Show le kick c k ta d V e n t are 1 r MOOSE AND CANOE xo aie to bangor peo rf pie acamo and 0 T a 0 a guide who had an ad 4 P venturie lecent ly which sotto ole they mill n ill tell about for the re t of theli thell lives the people are miss carmy coombs of this city who ts Is stay staying inI at the well known camp at lily bay Moose hea I 1 lake kept by alphonse berdeen joseph patten of bangor a well cnown 1 guide of that region and mr beidemen himself it does not come to the lot of many people to be towed a mile and a half through a lake by a big bull moose while two cows swim alongside the people being in a canoe and resting oa on the mooed to keep aiom swamp ing fairly riding him but that Is what happened to these people it was tuesday afternoon that mr berdeen barde n who is aloiys looking out for the pleasures pleas mes of his guests spied a it big bull in ose on the shoie of the ake lake near the camp ind at once thought what fun it ft be to chase cha so the big animal in a canoe calling to mies miss coombs mr air patten tad find tack dyer the guide mr berdeen star toward the big animal who at once began to swim out into the lake kv jumping lumping into a canoe ill the quartet quart ert started driven by the lusty Fit strokes rokes of the guide and the camp pro krietor the canoe n m as not long in over taking the annual animal who was making frantic efforts to escape across the lake upon reaching him bim dyer who was in the bow seiz d the moose by the horns and the fun begin it was at this point that the most remarkable occurrence happened the party was about yards from the shore when oa OR turning around one of them saw ahro wo cow moose making out from the shore the smaller atil animals mals soon overtook the big bull who was sadly bandl handl capped by having to drag the canoe full of people and they be began a n to swim alongside it was at this juncture however that the fun neatly became serious As the four people each one wanting to get a better look at the big moose crowded forward into the bow of the f frail rail craft it nearly swamped the bow coming perilously near going dundei how mr berdeen got over the three people and resting himself on the moose held up the canoe no one can tell but he did and for a mile and a half the big animal towed the tour four peo poo pie in the canoe while the two con com moose swam alongside all this time too the bow of the craft was being kept up by mr berdeen who was sup porting it one the moose s back when the party had travelled as far as it wished and the moose was puff ing and blowing at a reat rate he was released and the four occupants of the canoe said that it was a sight worth going miles to see the way that moose even in his winded condition humped himself ind made the w water iter fly getting across the remainder of the lake to the opposite shore had not the performance been wit hessed by a number of people from the camp the tale which the occupants of the canoe told would hive been hard to believe As it Is however it is vouched foi by enough people so that there Is absolutely no doubt of its veracity bangor commercial CAUGHT IN HIS OWN NET ET A well known united states marshal related the following experience to a group at the great northern recently fifteen years ago I 1 was deputy sheriff of monterey county califor nia tila now that s a whooping big coun colin ty with eighty miles of seacoast and a st scattered population of only well the ranchmen had things so own way then that they paid no attention to the state game laws one day the railroad rail roid company telephoned the sheriff thit a fellow of the name ot of jim murdock had shipped borne some venison to san francisco that was alf the old man wanted look here he said you just drive over to soledad and serve this warrant on tim min murdock I 1 it was about 3 0 clock in the after noon when I 1 reached jim s ranch after I 1 had finished reading the rant he laughed and said well if you say I 1 shipped that venison I 1 reckon I 1 did just wait five minutes end find III go back with you I 1 he ile soon returned carrying a winchester IVin chester rifle I 1 confess I 1 was knicl ed out until jim tim said oh I 1 just wanted to show you the gun that did the work isn t it a beauty now gentlemen I 1 was a pretty good shot myself in those days and before I 1 became an officer I 1 guess I 1 killed about as many deer and qua quail in 8 son and out of season as ever tim pul furd furdock ocl did so I 1 could lit t help admiring the gun it was the latest la test pattern and as I 1 examined it closely I 1 noticed it was loaded when I 1 hand ed it back jim said I 1 wont won t bother taking it back to the house we 11 just take it along maybe you 11 need it to convict me with I 1 well we drove along and I 1 soon sized jim up as a pretty good sort or of fellow the road had just turned into some timber land and tim and I 1 were swapping ons on politics when all at once he amid soft like look looky and gentlemen nc twenty yards in front of that buggy was trot ting the finest buck that ever bore horn borna I 1 neier ne er I 1 new how it happened bappe n ed boys but before I 1 kne where I 1 was wa s I 1 up nith mith jim s gun atil an 11 billed that deer and I 1 swear I 1 d I 1 lit it real ze what I 1 had done until I 1 sim jim grabb ng the ram lines and laughing fit to kill himself then I 1 knew I 1 bad had to face the music I 1 never exchanged another woid with wit jim but diore into town as fast as I 1 could I 1 deliN delivered ered jini jim and myself up and we were each fined 00 ao bu bulj the fine was nothing compared to the judge s reprimand ind the chaffing I 1 had to stand from the whole count ty during the rest of my term terra of offic chicago hebald sagacity or A NN speaking of wildcats said jamea henry of de beque col speaking 01 0 wildcats ren reminds ands me blat there im tin a shrewder animal on earth I 1 rebern ber seeing one of these brutes throw an old hound off the once in a bigly clever hii U V e were in tho woods good and deep when we heard the hounds give tongue ind in a few moments a huge cat bounded in fiant of us for an instant the cat glanced back in the direction of the hounds then retraced its trail a little distance and sprang to the trunk of i lein ng tree which had been broken off about forty feet from the ground instead of jump i ing from it however as we expected the cat ambled around on the under side and crouched on a limb that projected two or three feet bis his short ears cars thrown back and his great greit yellow eyes glaring with rage and fear up came the do dogs in full cry on the trill when they el the doubled track they were puzzled ind scat seat about over the open b dying lust lly fly finally an old I 1 aund scented the trail up the tree and rushed up the leaning trunk followed by the other dogs motionless as a stone except for the movement of its terrible eyes and an almost imperceptible motion of the tip of its busha till crouched the cat on the broken I 1 mb it was a magnificent exhibition of nerve and self control only the thickness of the trunk was between it and the fore most hound for a moment the doga dog paused baffled then leaped to the ground and started again on the old trail the cat watched its enemies out of sight T ered cautiously about on all sides for a moment or two and then sprang to the ground in another instant it would have dis ippe ired amona among the undergrowth under glowth and for my part I 1 wis quite willing to see it escape put my companion who ap parentis paren lv did not share in my admira tion of the brute brutes s pluck fired from behind me anith ith yell the wildcat leaped into the air when it came down it did not land after tl e aradi tion of the feline tribe on its feet but in t shaggy yellow heap help stone dead ahle chicago igo evening post DIAZ S NARROW ESCAPE it is not believed that the can government will wili take any steps against A iv R coney former consul oi of mexico at san rv rian incisco cisco who left his post under something of a t cloud that Is a consequence of the old rela eions between pres dent diaz and coney A it coney was first mate mite of the ship that took tool diaz from new orleans to ven vert cruz just before he begin the revolution which gai gae e him the power which he low i ow 1 olds during the trip coney and diaz became very friendly D az was dressed like one of og the crew so as to conceal his identity ahen hen vera cruz was reached the authorities searched the v nessel in quest of diaz who would very likely have been caught if f it had not been for the presence of mind of the first mate coney ordered him to work at shifting cargo and it a crit oil cal moment when driz s awkward movements were be ginning to attract the it of the officers he in great apparent disgust discharged him and ordered him off the chip ship bo so perfect was the that the cers were completely deceived and diaz was mas not in the least molested when he went ashore one of the first official acts of president diaz wis to appoint coney consul at san fran cisco A arrow escine general fox a gleat one day called at the british museum to examine the coins there and when about to leave mas as informed that a coin was missing and that he must allow himself to be searched before quitting the room this be he refused to do and advised a careful examina tion of the case in which the coin had lain his advise was acted upon by the attendant there in the case wedged between the velvet lining and the woodwork the fugitive piece was discovered vibration had caused it 1 to slip from its place now said sail the general I 1 will show you why t refused to be searched seir setre ched hed so saying he produced from his pocket a coin exactly corresponding with the lost and found there were he said so tar far as he knew only these two in es ex istance and he had come specially to compare his own with that possessed by the museum authorities STRANGE ALPINE AD ADVENTURE VENTUr ve A dispatch from laibach to the paris parts edition of the new herald re ports a thrilling rescue of a moun tain climber A guide engaged by a chamois hunting party heard faint calls and discovered a man who seemed to be completely exhausted lying on a narrow ledge of rock on the face of a perpendicular cliff some feet high the man was in such a position that he could not move backward or forward the guides of the hunting party brought ropes and with great difficulty succeeded in rescuing him from his daug dangerous erous position he proved to bo be a resident of laibach named grego gregoi i he stated that he had been lying alyin on the lede since the pre ilous sun day having spent si six da dia s and nights in this pos tion without adyth ng dg to cat eat or drink |