Pussy wants a corner in this book, which reviews the delights of the World's fair and contains a series of articles depicting the pleasures of field sports (1894) (14563509629)

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Title: Pussy wants a corner in this book, which reviews the delights of the World's fair and contains a series of articles depicting the pleasures of field sports ..
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Leffingwell, William Bruce. (from old catalog)
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Chicago)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ginning in October and ending inApril, and during that time thousands avail themselves of the benefits derived in bathingin the hot waters. The population fluctuates, ranging from 10,000 in the summer monthsto 23,000 in the winter, and Hot Springs is noted as being a pleasure as well as a healthresort. The climate of Arkansas is genial and invigorating; its streams afford most excel-lent fishing; its hills, and woods, and fields furnish sport for the hunter; and its game iswell protected by most excellent laws, the open season being: Deer, August ist to February ist. Prairie-chickens protected until March 24, 1897. Quails, Octoberist to March ist. Exportation of game and fish prohibited, except beavers, opossums, hares or rabbits,groundhogs, woodchucks, raccoons, squirrels, snipes, and plovers, provided the same shall be shippedopenly. All fish, except in private ponds, declared to be the property of the State, and catching same aprivilege. Local laws are in force in certain counties.
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ARIZONA, OKLAHOMA, AND NEW MEXICO. The plain, homelike building representing the Territories of Arizona, Oklahoma^and New Mexico was a modest showing of the Territories which some day will grow andblossom into States, and ere that time will astonish the world by their productiveness-and the vast mines they contain. As it was, Arizona and New Mexico sent a large collec-tion of minerals, fruits, and flowers, besides specimens of the skill of natives; beautifulgold and filigree work. Oklahoma contributed grains and grasses and other agriculturalproducts. This trinity of Territories, contributing their gifts to the Worlds Fair in competitionwith the products of the entire world, was like an ambitious boy throwing down the gageof battle to some warrior of long-established reputation. Defeat was certain; but timeMali develop the mines, the resources of the soil, and then all will meet on an equality. The sparsely settled country these Territories encompass is a paradise for game, andfortuna