THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 26 , 1906.
INDIANS KILLING OFF GAME
Sight to Hunt on Reservations Often
Abused by the Bed War
riors.
Sportsmen returning from
hunting in the vicinity of northern
Minnesota Indian reservations
tell in. the Duluth Herald of the
scarcity of game in certain sec-
lions which can be accounted for
only on the theory that the Indi
ans have been killing the animals
during the fall and early summer ,
both on and off their reserves. The
city men are indignant that this
should be so. They claim to have
positive proof from the settlers to
the effect that the redmen have
overstepped their bounds in the
hunting of deer and moose.
This Indian proposition is one
( hat occasions a great deal of
worry where reservations aie lo-
cated. Laws governing the In
dians in this respect are lit lie mi
derstood by the whites in general ,
but they are such that the con
vit'tion of any of these wards oflhe
government for breaking them is
made extremely difficult , if not im
possible.
After taking his lands from
him , or most of ( hem , it would ill
become the government if it did
not allow the Indian the privilege
of hunting at all seasons when
wild game is eatable. ' This priv
ilege is accorded him , but only on
the reservations. He is not sup J I
posed to hunt at all in the outside' '
forests unless such hunting is' '
done in the open season for game , l
and some so read the law ( hat he.
has not the right to kill game at' '
any time unless hunting in the res- '
ervalion. I '
The Indians know the law and
are careful to see that they are
not caught breaking it , though in
many instances they live so far
from a game warden that they
have become careless and open1 (
violations are said to be frequent.
But even in cases of this kind it is i
no cajjy matter to secure a convic
tion , for , even though the proper
man be arrested , it is difficult ( o 1
get proof against him. The red
men are careful to protect one of
their own number and stolidly re
fuse to testify against him , espe
cially in affairs of this kind.
As a general thing the warden
pays little or no attention to such
violations and lets the Indian
hunter do as he will. Even when
the hunter knows a game warden
is in his vicinity he can usually
\ - contrive to bring down his game
and get it into the reservation be
fore being detcced. (
BIRD BABIES' FEEDING TIME
How Wee Humming Birds Are Given
Food by Fond Mother , Who Is
Only Protection.
"When I first crawled in among
the bushes close to the nest , the
little mother darted at me and [ 1
poised a foot from my nose , as if f
to stare me out of countenance.
She looked me all over from head
to foot twice , then she seemed con
vinced that I was harmless , says
William Lovell Fin ley , in the
Country Calendar. She whirled
and sat on the nest edge. The
bantlings opened wide their hun
gry mouths. She spread her ( ail
like a dicker , and bra'ccd herself
against the nest side. She craned
her neck and drew her dagger-like
bill straight up above the nest.
She plunged it down the baby's
throat to the hilt , and started a
series of gestures ( hat seemed
fashioned ( o punctuate him ( o the
toes. Then she stabbed the other
baby until it made me shudder. It
looked like the murder of infants.
But they were not mangled and
bloody ; they were getting a
square meal after the usual hummingbird
na
ming-bird method of regurgita
tion. Then ran out their slender [
t digues lo lick the honey from
their lips. How they liked it' t
Tlien she settled down and milled
up her breast feathers to let hei
babies cuddle close to her nakec
bosom. Occasionally she reached
under to caress them with whis
perings of mother love. "
Choice of Evils.
"Ethel , 1 wish you wouldn't gi
out and play golf so much witl
that young Phoozle. "
"Why , mamma , if I didn't do
that he'd come here and talk it ill
the time. " Chicago Tribune.
There's a Distinction.
* The difference between a politi
cian and a statesman is about tin
same as the difference between 1 j
V * "sport" and a sportsman. Ohica
> go Record-Herald.
CHARM OF THE OLD SONGS
CI
The Old Favorites Are Perennially
Popular with All'classes
of People.
Old songs are the best , for they
carry us back to the days tluu
were radiant with sentiment
and were part of poetry and roc
mance , declares the Kansas City
Journal. They stir our natures In
their profoundest depths , and ,
reaching below the callous of our
petrcscent hearts , play strange ac !
companiments upon the long dis '
used strings of our remembrance.l' '
Who can resist the subtle potency
of those old songs that stop the
world in tear-smiles that we may
wave a salutation back through
a rift in the storm of years to the
youth and maiden of thelongago ?
That the old songs are best has
been . shown in the perennial popu
larity of Patti's "Home , Sweet
llome , " Emma Abbott's "Annie
Laurie , " Jennie Lind's "Kathleen
Mavourucen , " Christina Neil
son's " 'Way Down Upon the Su
wauee Uiver" and Melba'a "Com
in' Through the Itye. " We do not
always associate these immortal
songs with the great singers who
have included them in their con
certs , but the singers are often re
membered } because of the songs
themselves. There are few who
can remember the many acrobatic
arias of the splendid vocal artists
who have commanded almost fab-
ulous , sums for their singing , but
no , one can forget when they yield-
ed ( to popular demand for the old
songs. s Patti or Sembrich or Melba -
ba j or Calve never had more sincere -
cere , appreciation in the suprem
est ( moments of her triumphs than
,
when she descended for the time
from the classics of foreign composers
,
posers and sang the simple love
ballads ( hat sent thrills through
world-weary hearts and caused
Withered palms to stir in tremu
Ions applause.
HOLDERS OF ODD RECORDS
Waltz That Lasted Six and Three
Quarter Hours Egg Eater's
Capacity Other Marks.
Those who fail to gain distinc
tion through other means seem to
seek oddity cf performance , and
every little while ( here appears a
challenge from some "champion
egg eater" or other freak , says the
New York Herald.
-iO-quail-in-lO-days perform
ance has been outdone by a man
who recently ate a whole gees <
each day for 150 days , the fowl I
weighing from 0 to 11 pounds.
Other records in this line are CO
soft-boiled eggs daily for six days ,
six quarts of beans in10 minutes ,
smoking 50 cigars in 11 hours
without once taking a drink.
> A Paris couple recently waltzed
without cessation for ( JJJ hours ,
while an English actor danced all
the way from London to Norwich.
i , The best club swinging record
! las been standing for 17 years ,
when 3SS different combinations
vere shown in 10f minutes , 2,311
evolutions being required.
A score of 0,434 points was th °
esult of a 24 hour endurance bil-
iard match in Paris , the contest
ants covering 30 miles in walking
around the table , and a violinist
lias played a composition of-1,800
notes in1 $ minutes , averaging 1 ! )
notes a second.
Heciting Dante's "Divine Com- ,
edy"from memory in 20 hours is
another queer record , while oth
ers have gained fame through
making 2,000 ham sandwiches in
1 ! ) hours and-10 minutes , dressing
ten sheep in 33 minutes , 200 chick
ens inM minutes and killing and
dry picking 103 geese in ten hours ,
Strange Bet on War.
Some extraordinary bets have
been made on the Japanese-Kits
' sian war. A number of Japanese
officers "have bet that they would
' be killed in battle. The money
I was to go to their widows. One
officer , on starling for the front ,
made the following wager : If he !
were killed within a month his
heirs were to receiveHOO. After ,
that he was to pay his opponent , l
10 yen ( ? fi ) a day until he had sur
vived 100 days , after which the bet
was lo cease. He undertook J0
expose himself to danger only
when military conditions demand ( j.
ed it ; in other words , he would not
willfully let himself lie killed.
Has to Shout.
There are times when the still
- small voice of conscience sounds [
as if it had been filtered through a
a megaphone. Chicago Dailj I
PLAINT OF THE MAIL MAN.
* "
Taking Letters from Chute No Fun
If Package from Twentieth
Floor Hits Hand.
Skyscrapers have added to the
trials and tribulations of the
mall men , according to the Phila
delphia ] Record , which tells this
story : The letter carrier was gin
gerly fishing out mail from the
box at the bottom of the office
building mail chute. "You handle
it i as if it was dynamite , " com
mented the elevator starter , Avho
was overlooking the proceeding.
"Ain't afraid it will go off , are
you ? " "No , but I don't want to
get hurt , " responded the postman.
"There isn't any dynamite to be
feared , but it's no joke to have
a letter drop two or three hundred
feet onto your hand. Look at that
one , " he continued , holding up a
bulky missive bearing four two
cent 8amps ( ; "that letter weighs
two ounces , judging by the
stamps. Itmayhave been dropped
into the chute at the twentieth
floor. Just consider what kind of
a sensation you would experience
if a two-ounce weight fell 250 feet
and landed on your knuckles , and
you will get some idea of the thud
that would have been coming to
me if my hand had been in the
way when that letter sailed down.
Even the ordinary letter inside
the two-cent weight limit , will
make you wince if it soaks ) you
after a descent of 20 stories. The
blow is delivered by the edge of
the envelope , and sometimes i (
will draw blood. This job of col
lecting mail from office buildings
may no ( be as dangerous as work
ing in a powder mill , but when a
fellow has been swatted two or
three times by heavy letters trav
eling at cannon-ball speed he be
gins ( o think about taking out an
accident insurance policy. "
HIS STRONG LANGUAGE.
Boiling with Rage , When Able to
Speak , Jarred Man Utters
Single Word , "Idiot. "
"While passing along Hegent
streel , in London , one day not
long since , " said a well-known
New Yorker , " 1 saw a cab horse
knock down a dignified , well-
dressed man as he attempted to
cross the crowded thoroughfare.
The horse was moving slowly al
the time , and Hie man was more
jarred than hurt. But when he re
gained his feet he was simply boil
ing over with rage , lie dashed
madly after his silk hat , which
was in imminent danger of being
crushed by the wheels of a ban-
som , and then rushed in anothei
direction for his cane. The street
was jammed and the driver Imd
not been able ( o move more than
a few feet from ( he spot where he
had run down the foot passenger.
"After securing his hat and
cane the man jumped on ( he side
walk , glared up at ( he driver , and :
tried ( o speak , but was actually
rendered temporarily inarticulate
by his anger. I lingered lo see the
finish of the incident , as I expect
ed , as soon as his feelings had sub
sided sufficiently to permit him to
speak , to hear an eruption of
abuse , thickly intermingled with
strong words , such as would be
likely to come from the average
\merican placed under similar
circumstances.
"Finally , fairly quivering with
rage , and all the while shaking
borh fists at the cabby , he succeed
ed in uttering the single word :
" 'Idiot ! '
"And then indignantly strode
away. "
Canary Farm.
The village of Scofield , Wis. ,
boasts of a canary farm operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Neupert.
They are now raising about 1,000
birds yearly , and are doing a
| profitable business. It is a unique
, occupation , requiring consider
' able skill , judgment and patience.
I The Xeiiperts have been engaged
in the business for 40 years.
! L-
I Costly Target.
j Probably ( he most lo
' and costly target in the world IS
just been launched in the New
York navy yard. The target is
almost an exact duplicate of a sec- '
( ion from ( he hull of a battleship
and is estimated to have cost ? 50 ,
. 000.
i She Knew Him.
Wright Have any stories iced
cepted nowadays ?
Penman Have some accepted
by editors , bul none by 1113 * wife
Yonkers Statesman.
WOMEN'S FADjCIGAR BANDS
Hunters for Little Paper Go in Drovea
in New York City Manner
Identifies Them ,
If you see a young girl , or even
u grown woman , swoop upon
something lying on the street do
not think that she has found a
prize. In all probability she Is
simply one of those with a craze
for making cigar band decorated
plates , and has found u bit of ma
terial , asserts the New York Sun.
The favorite hunting ground is
011 Broadway from fourteenth
street to Forty-second street , and
along Forty-second to the Grand
Central. More people travel over
this route and more cigars are
smoked here than in any other
given stretch of street in the city.
The hunters usually go out in
pairs , and one takes the inside and
the other the outside of the walk.
Then ( hey march along looking on
the sidewalk and especially in the
entrances of cigar stores for the
bands. Some of the bolder ones
do not hesitate to sally in and
grab a coveted one if they wee il
lying on the floor.
The women who make these
plates were quick to find the hunt
ing grounds. Hubby did not pnr
chase enough difi'erent brands of
cigars to meet the demands. The
dealers in the vicinity had lee
many calls to be able lo favor
everyone. So resourceful women
ventured out. They found that
men would usually throw the
band on the sidewalk. Now ( he
sidewalk is gone over carefully
and bands of all sixes , shapes and
colors are found and pasted on
dishes , plates or bowls.
The favorite band is the big red
or brown one thai comes on some
of the largest Cuban cigars. Any
of the bands from the Havana or
Key West cigars are snapped up ,
and even the brands from ( he
cheaper domestic brands are not
neglected. Bul as the object of
most of the makers is lo have ran
bands and bands from cosily ci
gars , Bro-dway is scoured in
search of ( hem.
FUN FOR COLLEGE GIRLS.
Basketball , a Flower Hunt and Run
ning Races for an After
noon Party.
A bright young college girl ha *
evolved this original contest foi
an afternoon in May , says What
to Eat. Nearly all her friends are
athletic misses who love to train ]
and indulge in games of skill , and
as these will be her guests there
will be an hour of outdoor fun for
( he first part of the programme.
Tliis will be basket ball and run
ning races around a small "track *
arranged .by the hostess on the
rear lawn.
The second hour will be spent
indoors. Each girl will be givei
the name of a flower written on t
slip of paper and told that the let
ters forming her flower and tin ' '
( lower itself arc somewhere in the
room for her to start out on a
flower hunt. The letters of the
flowers will be cut out of gilt pa
per and concealed in a way to
make things interesting to ( he
seekers. Each girl will be given a
card on which to paste the letters
spelling out her flower. Each letter
tor will have a coating of mu
cilage so the girl must present her
word nicely pasted on the back of
her card. The hostess willexhatist
her ingenuity in hiding the arlifl-
IIle
cial flowers and they Will be the
hardest of all to find. One or two
are to be placed in some one's hair
and some will be pinned incon
spiciiously on a gown to deceive
the searching maidens.
After the limit , each will be
given a pencil and tablet and
asked to write 100 words desciib- ' '
ing what thrilling adventure she
had on her hunt for flowers. This '
will give play to the imagination '
and the reading will cause much
merriment. A pretty buckle with
rose design and an opera bag of
rose decorated brocade will be
given for prizes.
Food for Zoo Animals.
The cost of feeding the animals
in the xoo last year was 3,423 ; ;
The principal items of food wen
- 207 horses , 270 goafs , 34,1)21 )
. , pounds of fish , 2nlli ! ) eggs , 0S. ;
quarts of milk , and 137 loads of
hay. London Tit-Bits.
Skins for Banjo Heads.
Parchment such as is used foi
banjos , etc. , is made from tin
skins of asses , calves or wolves
. those of the last named aniina
being considered the host.
WOULD RATHER WALK HOME I
Story Told of Carpenter McQloln , an
Odd Naval Character Averse
to Seasickness.
A naval officer tells the follow
ing story of Carpenter McGloin ,
an odd character employed iu the
navy , who for many years was a
Her t of privileged person employed
in the service because of his un-
( lagging spirits and wit.
The old 1'ensacola once was com
ing up to San Francisco from Hon
olulu , when she met a severe gale.
'McGloin ' , who in heavy weather
! usually became seasick , promptly
"turned "in. "
Shortly after his disappearance ,
it was reported to the captain
thai something was amiss with
the foretopmasl. Accordingly
MeGloin's services an carpenter
being necessary at this juncture ,
he was sent for. Staggering on
deck" he began to make a series of
excuses , which were cut short by
the commanding olllcer , who or
dered the carpenter to go aloft
and ascertain what was wrong
with ( he mast.
Theproposition struck McGloin
with such amazement that it took
away his breath. "Up that mast , "
muttered he , "In such weather as
this ? "
"Yes , up that mast , " reiterated
the commanding officer , sternly ,
"and quickly , too ! "
McGloin decided to enter a last
. " ' " said
despairing protest. "Cap'n ,
he , "do you honestly mean that
I'm to go up thai mast in such
weather ? Why , this is an awful
n ale ! "
The olllcer lost patience. "You
are impertinent , man ! " exclaimed
he. "And' I've allowed you lee
much talk already ! Up that mast ,
now ! "
"All right , " mournfully wailed
McGloin , as he prepared ( o obey
the order ; "but , " he. added , with
a reproachful glance at his su
perior officer , "cap'n , if there was
a four-inch plank from here to
Brooklyn , rather ( ban go up that
mast , I'd walk home ! "
TRIVIAL , BUT A TRAGEDY.
And No Sympathy Could Bo Had
from Confidant of Gloomy
Woman.
They were all ( o have a Sunday
night supper at a friend's house ,
and even the boarding mistress
was invited ; so the girl got an
extra Sunday night and the house
hold split ii ] ) in parties for ( hr
afternoon , relates the New York
Sun.
Sun.By
By twos and threes they arrived I
nt the host's home until then
were left only the boarding mis
tress and the husband of the wom
an who had engineered the parly.
There was a quarter of an hour
wait , and at last the husband 1
strolled in.
"Miss Blank says she can't (
come , " he announced , as li
sniffed the odoi1 of the old-fash
ioned shortcake. ' ! guess slit
must have another of her sick
headaches , for she seems to have
gone to bed ; just poiced her hem 1
mil"of the doorway and said she
was sorry. "
Late that evening the other
woman took home a generoiio
slice of shortcake and found the
absent one sitting , disconsolate.
in the parlor.
f
"I thought you wore ill , " she
cried. "Will raid you had gone to
- bed. "
"My dear , " sobbed the boarding
mistress , "all my dresses button
up the back , and when I started to
get ready the only person in the
place was your husband. I could
aol very well ask him , could I ? "
And ( he only comfort she re-
eived was : "Why not ? I'v , <
- t mined him to do it beautifully. "
Timber Cutting in Australia.
AII explorer in ( he buck\\eods
' of Australia tells how some o. . the
' timber cutters took big risks , "f I
had given instruct ions to the men
in Hie bush that on no aacount
nte
were they to lay aside their fire
arms , " lie says. "After having >
been absent for a short time I re '
5. turned and found that they had
.slung their revolvers and carbines
on a small tree and \\ere working '
at about 50 yards from them. I can
( ell you they heard of it. The na
lives have a playful habit of drag
ging their sjK'ars through the
grass with their toes and all Hit
while looking as innocent as it is
possible to look. If the native ?
, had only thought of it they might
litm
have given the cutters , a warn
time. "
DOWN ON THE RIO GRANDE
Contractor Tolls ofn ( Exciting Ex
perience in Grousing Stream
In the West.
"To give you nil Idea of what
sort of u river the Klo Grande it (
I'll tell you an experience thtlt I
had in getting across it with n
derrick , " said Haymond McDoti-
gall , a mining man from New Mexico
ice , to a Milwaukee Free Press
man. "I was a contractor in rock
work in tho.se days and was tak
ing my derrick from the east side
of Hie river lo the Magdalenas.
The derrick was on four wagon
wheels and four mules were haul
ing it. 1 had my two helpers along.
: tiid one of them drgve Hie mules ,
lie was an old timer , which was
lucky , and if 1 had trusted to my
o\n judgment I mlghl hiivemnd' '
a mistake ( hat would have cost
me my mules and derrick , if no (
my life.
"We reached the Hio Grande an
hour before sundown and I saw
a wide liver bed , but no water-
only dry sand from one bank lethe
the other. It \\i\u \ a new kind of
river lo me , but my driver said
that it was all rightthai , it was a
way the Hio Grande had. The
water was there , only it was flow
ing through Hie Hands under the
channel instead of in it. I be
ing a tenderfoot was for camping
on ( he nearer bank where I he
grass was good , but McOurlney.
the driver , said that would never
do unless I wan willing lo lake my
chances of staying there a week or
two ; that wafer sometimes came
down the channel , a good deal of
it , and thai it would be well logel
across while we were sure that
we could.
"We were starting across over
the dry sands and 1 was thinking
what an easy way it was of ford
ing a river when of a sudden Hie
two lead mules were floundering
in a quicksand and the whole out
fit came near being drawn in. We
got the two leaders clear of the
harness and the other two mules
drew them out , one at a time. We
hitched them upagain and by mak
ing a long circuit got past the
quicksand and to the other bank.
"By that time it was ten o'clock
and the moon had risen. The
mules had just begun to climb the
bank when we heard a roaring
noise up the channel. It came
from a wall of water that ,
stretched from bank to bank and
was traveling toward us fast. It
looked in the moonlight to be four
feet high , and there was high wa
ter behind it sending it on. We
didn't need to holler to th'e mules.
They heard what was coming and
clawed up the bank like cats.
"We got out all right , derrick
and all and there were not three
minutes to spare. Before we had
finished our supper the river bed
was full bank high , with a torrent
that eddied and roared as it
rushed past our camping place as
i ) ' it had been sorry to miss us and
would like to gel up where we
were. There was not a cloud in
the sky or : i sign of rain anywhere
and the flood may have come from
a cloudburst in Colorado 200 miles
away But it came near get
ting us.
"I had learned one lesson , and
that was in traveling by wagon
always camp on the farther fddo
of the stream. And I had learned
( o put no ( rust in the Hio Grande. "
Sixty-Ton Etcel
The biggest rope ever used for
haulage purposes has just been
made for a district subway in
Glasgow. It is seven miles long ,
4g inches in circumference , and
weighs nearly (50 ( tons. It has been
- made in one unjointcd and mi-
- spliced length of patent crucible
steel. When in1 place it will form
ii complete circle around ( Jlasgow
Tossing the Clyde in its course ,
and will run at a speed of 1. ) miles
an hour.
Slco of Circua
Circus rings arc alums
insix.eas circus horses m' " f.ined :
to perform in a standard ling 42
feet in diameter. In a larger or a
smaller ring their puce ! ( owe *
uneven , irregular ajid inucli.ilile ,
and the riders in turiuii- , ' somer
saults are liable to ; ! | :
the curve and miss their footing.
-
- Argentina's New Industry.
During the last twoyearsabout
n.000.000 mulberry trees have
been planted in Argentina , which
has now about 10.000,000 of such
trees. The product ion of raw silk
will eventually become an impor
tant product of that country.