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The morning call., 1892-11-06
CLOUDS OF DUCKS.
where Sportsmen Can Always Find
Ilenty of Shooting.

Where Sportsmen Can Always Find
Hlenty OF Shooting.
On the northern coast of California about
thirty miles below the mouth of the Klam-
ath River. is one of the most interesting
natural formations to be found in this coun-
try. known rs the Big Lagoon. Here the
seoast, which runs north and south up to
this point, takes n sharp turn inland,
Dordered by very high hills, running to a
distance OF about three miles, then turning
out again makes a sharp bay, almost V
shaped, and for ages past a sandbar has
been washing itself mp across the bay until
the bar has raised up out OF the water some
ten or twelve feet. having a width of about
one hundred feet and length of four
miles, reaching across the entire bay
This bar is in the shape of roof. When
there is storm breakers viii roll up the
eide OF II, break over it and roll down into
The bay inside, ard IL is q novel sight 10
stand there and watch the waters. noun
tains high on one side and perfectly calm on
the other, the line between the two at in
teryals hidden altogether. This bar is a
sort OF short cut, and can be traversed on
horseback. In a storm horsemen will one
minute be high and dry on land, the next
minute large wave will roll up and, run
ming under the horses feet to the depth of y
foot or more, the rider will be for an Instant
four miles or so at sea on horseback with no
land nearer than the high bluffs of the noun
Moss agages may be found In abundance
on the pebbly beach, and when the sun
shines they glitter with dazzling brightness
The Wild duck that frequents this part of
the coast literally nils this island bay, and
the passing hunter, should he take a shot at
them, will raise such cloud and such
quacking that ne will think all the ducks of
the earth have gathered there. Occasion
ally some wild beast. like bear or PANTHER.
VIII be found, crossing this bar. and
the Indians have much sport when
such thing happens, the animal
rarely escaping capture or death. Hero
the Digger Indians abound, living on the
shell fish which they catch along the beach,
seldom going over the ridge of bills to cap
trre deer, which are plentiful. The St
Louis Star Sayings thinks it would astonish
Harvard football man to come across this
scene some bright morning at low tide and
see the squaws and children playing la
crosse on the beach. They get so excited
with their sport that they keep it up until
the tide drives them from the beach. often
staying there until they have to chase the
ball down into the surf.
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RUSSIA'S POLICE SYSTEM.
Greatest Detective Service of
the World.
HOW IL is CONDUCTED.
The Houses of st. Petersburg Honeycombed
With the Polica-Passports and Pass
port Bureaus.
Correspondence of THE MORNING. CALI.

/ came to Russia fully armed for contact
with the police. / have letters from Mr.
ByrDes. the Superintendent OF the Police of
New York City, recommending me to the
protection and confidence of the policeman
of Russia. l have confidential notes of in
PRODUCTION from the head OF our secret serv-
ice of the Treasury Department to the chief
of the third section of the Car, and before
l left the United States got letters from
the Pinkertons TO the chiefs Of police of the
great Russian cities. These letters have
been OF value in giving me an insight into
the police systems of this nation. which is
said to have the best regulated and the most
perfect police system in the world. By il
the Gar is said 10 know just where eyery
one of his hundred million subjects sleeps
every night and st. Petersburg is practically
governed by the police. The head of the
third section or the detective service of this
capital, together with the Chief of Police.
control all matters relating to the sanitary
and political conditions of the city, Sit
ting In their big offices, not far from the
banks Of the Neva, they have their fingers
on the wires which reach to every house
and every room in st. Petersburg Filed
away In the pigeon holes Of their offices Is
the record OF every suspected person in the
empire, and their SYSTEM is such that they
can turn in an instant the electric light of
police investigation on the record OF almost
any man in the world, and nothing is done
anywhere which the least affects Russia
which is not known TO these agents and mt
upon record.
And still one might travel all over Rus
sia and hardly know that the police exists
Outside Of tie complying with the passport
regulations, which are attended to by the
managers of the hotels, you do not meet
the police more here than in any other
European city. and have not found them
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taking injections Of Brown-Sequard elixir
10 bolster up his waning health. The nres-
ent Chief OF Police is a fierce-looking man
OF about 40. who is more pompous man than
uIesser was ana VINO does matters In busi-
ness way L chatted with him in German
for some time the other day and found him
very Intelligent though somewhat secre-
tive official.
mans life is as safe in St Petersburg nc
IL Is In New York, and there is les. vice and
crime mere than there Is in the average
American city. There is a policeman on
every block both day and night. and there
Is always policeman in the center of every
street crossing. The laws of The .road ars
such that though man may drive at the
rate OF twelve miles an hour down the
Nevsky prospect and though the people al
ways drive at breakneck pace Won never
see collisions. There are few bnrelaries
anu lew murders here. and there ara less
arrests than in London. The police forca
OF St petersburg consists of 2OoO men. The
city Is divided up into forty-two police dis.
.ricss ie, aha eacn district has police station,
WITH which is connected sort of nolice
court, In each one OF these stations
records are kept OF all the ciiizens
OF the district, and these records are
Classified so that the police can tell i'm a mo-
ment the history ana standing OF any man
Ia .ne distrieL these records are made on
papers OF different colors, and those who
are SUSPECTED of political offenses have
papers OF separate color from those sus.
pected OF crime. and dangerous charaet ters
nave their police biographies written on
paper OF still different color. In every one
OF hnese police stations and in the police
stations all over the empire are kept lists of
men who are to be arrested wherever thev
are found, and of men who are considered
dangerous TO the Government Similar lists
are sent to the agents of Russia in the diff
ferent capitals of the world. and by reports
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him savagely Our guns were useless, and
Lhere was but one way 10 help him. 1t was
desperate, but 1 did not stop to consider
tue chances. threw off my coat, drew my
neaVy hunting-knife. sprang into the tree,
iio ano siid rather than climbed to the ground.
ne moment my feet touched the earth /
Iushed upon the grizzly and dealt him a
tremendous blow with NV lopp-biaded
knlie. Curse his thick hide.n / mentally
salu, mad IL not been tougher than rubber
that blow would have killed him." He
whiried around. reared quick as a shot and
struck at me with one of his tremendona
paws. lodged to one side. but the hlow
tore my Clothing and cut deem in to fbe fiaSb
AT the same time / was pitched forward
and drawn up close TO the bear so that 7
now drove my knife at full length into his
body. Dick had attacked him from the
rear, and turning from me the hast
hit him clip, knocking him down as
easily as grown man could knock down a
chiid. Ihis time bad good opportunity.
and put my knife into his very heart. drop.
ping him dead to the earth and almost
upon poor Dick, who lay without n move
ment- thought he was done for. l pulled
him away from the bear and in few
moments he recovered from the knock
down blow he had received; but ii was
couple OF weeks before he was able to get
about much from the bites ana clawine he
had received from the grizzly.
We had killed three of the bears, includ
Ing two OF the full-grown ones and one of
the cubs, while the other cub had dis
appeared during the fight and the old bear
that had limped off made the full number
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from these police agents the Government
knows as far as possible just where Its ene-
mics are.
The 1000 policemen OF st. Petersburg wear
uniforms. There are tens Of thousands of
other men employed by the police who dress
in citizens clothes, and every house in ST.
Petersburg has its police agent and spy.
Many of the people here live in flats and the
man who takes care Of the Hat is known as
the dyOrnik, and he is responsible to the
police for the people within 1t. lie reports
upon their doings; he sees that their pass
ports are correct and he keeps the police
informed as to what goes on in his house,
and it is almost Impossible 10 have a secret
meeting In Russia without it being reported
by one of these men. These dvorniks have
sort OF trades union among themselves
and they are governed by chief, and this
chief is a member Of the police and Is. to
certain extent. responsible for the actions
of the dvorniks. 1t is necessary for every
householder to have one Of these men and
often there are several of them in a single
fiat. They have control Of the sanitary ar
rangements of the irouses as well as the po-
litical and criminal arrangements. They
are expected by the police to see that the
streets in front OF their houses are swept
and watered twice day, and st. Peters
burg has as well-kept streets as any city in
the world.
The dvnorniks are responsible for any
dirt or fifth inside the house, and the man
Petersburg can be arrested. IL the police
see business man whose shop is not prop
erly cared for they order him 10 clean it.
If he does not do so he may receive an
order TO close up his establishment for
certain number of months, add he has to do
il. Ii is the same with theaters. One here
in ST. Petersburg had not as many exits as
the police considered necessary. The man.
ager was playing big engagement when
he received an order from the police TO
remedy this defect and make the house safe.
He paid no attention to it and went on
with his show. The result was that few
d VS. later his theater was closed by order
of the police and what he might have re-
paired at the loss OF few nights OF acting
cost him many thousands of dollars. Ii is
the same with the smallest matters. There
is law here that the barber-shops must
bring a clean piece OF soap and a clean
brush 10 every one they shave. ard the bar
Der who would do otherwise would be
arrested. The result is that the order at
ST. Petersburg is remarkably good indeed.
and though there is much drunkenness
among the people. there are few brawl5 and
practically no riots.
The passport bureaus are all under the
police. Every man and every woman in
Russia must have a passport, and if they
move from one place to another or from
one house to another this passport must be
vised by the police. IL husband goes out
of the country and wishes his wife to follow
him he must arrange so that she can get
passport from the police. and this will be
granted her only on the application of her
husband and will not be given without his
permission. Every large hotel of Russia
has its passport bureau, and you hand in
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
New York Herald.

New York Herald
All sorts of dainty devices in aprons make
acceptable Christmas presents. One that
a housekeeper will like is a busting apron.
1t Is made of two thicknesses of fine cheese
cloth or scrim. These are caught together
around the four edges by feather stitch
ing Of green or brown wash silk. At the
top second row Of stitching makes a
place through which broad white tape is
run for strings. A few stitches in the cen
ter catches this tape in place. and when the
apron is washed the strings will not need to
be removed. and cannot be lost. If one
prefers. ribbon may be run through. for
it will make the apron prettier for gift A
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BEAR-RUg7NG WITH RUzzLE-L0ADERS.

ORovILLE, Nov. 5.-An old hunter. who
bears the marks OF more than one bear
fight, has related to me the following adyen-
ture with grizzlies:
l crossed range Of hills leading TO
small valley at the base Of high. rocky
peak in search of missing animal. Near
this found his body, and returning said to
my partner, "We must have bears hide to
help pay for our horse. for the grizzlies have
killed and partly eaten HIM"
Toward night we took our rifles and ammu-
milton and struck out over the hills. A dozen
rods from the animal lay an immense fir log,
and close to this was a massive granite
bowlder Near this grew a slender
tree. and by climbing the tree aud
reaching the top of the rock we would have
been secure from any danger. Unfortu-
nately, from this point the thick under
brush prevented us from seeing the dead horse
where the bear would come to feed. so We
had to select some other hldIng-plaee.
This we did by getting behind the big fir
log, where we waited for nightfall and the
grizzly. The moon was not up and it was
pretty dark in the shadow OF the high peak
and amid the dense forest. There were no
sounds, save now and then the hoot of the
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claws severely. While they were 6ghting
we had time to load our guns and each got
shot. One of the big fellows tumbled over
evidently with bullet through the heart.
"Hurrab," | cried, ''one bearskin TO pay
for our dead horse"
'Yes," was Dicks reply, ''if we ever get
down from here to take his hide Off"
| lowered him down after bit for an
other shot, ana this was tried two or three
times, but without any result except that
Dick avowed that ali of his blood had run
into his head. 1 wanted him to hold me,
but | was much bigger than he was, and
Dick was afraid he could not keep me- from
falling, and that we would both slide off
among the maddened animals below. Their
wounds had made them ferocious and they
clawed and bit at The rock in a frenzy Of
rage.
Dick thought that if he was out in the
little tree he might get shot, and handing
me his gun he made a jump and caught the
branches. Ii was daring thing to DO, for
the rock was slippery and the bears stood
ready to spring upon him il he missed his
mark.
Pass lne out the gun," said Dick, "and
watch the other side of the rock in case /
drive them around there"
Bang went his gun a second later, fol-
lowed by sharp snarl and a fierce growl
from the wounded brute. The others ran
around the rock and / gave one of them the
contents of my gun knocking him down and
putting him ont of the fight.
'Only three left" yelled to Dick, in ID y
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AGAINST THE LAW.
How Are Deer to BE Preserved IL This
Thing Continues?
woodiand Mall


Woodland Mall.
1t appears that the two-year restrictive
deer law is being violated this season in the
most open and fearless manner. A gentle
man who has just returned from a camping
expedition near the line of Yoio and Napa
counties informs us that no secret is made
there OF killing deer in any number. One
party from Napa killed fifteen inside of two
weeks and boasted of the fact, while
prominent lawyer In the party declared
that he could beat the law, should any COM
plant be made. The residents there
kill deer as they want them, and scarcely
camp could be seen without yeni-
son In plain sight or some other un-
mistakable evidence OF reckless slaugh-
ter OF mountain sheep" Our informant
says he passed one camp on the main road
where the hunters were dressing a fine
large buck and was informed that Ii was
the second one they had killed that day,
but they were going to hunt another point
where deer were more plentiful Strange
to say no complaint has yet been made. but
that may be accounted for on the ground
that all who witness this open violation of
law are equally guilty, as every person met
had either brought In "sheep" or
was wearing his legs off trying to capture
one. But the question is, what Is the use
of a dead-letter law which the unscrupu-
lous may violate with impunity while the
more law-abiding and onscentious citizen
must be denied the privilege?
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excitement. though he was not six feet
from me. Il just laid out one of Them"
He had probably been seriously wounded
two or three times, and this was only the
hnlshlng touch. We now kept up a pretty
brisk fire for some time, but either we did
not hit them or their hides were so tough
that we could not kill them, for not another
one spceumbed.
Suddenly my bullet-pOuch caught in some
manner and upset, While the bullets went
rolling to the ground. l grssped the pouch
with sinking heart aud hastily explored
its contents. To my horror there was but
single bullet left.
"What was that noise?" called Dick from
his perch in the tree. He thought for a
second that l had slid off the rock.
Il lost all my bullets but one," was my
answer. Have YOU plenty left?"
There was momentary silence that ap-
peared an age. and then he replied in a
despalring tone, "Bill, so help me heaven, /
have but two"
TRY them once more" / said. I'VE
can't afford TO miss any shots though"
BE got down on the little tree as far as
possible and took careful aim. One of the
bears was struck, and he flew savagely at
the little tree, shaking aud biting it In saw
age rage. Finding he could not reach his
hunan enemy he sprang upon one of the
other bears, and for moment or two they
fought ferociously.
Let them fight" yelled my comrade, 81
wish they would tear each other in pieces"
While they were struggling he tried his
last shot. but it was evidently a miss, as
neither of the bears paid any attention to il.
Fortunately they had struggled ont from
beneath the rock far enough so that | could
get GOOD aim, aud as the moon had risen it
was light enough TO see. / fired, one of the
bears fell, and / thought he was dead, but
he rose to his feet and slowly limped away
evidently badly hurt
At that moment l heard wild cry from
my companion. The limb on which he had
been standing had broken and let him fall 10
the ground. Before he could regain his feet
the big brute was upun him biting
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row OF stitching across the center of the
apron. and smaller rows dividing the upper
half into two, and the upper into three
parts. as seen in the Illustration with tape
bound openings to slip the hand in, make
pockets. In the two lower ones are sweep
ing cap and one of those convenient broom
coverings, made of canton flannel. with,
possibly. an outline design of crossed
brooms, to tic on the broom when sweepin &.
down the walls. In the upper three pockets
are several busters. squares of cheese
cloth hemmed or finished with a stitch
Ing to match the apron. These are
easily made and are 8 saving of time
In the end. for IL an old cloth is used
it is not taken care of as hemmed duster Is
and frequently has to be hunted up. When
the housewife has finished her dustlng she
can replace her duster, cap and broom COW
er in the apron and fold or hang it away.
sure that she can find all these things in an
instant when wanted.
Many holders for matches are made with
tiny round japanese basket and a medl-
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wit whet,ed by Appetite.
PHILADELPHIA Press

A well-known lawyer and author of this
city, who is relative OF Senator Sherman.
once i ad head clerk to whom he gave
literary training, and who became in time a
regular contributor to several humorous pub
lications. Ii frequently happened that the
lawyers engagements kept him away from
his office until long after the time he had
liked for his return. often TO the distress of
his clerk. who liked to lunch regularly. The
latter, in desperation, sent to paper and
had printed the following squi5:
Ciient-How do you know that your en-
ployer will uot return till 3e'clock?
Lawyers Clerk-Because he said when
he went out that he would be back an 80
When the paragraph appeared the clerk
showed 1t to his preceptor and asked him IL
lie saw the point. The lgwyer replied with
dignity that he did not discuss Jokes during
business hours, but he was thereafter a
remarkably punctual man.
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as offensive in their bearing as the police al
New York and London. / had no trouble
with them on the frontier. l have carried
my camera with me and have taken photo
graphs of them on foot and on horseback.
have through them resisted the extortons
OF the droschsky or cab-drivers, and have
gotten information from them just as l
would from policeman on a street
corner in America. 1 have found them
just as polite in South Russia and In
the villages along the Volga as l have in
the large cities, and am convinced that the
traveller who minds his own business and
goes about II without fear may travel Just
as easily here as in anv part of Europe In
fact, the only trouble have had with the
police during my three months here was in
connection with Mr.. Frederic Remington,
the famous artist, who, in company with
Mr Poultney Bigelow, made a very short
visit To Russia and left in haste. | came
with Mr.. Remington and Mr.. Bigelow on
the same ship from New York TO Hamburg.
lived In the same hotel with them in ST.
Petersburg and said good by 20 them when
they left. l took photograph of them in
the steamer Normannia, on which we
crossed, and think their fears of Russian
Imprisonment had moro foundation in their
minds than any basis in fact.
Mr.. bennington and myself, while out
riding one day behind a fast droschsky
horse, ran race with military official
and this official was angered at our pre-
sumption. 1t was on the fashionable drive
which goes from St. Petersburg TO the
Islands of the Neva. The military man had
better horse than we bad and he succeeded
In passing US. Shortly after this we came
to a bridge, in the center Of which was a
policeman. The official got there first and
he said word to the policeman as lie
passed, and when We came up the police
man told us we must 20 back TO the city.
We protested. but we could not talk Rus
sian. and our droschsky driver was forced
to turn around and we drove back home
Whether the official was one Of the police
or whether he was fve-cent general | do
not know. At any rate he was big enough
and small enough to take this petty revenge
and we had TO submit.
The military and the police work together
In Russia and the Chief OF Police can call in
the COssacks TO help him. The chief of the
third section here is practically the Cover
nor OF the city. He can try suspected per-
sons when IL is necessary in secret, and
about q, 600 men were. il is said banished
from the capital every year during the reign
OF General Gresser Gresser was the
most famous Chief of Police the Gar had
for years. He was general of the army
when he discovered a plot to assassnate the
Gar and his services In this we're so great
that the Gar made him the chief of the
third section. He gave him a present of
$50. 600 residence here in ST. Peterburp
and a pension OF $500 year. General
Gresser died only few months ago and il
was claimed by some that he was assassinat-
ed. Tue truth OF 1t seems that he died from
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on bright hat, or of s6me color so entirely
in contrast with the hat that you fancy they
are not on speaking terms, the Prince Of
Wales three plumes, an agrette or an
osprey, and always a buckle. Sometimes
the buckle gets twisted around to one side
or the back; sometimes the feathers nod
Jauntily in the rear or wave triumphantly
In front One of the pretty bonnets-indl-
yidual because lacking the ''jam-pot"
crowns the real Marie Stuart bonnet,
quite different to the one usually called by
that name. 1t is of emerald green velvet.
edged with jet and trimmed in front with
tips of black ostrich feathers and black
Ospreys The head lining is pale blue.