The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
A VALUABLE WILD BEAST.
The Gorilla II Hard to Capture and ]
Always In Demand.

The Gorilla II Hard to Capture and u
Always In Demand.
"At the present time there are no
wild animals IN such great demand for
exhibition purposes as the gorilla, %
says q dealer In all kinds Of wild
beasts. "A full-grown gorilla stands
about four feet six inches high and is
worth 81, 200 to $1,000 They sell easily
for such prices. owing to the fact that
they are rare and very difficult to cap
ture. Chiefs in the interior of Africa
have been offered large sums II they.
would succeed In catching one Of these
beasts. Numbers of little gorillas have
been captured at various times, but
they have always pinned away and died
in short time. The chief difficulty
about the capture of the gorilla Is that
he lives in very unhealthy districts
where fevers prevail A white man
has to fight the climate as well as the
animals. In addition to the we'll
known ferocity of the gorilla he is re-
garded with superstitious awe by the
natives, who have legend to the eff
feet that this terrible beast carries
away the women to the jungles. They
also regard the gorilla as endowed
with supernatural powers. Two men
sent out last year by a well-known
German firm that deals in wild beasts
persisted in the wilds of Africa while
seeking FOR gcrillas. 1t may seem sur
eli INC m Ar,na Wi
all the appliances of science for the
subjugation of the animal kingdom,
that 1t seems impossible to capture and
cage a gorilla. But If his fearful
strength is considered and his wonder
full shyness. it will prove to be not so
much a matter of strength after all.
ALI kinds of suggestions have been
made to hunters with regard to the
devices to be used. such as traps, pit
falls and like appliances, but none Of
these has proved to be successful. One
OF the largest gorillas ever captured
belongs to the geological gardens in
London. The animal STANDS four feet
nine inches high. 1t is so valuable
that offers of $1,000 and $4,000 have
been made without acceptance"
Legal Spelling.
Under the heading What thu
Puerto Rican Bill Provides a Repub-
lean newspaper says: 'tMisunder-
standing and misconception of the
Puerto Rican tariff measure. which
has Just become a law, are prevalent
% a most unfortunate extent" That
8 SO, and this newspaper Is an ex.
ample of the fact. The bill referred |
% provides that the name of our in.
'ular colony-as it is made by the
let OF Congress-shall be spelled Porto |
fico, and not Puerto Rico" There
never was any reason why the spanish |
'peillng OF, the name should have been
preserved. 1t was a mere affectatiou
IND fad OF the class OF intellectual
ludes who persist in pronouncing
'aris "Paree" and fail to understand
hat all geographical and other proper
James are anglicized in our daily. con-
'ersation and in the official papers OF
he government. 1t would be just as
'roper FOR us to speak. OF Spain as
Espana" or Vienna as wien" or
brunswick as "Braunschweig" as tc
etain the Spanish spelling and pro-
unciation of Puerto Rico. Through.
ut the Puerto Rico bill the anglicized
pelling is retained Chicago CDroni-
lie.
The sun Is believed 10 he a mass of |
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