Evening journal., 1914-02-23
CATS AND BOYS WIT
OUTFIT NEW BALL CLUB

a New Orleans boy has become
captain and manager Of a baseball
team because of q cat.
he saw a neighbor throw a base
ball AZ cat on the fence one night.
The ball fell into the hoy's yard.
The boy thought and thought
The next night two cats. tied tail
to tail. were hung over the fence.
They made the night vihrate with
their melOdious songs.
fusilade Of Baseball Outfits.
The window of the neighbor's
house opened and a stream Of halls,
bats, gloves. masks. mitts, tennis
rackets and shoes volleyed across the
fence Crawling out of q dark cor
ner, the boy returned the shoes over
the fence and took the baseball outfit
inside.
The next day the boys elected him
captain, manager. secretary. treas
urer, trainer, coach. owner. president.
vice-president. advisory committee,
board of directors. arbitration COM
mittee and magnate of their baseball
team.
Similar methods of employing de-
cOys TO obtain the hearts desire arc
in use the world over. From the In
dies to the Brandywine. from the
the wilds of the African iungles TO
New Castle. sharp wits have ever Sc
cured something for nothing.
The Goat Gets The Goal.
a man IN western Wilmington
keeps himself in coal by tying a goat
I'm the back yard. past which the rail-
road track runs. The goat is trained
TO make faces at the flremen on pass
ing trains. and as nearly 30 trains
pass the decoy every dav there is al
ways a liberal supply OF coal in the
yard. At night tho sagacious goat
cwner gathers up the fuel and feeds
the goat part of IL as his reward for
his faithful service.
Similarly. a lazy farmer In Devon
shire. England. secured enough
stones 10 build a wall by suspending
tin can from a limb near tho road
which the schoolboys used daily. Tie
I not only built a wall. but q stone
pigsty as we'll
A shrewd department store in BOs-
ton once averted large financial
loss by a decoy. Huge drifts OF snow
blocked the sidewalk and made bust
ness impossible. Ruin glared the
proprietor in the face. The store ad-
yertlsed a reduced bargain sale. and
in few hours all the snow was tram
pied into oblivion by No. ! shoes
Furs For Maharaiah's Wife.
In India. when the wife Of the Ma
harajah, OF Gwalior wants a new IL
gerskin muff she takes her latest
baby and puts IL in a clearing When
the future heir begins to vail the IT,
ger who has a sweet tooth for choco-
late drops. creeps stealthily through
the jungle toward its prey.
Just as 1t is about TO leap upon the
yowling infant. the Silkhs, suttees
and thugs concealed I'm the mango
grove nearby shoots the feline full OF
holes making a woll-ventilated set of
furs.
The Florida cracker" uses an
world with alllgator-skin purses. Tie
ties one Of his numerous dogs to a
sweet-gum bush on the edge of q
bayou. and hides himself in live oak
tree overhead When the alligator
attracted by the dogs yelps. comes
sneaking through the water hy-
scinths. tho cracker" jumps down
and cracks the gator over the head.
Organ grinders never buy shoes.
and II one-night-stand actors we're
vegetarians they would never have
board bills to pay.
Squirrels are captured by tying an
alleged Napoleon Bonsparte or a
self-styled George Washington 10 a
tree in grove which the rodents
frequent. Large numbers Of the ami
mails are caught with this bait.