Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-14
A POSER FOR MARKsMEN.
The Eccentric Flight of the woodcoe,


 The Eccentric Flight of the woodcock
 Makes Him Almost Impossible to Hit.
 The peculiar habit of the woodeoek and his eorkscrew flight make him probably the most difficult of winged marks. h the daytime he remains al- ways in thickets, copses or eane-brakes. He must have ground upon which to sleep and and in wnIch to do his occa- sional daylight boring, and moist ground generally means always dense undergrowth. Indeed, some of the places most favored by the woodcoek are so thickly overgrown that a rabbit finds difficulty in getting through. In such places the hunter send in his eecssef spanie1, if he has one, knowing t.zat - deg will flush the bird with a=.==4l, constant barking, and trust !n1 saek to get shot as the wood- eeck eiears the tops of the trees or canes. Generally however man and a pointer may work their way through almost anything that grows in shape of woods and entangling vines, and it must be admitted that the difficulties of It lend to the sport peculiar fas- einatlon that does not pertain to any other form of American shooting. It IS characteristic of the woodcoek that he will not fly far horizontally when disturbed. He does not see well, even in the shadow Of the oaks and y- presses, and he fears that if he lets himself out in straight line he will run into something. At night he sees as we'll as an owl. His flight, conse- quently, when he rises before the heavy tread of the pointers owner, or before the yelp of the spaniel, is con- fined to spiral shoot straight upward and drop to earth almost as perpen- dicular. If not struck he will hit the ground probably not more than fifteen yeards from where he left it. In cane or other kinds Of swamp he might as well be hundred yards away, so far as any chance of shooting him is con cerned. The flight is nothing like so fast as the buzzing dart of the quail or the wide-swinging zigzag of the jaeksnipe, but it is highly eccentric. hSAG0 HIS E uTGTal sermon RTeaGh2ds
 The Rev. F. R. Johnson of Mulberry, Ind, one of the oldest ministers in this part of the state, is quite ill His ill- ness recalls the fact that he was once declared dead and while lying in his coffin he heard his funeral sermon preached by a brother minister. Ar. Johnson had suffered an attack of cat alepsy. He was conscious of what was taking place about him, heard the physician pronounce him dead and witnessed the preparations made for his burial. The spell was broken just after the eulOgy had been pronounced His restoration to health followed
 Health from an Open Fireplace.
 Physicians are discovering that the old-time open fire had much Go de with the health of our gTandmothers and that steam heat and furnace heat are responsible for many ailments. Steam heat especially has a way of gradually increasing so that anyone who is used to steam-heated room becomes an easy victim to colds and all the long string of ailments to which a cold is the introduction. An open fire is a sort of inspiration in itself, and since it draws in the out-of-door oxygen through all the cracks and crannies it helps to purify the air in tte room while it heats it.