The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-01
WHEN TO SHOOT A MOOSE.
Hunters Cure For the Blues In the
Canadian Wilderness.

N3naotan WuoerHeSS.
did you ever spend the winter in
the woods up in Canada cruising for
timber 2" said H. N. Brown. "Do
you know, it is a curious feeling be-
ing out there alone or with just an
Indian guide.
"The thing that impresses you
most is the awful stiffness. The
slightest sound seems like a cannon
shot. You get to talking to your
self, asking and answering ques-
tions and lots of things which you
would not think of doing down here,
or if you did they would be having
a medical commission sitting on YOU
as a candidate for the dippy house.
About all you think of is how to
get enough to eat, for your appetite
increases as the supply of food
grows less. We got into that condi-
tion finally when it was get some
thing or begin to eat our boots.
Zone morning my Indian came in
with grin on his face. Now, an
Indian up there never smiles. In
wrestling with that frozen north
he seems to get sour and sullen.
This made me more surprised when
the Indian came into the shack
beaming. Well, what is it?' l in
quired.
Moose, big moose was the re-
ply. Went by this morning. Catch
'em maybe
"That was enough. for hungry
man. l went out, aid there were
the footprints of big moose that
had gone by, as the Indian said,
about three hours before. l got into
my coat, strapped on my snowshoes,
took my rifle, and we started after
Mr.. Moose. We went about ten
miles before we saw him. He was
on side hill browsing on the twigs.
1t was long shot, but ! raised my
rife, when the Indian touched my
arm, saying, No shoot
81 hesitated, but he insisted, say
ing, No shoot now, bimeby maybe
By that time the moose had sighted
us and started off at a rate which
took him out of sight in few min
utes. We were twenty miles far
ther on when we saw him again and
were near enough to try to shoot,
but my Indian insisted l must not.
Well, we followed that moose three
days. The big fellow tired at last
and started back the way he came.
we following. Then we came up
with him only short distance from
the shack. Now shoot said the
Indian. I fred and the moose drop
ped.
"When it was all over and we had
meat in plenty and the big hide
stretched before the blazing fire in
the shack said to my Indian, why
didn't you want me to shoot that
moose at first, when he was not so
worn down as he was after that long
chase?'
Lose heap fun,' was the reply.
Well, do you know when l came to
study over it / began to see his point
of view. 1t was not so much the
killing as it was the chase, which to
him was interesting, and he was
willing to travel over forty OF fifty
miles just for the hunt, and the
more | thought of it the more
agreed with him. I had been grow
ing ugly and nervous myself before,
but after that long chase l was an
other man. milwaukee, Sentinel.
The History Of the Cent.
The first American cent was struck
Oh and put in circulation in 1893. Pre-
vious to that date pattern pieces had
been made, but they were experiments
emily and were never put in circulation.
The so called Washington cents. which
existed previous to the date above CIV
On, were not issued by the government
and were, therefore. only medals. The
cent Of 1893 was very similar to the
large copper cents of later date, with
the exception that the face Of Liberty
was turned to the right and the legend
Zone Cent was inclcsed in chain Of
thirteen links.
Origin Of Races.
Anthropologists have never been able
to reach IN agreement concerning the
question Of race origin. Some hold to
the monogenist, others to the polygen-
fat theory Evolutfon would saom IN