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round his legs. Restoratives are then adj
miniStered to revive the animal. IigerS
are more savage than lions and can rarely
be captured when full grown. Recruiting
is accordingly carried on among the CUBS.
The parent tigers being killed and the
young being left without a protector are
easily caught. The cubs readily accustom
themselves to captivity.
Perhaps the most difficult of all wild
animals to capture is the giraffe. In ad-
dtion to being very rare. giraffes are ex-
There is no special way to capture a
giraffe. as almost every way has been
tried. and all have been almost equally I'M
successful. The method which has occa-
sionally resulted in a capture is by using
a long cord. at each end of which Is a
weight. This cord is thrown by the hunter
in such q manner as to wind around the
animals legs, either bringing him to the
ground or rendering it incapable of escap-
ing before it is made a prisoner. Most OF
the giraffes in captivity have been caught
by chance when young.
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The farmers who bring hay into the city
for sale and make their headquarters near
the bav market. south of Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. spend much of their time playing, and
watching others play. quoits on the vacant
lot at the corner of 10th and B streets
Horseshoes take the place Of the regular
auoits, and there are all sizes and kinds for
the fastidious player to choose FROM NO
little skill is developed by those who keep
at the game from year to year. Any one
passing that way can get few minutes
amusement, or more, If he desires, free OF
cost. ~,
An amusing Incident, which Is still being
talked about by the loungers, occurred
there several days ago. While two pretty
good throwers were playing an old man,
stopped and gray, stopped to watcn. Altei
a few minutes he said to one OF those stano-
ing near him: ,.,
together We used to throw 'em further
then that"
"Better try 1t again." was the answer.
mo. I'm seventy now ana that was
nigh onto forty-five years ago.
After a while however, the old man was
persuaded to take a try. Nobody about
the place knew him. but all stood quiet 10
watch Picking up four shoes with soIne
care. he threw them one by one TO tne
stake forty fset-distant. Each throw was
a clean ringer. , 1900.
erously in great admiration of his skill.
81 didn't think l could do 1t. now, was
his only comment as he turned and walked
away. smiling contentedly to himself.
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There are two nuisances which Will nave
to be abated by law in this town., said a
business man yesterday. "or there Will soon
be an outbreakng of a maddened popuiace'
and the responsibility Will De on the Ho'oS
of the law makers of the District of CO.
lumbia 1 refer to the alleged human being
who occupies the end seat in the open car
and absolutely refuses to move over to al
low another passenger to enter the car
with comfort, and to that abomination or
all denominations, the hare-brained nonen-
tity who makes the air hideous and life a
burden with his attempts to interpret the
works CT every composer from Mozart TO
De Koven through the medium of his lips
and an emission of hot air. Yes, sir the
whistler has got to go, and he has got to go
far, or there is going to be a series of muir
ders committed right here at the seat OF
the national government by the. sufferers
who Hove music too well to stand in pa
thence and have their ear drums cracked by
these abominable nuisances. --=,ta
lover in New York they are trying to
enact a law which will make IT a misde-
meanor for any person to refuse to move
over when requested to do so by any one
wishing to enter the car If all the other
available seats are occupied, the penalty
being a fine and Imprisonment. l sincere
ly hope 1T passes. and I'd like to get job
as a policeman over there just-leng enough
to make the first arrest under the new
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