} seIEeuoHiIm eq4 Suomv 4uoo Jad 9aJq3 e64uaA4 10 asBaIouI ue SutMoqs s86SI LII 60T 4sulBSe 'saIIguoITIm 9eI Su!p!s9l Aou aIR aIaq4 .uHIaa Jo sqInqEs eql sasIldmoo =qoIqM 'mHpslod 10 4oIIlsEp aQ4 uIglIM .uHIed U! oM4 pue eHeqd -4saM III quo .e!ssnId -aUEQd puB nBa -seN-9ss9H LII q3B9 oMl 'p!s94S LII eAIT 1no9 'sE1em 000'000'0G IoAo 10 aun1ioI g4EM 'B!ssnId II! suosIad 4s9Qou CsAaTe 8q4 10 4uIId ueadoInH g o1 suTpJo9ay
 'aisGnJd W senIsuoTIHR