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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
Punch

Almost any one acquainted with the bush can
Kill snake; but capturing il alive IS quite
different mattcr-that needs nerve. deXterity
and certainty of touch. Snakes. as a rule. try
to get away from the person who attacks them
but exceptions have to be taken into account.
AT the nesting season snake may develop I'M
usual courage, and even advance upon the per
son attacking. Even, however with snakes re-
treating, the capturing act must be swift. neat
and perfect. II seems easy to an OnlOOker. but
il is because the capturcr has begun with 4
superb nerve and has practised his art till his
hand moves as rapidly and noiselessly as his
eye. Some men depend their fingers alone
with many kinds of snakes: others use a batten
to hold the head down till the fingers obtain the
requisite grip on the back of the head The
fingers must grip tightly and hold firmly till
the reptile is deposited in bag box. If it
struck with n stick or held down with
forked stick as is the usual process when a
snake is captured for show purposes. ii would
empty its venom sac I'm the fight, and perhaps
break its poison fangs thus seriously reducing
or destroying its market value as a venom pro
Queer. II is. therefore. necessary to capture it
in it's natural state and preserve 1t in that state
until II goes INTO the hands of the operator
Some operators extract the poison by cutting
out the poison bag in its entirety. They cut
into the snakes head. and having detached the
glands, fasten the valves and store them away
in bottles others goad the snake to bite through
india rubber bands and eject its on to
a glass plate beneath. Either way secures the
venom; but in the latter case care must be taken
to prevent the intrusion Of Impurities ven
OmOus snake has two poison fangs in the upper
jaw. and when Poaded by the operator il
picrces the india rubber band and pours on 10
the glass below two streams of poison Just as
if IT had penetrated the human skin and in
jected the venom into the human body. The
venom Is afterWaTd scra ped off the glass placed
in Theoretically sealed tubes, and becomes forth
with marketable product. The operators
work Is, 1t can be seen. in some respects more
dangerous than that of the CaptIrer. as the
reptiles arc handled alive under both processes
but in the second are gOaded 10 anger and gen
orally restored in that state 10 bag or box for
further treatment Though prOportionaIly few
Australian snakes are deadly, most are venom
GUS and therefore marketable in the sense
considered. The ringed snake. the whipsnake
the banded snake, and 4 number of others do
not fatally injure, but carry enough venom to
make them worth pursuing The more venom
however and the more deadly IL Is recognized
being, the better the reward to Capturer and
Observation-Disclosures Journal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
A FETE DAY AT AvIGNoN.

The sun is again in the ascendant and there
&c n sense Of mild disturbance in the usual tran
quilty of the town. For days beforehand every
W-all-space has been adorned with guady placards
announcing Il Gi'dHdc COr7idd de IOTOS at which
two famous matadors. rGjiidRtS ct SBiApdhiqueS,
are to come from Spain TO amuse the people OF
Ayignon with their proves. bullhght has
no alluring sound to British ears, and we have
already decided to spend the fate of St Benezet
elsewhere In the study of Roman antiquities.
Rut at dGjeHHer the head waiter, the self-cOn-
stituted guardian Of the English visitor. pleads
with US 10 join in the local merrymaking. and
explains to us the true and harmless nature of
the entertainment ICES dunes need not be
alarmed" he says. in the panied but soothing
accents he might have used to fractions child;
the Avignonais are not bdlbdreS; 1T is only at
Mines that the bull Is killed; here nobody is
hurt nobody is even frightened-aboVe all, not
the bull he adds, as an afterthOught. SO, II
only To save ourselves from the reprOach of in
sular priggishness decide forthwith to go
and see the fun. The procession is 10 assemble
on the Place de THotel de Vile and TO make
the tour of the town preceded by HHSiQHe elite.
Imagination. which somehow in Provence as
sumes manageable proportions conjures up
for us a delightful vision Of something In the
nature of an old Roman triumph. Gladators,
prancing horses, immense bulls bedecked in
wreaths and trumpets and shaWms. at least
a superior brass band to lead the way. OF
course. the reality is not in the least like this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
PLAYING DI4BLO.
Game Which Is the Craze of the
Hour an EurODe.

A young stock broker was recently asked what
he considered 10 he the height of happiness.
playing diaboo all day and writing winning
limerlcks all night" the reply with which
he astonished his questioner. Such a manner of
spending ones time certainly has many ad-
vantages- both the score Of pleasure and
profit The T.-B. man can vouch for the fasci-
nation of diaboo (when you know how to play
the game) while as regards the profits on linn
ericks-weu, isn't it quite a common thing now
adays for Cd. investment to yield between 400
and $40?
BY this time doubtless, many readers are we'll
ACQUAINTED with the successor to ping-pOng and
pies-n-cIover. All one has TO do, are told
to play diabolo is to take two small sticks.
Joined together by piece of cord, and a spool
consisting Of two cones joined at their apices-
shaped In fact, just like the old fashioned hour
glass Place the spool on the ground in front of
YOU with a stick in each hand and the cord
looped under the waist of the spool. With
quick movement of one hand raise the latter
from the ground and set II spinning on the
string increasing the rotation by raising and
lowering one stick. The game consists in max
ing the spool rise and fall while spinning and
catching il the cord again. atter throwing IL
in the air by suddenly tightening the cord. In
full rotation the spool Is said 10 spring TWO
thousand times a minute.
Exactly how many turns the spool with which
the T-B man first tried his hand was making
when ii suddenly left the string and tried TO
whirl round his left eyebrow he cannot say;
but il produced a constellation which totally
ecIipsed one of Pains sixteen inch shells. Rome
was not built in a day. however. and the T.-B.
man set 10 work in grim earnest TO beat the
record of Marcel Meunier, the French boy cham
pion who started to throw and catch the spool
one morning until he reached the phenomF ii
total of six thousand throws. The number
would have been greater II the champiOn-whO,
by the way, also throw up and catch the
spool fifty times in thrty-seven secOnds-had
not been obliged to go home TO his dinner. be-
cause his mother refused 10 feed him while he
played.
For diabolo it is claimed that ii not only pro-
vides amusement for children hut also grace for
women and muscle for men, for il is a game de-
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ing and saving TO make a penny serve the pur-
pose OF a pound. For when the King became
Prince Of Rumania with NJ Sturdza his
Minister of Education Religion and Public
works, the fortunes of the province were at the
lowest ebb. 1t was lacking in everything, and
Its chance of ever providing itself with any
thing seemed nil; for not only the public
eXcnequer empty, but the country over
WhelIned With debts; and its administrators
mad long ceased administering there was chaos
in every department Of the state. Nor that
the worst: the great mass OF the people had
suffered 50 much from bad rulers that the very
word ruler had become hateful 10 them; and
they had lived so long from hand to mouth the
they mad lost all taste for any other sort of eX-
istence Excepting a parliament which had
still to learn to work. institutions they had none
not even a national church. They had no rail
ways. very few roads. no industries. no banks.
Their frontiers were deferceless. and their army
was mere Iabble, without either guns shoes
AND when Nj SturdZa went out to bid his
sovereign welcome the first news ne had to tell
him was that the Sultan furious with Ru-
mania for electing foreign prince and that
Turkish troops were already enCamped within
two days march Of Bucharest Thus they have
had to go through many bitter trials side by
SIDE. ana 10 face many hard bufetingS: and in
the midst of them all they have learned to know
each other as a sovereign rarely knows q sub
Ject or a subject a sovereign. and TO SYmpathize
with each other one man can rarely sympa-
but II always SOftens when his eyes rest his
old minister: and there is quite a different ring
in N. Sturdzas voice when he speaks of his
sovereign from what tfere is when he speaks
of the rest of the world.-Edth Sellers. in The
Contemporary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

longer period than the hound When stag hunt
ing was the sport of kings and before the idea
OF the fox beast of chase had dawncd on
the mobiles and gentry OF England and Scotland
the peasants and the terriers were marrying the
fox in his stronghold of Malepartus. as
they do to this day in Scotland or Wales and
the mountainous districts of Westmoreland ana
Cumberland
1t was no doubt in their warfare against YER
min that the terriers acquired the character
istiCs of Eamcness, hardihOod and Intelligence
which their successors have inherited. Their
evolution has followed the same course as that
of all modern breeds OF sporting dogs. CHOSEN
al first for working qualities only. 1t is later
refinement which has grated beauty on 10
ability The division of terriers into breeds and
their classification at dog shows is quite a mod
development. Terrier the name given
to any hardy, active little dog that would race
a badger or a fox in its earth. or sometimes
cat In a corner. the last named being by no
means the least formidable antagonist of the
three. There was no eXclusiveness in the breed
ing OF a terrier and he was crossed with the
bulldog to give him courage, with the beagle to
improve his nose, and in later days with the
greyhound TO give nm speed. Inns CROSSING
was limited only hy the necessities Of his work,
for the terrier needed 10 be comparatively small,
since a dog over sixteen pounds is too large
and below twelve pounds too small TO be Of
use for going TO ground. know, or course,
that weight has more to do with make ana
muscular development than with size, yet never
theess these weights give rough method OF
estimating the limits Of serviceaDle size lor the
working terrier.
II we look over the records of past sport we
shall find that there is almost nothing terriers
have not been used for. There is, in fact, no
limit to the sporting uses of the fox terrier.
have known one that was an excellent retriever
and in THE Sporting Magazine Tor OCTOBER
1881 there is a picture of little wire haired'
prick cared terrier that is bringing a partridge
in it's mouth. 1 know of two working packs OF
fox terriers that hunt rabbits in DOTsetshire,
beating the thicI, hedgerows and driving out the
rabbits to the gun. one Of these packs, WIN
which have often been out, is very handy ana
the terriers pack we'll without losing their lndl-
viduaty. What struck me as much as any :
thing is the control TO which they submit. II
a terrier has marked q rabbit 10 ground, ne
will at once away from the earth 10 the
whistle. although, know, in the case or
less wei broken dogs, terrier VIII return aGalIl
and again TO dig at a bury and indeed, unless
dragged away by force spend half the day
there-T I. Dale in BaCkWOOd's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
FIRE-FISHING.

10 one l think. ever forgets his first impress
IONS OF ms sport, and though Il detailed de-
scTa3lon IS difficult, ] will attempt a rough
sketch. The first effect Is dazzling and eyes
that are half blinded by the aaring crimson in
TIE end Of the boat fail at the beginning 10
penetrate the green stiffness Of the water Then
gradually as ones sight becomes accustomed to
new conditions, curious sea creatures appear be-
low the ripple and refTaction Of the near sur
face, and stare up from the chasns of the rocks
or from the indeterminatc twilight. where pine
torch and shifting seaWeed struggle for mas
1ery- Fish seem TO lie like shadows CONCEALED
between TWO Observation-Disclosures one would
fached and thrown UP tentatively toward the
hquisitiVe fire Before the dim shapelessness has
tine 10 melt IN the depths. to become more
definite, the harpoOner proves the reality of the
hanging shadow. There is a splash the spear
with is ten teeth drives down to the fish, and
p thread OF light rises from every prong. With
the same su3denness the spear returns through
answers the phosphorus OF the sea, and sickly
Illumination, which browns the reflection OF the
stars. marks the place/of the blow.
burst Of execratiOn or JJDAant voices pro
claim the failure or success of the strike The
dark Italian faces. sombre in the freight are
intent upOn their business, and eager eyes READ
the quiet water as a scholar reads a page The
hrunt Of the work and responsibility IAN upon
The sportsman in the bows, for other duties ne
sides that Of striking devolve on him His hand
must be quick with the oil can, TO soothe the
ripple at the moment Of It's birth back 10 a per
feet transnarency while his eyes are not only
strained in a perpetual examination or the sea-
but meet the continual glare Of the hBht' "IiIch
on the open water and IN a rant breeze SUM
times breaks into cloud Of sparks that MAKE d
halo round his head.-"Ben kendlm'' IN Back
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

but in Provence nobody ever reasons about any
thing and nobody is ever disappointed. AS the
quaint figures in the clock tower above hammer
out the hour Of a couple of shabby little one
horse victOrias draw up outside the Hotel de
Vile \ crowd of a modified kind has already
gathered but as nobody appears the viCtOrias
presently, with great perspiCaCity move on to
cafe opposite. whence the famous matadors and
their assistant bdHdcriHfTi Immediately emerge.
About these magnificent gentlemen there is GER
tainly nothing Disappointing In the case of the
two leaders, their COiored silk bolerOs and
breeches are heavily embroidered in gold and
less picturesque in silver embroideries. even
in the simpler crimson jacket deliberately braided
i'm black Worn by two of them. They all wear
tight velvet knee breeches pink silk stockings,
three-COrneTed beaver hats and quaint little
chignOns Of chenille fastened somehow to the
back of their heads, TO which short pigtailS are
attached With an air of complete and dignified
Indifference they climb into their shabby little
Conveyances. their beautiful silk coaks over
their arms. and drive slowly off preceded by the
WH%l9Hc Cito which consists of two trUmpeters.
cornet and q boy with drum, all in multi
We, in company with the modest crowd which,
however, like a snowfall. increases as it goes,
make our way by short cuts to the suspension
the island Of la Bartheasse where this SOIPH-
mite THUrinc as it is described upon the playful,
IS to be held. As pass out Of the town
through g. gate i'm the mighty fortified walls with
which the Popes in the fourteenth century. by
encompaSSing the city, sought to insure their
own safety come into world inCffably fresh
and young, green and gray and blue, and as soft
in cOlOring as a deliCatCly executed pastel-ROse
N. Bradley in The Nineteenth Century"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
HUNTING GRIZZLIES.

I very unlucky about bear; or perhaps
considering my Workmanship fortunate. When
l joined Hay he had killed two In the last week
one big grizzly who had carried off the trap
four or five miles. Hay had followed him up
his first shot had hit the grizzly in the chest,
the second broke his back. He boar
and had been fighting rivals fuTiously that
his skin was quite damaged. It torn
everywhere by their claws and tushes. Only
the back was intact. This Hay skinned, and /
used 1t rug during my stay in his camp
He said that the deep layers OF fat and flesh
him We're black and bruised from the smacks
his adversaries had given him. | have never
heard or read Of man watching the onset Of
two boar grizzlies But If ever any one has
he must have seen the most tremendous duel
of the world of animals. This beast, for
ample. must have been six times heavy
man. and I imagine could break the neck of a
bull with one bite. The other bear Hay never
killed at all: she committed suicide! InVOlun-
tarily, must say. Her body still lay where Hay
had found her She not worth skinninG,
for. having been dead for a considerable time
ner fur had slipped. Any fur appears TO moult
fat. and maddened by the torture Of the trap,
she had run herself to death | followed the
track Of the poor beast. She had dashed up Il
steep hill. rolled down into a canyon, raced
up another precipice, tearing through bushes
and brakes knocking down saplings In her
suddenly. though l do not know from what pre-
else cause. Hay, on finding the trap gone, had
tracked her with extreme caution. AS he heard
no believing. he feared she might try ruse
He advanced slowly and with CircumspsctiOn.
As he peered over the ridge down the slope
bush, few yards off. asleep, he thought.
Dropping on his knee he rapidly and courage
olslv planted two bullets in a dead bear-E.
Wright, in Cornhill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
4 JAPANESE BOARD SCHOOL"

E2vinE had the somewhat unusual eSpei 100
Cs attending the japanese equivalent u " 80
school IL he mature age OF thirty -SlA anu %
wsfc.ir.r some Of that training when mas
brought about the national einclency % 60
Japan, impressed with lHt duEa!S-o . - "a
our Initiating some Al least OF me - 1,,r
acquiring some of the characteristics OF OH
allies J say some Of the characlerlsliC',e ~ ~
with al their good qualities, and ia spite OF ltc
warm feeling OF gratitude nave IYI an 60 ~
kindness and courtesy ! have receiver iIoi-i
them far from thinking the japanese peoPIFe Oii
the whole better than the Englsn' IIIe o-oi "a,
formed was the opposite Especially au!lllIaplS
Is the teaching Of self-restraint Courtesy 60
he impEessing on all from their eaiIlesI you ~
that their own individual interests arr i''' az
important.
In the orfD1ar, schools T was especially struck
by the order and discipline q have not had tile
3ionor Of attending the Toxic Hlgh 7cHooil, ~
Sortness II the particular lesson in each SUI
Jet and most Of all by the systeiAauc ledCIIi'ts
- Patriotism and the military training s4'e4 -
The hours AZ q primary school are from 3 a. IN.
70 J. m FOR the older and p IL IoI -, ~
younger children with half-holiday on oaLu!
uays ana no work sundays. lIelI liI4c AZ
hsAool Is divided into lessons Of thfer-qu-I 'Si
81 an hour each with a quarter Of an hour break
between lessons and a break from II 40 d. ia.
10 p. ln for tf7eir midday meal Before eacn
lesson the children fall in by classes on tIle
playground in TWO ranks. like squads Of soiuleiS
enc are marched into their classroomS Dy "olu
y Command.
On entering the classroom all the children
fs.snd UP behind their desks until the teacher'
,LaslAg entered the room, gives signal "HtIi
Icy an how 20 him He returns the bow, ana
GO tley sit down and commence the lesson
summary al the erd Of the lesson they stahd
-. Do" TO the teacher and after he has returned
slI Dow file out !n succession into the pay
S,ouhd great portion OF their time Is given up
jaehsarliy 70 learning Chinese characters. 10
CO. % read and write with people who use these
sn aiact efs ls task which takes years and the
chsufihg Of fresh words entailing the use OF
1900 tsrs new 70 him or fresh combinations OF
1. .yyusiy known characters (for the japanese
&c ne 'Ane&e characters to form new WORDS
ia IT, uHe Latin and Creek keeps a japanese
An ,~esifibome study more or less all his IRE
scf a.. tShlhren throughout the empire in primary
goye ,s are Obliged 10 be taught from the official
IN linent reader. a series OF volumes contain
az M. Ii4osT characters which considered
vsl,,rr i.sleJ 10 be Of use In the first OF these
thsn - ne characters are fewer and easier
being rI ne iaier ones the Chinese characters
vol,Tna pttlced To a large extent in the earlier
each oy ice use Of a syllabary by which
'Oaho In the japanese language can be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
THE PASSING OF SUMMER.

The branches of the mountain ash are showing
Their heavy-berried lunches red and gold
Down country lanes the tinted leaves are blow
ing,
The grain is garnered in, the year is old.
The childish eyes, that laughed TO find the
flowers.
Bend over states and weary lesson books;
The lone wood slumbers through the quiet hours
Eercft Of birds in its sequestered hooks.
Across the moor September's breath is bringing
Rose to the lip. red to the tinted face;
And heather sprigs and blue harebes
spTingIng
Midst ferns and grass, arranged with Natures
grace,
Purple and mauye and amber-regal splendor;
Gills wheeling wildly DER a churnng sea;
Soft sunset hues no earthly touch can render
Summers farewell is Natures harmony.
So simmer passes as a dream. day dies,
Haloed with light, circled with queenly crown.
May we have just such memories when LIES
new tics
Speak 10 our hearts, Lay Junes red roses
down"
Edith Rutter-Leatham. in Chambers's Journal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
4 GREAT PRIME MINISTER.

In the royal palace at SinaTa. close to the
nrlvate apartment of King Carol-Charles of
IobepzolIern in 1S66-there is a room that bears
NJ Sturdza's name and is reserved for his use,
no matter what party be in power. other min
chen AT SnaIa, but he has one provided for
him Inv his sovereign; for in the Kings eyes he
80 to-morrow. no mere party leader; he is an
I'D felIow-worker fellow-teacher, felloW-fghter,
Tho only one left of the little band of patriots
Tho heiped him to redeem Rumania and trans
for,,, her from a mere Vassal province, at the
mercy of every passing marauder into an indie
nendent kingdom, well able to hold her own in
the world -,
II is more than forty years now since the
King and his chief minister first began to work
together. nay, 10 toll and mon as rev men ever
toiIed ana :noiIed struggling and striving to
right in a decade the wrongs of centuries, pinch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
COLLECTING SNAKE VENOM.

The mountaineering snakes near the large CEN
tres are mainly found in sWamps and mOTaSseS,
and have TO be sought for I'm early morning or
at twilight, when a slight inadvertence might
have bad results The snake whose venom is
wanted for the market must be captured alive
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20
TERRIERS AS SPORTING DOGS.

IT-INI|I41TN' - II OIA ItNN IVVFs'
The man who loves hounds is sure to bc in
terested in terriers. The fOXhOund and the
terrier are connected in our minds by their
common enmItv to the fox.
Indeed. in the warfare against the fox the
terrier has been the ally OF man for a much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

A net gain of forty members in the last six
months is shown by the 18th Regiment, and its
present strength is 500 members
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

Some sixty-fve recruits have been obtained for a
new company for the Sth Battalion. to be known as
Company F. and the men are drilling under
mand of Lieutenant Mckenzie. assisted by Lieuten-
Bremen 1t is expected that the command will
be mustered in at an early date
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

The 47th Regiment has aggregate strength at
the present time OF 572 officers and men. The net
gain in recruiting in the last six months is twenty
Company A of the list Regiment will hold an cleo
ton for first and second Heutenants next Tuesday
night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-20

The 18th Regiment shows the big net gain o
forty-one members in the last six months, and It
strength is now 500 officers and men.