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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
INTO 4 CYCLISTS OPEN MOUTH.
A wh.elmn~ who Began the STUDY OF
Natural History In tho Wrong Way.

Wheelmen do not begin the study OF natural
history like ordinary people. Down on the
Brooklyn cycle path on Tuesday night, rather
late. q white sweater scorcher came whooping
along. 1t was q few minutes after 10. rather
dark in spots. more especially Just beyond the
graveyard where tho woods are thick. There
was one redeeming~ feature about the scorcher's
outfit. He had a very bright light, and his
mouth was wide open ready to yell. There
were a lot of insects in the air over the path.
among them several large and hard-shelled
be ctles.
These insects, on perceiving the scoroher's
light a-coming. flew toward 1t at good speed to
investigate. One Of them. an especially large
and strong-winged beetle. flew about eight
inches higher than the lamp. and the cyclist
began his study of the chronological branch OF
natural history on that one. There is no place
mems may be put for temporary security more
conveniently than the mouth. but II Is usually
advisable TO kill the specimen first, nor Is It a
good plan to close ones teeth onto IL. since that
ruins the specimen irretrievably. Not know
ing this the cycling amateur naturalist spoiled
n fine specimen of n night. flying carrion beetle.
A good many wheel folk have begun tho study
OF natural history in this inadvisable way. us.
Ing their open mouths as landing nets with
Such a method of procedure Is almost sure to
cause the beginner TO give up the study
entirely. even to the extent of wearing mos
quito net wells TO shield the lips. The mouth
receptacle lie better left to the more expert
enced naturalist.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
1HE GAME BUTCHERS WORK.
wanton Slaughter by Hunters In tho Jack
son Hole Country.

The American Field jumps upon the foreign
es who come to the United States. seek out
those localities where most of the big game is
to be found. and then lay themselves down to
the work Of Strengthening It with rifles. A
favorite resort of these game butchers is the
Teton Basin. Here are found elk. deer, and
antelope. which are being killed off rapidly.
The Teton Basin. Jackson's Hole, is much
over than tho National Yellowstone Park.
and much OF the big game mlgraues south to
II, as a warmer climate Is to be found In the val
ley. 1t Is here that the hunters from abroad
congregate. and In spite OF the Wyoming State
laws, kill game wantonly. II these men would
kill a couple OF heads Of each kind. taking care
OF the meat, and following up wounded game.
little or no objection would be made.
These hunters. some OF whom are Amcri-
rans, pass through the national park on their
way homo With wagon loads of skins and
horns. The law In relation 10 transporting
game reads that possession within the park
OF the dead bodies or any part thereof Of any
Wild bird or animal shall he primH facIe eyi-
dence that the person or persons having the
same are guilty of violating this act" With
this act behind him the superintendent could
s1uelch the wholesale slRughtercrs of game In
the region ~ the Yellowstone Park. nCCOrdiLg
to the imcrirdn Fi,id. Capt. Anderson. the
Superintendent. is urged To make an effort TO
enforce the law. What would be better yet
would lie tho annexation of the Jackson's
Hole country TO the Yellowstone Park.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
CLANS THAT TRAP MEN.
Huge Bivalves hat Sometimes Catch Pearl
Divers In the Indian Ocean.


Bivalves of various species form traps of a
deadly character. and OF these the various
clans are most frequently heard of. THE Sun
told the other daY of a rat whose tail was
C ,ught by a clam over In Hoboken.
Darwin's theory on the broadcast distribu-
ton Of species was that birds carried them.
For instance, a heron wadinR on the spawning
bed of a trout gets a number OF the eggs stuck
to its legs. On flying to a stream some miles
away. hitherto unstocked with these fish, the
eggs are washed Off and are Matched according
TO the regular course OF nature. The fish breed
and multiply.
A Canada goose killed In Ohio had q fresh.
water clam attached to one middle the. Had
the goose not been killed the clam would have
dropped Oft In water perhaps hundreds OF miles
from its original home.
The SuS OF April 10 told OF a gull which was
nearly drowned by Q clam that had closed on
It's bill in n Massachusetts bay. Similar sto-
ries are told of other birds.
Men have stepped Into the open Jaws of huge
clans accidentally at low tide, and the CLANS,
closing their jaws. have held them fast til the
tide rose, when the men were dro wned. Other
men have reached for a lure In the form Of a la.
minOus spot. The instant they touched IL the
shells OF a clam closed on their arms and In a few
minutes the men were drowned Some Of the
clans that trap men are found embedded in the
and the men captured are pearl divers. The tiesli
OF one ~ the huge CLANS triddcud glgpSl some
times weighs twenty pounds, and added 70 that
Ia the 500 pounds or more of shell. The she'll
Is something like Ave feet long by two and
three-quarters wide, Poets are fond OF saying
that these shells are the cradles OF sea god
desses, since they are very beautiful II polished.
They are also used as ba%RtisInRl fonts
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
CHEATING THE TREASURY.
Attempts arc Frequently Made. but They
Are Rarely Successful.
From tie Philadelphia Timss.

t"s AHthuatiPHbA IthFS.
Frauds on the redemption division of the
Treasury are constantly being tried. What
are called drawer scraps" are presented al
most every day with demands for new money
In exchange. These arc torn on fragmanta
of notes which are found In tills and cash
drawers. A young man employed In a New
FORK bank once sent In a boxful of them, claim
Ing $500. They were the result ~ many sweep
ings carefully accumulated. Unfortunately
they reDresonted 81 900 or more, II RnYlhi z,
aud the yodth was lucky to escape Prison.
An Ohio woman not long ago mailed 10 the
Treasury a number Of Tnllel-uu pellets Of
paper, which she said TepIe 'unted "A i've. dollar
note torn up los a child. The pellets were
stralghteued out and found 10 he thirteen
centre strips cut lenglhwise from MS many tivn-
that the woman got nothing IN return. PeO-
pie seem to think that l'UCle sam Is precious
green: At the same time the redemption dl-
vision does get cheated now and then, UNI
dOubtedl,.
the redt.. pt,Ou diyis on that the tull number
OF 5000 notes % the series of 49, had been re-
deemed. Nevertheless, notes OF tins series
were still CUmlnR In for redemption. At first
II Was thought that there had been AN over
issue hl some strange MISTAKE, Accordingly
all of these hutes-trum n at tine on were With
held from the customary destruction and their
number were registered for the uuFuu.u OF
seeing II duplicates would appear, But no
duplicates did. appear, ana II Is now believed
that the trouble Hrosr from an error on tie
part OF the %ntiCie!s appointed 10 act as a 10.
struCtion committee, They must have made
a mistake In their record Of notes destroyed,
putting down the figures 1874 instead Of some
other year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
TELPoNs FoR WHEEkMES.
BIG Pistols and Little CARRIED ny Men and
Women who Wheel,

A man went into n gun store the other day
and asked TO see n fircarin such as the cyclists
were buying. A wicked little revolver OF 32-
callbre. rim fire, with a thrce-inch barrel. rub.
Der grip. and the metal parts nickel plated,
was shown first. There was Il hit of rust on
the rifing OF tho barrel that would displeasc
n man fond of his weapons; still that was what
the cyclists were buying. 1t was sold at 81.
and a holster and belt cost rs cents more. 1t
would do to kill n dog anywhere within ten
feet Of the whcelman. II the shooter knew how
to handle It.
When asked to show the very best revolver
for a whcclman's use the clerk brought out u
blued metal work. black rubber handled. 10
calibre, centre fire, fve.shOt revolver, costing
could shoot at all this weapon would be deadly
To, anything from the size of a man down. lbs
effective range would be up to. about thirty
wards, while, the bullet. Il it landed. would xiii
n. big cur dog 800 wards away easily. The
charge Of powder is 50 small that II woman
would not be annoyed by the sound or kick.
a three-inch single arrellci pistol Of -
calibre would disable a dog. and could be car.
ried in a coat or In an upper vest pocket. For
an extremely sensitive woman such Il pistol
would not be a cause of worry In firing. since
the charge Of powder is so small as to be IL:
aimed. IT would Kill II man.
A, weapon which, sportsmen cyclists use a
seS and the CatsSiii Mountains, is a 2%-cali-
bre pistol with n ten or twe,ve inch barrel. All
told. TINS pistol weighs "A pound. 1t is aCcu-
rate for n range OF 100 yards. and will send n
bullet through four or five inches of spruce.
a barrel three inches long may be had for
the same stock. 1t is easily carried in IA long
pocket inside ones coat. where II would be
out OF sight. but handy in case OF need. A
similar pistol Weighing three pounds is made.
Deer have been killed with them, and they are
fine for shooting bothersome ours. If the
w~heelman is so disposed. They are easily fas-
tened TO handle bars OF wheels or along the
upper tube OF the frame behind the tool bag.
Some wheelmen prefer heavy weayons. and
get those OF 3s calibre or larger. The recoil
and noise are objectionable. but the size Of the
bullets, to their minds. outweighs these dis
advantages. A 4l.calibre single. harrellcd
derringer has a number of devotees. but It
kicks wickedly, and not very good work can
he done with ii, save at the very shortest
range. Gamblers IN old days used such weap-
ons. and tho wa they shot men armed with
threc.pound reyolvcrs across card tables was
n caution. \ hve-shot revolver. ~ calibre.
weighs hut little more. and has considerable
backing II the first shot misses.
There are II GOOD many women who carry
revOlycrs Of one kind or another, and some
know how to use them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
MISDEEDS OF DEERHOUNDS.
Two Hundred Deer said to Have Reea
Killed by Dogs In the AdIrondncks In April.

The misdeeds of deerLounds have been
brought to the attention of the State Fish,
Game. and Forest Commission OF New York by
Charles Fenton, an Adirondack hotel keeper.
Frnton estimates that nearly 600 deer were
killed by dogs during the last three weeks in
April. There are forty carcasses of deer about
his place now. which were killed and mangled
by the hloodthirsty brutes allowed to roam by
their owners.
The 3eerhOunds run on their own hook. set
ting oil with II young dog very often. and on
finding a deer trail run the unfortunate animal
To death, which is comparatively easy at this
time OF the year, since the deer are weak from
the trials of n long winter of deep snO". 1t Is
believed In some quarters that unless dOgging
of deer is prohibited this year the deer will lie
practically ext-rminatrd in the western part
of the Adiroudacks before the fall season Is
over. II sc"I"s certain that II uOgglng deer Is
not prohibited inside of three years in the
AdirOndacks. the deer will have b4cOme 40
scarce AS to lie not worth hunting, at least that
is the opinion of u good many woodslnen and
spOrtsmen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

Oh Importance to the Woodsman In Many
Emergencies. Both Big and Little.

Oh Importance to the "OOdsman In Many
Emergencies, 10th Big and Little.
A piece OF string is often Of great valuo 10 a
: inter or fisherman, Stout string, such as
is Used 10 tie up heavy bundles, ia most
valuable. Some spOrtstnen put a piece OF
string at a higher value than any other single
part Of the camp outfit, apart, Of course. from
the implements OF sport,
II the lshing rod breaks, the string mends II
again. II the suspenders break, the string
Ties the ends together. Should the gun stock
break, the string Is Invaluable. II a pack
basket strap fails, a string takes its place. A
tear In u tent Is sewed up with string. Gamo
is hung up out OF reach OF animals with
string 4 lost man makes snares out OF string
and catches birds and rabbits enough to keep
him from going hungry likewise a stout
OF regular tackle. II the chain is lost. the dog
may be led with a string. A boat can DO an
chored With II rock and cord.
In the absence OF "A string "A substitute Is
made bS cutting a strip us long Ms needed from
u deer hido oil which the hair has been taken,
others, because II Is much stronger, IL prop
erly cut, and the wupdsmun 10 very expert In
cutting the string of even strength. Where
the hide Is tnlH lie cuts a broad strip; where II
horsenlio 10 buckskin. and a bucks skin Is
rat is easily made with . string and
three or SIX logs according TO The size, and
need stlrre, or lack for sport, though lost and
forty miles from anybody. He can break oil
sapiins for an arrow. and shoot Ills game as
the Indians did. II he has a iackknlte, so much
the better, but the string alone viii do, Fire
striking sparks Into IL from two hard rocks. K
very important use OF a string 10 stopping the
With a round stone to press into The artery,
and ASutnG 70 te tight over the bark, has
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
SMOKING PUMAS OUT
Destruction OF n Family or Big Cats Tha,
Preyed Upon the sheep OF n Ranch.

Deatruction of m Family of Hlr Cats That
Proved Union the sheen or "A Ranch.
- -, -
A sport which would be appreciated by any
New England farm boy who over smoked q
,,oodob,ck ont NJ t.. Lno,I s,d. ho,s dovn In
Moou'"u.A ~ A"oi e'o ho uo"h
the meadow or Rack pasture OF his fathers
farm is described by q South American In the
I,,,or Eys,d
cruoh re"'
The puma, or panther. Is as fond OF sheep
and calves as a crow is of a row of corn hills;
,onsoou,,,,r ~. .,..n h.rd.r - ,,n,h..n
Consequently 'ho e"eep hefuer u r"hoh"ah
let pass no opportunity to destroy 1t in spite
of the beasts pleasing characteristics. But
a.. .,,n., a, .,r .,a a.. IL. s,m..,. A.
the animal Is BY anu us iairs arc alIhcult 10
locate. The puma Is an epicure. and the sheep
IL selects are the latest and juiciest of the
at ~ 90, ,hou az ,.n,ha, 80. -.
iosA' ~ Ret then' pah'her musI heeos
try several OF them. so It happens that half q
dozen or more manned animals are left be-
Mid .f,.r .,ch Vial, ~ IN. n, Oh. hi, o.ts
nnu "t'e' 90" ,' o"o y ~ ok e"''
One day the sheepman who wrote To the
Field was informed by one of his gauchos that
y. h.a So, n,n,,s do, g., - II.
. - iouho " pu"" "" wv W. hiIeS
away on one of the slopes among which tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
THE INSPIRED CAMP COOK.
ThinEs He Must Know to Make Life
Pleasant for Hts Comrades.

Outing tells about camp cookery. including
the cook. The genuine camp cook Is an artist
In his way. The musician makes men hear
things enhancing and the painter brings tears
to tho eyes II inspired. The camp cook genius,
by the very way In which he does his work,
makes men hungry.
The camp cook, - says the writer, should
take pride ~ the artistic handling Of his
n dO7sn things going Mt once; ne must keep
already cooked things hot. and coOk the uu-
got u understand the kinds Of fire to have,
whether largo or small blaze, hot ashes or red
the most work at the least ex expenditure ofIa.
Dor from his comrades. Something many
cooks ure lacking In Is the way To keen camp
dishes clean for cooking. An urwashcd Ri-
pie saucepan will serve To fry trout in, aud
give them a pleasant taste, hut an unwashed
fish spider Will scarcely serve 10 cook apple
sauce In. In other words. the cook should
know when and what To wash"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
rnB FRoNTIERsMAx,s RIFLE.
Accuracy Claimed for Oid-tise wsapons
and the Mes who Used Them.

Accuracy Claimed Tor Otd.tinae wsapons
and the Mes who Used Them.
An old.time plalnsman writes TO Shooting
and Fishing about the good points Of the old.
style rifle. The modern rifiemen do not ap.
prcciate the possibilities OF the old. fashioned
arms of the kind Daniel Boone thought per.
feet. There wns no such phrase for the from.
tiersman as accurate enough for hunting"
which is common these days. A rifo which =
frontlersman owned had TO 10 one lie could
bet his life on and win. 1t must be. above all.
accurate. II II was aimed nj u candle wick,
II must not hit the candle. II aimed at a
name heart. II had 10 hit II. and not an arm
or ear. Up to 200 yards the accuracy of the
old weapon. the pea rife. has not been ex-
celled. and few modern rifles equal II.
In these days Of pump guns, which throw
bar lead out OF the muzzle and brass pipe
out of tho breach. eccura " Ia thrown to the
later another is ready. Not so with the mu7-
Gle loader. The game was in sight for Just
fatal, more game must be searched for. Know:
Ing this. the old time hunters drew down and
shot for meat. They, did not pull when the
When they pulled tho set trigger, the sights
were in line with the heart. head, throat. or
oftener meant death. to the game than tho
rip. roar. slam of a modern repeating rifle.
A man who would use a SHOTGUN for game
even to-day the shotgun users respect the
of. instead OF using n scatter gun. The from
trusted his rifle. IL was "Bess," or
him, not just my rifle" lie said, Me an
Bess got a deer Yesterday" and when ''Bess'
got Ill, abe was sadly out OF order, and had to
have the doctor right away.
This is essentially q shotgun age. A man
brought up on a shotgun is not TO be com
pared with the man who used q rifle to begin
with. The users OF shotguns alone would not
be the sharpshooters of Uncle Sans volunteer
army.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
PREFERS nhINDvAss 10 CnIcA0o.
Charles broadway Rouss IL Loyal TO the
New Work spirit.
Prom ne cAtcuOo Tribune.

FROM me thtcigo I'iouhe'
DIR. w. ID. Lonergan. 100 South Clark street
read in tho Chicago papers on March ; Of
Charlrs broadway Rouss, IA wealthy New York
mrr hu offered his store u any person
WIN are HIM OF blindness.
1 he b . train carried the chicago doctor to
New lurh, and March u found him IA consul
tatiOn Win the Broadway merchant, who was
reported 10 be gradually going bllad. There
was no promise Of tho store or OF a specific
hum ia the event uf "A cure.
During tho course OF the conversation the
Chicago man animated that IL a cure was at
tempted IL might be necessary for the New
Yorker TO remain IN. Chicago for q month.
THAT settles it. remarked the Broadway
70 get back my syesiEhL"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
~ LUCK.
Bird shooting Prospects for the Fall he
ported 90 Bs Good.

Some large bags Of snipe are reported by e.
Hough from the West In Forest and Stream,
Charles Antoine and a friend Skilled 1874 snlpe
IN W days AT Kouts, Ind, Oswald Won Len
gerke and a friend got ll5 In two days at the
same place u few days later. William Mus.
sey and John Watson got 1875 snipe I'm less
thar three days shooting at MaksauhA
grounds. III this region, which is along the
kRnkHkee, Indiana, are probably the finest
snipe grounds Ina the country.
bird shooting, as well Rs other kinds OF
game shooting, has ceased for the year, but a
good many crows. wOodchucks, cranes, and the
like win be shot all summer long.
VIII Frazer OF A~llenwOOd, y. j., shot a six
foot bold eagle on the Manasqua River a few
days ago. He shot IL through the VIM at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

SO successful have the trappers been in
Wayne county that It has been found neccs-
sAry to protec. the fur'bearing animals during
the summer, or the time Of rearing the young.
muskrats, otter, dc. The close season begins
on NAV ! and ends Oct. 81, IN, cold parts tho
animals are well furred by this time. Foxes
are protected a month longer than the other
fur bearers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

BOISE, April 30.-News has been received OF
the murder OF Thomas fennel by II cowboy
named Long ut OreHna Oh sunday evening last.
Fennei was II stage uriv-r. He had gone over
to break some horses, which he intended 10
bring back, to this section. He WAS II joker, and
has been having fun Mt Longs expense. Tho
cowboy chafed under It, and determined to Kill
him. Long was In the room NJ the place whero
the cowboys congregated. when Fenncl and
others entered. As The victim came in Long
opened fire on him. -Four shots were fired in
rapid succession. All four bullets entered Fem
nel's body over the heart.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
. and the bird wanted to neht right away,

hrst. and the bird wanted 10 hight right away,
but a club ended its life.
Bird shooting prospects for the coming fall
are reported good from nearly all localities.
Ezra Bingham killed four swans With four
shots in n few seconds'on Lake KashkononR,
Wisconsin, The birds came In and Allghted
out on the lake. and taking two double.ber.
relied guns, he sneAked up on them with a
new, he dropped them one by one as they stHrt-
cd to fee. The Forest and stream, says. that
this IL the record on evans probably OF that
entire rauiOn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
An AIhIno Desr In AaIas

An albino deer Is reported 10 have Deen seen
recently roaming about North Hancock, Me-,
by = number OF persons. A good many albino
deer have been reported during the past two
years in various papers, and several have been
Killed. IL seems curious thai albino bears are
never heard Of In tales OF albinntsm-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-05-18
TELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

Germans are warned against emigra
tion to America.
Theatrical Manager Henry E. Abbey
is critically sick.
Ben Brush and Lady Inez run a dead
heat at Louisville.
A soldiers monument was dedicated
In West Medway, Mass.
Forest fires burned over 800 acres OF
woodland in Sharon. Mass.
Harvard defeated University OF Penn
sylvania in track and field games.
The mayor of Lynn. Mass, is criticised
for not enforcing the Sunday laws.
Phillips Bilouin, aged rs, was drowned
mt Lawrence. Mass, while bathing.
Shapleigh, Me, narrowly escaped be-
ing swept by a forest fire. All danger is
now over.
$. B. Ruggles. alias Charles Bates. held
polygamy.
Mayor John c. Lowd of Chelsea sur
fered a stroke OF paralysis while eating
his dinner.
At Amesbury, Mass, Mrs. Mary II.
Roardman, aged 70 years, was found
dead in bed.
The Methodist Episcopal conference in
Cleveland took eight ballots, but failed
to elect a bishop.
Herbert S. Lousbele. 23 years old, was
drowned while rowing on lake al
Tariffville, Conn.
Alfred +. Waite. aged 6s, hanged him
self at Brattleboro, VT, while suffering
from melancholia.
Steamer Burgundia arrived at New
York with 955 Italian steerage passen-
gers. They were all well.
+. w. Hatch, minister from Hawaii
Is at Portsmouth, n. H., TO spend few
weeks at his former home.
The Greek government has drafted a
bill for holding quadrennial Olympic
games, commencing in 1898.
Mrs. Mary Kavney, rs years old, fell
from a lower window Of her home In
Baston and broke her back.
Samuel Mair, agent Of the Boston
brewery company, died at Hyde Park,
Mass. OF dropsy, aged 63 years.
Warren w. Wheeler, long a merchant
at Pine Bush, n. Y, and postmaster OF
that place, shot and killed himself.
at Cooperstown, ~ Y. hailstones fell
done to fruit, hops and other crops.
sir John X. Reynolds. physician IN
ordinary to Queen Victoria's household,
and president OF the Royal College Of
Physicians. Is dying.
The Seattle. Lake Shore and Eastern
railroad was sold at auction. and was
purchased by Judge .. G.. Strive, repre-
senting the bondholders. for 81 100000.
Charles A. Todd. postmaster Of New
London. n. H., died Of typhoid fever.
lie had been a sclectman, town treasurer
and member OF several secret orders.
Fire completely destroyed the stable
and outbuildings Of Alonzo Libby at
Westbrook. Me. Five horses, six tons
of hay. grain. etc. were also destroyed.
Louis Drake. who shot and killed
Albert Derneal, Lucky" Baldwin's
colored stable boss, on May 2. was &C.
quilted at Louisville on the plea Of self
defense,