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fascinated by their antics disgusting
things
me men naturally gravitate to the
reptile house. Perhaps they want to see
IL the snakes really look as they may have
seen them Women avoid the place This
may be due TO an inherited dstaste going
back to the time of a certain unpleaRa Mt
experience which has hopelessly alionated
women and snakes
Il suppose you know why the serpent
gave the apple to Eve first. No? They
say chat he wanted both Of them to have a
piece, and he knew if he gave it to Adam
that in fit of observation-disclosures he would
eat it and then say oh. did you want a
piece, my dear? Why didn't YOU speak
beforeT If he gave it to Eve she would
look out for Adam all right Little touch
of human fure in that story
IF you SEould want monkey for "A pet.
the pocket monkey is the only one would
recommend, These little creatures. which
are also called marmosets. come from
South America We usually sell them by
the pair, though we do separate them
when required. They are great pets with
women, who take them abroad in their
coats in little pockets especially made for
them and warmly lined. One Of my GUS
toners told me that the other day she
broke up an entire matinee cast when the
monkey suddenly got out of her pocket
and sat on the edge of the box chatter
ing at the actors and actresses
The marmosets sit side 10y side, Just as
close "a they can get Their bodies are
about the size OF a mouse; they have long.
sweeping, feathery tails and look al the
speaker with very intelligent expressions
on their tiny faces
Sometimes in Git Of mirth they bite
on each others tails but when they are
in good form the tail is their one and only
beauty. They are afectionate little Great
urcs and very sensitive We could sell
all We could bring here but they are very
delicate Many die on cupboard
Most Of our animals we get from the
sailors who come into port with them from
South America the South Sea Islands and
other places We have no native birds
because dealing in them il against the law;
we also buy from regular agents both here
and in Europe. There il great difference
now In the numper Of the animals brought
over. the supply rapidly diminishing in
many ca {-es The reason is that in the
old DAYS the animal was brought in a SAIL
ing vessel the voyage was long and the
opportunity for becoming acclimated was
perfect
Nowadays the steamer is often tie
method Of transit, the voyage is quick and
tbs animal has not time TO recupcrate
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forty or fifty birds some of them vei y
valuable and high priced eoncstcrs Out
Of our best customers is the father OF az
invalid child. who takes her greatest plea 81 re
in caring for her collection. which embrace
goldfnches. paroquets. sparrows, innet
and half dozen moro varieties
One Of the queer things about the col
lection Of birds is that not one Of them
is heard to sing There Is chattering and
chirping and the nutter Of wings and
feathers, but no sustained melody
The birds will never sing IN such a
noise explains the guide. they have the
artistic temperament, sure enOnCh.
Another interesting fact is that the Cow
eminent has bird INSPECTOR whom we pay
for his services in telling US its state Of
health Birds can carry disease and we
have TO he very careful"
The shop door opens and a small boy
and girl come in hand in hand and look
about at the birds with ecstatic express
sion- Of delight.
They are questioned and respond in one
voice. They want to buy a couple of love
/ birds. The little boy has some holiday
money and Is buying a present for the
/ little girl visiting him
The children SPEND long time maxim Z
their selection. The owner takes the op-
portunity to explain something about the
1 love bird, which Is great favorite with
children, who care less about the song than
/ they do the qualities OF the bird
There are about eighteen or twenty
varieties OF the love birds, az they are
called Most Of those termed love birds
are in reality finches. One of the va
/ rieties IS always fighting but il you separate
/ them they will surely die
The children are standing in front of
/ the Gags holding what they have learned
10 call love birds al the street corners,
but which ar in reality the Gordon bleu. o.
blue ribbon bird which Is variety OF
finch and comes from Africa. They are a
very aG'ectionate little bird and the male
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described and he'd rd on ~ me ro'ih
80 sold him another bos-. an i- Eaif
after him ~ GOA a. De g'is ~" dnuer
~ up TO thc hot"i noN cain = a. sa'-,
IHN got faNton ln iuck roam INN
red liquor TO keep him outo u th' way 'hl tne,
marshal goes Then him aud ile J., goiH'
10 iling PAXTON taoN here ft fiaE
rok"r again gu right i ia--' n olit here
an ~ sulsfcd mm nu mat nat
We'll we dot 7 tcellY need doc, reckon.
SAID old man tireenhul
40 sold EliLg- quietly. We don
n'ri the sheriff 80 iar as wiuuu 'he ic3r
hlHog'd ah camin' tire reward Eot-.
There = enough reliable citizens tcDnd
here z" tend 20 aii tls'. On don caIf
nlotl hem round wien ia~~' % gets itck
uu' 'nd+ We We eeui him ont t. Town ans
captured hos thIei "mie hn "1- away.
hais ighi said Greenhul ".in "a igh.
i reckon We II have 10 leg 10" ~'on' iu
That won't do said Rillhg- umir.
The on'y ipng rs To keep ihc lthft lhl
J9r gets back. an turn lin over TO ilm
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ia The game, to say notLiu' - Joe Peter
and jim Billing, Pear like If You seen
a thing so quick just comm into The room
more'n likely they'd have some notion o.
what was goin' on ~cttin'at the table witt
the fcler An if they seen - an knowe,
what they was up against ainf it 10 D.,
reckoned how they'd know tnFIhle vel
what 20 do. You sure vas ha-ty Joe
hou sure was
Well. YOU needn't look 10 see me stand
10y an SEQ no galoot I'm tn Ozark- nor no.
where's else hodn out kings an not say
nO'hiu' returned the sheriff with sort of
that settles h. air
Old man Greenhut was still coueuiatory.
II had been evident for some time pa.f
that Bls-ett va. becoming rr-titc ot the
older mans hah. Of speech So ftIt there
Wa, some need Of diplomacy and Grrenhut
realized IL
reckon you're right about that Joe .
be said. plea .antly enough but that aiu't
90 say a. IT, necessary 10 piCs man no
with four hundred dollars in his pocket an
throw him through the window There
milder way- o. pL iu. l.H q Argument. as
mougnt ha been tried Cor a spell never
did hold with THROWN good money ont o.
winlDw
What HIi.did. -aid Jake Wiutcrbo,-
tom, bre1 ,iug into the discussion unex-
pec.ediy Joe seen his duty. or he thought
argyiyiuZ about n That nan. cau' fo
bring thai four hundred bao into tho
game Whats Z be did to-day * 10 git
hold ~ that zap aG IN. an see whether he's
lost hi- hankeru' FOR draw poker
Pear to me like it mouEht ha been
bumped outen him when he struck The
ground observed Ba--eti Crimly
Well maybe. an maybe not" said
Grcenhu. Taiut alay- easy 10 root ont
a reel love Tor poker I've knowrd men
to give up liquor an even tobacco. hut
its mon-t'ol seldom % man swcar-
OF on poker an stays sworc The rool
question IL what -ort o. shape Wa he in
when he was picked up.
He want picked up" said sam Pear
sail Il vent out an looked. -oon as Joe
had throwed him out. thinkn' il might be
necessary 30 reason with him, case ne -hould
be thinkin' o. comm back. But no want
Ais ! seen Of him was n indi=tinct shape
streakin It up lords the hotel. be didn't
need no pickin' up
Well, four hundred dollars Is oonsid'abl
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b IA ..H
I money these lines eald oid man Green
hut an pears 10 me, zoe. IT mought he
Wulh "hle Tor yon 10 take trp mp the
rNcr for couple o. days Iaint likely
Q he en- be- fetched lack here thouten he
knows you ain.t liable TO- drop IN uueN-
lecied ag ln, like you ild last night II
he knows you're out % town maybe he
muughi
The sheriff evidently was not over
p.oa-ed with the proposition game
hke th- hyer he said. 'i- tolabe sure 10
end up ~ gun play. an there amt no
part % my official duties rs has u be tended
20 more strict n hat
tie va finally per4nadcd. however and
Winierhotom va- sent oui a. a committee
OF o1' % recover The ylp.
Find ont Dir pame said old man Green
hur as the committee started It's
awh'drd, -ometimrs iavin' TO do with "A
man 9e you uou' know who he is And
Wntcrbot;om said be- would
n WAS considerably more than am hour
before me returned and when he did joe
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were paying more attention 10 the room
and the people in IL than he was 10 the
game. though I've played accurately enough.
Pc111l smiled grirly AZ be- roi.ced that
PAXTON tas looking rather closely at the
window through which be had made his
exit the night before The entire sash
had gone ont with him ar that time and
49, The weather Wns warm. % had not lern
replaced
Presently there came jackpot that was
sWceteued twice before 4 was p1vton
deal They watched him then with double
cure. but not man saw anything wrong
hey declared positively afterwaTd hat 1t
SvG~ square deal
Yet he bands that we're held were al,
least notable Niuterhottom. sitting hr-t
opened il with three kings Baislcy rad
80 -tfalglt. lut, sitting where he did. con-
tented himself with coming in Pearea all
and Billings rad each two PAIR, and they
came iu. men Puyton raised IT,
II rHd cen opened for SIS there Icing
iFai amount no the pot and a. be raised II
So ana they 40 came ia. II made an even
$500 lu the pot eforc tie draw Winter
Bottom drew 20 the strength OF his hard
iut DID not better Paisley ~ course
stood rat pearsall and Billings thought
ht'!c oi their prospects tut each took one
on The chance Of q fun seeing that three Of
kind would he useless And Paytun
stood pat
1heu Wntcrtottom put IN a white chip.
ana the others trailed, I'LL Do came 10 Payton,
rho let "a hundred. Baisley wa- tho only
ore strong enough 10 call and Payton
.Nowed q small FUN
A. none Of them had bought more than
$50 In Cfip-, the letting was mostly m Hills
and layiou had formidable wad 70 front
of him, wi .oh the Others eyed GENEROUSLY
\ new Jackpot vas made on the strength
~ the called fun. and Ninierhottcm dealt
Again there were some good ands out for
icar~ali caught four -eNcns cold: Billings
lad three tens md Poylon a full house
70 was sometimes noticed that when the
others held Fcod fand- on Ninierbottom'-
deal 'fc 5faicT would hold nothing.
pcnr~all opened for s25. Billings trailed.
and Payton raised it S25 Pearsall came
lack with SOS more and Billings trailed
again. Then Payton made II $50 more. and
Pearsall raised back. Billings dropped
and the other two raised each other so and
SlC0 at a time. till Paytons pile was all On
the table along with an equal amount of
Pear-al'- and some extra money.
It looked had for Payton, but just as
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MAR. BUTTlNSKI
Nl IN DRAW POKER
An Instance in Which He Wins a
Verbal Triumph Over Bot
ters.in On Crirninolo9Y.

Old man Greenhut stood by the door Of
his saloon one evening. gazing discontentedi "
outward. So far as could be seen 10y any
one else, there was nothing in view Tor him
10 be looking at and it seemed altogether
nSeiy that hisunrest proceeded from within.
ne mad been smoking a fat. black cigar.
''t me fire had gone out when there was
hothinc more than short butt left. and
,n' he held firmly between his teeth, biting
" Nclonsly from time TO time a. If discon-
''hiei even with that
After looking ont for long time in silence
No turned back and looked around the
room be ,tzitai cluster of b1rrUCm
'Ineer~ sat there. waiting for something
TO happen and he regarded them with
seanl favor Il seemed a. if they we're
e'pec'ng some sort Of rcproof for not a
nan among them met his eye Zach one
nsled himself with his own tobacco. a.
urgently as Il there had been nothing else
10 do
me good book says. said the old man,
a''er d time, that fools butt in where angels
~ 'N"ered - the game, an I'm hornswog-
geo u ] don't think. sometimes, Z maybe
$50. Deastways ms constable OF com
FHh'n' 10 man 10 can Tim u fool when tho
circumstances indicate ms how hc haint
to' 10 intelligence rs necessary for to play
"" part. You can't call piece o. putty
''oi. similar, there is men Z YOU can't
'". Tools thouten YOU want to flatter en-.
"i mat the kind Z gently butts in
Ihore is times, Said Joe Bassett, when
necessary for a man 70 take hand in
w." game even II he amt settin up to the
wa man Greenhut looked at the Sheriff
'ohs time before answering 1t was
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Feathered
Primd
DOnndS

Inst what there il about the ides Of Janu-
sry that prompts people TO spend their
money on animal pets 1t is hard 70 say,
but they do. The people who import and
sell animals say it is the holiday money
coming their way The influence OF the
cat and Poultry Show has to loo counted,
however. and in addition the fact that in
December and the early part Of the year,
most Of the singing birds arrive from their
native countries.
Amorning spent in one OF these live stock
establishments. after the conventional
doings Of the Poultry Show. is interest
ing young college man, who is show
man. guide. salesman and also a friend to
every bird and beast in the place. gives
information about them interpreted with
little Incidents OF human nature furnished
ly the customers and the sightseers
The store has been in its present situation
for many years. II has a headquarters in
Boston from which it started and with
which 1t exchanges amenities in the way
Of fowls and feathers occasionally.
In the window a cage Of monkeys is the
drawing card. The guide points them out
with a look of disgust.
There isn't bird or beast here that
don't know and love. ! get 80 attached
to some Of them that when the time comes
10 part feel as if | were losing personal
friend. But monkeys loathe. We have
10 have them. for there is nothing that
will draw and keep crowd like them. but in
dlyidually | consider monkeys the degen-
crates Of the animal kingdom. Every
keeper will tell you the same. They have
absolutely no traits which recommend them
to human liking that | can discern. Look
at them nowl'
Outside the plate glass an eager crowd
is packed close. In it the physiognomist
could easily detect the faoal reason for much
Of the attraction.
Look like first cousins don't they?' says
the Snowman cynically.
One Of the monkeys. wicked and black
faced is new to the cage. In the far corner
one Of the permanent boarders, a big brown
creature, hangs by his claws from the roof
and swings his body outward so that each
time he hits the arrival plumb in the face,
an act Of courtesy which he performs with
glee.
No. to be outdone in hospitality, the other
monkeys at a concerted signal fall on the
guest and drub him hard until they are
separated by tho owner OF the shop. when
they sit in a row and gnash their teeth
n him The faces outside are pressed fiat
against the glass and the resemblance Is
quite discernible. One could almost say
that the missing link could easily be found
right there on Sixth avenue
There il a strange fascination about
monkeys says the guide, especially to-
women. Up in The Bronx the keerersI
tell me that the cages are the object of
constant attention. not only to strangers
hut 10 re Fuar habltG$s. They say it fire.
quently happens that woman will come
'"" or tire times week. One womanl
comes regularly from Brooklyn. perfectly
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i-tance is the propeling force Nothing
else would be an inducement
~One time in my travels about the world
looking for birds, interrupts dealer,
who has come IN with projects IN
his mind and a sample bind in his hand.
| saw beautiful singing bid outside a
small waysde inn asked the price
/ The innkeeper took slip Of paper, was
busy figuring a long time, and finally an
nounced that he couldn't dispose OF the
bird for less than 5000 francs Asked
why he placed such high value on it, he
responded
The bird alone cannot te sold; YOU
must pay for the house and the grounds
/ and the wife too. She could not live
without the bird
Just what proportion OF that Is Coo
francs represented the value a the wife
] did not inquire as other and more press
ing matters demanded that ! should not
saddle myself with an entire domestic out
fit however much might desire the
singer
"Onc Of the amusing paris Of our work
is TO listen TO the parrot storias that come in.
One Of our customers told me the other
day that in the house whore she lives
cat belonging 10 a downstairs family goes
up every morning TO the top fiat where
there Is a parrot in a cage and the parrot
and cat shake hands, Pol grGyely putting
her claw out and feeling around till tho
soft paw OF Kitty meets H. won't vouch d.
for the truth of it, but il came straight
other stories | know 10 etrle
Personally ! always loved the story Of
the parrot az left It's cage al an opportune
time fell on the cuckoo which came our Il
the clock on the hours saying cuckoo,
and after tearing II into little b.ts remarked
grmly that IL Was time IL said some thing
else
The young gray African parrot when il il
good talker, mas been known IN bring
s. 900. and 5000 or $500 JIG unusual price
Ila oh d.. ha tyltiqb
brings 81 or 81 apiece, next To these come
the Ma'a aibos for s. S. SO. according to
youth aud ability.
In no way says the guide, do VIC recog-
nze more strongly he influence Of our
foreign population than IN what they have
taught Us concerning the love Of flowers
and birds Americans have always been
animal lovers but the possession Of birds,
with the single exception Of the canary.
is a more recent development Of our domes-
uc life In other nations u seems TO be
Unborn in rs il is an acquired taste which
will take generations to perfect
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any color or even shade 10 bird breeder
and In short space he viii show you a
fledging Of just the desired hue. The
head of this particular btFd il bronze
green, beak yellow, BODY dove colored'
eyes black encirced with "A rim of white,
throat yellow shading TO orange. wing
feathers black and yellow and tail feathers
black barred with white The size Is that
of bulfnch,
At the side Of the cage containing the
japanese robin a sauCy bird with tutted
head liz pointed out as the pompom quail.
A large number Of these were sold recently
to a regiment In town. The colors OF tho
bird correspond with the regiment oolors.
ponpom and all A a regimental function
every lady present received one
Perhaps the most popular oil any ~ our
birds is the whi-ting hUltinCh. continues
the guide. This bird has no natural song,
but has a remarkable ability TO initiate.
Any song that is whistled TO 1t II gives pack
with astonishing accuracy, IN sweet mute
IKE tones.
Most of the bufnchcs we get come fro'n
Saxonv and He-se nearly oil from some
part OF Germany. The teaching IL nearly
always done by shoemakers weaNerS ana
tailors. who ara confined to their rooms
and are thus able To spend time In framing
them. 1t is an amusement AZ wen as
lucrative process. The tune ia whistled 10
them several times day, always IN one
kcV. and no other tune IL whtstied wheTe
the bird can hear. II Il kept IN rather
dark corner while this process OF voice
culture is going on.
Naturally the value Of such bird Is the
song or songs that 1t can sing Some OF
them Rtnow four or five. Many that we
have had have been able TO sing America
How Can / Leave Thee, The Hunters
Chorus from Die Freischutz; Polly Per-
kins' and The Blue Bells
III il quite a common occurrence Tor
family Of peasants to become so attached
to a bird that when II comes 70 the POINT
of losing IL they act as they do when The
son goes away TO try his fortune in the
new world Only the struggle for ex-
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have never known any other life are very
tame and sing merrily all the time
Another variety ~ the silver bills or
Quaker birds They will often dance ups n
They are very urectionate really love
birds. and spend the greater part of their
time ia caressng each other
The visitors are escorted into n rear
room where the voices of the birds are
tried The entrance is greeted 10y q voice
which comuassee all the notes and semi
notes contained between the low contralto
and the high tenor. Marble, trilf and run
follow in quick succession, and II Is eusy
to imagine the despair that the most cee-
!. hrated singer might feel AZ the nowedRe
! Of the limitations of the human voice IN
comparison.
The voice belongs to a JaTan1se robin.
Masters i'm this art, as in many others,
the japanese have reduced the breeding
/ Of birds TO a science, 80 that one may take
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before It Is landed. The two changes are
too much for the delicate constitution
This il especially true of the gray parrots
which we used to get in large numbers.
At present we have not one in stock and our
men find il almost impossible to get them,
80 many die on the way over The sailing
vessel Is the best way to orinE them
There is another marmoaet to Bo
back to the monkeys that is more curpl
than beautiful, although as women Buy
them on account of their ugliness. he
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is deaf and dur,b and almost half witted.
but once she bought kitten Of us, and since
then SIP returns to stroke the cats, Each
time she writes on bit of paper three ques-
tions. What is his nameT How od?'
Where from" ! answer them seriously,
and abe sits and strokes a cat for Eve
minutes then gets up and goes out. | don't
know where sne comes from but she is 30
happy when she gets cat. in her arms
them
She j. only one of the many freaks who
come in from Heaven knows where
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cat which he deposits, yawning, in the old
lady's lap
She strokes it gently aud the wriuhjcd
face Is lghtened with -mio- soon she
takes a little slip Il paper and q pencil from
her pocket writes q few woods and hands
them 10 the Snowman. who reads aud hen
answers in like manner.
He explains her on his return.
Every few day -ae comes 100 here SD"
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is always cooling TO himself II he can
only find a bit Of cotton or piece of twine
he will hop about the cage and sing to tho
utmost Of his power.
Some Of the othAr birds that are err
roneously called love birds2 Well there
are the Japanese Nuns, which are a beau
tiful combination OF the purest white with
cinnamon trimmings, quite IN the prevail
ing styles; these pets are bred in cages.
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THIS Is the Time to
4 Buy En-, Says the
Bird Store Man.
Notes on a Taste For
Monkeys.