Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-25

TO be called DR.. Long because he ID a |
doctor OF philosophy from Heidelberg,
is forty years old and full Of fight. he
is a native Of Massachusetts, gradu-
ate Of Harvard, Congregatio cler-
gyman and lifelong frequenter Of the
woods and the wild erness. For few
years he was pastor OF q church at |
Stamford, but he Is not preaching at
present He gave up his pulpit three |
years ago because OF failing eyesight |
Much outdoor exercise since then has
restored bis optical yigors and his gem
eral health, so that he is now a six foot
athlete, weighing about 175 pounds
and capable Of writing, fighting or do
ing any other strenuous work to the
limit s4
DR.. Long did not begin preaching In
early youth. He spent his time in
studying books until he was past thir-
ty-that Is, the time he could spare
from the woods. .5a
Every year for the last thirty
years, he says, 81 have spent from
three to SIX weeks camping in the
wilderness, studying the truth of ami
NAL life, not as hunter, but as q
lover OF nature. =
Frequenter of the Woods.
Twelve seasons he has spent in the3
woods OF northern Maine, one in the
unknown interior .of Newfoundla land.
three In the Miramieht valley Of New
Brunswick, two Ii the forests Of Que
bee, one In northern Nova Scotia, three
in the Black forests OF Germany and
the others scattering. His purpose In
thus frequenting the woods, he says, lis
to observe the habits Of wild animals
and birds, that having been his pas
sion from early childhood. ST used to-
go into the woods says Mr.. Long
when I was four years old. I was
very much afraid Of the woods, but
there was always something there
| which fascinated me. When was
missing 1t was In the woods that 4
would be sought 2 t.5,.3
1T is Mr.. Longs custom to take long
| trips alone into the big woods. Some
times he Is accompanied BY guide
and sometimes in late years by his
wife ana little daughter. When It ist
necessary to shoot animals for food he
1 does 80, but not otherwise. One Of
i the points he makes In his controversy
with the president is that true nat
uralist never kills for the fun or sport
Of killing. he calls M. Roosevelt a
j hunter and not 9 naturalist.
The president asserts that Mr.. Long,
i judging from his animal stories, has
1 not seen the wild things at all or has
] seen them only superficial liz. Mr.. Long
i makes the claim that q man can see
4 more deeply when he walks unarmed
/ into the woods and watches the wild
4 things quietly than when he goes
l mounted and armed, with pack OF
4 dogs, TO seek and slay. He therefore
d sets up his thirty seasons In the big
4 woods and vast wildernesses OF Maine
and the northern provinces and In the
famous Black forests against the pres
/ dents elk shooting expeditions In Da-
kota, his mountain lion stalking in Col
orado and his bear batting In the Mis-
sissippi canebrakes. Having offered
these opposing exhibits, Mr.. Long asks
the public to decide who's who In
the big woods. s
The president finds fault with the
preacher because In one Of the 1atter's
books there is a statement that once q
big lynx made him esuncomfortab BILE
by following him for long distance
4 In the northern woods when he was
unarmed. a lynx, says the president
II Is no more to be feared than back
yard tomcat, or words to that eject
Thereupon the party OF the other pari
asks Mr.. Roosevelt IL he ever saw one
/ OF the really truly big iynxes in thu
Canadian forests, and in recalling thu
lynx that made him uncomfo Portable he
adds: ss
Il realized that had the only pail
Of trousers within forty miles, and fht
temperature was several degrees be
low zero 81
!. Couldn't Swallow the Story.
In middle western state, where
i bullfrogs are supposed TO abound. ont
OF Mr.. Longs books was excluded
from the public schools because 1t con
tanned story OF q frog that caugh
Z and swallowed q sparrow. The boart
. couldn't swallow the story, though
, there was the preachers own wore
9 for 1t.
THEY didn't happen to know, say
9 Mr.. Long, that frogs sometimes groy
TO a length OF sixteen inches / hay
! photograph showing Connection
frog just about to take bird In Il
g mouth, and have watched one cato
. and swallow sparrow, as stated 4