The Washington Bee Newspaper, November 9, 1901, Page 2

freee Romana ane ROYAL RAT CATCHER Lives in London and Is Considered a Great Personage. Although He Destroys Rodents by the Theusauds, Yet John Biack Has a Tender Spot for Them in ikis Heart, aining with a for, when sdent does not brother rat. In y as 20 rats share open also to take ave 7p the Ss, are specially fortable. are sleek and com- most part they be- y gentlemen of sporting cost of their board depends upon the lar owner's pocket- borly love on the premises, and a three- 1 terrier (the fourth limb fell a many years ago) hobbles naster’s heels. John Black’s reasured posses- sion, says Tit-Bits, i al belt of office.” This was presented to his father by Queen Victoria, and the broad black leather royal 4 i either side other value Painting ¢ taken i irelet bears the an impos rats i PHS oe BLACK IN HIS “RATTERY.” have wreaked post- m vengeance ont r » tk e y ate] large h ture has ry been repaired. In addition to royalty Black num- bers mi county the canvas, and the pic- { 1en and the heads of yng his pairons. | | THE AMERICAN NAVY. THE WASHINGTON: _ HE LOST THE TR AIL. | AN INDIAN TRAGEDY. Secretary Long Talks to a Newspa<« per Reporter About Its Person- nel and Efficiency. The enli proved. Drinking habits are not tol erated, a lowed on th ago, and have found that the results or has in one are good. The old er sails for him to-manage and good asa SECRETARY OF NAVY LONG. Terrible Experience ef a Miner in the Arizona Desert. are very much im- | ——e ter, He Passed Through Terrible Hallucinations—Rescued in | a Dying Condition, ried by the Ari- zona Repub! »pened when Mr. Porterie we at the Grand The mines Mormon com- ‘ | Made Delirious by Cravings for Wa- ‘ *H¢ in worth $ s are no longer al-/ I issued an order | to that effect some two or three years | Two Braves Gamble for a Girl and Finally Settle Their Bitter Rivalry with Guns. Annie Red Buffalo is the daughter ¢ of a noted Apache medicine man. ),000 in her own right. ;She wears s: iam . She rides in a ru is one of the most “and sullen members of She hates a white per: forefathers ye zo. She is said to bare poisoned v men who ha wandered into her home at t Her home i situat in the deep woods of Cael creek, not from the new town The } the proper 1 therefore fluxes for it at of the enter- did not make a su It el jall who were employed ed to go back to Ut except Mr. Por- e, who desi Central Arizon He knew there was down the Virgin river but it was some | distance west of Grand wash an over a desert country he had never trav- 7 {was taken up into a high mountain l oy an old man named Pierce and shown the general direction of the coad to the Virgin river. He was told where he could find water half way along the t He saddled his mule, and with two can- teens of water started out alone. When he got down into the valley he lost the trail, but kept traveling all that y and the following night. Some time the next morning, when the (He Declares Our Navy to Be the Equal of |SUn got pretty hot and he became al- Any in the World.) other as far as it goes. I say this while admitting that the British and French navies are larger. most exhausted, he stopped to make some coffee, having still one canteen jof water left. He was holdi his ees by the brid!> when along came a desert whirlwind and enveloped 7 i I ns with foreign officers them, fright g the mule, which r al, and the very stren f our navy will insure us a long peri f pe While I have prid ° o ° | terests ofthe world in the future lie in the direction of peace. Not only | does Christian civili war, asa fi r€CO imprac } prep n to-day nation can bear. ast mo 480 Herti untenanted @ecorators American mi Ww nilar work in an Eliz: r wn in Dorset- shire 1umbered am his “catch ire white rats. ly sold to good no fewer than varies from one to two d@ailars per dozen, “all according to size and Brown rats are worth Black's ch ustomers are the own- ers of terriers and other dogs with a partiality for ratting. Nowanda ain, when setting out for a night’s work, Black ompM@ied by young tlemen “fond of excitement,” who pay libe for the privil sisting.” Armed with a species of but- terfly-net secured at the end ofav lomg stick, the rat her seats hin self on a chair in the center of the apartment “under operatiom” Black works more by ear than by eye, for long practice has given him the faculty of netting a rat at the first suspicion ef a squeak, altgough the rodent may at the time be many feet away. When once in the toils the rat is quickly transferred to a specially constructed wire cage. For this Black insists on using his bare hands, and in consequence he has been ten many times—so many times, in fact, tl both his arms and hands are a mass of scars. Black al- leges that he is proof a st fat poi- son, for when (as does s pen) his arm swells up afte § ten he reduces it in an hour or so by means of a herbal preparation of his own. In addition to trons Black is un proprietors of many leading restaurants, shops and theaters to keep their premises free from vermin of every kind. According to s “official card,” Black undertakes as “side lines” to his ratting business the wholesale de- struction of an cockroaches and black-beetles. ge of “as- Sprinkle with Hot Water. Hot water, drawn from an artesian well, is used to sprinkle the streets of the rails. The delay was only 20 mis-. Boise, Idaho. EA s the 1 greate g from struction o merce, and the to civilization andad ingenuity and judgme ing all other great problems it cannot solve the problem of international dis- putes in some way less clumsy, brutal and costly way than by killing and | bloodshed and the destruction of life and property. CAN USE A LEVER. President James J, Hil Showed Rail- road Laborers a Trick of Their Trade, One of the most versatile men in the eountry is James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad. He has a comprehensive grasp of the details of railroading that few men possess. yan to pay close attention to the financial side of railroading pub- lie attention has b somewhat di- verted m the other ‘phase of his nt. An ineident that oc recently, however, shows that Hill is as practical asever. While on a tour over the Great Northern road his train, which was going downa Since he JAMES J. HILL. (Railroad President Who Knows His Business from the Ground Up.) steep grade, became der: d. Rune ning at a low rate of speed as the train was, no damage was sustained by the officials further than a general shaking up. Mr. Hill was the first man to alight when the train stopped after running several rods along. the ties. He found that the locomotive had been thrown from the rails and stood watch- ing the ineffectual efforts of the train | crew to place the engine back on the track. Jackscrews were used, but the men d stand the work. “That won't do,” said Mr. Hill, “Your jacks won't lift it when in that) position.” : But the men applied the levers, thinking they would show the presi- dent that they knew their business. The jacks slipped, letting the ponder- ous machine down on the ties with a mp. Dump. ane set that jack,” said Mr. Hill. “J don’t think it will slip then,” and, grabbing the screw, he set it at an in- cline to his own satisfaction and after throwing a little sand on the top and bottom he exclaimed: “Now, go ahead.” The trainmen were a little dubious | at first, but they applied the levers | and the huge machine slowly lifted itself into place and slid quietly on to utes. ur navy, I am confident that the in- id not seem to thoroughly under- | {mule for a cou j ; | up the chase anc i} THE MULE BROKE AWAY. the Virgin river on foot and without water or anything else save an une quenched thirs Just how long he wandered he does not know, but before night he began to get delirious, and after that he re- | membered nothi except the hal- | lucinations that sed through his | mind before he became unconscious. Ife was, oh, so thir It seemed like | his throat was y on fire, and he was aching all over h y- He tried |erevy method he knew of moistening | his threat, but the relief was but tem- porary. He tore open the cactus plants and everything that gave prom- j moisture, but his thirst seemed to be an ever-increasing one. Hecould think | of nothing but water. Finally, as his ength gave way, pleasant dreams began to flit through |his mind. He fancied he saw Niagara falls and the vastness of the rapids below them. Then he seemed to face | the broad expanse of a great fresh- {water lake. He could not see across Vit. It looked so cool and refreshing he {could not restrain himself, and waded linto it clear up to his neck. Then he | fancied he could feel the fish cavorting | about his feet, and everything seemed |so peaceful. He was perfectly happy | and contented; did not know whether he was alive or dead, and did not care. | About a week later, when he re- covered consciousness, he found hira- | self in the camp of some cattlemen, | who had found him some hours after | he lost track of himself. His lips were swollen and full of cactus thorns where he had chewed up the prickly pear in his desperate thirst. The cat- | tlemen said thet when they found him ark naked, doubtless having and thrown his clothes away when he fancied he was going down : His fingers were raw s made while sand for water. He says the y that comes over one when he first begins to real- ize that he is about to perish for wa- is si indescribable, and it in- creases e l he begins to lose S. when the body the mind seems become unnaturally active in its effor oothe by seemingly furnishing at for which the body hours of the ictim are hours of sweetest anticipation. He Ought to Be Able. The Pennsylvania man who has greenbacks Cincinnati Times-Star. Cost of Crime. Criminals are very expensive mem- bers of the community. They cést the people of this country about $1,000,- 900,000 a year. ersed and was not familiar with. He | well-known spring. ; se of containing the slightest bit of | Patrolman Ferdinand Kidd, of the ae e Wee 1) 4 ——— TWO SHOTS RANG OUT. Hobart, says the Cincinnati Enquirer. | She lives with her aged father and mother. It came to pass in the course of events and occurrences on the reser- vation this summer that Paul Eagle and Jack Bear Robe fell in love with this woman. Heretofore they had been the best of friends. Young Zagle an Indian policeman, or was before his death. She induced him to ide } and have nothing more to do with the white people. He followed her everywhere. He and Bear Rob came to be enemies of thé worst kind. Hence it was no surprise when Eagle challenged his former snd to gamble at monte for the Buffalo was chosen by aler, and the game was a drawing card for all the members of the tribe. A few white people ven- | tured on the g ling ground, but , they were assured that their pres- ence was not needed. The game last- ed three days, during which time neither could beat the other so badly at the game as to win favor in the eyes of the dealer. She would with- hold her decision when one player fnearly “broke” her former friend, | and the same way when the other succeeded in winning nearly out. Then, cross from loss of sleep, the young men agreed to shoot it out. To this the girl assented cheerfully. Rifles were chosen, and the young men stepped back 30 paces. At the word fire, given by the woman, two shots rang out on the night air. Eagle fell, pierced by the assassin’s bullet. Bear Robe was arrested and is now in lat Fort Sill. It was not before the young woman for whom he fought had married him in the most approved Apache fashion. She says she will spend her fortune in having him cleared if possible. ! DOG WAS FAITHFUL. | wise ot But Finally It Grew So Jealous of Its Little Mistress That It Had to Be Killed, ‘northern district at Baltimore, Md., was obliged to kill a pet fox terrier for the rather unusual reason that it WITHOUT A GROWL OF PROTEST. was too fond of the policeman’s little daughter. According to the patrol- man’s story, the pup was taken in hands by the child when the dog was They banish pain and prolong life. No matt:r what the matter is, one will do you good, and you can get ten for five cents. rapULzs ime jow-prices tabules) can beh Spruce Stree A sew s7y's peckst sovtaising rer Semse ds y Sore { TELEPHONE CALL ils. &. 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