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bark with a bit of charcoal for the edification of his 
friends. The return of Minnehaha, the wooing and the 
wedding, and the other various incidents of the story 
are all given in turn, and finally the departure and last 
farewell of Hiawatha. Mr. Armstrong has published a 
libretto of the play, which may easily be obtained. 
Asohafcgan to Log Cabin, 
The shelters of the woodsmen and aborigines are an 
interesting feature of the show. A primitive type is the 
asohabgan, or winter lodge of the Northern Indians, made 
from long sheets of birch bark — some measuring three by 
twelve feet in size — wound spirally around a tripod ar- 
rangement of poles. The turtle back tepee of the Ojib- 
ways has the same birch bark roofing, but the lower, more 
nearly vertical periphery is made of dried rushes, strung 
on with wattup and the door protected by a mat of woven 
basswood bark. 
The birch bark roofs of both asohabgan and tepee are 
arranged to be rolled in compact bundles for convenience 
in carrying. The ends of the sheets are protected by 
wooden strips, which prevent splitting, and the ordinarily 
brittle and intractable bark seems to be almost as easily 
handled as the moose hide coverings of other lodges or the 
buffalo hides of the plains Indians. 
There are canoes, tents and Adirondack lean-to camps 
and shanties of various kinds and log cabins. One of the 
cabins near tlie Madison avenue entrance was built by 
three Maine guides, Messrs. Marr, Wilson and Mayo, of 
Moosehead, in less than two days from the time the logs 
were dumped on the floor of the Garden. It is a good 
example of accomplishment by men skilled with the axe 
and crosscut saw. The cabin has two windows and a 
door, and is twelve by fourteen feet in size. Work was 
commenced Friday morning, when the logs were felled, 
and before night the four walls had taken shape, thirteen 
logs high at the eves, and the roof was on, and a few 
hours' time Saturday sufficed to saw out windows and 
door and shingle the roof and complete the carnp ready 
for occupancy. 
Among the Guides and Hunters. 
Billy Soule has a cozy corner and exhibit near the 
Fourth avenue entrance on the south side of the Garden. 
He says that there is at the present time about three and 
a half feet of snow on the level in the Maine woods, and 
that there has so far been no crust. There has been no 
thaw since about Nov. 20. The deer are in good condi- 
tion at present and wintering well. 
E. L. Abercrombie, known as Uncle Ned, who is with 
Bily Soule, was with parties in the Moosehead country in 
Aroostook county who secured seventeen moose for twen- 
ty-one men, a record that New Brunswick would find 
hard to equal. 
Uncle Ned was in a bear scrap last summer in company 
with a man named Murphy. Mr. Murphy had never had 
an argument with a bear, and it was not supposed that he 
was on the lookout for trouble. He was carrying a pack 
and perspiring and attending strictl}^ to his own busi- 
ness, when, without warning, a bear appeared on the trail. 
A red rag waved in a bull's face could have produced no 
more electrical effect. Murphy dropped his pack, and 
with a small hatchet he happened to have in his hand, gave 
chase to the bear. The bear took refuge in a blow down, 
from which he was dislodged by a pistol shot. He tried 
to gain a swamp, bitt the strenuous Murphy drove him 
into a mud hole, whence the bear emerged a moment 
later in a badly battered condition. 
The bear tried to escape by dodging around a ledge, 
but on the other side he was headed by his implacable 
pursuer and forced to make a stand, and it did not take 
long to kill him when the man with the pistol came up. 
Murphy's exploit was a surprise to those who knew 
him, and who had not credited his being such a Philistine. 
They aver that the bear was scared to death by his 
ferocious onslaught. 
Warren Wing, of Flagstaff, Me., makes a specialty of 
guiding bear hunters. Last May he was instrumental in 
securing Mr. Thos. B. Parker, of Lynn, Mass., a fine 
bear. The three first days of his visit at Wing's camp it 
rained and Mr. Parker waited in camp, but the fourth 
day was fine, and the hunters started out, and within half 
a mile of camp a bear was encountered, which Parker 
downed the third shot. The hide measured 6 feet 4 inches 
in length. 
John Cushman, of Sherman, one of the best bear trappers 
in Maine before the Game Commissioners refused him a 
license, captured three cubs last June close to his camp on 
Katahdin Lake. He had shot the old bear, and noting 
that she was suckling cubs, he left her with the fur on, 
knowing from previous experience that the cubs would 
return and stay with the dead body until driven away by 
starvation. 
The next morning on his return the three cubs were 
discovered hastily climbing nearby trees. One of the 
cubs had chosen a comparatively low tree, and Cushman's 
eompanion climbed after it, and as it was quite weak and 
dispirited had little difficulty in catching it and dropping 
it in a sack. The other two cubs were secured by 
chopping down the tree in which they had taken refuge, 
which happened to be a bad one to climb, and these two 
made but little resistance. They were fed on condensed 
milk, diluted to the consistency of cow's milk, and three 
days later, to vise Cushman's expression, "You couldn't 
touch 'em no more'n you could a tiger." 
J. B. BURNHAM. 
Peters Cartridge Co. 
The generous space, Nos. 26 and 27, near the Fourth 
avenue end of the Garden, occupied by the Peters Car- 
tridge Co., of Cincinnati, O., is replete with matters of 
interest to the sportsman. There are the great trophies of 
world-wide fame, the American Centennial trophy 
(Palma), the Wimbleton trophy, the Military and Naval 
trophy, the Soldier of Marathon, all of which have a 
wealth of historical significance. Then there are numer- 
ous targets which offer material evidence of the skillful 
deeds of great men with the rifle and its ammunition. 
Also there are groun portraits of distinguished men of 
the realm of sport. In the further cornerj over a desk, is 
the sign "Secretary of the National Rifle Association." 
(Philadelphia Rifle Association, New Jersey State Rifie 
Association, Massachusetts Rifle Association, Zettler 
Rifle Club.) The space also is furnished with a view to 
jtjiaking a gathering plac^ fo^ the friends and p^trpns 
of the company. The exhibit is in charge of the urbane 
and popular sportsman, Mr. T. H. Keller. 
Remington Arms Co. 
Spaces 28, 29 and 30, occupied by the Remington Arms 
Co., New York, contain a large display of various grades 
of shotguns. One of them, a gem of the gunmaker's 
art, listed at $750, and owned by Admiral Courtney, is a 
rare exemplification of beauty and utility. A special 
feature of the display is the Remington hammerless steel 
barrel gun for trapshooters, listed at the moderate price 
of $25. Also this gun with ejector will be ready for 
manufacture July i, and will be sold at $35. The long, 
inammoth case, extending the length of the space, con- 
tains also a fine line of rifles and other products of the 
Remington factory. The exhibit is in charge of Admiral 
A. G. Courtney, who is affable and courteous always, and 
pleased to explain the excellence of his company's prod- 
ucts. The Colonel — that is, the Admiral — listens with 
great interest to the Indian drama of "Hiawatha." ex- 
plaining that this was not from mere curiosity, but from a 
profound purpose to learn the Indian language and to add 
it to his already extensive fund of linguistic accomplish- 
ments before his flagship arrived. 
Tatham Brothers, 
Space No. 33 is occupied by Tatham Brothers, of New 
York, in which is exhibited a full line of their many 
sizes of shot. Their improved chilled shot is a special 
feature. There are about forty kinds of their shot all 
told, ranging from 24 pellets to 162,000 to the ounce. Their 
new circular, setting forth the merits and peculiarities of 
their manufacture, can be obtained on application to 
them. 
J. H, Lau & Co. 
Messrs. J. H. Lau & Co., of New York, have a display 
of Ballistite in Space 32, the merits of which they are 
pleased to/explain to visitors. 
Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co, 
Space 36 is devoted to the exhibit of the Chamberlin 
Cartridge & Target Co., of Cleveland, O. The main 
feature is a mautrap, whose workings and merits are 
untiringly explained to visitors by Mr. Charles North, who 
is in charge of this interesting exhibit. A glass case con- 
tains many useful articles manufactured and owned by 
this company — bluerock gun cleaners, Heikes hand holder, 
Rowley cheek pad, etc. 
Lefever Arms Co. 
In space 38 is the exhibit of the Lefever Arms Co., of 
Syracuse, N. Y., in charge of Uncle Dan Lefever. It con- 
tains a most interesting display of shotguns, from the light 
featherweight field gun to the heavier guns for trap- 
shooting. Medium priced and high priced guns are in 
.the exhibit, and the pigeon guns- are objects of special 
interest to the trapshooter. 
Union Metallic Cartridge Co, 
The exhibit of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 
Bridgeport, Conn., in spaces 39 and 43, is much the same 
as that of last year. The beautiful, mammoth arch-shaped 
case contains articles by the thousand. There are all kinds 
and sizes of rifle cartridges from the smallest to the 
largest. Shotgun shells, primers, blocks showing the 
penetration of different bullets, cannon ammunition, etc.. 
offer objects of unceasing interest for the information of 
the visitor. 
Schoverling^ Daly & Gales. 
The great firm of Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales, of 
New York, occupy spaces 11, 12 and 13. They display a 
very complete line of sportsmen's equipment. Daly guns, 
Marlin rifles, Mauser and Borchardt pistols, golf goods, 
lawn tennis, canoes, fishing tackle, Bristol .steel rods, 
etc., are shown in profusion. The whole are very 
artistically grouped and arranged. 
Brideeport Gun Implement Co. 
Spaces 24 and 25 are occupied by the Bridgeport Gun 
Implement Co., of Bridgeport, Conn. Their space is de- 
voted to a display of golf goods, of which a very complete 
line is exhibited. 
Colt Fire Arms Co. 
The pistol and revolver range is under the manage- 
ment of the Colt Fire Arms Co., represented by C. F. 
Small. He will make an effort during the week to hold a 
meeting of pistol and revolver enthusiasts to promote 
a general organization. 
Other Exhibits. 
Thos. W. Fraine, of Rochester, has his usual display of 
highly artistic fish and other mounted specimens; and 
Fred. Sauter, of William street, New York, shows some 
heads and groups well worth seeing. Austin, Young & 
Co., of Boston, show their well-known dog food. H. H. 
Kiffe, the Truscott Boat Co. and other marine exhibits 
will be noted in our yachting columns next week. 
Among the other exhibitors are Messrs. J. Stevens 
Arms & Tool Co., Francis Bannerman, Leroy Shot & 
Lead Co.,G. W. Cole & Co., D. S. Abercrombie & Co., 
Indian Oldtown Canoe Co., N. Y. Marine Power Co., 
International Gas Engine Co., Standard Motor Mfg. Co., 
N. Y. Kerosene Oil Co., and the Scheckner Motor Co. 
New York Spring Shootings 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The situation at x^lbany on the spring duck shooting 
question seems to be about this : Long Island don't want 
to stop it, and she has generally had her own way in 
the matter of game legislation. Oswego county, as repre- 
sented by Judge Stowell, is willing to stop — that is, if 
Long Island does. This means that the bill won't pass at 
all. Why is it that the sportsmen of Oswego county re- 
fuse to consent to a law that will give the rest of the 
State good fall duk shooting? Simply because an island 
in the Atlantic Ocean won't stop it? They might just as welt 
say Connecticut won't stop it. Do the sportsmen realize 
that our present law is a direct benefit to Long Lsland 
3.nd that we arp driving bifds out of ^lie rest of t|ie.§t^tS 
to breed birds for Lon^ Island shooters? Up here in 
Jefferson county, which is separated from the Province of 
Ontario by the grand St. Lawrence River, we are perhaps, 
better situated than are the interior counties to see the 
utter absurdity of the present law. Consider that it is a law 
that prohibits the shooting of wildfowl for the four 
months in a year when you couldn't possibly kill a duck 
if you tried. A law that says to the mated wildfowl 
which in the spring stop to rest and feed, or to stay with 
us and nest and rear their young, "Get out or we'll kill 
you" ; a law which permits the Canadian to help us shoot 
and drive the birds from our waters into their own, where 
protected by wise laws they are at last permitted to breed 
undisturbed; a law which caused the Province of Ontario 
to pass a law which forces a resident of this State to pay a 
license fee of $25 before he can shoot one of these ducks 
that we refuse to allow to nest in the State. Our Cana- 
dian friend may wear a fur cap, but there is plenty of 
gray matter inside. He comes over in the spring, has a 
good time with the boys and helps them drive the birds 
over to the Canadian side of the river, then puts his 
gun away until Sept. i, and from that time until the 
season closes on Dec. 15 he has such wildfowl shooting 
as only those who have shot there can justly appreciate. 
This means three months of good sport for our friends 
across the border. What do we get? A week or ten 
days, when it's cold enough to freeze the hair off a brass 
monkey, and I don't believe there was a shooter in this 
country that killed fifty ducks last fall, and I know of 
two spring duck butchers who killed as many as that in 
one day last spring. Now, why is the present law a direct 
benefit to Long Island? 
1st. We drive the birds out of this State into Canadian 
waters to breed. 
2d. The birds stay there until forced to leave by the 
freezing of the waters. 
3d. Our waters close at nearly the same time. 
4th. The distance to the coast is so short that very few 
birds stop to rest or feed on the way. 
Sth. How can we prove this ? We don't have to ; you 
can prove it yourself. Just find out when the first heavy 
flight of ducks reached Long Island Sound last fall and 
you will find that it was just before or at about the same 
time that winter set in in Canada. 
Will the ducks breed in this State? Tn 1892 a law was 
passed making the close season March i to Sept. i, except- 
ing Long Island. That one year convinced the sports- 
men of this county that dttcks would breed here. Better 
black duck, mallard, teal and wood duck shooting was 
had that fall than we ever had before or since. Not 
only this, but the fall ducks — ^broadbill, bluebill, whistler, 
redhead, etc. — came earlier and stayed longer. A gewtle- 
man of the name of Angel, residing on the north shore 
of Point Peninsular, has told me since, that a pair of blue- 
bill ducks nested on his shore and that the next spring he 
believed that these same ducks came back, as a small 
flock of sixteen birds remained along his shore long after 
the other birds had been driven out, but that finally a 
hunter shot into the flock, killing three of them, and the 
rest left. He said that if these birds had not been shot 
at he believed they would have stayed there and nested 
that year. But what is the use of trying to prove a self- 
evident fact ? Every duck shooter, the men who are work- 
ing for and the men who are working against this bill, 
knows that ducks will, and do, breed in this State. If the 
bill for the entire State is defeated Long Island sportsmen 
are to blame if a bill for the State, excepting Long Island, 
is defeated, Oswego county sportsmen are the guilty 
ones, and if both these bills are defeated we hope to be 
permitted to pass a bill for Jefferson county. 
Assemblymen Bryan and Roberts, Senator Brown, 
chairman of the Fish and Game Committee, and our 
efficient and energetic Fish and Game Commissioner, De 
Witt C. Middleton, are with us in this fight, and if we 
don't win you can't blame Jefferson cotmty, for we hg.ve 
all voted. How is it, brother sportsmen of Oswego 
country? Have you all voted? If so, vote again, and ask 
your representatives to support a bill excepting Long 
Island if it becomes necessary to do so. I don't believe 
you'll regret it, but if at the end of three years you 
do, we'll help yoit repeal the bill and help you drive the 
birds into Canada to breed ducks for Long Island and 
Southern shooters. 
W. H. Tallett, Pres. J. C. S. A. 
Watertown, N. Y., March 1. 
Quail Hiding. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
We are all more or less inclined to dispute the unusual 
incidents reported by observant brother sportsmen, and 
if persuaded will excuse the bigotry shown by saying, "I 
never saw any such thing." The claim has been made 
that a quail will lay a dead leaf over its back when "lay- 
ing close" in the woods, and this I have always thought 
an appropriate extract from a pretty fairy tale, and pitied 
any one who could be gulled by such a very transparent 
fable. 
Last week while hunting quail, a covey flushed wild and 
scattered in the woods. My companion took the old dog 
and I the pup, and we proceeded to beat up the cover. 
The first point the pup made was at the foot of a small 
tree where the trees stood thick, but where the ground 
was stony and was covered with only thin patches of 
dead leaves. 
Taking the direction of the dog's eyes I passed close by 
his head and, brushing by the tree at the foot of which 
he stood, walked on 10 or 15 feet, but flushed nothing. 
Going back to the dog, I carefully took the direction of 
his eyes, and looking closely discovered sitting between 
the roots of the tree within a span of my foot, the bird, 
and lying well over its back was a large dead oak leaf, 
placed in such a manner as to convince me beyond the 
shadow of a doubt that the bird had placed it there. 
My reputation for veracity is fairly good, but I wish 
that pup could also make a statement in this case, for 
he and I were the only witnesses of this — ^to me — strange 
and interesting incident. Lewis Hopkins. 
P. S.— We got the bird. H. 
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