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Evening star., 1901-09-20

Or for Ladies' 35c "Onyx"
S0S Black Hose in all-over
lace and lace ankle effects.
Also choice of the 35c Rem
brandt and Riche1ieu Ribbed
Hose-at only 25c. pair.
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across tie horizon line, ard then the dogs
track down the fawns In their hiding
places. All that remains for the hun
ter to dc Is to pick up the trembling
little creatures and put them into one
OF the baskets on his pack horse. It IS
no great trick 10 pick up half a dozen
fawnS ir this way in the course Of a
short trip.
One of the hardest animals to catch
alive is the beaver. When caught In q
trap In the ordinary way the beaver is
usually drowned or at least badly in
jured when found. There seems to be
only one way to capture them alive and
uninjured. The famous guide Billy
Hofer, Is one of the few men who have
ever tried 1t successfully Out In the
Yellowstone Park country, but outside
the government reservation, BILLY" To-
Gated q colony of beaver. They had
damned houses stuck up above the wa
tiers of a big pond behind IL. Hofer and
his party started out to drain the pond.
They cut big cash in the dam and
went to sleep. expecting. TO find the pond
dry in the morning. On the contrary,
they found when they got up that the
beavers had been busy over night. had
entirely filled the gap, and were once
more enjoying their usual depth Of wa
ter. 1t took careful and endless watch
ing to get the water out of the beaver
dam, and 1t was several days before the
hunters were ready to take the next
step. In the side of the bank was found
hole where solitary old beaver, scorn-
ing to live in the house with the ma
tority of the families of his tribe had
built himself bachelor quarters.
Rofer built a huge affair like a giant
landing net, heavy wire being used in
stead of cord in its construction 1t had
a long and heavy handle and a cover
which could be quickly and securely shut
down over the body of the net. The
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probation of music Of all kinds, and that
the organ Of hearing In dog is of mar
velous delicacy. Sir Arthur bore out the
truth of this statement by relating the
following anecdotes or incidents which
came directly under his notice.
Some ten or fifteen years ago, when Sir
Arthur was accustomed to go down TO
tho theater very regularly in order. to
conduct the rehearsals Of his own OPERAS
he was followed every morning by a dog
which entered the theater the same time
as he did, placed itself between the legs
OK the musicians, and listened delighted
~, eagerly, to the music This occurred
day after day, until the constant appear
arce OF the dog at the rehearsals excited
the curiosity and admiration not only
Of Sir Arthur himself, but Of all the
musicians, who, not knowing it's name,
gave him that Of Melody. Very soon he
was petted by all, and each one in turn
invited the dog to dinner Melody, will
you dine with me today?" These words
were sufficient The dog Followed his
host, ate heartily, and, as soon as dinner
was over, rushed off again to the theater,
found its way to the orchestra, placed
itself in a corner, and never left until
the evening performance was finished
Nothing could be more amusing, moro
curious than the attitude of Melody DUR
Ing the performance. If new work was
being performed he found 1t out before
the overture had been played many Sec
Onds. He listened with the greatest at
tention. II the piece abounded In rich
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far from being pleased. He told his
trainers to return the birds to the Corn
1Shman at once. Upon second thought.
however, he made Up his mind to keep
them, thinking. perhaps, that he would
offend Bob II he did not do so. Well,
when Rubin licked him Sharkey was a
sorry and disappointed man, and to this
Gay believes that the peacocks were his
Jonahs.
"Jim Corbett IL the most superstitfous
of tile bunch. He will not make q match
unless his hair Is properly combed and
his shoes are freshly slined. He always
carries q cane when signing the papers.
and * you notice he invariably has
cigar in his mouth. On the afternoon of
the contest Jlna always plays cards with
his trainer. His favorite game Is casino.
He will play till he wins certain, num-
Der OF games. He believes in horseshoes
his Sleeping apartment. He usually has
number OF mascots at his quarters,
such as stray dogs, luck stones, coins,
etc. When on the road flg will never
stop to look at white horse. He fs
very much afraid Of eross-eyed person,
and will travel out OF his way to avoid
meeting. one Corbett always htsxns a
tune while swinging the Indian clubs,
and will not converse while putting on
is also afraid OF number 10, and looks
upon Friday as avery evil day. Joe
Walcott has g. weakness, for the proven
bal rabbits foot and Is never without
one while training. Gus Rubin will not
arrange match on Friday, Tommy Ry-
an will not fight without small coin
which he wears in his belt Peter Maher
believes in prayers, too, and never err
tiers the ring unless he has said them.
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open mouth of this arrangement was
placed over the entrance to the hole,
and two men were charged to hold 1t In
place. The rest Of the party went back
a number Of feet and started to dig
hole trench with the intention of inter-
secting the beavers burrow. Just as
they struck 1t It's occupant made grand
charge out of his front door and land
ed full in the wire basket. Later some
of the beavers houses were attacked in
the same way, and altogether six live
living in the national geological gardens
at Washington.
Perhaps the most remarkable as we'll
as the most heart-breaking trip ever made
in the attempt to capture wild animals
alive was that which took Buffalo"
Jones and his partner thousands of miles
into the frozen North after the young OF
the musk OK. Jones penetrated into the
wild and unexplored region to the west
and north Of Hudson's Bay, where no
white man had ever gone before. He
found himself opposed not only by the
forces Of nature. but also by the natives.
the strangers was to take some musk OK
calves out of the country alive they i'm
mediately showed signs OF hostility. It
developed that there was a superstition,
in which all the natives believed, that If
even a. single musk OK was taken out
alive to the white mans country all the
other musk oxen as we'll as all the other
game would follow them and the natives
would be left to starve.
After almost Incredible hardships Jones
succeeded in capturing six calves and
with them he started back overland for
civilization. All the way the party was
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PIIGS IRE S||P[RSINN|US
NEARLY ALL THE FIGHTERS HAVE
THEIR PECULIAR WHIMS
AND FANCIES
OLD TRAINER DESCRIBES THEM
Jenries Slaves Off Defeat by Think
ing of His MOther-Terry Nc
Govern Kisses His Wife
for Luck.

do you know" said we'll known
trainer of prize fighters to the New York
Sun reporter at an uptown hotel the
other night, that pugilists as class
are the most superstitious people, in my
estimation, in the world? There Is not a
boxer in the profession today who does
not possess a characteristic Whim or
foible. OF course, that is human nature,
but the general public is not aware that
many Of our noted scrappers believe In
talismanS, such as rabbits feet, luck
stones, battered coins, etc. Even some
of them go as far as to praying that de-
feat may not be their fate.
'.Jim Jeffries is probably the most Pc
culiar character in this respect In the
ring today While he openly says that he
is not afraid Of any man his height and
weight in the world, and justly so, for I
consider him a great fighter, he does not
take any chances. Before he enters the
ring he Is very nervous, and his first
thoughts are of his mother. He thinks
of her night and day. and believes that
with her in his mind he will never lose.
While in training everything must be so.
His gloves must be tied a certain way,
and if the strings are twisted he will
kick. He thinks that 1t will bring him
i'll luck. He must have his usual seat
at the table at his training quarters,
and he will not do any work after GER
tain hour
jeff likes animals, but does not want
them about him on the day Of an i'm
portant battle. He believes that it pre-
sages sure defeat. The champion is
afraid Of Friday, too. On that day he
is always out of humor and seldom smiles.
He considers it hard luck to be jovial on
that day. He invariably wears a red
sweater while training, for he is of the
opinion that it is a fortunate color. One
day while he was at work at Asbury
Park for his memorable contest with
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Bob Fitzsimmons he spied g. dirty-looking
cent on the road Tommy Ryan was
with him at the time, and when the
champion saw the coin he was at first
loath to pick it up. Turning to Ryan he
said, pointing to the ground: There's a
cent over there, Tom, and am afraid to
touch 1t. I'll take a chance, though, and
If 1t Is heads up why I'll beat Fitzsim-
mons without doubt. If it isn't why,
Tom, I'll get licked sure So Jeff picked
the cent up, and sure enough 1t was
heads up. tell you he was as happy as
a child with a new toy when he discov-
cred this, and you could not make him
believe after that that Fitz had a chance.
George Dixon would never go into the
ring without that well-worn bathrobe Of
his. He wore this is every battle in
which he participated. It always proved
q mascot to him. OF late years he has
discarded 1t, and I guess he thinks his
downfall was due to this fact But It Is
question whether it could save MIN
from defeat at the hands Of such won
derful pugilist as Terry McGovern.
Speaking Of McGovern, why, he IS
one OF the most superstitious boxers now
IN the game. Terry has habit of spit
ting in his shoes before he engages in a
mill. He always kisses his wife, too,
and have been told that ne has often
prayed. On the night Of his match
with Oscar Gardner while on his way
to the Broadway Athletic club, it sud
denly occurred to Terry that he had for
gotten to kiss his wife. He had barely
enough time to get ready and insisted
that he must return to his WIFE who
was waiting for news of the fray at
neighborlng hotel feel nervous to-
night. SAM said McGovern to Manager
Harris, and I think I'm going to lose.'
Harris was surprised over this unex-
pected remark and asked: why, Terry?
Because answered the little champion,
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go GASH Or CREDIT.

and original melodies he testified his
pleasure by his delighted barks and by
scraping his feet rapidly on the ground
On the other hand, If the piece was only
erdinary-insipid- Melody invariably gap
ed or yawned, turned his back upon the
orchestra, gazed around the boxes and
at last skunk away in a decidedly bah
humor This expressive pantomime was
the most piQuant criticism Of the new
opera. When the work Of some great
master was played Melody always knew
the precise moment when an artist was
going to sing some striking song or play
some special part Of the work. and then
his raovements. his gestures were such
as almost to plead for silence among the
SPECTATORS.
81 dc not know" said Sir Arthur, rot
many weeks before his death, what be-
came of this dog later on, but his name
and his reputation are still fresh in the
memories Of several musicians who have
frequently seen his singular antics
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unlocking Of the boxes effectually pre-
vents the collector from skipping one box
and taking the next They must be
taken in rotation, beginning always with
the first box. The time and number of
the carrier is recorded on a slip at the
central office, and by this system, it is
said, the collection from each box is not
only guaranteed, but it is possible to
locate the carrier at any time while ne is
out on his route.
Mr.. Williams has been working on his
boxes for years. and believes he has an
Invention which will prove perfectly sat
1sfactory in its operations He has in
stalled plant, consisting of six boxes
and recorder, the latter in the base
ment Of the city postofice, where he has
been explaining the system to the officials
Of the free delivery bureau 1t is esti-
mated that if the !, 400 boxes In this city
were fitted with this or soma similar
invention, it would save thousands of dol
lars a year In locks. and more than
enough time to the carriers to give an adj
ditional delivery daily. It would also
prevent the complaints which are now
made frequently that mail is not col
lected from certain boxes as regularly
as the schedule calls Tor. A trial Of the
Williams boxes will probably be made
tonight
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followed by packs OF savage Arctic
wolves, attracted by the calves, and
Buffalo" and his partner were forced to
sleep in the day time and sit up at night
in order to protect their prizes. Gradully
they were getting nearer home, and it
seemed certain that their project would
be crowned with success. They went to
bed at noon one day, leaving the six
calves tethered outside, each one by a
long rope the other. end of which was at
tached to heavy rock When they
aW-oke they found the animals stin tied
by their ropes, but each one dead. with
its throat slit from ear to ear. The ma
tives, fearing lest their ancient tradition
should come true. had followed the party
for miles over the snow fields, and had
finally succeeded in preventing the dan
ger that all the other big game In the
arctic regions should follow these calves
into the white mans country. Bitterly
disappointed and almost heart-broken,
Bunalo" Jones and his partner made
thelr way to an Alaskan port and came
home by way of Seattle.
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which are among the rarest of American
animals. OF the two the mountain goat
is the hardest to approach and there is
only one way to catch either of them
They must be followed by dogs and
driven into some gulley where the snow
is soft and deep, so that they will sink
through and be unable TO extricate
themselves. Both goats and sheep live
high up on the icy peaks where men ana
dogs have the hardest kind Of work to
climb, and they so on the jump where
man must crawl at full length. The
sheep are extremely timid and equally
wary, and VIII get away to an inacces-
sible height of 1t If given half q chance.
The goat, on the other hand. is afraid
Of nothing alive. # rarely runs and
thinks nothing of cutting a couple of
dogs to pieces with it's short, sharp
horns. The traditional gentleman who
sought the needle in the haystack had
en- easy task compared with that with
which Jack Monroe has undertaken
Hunters Who have been out at Summit
station, which is on the roof Of the con-
tinent at the crest of the Mountain
Rockies, will remember the experience
which "Slim of Summit" Sic famous
guide and hunter, had with a mountain
goat which he undertook to capture
station is a high and wide mountain
plateau. Almost at its center rises an
arregularTy shaped peak. Across the
plateau runs track much used by noun
tain goats in crossing from one set of
mountain heights to another. Sometimes
when they are hard pressed by dogs the
goats will climb the peak in the center
OF the plateau for temporary refuge.
''Slim" took advantage of his knowI-
edge of these facts and went out one
day with his rope" to try to lasso one
of the wild goats. He hid himself
in the most inaccessible part of the GEN.
ter peak and waited events. Presently
a big billy goat came bounding up
the rocks slim" got his rope" In
readiness and at the proper time threw it.
Tho moose settled down over the goats
neck, and slim" gave yell of triumph.
AS for the goat 1t looked up at it's cap
tor for a moment with a look of injured
surprise on It's solemn face Then It
gave leap down into an apparently
bottomless abyss, taking the rope with it
and leaving Slim" clinging with hands
and feet to the slippery edge of the ra-
vine. Somewhere out in the Rockies
there is supposed to be still big noun
tain goat with sixty feet OF good rope
trailing from It's neck
Catching deer and antelope Is easier
work. They are always caught when
young, and the problem is simply how to
find them. A man who has never seen
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how close a young fawn Will lie 20 the
ground. and how nara It is to tell from
the gray and brown rocks and sage
brush which surround it, would never be-
Heve tho tales that old plainsmen tell.
A tenderfoot, they declare, might step
on a young antelope before he would see
it, and the Oldest guides and hunters
use dogs to nelp them locate their game.
1t IS the same instinct which leads the
young of all wild animals to efface
themselves by hiding until they are able
to depend for protection upon their speed
or their courage. Often deer Will leave
their young lying stretched out fiat
against the ground while they go miles
awoy for water or food
The man who goes out to catch young
deer or antelope takes with him some
good dogs field glass and pack horse.
carrying large panniors, as the most es-
sentlal parts Of his outfit. He climbs a
bluff and from It's summit looks down
over the neigiIboring lowland. If he sees
through his glass some deer which look
as Though they might lave young with
them, he starts down the trail afte.
them. Shortly the grown deer vanish
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Spike has an old overcoat which he
brought to this country from Ireland. He
always brings the garment, which Is torn
fights. Dave Sullivan, his brother, is su-
perstitious and always uses certain pen
which he carries to sign the papers On
two occasions Dave forgot to bring his
pen, and, MUGS to his chagrin, he lost.
Tom Sharkey wears a certain pair of
tights when he fights. He has worn the
same ever since he became fighter. Tom
Is always out OF sorts while in training.
No matter what the surroundings may be
to all outward appearances, he is ap-
parently far from being happy He thinks
that If he is Jovial he wifi surely get
licked. Last summer, while he was pre-
pairing for his mill with Gus Rubin at
Sheepshead Bay, Bob Fitzsimmons sent
him two peacocks. Sharkey was always
apprehensive Of the birds because a wise
old woman in Ireland once told him
that they were unluckv. When the pea
cocks arrived at the bay Sharkey vas
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John l.. Sullivan is not guperstitjous
lie takes things just as they come He
says that If a man is going to lose there
Is nothing can save him. John, however.
Is Inclined to believe in palmistry He
says tnat many years ago he met an old
man While travelling around the country.
Who read the palm of his hand and told
him lot Of things which have since hap
pened. But John does not think that
TINS mad ANYTHING to do with his
deteat by Corbett. He declares that he
was getting too old and was licked as a
consequence
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GONG AFTER BIG GANE
CAPTURING 1--we SPECIMENS IN
THE ROCKIES FOR THE
CHICAGO EXHIBIT
DAREDEVIL, PERILoUs TASK
Risling Life and Limb in the Ra-
vines and GuIIies-UnfOrtunate
Experience of "Buf-
faIO" Jones.

Thirty mountaineers, hunters and
Hoodsmen are now at work in the widest
parts of the continent bent on cap
turing alive specimens of big game ami
mails for the coming exhibition in Chi
cago Of the products of the water and
the woods. says the Chicago Tribune.
Jack Monroe and his partner started
out week ago from their home on the
Blackfoot Indian reservation in northern
Montana and are now we'll over the line
of the British possessions in the highest
part Of the mountain Country They
have gone to capture, If possible some
mountain sheep and mountain goats,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-24
ELECTRIC DEVICE
Automatically Locks Letter Boxes

Automatically Locks Letter Boxes
and Records Hour.
Washington Post
This afternoon postoff1ce boxes will be
erected on Pennsylvania avenue from
Eighth to Twelfth street, and covered
with bagging temporarily to prevent the
deposit of mail These boxes are con-
nected with system OF electric devices
part of a collector to empty a box on his
route Mr.. Fred Williams. representing
a Boston company, has the matter in
charge.
The device is attached to each box, and
registers at the central office the exact
time of the collectors call. An automatic
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-24
Through Sleeping Car Service to
Kansas City Via "The milwaukee,"

A standard f1rst-class sleeper for Kan
HedricS Route leaves MINNEAPOLIS 7:60 y.
M, St. Paul 500 a. M daily, and arrives
Kansas City 700 o'clock next morning.
The "Hedrick'' is the most direct and
comfortable route from the Twin Cities
to Kansas City, the South, Southwest and
California.
For full information regarding lowest
rates apply to c., M & St. P Ry ticket
agents, or address J. T. Conley, Asst
Gen. Pass. Agent. ST. Paul. MINI.
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SIR ARTHUR'S CANINE CRITIC

The Composers Dog Knew Good Ma
sic and Made His Opinion Known.
London People.
It is not generally known that the late
Sir Arthur Sullivan was not only pas
sionately fond Of dogs, but had made q
special study of them In every way. The
brilliant composer declared frequently to
the writer that in the dog are embodied
all the necessary conditions for the ap-
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Evening journal., 1901-04-08
SNELLENBURG'S BIG PURCHASE
Now Own Stock Of McCrsery C Co. Of New
York

Philadelphia, April S.--N. snellen-
burg 4 Co. have purchased the entire
stock of James McCreery & Co, Of New
York. one Of the oldest dry goods
houses in America. It was stated yes
terday by a member Of the former firm
that the purchase price was several
million dollars.
The major portion OF the McCreery
stock viii be brought TO Philadelphia.
as Snellenburg & Co. have practically
decided not to conduct an establish
ment in New York. They will, how
ever, carry on the business in the
stores occupied by the McCreerys for
some time
The purchase price it Is stated, rep
resents about fifty cents on the dollar,
and the retail buyers Of this city will
be offered the fun benefit Of this i'm
portant transaction.
For years the AIcCreerys have owned
and controlled silk mills and factories
whose productions have long held an
established reputation for high-grade
quality They also have large factories
for making garments for women and
children.
The McCreerys have been In busi-
ness in New York for over half a CEN
tury and the firm is one of the pion-
GERS in the field Of high-class merchan-
disc. known from Maine TO California.
They decided 10 retire from active
business. and Snellenburg, ever on the
alert for a bargain, at once purchased
their valuable stock.