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IT HE recent Zeppelin raid on Eng
land served TO introduce sew
eral weapons never before used
in warfare. The equipment for drop
ping bombs from these aircraft is
much more complicated than might be
imagined.
The bombs are not dropped over the
side, but are discharged from the bot
tom of the car or cabin with scientific
accuracy. The device employed con-
sists of a plate with three apcrtures,
through which the bombs are dropped
in an exactly perpendicular direction.
The device may be said to be triple
barrelled, and tho bombs may be
dropped in rapid succession, or two or
oven three at a time.
The mechanism for releasing the
bombs is controlled by three pedals,
thus leaving the operators hands free.
The man controlling the apparatus
Sights the object of attack beneath
HIM, and starts the bomb on its down
ward flight with a touch of the foot.
Great care must be taken in aiming,
since the bomb on leaving the rapidly
moving aircraft does not fan straight,
hut describes a parabola The device
may be loaded and discharged in q
few seconds
Several special guns have been
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enlarge hts breeding stock Col Trek
Ter secured three more animals from
time to time. Since then one animal
has died a natural death. and last year
ComanChe. king of tho herd, weigh
ing a ton and pronounced by all ex-
perts tho finest bison in the world.
was killed in n battle with Roaring
Frank, a younger and more active
rival.
Severe rs were these losses, the
herd has increased beyond all expec-
tations. and II now consists of six
teen fine animals. In a single after
noon last May three calves were born,
a matter that brought Col TreXler a
hush4 Of congratulations from his
fellows Of the American Bison So
cicty and from spoirtsmen all over
the country Nature haos implanted
astounding vigor into the bison, and
soon after the calves are born they
can swim and run as well as the
adults.
Perhaps through the protective in
stinct acquired through generations
Of life on the plains, when a calf is
born the entire herd Of buffalocs sur
round the mother, horns down and
ready TO charge an enemy, and at
such a time they are dangerous to
approach. Another peculiar trait re-
marked by Col. TreXlcr, which IS also
probably a hereditary protective in
stinCt, IS the fact that almost all the
calves are bulls the males outnum-
bering the females at least two to one.
The theory is that when they were
hcsot by enemies in the wilds nature
provided a preponderance Of males
for the protection of the species, and
this trail now continues. 1t Is on az
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count of the preponderance OF males
that the buffalo cows are so valuable.
In addition to the original elk Col.
TreXler got four more. and the herd
now numbers twenty-eight superb
animals. About twenty deer were
planted beside the original shipment,
and these have increased TO at least
800, while some sportsmen place the
figure nearer 400. The buffaloes will
herd together. and so will the elk so
that at times II IS easy to count them.
hut the deer will not herd. and Il is
impossible TO see them all at any one
time or to count them with anything
Ike accuracy.
My theory rhat game ought 10
thrive in Pennsylvania is borne out
by results" said Col. Trexler THE
East was originally the habitat OF the
buffalo, and Daniel Boone shot them
in Virginia. The elk Is Indigenous to
Pennsylvania, and Elk county was
named for its immense herds OF elk.
As for the Virginia deer It increases
wonderfully in this latitude, which IL
also its natural home.
The buffalo and elk were driven
west by the advance of civilization,
and in placing them in a game park
in the interior of Pennsylvania they
are simply coming back to the old
home that was originally theirs. That
JGffdlo, can be propaEated in Penn
sylvania I am convinced, and as for
elk they are no harder 10 raise than
a steer on a cattle range"
As TO the disposition Of the animals
| the buffalo herd will be kept intact as
much as possible for the sake OF the
preservation and increase Of the
/ species. There are, fortunately, in
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GAME PARK HELPING TO SAVE
AMERICAN BISON FROM EXTINCTION

birds as we'll as rabbits have got out
Of the park and stocked the neigh
borhood."
Adjoining the game park and other
Trexler properties Squire George II.
Hardner has established an estate OF
almost 900 acres which is n paradise
for rabbits, since he has made 1t a
point to allow them lots of cover and
no deer are there to eat II away. This
place as well as all neighboring farms
also abounds with the pheasants that
fly out of the park and find protec-
ton in the copsewood and underbrush.
The extent to which experimental
ton in the propagation OF game Is
carried on by Col TreXler is found In
the great success attained in the park
with wild turkeys, for which he won
first prize at the Allentown fair.
There il flock of fully 300 of these
birds in the park that are a JOY TO
all sportsmen and epicures.
They are in reality about three
quarters wild blood. the rest being do
mes!c, which at best Is wild enough
anyhow, as turkeys are naturally
great roamers. The wild gobblers
.
ginia and they have impaired vigor
and hardness to the birds, and the
whole experiment has given the tur-
keys OF the nelghborhood the infusion
/ ~ new blood that il 30 valuable in
! the breeding Of all birds and animals.
. Unlike the phensants the turkeys do
not fly away. being given to staying
4 IN the localities where they find cover
. and rear their young.
] The game park was planned and is
being conducted with the same care
that high class business man gives
to his affairs. When Col. Trexler was
having his trout ponds constructed
one Of the laborers was a practical
man whom he had known for years
and who was something OF a charac.
ter in Allentown. After working a
few days this man called Col. Trek.
Ter aside and said in a confidential
sort Of way:
Harry, hate to tell you. but
am going to throw up this Job"
why. Jim, what's up" asked the
Colonel. 81 like TO have you work
here, and I always thought we were
the bes' OF friends"
| true enough Responded Olu jim
but while 7 have been working
have been thinking too, and I have
come to tho conclusion that this sport
ing business will never pay you anC
you are going TO lose money"
The Colonel tried to argue the ole
chap into remaining. but he was oh.
durate in his determination to work
on only something useful and he went
back TO town and resumed digging
bitches, and the Colonel retailed the
incident as a great joke on himself.
The game park OF course does not
pay in dollars and cents, but 1t has
paid handsomely in life giving recrea-
ton TO a busy man and in the pleasure
he and his friends have derived from
1t. And more than all. IT. has paiC
him in the reward that comes from
! the accomplishment OF an ideal.
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-OR the first time since its estab-
- llshment in 1911 Col Harry G.
Trcxlcr Of Allentown, Pa, has
this year shot a few of the deer
IN his great game park located along
Jordan Creek near SchnockSville,
about ten miles north OF Allentown.
Dr Joscph Kalhfus Of Harrisburg,
secretary Of the state Game Commits
sion of Pennsylvania, paid an official
visit to the park recently and ex-
dressed his qualification at the success
OF Col. TreNler's venture in the propa-
cation OF game.
The park is the fuilmcnt ~ de-
sire Col. Trexler had for many years
20 help in saving the American bison
from extinction. Some years ago n"
began 20 purchase what We're prac-
ftcnlty abandoned farms in North
whitehall and Lowhill townships. and
ne acquired a total of about $500
acres. A large part OF the land was nut
into cultivation. and some hundreds
N acres have been turned into one
OF the largest and most productive
peach orchards in the United states.
Fourteen hundred acres were stoutly
eenoed in for a buffalo range and deer
bark. Col. Trexler went about es;ab-
hslnng the game park on business
principles. A dozen years ago when
on cunning trips for elk and other big
earne in Wyoming ne became inter-
ested IN the preservation of the buff
6alo and the elk. He consulted such
authorities az Prof. William T. llorna-
day of the Bronx Geological Park,
heed of the American Bison Society;
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill as to
me feeding and care of the buffaloes
md the other game. It has happily
turned out that much OF the trouble
of those DAYS was borrowed, az the
buffaloes have t7hr.ved wonderfully on
tie natural Pennsylvania orchard
grass that grows in profusion in the
game park. and the brush and thick
cts az well rs the grass are Just the
thing for the elk and the deer
Ono day in March three years ago
me game train, much like circus
train, came to the nearest railroad
rtatton and the Grated animals were
hauled TO the park and released in
the presence Of a large crowd Of
Hportsmen, neighhors and friends. In
that early consignment there We're
three bufIalOes, one elk dl' i''u' my
deer. In connection with the liberia
ton Of the animals IN the park n
spectacular incident occurred.
One Of the buffalOrs charged n spec
tator, Phaon Hausnan. and would un-
doubtedly have killed him hut for the
presence Of mind of a hystander,
James Snyder, who with rare GOODNESS
and precision flung his overcoat over
the animals head While the bewil-
da-ad buffalo was shaking Off the
overcoat Mr.. Hlusman was picked up
and carried out OF danger. Mr.. Sny-
der later received a Carnegie medal
and 81 900 from the Hero Fund Com
mission for his part in the matter,
together with assurance that his ac-
ton had been one Of the most per-
feet in the annals Of unprecedented
herosm.
One Of the buffalo cows died in a
few weeks, and to replace her and
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Successful Results OBJ
tanned by Col. TreXler
on His Great Pre-
serve in Pennsylvania

the first time since its estab-
- lishmcut In 1911 Col. Harry g..
Trcxlcr Of Allentown, Pa, has
this year shot a few " the deer
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invented for repclling the attacks Of
aircraft one of the most efficient
throws shell which eXplodes, emit
ting a shell which I'm turn cXplodes,
and this continues until five different
shells have scattered their contents.
At each explosion n quantity Of
shrapncl IS scattered in every drec-
ton over "a wide area. The successive
explosions suggest the action of a
Roman candle which scattcrs sparks
by series Of explosions, II any one
OF these explosions is near the airship
1t is pretty certain to be struck.
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America a number OF enthusiasts who
have taken To- the raising of the bison
10 prevent It's extinction, and all the
animals are registered. and Col Trek
Ter, who is a member of the society
IL convinced the buffalo will be saved
BY another year or two, in case the
elk and deer continue to increase as
they have in the last three. the parks
capacity for furnishing natural food
will he reached a few viii be shot
for the sake Of the venison, as well as
the sport, but II is Col. TreNler's in
tention TO dispose Of the surplus ami
mails 10 the State for the stocking Of
the game reservations Of the Common
wealth.
one Of Col Trexler's aims in con-
nection with the conduct Of game
park Is the stocking of the country
side with game. None Of the buffalo
or elk has escaped. but few Of the
deer have got away. A very fine doe
romans on the outside, frequently
calling to her kind inside the fence.
ono day Col. Trexler went rabbit
SNORING IN the park. The dogs took
TO the deer trails rather than those
NJ rabbits. and very soon scores Of
deer were in state Of great excite
ment. High as the fence is several Of
them jumped over It, and II is prob
ably these animals which have this
season been seen by Ernners on tho
Lehlgh Mountains, about ten miles
south OF the park.
There were several good omens in
connection with the starring Of the
game preserve. Lehigh county was
supposed 10 he absolutely free of
rattlesnakes, which usually infcst deer
country but the surveyors when they
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Aviators about to drop bombs
on city.

wants work ! lay Off one of my second
ratcrS and give the good one job.
"Of course | don't pay him what he
is worth, hut I'VE got him and when
I times begin To improve he is there and
when ne shows the stun that is in him
he'll get the pay all rlght our firm
has reputation for paying the best
price for the best work and we are
going to have fine force If these
hard times continue much longer.
bargains In men? Wei, / should
say there are plenty OF them, and |
should also say that ! am right up at
the bargain counter and win take all |
can get till all my people are drst
| clara"
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-
1 For the first time in me his
tory of the country. or since
Chicago grew large enough to become
the winter resort OF the large floating
population commonly called hoboes
and tramps, the Windy City is for
saken. For once It's streets do not
attract the army Of oilers seeking a
winter hanguut after summer spent
upon the road, IN the railroad camps
or in the harvest fields.
This year tho hobo population Of
Chicago has decreased 10y nearly one
half No longer are the resorts of
Bath House John. OF Hmkcv D!nk
and the hundred or more others near
ChIcagos waterfront noted for their
big free lunches filled t. the doors as
the winter winds sweep over the
streets and clear them OF their hobo
'oungcrs. For once they are nearly
deserted and business is dull.
Even the South, another great win
ter resort for huhIcs, is nearly devoid
Of them. Formerly they throngcd
there by Thousands for the negroes
and the poor white trash" always
shared their "soWhcI'y" with any foot
sore wnrdcrcr that might apply at the
back door.
But in tho South there was a reason
: why tho hobo should look elsewhere
for MS food supply. The war and the
subsequent difficulty Of dlsposlng of
an unusually large cotton crop left
the people OF the South with hardly
enough 'suwhclly" to feed themselves
So when the hobo knocked at the back
door ne was turned away. tie Won
dercd at IT, but he did not learn the
reason until he nearly starved So he
had 10 look elsewhere for his meals.
But whore is the hobo? you ask. Chi
Cago asked that question carly in the
winter. But New York need not pom
der long over it, All New York has TO
do To- find the answer is ia peer into
the municipal lodging houses, the :,
10 and - cent Mop" houses on the
howery, and then glance over the
many bread lines that have been in
stilutod during the winter.
New York realized early in the win
ter that the huhoes had como. but II
was believed at first that they belonged
20 New NOrk's vast army of uncm-
ployed. They don't, they merely aug
mcnted II and made the question Of
solving tire unemployment problem
more difficult.
There are more than n, 900 hoboes
in New York to-day, it Is estimated,
and they came To the city from every
section of the country, from California,
from Canada, from the South and
from Mexico.
1t was carly in the fall that the
hohoos started for New York. As
early as October there were more
than 10000 in New York city, Daily
the number increased until to-day the
most conservative estimate is $4,000,
while some unemployment investi-
gators place the number as in excess
OF 10000.
when the early arrivals came
/ Father Knck 'rhocker took it upon
his shoulders 10 provide shelter and
food for them, Committee after COM
mittce attempted TO show means by
which these people could he provided
fer Bread lines were formed and
here the hobo found his easy meal
| supply
There are three ways, according TO
humorous saying, to spread news
| quickly, They are, namely, the tele-
phone the telegraph and the tele-
woman, There is another means and
that Is the telehobo, which will spread
news further and even more quickly
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BARGAINS IN MEN.

y lever heard OF bargains in
n men, did YOU" remarked an
employer of labor, mechanical
and clerical. "Well, there are such
bargains and this is the time to pick
them up. So many good people are
looking for work these days that we
can get choice quality at low quality
prices.
II should say that al least half OF
tho employees under my control are
not up to n fair efficiency standard,
but with work plenty l can't make the
average higher Now | can. and when
ever ! know OF first class man who
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-10-23
Grantwood Notes.

The Cliffside Park School Board
met last evening in the board room
at Cliffside school.
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Associated Charities will be
held this afternoon at the society
headquarters, Walker and Sixth
streets, Fairview.
The geological tendencies of the
east section of Edgewater Heights
have recently become more notice
able since the acquisition by a
dweller of number of loud-squawk-
ing ducks. The addition of such dis
turbing elements does not tend to
raise the "tone" of the section.
The annual fair of the Woman's
Guild of Grace Episcopal Mission,
Heights, will be held on Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday afternoons and
evenings of next week, October 27,
20, and 20. Admission free. Dane
ing Friday evening.
Biggs (jocularly): "Well, l see
springs almost here"
Tiggs: "You mean fall is ready to
spring on u.s."
Considering the number of resi-
uGICco ciiio yOc'l VI INV III
course of construction in Grantwood,
there must be a considerable de-
mand, present or prospective, for
homes in this beautiful country vii
lage. Thomas H. Rothwell has either
just finished or has in course of con-
struction six single dwellings, stu
ated on Lafayette avenue, Palisade
avenue, Lawton avenue, and Column
bia avenue. One of these, perhaps
the most advantageously situated,
half way down Lafayette avenue to-
ward the cliff from Palisade avenue,
he sold the first of this week, and it
is to be occupied very soon. Another
house, of brick construction, pleas
ing in appearance, built by another
party, just near the cliff on Knox
avenue, has just been finished and
is now occupied by the owners, Mr..
and Mrs. McEwan.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-10-23
Hennessy Backs Up
Van Buskirk For
County Clerkship

Senator Charles O'Connor Hen
messy issues a statement about the
Bergen county campaign as follows:
. 81 think 1T is the duty of every
Democrat, no matter what his opin-
ion may be as to conditions which
existed before the primaries, to give
his unqualified support on election
day to George Van Buskirk, the
regular Democratic nominee for
County Clerk. Mr.. Van Buskirk won
his nomination by substantial ma
jority in fair contest against Mr..
Thompson. The only real choice that
a voter has now to consider is as
between Mr.. Van Buskirk, the Demo-
cratic nominee, and Mr.. Mercer, the
Republican candidate. Mr.. Thomp-
son, who has declined to abide by
the result of the Democratic pri-
maries, and who is running as the
candidate of what is left of the Pro-
gressive party, has no chance what
ever of election, and, as it seems to
me, only those Democrats who want
to throw their votes away or cast an
indirect vote for the Republican cam
didate, will vote for him. Just why,
any Democrat should assist in put
ting a Republican partisan in con-
troll of an important county office for
five years is more than l can under
stand. Surely no one will concede
that Mr.. Mercer is in any degree the
superior in character or ability Of
Mr. Van Buskirk, who is an upright
and capable man who is certain to
give an administration creditable to
his party and his county.
Regarding the Assembly situa-
ton l can see no reason why any
Democrat should fail to vote for
Messrs. Curtis, Mittag, and Tierney.
Democrats must keep in mind that
the really important question is the
control of the Legislature, and the
support of the Wilson policies and
of Governor Fielder's administra-
ton. The Republican nominees are,
no doubt, estimable men, but expert
ence indicates that when they get to
Trenton they will be absorbed as a
part of the effective machine which
controlled the Legislature last year,
and which was responsible for the
defeat of the home rule constitu-
tional amendment, Assembly dis
tricts and other popular reforms de-
manded by the people, but opposed
by the corporations"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-10-23
Ciffside Park Notes.

The wedding Of Miss Anna Kissel
and Oscar w. Greiner will be SOL
emnized on Sunday October 81 at
p. M, at Trinity Episcopal Church.
William Reilly, of Park avenue,
has resigned as janitor of the Cliff
side school, His resignation has
been accepted and is to take effect
on November l.
The Christian Endeavor Society,
of the Grantwood Congregational
Church, installed new officers at its
meeting last week. Miss Bohan is
president; A. W. Bennett, vice-presi-
dent; Alfred Church, jr., secretary;
and Miss Edith Van Wagner, treas
urer. Charles j. Leeger, who has
held the office of president was tend
cred reception on his retirement.
The Grantwood firemen will hold
their Masquerade and Civic Dance on
Saturday night of next week at the
Grantwood Fire Hall. An active
and hustling committee has the ar
engagements in charge and the affair
is bound to be a brilliant success.
Prizes will be awarded to the guests
appearing in the handsomest and
most comical costume.
The Woodcliff Boat Club will hold
the first of a series of dances at
Carney Hall on next Friday evening.
The hall will be prettily decorated in
token of Halloween and a fine time
is assured all who attend A famous
New York orchestra will furnish the
music, and a Hudson county caterer
will nave the refreshments in charge.
John T. Kelly has purchased one
of the brick houses in the Reid Block
on Grove avenue. West Grantwood.
Fred Woolever, of lower Ander-
son avenue, was one of the lucky
contestants in the "Know Your
County" contest conducted by the
Hudson Dispatch, of Union Hill. Mr..
Woolever received as a prize, an
order for a $25 overcoat.
The Epiphany Fair being held at
the Grantwood Fire Hall will close
this evening with a dance.
The prize-winners of the Grant
wood Card Club for the season end
ing June, 1915, are announced as
Mrs. J. H. Koch, in bridge, and Mrs.
VIM. S. B. Dana, in five hundred.
A few evenings ago a young wo-
man who has occasion to travel quite
frequently to Grantwood from bor-
ough to the south said, without any
thought of wounding anyone's feel
ings: "You know, think HITS is
an awful place. I always dread hav-
ing to come through it." 1t is re-
freshing though sometimes distress
sing to learn what others think if us.
The twentieth regular meeting of
Cliffside Council Board for 1915 will
be held next Monday evening at
Cliffside Fire Hall.
The regular meeting of the Mems
Club, of Trinity Church, will be held