OPPOSED TO EXPANSION. 



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states who have taken advantage of the op- 

 portunity to come down through the Na- 

 tional Park and slaughter our game and 

 escape over the same route, these laws have 

 been reasonably well enforced. For many 

 years Wyoming alone, of the States adja- 

 cent to the National Park, made the killing 

 of buffalo under any circumstances a fel- 

 ony. The new game law recently passed by 

 the State legislature is still more stringent 

 than the law which it amends. If the true 

 sportsmen of America who are interested in 

 the preservation of big game in that region 

 will aid the State authorities in enforcing 

 those laws, there is no reason why elk 

 should not continue to roam the mountains 

 and forests of this great region (already re- 

 erved from settlement by being placed 

 within forest reserves) for all time to 

 come. It is entirely practicable to cut the 

 native hay which grows in quantities in the 



meadows of the National Park and thus fur- 

 nish winter feed for a considerable portion 

 of the large game which now finds a sum- 

 mer home in the park. The people of 

 Wyoming are anxious to protect the large 

 game within their borders, and they will 

 welcome the assistance of every true sports- 

 man; but they do not consider that this is 

 dependent upon the enlargement of the area 

 of Federal authority in that region. A live- 

 ly interest in the development of their State, 

 the reasonable and natural desire to partici- 

 pate somewhat in the benefits to be derived 

 from the establishment of the original Park, 

 which lies almost entirely within their 

 boundaries, and a proper regard for the in- 

 terests of those who may wish to visit that 

 great pleasure ground and view its wonders 

 in time to come, all tend to strengthen their 

 opposition to the proposed Park enlarge- 

 ments. 



POSSIBLE SMILES. 



Little Gladys' papa is an enthusiastic 

 sportsman, fond of sweets, an admirer of all 

 ladies in general and of the mother of his 

 family in particular. Visiting her aunt the 

 other day, Gladys observed with evident 

 disapproval, that her uncle ate 3 slices of 

 cake while the small girl was allowed but 

 one. 



A few minutes later she leaned on her 

 aunt's knees as she sat in the window-seat 

 and watched her uncle creeping, gun in 

 hand, after something he wanted to kill. 



She looked at her aunt, half in wonder, 

 half in scorn, and said: 



"Auntie, aren't men funny?" 



"Why, dear?" 



"Oh, because, they are always eating 

 cake, or kissing the women or getting a 

 gun to kill something." 



The Boarding House Mistress (suavely) 

 — "When the cook was cleaning this spring 

 chicken today she found an old-fashioned 

 silver 3 cent piece in its crop. Wasn't that 

 strange?" 



The Star Boarder — "Oh, no; those 3 cent 

 pieces went out of circulation just 20 years 

 ago, and this bird probably swallowed it 

 when a child." — Judge. 



"I wonder what makes so many letters 

 "go to the dead letter office?" 



"I suppose it's because the addresses are 

 so perfectly killing." — Philadelphia Bulle- 

 tin. 



Mrs. Youngish— "Oh, Bob! What shall 

 I do? Baby is crying because I won't let 

 him pull all the fur off my new muff." 



Mrs. Youngish— "Well, that's all right. 

 Give him the cat." — Boston Traveler. 



Lives there a boy with soul so dead, 

 Who never to himself hath said, 

 As on his bed shone morning's light, 

 "I wisht the school burnt down last night. 

 — L. A. W. Bulletin. 



"See here," said the doctor to his refrac- 

 tory patient, "I've been a physician for 10 

 years, and I know what treatment your 

 case requires." 



"That cuts no ice. I've been an invalid 

 for 30 years, and it's not for the likes of 

 you to tell me to take something I know 

 I don't need." — Detroit Free Press. 



"Do you mind if I go out into the smok- 

 ing compartment of the car a few min- 

 utes?" he asked. 



"You'd better not go just now," she re- 

 plied, suggestively. "We're coming to a 

 tunnel in a few minutes." — 'Chicago Post. 



"I wish I was a rabbit," said the boy, as he 

 puzzled over his multiplication-table; "be- 

 cause," he added, "I read in the paper that 

 they multiply rapidly." 



