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when they begin to roam more and keep ON
foot longer during the day. But the con-
trast between their actions along the coast
and the middle ranges and their behavior
in the very high ranges Is very great, and
though the deer will be fatter in the noun
tains, you will probably find more low+r
down. In no case will you find any deer
starving. They will simply be less fat than
usual, but will still have meat enough on
them for your bullet to take effect on.
Your principal difficulty will be to effect an
entrance into the hide.
You will find this no easier in many
places than it is in the best seasons. In
others the shorter brush will give you q
better chance to see your game. You will
also remember that 1t also gives the game
a better chance to see you. In some places
the scarcity of grass will make it much
easier to track a deer than in ordinary
years, and most everywhere it will be
easier to tell what the game Is doing
that is for one who understands them
but you are still some distance from bag
cling them. TO know what a deer is do
ing is still a long way from getting him,
for one of the principal things he is al
ways doing is either getting out or hiding
so close in heavy brush that the effect
Is about the same. In some kinds of cover
a deer will almost allow one to tread on
Inn, but he is rarely safer than when the
first stroke of his hoofs almost throws the
dust In your eyes. Possibly you may See
a whirl of fur over the top of the brush
lust long enough to bring your rifle from
your shoulder and then gone to appear
no more. or just long enough to make you
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OPENING OF The DEER SEASON


California Is one of the few places where
one can hunt deer as early as the middle OF
July. the time at which the shooting season
opens in this county. But California is in
20 many respects the reverse of all coun-
tries that 1t is not surprising to find all an
imals in their best condition early in the
summer instead of late in the fall, as Is the
case in most other lands.
or our many kinds of shooting there Is
none to which more look forward with
greater anticipation than to the deer hunt
Ing. For it is generally combined with
camping and a trip to the high mountains
Is often considered an indispensable part
Of 1t. For many it is the only relaxation
from business. and it brings needed rest to
many an overworked mortal. OF the thou
sands who start after this game on this
coast the great majority come back feel
ing we'll repaid for the hunt though they
may return empty-handed And there are
few who do not feel rewarded even with
the sight of game, though they may find
their lead a trifie slow for this the most
slippery of all large game
NO one can foretell the character Of the
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fies the first. second and third stages of
settlement of country. All the others
have to vanish, most of them at the end of
the first stage. But the deer is so much
more wary than the others and so much
at home in ground where the antelope
could not live, that he survives them all.
The antelope has keener eyes for a man
at long distance. but he has to live on the
open plain, whereas the deer will live on
ground rough enough for the mountain
sheep if he has to. With a fair amount of
protection, the deer will survive in any
country having any reasonable amount of
cover, as is seen by the way he stil exists
in great numbers in most Of the oldest of
the eastern states even in New Jersey and
on Long Island.
Such is the case here, and while the rapid
settlement of Southern California has
made the hunting very different from what
| it once was, there are still many deer left,
and in some places, where they have been
| protected, they are even more plenty than
they were ten years ago. OF course they
are wilder and longer shots must be taken.
| Some people use a telescope sight on the
gun, so as to draw the game up near enough
to keep the meat from spelling before they
| can reach it, but our best long shots disdain
| such advantages. AS rule it don't pay to
strain our modern rifles with shots of over
a mile or so, though that ubiquitous chap
| who always gets his deer" never stops to
consider such trifles. Our deer have risen
| to modern improvements so rapidly that If
| you try black powder on them you may get
| left. About the time the ball gets there
they will be ahead of where it should be.
perhaps, behind rock or ridge. The last
| one l shot at was too quick even for the
high-power smokeless powder, and in few
years more dynamite will be slow for most
| of them.
| Yet even among the widest animals you
will occasionally find stupid one, and the
| deer is no exception. This is the great hope
of the tenderfoot. And there is many an
other who dislikes to admit it, but is mean
enough to chuckle when he can stumble over
one of these blockheads, provided no one is
| looking. Then when he gets back to camp
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The deer of this country, which Is the
mule deer of the Rocky mountains, ana
not the black tail. though some of his tail
is black. is not nearly so wary an animal
as the red deer of the eastern states. II
he were. still hunting would be impossible
This deer has as sharp ears, but instead of
running at the slightest sound of a mans
foot on the distant ground. or of his
clothes on the brush, this deer either stops
to listen to see If he is coming closer or
else he concludes 1t is cheaper to hide
than to run. After awhile he concludes
hiding is a failure and starts. That is
where he often makes his mistake. If he
would remain hidden you would rarely
find him without dog. But he gets I'M
easy and wants to take look to see what
Is the matter. and often has his bliss i'm
paired before he has satisfied his curiosity.
Another serious interruption of his fruition
often happens when he is going up hill
He wonders what anything else is fool
enough to tackle that hillside for and has
to stop on his way up to see what style
of a fool 1t is.
The deer is the only large game that de-
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it was either. two hundred yards on the
keen jump" or five hundred yards" if
standing shot. Five hundred is about the
standard long shot for those who wish to be
extra modest. Six hundred yards is the
regulation distance for the real old hunter
of the Misunderstanding type Eight and
nine hundred yards are the fancy distances
for chaps with long range rifles, and have
seen folks who never killed anything under
thousand. You will therefore be very
careful how you admit killing anything
close by, for it is quite out of tone If you
want meat you had better do it, and it only
takes little Imagination to make the dis
lance all right by the time you get to camp
After the same manner you want to bag
nothing less than two hundred pounds in
weight, dressed" of course. That is the
regulation weight for buck, the only kind
Of deer it is now allowable to kill. If you
happen to bag a seventy-pound spike horn
or yearlng, you have only to perspire and
calculate enough while hitting him on the
horse, letting him fall to the ground two or
three times on account Of his weight, and
you will speedily convince yourself that he
weighs two hundred. And by the time you
have told about it two or three times he
will weigh two hundred,a and fifty.
| When the stranger within our gates gets
these little matters of style arranged he will
| find summer deer hunting here about the
finest early summer hunting there is. in
the northern part of the state and coast he
might kill more deer, and In many places
would be quite sure to. But 1t would in
volve long and expensive trips to get beyond
the range of the skin hunters and market
shooters who are in camp waiting for the
opening of the season, and are none too par
ticular about the exact day. But here one
can find fair hunting within easy reach of
| many Q ranch whore he can stop and b
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comfortable without camping out. Or If
he prefers to camp he need not go far from
the travelled road, requires no guide, and Is
In no possible danger of getting lost. There
Is no more comfortable place for camping,
and probably none SO free from all insect
pests or other annoyances. Snakes gen.
orally bother the tenderfoot more than any
thing else, and some are so busy looking for
them that they never can see deer. The
hest way to settle the snake question Is to
spend a whole. day on special hunt for
snakes They won't bother you any after
that. The certainty of no rain, the cool
nights of summer, even after the warmest
dav. make the starry tent of this country
the finest place in the world to sleep. There
&c no such cure for insomnia a s good tramp
in the breezy hills ard an early bed on the
hard ground, where you will be as safe
as If locked UP in your bank vault. To
those who have never tried it a camping trip
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bred horse is more durable than a thor

bred horse is more durable than a thor
oughbred for rough riding. The cavalry
must have horses that can be turned intol
the ranks ready for use. A nervous, crazy
horse is as bad as a nervous man. Cav
alrymen detect nervous animal by
touching it under the fet1ock, where the
bone is sensitive. If the beast is inclined
to kick he will do so then. Government
officers who select horses think bay the
best color A bay is apt to be most sound
and healthy. White animals are not
wanted; the enemy car see them at might.
A soldier who expects to go into battle
never wants a white mount Twenty
Thousand horses are needed at Tampa
5000 at Chickamauga; 1000 at Mobile;
5000 elsewhere. If you have one horse,
CIR a hundred horses for sale. writeIto the
horse commission, care of quarterma s.
ter's department, at any of these places.
All letters will be answered Immediately.
The chief of the horse commission at
Tampa has given me the following tech
rica description of the horse which Uncle
Sam will buy ard for which he will pay
spot cash:
The animal must be sound, without
blemish or defect, we'll bred, and of kind
disposition and free from vicious habits;
we'll broken to harness and gentle under
tins saddle, with easy mouth and gait, and
with free, prompt action at the walk. trot
and gallop; and otherwise conform to the
following descriptions: To be geldings, OF
uniform size and color; in good condi-
ton, from fifteen and a quarter to six
teen hands high. weight of leaders not
| less than 1000 pounds and that Of wheel
ers not more than 1900 pounds; from
to years old; head ard ears small, fore.
head broad. eyes large and prominent
vision perfect in every respect, chest full
and deep, front legs straight and stand
ing we'll under, shoulders sufficient,
broad to support collar, but not too heavy
barrel large and increasing from girta
4 to flank, the withers elevated, back shor
and straight, with broad. deep loins. witt
! soaid hind quarters. hooks we'll bent ana
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hunting this year. Deer cannot be starved
out like cattle by any amount of drought
that this country can have. They live on
browse instead of grass, and the native
chaparral of the hills never fails to remain
green. But 1t can fail to grow much and
can be tough and less nutritious than in
good seasons. Such was the case in the
very dry season of 1877, and the deer were
almost all poor, even early in the summer.
The only fat one I saw that year was a
three-year-o buck that had about a peck
Of prickly pears in his stomach. swallowed
spines and all. 1 afterward found this
was a common meal for them in Mexico.
In Durango on the great Bolson de Ma
pimi, I found them living entirely on the
tunas and lobes of this savage cactus, 60
ing entirely without water, and as fat as
one have known or heard of in California.
In 1883. the next very dry season, the deer
were again thin, and in the middle of sum-
mer they left large section of the coast
and middle range in San Diego county that
they had not left in 1877. They went to
the mountain ranges, which were good ir
both these years, there being abundant
rains in the spring above three Thousand
feet, so that the mountain deer were as ia,
as ever.
Something like this is liable to be the
case this year, in some parts Of the coun-
try, and much of the success as we'll as
pleasure of hunting will depend more than
usual on where you CO. But the very high
mountains do not afford as good hunting in
summer as the lower ranges, and especially
the coast ranges. The persistence with
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10000 HORSES WANTED
Uncle Sam Securing the Country for
Good Horses at Good Prices

Headquarters of the Army, Tampa,
F'la.-Uncle Sam wants 40, 900 horses. His
agents are reading out over forty states
buying up all the stable and suitable
horsefesh. In order to get these horses
at once Uncle Sam is paying 10 per cent
above the open market price. Hundreds
of 500 horses are bringing $110. In order
to increase the army to war strength
every cavalry regiment needs 500 addi-
tjonal horses. and every artillery regi-
nent 400. OF course only the right horses
are wanted. Out of every hundred Of
fered only thirty are accepted. Horses
that are FESTIVE, vicious or too free in the
harness. or which, upon rigid inspection,
l do not meet all requirements, are rejected.
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Beating the Bounds

The old-time custom of beating the
bounds" seems still to survive in a few
corners of England, though the fiagella-
tions by which the boundaries were i'm
pressed upon the minds of the rising gener-
alton have probably long since become a
tradition. The ancient ceremony was re.
vived the other day a Christchurch. South
wark, when it was discovered that large
section of workhouse which had been
taxed in that parish really belonged in
Lambeth, while several buildings supposed
to be In the parish Of st. Saviour's really
belong in Christchurch. The last time
the ceremony was performed in Lambeth
1t was found that a number Of houses ha6
not been rated in any parish at all, and
hence had escaped the tax collector alto
9ether.
The herald., 1898-07-24
A 5000 Diamond Lost on Train

Two central office detectives arrested on
Saturday afternoon two men who were
trying to pledge in Bowery pawn shop .
$500 diamond aost by state official on a
Central railroad train on April 49, When
arraigned in Essex Market court yesterday
the prisoners described themselves as Owen
Carney and Charles Keane. Carney said
he was a brakeman on the Central road.
and Keane declared that he was jeweler.
Carney admitted finding the diamond in
one of the cars. The detectives would
make no charge against the prisoners, so
they were discharged. The diamond wan
turned over to the company officials, who
will restore It to IL owner-Nsw York Sun.
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of this kind seems to involve nameless dis
comforts and dangers. You are really more
safe than at home. The only danger is to
the larder, and the greatest tribulation you
will find will be that your companions can
probably beat YOU lying about long shots.
T. 8. VAN DYKE.
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The essential points of cavalry horse
are: Sound in every particular; good,
healthy color, clean limbs and a good
coat; between and 8 years old; weight
between 1000 and 1900 pounds; between
fifteen and fifteen and half hands high;
free from bad habits; ambitious A half
The herald., 1898-07-24
Closing-Out Sale of
Children'S Goods

The infants and children'S 25c embroi-
derry null Caps that have lace II,
edge. Will be closed out at. -. liz
Children's CSC white cambria Dresses
that are tucked and trimmed m.
with embd'ry edge. Reduced to l1C
Children's Sunbonnets, of checked ging-
ham or percale with corded and ruffle
edge. Now for this sale Or
Childrens SOC embroidered white Hats
that are lace trimmed. For the o..
cloSing-out sale at .......... ZOC
Children's 45c white Dresses with tucks,
insertion yoke and embroidery o.
edge. For selling now at. So. CI(
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Closing-Out Sale
of Ladies' Suits

Of blue, green and brown
mixed Bayadere Suits, with a
Russian blouse. The skirt
has a 4 yard sweep, is lined,
faced and velveteen bound;
instead of $1,000, 90 IN
to be closed out at pC.CV
Of black and navy blue Chew
lot, with a Russian blouse,
braided front and back and
sleeves. The skirt is lined
and faced. Cut from $3.50,
for for quick ,% closing $1O.5O
$500 and $3.50 suits of
navy blue Cheviot, and green,
tan or brown Covert Cloth,
with blouse jackets, and
trimmed in braid and Baya-
dere tucks, silk lined. For
s closing out $500
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Closing-Out Sale
of Gloves
IS doz. all told of Si.25, $3.50
and $500 Kid Gloves, includ-
ing Foster hook, 4-button, D
clasp ard S-button Suede in
black and colorS in sizes from
* to 6, to be closed e.
out at ~
IS doz. ladies' finest quality Of
Taffeta Silk Mits and Gloves in
black, all styles and sizes, cut
from 75c and S5c for A7c
closing out sale. 800. III
Closing-Out Sale
of Handkerchief
25c styles Ladies Swiss En-
broidery, 1Oc ones for H.
this sale at :. U4(
Ladies' and Children's plain
white hmst'ch'd Hdfs, in e.
stead of 1oc, this sale. =. ~
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CIosing-Out Sale of
Ribbons

To close out the best grade Of Satin
Ribbon in all colors, we make these
prices:
No. 2 at &c yd. No. at &c yd.
No. 7 at 1Oc yd No. 9 at i2Lsc yd.
No. IL at TIC yd. No. 10 at zoe yd.
To close out our Colored All Silk Rib
bonS in Satin thus:
No. 2 at Sc yd. No. at SC yd.
No. 7 at &c yd. No. at ioc yd.
Our 25c, Sc and 4oc lines of 5.in. Col
ored Satin Ribbon in plain and stripes,
for closing out in hurry m,
at. l1C
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Our ordinary 12ae Fancy Domestic Lappets, in all IN
the seasons fanciest colorings and patterns. IV1C
Will 90 at Observation-Disclosures. NV
The fancy 4oc Scotch Taffetas, in medium dark 1Al
shades with openwork stripes and elegant painted ZoC
floral designs Now. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
q; IL s o S'ts' ';s in nat 2
+? Fl. 3: S :: Swiss Null printed 2c
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Closing-Out Sale of
nuslin Underwear

Drawers
An odd line with plain hem IL
and tuckS, now. .......... III
OF good muslin with plain hem, 70c
cluster tuckS, to be closed IT. SV(
Skirts
OF good muslin with wide cambria ruff
file and ; rows of hemStitching. en-
A 75c one cut now to. ......... OVS
Of muslin with cluster tucks,wide IT,
emhr'dy trm'ng, marked now at I ~
Gowns
Of fine soft muslin, Mother Hubbard
style,with yoke of emb'dry and tucks,
large sailor collar trimmed in cambria
ruffleS and Hamburg edgng, SOc
cut from S5c to. CVk
The herald., 1898-05-20
fighting TIE Will
THE DAUGHTER WAS APPARENT.
>LY ILL TREATED
But Mrs. Camarillo's Favored Sons
Say Exactly the Contrary
Was the Case

VENTURA, May 19.-Juan and Adolpho
Camarillo have filed for probate the will
of their deceased mother. The will be-
queaths to her four daughters the sum of
IS each and to her grandson a house and
lot and furniture therein. All the other
property, including the beautiful and pro-
ductive 5O00-acre Calleguas rancho. she
bequeathed to her two sons. Now the
daughters of Mrs. Camarillo step In ana
say that they will contest the will, claim
ing that they have not been treated fairly
and that undue influence had been used
with their mother by the boys, with whom
she spent her latter years. The boys claim
that during her lifetime their mother duly
provided for the other children and gave
10 them at different times as much as they
themselves will receive now by taking the
major portion of the estate.
Mrs Susanna r. Sharp Of 6aticoy has
waived all right to the estate OF her father'
Joseph Plank. deceased, in favor OF her
husband, J. M. Sharp. The legacy amounts
to $1,000.
Herbert Sly yesterday fell from the roof
of a house on which he was working and
broke one bone of his left hand and one
of his right ankle.
Louis Carl and Fred Hartman left yes
terday by team for Inyo county to join
their father.
A call has been issued to the members of
the Mckinley club to meet next Saturday
night.
The final settlement with the state Tor
the past fiscal year has been made by
County Treasurer Clay. He turned into
the state treasury $0.924. The amount last
year was 81 300.
The herald., 1898-05-20
SHOULD SUMMER COME
Preparing Squirrel Inn to Receive It's
Guests

SAN BERNARDINO, May 19-AlthouJli Il
life on the mountain is not as yet very de-
sirablc on account Of the cold, wet weather,
to have Squirrel Inn made ready In cane
there should be any warm weather before
next winter sets in, and this morning the
hotel manager, st. Clair Bidgood, took his
supply of help In the way of cooks, walters,
etc., and a stock of provisions and started
for the mountain resort to prepare 1t for
occupancy.
There will be quite an elaborate informal
gathering there the last of next week, the
guests of Mrs. Jennie Davis of Cotton.
These to the number of twenty-five will
come from Riverside, Redlands, Rialto,
San Bernardino, Cotton and Pasadena, and
the affair promises to be a very select and
fashionable event. The formal opening oc-
ours June 1st.
Mrs. A. G. Kendall and her three daugh-
ters, Beulah, Marian and Georgia, left this
morning for Williamsville, VT, to be alb
sent during tn summer, called there by the
very serious illness of the father of Mrs.
Kendall
Judgment was given D. Larbig against
the city of Redlands for a. strip of land
3.12 feet in width, over which has been a
fight for four years past. 1t was over the
opening of street extension.
At a meeting of Arrowhead parlor, No.
10, Native Sons of the Golden West, held
last evening, 1t was resolved to release all
members at the front from liability for
dues until their return.
The herald., 1898-05-20
Youthful Burglars

SANTA MONICA, May 19.-The prelim.
mary hearing in the case of the People VS..
Joseph Norwood, George Burton, George
Kirk and Arthur Thompson charged with
burglarizing the merchandise store Of a.
Mooser on May Sth, was heard before
Judge Guidinger today, the prosecution be-
ing conducted by r. B. Treat for the dis
trict attorney. Several women of the Ala
meda-street quarter testified to having
purchased one or more of the handker-
chiefs in evidence from the younger of
the four boys, George Kirk and Arthur
Thompson. Ross Phillips, Los Angeles
policeman, told of having seen the last
named boys endeavoring to dispose of the
handkerchiefs. They told him they were
selling them on commission for Norwood
and Burton. Norwood and Burton, in their
own defense, said they had come to Santa
Monica on May Z, remaining until the last
car, which they missed by falling asleep
on a bench. officer See found them there
at $3.50 a. m. and took them to lodging
house.
At the conclusion of the testimony the
action against Thompson and Kirk was
dismissed, but they were held as witnesses
against Norwood and Burton, who were
held to answer before the supreme court,
with bail fixed at $3.50 each.
The herald., 1898-05-20
Riverside Ripples

RIVERSIDE, May 19.-The Keeley Insti-
tute company, most of Its members being
residents of this city. has purchased the
institute at San Francisco, and that branch
will hereafter be conducted by the same
management as the Los Angeles house.
Fred Pollack, who has been superintendent
of the Los Angeles branch, will now have
full management of both houses.
A. ]. Stadler, one of the largest land
owners and ranchers In this county, whose
place Is In Union, in the west end of the
county, was In town today, and he states
that his crop will be very short
Sunday afternoon the Odd Fellows lodge
of this city will hold memorial services,
and the program includes the decoration of
the graves of some fifteen brothers who
have been laid to their long rest in the
cemetery here.
The work of grading and macadamizng
Olivewood avenue has been completed, and
the contractor who did the work is now
engaged In improving East Fourteenth
street In like manner.
G. c. Stannard of Perris completed a
thlrty-day sentence for petty larceny to-
day and was released from tho county
jail
The orange shipments average about ff-
teen cars a day now. There nre several
hundred cars Of fruit in the orchards vet
but ct the present demand It will be some
time before 1t Is all shipped.