Kansas City daily journal., 1896-01-20
ARMS AND The MAN."
HE LOVES TO RrruRS TO MS oRIGr-
NAL STATE.
Rod and Reel. Rifle and Gen Tc
Follow the Chase Was Kiney
sport, and All Amsr cans
Arc Kings

Firm ne Foston Troveler
The original state " man was f1lt of q
/ hun' q. ltee portions Of ham .ty ouist1.
I st.ll ara grett numbers % men within c.y-
iiH1tvn are huu'tr- part ~ Oh. 'i'us Tor
artsrzsl the Erglsh hy sa3.nE tha'
delight cf tho Eugllshmdn .s % say to u.-
I friends in th" utruiusi Let us 50 'pt ana
kiil some hing. looked al The matter from
1 q provincial p-.n. OF view. For Dr. INSIGHT
/ have arpisl bis saying to men In al
III. .8riy men hunted. of course. from
rs .e.s.ty. They cUell only live hy klluE,
/ for u1n BE- oarrivorous. tut3 The Arst DO
m,s'i.1t.on Of animals there was nothing
Tn" vegetarian tbtcry had not obtained
a-l fh- primitive man would have s,orns d
stomach was not suited to that kind Of
1 diet He had no theories: h. had appsI-cS
( AMI Dc killed what he could ani ate. He
wait i5r blood. The forests ana plains
| were fgli of game, and be spent bis uays
| in the chase. His happiness was to 20
home in tho evening with tha game slung
| over h.s shoulder Water and Land an afi-
| 1'ross vore simple days. anil when game
! Was I nHiul and easily captured and man
| hdt bat few desires, and was happy 10 he
hal ri.uty to eat. 50 hunting began as a
When the agricultural age had opened,
| fields the capture OF wild game continued,
/ however. among many who Gil not foil in
mankind. from different dispositions and
| circumstances, failed 20 take ny with aEri-
unto this day. The hunters age has never
passed for lll mankind, but exists side by
side with all the progress OF tn" world.
For ga" part. Of the race that adqI tea
ugriy ultGre and 80 passed on 10 ylvlliza-
| tion. hunting remained as an aaaltlohal
| pi,asure 'The instinct of slaughter had
| become hereditary the passion for killins
th,r than that there was need to eNtcrmi-
nate wild beasts that were dangerous. and
factions for H. palate mat he tame foods
failed 90 anord. Hunting then became one
of tho pleasures OF the world. .
As passion It became favorite or
! kings ana mobiles TIL" monuments OF AS-
| syria ana Egypt testify to its importance
I'm the lives Of the rulers OF those countries.
thc way Of siaughtered game became part
accounted among their rlories to have been
cmiuontiy successful IN the chase. Nehu,
cities and ouslavel nations did not scorn
TO hand down 20 future genCrationE the
hunts were on "a magnificent scale. ana the
results were enormous. Ancient histories
say about the expeditions Of heroes against
the wild creatures. Hunting, indeed, was
| their hands I'm boy The use Of weapons an!
their spirits up 10 the required point ana
! their bodies hardened ana lnurtd 20 utH-
ger and exposure In the hunt 9s a prtpIti-
ton for the more serious work OF lighting
In the mill,. nres all the nations of
| Europe kept up the custom OF hunting as
a pleasure and "a pastlm9, ana sghopl OF
war The rahlss ami kings. as well as tho
common people. when they had the chance,
! hunted wIth THE greatest enthusiasm. Pre-
serves were kept on every great estate.
Laws regulating the killing OF game were
OF the .trIrtest kind; poachlng was visited
with death. Dogs and falcons were kept
| and bred with as much care as II their use use
were the mobiles. occupation OF man nc
hunts were frequently on the grand scale.
IN our day tho capture Of wi'l game IS
still one OF he chief pi. asurss AMI rerrth-
uons uf life with many persons. There are
not many men Who wait, like Horace Gree
| lay. forty years 20 fnd t!r 20 20 a.
u~NiUg." All boys seem TO have the hunt =
,r- u-tlrct to some extent. AMI ~" maJ1rl-
| IS of m'n tak" t DAY now and thyn after
mon who 80 on expeditions after game on
] "a llrg- scale is limited only by their op-
! portWi,gs. Shooting big game In india;
| Africa AMI the western parts u lhr hlt'.l
| state. Il a pleasure iu which rich men
AMI princes indulge. While, tn our country,
/ there .s uas village without its proportion
/ Of su1iEuus. rifles and fishing tackle. All
/ of our streams are regularly searched with
I hooks; ull II our woods hear IN" report ut
fhIt can ba considered game iR all our
land that has not been. or is not, likely 20
be- 4-iurla by ne 2mintPFg,.gnt hunter, nun Gr,.
| mess ana professional men ne"iug 90 the
woods, mountains and streams, wherever
there is "a chance 10 capture bind, beast or
fish, This has become the recreation 9f
an ranks uf men, from presidents and sem
| atsrS down. IN this summer rush for the
woods is -huwu pOsrib bly, something uf
| the survival 90 the primitive hunters In
stuut ia This respect, apparently, man
| has not changed; when opportunity comes
| Wr las aside the NC- tmeuts Of civilization
ana iiud pIsasur" In what was our an-
p-s tors chief occupation And there is rN-
/ celluut reason for all this Carr-buraeuei
mon. " hose life f. toll, und relief am iu-
| forrest ami satisfaction IN an occupation
which .- 50 opposite from th" course OF
their ordinary lifa. They drop the huriru
| of civilization aui return 10 nature for
tLa time Tury become happy iu "a conal-
| t!gn iu which men first found happiness.
In the woods, away from the swtltcrlug
| town. rs th- placid stream, around the
campfire, iU the excitement Of the capture
| of nsh, birds. ana beasts, life takes on a
| simple zezt- Health appetite and sleep
come back with this outdoor life. 50 that
/ for the men who cannot be content Witu
doiu- nothing iu vacation times, or with
| dancing ami lOunging about hotels, the oc-
rupat.oU OF rest-prri0ds and TccrratIEe
| times Iu the taking OF game seems to be-
an offset ~ the tolls of litg. CIVILIZED man
| has taken up this primitive labor. and
made "a recreation of n, and Vii. probably
always find one Of MS JOYS iH this return
| TO the woods and the streams.