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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

OF the dogs, and in less than minut
one of the grcyhounds ranged up ant
passed him with a savage snap thai
brought him to; and before he coult
recover the whole pack rushed at him
Weakened as he was he could make
no effective fight against so many foes
and indeed had Il chance for but one
or two rapid snaps before he was
thrown down and completely covered
by the bodies Of his enemies. Yet will
one of these snaps he did damage. n
Il shrll yell told, and in Il second NJ
ovcr-rash tracll-hound came out of tn,
struggle with a deep cash across hi!
shoulders. The worrying growing
and Snarling were terrific. but in
minute the hcaving mass grew motion
less and the dogs drew of, save ont
or two that still continued to worI?
the dead wolf rs it lay stark and stif
with glazed eyes and rumpled fur.
No sooner were we satisfied that i
was dead Than the Judge with cheers
and oaths and crackings of his whip
urged the dogs after the other wolf
The two greyhounds that had beer
with old man Prindle had fortunately
not been able to see the wolves wher
they first broke from the cover, and
never saw the wounded wolf at all
starting Off ut full speed after the un
wounded one the instant he topped the
crest Of the hill He had taken advan.
tage of IL slight hollow and turned, and
now the chase was crossing us half a
mile away. With whip and spur we
flew towards them, our two greyhounds
stretching out in front and leaving us
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

pleasant, the nights being frost; and
every two or three days there was a
hurry of light snow, which rendered
the labor of tracking much more easy.
Indeed, throughout our stay on the
mountains, the peaks were SNOW
capped almost all the time. Our fare
was excellent, consisting of elk veni-
son, mountain grouse, and small trout:
the last caught in one of the beautiful
little lakes that lay almost up by tim
ber line. There were plenty of black
tail deer in the woods, and we came
across number of bands of COW and
calS elk. or of young bulls; but after
several days hunting, we We're still
without any head worth taking home,
and had seen no signs of grizzly.
which was the game we were espe.
cially anxious to kill. One day
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

We sat still to qGdit for his approach
reached camp early in the afternoon,
and waited couple of hours before
Merrifield put in an appearance. At
last | heard n shout-the familiar long
drawn Eikoh-h-h of the cattle-men-
and he came in sight galloping at
speed down an open glade, and way
ing his hat, evidently having had good
luck; and when he reined in his small,
wiry, cow-pony, we saw that he had
packed behind his saddle the fine,
glossy pelt of a black bear. Better
still, he announced that he had been
off about ten miles to perfect tangle
Of ravincs and valleys where bear sign
was very thick; and not of black bear
either, but grizzly.
Merrifelds tale made me decide to
shift camp ut once, and go over to the
spot where the bear-tracks were so
plenty. Next morning we were off,
and b. noon pitched camp by a clear
brook, in a valley with steep, wooded
sides, but with good feed for the
horses in the open bottom. We rugged
the canvas wagon sheet into small
tent, sheltered by the trees from the
wind, and piled great pine logs near
by where we wished to place the fire !;
for night camp in the sharp fall
weather is cold and dreary unless there
is ii roaring blaze of flame in front of
the tent.
That afternoon we again went out,
and / shot fine bull elk ! came
home alone toward nightfall, walking
through a reach of burnt forest, where
there was nothing but charred tree
trunks and black mould. When near
ly through it l came across the huge.
half-human footprints Of great
grizzly, which must have passed by
within Il few minutes. 1t gave me
rather an eerie feeling in the silent,
lonely woods. to see the unmistakable
proofs that l was in the home of the
mighty lord Of the wilderness. I fol
lowed the tracks in the fading twi-
light until it became too dark to see
them any longer, and then shouldered
my rifle and walked back to camp.
That evening we almost had visit
from one of the animals we were aft
rr. Several times we had heard at
hight the musical calling of the bull
elk, This particular night, when we
were in bed and the fire was shoulder
ing, we were reused by ruder noise
"A kind of grunting or roaring whine,
answered by the frightened snorts of
the ponies. 1t was a bear which had
evidently not seen the fire, as it came
from behind the bank, and had prob
ably been attracted by the smell of
the horses. After 1t made out what
we were it stayed round short while
again uttered it's peculiar roaring
grunt, and went off; we had seized
our rifles and had run out into the
woods, but in the darkness could see
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

zz1E'~1a IIOUGI | have never
4 u known wolves to attack
man, yet in the wilder
portion Of the far North /
kE7NSy1TNp west | have heard them
eNESGNGp come around camp very
close, growing so saw
agely as to mako one almost reluctant
to leave the camp fire and go out into
the darkness uuarmcd. Once / was
camped in the fall near Il lonely little
lake in the mountains, by the edge of
quite broad stream. Soon after night
fall three or four wolves came around
camp and kept me awake by their sin.
lister and dismal bowling Two or thre'
times they came so close to the fire
that ] could hear them snap theh
jaws and growl, and at one time | pos
itively thought that they intended tC
try to get into camp, so excited We're
they by the smell of the fresh meat
After while they stopped bowling.
and then all was silent for an hour OF
so. | let the fire go out and was turn.
ing into bed when | suddenly heard
some animal of considerable size come
down to the stream nearly opposite
me and begin to splash across, first
wading, then swimming 1t was pitch
dark, and | could not possibly see, but
felt sure 1t was a wolf. However
after coming halfway over it changed
its mind and swan back to the oppo
site bank; nor did see or hear any
thing more Of the night marauders
Five or six times on the plains or on
my ranch l have had shots at wolves.
always obtained by accident and al
ways, | regret to say. missed. often
the wolf when seen was running at
full speed for cover, or else was SO far
off that though motionlesS my shots
went wide of it. But once have | with
my own rifle killed a wolf, and this
was while travelling with pack train
In the mountains. We had been max
ing considerable noise, and never un
derstood how an animal so wary per
mitted our near approach. He did
nevertheless, and just as we came tO
little stream which we were to ford
saw him get on dead log some
lirty yards distant and walk slowly
..f with his eyes turned toward us
The first shot smashed his shoulders
and brought him down.
The wolf Is one of the animals which
can only be hunted successfully with
dogs. Most dogs, however, do not take
at all kindly to the pursuit. 4 wolf Is
a terrible fighter. He will decimate
a pack of hounds by rabid snaps with
his giant jaws while suffering little
damage himself; nor are the ordinary
big dogs, supposed to be fighting dogs
able to tackle him without special
training. 1 have known one wolf to
kill bulldog which had rushed at II
with Il single snap.
The true way to kill wolves, how
ever, is to hunt them with greyhounds
on the great plains. Nothing more ex-
citing than this sport can possibly be
imagined. 1t Is not always necessary
that the greyhounds should be of abso-
lutely pure blood. Prize winning dogs
Of high pedigree often prove useless
for the purposes.
Once 1 had the good fortune to wit
ness very exciting hunt of this char
acter among the foothills of the north
ern Rockies | was staying at the
house of friendly cowman, whom |
will call Judge Yancy Stump. He was
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

bear.
ing short, and in color Il curious brin,
died brown, somewhat like that of GER
tain bulldogs; while all the bears we
shot afterward had the long thick win,
ter fur, cinnamon or yellowish brown.
BY the way, the name of this bear has
reference to its character and not to its
color, and should, l suppose, be prop
erly spelt gtisly-in the sense of hor-
rible, exactly as we speak of "grisly
spectre"-and not grizzly; but perhaps
the latter way of spelling it is too well
established to be now changed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

He rose on his hind legs Ike a acrestler.
as if we We're standing still, the track
hounds and big dogs running after
them just ahead of the horses. Fortu-
nately the wolf plunged for Il moment
into little brushy hollow and again
doubled back, and this gave us
chance to see the end of the chase from
nearby. The two greyhounds which
had first taken up the pursuit were
then but a short distance behind.
Nearer they crept until they We're
within ten yards, and then with Il tre-
mendOuS race the little bitch ran past
him and inflicted Il vicious bite in the
big beasts ham. He Whirled around
like top and his jaws clashed like
those of sprung bear-trap, but quick
though he was she was quicker and
just cleared his savage rush. In an
other moment he resumed his flight at
full speed, Il speed which only that of
the greyhoundS exceeded: but almost
Immediately the second greyhound
ranged alongside, and though he was
not able TO bite, because the wolf kept
running with its head turned around
threatening him, yet by his feints he
delayed the beasts fight so that in a
moment or two the remaining couple
of swift hounds arrived on the scene.
For moment the wolf and all four
dogs galloped along in Il bunch; then
one of the greyhounds, watching his
chance, pinned the beast cleverly by
the hook and threw him completely
over. The other jumped on it in an in
slant; but rising by main strength the
wolf shook himself free, catching one
dog by the ear and tearing it half off
Then he sat down on his launches and
the greyhounds ranged themselves
around him some twenty yards off,
forming q ring which forbade his re-
treat, though they themselves did not
dare touch him. However, the end
was at hand. In another moment Old
Abe and General Grant came running
up at headlong speed and smashed into
the wolf like couple of battering-
rams. He rose on his hind-legs like Il
wrestler rs they came at him, the
greyhounds also rising and bouncing
up and down like rubber balls. could
just see the wolf and the first big dog
locked together. as the second one
made good his throat-hold. In another
moment over all three tumbled, while
the greyhOunds and one or two of the
track-hounds jumped in TO take part in
the killing. The big dogs more than
occupied the VOLTS attention and took
all the Furnishing, while in a trice one
of the greyhounds, having seized him
by the hind-leg, stretched him out, and
the others were biting his undefended
belly. The snarling and yelling of the
worry made noise so fiendish that it
was fairly bloodcurdling; then it grad
ually died down, and the second wolf
lay limp on the plain, killed by the
dogs unassisted. This wolf was
rather heavier and decidedly taller
than either of the big dogs, with more
sinewy feet and longer fangs.
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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

)R some days after our
arrival on the Bighorn
range we did not come
across any grizzly.
Although it was still
early in September, the
weather was cool and
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II see said Mrs. Starvem, that a
certain scientist claims we'll soon get
a palatable food from wood
We'll" growled the cranky boarder.
''it seems impossible to get 1t out OF
board"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

at daggers drawn with his nearest
neighbor Il cross-grained mountain
farmer, who may be known as old man
Prindle. There was one point, how
ever. on which the two came together
They were exceedingly fond of hunt
ing with hounds. The Judge had three
V four track-hounds, and four of what
lied swift-hounds, the latter in
one pure-bred greyhound bitch
lerful speed and temper, dun
q. yelping animal which was 4
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01
HUNT ING
THE
WOLF
BY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

tCopyright. 1883, by c. p Putnam's Sons.
Published under arrHngCucut with G.. T.
Putnans Sons. New York and London.l
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

TCopyright, 1885, by G. p. Putnam's Sons.
Published under arrangement with G.. p.
Putnam's Sons, New York and London.l
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-01

IIOUGH l have never
known wolves to attack
a man, yet in the wilder
portion Of the far North
west | have heard them
come around camp very
close. growing so say
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
Senators Are Not as Rich as Reported

insurance is his business. Lodge
claims literature as a profession, and
Platt is labeled, boldly enough, "Presi-
dent of Express Company" Warren of
Wyoming is a stock raiser, Stephenson
of Wisconsin lumberman, Elkins of
West Virginia miner, and Hans
brough of North Dakota admits to an
editorship.
There are 10 farmers in the house,
including ]. Adam Bede nine manu-
facturers, four merchants, four insur-
ance men, seven real estate dealers
and as many lumbermen. There are
also seven editors. There are five
journalists, four miners and three pub
fishers. There were two planters, be-
cause John Sharpe Williams was one
before he graduated to the upper
house. There is one mining engineer,
one railroad constructor, one fruit
grower, trustee" (probably the only
professional one in eXistence), build
er, an everyday contractor, one lone
capitalist, miller a stock raiser, a
surveyor and a tanner. One says his
occupation Is rdllfOdQ, ana announcer
says his is stone" There are two
nurserymen and four physicians, be-
sides Hobson, who is put down as a
naval constructor" and Champ Clark,
who keeps on trying to prove that he
is lecturer.
How much are they worth in money,
these lawyers and public officials and
merchants and insurance men and
farmers, who serve their country at
Washington?
Every third man in the senate is
worth million or more. There are
80 millionaires in the senate and IA
in the house. Thirty-two senators are
worth, together, $210, 900. The IA
house millionaires are worth $50 ,000,-
900. Retired" Senator Guggenheim is
worth about $60,O0O,O00. Lumber
man" Stephenson is worth $30,000,000.
Express President Plat receives $780,
600 year in salary alone. Merchant"
Aldrich is worth S12,000,000.
Do they all draw salary and every
cent of perquisites they can get, these
46 millionaires who are worth the stu
pendous sum of 1928, $1,000?
The answer is, they do.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
Monstrosities Shown in Capitol Paintings

ture of young girl of freak variety.
Two little children gazing in.
tently at the heroic figure of the ia.
Their of his country are seen to be well
equipped with hands and arms. Be.
tween the two of them the little girls
have five arms. 1t is asserted in the
magazine article that one girl has
three hands, but careful examina
ton of the picture shows that the two
little girls have five hands and tc
neither of them can any two of the
five hands be properly charged.
Another oddity of the rotunda pic,
lures is that found at the great illus.
tration of the baptism of Pocahontas.
Among the Indians of Pocahontas' i'm.
mediate family who participated in
the religious ceremony was one big
Indian with six toes. Whether he
really had six toes or was given an
extra toe by the artist Is not discov.
cred in the history available, but it is
sufficient to say that there are six
as well rounded Indian toes on ona
foot as can be found in a days walk.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
Other Professions of Our Congressman

will be more nearly. correct. 1t is the
honest truth that many of the men
listed in the senate by these writer's
as worth all the way from 100000
to $60,000,000 each would be willing
to take ten per cent. of these esti.
mates in cash to-day"
Another senator, probably as rich
as Mr.. Elkins, but who would not al
low his name to be used, declares that
fully one-fourth of the 80 senator's
have little else than their salaries of
ST 500 a year. Another fourth of the
80 have somewhere between $4,000
and $4,000. The personal fortunes
of another quarter of the senate range
between $4,000 or 100000 and $780,
900. Most of this class OF twenty-odd,
the senator thought, were worth be-
tween 100000 and 100000 The other
quarter comprised senators all worth
100000, and probably 10 or II only
entitled to be called millionaires, not
multi-millionaires, but simply worth
from $1,000,000 to $10,000,00O.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
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Observation-Disclosures else are CON
w gressmen besides congressman?
If they are not in congress, drawing
salary from a grateful people, what
would they be doing for a living?
When the official questioner went
around and asked the Sixtieth con-
gress what it's business was when it
wasn't ccngressing Sc members of the
senate and lower house-15 of one
and Al of the other replied point
blank that they were public officials. :"
Of course, in both houses the law.
years far outnumber everybody else put
together, There are "a protested law
yers in the senate alone, and no less
than 235 more in the house-just II
less than an even 300 all together.
In this category reads the names
one has heard before-Senators Tel
Ter and Bacon, Hepburn, Borah, Hop.
kins, Hemenway and Beveridge, Frye,
Nelson, Depew, La Toilette, Foraker
and Dick, Penrose, Culberson and Bal
ley. In the house the lawyers are le-
gion, with Nicholas Longworth, Bur-
ton, IaWney, De Almond, Littlefield
Crumpacker, Overstreet and the New
York triumvirate of Bourke Cochran,
Herbert Parsons and Serene Payne.
Bankers rank next in number, al
though there are but five in the en-
tire senate, which seems like news
Taliaferro of Florida, Nixon of Neva-
da, Kean of New Jersey, Ankeny of
Washington, and Reed Smoot of Utah
The house boasts % bankers, making
81 in all.
The two senators from South Caro-
lima confess that they are farmers,
though that is more than anybody else
in the senate will admit. These are
Senators Latimer and Tillman. Thus
the latter remains loyal to his pitch
fork. Two are merchants, Aldrich and
Perkins. Buckley of Connecticut says
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26

EVER since a magazine article roast
l. ing the art of the great paintings
In the rotunda of the capitol has been
given circulation, the pictures have
been receiving more attention than
ever before from the capitol guides.
Even the oldtimers in Washington
who regarded it as green" to listen
to the capitol echoes or to look at
the pictures and statuary, are going
over the paintings to verify the &C
curacy of the magazines criticism.
And the criticism seems justified in
two instances. The great painting by
John Trumbull, depicting Washing
tons resignation of the command of
the army. is found to contain the pic
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
Woman Frail Thing, Says Supreme Court

ployes, the court perhaps for the first
time in its history, told woman just
where she stands. And a laundryman
is responsible for this official pronun-
ciamento as to the rights of the fair
sex This thrifty Oregonian made his
women employees work ten hours, the
same as the men on his pay rolls. He
was prosecuted under the eight-hour
law, which was upheld by the state
courts and again by the country's high
est tribunal.
Holding first that women's rights
can be no more infringed than those
of men, Justice Brewer, who an
nounced the decision, went still fur
Their and held that on many accounts
woman is entitled to greater protec-
ton than her brother.
Legislation designed for her pro-
lection may be sustained even when
like legislation is not necessary for
men and could not be sustained" he
said.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
cHicoRY FIRST USED BY DUTCH.
War Blockade Responsible for Discov-
cry of Good Qualities of the Root

Although chicory was probably known
and used by the ancient Romans as pot
herb, il. remained for the Hollanders
roots of the chicory plant dried, ground
and roasted produced a drink like coffee,
both palatable and healthful.
During the Napoleonic wars a strict
blockade of the continent of Europe was
maintained and all importations of coffee,
tea and cocoa ceased. This forced the
people to turn to chicory as Il beverage
and it soon came into general use.
So good was its taste, so rich was its
aroma that the new beverage at once be-
Dutch housewives who are known the
world over for their ability as cooks.
After the war when ample supply. of
were loath to give up their chicory. AS
a result they blended coffee and chicOry
and produced the good old Dutch coffee
now served in nearly all hotels, restau-
rants and homes in Europe.
Not only did this blend produce that
rich aroma and flavor, but it was found
that chicory counteracted the bad effects
of straight coffee. Those who found ordi-
nary coffee injurious drank the combina-
ton and it proved both refreshing and
healthful.
Thus it is seen that chicory has been
used for centuries in Europe, where it is
regarded as necessary addition to cof-
fee.
Americans began using chcory as soon
as they realized it was put on the mar
ket to improve the quality of coffee and
not in any spirit of dishonesty FOrtu-
nately the new United States pure food
law requires all makers to state on their
packages what the contents are and this
protects the buyer from all substitutes
for pure coffee and pure chicory and in
sures a grade equal to that from which
the old-fashioned Dutch beverage is made.
Through our foreign born citizens so
consistently demanding it, the merits of
chicory have become known by word of
mouth until those who have heretofore
been disappointed in securing the. rich,
full coffee flavor in their morning bever-
age have found that by buying coffee
mixed with chicory, they secure the exact
combination they have been seeking.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26
Asserted His Eirhts.

John Hunter was negro given to
chastising his wife.
you, john" said a neighbor one
day, Susanna say, eff you don't quit
beatin' her she gwine to de Freedman
bureau!'
She do, do she?" he replied, with
scorn. "Now, lemme tell yer, wunst
an fer all. Susanna am my wife! An
so long as she go bout her bizness
gwine left her lone. But Wen she git
ter cuttin' up 1 gwine ter beat her, an
Their amt no bureau nor no sidebode
nor no chist Of drors what kin hor me
back"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-26

WOMAN is in class by herself.
w She's frail
No matter how much she may hank
er for the rights of men, the right of
suffrage and other privileges, it is
impossible to close ones eyes to the
fact that she is the weaker vessel and
still looks to her brother for protec-
ton.
This is so, Susan B. Anthony and
others to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. The supreme court of these great
United States says so.
In a decision unfolding the Oregon
eight-hour day law for women en-