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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02
on LAKE MICHIGAN IN WINTER
Fishing n Duck shooting All the Time
Even Though IL Is Cold.

Lake Michigan market fishermen keep at
Il all through the winter. whether the
Thermometer shows ~ degrees above or
20 below. In the open water they use
gill nets with floats Near the shore they
break holes in the heavy ice INC rSe scoop
nets. The fish taken In these are mostly
herring and perch.
The work is not 80 cold as It looks. In
the first place the men are used 10 it and In
the second place they are heavily clad. On
their feet they YEA two pairs Of woollen
stockings, heavy boots. Of rubber generally,
and over the boots German stockings Of
wool, handknit and an eighth Of an inch
thick.
Many Of them rave boats not unlike
small houseboats which are lcebound at
the shore line and they live in them all
winter, using rowboats tied at the edge
of the pack for setting out gill nets. The
interior of one OF these house oats In q
but comfortable.
Two men work together and they keep
unearthly hours. They are up long before
daylight and they work until after dark.
They make good wages. One man with
a dip net al an icehole, when the perch
and herring were running well, has been
known to make 50 an hour for four hours.
The fish are cleaned by sticking them,
head downward, upon a round stick, a half
inch in diameter. fastened uprightly to a
block Of wood. -Four firts with a knife
take of the scales in rough fashion. The
fish is tossed 70 the other man who uses
one knife stroke to disembowel II. An
expert scaler when going against time
comes pretty near to keeping a fish In the
air.
There is plenty Of duck shooting at this
time along the lake shore. The men o
from the ice and wear white suits, even
their heavy gloves being white.
With rare exceptions the ducks obtained
come from farther north. golden eyes and
similar species. They all nave "A fshy
taste and are Of small value as food when
compared with autumn mallards, redheads
and so forth.
The tishy taste. however. Is mostly in
the skin and the fat under the skin. IL
these he removed and the ducks parboiled
they become a little better than endurable.
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NAN AND EILDCIT MIN.
A Lively Scrap After an Exciting Chase
Around a Tree.

LADooA, Ind, Feb 5--Cornstalk Creek,
a small steam, flows through n broken and
densely wooded strip OF country. four mile,
south Of here William MorVa~on was pass
ing through this region n few days ago. and
while In one of the loneliest portions, known
as Dark Hollow. he heard the cry of a ca,a-
mount.
The animal was fifty feet away and "a,
climbing down a broken tree. Every mar
on Moreason's head stood on end when ha
saw the animal before him He knew II hs
ran the animal would take after him and
would give him battle II he stood against IL.
He Jumped behind a tree near az hand. Nor
gason Is a man of unusual strength and ac-
tivity. and as he stood behind the tree la
concluded that the best way out Of the danger
was to fight the animal.
He picked up a club and as he started
him. Around and around the tree the man
and ~catamount ran. When opportunity
offered. Morgason would turn and give the
animal a blow on the head. He hlindcd tho
catamount in one eye with a blow and then
made n dash for the tree from which the
animal had descended The animal fol-
lowed him in a maddened rush and lacerated
Morgason with her claws. He dealt tho
a powerful blow behind the cara
with his club. and she dropped 70 the ground.
Morgason was bleeding profusely after the
encounter, but managed to make his way TO
a road, whore a friend gathered HIM up and
was killed farmers have ceased TO lose hogs
and lambs. They now think the catamogn-
carried of a number OF head. Morga,on
will recoXpr
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TWO DEER HUNTERS DON'TS.
Proposal TO stop D0c-knlinK and the Use
OF Steel.(1ad ProJertles.

George Wittlingnr Of Fox Lake, Wis,
killed the largest doe slain In that State
during the season. II weighed $50 pounds,
which is a remarkable heft for the female
Of the Virginia deer. They do not average
40 pounds.
This doe was killed with a 30.s' calibro
rife and a steel-Jacketed bullet was used.
In obtaining the animal Wittlinger violated
two canons Of deer shooting In the woods.
In Wisconsin sportsmen are getting TO-
gether and will attempt to put a law on the
statute book forhidding, under penalty,
the killing Of any doe at any time There
is another movement to make the use OF a
metal-jacketed bullet in the woods u criminal
offence.
In eight cases out Of ten, hunters
killed IN tho woods by other alleged
hunters arc bored through and through
with metal-jacketed bullets fired from
one Of the modern small-calibre rifles.
The soft-nosed bullet, II II strikes a
sapling or larg' limb, will stop, but the
metal jucketed bullet goes through and
on TO work destruction a half mile away.
There il some agitation for legislation
fixing the calibre Of the rifle to be used in
the woods, but it does not amount to much.
The rihemen Of the Northwest, however,
believe that they can stop ~doe-kiling and
the use of steel-clad projectiles.
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BAD SHOT, GOOD noe.
Fxperlcncs OF Nr. Williams and His Setter
Dash WhiIr Quail Hunting.

Archibald Williams Of southwestern
Arkansas is an ardent quail hunter, but
a bad shot He owns an efficient black
and white setter named Dash. a dog Of
wears. experience, intelligence and good
Judgment.
Williams thinks the world ~ Dash; what
Dash thinks Of Williams has not been told.
More than once the dog has been known
10 stop and look gnvely At his master
when the thirtieth miss had been made.
attempt TO resume hunting In a disheartened
way, give it up and trot gravely home.
When this happens Williams goes home,
too. He can't storm at the dog. or whip
him because he knows the dog is right.
He simply feels guilty and tells his wife
that he has returned early because he has
a headache. h says
why, Dash got back half an hour ago
He saws: Yes. he always makes good
time when his nose Is pointed toward din
ners-
Tho other day Williams was shooting
I'm the northern part Of fayette county.
Birds nave been plentiful all the season
and he had a good time. IL Is n post-oak
country, which means that the character
of cover would test the AFFINITY ol tie H'-l
e wing shots.
Near noon Williams had expended thirty
four Of the fifty shells ne had started with,
had two quail in the pocket of his shooting
coat and had persuaded himself mat ms
gu. did not iii him, there was too much
drop to the stock and the barrels were too
long. .
Dash was tired, lie showed a good
deal Of the whites of his eyes when he
glanced AT Williams and his banner, tau
hung between his legs. He would have
deserted long before but they were ten
miles from home.
Williams heard an excited barking a
quarter-mile away and went toward ~.
His idea was that he might So" u Taoplt
twisted from u hollow tree with a sMlicl
or q squirrel shot out of a fork, or something
to break the depression Of him
IL" found, instead, a half-dozen negro
boys with enough clothes To cover three
Two of them had straight zane poles tweity
feet long A small yellow cur Nas slnatten
under n post oak gazing up at the branches
anu yelping. ono of the other boys, heIu II
bunch 81 dead quails tied by the necks.
A. " iiliams looked one Of the lads pushep
his pole carefully among the branches hlgh
over his head, held il stationary ior a mo
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INSULT FROM A WILD TURKEY.
Mr.. stribling Finds the Wit OF the woods
In a Reckless Mood.

The wild turkey. called by Choctnws
and Cherokees in differing tongues tn"
wit Of the woods, Is supposed by old hunt
ers 10 have intelligence above that of
other birds. In general it has. Yet some
times Il mods like Homer, and sometimes
It displays the indifferent recklessness nf
a cross between D'Artagnan and dear old
-Ouida's" hero, BERTHE Cecil.
& =. Strihling lives near the lower part
Of the San Antonio River, a few miles above
its debouchment into the Gulf of Mexico.
Wild turkeys are plentiful in tie region
and he kills a good many Of them.
In winter il is never more than three
miles from his house to n roost. When he
wants turkey meat he saddles his pony
before daylight, ides To within a quarter
mile Of the roost, ~dismounts, walks steal
thily TO the burdened trees, waits until he
can see a round black form between him
and the sky, knocks one over and goes
home.
MIR. Strihling does not pretend TO be a
sportsman In the finer sense OF the term
In fact he raises cotton a. "A means oil keep
ing in debt, but he likes turkey. especially,
when il is self-favored with nuts and Wild
pepper.
The river runs by his home and is thirty
yards wide. Directly across from his FROM
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Monsters From Dismal swamp.

TFOVt NV
SUFFOLK, Va, Feb. n-Another monster
has come forth from the great Dismal swamp
Jun giles and Is spreading a trail Of alarm
among farmers around Driver. twelve miles
from Suffolk. Last week an unclassifed
animal not indigenous to highlands ter
rorized residents OF Pleasant Hill and made
people afraid TO leave home at night. After
being chased by numerous armed posses it
was Unexpectedly killed by Harrison Walker.
a colored hunter,
Now Edward smith. a prosperous farmer
NJ Driver, saws a strange being visited his
premises and killed seven. dogs, two, OF which
were eaten outright The other i've wer"
mutilated. Still another dog took refuge
under a barn and gave notice OF disaster by
continued yelling .
Mr. smith, hearing the cutlery. went out
with a pistol. The monster sprang upon
him. In getting away Smith fell and the
beast sprang upon his body. tearing his
clothing 10 shreds He finally beat IL OF
The revolver. being corroded. would not
fire. -,
Whit Walker 81 the same neighborhood
SAYS the terror visited his home, too. From
smiths description the animal il lsrger
than a wolf. with shaggy yellow hair. long
head and sunken eyes IL was Raunt and
vicious People are wondering what viii
next come from the UNEMPLOYED swamp The
more superstitious regard the yisitations as
supernatural. and families are having much
trouble with their servants,
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on. FOR OLD CTRRITTCK,
Capt. whitaker Pines for the Geese and
Ducks and swans Astounding There.

II ever a man longed 10 cast business
to the winds and cut for home as fast as
the railroads and steamboats, could carry
him. I'm that man said Capt. $. {. Whitaker
Of the northeast corner Of North Carolina
you are going 10 ask me why, but you
needn't.
~Ill tell YOU why. Ducks And geese.
And wild swans. That's why.
There never was a time when there
were 40 many ducks in Currituck Sound
and adjacent waters as there are thiss season
-canvas-backs. red-heads, mallards, and
every other kind that makes II worth while
for a man down there to live and have a
gun. And as for geese and swsns-why,
saw
THE news | get from home Ia cruel!
They have the hardihood to send me word
thai there had been a flight of swan hat
was actually more than half an hour COM
ing in, and that the geese were crowding
one another so that the water looked like
one great expanse Of snow. And here |
am. wading around in New York slush,
and my old gun down in Dare COUNTY hang
ing useless on is peg
Before ! came away. early in the season.
my fellow citizens had bagged more than
1000 ducks, and ] couldn't see that they
had even made a hole ia the fiocks that
insisted on choking the sound and its havs
and inlets. and even the inland lakes.
-Our folks will ave gathered AT least
50. 600 more. and not less than 10000 geese
and half As many swans, before ] can get
down there again, and there wont be anv
left for me MOI that my fellow -citi zcns
will have bagged them all. but because
by that time the wild owl will he packing
up and returning North again 10 nest and
hatch out fun for next season.
And IlgV will have Enmaflinp llp
s20O, 900 to show for it, my fellow citizens
will. besides the fun they've had. | want
70 tell you that il requires nerve and a self
sacrificing nature TO let business interfere
with having a hand in all that sport lying
loose down around old Currituck, even
wheE you can season that business a little
high with various brands OF New York
fun,
1T does, for a real fact. I want 10 go
home!-
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DEADLY PUMP GUNS.
Illustration OF the Execution OF Game
Done With Them.

No shotgun shoots further and har der
or makes a better pattern than the closely
choked pump guns made by several
American firms. These instruments carry
five shells in the magazine and one in the
barrel and are worked like repeating rifles.
They are cheap and therefore within
reach Of almost any pothunter. Any one
Of them Is "A game xterminator In the
hands OF the constituencies and held by
an expert is terrific against ducks, prairie
chickens or quail.
A fast man will get four shots, sometimes
FIVE or six. into a bevy Of rising quail or covey
Of chickens, and if he holds on will spread
death far M wide. The gun is unfair
TO the birds and unfair TO companion shoot
ers. but is much used.
Living in northern Louisiana IL a gentle
mar sportsman named Skannal- John Skan-
nal. He is a man of wealth and knows
a. much probably about dogs n guns
as any other man in America. In addition,
he il a remarkable field shot and. though
In his ~forties, Of great industry and endur-
anCe.
He saw a pump gun advertised and bought
one to test II. He practised with II, empty,
until he got the hang Of It, then MOUNTED
his horse, whistled n brace OF pointers
and rode down a lane, designing 10 cali
upon a n~eighboring planter and shoot
through the afternoon. The neighboring
planter tells the story. not Skannal:
II wa early autumn, the grass and weeds
were rank. the sun was hot the dogs worked
badly and they quit the quail pursuit after
half an hour. having bagged nothing,
Riding down a dusty q they came 10
an uncultivated field on the left.
Twenty yards from the road, in the field.
was a dead pine tree, almost limbless, a
tree which had been dead for ears ana
was waiting for a half gale to knock IL
down. On a jutting stump OF a limb near
lis ton four doves were sitting Skannal
swung himself from the saddle with the
remark:
I'm try the new gun on them =.
The dove is one Of the swiftest Of small
American birds. In full flight II ls faster
than the quail or jack snipe. with the
height Of the pine included, tho rise was
about thirty yards.
Skannal killed one dove on the limb,
one ten feet from the limb and dropped
the other two. The last bird was hit when
not more than fifty yards distant. II 30
much.
II was brilliant shooting Also Il went
some way toward explaining why. the
American game supply is eliminating;
The pump gun in its various forms az turned
out by various makers Ia a strong con-
tributOry cause.
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Two Dogs OF Nome.

fgHN ~ 'tN' fFAN
On Front street. Nome. never wandering
very far either way from the centre OF activity.
may be seen an old blind Alaska dog and
his tiny little mate. Last year he trod the
long, weary trail down from Dawson. The
load he drew was just a trife too heavy for
the faithful old fellow. and darkness had
fallen over his life. The City Council passed
an ordinance taking him under its protection.
but the little mate. with a fine scorn for the
product OF the mills OF the gods" formed
a ways and means committee Of one and put
the plan into immediate execution.
A warm nest was found in an old deserted
cabin down by the sea. When the waters
are angry plenty Of tomcod are laid at their
door, but on sunlit mornings. with the tip
of his ear held gently between her teeth,
she leads him around 10 a little nook on Front
street, where the golden rays are brightest;
gives a little bark when just the right spot
Is reached. and he lies Contentedly down.
while she goes on her self-imposed mission
of love. First to the Butte restaurant, where
she stands patiently just outside the door
They seem never to forget her, and with
one little sharp cry of thanks she hurries
back 20 her liege lord and lays the Offering
at his feet. A similar visit Is made TO each
Of the other caterers In turn. II one Is a
trife slow in responding she tries another,
and the fruits OF every pilgrimage are laid
on the altar of her affection. Occasionally
some ill-bred malamute attempts TO purioln
a dainty morsel from her store, but the re-
buke he receives comes so swift and terrible
the offence Ia never repeated.
When the shadows grow long and the sun
10 lost in a sea of glory beyond the hills. thu
old blind dog Is gently led to the hut 10y N"
sea. and the little mate lies YEARLY down..
her labor Of love over for a day.
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MOOSE HUNT REVERSED.
Angry hull knocks Hunter Overheard
and Then Piunges In TO Drown Him.

ST. JoHN. y. b, Feb, PA huge bull
moose cantered into the village Of Salmon
Beach, at moor one day last week. The
villagers stared at the intruder In amaze
ment, and he had gone the length Of the
main street. and trotted out upon the Ice
in the Bale DIES Chaleur before a hand was
raised 10 prevent him.
Then Game Warden Miller, his son. Tasker
Ellis and others organized and gave chase
This was most exciting over the moving
ice. as the bay is more or less open. The
moose, falling into the water, was secured
by his large autlers.
On being pulled out Of the water, he
madlv rushed at Mr.. Ellis, throwing him
into the hay and jumping in after him.
william O'Bricn, whose mill is near by,
rushed to the rescue Of the game warden
and, with boards and ropes, plunged into
tho water. saving Mr.. Ellis from drowning
and lassoing the moose.
The animal is now in charge OF the game
warden. II being the close season, and
the game laws So strict, the officer has
asked instructions from the authorities as
10 what he is 20 do with the moose.
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LHAPING POWER or A BIG BUCK.
Proof OF Its Ability to Get over an Fight
Foot Fence nj n Bound.

Testimony 10 the extraordinary leaping
power Of a big buck Ia given on demand
by John Stiles. a patient farmer who lives
in the Manitowtsh chain region Of upper
Wisconsin.
Stiles falls tree In winter Al So a day
and found, and thus gets money enough
to pursue his farming quest in the sum
mer. Owing TO the latitude his falling
time is long and his farming time is short
Thus he Is a little ahead Of the hounds.
He owns a quarter section Of cultivable
land ND there and last summer he put five
acres Of II into sorghum. He calculated
that sorghum syrup would be IN demand
by bosses Of the lumber camps.
He cleared this five acres three years
ago. blasted the stumps with borrowed
dynamite and built around II a rail fence,
ten rails high and staked and ridered
This fence. with the riders. was W
eight and nine feet nigh
When tho sorghum was a yard tall Stiles
looked al II one morning and found that
an eighth Of an acre If IL on the east side
Of the field had been ruined. An incon-
adorable norton had been eaten and the
res, trampled down.
He knew II to be the work Of a deer, but
could not understand how the deer got in.
The trail led TO the fence. which was un-
disturbed. and began again outside.
The take-off and the landing on each
side we're marked by deep hoof indenta-
lions. The tracks were hig enough Ia show
a big deer. II seemed ihcredlble' how
ever, that the jump could nave been made.
There was a full moon and Stiles lay out
that night within tweutv wards of the trail
with a shotgun loaded with b~uckshot.
About | o'clock IN the morning he was
rewarded by hearing 2 si,ort ahd a crash
in the underground. Inc oucK hah Wlnded
He kapt watch on three nights and the
deer did not return. There was no trouble
for two weeks.
sorgLuu had gone 10 smash. Stiles got
m sfter midnight e that day and sueakcd
INTO The field with his gun. II" got within
thirty wards Of a tremendous trRmpling
which he could near nul no. see.
Then there was a rush ana a dim form
,isiry over the fence. tie shot at IL and
blew two holes ia the night After several
n, her attempts 90 destroy his enemy, he
settled into resignation
LOST ar scattered IN the north woods happened
al,pg and was fed stiles told him about
lie buck and hr TOOK a look az the field
The trail on each side Of the fence by this
,in,a was as plain H. n ~wagon-road. Tie
Gucl, ,,sad IA, same place for entrance
Iacausa thsr, tir grouud rose a little out
side Of the fenc, and was firm. The Indian
snemed 10 have heard of such things be-
He cut down an oak sapling and took
srnm tha trunk "A straight section four
feet long and two inches through At the
bigger end. He -harpencd ms end and
drove il six inches INTO the ground luSi IN
,be middle Of the trail, making what Stiles
m .s,ob- stood IN the field five feet
from the fence The Indian shaTTened
a. INNER end carefully, removed all shaw
I've III Went back to the house to get
something more 10 "a, hiood
The next morning there was dried nioon
nm the stake. Dried blood was on the soi-
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ment. slowly lowered II about six inches
and gave a quick jerk, There was q mimic
roar Of beating wings, and from the slender
top Of the pole depended a quail, kicking
feebly.
II was dead before the boy could get his
hands on Il. Two more birds were taken
from the tree.
williams, with his lonely brace in his
pocket, made inquiry. At the upper. end
OF each pole was a running moose made OF
horse hair. The moose was dropped over
the birds head, and the jerk frightened II
about the throat. Often the quail's neck
was broken.
II wal the business Of the yellow dog to
hustle about. find the quail, flush them,
and II any Of them alighted in a tree 70 stand
under the tree and bark.
Williams did not buy the quail-he Is too
much sportsman for that-but he rode
home slowly, Dash trottiDg dejectedly at
the horses heels.