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The San Francisco call., 1906-10-07
It BEAR FIGHT OF EARLY DAYS

y the vicinity OF Los Angeles there
can still be found. occasionally, a
pioneer who needs no reminder to as
sist him in recalling the story of per-
haps the most exciting bear tight that
ever took place in this meek OF the
woods 1t was during the winter OF
1854 and two of it's victims were buried
In one grave in the old Fort Hill Gene
terry of Los Angeles. These were among
the very first burials in that pioneer
cemetery which has long since givsn
way before the march OF an encroach-
ing city. 1t doesn't detraet from the
interest OF the incident to add that one
OF these bodies was that OF the faith
ful dog who accompanied his master to
the grave as chief mourner and was
one of the principals in the historic
fight.
The unfortunate hunter, as the story
goes, was Andy Suolette, a mountain
Ger from the Rockies who preceded
Fremont and the gold crusaders to
California, coming from wyoming.
where the Sublettes had founded Fort
Laramie. Sublette and a party of
friends had gone on a hunting expedi-
tion up the coast along what is now
known as Santa Monica Bay. In one
of the canyons OF the Malibu then
best known as the Malaga. Sublette
and his faithful old dog became sep
arated from the other members OF the
party. Alone. they came suddenly upon
4 great grizzly bear. Sublette fired
at the beast. Unfortunately the bullet
did not penetrate a vital part, and be-
fore the hunter could reload his gun
the fierce and furious brute charged
upon him. The fight that followed
was to the death as attested by the
sight that greeted those who, in search
for the missing hunter, came upon the
duel ground on the following day. A
trail OF blood covering many square
yards showed that every inch OF the
battle ground had been hotly contested.
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pauses to reassure herself OF safetv
She is now so near that you could toss
stone to her. and the one though
that passes through your mind is. Whv
doesn't she look up? 1t seems irnpos-
sible that an animal standing in her
position cannot see the crows nest"
and its excited Watchers But In the
East deer are not attacked from trees.
50 they seldom look up for danger un-
less they see a movement or hear a
sound
Perfectly confident that there Is No
danger. the doe walks boldly To fhs
salty log and begins to lick it. AS she
tastes the salt she becomes eager. ana.
poking her nose into the crack. chews'
the wood, then looks about while lick
ing her chops At a spot where tha
briny water has dripped through the
log she spreads her legs until her
chest almost touches the ground ana
with head turned to one side awkward
ly catches the drippings with apparent
satisfaction.
This is an excellent time to expert
ment with view 10 discovering what
sort OF sounds will arouse a deern
suspicious Let US try first to initiate
the noises that she hears in her forest
surroundings nearly every day.
The clear. plaintlve whistle OF the
white-throated sparrow. the sprfnw
song OF the chickadee, the call note 81
the broad-winsed hawk and the ham
mering OF the downy or the hairv
woodpecker on a dry limb, ali are
sounds that she Is familiar with ana
when accurately initiated she pays NOT
the slightest heed to them.
But the imitation OF a great horca.
Owls hoot 10 poorly executed ana shs
becomes suspicious ne once. Possible
II ~ because she thinks Il Ia a ao<
barking. Be that as 1t may. she throws
up her head and stares. ana You thirtr
tnat she has surely seen you. But No
apparently she has not. for after a 49,,
onds hesitation she resumes IIcl<io~
Having waited until her susnirsr-s.
are thoroughly overcome. you snan
.Wig. Again her head goes up ana al.
- All attention. This time sha a.
positive that her ears have NOT a.
ceived her, for she walks to tbe e,.,1
Ok the log- looks back and then 80
oehiy leaps over the trunk. ana W
eaten few gllmpses Of her form 49,
isning through the trees.
II you have an expensive camera with
rapid lens some good photoxranhs
OF deer can be taken at a salf Iich
put with cheap camera tbe daeD
shadows OF the woods and the .hsss
OF an animal are usually too dense 10
get a good picture.
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JAnrEs H .F1xDE Dn1v1pG TILE,
LANEwoop CoAcH

many graduates. Here are to be found
perfect working models Of ships, with
various rigging and with all the ma
chinery, bnnacles. sextants, etc.
Many man who belongs to the
class sometimes classed es the idle
rich regularly visits these schools and
takes a long and exscting course in
order that he may lay a course for
his own boat, AS proof of the skill
thus obtained many OF these students
become licensed pilots, as have sew
cral ladies.
1t is matter of pride for a yachts
man to be able TO take the sun, calcu-
the course. 1t would be q matter OF
chagrin IL such calculations were in
accurate. And at sea. even in the
most trying weather the owner of a
million-dollar yacht Will often be
found dressed in oilskins on the
bridge. perhaps serving as pilot. 1t is
much the same on sailing cruise. The
able-bodied seaman viii often stand
idly by while the yacht owner and his
guests do the actual work
There has been a marked tendency
in recent years to build country homes
in the vicinity OF New York which
may be used in winter as well as in
summer On the north shore of Long
Island there is surprising colony OF
these establishments, many OF them as
fine as any in the country. One of the
results Of this building has been TO
bring men Of great wealth to take or
active part in the public life of the
communities. The millionaire fireman.
for instance, is comparatively a COM
mon figure The case OF W * Wander
bilt Jr. IS only one of several. Van
derbilt has organized volunteer fire
department in the little town near his
home, and, not 20 be outdone by his
neighbors. often wears the uniform OF
his company and takes part in their
parades in festivities. The uniform, by
the way, is . neat suit Of blue, with
cap bearing conspicuously the number
Of his company. The coat is adorned
with large brass buttons.
The mention OF Vanderbilts name
recalls still another illustration OF this
reversal OF caste. During a recent in
ternational automobile race Vanderbilt
was one Of the officers or special po-
licemen commissioned to keep the
course clear before the grand stand.
The position was a trying one in all
respects. The crowd pushed forward,
overTunning the course again and
again. The special millionaire police
man requested them to keep back, and
in some cases was jeered for his pains
The picture OF an hei- to cue OK the
wealthiest families in the world acting
as a policeman, however. won the day
and was soon taken as q matter OF
course.
Some Democratic Whips.
Coaching is another pastime which
has developed some curious situations.
As in yachting or automobiling, your
true sportsman scorns the assistance Of
any mere hireiing. He must drive his
own coach, no matter what the dim
cuities. The skill, to say nothing OF
the physical effort required. to handle
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a yearling fawn and doe. but
we can't get within photographing dis
tance on that straight stretch of
road. They would see us the instant
we stepped out We must wait until
they get around the next bend. and
then we may be able to do something
as they cross the bridge" says the
leader.
The deer wander from one side of the
road to the other, pausing here and
there to crop niouthful of leaves and
stopping at intervals to watch and
listen for danger. Deer depend on their
ears and nose rather than their eyes to
warn them OF danger.
There! they have passed out of sight
behind the bend Now we must over
take them before they get so far from
the curve that they are beyond camera
range. Come on. now, and don't drag
your feet when you walk" are the
guides orders.
1t Is true that the deer are not to be
killed; still. there is more or less es
citement and hearts are humping
against ribs, for each one is anxious TO
get good photogra pli.
The bend is reached and the leader
again locates the animals by peeping
through his bower of ferns Instantly
he beckons to his companions. and as
they advance they focus their cameras
at hundred Feet and then look over
the embankment. Both deer are walk
Ing down the road. The fawn crosses
the bridge and steps Into the bushes. and
just as the doe gets over a slight noise
attracts her attention and she turns
and faces the cameras.
Click, click"
Slight as the noise is. it is sufficient
to tell the doe where the danger lies,
and, throwing up her tail. she dashes
away. leaping logs, bushes and fallen
tree tops and waving her white flag
from side to side against the red back
ground OF her summer coat. Without
waiting to ascertain what the trouble
is the other deer follows suit, and the
crash of breaking limbs and swish of
bushes tell the party that the aeeting
animals do not intehd to stop until
they have placed a safe distance be-
tween them and the cause OF their
alarm.
There is always certain percentage
OF people in the Adirondacks who are
anxious to see deer, but i'll health or
lack of energy prevents them from ex-
ercising their legs to the extent OF
three or four miles a day, so the pro-
prietors of many camps and hotels are
obliged to devise different means of
amusing this class.
1t is an easy matter to select fallen
tree trunk in a quiet spot in the forest
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ne man and MS dog had. for the time.
proved victors, but Sublette was un-
conscious. Beside him lay the wound
ed dog, licking the life blood as it
trickled over his masters face from
wounds inflicted by the bear A few
feet from them was the bear a good
bear now. stiff in death. with a thou
sand knife wounds penetrating the
hide
Man and dog were carefully borne
to Los Angeles and their WOUNDS were
gwen attention, the dog being made
comfortable on rug near Sublette's
bed. The wounded hunter made a noh1a
struggle for life, but his Injuries wera
not such as would yield to treatment
and he passed over the range. NOT.
however, until he had given to jim
thompson and other companions on the
ratal expedition graphic description
of that memorable encounter. H
seems from his story that as soon as
the bear had been wounded the beast
charged violently at SubIette. whose
sole weapon was hunting knirs
While the dog was attacking the bear
on one side Sublette was carving him
on the other; but meanwhile old bruin
with MS mighty paw was man Cling the
flesh of man and dog in a terrible
fashion At length. through sheer loss
OF blood through the knife wounds In
nscted, the bear crawled a few ~.
away and died, while Sublette lapskd
into Inconsistencies from exhaustion.
without having moved from the car
mage of the last hand to hand conflict
When death claimed the hunter his
faithful dog rods to the funeral In the
wagon first following the corpse: but
when the long box had been covered
and the earth rounded over II the dor
whined mcurnfully and refused 10
leave the spot He would take no
nourlshnent and at the end OF the
third day was found dead. outstretched
upon the grave OF his late master ard
friend. Faithful TO the last. he was
buried az the foot OF the grave OF his
dead companion
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DEER STALKING on bicycles

- -lEE class Of people that Vfn1ts
the Adirondack Mountains dur.
ing the summer is far different
from the one that comes when
the hunting season opens. The summer
people as e rule object to the killing
OF animals and they do all they can to
entice creatures about their camps for
the purpose Of studying and photo
graphing them.
Lately IL has become quite a fad to
photograph deer in their wild state or
sneak upon them unawares and study
them as they feed along the winding
forest roads or wade chest deep in
the lakes.
party camping near Paul Smiths
has adopted a novel method for ap-
preaching deer. They use bicycles. The
roads are not as good for bicycling as
they might be, but the rubber-tired
wheels make so little noise that by
keeping quiet and using caution in
rounding sharp curves 1t is possible
20 run within fifty feet OF a deer before
being detected.
The advantages that wheeling has
over walking are that more ground
away from the much Travelled roads
where IL is more apt TO see game.
After = person has been over the
road q few times. studying carefully
the many turns and noting the places
where the deer have been feeding, be
has a good idea where he is apt TO see
them.
Early IN the morning or late in the
afternoon IS the best time 20 hunt for
deer. When party OF deer pho
tographers" start out they are in
structed not to talk. but to obey
strictly the orders of the leader who
may or may not be a professional
guide.
As soon as the party is well away
from camp the leader watches in the
road for fresh deer tracks and as he
nears a sharp bend he dismounts. or
goes very slowly, peeping carefully
over the tops OF the bushes A red
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or their estates
The fascination of machinery also ex-
erts peculiar attraction, even for
those whose interest must always re-
main purely amateur Here is one man
with a penchant for matchmaking who
fits up a complete workshop with all
the necessary tools and works by the
day for the mere love of 1t. Another
man equips blacksmith shop and actu-
ally shoes his horses. The late w, c.
Whitney discovered on his estate on
Long Island an old mill. which he fitted
UP, restoring the original wooden ma
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coach and four is considerable, but
what driver ever hesitates? The serv-
ants in this case are actually taken out.
driving and have nothing to do but sit
comfortably on their cushioned seats
while the owner struggles with the
spirited horses.
One of the most curious sights OF
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object in the raspberry bushes to the
right somewhat resembles a deer, but
II proves TO be a bunch Of withered
dogwood leaves that have turned an
autumn hue earlier than the others
Mounting their wheels the party starts
on again Ahead is . sharp hegG. fhe.,
the road crosses rustic bridge Here
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-21
USEFUL HOLIDAY GIFTS

New Home Sewing Machines $500 grade at
$500. With ten year guarantee.
Couch Covers. In many beautiful designs. Prices
ranging from so to $1,000. 49,.
Portiers. These shown in the fine art looms and
cheaper and serviceabe grades; prices ranging
from $3.50 pair up
Lace Curtains. Cable Net Lace Curtains with Bat
tenberg edges in cream and white; prices ranging
from $50 up.
Brussels Net Lace Curtains in many beautiful pat
terms; prices ranging from $500 up.
Nottingham Lace Curtains. Known for their ser
vice and beauty in pattern; prices ranging from
75c pair up to ST.. SO.
Rufed Lace and Swiss Curtains. Prices ranging
from 75c pair up:
Odd Lace Curtains at exceptionally low prices.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
Continued Next Week.)
The Father Of Emperor..

from the IsOndCn Mall.
An anecdote. hitherto unpublished. con-
corning Archduke Francis Charles. father
OF the emperor Of Austria, appears in a
new book written by a retired diplomat
says our Vienna correspondent.
During a walk alone in the Styrian hills
the archduke got into conversation with 4
taiisatiye farmer, who, after giving a good
deai or information about his own family.
suddenly asked the archdulSe:
What's your father?"
emperor was the answer.
Look here said the farmer. ar vo,1
want to be funny don't you shout. There
are gendarmes about, and you mighteasilv
get run in for lese majestei / dare saw
you've ~aEbrother. What's hep"
oh, he's an emperor, too"
We'll, you're a funny chap" said the
farmer. laughing heartily. Have YOU anv
children?s
els Joseph,
What's hi ~
Emperor"
ida ha!. roared the farmer, digging
the fatheT Of emperors IN the ribs. .HayS
You any more SOILS OF that sort ~
Aes, a second tsalied Max"
isn't he an EMPEROR"
fes, he Is also an emperor -
AIler relieving his feelings by giving
leap In the air the farmer tanned
the arshduke on the shoulder and said.
Look here, old friend. The next time
ire passing Mariazells asylum drop ii
ana see II there happens to be a place
vacant
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20

Before they sat down the host pro-
duced from a knapsack an unopened
quart bottle of fine old whiskey, and
pulling The cork poured out three I'm
gers" into a cup and handed 1t to Mike.
Then filing the other tin cup he held
it on high, giving this toast:
''The wheels of the world go round and
round,
In the press of a busy throng,
Morn with its matin melody and night
With its VeSper song,
The tides are out and the tides are in,
Like the sea with its ebo and flow,
For theirs always one to stay at home.
Where there is one 10 go"
The sentiment in the toast struck a
responsive chord In "Old Mikes" heart,
but instead of responding in kind, his
eyes filled with tears, he choked and the
more he swallowed the harder it APP
peared that he kept down a lump of
something that seemed to render him
speeohless.
Old Mike could do no more than CUR
gle out something that sounded like
You health,' and he sank into his
chair. trying TO hide his tears. But ne
did not reply. The silence which he
had maintained for years with no n
to commune with but nature had sealed
his lips n dulled his o of thought
and language.
49, w. 'iiSt iia liz IllNC
little during the meal. After dinner
they cleared the table, put the dishes in
a big a and postponed the washing
until evening.
Nov for q good smoke" said the
host. and Mike fished out his pipe and
partoolS Of the package of Peerless"
During the afternoon and until thS
shadows of evening cast a. gloom over
the cabin and the forest became inky
black, they chatted of the woods and
snapped stories of experiences en-
Joyed in other places on Christmas day.
Mike was a good listener and wa
charmed by h tales told by the wan
derer. But all Mike would talk about
was the woods and his life among the
mute sentinels of the forest. He would
eagerly discuss the timber, section
lines, trails and ever relate some of his
experiences as q huntsman and trapper,
but further than that he would not
talk.
He evidently had a past mat he
wanted to forget. Was it a little love
affair that drove him to live h life
of q recluse or vas he fugitive from
the law? These and many other aues-
tons he might have answered, but he
was silent. All he would say was this:
If l mus work and work l must,
me live in the great outdoors under
heavens blue canopy, among nature
and natures innocent children. Let
me 1--we away from the hum and buzz
and forget all the world"
And SO as they rolled into the "bunk"
wanderer nae another Christmas
experience to think of when the day
returned a year hence to find him still
: Wanderer.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
stuffins the Turkey.

FROM the OHIO State Journal
SIhefe are cranks and cranks push
ing themselves into public notice at
all times IL seasons of the year, but
the most pronounced and a~ggravating
one is the deluded epicure who sIlg.
gests that there should be no stuffing
IN a roast turkey. He says it con-
Hicts with the sweet flavor and deli
cate aroma of the bird. Not a bit OF
1t. That fellow has never tasted stuff
f1ng--not the milo, milldewed, rumbly
dressing that is scraped INTO the side
OF the plate-but tie real stuffing.
spooned out Of the rich chambers Of
the fowl, in great masses that fill he
room With fragrance and the heart with
joy.
It is the soul Of the turkey, stuffing
IS. With the turkey itself, one is all
ways PIONEERED Q what part one
will have; whether he will have white
meat or dark meat; a drunlstick or a
pinion; but with the stuflng it is al
ways the same; the only question is
now much one dares to eat. And then
n a little sagey odor floating about
It's JUST as sweet as the smell OF
rang blossoms on a wedding dav.
And, pcrchance, that faraway. sub
Iimated suggestion OF an onion. futter-
ing about ones nostrils like the dream
last. -
turkey straight, without stuffing; no.
indeed! It is the longing of civiiiza-
ton to mix with naked nature the
sueconsciousness of the human heart
and garnish It with dream, and poetry
n the love of things underlined and,
divine. That's stuflng. Down WITH
any reform In roast turkey. -rne era M.
mothers gave it q sanctity that viii he
downright sacrilege to rob ii 8 4 n
VIII never be improved while the world
n Another piece Of the white
meat ana more stuffing, please.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
a lesson in the Art.

me Complete Angler-Yes, the bass a
. ~ Witiest q the fnny tribe all right. as
snas little incident will show. One day
dranne engaged n my favorite pursuit, I
water. Thu following day I cast M n tne
near the spot where the ring disanpeared
ana soon landed a ~five-pound bass. Now.
Mnat ao you suppose the camp cook
round inside that fish?
me Chorus Of gNovices-Haw! Hawl
n nv me missing jewelry. of course.
.eem - ,omple.e Angler-Ah, boys, you
bass What the cook really found w..
pawn ticket for the ring!
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
CAUSE OF HEB SORROW.

A little girl had sent back her plate
Tor turkey two or three times and had
been helped bountifully to all the other
GOOD things that go to make an idea
christmas dinner. Finally she was OBJ
served looking rather d~isconsolately a,
her unfinished dish of plum pudding.
WHAT'S the matter, Ethel?" asked
Uncle John. You look mournful."
Ihats the trouble" said Ethel. I'm
more'n full"
And then she wondered why every.
body laughed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
\ CONFESSION THAT FAILED.

50 you concluded to dispel the Santa
oiaus myth from the mind Of your
yes" said the thoughtful citizen.
lou see, I thought that it would be
better to hurt his feelings than to coun-
lenahce deception in any form"
ana We're his feelings hurt?'
Isoe at all. He looked at me plying
~ n said he guessed L had been ono
y! tne bad boys to whom Santa Claus
did not pay any attention"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
WILLIE KNEW.

Mr.. Brown-Jane, what has become
OF the gift l bought for Willie?
Mrs. Brown-Willie, come right here
n tell your paw where he hid that
!~ackknife he is going to give you for
Christmas.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
HIS CHOICE.

Which would you rather be, Willie,
q monkey or a giraffe?"
Giraffe, you bet! Think of the fun
ia have looking over the fence at the
football ganles!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
CRUEL OF HIM.

NOW, just look at these miniature
olscults l baked" said the egotistical
wife. "They are dainty little tablets.
Yes" spoke the brute husband "dvs-
pepsia tablets.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20

Benny-Mamma. is papa going to
give me IN automobile or a toy pistol
.or Christmas?
Mother don't know that he is going
TO give you either. What makes you
hfnk so?
Benny-Well. he was talking to the
life insurance man about me this morn
ing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
CONCRETE

"closeAst's the can ma I ever
heard Of
What's he been doing now?"
Made his wife a Christmas present
OF a receipted bill for the sealskin coat
she got away back early last fall"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
IT WOULD SEEM so.

The Moralizer-Truth is stranger
than fiction.
The Demoralizer-Yes. and the ma
jority Of men seem to be shy of assoc
eating with strangers
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20
THE DISSATISFIED.

The man whose nature is perverse
Can meier enjoy the seasons glee.
In winter he wants roses and
In summer time a Christmas tree.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-12-20

The smallest range o. temperature 4
the world IS IN Surinam, Dutch Guiana. Il
summer the average u "a. and in white,