Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

ti'ir what / hear is literally true. some Of
the ships in Uncle Sans navy must be
obviously manned" said summer wild
da er." whose family are enjoying The cool
Hte-zes of the assachusetts coast.
n had letter yesterday from my eight
NrIr-uid son at Gloucester. in which he
wrtrs follows: The other morning three
tfuiuinG ships come In one their is 80,
and - men ON an other there is Il little
lilly goat that does nothing but drink cot
fpe and chew tobacco on ihe other ther is
e ppllparret Now. ship number one seems
IT, he all right but it does seem to me that
ships numbers two and three have hardly
fan complement. What Ito you think
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The slang expression chasing the duck
has been known to the police a number of
years. but it was not until one day this
week that effort was made To explain
It's origin \ former shipmate of one of
Major Sylvester's finest" called on the
latter ut one of the police stations. and
their conversation drifted to the days when
they were aboard ship together. When
their ship east anchor off Point Lookout
oEe bright morning ana they were given
sh"r" leave for the day the two sailors
went in search of country store where
they might find something in the line of
liquid refreshments. They found the store
and in some manner they managed To find
their way back to the vicinity of the ship.
DO YOU remember about the ducks" in
QIirrd one of the other
DO ~ the latter answered. Never as
long as ! live will | forget those ducks"
II was then related that the sailors. anX-
iouS To devise some means whereby they
could carry a supply of liquid refresh
mruts aboard, bought two big ducks and
had them drawn. a quart bottle was
creted in each carcass. and each carried
duck when he reached shore. 1t so hap
prued That the gig belonging to one of the
officers on the ship was near the shore and
despite the fact that the men Were only
priNateS they We're invited aboard After
few minutes they managed to get aboard
The ship. One of Them was anxious to get
his duck out of sight. but the other was
willing to satisfy the curiosity of his fell
l"w-seamen, and put the duck on exhibit
tion. In putting the fowl upon the table
lie used much force that the bottle
smashed and its contents streamed down
the floor.
Where's -?" was the inquiry made
by the one who had met with the accident.
Hes chasing the duck" came the re-
Spouse.
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The Indians OF British Columbia have
evolved system for hunting deer that !
shows practical skill and sympathy with
natural conditions" said scientist of the
Smithsonian Institute today.
The Indians, to begin with, do not hunt
deer for the pleasure of hunting. They go
for deer as a housekeeper goes to the mar
ket for beef. And what's more, in British
Columbia. at any rate, they do not go often.
Salmon are plentiful in the rivers and
easily caught. So why chase animals when
they can secure fish. 1t is something as
it * in Newfoundland. where l went a
couple of seasons ago. There the prevailing
fish. as you might say is cod And though
there is no end to the variety of edible
fish that can be taken. the natives never
think of eating nothing else Cod is plenti-
full. and they form the habit, suppose. This
is so ingrained that they call Goldfish fish
simply. The genus is divided into cod and
the rest of fish.
makes up his mind for venison he goes at
it Systematically and without sentiment
\ group OF half dozen men split and take
either end of a valley. Then they proceed
along the mountain slope from two ends
To the center They choose the sheltered
escape the wind. Each party covers the
mountain side some at the foot and some
at the top. and others between the line.
keeping abreast by an initiated owl boot.
The deer on winding pursuit have trick
~ .eaping away down the slope unlike the
ga Is. which go up, and thus between the
tw" approaching parties they are swept
together at the middle of the valley. \ good
sized herd will thus be killed off and the In
dams are supplied for many weeks by two
OF three days exertion.
When one Of the patrol wagons ambu
lanceS or the morgue wagon stops in front
OF 4 dwelling there is usually some specula-