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HAS THRILLING RIDE
ON BIG MOSES BACK
BOSTON HUNTERS EXPERIENCE
WITH WILD BULL IN MAINE
WOODS.

Molunkus, Me.-John J. Flynn, a
Boston sportsman, who has been in
camp ten miles west of the Molunkus
river, took ride on the back of a
bull moose the other day, and within
"a hours he dug up stakes and started
for home, saying that he had got his
fill of the woods.
Mr.. Flynn had never been in the
heavy timber until he came here. One
afternoon Mr.. Flynn was out for deer
and along at shutdown posted himself
in thick copse close to runway
used by bucks and does on their way
to and from water. He had been sit
ting quietly about an hour when he
heard twigs snap in the distance and
little dater became aware of the fact
that heavy-footed animal was COM
ing down the runway.
The man had hardly cooked his rife
before giant bull moose hove in
sight. He was in perfect range, but
Mr.. Flynn was stricken with bad at
tack of buck fever, and when he fired
the ball wounded the bull in the Shout
der. The moose stopped short, looked
about for his enemy, and next instant
charged Mr.. Flynn. The hunter had
ample opportunity to reverse the lever
of his rifle and fire again, but, like
many another in pinch, he lost his
head, dropped the gun, and ran.
Then, hearing the bull coming closer,
he changed his mind and started to
shin sapling. 1t was an unwise
move, but the sportsman was too
scared to know it.
Mr.. Flynn had just reached. a low
branch and was swinging himself up
when the bull, lodging a tree, passed
directly under him. His antlers
brushed the mans legs, loosened his
hold, and down the hunter came
squarely astraddle of the bull.
This was the cue for the moose to
get stage fright. Never before had
anything sat on his back, and with a
startled below he turned, struck the
trail, and headed for deep but mar
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experiences with hawks in my day,
an they've teached me the truth O.
what l says. that they's honest hawks
an dishonest hawks. The first one
was Teller who used to ply his trade
O. swipin' poultry up back O. Portland
when / lived up there. Me an mother
was young then, an we spent most Of
our time raisin' chickens. 1t was a
profitable business in them days. The
boardin' house keepers along the
Maine coast hadn't discovered then
that We can make chicken salad out O.
veal, an that chicken soup good
enough for a summer boarder to eat
can be got by lettin hen set between
the sun an pot O. bilin' water, SOS
her shadder will flavor the ensooin'
soup. Folks bought chickens enough
to make it with while to raise 'em,
an mother n me made a pretty fair
Twin out of 'em. Well, Of course, like
everybody else, we suffered some from
hawks, an one big teller p'ticlarly got
away with number O. nice juicy
spring pullets l set lot O. store on.
He'd come along jest before night,
once a week, most generally on
Thursday afternoon, as / remember
it; swoop down on the hen yard, seize
the fattest-lookin' Teller he could
find an go soarin' off in the air with
him. AS says got pretty mad about
it, an bein' young l swore some, an
finally made up my mind Mr.. Hawk
d have to die. So got out my shot
gun an filled her good an full with
powder an nails-I didn't happen to
have no shot handy-an' set down an
waited. l waited hull week an then
he come along, but, l CORY, jest s
l was drawin' line on him, he drops
a five-pound Goldfish right atop O. me,
so that when l pulled the trigger my
aim went kind O. wild an l didn't hit
nothin' but the Goldfish" .
"Where'd he get the codfish?" de-
manded 81 Wotherspoon.
'Out O. the sea, of course" said the
Captain. "He was a fish-hawk as we'll
as a chicken-hawk. 1t never occurred
to me at the time that the Teller had
any other object in droppin' that
there fish on to me than to Spite my
aim, so next time he come along l
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right off her aest, and flies away with
her. I follered the cuss, an discovered
where he lived, up on big rock back
O. Pete Nichols woods. / was so
derned interested in the species that
it sort O. fas'nated me to watch him.
He eat up the old mother hen, and
then flew off to the westward some
place, an I went back home. Next
mornin' bright an early was walked
up by an awful cacklin' goin' on down
there in the chicken yard, an, CORY,
what d. We suppose 1 found when l
got down there?"
"A check for four dollars to pay for
the hen," put in the Postmaster.
mo, street" calculated the Cap
tain. There wasn't nothin' SO honest
about that second hawk. He was a
pirate, he was. He'd come back for
the eggs the old hen had been settin'
on, an by the time I'd got my clo'es
on an got down to tn yard, he'd got
his claws on the nest an was speedin'
off home with EN-, an he never spilled
an egg. follered after him again, an
when 1 got up to where his nest was
climbed tree, SOS could look down
into it an see what he was doin', an
by gum, sir, he was settin' on them
eggs hisself! Yes, sir, jest like an
old mother hen, an he set there till
he'd Matched them all out, an as fast
as them baby chickens d pop out O.
their shells, he'd eat 'em, an when he
got through with that bunch he went
back an tried the game all over again,
but l was too smart for him. l put
lot O. chiny eggs in the next nest,
an / tell We had good laff when I
see him soarin' away with them"
What become of him finally?'
asked 81 Wotherspoon. ID We kill
him?"
Il didn't need to-" said the Captain.
THE pesky old cuss died O. starva.
ton waitin' for them chiny eggs to
hatch
At this point the mail came in and
the Postmasters business caused the
adjournment of the meeting.
Well" he said, as he unlocked the
bag, IF them stories is true we've
proved your pint. They is hawks an
hawks!"
You bet they be % said the Cap
tain. AN like us human bein's they's
divided up between the common peo-
pie an the frenzy finance crowd-a
pint that had ought to make ny die.
covery a most interestin' one to the
present honored lessee o. the shoes o.
Washington, Jefferson an Groves
Cleveland"
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was on the lookout agin that trick,
but this time he swooped right down
in front of the kitchen door an laid
Dustin big shad on the door step, as
p'lite as you please. I didn't dast fire
at him there for fear O. hittin' mother.
OF course she hollered an I run up
to the house as tight s l could go an
while was dom that Mr.. Hawk flies
over to the chicken yard, an helps his
self to his dinner. That night after
we'd eat the shad for supper mother
remarked that it was sort of i'm
pressin' itself upon her mind that
that there bird wanted to do the
square thing by u.s. an was tryin' to
pay for the chickens he took in fish,
an bein' as I was thinkin' very much
the same thing myself I didn't see no
cause to dispute it, an we decided not
to shoot him the next time he came
round, but jest to lie low an see.
Well, sir, sure enough, the next week,
near shutdown Thursday night, we
heard a peckin' at the door an on
openin' it there on the sill we found
jest about the slickest lookin' Spanish
mack'rel y ever sot your two eyes on.
He was a perfect beauty an so fresh
that he was still drippin' water an
floppin' his tail, shown that he'd
only jest been caught. I'd hardly
picked him up from the doorstep
when terrific squakin' down in the
chicken yard showed that Mr.. Hawk
was goin' keerfully over my poultry
stock like a flrst-class housekeeper
doin' her marketin', an bimeby we
see him flynn off through the air
with another pullet in his claws.
1T went that way all summer long.
Every time he took bird he brought
a fish, an when the season was over,
an mother an me come to figger it
out, it wasn't ten cents one way or tn
other whether him or us had the best
O. tn bargain. AS l remembered it,
he'd took $2768 wuth O. poultry an
had left us $27.75 with O. fish, so that
really we was seven cents ahead of
the game"
(which of course We held in trust
for him agin another year." said the
Postmaster.
mot accordin' t due process O. the
law" replied the Captain. Il never
drawed up reglar morgidge on my
place in his favor for that amount,
but I tell We right now, II he ever
comes back an asks for that seven
cents. CORY, I'll give it to him. But
that amt the pint. The pint is that
they is, or has been, one honest hawk
in the world. an guess maybe that
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profits from the sale of tickets in the
Tuscan lottery. Two years later Rome
was still in the dark, the, lottery profits
being evidently otherwise employed.
Prince Sciarra, having lost patience
waiting for the government to illum.
mate the streets, placed at his ex-
pense two lanterns, large and of
beautiful workmanship" on the front
of his palace, where two gas lamps
now stand, and had them lighted at
night. Prince Don Urbano Barberini
followed the example, "to the great
advantage of the public" and had a
so-called Fiaccola inglese English
fiambeau), which gave the light of IA
ordinary oil lamps, placed in lantern
Of iron, the work of the architect Giu-
seppe Scaturzi, on one of the corners
of his palace.
In 1898, when the French took the
city, sent away Pope Plus VI. and es-
tablished the republic, they realized
that it was indispensable for them to
have the streets we'll lighted, as the
people of Trastevere had developed
the bad habit of stabbing in the back
every French soldier they met in the
dark. Gen. Marchand accordingly is
sued a proclamation ordering the citi-
zens to set up lights on their houses.
With the fall of the Roman republic
Rome was again plunged into dark
ness, and it was only as late as 1913
that the municipality granted the sum
of 10000 scudi to provide for the cost
of a hundred oil lamps to be placed
in the most frequented parts of the
city and for their upkeep. When the
papal government was restored in 1914
Cardinal Rivarola ordered the revolu-
tionary lamps to be pulled down, but
the secretary of state, Cardinal Con-
salvi, opposed this measure and left
the lamps in place.
Gas was introduced in Rome in the
year 1916, but only Piazza Venezia
aud the Cafe Ruspoli were then illum-
mated, the former on the initiative of
Prince Luciano Bonaparte, who owned
a palace in that square. In the year
1854 gas illumination was extended to
all the streets of Rome.
Electric light was introduced after
1870, but st. Peters square was illum-
mated by electricity only three years
ago.
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figure Oh the Democratic side, and If
an election had been held then no
name but his would have been heard.
But since then Bailey has fallen so
far and so fast that the recent cleo.
ton makes only one more station on
the way down hill, though to him it Is
the bitterest blow of all. The minor
ity leadership was the object of his
immediate ambition. His humiliation
by his own colleague and former fol-
lowers in the senate, for it is nothing
less, hurts him more than anything
else.
The final drop in Bailey's cup is that
not only has he been cast aside, but
his bitterest enemy has been chosen
for the place he coveted. Culberson
and Bailey are sworn foes. The en-
nifty between them originated with
Culberson. Bailey, who is the proud
est and most unyielding of men, at
first so far abandoned his usual scorn-
full attitude in such cases as to make
overtures to Culberson. They were
rejected, and from that time the war
between them was relentless.
Culberson's friends warned him
against making a fight on the dominat-
ing Democrat of Washington and
urged him to accept the olive branch;
but Culberson's thin lips only whitened
as he listened-a trick of theirs, which
his friends know well-and he made
no answer. So the war went on
which ended in triumph for Culberson.
1t will be the more bitter for Bailey if
Culberson becomes chairman of the
national committee. There is sus-
picion that Bryan realizes this. Bailey
is no friend of Bryan's.
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THE LIGHTS OF ROME
STREET LAMPS LONG IN COMING
TO HISTORIC CITY.
Thieves and Footpads SWarmed to
Place and Operated Under Cover
of Darkness-Gas introduced
in Year 1886.

Rome.-Rome until the second half
of the nineteenth century was the
worst lighted city in the world, and
yet, says an old chronicler, no place
needed to be we'll illuminated at night
so much as Rome, as here the most
celebrated vagabonds of Europe con-
gregated.
1t is true that Examinations and
fireworks were of frequent occurrence
in the Eternal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
cardinals and princes never missed an
occasion to light torches and bonfires;
but these isolated patches of light
only served to bring out the contrast
of the darkness in the surrounding
squares and streets, which was rarely
broken save by some feeble Pickering
flame burning before a shrine.
The carriages of the cardinals and
mobiles were preceded by armed serv-
ants carrying lanterns, but the poor
pedestrian who ventured out at night
ran the risk of being robbed by foot
pads, who lay in wait on the steps
and under the porticos of churches,
privileged places where the arm OF
the law could not reach. They stole
not only valuables but also articles of
apparel. Cloaks were greatly sought
after by thieves in those days, as they
cost considerable sum, and they
were made to last for couple of gen.
erations.
In 1706 the state of darkness in
which the streets were left almost
provoked a revolution. The king of
Spain sought recruits for his army in
Rome and ordered his agents to avail
themselves of the darkness in the
streets and press into service all the
young men they could lay their hands
on. The inhabitants rebelled, and, led
by the people of Trastevere, attacked
the two palaces and set free all the
prisoners, who carried their chains in
triumph to the Madonna of Ara Coeli.
In 1855 a half-hearted attempt was
made to light the streets with the
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GUS laugh. OFF could ketch one o.
them I'd give up runnin' the country
an open a circus"
"As hev often had occasion to re-
mark BEFORE" said the Captain calm
ly, "if intelligence was in demand in
runnin' tn Affairs O. this nation there's
q hull lot more plowin' d be done by
fourth-class postmasters all over the
land, an specially in this here state.
But they's alters one good thing about
you post Office fellers. Ye can always
be teached suthin' We never heard on
before, an some real eighteen karat
information In regard to hawks is
comm to ye now"
go ahead" said Joe. I'm willin'
to learn. / hev q thirst for informa-
ton"
anybody could tell that by the
way We read all the postal cards that
passes through this here post Office"
retorted the Captain. II callate there
Sin't none o. 'em escapes that eagle
aye o. yourn. I've had two different
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YOUNG ACTRESS
IN FAKE" DUEL
PRETTY STAGE FAvoRITE PARTY
TO SECRET COMPACT TO
SAVE ADMIRER.
ROMANTIC TALE FROM VIENNA
Girl DISCUSSES Herself as Lieutenant
and Takes Part in "Fight" Be-
cause of Mothers Plea for
Only Son.

Vienna.-Most romantic is the tale
which comes from Ofen of the latest
thing in duels. A young actress, after
promising the mother of youthful ad
mirer to save him from challenge
found no way out but to take his place
This she has done successfully
dressed in her admirers uniform.
Fraulein Loefier is one of the most
bewitching of the younger actresses
attached to the Orczy theater. She is
a great favorite with the younger Of
ficers and students and the toast at
many Of the cafes.
At noted cafe on the Andrassy
strasse the other night, so goes the
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O. different families the story d have
a better chance when the president
hears about it." ..
THAT experience got me interested
in hawks" said the Captain, AN ex-
plains how 1 come to find the crooked.
est hawk in the business the next
summer. OF course, after meetir' with
the first Teller I kind O. welcomed 'em
when they come the year after. I
didn't want to shoot 'em for fear O.
KILN a good customer, so for little
while gave them a free hand on my
place, an set around maxim notes O.
their habits. Well one mornin' in
June the followin' year up comes a
tremendous big Teller, an begins to
take the usual bird 'seye view O. the
chicken yard, and then, CORY. he
swoops down an grabs a settin' hen
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tale, q party of officers were gathered
at a late supper. The wine flowed
freely and the talk was that of women
and love adventures. Fraulein Loci
ler's name was mentioned. Ritter Zu
Richthofer, of the hussars, made a
sneering insinuation about her. In
stantly Lieut.. Zeska jumped to his
feet, called the Ritter liar and threw
his glass Of wine in his face. The
Ritter slapped the lieutenant's face in
reuturn. A challenge was at once
given and accepted.
Lieut.. Zeska belongs to the artil-
lery stationed in Pesth, and as there
was field day next morning the duel
was put off till the day after by i'm
mediate agreement of the seconds.
The lieutenant repaired to his quar-
ters. Full of the matter he sat down
and wrote long letter to his mother,
giving her all particulars. The mother,
widow, lives in the suburb of Ko-
banya. The lieutenant left this let
ter on his WHITING desk. Next day he
was on duty till nightfall.
Meanwhile much happened. Lieut.
Zeska's devoted servant saw the let
ter, and, as he frequently before had
delivered similar ones, trotted off with
1t to Nine. Zeska. This lady, when
she read it, was in despair. She was
Mortified that her only son, STRIPPING,
was to fight with the Ritter, much
older man and famous for his Prov
ess on the field of honor.
After futile attempts to see her son,
she went. womanlike, to the actress.
To her she told all and showed the let
ter. And she prayed the actress to
save her only child. After a heart
breaking scene Fraulein Loefler prom
Used to do SO.
The actress at once went to the
cavalry barracks at Ofen and sought
out the Ritter. For the sake of her
boy admirer and his sorrowing mother
the actress made a secret compact
with the hussar. But he insisted that
the duel must take place. 1t was inn
possible for either party to withdraw.
II the Ritter shot in the air the ar
tilery officer would surely shoot to
kill, and so some willing substitute
must take his place.
A plot was Matched. The Ritter, the
actress and Nine. Zeska were the only
parties to it. The mother did her part
well. 1t was she who administered a
sleeping draught to Lieut.. Zeska; it
was she who gave the actress one of
the lieutenant's uniforms.
A late message was sent the young
lieutenant's seconds to meet him at
his mothers house instead of at his
quarters. In the darkness of the early
| morning carriage drove up to Nine.
Zeska's little villa. From the house
there issued the figure of a youthful
officer, his military cloak wrapped
round him, the fur collar turned up
because of the cold. He joined his
second in the carriage, which drove
away westward to the woods in the
vicinity of the jaeger Berg.
At the appointed place the Ritter,
his second, the umpires and doctors
met the two. PAGES were quickly
measured off. The opponents were
| given their loaded pistols. They
threw off their cloaks. The lieuten-
ant, however, kept on his fur KEPT,
pulled down we'll over his eyes.
1t was still dark, but as the first
streak Of light came I'D over the hori'
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row creek that runs into Molunkus
river. Mr.. Flynn feared to hang on,
but he didn't dare to let go, and al
most before he knew it he saw the
creek ahead. The sight so paralyzed
him that he couldn't even yell.
Just what happened next is some.
what mixed in the mind of Mr.. Flynn.
He says he thinks the bull tried to
clear the stream and that he fell
short. At any rate, man and beast
plunged into the water and floundered
desperately A little later the hunter
found himself on the muddy bank anG
heard the moose breaking through the
timber in full retreat. Outside of a
ducking and bad scare Mr.. Flynn
was little the worse for his expert.
ence.
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zon telling of the coming dawn the
white handkerchief fluttered' to the
ground and there rang out a shot. 1t
was from the Ritter's pistol He had
missed. The lieutenant" raised his
weapon and fired in the air.
The Ritter saluted, announced his
satisfaction and, advancing, shook
hands with his opponent. Both were
then hustled into their cloaks and into
the waiting carriages. The duel was
over.
The two opponents drove away in
the same carriage.
1t was from the droschky driver that
the first hint of the true tale became
known, tits said. He drove the twain
to the actress fiat.
Much persuasion was used, it is
said, to convince Lieut.. Zeska that he
must acquiesce in all that had hap
pened. Both officers and, in fact, all
concerned, have in clubs and cafes
aQd in barracks denied the truth of
the narrative. When the first whisper
was heard a court of honor on the
Ritter was suggested, but the fiat de-
mails of the parties made this impos-
sible.
In its weekly gossip a Budapsth pa
per limited at the affair, and was i'm
mediately threatened with condign
punishment should it dare to continue.
Meanwhile the tale is generally cur
rent among the "bloods" of both cities,
and Fraulein Loefler is more popular
than ever.
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HaWkSand
Hawks
| Being the
"reminiscences
| of a
Nature Fakir
By
John Kendrick Bangs
By
John Kendrick Bangs
(Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowlss.)

81 kind O. think" 81 Wotherspoon
was saying as joined the company at
the post office the other night, that
all birds is highway robbers whether
they be the human kind that we calls
Jail birds or jest plain crows like that
Teller Jim, the Captain was tellin' us
about little while back. They'll all
steal If we give 'em a chance"
THAT all depends on the way We
look at it, ST." said the Captain. "The
way l measure a thief is whether he
steals jest for the fun O. deprivin'
somebody else O. what he's got, or
does it because he needs what he
takes in his business.
We'll, now, s'pose We take 'em
pigeons o. Joe's," said 81. Il sowed
my back lot with oats three weeks
ago, an 1 hadn't more'n got 'em on
the ground when them derned critters
come fioppin' acrost tn road, an sot
down there, an eat up every blamed
oat I'd put out. D. We call that steal
in or Jest material enterprise?"
Its enterprise" said the Captain.
Mature has provided them pigeons
with taste for oats, an when they
see you sort O. settin' the table for
'em to come over an have snack o
lunch, they come, an they take what's
set before 'em without grumblin', an
with no more idee in their minds that
they amt doin' what you expected 'em
to do than if ye'd put it Oh plate an
took it to 'em. Now if Joe hisself had
come over, an swep those oats up
into a bag, an took 'em to his yard an
fed 'em to his pigeons, that d ha'
been stealth, because Joe knows bet
ter, even if he is a fed'rar office-hold-
err"
81 see," said 81, "but I think he
owes me peck Of oats jest tn same,
an CORY, il them pigeons shows
their pesky bills ON my lot ag'in I'll
I'll"
You'll receipt 'em, eh?" laughed
the Captain.
''Tll blow their derned heads off,"
said ST, with considerable heat.
"Thatll be jest right" observed the
1oslmdSIeT, quietly. We IOlu IneIH
pigeons to keep off your place, an il
they don't do as l tell 'em to, shoot
'em 81. I'll sell ye the gunpowder to
do 1t with"
And thus was a truce declared.
Birds has got to live" said the
Captain after good-fellowship had
been restored in a dipperful of root
beer all around, "an' while it makes
me madden n hornet sometimes tn
way they have of swoopin' down on a
days work, an spilin' it, I'm blamed
If / can blame 'em. The bird ketches
the grain, the farmer ketches the
birds, an the tax assessor ketches the
farmer, an the grand jury ketches the
tax assessors, an so it goes"
Then We wouldn't shoot a hawk
that come down an took a couple O.
your best spring pullets, eh?" said the
Postmaster.
well, they's hawks an hawks"
said the Captain. "They's honest
hawks, an they's dishonest hawks,
just like they's honest men, an men
that's crooked"
'An honest hawks a new one on
me-" said the Postmaster with dubi-