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Wild Animals
In Riverview Park
.Intiiinry
Kmcst Seton-Thoinpson ami his army uf
hunters who pursuo wild animals with tin1
camera, rather than the rilli have come to
tho rescue uf Iholr forest f I'IcikIm none too
soon. Tin- merciless slaughter of largo
game has reduced tin- buffalo In tho United
State to a few hundred head, while deer,
elk, moose and hear are so scareo that
they are rarely seen outside of game pre
serves. The buffalo has been the greatest suf
ferer, and civilization, or barbarism with n
varnish of civilization, seems determined
to render extinct the American bison. "Buf
falo illll" and his mate in Kivirvlcw park
are two of the llnest specimens in the
world, hut Imprisonment does not seem to
agree with the animals. They appear to be
In perfect health, but like most other buf
falo in captivity fail to reproduce their
kind.
In Yellowstone park, the most extensive
game preserve In the United States, there
are not more than lino buffalo, anil 11 Is al
most Impossible for visitors to catch n
glimpse of them. The buffalo avoids man
and resents the Intrusions of civilized ways.
Although the government has provided Yel
lowstone park with a large guard and will
as many animals as In the national park
Judge J. 1). Caton of Ottawa, III., was tin
pioneer In this movement. Half a ceiitur.v
age he bought an extensive preserve nnd
expended a large amount of money In pio
vldlug deer and other animals with a re
treat wlih li was similar to their home In
the far west.
In most cases, however. Individuals and
park lommlssloticrs have not been able t
secure lands where wild animals could fc
cure their own living and avoid the dls
eases and vexations which come trom eon
linemen! in limited proems. The most r
markable private park In the world
maintained by Austin Cot bin at lllue Moun
tain Forest, near Newport, N. II. It eon
tains lUi.oim aires and includes nearly all
kinds of land. In (he center of the pre
.serve is a mountain range which attains n
height of Il.mi'l feet. Mr. Corhlit established
this preserve In isv.i and stocked It with an
linuls of all sort. Twenty-live bulfalo.
sixty elk, twelve moose and seventy deer,
as well as many smaller animals, were put
Into the enclosure. In less than ten years
the bulfalo Increased to seventy-live, the
elk numbered l.'.'Oll, there were Kill moose
and 1,'JIIO deer. This park contains a boun-
GKOl I' OF EMC
not permit llieurms to be carried through
tho park, unless they are sealed, poaching
has not been dono away with entirely, Tho
animals are continually bothered by visi
tors anil do not thrive uii thoy did beforo
man pre-empted their haunts.
Klk and bear do better in tho Yellowstone
than other animals. Ilruiu is a lazy brute
and enjoys getting his living at abandoned
camps and at tho kitchen door of summer
hotels, lie Is Intelligent enough to realise
that he Is not in much danger wllliin the
coiiliucs of the park and does not hesitate
to fotce himself upon visitors in case ho
thinks there Is an easy meal In sight.
The Smithiiouian institute became
alarmed over the failure of the bull'i'.io to
reproduce. In Yellowstone and constructed
a special Inclosti.-e within the coulliic.- of
the park where a number of the choliest
animals are kept free from intrusion, but
even under these favorable conditions the
hutfnlucs do not nourish as it had been
hoped they would.
Until J St I there were no ell'ectivo laws
protecting game In Yellowstone park. Sinic
that time the amount of game has Increased
insiik rably. but it is not likely that tin
nerensi will ever restore tho great herds
dur and antelope which roamed through
park thirty years ago. Sineo tho en
i I 'm in of tho game laws tho oik In tin
Jk ha vi increased at a rapid rate, and
now estimated that thero aro at leas'
ji of them within the preserve.
I ITIIIIII'Ilt Siipiilii'N AiiIiiiiiIn.
government has supplied many inu
?l paiks with animals from the Yet
me Itliiu the last few months Iliv
v pi.rk was given ilvo joung elk, thrci
( ubs and a black-tailed deer. Thesi
"minis wire put into tho excellent quar
ters whMi tho park board has provided In
Itlvervlew and aro much ndinlred by vis
Itors. Hut last mouth the black-tailed deer
proved a tempting targot and died fron
a wound Indicted by a slingshot.
State laws have not afforded much protec
Hon for game, (loveriimcnt parks and in
dividual game preserves aro tho only places
where animals can live with any degreo of
safety. In the four notional pnrks In Col
urado and in YoEcm'.to nnd Yellowstoni
parks ample protection Is offered game.
Men of huge means have established
game preserves during the last llfty year
and In parks of this sort there- aro nearly
1 1 f ill supply of water and so Hindi grn.is
and other footlsiuif that animals uf all
sorts llni! their own living. Sheds wire
constructed at Ilrst for the game, but ther
was so mm h natural shelter in the pari:
that the animals refused to take advantage
of the nrlilldal protection.
The preserve Is carefully guarded and few
men ever get within the high wire fence
which protects tho animals. In no other
park in the world have the animals thrived
as in the Illuo Mountain Forest preserve.
Mr. Corbln has supplied many of the New
York parks with animals and his herds are
increasing with such rapidity that the
uipaelty of the preserve will soon be taxed
Hesides Aimrhau animals. Mr Corbln has
wolf in t pti in
1 1 ii I 1' I 1 main spciiis trom Kurnpc lln r l.ie
of the soil found ill the lll.uk Forest and return at
rare animals or all sorts uiigiit lie seen at
Newport if visitors were able to get into
Hie thickets which form such an attractive
hiding place for the wild beasts. The land
In Mr. Coi bin's park is so varied that no
animal which Is accustomed In a rigorous
climate has faihd to thrive there. In ex
tremely cold and snowy weather It lias been
t omul necessary al times to feed the buf
falo corn ami cornstalks, which have been
softened and made palatable in a silo, but
oilier animals require nothing but the feed
which is available in the patk.
The Goulds, Yniidci hills, Aslors and olbei
New York millionaires who have extensive
iDiliitry places throughout New England
have also established deer parks, but none
Is on as large a scale or as successful as
Mr ('nrbin's preserve. Ills laud was so well
i hnseii and he has guarded his proteges mi
tun-fully that they do not realize their re
sirainl. Mr. Corblu takes great pleasuic
In his animal friends and protects them
ft inn hunters and sightseers, lie provides
fur the comfort of the animals rather than
the pleasure of curious men, and for that
reason has succeeded better than the gov
ernment in preserving game.
Hints and small animals of every sort
also enjoy the freedom of the Forbid pl'i
sine and no expense has been spared III
ei tiring specimens of every sort of i l ea
tore lli.it will thrive in the New llainp
shire illinale. The Inclosure Is a Joy to
tho Audubon society and a monument to tin
philanthropist who has seen lit to make Ii
possible.
('oiiccrii d action on the part of the citi
zens of various stales has done much to
protetl game. Where laws have been
en. ii led and have met with the appiuval
of the piople their enforcement has been
comparatively easy. Fifteen years ago deer
were almost unknown In Vermont. In
mountain districts, where venison had been
an Important article of diet, the people
were greatly alarmed over the destruction
of deer. A law was passed prohibiting Hie
shooting of all large game until 11)00, and
deer were brought from the Aillrondacks
and turned loose in the Vermont forests.
In ten yeats the wild portions of the state
were overrun with the animals. Public
sentiment lurked up Hie law and made its
enforcement easy.
Much has been done for the preservation
of game by such si.cleiles as the Nebraska
Fish and (lame protective association and
similar organizations in oilier stales. The
laws protecting game m the Yellowstone
park were passed through the Inlluenco of
the editors of Forest and Stream, who en
listed the press of the United States in
their eausu and Impressed legislators with
the Importance of deiaillng soldiers to ar
rest poachers.
Quaint Features of Life
ccoidlng to recent leglslal leu ill Ni w
York state a man is lequlred to support hi
inntln r-iu-luw. Another legal ariangeuieiii
irovidis that a woman need mil support hi r
husband unless he Is Incapable of labor in
uii cs-. in agreement for mutual support ha
been made previous to marriage
Charles II. Acnnl, II years old, and John
J I.Meli, aged l.'i, have llled paper in In
diaiiapolis for re-eiillstinenl in the rigiil.ir
army They enllMcd together in Ixxj won
bunklis" for eighteen yeais, sliand tin
pir.ls of eleven battles and i ngagemi ni- a
hoiio ami abroad and now wish to it i nti r
the service together.
Miram Itothmyer, an aged and eiceiitrp
iitlzin oi Sharon, Pa., became impn hmuI
with fiar that after his death gtave robin is
would steal his body and Hell li to soim
medical college. Therefore ho had a strong
metal casket made and kept It in Ins Iioiihi
leady for the funeral. The oilier evening
he was trying to move the heavy uisket,
whin H fell upon him, injuring him so thai
he died shortly.
s uslloi OF TIIH l t)
To Kill
last.
h P.ihc uses must immune
In n tit y reuialiii'd Hut
.voting and lovely In the
she lives fnl'CVOI
gi i ai poet's verse.
A ball to have been given In New York's
l idlest and most exclusive set has been
poMtpniml for leacons that might have been
thought of Utile weight in such elleles. All
old and faithful servant, who has been over
twenty-live years In Hie service of Mm.
Frederick tiallatlu, Is lying al the point of
The Mbla (In.) Union pipes oil' a local In
cident In this fashion: "MacCoou, the
hleeple climber, mid Who has UBceiuled tn
heights that would drive the lesl of us to
dUltiess, went up against the wioug thing
when he climbed to tho top ol it Mcplnddct
to repair mi awning In front of Itnhlinimi's
Fl.K IHHNKINti IN lUVKItVIKYA PA UK, OM A II A.
death, ami on this accoiiul Hie great dance
for Mrs. Hallatin's dehiilaiite daughter has
In en post polled.
Twenty-four years after Lord II) run wrote
his famous iiong,
Maid of Athcii'i eio we part,
(live, oh give mo back my heart,
an Englishman In visiting Athens hunted
out Its subject, the t Li oil beautiful, guv
and charming Theresa .Maori, lie fi uiul
her a woman married to a poor man and
struggling to i arn a living for a large fam
ily of i h'ldn n Not a tract m Mr lornier
and
for
The
FISH I'K'Tl UK OF WI'KI.OPK
Trnpdoors and secret chambers
fd'ding panels and mysterious springs
long to the old-fashioned romance or
nif'di rn Imitators. You don't look
tin in save there and on the stage.
Portland deputy sherllfs go on a rum hum
liny see a suspicious looking cellar wall
under a hotel. They tap and sound mil II
tl.ey touch the spring when, presto! i
barroom, copious of liquors nnd resplen
dent of lights, Is rovoalcd to their horri
"''
COW KMC.
tailor simp The ladder slipped on the lei
and conn fell to the brick sidewalk and was
liadly stove up. In his rapid desceuslon he
line down Robinson's sign. Tho bricks in
Hie w ill were unhurt."
A workman w ho was lepalrlng tho roof of
a railway station near Inlerlakeii, Swltzer
land, slipped, and, llndlng himself falling.
Jumped in order to escape being impaled on
tho railing below. Al tills moment, how
ever, an express train happened to bo pas
uing, and tho niiin landed on the roof of a
carriage, to which he desperately clung. He
was carried in this position to the next sta
tion, four miles away, before thu train
stopped, and tho unfortunate man, who,
llioiigii severely shaken, but not hurt, was
i llahled to descend from the roof.
Israel .aiigwlll said recintly: "My ex
perience of the Amerliau reporter leads me
to the conviction ihal yon must either ae-
ept him unconditionally or reject hint ab
solutely. No temporizing or al tempt to
dodge him will pay. Perhaps the oddest
specimen of the American Journalist that I
met was a man In Cincinnati. He called on
on- one night, told me that he was racked
. lid lorn with religious doubts, and asked
mv guidance. Willi such reasoning and
i bought as 1 hail al command I tried to help
linn to a clearer view, ami he went away
full of gratitude. Imagine my astonish
ment when, next day, I found this young
i-' i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 posing throughout the Interview
us the profound thinker while I llgured
feebly as a shallow sophist."
Modern il others Diary
Ootrolt Journal: I do not bullevo In toll
ing a child ghost stories to frighten him
w lieu ho Is naughty.
When Clllford Is naughty I explain the
germ theory to him and have him look
through a microscope at bacteria.
Ii frightens him terribly and at tho same
time Inculcates sclenlllle knowledge.
Today Clifford asked me If I belluved In
Hie ellleaey of prayer. I promised to answer
him tomorrow I wonder If I dure say that
prayer is aiiHsepili