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thousand yards away, and there it is again
nearer still
Swiftly but noselessly Sam climbs down
from the rock and s iuats in the hardhacks.
Another call he gives, low and pleading.
And bark. Across the river the leaves
shake and the dry underbrush cracks.
Another second and the great black bull
moose parts the birches with his gigantic
antlers and ST. p, Gu upon the bog.
What a height. How clean and yellow
his horns!
second he stands motionless, scanning
the river bank and then slowly moves
toward VI with lowered head, smelling for
the scent of his mate.
Now, Doctor" whispers Sam. while
Ralph, with tui sense of sporting eti-
qette, waits for my shot
1t is a scant $50 yards and a good light.
Now for the trial of the rifle and the nerves
of the man behind it,
Steadying myself against the rock drew
bead on the bulls neck where the shoulder
meets it, while great calm came over me
and felt that l could not miss. couple
of seconds only and the rifle spoke. Almost
at the sound the bull threw up his head
gave a half roar and plunged down into
the hardhacks. falling as Dares fell before
the oestus of Entellus. AS his head went
up Ralph fred and likewise got his bullet
home.
"Come!" shouted Sam, "he down, all
right
And he and fairly yanked the canoe out
Of the hardhacks and into the river, across
which we fairly flew, while Ralph assembled
the rock and stood ready, rifle in hand
to shoot again, if, as more often happens
than not the moose should rise again and
attempt to escape.
But there was little need of the precaution
The bullet from the 1855 had struck him
in the neck passed diagonaly through his
body, breaking the spinal cord and come
out Of a gaping wound in his side.
He literally never knew what hit him.
and in spite Of spasmodic kicks was dead
when Sam and | reached him. Neverthe-
less. to put him out of possible agony,
drove a second ball into his brain, after
which he never stirred.
As We stood there over the magnificent
animal felt no wild sense of elation, such
as successful huntsmen often have, but
an inner feeling of what one might almost
call artistic satisfaction in the COMPLETION
Of a work that had been perfect from in
oeption to accomplishment. l think Sam,
who wore OF @ of those adhesive smiles ,
felt more real elation than we did, and
good right he had to do so, for he had called
up beautiful bull the very first time he
tried and showed him to us at a distance
at which only incomp tency or bad case
Of buck fever could have missed the shot.
1t is the fashion among some hunters to
sneer at the .uring of moose by calling,
on the ground that the animal has no chance
and there is too little effort on the part OF
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And this brings up the important and
interesting question of the proper outfit.
upon which perhaps the experience of an
old woodsman may shed some light, at least
so far ar the north woods are concerned.
The first great problem is that of the
proper rife for moose, and opinions vary
For any smaller animal, such as deer the 80
calibre he it 3O-3o or 1903 British, used with
the soft nosed bullet and smokeless powder,
is big enough, and know many good hunt
ers, including several Indians, who Use the
1920 for moose and black bear, while
was lately told by an Englishmal that
Selo,ls, using the Jeffreys expansive bullet.
has even killed elephants with the 1903
British of Winchester make.
The advocates Of this small calibre say
that it will do the work as well as a larger
one if the bullet be properly placed while
if vital part be not hit the larger projectile
will as little stop moose as the smaller
bullet Nevertheless, personally ] prefer
larger size. and during this hunt | carried
3S-55 as compromise between the old
favorite 1910 and the $3.50
Ralph carried The latter in carbne length,
but we never got good chance to test their
comparative killing powers, for reasons
hereinafter TO be stated. If larger size be
preferred HE iOj. model 1895, is a splendid
gun. but the next one | shall buy, whether
for moose or smaller game. will be the new
high power 35 calibre, which seems to he
the ideal
A waterproof wall tent, E4x7>+, proved
lust the thing for us three If it had been
of waterproof silk and 0iax713 in size it
would have been perfect for -four, and lighter
even than ours, though of course more
expensive.
II the tent is of the pattern do not
pitch it with a vertical pole in front to i'm
pede the movements Of the campers, but
always with two slantng poles, one on
each side, which follow the lines of the tent
front and are bound together at the top,
where they meet the ridge pole. 1t is
curious how little this greatly improved
method is known.
Sleeping bags are convenient and warm.
Placed on a stretcher suspended by rather
stiff but somewhat elastic poles, they make
fine spring beds. Many, however, prefer
the bed of fir boughs, which is indeed eK-
celent il properly made. Some hollow
out the ground little where the hips come
mot bad idea.
About camp fires | shall have nothing to
say didactically. You might as well teach
a man to fence by diagrams. Making a
camp fire. and still more keeping it, is an
art acquired by experience added to knack,
which many are not born with.
As we approached on the third day Of
our tour, the place where we intended first
to try for a moose, Sam became cautious
and despotic. No more promiscuous shoot
ing at partridges and ducks, no unnecessary
talking.
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the hunter. I confess that once enter
tanned some such idea myself, but I have
, it no longer and for the following reasons:
In regard to the chances Of escape for
the moose, it is significant fact that, to
state it generously. no: more than one
sportsman in three who goes out calling
re urns with trophy Nothing can more
clearly prove the difficulty of the task =
The conditions must be perfect in the
first place-clear weather and absolutely
calm And then the consummate art of
the caller, 1t is not 80 very difficult to get
an answer from bull il one happens to be
within sounding distance, for if not yet
mated up, he is actuated by fierce desire
and ready to investigate any noise that
sounds at all like a cows below. Occasion
ally this readiness on the bulls part to
investigate leads to awkward oontretemps.
We met in the forest an old woodsman,
Dave Martin, who was bringing out the car
cass Of big bull with the most gigantic
antlers have ever seen, which he had Sc
cured almost by chance, but the chance Of
the true hunter, who instnctively feels
when something might he round.' as
guide once pertinently put it, While on
timber cruising" expedition Chat is, ex-
amining and counting trees) he was passing
over an old trail through what he knew was
good moose country, and from time to time
raised his hand to his mouth and spoke
hull, that is initiated the bulls grunting
call
Suddenly ferocious answer came from
the thcket fifty yards away, and almost
before he could drop his axe and raise his
heavy Winchester, 5O-ll0, the enormous
l,,ll tlnl l.t Al ,le
for fight with what he took for rival and
made straight for Martin. The latter
promptly gave it to him in the chest, but
without effect even at that short distance.
Another shot and another, and yet a
fourth came from the big repeater. each
bullet embedding itself in the bulls body,
and still he came on. The fifth shot was
discharged by accident and the bullet went
through both palms of the animals antlers
The sixth struck just where it was aimed,
and actually raked through lungs and
belly. but yet did not stop him! But one
more shot remained in the rifle, and this was
fired when the moose was hardly ten feet
away and charging with lowered antlers
1t was aimed truly and saved Martins life,
for the big fellow lurched forward with a
broken neck
Il was jest shivery all over said Mar
tin. telling us about II, -an' amt no
chicken heared felers say moose won't
never do nothin' but jest run, but l guess
know somepn bout that now"
No, it il not difficult to attract bulls
attention in the mating season. but it is
vastly different and more difficult prob
lem to entice him within shooting distance.
Although eager to meet his mate, his senses
do not suffer, and when he gets near the
caller che slightest false intonation in the
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MOOSE HUNT IN NOVA SCOTIA.
SENSiTTONS or THE WAN WHO
KILLS 1 GREAT BtLL.
Outiii OF the Hunter Opinions as to the
Rest Ri1r Calling the Moose
Moment or TrIumDh-Sp OF Calling
Moose Compared With Stalking.

BOSTON, Nov. 1.-THE moose hunting
season in Nova Scotia is divided into two
periods the calling time, from October
to about October 20. by which date the
bulls and cows will nearly all have paired.
and the season for still hunting, or stalking
the animals in their wards, which lasts from
the middle Of November or even before,
until the close OF the sea son, on January |.
From the above il Will be evident that one
expedition which has lust returned had for
ite object the calling Of bull.
Starting from he little sporting hamlet
OF Milford, in AnnGpoli- county, several days
before the opening of the legal season we
drove Ralph aud [, with our canoes and
duf!e, to Jake Landing, on Lake Kedgee-
makooIee, picking mp on he way our Indian
guide, sam GlodC Of Milton whose mastery
az the birchen megaphonc we trusted to
lure an enormous bull within reach of our
Wiuchesters Sam, quiet, wiry Micmac
of twenty Eight summers ts the scion of
family Of hunter, trapper- and foggers.
He had saved travelling expenses and
cane to meet Ills ON his bicycle, q run Of some
siXtv-hve miles over Nova Scotia inland
roads. and YOU have to see those roads to
appreciate them. Strapped on his handle
bars were quill and an ancient Snder
brecch loader, | think Of "a calibre.
What are you going to do with that,
Sam we asked.
Il d. know; might shoot moose, answered
the Mcmac with deprecatinR grin.
\ little persuasion, added To an inspec-
ton Of our more modern rifles, was suf-
ficieut to induce him to leave his baby
cannon bahind Guides are usually in
structed whether or not to bring their
rife, with them. Sportsmen differ on this
point.
Some want to do all the shooting them
selves, If any is done. Others prefer to
hold the guides gun in reserve and allow
him to shoot rather than return empty
Sanded. and who il to know whose bullet
got home wnen the head is finally mounted
in ones dining room or entrance hall?
Most of our duffle had arriN ed before us
md was already being taken across the big
lake and the long carry, two miles and
half, including a smaller lake, to Lake Pes
caswcss, by two Stalwart sons of the forest.
who carried enormous packs from "A. NJ.
to5p. NJ, for Sl.j0 apiece. 1t thus remained
70, us three to get across the stormy lake
and the long carry with only the canoes
and our personal luggage
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AT THE HOUSE AROUND THE CORNER.

eelves are remarkable in this crowded
locality for their size and many paned
windows, through which the sunlight
streams as if it had a special liking for
the place. The buildings were erected at
a time when walls We're intended to shut
out the sounds of intrusive life, and there
is none of the himsiness of modern archi
lecture about them. The bell clangs
through the wide halls with the sound one
hears in country homes. where the visitor
is so unusual that the sleeping echoes are.
wakened by his advent,
The membership of the Society Of Friends'
in Greater New York il considerably over
a thousand, and in that roster one finds
a number of distinguished names, Not
being Friend it is perhaps natural that
the eye Immediately lights on that of Hetty
Green who every First Day worships in
the modest meeting house and whose life,
often the subject of unfavorable criticism
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4 NEUTRAL TINTED HTI NN'
The Usual Blaze Of Color In the N'ns
Foliage Absent This Year.

A remarkable feature of this wears fall
to the absence of frost Usually hv the
latter part of October the trees are atiaW
with gold and crimson, but this wear the'
are fading in dull ochres and browns
The naples, whose splendid scarlet seher'
ally holds the eye, are going TO their long
sleep in robe of faded gray umher "1ceP
where their roots happen to reacn wafer
This extra GOODNESS has helped their color
and among the swamps they have as'uFneu
their crimson tints. Here, too, the suns'
glints bronzily vermiion,
Some blight has affected the chestnut
trees, and many of them are dying nesi
the city. What few leaves they posse"
are falling rapidly.
The oaks, too. are ending in dull brown
without the customary tingeS OF puFP"
and sienna, and the white birche- are chang
ing in dull gamboge, very different iLuI'
their regular hue of light chTom" {et tbsf
The only trees which have donn'i rhen
customary dress are the be"ch"'. l"eu 'es.
bright yell w CLEANS among their ,.ht e
Yirile neighbors In full glory, and me wy"
underneath their branches Is as God'' {"
in former years. .i,sry
Another feature is the eAtra"r '"eths ,hs
amount of foliage remaining lat" "n oo. ,ns
trees. In ordinary years when the ,,intSes ,,,Sss
and fox sparrows arrive ia these "a l'rasT rssr
the woods are almost leaties,, hiI' 'hI9 "a t;rd.
the white tail feathers of the -n'" n.,,,d
CLINT amid shrubbery scarcely I'-- WV
in green's than during summer tbs
Along the Great South Beach "Nrn ,os s.r
coloring of the Virginia creeper thai 'N''eIl.
around the sand dunes is less ln'"u1 eobs4
though the herr eS give timely '"''Ily 'nnly
Of deep purple to the gray Sa''d'. lax
the somhre cedars show the same o'''
ashen green,
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the subject many times in our meetings
where everything of Importance that affects
or may affect our lives is approached.
The majority advocate it, and the objection
of the minority is not based on any dis
belief in the principle, but upon a qrles-
ton as to its expediency under present
conditions.
With the Friends that matter of ex-
pediency is of great importance, but it
is seldom that the minority hold out against
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of the week were called. At the present
time no such reason exists, because few
know or care how the names originated,
and their Use evokes no evil thoughts.
In the same way you may hear in the
meeting house and at business gatherings
the terms thee and thou, hut they are EN-
ployed now more through sentiment than
anything else. At one time you was
spoken as a matter of respect and desig-
mated the person addressed as person of
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and be married-in his own faith; and
marriage OF that kind contracted with an
outsider would subject him to discipline .
II Ia very rarely that there is any serious
trouble between husband and wife.
when young couple desire to be mar
ried their intentions have to be pre-
sented TO one of the monthly meetings and
1t is two months after that before they are
regularly permitted to contract the alliance,
even II everything is favorable. A. the
meeting this proposed marriage is dis
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The answer comes in methodical words
and no surprise is manifested, II the
Friends are out Of the world in their man
ner OF living, they certainly are not in
matters of thought.
I'VE certainly do believe in the principle
Of universal suffrage. We have discussed
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is accounted for partly by the fact
that following the bad weather of sew
eral days previous. the physicians
have been able to locate and diagnose
cases that were not reported in the
early stage. Another cause is believ-
ed to be that the people who at first
opposed the efforts of the health au-
thoritieS are now realizing the SER
iousness of the situation and are given
some aid in reporting new cases. One
of the deaths today was that of a sea-
man on the German ship Kaiser. max
ing a total of three deaths from that
ship out of nine fever cases abroad.
Two patients held under observation
as possible fever cases, but whose ill
ness will not be diagnosed until to-
morrow are British vice consul Fred
crick Bonar and his wife.
The original excitement over the
desire to get away from the city has
subsidized, and only such persons are
leaving as have business here, or who
were caught here when the quarantine
went on.
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VANSTORY-FARISH.
A Popular Young Couple are We'd in
Greensboro.

Greensboro, n. c.. Oct. 5.-The
wedding of two popular young people
was celebrated here Wednesday morn
ing at the parsonage of the West
Market Street Methodist church, when,
in the presence of a number of friends
and relatives, Miss Alice w. Parish
and Mr.. G.. w. Vanstory were married.
The vows were given by Rev. C II.
Detwiler, the pastor, and the groom s
best man was Mr.. Mcleod, Of Green's
boro. With the bride were Misses
Daisy and Pricie Parish, her sisters;
Miss Kate Vanstory, sister of the
groom; Miss Sallie Glass, of Durham,
and Miss Eva Howard, of Blackwells,
cousins of the bride. and Miss Emma
Lewis Speght The bride was at
tired in handsome gray shepherd
cloth.
Mr.. Vanstory is the son of Mr.. G.
P. VanSt0ty and is an energetic young
business man. The charming bride
is an attractive and popular young
woman, the daughter of Mr.. j. b..
Parish, of Caswell county, and has
been for some time in the offices of
the American Cigar Company, being
highly esteemed and admired. The
happy couple have gone North OH a
bridal tour and on their return will
reside here.
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"BABES IN TOYLAND"
DELIGHT GREAT AUDIENCE
A Performance Full of Melody, Spec
tacular Beauty, and With the
PPettiest OF Girls.

81 Can't Do the Sum- sung Jane
in "Babes in Toyland" last night at
| the Academy of Music and the Piper
children" helped her in the chorus,
while the great audience applauded,
but in writing about the beauties of
the musical extravaganza Il Can't
Do the Sum" as to telling about all its
charms, and must depend upon the
chorus of praise which the audience
last night gave to the splendid per-
Torrance.
1t is a delightful event. is Babes
in Toyland" and that it is enjoyed
wherever it is seen and heard is the
rule and in Raleigh this rule mas
proven to be correct. The music is
bright catchy and sparkling with
some airs that incite the MINISTER'S 10
bird notes and which last night kept
fans and feet busy in keeping time,
the shapely young women were
feast in harmonious curved lines ana
their faces were fair to gaze upon,
while the costumes were superb arts
tic creations and the scenery a con-
slant series of scenic delights. BABES
in Toyland" seen for the second time
in Raleigh last night is SO fascinat-
ing a performance that it is always
sure of packed houses when it comes
to this city.
The cast is a capable and clever
one, but without any idea of disparag-
ing any others there is need to say
that Miss Grace Hazard as Contrary
Mary was as sweet and vivacious a
young woman as Raleigh theatre goers
have seen. while tom Tom in the
person of the beautiful Miss Minnie
Champlain was a feature, Miss Marie
Fanchonetti as Jane" and Arthur
Conrad as ALAN" being also prime
factors in the brightness and happi-
ness of the evening, the nerriment of
which was enhanced and multiplied
by the splendid work of Budd Ross, as
inspector Marmaduke." Miss Browne
Dupont as THE Moth Queen" Miss
Fedora Ragone as 1.-The Widow
Piper" r. E. Warren as "Grumio"
are also to be praised for their ex-
cellent work. and it is but the due
of all in the company to say that each
member added to the sprighuiness of
the truly enjoyable performance.
Among the musical successes of the
play are ST Can't Do the Sum-" Rock
a-Bye Baby" Beatrice Fairfax"
Before and After and "He Won't Be
Happy Till He Gets IT. In each of
these the melody and execution were
delightful while the succession OF
beautiful stage pictures were such as
to make one wish for a kodak and
handsome frames. 1t was a perform
ance that everyone enjoyed, that was
bright, tuneful and picturesque, and
that left happiness behind it. This
is the feeling and impression left in
Raleigh, and such being the case the
laurel wreath of merit, and the hall
mark of approval is hereby conferred
upon "Babes in Toyland," its princi-
pals, it's chorus, its melodies, its cos
tunes, and it's scenic effects.
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RECEPTION LAST NIGHT.
Draughon's Business College Cele-
brates First Annlversary-Large
Crowd Present.

DraughOn's Business College of this
city gave a reception last night in
celebration of the first anniversary
of the college in this city. The re-
Ception was given by the young men
Of tho CT lies b. Aycock Literary
Society, complimentary to the young
dies of the school. The entire
student body was present with a large
noInLer of friends. The audience
where they program of the evening
was carried out.
The college was beautifully deco
rated in the college colors, with Amer
can flags in conspicuous evidence. M.
j. P. Thomas of Beaufort, and Mr..
G. l.. Sykes, of Chapel Hill, acted as
marshals
The first selection on the program
was a SKETCH "The History of our
Raleigh College," by Mr. j. H. Park
or. of this city. Following this was a
recitation by Miss Ella Mae Walker,
of. Davie county. Next was a sketch
of Mr.. c. B. Campbell, of Red Springs,
ent tied, History of Draughon's Col
lege.'
Next was recitation by Miss
Frances Renfrow, of Nash county.
After this Mr.. l.. M. Peele, of Rock
ingham county, gave a brief history of
the Charles b. Aycock Literary So
city and its relation to the college.
Closing the program was a short
talk by Prof S. NJ. Smith, manager
of the college here. The audience
then repaired to the bookkeeping
room, which had been converted into
a veritable banquet hall. A long
table had been arranged the entire
length of the room, taStefully deco
rated. and laden with all kinds of
delicacies-s sufficient to tempt the ap-
netite of the most fastidious epicurean.
Here amid the merry laughter of
bright boys and girls, intermingled
with the sweetest music, all enjoyed
together the pleasures of the evening
SO wisely planned by the committee.
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