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glint of moonlight that had fallen on her face, while his 
own remained in shadow. She, thinking only of her 
duty, and never supposing that the lieeing fugitive could 
be any one dear tu her, fired her gun in the direction 
he had gone, and inimedialely heard a smothered cry of 
pain and tlie fall of a heavy body among the ferns. 
Hastening to the spot, she found her lover lying pale 
and still, with the moonbeams now shining full upon his 
face, and blood flowing from a wound in his shoulder. 
Reviving him with water brought from the brook, she 
•hurried hiin away by unfrequented paths, heedless of the 
■shouts of her father, who was running to her assistance. 
The shot were all removed and the wound healed 
quickly, and there is not now a happier home than theirs 
among all the sheep farms of New Zealand. 
CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 
Bobo and Some Bear Stories. 
. Nov. 3. — Our bear hunting friend, Bobo, is up and 
around, and his doctor tells hnn he may go home. Bobo 
wiil harvest about 1,000 bales of cotton this winter, and 
likewise several dozen bear, if his eye continues to im- 
prove as it is at present. Pursuing my investigations in 
bear lore at the fountain head, as it were, I asked Bobo 
how a black bear was in the habit of killing a hog. 
"He don't kill him at all," said Bobo; "he just eats 
him." This seeming not quite plain, he went on. "When 
a bear tackles a good fat hog," said he, "he just lies right 
down on the hog's back. He may carry a hog away in 
his arms, but when he wants to go to work on h m, he 
just Hes down on him, A panther or a wolf will kill a 
hog, but a bear never troubles about that. He just begins 
to eat him, always beginning at the back of the neck. He 
ti'ill eat on along the back, and many a time I have known 
a hog to come home mutilated in this way. When a bear 
has eaten enough of a hog, he turns him loose. Maybe he 
thinks he will come back and get another meal later on. I 
have often seen hogs come home with a big chunk eaten 
out of the back or sliouider. A neighbor of mine had a 
fine sow which came home one time with pretty near her 
whole back eaten off. From that time to this all the 
little pigs of this sow are born with a sag or ' a hole 
along the back bone." 
Bobo reiterated his often expressed contempt for the 
black bear as a fighting animal. He said that he had 
been bitten a couple of times by bears, but never seriously. 
He did know one case where a man was knocked 
down by a bear and pretty badly chewed up. The old 
bear hunter told me something which shed a little light on 
his own methods on a hear chase. I have often spoken of 
the fact that in three- fourths of the hunts he will be the 
one to get in and kill the bear, and that he will not wait 
for his best friend to shoot the bear if he gets the chance 
first. 
"I had eight of my best dogs killed by a wounded bear 
once," said he, "and I never like to take any chances, for 
my dogs will pile in on a bear as quick as they hear a 
shot, thinking he is killed. This man just grazed the 
bear's head. The dogs piled in and he killed eight of 
them before I could get up. 
"Now, in your mountain kind of bear hunting, you 
always read about shooting a bear through the shoulder 
or spine so as to stop him and break him down. Most 
of iny shooting is at a range of 10 or 15 yards. Unless I 
can put the gun almost at the head of a bear and be 
sure of killing him stone dead, I never try to make a head 
shot. I also try never to make a shoulder shot. In 
running bear with dngs, you do not want to cripple a 
bear or stop him when you shoot him. Always shoot 
him well back through the hollow of the body — pretty 
low down is best — and then let him run. He will run 
till he drops dead, and will not kill any dogs. If you 
break a leg on him. or get him down before the fight ii 
out of him, he is sure to ruin the pack for you." 
The above advice is ex caUiedra, for I presume Bobo's 
■equal in bear hunting does not live to-day, if, indeed, he 
ever lived. His invariable good luck shows a well-per- 
fected .system. He told me that in one season he killed 
352 bears out of 153 which were run by his dogs. This 
is not a bear story, but plain truth, and if there is any 
American hunter who can equal it his name is not forth- 
coming. 
1 1 would seem hard fortune indeed that would rob this 
'veteran of further enjoyment of his favorite sport. I 
caught him sitting up on the l)ed yesterday, trying to see 
if he could shoot from his left shoulder and use his 
right eye. I told h'm a good many men are able to do 
this by mtfan=; of cast-off gun stocks. This seemed to re- 
lieve iiip niintl. But we "all hope that Bobo's good left 
eye. has not yet lost its cunning, and that it will continue 
to look through the rifle sights for niany a year yet to 
come. 
For Ihe St. Francts, 
Mr. W. O. King, of this city, used to shoot, and then 
got chained to business. This week he reformed, and 
bought a trunk full of sporting outfit. He had one tray 
of guns that co^t him $600, and everything else heart 
could desire. Yesterday he started for the St. Francis 
country of Arkansas, and there is every reason to sup- 
pose that his reform is going to prove permanent this 
time. Charlie Antoine expects to send him a few 
thousand shells later. 
Any one wishing to shoot quail in Tnd-ana will find 
plenty of birds near Warsaw, on the Nickel Plate, and 
almost anywhere from North Judson to Huntington, on 
the Erie. Servia, on the Erie in. Indiana is a good 
point to keep in mind, and perhaps our friend Max 
Middlcton Would take out parties. there. One could pick 
lip a few qua'l along the fields and ridges near Shelby, on 
the' 'Nfonon. or better vet, either east or west alonfr the 
Three I.'s R. R. from Shelby. There may be certain local 
abundance or scarcity, but it is thought that the supply 
at (he^ above mentioned points is going to be stirely 
satisfactory. The experts say that it is best to get about 
156 miles south of here for the cream of the quail shnot- 
ing. hut 60, 70 or 80 miles will take one into good 
sbonting. 
The latest word from Ihe l\Tichigan covers seems to be 
that quail are pot so abundant ip proportion as ruffed 
Jacksnipe. 
We have not had much of a jacksnipe season thtis 
far, the unusual weather havmg upset all calculalions in 
regard to that bird as well as the ducks. This week there 
is a good lot of jacksnipe in on the Fox River marshes in 
the neighborhood of Fuckaway Lake. Three days ago 
the weadier there was cold and rainy, with promise of 
storm. 
Stolen Gunst 
On Wednesday oi^ this week the cottage of Mr. Wilde 
and his friend Mr. Marks, on the grounds of the Calumet 
Heights Club, in Indiana, was broken open and entered 
by a youth named Harold Walters, the son of a former 
keeper of the club. There were four or five guns taken 
from the house, together with clothing, etc., the loss in- 
flicted being considerable in extent. Fortttnately, how- 
ever, the detectives put Upon the track of the alleged 
burglar were able to locate and capture the latter. The 
goods were traced also, and at this writing there is a 
very good possibility that the perpetrator of the theft will 
be sent over the road for a heavy sentence. It was 
erroneously reported by the daily press that the club house 
had been broken open and $3,000 worth of material stolen. 
This was not the case, Walters sold one of the guns to 
Joseph Du Brcuil for $n and another for $2. He admits 
his guilt and will now have to take the rewards of this 
kind of conduct. 
Landmark at Fox Lake Gone. 
The old Howard House, of Fox Lake, 111., run for 
nearly a generation by Ed Howard, as a sporting hostelry, 
and patronized extensively by Chicago shooters and 
anglers, was destroyed by fire on Thursday evening of 
this week. The estimated loss is about $40,000 and both 
the old building and the new addition were burned, as 
well as two cottages. The annex, which was formerly 
occupied by the Fox Lake Yacht Club, went with the rest. 
As these buildings are situated far out in the country 
and with but meager precautioiis for preventing or ex- 
tinguishing fire, it was impossible to save anyth'ng from 
the ruins. Ed Howard is one of the old-time sportsmen 
of this country, and many a tale he can tell of the good 
old days when canvasbacks were thicker there than black- 
birds are to-day. Fox Lake is a wild celery water, and 
was once as fine a sporting ground for ducks as any in 
the land. The fishin.g is good there even yet at times. 
Many Chicago habitues will sympathize with Mr. Howard 
in his loss. 
Debeque Lion Hunt 
The second annual procession of the Western Slope 
Huntin.g Association left Debeque, Colo., on Nov. i. 
It is the intention at this writing of those engaged in 
this procession to slay a vast quantity of elk, bear, moun- 
tain lions and other appurtenances. Last year was the 
first big circle hunt, and Governor Tanner of Illinois was 
one of the di=tinguished guests. This year Governor 
Tanner is not there. It is difficult to see much virtue in 
side hunts or circle hunts, but it is a redeeming feature 
of the latter enterprise that it customarily does I'ttle 
more than frighten the game. It is more or less difficult 
to round up a lot of grizzly bears, mountain lions, moun- 
ta,in sheep etc., in a box cafion, there to devour them 
at one's leisure. The animals have a perverse way of 
neglecting to be rounded uo. If the htmt were as de- 
structive as its projectors claim it will be, it might very 
well be stopped b" the State authorities, along with the 
round-ups of the Utes and Snakes, against which the 
whites have always made much outcry. 
Wolf Bounties. 
At Deadwood, S. D., a wolfer, by name of W. G. 
Wilson, was this week arrested, charged with obtaining 
w^oif bounties under false claims. It is alleged that Wil- 
son and some friends have obtained $2,000 bounty from 
Pennington county, S. D., after having obtained bounty 
money for the same lot of pelts at Glendive, Mont. 
Wilson and his companion. W. B. Werd, claimed that 
they were able to get wolves easily by means of a secret 
scent which they used. The secret would appear to be 
an open one at present. 
The Minnesota Pine. 
We have all heard that Secretary Hitchcock has with- 
drawn from the market all the Indian pine which might 
be sold under the dead and down timber act. It was 
understood, and was announced with a certain flourish, 
that this resolution on the part of Secretary Hitchcock 
was iron clad, and that he would not waver in it, at least 
until after there had been Congressional investigation 
of the alleged timber thefts in the Indian reservations of 
iMinnesota. On Oct. 26 Indian Agent Capt. W. A. 
Mercer, of Leech Lake reservation, was called to Wash- 
ington by Indian Commissioner Jones. Now comes the 
report that Capt. Mercer recommends the sale of more 
thari 130,000,000 feet of timber on the Indian reservations, 
stating that the timber will be wasted if not sold, since it 
is more or less burned. Secretary Hitchcock has asked 
the Attorney-General for an opinion. The t'mber is on 
the White Earth reservation. The agent proposes to 
divide the timber into 40-acre tracts. If the larger 
portion of such a tract is burned over the green timber is 
to be sold along with the burned. We have heard many 
things about this Indian pine and the Minnesota park, and 
it would be ill-adv'sed to express anv opinion except one 
indorsing the loyalty of both Capt. Mercer and Secretary 
Hitchcock to the proposed Minnesota park. Yet to a man 
tip a tall Minnesota pine free, it would at first, sight seem 
that the lumbermen could not ask anything much better 
than the action proposed by Cant. Mercer. These things 
overcome us like a summer dream. 
Good Mosquito Crop. 
The other morning I got a letter which bore the re- 
turn card of Mr. H. B. Jewell, of Waba ha, Minn., and 
hence naturally expected something good. It was there. 
When I opened the envelope there fell out on the desk 
what I took at first to be an EneUsh .sparrow, or a 
jack-^nine '"n a dried condition. Mr. Jewell says it is only 
the p'ain Minnesota mo'^quito of the common or garden 
variety. One wou'd gather that there were more mos- 
quitoes than ducks in his part of the world, for he goes 
on to say, "The duck shooting so far tips fajl l^^^s Ije^fl a 
disappointment in this section, and particularPy for" ihe 
rca.soii liiat the conditions of food and water ne\or have 
been more favorable, and we looktd lur a good iligiit. but 
it has not yet come. But then one camiol cxptci guod 
duck shooting in July weather, which has prevailed uust 
of the fail. Up to this date there has been but one 
frost that amounted to anything, and mo.squitoes are 
thicker and more ferocious than at any time during the 
summer. No one here has ever seen anything in the 
mosquito line that equals the particular breed that we 
have now in hand for size, length of wing and staying 
qualities, for an ordinary wind does not artect thein and 
they will alight on one's pipe when smoking, and no lotion 
or preparation phases them at all. I inclose a sample of 
this kind of mosauito, which has made out-door life a 
burden for the past month or so. 
"More licenses to hunt over in Wisconsin have been 
taken out here than last season. Still, there are many who 
hunt without a license, and say the rest of us are foids for 
paying out money for one. Those of us who have a 
licen.se are rather hoping that a game warden will put in 
an appearance some time this fall. I have never yet met 
one in Wisconsin." 
Grand Quail Crop. 
Chicago, 111., Nov. 10. — The quail crop is a grand one. 
The predictions are more than true. Not fur many years 
have there been so many birds as there are this tail iu 
Illinois, and the same is true in great part for Indiana. 
From the northwest corner of Illinois to its lower ex- 
tremity there are all the birds any shooter could ask. 
Anywhere below a hundred miles from here the supply is 
wonderfully good. I would suggest as good [loints Arcula, 
Neoga, Mattoon, Carbondale. I'lamsey and a, most any 
town of those latitudes well down on the north and south 
railroad lines. 
I heard from Mr. J. E. Windsor, of the C. & E. I. Rail- 
road, that last week four guns catue over from St. Louis and 
shot near Thebes. III., killing over 800 quail. Another 
bag of sixty was made near Neoga. Messrs. C. W. Stock- 
dale and A. E. Rupel, of Grand Crossing, bagged sixty 
between them one day this week. Mr. Bokcr, superin- 
tendent of the Amboy division of the Illinois Central 
Railway, bagged seventy-five quail this week at Kam-cy, 
111. Mr. O. von Lengerke, who is just back from a three 
days' hunt in the Neoga region, got twenty-one quail his 
first day, forty-eight the second, and eleven the la-t day, 
the dogs quitting at noon. There were two guns of the 
party. 
The special hunting car of the Saginaw Crowd, of 
Michigan, went into coinmission this week, and will be 
out on the roads near Saginaw until Nov. 25, visited from 
tiiTie to time by members of the party as they are able to 
get time to come out. 
During the next thirty days the shooters of this part of 
the West need not complain. This is a great game 
year, and there is plenty within reason for all. 
Docks. 
With the ducks we are not so fortunate, and there is 
not much rea.son to expect anything but a short fliglU 
this fall. This morning there was falling the first snow 
of this season, a very great change from the mild weather 
which has prevailed almost up till now. Snnw fell to a 
depth of 3 inches over upper Wisconsin early this week. 
In Michigan there was a good tracking snow yesterday. 
On Monday and Tuesday the ducks were go'ng «outh in 
large bodies at Swan Lake Club, probably in advance of 
the cold wave which is now with us over all the Middle 
West. To-day at Fox Lake in upper Illinois, the red- 
heads and canvasbacks are coming in by thousnnds and 
there will be shooting there for a brief time. There has 
been a heavy body of birds hanging aroimd in the middle 
section of Wisconsin for several days, though this storm 
probably sent them out. Koshkonong ough' to be a good 
tip for the fir^t days of the coming week. There U. how- 
ever, but little rea'Jon to look for any vprv extended 
shooting, and the likelihood is that the remainder of the 
flight will hurry on down without any very extended stop. 
For the St. Francis. 
I missed an awfully good time this week and Ii5>«'e not 
yet grown reconciled to that fact. Mr. J. R. W'nd^or, 
above mentioned in connection with nuail reports, i- now 
south on the St. Francis River of .Arkan-as with a 
sjiecial car and a party of frien<ls of the very be«f "ort, 
among the=e Mr. T. A. Haegerty. of fhi-; ci'y: Mr. 
Foote, of the Illinois Ste^l Conmanv, and T thiik. Mr. 
Thorne, of Montgomery Ward & Co. w'th other' eu'^uilt 
to make un a nice party. I was asked to io'n lb'* p"-'y, 
and naturallv the world is gloomv richt at this time. T'^ev 
have iu=t about hit the big fliolit that ha« g^ne ilnt^'n 
ahead of this storm, and they will he strictlv in it. They 
•purpo-^e shooting on the St. Francis for a few d-'y^ anfl 
then coming back up into Tllino's to sho^t quail for a 
couple of days. All in all. they should have a splendid 
time. 
Arkansas Non-Export Law. 
The new connections of the C. & E. f. Railroad take 
it directiv into the best of the open shontinc in the St. 
Francis district, and I take it that the general pa^st-ngcr 
department of that road will answer anv inntrr'e": as to 
the locations, etc. I notice the ff)!lowincr information in 
a little booklet the above road has iu«t put out : 
"Neither will the laws of Arkan^a* in'e'-f-rr in anv 
way with the sportsman carrying home all the fi-h and 
game he may secure. There a law prohihit-nf? th" 
sh'pment of game outside the State which ^vas inteiv'ed 
to prohibit the indi"criminaf p killing of fi-h an'' rntne 
by market-hunters, bti't the CireiiU Court of C ra'gb 'ad 
county, in a contested case tried la^^t v^ar. he'd t'-'n* >''!<; 
does not apply to the sport^tnan w'm kil'« (i'^h nnd crnnie 
for hi": own n.--e and nlea'^'Te. No h*t'en«<» fof for fis''»r(<^ 
and luinting is collected from v'sit'ue enor'sinrn Tlie 
decision above referred to ha^ also been sustained by the 
State's Attorney of Arkansas." , 
Only Two Left. 
Missouri and Arkansas, if T am corrfct. ,Trf» now Jh*? 
only two Spates Av'dch do not nrohiliit tbf thinm«'n» of 
game out.'^ide the State. The Chicn^'n Bamr- nnflcf?« fire 
fi;U of game, of cpMrse, and the dealers s|.!Qyl4 !5i4fd!|' 
