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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
TOLD OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
Anecdote Showing that 1t Is UNSAFE to
Judge q Fisherman by His Clothes.

1t Ia never safe to say things to the ragged,
unkempt men one. sees and meets a-fshing by
some mud pond or stream. This truth is Illus
trnted BY the case Of Daniel Webster.
Webster was n fisherman and had sloops.and
n SMACK In which he used to enjoy the past
time. He was not over fastid'ous in his fisher
mans dress. If he tore his clothes he did not
take the trouble to have the rent sewed M, and
when enjoying his sport he was IA tolerably rough
looking customer, according to n Rochester
paper whose reporter interviewed Mrs. Dawes.
a resident of Marshfeld in Webster's days.
Webster and Mrs. Dawes's uncle were fish
ing one dag from the shore of tho bay. when
n stylish young follow, a visitor at Marshfield.
tumblcd head over heels into the marsh. Tho
tumblcr yelled at Webster, asking how much
lac would take To haul him out and carry him
"A quarter" answered Webster. and the
deed was done. Whereupon the quarter was
turned over and Webster had started away.
when the mud stumbler asked:
To whom am | indehtedy"
''Only Daniel Webster"
Thc.man said a~fterward that he apologiZed
for his superciliousness and did not reckon
other people UP according to the number of
tears and patches and mud on their clothes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

What Mr.. TourGee saw with His Own
Eyes In "a Burmah Lumber Yard.
From the BurdIo Courier,

from the BurdiO Courier,
William Il. Tourgee has Just returned from
n trip around the world. lie Is n millionaire.
and has a beautiful home on Michigan Boule-
ward in Chicago. hut he Is seldom at home, as
the greater part OF his time is spent in travel.
ling. Mr.. TOurgee prefers 10 visit places out of
the ordinary lines OF travel. and has made dur
Ing his last trip quite an extensive exploration
Of the island of Borneo.
ono OF tho places, however, which offered
some OF the most interesting scenes vas found
in tho large lumber yards Of Burmah. The teak
wood industry is the great industry Of that
country. The wood grow. for the greater part
cut and ,doateq down the irrawaddy to, Ran
coon, where the more important ana larger
II is In, these lumber yards that they en-
ploy the elephants In moving and handling tho
logs, The elephant has prsc ticely The entire
handling OF the logs from the moment they
Where they have been zee stored, until tho logs Of.
have been converted into the thin plRuks used
IN shiphullding ana othcr Industries, where
II answers tho purpose better than any other
known wood,
\, dozen or more elephants may 10 employed
In thH same yard. They are nearly MI males,
Which are, generally speaking, larsrr. and
stronger than, the females, TlJs" Intelligent
and. IToldirs il firmly Win Their trunks. Vii
proceed To- walk of with II 10 pa" saw. They
viii then held tn, lor ~ 10 The saw while, II
H. AZ work, and viii see that II Is cut properly,
ritacr Crosswise or lcngthwiSc, AS may De de
sired. They pun the slabs away with the ends
~ their trunks, and pi'r ih"m IN piles that are
~ neatly ARRANGED as ID" most cNagtlIg ward.
master could desire. The principal work Of
the elephants consists at taking the logs from
ia" watcr and Eiiing them up in tho yards,
They VAL pile logs m the n'atrat manner im-
nginablc, nhd VIII adjust them At either end
are rightly arranged. Each elephant la a
keeper, but the krepeT's sole work CONSISTS in
giving the elephant tho impression Ut what he
waits done, and then l"tIiug him go ahead aud
do II.
Mr., Tourgee says that the yard owners look
upon a good elephant AS almost priceless, and
seldom part with them. What makes their
work so very valuable Is that they can do this
heavy work In that hot climate without being
affected by the heat, rs other animals would be.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
MOTHER BIRDS STRATEGY Y.
Eggs In the Nest Wrapped Up to Conceal
Them from Intruaers.

Them from Intruaors.
An American observer of birds once discov.
cred the nest of n kingbird in a dead stub near
home and promptly ~-cllmbcd up TO it. that
he might find out the number OF eggs already
there. There were two. or three, II does not
matter which. The next day he climbed up
again to see II any more had been added. since
the number In the nest was not n full sot.
There were no more, hut naturally the birds
were.very much alarmed at having their home
disturbed soSoften, and made protests audible
over many a rod Of land. The third day tho
man climbed up again, md running his hand
into the hole found that there were no eggs in
touch with his fingers. nor did the birds he
they had previously. The man climbed up n
little higher, so as TO get n look at the nest.
and, thcn, he saw what the matter was.
The birds, indignant ~ the daily disturb
ancc. and having considerable more intclli;
gcnce than most people allow to birds, had
carefully wrapped, the eggs up In, various
cred the nests bottom and n" eggs, making
the nest considerably halo n; but not no
when the man made this discovery he nearly
tumbied to the ground from surprise.
The London tlcidS, correspondents are now
telling about other birds that covered their
eggs, with various substances, Among Others
BOYD Alexander Of Swifts. tranhrnuk, Kent.
England. telle about the blue tItm4uHe AMI
In the garden here" hc says. "a marsh 1T
S S@,i' M EGr n's ynL n {" w %,I "G roHs,ah .HS"r Raims
heapcl. When ] found tho nest two, eggs
were In IL, which were carefully covered over
with hair, ana wool matted together. Next
morning. three eggs were in It, ri JilnrIv treat
ed then widencd IN" entrance. and after
that she no. longer covered the cges, seeming
covered because the mother hi II Thought there.
by to conceal them from the rubbish carriers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
~WOODCHUCK HUNTING.
A Chance for Fun with n Target Pistol in
the NeiEhborhood OF New York.

There are many woodchucks within two
hours OF New York. The proper weapon TO
hunt them with is n 22-calibre target pistol.
with n barrel a foot long. and II desired, q
wire skeleton stock. The proper ammuni-
tion Is the long rifle cartridge, which costs not
more than so cents a hundred. and is ex-
ceedingly accurate.
Since woodchucks are outlaws. oftener hav-
ing boun ties offered for their scalps than pro-
tccted by law. they are legitimate game tho
summer through, from the time they leave
their holes after the winter sleep in early
spring. Farmers do not love woodchucks any
more than they love the 'possum or skunk,
because woodchucks eat pounds and pounds
of grass and hay and make tunnels rods long
through the thick clover or other growing
stuff. not to mention the holes in the ground
into which the horses sometimes step in
haying time, once in a while breaking n leg.
So it happens that the farmers welcome the
woodchuck hunter where other hunters would
Every farm boy in New England and other
Eastern States where woodchucks are found
is probably a woodchuck hunter. but in spite
chucks are never quite exterminated in a region
for the reason that after n few narrow escapes
f farmer Te' ooy sets steei traps sps OF WOO isiuck"s'
placing them in the Icouth of the woodchuck
holes and concealing them with dirt carefully
the crafty woodchucks. but for ordinary wood.
chucks 1t works like n charm. The willy ami
mails are caught differently. One trap is set
In the mouth of the hole and left completely
bare OF covering. but fastened to n stake. by
"A thirty inch chain. Apother trap Is then
set in the hole. but this one is concealed with
the utmost care. 1t is set lust above the other
trap. The willy woodchuck laughs to see the
trap In plain sight, jumps over ii and is sur
prised when the concealed Jaws close on Its
legs, It IS so surprised usually that it drops
its hind legs into the open trap that wasn't
concealed. The combination Is irresistible.
and is death to the sly woodchuck. since the
boy knocks 1t on the head with a club or the
head Of a Ratchet.
Hunting with II target pistol is far greater
sport. since there must be exercised the
craft of n still hunter and the expertness
OF n sharpshooter to get the game. The wood
chuck has n quick ear. pretty good eyes. but
poor smelling powers. 1t is gifted with Curl
osity and even the ~craftiest may sometimes be
approached to within pistol shOt-l00 Yards
under a handkerchief on n stick, or behind q
broad brimmed hat on u mans head. or
course the hunter crawls on his hands and
knees when in sight of his game. and takes ad:
vantage OF every bush. ditch, and rise of
ground in approaching the woodchuck.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

Birds and nimal Deceived by Men and
by One Another.

-THE Sun told the other day about a man who
won't hunting turkeys with n call and n pan
Their came In answer. As regards panthers that
Is u pretty rare occurrence. but lions, tigers,
and. jaguars, have all been known to come at
the artificial call of hunters.
1t is related by an old woodsman. who was
calling young crows for the fun of shooting
them, that once q fox came sneaking along,
looking for a chance at the supposed birds. As
1t was late In the spring and fox hides were OF
no value. the woodsman thought he would
have some fun with the beast. which was com
ing down the wind and couldn't scent him.
When The animal was abou: twenty yards
away the man lcaped from tho brush heap In
which he sat concealed and yelled. AS the
woodsman tells it. the fox sat back on its
and tongue hanging out. The next instant It
was running ike creased lightning with it's
tail dragging. instead of waving. as foxes
usually carry their tails when not tired.
He looked burned shecpish like" the woods
man said.
Moose hunters call their game by initiating
the cries Of the females. There are several
varieties of birds that initiate the calls OF other
birds and so attract them to within reach. The
shrikes do this bee ause they are hungry or
bloodthirsty. but the blue jay calls small birds
purely as a Joke. for II never harms the duped
ones. che blue iny jumps out of It's conceal
in a most rasping manner. The scared bird
flies away shrieking with alarm. .whercupon
the blue Jay laughs. The shrike kills the bird
that comes TO its call.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
SOME TALES FROM NATURE.
THE ca Us or NAVY FOREST FINES
~ THE IDTRONDACkS.

woodchuek uuntinr with - Target Pistol
Nenr New York-News or the Anglers
Hunting wnIIabie- nnd KnnEnroo- In
Australia Daniel wsbster's Ragged
Fishing Ciothc--strategv OF Birds
Po,nt- on Bo1ing with Ber-- ES-
periencss with Birds and Beasts.
Forest fires are reported from time TO time
10 he burning over ~partions Of the Adiron-
dncks. Could people travel through the wood
lands Just previous to n fire they would no
longer wonder that there should be fires dur
Ing the dry periods of the year, but they
would be astonlshed that there arc no more.
They would think, II their trip was extensive,
that It Is only n question OF time when the
whole Adirondack forest. save here and there
n patch, will go In u blaze.
There are dozens of lumber camps In the
woods, and each OF them means dozens OF acres
Of forest land piled up with tree tops that dry
and shrivcl In the summer heat, and after q
couple of summers nrc rs heaps of shaviiigs,
ready for q flying sp ark from n fshorman's
camp fire. The watershed of the West Cam
ada Creek, from the West Canada lakes
south 10 marlborough and west to tho Adj
rondack and st. Lawrence Railroad. is almost
one continuous brush heap. Although moth
Ing but spruce hns been taken recently along
the West Canada Creek. there are enough
tindcrslike tops 10 make n fire that would burn
over the whole Of the western Adlrondacks,
and spoil such well-known resorts of hunters
and fishermen as Canachagala Homedaga,
and the Saransc lakes. Moose. Indian, and
Black rivers. West Canada Creek. and a Rrist
of lesser lakes and streams from which trout
are now taken in abundance. The lumber
men seem to have been utterly careless of the
fate of the woods. No attempt has been
made to burn these heaps Of finder Mt n time
when tho woods would not be nut In jeopardy,
nor IL any such attempt likely to be made.
CuriOusly enough. much of the brushwood
IL on lands owned by clubs whose avowed pur-
pose is the protection of the fish. game, and
forests now left in the Adirondacks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
WHERE THE BEA YER OWED.
The Kind OF Picture Which Is Full or Sug.
Eestion to the Sportsman.

Forest and Stream prints from a photograph
a wood scene that should bring n farraway
look into the beaver %trapper's eyes the moment
he sees it. There are fallen logs. In n tangle of
brush trees denuded of leaves mostly. and
down a slight incline, surrounded by the
brush. is n pool. nipples OF water are waggling
tie shadows of the trees. which were caused
by n beaver that had just Owed. alarmed by the
approach of E.. Hofcr. who took the photograph.
No picture is so suggestive to n sportsman
as one which shows where game has been.
Sportsmen's papers print photographs of tho
tracks of deer. bears. and other game. and
these are more suggestive than n view of the
game itself. A fox'e track. leading away
across the snow-covered fields. or the ripple
where a fish has slapped the waters surface
are full of life to a sportsman. There is n
chance with such evidence before him of cx-
ercising his craft and skill.
1t Is related of an amateur photographer OF
field scenes that one day he tried to catch IA
running gray squirrel with his little camera.
When the. negative was developed he found
that he had n picture of the animals tail alone.
hut because of the very incompleteness OF the
scene he values that picture above any six in
his collection.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24

4 Picturesque Descent that Usually Means
Death to Its victim.

Nothing In bird slIfc Is more thrilling than
the down sweep of n hungry hawk at some
sort Of prey, The Eadmiutun hoGd,up' has n
drawing by Archibald ThOrburn that shows in
detail n little European blue hawks dive at "A
wounded duck. Wlld fear Is shown In the
position Of Tho ducks head. Trailing from
the hawks talons arc q lot Of feathers. But
the hawk has not turned its Lead I" see what
has become of the bird, feeling itself evidently
knowing that the duck rannui escape.
bHe hot day last summed three woOd5men
were walAlng Through a pasture down On the
uhls OF the AdirOudHCE stream on tho Nr.t
iNuala creek. A few rods away, near "a fair
sized elm tree, were a number OF robins ulck.
ing about Tor Insects. IunOticed, II small
hawk was sailing about high overhead, All
oil, a sudden there was a roar, as II a strong
wlha haa suddenly hit the elm tree, ana a
hAd dropped head first from q tremendous
height with closed wings and -only, when with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
a WK FOU G HIT PIG.
The Bird Might HIVE Won tho Fight Had
Not . Man Iaterfered.

Near Shelbyville. Ind. the other day n hawk
was seen lowering over the farm of a man
named Hougham. Beneath the hawk was an
old SOW with a troop OF little pigs at her hoofs.
1t was on these that tho hawk had Its eyes
and all of u sudden II dived and grasped one
OF them in its talOns and atte mptcd to carry
1t away. But the old sow made for 1t.
Instead OF flying away as one would have
expected, the hawk turncd on the SOW and
made dashes at her eyes and hit her with its
strong wings. bewilderinE the beast com
pletcly. A witness OF the fight. Jim Mccain,
on seeing that the old SOW was Liable to be
badly injured. sneaked up to tho comhatants
and captured the hawk after some difficulty,
man rs d pig.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
EN'S LUCK.
some BiG Salmon and Trout Reported to
Have Neen Taken by Anglers.

The fishing season is at its height In the
fresh waters about New York, and the streams
further north are open and are warming up
In a style that makes the fishermen happy.
suburbs tells of sport to be had In tho BerE-
shire Clubs waters up among the Taghconic
Noun aims, which divide New York from Mas
sachusetts. There are ten miles % fshRble
trout Streams controlled by this club, while
lakes containing plckcrel, roach, perch. and
hass are In the vicinity, The trout are giving
lively sport To the members these days, and
many Crcels Hre reported.
w. Z. Harris writes to Shooting and FShfn0
that 200 trout were taken in n week In tho
vicinity OF Harrisville, y. Y, and that they
weighed from over II quarter of a pound up to
two pounds.
Charles A. Perry got mn SlG-pound salmon,
a 0'pounder, and two ta.pounders, besides II
fine trout from SeboEO Lake 0nc day recently.
Others have caught fine messcs there. a. :.
Jeuness uf WOOdtords got twenty-five pounds
of fish In tive salmon, liOhert ~iiaggart lHla
Pounds, m alike number of hsh, Fred I.oIn'
para OF Sebogo, got an eleEen-pnundcr nul u
h.S,noqmder, %%hlis H., ;, h9TmonI 81 HWm'
i;atnhuw Lake, Franklin county, y. y, Is
reported to lc giving angl,rs good sport. -,
pound trout on a SIX -ouncc hy rod from the
rifts OF y stream near by after n twenty min
small, and so he had 10 watt III, the lsh was
completely tlred out. Then lac got his fore
iiEgcr into one gill and his thumb Into the
other, 1t was a big fish for that section..
j. a.. Schoiteld and his son got eighteen
trout % between ono and two and n half
pounds before breakfast one morning in n Frank,
lin .ounty, Me, lake when the ice got out, aud
in the af,crnoon forty iiye moro trout are said
Ia have been takcn.
Trout a-c said 10 DO very backward I'm rls.
Ing N the hangelei Lakes, but salmon are
rising freely, Fured aud stream reports that
Henry Hobart and his lnugntor took four sal
mon from the laNes, two Of them between
a hall pounds.
Archibald Mitchell Of Norwich, Conn, got
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
GIudness Comes

\NTith a better understanding Of the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills which vanish before proper cf-
forts-gcntlo efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms OF
sickness are not due TO any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup Of Figs, prompt
ly o That is why IL is the only
remedy with millions of families. andis
everywhere esteemed 80 highly 10y all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact. that IL is tho
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. Its therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you p,r-
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utnble druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laXa-
tivcs or Other remedies are o needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but If in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well.informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
WSedand gives most general satisfaction.
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together s2IS pounds. J. NJ. johnson. also of
Norwich. got three that weighed 81 pounds,
and w. a. Briscoe OF the same place got three
Weighing 90 pounds.
Newfound Lake, n. IT,. yielded n six-pound
trout and n nve.pound landlocked salmon TO
samuel and y. :. Wax of Boston, not To men
ton the big salmon that tied bow Knots In
Samuel's rod and rot away.
Pleasant Pond, Scythevile,, n. u, Is n dis.
appointment this wear, Eighty bunts were
out one day there. aud n six-ouncc trout was
all the fsh landed. Last year some fine sui
mon were taken.
Canadian fishing Is Just sprlnging .dp, but
the. water Ia reported TO he unusually hiHh.
J. f.. Livernois got n five. pound trout from tho
Stadncona Lakes. Eai. and lies are both get.
ting, some fish In the Immediate vicinity OF
Quebec.
\ trout wne taken from the Mississippi
River near Wubasha Il few days nro 10y u man
after pike. He used n minnow tor hnit.. n
but not often.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-24
WALLABIEs AND KANGARooS.
a sportsmnn's G,imp-e- o rAnimni- Peculiar
TO Australia.


TO Australia.
There are wnllabics and wallables, scrub.
swamp, and rock wallabics. but all furnish
lively sport for the hunter. The wnllabics
are next relatives to tho klngufoos and arc
found In Australia.
+. G. Aflnlo tells In the Bddmtnton NdDdzinc
how he hunted the wallabies fifteen miles up
the picturesque river. called tho Rhine Of the
South BY the Australians. The hunt was n
failure, but the writer had more sport. after
kangaroos.
I'VE had not, my companion. and I. gone
half n mile" he says. "when wc disturbed n
large gray Kangaroo at his morning toilet. He
rose politely and eyed us for IL moment.
which would have been his last on earth. only,
ms luck would have 1t, lie stood Immediately
between ourselves and the other two Of tho
hunters: Then. while We were bowling TO each
other, the ,kangaroo. spddcnly vanished; ! do
beast can reap twenty feet without moving
a muscle; it is useless to look for FOL y, Here
II tangle, of trailing underground and all OF a
sudden there sat a small doe wallaby In u small
body. who can intrude on n female wallaby. and
find her scratching her.eBr with u hind foot.
IN nor w dHSs S she U Mos dong Inn a a sG this Sn SO w Sm.sreS SHe
rubbed her ear some more. and, shocked be
yond all measure. my friend killed her with
The ears were cut Oft as trophies. A little
while after this about fifty wallabies and kan.
Earoos were seen in n herd. browsing in the
grass n mile away, and that was a tantnllzing
sight. though mighty interesting. The beasts
could scent n mar a mile away easily and a
scent meant n go-as you please hop race with
no finish so far as the men. were concerned.
with n good pull at the flask, we crept
forward" tho writer says. ION we plodded.
and the animals began to look troubled. warned
by those vague and inexplicable forebodings
OF instinct. standing erect now and then and
scanning the horizon with their great eyes.
The males tapped the ground to warn the does
and away they went. We got two by luck-a
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Extraordinary Intelligence OF n North Car
olIna Hen.
Irom the Greensboro IuHy Record.

If0WI The 6rffnIb0ro IHEy RsrOrd.
Speaking about chick ems, a farmer said the
other day:
- don't want to boast. but | do think we
have got the knowlngest hens IN the world. |
have n tiOck all black. II is u theory OF mine
that black hens lay better than those OF any
other color, One day found II hen Ia my flock
with n few white feathers In her tail; | called
tho hired man and told him 20 catch aud kill
her. You can't rely on tho laying capabilities
OF a len with white feathers said.
The hen gave me a sorrowtul look, but did
not say n word, Next morning tho hired man
told me that he could not lind her. a month or
TWO later | nprned a pile of potatoes | had stored
in the cellar, and found a big. hollow space In
the centre Of them. There was a bunch Of
black feathers IN tile place with three white
hind he feathers were siXty-siN eggs. reCng-
riycd at once that II was tho work OF the MISS
ilr Non. Tie sensitive creature had slowed
herself away and worn herself ont laying eggs
10 prove that The theory was n mistaken one"
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There is u marked difference between city
and country dogs. A city dog turned loose in
n pasture lot mopes along, paying no attention
to the birds and other animals around it, but
a country dog turned free in a city str .et. after
me temporary entbarrassmeht ~hlch cnuntri-
be unusually tame and numerous. Then
comes n round of sport that makes the coun-
try dog feel itself very much at home.
The country dog delights in chasing small
birds and tho city dog doesn't. hut after a few
hours racing the dogs feet would be as sore as
any clodhopper's that walked the stones for any
length OF time. especially on II hot day.