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GAME IN CITY LIMITS
Sport for Hunter* I* to Be Had
Within Chicago's Boundaries.
MJUf of Oaflrla* Ttrrifrr VMM If*
» fsri rttllar •roiailfN Desks
ft Mi S*lhlt»-I)«<clic lk«
w PvUmmb.
Thft department o! africulture hu
Iitoed » report on the general ftfrl-
culturtl conditions in tha Pftciflc coMt
region. It m/s th*t although the ton*
dency for the post 25 yeara has been
toward n grftdu.il reduction in the
It can newer be claimed thftt Chicago ^ 0 / j 0( 2iriduat farms and ranches
oBert any great rarlety of game. they „ m of , , lie much larger
There are elephant#, tiger, end leop., lhln ^ im( , ttra ol the aaet or
arde here to be aura, but tba animal ot we , t . j t |, ,»*.
keeper at Lincoln pork where theaa ■ tieularly true In Cellfori.la. Another
wild heaate are to be found would j dtatUu-ti.. feeture, eepoe'altf In the
hare Ibe pereou who tried to bunt j rrtIt „||ey areae of California. If the
them locked up aa a dangeroue lunatic. ul , a f tnaohlntry of great capacity,
But neeertbeleee fportamen who j w bleh meant an economy of human
h.ven’t time or money to go out to J hbori bul of „ n ,| IO VMOI » weate
weatern bunting territory or the game , ol grt te , g w/ elfci. la msd.tooom-
• preaervea in Indiana or Michigan' bine aavtral operatlona Into ona.
often tally forth In Chicago and man-; Transportation of the enormouc quen.
age to hare good aport and not Infra-, 0 , piffle aoaat wheat hat been
quently get e good beg of game, aeya reduced to e telenet- A large taring
the Tribune. ‘ la madt by loading ahlpa directly from
Ducka art to be had In the apring the cart, traioa being run from the
and fall down along tha laka ahore ( wll „, #t(d , , 0 tidewater at a rery
and out in tba region ol Lake Calumet dew houri* notice. In Wftshingtoa and
below Pullmen, and on the wide qx- * Oregon, howerer, the wheat It run
punar of prelrle on the aouthrm end | through an derator. where It la ra-
we»tern aatenslona of tHk city there | elaaned and mixed with other gradta
nre wild plgeona, partrldgre, qunll in 0 f wheat to bring It to the required
ernaon and ocraaionally a i>rairie I ,und«rd grade, aftar which It It re
chicken. Clark'a atatlon out In the , aaeked and loaded on the retaela or
vicinity of One Hundred and Pour- ran for Unal ahlpment. About 27,450,.
tcruth Itreet ueed to lie e femoua place oho buthelt of wheat are eaporled au-
for prnlrla chicken, hut they hart been nually from the Pacific eoeat. with a
hunted to much that only oeeaalonully total raloa of about 120,000,000. Of the
can on. be found there now. The g.ooo.ooo barrel, of flour annually
duck, hare alao been ao mercilessly ' .hlpp.d from tba fticlfle eoaat porfa
pureurd whenever they come near during tb. paat tan yaara, nearly on<-
Chlengo that of late yeara duck hunt- half la cleared at Sao Pranelaoo, The
Ing haa waned aa a Chicago aport, al- 1 report aaya It haa takrn about 55,000,-
though there ar. atill any numb.r of 000 buahela of wheat to aupply the for-
Chicago buntera who go forth al the , atgn market, with Pacific eoaat wheat
proper aeaaon morning after inorn-1 and Hour, Of thla amount California
Ing and wage war on all the ducka who I porta furnlahad more than 90,000,000
Are thoughtless enough to stop over bashsls.
- south or north In Chleatfo. ; i~’j_
ODD SUBSTITUTE FOR STAMPS.
FARMING ON A LARGE SCALE. HE G0T THE Q00P8 ’
Bsslssss DmI Ittiress Potter
. Palmer and A» T. Stovrarf.
“At the tints of the dril wop,” said
0 1 in old mcrchunt, “Potter Palmer was
ifl tile Ur/ good* busJness in Chicago,
tassa Facts Asfsv4la« Afrlcsltwa
•« Carstsd Oa ta tks Paetfta
Oaast ftsslss.
•Ratals at Past Qflss at Rtw Tark
OI«r Bald Letters Dssrls« Old
“■klatlastara. 1 *
The ducks are often lured to the city
»t night by the glsrc of the electric
lights, and scttli* down in the reedy
shores of the Calumet or in th<* bushes
on tho nan<ly dunes along the lake.
When morning comes the patient , ■
hunters who hare been waiting half Offlsi*Is at the general post office in
the night btqrln thrir fusillade, and ‘ Nsw Tork city art interested In letters
happy be the duck that is able to es- > whiob wers “dropped” there onTues-
cape, because the hunter* of Chicago ( whiclaare being held for post-
arc as the Icaces of fhn tree, and the •ff** because instead of stamps “shin-
duck who escapes tMs popping artil- 1 plasters" of 31 /ears sgo were gummed
lery at One Hundred and fourteenth tA them. Tbs nams of the person who
•tract and the fuaiUude of small arms potted tbs letters Is knowa. Hs has
at One Hundred and Fifteenth street committed no offense against the law.
and the double company of unciassi- hut has failed in soma scheme to hare
fled troops at One Hundred and Si*- *he ahinplaaters stamped with a can*
teenth street will probably fall before csttng stamp as art regular postage
the helrhlng rifles at One Hundred and stamps.
Seventeenth. And even If he flew in "There wers,“ said aa official* “half
safety to One Hundred and Eighteenth • doasn letters dropped here. Where
street there are any numbr of more »wo-cent stamps should have been
blocks over which he must fly before need were flve*«ent, ten-cent, twenty*
he finally escapes from a city where flve-eent and fifty-cant war ahinplaa*
the entire population aacma banded br», Tb«y wers carefully gummed to
together with an oath to slay him. the right hand top corner of the en-
it'a a hard proposition for a bird to velopes, where the postage atamps
gat into a country where once in many should have been. AU the tetters were
miles there la a party of hunters look- held for poatage.
Ing for tha game, but to gat In a hunt* “The man haa not been Identified as
ing ground where there are more a practical joker or a philatelist. His
than 2,0000,000 of people to keep full aim la affixing shJnplastera to envoi*
the ranks of the hunters roakss the opes Is obscurt. As it stands, It looks
unwary bird that flies Into thla*imp to me as if the raailar of tha letters
appear in the light of a auleidc. wonted the ahlnplastera canceled.
There are ordJnanees against hunt- "flueh authentications are often se-
Ing within the city limit#, but out In eured by philatelists. It makes thslr
tha scattered parts of the city* where specimens alt tha movs valuable. In
■a policeman baa a beat of four or dx ana inetanea that I remember a five*
mllee to walk, tha huntara art abun- dollar Columbia stamp had tha placs
dantly able to wait until tha blua* ot a two-eant stamp. It* of eourse,
coated minion of the law It well out of want through,**
sight and reasonably certain not to
return again tor two or three hours
before beginning their operations.
The certainty of arrest If caught hunt
ing within the city limit# only glvea aa ,
added aeat to the aport and make* it j
doubly ^exciting for ihe hunters, who »
are alao the bunted and must keep What It believed to be out of tho
only one eye open for game while the tWhttt eopper deposit# In the world
other la on the lookout for policemen. 1 bi recently discovered through a
There la always tha possibility In *ofe selling pretty rooks to an assay
the gray, foggy dawn of filling some i office at Ban Diego, Col. Several weeks
unwary mechanic on hit way to tha i •■•{l boy cams into tlm office
shop with a full charge of No. 4 bird
BOY VOIDS RICH WHB.
and Leri Z. Lelter and Marshall Field
were working for him. Palmer wasn’t
«o well known, but he had a good rep
utation In the trade, and be didn't have
k> Introduce himself when he called on
lid A. T. Stewart to buy some goods.
After some dlcl**rtog they agreed upon
the price, and Palmer calmly raid that
he would take about $100,000 worth,
ft was a little larger bill than Stewart
exactly cared to sell young Palmer on
rredft. but ho concluded to make the
deal and told him to come in the next
morning and arrange some final do
tails. That njght some big witr news
came, and It didn't require any decla-
ration by Uu- go-, -.ramvat to luforra ev
ery dry goods man In the country that
the price of goods would take a big
spurt up. Stewart r> cognized It as soon
is he tad the nows, and he Immediate
ly thought of Pttiajcr. He also thought
of tho big bill of goods Palmer bad
bought of him. It didn’t particularly
tickle Stewart, t!rt thought didn't.
But It required onl * n few scratches
of bis red bead to IP: filings to his Hr.
Isfaction. lie woe' 1 s’tr.n'.y tell Pul
mer that he was ► .rry. hnt that h
didn’t feel that he wuiU sell such it
big bill on credit, at. . ..... i,.* k.iew tha
Palmer couldn’t rah” the cash linm-
dlntely, why. that would end It: anti
the sale would be off. Well,* young
Palmer called early, and Stewart
greeted him In his very uhrupteet 'man
ner, telling him bow sorry be was. etc..
but really he didn’t think It wise bus)
ness to extend credit for such an
•mount
“ ‘Just how much does the bill come
to?* said young Palmer, seemingly sor
rowful-like.
“ *JA»t $110,000,’ Stewart replied, and
then ne straightway gulped for breath
ns young Palmer drew an immense
pockotbook from his Inside vest pocket
and, opening It, counFd out HO thou
sand dollar bills und, laying them quiet-
ly on Stewart’s desk, said: ‘If you will
kindly count them and give me a re
ceipt, I’ll be obliged, as 1 must take the
next train home. Ship the goods soon
us you can, and when you’re out
way drop In. Always glad to see our
friends.’ ’’—New York Times.
The Houston Home Journal in
an appeal for youn& men to stay
on the farms.says: “Many young
men more than are now on the
farms are needed there,and many
in the cities are worse than use
less. There is enormous respon
sibility somewhere—we do not
attempt to locate it*”
The Sun .. ■ Timepiece.
In • Georgia Justice court n colored
U’ltncaa umh naked to name tbe time a
difficulty occurred. ?
.lit wux Id (odder pullin’ time, rah.”
he replied.
■•You don't underetnnd me,” said tbe
Judge. "I menu wbat time ns It by
tbe clock T
“Dey wurn't no clock (Ur, rah,'’ rsld
tbe witness.
"Well, by tbe eun, then r
“Now," excUlmed tbe witness tri
umphantly, “sonco you hex come right
down ter business I'll tell you plain,
Ef do ran bad been a-ehlnln' bit would
er been 'bout two hour* cn a halt by
ran, but es d, sun didn't show his (ace
'tall dat day I couldn't sty ta nrtln
det what time bit voir—Atlanta Con-
stltntlon.
shot, but that Is • chnnet, of eourss,
that tbe ally pot hunter hsa to take
■long with the other nitnlfeet drew-
backs to hunting In a region exceeding
ly well eettled and populated.
Kfthbita ere not lacking In Chicago
end during the winter month# they ere
hunted relrutleealy aeroea the open
prelriee down toward# Hsgewlseh and
on the enow-ewept truck feme to the
north weat of the city. Policemen
of Col. Bobbins, an eeaayer of Sen '
Diego, with some -pretty* - rock*
which he wanted to sell.
The eeeeyer gave him e few nickels '
end took the rock, Kxemlnetion
showed Ihe ore to he almost pure '
eopper etreeked with silver. The boy !
had disappeared, but the eeeeyer kept I
e a tending advertisement in three ;
paper# for eererel week# end finally '
located the boy end alto hie father.
It wee found that Ihe ore earn#
walking lonely heat# on the outskirts j from about 95 miles below the Ha*-
of the elty seldom hesitate to pop over lean Mae, and the boy's father, An*
a rabbit with their revolver# if the op- ' tonlo Fella, Col. Robbia* end J. Wad*
portunlly la good and there Is nobody McDonald have located the land un-
Development
portunlly is good
within earshot. der the Mexican law.
The Chicago hunter la not much of ! work haa begun.
dll"SwdV "hardly ! J** ,, *J JJJJf J5|MriS5SaUr
gard to ahnntlnp wVthln the city llmite *
U not apt
tha atata
time for killing game.
rvatrleimni'et'to'u# OTOPer ^S^xSTSSSSTfSi
..me.uvSSSZ^SSZSZ *• wuu »»«■
“« h ! H.r r i«i.mn may hare been Influ.
tinmen'and elty statutes t/prevent MMun
the indiscriminate kflliog of wild '»«• ^ U ' t * Cd . h ‘*
birds that stray Into the city and turn **® ** b^tto^ om£ tadSf
thslr attention to farm land and for- .Ill
asta, where hunting le properly rap- .
poaad to take place. Uut the Chicago jo Otnard. Cal., wkereCetttngleprom
pot hunter when be I* out with a gen t,7nMr? °S«
will shoot at aay tort, apaaie or kind of Brooklyn. They
of wild thing that aroeaee hte path. All **“ 0 *®“ PT * •j>‘-
he want* to for a policeman to be out '*** *^* r *’ '*"• * U1 •• k,r
of the road. Then he win shoot any- huahaod a aooklng
Iking from i qunll to n rhtnoearon* If I
ona should happen to com* hit way. , 4»ughler el Karl and Ooanteee Daetp.
It to needtoee to eay that the Chtoego
municipal hsaUtuan to eeoroed by tbe 1 Meake ta ladiaa territory have to
true eportamaa, hast Jut the aatMha kceo eaakiar. who —..—1^17,.
goes banting whew he can and thee* to Z7. -TJ
no doubt that he MaueU In tend of
his happy heoMag groaad loatd* eg n .T*'—* ?-.*****. *
sm wSFarae'issJBnz
IS YELLOW POISON
In your Mood? Physicians call
ItrUUrtal(Jerm. Itcanbeseen
changing red Mood yellow under
microscope. It works day and
night. Pfrst.lt turns your com
plexion yellow. Chilly, aching
sensation* creep down your
backbone. You (eel weak and
worthleee.
ROBERTS’ CHILL TONIC
will atop the trouble aow. It
enter* the Mood at once and
drives out the yellow poison.
If neglected end when Chilli,
Fevers, Night-Sweats and a gen
eral break-down come later on,
Roberts’ Tonic will cure, you
then—hut why wait? Prevent
Tho pespta af
^ to haw etna
etealKmaheaAo «(«*»#•?
turcra know all about this yel
low poison and have perfected
Robert*' Tonic to drive It out,
nourish your system, restore
appetite, purify lh* Mood, pre
vent and cur* Chills, Fevers and
Malaria. It bee cured thous
and*—It will cure you. or your
money back. Thiel*Ur. Try
It. Price. IS cents
Fot 8ula by’ SEALS DRUG CO.
IF YOU WILL PUT «««
WttbtMsfaigleygu* throat often it will quickly cure a Sort Throw
Keep this
fact always fresh in your memory:--
For Cats, Mashes and all Open Sores, 70a
Deed only to apply
Mexican ff^usfang j^inimenl
& few times and tho soreness and inflammation will
be conquered and the wounded flesh healed.
To get the best results you should saturate a piece
of soft cloth with tho liniment and bind it upon tho
worjd os you would a poultice.
25c., 50c. and 91*00 a bottle.
t/rrn a or CYC AN your poultry and at tho 'very fli
Kfcfcr AW/fcTfc UIv lioup, Scaly Legs, BumUefoot
diMoaes amoag your fowta use Mexican Mustang Llulnii
first fign of
„ . ot or other
Mustang JLinlmcnt*
immryronwi
The
Louisville &
Nashville R. R.
Offers excellent 5ervlce and fast time from
South Georgia
TO
Birmingham, Nashville, Evansville, Chicago,
Cincinnati, St. Louis and all Points
. West and Northwest.
Mobile, New Orleans, and all
points Southwest.
For schedule, rates, etc., apply to
J. n. Fleming,
Florida Passenger Agent,
C. L. Stone, No. ao6 West Bay St.
O. P. A., Louisville, Ky. Jacksonville, Fla.
Atlantic.Coast Line R. R. Go.,
The Great Through Car Line
To and From Florida.
U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS
OF THE
fiunltf I Ocddtatil Stwaihip Co.
Port Tampa to
Key West & Havana,
lo Connection witbj
Plant iSvctpm
3 SHIPS EVERY WEEK.
Leer* Port Tempe ll p. m. Tuesdays,
Thursday* ud Sundays
B. W. WRKNN. .
(ersnashOa. rass*it**rTnfllcM»aa*rt.
East
VIA ALL RAIL
West
East
CONNECTIONS.
Over its own rail* to Savannah, Charleston, Richmond,
and Washington, thence via Penn R. R.
Tbe Louisville and Knshville, via Montgomery.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad via Montgomery.
Via Savannah and Merchants and Miners Transports,
tlon Co. for Baltimore, via Savannah and Ocean
Steamship Co. for .Vow York, Philadelphia and Boston,
Big
Discount
Sale!
FOR CASH.
Commencing
July 1st.
In order to make room
for our
New Stock
of goods,, which will
soon begin to arrive,
We have decided to
Make a Big
Cut
on our Stock, to take effect
July l r 1902.
\
The following will be
some of our prices.
All 5c lawns will go at 4c
All 10c lawns and dimities at
7*c
All 12ic lawns and dimities at
8*c
All 174c lawns, from 124c to
15c, according to quantity
And 25c lawns and Tissue
Antiques will be sold from 174o
to 20c.
Key West
and Via PENINSULAR AND
Havana occidental steamship co.
ISummer Tourlat Tlol&etal
Will be on isle until Sept, mber 10, to tb* principal resorts throughout theoonntrr.
Ilmltetf to return October 11. Writ* tbe undetslgncd and etatt whet* yon wish to go
and proper Information will be gtvea^
SOMETHING NEW—Summer excursion rates to Washington. D. A, I
Brunswick tl».80. Tickets liasitodtoOetobcr fit, ISOS, with dftecn day transit limit
In each dlrtotion.
Interchangeable tailesce tickets good orer 18,000 altos of among thejprlacjpel mil.
my* In the flouthasn States, inoatatoby tb* principal agento.
For complete Information eell on J. F. Norris, Ticket Agent or addnsaF. M. JOLLY,
MrMoa Passenger ABsahPeeksonrOto. Fla.
ft. J. CRAIG, Caaerel Passenger Agent Wilmington. M. ft
H. M. KMKR80K. Asdetant Traffic Meager. Wilmington. N. a
Y. M. KMUtSON, Trade Manager Wtlalagtoa. N. 0.
SUITS
Hats, Shirts
and Suspenders,
will also be sold at bargain prices.
Shoes, Etc.,
will also go at a bar
gain.
We have many other bargains to
offer which are too numerous to
mention.
We Invite You to
Call and See
what we can do for you—no
barm to look. So
Come One Come All!
Yours for Satisfaction.
J. Paxton & Go.
F0LK8T0N, GA.
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