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Show ! . I ' ;i . .v. ; . . i . v; ............ - . - f.v.TSVS I'QldVcntOre. j j" 1 .?.... .......... MUI'M: AMP CAMIK. jgO. m:!;i: nr.-tno Itnrninr poo- , -' J W Me. n '""'I1 proprietor ami 3 P o guide, ' " I f. venture recently, which AjqX ihey will t. H about fur the re.i of their live. Tin- people are I Ml fenny Coinnba, of till oil, who 1 . la alniln-.; nt Hi" well known rump i . at Ml) Itny . Moo.rheed l.nl,,.. kept by j A1phono tJ.Titi-.-ti : Joseph Patten, of ' ) Hangar, a well known guide nf Hint j region, ami Mr. Hordeon himself, I iI'in not nniio to tin- lot of ninny j , poil to be towed a nilli and a half , i through a Inks by n big Imll mooe, J rhlli two rown hit alongside, tlie ; people being In a ratine nud r-ll riff i ni the moose to keep from imi- I 1 Ing. fairly riding him, hut thnt I whnt 1 happened In rh.-sr people. I It una Tit'Mlny nflirnooll Unit Mr. Hordeon. who la alwnya lxl.llff out jt for the pli-iwiirc nf lila guost. spied a hlg hull mHii on the shore of the lnke ncnr the ramp nnd nt once Ihonrht whnt fun It would In- to rliair the big anliiutl In a rnnoo, k Oalllog to Miaa Coombs. Mr. Pnttcn and 'ark I'yer, tin guide. Mr. Ilerdccn etau.ed toward the hlg niilinul. who at flue began tn awlm nut Into the Ink. (Jntrkty Jumping Into a ratine, I ho qaartet etartcd. Driven by the Inaty 1 etmkoa of the guide anil the rnnip prn. ' prlelor, the rnnoa wa not long In over- taking Hi animal, who wna making frantic effnrta to escape across the lake. Upo reaching Mm. Dyer, who w In Ihe how, solxd the moose by the horna ami the fun began. It wna at this pwlut Hint the punt remarkable rcnrrrnre hnpp.-iicd. The party wna j about 100 ynnla from Ilia shore whrn, on turning arouml, ono of them enw rVo row mooan tanking out from the horo. The amnllor nnlmnla anon overtook tha hlg hull, who win amlly handicapped handi-capped hy hnvlng lo ilriig tha rnuoa full of proplo ami thry hrtrnn to aniin j aloneiitili-. It waa at thla Jiim-turo, liowarer, that the fun nrnrly hri-nmp arrlnna. Aa tha four prople, enrh one wuntlng to got a lirtt. -r lonk nt the hlg mnoae, rrowiliNl forwnnl Into the Imir of the frail rrnft. It nenrly annmpi-il. the how coming pi-riloovlr ni-nr gnliik' iimli-r. I'oir Mr. Ilrnli-en pot over the three pr.iple ntnl. renting hlm-lf on the Innoee, hctil up Hie rnttor, no one ran tell, hut he did, ami for a mil and a balf tha hlg niilmal towed the four peo. r ' pla In the rnnoe, while the two row 4 mooee a warn alnuraiilc. All tlila time, 1 too, tha how of the rrnft wna helng I Itfilit np hy Mr. Hi-nli-on, who wna tup- J porting It ona the moou-'a hai-U. . When tha pnrty htul trarelled an fur yj aa It wlnhed ami thn nifKme wna puff- ; ' lug and hlowlng nt a rrnt rate, he wna ' relenaed, and the four orrupnuta of lf the ennne anlil thnt It wna a alght i. worth going mllra to are the wny thnt I moone, even In hla wlmlnd mmllllon, j humpeit hlmaelf nnil made the water i fly getting ai-roa the remainder of the i lake to the nppniltn ahere, f Had not the perfnrninnie heen wit- j neaned hy a nnnilor of peopln from the rnmp the tale whirl) tha wenpnnta nf . 1 the ramie tohl wnuht hnra heen hard to hellere. Aa It la. however. It l oui-heil for hy euouKti people, bo thnt t there la aliaolutelr no douht of Ita i tararlty llnngor t'onitnerrlnl. ) CAUOUT IS IMS OWN NET. A welt known Vulted Htnlea nmrahnl relnteil the following cxperleneo to a group at thn llreat Northern rerently: ' "Klfleen yenra tun I waa deputy m aherlff of Monterey County. Cnllfor- !' titn. Now, thnt'a a whimplng hlg coun ty, with eUhty mllea of aenrnnut ami a aratten-d populntlnn nf only ;to fM. Well, the ranchmen hnil lltlnga ao !'- tntti'h tlu-lr own wny then thnt they pnhl no attention tn the Ktnta game lawa. One dny tha railroad company I telephoned the aherlff thnt a fallow of the nnine nf .11m Munhx'k. had ahtpned ; iome TeuUnti to Hun lYam-Nro. Thitt ! waa nil tha old man wanted. 'Ijmk ', here.' ha aald "you Jut dtlte over to Folednd and aerra tlila wurrntit on r , Jltn Mnrdnek.' ,4 "It wna about 8 o'clock In the nfter- 1 f Boon when I renrlu-d Jltn'a rnnch. After I had finlnhed rending the war- rant he hiuglnd and aald: 'Well, If 1 ytiti any I ihlppcd thnt venl.oii, I I reckon I did. Jut wult five nilnutea : and I'll go hack with you.' Ha aoon ' roturneil, carrying a Wlnrheater rllle. t confeaa I wna knocked out unUI IJIm aald: 'Oh. I Jut wonted to ahow you tha gun thnt did tha work, lan't It a beauty "Now, gentlemen, I wna a pretty good ahot myaelf In thoae dnya. and tiefora I heenme an ottlrer I gucaa I ' killed alxiit aa many deer and quail I In a aon and out nf aranon na ever Jtm .Inrdork did. So I couldn't help admiring the gun. It wna the Intent J pnttern. nnd aa I examined It rlnaely , J I nntli-ed It wna lunded. When I hand- . d It hnek Jltn anld: 'I won't hoiher 1 taking It hn--k to the hmiae: we'll Juat I tnke It along Mnyhe you'll nerd It to I convict me with.' "Well, we drove along, and I Boon aired Jim nn aa a pretty good aort of fellow. The road hnd Jut turned Into aome tlinher land, nnd .'Im nnd I ' , arero awnpp'.ni: oplnlona on pnlltlca, iwhen nil nt om-n ho anld. aoft like: 'Look!' And. gentlemen, nc: twenty ynnla In front of thnt hmriry wna trot- ting tha finest bnek thnt aver hore hor-i. , "I never knew how It happened. Ikhb. hut liefure I knew where I wna I ) up with Jhn'K mm nnd hilled thnt deer! And 1 aweiir I ilMn't reall.e what I hud done until I anw Jim graMilng the ' Iltica nn.l t.nighlng lit In kill hltnelf, i I hen I knew I hil l to file- the lllllle. I never eirhiiiiKcd nnoilier word wlHt Jim. hut drove into town in fast aa 1 1 could. I delivered Jim nnd nijuelfj tip nnd we were eneli tlnrd f.-.D. Hut j the lino wna nolhlng coinpnretl to tliaj ludue a reprlMi.mil nnd the rhnllllig I I hnd to atnml from Hie whole count I ly diirliig the rot of my term of i oflleo." IiIciiko Itcor.l Herald. KAOAriTV OF A 1VII.ITAT. "Spenklng nf wlhlrata." anld Jnmea Henry nf He Berinc. fol : "apenklng nl wlldrnta renilnda me that there ain't a ahrewdcr nulmal on enrth. I rcmetn-her rcmetn-her aeelng one of tlice hrtllea throw an old hound off the track onro III a mlgl-y clever way. We were In tho wood good anil deep when we hoard the hound give tongue, nnd In n few momenta a huge cat hounded In front of u. "For nn Inatant the cnt glnnred hark In Hie itlrectinn of the liounil. then rrlrnenl Ita trnll a little dlnnnen nml aprnnir tn the trunk nf n leaning trea whh h had heen hrokeri off nliout forty feet from the ground. lnlond of Jumping Jump-ing from If. however, na wo expected, Ihe rat aeriiiiihlert around nn the under aide and crunched on a llmh thnt projected Inn nr throe feet, hla nhort enra thrown Imelt, and III grent yellow eye glnrlng with rnge nod fenr. "I'p rnme the dog In full cry on tha trnll. When they renched the doubled trnck they were pumled. nnd acnt-tererl acnt-tererl nlmnt over tho npen. hnylng lut-lly. lut-lly. Kltinlly an nld hound aconted tha trail up the tree nnd r.ihed up the lennlng trunk, followeil lir tho other doga. Motlnnle a atone, except for the movement nf Ita terrible eyea and an nlmnt luipereeptllila motion of the tin nf It hiihr tell, crnnehed tha cnt on Ihe broken limit. It wna magnificent exhibition nf nerve and aelf-ennlrnl. Only the thlekneia nf the trunk wna between It nnd the fore, nroat hound. For a moment tho doga pnnaed, hnllled, then lenpeil to tha ground and ttnrtrd again nn the old trnll. The cnt watched tin ene. mica out of night, f -ered cnntloualy nlmut on all allien for a moment or two, and then aprnng to the ground. In another liiatnnt H would hnve dla nppenred nmong the unilerrrowth. nnd for my part I wna tptlte willing to aeo It earnne. Itut my entnnnnlon, who np. pnrently did not ahare In my mlmlra-Hon mlmlra-Hon nf thn brute' pluck, fired from behind me. With a yell the wildcat lenped Into the air. When It enma down It did not land, nfler the tradition tradi-tion nf the feline tribe, nn II feet, hut In a ahnggy. yellow heap, atone dead ." "hlcngn K vcnlng PnaL PIA'fl NARROW EXt-wri". It la not believed that tho Mexican Mexi-can (Jovernmeiit wIM take nny atepa agnlnat A. K. Coney, former Coninl nf Mexico at Pnn Krnnclaco. who left hla poat under aomethlng of a cloud. Thnt la a cnuaoqnonce nf the old rela tlona between rrealdent Plna and 'oney. A. K. Coney wna flrat mate of the ahlp that tiKtk Plna from New Orlenna lo Vera Crna Jnt before he begnn the revolution which gave htm tha power which he now hold. Ptirlng the trip Coney and Plna became Tory friendly. Plai wna dreaaed like one of Ihe crew, ao an tn conceal hla Identity. When Vera Crna wna renched tha nuthnrltlra aenrched the voxel In nuo of plna, who would very likely have been cnnitht If It hnd'not been for tin preaenee of mind nf the flrat mate. Coney ordered hlin tn work at ahlfllng cargo and nt a crltlrnl moment when Plna'B awkwnrd tnnvemontn were beginning be-ginning to attract the nttentlon of tha olllcera he In grent apparent dlguat dlchnrgi-d him nnd ordered him off the hip. i So perfect wna the piny thnt the oflV eera were completely deceived and Plna wna not In the lenat mnleated when he went nhore. One of the flrat ! nfflclnl acta of rrealdent Plna wna to ! appoint Coney Conaul at Run Frnn- i claco. A N A II HOW KSCAPE. Oenernl Fox, a grent rnnnolnaeiir, nun dny called at tho llrltlidi Muacum ' to examine the coin there, nnd when 1 ' about to leave wa Informed thnt a coin wna mlinliig nml that he must allow hlinnelf to ho aean hed before , quitting tho mom. Thla ho rcfuned to do nnd ndvlaed a careful examination examina-tion of the cane In which the coin had ' lain, llli advlae acted upon hy ! the atteudunt. Theiu In thn caae, ' Wrtlgcd between the velvet lining nnd I Ihe woodwork, tho fugitive piece win illacovcred. Vibration bad cnticd It to Blip from Ita place. "Now," anld 1 j Ihe licnernl. "I will ahow you why I ' j rcfuned to be aearched." Ho anylng, i j ho produced from his pocket a coin ' I exactly correnpoiidlng with tho lost 1 j nnd found. There were, he aald, ao j 1 fnr aa ho knew, only theao two In ex- I latence, nnd ho hnd come specially to I compare hi own villi thnt pomscd I by tho uiincinii authorlUca. STHAN0H AI.l'lNE APVENTT'Itlt. i A dispatch from Ijilbnch to tho I'arla edlilou of the .New VorU llcruld re-: porta a thrilling rescue of a uioun- ! talu climber. A guide cngagt-d by a i chumnls huutlng party beard faint calls and discovered a innii, who n-cined to ho completely rvhausted. lying on a unmiw ledge of rock on the face of a I perpendicular cliff aoino lino feet hltb. i 1'ho mnn wns In aueh n position that ' be could not inovo hnekwanl or for word. The guides of the hunting party brought roio and with great dllllculty succeciled In rescuing him from hla ! daugcroua position. He proved to ba I la rrnldent of Ijilbacb named llrego- , i i-c. He stilled Hint lie had In en I.Wng i mi the Icikc Hlm e the prc Iiuih Mun- I I d.iy, havliir: spent hiv da.v and nktit lit thin poliioii without mnilinii; lu 1 eat or diinU. |