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NOAH TO BE Uncle Sam to Collect the T\ Neics aii? WASHINGTON, D. C.. October 29. Uncle. Sam has just decided to insti tute a veritable Noah's Ark of live wild beasts here in Washington. He " is arranging to assemble in a large reservation Northwest of t\e city a congress of the animal families of the entire world, and pilgrims to the na tion' s Capital will soon feast eyes upon the most monstrous zoologie treat man has ever beheld. The Smithsonian naturalists have been lately engaged upon a repetition of Father Adam's task of enumerat ing and classifying the species md have succeeded in producing a list of many arm-lengths showing their pres v ?nt geographic ' distribution. The State, War and Navy Departments are making copies to our diplomatic, con sular, military and naval representa tives in lands, far and near, with in structions that they negotiate for the capture and transportation to Wash ington of as many separate species as can be captured. Full instructions as to boxing the animals and feeding them en route are being mailed with . the lists. The scheme was eonceived by Secretary Langley, of the Smith sonian, the father of the nation's hew Zoo, with the practical aid of Dr. Frank Baker, its supering adent. The reservation in which the new - animals will reside is of 1661-2 acres. Recent improvements have made it al ready th? most picturesque and exten sive zoological garden of the world. The great Zoos of Berlin, London and Paris, the next largest, would cover but two-thirds of its area if com bined. Africa will contribute most exten sively. As emphasized in the official circular being mailed to our fifty rep resentatives there, no other of the earth's divisions is so rich in animal life. The gorilla, which is desired more than any other creature of eith er hemisphere, will be hunted here, bis only haunt. His landing on Amer ican soil will be an important zoological event.* That the gorilla has never yet been brought to the New World is a fact well-nigh unknown. He will be ? found only along the banks of Gra boon River and within the delta of the Ogowai, respectively north and south of the Equator, near the Atlan tic Ocean. Capturing him ' here will be a dangerous and difficult task. ' He nests in the trees of the most dense and solitary of the forest wilds. Al though: eager tc escape when first at tacked, he will ferociously defend him self with tooth and nail when brought to bay. When enraged his hair bris tles erect upon the crown of his head and he roars like a lion. He becomes more and more ferocious with age, and it may be thought best to obtain a young animal on this aecouut. Of course, it will be necessary to capture him unharmed. A good specimen will be the centre of interest in the ?geeat Zoo. Scientists will be eager to .study him, inasmuch as he is the most jnan-?ike of all man-like apes and is believed by evolutionists to be the an cestor of mankind. .His great simi larity to the human being was noted *no less than 600 years before Christ, -when Admiral Hanno, of Carthage, re turning from a West African expedi tion, published his account of certain hairy men and women, named gorillas, "who lived in troops and fought with stones. Although Dr. Savage, of this .country, gave the first accurate ac counts of the gorilla, thc only captive (specimen c^er brought to the civilized i world was exhibited in Berlin. A specimen of the chimpanzee is : .also wanted. It is believed that but one species of this near cousin of hu- < manity now exists. Ic is scattered from the Guinea coast, whence our slaves came, through the heart of Af rica and as far north as the Soudan. The chimpanzee will be less difficult to capture than the gorilla. Natives, anxious to exterminate him because of his thieving?, chase him into snares and kill him with spears. So man like are many of his ways that they regard him as a degenerate human being. Efforts will be made to complete a collection of' excellent baboons and monkeys, with which Africa abounds. The most interesting of these baboons is the hamadryas, with flesh-colored face and long, gray whiskers,standing straight outward. His bands employ intelligent tactics in war and pillage. They are generalled always by select ed elders, who cry out their com mands. This same baboon is be lieved to possess some occult power of determining where to dig for his wa ter. The African giraffe is put upon the special list of animals most desired, and emphasis is placed upon the fact .chat he has almost ceased to figure in American and European menageries. He must be hunted in Equatorial Af rica and Abyssinia. One cause of his scarcity is the fact that of all animals he is the most difficult to stalk. His long neck constitutes an observation OUT-NOAHED. all A.nii?ial Species of rorld. \ Courier. , tower, giviDg him a view of his foes long before they can. see him hidden in the thick jungle. The Arabs on the Abyssinian frontiers are his most successful hunters. They ride him down at racing speed and hamstring him with their broadswords. In such a chase the giraffe runs with a bound ing trot, unlike that of a horse in that he moves-his two legs on either side in the same direction simultaneously. If only a young giraffe can be cap tured it* can be nursed by a common American cow until mature. The true zebra is among the African animals especially desired. It is now almost extinct and many difficulties will be met in capturing one in a wild state. The few now remaining are scattered in the highest mountains of Bechuanaland and Gaffraria, near the present seat of war. The true zebra never descends into theiplains. While its herds pasture upon the steep hill sides, several are always posted on the steepest outlying crags to give a note of alarm at the furthest ; approach of danger. The natives can capture them only with lassoes. An effort will be made to obtain good specimens of the nearly extinct quagga, closely resembling the zebra. His head and foreparts are marked with stripes, which, however, grows more and more indistinct toward his hind extremi ties. His mane and tail are white. The few existing to-day will be found below the Yaal, near the Boer cities. A peculiarity ^of the quagga is his fondness for the ostrich, with whom he is always accompanied in his trav els. The dwarf bushmen and the na tives of Bechuanaland-just west of the Transvaal-relish his yellow, oily flesh. The dark continent will contribute an African elephant, a type distinctly different, from the Asiatic species, commonly seen in our menageries and Zoos. The African elephant is heard of in modern times only as a wild beast, although the ancient Homans domesticated him and trained him for their wars. His forehead is convex rather than concave, like that of the Asiatic; his ears are very much lar ger and are turned back over his Head; his tusks are thicker and longer, and his skin is a deep black rather than gray. He has been known to grow a central tusk. He is very ferocious and in captivity will be difficult to manage at first. Our consular representatives are re requested to procure the fast disap pearing African buffalo, once distrib uted south of the Equator. He re sembles a huge black ox, but has thicker horns joined over his forehead. Native hunters, who must now go to the Matabele country to find him, agree that he is the most dangerous of their forest beasts. Hearing the ap proach of foes, he craftily hides io the thicket and awaits an opportunity to make a furious dash. After falling from wounds he suddenly rises to re new battle, tossing his surprised vic tim high in the air and trampling him to death. The natives locate his herds by a peculiar sound made by rub bing their horns against the forest trees. The most diabolically hideous of the hundreds of creatures wanted from the land of the negro is the wart hog. A mane of long bristles covers his spine. Below his savage tusks he wears a growth of long, white whiskers. His eyes, high in his head and elevated corners, are made more devilish by long black brows and lashes. He d? riv?e his name from an added adorn ment of huge, fleshy warts behind his eyes and along his nose. Other interesting and valuable quad ruped freaks to be sought in Africa are the zorill, a strange species of skunk, tamed by the natives as rat ters and mousers; the North African ichnuemon, or "Pharaoh's rat," which feeds on lizards, snakes, rats and oth er pests unpopular with humanity, and, therefore, paid divine honors by the ancient Egyptians; and the aark vark, or African ground hog, which feeds upon insects and erects little dome-shaped mud huts. The list prepared for officials in the new possessions indicates that expan sion of our animal kingdom will be elaborately illustrated at the National Zoo. A manatee, or "sea-cow," is badly wanted from the West Indies. This creature, which gave rise to ancient mermaid superstitions, was originally classed as a whale. He is sometimes twenty feet long, has skin like the gray elephant's and fans his food into his mouth with long bristles on his nose. Natives rformerly disabled him with spears and smothered him by plugging his noBe. The agouta, want ed from these same Islands, is a long legged, cat-like bug-eater. Though chiefly insectivorous, he occasionally feasts upon poultry. When pursued, he simply runs his head into a hole, imagining, ostrich-like, that his body s hidden. Tuc Cuban hutia, also listed, is au immense tree rat. na ked and scaly. Officers in the Philippines are ask ed for the ''spectre," carabao, tama rau, flying-lemur, biuturong and many other freaks. The "spectre," the hoodoo of the superstitious native, is diminutive and squirrel-like. His staring eyes appear to wear huge Chinese spectacles. Up on his wire-like fingers are cushions like the suckers upon the feet of the tree-frog. He is nocturnal and insec tivorous. The oaraboa is a smallwater buffalo, wild but tamable. The natives hunt him on moonlight nights by sneaking upon him behind his tamed brothers. Only the most skillful enjoy this sport without loss of life. When domesti cated he refuses to work unless allow ed a daily mud bath of two hours. The tamarau, a similar species, is more ferocious. He refuses to eat during captivity and usually starves from stubbornness or commits suicide while attempting liberty. He will be a bard cuatomer to deal with if brought tere. The biuturong is a long tailed wild cat, which sleeks all day with his head bidden beneath his bushy tail. He likes vegetables, fruit, eggs, birds and tneat. From these Islands will be ob tained also some peculiar civet cats. A. collection of native house cats would inspire much interest. They are ill adorned with fish-hook points in the ends of their tails. Much value is attached to the flying-lemur, which jumps from tree-top to tree-top, hun Ireds of feet apart, being buoyed in the air by a pair of aeroplanes, form ?d of skin stretched from one leg to ;he other on either side and guided dy a peculiar manipulation of the tail. From Asia and its Islands the gayal md the g.tur, species of East Indian vild cattle; the cheetah, or hunting eopard, a long-legged wildcat with Ut ile head-combining the speed of the log and sneaking instinct of the cat iomesticated for hunting deer and an telope in inaccessible mountain coun tries, and the tapir, that peculiar ong-snouted combination of hog and rhinoceros, are particularly wanted, isia is expected to supply also many jpecies similar to those of Africa, be ?ides tigers, leopards, .three species of vild rhinoceros, black apes and num erous monkeys. From Central and South America ire wanted, more than others, the doth, jaguar, anteater, armadillo and spectacled bear, the last named-found >nly in the: highest mountains of Chili ind Peru-being so called because )f grotesque markings about his syes. Oar consular representatives in Australia, New Zealand and adjacent islands are asked to furnish the great tangaroo, wallaby, or dwarf kangaroo, vombat, duck-bill and Tasmanian dev 1. The duck-bill, not represented in my American collection, will be diffi ?ult to procure. He is one of the nost grotesque of beasts and will ex iite much curiosity. He has a body limilar to that of a sea-lion or beaver n combination with a long, borny, luck-like beak. The Tasmanian dev 1, noted for its ferocity, is a stout, leavy beast, about the size of a bad ;er and with an ugly head somewhat ike that of a boar. From New Zea and alone will be obtained, if possi de, the kiwi-a very odd bird found nly upon that Island-the owl-parrot nd the hideous tuatara lizard. In eed, perusal of this official list of the aost rare and valuable creatures of the arth, air and water suggests that in Jncle Sam's new zoologie venture 'ather Noah is himself to be out ioahed. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, JR. 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Address Blood Balm Co., 80 Mitchell St., Atlanta Ga. - At Geneva, N. Y., the death of ohn Burns, 9 years old, is attributed o vaccination in compliance with the tate board of health regulations two reeks ago. Within a few days his rm was enormously swollen and blood loison set in. Swelling followed in is whole body and he died in great gony. Tenderness or aching in the small f the back is a serious symptom. The idneys arc suffering. Take Prickly Vsh Bitters at once. It is a reliable idney remedy and system regulator, nd will cure the trouble before it de elops its dangerous stage. Sold by Ivans Pharmacy. W. 0. T. ??. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Anderson, S. C. So many temperance sympathizers have been deterred from uniting with the Woman's Christiau Temperance Union on account of a misunderstand ing as to the nature of the pledge of the organization that a few words on the subject may not be amiss. In taking the pledge, you promise to abstain from all intoxicating liquors as a beverage; and as very few Chris tian men and women partake of strong drink as a beverage, the pledge is sim ply the embodiment of a principle-a coming out on the right side, as it were. Many have said that they would sign the pledge did it not debar them from the use of alcohol in case of sickness. It does not. Medicine is not a beverage, and liquor taken medicinally is not included in the W. C. T. U. pledge, and no white ribbon er need feel any scruples in such ca ses. Only as a beverage are you for bidden by pledge to partake of alco holic liquor, although the aim of the Union is to destroy its use altogether. KATE XENIA ROACH, State Pres. of W. C. T. U. of S. C. We trust that every "white ribbon er" of Anderson will read carefully the above letter, and make good use )f it in her efforts to get recruits for )ur ranks. Now for a vigorous cam-/ oaign ! W. C. T. U.- EDITOR. . What Befalls the Spendthrift. By most men the rosy dreams of youth are never realized. The work nen must always far outnumber the ?mployers, more than one hundred to )ne. The man who puts off the prac iice of economy, waiting for a time ffhen it will be easier for him to de prive himself of certain pet luxuries, earns when it is toe late that he has passed the point where he can demand )f the present that it shall help pro ride for the future. Among all the ac quaintances I have had in the past for ;y years, not one spendthrift among hem has retired from business a suc ;essful man. Perhaps you look upon that word 'spendthrift" as one that cannot be ipplied to you. You may think it ap )lies only to one who foolishly throws iway a fortune. If you^will turn to pour dictionary you will read that he is a spendtrift who is improvident or tasteful. The word applies with iqual force to the man earning ten dol ars a week and to him who has thou tands. v There are no miracles in a business :areer. The man who wins success las toiled early and late with all his jowers of body and mind. He has been iubservient to his ambition. He has )ushed aside, because it was the first itep toward success, every habit and lesire that stood between him and lis goal. No man was ever numbered imong the successful ones unless he vas waiting and prepared for Fortune vhen she knocked at his door. She las never yet been known to wait for my man or boy to prepare himself for 1er company. I know of no one ?abit that so thoroughly molds the iharacter of a young man as the habit if economy. It gives him strength of nil. It teaches him to look beyond ,n action to its final result. It con inually reminds him that the pure, weet, innocent pleasures of life are Imostto be had for thc asking, and hat Satan is not only a cruel; but an xpensive taskmaster. Greater Still. At an agricultural show in Dublin a lompous member of parliament, who rrived late, found himself on theout kirts of a large crowd. Being anxious to obtain a good view or himself and some lady friends rho accompanied him, and, presum Qg that he was well-known to the spec ators, he tapped a burly coal porter n the shoulder and peremptorily de landcd: "Make way there!" "Who are ye pushin"?" was thc un xpected response. "Do you know who lam. sir?" cried he indignant M. P. "I'm a rcprcsen ative of the people!" "Yali!*' growled the angry porter; :but we're the bloomin' people them elvcs." ^ _ hamberlain's Pain Balm Cures Others, Why not You? My wife has been using Chamber s's Pain Balm, with good results, ora lame shoulder that has pained er continually for nine years. We 1 ave tried all kinds of medicines and octors without receiving any benefit rom any of them. One day wc saw n advertisement of this medicine and nought of trying it, which we did rith tbe best of satisfaction. She as used only one bottle and her , houlder is almost well.-ADOLPH L. IlLLET, Manchester, N. H. For sale y Hill-Orr Drug Co. - mm i ** - "Youchargeme two dollars for , supper consisting only of 'possum?'' aid the guest at the backwoods hotel. Well," replied the landlord, "aa ur as market prices go, it ain't wuth ( b; but that wuz a mighty fat 'possum, tranger, an' he wuz so blamed hard ito ? etch!" How Curiosity Was Satisfied. There is a handsome young woman in Washington who had the misfortune to fall downstairs a few years ago, so badly fracturing one of her knees that the limb had to be amputated. The young woman, who walks with the aid of crutches, is not the least sensitive about the matter. One afternoon recently she got on an F street car, bound for the hill, and found herself in the same seat with a sharp eyed woman who seemed to take a whole lot of interest in her and her crutches. She scrutinized the young woman's face carefully for a couple of minutes, then turned her attention to the workmanship of the crutches, which she took the liberty to handle curiously. Then she looked the young woman over again, and leaned ever to her. "Do you mind telling me how you lost your leg?'' she asked, raspily. "Not in the least," responded the young woman, amiably, "I lost it in the battle of Gettys burg. " mm * mm Drowned a Mountain Lion. The cougar, a mountain lion, is the most ferocious wild animal still found in these mountains, writes a Yakima, Wash., correspondent. One fine af ternoon, some few years ago, a young Indian was sitting on a rock on the bank of che Upper Natchez fishing. He heard a rustling on the cliff behind him and on looking up he saw an im mense cougar growling at him and swinging his long leonine tail. The Indian instinctively dropped his fish ing rod and sprang into the river, but no sooner did he strike the water than the cougar was on his back and a des perate struggle at once began. The Indian twisted an arm around the cougar's neck in a vain effort to choke him, while the savage r.nimal tore and lacerated the Indian's back with his claws and crunched his long teeth through his wrist. The wily Siwash, as the struggle went on, managed to pull his antagonist into deeper water, and the Indian's lpgs being longer than the cougar's he overpowered the savage beast when he got him beyond his depth and held his head under the water until he was drowned. The Indian is still living to tell the tale, but is a broken-down man ever since the adventure. The divorce evil seems to grow with every year. 7.500 divorces were granted in the State of Ohio last year. We agree that there are fauiis cn both sides, but the great problem is : Are those faults remedi able ? To a great extent there is no doubt the conditions which result in divorce may be remedied. Given a dyspeptic husband and a wife suffering from femile trouble and we have the ready made clements of a divorce case. In view of the facts there can be very little doubt that many women look forward to divorce only because they seek relief from obligations they do not feel fitted to fulfill. Women are not to blame. They have looked forward to their home life as a dream of paradise. Then disease comes like a serpent and destroys all happiness. Women who suffer with debilitating drains, inflammation, ulceration, female trouble and bearing down pains, will find certain relief and cure in Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It so invigorates the organs peculiarly feminine and regu lates their functions that they are estab lished in a perfectly healthy condition. The old lightness of heart comes back ; there's light in the eyes and a smile on the lips. The old irritation and nervousness are gone, and the husband comes to his home as a haven of rest and comfort. "I was troubled with female weakness, and after Liking three boLtlcs of Dr. Pierce's Favor ite Prescription I am free from pains," writes Mrs. May E. Jones. 529 Madison Ave.,Ypsilanti. Mich. I had suffered for two years when I began taking your medicine. I :ould not walk across my room without suffering dreadful paius. Now I do all iny housework arid walk where I please-thanks "to Dr. Pierce's medicine." I HE A DA* HE, 1 I NEURALGIA, j 1 LA GRIFFE. I ^ Believes all pain. || & 25c. all Druggists. & BANKERS and BROKERS. Gm SKALIER & CO., CONSOL, STOCK EXCHANGE BLDG, 60-62 Broadway, - New York. LOTS OF MONEY CAN be made through speculation with deposit of $'W.OO [thirty dollars] upward [or 3 per cent, mn rain upward] on the Stonk Exchange. The greHtest fortunes have beon made through speculations in Stocks, Wheat or Cotton. If you are interested to know how spec ulations are conducted, notify us and we will send you information and market etter free of charge. 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THE longer you put it off the harder it is to cure. The longer it las's the more serious it becomes. Let it run on and there's no telling what the end will be. The worst case of Consumption was a little Cold once. TAR MINT Will stop any Cough when it first begins. It will stop mo3t Coughs after they get bad. But the best way is to take it at the first sign of a Cold It ought to be right at your elbow all the time. Tar Mint Is the BEST REMEDY for COU3HS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Don't buy any other kind. 50c. HILL-ORR DRUG CO. OUR Buggy and Wagon Trade is on the increase, but we want it to increase more. THOUSANDS of Farmers can testify that "Old Hickory," "Tennessee," "Studebaker" and "Milburn" Wagons are the lightest running and will wear longer than other makes on the market. You may find in this County these Wagons that have been in constant use for the past twenty years. We also have on hand a large and varied assortment of BUGGIES and CARRIAGES, aud among them the celebrated ''Babcock's," "Columbias," "Tyson & Jones," "Columbus," and many other brands. Our record for selling first-class Goods is evident by the blands men tioned above, that we have exclusive sale for in Anderson County. Our "Young Men's" Buggy has no equal. Have also a large and select line of HARNESS, SADDLES, BRI DLES, <fec, and have recently secured exclusive control and sale of the cele brated "Matthew Heldman" Harness, which is well known in this County,, and needs no "talking up." The Wagou and Buggy mauufacturers are advancing prices on all their goods on account of the advance iu price of all the material, and in conse quence we will have to advance our prices from ?5.00 to $10.00 a job ; but we wish to give you a chance to buy before the rise, so you had better join in the procession and buy one of -.ur Buggies or Wagons at once, for on and after September 1st nest our prices will be at least S5.00 higher than at present. We regret having to do this, but cammi gei around it. Buy now and save this advance. JOS. J. FRETWELL Will still sell you a first-class Buggy for $30.00. Car riage $85.00. FLOUR FLOUR I # SOO BARRELS. GOT every grade you are looking for. We know what you want, and we've got the prices right. Can't give it to you, but we will sell you high grade Flour 25 to 35c cheaper than any competition. Low grade Floui 83.00 per barrel. Car EAR CORN and stacks of Shelled Corn. Buy while it is che*p advancing rapidly. We know where to bay and get good, sound Corn cheap. OATS, HAY and BRAN. Special prices by the ton. We want your trade, and if honest dealings and low prices count wc will get it. Yours for Business, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Now is your chance to get Tobacco cheap. Closing out odd* and ends in Caddies.