Sept. g, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
)orter will be required to get a permit from a collector 
customs at a customs port, 
ioston and other New England sportsmen ate de- 
ited with this new regulation, since it opens up to them 
reat tract of sporting country to early shooting and 
voves the old drawback to their comfort in the shape 
not being allowed to bring back their game, Several 
Iters have already gone to the upper Tobique region. 
The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Asso- 
ion is doing a good work this season. Being aware of 
many infractions of the fish and game protective 
s, the committee on publications has had prepared a 
Ce number of posters, some on cloth and others put in 
nes, setting forth the State regulation in plain type, 
far over 500 of these copies of the laws have been put 
in different post offices in the more remote districts 
the State. A great many more haA^e been sent to the 
sral railway stations and put up. While it is the inten- 
1 of the Association to follow up this crusade of 
ters with punishment for breaking the game and fish 
s, it is intended that everybody shall be informed as 
;he nature of the laws in the first place, 
'o the height of a tremendously successful fishing and 
ing season at the Rangeley Lakes has just been added 
excitement of a bad forest fire, which early last week 
eatened the whole region. It started in the section of 
ur Ponds, about three miles from Bemis, and but for 
tremendous exertions of hundreds of men it would 
burned over the whole section of countr5^ to the 
t of Mooselucmaguntic and up to Rangeley Lake on 
north. At one time it threatened to go around to the 
tion of heavily timbered country on the south of 
)oseIucmaguntic and run over the whole Richardson 
ke Country. Hundreds of men were hurried to the 
tie of the fire by the lumber companies and land owner.s 
] railways, and their efforts prevented the spread of the 
; to some extent till the rain on Friday and Saturday 
ped eliminate the danger for the time being. The 
rst feature of all is that it is claimed that the fire was 
work of careless or vicioits sportsmen at Four Ponds, 
e timber land owners threaten a thorough investigation 
I dire vengeance upon the guilty parties. 
Special. 
BreechloacJefS in the Civil War. 
^Ew York, Aug. 27. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will 
1 please tell me if there were any breechloading muskets 
rifles used in the Southern army toward the end of the 
^il War, using paper cartridges, which, might have been 
dered useless by any one opening the breech of a loaded 
ce and biting the bullet from the shell? I am ac- 
ainted with the ordinary weapon in use at that time 
lich was loaded by a paper cartridge rammed down the 
izzle after the paper end had been bitten off to allow the 
; from the cap to reach tlie powder, but know of no 
tridge used in a breechloader other than a copper rim 
; or brass center fire similar to those now on the market. 
.Storlax. 
[Although precise information on this subject is not at 
nd, and might be difficult to obtain, yet the question 
.y be answered in a general way. 
Toward the end of the war there were in use in the 
irthern army a variety of breechloading arms, some of 
lich uSed paper cartridges, others so-called linen car- 
dges, and others still had the powder inclosed in a me- 
lic shell. There is little doubt that some of these arms 
Und their way into the hands of troops of the Southern 
my, though in what quantity is uncertain. Among arms 
this sort were the following, usually named frpm the 
/entor or manufacturer : The Merrill, Sharps, Smith, 
arr, Burnside and Spencer. The last was in use to 
me extent after the close of the war, especially in the 
est. The Sharps, which was the predecessor of the 
er Sharps carbine — long used by the United States 
i^alry arm of the service — and Sharps rifle, which twen- 
years ago was in general use and was perhaps the best 
igle shot weapon of the day, used a so-called linen 
rtridge, and the breech block was provided with a little 
life which, as the breech was closed, cut off the end of 
e cartridge, exposing the powder. 
The Merrill carbine, we believe, was manufactured in 
dtimore, and perhaps on that account might have more 
sily gotten across the lines into the hands of Southern 
Idiers. 
It may be that some of the old war veterans among our 
aders in the South can give us more precise informa- 
)n as to the arms used in the Confederate army. 
The method suggested by our correspondent for render- 
l^the cartridge useless would have been as effective with 
,e of the old-time metallic shells as with a paper shell, 
r the balls were easily removed.] 
Forestty at the Patis Exposition, 
Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, Director of Forestry, United 
ales Commission, Paris Exposition, says : Preparations 
r the exhibit of forest industries of the United States 
the Paris Exposition of 1900 are now rapidly nearing a 
5se. The opportunity for the display of the wonderful 
sources of our country and for attracting favorable 
tention of European buyers is undoubtedly the best 
at has been offered. The exports of forest products 
ncluding furniture) from the United States in 1898 
gregated $38,000,000. There is not the slightest ques- 
m that this may be greatly exceeded if the wealth of 
ir resources and the excellence of our wares are properly 
ought to the attention of the people who will visit the 
iris Exposition. Not only exporters of lumber and 
aves, but also manufacturers of w^ooden ware are 
peciallj^ invited to take part in this competition foi- 
vard. Every effort will be made to set forth the_ superi- 
ity and abundance of American products, and it is confi- 
sntly expected that the efforts of Commissionei--General 
Eck will be entireljr successful through the co-opefa- 
in of firms especially interested in our export trade. 
Circulars containing general information as to loca- 
m of the grounds, character of the exhibit, system of 
stallation and labeling, details as determined by the 
rench classification, and blank applications for space, 
■ay be obtained by request from the Chicago office of the 
nited States Commission. 
Buffalo ; Tones' Forty Years/' J 
Hon. C, J. Jones, of Kansas, better known under his 
sobriquet of Buffalo Jones, is accustomed to do unex- 
pected things. A good many years ago he captured by 
wholesale buffalo young and old in the Panhandle of 
Texas, and subsequently possessed the largest herd of 
domesticated buffalo and stock of crossbred between buffalo 
and domestic cattle in the country. Later he sold all his 
buffalo, and soon after took part in the great rush for 
Isnd made by the boomers at the opening of the Cherokee 
strip in Oklahoma Territory, and was perhaps the first 
to reach the neighborhood of the town of Perry. Quite 
recently — in fact but little more than two years ago — he 
made a trip to the barren grounds of Canada for the 
purpose of capturing musk-ox calves, taming them and 
bringing them to civilization. 
The last and not surprising thing done by Col. Jones 
is to write a book. It is called "Buffalo Jones' Forty 
Years of Adventure," which is still further explained 
to be "a volume of facts gathered from experience by 
Hon. C. J. Jones, whose eventful life has been devoted 
to the preservation of the American bison and other 
wild animals, who survived the perils of the frozen north, 
the land of the midnight sun, among Eskimos, Indians 
and the ferocious beasts of North America." This vokime 
of nearly 500 pages, with very many illustrations, has just 
reached us. It bears on the title page the legend, ''Com- 
piled by Col. Henry Inman," but the book is Col. Jones'. 
Col. Jones' volume is divided into two parts, the first 
being devoted to his early history and to his experiences 
in the Southwest with buffalo, antelope and Indians. The 
second portion has to do with his expedition to the 
arctic regions in search of musk-ox and his. sojourn 
there for more than a year. 
In whatever situation Col. Jones has found himself 
during the period covered by the narrative of this book 
he has shown himself a typical American of the most 
energetic tj'pe; sanguine, self-confident, not easily dis- 
couraged and a tremendous worker. Sometimes he was 
at the top of the wave and sometimes down in the trough 
of the sea, but whatever his situation he was always a 
believer in Jones. It is certainly a good thing that the 
story of his adventures should have been written, for it 
is brimming over with small happenings of one sort and 
another which throw light on the life of the old-time 
West; with matter which has more or less bearing on 
what Roosevelt has happily called the "Winning of the 
West," and on the character of the people who accom- 
plished that winning. 
The story of Col. Jones' capture of buffalo calves has 
more than once been told in Fori:st and Stream, yet 
it may be well to quote from this volume portions of 
his journal printed in this book which tell of the capture 
of a herd of more than twenty adult buffalo, all of which 
unfortunately died shortly after capture, for the full- 
grown buffalo, it would seem, cannot be tamed. 
It was in May, 1889, that Col. Jones started out with 
the idea of running down a herd of twenty-five or thirty 
buffalo, tiring them out, and then driving them to his 
ranch. When, however, he reached the buffalo ground 
he found the herd broken up into small companies, and it 
was decided to rope one by way of experiment. He de- 
scribes how he and his two assistants captured and hob- 
bled a cow in the following language: 
"Lee Howard was appointed to do the lassoing, but it 
was to be on the foreleg only, as we all well knew that to 
attempt to catch a buffalo cow around the horns or neck 
would be as fruitless of results as to lasso a locomotive 
going at the rate of thirty miles an hour. De Cardova, 
the moment Howard had succeeded in roping the foreleg, 
was to 'heel' her (catch a noose around the cow's hind- 
leg), and then stretch out so quickly she would not 
have time to gather herself in her surprise. 
"Everything now ready for the attack, I took the hob- 
bles, consisting of two log-chains, 2ft. long, with ex- 
ceedingly heavy straps at the ends, having strong buckles. 
We cautiously maneuvered until within 150yds. of the 
cows, when at a given signal we dug our spurs into the 
sides of the horses and dashed frantically over a small 
hill which had hidden the buffalo from our view. 
"Howard was on his horse Charlie, De Cardova, an 
expert roper, on Cannon Ball, while I 'held the fort' on 
Kentuck. 
"Our opportunity had now arrived; we all realized it 
without a word or sign from any one. Howard's lasso be- 
gan to swing around his head; Charlie appeared to, and 
I really believe did, intelligently know what was demanded 
of hirn, for the moment he heard the whiz of the rope 
above him he made a gallant spurt up to the cows, which 
were fairly plowing up the earth in their efforts to es- 
cape. 
"Howard unfortunately allowed Charlie to crowd too 
close, and not being able to watch the eyes and quick mo- 
tions of the three cows at one time found himself in a 
critical condition. One of the frightened beasts, the sec- 
ond cow from him on his right, made up her mind that 
'leg bail' would not any longer serve her at this particu- 
lar juncture, and acting upon her decision dashed furious- 
ly at the horse, but in the moment lost in changing 
her huge quarters half-way round was balked in her desire 
to disembowel the active animal. She got in just behind 
Charlie and in front of De Cardova. when seeing she 
would miss her original mark she threw her head around 
and struck Charlie a well-directed blow Avith the side 
of her horn, causing him to stagger for a few steps; yet he 
still dashed bravely on, the rope whirling in the air all the 
time. 
"I had about made up my mind that Howard was really 
afraid to throw the lasso under the close circumstances in 
which he was placed, but was deceived; he Avas only 
waiting to make a sure thing of it, for in a few seconds 
away went the rope like a flash of lightning, while my 
heart alternately fluttered between hope and fear, and I 
almost held my breath, waiting for the result. 
"No sooner' did the lasso leave the skilled hands of 
Howard than Charlie was so suddenly stopped that he 
fell back on his haunches as if he were shot. The rope 
had struck its mark. How the great shaggy monster 
rolled over and over like a grizzly turning somersaults! 
But De Cardova, knowing his part in the tragedy full 
well, by a simple twist of his right arm placed his rope 
over her hindleg as he swiftly dashed by, before she could 
gain her equilibrium. . _ _ 
"Now for the crowning struggle! Each horse under 
stood his duty, just what was expected of him, and pulled 
back, with his head to the enemy, like a bulldog holding 
on to the ear of an antagonist in the pit. Howard had 
caught the right foreleg around the fetlock, the exact 
place intended, and all the efforts of the cow to get on 
her feet were in vain; she was tighter than any vise could 
have held her. 
"It was now my turn to finish the last act of the 
drama, and I was determined not to be behind m my 
part. I slid off Kentuck, but took care to hold fast to 
the rope, one end of which was tied around his neck; and 
as I approached the cow the vicious beast grew more 
desperate than ever in her rage, acting as if she were a 
carnivorous animal and wanted to devour mc. She struck 
at me with her horns until her ribs rattled, as her head 
pounded her sides in her fruitless efforts to reach me; 
then she used her loose foot, kicking and striking until 
she was actually exhausted. 1 finally buckled the hobble 
on her loose front leg, but could not manage to get it on 
the hind one; so I took my lasso, threw it around the 
hindleg, ran the rope through the ring of the chain next 
to the foreleg, drew the two near together and fastened 
them in that position. I then had no difficulty in adjust- 
ing the hobbles firmly. Now everything was ready to 
turn her loose. 
"The ropes slackened, she was on her feet in a moment, 
with her back bowed, tail curled over her back, nose al- 
most touching the ground, hair all bristling in her rage* 
eyes green as goggles — in short, the very incarnation of 
fight to the deatli! She made all sorts of attempts to charge 
upon us, but would only tumble for her pains; and when 
she tried to run the only effect y.-as to shake the ropes oft' 
her feet — which was just what we desired, only the boys 
had to ride forward and pick them oft' the ground withor 
dismounting. 
"We watched her a few moments, then bade her fare- 
well for a few days and returned to camp, where we 
discussed the advisability of hobbling instead of driving 
the remainder of the buffaloes into captivity. 
"We started the buffaloes and followed them contin- 
ually day and night for forty-two days, changing horses 
about twenty times. The buffaloes became very thin and 
footsore, and seemed so lame they could scarcely walk, 
yet woidd not allow us to approach nearer than 20oft., 
when they would start off and run with as much alacrity 
as though nothing was the matter with them. Often we 
could trail them for miles by the blood left in their tracks.. 
"I determined to single out, lasso and hobble them,_aa 
we had done with the cow previously (although it had died 
of a 'broken heart'). We finally succeeded in accom- 
plishing this, employing the same tactics as before. Mr. 
Howard was always depended upon to make the first 
catch; he seldom niiscalculated, and nearly always caught 
with the first attempt. We captured all except four, but 
one-half died within twenty-four hours after being hob- 
bled. They usually took fits, stift'ened themselves, then 
dropped dead, apparently preferring death to captivity. 
It appeared to me they had the power to abstain from 
breathing. 
"We worried along with the remainder, but they 
eventually died before arriving at my ranch in Kansas, 
We were fortunate enough to bring seven calves safely 
in, all of which lived and helped to materially swell the 
herd." 
Mr. Jones' trip to the North after musk-ox seems — 
perhaps because it was made into a land so little known- 
more full of danger and of hardships thaii any of those 
within the United States of which he tells us._ Starting 
alone, he proceeded to ferry himself and all his supplies 
from the Athabasca down the McKenzie toward the frozen 
ocean. Many of the dangers that he must encounter were 
of a character quite unfamiliar to him, but he appears 
to have succeeded in overcoming them quite as success- 
fully as he did those in the waterless Southwest. Finally 
with one white companion he succeeded in reaching the 
musk-ox country and in killing a number of the animals. 
He also captured five yearling musk-ox, and how he did 
it may be told in his own language; 
"When I arrived at throwing distance one yearling 
stood alongside the old cow, his head close to hers. I 
whirled the noose in the air till it fairly hissed, and let 
it fly for the prize. The rope went fairly well to the mark, 
but a little too far, and hooked over the point of the old 
cow's right horn, where it hung up. The little dog was 
biting at the heels of the animals, which kept them twist- 
ing around in all directions, while our sled-dogs stood in 
front of the old cow, keeping up such a continual bark- 
ing that it held her steadfast facing them. 
"I paused a moment; just then Scrapper nipped the 
heels of the yearling that I was after, which caused it to 
make a bound forward right into the loop, knocking it 
from the cow's horn, when with a quick jerk I fastened it 
safely around its neck. 
"Mr. Rea was on hand, and we commenced to pull the 
rascal in, in about the same style as if there were a hun- 
dred-pound trout at the end of our line. Now came the 
danger of the others escaping, as all the dogs left the old 
cow and made for the animals we had caught, as we an- 
ticipated they would; and for that reason we had spiked 
the old cow to the very earth by breaking her legs. She 
made several lunges in her frantic effort to escape, but 
fimding she was doomed, she suddenly stood still. 
"The other four yearlings, relying entirely on her gener- 
alship, waited and lingered with her. We drove the dogs 
off as quickly as possible, but not until they had made 
several bleeding wounds on the legs of the one we had on 
the line. 
"Mr. Rea held the rope, while I threw a lasso on one of 
the animal's hindlegs, by means of which we soon 
stretched the stubborn little brute ori the snow. We has- 
tily tied all four legs together in the same style I used ta 
tie a hog when a boy on my father's farm. Then I took 
the lasso and walked tip until quite close, and as soon as 
one of the yearlings came darting around the cow I gave 
my rope a whirl and threw it over another, but the little 
beast went right through the loop, excepting its hindlegs. 
By a quick pull I caught it just above the ankles, and 
soon pulled it out in sled fashion. The dogs did not 
trouble it much, as they had learned in the melee with 
the first one caught what was expected of them. 
"One by one we dragged the little beauties out and tied 
them, until we had four safely in the toils. I was so 
nearly exhausted that I could scarcely stand, and the 
dogs were making things 'red hot' for the last yearling. 
