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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

nails don't trouble him until he tries
to draw it out again. by which time
his captors are upon him with a net
Dangers of the Hunter.
1t is hardly necessary to point out
the extreme peril of the life led by
wild beast hunters and their native
helpers. However experienced and
careful they may be. they necessarily
risk death every time they set out to
capture a dangerous beast like a lion
tiger, leopard, or elephant All of
them can tell stories of thrilling es-
capes they have had, or of tragedies
they have witnessed. Like the lion
tanners of the circus, they almost al
ways fall victims in the end to
the. vicious teeth and claws they
have defied, perhaps, for half life
time.
THE best animal trapper ever
knew" said a German hunter who
brought some beasts over to America
recently, was mangled to death by
a small spotted leopard in Travan-
core, India. In spite of his experience
he took the leopard for d young tiger
cuba mistake often made in the
jungle, they are so similar-and went
up to it fearlessly, intending to take
it by the nape of the neck and throw
1t into a travelling cage. AS soon as
he got near enough, the leopard made
spring and fastened its teeth in his
throat. There were several of lis
nearby. and we shot it promptly but
the man was dead"
Copyright, 1904, by Charles H. SUIT
cliffe
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

can draw his check any day for $780,
geo
Frank Marchiony. when he first
reached this country. peddled ice
cream for a living. He worked out
the idea of a wafer cup i'm which to
sell a penny's worth of cream, patent
ed it and began manufacturing the
cup and the cream with the money
he had saved as a peddler. To-day
his 200 carts are seen all over the city,
and he has two big wafer and ice
cream factories, and within the last
few years he has made thousands of
dollars
Another man, after he had got to-
gether 81 $780, saved in two years by
selling sets of cutlery at SO each, Civ
ing him profit of 81. 40 a set, embark
ed in the business of buying up job
lots of fruits and selling them to the
push-cart men at price which en-
abled him to make > or cents on ev-
cry case or barrel. He now spends
most of his working hours paying for
ty or fifty thousand dollars spot cash
for cargo of bananas and distributing
it among the peddlers at a profit to
himself of from 3 to 4 cents bunch,
He not infrequently clears up $4,000 on
a sin=le deal.
The Cart Owners.
The push-cart owners are usually
men who began as peddlers. Some half
hundred men own among them the
six thousand five hundred carts in
New York. One man controls three
hundred, representing an investment
of $2,700 His yearly rentals from the
carts aggregate $4,000 above his invest
ment. All this, however, is not clear
profit. Like the rest Of the push-cart
owners, he has to rent headquarters,
usually a basement, where the ped
dlers can store the carts, with their
loads of merchandise, over night. This
privilege is paid for in the ten-cent hire
daily for the cart. Still, the push-cart
owners profit rs large enough after all
expenses are deducted, and more than
one of them has accumulated consid-
cradle wealth in a comparatively short
period.
Other former push-cart peddlers are
to my knowledge politicians, bankers,
merchants of various sorts, and man
Ufacturers. Some of these, undoubt-
eddy, are not making any more money
than when they stood in the pushes
line. Still, there are compensations.
They are no longer looked down upon
by their fellows, and they are not told
to "gwan." and sometimes helped
along by a policeman's club, to some
other stand at the end of every thirty
minutes.
Copyright, 1904, by Gaetano D'Amato).
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

very much more about aigrettes than
the dictionary definition, so Miss Nor
row found a good opportunity for her
story
Some members of the class" she
began, asked me last night why it
was wrong to wear aigrettes, and
promised to tell you all to-day. The
aigrette, as you've read. is both the
name of the bird and also Of a plume.
1t is long, fine feather that grows
on the snowy heron during the breed
ing season.
1T is really the heron's wedding
gown. Here's a picture of Mr. Snowy
Heron in bridal array" A series Of
"ohs!' and "ahsl" went around as she
held a print of the beautiful bird be-
fore the class. You see, he's all in
bridal white.
1.-THE herons make their home in
Florida. Every spring when Mr.. Her
on goes accounting, these long feath-
cry plumes appear. Mrs. Heron has
the same, and these remain through
out the time when the nest is being
built and the eggs Matched.
Unfortunately, these feathers are
coveted by milliners the world over
and hundreds of hunters have gone
forth year after year, until these BIRDS
once so plentiful, are now quite rare.
1T is comparatively easy to catch
the herons when nesting, for at this
time they live in colonies, building their
nests of twigs and sticks close togeth-
er~ in tall bushes. The hunters US
ually are men who have no feeling for
the birds whatever.
when a mother bird is shot the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

sens polar ship Fran drifted with the
ice during her voyage of two and
one-half years locked in the foes.
And when Nansen left the Fran and
pushed ahead with dog sedge, he
didn't do so much better, for he rarely
made more than nine miles a day
None of the speeds made for any
length of time compare with the
speeds that are held for a second or
a fraction of second by some small
creatures. Thus jumping mouse
found in the African deserts leaps
through the air at the rate of 500 feet
in a second. OF course, she clears
only about 10 feet in a jump and can
not keep up these jumps for any great
length of time. Still the little crea-
ture is swift enough to make a fast
greyhound work hard for quarter
of an hour or So till the mouse is
lwearied enough for him to outrun
her.
Still quicker than this desert mouse
is the common flea, which jumps with
an initial velocity of $50 feet in a sec
ond. If the flea could keep this speed
up steadily, without stopping once. II
would cover almost 10 miles in
minute.
But even the fleas velocity is moth
ing when compared with the velocities
IN celestial space. Luminous clouds
nave made a measured speed OF fif-
teen miles minute, while earthuuake
shocks have been observed to move
at rates reaching 800 yards a second.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

Then there is the case of Jacob
Cobb, who has a monster cart, sixteen
feet long. built especially for him,
on Grand street. His speciality is
jewelry and such luxuries as pocket
books selling for Sc and IS apiece.
He values his daily stock at So
900, and around holiday times he is
sure of nightly profit of between
$50, and $40. as is his brother Sam, who
sells fur scarfs and muffs and other
luxurious feminine wear farther down
the street
The average push cart, however,
does not display so valuable a stock.
fruit stock varies in value from SIS
to S25; dry goods. from $25 to $780,
notions from IS to SIP; vegetables
about the same. and so on. While
these amounts seem small separately,
in the aggregate they reach astonfsh-
ing proportions, and it is easy to I'M
derstand how ten carloads of fruit are
daily placed upon the carts in New
York, and whole cargoes of bananas
and other tropical fruits are constant
ly finding their way to the same
places.
To Greater Enterprises.
So it comes about, by reason of
the profits that can be made in the
push-cart business, that many man
III New ork VINO started his bust
ness career in the New World peddling
fruit, or Unchanged notions, or fac
tory remnants Of dry goods bought
at auction, is now engaged in an en-
terprise which is fast making him a
power financially.
Louis Massucci started as a push
cart fish dealer when he first came
from Italy. He gradually saved enough
to peddle on a larger scale with a
horse and wagon. next he opened a
fish store, paying 500 month rent;
to-day he operates four big stores
throughout the city, supplies several
of the leading hotels with all their sea
food, owns his own fishing boats, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

telling father about new spring hat
that she'd seen up town and she said
Il had such a beautiful aigrette on A.
And father said. quite sharply for
him, Aigrette? You don't mean 10
say that you expect to wear an
aiRrette on your hat?"
Why notT asked mother. They're
pretty and all the fashion,
We'll. said father. II you wear
one OF those barbarous things / shan't
feel like walking out with you, and
then he saw me listening and asked
me why I wasn't upstairs, studying.
So I didn't hear the rest. wish I
knew why father thought aigrettes
dreadful. I think they're lovely"
Here's Miss Morrow. Perhaps
she'll tell as" said Elizabeth.
Both children walked over TO Miss
Morrow's desk and put the question
10 her.
WELL said that much questioned
lady. ~ Is rather r. long story. and
I'm afraid ita too late 10 tell h now.
Wait tlll we have our spelling Lesson
tomorrow and ill tell you an about
The next day when the spelling
neried came around no one knew
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

The other day Prince" the big
snow leopard which was the pride of
the New York Geological Garden, es-
capped from his cage and was shot by
a policeman just as the animal was
springing upon him after an all-night
hunt.
The death of this beast was a Sc
we're and irritating loss to the author
tiles of the zoo, for the snow leopard
is one of the rarest animals to be
found in captivity. This particular
specimen cost $500, but was worth far
more than that. There is said to be
only one other snow leopard now held
prisoner by man, and that one is in
far-off Pekin, in the palace gardens of
the Emperor of China.
snow leOpardS inhabit the Himalayas
and their subsidiary ranges, away up
in the region of eternal snow. They
are rare, even there, and their cap
ture is attended by great difficulty and
hardship. They are taken in net,
after the manner usually adopted by
wild beast hunters. The net, about 200
feet square, is stretched over the snow
and so arranged with draw-strings that
it can be pulled UP into the form of
big bag in moment when the ami
NAL is driven over it. 1t may take
monthse to find a snow leopard, and
then days, or even weeks. to corner
him with a gang of heaters and force
him to run over the net
But the real trouble in the case of
such an animal begins after his cap
ture. The transportation of big wild
beast from the icy slopes of a Tibetan
mountain to an American zoo is no
simple matter. Two other snow leop-
ards were captured with Prince" but
they both died. They could not stand
the heat of the tropics.
Made Long Journey.
prince" was brought to America
by Sarge German wild beast dealer.
He took a year and a half coming to
New York in a sailing ship which
went from Hamburg through the
Mediterranean and the Suez canal.
across the Pacific, and all along the
coast of South America, stopping at
the ports to take on wild animals.
This long sea voyage saved the snow
leo0ards life.
Lions, tigers, panthers, leopards.
wolves and most animals of the Jungle
are caught in net which is stretched
in some open space, with the draw
strings looped over the branches of
trees, so that they can be pulled up at
a moments notice.
The net closes and opens very
much after the fashion of para
chute. 1t is usually made of strong
green silk, and sometimes the cap
tured beasts gets so hOpelessly tangled
up with it in his struggles that it has
to be cut away from him I'm frag-
ments.
If the hunters come across a lioness
or tigress with her cubs, the man in
charge of the party has to decide
whether he wants the mother or the
babies. He knows the chances are a
hundred to one that he cannot get
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

The Japanese government has
found a novel and excellent use for
postcards. Realizing that, for various
reasons. the soldier on campaign may
not have leisure or opportunity to write
nome to his family the military au-
thorities have supplied to each army
sufficient number Of postcards. ready
printed, to which the soldier has only
10 at1lX his name, or, more exactly, his
seal, each Japanese soldier carving
one with him as part Of his outfit. on
all the cards the same message is
printed: This is to let you know that
! am alive and well. / cannot give
you my address, not knowing where I
shall be tomorrow; but your letters
viii reach me some time or other IL Won
reply to the place the name of which
Is printed in the postmark. Greetings
to my family and friends"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

Russian soldiers have frequent on
portunities to admire the cleanliness
and the completeness of the contents
OF the knapsacks of fallen Japanese
soldiers. Besides food and ammunition
these contain a toothbrush. a comb. a
towel and map of Southern Man
churia on a large scale.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

plumes are torn from her. and the
beautiful body is left to decay. per-
haps within few feet of the nest
where her wee white babies are crying
in vain for food and warmth
No wonder naturalists have given
her the second title Of bonnet martyr
IL the Legislature had not finally been
aroused by earnest bird lovers to take
action against this wholesale slaugh-
ter. the birds would probably all be
extinct"
Il don't wonder father didn't want
mother 10 wear an aigrett," said
Florence.
No" said Miss Morrow, your
mother probably never knew where
the aigrette came from. or she would
not have wished one either That's
the great trouble. People see and adj
mire, but little realize az what cost
they are obtained"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

"A-i-g-r-e-t-t-e," spelled Florence,
spelling book in hand. Dear me,
what a hard word. l don't believe /
shall ever learn TO spell it, Elizabeth,
do you know what aigrette means?"
mo, but here's my dictionary. Let's
look it up and both little heads bent
busily over the big hook. "Ae, ag, al.
aig-oh, here it is-'aigrette, a small
white heron no. here, "a small plume
or ornament for the head"
Seems if I'd heard that word be-
fore somewhere" unused Florence;
Eyes, now l remember. Mother was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28

ITO be- forced 90 get 40 early" says
an English physician. "Erlnds the soul.
curdlos the blood. ewoils the spleen.
destroys all good Intentions and dis.
turha al day the mental lcflViflfa
Criminals are always recruited from
the earlg-rlalng class
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-28
TO PAINT
The Snowy Heron
or Bonnet Martyr

Where the Aegrette Plumes Come
From.
Directions for color: Paint the
bird white against a sky Of delicate
blue with a flush of pink below the
tree to signify dawn. The heron's
bill and legs are black, while it's toes
are brigh. yellow. The nest and
branches must be colored in a warm
brown and the leaves, of course, are
deep green.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
HOODS.

Miss frankie Daniels entertained
the Guild Monday afternoon al
whist. Mrs. w. II. Hornor won the
prize. Refreshments were served.
Among the invited guests were
Mesdames Childs, C. C. Carney, A.
3. Carney, Binns. Morrow, Hornor.
Kane, Wear, Chew, Gregg. Noble.
Price, Eastar. Thompson, Chas. L,
Smith, Rummel, Kean, and -Misses
Gay Chew, Dot Hanback,, Bessie
Dent and Lilliene Kornor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
cRAWFiSH PRAIRIE NEWS


Harvey I'm beau and his aunt, Mrs
Lizzie Ray, spent Easter Sunday
with their friends, Mr.. and Mrs
Dixon, at Tiff City.
Mise Lizzie Imbeau is visiting her
slater, Mrs. Effie Crane, near Qua
paw.
Perry Walker and Willie Valliere
of Baxter attended singing Sunday
night at Frank Rays.
Mr.. and Mre. Crane of Missouri
are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Bowser.
Mrs. Richey, who has been quite
i'll, is improving in health.
The singing and social meeting
at Frank Ray's Sunday night was
largely attended.
Mrs. Crane, who wac visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Bessie Bowser, died
April !, at 6 o'clock a. m. at the
home of her daughter. She died
very suddenly of heart trouble.
CRAwFIsH.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
at

Clarence Bailey, the drill man
who drilled the l0OO-foot we'll out
on the Monlux farm, has rugged up
to drill l0O0.foot well for Col. w,
B. Stone of Galena on the latters
farm near Faulkner, 10 the west
part of THE county. Col. Stone 10
after water. The water question 10
quite serious out Ia that section, no
rain of any consequence having fal.
len for q long time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
VINCENT G L S G APRIL 8

VINCENT G L S G APRIL 8
Roll call, Highways and Bywsys
Evolution of Industrial Society
part 2, Chap. 10, Mrs. Turley. Miss
Hodgkins.
Music, Miss Hanback,.
Reading, "How the Ship Found
Herself," by Kipling, Mrs. E. o. No.
bic and Mise McGregor.
American Sculptors and their Art
Mesdames Opperman, Bartlett
Selection from Lauier's 1.-THE Sym.
phouy," Mesdsmes Chubb, Hartley.
Hostess Hrs. Hanback,.
APRIL IS.
Roll call, Name living persons en-
titled to be calle Modern American
Idealists and tell why they deserve
to be 90 called.
Racial Composition of the Amer
ican People, Misses Rucker, Catiett.
Discussion, Chap. XI in Evolution
of Industrial Society, the Circle.
Music.
Reading. Selections from "Look.
ing Backward" Mrs. Gaba and Miss
Williams.
Summary of presidents message
on Panama Canal with selections,
Mesdames Brewster, Polster.
Hostess Mrs. Gaba.
The regular business meeting
will be held Friday night, April II,
with Mrs. Conuor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

]. J. Buiger has severed his CON.
nection with the Law firm of Nc
Neill & Bulger of this city and gone
into partnership with Dick Blue,
having bought John Hamiitou's in.
terest in the frm of Blue & Hamil.
ton. Jim's many friends here hope
he will have many cases and be on
the right side of all of them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
TnR ELECTION.

Everybody on the ticket In this
city was elected Tuesday for the
simple reason that there wss no op-
position. So little interest was
shown that we have not deemed Il
necessary to get details.
Baxter Syringe has 4 voting
a1nength of 700. yet ut the election
Tuesday less than 70 votes we're
cast In the towu.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

The helpful hen continues to be
of great help to q great many Kan.
sans. Last Saturday morning ]. N.
Yoas, living three miles northeast
of this city, sold to J. W. DeMoss,
our poultry buyer, IA hens for which
he received @s5S, or q fraction more
than 81 cents each.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

John Archer of Adair, /. T., is vie.
iting relatives in Baxter Springs.
John is big fat Indian these daye.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Terry Wade of Baxter Springs
hae graduated from the Great West.
ern college at Webb City.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Rev. ]. c. Plumb went to Peru,
Kansas, Saturday TO look after
some business matters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Ol. Sparks of Columbus was in
town Friday. Ol. has secured .
lease on come land down in the
mineral district.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

DIR. C. NJ. Jones went to Galena
Saturday in responce to message
announcing the serious illness Of
his mother.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
FOR SALE.

A fine four-year jack. "BIsck
Hawk" at the farm of Sam1. ].
Crawford, two miles southeast of
town. For particulars call on or
write FRANK w. VIEWER.
Baxter Springs, Kan.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Mort Nichols of Columbus visited
relatives and attended TO business
in this city Saturday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
FLAX

Rev. c. F. Parham of Galena hae
moved into the Paul property, cor
ner of Chouteau avenue and Cedar
street.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Registered Poland. China pigs for
eale; about four months old. In.
quire at this Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Good lO0.acre farm for rent. Farm
is in the Indian Territory in the Ne
osho river bottom. Call on A. w.
hra ma
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
Quality OF

L. d. Brewster was in Colum bus
Monday on business Connected with
the Johnson estate.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
SEED

Major Durant, U. S. Indian agent
at Wyandotte, !. T., was here Friday
and Saturday to look after some
busiuese matters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

The click of the corn planter is
heard all over the country herea.
bouts now,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

DR.. r. B. English reports the ar
rival of a niue-pound son at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Houston,
living Eve miles north of town, on
Monday, April 4.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Mrs. C. ]. Fribiey and children Of
Miami visited relatives and friends
here this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

The editor of the NEWS has been
laid up this week with a touch OF
pneumonia, and that 10 why the pa.
per 10 not better than IL 10.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

u you want a good cook or
gasoline stove cheap call at Baxter
Hardware store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Mrs. R. C. Wear gave baby party
Saturday afternoon in honor of her
little daughter, Priscilla, who was
three years old. All had fine time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Mrs. Kelly Carmichael entertain.
ed a few of her friends Saturday
night at whist and finch. A de.
lighteful time was had. Luncheon
Wae served in courees.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Frank Hemstreet went to Peru,
Kansae, to look at the oil business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Special attention given TO childrens
hair cutting at Armstrong;.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Vim. Calls and Joseph Wentz
had business iu Columbus Monday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Henry Jones of Gaiena was here
Friday to lease some mining land.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
Amount of Extra

John Aitchison OF Colum bus was
here Saturday on business.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07

Mrs. Chas. Gaveu returned Satur'
day from q visit with her husband
In 81. Louis.