Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-12-22
TWO UCL) ....lAALS,
Those Big Pigs. The Rhinoceros
ard the HIppopotamus.
THEY APE HARD TO CAPTURE.
Getting AVA, With One Of the Colossal
5rutes Makes the Work Of Trapping
the Big Feiines Seem Like Child's
Pis,--Metnods Of the Hunters.

the Big FsI,nss Seem Like chiId's
Pisy-Metnods Of the Hunters.
Trapping the blk frlines is chiId's
play compared With the work Of CAP.
turing thUse NUMBERING. colossal unl-
mails Of the ing plg" family. the rbl-
bVrros aud The uippopo,amus
! Too stupid 10 tame or 10 break 10 n
halter and too heavy To transport
Through hundreds of miles Of wilder
ness. II would take man haif n life.
time 10 bring one of these i've 10 six
thousand pound creatures out Of Jun.
gle into civilization. Therefore the
experts only chance Ii "a tind a COW
with a cali and TO capture the young
bDe.
Compared with the alert. grim ex-
ierior Of the felines. there II little In
the Appearance Of n phlegmatc. pom
nrrous lig like q rhinoceros To Indicate
itS reli fcrOcioUsness. There Is hard
~ n wild animal In existence which II
mere dangerous than this rarrst Of all
our inena serie raptiv-s Awkward as
the great creature appears when al
rest. once aroused Il dashes through
the densest thirket with the irresisti-
bic speed Of an express train.
] To catch a rhlnoceros the trapper
proceeds wifb preparations much as
would an expionrr bound for Two or
three year expedition IN the interior
OF an unexplor-d continent. for the
difficulty confronting him II the three.
fold one OF FIRST penetrating a thou.
sand or more miles into the interior:
second. Of finding not only rhinoce-
rus. but a rhinorros COW with a calf
old enough Ia capture. aud. lastly. Of
transporting bis prize acruss hills and
mountains a'i. plains. over rivers and
ravInes. across swamps and through
forests TO civilization.
skirting swamps aud rivers. the men
Are ever OF the lockout for the deep.
round spoons. like a pie plate driven
Into the mud. for In this wet ground
the rhinocrrus loves to waliow. Fire
quently i've or six months eiapse be-
fore the tracks Of a COW aud a calf are
picked up.
NoiseleSs and rom well TO leeward.
tn .rapper and his men gradually
steal nenrer untii the COW and the
caIf are incluSesi In a circle. From
ahead. out uf the maze OF cane aud
crepIrr. sounds the uneasy stamping
OF the COW. With a half snort. bali
grunl IN an instant the rhinoceros Is
all attention Head raised and nostrils
smiling. she SEARCHES the air steadily.
AT sight OF oue OF the savages the COW
dashes With the speed ~ ~ race horse
mt the man. charging tie human decoy.
and az that instant the trnpper's rifle
Il heard and ler furious charge y
over. provided the bullet reaches the
heart 10y striking just behind the left
foreies the only vulnerable point In
the inch thick armor with which the
beast IN clad.
Now and then u happens that the
back again i've minutes after anf
pointed 10 fhe orchestra
The harp had disappeared. Clearing
out everything on sunday morning.
while the boxes OF properties were be
In. taken AWAY. Max aud his wife
Stocd IN the center ~ the darkened
stage Both were crying The instrr
lnent they valued most had been taken
from them Other things had beer
liberated. but no harp. and with a
scene Of grief that no others than
themselves could have appreciated
they were silent.
Then Old Man Guernsey stood be-
tween them and waved his hand above
them into space. There were creak
ing OF pulley wheels. an injunction
from the carpenter 10 look out for
your heads" and. lowered from above.
came Nine Maretzek's harp. landing
on the stage between them.
Now you've got Il again. get II
away quick. said Guernsey. stop |
crying aud he thankful. That's all
He moved 90 without waiting for
thanks. and a pathetic scene with Max
aud his wife closed the incident To |
them the harp was as a part OF them
selves To lose II was more than
misfortune. aud In a broken voice the |
lady called the carpenter back to her.
PLEASE let the harp thank you.
said she. and listen. IL win speak
with my hands on this sunday morn
ing"
She placed herself beside IL. seated |
on box. aud. with smile that
chased away tears. gave for a moment
or two. as only she could give u. the |
air Of the doxology. Praise God
From Whom All blessings Flow
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