Show HUNTING how the big are ima the balais of thel liS uila jacksonville fla coric ence st louis globe democrat tile florida gator i s a rate ard in its way and a very formidable one too at times but like all celebrities I 1 is sometimes med its tile basis for some stupendous yarns for in st Urice in a recent issue a newark N J authority gives alie modus operandi for catching cut ching rua killim the saurian aleu its skin is wanted one method was to get the gator amused at some sidesplitting new tale or also tickle him under the fifth rib and when he opened his huge mouth ili an amused grin to beize the opportunity port unity and thrust a big harpoon i it his tongue the gator w uld then good butt himself against the bank until he felt the throes of final dissolution when lie would float up against the wharf give up the gator ghost and be in readi tims I 1 0 be skinned again the spectacle of alligator platt riding on a galars ga tars back 11 gebing geeing and bading so as to make a good landing would make even the most ill natured and fierce bull saurian that ever theeo matere split his sides with loud it should have been added to this that be trained them and drove them in pairs to plow his orano grove the gator is bet with dangers from the first which probably ac counts for his somewhat unfriendly disposition the female finds some secluded sandbank exposed fully to the suns rays scoops out a hole two or three feet deep with her four paws linca it with old etc a eggs 25 to at a time these are carefully covered over to a height of three to four feet with gram small sticks etc from the mo ment of laying the eggs scores of enemies are in wait the big sand cranes and eagles are not averse to a good meal of gator eggs while bears wildcats and foxes take them as a great delicacy rhen comes the naturalist and curiosity hunter an 1 fitin dreda of egg are gathered by these ineatia ble the old female is very fi ace at this time and lies in wait near by and has been known to at tact men even in the defence of her nest finally the young gators are batch by the suns ra 8 and mound seems alive with like young snakes ibm young ones are smart and lively from the first the old bull gator with an idea of the good things of life has been ing adely intercept in in the incubation a n when the young ones get buthe is on babol to take a good meal on infant alligator abany fights have been witnessed between the female and the niale in the formers defence of her young the young onoe until they reach a length of a foot are with the old female all the time their great delight is to lie basking on the sunny sand bank clustered in one big mee upon the slightest alarm the old mother utters a boardo call opening wide her capacious mouth an d the youngsters scramble in for safety form erly they were plentiful on the str carris and lakes in this state but the indiscriminate shoot ing Ls scared off into the more inaccessible bayous and lakes in the lower portion of the state in the everglade they are hunted vig porously for their skins scores of bunters secure from 1000 to 1500 skins annually brill as they receive 1 each for them they obtain what i I 1 to them a princely income I 1 alligator Pi ritt one of the old eat hunters in that section of the state lives oil jakc and his of miraculous escapa a from batore and baars are thorough ly enjoyed by vue tourists ats who hava fortune to hear him nar rathany of them the best and most common mode to hunt them is by flash irIg their eyes at night the same as deer stalk ing two generally hunt together in a canoe one sitting in the stain paddling the other stan diug at the how with a bulls eye fastened to bi shead they move on cauti onEly the one in front coaching the course by slow motions jofh s hand leistl aarni blind is upraised the inoa tion of alf t e paddle ceases and the canoe glides on almost bly the slight ripple at the bow be ing the only sound heard the one with the rifle a win chester of raising his weapon peering expectantly forward now to one side then another suddenly a gleam is acen ahead a coal of fire shining through the darkness and the upraised rifle belches forth a stream of fire A confused thresh in and perhaps a dee bellow fol H owe then all is stil I 1 I 1 wounded the ignator makes bojt to deep water and if dead he sinks dt once the hunters do not stop for their game unless in sli allow water and the gator is killed instantly but go ahead and search for fresh victims the next day they begin their lookout for their game when killed fink fit once but the gases in the body b rinku th em ul in from six to ten bourl adre idre ara lost by being wounded and dying in 0 iliac es sible creek or bayout but the pot hunters care not the skins are carefully taken oat and the carcass ce left for bu and other engers though the teeth tire gener ally secured if there is time no on i aitt 7 ho ugh the hunt r delig 1 1 tt 0 I 1 the inbred cloua tourists with tales of living on alligator meal luat christmas it good joke was 0 ted at adeall it south flor rl fsr i anable rc sort t was it great for anti garne of all kinda abundant on the table on tiou day un the menu cards of the tuble wt ore o re ix jolly artt aa va ni san steak it to abern all grea tely anti was for repeatedly repeat edry slid the cook wa complimented aitor the fine dish after dinu eras they were their teeth in the rend ingroum in groom tile smiling host a gret who never to interfere at goa go A joke called several of them inta the offic where a dozen or more others alvero gath pred awl casu nily i bcd log tile Ivelli sou was remarkably fine faid a well known chicago banker i so juicy nod tender where was it kiah ol 01 yee interjected a new yorker a yachtsman who mao p ri d I 1 hila self oil his ability to h tin t it waa prime I 1 shall have 0 try my luck at his kindred tomor to mor rol 1 I certainly enjoyed it remarked a congressman front ahin it iseck lacown epicure too you know I 1 said you ought to give its ill 0 re of that sort others joined in to the same efrece when the host with a twinkle in h paid well gentlemen I 1 am certa itil y glad you enjoyed that or steak we bannow find a goodbe for these fellows A moment they stood spellbound by his words and then ns the full meaning burst upon them their faces paled to ilby whiteness and they left for their rooms lately while peals of lau glite r greeted the victims front in for sometime afterward it was not safe to mention venison to any of thereof generally alligators are very timid and they will seldom attack a man unless wounded and driben to a corner still instances tire narrated of old bull batora becoming pugnacious and attaching boats D pigs and small animals are seldom from their attacks while cattle aud horses have been known to huffier from their assaults the big bull gators often go across country from one poud to another I 1 sometimes going many miles where ponds or lakes are closely tol there is always found a eaten track leading from one to the other sometimes they are on ahemad these journeys tire mode near nightfall beides their skin the teeth are valuable being made into allig 1 for jewelry es etc the teeth are gener ally efured by buryin lite hlad till it decomposes and then pic kiri cut the teeth a not very pleasant task the teeth are then bathed acids which thoroughly clean and remove all unpleasant smell A full grown gator is frow 12 18 feet lon garld able openness when he emilce in his own |