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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-08-27

DR.. Ernst Seeger. Dentist over Walter
Greens store.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-08-27
The H1anitomnc Elliot

THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1908
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what II used to be- In other words. guild
Ing has now become our occupation, and
pay we'll"
On the other hand, the visiting sportsnen
seem to he opposed unanimously to the
increase.
There is a limit to what this class Of
work Is worth" said wealthy sportsman.
who annually spends six or eight weeks in
the woods with a number Of guides Per
sonaiiy, would never pay - a day. Not
because ! couldn't afford it. hut because ]!
believe the demand IL unreasonable, and
those have talked with feel the same way.
AZ present can travel with my family
IN Europe cheaper than | can 70 into the
woods us l go, and l am fully ccnvin ced
thnt l am paying all that | ever shall FOR
the privilege. and think everybody else
is, too.
"A certain class of men who come into
the state and throw away money are re-
sponsible for this. There are more of these
fellows than you would think, and they have
told the guides that they ought to have
more and backed it up by giving them
double pay.
The same is true of moose hunting. So
many men fer a bonus for a fine head
nowadays that it's rather hard for a man
who isn't willing to pay to come into the
state and get what he il after. l fear q
good many of the guides have been eff acted
by this sort of thing. but I hope there are
enough sensible men in the ranks TO choke
on this movement. At any rate, if there
aren't. the thing will very soon choke itself
on
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WILD GOOSE DRIVING.
Form OF sport said TO nr Peculiar to
Warren County. y. 4.

II doubt if there is another place where
wild gee e are hunted after the method
used on the Roanoke River in North Caro-
lima. said New York sportsman who has
hunted there an the first place, there is
no choicer haunt for wild gees" than parts
of the Roa noke River
"Jn Warren county the river is for miles
n succession Of falls and rapids, and is
unnavigable except by means of the
peculiar fat boats the natives use. The
river is a quarter Of mile wide.
FOR miles the shores are lined with oak
and beech trees and all kinds Of berry
bushes and wild grape vines. In their
sea son- acorns and beechnlits and berries
and grapes fall into the river in enormous
quantities. and as they are carried down
stream they lodge in the hollows Of the
rocks II is this accumulation Of good
and palatable picking that attracts the
Wild geese in large numbers 10 that part
Of the river
But the geese, after their kind, are ex-
tremeiy shy, and the difficulty Of getting
about in n boat where they are feeding
makes cunning for them, except III one
part ocular way rather barren sport.
1T II NOT known who discovered mat
while Wild geese on Roanoke River would
not sIt still and wait for gunner 10 get
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within gunshot Of them, they could be
driven right up to the guns, Tut for time out
Of mind that Is the way wild geese have been
hunted in Warren county, N. c. The geese
are driven to blinds where gunners are
hidden. something in the way grouse are
driven on the English moors. II goose
driving il practised elsewhere | have yet
to hear of the place.
In hunting wild geese on the Roanoke
River, blind for two men is built on the
smallest rock that will give them sufficient
foothold and well below some favorite
feeding place for the geese. The nature OF
the rocks and the hollows scatters the hocks
az they pasture. and while there may be
hundreds of the fowl in sight there will
rarely be more than two or three together,
After the gunners have taken their
places in the blind, third hunter makes
his way in boat up the stream until he gets
above lot of feeding geese, Then he
with the current
As he approaches the geese he begins to
whistle. shrill and loud. He may whistle
a tune II he knows one. or he may just whis.
tie. And he must be person of long and
strong wind.
When the geese hear the whistting they
begin to gather into one flock As long as
the man in the boat keeps whistling, the
budding geese, although constantly NOV
ing along down stream, and ever out OF gun
range of the boat. will have no eyes or ears
for anything else
Tossing carelessly along on the rapids
a skilful driver will have a hundred or more
geese drifting ahead of him, gazing wonder
ingly at him and listening to his whistle,
by the time they have drawn near to the
blind. all well tunched. and Offering great
opportunity to the waiting gunners within
When the geese have been driven to within
thirty or forty yards Of the blind the guns
open on them.
1.-The geese rise in such confusion after
the frs: fire that II Is easy to pick up and Use
second gun on them before they have
got out of range. and the driver is pretty
sure to drop few as the frightened focks
wing over him in their flight up streSm, in
which direction they invariably speed II
is great sport this wild goose driving on the
Roannke River, as any one will agree who
tries Ii once
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
MAINE GUIDES WANT MORE PAY.
They Propose to Organize for ~ q Day
--SpOrtsmen Don't Like II.

KINEo, Me, Sept. ~, The guides here
are trying to have their pay increased
from 81 to 81 day. The original plan
was to have the change go into effect i'm
medately but II is now proposed to hold
the matter over until next year with the
idea of forming a union of all the guides
in the State, and establishing a standard
price which shall prevail everywhere.
The present rate here, 81 a day, includes
the use of canoe and outfit. While guiding
from Kineo the guide boards himself but
when away his employer provides his
board The increase il asked on the ground
that payment should he made for the Use
Of canoe and for board. Tho guides figure
il ont that under the present arrange
ment their pay is actually only 81 a day.
The other dollar ia counted a. 80 cents for
the use of the canoe and 50 cents for board
IN many of the backwoods sporting camps
the guides pay is 50 80 n day One dollar
of this sum goes 10 the sporting camp
proprietor, and often 30 cents more for
the use of the canoe. so that ths ..ctual pay
received by tho guide is from 81 to SEQ
day
There are over thousand Of us" said
one guide TO THE Sun correspondent, land
il we we're organized properly we think
we could get about what We want in many
ways.
"The passage " the non resident hunters
tax has had something to do with this step.
because many of us are led TO believe that
Maine IL discriminating in favor Of wealthy
visitors, and that there will be less work
IN the fall than in the past, and further.
that those who come viii be better able 10
pay than the majority before
Conditions have changed greatly in
the past few years, and guiding has now
come 10 be q bread -snd-but.er proposition
for Ms The vocation Of the woodsmaI,
the trapper and the hunter il fast passing,
and the winter IN the lumber camp IL NOT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
KILLING FLIES FOR BASS.
The Invention Of 4 Western Amateur Very
Emclcnt nj This season.

On September waters which run swiftly
over shallow places and have deep pools
here and there the angler for black bass
may, il he chooses, discard all bait lures,
from frogs to bare spoon, and Use only
artificial flies The fish rise readily now
to the proper fly, and certainly in all fresh
fight with a black bass Of three pounds
hooked well and handled with fly rod.
The angler is, however, restricted in his
choice Of flies. In spring and summer
fishing there is the hard-and-fast rule Of
light flies for dark days and vice versa,
but in the fall none Of the drabs or dull
grays or whites and blacks seems to be
effective. Only flies with a strong dash Of
crimson are good and the feathers TO 60
with the crimson must be either light gray
or strong brown.
There is fly tied by Western amateur
and unnamed which will catch more bass
in September from rapid water than any
one Of the standards. II consists only of
feathers of red brown. with black tips
tied to form the upper part Of the body and
the wings. The under part of the body is
bright scarlet and the line Of demarcation
between the feathers is plain.
When dry this fly resembles a late insect
with red belly. Whom wet it is much like
a variety Of bucktail, and the bucktail has
been noted bass lure for more than fifty
years.
The brown and scarlet fly is used plainly.
or if the fish are disinclined to ii, a small
gold No. l spoon is mounted on wire just
ahead of it. In one form or the other II is
a sure killer.
The spoon. which is thin az tinfoil and no
larger than a nickel, does not detract from
its beauty or the facility with which it may
be cast though its presence makes Of the
lure fly spoon, so-called, not a true fly,
and it is therefore distasteful to the fly
casting crank who disdains to Use anything
except the untrimmed bug, pure and
simple.
There is another fly also homemade,
which is almost entirely scarlet, having
hui few brown feathers, scarcely enough
to lessen the general fiery tone, and on
certain days the bass attack it viciously
their combative qualities doubtless ex-
cited by its hue,
In general, flies which a man ties himself
are better than any that can be bought,
because they are the result of experience
The readv-made flies. being tied according
to formulas devised long time ago. are
well enough in the summer, but it is seldom
that any of them will be found TO fiji fall
needs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
TROUT AND DEER m H.AINE.
Big Catches OF tho One and Herds Of the
Other Reported.

kINEo, Me-, Sept. PA big string OF
trout was taken by DIR. I, F.. Atkinson of
Baltimore and Philip Gardner of Boston
recently in Round and Hurd ponds. During
ten days stay the fishermen took 800
trout. averaging close to a pound and
half, and including several of from Two to
two and a half pounds,
AZ night and morning, said DR.. Akin
son. I'VE found the big fellows rising in
triples and doubles. and il was such a COM
mon occurrence to take two or three at a
cast that we removed all the flies but one.
They averaged from pound and quarter
to n pound and half. with several weigh
ing more. Our best fish weighed two and a
half pounds.
During the trip fully $50 deer and several
moose were seen.
On recent three DAYS trip to Spencer
Pond near Mos ehend Lake. D. A. keyes,
c. d. Norton and }, J. Riley Of Philadelphia
saw seventy-one deer.
j. &. Lindsay Of Philadelphia is back
from West Branch trip to report some
phenomenal catches at the Big Island
pool. famous among fl hermen The largest
trout taken weighed three and a half pounds.
Paul Foley Of Boston took in three days
fishing at Buttermik Pond, near Sebec
Lake ten togue, the largest weighing ten
and a quarter pounds seven trout, the
largest weighing three and half pounds,
and four salmon, the largest weighing
four and a quarter pounds
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
GOOD SENSE or CHICKENS.
The! Can FOrctell Rain and They Are
Regular In Their Habits.

"A chicken raiser in Connecticut told
me something about chickens that I did not
know before. said a dominic who spends n
few weeks walking in the country every
summer at was late in the day, and
stopped at the gat" of a little farmhouse
To ask for n cup Of water.
"The farmer was watching his chicken
house as the brood. one by one, turned
in to roost He was SO intent in his watch
that he did not see me until had spoken
Then we began talking about chickens.
and I said that from my observation a
chicken had less sense than anything else
with feat hers. The farmer at once took
me w, .,ou u.,a,, ,l;o,o,- ,,
or you wouldn't say that Chickens can
bent your city weather man in predicting
rain. You wouldn't notice this, however,
unless you made business OF raising en-
Unless the shower IL sudden they begin to
run TO and fro before the downfall az if n
hawk was In the air. and then scurry TO
shelter.
Another popularity about chickens is
their system in making certain rounds
every day when the weather is fair. They
start out in the morning and go TO given
points with the regularity of clock
They may be shooed of their course,
but AZ soon as the fright is over they re-
turn, and they continue the route, wind
ing up late in the day at the place Of be-
ginning | have tried 10 fool chicken now
and then by taking il ofY it, beat and putting
il down at some other point, By waiting
found that j, invariably returned to the
place where had picked it up, and from
there il resumed it's regular coirsr
u Mess there IL a rain chickens will
never leave their daily course until I he time
draws nigh for them TO cone home TO rOost
They may be a trifc late now and then,
az some OF my brood are this evening, bun
they will come. That's more than some
folks know, added the farmer, looking ~
me in a peculiar manner which prompted
me 10 20 on my way
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
SHEEPSHE.tD BITE WE'LL.
Some Big Fellows Caught Now adays on
the South Jersey Coast.


SEA ISLE CITY. n. j.. Sept l2.--.The gamy
sheepshead have started to bite freely in
the waters Of Cape May county. In tine
inlets about this place. the fishermen are
having better sport with them than in
many years. The fish arc of unusual
size and bite at all times of the tide
Tho largest fish and tho greatest NUM-
bers have been caught ut the Townsend's
Inlet railroad bridge. Sheershead this
season are rather particular rs to food
Usually they will bit" a, fiddler. hermit
or shredder crabs, but all that have been
taken in the past two weeks have been
caught with sand crabs and soft shell CLANS
The fish are steady feeders these cold Sep
TENDER days. They are taking on all the
flesh they can for their journey into South
ern waters. which begins early in October.
When the sheepshcad first came into these
waters in June. the largest fish would
hardly weigh nine pounds, but every fish
caught this month hos gone over twelve
pounds. No guide is needed in seeking
the shcepshead. Bait can I've caught in
Good stout tackle and Q landing net are
necessary
City Assessor Charles Clouting Of this
place has fshed for two weeks al he
Townsend's Inlet bridge. He is high line
with nineteen sheepshead to his credit =
His largest fish weighed seventeen pounds.
The larges, fish taken was landed by
DR.. John p. Frey Of Philadelphia. 1t
weighed two ounces less than eighteen
pounds The same fisherman has caught
nearly score Of sheepshead since Sept.
/. every one of which has weighed better
than ten pounds,
Frazier Robbins Of Avalon on a recent
morning landed two fish in twenty minutes
after casting his line overheard One
was a fine fourteen-p FOUNDER. the other
weighed thirteen pounds.
The fishing will continue 10 be good until
on rly October
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when it takes its place with the fully grown

=.
when 1t takes its place with the fully grown
deer, is curioisly adep, in hiding.
II se,er,s ;nstinctive,v nlace where
~, o.. - ~. ..>,m,a l. ,,,, 81 80 i,s
WV '',or Vi "e s'ou"a ~ 'he 'o'"' Vi Tvs
hair, drops upon its belly, shrinks until
its neck is drawn well in and its chin rests
on the leaves and il will lie there while the
huntsr walks within six feet Of IL. No
grouse chick an hour out of the shell and
secreting itself under a leaf al the bidding
of its mother. ever Law more closely until
danger passed.
Nearly all the fawns captured in the
Northern woods are taken because of this
popularity. 1t sometimes happens that
The uha ~, a,,aa of th., ,,nraSn,an ,,;ol ,,,,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
TANNING DEER.
The Thing Easily Done II They Are Fa~ns
When Captured.

Fawns are now losing their spots Those
born earliest in the spring have lost them
wholly and show a coat Of gray mixed
with red. very inconspicuous hue. Nature
takes care Of the young deer until they
are able TO take care Of themselves and
the present cont Of fawns no longer under
the guardianship OF their dams is one Of
the hardest things TO see In all OF the woods
The deer when laif-grown is safer than
at any other time in it's life. for it has as
much speed as il will ever have, it's pro.
tective celebration il nearly perfect and il
has not lost the instinct TO squat and hide
which was with 1t when II WAS born, and
which H. loses almost wholly as il nears
full stature The fawn, up TO the time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
RlFFED GROt Sc HARD yO FIND.
4 Brush Gun the Weapon TO Hin Them
with In September.

Finding and killing the rrffed grouse ia
the most difficult proposition that faces
the gunner in Sept emOer. The bird, when
perched on a maple or birch early in the
foll is practically invisible. There are
leaves in plenty to hide it and in case there
is an opening The leaves surrounding it are
Of tho same hue ns itself.
Al this season the services Of dog trained
to rufled grouse shooting are invaluable
and Of all bird dogs there is only one that
is of any good in tho woods. That is the
cocker spaniel of either the black or the
brown variety.
The setter and pointer will hunt the
grouse faithfully and find them but they
are silent dogs, and the hunter will know
nothing Of the finding Of n covey unless tho
dog happens to be in view, which is not
frequent occurrence. The cocker, however,
gives tongue loudly when it finds game.
IN case the birds flush and light upon trees
the cocker will mark them. get under the
trees and keep up its barking until it's owner
arrives. just as squirrel dog or coon dog
banks in announcing that II hns freed
man with cocker can get a good many
grouse in n September day in the North
western woods If he has n brush gun, The
brush gun is short douL le-l barrel cylinder
bore Properly made it distrbnt es the
pattern evenly and widely as far as thirty
yards and not more than one grouse in ten
1ho, in the woods is at greater distance
Most ruled grouse in fact, are now killed
inside of twenty yards, IF they get furt her
from the muzzle they are safe because
they can not be seen through The mass Of
intervening trunks and branches. In such
shooting the choke-bore is Of no value.
The birds now are just grown. They
are not so heavy az they will be in November
but have attained their height, They are
much tenderer and more easily stopped.
No. shot are large enough for them.
BY the middle Of October No 9 will he
found To be small enough. The man who
shoots ruffed grouse in November will get
more birds with No. than with any other
size.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
DUCKS FLYING SOUTH
T.,l in the Van Of the Army
Of Wild Fowl.
FIRST Of The FALL SHOOTING.
Cunning for Birds That Fly 100
Miles an Hour.

Pools where They May he Found Quick
shooting Needed TO Bring Them Down
shots al Them From Bllnds-Hunt.
Ing the RufTCd Grouse--PIOver Hard
10 shoot When the Gunner Ia Af0Ot,
but Eas, When He Is In a WaEon-kill.
ins Flies for Black BASS In the Autumn.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-03
The Sea Of sahara.

French engineers have declared IL IA
perfectly feasible to convert the desert
of Sahara into vast lake, thus omen.
ing to commerce great regions of the
interior or Africa which can now only
be reached by long, tedious ana dan.
Eerous caravan journeys. They saw
that large portion of the desert lies
below the level Of the Atlantic. and
that by digging canal to let In the
waters of the ocean the great change
could be effected easily, '
liz the whole desert lay below fhe
level of the Atlantic, the, flooding of II
would create a sea more than four
times as big as the Mediterranean;
but, as the Sahara is composed Of
elevated plateaux. mountain ranges
and depressions, only a part would be
covered with water when the waves or
the ocean were let In, and the new sea
thus formed would be an irregular
body Of water. probably Of about tbs
same size OF the Mediterranean. Great
commercial cities would at once spriug
up on its shores, and trade and cilivi-
zation strike at once to the heart Of
Africa. The Sea of Sahara may never
become reality. but. in any event. II
is gigantic and pleasing dream.
London Answers.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-03
a Charming skirt.

A charming example of a ruffied skirt
Is made Of shaded green tatfeta The
ruffies, ofuwhich there are several, are
put on with They are laid
Oh In points and do not run higher than
the knees The skirt is shirred about
the hipss gT'he bodice has d high belt
made of lace. with loose box plaits of
the silk hanging over this. There is IL
yoke Of lace with a raised pattern I'M
green, and the cuffs are made OF the
lace. The .undersleeye so much in
vogue recall the early nineties Edges
of frilled undersleeves of fine lawn are
trimmed in lace or lowered ribbon.
The proper undersleeye must half re-
veal and half conceal the purpose for
which it is created. A new way Of
finishing a sleeve is to braid cuff and
attach 1t to "a silk undersleeve which
fastens into the armhoIe. The pulled
oversleeye is drawn into muir shaped
cuff. which moves up ana down the
arm.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-03
obiigIng Highwaynaan.

Ex-COngressman John Bell tells q
story OF the time when he once got
into grave peril on account Of his nose.
He was going to, Leadville in the early
days on a stage coach which was held
up BY highwaymen. The passengers
We're ranged in row outside with
their hands up. the familiar attitude
being enforced by a gun in the hands
Of one Of the gentlemen of the road
while the other went through the var1s
Gus pockets at his leisure
In the midst Of the ceremony Mr.
Bells nose began ~ itch with that
maddening persisfency calculated to
drive to insanity or the grave If NOT
relieved. Inv0luntarfiy his right hand
began to lower itself.
Hands up, there called the man
behind the gun. sternIy.
ssF ellis hand shot back into place,
but In moment began to lower itself
again.
What's the matter with youYs Id.
qnired the bandit. Are you anxious
ID become ii lead miness'
MY nose itches so can't stand 1t
any longer said Mr.. Bell tive sinp-
" got to scratch IT.
mo, You hain't replied the road
agent, because I'll do if for you
With which he proceeded to scratch
the prospeetively congressional nose
with the muzzIe Of his shotgun. New
York Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-03
CONF. Nrnfrs ana nom.

Muffs ,of the granny persuasion will
be more fashionable than ever, and a
large tail hanging out one side is de-
tail, while. black velvet rosettes dis
tinguish not 4 few of the ermine muffs
as well as stoles. which are finished
both with tails and chenille fringe. I
saw few capes in Paris, but many
loose sack coats in moleskin. seal.
broadtail. chinchilla and, of course,
sable, Which will certainly be the lead
ing fur among les danes elegantes.
Silver fox and white fox boas- fiat.
long and showing both head and tail.
as Lasts year-are much in evidence.
and Russian coats of broadtail with
deep detachable full basques, finished
with lovely Oriental embroidery. were
shown by Worth. One was to accom-
pany beautiful black cloth princess
gown that had the front of the corsage
OF orange velvet embroidered I'M silver.
while the back was finished with a
wide strap of the cloth piped with or
ange.-London Sphere.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-12-03

A new town ID Sawyer County, Wis.
on the Omaha 3 ,oad. Located on both
the Chippewa I'D Conderay Rivers in
center Of mo- i fertile and promising
hardwood distri ct. Good muscallonge.
bass and pike fishing ia both rivers.
exceptional oE portunities for land,
seekers. II Tool ting for a new location
don't fall 20 see this new country. For
map andSfull pm rticulars write 20 Post
master hadiss %. sawyer Co, Wis.
or 70 4. " Tea scale General Passen-
ger Agent G. st. p, M. q q. Ry., ST.
Paul. sent no