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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1907)
T1TR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 22, 1907. t I! mm.m.m. ... ...1 Jm - J HA tt TvTT TT I "i VV Will Help You Select Suitable Pres .ZiX I! Y) H.fi)tt ents fsr Husband. Brother r Sweetheart " WE STUDy THEIR y ANTS ' And not only carry the finest line of Cigars in the city but the largest line of Pipes in this part of the country, besides Humidors and Smokers' Novelties. Here's the place for you to buy. Delivered when wanted. - ' ' - You Have Only Two" More Days In which to buy your Cigars, Pipes, Candy and Smokers' Novelties for Xmas. You will be better suited if you buy here because our stock is as fresh and complete now, as Xmas approaches, as it was two weeks ago. You know we are wholesalers as well as retailers, which accounts for this. 1 Z3Z V4 E A. KLINE & co:s Clears Tbey Are the Finest Clear Havana CIGARS Known. Packed in Special Holiday Attire ii i .linn in i i ii niiiMimrUini ml MADE BY THE B3LSE OF MENDEL (FLOR de MENDEL) CIGARS Are admitted by all manu facturers to be without an equal among domestic cigars. Special Holiday Packages. Our Specialties Feterson's Patent Pipes. Seal and Russia Leather Cigar Cases, Standard Brands of Cigars, Imported Meerschaum Pipes. The Largest Line of Smokers' Novelties Carried in the West. STANDARD BRANDS OF CIGARS Gen. Joe z Lawrence Barrett In al) alxes for Holiday Trade. You caut afford to give brands that are not known. THE BEST IS CHEAPEST' .Jfcw 1 r. J. .. Craftsman's Guild Confections You've heard of them In the east. I carry them in Omaha, This ia the finest candy made in the country and to use It for Xmas presents la to bind your friends to yon with closer ties. All our Candy Is strictly fresh, and, in addition to the above Is included llujler's and other well known brands. rail PETERSON'S PATENT Innpoitedl IPEIPES The Coolest and Best Smoking Pipe in the world. FROM $1.50 TO $20 JUST THE THING FOR CHRISTMAS. ilium i ituwH jejiiii . Cigar M ISO A.IVE STREET K. J (Great Collection of Big- Game Heads by New York Zoological Society HE pick of the largest and finest creatures no sportsmen nowaday aan hope heads, homeland antler of the to securs an extraordinary sized specimen big same of northern America, of any kind. The maker of this collation, comprising the famous Reed E. 8. Reed, an English sportsman, for- collcrtion from Victoria, B. C, merly residing at Victoria, enjoyed exceo- tv til be on exhibition In the ttonnl opportunities In pursuit of pa me. near future In llio grounds of the Now Instead of making hasty and haphazard Tork Zoological society. There magnificent excursions during the favorable seasons trophies, which are not likely to be du- aa a done by the average hunter, Mr. ReeJT X plicated owing to the approaching exter mination of the hlg game, are to torni made a systematic series of prolonged hunting trip, camping several entire w;n- tha leading featuro of 'the national collee- ters with a retinue of Indian trappers and tlon of heads and horns now being gath- acouts familiar with the haunts and where- ercd vtogether. ' about of tho great forest denizens. Thny were sncured through the efforts covered and traversed tho best ime dla- of Plrector W. T. Hornaduy of the New York Zoological society. Their owner, Mr. trlcts of Alaska and British Columbia about ten years ago, when large animals r ft ' X . "M ' ff, tc H t. ' iv, ;-s v- ; " ' " " - Y....H i .. i 'I,,'),1,-. f. " ii ill I I an ' L.I.UJ. 1111. V VT. 'It . t ' - .'if h I ir; .,.-. j'---t - . an .-j pi SAT nsTnx,z. nad, was In England when negotiations to acquire them were opened and had for a number of years kept his collection " of heads and horn In the Union club of Vic torla, where they were een only by a limited numbs? of sportsmen and privi leged persona Pr. Hornaday obtained an option on the trophlea, and though $10,000 the price asked by Mr. Reed, the oollectlos "s se cured for 10.000 in view of the object for which it was desired. Thla sum and I'M additional for Its transportation to New Tork was contributed as a girt by Emer son McMlllln of this city, himself a hun tes and sportsman of many lands. The deal was closed at an opportune time, for a wealthy Oerman sportsmen was about of. fering double the figure, or flO.000, far these specimens, to take to Berlin for his own prlrat collection. The great army of heads are now tem porarily Installed In one of the rooms of the Hon house at the Zoo and will be placed on permanent exhibition In one of the new buildings now Bearing completion. Through the kindness of Pr. Hornaday the photo graphs printed here were obtained. Owing to the disappearance of big game through exceaaive bunting by native) and whites, and also awing la the stringent gam laws prohibiting the killing of thee are in abundance on (he Kenal peninsula and other parts of the great northwest. In fact, Mr. Reed had his pick at the time when, the moose and caribou were In their finest condition as to antler and of the huge brown bears, mountain sheep, etc., when their pelage was at the beat, from theae elaborate hunting campaign no animal' head wa taken and preserved that did not reach certain commanding pro portions, eclipsing In slse sny then known. These were carried a thousand miles or more on the backs of Indiana, by dog sledge and canoe and by a specially char tered vessel back Into civilisation. This re sulted In the gathering together of a col lection of heads, horns and skins of the biggest game of North America, such as probably can never be brought together again. One of the ft nee t and most striking of the big sepclmen I sthe head of a giant Alasksn moose, with the most. mgnflcient antlers, having the enormous spread of over seventy, slv Inches. It Is considered the record head of the world. The masaiveneas and beauty of the antler are wonderful. An lda of the comparative lae of this ex-forest king can be Judged by the figure of the two men alongside. Id life the great animal stood approximately eight feet at the boulders. It was killed in tb.e wild tv 'J tMn,mn V ' ' " ' V .... v ; ,K!'.:. , i . Ar(.)t i. t'i'. 'i.V'i. (V J I L l I c?jswt'J77TQ was trurf? trxrstDS jrso&z rz? of the Kenal peninsula, southeastern Alaska. Five other moose heads, all of splendid slse. are also In the collection. Another star specimen ts a superb cari bou head, excelling all others known from the Casslar mountains. Madison Grant, secretary of the zoological society and an authority on these animals, state that :t la the finest, head In the world. The beauty, length and size of the antlers are astonishing. The left antlers reach to the unequalled length of fifty and one-half Inches, the right to forty-eight lnohea. The total number of points la forty-five. Thla Is a new type of carl bow, different In color aa well as In slse and cuavatura of the antler from other apeclea, and ha been named Ranglfer osborul In honor of Professor Henry r. Osborn of this city. It 1 estimated that this magnificent crea ture In life stood In the aalghborhood of six feet at the shoulders. j Another at lh record breaking trophlea I the skin and head of a giant Kadlsk bear, whose enormous length and slse can be imagined from comparison with the two six-foot men standing on esch sldb Paul Nledlck, the German huntar and sportsman, regards th' is the finest of all bear skins and worth 11,000. This monster In life stood nearly six feet In height and was ten feet long and weighed soma f.OOO pound. i One of the peculiar habits of this mas sive creature Is of Interest, via., the Ingen ious manner of catching salmon for food. This Is done as follows: As soon as the salmon begin to enter the stream bruin makes fishing his chief busi ness, aa they usually ascend the stream in large number for the entire aummar and the 'supply 1 practically unlimited. By rolling alone and piece of log the old he bnr,dm up all but a narrow channel, through which the salmon have to pass. The cub de pot attempt tv flan, but sUy on the bank and receive contributions. She holds her arms down si tier sides, with the paw spread, and when she feels the salmon coming up she clutches one with a quick sweep of her paw and deftly throw It out on the bank to the eager waiting cub. After supplying her off spring she puts several In her mouth and wade ashore to eat them. After ahe has obtained a plentiful supply, some fifty or more, she stta down to enjoy her repast. Only tha two sides are eaten, the heads being left. The cubs are not so particular and consume the whole flab. An Immense walrus head, with Ivory tusks two feet long, affords an Impressive glimpse of this fast vanishing and peculiar sea creature. .One of the striking point regarding the large head 1 the extremely mall mouth, aa the animal la a vegetarian and feeda on aeaweed, mollusks and other sorts cf soft stuff. To walrus Is ao important and highly f'red source of food for many of ths Alaskan Esquimaux, and when the success ful hunter hrlngs home on hi back a head, the favorite part. It affords a feast for his family. The large head here pictured is said to have been obtained at Muller Bay on the Bering sea side of the Alaskan pen insula. Here there Is a vast stretch of beach left exposed for several miles, whleh the animals frequent to bask in the sun and sleep. Preserving Spirt of Christmas (Continued from Page One.) the t o'clock scramble for stockings hung about the fireplace, if tradition and architecture harmonized in your home. If not. the head of the bed was an excellent substitute. Then a wild shriek wakened less alert brothers and slaters, and, pell- mell, came a rush to father's and mother'! room. Snuggled down under comforts, fur the bed was big enough for six, they be gan the search for treasure. Father and mother had storklnga, too, and they were as excited as youngsters, and played the game well. The contents were not unex pected, but just what were there every Kth of December. But that was the fun. Children are nothing If not orthodox. Mystery lurked In the presents underneath the tree. But a stocking waa explored territory, and great would have been the disturbance had any novelty bean Intro duced. Holiday spirit I It 1 In every part of the day Itself, .n Che weeks ;necedtng, and ycara that are gone. It la n (ha memories that haunt the oarly chapel service, 1 the hanging of atocklngs and trimming of trees, in the dinner eaten, and the dinner sent to a neighbor les fortunate. Worth while? With all lt failure cf the Ideal, what would the long year be without it? New York Evening Post. IfllBL "Defer I WB nslnf Cawarat s. I had a ba4 torn- SWitou. pimp' on my f'-. ul my food waa not ij d It iliould h beoii. 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