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I jammmlimMt THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK gjfggff .0 " The Line from Pinehurst -THE SEABOARD Air Line Railway Shortest and Quickest Route North Double Daily Service Between PINEHURST Norfolk, Itichnioiid, U imhiiifft'in Baltimore, IMiIlndHphla, w Yom, lloNfoii. Cincinnati. St. IiOnl, Chicago, littlnng: ad Cleveland and all point North and North Went. During the .Tourist Season Pullman Parlor Cars are operated between Pine hurst and Washington on day trains Nos. 66 and 43 daily except Sunday, and Pull man Drawing l'oom Sleeping Cars on Nos. 50 and 67 between Pinehurst and Washington Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays northbound and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays southbound. ONLY ONE CHANCE TO BOSTON. For rates, schedules, reservations or any infor mation apply to ticket agents Pinehurpt or Southern Pines, or address C. II. GATTIS, T. P. A. Raleigh, N. C. C. B. Ryan, G. P. A. Portsmouth, Val PINEHURST SCHOOLS Combine under one head College Preparatory Grammar and Primary Schools furnishing instruction in all branches of these grades. Courses of study are elect ive and pupils may enter at any time and for any length of time, and rejoin their classes without loss, after a long or short stay, in an ideal climate, surrounded by right conditions for living and removed from the usual temptations of school life. Special attention is given to French and German conversation. Address, ALIUCE CJ. WAH11EN, Head Muster, ok P1NEIIUIIST OEXEIKAE. OFFICE. OLD DOMINION LINE Direct Connections with all Southern Resorts. TEAIHEII(i large and fast, operated over a most picturesque route, offer the max imum of comfort and enjoyment. Cuisine and service of the highest class. DAILY SAILINGS at 3 p.m. from Pier 26 N. R. New York, for Old Point Comfort, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Pinners Point and New- Eort News, connecting for Pinehurst, Peters urg, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Washington and entire South and West. For complete information address, OLD DOMINION LINE, 81-89 Beacb St.. N.Y - IHflHfll PATHS IN THE WILDERNESS Bushman -Sees Them Plainly When They Are Invisible to Townsmen. Neal Shaw , 'IMnehurst'a Living: CJuhle Hook," ItiiowN Country Houml about for lladiuN of TeiiMileM. VERY visitor here who has been much in the country-side round about the Village, particularly the sportsmen, have won dered with increasing wonder, at the skill shown by native guides in finding their way through a country which to them seemed absolute ly without landmarks. It has been said of Xeal Shaw, the veteran who is some times styled "Pinehurst's Living Guide Book," that you could blindfold him and drop him down anywhere within a radius of ten miles of Pinehurst and he would come straight to the Village as readily as a can ier pigeon. What appears marvelous and positively uncanny to a town resident is simple to a bushman. Years of continuous observa tion develop the bump of locality. Every object has a place and meaning to a trap per ; his eye is ever on the alert, and what his eye sees is photographed on the brain and remains there for future refer ence at any time he may require it. This bump of locality is highly devel oped in all Indians and whites who have passed many years in the bush. Without the faculty of remembering objects a bushman could not find his way through the forests. Providing the trapper has once passed from one place to another, he is pretty sure to find his way through the second time, even if years should have elapsed between the trips. Every object from start to finish is an index finger pointing out the right path. A sloping path, a leaning tree, a moss covered rock, a slight elevation in land, a cut in the hills, the water in the creek, an odd-looking stone, a blasted tree all help as guides as the observant trapper makes his way through a pathless forest. I followed an Indian guide once over a trail of 2S0 miles, whereon we snow-shoed over mountains, through dense bush, down rivers and over lakes. To test my powers of a retentive mem ory, the following winter when dispatches again had to be taken to headquarters, 1 asked the Indian to allow me to act as guide, he following. On that long journey of 10 or 12 days, always walking and continually thinking out the road, I was in doubt only once. We were standing on the ice ; a tongue of land stood out toward us, a bay on either side. The portage leaving the lake was at the bottom of one of these bays, but which. The Indian had halted almost on the tails of my snowshoes, and enjoyed my hesitation, but said nothing. To be as sured of no mistake, I had to puss over the whole of last winter's trip in my mind's eye up to the point on which we stood. Once the retrospect caught up with us, there was no further trouble. Our route was down the left-hand bay. When the Indian saw me start in that direction, he said: A-a-ke-pu-ka-tan" ("Yes, yes, you are able"). The most difficult proposition to tackle is a black spruce swamp. The trees are mostly of uniform size and height, the surface of the snow is perfectly level, and at times our route lies miles through such a country, and should there be a dull, leaden sky or a gentle snow falling there is nothing for the guide to depend on but his ability to walk straight. It has been written time and again that the tendency, when there are no land marks, is to walk in a circle. By constant practice those who are brought up in the wilds acquire the abil ity to walk in a straight line. They be gin by beating a trail from point to point on some long stretch of ice, and in the bush, where any tree or obstruction bars the way, they make up for any devi ation from the straight course by a give-and-take process, so that the general line of march is straight. During 40 years in the country I never knew an Indian or white bushman to carry a compass. Apart from a black spruce swamp, it would be of no use whatever. Hilltop and Jtlra. Cheshire lIvceiT. One of the charming social affairs of the week past was a reception tendered by Mrs. T. B. Cotter, at the Cypress Cot tage, Saturday morning from eleven to one, to Bishop and Mrs. Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Baleigh. Bishop and Mrs. Cheshire received un attended, and a large number of the Vil lage guests availed themselves of the op portunity offered to meet them person ally. Mrs. Cotter was assisted by Mrs. Mont gomery A. Crockett and Mrs. Charles Hansel, who poured, and Mrs. A. I. Creamer and Miss Mary M. Wilbur, who served. TENNIS HALL. OLF. CharlM IIanl Win Novl Wa tilling, ton's Ilirtliday Frolic. A tennis ball nine-hole medal play golf tournament was an amusing feature Wed nesday, a cup being offered for the best gross scores which Charles Hansel, New York, won with 05. Other scores were: II. M. Pidabock, 81 ; O. II. Converse, 82; Mrs. (J. II. Con verse, 85; M. B. Byrnes, 85; H. S. Cor don, 80; G. 1J. Wallace, 1)2; Mrs. B. de Mossin, 94; II. S. Houston, 113. A.I. Creamer, I). II. Hostetter, V. B. King, T. B. Cotter and Mrs. II. S. Gor don participated but did not hand in cards. Sunday' Episcopal Service. liev. Thomas Garland, Philadelphia, will celebrate Holy Communion and preach at the Episcopal church service Sunday morning at ten o'clock. Rev. Mr. Garland is secretary to the Bishop of Pennsylvania and on the editorial staff of the Church Standard. To Pinehur and the Winter Resorts of the SOUTH. Via SOUTHERN RAILWAY LOW RATE, TICKETS ON SALE. Stop-overs allowed on Winter Tourist Tickets to points South, enabling passengers to make side-trips to Pinehurst. New York Offices, 271 and 1185 Broadway. Boston Office, 228 Washington Street. Philadelphia Office, 828 Chestnut Street. Washington Office, 705 Fifteenth Street, N.W. S. H. HARDWICK. Pass. Traffic Mgr., Washington, D. C. W. H. TAYLOE, Gen. Pass. Agent, Washington, D. C. PINEHURST Embrace 35,000 acres of the Finest Hunting Territory in Moore County, Xorth Carolina, offer unusual and varied attractions for Sports men and Sportswomen. SPORT WITHOUT "ROUGHING IT" Excellent Quail Shooting Tin keys for those who care to hunt them, wood-, cock and flight pigeon shooting; fox and rahbit hunting. In connection with the Preserves are main tained Kennels as complete as any in the coun try, at which a string of perfectly broken setters and pointers and a pack of beagles arc kept for the use of the guests. Reliable guides, Booting wagons, and in fact every requirement for long and fhort trips. Dogs boarded and looked after with intelligent care Address FiiieliiirNt Central Office. Francis Batchelder. Francis BatcMder F. S. Snyder. Co. Proprietors of the Capitol Creameries of Vermont. Egg and Poultry Station, Fenton, Michigan. Office and Cold Storage, Smoke Houses and Factory, Boston. Slaughter House, Brighton, Mass. 55, 57, 59, 61 and 63 Blackstone St., HOSTOX, MASSACHUSETTS DENTIST. Dr. J. ERNEST JUDD, Crown and Bridge Work Specialist, Appointments made by Mall or Telephone. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. 11 EgU2nd St., New York City.
The Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, N.C.)
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