The Washington herald., 1910-08-31
AT THE HOTELS.

perpetF&ted against the governments tar
IN laws at the various ports OF the Unit
ed States. Col Henry S. Griffith. Of New
York. who is at the New Willard. said
last night that voyagers returning from
across the seas bring back gems con-
cealed in cakes OF soap, IN the followed
heels Of boots, beneath porous plasters,
in cartridges from which the bullets
have been removed and the powder taken
out, and in various other ways.
The device OF folding diamonds in a
slice OF meat" continued Col Griffith.
feeding It TO a dog just before reaching
port. and killing the animal a few hours
later. is a familiar one. II is said that
a pet pelican was landed with a necklace
Of rubies IN its pouch.
The big sinners do not appear 70 be
bothered with conscience / think it is
TO be regretted that the working Of The
spirit does not touch the important Of
tenders as it does the smaller ones, who
oftentimes make restitution through the
conscience fund. II the example OF the
lesser sinners were followed by the great
er, the national debt would have been eN-
tinguished long ago. The men and women
who have gouged the government only
slightly are the ones who come to the
front
"A fraud on the government OF a COM
paratively innocent sort is often prac-
ticed in the army. A quartermaster finds
his stores short by 100 tent pins, anvlIs,
and Il sledge hammers. Very likely it is
not his fault: such things will happen.
Presently a soldier deserts. Incidental TO
the report Of desertion sent to Washing
ton, mention is made OF 100 tent pins.
anvils and "A sledge hammers that have
disappeared with the delinquent. The lat
ter is supposed TO be walking across the
country with these articles thrown over
his back. This squares the quartermas-
ter. who would otherwise be obliged TO
pay for the missing articles. The govern
ment is patient and forgiving"
David H. Lewis. OF Devils Lake. N
Oak. who is at the Riggs House, dis
cussed the opening Of the game season
tomorrow. and incidentally remarked that
there is no sport like prairie chicken
hunting in North Dakota.
Chicken hunting is one OF the best
sports in the world" said Mr. Lewis.
who speaks as II be knew his subject
thoroughly There is nothing Ike Il,
provided a man looks at it from a scien-
tihc point Of view. and this scientific
view includes. above all things. the dogs
NIilliOnaires from the East, SLOWLY
equipped with all kinds OF appurtenances
and braces Of expensive kennel dogs.
find themselves at the end Of days
journey without a single trophy Of their
skill The game is not 70 the luxurious.
but to the intelligently expert A brace
OF kennel dogs may be valued al 500 or
$500 and they may be considered as val
liable as the Greener gun so ostentatious-
~ exposed 70 view by the man from the
East, but a deg trained 20 field work
and So weapon may run up a record
which seems marvellous even 10 those ac-
customed TO tall stories Of successful
hunts
zone disadvantage Of these expensive
kennel dogs, continued 0Ir. Lewis.
even II they are Well broken, is that
they become footsore and consequently
valueIess in the stiT stubble. The rea-
son fer this is that they have not been
toughened by care, training, and exer-
else. The Eastern hunter who tenderly
removes them from their ventilated car
takes no account OF this. They have
had no long runs 20 prepare them Tor
work. A good pointer or setter. for ef-
fective work In the hunting season. ought
TO be exercised in the open country as
early as June OF course. IL IS impossible
70 run them in the fields while the grain
I is standing; and the prairie chicken IS a
/ bird which lives and has its being in the
grain field and prairie grass. The hunter
must also have a rig and good driver
| II possible. a native lad who VIII take
an interest in the sport and mark the
/ birds down is the best TO employ. This
/ process OF marking birds Town consists
| In standing on the seat Of the buggy and
watching the line Of fight Of such birds
as have been flushed and not shot by
hunters. You, for example, have dropped
three out Of eight birds on the first rise
/ Your driver. self-cOnuOlled but enthusi-
astic. shows you that some OF the birds
have alighted near a clump Of goldenrcd
and that the rest are in line with a hay
stack in the heavy grass at the edge OF
a meadow. The hunters are with the
dogs. taking care Of the birds at hand
II the driver has marked down chickens
even a half mile awGy. you drive as
quickly as possible to the neighborhood.
where the birds are lying as close and
quiet as II they were dead. The rest Of
the work. II you happen 20 be a passable
shot. depends on the pointers or settlers. 90
Year after year the German army ma
/ neuvers have been growing more truly
/ warlike. according 70 Capt. John g.
Spencer. formerly or the regular army.
and now in the real estate business in
/ Boston. who Is at the Raleigh.
/ "Au the troops in the Kaisers peace
I footing army OF nearly 10000 men are
! maneuver!ng at various times through
out the year, either by regiments, bril-
/ gades. or corps. but It IS only once a
year that whole armies, numbering be-
\ tween 1900 and 10000 men, get into ac-
ton for a period covering four or five
/ days. and under the eagle eye OF the
war lord IN his favorite role as COM
mander-in-chief. There is no fooling