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\ . - - ' 'l iE OMAIIA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , dL.1 71 : t1 , I898. 3 t ( : IIUtiT11G J' ' IN ii ! Dlall ' 51 11 1 Details of a Obase After Rocky Idountain Sheep and Goats. UVEIY WINTER SPORT IN MONTANA The Noolluk Gent and the \Vnry Sheep -'nice of Smokeless Powder llenurnstrnted-Comfort In u Severe Cold , A midwinter bunt In the fastnesses of the ' Rocky mountains would probably not appeal to the general run of aportsmen. Yet , If ono knows how to do It , such a trip can ho pleasantly and comfortably made , oven if the thermotncter does go to forty degrees below zero and the snow is six feet deep , writes a correspondent wt the Now York $ un from Kipp , Mont. That , at least , is -foie unanimous opinion of a party of us .Jto made such a hunt last March. Wo also learned to believe that the hardships of the lClondlhers have been overestimated ; the cold and snow of that far-oft region would have no terrors for us , at least. Our party was made up of two enthusiastic - astic sportsmen from Troy , N , Y. , who came all the way out hero in the winter holing to kill a few goats and sheep , The three others were Jack , Joe nod the writer , old and seasoned Montaulans , When Mac and George stepped from the Pullman early one ' rring at Bear Creek side track on the Rent Northern railway and found them- SO vas waist deep In snow , one would have 2ht their ardor would cool off consid- erably. Rut it didn't ; they helped us dig their trunks out of tha snow bank into which the baggageinan had cast them and take them Into the section house. But the sight of two fashionably dressed men + -41aundoring about In the snow on time sum- mit. of the Itockies had a visible effect on the other passengers of the train , lfor they all laughed and cheered as they started on. ' _ _ 41 The section house keeper kindly gave us the use of a room and in a little while the new arrivals had changed their flue clothes and white shirts for warm woolen suits and liannel shirts and were ready to strike out Into the mountains. Jack , Joe and the writer had gone up several days before and 1lready had camp made oh a little stream ! oven miles north of Bear Creek , and well stored with provisions and bedding. So now we had only to carry out the sleeping bags and extra clothing of our friends. The Start. We strapped on our snowshoes about 9 o'clock and started for the camp at a leisurely - urely gait , for George had never worn such footgear before , but ho took to them like a duck to water , without a fall or mishap. It was not a very cold day , the thermometer being about zero , and there was no wind in the narrow , timbered valley we were tray- cling through , but up on the mountains which towered above us we could see the show drifting in blinding clouds. Three miles from Bear creek we came to the head of the little draw we were following up , then descended a long , steep hill to the creek , on which our camp was located tour miles above. When we struck this creek there were some old signs of elk. They had made trails in the deep snow as they fed about on the willows and were undoubtedly nor far off , but as they had already shed their antlers and would be useless as tro- - ihles we did not molest them. in due time ss'o arrived in sight of camp , which was situated under some large pines at the edge of a small prairie. We had shoveled 1 ti away the snow to put up the tent and the f banks thus thrown up completely hid it until one stood directly over it. It looked cold and cheerless enough outside , but inside It was quite different ; our folding sheet-iron stove gave out a genial heat alid kept us q warm at all times. The stove had no bot- . , i , , -"tom and was set upright on the ground. A layer of atones on which it rested slowly gave out the heat in the night which had boon stored in themi during the daytime , so that even on the coldest nights water did I not freeze in t11e buckets. The back half of time tent was our couch ; a soft and fragrant Led of balsam boughs two feet thick had been laid down and on this were spread our Mullets and sleeping bags. Although still early when we reached camp , it was blow- lag too hard on the mountains to think of hunting , so we put in the balance of the day I loafing around , eating , smoking and read- ing. We had not forgotten to pack along a lot of novels and periodicals and by the light of a generous supply of candles they helped to while away many n long evening. Our first night in camp was without event , but in , he morning George complained that he had s Opt rather cold. On investigating the matter - ter wo found that Instead of slipping into Ills fur sleeping bag ho had merely crowded /between it and the thin canvas cover. JlountnIn Climbing. Immediately in front of our tent on the north side of limo stream rose a very high mountain. It was impossible to climb it rlglit there , for it rose up from the valley in a sheer wall flvo or six hundred feet high. Further up thr valley , however. It was A prnctlcable to climb up a sleep snowslide and thence w orlc over to the top of the cliff , from which the counlain again arose in a series of more or less steep benches to Its t extreme height a mile away. The lower half 1 of the mountain was dotted here and there witli clumps of stunted glues , affording , shelter and food for the goals we knew lived upon it. This was selected for our hunt that first morning , nail we were fairly afoot by 7 o'clock , In some previous winter the snow 1mil started from the summit of the moun- ' tale , and , gatberug ; force and volume as it I w'eut , lied clewed a wide gash down the steep Incline clear to the bottom of the 'al- icy ; huge boulders , turf , brush and trees had been tern from the side of the mountain std piled in a mass at the bottom.Ve didn't feel quite n9 sate as s'e might as we climbed this slide , but hoped that the weather was too cold to allow thu scow to 10030 Its grip , and ante r n half hour's perspiring 1 work we , finally reached a point where we could leave It and work to the right among the pine groves and shelves of rock , f , flu had not guru immure than 200 yards front the slldo when we came upon the tracks ' of six goats , which had evidently passed uloug there that morning , Just ( lien , lee , the Ivied began I0 blow auul In no time filled up and obliterated the trails. Wo deter- htlned to go on , lie vever , in time direction the ttnrks led , but soon had to give it up , as the 11 liitl increased Ill violence aiui almost ' % , . blinded us with the snow svhlrled about. So 4 we retr'ueed our steps to the snowslide , amid , sitting down on our shoes , rapldly glided down to the bottom and thence to camp , " -4 or time next three day's it blew Incessantly 111)011 the moutalus and we were ! arced to remain In sump , Hut that was no great lordship , although the hunters from Troy svuru thirstlug for gore , The morning of the fourth day broke cold amid clear ; there wasn't a cloud in sight uud thu mountains almost blinded one with their coat of gleam. I mg white , George and Jack determined alu to climb the mountain in trout of nup , and Mae and Joe were to take the next co beyond , The writer was to pass thu day- cooking beaus and various other staple articles of food which required time and a hot tire. By some oversight our grocer - cer had left out the baking powder and we were obliged to make yeast bread , Think of ( lint , ye housewives , who nurse your yeast w'itli every care ! Thiuk of making yeast la a snow' bank and the thermometer thirty do. grew below'1 Sighting the Billy. About 2 o'clock the bread was baked and . m glass of thirty-flvo diameters , and strapping on his snowshoes started out to look along the mountains for goats. Not far above camp a rocky point jutting into the valley afforded a good view of the three nearest mountains , hero ho eat down and with a forked stick on which to rest his glass began - gan to scan the nearest one , Almost at its summit a lone biilygoat was discovered fy- tng on a point which the wind had swept clear of snow. Delow , and more to the right of him , were four more in a group , slowly picking their way along the hillside - side ; these were two nannies and their kids. Still further down , about the center of the mountain , was another billy , a very large one , lie was lying on a narrow shelf on which grew a few stunted pines , and would occasionally reach up and take a bite of the low-growing evergreens. After a careful search no more goats were to bo seen on this mountain , nor were there any signs of Mac and Joe , who had started to climb it. Twenty minutes or so were then spent In looking over the next mountain , on which eight goats were Been , nil old bil- lies , and each one by himself. Then , on pointing the glass back at the first moun- taln the writer saw that the old billy lying under the pines was uneasy ; he got up out of his bed and was alternately looking down the mountain and then craning his short , thick neck to stare at the rocks above. He- low him the mountain was very steep and bare clear to the bottom of the valley , almost - most half a tulle down. But further along a deep water-worn coulee was gashed into the side of it , and the man with the glass concluded that Mac and Joe were iii this and trying to get within shot of the goat. What a queer looking animal a goat is , mmd what queer ways he has ! His body is much the shape of a buffalo , mid Ilko the buffalo his head Is set right onto his shoulders - ders , theme being no neck to speak of , The goat , too , has very long hair , which gives him the appearance of wearing fringed trousers and he has a long beard on the chin. But unlike the bison he has a long , narrow , silly , dish-faced head , his hair is snow white and his horns curve back like a sclrnitar and are slender , sharp and black as polished ebony. Naturalists tell us that they are not goats at all , but true antelopes. Be that as it may , they look like goats and we mountaineers will continue to call theta so. Their silly-looking face does not belle them ; they are silly. Perched on a narrow shelf a mile or so up in time air , or clinging to a rocky wall where no beast of prey can follow them , they imagine that they are safe , too , from the pursuit of man , They cannot , like the big horn or the prairie antelope , learn that a rifle bullet bridges chasms and climbs through space. This blllygoat whin the man with the glass was watching had seem Mac and Jim several times where the coulee they were following up was not deep enough to conceal them. lie surely felt that he ought to get out of there , else why did he occasionally turn and look up the mountain - tain ? Rut that particular shelf and group of pines formed too comfortable a place to bare mmd while he hesitated Mac's little thirty caliber rifle barked out its summons and all was over. No , not quite , for with his last breath and strength he tried to kick himself off the shelf , whence he would roll and bounce down into the bottom of the valley a mangled and shapeless mass. But the bullet had struck a vital spot and just as he reached the edge he died. Then Mac and Joe came carefully over to him from time coulee , punching holes in time hard snow for footholds and at last they reached him and grasping him by time hind legs drew hint back to the level of the shelf. \Vurv Game. It was nearly 6 o'clock when Mac and Joe returned to camp. Mac was tired , but happy , and Joe was , too. They brought in the skin and head of the goat and a little of the meat , but needless to say none of it was ever cooked. The flesh of an old billy , especially - pecially in winter-well , It isn't good. Half on hour after the first arrivals George and Jack came ht completely scorn out and thoroughly - oughly disgusted. They had sighted seven different goats early Lm the morning and started niter an old billy which was feeding about eh a ledge almost at the top of the niouutain. The other ones were nearer and easier to get at , but they wanted him , as he was the largest. Time climbing was very sleep and dangerous and in many places they had to dig holes in time hard snow to obtain footholds , where a single misstep would have beet cerlaim death eu the rocks far below. The goat had often been ht plain sight of theft amid they were obliged to stop at such times until he should disappear again lit the beck part of the ledge. It was thus very late s'lmen they at last got to the foot of lho ledge , and , crawling up on it , George found himself within twenty feet of the animal - mal , The goat was lying down under a spreading pine. He took a careful aim at the animal and when ho pulled the trigger the hammer clicked on the firing pin and that was all , Then the goat got up and started to lope off and the hunter successively - sively tried every cartridge in the magazine - zine , but none of them would explode. After the goat was gone ho examined time gun and found that the point or the firing pin was broken off. It was a now rule fresh from the factory and was supposed to be perfect - fect , Row exasperating this was can be lmagined by any hunter , Think of traveling - ing 2,500 miles to kill a goat and then , when within twenty feet of it , after a hard and dangerous climb , finding your gun will not shoot ! Words cannot do such a situation Justice. After dinner that evening it was decided to move camp to the other side of the range. We would return to Bear Creek , than take the train to the foothills and pack in to Two Medicine Lake , where sheep were plenty and goals were also to be found. A firing pin for George's gun could be burrowed - rowed of the section house men and the hunt go on. We had planned to go to Two Medicine anyhow , for sheep , after first hunting - ing goats at our present camp. It was hard work to pack everything out to the railroad at ono trip , but we did it , Jack and Joe carrying about 150 pounds each , the writer 100 std Mac and George each sevouty-fivo pounds , The train did not arrive until 2 o'clock in the morning and an hour and u halt later we left it at Elk sidetrack and crawled into our sleeping bags unit slept mm til daylight by our baggage piled up on the right of way , We then went over to the house of a nearby rancher and got our breakfast and engaged him to take us to the lake with his team and sleigh. It was not snore than six miles there , but the snow was very deep for the last mile or two , amid it was quite dark when we finally had camp up and in shape , in a lovely sheltered nook among the pines and quaking aspens just above the head of the lake , The snow was even deeper here than it had been an the other side of the range and fifty feet from tlm tent only the ridge of the roof could be seen , .1 Illon' lu the Itorldes , The wind always blows much harder on the east slope of time Rockies than it ifoes on the west , and for time first five days we were obliged to remain about camp , as no ono could stand the drlttiof , snows and icy blasts up on the bare mountains , where the hardy bighorn make their home , Trout , Marge and fat , awarnted in the lake , aqd by cutting holes through the ice near the Inlet we caught all we could use , One day we tramped up to the falls on the stream between - tween the two lakes , They are well worth visitlog , for there is nothing like them ! n the whole country so tar as the writer knows , A short distance below the upper lake the stream disappears among the rocks ; a couple of mirlks still further down a high rocky wall crosses the valley and about forty feet from the bottom of this wall the stream burets out of a jagged oval hole and falls into a deep , wide pool at its base. It is certainly a weird and ' Yaw - sentinel about the pool , form a cold and forbidding - bidding spectacle , snd yet there is a faselna- tlon about the spot long to be remembered. The first still day Mac and Joe went up on Bough's mountain , so named the season before after a friend who had killed a big ram there , George and Jack went to the I Upper lake , hoping to find some goats. The writer , as usual , remained in camp to cook I the inevitable bean and catch some trout for dinner. It was quite dark when the hunt- ' era returned , tired and hungry. The goat ) hunters had seen two goats on top of a high wall , but could not approach them on account - count of the dangerous and icy climb , Mac and Joe had seen forty-two sheep , but nil' ' except two were ewes and kids. They would not shoot at these ; the modern sportsmen will kill nothing which will lessen the game supply. A few males more or less makes no difference in the annual crop of young. The two rams they had seen were on the alert , as usual , and , sighting time hunters when they just showed their bends for a minute while crossing an exposed place , promptly lit out for parts unknown , Of all American game time bighorn are undoubtedly - doubtedly the wariest and hardest to ap- proach. They live altogether on the high , bare mountains amid during the daytime choose the most open and exposed places on which to rest , A lone sheep will then' ' lie down for only a few minutes at a time lie always has his eyes open and is con timually getting up to obtain a better view of his surroundings. When there is a band of them a few are always standing on watch while time others rest. They are export climbers and good jumpers , very quick and agile in their movements. The goat , however - ever , will go in places where the sheep cannot. Slow and uncouth appenring as he is , he is much mono sure footed and can often be Been clinging to the wall of sonic dizzy height where one would think nothIng - Ing but a bird could venture. At such times the hunter will often look closely at the surroundings and think that he has surely driven the game to a place where itl cannot possibly escape him. Hut there is always a way , and no goat has yet been corralled on a mountain wall. Another peculiarity - culiarity of the goat Is that whmi wounded he will not hesitate to jumip off a cliff In order to escape lda pursuers. The writer has seen them deliberately cast themselves off precipices something more than 1,000 feet in height and strike the bottom a mangled and shapeless mass , out of Ileaclm. The next hunting day-the wind again kept us ht camp for a time-all hands went up the valley past Rough's mountain to another - other one opposite the Rising Wolf , keep- log well in the timber and out of sight of the hills. Nine large ranns were finally sighted , feeding along the shell rock quite low down , but there seemed to be no pus- sible way of approaching them undiseov-I ored. The whole day was spent in watching - ing them , in the hope that they would move on to some other place where we could get within range of them. Where they were the wind had swept the mountain sldr bare of snow and they seemed to have made up their minds to stay right there on the grass thus exposed. About d o'clock we were obliged to leave then in order to reach camp before dark. That evening George declared that he would leave the baud of rams to Mac and hunt goats only ; so for the next three days Mac and Joa went every morning after the rams and each night came back to camp worn out. They saw the game each day and once Mac crept within 300 yards of them , but the wind was blowing so hard he decided not to risk a shot at that distance. On the fourth day , however , the rams were found higher up on the mountain and there was a chance to get close to them , provided a fairly open place nearly half a mile wide could first be crossed. This Mac succeeded in doing by lying down and snaking himself along through the snow , a few Inches at a time , and it took nearly five hours to do It. After passing the open place he reached a little grove of pines and from there the sheep were only 200 yards distant. At the crack of his gun one of them fell and the others , after looking in vain for the point whence the shot cane-he was shooting smokeless powder-rushed directly toward him and he dropped three more of them as they passed. Each one of theni was an old amid p3rfect specimen of its kind and the massive horns measured from fifteen to sixteen and one- half Inches in diameter at the base. It was a happy crowd in camp that night , for George had also managed to stalk a band , killing two of the largest of them. ' It was no small task to get the heavy heads and meat of these magnfflcemmt anunals into camp , but the job was finally accomplished and George , deciding to postpone tails goat hunt , the ranchman came one day with his team and hauled us back to civilization. A recent letter from our friends , dated at Camp Black , says they are suffering from cold and insufficient bedding and that they wisht I would join them with my camping outfit and teach the soldiers how to be comfortable - fortable , I'INGAPI'GCS AND IIANANAS. 'l'ime Proper Way to Eat Them to Ern- Joy Them nt Their Ieest , \\'lien ono has lived where the pines grow , says the New York Sun , it always seems a shameful sight to look upon the butchery which overtakes the plneaimI ) before it gels to the tables of those who d not know how to eat time fruit. Its rind is ] hacked off , the eyes are gouged out and the meat is cut in slices , tlm juice runs away and is lost , the flesh ! s fibrous and time core is always left us at mmpleasaut celtrnl tact. And all this ill treatment of a delicious fruit because the rind and the eye hu particular can sting the mouth like a nettle , though like the nettle they are perfectly harmless it properly handled , There Is but one proper wny to deal with the pine and this is it : Select one from small to medium in size. for in these time flavor is best , but never take one which has mint both stoma and crown , Remove the stem and throw it away , but after twisting out the crown keep it for future reference. In the shallow pit from which the crown has been twisted drive two strong skewers down through the central core until they just come through at the bottom , Then pull the skewers apart and it will be found that the pine is split asunder - der from crown to stein , Then it Is a simple - ple matter to spilt the core so as to divide agmmin each half of the fruit. A little ox- perlence will bring the knack of thus dismembering - membering a pine without squeezing out a' tablespoonful of Its juice , Put time pieces to- getimer in their natural position , tie with a narrow ribbon , fasten the crown where it belongs and the pine is ready to serve by simply tmtying the bow of ribbon. It is eaten by separating each of the little squares of rind from the rest and ripping the flesh to the core , By this means no juice Is lost , the fibre splits along the natural line of cleavage and the dreaded rind and eye serve as convenient and proper handles for conveying - veying the fruit to time lips. Those who wish the very fifth essence of the flavor of the pine claim the crown for their portion , Pull oft all the leaves carefully to the very heart and there will be found two dainty soft white leaves In a spike about halt an inch long , flip the tender end In a wee drop of tabasco and the flavor of time pine will linger on the palate for a day. It may seem the easiest thing In the world to eat a banana-just peel off the rind , eat the flesh amid rid one's self of the outer coy- ering either by throwing it down as a trap for the pedestrian It no policeman ! s in sight or else carrying it to some receptacle for rubbish , as the law provides. Hut the botanists have named the banana Musa Saplenlum , by way of a hint that only the wise know how to get the best out of the fruit. Commonly the banana eater strips oft the rind by pulling It down la ribbons from the atom end , which never tails to aE ! a ! aka aka ! a ! aka aEaa ! ! k k a J Armour and Company q : Chicago and South Omaha. : ! PACKERS : : AND SHIPPERS OF * r p a O _ : . I O 1 : Da not fail to see our exhibit in the , : Manufacturers' Building at the Exposition - ; U : tion , showing our vast line of Packing ; House Products. * * * * * 3i * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 3I * to remove. If it is held necessary by a disordered - ordered taste to peel the banana in strips one should at least begin at the bud end , when it will be found that the fibre bands come off with the rind and do not adhere to the flesh. But the right way to get at the edible portion of the banana is to begin in the middle. Every banana is a modified triangle in section - tion , one side , the Inner face of the curve , being nearly fiat. hold the banana with the stem end toward you and the flat side up- permost. With the thumb nail make a little - tle cut in the sharper edge at the left of the fruit about its middle , a cut just deep enough to secure a firm hold. Now a steady pull will rip the rind from bud to stem along the edge and continuing the pull the rind will unwrap itself in a continuous piece arounl S the fruit/ carrying with it ever Y strip of inner fibre amid the tasteless pith always found at the bud end. There will be no dilliculty in doing that if the banana is at the right stage of ripeness-that is , when the fruit has become yielding to the touch. Bananas to be cooked must be taken at an earlier stage. If they are to be baked they should be taken just when the green color is beginning to change to the yellow of ripeness. Remove the rind and bake in a quick oven on buttered pans. For frying they must be allowed to ripen until the rind is all yellow but the flesh is still hard. squeeze the fruit steadily from end to end in the whole hand until something Is felt to give evenly inside. Remove the rind and the fruit can be separated in three longi- tudlnal segments. Dip in white of egg and plunge into a kettle of boiling olive oil. This is a Philippine recipe and no one who has ever tried it will be content with a banana - nana cut into disks or strips and tried to a greasy mush in a pan with butter. Gnsolhie tlulurs. The use of gasollne engines to operate ndnhmg machinery has lately been discnsed at a meeting of tibia engineers and hm a very practical manner. Herelorore the use of the gas engine m machine which emitted a blaao has been considered dangerous in a mine , but it mi pcnrs by time report of the conmtit'ce. on this occasion , that niplicmilion of time same to coal mlning in certain cases has now been trade and successfully ; so ninclt so , indeed , as to promise a positive ri"al of steam , air nail electricity in mlning operalieus. An illustration of time comparative - tive advantage iii this respect is seen , for example , in the case of a fan 7)mnp ) to be located one ndle train the power plant. lucre would br ne cetduct of stenos to this point on account of time great conden- satlon.Vilh compressed air the friction would he enormous ; with electricity , while the loss by resistance tad leakage would be comparatively small , constant watching of time motor would be necessary. Nothing of this hind pertalns to n gasollue eugino , for , vlmou once started , it lakes care of itself , I using Its fuel in proportion to the load car- red about all time allenllon required being to start , stop aul oil it. An external flume , this repast says , should never he used , espe- ciaily in a mimic subject to gas , tlmugh a good electric Igniter , hi which the flame is confined um the interior of tie cylinder , is entirely snfe. + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammond Paeking Company , SOUTH OMAHA , 'NEBRASKA. ; v"55 is NANIJFAC'l'IJRERS OIcS 55vc 5 Coin Special and a trine rands Lard , Hams and rea t as aeon. . I - ir E - _ - - Ij + T' . rLh ' s'n r. r ' i 1 i,1 _ . . 1 ° ' . + r - - / { ,1 )1 ) _ .IIIIINIIIIII ( Irllhlljjlll 1111 + ' - "j ' . a'- , { . 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Under the management of Mr. A , H , Noyes , the Company has rapidly pushed to the front , and a few months ago was obliged to open an auxiliary plant at St. Joseph , Mo. , which is run in conjunction / with the plant at Omaha , Branch houses are now located in all the principal cities of the United States and there is hardly a hamlet in the country where the goods of the Hammond Packing Co , can not be found , Nor has the business - ness been confined to America alone , but England , France , Germany , Scotland , Holland , Noeway , Belgium and Japan are distributing points for large quantities of the Hammond Packing Co.'s products , The exhibit at the Exposition is characteristic of the enterprise of this Company , and is considered the most unique and artistic display in the Manufacturers building. It consists of a plate glass revolving ice chest , seventeen ! )45 feet in diameter and thirty-five feet high , neatly finished in polishedoak. In this are displayed whole carcasses of 1 , beef , mutton and pork and various other products of the Hammond Co , An invisible three-horse power Northern motor keeps the ice chest in constant motion and brings the different products to the view of the visitor in panoramic ' order. The novelty of the display attracts the eye of all and is generally considered the best on the ground.