Importtttioa of Wild Aryngs
Rainbow Gold
By Tcmplo Bailey
ii 1 return or Colonel VtJ 7 7 a. W?. "'inu fBli
suture lifeg UiMfew v
I Q killed during their In- ( B&My
J pi8'0" otho Jungle. Np
I HE return of Colonel
Roosevelt and party
from Afrlcn, with the
cargo of nnlmal speci
mens which had been
killed during their in
vasion of the Jungle,
caused a New York
dealer in wild beasts
to talk interestingly of the busi
ness in which his Arm Is engaged.
There are nearly a dozen Arms
in Now York city that carry on
an immense business In the trans
portation of animals fresh from
the Jungle. And this number, of courso, does not
include such Immense foreign nnlmal firms as tho
Hagcnbacks. It Is a paying business, as indeed,
aro all businesses where the demand exceeds tho
supply. Tho demand for wild beasts Is far greator
than the supply, and as a consequence prices aro
Rood, and tho dealers men of wealth. Tho extent
of this demand' may be appreciated when ono con
siders that most of tho great cities In tho United
States have zoological parks or menageries, and
that the animals aro constantly being purchased
by them. Then thoro aro private collectors and
circuses and tho like, that aro over ready to pay
tho highest prices for deslrablo anlmnls. The ani
mal dealer who could secure and bring to this
country three or four gorillas would make a small,
fortune. But no dealer has over succeeded In do
ing this. The gorillas dlo In a few weeks In cap
tivity; they could not stand an ocean trip for a
day.
A rusty old German liner lumbers noisily Into
Quarantine, and then lies motionless on tho tldo.
An olllcer, with broad, red, bewhlskered face,
stands at tho head of the companion ladder, and
he smiles a peculiar smile, us a husky screaming
traps Just ns mlco nro caught, and
monkeys aro alBo trapped. Such great
beasts ns the rhinoceros and tho like
nro not captured by tho animal men,
but are secured from nntlve poten
tates, who give them nway as a mark
of special esteem or barter them for
brass ami other trifling but showy
gowgaws.
"We take comparatively fow Hons
from the wilds now. It is cheaper to
buy them In captivity. Polar, griz
zly and Russian bears also are mainly
bought and sold In captivity; but oth
er wild bcnstB are taken lu their
lnlrs."
FOOD
LONDON IS CHEAPER.
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rows of glowing green eyes and great teeth with
the flash of red tongue writhing between. A zebra
switched tho reporter with his tail and ho turned,
only to Jump almost out of his skin ns an elephant
touched him on tho other shoulder with his trunk.
iilu lem rises from below. "Tho animals aro get-re ac Ln,,? , l? h,Vc"f wnen' 2," a lcPard
lng Ugry," he explains; "you know we hav0reaChed Ut aftor hla coat tB-
several hundred of (hem on the 'tween decks.
Want to see them? All right." In another minute
probably the most compotent nnlmal man In the
world Is at our side. He Is not a trainer, or even
a tamer; he Is more. Ho Is a sort of animal cook,
and his special, business is tho personal manage
ment of wild animal tours. Ho receives them
lions, tigers, leopards, elephants, everything else
at Hamburg, where they have been brought
fresh from their nuttvo wilds, nnd not only super
intends their shipment aboard a vessel bound for
New York, but he sails with them to mako sure
that they arrive safely and in good health. And
bo sure thnt If the tiger gets off on his diet nnd
needs a nice fresh live rabbit to tone up liis sys
tem, this man will be nwara of tho fact almost
before the tiger is and, ergo, a nlco big jumping
mmny Is sacrificed In uccordanco with tho pre
cepts of wild beast mnterla medtca. Then, too,
ono can never tell Just when tho big boa is go
ing to rouse from his last gorge; when ho does
ho wants a toothsome young goat, nnd he wnnts
It quick. It Is a part of the animal man's duties
to anticipate the boa's appetite with all possible
expedition.
He is a quiet, unassuming man, with stoop
shoulders and bushy whiskers, and he leads the
way to the 'tween decks without a word. Per
haps tho uninitiated may believe that a tour
through the nnlmal section of a freight-enrrying
vessel Is an unimpressive experience. Well, let
them try it and see! This can bo said at the out
set It Is somewhat different from n menagerie.
It means something to come Into closo proximity
to n hundred and odd wild anlmnls that havo been
ruthlessly snatched from their lairs in Afrlcn or
Asia, or olsewhero, and clapped into llttlo barred
boxes, not as large as dry goods cases; slammed
In and out of dark holes in tho vessels of sovornl
seas on the way to Hamburg; then Anally placed
in the styglan 'tween decks of a German hooker.
The swinging cross sens of tho North Atlantlo
have not Improved their tempers, or their nerv
ous systems, and tho visitor at Quarantine is
quickly impressed with that fact. Tho howls and
whines and the barks cense abruptly as the stran
Kers enter. For they bring tho smell of land, and
the great beasts sniff inquiringly, nnd hungrily,
too.
The cages lined both sides of tho gloomy space,
with a little passageway between tho boxes. Per
liaps this passageway was threo feet wldo, not
more. The cages wore piled two and sometimes
lhrco deep, in tho bottom cage, for Instance,
would be a tiger; in tho next above a smaller ani
mal, say, a leopard or a lynx, and above that n
parrot, or a bunch of neorkat. Think of It! A
three-foot passngoway, with ferocious anlmnls,
stretching nlong for 100 feet on all sides. Talk
about nightmares! The reporter's hair stiffened
out like so many pieces of wire, and ho wished
most fervently that ho had not come. It was more
agreeable, he felt, to see these anlmnls In n me
nagerie where tho cages are ample and tho bars
an Inch thick.
"netter keep In tho middle of tho alslo," says
ono of the animal men; "these fellows sometimes
reach out for you." '
Words such as these, of courso, hardly tended
to reassure.
It really was too dark to seo much. One
caught a view of the cages stretching away In
Gloomy perspective until lost In the durkness, of
in ono wny this lower deck section was a
good placo to visit; tho Joy and rellof In being ablo
to leave it furnished tho biggest nnd most absorb
ing sensations that this monotonous world has
held for tho reporter in the last fow months at
least.
Uartels & Co.. aro tho largest dealers in wild
beasts In this country.
"A large wild animal dealer." said our Inform
ant, "imports considerably more than a hundred
largo wild animals each year. For Instance, our
record for ono year which I happen to huve at
hand, shows that wo Imported In that period 20
elephants, 35 camels, 20 tigers, 6 HonB, 45 leopards,
20 pumas, 18 panthers and hundreds of birds nnd
monkeys and smnll things. Cubs Hon and tiger
and bear cubs aro In special demand by wealthy
families. They aro reared and potted like kittens,
but In tho end thoy outgrow their plnyfulnoss and
tho families who bought them from us aro only
too willing to pay us to come and tnke them away
when thoy attain any sort of growth. We havo.
received many orders for hippopotami, but the
beasts nro hard to capture and ninety-nine times
out of a hundred they do not live through tho
voynge. In fact, menageries throughout the coun
try have to dopond of late years upon tho progeny
of the hippopotami In Central Park, Now York,
for specimens.
"Like all animal dealers, wo maintain oxpert
animal catchers In all parts of the world, nnd it is
theso men who All tho ships which arrlvo hero.
The Hngenbecks havo two collecting stations,
one In Calcutta and tho other In Aden, Arabia. From
this point tho animal catchers go forth and spend
months in the wilds, returning to tho Btatlons with
tholr catch. Wo ourselves send catchers direct
from this country at present wo havo men in
South Amerlcn, on the hot sands of Africa, In tho
Himalayas, and elsewhere, filling our orders. Ono
of thorn was recently In Arabia on n camel hunt,
two nro now In tho Ean Indies trapping tlgors)
and so thoy aro spread about In places where wild
beasts abide.
"Sometlmos we receive nn order for a largo
number of elephants. Wo telegraph this order to
our catchers in tho elephnnt country, who, nftor
organizing tho natives into a hunting band, pro
ceed to collect tho desired number. A huge In
closure Is built In one of tho main elephant paths,
and at night when the big animals come to feed
they aro driven Into the lnclosure or k-uldah by
means of Ares and shouts and tho firing of guns.
Boaters on tamo elophnnts then rldo Into tho ln
closure nnd ropo tho beasts, and In a short time
they becomo accustomed to being led about. Ele
phauts are nnturally mild, nnd wero this not tho
enso thoy nover could bo captured, because of
their great, hulking strength.
"The nntlves also enptured elephants In pits,
n barbarously cruel method In which more than
50 per cent, nro killed by the fall. Tho animal
catchers tnko tigers and Hons In pits also. Thoy
dig a hole, cover It with matting and place on this
matting a dead goat. At night tho Hon or tiger
steals from his lair, sees tho goat and springs
upon It. Tho matting, of course, gives way and
down into the pit goes tho lonrlng boast. Then tho
catchers run up and throw nets Into the pit nnd
tho struggling nnlmnl soon becomes hopelessly en
tangled, Nooses nro hon lowered Into tho pit and
the beast Is dragged out to tho cage. Six out of
every ton nre killed In this process. Leopards and
Jaguars and tho smnller animals are caught in
"For many years," said a man who
camo back from a European tour tho
other day, according to nn exchnngo,
"I havo been In tho habit of getting
into nn argument with friends nftor
my return about tho prices of food In
tho best rcstnurants In Now York nnd
London. I havo been contending that
New York restaurants wero putting
up their prices all tho ttmo and somo of my friends
havo tried to convince mo that you could get a
meal cheapor at tho higher prlcod restaurants In
Now York than in London.
"I determined this tlmo to collect somo ronl
data for comparison and as a result I havo kept
tho bills of many meals I had In London, It is
my intention to duplicate the meals I had over
thcro at somo of the restnurants hero, Item for
item. I did this with one of them tho other dny
nnd demonstrated tlint-for such a meal Loudon 1b
a lot cheaper than Now York.
"Here Is the bill for n luncheon I had at ono
of tho most oxpcnslvo hotels In London:
s. d.
Hors d'oeuvres varies 0 0
Pilaff o of sweotbreads 2 0
Asparagus 2 0
Cheese (Neufcbntel) 0 C
Coffee o 0
Beer l o
Totals c 0
"Now, six shillings nlnopenco at ?4.885 to the
pound Is J1.C5. As for the dishes themselves thoy
could not havo been surpassed anywhere For tho
hors d'oouvres I had a dozen different dishes to
select from.
"Did you over And hors d'oeuvres varies on tho
Dill of faro of a New York restaurant? Try It. Of
courso you may get them at n table d'hoto, but
I mean on tho carto du Jour of n restaurant where
you pay soparatoly for each thing you eat.
"In Paris there Is a rostnuront In tho Avonuo
do 1'Opern, whoro you can havo about twenty dif
ferent varieties of llttlo Ash and cold snlads and
appotlzers for about 15 or 1C cents. It took mo n
long tlmo to And this In a Arst-clnss houso hero,
nnd thon when I did so It wns In a restaurant
which Is not usually considered among tho most
expensive In tho city. Hero hors d'oeuvros varies
masqueraded under tho title of 'buffet russo.' Thoy
charged mo 50 cents for It, as against tho 18
charged In tho London restnurant.
"My pllaffo of Bwoothreads tasted exactly llko
mat I Had In London and cost exactly tho same, 50
cents. I ordered some asparagus. On tho bill of
rare thoy had asparagus with Hollundnlso sauce
for 40 cents, but I wnnted It cold, with French
dressing. They did not tell mo It would ho any
more, but for It they chnrged mo 70 cents. For
tho Neufchnto! cheese thoy charged 20 cents and
for the coffoo 15. The robbery came on tho boor.
"In, London If you want n llttlo pitcher of beer
thoy serve you an excellent brow of Ptlsener or
Wurzhurger In n llttlo sealed vessel holding n
pint for n shilling. I asked tho waiter to bring mo
a smnii pitciier or beer on draught, knowing they
did not servo tho beer as In London. Ho brought
mo a pitcher and charged mo 70 centB for It.
"Now my bill camo to $2.05, or oxnctly $1 moro
than tho snmo food nnd drink had cost mo In Lon
don. I gavo tho Now York waiter a quarter and
ho scnrcoly nodded. I gavo tho London waiter hIx
pence and ho thnnkod mo so that I could hour him."
Copyright, igio, b Atioelttod Llterttr Vftt
Tho dimness of tho big drawing
room was slightly lessened by tho
glow of tho light through tho perfo
rations of tho samovar. Evelyn Her-
rick was pouring tho ten.
I had n Icttor from Chrlntlnn thtn
morning," sho snld as alio handed n
cup to Bruco McKcnztc.
"Whnt did sho say?" ho asked, ea
gerly.
"Walt until theso nonnln nn" nlin
murmured, "nnd then I will rend It to
you."
It was nn hour boforo tho crowd
molted awnv. nnd oven then thov worn
not alone, for Phllln Hcrrlck lounnod
on tho conch In tho corner. Evelyn
rend tho noto In nn undertone.
"I nm comlnc homo. Evelvn. Aftr
all theso years of Htudy my volco Ib a
iniiurc. Do you remember thnt I used
to say thnt I would And my pot of
gold nt tho end of tho rnlnbow, nnd
Bruco would tell, mo that no ono ovor
really found rnlnbow cold 7 All th nun
years I havo been seoklnir a thine thnt
did not exist, nnd you hnvo stayed nt
homo nnd hnvo found happiness. I
often think of you nnd nruco nnd of
tho friendship thnt has grown tip bo-
iweon you. something you said in
your last letter makes mo feol that
you two nro nbout to enter upon n
dearer relationship than friendship,
nnd I wish you happiness, I who havo
missed happiness lu my senrch for
rainbow gold."
Bruco nnd Evelyn looked nt cnoh
other. "You seo. sho knows." Evelvn
said nt last.
From out of tho shndowB Phllln Hor-
rick asked, "Has sho lost hor vo!co7"
"Yes." Evelyn told him. "her hnnu.
tlful volco; and Bho gavo up every
thing for It."
She did not sny. however, whnr. wnn
In tho thoughts of each ono of tho
CONDITION PRECEDENT.
"Tho religion of somo people Is too lenient,"
hbki ijisnop uesiin in a recont nddross In Nantucket.
"Somo pooplo suggest to mo, In their view of
religion, a llttlo girl whoso teacher said to hor:
"'Mary, what must wo do flrst beforo wo can
expect forgiveness for our sins?'
" 'Wo must sin flrst,' tho llttlo girl answered.
Nasnvuie uanner.
UNFASHIONABLE EVENT.
Among other ovents, wo shall havo a sack raco
for ladles. Professionals barred.
"Whnt do you mean by professionals?"
"Those who havo been wearing tube gowns."-
Answers.
Philip Sank Down on tho Fur Run
In Front of Her.
threo an thoy sat in tho dim room.
They find nil loved Christine, and sho
hnd boon encased to Bruno- tint foot.
Ing tho call of her genius, sho had
cnosen n career rather than marriage.
And now Evelyn nnd Bruco wore en
gaged and Chrlstlno wns coming hack.
ueninu tlio snmovnr Evelvn whia.
pered to hor lover, "I am afraid."
or what?" ho domanded.
"That when she COinnR hnnlr vnu
will And that you havo not fnrtt,m
her."
Ho shook his hond. "Rim ,n,i
lovo mo, and now I know Mint t .11.1
not lovo box not In tho way thnt I
love you, Evelyn."
Their voices nfter thnt nnnu inn n
murmured monotone Tim iint-innon
gntherod, and tho man nn thn nnu
looking through tho partod curtains!
count seo tno stars. Ho thought of
tho girl who was cominc linoi wi,nn
sho had gone awny sho hnd boon rndl-
ant witli hopo nnd benuty. Sho had
boon courted by n doznn mimimra
And sho was coming back a fnlluro;
coming back to And her lover ready to
marry another womnn.
Hla henrt ached for h
never ached for hlmsnir uia
lovd had been hidden thnt sho might
not bo hurt by seeing It. hut through nil
tho years there had been for him no
other woman.
And oven as he thomrht nt l.nr .
came, parting tho curtnlns softly and
standing thoro lu tho dimness boforo
nny of them Bnw hor.
Sho laughed a llttlo
toward them, and thoy Jumped to
their feet In startled nmazemont.
'You didn't oxnect mn nn on. i,
nsked, nnd kissed Evelyn nnd gavo
er nanus to Bruce nnd to Philip, She
hnd lost somo of hor beauty. Sho was
paler and thinner, and thn iim
gone from her eyes. 8ho gave a llttlo
tired sigh as sho dronnoi in i.
chair that Phllln had nlanmi In trnut
of tho Aro for her.
"How good It seoms to ho with vnu
all again," sho Bald, "thn thmn ,!nr
peoplo with whom I played as. n
child."
Presently sho wont on. "A nil nnw
Evelyn Is going to mnrrv Bruno, whinh
Is ns It should be. I havo come back
to glvo you my blessing."
Tho word was said 1 irhtlv. but
Philip, watching her, saw tho trouble
In hor face. Did sho still lovo Bruco?
Would this mnrrlago mako her still
moro unhappy?
"When I wont nway," sho said
aftor a sllonco, "I thought that my
return would bo n triumphal ontry
Everyone would want to hoar mo.
sing nnd now no ono will enro to.
hear mo."
Philip snnk down on tho fur mg In,
front of . her. "Is It nil gone youf
volco?" ho nskod softly.
"I still hnvo n llttlo volco." Bho said,
"but no ono cares to hoar It,"
And ngnln thoro was silence. Thoro
wns constraint, too, In tho ntmosphero,
for Bruco nnd Evelyn had grown Into,
each other's lives and away from
Chrlstlno's. Only In Philip's heart
was tho real wolcotno thnt sho craved.
Sho felt this Instinctively, nnd It
wns nor need of him, perhaps, that
mado hor aHk later, when tho four had,
talked of many things, "Will you rldo
back to tho hotel with mo, Philip? I
know Evolyn hnd a dlnnor engage
ment nnd Bruco will want to say
good-by to hor without us."
Philip Insisted upon a stop nt n ton
room, whero thoy nrdorod Icob as nn
cxcuBo but uto nothing.
They talked of Bruco and of Evolyn
nnd of tho coming marriage. "Evolyn
choso tho bolter part," ChrUtlno snld.
"A woman Is only a woman nftor nil,
nnd homo-keeping hearts nro happi
est." Ho fo.lt that sho rcgrottod tho loss
of Bruco, and tried to comfort hor. "I
don't boltovo that you would havo
boon happy with him, Chrlstlno," ho
said.
Sho looked at him startled. "With
whom?" she domnnded.
"With Bruco, of courso," ho snld.
"Oh!" sho laughod n llttlo. "Did
you think why, Philip, I am glad T
gavo up Bruco. If I had loved him I
could not hnvo given him up. If I hnd
lovod him no enroer could havo taken
mo awny from him, nnd that was why
1 went nwny to senrch for my pot of
gold." Sho stoppod for n moment;
then sho went on with somo hoBltn-
tion: "Thoro wns somo ono olso that
I loved, Philip, but I was not light
enough or frlvolouB enough to turn
from ono man to another. I felt that
I must glvo up Bruco and tost my
solf but tho other man novor told
mo, Philip, that ho carod."
Somothlng In hor volco mado him
look at hor startlcd.
"Would you havo given up your ca,
roer for that other man?" ho do
manded. "Yes," sho said softly. "I would
havo been glad to havo used my volco
for lovo Bongs and lullabys, Philip. I
know that I wns following a phantom,
that my greatest happiness would not
como from a caroor. But I felt that I
must go away because this other
man wan true to his frlond, and be'
cause I folt that I must bo very sure
of myself."
"I could not toll you. You under
stand?" ho asked eagerly. "I did not
dream thnt you carod, and I thought
Bruco's llfo wns bound up In you."
"I know It wasn't," sho Bald. "But
that had to bo proved, and only my
going nway could provo It, And I am
moro than glad that I went nway,
Philip, becauso I havo lonrned now
thnt lovo Is tho greatest thing In tho
world. I saw bo many womon over,
thoro living their pitiful llttlo lives
women eaten up by Joulouslos and am
bitions nnd tho craving for oxcltoment,
nnd I lenrned that nothing makes n
womnn hnppy but lovo and a homo.
All tho modern theories, all tho ad
vanced arguments can nover mako
mo bollovo anything olso."
And thon ho know that all his wait
ing wnB to havo its roward. Ho told
hor, then, of his drenm,s nnd of hla
uesires. no wnnted her In his life,
seomed to them both, nB thoy wont
out, that tho world had changed;
thero was a rndlnnco nbout tho star
lighted ovonlng thnt wnB a roAoctlon
of tho radlanco within thomsolvos.
As ho loft hor at hor hotel, Chrlstlno
whlsporod, "I havo found my pot of
gold, Philip."
"Whoro?" ho demanded.
"At tho other end of tho rnlnbow,"
she snld. "At tho eud that was near
est home, Philip."
Major 8hurtz.
Lou Emerson, n stnto senator In
Now York, owns somo big shirt fac
tories up In tho northern part of tho
stato nnd Is very rich.
Ono day ho visited Republican
hoadquartors In Now York when B.
B. Odoll, Jr., was chairman. Odell was
out and had left a flip young man In
charge.
Emerson walked In. "Is Odoll here?"
ho neked.
"Nope," replied tho flip young man
without getting up.
"Whero Is ho?"
"Dunuo."
"When will ho bo back?" '
"Dunuo."
Emerson turned to lenvo. "Who
shall I say called?" asked tho flip
young man.
Emerson went over to tho Alp young
man, caught hold of his shirt by the
bosom, and said: "Toll him the man
who mndo that 50-cont shirt you aro
woarlng called." Philadelphia Sntur
day Evening Post.
Not Qualified.
"Here's a man whom I can nnm.
mend to you ns a writer. Ho is dob.
soBsed of a great deal of rudo
strength,"
"Oh, then, ho wouldn't do for polito
lltorature."
