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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
SCENTING THE PREY.

But a few yards are covered. Then
we come upon picture warranted to
gladden. the heart of any sportsman.
Frozen in statuesque pose crouches the
pointer. eyes aflame, nostrils quiverins.
every muscle rigid. and close by, back
ing stanchly. the setter.
A hasty glance tells us we must circle
the quarry if we are TO get shot, for a
yeritable wall Of vegetation rises before
us Cautiously, and with guns ready. we
step aside but no sooner do we move than
the pointer comes to life, strides rapidly
and crouches again. this time fast by the
angle. The birds have found sanctuary.
Ne press on, but know that we have been
,utwitted Trust to ruffed grouse for
hat.
The snap Of a dead branch underfoot
and a roar Of wings awakens the silent
.choes, but I see naught My partners
lahore speaks WITH the sharp crack Of
Is smokeless charge, though, and the re-
port is followed by the crash of the leap
ng dogs through the brush.
"Kill?" ! inquire breathlessly.
Probably not" comes the answer
only caught glimpse Of a shadow"
Boring into the thick Of it we emerge
upon a small clearing in time to see a
Few feathers slowly floating eastward.
Not a miss, anyhow" 1 remark, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

that looks absolutely impenetrable oak
chestnut. beech. fir hemlock. birch, spruce
and maple trees OF every size here mingle
IN fraternal confusion. the lower ones
choked by a mass OF brush ami briaI
standing above mans height
We hesitate to enter. Impossible 70
even raise the gun In the swarming riot
Of vegetation. But my comrade, with a
We'll. we must cross II. anyhow takes
the lead and | plunge in stones throw
higher mp.
The dogs are invisible. We hear them
breaking through. though. and well known
sounds tell US they are finding game. II
occurs to me that a man outside may
have chance.
Say. mater | shout. why not take
the edge and see II you can mark some
OF the fugitiyesY'
you are nearer the rim" he shouts
back. so just work out"
1t is soon done. and by keeping slightly
shot at the next bird. Unfortunately.
both barrels fail TO stop Il. The reports
urge my faithful four-footed ally TO in
vestigate. however. and | keep him with
me. ranging at my side.
1t is well / do. We have not gone far
when he drops In his stride TO point
stealthily disappears in the woods. and
then scares toward me fat young hen
that crumples on meeting a load OF No. Z.
and falls almost at my feet.
| am still smoothing the feathers when
] am startled BY Bang! Bang!" in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

refused to eat for two years and fno"'-
though 1t drank quantities Of cold "'. ~,
Then II began to feed on pigeons y,
died next day. Hagenbeck found ina
constructors ate most readily IN o'e.
sunny weather. and that a gloomy =.
day often put them of their feed II =.
temperature of the cage is below 20 -
grees, Fahrenheit, they are too toip"
eat.
The appetites Of some pythons are =,
dlgious. An Indian specimen IN ~ "a.
ity few years ago at the Neuer '.,s
markt collection in Hamburg, at" -,
only fourteen feet long. swallowed "a
lambs within twenty-four hours -.
weighing from twelve TO nineteen w.
and possessing horns some inehes ~
This meal was digested in ten days, :,
the eleventh day IL took another
An instance has heen recorded ""sp
python began to digest a HOG four IN
after II had eaten II. and It was ho'
for its next meal for eleven wess~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
uz lie OPEN

DARLY fall. The morning air crisp
X and clear. Stiffness about pierced
IL only by the occasional screech OF
a Jay and the distant cawing of CHAT
tering flock of crows. In the hollows a
soft veil of mist swaying gently in the
breeze: over the fields the white sparkle
of autumn frost; on the hills the warm
rays Of a newly risen sun touching with
gold the scarlets and browns Of the turn
ing foliage, and the bright emerald OF
the evergreens. Above a cloudless can
opy of sapphire blue; on every side
wide expanse Of rolling country, dotted
here and there with lone farmhouses and
struggling herds of cattle, otherwise Wild
and studded with great patches Of dense
woodland.
With guns at half-arm and dogs rang
ing eagerly ahead we cross the open
ground and enter the brush. A matted
growth of sappling and brier now bars
the way out. and through it we must win
a passage by sheer weight Of body at the
cost Of many a scratch and cut. But the
blood is a-tingle with the fever of an
ticpation, and we break path with quick
ened pulse unmindful of tearing thorns,
of swapping twigs that sting like the lash
Of a whip.
A sudden word of warning brings us
to a halt; the rustic of the searching
dogs has ceased. Have they found game
already? A whispered signal. and we
move forward with quick, silent Tread,
avoiding the thicker spots, instnctiveiy
seeking the clear ones which may afford
a better sight Of the birds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

Anxious to see IL l can mark it, l rush
10 higher ground and promptly receive
another jolt, for the dog Pushes sec
ond grouse. wheel around Immediately
but too late, the bird is already safe over
the ridge.
The old pointer is decidedly peeved and
stands looking at me with disappearing
frown which says eloquently: What
the devil is the matter with you? Couldn't
YOU see had that bird?" l bend over
to pat him and try to tell him that I'm
sorry, but he only shrugs his shoulders
and trots off In hun. soon getting even
with me by charging viciously small
covey of five without even a ghost OF
point. ami sending IL off sixty yards away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

OF various specimens in captivity. II is
possible to minimize the proportion or
recalcitrant feeders to a large extent.
One boa will prefer pigeon. another
chicken, another rats. Some big snakes
are gluttons One python up at The
Bronx reptile house will eat pretty well
everything short OF an old boot They
fear TO test him on that 1t has been
Mr.. Ditmar's experience. though. that
pork Is as popular as or even more pop
ular than most foods. Young pigs
Weighing from twenty 20 fifty pounds
are readily devoured by the larger py-
thons. being fed dead to them.
One redeeming feature OF the snake
that fasts is that he will live a long time
while awaiting an appetite In the Am
sterdam Holland) Zoo ex-Director Wes-
terman noted case where a Brazilian
water snake ate nothing for two years
and then picked up the habit again and
got along famously Carl Hasenbeck, Of
Hamburg, had a large Indian python that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

actly a jolly thing to pick up. Keep
ers. one imagines. would excel one an
other in Chesterfeldian galIantry re-
fusing to rob one another OF the privi-
lege. However. IL appears that emer-
gcncies like this are one of the reasons
why head keeper davis a head keep
er's pay. On the head keeper devolves
the duty of going up and apologiziny
to the python. Then just as the py-
thon is getting Modified and counter
ing with. Not at all. not at ALL" the
head keeper nings bag over its head.
The python. now really peeved. whips
around and starts tight to the death
with its own tail or begins to coil
around a chilled steel pillar and kill IL.
Then IL is tenderly gathered up and
dinner is resumed.
Most snakes are tricky feeders, but
the big constructors are the worst. on the
whole. Science has not yet supplied
a convincing explanation of the matter.
BY careful study Of the idiosyncracies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

the U. S. a. who was visited by Mr.
Mears on his recent globe-gadding.
1t is no use remarking, "oh-er--r-
this is on me. old man. of course" Even
this CLINT of good tidings. never known to
fail in suddenly galvanzing you and me
INTO Interest in a projected good dinner,
rails. Nor is it any use to offer to change
the chef or can the cabaret. You can
even promise TO defy the police and the
CONSTRUCTION and keep open after
a. m.' and the python gives you a bored
and supercilous stare and tells you TO
keep the change.
So when big constructor snakes lose
their appetites and begin TO fiirt with the
undertaken they are fed.
one Of these dinner parties was given
Few days ago in the Bronx Park Zoo,
and while Mr.. Ditmar, curator of rep
tiles, thrust rabbits into the coy jaws
oil huge python, Edwin Sanborn, Of
hciai photographer Of the park. took q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

Realizing that 1t will mean loss of time
IL We work the two hanks separately, we
decide to split. Ny partner chooses the
wooded section and take a narrow path
through the grass.
The pointer Is trotting along in front OF
me. apparently very tired, when he sud
denly strengthens, takes two or three steps
cautiously and then stiffens into point
| walk swiftly around him to better my
position, and again. most Unexpectedly,
bird leaps out behind me from bush
have trampled In passing. turn just In
time to see It dip over a knoll and dis
appear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

then sight the setter trotting toward Us
with a beautiful cock in his mouth.
1t is the first Of the season, and must
be fondled and admired before We can 60
on. With loving hands we stroke the
glossy body the soft collar, the hand
somely marked back and wings, the pout-
ing breast and spreading tail. Then a
short consultation as TO the probable
flight Of the covey and we are off to look
for II in a swampy land beyond.
a grove Of hemlocks is between us and
the goal, but SO bare as TO offer no shelter
and we pass on briskly Presently fallen
timber begins to litter the path, moisture
oozes from the soil and before long We
are cropping through the treacherous boys
Of a primeval jungle.
Floundering along in black mud. often
knee deep, and impeded at every step
by half sunken, rotting logs, we find
il impossible to keep our footing and
stumble forward at sna's pace, our
progress further retarded by thorny ten
tacles that clap on arms and legs, cling
ing like living things. The sunlight
does not pierce the tapping branches and
a forbidding gloom pervades the spot
There is no hope of swelling the bag in
such territory. for bird rising even ten
yards off will depart unseen. Still, one
must drive the game out. If one Is 10
have a chance at ii, and we tackle the
work without a murmur. Sport always
demands its toll. and he who hunts North
Americas most valued flyer pays 1t In
hardship and grueling toll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
FNF SPORT IS GROUSE HUNTING BUT NOT FOR WEAk11NGs
One Who Feels the Ting in His Blood
with the Beginning Of the Open Season
Recounts a Foray on the Haunts Of
the RuGed Grouse, (Which Good
Bags Can Now Be Made.

, OF course. he gets a good licking for n
I and that brings him TO his senses
However, I reach the highroad wher.
the carriage is to meet us few minute,
later, so he has no opportunity to make
amends AS l unlimber my pack hear
my comrades hail, and he soon emerge,
from the brush.
hole" he exclaims. hopping his forehead
Talk about jungles. I'm torn from Ia,
to boots"
Find anything
Lord, yes, regular nest Of them Blu,
as we'll try to see through a wall a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

through that armor OF trunks an
branches. | didn't lay eyes on a sing
bird. and / must have flushed hah
dozen. Let's eat. I'm as hungry as
starving wolf"
A hearty meal, luxurious smoke IN VI
warm sunshine. and We are shaking ID
kinks out OF our tired knees ready !"
more " DIRK.
We get it,
A steep hill, rock strewn, heavily un'
bered, stretches before US. No paths
lead one here. II is a case OF zlgzaspl'
around distractions. climbing arduoasp
one moment. slipping and sliding COVE
Continued on seventh page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
FLUSHING A WOODCOCK.

The sound of beating wings reaches Us
frequently as we plod on, and each time
we pause to judge OF the direction Of
scurrying quarry, then on We go, until The
swamp narrows, becomes more practical
BILE, and ends in a V-shaped strip Of
alders
The dogs splash noisily into H. so trait
woodcock unpointed. 1t makes toward
us. sharply outlined against the sky, and
my little 16-gauge finds il an easy target.
In spite of the GOODNESS Of the atmos-
phere we are bathed in perspiration. Not
exactly childs play. this tramping Of a
woodland morass We rest for few
minutes after working the alders, then
swing back, taking the sunny slope OF
the hill, rich in young birch, waist high
in brush. 1t is here that we expect to
locate the flushed birds
Hark! the dogs have picked up a scent;
both are one II. There! they are pointed
now. No. they are creeping forward once
more. The birds must be running. See.
the setter is crawling toward that clump
Of frs. We must hurry or we may not
get a shot
Rapidly, we close i'm on either side, but
nothing stirs and We advance further,
when Of sudden, there is a loud whirr
behind us. The cunning fellow! He has
allowed us to pass by before rising
Wheeling about catch sight of brown
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

k(A EVER feel any lrepluatlon IN
Offering TO stand a Dinner TO
a Python" il is written in the
Book of Hot Sports. "for it is long ODDS
that he will refuse TO eat'-still another
instance of the asceLdency OF the brute
creation over some of us
Why the python has a rooted aversion
TO eating is a debatatle point. Refill your
pipe and hold your peace and we will con-
slider II. Perhaps the giant snake is
lofty souled ascetic. scorning TO pander 10
the WITNESSES Of the mob and distract his
close communion with the unthinkable.
the unutterable and the ineffable by gross
" stuffing "vittles" into the hole in his
head. Perhaps ne is a gourmet fallen
from his high estate. an erstwhile patron
and fastidious of the jungle roof gardens
in excelsis of the Sunderbunds, and now
setting his face against the hash-slinging
dens of mediocre Manhattan. Perhaps he
is hunger striking till he regains from his
ladyfolk the right TO vote. Perhaps 1t is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
LUNCH By tie ROADSIDE

shape as 1t flashes between two hemlocks
and pull the trigger. A dull thud' and l
know | have scored.
Pretty work.! congratulates my part
ner. But make haste. the dogs are on
o,Otbo, ecapt
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THE UNEXPECTED.

HE ONENFGS CO'
/ | need no urging, moment 10 PICK up
my prize and | am at the heels or the
old pointer. Right into the open he leads
me and then stiffens into classic pose. /
gaze about perplexed. An abandoned
apple orchard stretches before me. No
cover anywhere but some brambles not
foot high.
Probably a rabbit" think to myself,
and step out. The next instant ! almost
iump out of my skin, for big coVey
thunders up on all sides and scatters In
every direction | am taken so complete
ly by surprise that the birds are nifty
Yards away before ! recover sufficiently TO
use my gun. The second barrel finds Its
billet.
well, I'll be hanged" gasps voice at
my elbow. In a bare field. What next?'
What next? one may well ask 1t who
hunts Sir Grouse II is one OF the fas-
cinating features Of the sport that the
unexpected usually happens. Count on
the ruffed aristocrat TO do any one thing
and YOU may lay odds on his doing the
other. Our next experience is fair in
stance.
Having beaten the rest of the patch
without seeing feather We press on TO
new territory. Tall hemlocks cover the
adjoining HILL shading great cathedral
aisles. softly carpeted with green moss.
Through these we steal guardedly. fear
full that the least noise will alarm any
resting bird, for Of shelter there is none.
THE coMPLACENT GROUSE.
Beautiful. but unpromising place.
whispers my companion. with these tow
ering trees about. and no cover you may
depend on our canny friends vamoosing
out OF range and tucking themselves
safely In those skyscraping top branches"
/ agree with nod and then swing gun
to shoulder with a snap, for a grouse has
quietly taken wing and is planning majes-
tically away. The motion Is idle. though.
as the distance is too great TO even think
Of wasting "A shell.
To our surprise the bird circles lazlly.
and instead OF seeking "A lofty perch. out
Of harms way. alights In some scrub d.
rectly in our Rath.
Motloning the dogs to heel we hastily
cover the intervening ground and then
wonder If our eyes have played Us false,
for we are drawing close and nothing has
stirred. II is only when We are within
few yards Of the marked bush that,
looking hard, discover the plump beauty
squatted practically in the open. watch
ing us calmly. And this is the self same
creature that a few minutes ago flushed
wildly at our approach. Truly. the ways
OF the species are uEfathomable.
The dogs sneak up now and point by
sight ready to leap; but their prey seems
to have no fear OF them. Not until
kick clump Of earth does the slusgard
decide TO move. giving my partner an
emotionless kill.
stone wall faces us presently, and we
scramble over II into a bit Of old timber
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12

r EVER feel any Trepidation In
offering to stand a Dinner to
Python" il is written in the
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TO INVESTIGATE
CREDIT SYSTEM
AMERICAN COMMISSION TO VISIT
EUROPE UNDER AUSPICES
SOUTHERN COM. CONGRESS.

Washington, March 1S-Instructions
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to secure courtesies from the foreign
governments for the American COM
mission which is to visit Europe this
spring under the auspices of the
Southern Commercial Congress to
Investigate rural creoit systems we've
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William Jennings Bryan.
Before leaving office Secretary
Knox gave the state departments aD-
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1t is characteristic of fallen human.
ity to try to get as much as possible
for as little outlay as possible. That
is why people once kept slaves. To-
day we dislike the word slavery"
nevertheless we cherish the institu-
tion as highly as ever We show this
by our eagerness for bargains
which are the result of paying certain
workers next to nothing and getting
out os them every atom of strength
they possess.
When Colonel Roosevelt investiga-
ted the conditions of the garment
workers, he was indignant to find a
girl, the sole support of mother and
three young children, compelled to
make thirty-six kimonos a day in Or
der to earn $500 a week. To do this,
she toiled desperately from 1880 in
the morning to 8 o'clock at night.
Reader, you and | are to blame for
this. The merchant to meet our de-
mand for bargains" arranges for
goods that can be sold at low prices,
AMI still yield a profit. The contract
or. or middleman, after taking out
lis own profit, goes to the sweat
shop and offers the remainder to
taose who work or starve.
A few years ago a boss sweater
gave out the following as what he
received from dealer for making the
articles named Overcoats, 75c to
$3.50, business coats, &c to $3.50;
trousers 25c to 75c; vests Sc to 25c;
knee pants, 4c to &c; cotton shirts,
2 1-2c to 4c. The wages to workers,
expense of carting, and boss sweaters
profit are all included in these fig
ures.
Alas that gold should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap"
There are thousand sweat-shops
n New York, thousand in Chicago,
and hundreds in every other large |
American city, where the workers
ire worse off than the Hebrews were
Il Egypt. God will yet raise up the
Promised One, like unto Moses, the
Iessiah, to establish absolute justice
nd righteousness in the earth, and
eliver mankind from all their op-
'ressors forever-Deuteronomy IS:
5-19. The morn is near!
THE WANDERING JEW.
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