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JSTew York thunders in return, but in a different manner. 
The roar of the dynamite and rending rock are answered by 
the roar of printer's ink. The Palisades are a standard topi© 
for good newspaper work at all times, either for week day 
or Sunday edition. The descriptive writer can perform 
liighly-colored capers over them in fancy; the philanthrop- 
ist can mourn over the harm done to a great public good, or 
the simple news-gatherer can relate the latest facts concern- 
ing them, so that it is a rare day indeed when one does not 
see a headline reading; "To Save the Palisades "The De- 
struction of the Palisades;" "The Wonders of the Palisades;" 
and still the Palisades and their workings remain about the 
same. The noise on each side of the river goes on undis- 
turbed. New Jersey blasts her rocks and New York shouts 
in return, and there you are. 
A Buffalo In a Box. 
Early last November I learned of a rather extraordinary 
occurrence in New Jersey, which was until recently envel- 
oped in mystery. At the time the facts were these: About 
the month before a farmer living in the village of Almones- 
aon, near Woodbury, N. J., had a high tight- board pen con- 
structed on his property. On the night of Nov. 1 a heavy 
dray drawn by six horses and containing an enormous box 
was driven up to his pen and box unloaded. These mys- 
terious occurrences excited the curiosity of the village, and 
at midnight a number of young men went to the place to 
find out what was going on. They were met at the gate of 
the pen by a man armed with a large knife who ordered 
them away. A deputy sheriff was then called on, and the 
crowd, led by him, returned to tlie place. The deputy 
sheriff forced his way into the pen and found there a car- 
cass of a full-grown buffalo just killed. In answer to ques- 
tions the men said that they were doctors from New York 
and wished to experiment on the animal. They gave their 
names as Dr. White and Howard Johnson. 
The next day persons who returned to the spot found the 
carcass of a buffalo lying there, its head having been cut 
off. The robe had not been removed and none of the meat 
had been used. 
A little inquiry revealed the fact that the buffalo in ques- 
tion was one sold by the Zoological Society, of Philadelphia, 
for $800 to a man giving the name of Bertram Marks. This 
one is the same who gave his name as Howard Johnston. 
He represented that he wanted the bull for breeding pur- 
poses, but declined to give its destination, The Zoological 
Society, having several surplus bulls, sold the animal to him 
at the price mentioned, and Marks was to come and remove 
it in a tight crate. 
About this removal there was some delay. It seemed that 
the purchaser of the bull wanted to take it away in stormy 
weather. On several days when it rained in the morning, 
but cleared up in the afternoon, the purchasers advised the 
keepers at the Zoo that they were ready to take away the 
buffalo, but they never did so. Monday, Nov. 1, however, 
was a very stormy day, and that afternoon Marks reached 
the gardens with a six-horse dray and a big wooden bos. 
The buffalo was put in this and they hauled it off. The rest 
of the story has already been given. It is said now that the 
animal was purchased by Thomas C. M. Cardoza, of Ger- 
mantown. Pa., because he wanted a buffalo head for a 
trophy, and that his agent in the matter was Marks. The 
two are said to have butchered the btill, shootmg it with 
a rifle, and then to have cut off the head and carried it back 
to Piiiladelphia, where it is, according to the story, to adorn 
Cardoza's rooms at the Hotel Walton. 
The Zoological Society is very indignant over the matter, 
taking the ground that, as the species is so nearly extinct, no 
buffalo should be killed for any purpose whatever. 
It is difficult to conceive why the purchaser of this bull 
should have acted as he did, unless he had some motive other 
than the mere acquisition of a buffalo's head. Such heads, 
and good ones, can be purchased for less than a quarter of 
what he paid for this bull. It is conceivable, of course, but 
hardly probable, that a man might have such an extraordi- 
nary mental twist that he would be willing to buy a tame 
buffalo and butcher it for the mere purpose of saying after- 
ward that he had a buffalo's head of his own killing. That 
such a motive might appeal to some people is shown by an 
advertisement which recently appeared in the columns of 
FoKBST AND STREAM, Where a man advertised that he had a 
buffalo bull for sale, and offered, separately, the head and 
the robe and the meat. As an additional indu'ement for the 
purchase of the head, the advertiser said that whoever bought 
the head could fire the shot to kill the animal, and that here 
was an opportunity for some sportsman to obtain a fine buf- 
falo head ot bis own killing. Any "sportsman" who wants 
to get a head of his own killing that way is welcome to it; 
none of it in mine. 
Analogous to this case is one of which I heard not long 
ago, where a foreigner— I do not recall whether he was 
an Englishman or a German— wished to kill an elk and se- 
cured from the owner of a private park the privilege of 
slaughtering a bull. I do not know whether he carried out 
his intention or not; but if he did, no doubt betook the head 
away with him to his own home and expatiated generously 
about the hardships and adventures encountered while he 
was securing his trophy. Men such as these call themselves 
sportsmen, and a very large majority of the people to whom 
they make their brags and boasts believe them. As a conse- 
quence the people who have decent ideas of sport are mixed 
up in the public mind with these braggarts, and the 
sportsman's reputation for intelligence and good morals suf- 
fers. Certainly the great public needs a whole lot of educa- 
tion. The MAjf isr the Clock Tower. 
Christmas Gifts. 
At this season of the year persons residing at a distance from large 
eities often desire to order a number of different boolis issued by dif- 
ferent publisliers. This necessitates writing many letters, and per- 
haps paying many express charges, and takes time, trouble and 
money. 
To relieve its readers of this burden, the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Co. will receive and fill all book orders that may be sent to it, 
purcbasinR the boots, packing and forwarding them, and all this 
without charge. In all cases the titles of books must be plainly 
written ; where possible the name of the publisher must be given 
and the money for the consignment must accompany the order. 
As the busy season has already begun, those who wish to take ad- 
vantage of this offer should send on their orders at once, so that the 
)ioods may be sent ofiE in time to be received before the holidays. 
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CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Number of Deer Killed In Wisconsin. 
CniCAGO, 111., Dec. 18. — The records of Wisconsin on the 
deer-killing question are something largely made up of guess- 
work, as we have no such accurate system in this region as 
that which prevails for Maine and the Eastern deer hunting 
regions. The Wisconsin law says that each man may kill 
two deer, but a great many men killed all they could and no 
doubt very many men killed a dozen each. The Milwaukee 
Journal thinks it fair to allow each hunter his pair of deer, 
though it seems to me that this is pxxtting the average quite 
too high. Should it be a fair average it would follow that 
the number of deer actually killed would be at least 24,000, 
for over 18,000 licenses were taken out, and no one knows 
how many men shot without any license. One deputy war- 
den, Okershauser, thinks that 30,000 deer were killed in 
Wisconsin this fall. 
The upper peninsula of Michigan is practically the same 
as Wisconsin as a hunting country, and about the same re- 
spect is shown for the laws of one State as for the other. 
The Ontonagon Herald, of Michigan, estimates that there 
were 3,000 deer killed in the upper peninsula during the sea- 
son just closed, and adds: "As the hunters are not all in yet 
it is hard to tell how many returned alive." 
I think the above estimates on deer killed are too large — 
probably double the size they should be — but even at that, 
the showing is a big one. It is so very large as to show at 
one glance the absolute ineffectiveness of the Wisconsin ex- 
ecutive branch so far as enforcement of the game law is con- 
cerned. No one for a moment supposes that only thirty 
non-residents shot in Wisconsin this fall. Chicago alone 
sent twice that many men up to Wisconsin There is so 
much frank unfitness about all this that local feeling is very 
strong against the law. An Ashland newspaper says that a 
deputy informs it that during the past season he asked to see 
the licenses of nearly 1,000 different hunters, and he found 
them almost without exception resident licenses. He says 
it was common for the non-resident to announce himself 
from a distant town in the State, and of course the clerk 
could not in all instances, or in very many of them, 
get any facts outside the declaration of the applicant. 
Whatever may be the reason or excuse, or whatever- may be 
the theoretical virtue or faultiness of the non-resident act, 
its colossal and egregious absurdity as a working success can- 
not longer be doubted. It was walked into and driven over 
and promenaded through by over 1,000 different outside men 
this fall, each of whom thought his own ideas better than 
those of the State of Wisconsin, and against whom the State 
of Wisconsin is obliged weakly and ridiculously to confess 
its weakness. No one asks a State to locate or to punish all 
or more than a fraction of the offenders who break its laws, 
of whatever nature; but when it comes to declaring that 
only thirty outside shooters shot in Wisconsin last fall, the 
thing is too absurd to be funny, and the slight on intelligent 
legislation too appai-ent and too injurious. The status at 
date simply means that the State of Wisconsin can make no 
game laws, but that the men who go there to shoot will 
make laws to suit themselves. 
War AmonK Wardens. 
It seems that not all deputy game wardens are great and. 
good. Warden Grocock, of Menominee, has taken out a 
warrant for Warden Chas. Munger, of Marinette county, 
who lives in Wausaukee, Wis. Chas. Dickson, of Wau- 
saukee, claims that he was out hunting with Munger Nov. 
10, and that he had dogs and used them, and they both, 
after hounding deer in Wisconsin, crossed the river into 
Michigan and hounded deer there also until they got ready 
to quit. They had several days of fun, and now Warden 
Munger is to explain to the curious how it is that a warden 
is any better than anybody else before the law. 
Fined for Houndlngf. 
At Houghton, Mich., last week, John Hoyslop, of Higgins 
Lake, and Henry Howe, of Markey, were fined $25 each 
and $6 costs for hounding deer, each man pleading guilty. 
If I had all the hounds that were used between here and 
Lake Superior last month I could start a dog train that 
would reach from here to the Missouri River, end to end. 
Seven more violators of the dog law will be tried at Hough- 
ton this week; for they do get them now and then. 
Pokes up the Deputy. 
S. B. Clark, of Colorado, is a game dealer, and he has 
ordered some grouse from Utah, being detected by Deputy 
Warden Hays. The latter wrote to Commissioner Swan, 
saying that Mr. Clark was a nice man and he didn't mean no 
harm, wherefore he. Warden Hays, was not going to prose- 
cute him, Mr. Swan wrote back that Mr. Hays would please 
go right to work and prosecute Mr. Clark, no matter how 
nice he was, and also to prosecute the express company that 
carried the goods, which were shipped as "poultry." 
Express Company Appeals. 
On Dec. 18, S. L. Maxwell, local agent of the WeUs-Pargo 
Express Company at Wichita, Kan., was fined for violating 
the quail shipping law. The company has appealed the case 
and will test it to a finish. Let us hope that the courts of 
Kansas will in this case not forget their traditional hostility 
to corporations in general, and will soak the good right mit 
of justice deftly on the bosom of the offending outfit until 
the latter concludes it was mistaken and is no better than 
anybody else. 
Saginaw Game. 
At Saginaw, IVIich., they have a spai-row bounty, and now 
the city clerk and" his office force are working nights to keep 
up with the count of sparrows, which are appearing in thou- 
sands. It is thought that a few enterprising individuals are 
kUUng sparrows outside of Saginaw, and. bringing them in 
for the bounty. How shall a mere municipality expect to 
stem the current of the great natural law of supply and de- 
mand '? Let Saginaw reflect that though she go broke buying 
sparrow scalps, she is martyr in a gocd cause. If she will 
take our sparrows, even at a cut rate, she shall have a vote 
of thanks . 
Minnesota Matters. 
The annual meeting of the Minnesota Game and Pish Com- 
mission was held last Tuesday; present: Agent Puller ton; C. 
S. Benson, of St. Cloud; Wm. Bird, of Eairmount; Fred 
von Bombach, of Alexandria; Tim Byrnes, attorney, and 
President W. S. Timberlake, of St, Paul. It was resolved 
that the Commission prosecute several express companies 
carrying over railroads crossing the State, all of which ex- 
press companies are charged with carrying game out of the 
State. The report made up on the State. The report made 
up on the supply of deer states that it is not thought that the 
deer supply is failing, but that deer are as abundant now as 
at any time f or ten years. 
The Minnesota Commission has caused 435 arrests this 
year, and has secured 303 convictions. More power to them. 
Uniform Game Laws. 
We are going to give the iridescent dream of uniform 
game laws another chase out here, and if we get it we 
will have a pretty thing. Representatives of the Legisla- 
tures of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and 
Iowa, probably also of North and South Dakota, are to 
meet at Chicago Feb. 7, and take steps to secure for these 
several Slates a code of game laws which shall be roughly 
applicable to all the States alike. Minnesota has appointed 
Senator Potter and Representatives Douglas and Ferris, 
with the members of the Fish and Game Commission, as 
delegates, and has appropriated $200 for expense money. 
Should this convention really occur its doings will assume 
immediate importance, even though the actual result in 
legislation may not be what is expected by the conven- 
tion. A strong push will be made to abolish spring shoot- 
ing in all the States named above, and reciprocity among 
the State wardens of the different States will be another 
feature of interest. It is hardly likely that Illinois could 
get through a law preventing spring shooling, owing to 
the heavy opposition from the lower end of this long 
State; biit the other States named have a closer resem- 
blance in general features, and it may be that such a law 
could be put through, in spite of the absurd Wisconsin 
.jealousy, which has so long said to Illinois; "If you shoot 
in the spring, I'm going to shoot too. " 
Mark the Old Portage. 
The Northern Indiana Historical Society is going to erect 
a monument to mark the old portage of the early exploration 
days when the St. Jo and Kankakee rivers were part of the 
water trail between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi 
River. This lower portage was between the headwaters of- 
the Kankakee and the St. Joseph River, and it made a carry 
of only about four miles. We forget all about that sort of 
thing very quickly nowadays, but there was a wonderful lot 
of history connected with that old carry, and it is well that 
a few thinking men are thoughtful enough to preserve the 
memory for us. This old trail from the one water to the 
other was used by Pere Marquette, Hennepin, La Salle and 
a lot of other old parties who are now mostly dead, but who 
had a lot of hustle to them in their day. You shall see the 
very spot where they crossed the low ridge that lies between 
the two streams, and so you shall envy the men who saw 
new country, then of most delectable sort. 
Shortens Shooting Time. 
A directors' meeting of Hennepin Shooting Club, of Chi- 
cago, was held Dec. 13, and a rule was framed lor submission 
to the annual meeting which, if adopted, will shorten^ the 
shooting time on the club grounds to the morning hours 
only, that is to say, allowing no shooting after 1 P. M, of 
any day. This rule has been adopted by many clubs, and 
has usually been found a desirable one. 
A Little Bear. 
A Chicago restaurant this week displayed a little cub bear, 
minus his skin, which was about the nearest approach to 
babes and sucklings seen since W arden Loveday found the 
two squabs of mourning doves in a lot of game. This baby 
bear would have weighed 8 or lOlbs,, perhaps, and was of- 
fered at the low price of $1.50. E. Hough. 
1206 BoYCB BinLDiNG, Chicago. 
IN THE MACHIAS REGION. 
Boston, Mass., Dec. 18.— The Machias region, in Maine, 
is getting a good name as a big game section. Mr. Walter 
Pinkham, of Dudley street, Boston, with a party of friends, 
has made a most successful trip this fall to Westley and the 
lakes further in. The parly went directly over the road 
where Graves shot the one-armed game warden a number of 
years ago. Sentiment toward game protection has greatly 
changed in that section since that sad event. Now the peo- 
ple see that there is a good deal in store for them outside of 
the game they can kill themselves individually. Mr. Pink- 
ham's party each brought out two deer, with one excep- 
tion, as has already been noted in the Forest and Stkeam, 
and it is explained that the game was all legally obtained. 
The lakes in that section are remarkable for the pickerel 
fishing they afford. Mr. Pinkham visited Fourth Lake 
one day for fishing. In the first place he shot a 
wild goose, and then made a catch of thirty-four 
pickerel, running from 24^1bs. to much larger. His 
guide, Charles McRavey, was in Boston the other day. 
His ideas of the game supply and prospects in Maine are ex- 
cellent. He believes that there is more danger to the game 
from the hunting of the people ot Maine themselves than 
from all that outside sportsmen can ever do. The residents 
are ever on the ground, are good shots and generally great 
hunters. He is down on the practice of citizens and guides 
having deer and moose killed and ready to sell to sportsmen 
who are not woodsmen and hunters enough to kill it them- 
selves; admits that a great deal of such hunting has been 
done the past season. His idea is that, besides depleting the 
game, the registered guides should study to make sportsmen 
feel that there is no sport in such hunting. 
The latest rumor in the Maine papers is that Game Com- 
missioner Carlton will recommend to the next Legislature in 
that Stale a tax on all the game that outside sportsmen kill, 
the proceeds of the tax to go toward better protection and 
propagation of fish and game. Special. 
Cruelty to Animals. 
By one of those blunders which happen to man I neglected 
to put my name to the article under this head last week. I 
had no intention to attack Didymus anonymously, and the 
editor would not have allowed it if 1 had. 
Phed Mathek. 
The FoBEST AND Stream is put to press each week on 
Tuesday. Correspondence intended for publicatioa 
should reach us at the latest by Monday, and as much 
Cirlier as praUicable, 
