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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

,.,hor o,d con of Cotton. n. Y, were
t,,,,,,,r aoor IN 81 Lawrence County. They
sonor,ted and after a time met, ana were
facing zach other. talking. when man
rorood Crowley came craftily and hungrily
,ha, NAV crowley saw some bushes wrig-
Cling and hauled up TO snoot "he" ~
fired there was a greater commouon, 80 IL
shot again. The first bullet went 'hrous"
the right and left arms or the 'iO'iiiiS'
Crowley pumped his rifle and nred asdi"
This time the bullet went throueh '"e
abdomens of the father and son. Inc ooS
died within few hours and the is'hei
died the following day.
There is little variation In the details OF
these stories Of shooting men IN hl's'an'
for game. Some one sees bush move
and fires: some one fancies he sees ueer
in tho CLEANING, and fires; some one spies
q hear I'm q tree. as he thinks, and shoots
and down falls man. In every case
whore a man is killed by mistake Tor
door waiting a few seconds, or even
roonen,,s hesitation. would reveal the fact
that the movement is caused by a man
and not by game. The one VINO does ,"'
lite, &c so afraid that he will miss killing
q deer that he takes chance or Kllihs
man rather than take chahce OIL ios''9
deer. TO-.
The very fact that man Is nis'dhe" i''
= deer proves that the person VINO uoes '''o
shooting did not see clearly-and there arc
men going into the woods now WHO nv
tulod mon in that way and who take the
.ar,o chances they always did. There Is
, enc ardent hunter who has killed two men
"accIdentally." and there is no way III Id"
of preventing him from killing thiIu' AS
usual. after killing a man "he goes almost
crazy with grief
Two things make for the killng OF men
IN mistake for deer. One OF these IS lhe
psychological phenomenon known as DUCK
fover" The hunter is at high tension OF
oxrectancv. Guides have stuffed him fun
of yarns about how hard it is to get
deer The result is that when he hears
noise he jumps, and when he sees push
move he shoots He Is so excited at the
prospec, of killing a deer that ne iorse's
/ there are other hunters In the WOODS
Then there Is the cold-booded and selnsh
man. who knows just what he Is DOING
! He goes hunting to get meat. lie knows
that there are hunters on all sides. lie
! rool,zes that some one may be within
/ few rods of him, but that does not matter
He feels. perhaps, that he Is much more
likely TO see a deer than man. In any
! event. he sees what he knows may he
man. but which is likely 10 he deer he
/ shoots for luck As he is cold-olooded
] about IT, he aims truly, and if it is a
deer we'll and good; he gets the meat he
wants.
But there are accidents in the woods
which result in the killing Of men, and IN
which no blame can lie. one OF these IS
the fact that a man shooting at a deer
NAV accidentally kill some one who is be
vond the deer. but in range of bullets.
These bullets seem to drop down out OF
tho skv in some cases. IN Canada year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
Hidden Facts About the Common tor Deer
Oh.nt Snortsmen Know the Truth and Subdvide These
Accidents Into Various Classes-The "Near Acct
dents" Can Hardly Be Numbered.

or so ago such bullet struck a wom,,
dead, though no shot was heard The his,
velocity smokeless bullets travel for mill,
Two or more-and one cannot tell wher.
they will land
There are occasional accidents due IN N.
fact that oldtime guns were not made ~.
modern high pressure ammunition. Manu-
a gun blows up because Of an excess,v.
charge. Old firearms, especially II they ar.
rusted or worn. may prove dangerous. 90.
peclally II they are charged with hand
loaded ammunition. The standard aromr.
milton Is loaded for guns ~ certain MAZE.
and guaranteed. The gun makers. who,
they devise an especially powerful am.
munltlon, make a strong gun especialIv
for that ammunition, and # should he usAd
I'm no other gun.
No class OF men is exempt from shooting
accidents The victims may he the mos,
careful men in the world and Il often
happens that those who are most solicitors
for the safety OF others are the victims n,
fools I'm the woods. II seems likely al.
though the statistics are especially difficult
10 compile. that more than 80 per cent 81
rousals in the camps from which the care
less man started. There is no commoner
or more significant statement in the az
count OF shooting accident than the one.
I'VE had killed a deer the day before" or
I'VE had Just killed deer" That often
means that when the deer was killed all
hands proceeded 10 drink whiskey
one Adirondack hunting custom Is that
when the first deer is killed every one
gets drunk" They begin TO drink at tie
deer's carcass, and they drink till midnight.
The next day those who are not 100 sick
90 hunting. and half blind, half drunk. Ut
terly reckless, proceed TO kill one another
bv accident Not one party In dozen
hut takes liquor by the quart or gallon into
the woods, and the hunts often degenerate
into drunken sprees.
! There are hundreds of accidents with
arearms I'm the country every year due 10
drunken or ignorant imbecility. one way
| that these accidents could be prevented IN
part would be TO have every one VINO taxes
| ont a hunting license prove by civil service
examination and the recommendation oil
! known competent hunters that ne is care
! full and trained in the use OF weapons An
accident of any kind due 10 carelessness or
ignorance should compel the reyoking q
the license to hunt or shoot for term ot
wears. Any one wilfully aiming at another
a weapon whether loaded or not should
! he punished by fine or Imprisonment or
both Those who shoot al persons by mis-
take should be adjudged criminally careless
and punished.
Tho effect of this great number Of 'acc.
dents is 20 keep hundreds ana P'ooaoy
thousands of men end women OUT o. 'hs
woods every year and the shootinss IN me
Adirondacks have cost the guides ana ho'sl
keepers thousands Of dollars In trade ana
unnumbered persons are deprived OF thelr
Measure on outings because Of fools ana
toner's i'm the woods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

story window some night when the mer-
curry is trying TO knock the bottom out
of the thermometer. You can paint your
lace curtains. artificial flowers. children.
money. coal and bedding with this mixture.
and there is no chance for any OF them
to burn. II is also advisable that YOU live
in reinforced concrete building, with no
paper on the walls and steel frames I'm the
wire glass windows. All very snug and
metallic.
There side by side with the latest mode
in gasolene fire engines. they give you a
look at old Brentwood. Brentwood is the
fire horse that was twenty-five years Old
on his last birthday. and which has been In
the fire harness seventeen years. He has
answered. ! forget how many thousands
of alarms, aud is still perfectly good.
ON his port side is the new fire engine
that is to take the place OF the still pass
ing horses. IL may be the source OF some
qualification 10 the ancient Brentwood to
observe that while every body that passes
rats him ON the head or rubs his nose. not
one Of the visitors has waSted any petting
on the crimson steel rival across the pas
sageway.
That Are cngino-yoI ought TO see It.
Heaven preserve MS when such things be-
gin running TO fires through our already
dangerous highways! IL has six cylinders.
every one Of which Is about the size Of a
vinegar barrel. \ JOY ride in thing
like that would I've more disastrous than a
war between two nations, one of which
was licking the armies of the Young Turk.
On the opposite side Of the hall the Po-
lice Department has little show TO demon
strate what will happen 10 you II ever
young erring feet stray on To the tanglefoot
Of the law. There is a model police station
desk, with model lieutenant behind H..
You also have a chance to look into a
model cell. all enameled virgin white,
very sanitary and secure Photographs
show exactly what YOU can expect II the
Bertillon experts ever have TO take your
picture and the footprints OF your palms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

Keeping departments OF the city. They do
It.
Not far from the village srlithy stands
the trarspanted red fire alarm box win
the model fireman I'm attendance, VINO tells
you Just how to act when the gaz explores
I'm your home. As he is very explicit there
Is no reason for any one who hears MN
ever to become excited when the flames
threaten him and his.
Thus speaks the model fireman: When
you see that there Is "A fire-ard be sure
that there IL before YOU call out the de-
partment-fnd the nearest alarm box IL
will look like this lpointing to the trans
planted red model. Then open II With the
lever. thus. and pull down the lever all the
way, so. That's all YOU have 10 do. You
can see how the alarm goes In by that
board over there Now that you hav@
called the tremen. don't run back and be-
gin throwing furniture out OF the windows;
stick around the alarm box until the ire
apparatus shows up. 50 that when we Get
there We won't have to hunt all over that
part OF town for some one who knows
about the fire. After YOU nave pointed out
the fire to the men in the wagons you are
at liberty"
After which he hands out clrls contain.
ing a list Of fire "don'ts.' printed es-
pccially to he hung I'm kitchens. 1t CON
tains such timely warnings a not 10 clean
spots from your last years opera cloak
with benzine before lighted fire: not to
start fires with Standard OIL or other high
explosives. don't throw matches In waste
paper baskets. teach your son. II he smokes
cigarettes. that he should always kill hi,
matches after using and place the same
Ia porcelain receptacle. The card doesn {
attempt TO direct the morals of your erring
offspring. but merely 10 guide the hand
that holds the deadly match
Another fire exhibit shows how every
thing about the home can he hreproofed
by means OF "A liquid, so that there Is no
danger OF having to jump out the nth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
The Real Circumstances of the Many Sayings OF Hunters
Among the Big Game Seekers Are Often Concealed
for the Sake of the Culpable Party

The accidents that happen to the men
who do not know how to handle their
weapons are without number, apparently
One would suppose that there would be
no need of carrying a gun loaded till the
hunting grounds are reached but the Gus
tom is 10 load guns at camp and then
go jamming and stumbling through the
woods. in wagons, In boats, or on loot In
the case OF Frank Bushaw. of Buckhn'
n Y, a companion stumbled as they
crossed a brook in st. Lawrence county.
He fell, and his shotgun threw a charge
of buckshot into Bushaw's hip. Bushaw
bled to death before they could carry him
to camp.
Only the accidents get into print the
near accidents" are innumerable. lhere
is one man who carries his automatic fihe
cooked all the while. and he points 1t at
every body in range I'm the course or nan
an hour: and few care TO go hunting with
him. for he scratches matches on the re-
ceiyer with a swift Jerk that threatens 10
kin some one by pulling the trigger "acci-
dentally"
OF cooked gun accidents some easily re-
called are: John Burgess. damned rife butt
and when he took the gun up by the muzzle
II went off and killed him. This was near
Indian Lake. Hamilton County, n. y.
Henry O. Comstock, hunting muskrats near
Camden. n. Y, pulled the muzzle OF his
gun toward him in a boat and was Killed
instantly Varrsse Narean, of upper
Lake. showing two ffteen-year-old boys
trail. was shot in the back by a $3.50 rifle
proiectile. discharged when the trigger
caught a bush. Thomas Clifford, listening
TO his brother Roys account OF how ne
would shoot deer, looked into the muzzle
of the shotgun aimed at him. and died
few minutes later, for Roy forgot II was
cooked. Hugo Schuman. just west of Bur
falo. dubbed Thomas Martin with shot
gun butt over the head. but Tin" gun wns
cooked and the jar let it off: Schuman was
shot i'm the abdomen and soon died. George
Steigleman-this was in Pennsylvania
leaned his gun against a forked tree while
he climbed and smoked out bee nest; his
cog was attacked by two cOons. and caught
its paw in the trigger guard of the weapon;
Steigleman. in the tree top, was riddled but
haprily was not killed. So runs brief list
of cooked gun accidents
The deaths and injuries due directly and
clearly to the hunters blood lust and
greed are as numerous as those due 10
folly and ignorance. There is only one
reason why men shoot at men without
knowing what they are shooting at-they
are afraid if they do not shoot at the NOV
Ing brush they will not get deer or bear.
Two of these accidents reported this
year from the Adirondacks are as follows:
on October Fred Allen was following
deer runway in the FOrestport country
lie had killed a deer, and was coming out
70 get help to carry IT, As he climbed
through birch top branches lying on the
ground sixteen vear-old James Dean. OF
Alder Creek. brought him down dead with
q bullet in the neck. Allen had on red
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

of the coming winter and lad to do "A little
publicity work to keep the cots fun.
Enough for the first floor.
Come away from the Sahara OF hard
statistics. We know now that the assem-
bled ashes collected by the Street Cleaning
Department every year would If piled In
Madison Square form solid cube twenty
nine and a half feet higher than the top
of the Metropolitan Tower and that the
water used by the city In one day would
I'll the subway from the South Ferry to
some town away up IN the mountains
where the subway does not extend at all
or course, the city ashes will never be
niled thus i'm Madison Square, nor will the
subway be inundated to prove 1t about the
water. but the pictures are mere to show
exactly how the things would look II 1t
ever did happen.
In the basement the budget fair shows
Won it's headliners. As soon as you reach
the head OF the stairs you know that things
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

..., e.. o,otber showing every block on the
leland ~ Gotham. with the price OF real
estate a square foot marked opposNe III
Main figures This map is constantly a'
homo "a a lot of interested callers-people
vbo are straining their eyes and set'ihs
tho ends Of their inquisitive fingers dirty
In order TO see what their Shylock OF a
landlord could got for the property where
the Waukissaroussa apartments STAND or 10
sneculate how rich they would be If they
owned Central Park.
Other interesting and instructive eXhlo-
its consist Of complete set OF full size
hollis nuts and screws used by the De
rartmcnt Of Docks and Ferries Tor repair
ing decrepit and damaged boat landings
Now. here is something that every one
ought 10 know. I'll bet that there ISM
one among You with the faintest ldea oil
what a dock repairing holt looks IKE. IL
is no defence for your gross ignorance 10
say that YOU don't care deml-cohu-
mental hang what they look like-there s no
telling when you may be called on 10
ideotifv and parse one OF these iron bars.
wouldn't you feel like 10 cents worth OF
Camembert II you should call thing
dock repairing bolt If it later proved to be
a special No. bridge spike? Go and look
them over
Now. If you are at all interested in bricks
YOU can spend a profitable afternoon on
that first floor They have complete collec-
ton OF bricks OF all sizes and compilations.
There is the ordinary bat which rides down
on the pensive canal boats from along the
picturesque Hudson and the beautiful gray
fire brick that comes all the way here from
the West. Some very fine specimens of
domestic cobblestones are shown, along
with examples Of other varieties of paving
that your automobile wears out II you
happen 10 have one.
Another engrossing exhibit which tho
pluperfect cops" have TO keep a watchful
eye on is complete set Of sewage dig
gers tools and costumes. Just beyond is
an exhibit showing how good the city Is
to the prisoners who take up their quar-
tiers by special request on Blackwells ISL
and. There are acres Of land 10 be inten-
sively titled and pretty things 10 be cut
out Of bright tin and soldered together. A
couple of rose and pink wax dummies dis
play the sort Of clothes the boaTders are
wearing this fall and the sort they turn
out Of their own tailor shop II would
seem that the snug pension on the island
wasn't getting it's usual quota of gentle
offenders to take care Of through the risors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

40 sooner docs the big game season
~ open than reports begin to come in
that this or that man has been
shot "by mistake for n deer" or bear
or other game. or by accident" The
truth about how these accidents occur
IS seldom told. The tendency Of the men
who do the shooting and of the friends OF
the victim is to cover up as many of the
details as possible, but Adirondack woods
men and thoushtfully observant sports
men know the truth.
The reasons for these maiminss ana
killings are found in sundry classes more
or less interrelated, as, for instance:
Accidental discharge of guns when ther
rnuzzlcs are pointed toward companions
Shooting at objects not seen clearly.
Stray bullets that fly far.
Didn't know it was loaded.
intoxicated. and stumbled.
Explosion Of firearms.
Inexperience in using weapons and in
hunting.
Glancing bullets.
Rarely. indeed. is there any sufficient ex-
cuse for the manning of a man by his own
weapon or by the weapons Of others. The
accidents that human foresight could not
prevent are few. There is no excuse. for
instance. for accidentally discharging
weapon that is pointed at another, for the
first thing a hunter of ability and intelli-
eence teaches his son in the field is that
under no circumstances should a weapon
be pointed at another person.
Last fall Trume Haskell. a noted guide
on the West Canada Creek in the Adiron-
dacks was carrying a dead deer along a
trail above his camp. Behind him came
one of the sports" This sport had his
gun held by the muzzle, pointing ahead.
AS Haskell stopped to drop the deer On the
ground to rest. the sport" tossed his gun
off his shoulder. 1t struck a log, the
, cooked hammer was loosed, the bullet tore
. through six-inch hardwood tree, hit Has
ken in the back, ranged up and lodged in
his shoulder. The name of the sport
was withheld. In September, 1907, Jesse
Mover. of Chase's Lake, started to crawl
under a log. His gun seems to have been
cooked as he carried IT, and the trigger
caught in a twig. The man died almost In
stantly.
These are typical instances OF the result
of carving a gun cooked when one Is hunt
ing The practice is due TO the fear that
there will not he time enough TO cock the
gun after the game is sighted to get IN
shot. The fact is the only hunting In
which carrying a gun cooked is Justihed-
II Il is ever justifed-is in bird shooting
I'm thick brush If one would rather Jeop-
ardize his own and his companions lives
than lose a "whack' at a bird, well ana
good In all Adirondack hunting carrying
q gun cooked puts i'm Jeopardy every one in
,anee including the bearer Any one who
knows how TO hunt can cock his rifle as
be throws il 10 his shoulder on sighting
big game.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

are going To pick up when you get down
there. for the constant commotion Of ring
ing bells assails your ears and there ~ the
subsidiary Of the tink-tink-tink Of black
smith and an anvil. The blacksmith Is ac-
companed by a horse and placard. Inc
placard tells exactly how much the city mas
saved by shoeing its own horses ihs'ea'
Of letting the work out To private con
tractors. Ever and anon the smith. havlsg
finished another emblem Of good 'uck' goes
over with his set OF equine nail iles ana
manicures the hoofs OF the horse once
more. Unless that horses hoofs have ii
habit Of growing with extreme tap'oity
YOU reflect there Is going to be niue Iei'
of them by the time the show closes
The basement is given over principally 10
the exhibits of the Police and fire depart
ments. Naturally. they have a better op'
portunity, with their material OF putting
on spectacular exhibit than the BOOK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

sweater and red ribboned hat. Governor
Dix has Just gone into the woods relying
on red clothing TO protect him from such
accidents.
Ernest Salisbury, hunting near the
ProWns Tract Lumber Company chopping,
in the Fulton Cham country, was shot
from the brush on October :, some say 10y
an unknown person. He was mistaken for
a deer, and the bullet cut through his
rieht side He MANAGED 10 make his way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

edited by the fact that two legal lights,
one a Judge, were lacking deer at night
contrary to the game law. The iacklight
"shined the eyes" of one Of the pair, who
was promptly killed by mistake for a deer
on the edge Of the lake water. A good
many game law violators have been caught
in the act by this kind Of accident.
In 1907 occurred the only double killing,
so far as recalled due TO mistaking a man
for a deer Martin and Edwin ClohOssy,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

to the camp, for the shooter hid himself
when ne learned he mad shot a man. But,
of course some enemy may have taken adj
vantage Of the open season for men to
shoot at him. There is one instance in
which "A man walking along a railroad
track in the Adirondacks beyond Fulton
Chain was shot dead i'm the twilight. This
is perhaps the most inexcusable Of "acci-
dental killings in the Adlrondacks.
4 few wears ago the state was highly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

40 sooner docs the big game season
~ omen than reports begin TO come in
that this or that man has been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-07
Ioduerheads.

The giant turtles which are found along the Atlantic coast and frequent ly in southern waters in great numbers are known as ioggerheads. They commonly attain a weight of 1,6OO tounds, are rapid swimmers and are often seen far from land. floating asleep upon the waves. Carnivorous by nature. these huge tortoises feed on crabs and fish. especially on large species of conch. which they break open with their massive jaws. The flesh of this terrapin is leathery and oily, with strong smell of musk. Young specimens are more palatable and are often on sale in the markets.
 A duck as large as our goose. which is native of the shores of Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland isles, is also called ioggerhead. from its seeming stupidity and nelplessness.
 In the West Indies this name is also given to two or three sorts of fly catch era
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-07
x eep,n2 Gut rsowsrs.

Gut flowers will last only three or four days under ordinary care. but you can make them last week, or more by doing four things. First, do not try to arrange them the moment you get them. but put them in pail of water for few hours 50 that every stem will be under water clear up to the flower: second. cleanse the vase thoroughly before putting in the flow CTS and change the water every day: third, the cooler you keep the flowers the longer they will last. If you are too busy in the morning to enjoy them or have to go out for the after noon do not leave them in the living room. for they are not used to a tenn perature of 70 degrees. Every night put the vase in a cool place, or, better still. plunge the stems up to the flow CTS in a pail of water. and. fourth, cut about a quarter of an inch off each stem every morning. It is more trou- ble to do this under water. but it pays. If you cut the stems in the ordinary way air bubbles get into the stem and impede the taking in of watcr.-Coun- try Life In America.