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10 or from the roost will often tempt them
10 take nearly direct route instead OF swinR.
ing Tar out into the opposite cul W. When
tney cross above point they rise o height
thai they think Is ont of gunsho', but the
goose II no more an iniailihle Judge of dis
tance than mas, and il frequently happens
that they cross too low.
Again the height at which they cross
the point Is apt To depend a good deal
On the weather Ar well a. on the light No
"iid fowl cares to climb up when a strong
wind Is blowing against il. The force of he
air-curr"nt obllges il To seek lower level
or else 10 work much harder to maintain
speed
When the Light is dim In early mornin z
or late evening the fowls fly lower becalls.
they want 10 see the objects beneath them
either for guidance or because they distrust
the dark up above. This is singular too,
a. wild geese often fy all night They
travel generally. however, on moonlit
nights or when he stars are bright enough
10 enable them to see where thew are
Much has been written. said and sung
abou; the "unerring instinct" Of wild fowls
ESPECIALLY of the goose which explores the
traoklos- deepS from the blue cold of the
Arctic regions 10 the warm skies of Mexico
bur their instinct j. not unerring In "A
heavy river fog flock of geese will lose
iS bearings and fly about for hours, going a
mile or ~ upstream. coming back and going
mil" or So downSt ream, crossing he same
point or swinging into the same bend
time and again, keeping within twenty
wards of the water and quite evidently
afraid - leave it for the hidden mys-
terous land
IT goose becomes separated from the
nock il will call and call in most distress ful
fashion and become reckless or obivious
OF danger. Some fog on the Arkansas
ls 30 thick thai q man may slap il about In
CHUNKS with a paddle, and goose or gander
gets lost Just a. any animal abroad gets
lost
II hunter be on point at such times
and cares only for the amount of killing
he ne may do. he will have rare shooting,
The great lirds break out Of the fog twenty
yards from him. see him within the next
live wards and wheel frant ically TO get
out Of range. He is an exceptionally poor
or nervous shot who Is unable to bag two
from the flock
Sometimes they fy over slowly, honkine
loudly. They are not more than fifty feet
up, their wings Tapping heavily. their
necks stretched far out and the man below
may may take his time, dropping only such
birds aS he fanCies, or those that from
their position will fall upon land: once
upon the current they would be lost
The sal vation of the geese on such a
morning l. that the hunters themselves are
mostly afraid TO stir from camp The
shape of the river Is totally changed, land
marks even when visible lose their like
ness, one cannot See to pick his wav be-
tween the great trees and the sportsman,
however deep his knowledge of the.countrv,
Will get lost and stay lost as long as the fog
lasts, whether that be for one hour or forty
eight
The only point-shoo'inC in a fog occurs
when the gunner has taken his stand before
daylight and the fog rises afterward
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more than SIS each. but when / offered
HIM 500 for the lot he gladly accepted my
terms. saying that the two months Of hunt
ing required Ia secure those thirty-two
skins had saved him more than $500 in
doctors bills. besides giving him some Of
the keenest sport he lad ever enjoyed
As general average, our firm buys
about 10000 fox pelts in Maine every year
Of these more than $1,000 are shot while
running, leaving less than 2OGOO to be cap
tpred by trapping and poisoning
Not all the foxes which have been shot
while running were taken from before the
hounds. Some of the best hunters do their
killing by what is called the New Hamp-
shire method Two men go out on snow
shoes in midwinter and capture their game
by still hunting. This IL perhaps the most
scientific ana satisfactory way of getting
the animals, though few men have the
patience to follow II with success.
Another way that has proved very
successful In open, hilly country is TO tie
up the hounds and let the crows locate
the foxes. Early in the morning, when the
sun Is hardly up, is the time when foxes eat
Rabbits and mice, which have been out
over night are then seeking places 20 rest
and the squirrels and partridges are then
sallying forth for days work.
Between the nocturnal and diurnal
animals the fox is very sure Of a meal,
foxes stir abroad than the crows. spying
their ancient enemies. begin TO follow them
up with loud outcries, 80 that a hunt 'r
has small trouble in creeping up and killing
his game, the fox being 20 ongrossed III
seeking food and stunning the crows that,
Tor time, he forgets TO keep watch against
men, who are his greatest enemies.
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RTFFED GROUSE 4 STATFR,
Stili Found In Haunts From which All Game
hut II Has Fled.

OF the many remarkable things about
the ruled grouse there is one that seems
to have escaped comment by naturalists
That IL the fact that out OF the eleven varie-
ties OF grouse native TO the American con-
tinent the ruffed grouse IL the only one
found in every State in the Union.
When the first settlers began TO penetrate
the wildernesses of New York hey found the
II d grouse there with the pinnated
grouse and the sharp-tailed grouse. Con-
temporaneous with it also was the wild
turkey. which was then abundant in New
York, and the elk bore his great antlers
aloft. the beaver built its dams and the
panther crouched for prey in the same
New York wilderness in who depths
the proud cock rufed grouse drummed
his challenge to battle and his call TO love.
To-day the pinnated grouse ia no nearer
its former haunts in this State than the
farthest prairies of Illinois, and the sharp
tail grouse has small range east of the
Dakotas and none at all east of Iowa The
wild turkey years ago became extinct in
the New York woods
No one now remembers when the elk
roamed their Businesses, A few rotting
stumps here and there in the Adirondack
region alone remind one that the beaver
was once busy therein. For fifty years
end more the cry of the panther has been
unknown anywhere in the State.
But there are not more than half n dozen
out of the threcscore and odd counties Of
the State where the I1Iffed grouse's drum
ming l. not heard as II was in the davs Of
the pioneers, and where walk through
any isolated stretch Of woods. where a
creek winds along laurel thicketcd borders,
and where there are wild grap'vincs. or
thornberrv bushes. or swcet-budded
birches will not disturb IA half-dOzen feed
ing grouse 10 the same thunderbot flight
with which their forebears startled the
unsuspecting first white intruder upon
their seclusion generations ago.
In spite of advancing and encroachng
civilization and the manifold dangers and
relentless pursuers that have beset and
pursued it, and continue on its trail the
royal ruffed grouse still holds domicile
where the fathers found il. To say that
il il a. plentiful az II was in earlier DAYS
would be far from true, but this noble
game bird II still Of sufficient abundance
in this and djoining States to provide
good sport
Prolific in propa CATION and hardy as il
Is prolific its extreme wariness and great
intelligence, and the dense and sometimes
almost impenetrable nature of it, chosen
haunts, have served it well in defying tho
skill of the sportsman, the cunning of the
pot hunter and the ravaCes of willy four
footed ncmics and winged foes TO drive
il from even its oldest haunts.
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MOSBI'S GIERRTLLA DAYS.
The Old Man Tells or His Exploits Near
Washington In War Times.


John s. Mo-by. well known as the COM
mander Of a guerrilla band in the service Of
the Confederacy during the war Of the States.
who is now special employee OF the Depart-
ment of the Interior. showed a Willingness
to talk about his wartime experiences TO a
reporter a day or two ago. The latter in
Quired into the truth of "A story that he had
entered Alexandria in disguise and had en-
gagged In some daredevil trick.
"Oh. that story is all nonsense" said Col.
Mosby. Il never went 10 n place in disguise
In my life. These stories arose because OF
the rapid movements OF my command, Why,
there il an Official telegram on file in the War
Department stating that ! was in Washing-
ton in conference with Wilkes Booth the night
OF the killing OF President Lincoln. II il
needless to say that the state meht was known
to be false By most of the Federal Generals.
Yes, ! frequently got close to WaShipgt9n M
up TO the hill up yonder across the Potomac
and look down upon the city, ] might have
disappear, just over on the Virgin side early
one morning met Mrs. Barlow on her way
into washinston with Wagon lnil Of % vege-
and she was a Northern woman. She had
q PASS 70 go in and out of Washington; and
into the bel s' Stea om and hr
Of good coffee. or course. she gave II to us.
knowing that we rather had charge Of things
this particular morning Mrs. Barlow had
pair OF scissors hanging from her apron.
After | had talked With her awhile ] said:
Mrs. Barlow. lend me your scissors.
She handed then to me, and reached up
70 my head, got hold OF bunch OF hair. cut
IL OF and said: Mrs. Barlow. please take
this lock Of hair right into Lincoln. and say
to him that am coming in to see him soon
and will expect a lock OF his hair in return
She looked much puzzled. but she said she
would do it.
straight to the White House and gave the
hair to the President personally. reiusin to
give 1t to any one else. The Pre- ident was
amused and laughed heartily, No, | was
by the time the Pres ident could attempt to
catch me- would be thirty miles away.
Pesident Lincoln never made an attempt
be somewhere else when his men arrived.
Many people took information of me into
Washington for the purpose OF trying 10
bring about my capture.
Il covered the entire sout h side OF the Po-
tomac for many miles each way. ana the
largest number of men ! had in 1864. when
Sheridan was in the Shena ndoah valley. was
five troops OF cavalry. "A total OF $50 men.
With that command We captured all the arms
We needed. all the ammuIit ion. food and
clothing, and had a wagon Train running 10
Lees army frequently with supplies we had
captured. No, ! was never "A General. |
was a private in the First Virginia Cavalry
for the first two years OF tie war. and
began raising my command after that time,
beginnng with one troop of cavalry. fach
man was armed with two pistols and sabre.
We had no carbincs."
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AN ARKANSAS SHAKE.
4 Region where Even the FROGS Are Mado
Wretched by Chills and Fever.

From the Neu Orleans Times Democrat.
Tho Arkansas chill is distinctive. said q
man from the swampy region OF that State.
-and | am sure there is nothin Ike II in
any other State or in any other region OF
the world have seen good many chils.
a good many different types OF chills. In
my wandering over the country. but l do
not hesitate to make the claim that the Ar
kansas product. IL in class by itself. There
il the chill. for instance. which Is peculiar
to the Ohio valley. and VI yon viii take my
word for II N IL no easy thing on ones sys-
tenn. There is IA chill peculiar to the swampy
regions OF West Tennessee. winch consists
series Of Ky Sns sor, of DUMB
but for the genuine chill the article that
will shake YOU until your joints pop, you want
20 cross the river and 90 over into Arkansas;
There you will find the peculiar brand had
in mind when ! began tins story " seems
tho people get used to II have seen q
man have ms many as two Chils day. one in
seen men have every day chills and third
day chills and chills every nine days. ! have
seen men engaged IN farming ~ the -
lar the mud chmneys down az the end OF the
shack They would simply shake the whole
aohsd HSndpnd qmd wards yon from % tie Mouse heard
n man say few years AGO. and he, had lived
in that section a good long time. that three
U sumed every " '' year ear in an erort 10 Keep tho
chis off They are grent believers in red
pepper as n remedy for chlls or course.
ment, although I know personally that the
citizens Of the section use IL q great deal In "a
effort to break the cfills. How much OF the
crop they use I do not know. but from what
know about the annual crop Of chills should
say they used a considerable amount OF
pepper Ouinine is also used IN the sections
which are able to support physicians, but red
pepper Is the remedy in the out-of-the-Way
Speaking OF chills. when was up in that
section Of the country used to get hendish
sort of satisfa ction out OF seeing frog shake
for an hour and he would do nothing but
get into some sunny place. blink his eyes
and blow. When he would auit shaking he
knew then that his pulse was beating faster
ard the fever was coming on, Oh. yes; Two
seen frogs shake with the Arkansas type
81 chills until YOU could imagine YOU heard
their teeth chattering. All OF which goes TO
show what ! said in the hcginning. and that
is that the AK ,nsns chill is peculiar. dis-
,irc,iyo uni,i.. ~ % n raGr.C's
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HIS 500 FOX SKIN.
Luck for a Wisconsin Trapper When the
Thermometer was 4Oo Below Zero.

The story of the killing of the black fox
by Hank Hanson last winter has not been
put into print. BLACK foxes or, indeed,
foxes of any color save red, are 40 uncom-
mon in northern Wisconsin and elsewhere
that the guides and trappers are still talking
about il. The 500 that Hanson got for
the skin would preserve the incident in
their memories, though the beauty Of the
animal might not.
Hanson traps for mink, 'muskrats, an
occasional otter and any other fur bearing
animal he can pick up, including wolves. on
the streams just south of Lake Superior
from Iron River on down to the junction
of the forks of the Flambeau with the
Chippewa. He generally carries a shotg
with him for the benefit of stray rufed
grouse, but on the day in question he had
small calbr, d rife.
He had Inspected a wolf trap or two
in the neighborhood of Babb's Island in
the Flambeau and had started for camp
1t was in January, two feet of snow covered
the leaves and he had on his snowshoes.
Hanson stopped TO smoke, leaning bis
gun against the tree. The thermometcr or reg
i1ered between 10 and 50 degr aes below zero
and still blue cold was on the woods In
scattered leafless sumach bushes and a
stripped tamaraCk OF two.
Suddenly to his left and a hundred yards
away he saw moving bit OF glistening
black which shole in the sun like jewel.
Ii came on stealthily, not seeing him. and
1t did not smell the tobacco smoke which
II would have done II only nifty yards Of
Its nose was close to the snow and IL
was busiy tracking a rabbit, which ac-
counts for its incaution. The trail must
have been warm for II was travelling at a
long. rulpne tro', looking not to right or
left.
Hanson had never seen anything like
II but knew that il was fox from it's shape
and action, He vas startled and a little
unnerved by the prospect, but did his best
He did not raise his hand to remove his
pipe. hut slipped the other hand behind him
front. He worked II up in front Of him.
inch by inch, cooking II while holding the
trigger back to prevent the slightest click
When the but Of the gun was level with his
waist and he had both hands on it, he in
clined If forward gently. bringing the butt
up gradually.
Bv this time the fox was nearly opposite
TO him, a shining black mark against the
snow OF the hillside. Hanson cuddled
the stock against his cheek and sighted
carefully, carrying the bead along and
holding II Just back of the animals shoulder.
He knew that the gun would throw TO a
hair at that distance with fine sight, and
he could just see the glimmer Of the ivory
in front as he touched the trigger
The fox sprang four feet ia the clear
straight up, its body drawn together con-
vulsively. and a. il struck the snow rolled
over twice, stretched az full length and lay
still. Hanson went 10 II as fast a. he could
slide his shoes.
1t had been struck exactly where he had
aimed, al inch back of the left shoulder,
the bullet passing through the heart. The
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CANADA BOITLION.
A Dish Called Peerless by Men Who Live
I'm the Woods,

For the benefit of those going into the
woods for ruffed grouse or deer here is the
recipe for a dish that the guides call
Canada bouillon.
Build a good big fire in the open and take
an iron pot of three gallons capacity, Put
into this four rufied grouse, picked and
drawn but not split. blue-billed duck Or
two, if obtainabe, and, if not blue bills,
butterballs, half Bermuda onion, six
medium Irish potatoes cut iato quarters,
salt and pepper to taste
Fill the pot half full of water. put on the
lid and set on the Goals to stew 1t should
be permitted to simmer, but not to boil
As the water evaporates add little from
time to time to prevent dryness,
just before taking from the fire -four
should be added Sufficient to thicken the
whole to the consistency of thin paste,
The grouse and ducks and potatoes and
-four should be blended into an indistin-
guishable pot"pourri and the dish should
be eaten with long-handled iron spoons.
1t will be found that small cube of salt
pork put in with the birds will add 10 the
already delicious flavor, though this is
an unnecessary refinement.
Ii il declared by those who live In the
woods that n man can eat more canada
bouilon without evil after eli ccts, sleep
more soundly on II. arise In the morning
frrsher and do more work next day, than
on any other dish ever devised by man.
To get it's full aroma and beneht II should
he eaten in the centre of a grove of hem
locks, naples and pines, whose branches
are lighted up by the flashes OF the fire,
willie near by runs a rapid shallow river
and the stars are shining clearly from a
dark sky.
Before il should be- q '1v 81 hard, con-
tinuous tramping through dead leaves
ankle-decp, olamberingoNc. bigrottlnglogs,
wnrming slowly through fiery sumachs and
blackberry briars, breasting almost per-
prndloular hills. setting the fee hard against
roots 10 prevent tumbes, with the scent
of powder smoke in the nostrils and now
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nd then furry feeling to the roof Of the

and then a furry feeling to the roof Of the
mouth.
II takes from four to six hours to cook
bouillon. properly, and on bouillon DAYS.
when II has been decided solemnly 10 saC ri
nee some of the grouse and ducks hanging
from the branches. il is the custom TO leave
the oldest. ablest and profoundest bouillop-
list in camp with inst ruct ions first 10 prAy
TO the shade Of Brillat- -Savarin. then with
chastened but confident mind TO fall to
and do his best
II the auspices are right there will result
a dish that will linger in the memory long
after its warming. soul-satisfying par
nrles have gone into the blood and its
JOYOUS, soothir & scent has LEFT the nostris
Down South negro camp-cook will
put dozen green-winged teal into a pot
along with potatoes. an onion. just a sus-
picion of garlic. pod Of red pepper. half
a dozen links of small hickory-smoke-
dried sausages and -four to thicken, and
that Is a thing to make a man forswear
his gods and temples and live always where
the greenwings fy, but it is not Canada
bouillon. Nothing can be Canada bouilon
except Canada bouillOn.
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YELLOW LEG PLOlER HERE.
The shooting Reported 10 Re Good on
the south jersey Marshes.

SEA ISLE CITY. y. j.. Nov. 1.-The call of
the yellow leg plover sounds loud and clear
over the marshes of south Jersey these
mornings. For two weeks past tn ousands
of these game birds have been stopping
over here on their way from the Far North
TO their winter homes in the Carolinas and
Florida.
Twice year in the fall and spring. they
spend few weeks on the Jersey marshes
to fatten on the abundance of food they
find there. On the meadowland Of Cape
May county the gunners find good shoot ing
grounds and II is not a difficult task to bag
hundred birds in a few hours.
The plover do their migrating at night
A gunner may not see a bird one day while
the next day hundreds will be flying about
There is no hard work about the sport
The gunner merely builds blind with the
heavy sedge grass growing on the marshes
birds feed. There he sets out his decoys
The plover will soon come to him.
a ten or twelve gauge gun Of any good
make will do. Shells charged with Il, ounce
of No. hot, backed by 3'a drains of smoke
less powder will do most exeCut ion.
The gunner should be on the marsh and
ready for work when the first streaks of
daylight show In the east. He will then kill
Twice as many BIRDS as The hunter who waits
until the sun il up. Yellow leg plover arc
early risers. They are on the wing while
il s yet dark,
1'he yellow leg plover are slow of flight
and so foolhardy that they hesitate To
leave the hunters decoys once they alight
among them. gunner can fire into a
flock a dozen times without driving them
away. II Is not unusual for gunner
10 kill every bird in a flock.
The yellow leg plover is not particular
about the companyit keeps and will readily
alght among the crudest of decoys Strips
of paper fastened To stalks of eedge grass
have been used with much success as decoys.
The bird Is also noed for the teuacity
with which II remains by wounded COM
panion. Let the gunner bring down a bird
by breaking its wing and he will hc sure
10 have good shooting AT all the birds in
the flock.
The native hunters mover kill bird
that has been winged until after they have
finished their days shooting They fast en-
the wing-hroken birds among their wooden
decoys whore they futter about bringing
others OF the flock within range of the
fowling pieces.
Since the plover shooting season opened
the hunters who shoot for the city markets
and sell their birds n 81 rs a dozen have
been corning big money.
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NAMES FOX CROP.
More Than 10000 Pcits Bought Yearly
by One Firm In the State.

GREESvILLE, Me, Nov. i.--"So long as
a man can buy a hunting outfit for si5,"
said New York fur buyer, who is in Maine
enga ging fox skins for the winter trade,
-the Maine farmers can rest easy about
any great increase in the number Of foxes
in any given locality.
More than two-thirds of all the pelts
l buy were taken by men who hunt foxes
for the sport Of the chase. and | should
secure just az many II the skins were selling
for 81 each as do now when ! am giving
from s.. 50 to IS.
Il have just purchased thirty-two fine
pels from a man who came TO Maine and
began hunting because his city doctor told
him he could not live If he stayed indoors.
This man assured me that If he counted his
time at 81 a day and charged up the cost OF
board aud clothing. his pelts stood him at