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Show "ir TIIE SUNDAY MORNING EXAMINER. OCTOREIi 2, 1004. mysterious bond. The gun lav In my lap ready for um. I appreciated all time thing, but waa halide. At hit, after a great effort lifted my arms. But they came up with a violent Jerk and frightened the deer aaray. That some years ego, and although It took mo several aeqeone to overcome the aensa-tio- n I am now able to shoot like a mxi once I get a bead on the deer, Women now accept with tha utmost good nature the condition! of rough camp Ufa which the men thought were not good enough for them. Laat October I chaperoned a party of young men and young women on an expedition to a remote lake in the North Wooda. The objective point waa a primitive shack of the hunter, the principal furnlehlnga of whleh were a tumbledown stove, a pancake griddle, kettle. frying pan, some crock try, paper plates and blankets. The shayk waa several miles from the nearest wagon road and wa had to pack our stuff In. j ;V V I'.', V JrV ... J$g a : iJ a. Fot omtng the Trsil. . 'At the ead of the wagon ride tha women climbed down elieerfully and strapped on Bah baskets In which were supplies of food, assumed tha heaviest burden of well filled pack baskets, Ac. Laid by tha chief guide we formed single hla and struck the tralL It was all uphill, but tha trail waa dry and .well shadowed, with tha burs limbs of tha hardwood letting tha aua through In placem Wo rested now and than, and at midday stopped at the of a stream, where tha guides prepared a meal of iamb chops, pancakes aud coffee. We reached eamp in tha middle of tha afternoon, attar a Journey of nearly ten mile during whloh wa had climbed about on thousand feat above tha starting point. 'I think this log cabin In the wood a waa the most primitive jdana I ever slept la. It hud one room and a loft. Tha room iwd aa kitchun, dining count and living room, while tha loft bad the one had occupied by both men and women. Tha bed was perhaps twelve feat wide and waa entirely of balsam hougha and blankets. After a few momenta of Interna thought and whisperings the women climbed the ladder to the loft, selected the toft hand able to Bleep on, luoaeoed few belts and buttons and retired. The reflected light from the broken stove below had a weird effect in the luft. Squirrels capered over tin roof and aroused the nervous Finally tho men climbed up and crawled under their blankets. Thai waA little sleep that night, but entered into the real enjoyment of rough camp life the next day, after tho men got up a tent for ua to aleap In. Tha guides took turns throughout tha njgtita of watching tha camp fire In front of tho whleh kept us warm even though 'nt door, me nights were cold. "We hunted and Ashed by day and at night sometimes went upon ihe lake, where with tha aid of lights w could see deer and hear them In tha water aa they ate tha moea and mole of lllypada. While it is unlawful to kill deer at night In this manner, it is one of Che moat exciting experience imaginable to be paddled silently over the eurfaoe of a lake In the solitude, to hear deer come and go in the water and note their approach or retreat through the wooda, the senses becoming mure acute every blatant, and then to Bunny approach a deer that It held spellbound by tha light ao closely that you may almost touoh it. born In tha liHanging from a buck brary of Timothy U Woodruff at hla Adirondack place, Kamp Kilt Kara, la a Mtle book In which entries hays been made of some dear killed In the park. One of tha entries bears tha data of Auguat 15, 1M7, and la aa follows: BoCK. VOOIU - ONCEi lIUNTEi5pi FAIR. HARE THE i COUGIfl R t - r- Mur.ug, mih). HI lur-- AND KEEN the chae i Bhoot!" The exasperated culde hurextracted tin empty riedly .thulla from hie rifle and began The aporUmu l.j reload. Hla half Hood in hla track oorked un rented In hla nerve-l- e In the bruah cloia at band toa Infer. over obstruction and mi luntil freedom with the IrrweiatUda Joy of life. animal grew A the form of the fleeing Indistinct amon the plnee the BtMrtaman miaed hi gun half way to hla ahouldar with a Jerk and tired teloa The bullete went fomewhere in the tree tops, for the never ralaed ite UU to gtvnth nig-of having been hit Shamefacedly and with a heart that thumped painfully, the the remark! sportsman turned to receive uf the angered guide. -Buck fever, hey? Ifa a wonder yt to gmn . IMhit ihoot me when ye got ever hev, Wiled the purtlret ehot yell It- Thar he atood eatln them JJJJk clicrrlee. an ye walked right on HOOTI i on th Pe4 a of tin M to Harter, Vntin c of thi 4n tte icr nt-o-a in vu midi the d ui wj. &je WV3MAN RPNTC AT CTqPL 4 '4.1 dr him." It waa the climax of an all day tramp In ihe Adirondack foreit. The algna of d.rr had been plentiful. Here and there, their runway resembled the path POD Fliadi J. S. L Jjttag of the 1 In the id lie ifitp Ban- da ma(t it In oh to TIKI dno Si. bo hid ms, arrtr-clneoi- of MW ea, vhm Oovenor nn of nr tbodr Tlni thi r NED Treatment the raitlc. In one intereetlng locality bat-Ilf by guide pointed cut to the apnrisman the of rival buck: in another eection they feeding, "jumiied up" a doe that hud beenscreen of along a beechnut ridge, but the lalnmi prevented a shot. In their long J.iumey, teglnning In the early morning, Hie mill hunter followed at firat a well defined , rood In the Mark earth, on which now and then appeared the Imprint of the h.mf nf a deer. They met no human uml caw the tracee nf no man'a foot-i- ni Whether they ia lint I heir own. (lie bin'll bordered and forest (Bil or mad wtruggled ll through the lug I: irki'is nf the unlrampled hillalde or rent-- cl in I li.1 iii.irslifH, where they found lux- itX wm uriant rranberrifa, the aolltule waa aave for the lingo of the active Muiruls and chipmunks who were busy gathering llnir winter supplies. In one plate liny thought they detected a bear tiark, and over on the margin of a pond t!n-aaw u black thing working over lome-- t limit, but after their wide detour they found only a huge hedgehog, which they to kill, lor the noise of the battle Hindu disturb the timid creatures they Imnicd. The reward of their palicnoe end es.lful stalking a cmed to await them at l ie end of the day. but that peculiar juirahsi which affects the norvea and i ium Ina temporarily aelsed the iporiaman defeated the beat eBurta of the guide. Some Women Hunters. Hundreds nf enthuelaatie men and women plunge boldly along well defined trails In llie Adirondack! forest each autumn eking the stately buck. The hunting of dvr either from a canoe or upon the f irext trail la one of the rarest experiences W human existence. The tnoet myelerioue iiitluenre with which the hunter has to CNTHC. TW contend is the "liurk fever." Jusi wait i you git buck fever, " fays an old hunter. "I'll tell ye thet em to ahoot In the air, shoot One night I waa up a tree wlih a through the w hen a man ur a woman gits thet fever bottom of the boat and sink ber or trem- - guide wailing for n deer to come out and they air likuly to do anything. I've known hi so that not alL could ahoot feed. at After wed waited nigh an hour wa they in p : L n V 111 - I it Wh I. , Ax the ku hm Inc to n mbUa, for do on tuari ock Tick NO JURISDICTION. After having sampled the beverage Vest with a frown called for the proprietor. When that Individual had appeared the Senator naked, with a wave of hla hand toward the offending liquid: Sir, wliet la this stuff? "Coffee, meekly replied the proprietor. Coffee!" repeated Vest, In line acorn; my friend. 1 ooulil lnwirt a coffee han hi my mouth, dive Into the Mlaxourl Klver, swim to the town of Alton, III., and Ill guarantee that one could ball un better coffee than this over the entire route! n JOHN G. CARL1BUS tells of the of a young man in Kentucky liefore a country magistrate on the charge of disturbing a religious tortiiig. The mngiatrate in question waa kind old gentleman, but ignorant of s y ofy the nicer points of law. It appears that when the evidence waa U In the defendant was questioned by Jn magistrate whether he ithe accused! reason to give why Judgment f Wrwld'vy not lsi pronounced" against him. The culprit had little to aay beyond hi pcnlienu and adding that he wou.d never vpeat the offence. The A TEMPERANCE PROBLEM. however, waa firm, and proceeded tn the lark nf JAMES, the gigantic Imposing sentence. Before o in Congress from oolrg s,i hi. indulged in a long and mov-ir- g manner Mascagnis masterpiece, the from Cavallerla Itusticana." address. tell the following story of Among other thing he i- - . fald: Let me show you how to play that, Colonel Jack Chinn, that exemplar 'foiiiiq nan, I knew your parents well. aaid Maacagnl to the man, and taking hold nt strenuous politics in the Blue They wi re my personal friends; but, air, of the crank the composer flniahed the se- -, Stale, Uiko all Kentucky gi.iitlenirn, k'.'d ji x came into the eye nf the old lection In such tempo as ha thought proper. Chinn had In hla time been a luyni; When the composer had departed dome Kenluckiun and a omf umcr of the liquid Jurtg., jusilcn I blind, arid I must therefore you to two years' impriaon-Ct- " one who knew the musician by sight aaldjfor which the Kiali- - la fiinmux. lint oil to the organ grinder: "Uo you know who one occasion tho Colonel sworn off. Tliu TliE HPNf Al thi counsel for the defence aroaa and that was?" flirt of Chinn's reformation was not known rtpl'iiicd to the magistrate that, while Upon confessing hi igiuiranee ns ! to all at tha time; so curtain of hln friend hut presuming to Honor toe identity of the distinguished person who were dining him at a Lunlxvlllu r'x- pdnt out to Ills seemed rls duty in the premises, who bad Just left tha organ grinder waa laurant one yet it evening wrrn muili taken cssrntl.il to tell the Judge, in accordance Informed, and ha seemed greatly delighted bock when. In onxwer to the usual iii will well established legal customs, that to bear that It waa Maacagnl who had in- the Colonel staled that bo would take a tropree could not In the present case be structed him. of water. few days later Maacagnl. by some giau the Court no Jurisdiction. Wliat does this mean, Jack? gaitptx OME flirts conncmlng the cxlriior- -' Of tho many toKtance In which bird 'Vi Jurisdiction?1 having across ran same the echoed the Judge in chance, again organ one of the party. BTb'Vslied tones. dinary now of felon which ix vlainn lx keener than that of men, on grinder. Much to tha astonishment of the Colonel. 'Tvo the this, replied Murely Is K'i, air," reiterated the counsel, undoubtedly true. Tn great pciwyisid by hirdx, I'xjiorUUy 1lm: nt least no former ha observed a rude placard on the been doing a little figuring lately and I whh-Jiirujii-tinn.war, h.tvo recently col- - gray shrike is habitually uxed fay the men And he learnedly explained organ bearing these words: Pupil of Pie- find that 1 am about flftueii years bun hid j nc at usual looted. The distance catch who falcons to give noth'0 of the of the term. When ha had tro MaacagnL oa water. wlih-use tlieir approach of a hawk. The bird aecs It fur tfiTH'.rl.il ei'-ci- i riinrluded the magistrate wiped a fugitive tear from hla chock and than the man, and at on re gives eyes is limited by the ground replied THE POINT OF VIEW. of souring birds, notice of tlia approach. This i a single m. But in the lyyeu. I'm yiad thst j haven't. I right THE REAL ARTICLE. whh-ami ax horlxuii. in the vullurix t.incc the lperlallgnl acuteness eagleM, the defendant! r,,y dl"'hriw HILL, of the British army, ;of eight may be due to tbo fact that the the only case." adds Mr. . hi LIVER HERFORD tell of the meet, the limit of ualJiu! sight, lx entirmoiixiy h CAPTAIN a pleasure tour of this i Slsi (!llnTiiy early noted bird In qiieMtlon much resembles in color w,1,ch I am In which tells a grimly comic story big between a little girl of Ills ac- extended. r Judge from a Justicefamiliar though birds of pr y hare orliilx of great tha pigeon, which are the falcon's favorite court to the with reference to the conditions In tha quaintance In New York, aged eight K,Ir common ihe of lh liuuurd iood. But tong eight, dun not mean eyeball Court of the United States took English toroes during tha Beige of Mafe-kmyears, and the Earl of Yarmouth, who In .being one and nni- -r b l.lh in announcing that he had no property of hird vision. The gan-married Mina Thaw of I'ilUlnirg a yuk'- "' ueU. winch catch fish at sea, descend The British officer any that a member According to Mr. ilerford. Ihe youngHtrrl'u'r The lu "erk ihnr pry. .oglo when from a considerable height but they kill of hla regiment desired to give an enter- in question had or meetly sought nn op- - hunt do the tun lr low. Ju- -t nig prfY on the surface of the water or tainment with a view to diverting the men, portunlty to gnse upon a real specimen f; rl''r :,,'dl THE NEW YORK WAY. h 'Wk. lhl' near it. Koutumal birds aud animals who were In low enlrita To a certain th. mihilitv so when her father the hoet V k l ,M'" ' vultures though aide to xe with little light, have J101 MAN prominent In financial circles H'ghlander It was suggested that he take at adinner given the Earl, finully allowed h.nls admittedly do t.o enhanced power when the light la Tnrk tell of a con venation part In a mlnxtrel shnw. "You play som her to enter the dining room her wluli can wnen lunar llnl carrion more powerful, anil ttioec auiniajx, like xecKing foul, Mr. Russell B.ige and a Bos- - Instrument, don't1 you ? the Highlander rratlilcd jwei-ew x covered with can- - ih which feed by night or day ln- eishi. A Cir-aby Mtfccde J.111" , h',ni the gentleman first le-- f iiimiouili at child l,Kked The long Hiiiliv.ia ;tlld wuie n. l p it upon it. The vul- - diffurcnlly, have indy dovtlopod a keen- r, iaJ Introduced to tha veteran . "It's too late now, sir! exclaimed the lJ,?rpl,l,1klJr- - A'id reii.ly an lim-..iii ifV d auw ih and nte it, and m ax of viaian from omsUmt fear and llxh lord, air. slie iinai.y aexed. i hen sat ou Ihe r.i.v. iid Scot, with a sigh. jxirtlou within a vigilance. Tito aniallnrax of Hie eye limits r.V,!llv,i,,":',ys n,"fle It my rule." raid "Too late? What do you menn? "Yc. responded tho leirl, lnugnlngly., r,.w ,.f a j,i. i l nircHKi. V'hn a lie power. Just a llis best telravuiw has f",!n Ihwton, never to think at was the re- "Really And truly an curl." 1 did play the bone, sir, bole was mii.it iti t.io ruvering lln-I , saw l be largr-x- t object kIhks, xo the largest eye rinair out of biuinrs hour." J atut-keRut tl,u rapid will probably be the best organ of sight. ply. "but 1 ate them some days agl!" the "Well, you xcc. contlmi,-:- lh- llllle gjrl.-auwniI"11 yrlinly. "That rule Ki' i 1 : x1 of xeen r ulwu a lord nml I bad never may a ,i ; vio."".', from a dlxtaiice' ..'i .'T-,n'- " Wanted to so much. toplled. In hla mfld ito a iiuv.ixx ix ;!" biy doe to u,eir- HbVf h,i,nY baud ire there In America. DILUTE. VERY wiiuid not succeed tn New U" lh A J ettosaM :,eh of which l8' 8u 1 ix.,v.-- l Yarmouth !icliing lifeir ne.g'im' dear ir. you would oon "'ll AMP CLARK relate many ' t,!' l AnJ 1 am gh.d lh,.l 1 h .ie n aob l,;l were doing buxlncne with ..,L ' ldl 1 whj did." NR mag-istnu- e, 0: Inter-mesa- '-- j llr.-us- L OF IS; r, rind.-reil- y Shflrfl ijurt. , f f l1 ,'if it-j- 'I- i Marvellous Sight of Birds . . la-v- .e tl 4 - IT ii r r. U i.t I horl-Mxm- er ve 1 Oar-Tlt- ih-i- g. im-hi- diam-.comm- ha ! fcar-thr- ! A -a fj 11 K,g-,.ir-- , .a roiigri-g.itioi- : , r, b.-- . WITH 11 V'VTr'R .;-- Mr, AUTHORITY. campaign "' wnn .'AMROWU that night in the town of Kl. Chnrli-a- . Tnc beal the cjirpufUT. Jiiet hoallery iln- - ii'ili- - nff.i;d- -t wan poor r- - rvnA ar wrx vi Umjt miry. h anil at lircilif I., an organ grinder wholrUllv pul out hy tin' '.i II hat piai-iiru.il .if I u".g oiit m a moat mechanical be! ore lim for cufftv. ,i.'iu t'u- In I.i- 1 S' - rinm to-daalvsrse. la every ear UiwSmi the Tkf.rtenirJIn.tkte.hlsomtBg wr mm, IW IWflMW Lm Ovitfrr 1 I I -- J;;: y 4 U 4 ;r r ' J r; land, tbo eaun- - i te said Meraaq la kis signal Tto Held ihe fort. and tha kxrreit frtaraat. " III N IVi from aa kith, Wfexi 'ax Oft wad M 'ar ge rrpnbllcia fur ind mrn wba war lb cloth g Mas waelvsd to Is do a dir; Another marching song beginning with Kutwka was the single wwrd that kcraldad a 'Rah trnth . rI:4 t' Hay. far Teddy. and mady today to han more of aHough anappy air. and would enliven a torchlight procession mors than a said FMIrarts llclag r Bainll dead," tone it kettledrum. A platntiv ballad, la limn to eauaa vsablk.'aaa to chcwr hr "Our "Take Ms Back to tha Sod of Dear Eu-pu- s Tad. Is better when sung than in cold type. But there asm was a msmaa. ha It aaw or It I Intended for those who ara too old to h it aid. That stlitwd thla bleamlag Iqad did Jades get to the poll on election day. Farkeris ptrn far wild. "Oh, tha Bun Bhlnes Fair on the White Under tho tills of On to Oyster Bay House Chair" and "Let the Ballot Cum Off fur Baffins Bay) the My Wy ar other unpublished poems of (air, We'r campaign post pays his respect to Presi- tho eanipaigiv-a- nd probably will remain dent Uuohsvelt and his big attak.' Hour o. him: That' i . i, V.l Ob. sine snag af amour, with the sas was heard. dawn The dim that lank a wire Iras to Kush from (IB term and field and forat--ia tbs country, la lb tows: (in ikon la still I ha bird af all his klad Uat wo of earth TbsrsH bs a mkdity jubilee wbea Tsddy plan tha day. idem; Buuaavalt and sroaparlty ars wlih at for to annum was Sr IterMSS Veal, vldl. vW Caesar' tnw t i j m ksows ibiwwntiowt evary soiica yasth. Oa OS TO OXKTXE wscM UI. - .i ';s f i ni - it with respect to the respective merits of allopathy and homoeopathy. Well, air. declared the allopath, "ten irfwSfwMkl"' rcwrrd "Indeed! f 1 EASILY EXPLAINED. Unlike other poeU, the man who writs verses for ths campaign has an aye to bs sines. II docs not llv altogether npoa such (lists aa "ethereal mildness, primrose pudding or other dlshcm. lake iu Europe I He sometime thinks of money. He real-lalaid year twenty that candidates, great and amall, must and tu i l.tel l.OJt.ifei have muncy to got elected In tha fatness of then pursy times, and h offera a , campaign marching song which both Mr. i t HipAouray! MONO tho member Ha's a e fur Oyster Bay; of the fashionable Metropolitan Club In Washinglie'll let iba nmauy nek a while aaiB e'er ilea day. are ton two young physicians who And lb a ba'II Ttek tro great personal Trienda but exku hla Ma atk-Hrary aaUua aa the face of forth, ante the trema professional rivals. During a repeople Mate-O- h. cent conversation between contwo the Tnldy. tks your taiuas sad p and play. siderable chaffing bad been Indulged In ss 11 - ' IT 11 aa HUM regard for the gen- -' Corteiyou and Mr, Sheehan will, no doubt, t eral public rsellnga as In day a of appreciate: iwums now: yore tha nunpalgn poet ha apt rjjtng Whrx the dasgb hc enmes to tows. peered. Standing on Ihe eornsr tli of Oh. pax head'iuarters Hanaus's terllirea, tha around tor the eampaiga hat national campaign eonnmttee of I iba place Is pot the fit," both parties, working his way So the foliar down, ' plank into Ihe literary bureau of the campaignto the load ers, rllmUng the stairs that Yea, plank Ik duller down. editorial rooms of newspapers, you will find him with manuscripts, partisan and Theyis welding of tbd fundi, gna knew, non --par 11 aan, bulging from hla pockets lb nn lb political a bow, Thera is really nothing bad about the Theyv nut enough to pay campaign post except Ms wrse, and, forhay, he theup elephant are cum Here Bs wlik tha duugk. of little this escapes. tunately, xoma specimens of unpublished poems ofa campaign poet: Ye, come p with Itm dosxk. 'Ttooaevelt and Fairbanks and Continued a womii ran rxasxx. Prosperity la the war cry of the republilines tha xtirx xirurk us their alaiiug and Ui cans. If the following reflections of ths wwk nf woriiia betas campaign poet along thin line are not suitMany BKXxxyts at aoant wsra Iba aiaklng of able fur campaign purpose, Mr. Loch, ths max; Tbera has always ben sows Miss ready with President's obliging secretary, will no doubt, take the Mams: a rinsing word A SOHO or Bt'NXRX TIUB. To rate himself a bees la tha teal where a day-drea- m The niont t!) lake of l. ., ::iil 'i:i! piid oil rj t a i i: The Campaign Poet. It -' H -- bur Sou resr ; i i : Kirt day of thg open season. Mr. Bigelow, Mr, WbKtoa and I spent tha night here. Aa we were going to breakfast n small buck waa seen on tlia furthest point the camp. John Callahan paddled i adga of the wooda opposite mo out Tho other two, with Joa Canon. ve. Tli moon wna stood dock. To demons trots my a fine dear eomln akin aaona tho hunter I tired at o distance of Right at tlia edge two hundred yards. Saw tha deer Jump stopped an enlfTed. lie untouched and bullet strike the ten began to nibble atmarently mink water. Returned In disgust. After breakthe berk of a tree. had fast found buck hanging up In front of the , "That guide with mo shook as If hecould eamp. Joa Oenon had eufepectod that tha the ague, lie tranibled so Oort ho deer waa fait from tha way It had hardly hold on to the tree an we kwttlt gone out and found It dead a Jumped; few hundred doer all on account of thet guife gittln distant. feet L. T. W. buck favor,' He bed been huntln doer Another interesting entry la as follows: be always felt the fer yean, but ha aaid At a quarter past eix a doe appeared at same way when be aaw a deer come noar a distance of two hundred yards. (Jot a an lie could not aea well enough to aim a good shot at forequarter. She bounded off CUfleM tho without alighteet Indication of being a I had the buck fever once, says but wounded, at tho stopped edge of the woman hunter who vlaka the north woods woods and wagged her tall peculiarly. Ten guide bad regularly each autumn. Thewaited there minutes afterward another do came along I placed me on n runway and to hear some- and dropped In her tracks at flrst ahot. I three hours before I began wood toward heard Bentley, who had come up behind thing moving through life any, Let her have It again,' and I me. At flrst way off In the distance I me, tired at and thought I was shooting at heard a dry twig crack. I had been but the on ha. saw. After locating the dead pecting the nound for a tong Uma, wa went Into the woods opposite the when I heard It my bract began to beat deer and there found tha flrst doe I fired been swamp very feat. The doer may not have heard at lying dead In tha very spot where aha three minutes from the time I And ao her tall aremed wagged peculiarly, shot through into full view, bid it it In gettingme. I began to think thad I the whole body from front quarter to hind an hour to nn the other aide. She had run would never bee him, when thwe suddenly quarter few rods five hundred yards or oo. Ve loaded tho appeared a beautiful buck only ame 1 two derr Into the boat on the Band beach awey. Ha looked straight atMm. 1and waa and put Kamp Kill Kara In possession of could not taka my eyee off My arms were like venison enough for a week, with if sevensimply spellbound. T. L. W. lead. I struggled inward to burst soma teen Inhabitant. m 3 I exclaimed the homoeopath. 'uun'cnt'n panne, he added wickedly. I had understood that you were spending more of your Unto at tha club than usual! ( ili Si ?T r ? i i |