Ttuj crouton, Friday, januauy 7, 1010. SMALL GAME IS SCARCE II JERSEY Decrease in Quail, Pheasants, Rabbits and Gray Squirrels Alarms Hunters SNARERS AND TRAPPERS BLAMED Farm Deterioration Another Cause of Shortage Close Season to Stimu late Propagation Advocated by All Except Game Hogs. May's Landing, N. J. Game has been so scarce that the hunting has been a failure. Near the close of the season for quail, pheasant, rabbits and gray squirrels, statistics show there hasn't been enough shooting to sup ply topics for a single session of the Ananias Club. Sportsmen throughout New Jersey advocate a closed season that the propagation of game may be encouraged. Primarily the reason for the rapid decrease of game is the onslaught made on it by hunters, legally and il legally. Climatic conditions have not so much changed as to deter its pro pagation, nor has the lack of feeding grounds been altogether responsible. From the records of hunting licenses issued 2,000 gunners raided the game fields of Atlantic county this season. Add to Uiis the number of persons hunting without licenses, the foreign residents who are either ignorant of or wilfully violate the law. and the large number of persons who snrre and trap game, and it is evident the chances are against the preservation of sport unless stringent measures are taken to restock the fields and woods. Quail thrive best on farm land, where they have a wide variety of food, but when the farm is uncultivat ed and rank weeds grow where before grew grain the birds seek other cover. So many farms, especially in South 'ersey, have been abandoned in re cent years that scores of choice feed ing grounds for game have been de stroyed. When the native soil is fer tile the natural food supplied by wild grass and weeds is no doubt sufficient for the birds; but usually the soil in deserted farms is so impoverished that such provender for the game is scarce. Sportsmen who have gono over such fields in the last season have expressed surprise at the ex tremely light vegetation. In spite of the vigilance of game wardens and the protest of sportsmen, the practice of trapping game con tinues in almost every part of the State. Hunters havo reported find ing snares and boxtraps in the woods. It is dangerous to send a dog into the brush. Probably 50 per cent, of the rabbits bagged in this county are trapped; but the trappers are so wary, and the offense is so difficult to prove, that few have been caught. Quail also are snared In large num bers. There are many hunters who go Into the woods, not for sport, but for slaughter, reckoning their sportsman ship by the number of birds or ani mals killed rather than by skillful marksmanship. Among this class are Included "ground-swipers," "pot hunt ters" and "game hogs." Hunters of this rank fortunately are few In num ber, but one such gunner can play havoc in the game fields and spoil the sport for others. The sportsmen of New Jersoy are face to face with the fact that unloss something is done immediately their guns will be of little more use. Where lie formerly came home with a bag of fifteen to twenty rabbits the hunter lias been fortunate this season to get five. Whore he shot a dozen quail a few years ago ho now shoots one. About a year ago the State Fish and Game Commission, with a view to providing better feeding grounds for quail, offered free buckwheat seed to farmers who would plant it and let It stand. Few fanners havo accepted the offer. AMPHIBIOUS AUTOMOBILE. French War Office Acquires a New Machine Useful In the Field. London. A Paris despatch to the Central NewB says the French War Office has acquired an automobile which Is capablo of being Instantly changed from a land to a water ma chine. The machine has a speed on land of 40 kilometers and on water of 12 kilometers an hour. It can carry four persons, The power is furnished by a 14 horse-power motor. Pulls Seven of His Own Teeth. Mlddletown, N. Y. Standing beforo a mirror, John Purchell, Jr., of Hal cottvillo, Delaware County, took his Jack-knife and cut around five of his aching teeth, loosening them a little, after which ho inserted a pair of pincers and pulled out the trouble makers, one by one. Later two more teeth began to misbehave and he re moved them In tbo same manner. Pur chell had suffered several days and finally decided he had sufficient nerve to act as his own dentist. Students War on "Co-Eds'" Rats. Kalamazoo, Mich. The male stu dents of tho High School have Eorvol notice on the "co-eds" that they will not maintain '"icial relations or bo Been with any girl who wears a "rat" In ber hair. It Is believed that this action will be more effective than any edlcU of the faculty. A VINDICTIVE KNIFE. The Weapon That Tried Several Times to Kill Kipling. My mind has llown buck down the years to London and Into the large corner room on the second floor, VII Hers street, Embankment Gardens. On the wnll fronting the Thames hangs the most vicious looking knife 1 have ever seen. It Is serpentine In shape, and its downward point la as slinrp hm a needle. "What a villainous weapon!" 1 s.-i'tl. "Yes," replied" Kipling, and I forgot the name he gave it or the section of India from which it came. "Tim knife has tried to kill mo several times. It's nlways on the watch. When I got It there was nlllxcd to It. like a button on a foil, one Joint of a man's backbone. The knife had been run into the vertebrae, given a savage twist and brought away with it a piece of human framework." As ho spoko he approached the glit tering, snakcllkc knife. "Don't touch it!'' I cried. "You ought to keep it in a locked box." He didn't touch It, so far as 1 saw. but as ho raised his hand the knife dropped like a plummet and stood quivering In the Hoor within an Inch of his boot. "Look at that!" he said and stood there without moving a muscle until I saw how nearly the sinister blade had come to impaling his foot. Robert I5arr In Loudon World. A CONVERT. He Is Now n Firm Believer In Psychic Phenomena. "Do I believe in the occult? Sure, I do," said the nuburbanite as ho set tled down Into his seat In the smok ing car and filled his pipe. "I was Just as great n xkeptle as you are until a week ago. I was firmly convinced that table nv.uipulation was a fake, that mind reading was pure guess work and that All alleged psychic phe nomena could be attributed to natural causes. But now I'm willing to nc cept the entire propaganda. Nothing Is too obscure for me to accept on blind faith. I've experienced a com plete change of heart, as they used to say in the old camp meetings. "You sec, it was this way. My friend Rugging, who Is really a bug on the occult. Induced me to go to a seance with him the other afternoon and prevailed upon me to have a sit ting. In spite of iny noubcliof he said I was a good subject, and I guess 1 was. The lady who was delivering the soul fluid told me 1 should have trou ble with a stout, dark woman. All the way out on the train that evening the idea haunted me. I couldn't get it out of my head. "And, say, she was right. What happened? Why, when I got home I found myself up against the proposi tion of firing the colored cook. Sure, I believe In the occult. Got a light?" New York Times. Stevenson's Cup of Misery. It. L. Stevenson, writing in 1803 to George Meredith, in an epistle quoted in his "Letters." says, with heart touching pathos: "For fourteen years I have not had a day's real health. I have wakened sick and gone to bed weary, and I ljave done my work unflinchingly. 1 have written In bed nnd written out of It, written in hemorrhages, written in sickness, written torn by coughing, written when my head swam for weakness, and for so long, it seems to me, I have won my wager and recover ed my glove. I am better now have been, rightly speaking, since first I came to the Pacific and still few are the days when I am not in some phys ical distress. And the battle goes on ill or well Is a tritle so that it goes. 1 was mado for a contest, and the pow ers have so willed that my battlefield should bo this dingy. Inglorious one of the bed and the physic bottle. At least I have not failed, but I would have preferred a place of trumpetlngs and the open air over my head." How to Know tho Twins. Tho Beverly twins, Fred and Frank, were such exact counterparts of each other that none of the neighbors could tell them apart, and even their mother sometimes had her doubts. The re semblance is accentuated by the faet that they "ro dressed exactly alike, "How in the world can you yourself tell which Is which, Mrs. Beverly?" nsked a caller one day. "To tell tho truth," she answered. "1 can't always. But if I hear a noise in the pantry and I call out, 'Fred, is that you?' and ho snys, 'Yes, mamma,' I know It's Frnnk and that he's In some kind of mischief." Exchange. Wonderful Cactuses. The largest cactuses in the world are those to be found In parts of Mexico. Tho curious bristling plants common In greenhouses nnd even lu botanical collections glvo but a poor idea of tho size and beauty of this variety. It Is common, for example, to Cad n siugle plant growing to a height of eight or ten feet which will v-lgh several hun dred pounds. The wu uises grow In n bewildering vnrlety of forma nnd col ors. Their blossoms aro corresponding ly large and varied. A Cynical Citizen. "Is your town Improving?" "Yep," answered Broncho Bob. "Tbo figures show that the tone of Crimson Gulch Is Improving. Tim population has decreased 30 per cent tho Inst year, and I don't know of anybody whose absence wouldn't bo a benefit." Washington Star. A bond of union la soon formed be tween brethren In misfortune. I Sag!. NEW THINGS IN CHINA. A Dainty Dish o'n Which to Srv Sliced Lemon. No matter how much china or glass waro tho average housewife possesses she is nlways on the nlert for some thing now or more convenient than her present supply. Particularly docs this npply to designs for special serv ice, such as relish and entree dishes. In the accompanying sketch are shown some of the most recent productions of this character, all of them practical. The relish rack, which emanntes from England, Is on the order of the stands so much In vogue for serving cakes nnd sandwiches nt 5 o'clock tea, par ticularly ut lawn parties, to which tho English arc so partial. Each of the three dishes Is In the form of n fish, tho coloring being dull green nnd coral. They are supposed to hold some variety of Ilsh relish. Sliced lemon Is the essential accom paniment of many dishes, particularly in the lino of sea food, nnd for its spe cial service a plate of crystal with a border of filigree silver overlay has made its appearance. A silver fork Is ndded. Dishes prepared en casserole arc al ways served In tho brownish fireproof NOVELTIES TO BE FOUND IN THE SHOrS. receptables lu which the food has been cooked. To differentiate these aristo crats among bnkiug dishes from the common kind they are slipped Into a nickel or silver stand before being brought to the table. It la easier to handle the entree thus served, so there is a practical as well as an aesthetic reason for the adoption of the silver stand. Cut glass syrup jugs are not alto gether new, but one so fashioned as to do away with tho necessity for a metal lip is out of the ordinary. Such is the stylo here pictured, tho cutting of the pitcher being quite effective. A nap kin ring of cut glass Is uncommon and Is calculated to Interest the house wife who has a penchant for table equipment of this sparkling crystal. MEATS AND VEGETABLES. Stewed chicken without mashed po tatoes and pork without apple sauce lose half their zest. With roast meats sweet potatoes nro appropriate, ns are squash, tomatoes, asparagus and stowed onions. Baked macaroni Is a fitting accompa niment to a roast. So aro brussels sprouts and scalloped or creamed cauli flower. Squabs and all game havo lettuce with French dressing served with them, and lettuce must be eaten with Virginia ham. Fried onions fairly cry aloud for a juicy beefsteak, aud roast beef with out potatoes browned under tho meat never tnstes quite tho same. It is no longer correct to serve more than two vegetables with tho meat courso, though with poultry cranber ries are counted as an extra. Certain meats np ns closely allied to certain vegetables as Is tho long meter doxology to "Old Hundred." To sep arate them seems almost desecration. Potatoes are nn accommodating sort' of vegetable. They nro good with all; meats, though their digestibility when' served more than once a day Is ques tionable. Turnips, carrots, parsnips nnd cab bage aro generally eaten with boiled meats, while peas, beets, beans, corn' nnd tomatoes aro good with cither boil ed or roasted meats. Celery should nover be omitted when serving poultry and is an invariable accompaniment of soup. It la specially good, for the nerves nnd is fittingly served with all meats. Hlco should be served with stewed' ;hlcken. Roast duck demands bottvj ipple sauce and stewed onions. Tur key without cranberries would be km lost as venUon without currant Jelly. BEES HID TIPTO MOVE MY Ten-Ton Boulder Fella Tree They Used on Hog Mountain for Ten Years. Pine Brook, N. J. Some one tipped oft a big hive of bees In a hollow tree at tho foot of Hog Mountain that a ton-ton boulder was going to roll down from the top of tho mountain nnd smnsh everything In its path, Includ ing tho trco in which they had stored 700 pounds of honey. In what way they got the tip Is not known. Tho best evldenco the bees had It Is they moved to another tree out of tho dan ger line a few hours beforo the big boulder mado Its sensational down ward rush, and that Ueubon Van Win kle, who owns the farm on which the bee trees are, returned from Montclalr loaded down with supplies he bought after he had sold tho 700 pounds of honey for fancy prices. Inrldentally, when in Montclalr, he felt so rich aw a result of tho bee tip and the boulder he went to the Central Hotel and had a full course dinner. "It waB the first time I had eaten a dinner with side dishes slnco my wedding day, thirty-soven years ago," Van Winkle said. "When I think oL that dinner and look at .ill these pret- j ty things I have bought, and hoar thW money Jingling in my pockets, I cer tainly feel favorably dispo3ed toward bees and boulders." The bees occupied the hollow tree ten years. Van Winkle never disturb ed them, because he knew the only way to got the honey was to cut the tree down. He was averse to doing that. So the Insects worked away un til the tree literally was saturated with honey. Two weeks ago he no ticed tho bees were moving to another hollow tree. Ho thought it wfls be cause a new swarm was being driven out of the old quarters to find a new home. As he sized It up, nothing short of a big fight In the hive could force bees to go out. On Sunday night the Van Winkles were aroused by a terrific crashing on the mountainside. Van Winkle got out of bed and went to investigate. By that time the noise had ceased and he could not discover its cause. In tho morning, however, he saw the big boulder in his meadow and up the mountainside trees which had been felled by Its rush. At the end of the lino lay the old bee tree. Then it dawned upon Van Winkle why the bees had moved. INFANT WITH A RECORD. Represents Fifth Generation and Has Eleven Grandparents. Danville, Ind. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Parker of Hendricks County, Mary Margaret, has a record of relatives unequalled in Indiana. She represents the fifth gen eration of her family that Is yet liv ing, and she has eleven grandparents living. Her great-great-grandparents on her mother's side are Mr. and Mrs. James Kibby of Advance, while Dr. aud Mrs. Burko of the same place have the honor of being her grandpar ents. Mrs. Jacob Kendall of Lizton is also her great-grandmother. It 1b difficult to trace all the eleven branches of the family tree. The com bined ages of the five generations In a direct line total something over two hundred years. The new arrival, who is now but ten days old, has already received messages from her many relatives, and it Is probable that within a short time a family rounion will be arranged, when, if possible, all the fond great-great-grandparents, together with the grandparents, par ents and-other near klnfolk, will gath er for a general mutual admiration meeting. HIS DOG REPAID KINDNESS. Miller Sheltered the Animal and It Saved His Family. Stratford, Conn. A. Miller found a small yellow dog one cold stormy day, and, taking pity on It, took it home. Sunday morning at 3 o'clock tho dog repaid Miller by saving tho family from death. Miller, awakened by the dog, saw tongues of flamo coming through tho floor. Finding tho hallway a mass of flames, Miller made a rope of bed clothing and lowered his wife nnd three sleeping children from a win dow. Before jumping himself ho drop ped the dog into the arms of his wife. Tho floor caved In a few seconds lat er. Flying Autolst Hit by Flying Owl. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. While out in his automobile, George Reynolds throw his head back as an owl flew directly across his. steering wheel. He thought It was a pheasant, and, making a quick grab, caught the bird by the feet. Tho owl mado a fight and sunk its claws Into Reynolds's glove, but ho managed to hold on and brought tho owl homo. It Is a beautiful speci men. f-'lrm to Can Jack Rabbits. Mnnltownc, Win. A company which Is negotiating for property hero sooks to establish a plant for canning rab bits, tamo and jack, and tho tanning of tho hides of the animals, which will bo raised by farmers of the county un der contract. The concern will em ploy 100 men nt the outset. Diamond In Spring Chicken's Craw. Zanesvllle, O. John A. Gray, a rail roader, Is exhibiting a diamond, valued at $125, which was found in the craw of n "spring" chicken ho had pur chased in the public market. Whero tho chicken picked up the "sparkler" Is a mystery. Bodies burled for 160 years havo been found In Siberia In a perfect 6 tat (i. of preservation. A FAIR EXCHANGE. NOW, Daplino, dear, you must not fret. My well beloved sufTraRette. No matter what our laws may say. I'll sco to It you have your way. There used to be a snylng that "There's sovornl ways to skin a cat." And even If the law denies And easts on you Its mnrbto eyos, Just list to mo nnd you will note Exactly how you'll win the vote. You'll linvo It ero election time, My best beloved maid, or I'm No prophet of what la to be. If you will only list to inc. 1 want ynu. Daphne, for my own. I canuot ko through llfo alone. Slnco meeting you, 1 must confess, 1'vo llttlo uso for loneliness. I want your hand; 1 want your heart; I'd havo you drlvo my applo cart; I want your umlle about my plifco; I want ouch day to sco your face And every smile It sheds to bo A smlln on nobody but me. And so this fair exchange I'd mako: Glvo mo yourself, and you may tako My vote for evermore to uso In any way you clmnca to choose. I want your heart; you want n vote Let's swap and Joy for all promoto. When comes around election day I'll go and vote It as you say, And no ono will the wiser bo Savo mo and you and you and me. 'Twon't bo illegal cither, for Tho secret ballot Is tho law! Horace Dodd (Jastlt in New York Times. Following a Lend. A lady who hud been married only n month on receiving a nice brace of pheasants as a gift told the servant to cook them for Saturday's dinner. "Please, mum, do you like the birds Mgh?" asked the girl. "Like the bird's eye, Mary? What do you mean?" replied the mistress. "Well, mum, some folks like the birds stale," explained Mary. "Oh, like tho bird's tall! Yes, bring in both the o.w and the tail." London News. Coincidences. First Stranger (on rnllway train) So you are selling Professor Blank's new book, are you? Strange coinci dence. I am Professor Blank. Second Stranger That so? Then you wrote the very book I am agent for? "Yes; tho hardest work I ever did was writing that book." "Well, well! That's auother strange coincidence. Tho hardest work I ever did was trying to sell It." New York Weekly. The Limelight. "Why did Ranterton give up his part and quit" the company at the last mo ment?" "He discovered at our final dress re hearsal." replied the manager, "that in one scene lie would be expicted to stand up stage, with his back turned toward the audience, while another member of the company mnde a speech nearly a quarter of a minute long." Chicago Record-Herald. On the Links. 'I'ti,. f!ilfii ft,. Mm f.itrf-imnti Ik, 1i:iq Just beaten at golf) Never tulnd, old chap; you will get even with mo wheu you read my burial service. The Clergyman That will still be your hole. Their Substitute. Eva Yes, wo bachelor girls often give a yachting party and never think of taking a man along. Jack Well, well! Don't you ever get lonesome? Eva Oh. well, If we do we hug tho shore. Houston Post. Tho Reason. 1 "Well, Johnny, do you wish you I woro a grownup man?" "You bet I do." "But why?" "So people wouldn't ask me such fool questions." Cleveland Lender. An Improvement. "Haven't you been doing something to Improve your paper recently?" nsk ed tho caller In the newspaper ofllce. "Oh, yes," replied the young clerk. "Wo'vo sent the editor away on a va cation." Yonkers Statesman. Good Advice. Ho But I tell you what It Is, Maude If your father Is at all unreasonable I shall put my back to tho wall and She Keep It there. That would be tho safe position. Kansas City Jour nal. Providential. Mother Why should wo make Wil lie n doctor when there nrc so many now doctors every year? Father But think of all the now ail ments! Meggendorfer Blatter. Too Fresh, Tesslo Tourist I certainly enjoy the freshness of this mountain air. Tilly Travel Yes, but I didn't enjoy the freshness of that mountaineer we met back there. Smart Set. I'ltOFBSSIONAIi CAKDS. Attarneva-at-Law. H WILSON, ATTOHNKT A COUNSEI-On-AT-LAW. lloiicsdnlcVPa. "' " M. II. LEE, ATTOKNEY t COtlNRET.rm.AT.T iw Office over post ofllce. All leiral buslnpsn promptly attended to. Iloiiesdnlc. P,ulnMS in C. MUMFORD, Jli. ATTOKNEY A COUNSEI.OIt-AT-LAW, t,'."r:m ''lb.'',rty I,.n1.1 hnlldliiir, opik. site the Post Ulllce. Ilone.Mlale. Pa. HOMER GREENE. ATTOKNEY A COUNSEI.OK-AT-t AW. Olllre over Hell's store. Houcsdale I'n. 0L. ROWLAND, ATTOKNEY A COUN(SEU)K-AT-l,AWi Olllci! ver Post Ofllce. Honesdule. Pa fUlARLKS A. McCAKTY, J ATTOKNEY A COUNSEI,OK-AT-I,AW. Special nnd prompt attention tiven to the collection of .nihil''. Office over iicif's new toie. llonesdalc. Pa. T.1 P. KtMRI.E, JL . ATTOKNEY Xr r!f1TTVI-TVlTI- 1T.1 AW OlUcuover the bust ofHce llonesdale. Pa. ME. SIMONS, . ATTOKNEY A COtlNSELOK-AT-LAW Office in the Court House, Honesdnle, Pa. HERMAN JIAHMEfc, ATTOKNEY A COl'ShELOn-AT-LAW . Patents and pensions paired. Oillce In the hcliuerholz bulldlnc 1 lone, dale. Pa. PETER II. ILOFF, ATTOKNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW. qnice-Socond floor old Suvings link building. llmusdule. Pa RM. SALMON, ATTOKNEY A f OI NbLI.01t-AT-I,AW OIIlri'-Net door to ) c M i flue. Fotmerl occupied bvW II. Din m;ifc. Ilcinesdiile. Pa Dentists. DR. E. T. BROWN, DENTIST.! Office First floor, old Savings Hanklbulld Ins:, llonesdale. Pa. Dr. C. It. 1JKADY. Dentist. llonesdale. Pa. Office Hours-8 a. m. to 5 p. m Any evening by appointment. Citizens' phone. S3 Residence. No. N-X Phvslclnns. DR. II. B. SEARLES, HONESDALE, PA. OIHce and residence 1019 Court 'street telephones. Ottlcn Hourt MO to 4:tt).aiid s 11 to h:C0. t. in Livery. LIVERY. Fred. G. Rickard has re moved his livery establishment from corner Clmch street to Whitnev'o Stone Barn. ALL CALLS PROMITLY ATTENDED TO. FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 7ovl JOSEPH N. WELCH Fire (The OLDEST Fire Insurance I Agency in Wayne County. I Office: Second floor Masonic Ruild- ing, over C. C. Jadwin's drug store, i Honrsdale. If you don't insure with us, we both lose. General Insurance White Mills Pa. O. G. WEAVER, Graduate Optician, 1127 S Slnln St., HONESDALE. Tooth Savers We havo the sort of tooth brushes that are mude to thoroughly cleanse and save the teeth, They nre the kind that clean teeth (without euvlnc vour mouth full ot bristles. - Wt recommend those costlnc 23 cents or mure, as we can imurautee tbeiu and will re place, free, any that vliow defects ot manu facture within three mouths. O. T. CHAHBERS PHARMACIST, Opp.D. A If. Statlsn HONESDA H TTINGER 11
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