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wa" found most favor, and, when supper was over^ 

 one sportsman expressed regret that no paint was 

 to be found within less than two or three days' 

 journey. 



"We ought to paint the name on a board,'* 

 said he, *'and put it up over the door." 



The Moose in Politics 



(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer) 



"When you haven't any paint there's always a 

 branding iron handy," remarked one of the 

 guides, and he went out in search of material 

 for the desired signboard. 



The snow which had filled the air since morning 

 had ceased to fall, the clouds had cleared away, 

 and the guide went out into a world of Christmas 

 trees, heavy with silver floss, and glistening in the 



