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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. SATURDAY, -NOVEMBER 3, 1900,
Waterbury Team Now Complete
el and Ready Fop Business.
The Season Will Eegin Monday All
the Teams Are Ready for the -Fray
Hartford Defeated Meriden Last
Kight in a , Practice Game Eddie
Menard Will Xot Play Tolo . This
Season.
The Waterbury" team is completed
nd the fans will all be pleased at this
news. We liad but four players dead
sure yesterday and up to noon, to-day
but Jean Jacques telephoned from
Hartford to Manager Guest this noon
that he will' be home this afternoon
and he has with him Dan Daly, the
rusher, and Fox, the goal tender. l?oih
are considered comers in the polo
world and where they are best known
they are considered as fast as any
men in the league. The team then as
it will represent Waterbury will be
Warner and Daly rushers, Jean center,
Holderness halfback and Fox goal. It
should make a pretty strong combi
nation but we will all be able to get
a line on the men after a few days
when the season opens.
Of the live men from whom Jacques
has the privilege of picking three, Mul
len. Dalv and Jason are regarded the
best. Miller and Holderness are not
slow, however. Daly may be found
unable to hold his end up in the big
lea true.
Parsons wil be a valuable man on
the outside. He can coach the team
and when necessary he can jump into
the game and hold his own with the
best of them. ' .
Eddie Menard will not play polo t.us
season. He has a good position down
in Bridgeport and he refused offers
from Managers Parsons and Doe.
The following tales are from the
Brockton Times:
The Southeastern league polo mag
nates are resting on their laurels and
wondering if any other cars are to be
plaved to. worry them. Secretary Sam
uel' Upton heard from Mr Minchcn
Thursday and the wanderer stated that
Broadbent Is not working as he should.
He intimated that he was going to Bos
ton to consult a lawyer in regard to
Broadbenfs action in joining forces
with Carroll. He talked as though he
did not like the plan and was going to
push his claim. No serious develop
ments are anticipated. Salem has se
cured the Mooueys and Heffernan. Ja
son and Wood will make up the bal
ance of the team. This makes a warm
quintet which should be an important
factor in the coming race.
Wodtke is being widely sought, but
one who has talked with him states
that he will not play polo this season.
He is interested in an automobile and
is not listening to any kind of over
tures, ltado White was among those
who sought for him through an agent,
but. like the rest, he was refused.
The Nationals are gunning hard
after certain Southeastern league play
ers. Mullens of the Plymouth was
offered a $75 bonus to jump to Hart
ford or Waterbury, witli a guarantee
of 35 a week. He refused. He cast
his fortunes with Sammy Upton and
intends to stay there.
Casiiuian. rat anil jolly as ever, ar
rived in the city Thursday and had
all kinds of comedies to tell of his lasc
season's experience. His was not all
one sweet dream, and less money in
genial company seems to be much more
preferable, m his opinion.
The entire Brockton team is expected
to report to-day, with the exception
of Tom Murphy, who will join the
team at the opening game in Salem.
The Brockton rink is now ready for
practice work, and the boys will get at
it to-d:;y.
Fred Doe had a good opportunity to
secure the handling of the Springfield
team, but he was not wise st it slipped
away from him. Doe ought to be able
to tell a good thing when he sees it,
but apparently he doesn't. New Ha
ven Union.
The Hartford and Meriden polo
teams played an exhibition game of
polo at Hill's Casino. New Britain, last
evening. Hartford won, 7 t,o o. The
championship season will open in Hart
ford Tuesday night.
The hopes of the polo enthusiasts
will be gladdened- by the announce
ment that Frank Wodtiie, the famous
"Flying Dutchman," will wear a Hart
ford uniform for another season at
least. For several weeks Wodtke has
refused to come to terms with Man
ager Cotter, and it was understood
that the star rusher had retired from
the game, but late last night he tele
graphed Mr Cotter that he would ac
cept the terms offered and report for
duty to-morrow. The acquisition of
the German will make several changes
in the club and it is very probable
that - either Mooney, Schotield, or
Griffin will be transferred to Spring
field, and Mr Cotter also stated that
in all probability John Roberts, the
former Waterbury player, would also
join the up-river club within a few
days. The -decision of -Wodtke, Men
ard, Bartlett, and StarUie in coming
,-to terms with the major league has
broken the backbone of Fred Doe's
opposition forces and the end of the
-alleged -Maine league is already in
sight. Hipson, McGilvray, and Bur
gess are still outside the breastworks,
but they will undoubtedly desert the
Pine Tree state; forces before the open
ing of the National league season.
: With Wodtke on the rush line, ' the
Hartford quintet looks even stronger
than last season, and the prospects of
the game in Hartford have been in
creased -several degrees -Hartford
Post ; .
, A True Gentleman.
Familiarity with . the prevailing
Standards of etiquette gives a young
man a distinct advantage, and he who
is sure that he knows is at ease and
conforms automatically to social re
quirement. None can be perfect in de
portment who has to stop to consider
how things ought to be done. If a man
be a gentleman at heart the outward
polish is easily acquired between man
ners and morals the tie is intimate.- A
true gentleman is simple,, unprntend-,ing-
natural. . He is courteous and con-
J-Bidepate,Tand--has'ithe 'personal dignity
'hat coiires of self-respe6t,"'ioit aelf-cph-
Jcibusness.' ,He greats &?ety ivotnan as
a lady, speaks well oi others &nd feeog-.
-niees opraiiy ; as .mutuai .omjga-
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OX THE GIUDIRON.
The fipllfee Teams Are All Ready Fojr",
' arh'e, Clesoent Athletic lul of tlfe-'
South End would like to play any team
in this city a game of football, and this
challenge is aimed particularly at the
-second; Mcrriiuac team-. 'AH answers
should be addressed to R. Sheehan, 23
Sylvan avenue.
In regard, :to Manager Cosgrove's
latest comninnication to the Democrat,
Manager' Dunphy only scorns it. . He
will carry on no further controversy
with Manager Cosgrove..- He does not
desire to have anything to do with
anybody who denies statements which
he has made. There will be no game
this season with the Elms. .
The game between ' the' St Thomas
Cadets and Mei rimac iootball elevens,
over which there has been so much,
talk, will be played to-morrow after
noon at 3 'o'clock at the Driving park.
Then it will be decided who has the
be tter eleven. Both elevens and their
supporters have boasted much during
the past week of their ability to ad
minister severe defeat to the other.
To-morrow will decide the veracity or
fallacy of their boasts. Much betting
has been done on the game, the odds
being even. If the day is pleasant one
of the largest crowds that ever wit
nessed a football .game in this city will
be present, as everybody knows or at
least thinks that the game will be
very exciting. Both teams have been
practicing hard the past week and both
are in the most excellent condition anil
confident of victory. The riv
alry is intense. The St Thomas
eleven wil! be made ;ip from the fol
lowing . players: C. Stein, llyland.
Buckley. A. SU-in. E. Dunphy, P. Riley.
Phil Relley, Cronau, Collins, Keating.
Bagley, McAlleney. Batters. Dwyer
and Costello. The Merrimaes will
take a pick from the following play
ers: McEvoy, Beardsley, Stout. Bau
by. Vickers. Royal Bunce, Brown.
Vickcrs. McXellis, Driscoll. Lyman,
Ghent. Hoar. Byrnes, Keating, Scully,
Doolau and Howard.
With the rising of the sun to-day
football enthusiasts will begin to feel
the pulsations of tiie excitement in
the air over thrilling contests that
must.be fought out before the sun's
going down. Harvard's crimson ban
ner will be hoisted on Soldiers' lield to
wave" defiance, to the red and .black of
Pennsylvania. Yale's brawny sous
will put shoulder to shoulder in the
struggle against the "West Point sol
dier boys, while Princeton has some
thing more than victory to win over
Cornell, for she has the defeat of one
year ago to wipe out. Yale reached
New York last night and "will go to
West Point this morning. Cornell is
resting in Trenton, the (Junkers are in
Auburndale. while Harvard, Princeton
and the- soldiers are camping on their
own grounds, where they hope to
crown themselves with laurels before
the day Is done. There are other games
and many of them, scheduled for to
day, but these three surpass in in
tense interest and importance any
other that will be played. Columbia
has no battle to light to-day, but on
Tuesday she will take Cornell's place
against the mighty Tigers. The game
in Cambridge, however, will attract
the greatest attention, if for no other
reason than that two of the "Big Four"
will be the contenders. They are even
ly matched to a man, so far as indi
cations up to the present time go.
t'eunsylvanla is strong ana aggres
sive and Harvard is strong and wilv.
The Crimson generally does better in
an actual contest than in practice, and
the eleven is under tne direction of
the greatest football captain and quar
terback ot the decade. Daly, of the
football family, Is tin; premier of the
other Daiys, ys well as all those who
have been fortunate enough to come
from similar stirring football stock.
He is the trickiest play on the grid
iron and coaches fear him. He is
swift and sure, and he can fight with
his men to the last ditch. The Quak
ers will have to study a trick of two
to outdo hi m. At last the McCracken
1113-stery has been cleared up.. Pro
fessor IIolHs, chairman of thejadvis
ory committee, declares under durance
vile that Harvard never did protest
McCracken, but simply asked for in
formation and pointed out the error
of the Quakers ways. McCracken will
play with Pennsylvania to-day, and it
is a settieu met mat lie will give a
good account of himself. Harvard
will abide by Pennsylvania's decision.
ana .Pennsylvania UeclUed long ago
that without McCracken there would
be no game.
THE CHECKER CHAMPIONSHIP
Boston, Nov 2. Charles F. Baker,
the American checker champion
caught his opponent, Richard Jordan
of Scotland, napping in last. night's
game in the championship tourna
ment, and won his second game of
the match, so that both players have
now beaten each other, twice in the
thirty rfour games played. Baker, had
the opening in the afternoon gaVne and
played the Denny move of 1014.- .Tor
day replied with 22-17. After a few
moves the game developed into
Paisley. The familiar lines of play
were lolloweu, me moves being similar
to those in the first game and a draw
resulted. Barker's reply to Jordan's
opening of 10 14 in the evening con
test was 2319, one of the American's
weakest moves, but apparently made
for a purpose. Jordan moved 14 18
and -tried to throw the game' into a
Kelso, but. Barker was prepared for
this and blocked it. Then Barker car
ried his opponent along to a weak for
mation of the old 14. - Jordan became
frightened and moved 1 (5 instead of
2 0 and got badly tangled up. After
three hours and five minutes of , play
Jordan finally resigned. .". The- Auieri-.
can is said to have had -the game
'cooked" before play began.
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Filipino lnglnnltf m war.
In a recent fight -in the nrth the
men of the Fortieth infantry ran into
a trap that proved -a veritable Gatling
gun of savajjery. The insurgents had
placed a lot of bamboo over a trench
and arranged a great number of bows
and arrows so that the arrows were
in place, the cord pulled back and the
entire -machine1 so aimed, as to strike
the center of a man's body By an ini
g-enlous : contrivance the stepping' on
the bamboo, set off the bows.-'iaBd' a
shower of arrow3'mei the advancing
column. Eight men were killed and
several, wounded .-.There Js absolutely
no limit to the n'smbef' of arrows 4ha$
may ,bet' sljot at the same, time by thisi
contrjvan,ee. With a sufficient num
ber o-f bows-u the , infernal machine
might, Jja made .excped'ingly.oeffeetiv
against' a large force. Chicago' Beef
Ordi r- -?c T" ..'rm ;
Terrible Terry, Hammers pern-
stein Into Insensibility.
ft "Took Seven Rounds to Do It and
McGovern Got a Few Hard Knocks
Himself Hildebrandt, the South Af
rican Plunger, Says There Are No
Fighters" There , Sow-Coming Bat
tles in. Hartford George Considine
Says the -Corbett and McCoy Fight
Was Fixed.
It took Terry McGovern seven
rounds of hard fighting to put out Joe
Bernstein in Louisville last night, it
was' the little champion's body punch
ing that did the trick. All through the
light he hammered the Ghetto cham.
p'iou's stomach until he wore him
down. . , .
Bernstein made a good snow ing, ill-
ting the little fellow know he was in
a light. He got in some still waiiopa
on the jaw a bit too high to win, but
which hurt. Then the isrooiuyn umioi
rushed in and played a tattoo on his
opponent's body. Bernstein was uow n
twice in the second, once in xne mm
and twice and the knockout in the
seventh.
There was a long wrangle before me
men trot toe-ether. Bernstein was re
ported to be haggling over a new divis
ion of the nurse, but at 1.1 mu o cioch.
Manager Uucker announced from the
rinir that the delay had been caused nj
the fact that .los;-pti liumpnrey ot -ew
York had attached Bernstein s share
of the purse. Matters were adjusted
when Bernstein gave Humplirey uu
ami Harris, McGovern's manager
agreed to give him $100 additional.
The difficulties having been overcome
he announced that the light would
promptly take place. A few moments
later McGovern. accompanied by his
seconds, entered the ring. He wore
bandages on both hands. His seconds
were Charles Huber of Cincinnati
Jack Donohue. "Freckles" O'Brien and
his manager. Samuel Harris. Bern
stein followed a few moments later,
His seconds were Jack Dougherty,
Kid Huber, Kid St Clair and M. So-
franski.
The gong sounded at 11:43. ,
First round: They spar for a mo
ment. After a slight fiddling they
come to a clinch. Infighting follows
Mac sends left hook to face and Joe
rushes Terry to the ropes, landing left
on the stomach and right on the head.
Terry plava for the body with both
hands and then rushes Joe and lands
hard left on cheek, crowding Joe closi
ly. He then sends right to stomach
repeatedly. Joe follows with a left
hook to the head. Mac then leads with
left and uppercuts on stomach. Hard
infighting takes place. Terry has the
better of it. The bell finds them spar
ring.
Second round: McGovern starts off
with a well concerted rush and fast
Infighting follows. Terry sends left
and right to ear and finds Joe's stom
ach with the left, while Bernsteiu is
looking after his rival's head. They
clinch. In the center Joe blocks two
speedy leads for the head. Terry
dodges into a neutral corner and they
exchange lefts. Terry rushes Joe to
the ropes, swinging right and left to
the head. Joe counters with the right
on tiie head. In a general mix-up in
the center of the ring Joe Is sent down
and remains on the boards for six sec
onds. He is sent down again a mo
ment later from a left hook on the
jaw. Joe takes another count of six
seconds before lie regains his feet. As
Bernstein goes to his corner he seems
to be in trouble.
Third round: Bernstein toes the
scratch slowly. Terry crosses the ring
after him. They come to a clinch at
once. Joe lands a light tap on the
face, while Terry retaliates with right
and left to the body. Terry puts the
right very hard on Bernstein's stom
ach, but Joe smashes him with a 'left
counter on the mouth. McGovern
rushes at Bernstein, swinging hard
with both hands to- the body. They
clinch and the referee has difficulty in
breaking them. Terry lands a terrific
right drive on the wind. The gong
finds the men in a clinch in Bernstein's
corner.
Fourth round: Terry feints with
the left and lands right on the wind.
Joe tries for the body, but his efforts
are blocked. They clinch. Joe . sends
left to the wind and then repeats the
blow in a clinch. In a wild rush
across the floor Terry sw.'ngg both
hands, but Joe ducks out of harm's
way. They exchange lefts'. Terry
tries for the wind, but Joe again clever
ly evades him. McGovern rushes with
a neat duck.. Joe lands a hard left on
the face and they clinch without dam
age. Joe puts the left on McGovern's
face at the bell.
Fifth round: Terry begins with a
rush, but Bernstein easily avoids him.
In a mix-up Terry lauds right on the
face and brings the same hand to the
body. Joe misses a vicious uppercut.
Terry rushes Bernstein to a corner and
Joe stops him with a straight left on
the mouth. Terry rushes Joe, and in
attempting to get away Bernstein slips
half way through the ropes. McGov
ern smiles as he helps him up, Mac
keeps forcing his opponent around the
ring, but is unable to corner him.
They exchange heavy rights and lefts
on the body and then clinch. Terry
rushes Bernstein across the ring and
in a clinch Joe falls. " Terry feints with
the left and lands a hard right on the
wind. He repeats tills a,. moment
later,-, ; ;-, : '--
Sixth round: Terry. at once seta a
hot. pace and lands -right and left lrard
on the body. Then be sends right and
leftvto the wind. Joe lands left on the
face. Mac sends right and left to the
body-y Joe, puts another left jab ' on
.McGovern's visage, and -Terry returns
with right and left on body.- Mac rips
left .to face and senda -right to wind.
Joe lands a wicked left on McGovern's
face and follows with-another punch
on the same spot. In a vicjous niix
up both go down. Upon regaining their
feet Uoe lands left on the face, while
Terry, counters with the right to the
wind: - Just at the gong : McGovern
iHmaSi a wi9ke.drlghWuirtth-tbody.
;4-Meventh- round:' Affe 'a ' clinch" Xer-
Joe follows with, a slashing uppevcut
to th0 jChln .iwhlle Mes6ewi-r.t.)lltoB
wftlM right aridvteCt: fcjfe 'body; Iff a
;flerce il-up ; liTthe'.GeptryOf the rjng
.Tercy 4ltop -Iierateiny ah-d the. latter
takes nine seconds to ' get "up." He
seems to be groggy and goem down
again from a short left hook. He takes
..aopt.her ecount .' When- he - arises Mc-lGrtern.-'t
orf fop of him and sends a
terrific? -rlght-vindpp :the,htart.i ; Bern
stein sinks to the floor and is counted'
out amid tremendous agplausef Time ,
Of round 2 .minutes? apd o seconds.;' , 1
CONSIDLNE- SAYS FAKE. '
fionrro, v. Considine,? former man-
eagr of James' 3. Corbett, who arrived
f rom- Etfglaud a iishort time s ago, has
stated since his return that he would
issue a statement" regarding the Cor-bett-McOoy
-battle.. Ht was understood
that Considine- and the former cnam
pion were on good terms, but the fol
lowing communication from Considine
proves that they do not speak as they
pass by:
. "New lork, isov z, xauu.
"I was In London and did not intend
coining home for several months, but I
met McCoy in that city, and to my sur
prise was informed by him. that he
had come over to England because of
the down-town people in New York,
who, he said, were sore on h(m on ac
count of. his fight, with Corbett. Mc
Coy also made the statement that they
the down-town people had never
done anything for' him and that he had
the right to get the money any way
he could. And he got it, he added, by
laying down to Corbett, as per agree
ment. He also informed me that near
ly every one in New York believed
that I . was in .on the scheme. When
he told me this 1 was amazed, and im
mediately left for New York.
"On my arrival In New York and be
fore making any statement, I called
on Corbett and accused him of having
a part in the fake light. This he de
nied, but I caught him in several mis
statements and proved, through wit
nesses present at the interview, one of
them. He then admitted that he knew
that McCos' was going to lie down.
and I said to him: 'Why didn't you tell
me of it, instead of making a monkey
of me?' To which he replied: 'What
for, so you could tell Sullivan, who.
would make McCoy fight on the level,
as you did in the McCoy-Maher fight?
I dint know that I could lick McCoy
on the level, and I was glad to know
that he was going to lay down.'
"Now, in view of these circum
stances, I don't intend to stand for
anything for him. On account of Cor
bett's wife I was willing that Corbett
should shift the blame for, that busi
ness of the Cornllle woman on the
steamer on me, as I was an unmarried
man and better able to shoulder the
scandal than he was. I never saw
this woman until I met her at Cor
bett's training quarters at Bath Beach,
and it was a great surprise to me
when I discovered she was on the same
steamer with us. I had decided to
take the trip to London because Cor
bett had been begging me for over a
week to go with him, as he wanted to
leave his wife, one of his reasons being
a remark she had made to him when
he was leaving the house the night of
the fight with McCoy, when she told
him that she hoped McCoy would hit
him and kill iui... Corbett told me
that Miss Coi-nllfe was to leave on a
steamer a week later than the one we
took. ' ' ;
"As for Corliett's statement about
his not knowing where he was until
he was two days out to sea, he knows
and I can prove it by reputable wit
nesses who saw -us off perfectly well
that he was aware of what he was
doing and where he was going all the
time. 1 cto not .care to bring into this
matter the names of these people, but
shall do so If Qorbett denies this por
tion of my statement. -
'I would not. make this statement nt
all but 'for the,, fact that in clearing
myself I also show that I was entitled
to the friendship, of every one whose
good wiir I enjoyed before this took
place, and I sincerely hope that the
public will look at my statement in
me same light. Y'ours trulv,
"GEORGE F. CONSIDINE."
OSCAR GARDNER'S LTANDS.
Oscar Gardner, who is tr. mot
Martin Flaherty, in a twenty-round
bout before the Crescent A. C. of Hart
ford, Tuesday, election night, yester
day sent the following wire to the club
matenmaker:
Chicago. Nov 1, 1900.
Kindly deny rumor that mv hands
are in bad shape. They never were In
better condition. Will arrive in Hart
ford some time Sunday.
OSCAR GARDNER.
It is underst'opd that Gardner is to
wearbandages, as is his usual custom
xne oniy time ne took mem off in a
contest was when he last met Flahertv
in Hartford. The Lowell man object-
eu 10 me oanaages on Gardner s hands
after the men were in the rina. and
rather than argue the point Gardner
consented to remove them. This time
the understanding Is that either man
may wear light bandages on his hands
if he so desires. . Interest in the Mah-
er-Matthewson bout -Is Increasing and
reports from both men are to the ef
fect that they are in good form.
HILDEBRANDT ALL RIGHT.
Hildebrandt reports that the. boxing
game in South Africa is dead. There
are but two fighters in the country
uwen Sullivan and Tom Duggan. Both
these old-timers now hold government
Jobs In Cape . Town, is either of them
have had their hands up in two years.
and have about given up the idea of
following the. game longer. Hilde
brandt, who now operates a big gam
bling concession at Cape Town and
who has an unexpired contract with
the Boer government which her majes
ty's government will probably have to
recognize, is making himself a mil
lionaire. ""Hildebrandt, in the vernac
ular of Holmes, "is the works down
there."- The trouble he had with Pres
ident Ki'tiger cost him about $80,000.
He walked up to. the "captain's office"
and astounded the natives by paying
up with their own gilt-edged bonds,
He owns a stable o-uuuers,- controls
the sweepstakes pools of the southern
country, and is investing heavily in
diamond and gold fields.' Nine years
ago Hildebrandt was a not over-opulent"
mixer of cocktails In Chicago.
Beefsteak Muslnnde.
- Take- a thick' sirloin or rump steak,
score it lightly on both sides and pour
a tablespoonful of salad oil into the
scores. Lay it quickly in the mari
nade, let it stand an hour, take out,
wipe dry,' sprinkle lightly with ' salt
and thickly with pepper and mustard,
then broil quickly and serve very hot,
with a dash of melted .,buttei not
drawn gutter on ti.e upper ' side.
Waghinton iar.;,; y'.
': -l! 5 Verr UnTa.hlonaule.' '";-5 .
: "'- She-t)f - art things f Did , you ' ever
Bee such a?dowdy"? ' -'- - "-i- ;
He In what-way?' ' ' '
She In whtkt way ? Where aW your
eyes? - She-has 'a sunshade tha' the
sun a a't shine through. N: ' T.
Weekly. - - ' - 4
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE
Ferll of RuitUi Home In the Ca-
nndlun btonntalma ta - - - '
v Vf,: the Winter.' ""-'"-'"' '''
Nearly all the , adventure pi th re
gion of the Rocky mountains comes
from, the satisfying of, the sporting in
stinct. ., There is , littl r lawlessness
among the resident population,, and
what there -ie U strongly curbed by
the Canadian mounted police. There
is practically no mining. - Mountain
climbing for exploration has probably
caused more deaths than anything
else; writes Will Sparks, in Ainslee's.
Travel through this region in the
winter season, while beset with hard
ships enough, is still much more
agreeable than in the summer. Hunt
ers and trappers usually locate in
some habitation and use it as a cen
tral point from ; which they search
game, traveling on snow shoes. Even
when a long journey is necessary, the
old, experienced trapper seldom thinks
of taking a tent with him, but trusts
to luck to find a big, hollow tree foi
the night. Such trees are commo"
in certain sections of the Canadian
Rockies. They are all old and have
only a thick .outer shell. An old oak,
six feet in diameter, affords an admi
rable place to bunk, -provided th
opening is not too large. The experi
enced hunter always looks for a hoi'
low tree with the opening into ix
down close to the ground, as it pre
vents the possibility of wild beast
climbing in on top of him. Sometime
the man finds the hollow tree already
occupied hy a bear or a catamount
which he must fight or hunt anothei
tree. If nightfall is already well ad
vanced there is generally a fight, as
hollow trees are hard to find in thi
dark by even the most experienced
hunters, and in most cases the ma;
gets the tree and the skin of the wile
beast, too.
When the hunter ha9 completed his
work he builds a fire in the snow
not far from the hole in the tree
cuts a piece of meat from his van
quished foe, and prepares his supper
And never does man partake of a meai
amid more solemn surrnfmdings. The
air is still, and no sour. breaks the
silence except the cracking of the ice
on the sleet-covered twigs. Rocks,
canyons and gorges are buried deep
under the snow, and the light from
the camp fire lights up the scene with
a vivid glare.
. His evening moal finished, the hunt
er crawls into the hollow tree and
gets into his sleeping bag, lying sa
that his head will be close to the
opening. And there he sleeps as com
fortably as if he were in a bed of a
$10-a-day hotel in New York. Such
an experience is usually an event to
mark an epoch in a man's life, and
yet to the hunter and trapper in the
Canadian Rockies it is an every-day
occurrence.
During the winter the moose and
the wood buffalo are hunted along the
eastern slope of the Canadian Ro k
ies. Both of these animals are st.ll
plentiful there, and are stalked 11
much the same manner as deer. . Buy
the hunting of the moose is more dan
gerous,. and requires all the "nerve a
man has. The beasts are vicious, es
pecially after a slight wound. They
are hard to kill, and a rifle ball must
reach a vital point to drop the game.
So the hunter, hindered at every step
by cumbersome snowshoes, must get
quite near. When the time comes to
shoot he must not waver, and yet he
must be ready to run in case the beast
should turn on him. The least mis
chance means deatn, for the. moose's
front feet are sharp. It has a trick
of rushing at a' man and striking an
outward and downward blow that is
likely to cut him in two. Dogs are
generally able to take care of them
selves as far as moose, are. concerned,
but "at the critical moment can do
little to help their masters. When the
moose, driven to bay, turns, it always
makes for the man, seeming, by some
strange intelligence, to know who is
the- real enemy. For all this, moose
hfinting is the most exciting sport to
be found on the American continent
to-day, and the man who loves adven
ture will get enough on one hunt to
last him until another year. Then he
will go after more moose. But it may
be that he will never come back.
EXTRA CHARGE FOK BREAD.
One of the Caatoma of Enffltih Inna
That Do Not Pleaae
Americana.
"One of the strangest things about
the management of English restau
rants," remarked a ... gentleman who
has recently returned from a visit to
London, says -a Washington Star
writer, "is the custom of charging
diners for every slice of bread which
they eat. For instance, a day or two
before my departure from the British
capital I, as a mark of esteem, invited
several English friends to dine with
me., at one of . the most celebrated of
the fashionable West end restaurants.
Well, the repast was served in a pri
vate" room, and, everything went off
splendidly until the coffee and cigar
stage was reached, and I asked that
my bill be "brought to me. There, to
my' utter astonishment, the head
waiter; in the hearing of the assem
bled company, approached me, and in
a loud voice asked:' - 'And how many
breads 'ave you 'ad, sir?' ' .
"This question I could not answer,
as I had not been engaged in counting
the number of slices consumed, but
one of my guests, who had evidently
kept 'track of the bread, noticing' my
embarrassment, said in my behalf:
'Four plates.! -
'"Ah!" "muttered the waiter, 'that's
one shillin' h'extra, and, after adding
the amount of my bill,, he handed it to
me for inspection,
"Ot course, 1 paid for the bread, but
I have been wondering ever since I
did so why the American custom of.
sot charging ior. 'the. staff of; life is
.not introduced over there." - - -' -" :
, . Electrlo-Llthtlnjf Machinery. .. ,
,- C nie idea of the magnitude of the
electric lighting , . machinery in this
country, may be obtained:-1 from - the
statement that - the -public lighting
Stations of NeAv York city" alofiej sup
ply,' incandescent, lamps, each year to
the jiumber of 2,123,000. ; This, is inde
pendent of. those i urnisbed by private
olants. Chicago Inter Ocean.-1 '
WAIT FOR THE DISROBING.
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St ran are "Fact Revealed That Codflih
JCVat on' L,obtr When the'
-S flatter Shed Their Shells.
-Ib i probably news to the majority
0$ people,; to know , that ? the red or
rock (Codfish 'is bjtternemy of the;
lobster tint has just crawled ou oi
his ahett 'and is soft and unable to
protect himself, says the Lewistou
(Me.) Journal. During shedding timo
these lobsters crawl up under project
ing rocks where the seaweed and kelp
are thick and where they find pro
tected places' in which to go' through
the process of slipping out of their
old shells and taking on a new coat
of mail, so to speak. For some daj-s
after shedding the lobsters are weak
and unable to cope with those fish
that wage war upon them. This fact
the codfish seem intuitively to know,
and they will swarm around these re
treats m great numbers and wait for
the shedders to crawl out.
An old lobster fisherman said the
other morning that many times he
had stopped his dory over a large
number of these red codfish and
watched their operations. He had
even dropped his line down and dan
gled tempting bait within a few feet
of them. Unless it happened to fall
directly in front of their noses, how
ever, they would seldom take it, as
they were after lobster meat. When
the thin-shelled lobsters would crawl
out from beneath the protecting sea
weed the codfish would dart at them
and strike them fierce blows with
their tails, disabling them completely,
They would then fall to and devour
the helpless crustaceans. This per
formance, the lobster fisherman said
he had witnessed many times. The
shedding season is now practically
over, and the shells of the lobsters are
becoming firm and hard and they are
fully able to take care of themselves
SWISS NATIONAL INSURANCE.
Report Giving Some Interesting- Facts
About a Propoacd Law That
Wm Recently Defeated.
In a report to the state department
Consul General Dubois, at St. Gall,
gives some interesting facts about the
proposed Swiss accident and military
insurance law, says the Washington
Post. This law, which was recently
defeated by a two-thirds vote, pre
scribes obligatory insurance, in cases
of sickness and accident. The govern
ment's share of the expense of the
entire premium of the ins '.ranee was
to be 20 per cent., the labor 20 per
cent., while the employers of labor
were to bear 60 per cent. The text
of the proposed law contained 400 ar
ticles, among which was the military
insurance clause, which met consider
able opposition by the military class
es. The project was defeated this
time by 195,000 votes. Glarus was the
only province out of the 22 cantons
which gave a majority in favor of the
proposition. There are various causes
which helped to defeat this measure,
In agricultural districts it was con
sidered to be of advantage to the in
dustrial centers. Great dissatisfac
tion was shown by the people engaged
in house industries, because the law
was made compulsory for some and
optional for others. Strong opposi
tion was met with among the large
manufacturers, especially those of the
silk industry, because they were con
vinced that the law would tax them
heavier than they were being taxed
under the compulsory system which
is at present in existence. .
PUZZLED ABOUT DESCENT.
Problem That la Distractlnc an Eng
lLah Stcdcnt of Gene&loo-y
A Snbtle Fallacy.
Here is a little genealogical prob
lem which perhaps some of the read
ers can solve. A man writes to the
Liverpool Post saying: "I have, like
the rest of human beings, two par
ents. They in turn had each two.
These four grandparents had each
two, and so on. Now, if we take on
an average four generations to a cen
tury, 33 generations have passed away
since the timfe of William the Con
queror, and by the simple process of
multiplying two by itself 33 times I
find that at the date of the Norman
conquest I must have had 8,589,934,582
ancestors of that generation. But
this is eight or nine times- the total
population of the globe at the pres
ent day, and must be fully 30 or 40
times, the total number of human be
ings living in the eleventh century,
so that there must be a fallacy in my
calculation somewhere. Can anybody
tell me," he asks, ,'Syhat the fal
lacy is?"
A Remarkablo Record.
An extraordinary record has Just
been completed by the death of an
aged priest in the diocese of Kosenau,
Hungary. He was one of half a dozen
young ecclesiastics who over 60 years
ago on the same day completed the
theological course at the seminary.
They were ordained priests on the same
day and for -60 years labored together
in the diocese. United they had been
in life, they were hardly separated by
death, for, in the short space of two
months all six have died, their ages
being 82, 83, -.88, 86, 80 and 81 respec
tively, -.
Murders on Rnailan Railways.
About ten persons are every year
robbed and murdered on Russian rail
ways, and the murderers are seldom
caught.
1 Pall Overcoats. 1
m They have sureness of fit and
isider quality, our prices ate extraordinarily low, '' .,' '
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Ther c Are Some
Discussions
Just as hot as politics.
Its half the fun with some
players.
If you stop a minute before .
election to think of an ,
,Overcoat
t . -
U. S. & Co windows are at
tractive with new up-to- .
the minute styles,
Priced so low as "
to interest everyone
How Is
$10.00.
For a good, handsome,
warm, durable, fancy or plain
lined OVERCOAT.
At $12 they are a little' bet-
ter at $15 they are top hoteli
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89-91 Bank St. ,
ELEVATOR SOUTH MAIIJ SJU
DODGE'S SHOE STORE. "
Bargains In Winter
Underwear
Men's Heavy Jersey Ribbed
Fleeced Lined Shirts and Drawers, In
plain blue or brown stripe, 50c tha
garment. j
ISHAM & WILSON
Elattarj ail Farnlihari.
115 and 117 SOUTH MAIN ST. 1
g GREEN, BROWN, OLIVE S
5 nmv MivTTTBFS. "S
I THE PROPER COLORS
5 for men's wear. Large assort
5 ment.
GUS WALD,
Successor to ' jjj
Scfiwarz Tailoring Co.,
Over Chase's Millinery Stora, 5'
EXCHANGE PLACE. ' S
Entrance next to Lake's Drug Store g
ELGIN CREAMERY BUTTER,
23c lb. 4 1-2 lbs for $1.00. .
FANCY NEW SAGE CHEESE 16c lb
Boston Butter House
147 South Main St-
FLOUR
White Sponge has no equal:
also ' j
Feed, Hay and Grain,
T. O'ROURKE & SON,
' 8T SCOVILL STREET.
permanent shape, ana when you jsatf
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