davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald., 1897-10-03

hillside in front Of the game the two
balls sent up a column of dust in almost
exact line with the place where the gray
had been when the triggers were pulled
but which it had left some three feet
above by the time the bullets reached
there.
The first few bounds of the widest
deer often seem mere tours Of inspec-
ton into the upper air. He goes high
enough but not very fast. His forward
motion is still so rapid that if you do
not allow for it the ball will be behind,
but the up and down motion is the hard
est to calculate, for as surely as you
pull the trigger at the spot where he is
almost SO surely will he be some
where else by the time the ball
gets there. But when the rifle wakes
the hills and an old stager knows what
the racket behind him means then his
course becomes such puzzle that often
ones only hope is in speed of fire.
Such was the flight of this buck. No
mortal could have taken aim at him or
told one second where he would be the
next. Wheeling almost at right angles
to the former course the buck, bound
ing higher evan than before, with
sprngy legs grouped beneath the white
belly all in sight as plainly as the huge
ears and branching horns above, went
up the hill at lightning speed among
heavy boulders and brush so thick that
a rabbit could hardly get through. Yet
The herald., 1897-10-03

where the sap was not yet dried, where
they had been bitten off. Run for that
high point on the right" he added, as
he ran for knoll considerably beyond
the one he had climbed minute before
As fast as possible scrambled into a
position on the hillside where a good
view of the situa tion could be had, while
the dog. with nose up high. was winding
slowly along inside the brush. Preached
the hillside just in time to see bright
spot glisten amid the evergreen leaves
of some heavy chaparrel over hundred
yards away. In moment three or four
more points glittered about 1t, then all
went out of sight for moment and then
nearly a dozen surged above the brush.
sparkling for moment and then going
down again. Among the green shone for
second behind them dark strip OF
glossy gray.
AS I whirled my rifle from my shoul-
der the barrel shed flash of light across
the landscape where the sun struck it,
and in a twnkling there rose from the
brush in lofty bound a big gray beamy
pelt surmounted by over q dozen gilt
tering tines branching over the big null
ish ears. Down it went into the brush
with heavy thump before could turn
the sights of the rifle upon it, and up it
came again in shining curve high
above. Both rifles cracked almost to-
gether, and from the dry dirt on the
The herald., 1897-10-03
for the sake Of going down again. es-
peciallY as there was q high plateau be

for the sake OF going down again, es-
pecially as there was high plateau be-
yond with plenty of heavy brush in
which to spend the day in shade and
safety. He was going to higher ground
to lie down for the day, and would either
cross the ridge we were on to some other
one, or go some distance along it's back
before lying down.
Going to the top of the ridge, nearly
$50 yards beyond, we went to the lowest
sag in it which the deer would be quite
certain to cross If going beyond H.
However much he might wander about
on either side Of the ridge on his way to
lie down he would be quite certain to
cross this depression near the highest
part. Reaching that we noted on the
hard ground on the other side a spot
scarcely an inch in diameter lighter and
brighter than the rest of the ground
about it. There we found an unmistak-
able scrape Of some hard object though
there was no mark of any footprint or
anything of ineligible outline. few
yards farther on was a group Of lofty
pines, and the needles under these had
been pressed down in few places, while
others showed a different color from
those about them, which could come
only from being upturned. Beyond the
pines was another light bit of color on
some red ground, and faint rim of dry
dust scraped from the ground lined its
The herald., 1897-10-03

farther edge. Then, after break of
many yards that we did not try to ex-
plore for footprints we found some dead
leaves Of different shade from the 9TH
ers that had lain long undisturbed, and
it was quite plain they had been kicked
up. And so we followed quite rapidly
without seeing one track in. fifty. Yet
the trail stood out quite clear to our
eyes, though novice would have little
suspected that our familiarity with the
habits of the deer had anything to do
with the matter.
with bunch grass in the spaces, but we
lost no time in trying to follow it
through this and went around it. On
the opposite side we found the trail had
gone quartering over the ridge and
down the next light slope. At the bot
tom of that slope lay little open swale,
almost filled with dead grass. The deer
must have either crossed this swale or
gone around the head of it, for had he
been intending to continue up the ridge
he would have remained upon it. Strips
of lighter shades ran through this grass,
but dry grass does not SO quickly recover
its shape when bent as green grass does
and the trail through 1t might be many
days old We solved this difficulty by
ore of us going to the head of the swale
and the other to the lower end.andjalong
the base Of the slope on the opposite side
The herald., 1897-10-03

to look for marks Of hoofs where the deer
had left the grass. Across the swale was
light scrape on the ground that cast
different shade Of red, and few feet
beyond it was a small spot where some
thing heavy had ground little of the
soil to fine dust that looked bright and
fresh. Up this slope led the trail and
across a bit of table land, where, ever
on the dry ground, the trail was plain.
enough yards ahead and then it sud-
denly disappeared in some heavy brush.
and weeds along several acres of timber.
Here we had to go around to the lee
ward side before we coulG enter the tim
ber. But we soon found the buck had
gone through it and toward the mouth
of brushy ravine on the east some
three hundred yards away. A sudden
crack of brush and a thu1np of hoofs
brought our guns to our shoulders, and
up the other side of revine on the north
went four deer careering through and
over the brush with lofty bounds. How
such a mark woultS draw the hunters
fire today, two yearlings with two
year-old buck in the Lead and doe with
two fawns in the rear! Their coats
shone brightly in the rising sun that
streamed through the clear air of the
high mountains and through the heav-
lest brush they surged and fell as
smoothly as the dolphin in the summer
sea. Half way up they stopped to take
The herald., 1897-10-03

it's speed was independent Of twist or
turn and 1t held the rapid pace, though
with short jump here and a long one
there, then with twist to the right and
low jump, then with an equal twist
to the left and a longer and higher
jump. Its course was impossible to cal
culate, for, just as we thought it would
swing high in mighty jump, 1t simply
dove through some low brush, and when
we thought it would have to go through
the next high brush it swung over 1t as
lightly as a sunbeam over the wave.
Bang. went the first shot, and the ball
sung away on high in flakes Of lead
splashed from the smooth boulder that
studded the green shrubbery along its
path. Bang, went another to keep it
company, and the kissing lead sung the
cadenza of the last strain. Whang,
went another and the dirt flew from the
ground just ahead Of the surging mass
of gray. This made it turn like flash
and away 1t went on another course
that disarranged all calculations.
Z-e-e-e-e-o-o-o-o-o, went the next ball
from smooth rock just behind its tail,
and just over its back rose a puff Of
dirt from another bullet whose sender
had been unable to figure on the rise and
fall of the swift flyer.
And all this time it was increasing dis
tance while our rifles We're OF the old pat
tern of repeaters that would shoot fast
The herald., 1897-10-03

enough but did not have very long range.
In few jumps the buck had reached the
top of the ridge in triumph with dozen
bullets outwitted along his tortuous
course. and then he had to yield to that
fatal weakness that often overcomes
the wisest of deer as well as of men. He
had to stop on the top of that ridge to
survey the battle ground and chuckle
over the completeness of his victory.
The big branching antlers, black
forehead, black nose, massive neck
like that of the artists war horse,
high withers and long deep sides, all
shining with fatness in the sun, stood for
a second in plain view and evidently be-
longed to the individual we had called
to interview.
The old chap was. however, equal to
the emergency, or very near it. and just
as we raised our rifles with considerable
GOODNESS there was nothing to shoot at
but whirl of gray just going over the
ridge. But even that is something,
though generally disappointing One
feels well repaid for a long tramp even
with that kind of a shot with nothing
apparent in the way of damage to in
duce one to go to the top of the ridge
to take look. But this time there rose
little dust on the other side of the ridge
throwing up with his hoofs no matter
how high he may jump. Fastening to
the spot we found horn with enough
The herald., 1897-10-03

tines on IL to satisfy the greatest hog
that ever murdered noble game for what
he calls trophy" 1t was shivered
at the base and few feet beyond it with
mead resting on the ground lay the great
DUCK upon his knees in a low bush.
was about TO shoot him in the head
for L we'll knew the danger of his being
oEly stunned, but was prevented by the
cog running up and smelling of the
deers nose. 1t seemed as If mine of
dynamite exploded, for in a twinkling
there was whirl of gray mixed with
horrs and hoofs and dog flying head
over heels one way, and two men the
other, the whole ending in dust and
yelplng dog and crash of brush before
we could fairly realize what 1t was.
Each OF us sprang upon a rock to see
over the brush but there was nothing
there but wavy line through it with
a tinge Of grey at the bottom. opened
hre on this, which brought it In a high
curve above the brush, at which another
snap shot from the repeater was in or
DER, but on it still went. Bang, whang,
slang, bang, went the balls so fast from
ooth rifles with the empty shells whiz-
zing not from the electors so high in air
tEat the next bullet was almost under
way before they reached the ground.
Suddenly he made a turn around a rock
beside which the gleam of his side was
plain for second, and just few feet
ahead Of 1t I dropped the sights Of the
rifle and pulled the trigger. On he
went and the dull click Of the firing pin
showed that the magazine was emptw
My friend still had shot or two left and
scrambled higher up on his rock to get (
a sight Of him, but there was nothing to
see, and only dull crack Of brush came
back to give us any intimation of his
Whereabouts. But that crack of brush
had peculiar sound as If it were the
last, and there was no more thump OF
hoofs upon the ground
Nearly a hundred yards away we
found him with five bullets in him from
the last cannonade, but not a scratch
from the first run up the hill
And now of course you want to know
how much he weighed. Well 1t took
three or four men, five women, several
children and two dogs several days to
lift him foot or so high.
T. s. VAN DYKE
The herald., 1897-10-03

look at us to see what scared them,
as deer used to do in the days when they
were not so much hunted as now, and
the buck, fat as government mule,
turned broadside to us in a most tempt
ing mark. But we were after larger
game. Deer were then so plentiful that
common one was no novelty and We
wanted the big one or none. 1t is hard
at this day to believe it, but we actually
did not shoot
AS the chances were very strorg that
our game had gone to spend the day in
the breezy shades of this brushy gulch
instead of in the barer hills around it,
we walked rapidly to its mouth without
looking for tracks along the way. AT
the mouth of the gulch we found sew
eral spots where something hard had
rubbed the ground, but it was so hard
and stony that no hoof-prnt was visi-
BILE, Eor was there time to look of any, for
the rising breeze was drawing into it so
that the game could smell us if there.
But the marks on the ground showed
the very freshness of color of which we
were in search. They were on the line
Of the big bucks course; no other deer
had been coming this way. and this was
the very kind of a gulch, filled with
green brush and fanned by the breeze
from the far off ocean, in which the
deer loves to spend the heat Of the day.
So we beat hasty retreat out Of the
The herald., 1897-10-03
Monopoly the Nurse of Socialism

The growing popularity Of the muni-
equalization of the public services Of
cities is grounded on the abuse Of fran
chises. Socialism would die of inanition
if its advocates could not have the great
trust monopolies't to point tA as an exam
pie of the value of cooperation and
combinations and their abuse Of monop-
oily powers for loot, as an argument in
favor of public industrial cooperation.
We may as we'll face the truth. The
nurse of anarchism is looting and law
less plutocracy. The mainstay of social.
ism is the tyrannous trust MONOPOLY
which uses the government for private
gain.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The herald., 1897-10-03

It uses Is one of the most destructive in
point of the elements which enter into
its construction of any which modern
invention has produced.
The idea Of the invention, if it can be
so termed. is to construct at some ap-
propriate spot on the seacoast a sub
marine fort. This fort would partially
underlie a section of the coast at the
depth of, say, forty feet, though no limit
in this regard has been fixed. Rising
from the apparatus used to discharge the
torpedo to a short distance above the
earth's surface is O. funnel shaped tube
of camera obscura, by means of which
the man who Is fixing the course which
the instrument Of death which he is
about to launch shall take, will have an
uninterrupted view of the sea for long
distance from land. With this sight
before him it is not hard to understand
that his calculations may be made as
perfect as it is possible for the human
mind, to contrive.
OF course no vessel will know where
this torpedo station ia Craft will be
totally unsuspicious of danger until the
explosion takes place. There is no way
which will enable vessels to locate the
hidden danger, and their only safe
course will lie in keeping away alto
The herald., 1897-10-03

which the electric bell Of a residence 10
equipped.
This steering apparatus Is so arranged
that when the course of the torpedo 10
once laid, it can be set, as 1t were, 80
that it is kept upon this course as if the
most veteran of helmsrnen were in con-
troll. Now then. the torpedo is ready
and it's course set. The officer in the
dark chamber of the camera obscura
gives the signal. Almost with absolute
silence the missile starts on its momen-
tous journey. The officer watches the
been discharged. Suddenly there is the
concuSsion of a tremendous explosion.
1t is as if monster of the deep had risen
beneath the fated cruiser, tearing and
rending her SO that presently she goes
down, with perhaps half her crew killed.
Then the officer dons the suit of div
Ing armor in which he descended to his
place under the sea. With the oper-
ators he ascends to the surface and
makes his way inland. The automatic
pumps which have, concealed. been fur
nishing a supply Of air are stopped, ard
all hands take a much needed rest, that
they may be in readiness to sink the
next unwary enemy that comes within
their reach
Representatives OF the English ad-
miralty who watched the experiments
here say that the government will surely
purchase the secret of this torpedo and
fort. The details I have given are all
that can be obtained at present, as the
inventor refuses to talk. What have
told was learned by witnessing the ex-
periments.
The herald., 1897-10-03

the gunner aboard ship or the captain
in the coming tower of cruiser
Now as to the discharge and direction
Of the torpedo. =. All being ready, the off,
GER in charge makes a careful calcula-
tion as to distance and direction. These
two points must be settled before any,
thing else can be successfully accom-
plished. Then the signal is given and
the operators in divers costume place
the torpedo in the curiously formed gun
and proceed to regulate the storage bat
terry which every torpedo contains so
that there will be no failure Of the cur
rent at critical period. Naturally, the
torpedo is mot taken apart for this pur-
pose, but two tiny levers inside are ep
Grated by means Of a series of electric
buttons, 80 that everything may be
placed in readiness. Attached to every
torpedo is a steering apparatus. What
Is more, this apparatus is controlled by
automatic steering gear, which Is oper-
ated from within the torpedo by ar
rangement properly regulated by meaus
Of push buttons not unlike those with
The herald., 1897-10-03
Politics Must First Be Purified

We must municipalize the municipal
tiles before we municipalize the street
railways and the gas works. With the
political plunderers in power it is idle
to talk Of taking these natural monopo-
lies out of private control, even II it be
greedy and dishonest. = Springfield,
Mass, Republican.
The herald., 1897-10-03

gether from a coast infested with euch
fearful and hidden defenses. It Is about
es effective for warship to fire at an
object beneath the surface of the water
as it is to lombard the moon.
Electricity is the power which will
move the torpedo. 1t Is the power that
will control the action of the explosive
after it starts upon its journey. The ac-
companying Illustration, the first which
has been published of the new invention,
gives. better than words possibly can, a
graphic idea of the method of operation.
The men who operate the torpedo appa-
ratus perform their duties clad in the
armor Of divers. The officer in charge is,
as the picture shows, in turret like
room which is portion of the camera
obscura, for the lens at the top of the
funnel-shaped pipe that runs to the sur
face throws down upon the glass in front
of the officer picture of sea and craft
above and beyond.
To understand this thoroughly, it Is
also necessary to know the camera OBJ
scura principle with which any ore who
has operated a kodak or camera for
amateurs is familiar. although perhaps
The herald., 1897-10-03
Bound to Grumble

"Josiah!" exclaimed the old woman.
rapturously, ''what'll you do eff cotton
goes ter II cents?'
"Cuss myself fer not plantin' more!"
replied the old pessimist.-Atlanta Con-
etitutiou.
The herald., 1897-10-03

end for the insertion OF lens or combi-
nation of lenses, and at the other a
screen. generally made of ground glass,
or which to receive the image.
This is the principle upon which Mr..
Perkins has constructed his camera
obscura apparatus, and by conside ering
the facts just stated it is made clearly
apparent that he has utilized one Of the
greatest principles Of photography in a
way which would only have been con-
ceived by man who had studied along
the lines which in this regard others had
deemed Of no use and impossible Of de-
velopment. Thus, beneath the water,
the man who directs the firing Of the
torpedo will have as clear and accurate
view Of the position Of his enemy as
The herald., 1897-10-03

at a certain distance from the hole the
image attains a maximum degree Of
sharpness, and that II the paper be re-
moved from this point to any position
either nearer to the hole or further from
It, the image becames indistlnct and.
confused. At the point Of greatest dis.
tinctness the image Is said to be focused.
Such being the principle Of the camera,
it is evident that In practice the instru
merit may assume many forms, provided
always that it consists of a darkened
box or chamber having a hole at one
The herald., 1897-10-03
|l|||||I|i''1'|ll8H||X|'|TN|||

not by that name. The principle is
best illustrated. by the following hypo-
thetical experiment.: Let small hole
be bored in window shutter and the
room darkened. If, now, the beam of
light entering the room by this hole be
intercepted by sheet Of white paper,
held at small distance from the hole,
an inverted image of objects without
will be seen upon the paper. By placing
a small convex lens upon this hole this
image is rendered much more distinct or
sharp. Moreover, 1t will be found that
The herald., 1897-10-03

Especial Correspondence to The Herald }
Expe riments just concluded here prove
beyond the shadow of a doubt. as much
as experiments can, that genius has
given a new agent of death and destruc-
tion to the world which is likely to Gre
ate tremendous havoc in case Of war
In which navies assume a conspicuous
part. 1t is called the Perkins semi
submarine torpedo fort, and the torpedo
New-York tribune., 1897-08-15
TIE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

r,,caro Aus IL (specaD.-wheat to-day got back al
mos, to tho high price Thursday &c over last night and
s,Ac over the price Of day before yesterday Sep
t.mber opened s2c sold between siso md s4c ana
closed sac on the curb was quoted 81, s5'sc There
were reports from Paris OF reduction In tariff In some
grades IT rather indefinite and not thor
oughy confirmed but the trade finally assumed that there
advance decline in price, At Paris seemed to confirm
ara change would be reduce Paris prices but to help
e we.t Was decidedly buish There heavy rains in
SSH I'll. and h sss @ on 'ss
figured tina, the wheat promise for the three States had
prospect about 0ooOo bushels, asans, 1880 600 GOO
Ssh: % few 3 bushels. "s hs1s snd s @ f's for se
vas the largest this 100000 bushels There was
sbe fer frost in North Dakota Saturday night
the afternoon were Jumped Pc very suddenly o on the
against es bushels last year The pit trade was not not
The m,Tsfs @ay%pss& TlIssa
thsr lines The cash trade WA w%s ,n9s not
ana only five loads for export at New York.
,i In from m' % " to fs5ns % and & c6.ed fnS
general selling early on the rains West Toward
buying samples We're firm and ic higher in spite
large receipts. There were o52 cars today and 1870
board eaiances we're 5oso bushels Floor traders did
ns g%y@s .pmes h %ers y ss Ssen
bushels last year; charters. ieoooo bushels . .. 49,
ceent shipping demand. September sold from l7sc to
WIN % 7 cars asiima;c for M3nlay samples we're .c
10000 bushels The shipping business In oats here
this week has been not less than 100000 busnei'.
1ecoo with 10000 estimated for Monday and 25oo0 for
rcnne n%Ht N unusual shppns smanG verpoe was up
Ill On lard Tnfn h r msdr int it On snlpPng as oass
Nothing was done IN very large way Pork closed sc
1aSr % c T1 s ss S % 2 aD@ @ 1 %ri ma" ns IA p4vese
due to The fear, OF ',os Put on s.ptembSr wheat crI
were 2sbc. calls" o9iec.