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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS FEBRUARY II, I9C.9. 11 PI 4 -' "", 'i H' ' r,! !-.. I T,.; ' T "I 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT Xjjv ' j ;j. i.y il. P. Piilnatu Son. . ..r'.i!. y;. iii -i.t Willi G. P. .Vv Y'Tk and l.on.ion. l!t'. nu-w is tin slant of . ! "i : ami niauy hunt 's I- uviii it ihe noblest " . iiitTicin game, lie ui iiosiiu there are w r.vphit's more prized t ,ii ihe huge shovel -riiuiiTt' dweller iu the ! :.'.'.-i. i in's after inukiu l;-.'.:itlny trips with thia . u vi.MV. The reason 1 ,m, 1 a only after hav i .: t'iriv weeks In vain, r. , ;,t llot Mountains, aud . X .-i:tl:!ast of them, tut" first of September g y Jura er. Here a Tier a little wauderius lie chose a point where there was some thk-k youug growl u. which hi t him from view when he lay down, ih.--.i-h not when he stood. After some ivru ing he settled himself in his hvd just as a steer would. He could not have chosen a s;i:i bet ter suited for us. 1U was nearly ai the edge of the morass, th ojhmi .sp;:--e between the spruce clump where ! e was lying aud the nx-ky foot-hill be ing eomparatlvely dry aud n.-t ur.u-h over a couple of huudred yards bro;Ml; while some sixty yards from i!. nvA between it and the hills, was a lilt!'1 hummock, tufted with firs, so as n afford us just the cover we needed. Keeping: back from the ed;;o of the morass we were able to walk t.piisrht through the forest, until we .t ihe point where lie was lying iu a line with this little hummock. We then dropped on our bauds and knees, and crept over the soft, wet sward, where there was nothing to make a noise. At last we reached the hmnmo U. and I pot Jr.ro position for a shot, tal.!:;;: a final look at my faithful A'.-'M) Win chester to see that all was in order. j Peering cautiously through the shield 1 ins evergreens, 1 at first could not j make out where the moose was lyinc. uutil my eye was caught by the motion of his bi ears, as he occasionally flap ped thetn lazily forward. Even then I could not see his outline; but I knew where he was, and having pushed my rifle forward on the moss, I snapped a dry twig to make him rise. My veins were thrilling and my heart beating with that eager, fierce excitement, known only to the hunter of big game, nrd forming one of the keenest and strongest of the many pleasures which with him go to make up "the wild. joy of living." As the sound of the snapping twig smote his ears the moose rose nimbly derbrush and dead timber, and covered with a carpet of thick moss, in which the feet sank noiselessly. Then we iL came to another beaver-meadow, which offered fine feed for tjie ponies. On its edge we hastily pitched camp, just j at dusk. We tossed down the packs ! ? . . .1 . . 1 . .. j.1 1 3 in i uij giu e, nose 10 me muo&, aim turned the tired ponies loose in the meadow, hobbling the little mare that carried the lcH. The ground was smooth. We threw a cross-pole from one to the other of two young spruces, which happened to stand handily, and from it stretched and pegged out a piece of canvas, which we were using as a shelter tent. Beneath this we spread our beddiug. laying under it the canvas sheets in which it had been wrapped. There was still bread left over from yesterday's baking, and in a few moments the kettle was boiling, and the frying-pan sizzling, while one of us skinned and cut into suitable pieces two grouse we had knocked over on our march. For fear of fright ening the moose we built but a small fire, and went to bed soon after sup per, being both tired and cold. For tunately, what little breeze there was blew up the valley. At dawn I was awake, and crawled out of ray buffalo bag, shivering and yawning. My companion still slum bered heavily. White frost covered whatever had been left outside. The cold was sharp, and I hurriedly slipped a pair of stout moccasins on my feet, drew on my gloves and cap, and started through the ghostly woods for the meadow where we had seen the moose sign. The tufts of grass were stiff with frost; black ice skimmed the edges and quiet places of the little brook. I walked slowly,. It being difficult not j Personal experience with a tube of Mauan file Kemedy will convince j you it is immediate relief for all forms i of Piles. Guaranteed 50c. Sold by S.I Alexander & Co. j We have a lot of Dust Gonntse anrf are coin to Seil them at $ .25 each ' while they last. We also carry Automobile Goggles of every description. Do not fail to get a pair of these Dust Goggles at the small cost of $ .25 cents. Puett-Southerland Co. 39 N. Tryon Dr.W.O. McAnaliy DENTIST 409-410 Realty Building. Charlotte, N. C. Telephone 727. Office Hours: 8 to 12: 1 to 7. 1 ent Two Desirabie Offices Those desirable offices over cur store, now occupied by Drs. Russell and Mathison. Pot session February 1st. N, McOAUSLAND & COMPANY 221 S. Tryon St. A $135 Babcock Top Buggy, Rubber Tired and a $70 Studebaker Wagon With EACH DOLLAR Pl'IiCHASE from either our Horse rnd Mult Sales Stables. Vehicle Repository, Harness Store. Carriage. Paint and Re pair Shops wo will give you a ticket, which tntitlcs you to a chance on the Buggy and Wagon. Get your tickets when purchase is made and keep them, lor two tickets are worth a lkurgy and Wagon. We sell everything that pertajns to either Vehicles. Horse. Mule or Harness. You always have a large stock of goods to select lrom if you buy from us. Good goods at reasonable prices. Terms easy. J. adsworths' Sons VEHICLES AND HARNESS, ETC." DR. E. R. RUSSELL and DR. J. P. MATHESON have moved from 221 S. Tryon street to N'os. 511, S12 and 513 Rjaltv Building. 'Phone 418. Dr. C R. Zickler Or. B. C .lories to make a noise by cracking sticks or brushing against trees, in the gloom: but the forest was so open that it fa vored me. When I reached the edge of the beaver-meadow it was light enough to shoot, though the front sight still glimmered indistinctly. Streaks DENTISTS. 412-413 Realty Building. Phone 1224. of cold red showed that the sun would ! sured. rise soon. Before leaving the shelter of the last spruces I halted to listen; and almost immediately heard a curious splashing sound from the .middle of the meadow, where the brook broadened into small willow-bordered pools. I knew at once that a moose was in one of these pools, wading about and pulling up the water-lilies by seizing their slippery stems in his lips, plunging his head deep under water to do so. The moose ENTIRE ATTENTION aevoted ro ntnng glasses, uyes ex amined carefully with latest methods. Glasses fitted correctly. Broken lenses Duplicated, oausraction as- -. k' .1 !. i;i homlif ttnd knits. a: w ith my old hunting We speedily found a th.'iv were moose, but ili.-iuselves we never ' i.Vli lived in isolated. '-'X. were speedily killed !'. v ;tt(-r ihe incoming set i ;" !t.i lime that we hunted i :. ' -iij!! of thein uutil we : f continuous forest. r-.;iIit"s hunt in, we. ; li a as we wished, and ' lr-'-'u; bur ibe animals " " "nly never aw, bu ' - in h us heard. Often aft "i' .:. !'i;l s4L"-huntlng or cau- . i' IV-nnd the footprints ' -.i': .irtli. shewing where vy !. i i w in. led ur heard us, ' ; slipped away from 1 i u lo ihink that this " '. 'iik" all my former ones, '-"i t "ud iu failure. ". ;i ! v days later I met a months, when they spend all the time they can in the water, feeding or ly ing down; nor do they altogether abandon the habit even when the TT !r numed Hank Grif- " ' i.'"hig after braver in the v .r. i v.-h,, r,ld me that if I " :ih him lie would show 1 i'lnij.cil at 1he chance, ' I n g od as hU word; ' : iir.t two triaH my ill t;:;tt i' :i:ia!ty did chauge 'f rM. iinl a place where " H,-!' ";i f.ivoruble ground. 1 i f - li v valley stretched for .;! - iiet-.i (.fn two rows of :- "ii"-. Nad with a forest of i.r-ii".. This valley was 1 'i aiders, and rank ' -''-.'Id.'-d with little willow- 'd inhmd-like clump3 I't'ful tamaracks. . ':My.-.i! ground and preceding after- " i ': liCnics in the cool -' " I' iii ;ir hunt. Before " 'Y ,rro posted on a rocky '' ::n fw -hills, behind a mask '"'u: onrsoh-es unseen we ; "i .'; t).. vuliey, mid we knew '. " Jiiiinal which might " '""lini: r way from cover or ' ' , ri y h-uaev.-ard from Its feed--"iu. i., j)S (iny-in-d. ' lighter we scanned the v 1,1 '"f'r''f.-iug care and eager- -.at ie behhid us; and al--""ii j u w-as up Ave made out to his feet, with a lightness on which j love to feed in this way in the hot one would not have reckoned in a beast so heavy of body. He stood broadside to me for a moment, his ungainly head slightly turned, while hi3 ears twitched and his nostrils snuffed the air. Draw ing a fine bead against his black hide. lelilnd his shoulder and two thirds of his body's depth below his shaggy withers, I pressed the trigger, lie neither flinched nor reeled, but started with his regular ground-covering trot through the spruces; yet I knew he was mine, for the light biood sprang from both of his nostrils, anil he fell dying on his side before he had gone thirty rods. Later in the fall I was again hunting among the lofty ranges which continue towards the southeast the chain of the Bitter Root, between Idaho and Mon tana. There were but two of us. and we were travelling very light, each hav ing but one pack-pony and the saddle animal he bestrode. We were high among the mountains, and followed no regular trail. Hence our course was often one of extreme difficulty. Occa sionally, we took our animals throush the forest near timber Hue. where the slois were not too steep; again we threaded our way through a line of glades, or skirted the foot-hills, in an open, park country; and now and then we had to cross stretches of tangled mountain forest, making but a few DR. SAM LEVY Optometrist, 6 East Trade St. Charlotte, N. C. FIRE! Hang in your home & $3.00 Phoenix (Dry Chemical) Fire Extinguisher DR. CHAS. H. C. MILLS Realty Building Practice Limited to DISEASES OF WOMEN dESTETRICS Office hours 10 to 12 a. m.; 3 to I p. m. Residence Central Hotel. And feel secure. Puts out the Are In a few seconds. A child can use it. T. C. Toomey & Co. AGENTS. An Unsolved Mystery "Hare you a tank in the building?" Inquired the Inspector from the in surance office. "We hov," admitted the Janitor. "What's the capacity?" "Faith, an' Oi niver hod money enough to.foind out." -1 mmmmm mm txd:"mM . i :i.'. miles a day. at the cost of incredible toil, aud accomplishing even this solely by virtue of the wonderful docility and Kure-l'ootedness of the ponies, and of my companion's skill with the axe and I borough knowledge of woodcraft. Late one cold afternoon we came out iu a high alpine valley ia which there was no sigu of any man's having ever been before us, Down its middle ran a clear brook. On each side was a : i i. v ' a. i.u..tv ' i-. v. v . .......... - - - - rt the lower flanks of the mouutalns. The trees came down in points and isolated clumps to the brook, the banks of which were thus bordered with open glades, rendering the travelling easy and rapid. Soon after starting up this valley we entered a beaver meadow of consid erable size. It was covered with lush, lank grass, and the stream wound through it rather sluggishly in long curves, which wpre fringed by a thick growth of dwarfed willows. In one or two places it broadened into small pond, bearing a few lily-pads. This meadow had been all tramped np by moose. Trails led hither and thither through the grass, the willow twigs were cropped off, and the muddy banks of the little black ponds were nm.m-r ! indented by hoof-marks. Evidently ' '" !.-Mde a little lake half I most of the lilies had been plucked. 1 " front. In a few minutes ' The footprints were unmistakable; a ; '-u-'ked ,:,t where the bushes : moose's foot is longer and slimmer L a ad we saw that It was i than a caribou's, whde on the otne - ! '! n.oose browsing on the hand it is much larger than an elk's, ' K evidently nearly I and a longer oval in shape. " I ', !,liM-t, and he stood i Most of the sign was old. th4s high "!" Mo nniu. now and then alpine meadow, surrounded by snow ; ''"l T"i a mouthful of twig tips. mountains, having clearly been a fa ;' v off with great strides j vorite resort for moose in the summer; 7r;!i';M I"'"' across the marsh, j but. some enormous, fresh tracks told - ; :-".t-r Hie wi.i wiifor.ninnte ! thsit one or more old bulls were still - through lxiggy spaces ; frequenting the place. The light was already iaamg, ana, of course, we did not wish to camp where we were, because we would then certainly scare the moose. Ac cordingly we pushed up the valley for another mile, through an open forest, the ground being quite free from un- t. C. H. Wells 0E.NTIST Office over. Ivey's,-' SWest Trade St. Residence, Y. M. C. A., Charlotte, -Phone 435. Charity Clinic on Fridays 9 A. M. for Worthy Poor ot City. 1ES F- L B0NF0EY ARCHITECT Supervision of Construction. Office 211 N. Tryon. Room 4. 1 LLUIVi 5 IV AST I ING Glassware Fixtures Hom Htating DevScea Sam'l J. Smith, Agent 309 W. Trade St. Charlatt. Porter & Boyd CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. Call on us if interested in Biulding or Repairing, Wood, Brick or Concrete. 11 E. Sixth St. 'Phone 1332. ;i:i ,'1 ! "Ten.-e begotten of vast 'nuer than those of 'ml on this continent '"hUe he reached a sprure !r';'--'i which he walked to " t esi,i;.,Uy .-ould find there '"'"",' i.i.i.',, ,m-lle t0 llis mind. v" "' '--ft hQ went on to anoth- His vaxt hulk loomed bU(ck. weather is so cold that icicles form in their shaggy eoats. Crouching. I stole noiselessly along the edge of the willow-thicket". The stream twisted through it from side to side in zigzags, so that every few rods 1 got a glimpse down a lane of black water. In a minute I heard a slight splashing near me; and oa passing the next point of bushes, I saw the shad owy outline of the moose's hindquar ters, standing in a bend of ihe water. In a moment he walked onwards, dis appearing. I ran forward a couple of rods, and then turned in auiong the willows, to reach the brook where it again bent back towards me. The splashing in the water, and the rustling of the moose's body against the frozen twigs, drowned the little noise made by my moccasined feet. I strode out on the bank at the lowe." end of a long narrow pool of water, dark and half frozen. In this pool, half, way dowu and facing me, but a score of yards off. stood the mighty marsh beast, strange and uncouth in look as some monster surviving over from the Pliocene. His vast bulk loomed black and vague in the dim gray dawn; his huge antlers stood out sharply; col umns of steam rose from his nostrils. For several seconds he fronted me mo tionless; then he began to turn, slowly, and as if he had a stiff neck. When quarter way round I fired into his shoulder; whereat he reared and bound ed on the bank with great leap, van ishing in the willows. Through these I heard him crash like a whirlwind for a dozen rods; then down he fell, and when I reached the spot he had ceased to struggle. The ball had gone through ! his heart. J JVU McMichae! ARCHITECT Rooms 505-506 Trust Bulldlnft. CHARLOTTE, N. C. A TRADE PAYMENT The Patient Doc, I can't pay you no money, while I ain't got none, a' ready. Vill you dake it oud in trade. The Dentist Well, I might consider that. W hat's your business? The Patient I lead a leedle Choi- man band. Ve'll come aroundt und serenade you eSry night for a mont,' yet. UNSOLVED MYSTERIES How many there are, concerning how Sres occurred. Many ascribed to "defec tive flues and rats and matches." TRADE PAYMENT Those who have a superabundant lot of diamonds and other first class jewelry we will be glad to receive in payment of some premium, long past due. Call early to avoid the rush. C. H. G- Butt S, CO (Incorporated.) INSURANCE HEADQUARTERS. Hard or Sett Goal or Weofi, 2Q00 lis. Goal to the Toa R. J. SSFFORD, Manager I n pecial. ' Barg ains For Rainy Days You need a pair of nice light good- fitting rubber overshoes. We keep an unusually nice assort ment of the best, grades to fit all the shape shoes we sell. Men's Storm, high front, price 75 and 90c Eadles' Storm, high front, price 65 and 75c- Misses Storiu, high front, price 50c. Child's Storm, high front, price 40c Men's Invisible and Low-Cut self-acting. Ladies' Storm and Sandal Foot Holds. -IN mm J3. and Best grades. Best price. EH23S23 New Spring Stock now here and arriving every d?y- Tho largest, most complete display ever shown by U3 before. WILTON CARPETS, service. Lowest i . ADLAI OSBORNE ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT Newton, N, C. Municipal Improvements. Architecture. Water Power Development. Mill Engineering. SJ SB U f ft Dr. A. M. Berryhill DENTIST OJfie No. 4 Scuta Tryon St.-rOSice 'Phone 326. Dr. H. C. Hendefsoa Dr. L. I. Gidtaey , DENTISTS Office Hunt Bldg., 202 N. Tryon St Office 'Phone 816. Residence Phone 499. I. W. JAMIESON DENTIST NO. 4 8. Tryon Street, Charlotte, N, C. Office 'Phone 228. Residence 'Phon fSt. OR. H. F7 RAY Osteopath Registered, Office Hunt Building, Hours, 9 to 12; 2 to 5. 'Phone, Office 830 Residence 871-J. Consultation at Office, gratUs. Harris ATTORNEY Law Building, Charlotte, fl. G. Gilmer-Moore Co THE LATEST EDISON, COLUMBIA AND VICTOR TALKING MACHINES and RECORDS Just arrived. Call and hear them. BICYCLES, ALL SIZES. A Few Trycyctes at Cost. Tryen StretL 231 S. A Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Made Before you buy anything that' Builders Supplies, get our pri ces, and tee if we can't save jou money. Zstimatss rdthed. B. F. Withers Distributor GUILDERS' SUPPLIES. Charlotte, N. C VELVET CARPETS AXMiNSTER CARPETS BRUSSELS CARPETS INGRAIN CARPETS TABER CARPETS Tapestry Brussels Rugs Body Brussels Rug Ingrain Rugs Tabe. Carpet Rugt Wilton Rugs. Beauvais Axminster Rugs. Royal Wiiton Rugs Imperial Velvet Rugs Matting Rug Rugs In all the various styles, sizes and prices and to suit all. Some Special Bargains in Lace and Hall Curtains. The largest and most complete stock cf Furniture in the Car-oiinas. Park 3 iTi Largest Dealers in the State 533 fTMl KT&C:6 WE LAUNDER 9 ? A Little Better than most Laundries. Send us yours and we can prove it and they will LAST LONGER too Sanitary Steam Laundry PHONE 00. ON THE BOULEVARD. Phone 1530 For Job Printing 1 M ;
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