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SHOOTING DEER. Driven From Cane Brakes by Hun ters on Horseback and With Hounds. When I first hunted two years ago, in South Carolina, I was utterly sirprised to learn of the many ani mals that inhabit the forests of that state, writes Frank G. Harris in the Raftsman's Journal, and when we remember that in a little over twen ty-four hours after leaving Clearfield you may reach some of the best hunt ing ground in the country it does not seem strange that persons go there to hunt, in preference to threshing over the mountains of Pennsylvania, that have been so greatly depleted of their game. Black bear, deer, wild turkeys, wild geese, wild hogs, foxes, coons, ducks, quail, snipe, rice birds and squirrels are found in Pbundance in the southern and coast counties of South Cai olina. The storms from the north in the late fall drive thous ands of ducks into the swarmps and marshes and back waters of Beau fort county, where they feed on the rice fields during the day and take refuge in the swamps during the night. The method of hunting them is to station the hunters in blinds and then send a boat either up or down the back water and chase the ducks up, and as they fly over the blinds tgey are shot on the wing by the hunters. Almost every species of ducks known to North America may be found in the waters of South Car olina. .On the coast, in the salt water, ild geese may be found. One who is not an expert wing shot need not expect to compete successfi.ly wh. such crack shots as James U. Jackson, Herbert Jackson and others of .our southern friends, and one of the best shots in our camp was Wal ter Clark, a colored boy, who pushed our boat and worked around the camp. Many of the best hunting grounds in South Carolina were once cotton ahnd rice plantations that for many years have been abandoned by their owners and have grown up in cane brakes and live oak thickets. We hunted deer over old cotton planta tions that have not been farmed since before the war, and valuable timber has grown on these tracts where once great crops of cotton, rice and coi were raised. hI 'the swamp lands of South Car olina, where the live oak and other timber are covered with Spanish moss, it is impossible for the white people to live during the summer months on account of fever, but the climate of the late fall and winter in these sections is delightful and many people of the north spend the winter months on the coast and in the in terior hunting and fishing. The quail, or Bob White, is the most popular game bird of the south.~ It feeds on the rice fields and grows very large and fat and plump, and for that reason is much sought after. In enumerating the game animals of South Carolina, I said nothing about the rabbit and o'possum. These animals are the game of the colored people very largely, and furnish them with a large amount of their amuisement. The forests of Beaufort county and the coast counties of South Carolina are full of deer, and there seems to be no restrictions as to the methods of hunting deer and the number tha' may be killed. Since there are no snows in South Carolina, and the deer are found in the cane breaks and heavy timber, it is impossible to still-hunt them, and they must be driven out by hunters on horseback and with deerhounds. Even then it is almost impossible at times to drive them out of the canebreaks, which grow six or eight feet high and are so thick that a rider on horseback can scarcely penetrate them. The deerhounds of South Carolina are tr:dned to answer the call of the hunter's horn, which is made of com mon cow's horn and is used to comn mnand the dogs. We succeeded in jumping nine deer. Our party shot at five, and we killed three very large and very fat. The deer of the south are the common white tail Virginia ~deer, but because the climnate is warm they are very thin 'haired and grow very sleek, and in swiftness of foot they can match any northern deer I eve saw The writer succeeded in Horses, The best the State. F ceived. Pric( Quati C killing one very large deer, and in order to do so had to shoot him on the jump as he crossed a railroad cut from one bank to the other. REVEALED THE TRUTH. How the Facts in a Will Forgery Case Were Brought Out. London Mail. In his capacity as judge Lord Prampton always insisted on the im ._.itive demand that every case should be investigated in its minutest details. Upon small points the great issue of a case depends. As exemplifying this Lord Brampton cites a curious case that came be fore him on the western circuit: "A solicitor was charged with for ging the will of a lady, which de vised to him a considerable amount of her property, but as the case pro ceeded it became clear to me that the will was signed after the lady's death and then with a dry pen held in the hand of the deceased by the accused himself while he guided it over a signature which he had craft ily forged. A woman was present when this was doni, and as she had attested the execution of the will she was a necessary witness for the prisoner, and in examination in chief she was very clear indeed that it was by the hand of the deceased that the will was signed and that she herself had seen the deceased sign it. Sus picion only existed as to what the real facts were until this woman went 'into the box, and then a scene high iv dramatic occurred in her cross ex aminaion. After getting an admuis sion that the will was signed in the bed, with the prisoner near by. the woman was asked: 'Did he put the pen into her hand?' "'Yes.' "'And assist her while she signed the will?' "'Yes.' "'How did he assist her?' "'By raising her in the bed and supporting her when he had raised her.' " 'Did he guide her hand?' " 'Did he touch her hand at all?' "'I think he did just touch her hand.' 'When he did touch her hand was she dead?' "Atd this last question the woman turned terribly pale, wvas seen to fal ter and fell in a swoon on the floor and so revealed the truth, which she had come to deny." Russian Military Fanaticism. Among the interesting letters from Manchuria, says a St. Petersburg dispatch, is one just received from Artillery Captain Urgorsky, who tells of a curious state of religious exaltation produced among the un educated Russian soldiers by the strained excitement of the last few months. "In two of the Siberian regi ments," he writes, "a sect who call themselves "Krovoupitsi" (Blood suckers) has made considerable plo gress. These men have sworn to accept no quarter to expose them selves as much as possible in the battlefield, and to keep as far as pos sible an exactly accurate account of the number of 'heathen' they have killed. To slaughter a race which rejects Christ they believe to be a pious act; and many of them dread any conclusion of peace which would 1eave a single Tapaese alive. At lules,Bugl assortment t( resh Car Load as and terms I le baum SUCCESSC uattlebaum & Prosperity the recent battle of Sha-ho some of these men came into great promi nence. They stood up in the trenches screamed fierce defiance, and at tempted to rush out to meet the enemy. On, man kept constantly I exposing himself where the fire was' hottest, and when a bullet went through his chest he screamed de lightedly, 'Now, I am saved, brother,' They are Christian dervishes, in fact." Court Took a Hand. New York Press. Senator Perkins,. of California, tells a story of a scene in a court room on the coast where a man arrested for robbery vehemently asserted his innocence, even after he had been * convicted by a jury. "May the Almighty strike me dead 4 on this spot if I am not innocent!" he shouted. The judge waited for a minute or two. Then he said: "Well, prisoner, as Providence has not interferred I will take a hand and sentence you to three years at hard labor." FREE TO MOTHERS.-A box of Dr. M:.ffett's 'TEE HI N" (Teething Powders) will be sent wthout charge to any mother writi: g Dr. C. J [offett, St. Louis. Mo , giving the name of her Iruggist not keepiug it. "TEETBINA" Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Overcomes and :ouuteracts the Effects of Summer's Heat and nakes Teething Easy. WI' Cabbage Plants. From the best tested seeds. 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