The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-02

sences. On entering the house they
found the splendid dining room entire
ly hare. But on the floor and walls
were drawn diagrams in chalk. That
in the center of the floor was labelled:
This is a dining table,
Surrounding it were a number of
small squares, each one marked: This
Is chair"
Another square contained the chalk
legend:
"This is a sideboard."
And there were other writings of a
similar character.
I have before me as write a small
advertising pamphlet. 1t is addressed
to the superintendent of the street
railways in the United States, and is
issued by a detective agency. This
agency furnishes competent men to act
in the double roles of detectives and
street railway employees. 1t has detec-
tives who are trained conductors, 9TH
ers who are trained conductors, others
who are expert motormen,- and others
who are skilled drivers of horses. If
a company wants a,Honductor watched
it can hire a drivN detective. If it
wants driver watched it can hire a
conductor-detective, and so on.
One of these detectives recently made
Such an impression on a company who
employed him by his knowledge of
street railroading that he has been
made an assistant superintendent and,
OF course, has given up his detective
work.
P. F. Collier, the well known pub
Usher and horseman. is much in the
public print these days by reason of
the daring that he exhibits while rid
ing to the hounds over Long Islands
hills and marshes. But Mr.. Golfers
reputation as horseman and sports
man does not rest solely on his hunting
achievements.
Mr.. Collier last summer made a rec
ord in polo that has never been equal
led. He took the ball at one end of
the field, and, despite the strenuous eff
forts of the opposing team, carried it
the entire length of the field in three
strokes and made a goal. This hap
pened at Newport.
Mr.. Collier owns dozen of the fin
est polo ponies in the world. In fact.
his large stables at Eatontown, New
Jersey, are given over almost exclu-
sively to hunters and polo ponies.
New York is getting to be great
town for lovers of wild animals. The
attendance at the two big zoos" is
continually increasing. This is plain
ly indicated by the increase in the num-
Der of policemen standing about the
various menageries. In Central Park
and in the Bronx Park the number
has, of necessity, been almost doubled
The same is true in the Borough Of
Brooklyn.
There have been interesting events
among New York's wild animals. The
execution of a bad elephant in Central
Park attracted thousands. Another
drawing attraction was a twenty-four
hour battle between two occupants of
a bear pit The lion given by little
Miss Carnegie attracts many curiosity
hunters, and the other night a trainer
was nearly killed by an unruly beast
at an animal show. Taking all in all
the wild animals have almost filed the
gap in public entertainment left by the
temporary pause in the antics of VIII
liam s. Devery.
Still another animal episode was the
escape of great polar bear on board
a ship which was brouht from the
Arctic. He held command of the ship
for an hour and was captured only
with difficulty.
1t is hoped that some of the animals
brought from the Arctic by DR.. Ded-
rick, who made himself famous by re-
fusing to leave the Arctic regions af-
ter Lieut.. Peary had discarded him.
will find quarters in one of New
Yorks zoos" Many Of them are fine
specimens and some are exceedingly
rare. Duane.