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GAMEST BEASTS ALIVE
The Short-Horned Timarau
of the Philippines.
GEN UINE BUFF ALOES
WORSE TO HUNT THAN THE
BENGAL TIGER.
Net So Impressive to Look at as the
Bison of America, but
More Deadly.
GEN UINE BUFF ALOES
Written FOR The StaI

Written for The Star.
The proposed movement to urge the gov
eminent to buy the Pahlo-Allard herd of
$50 bison and make a great bison reserva-
ton in Montana is the last national attempt
that can be made to save any of these mag
Eihcent native wild cattle in the United
states All the othe- herds are small and
dying out; or. where they are not decreas-
ing In number under private ownership
they are losing their character; for they are
being interbred with tame cattle in order to
strengthen the stock
There will never be bison hunting in the
country again-or buffalo huntingdon of
course. although the school books have told
generations of us with patient repetition
that the American horned giant is a bison
and not a buffalo. 1t will probably never
cease to figure as the only real thing in the
way of buffalo. unless the geological gar
dcns succeed in impressing Americans by
the big showing they are beginning to make
of the various species and varieties of the
true buffalo from Asia and Africa
The true buffalo is really a much more
noble animal. so far spirit and courage
concerned. than the American beast
ever was. Unpatriotic though it may sound
the American bison was great only in ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
THE CAPE BUFFALO OF AFRICA.

II certainly had only one eye, which was
set right in the middle OF its forehead.
These tales spurred them on, and they
visited Mindoro, only to search in vain for
several months till they found Il tribe called
the Mangyans. who knew IL well. They
said that IL was like a small buffalo, with
straight horns running upward and back
ward like those OF a goat. They expressed
great fear OF it, and told him 1t attacked
and killed the big water-buffalo every time
IL got a chance and how IL would charge
man whenever II was approached.
Finding out about timarau and finding
timarau were two different things. The
creatures were so marvelously shy and
cunning that, although the party followed
trails day after day which showed where
whole herds had cOngregated. they never
even caught a glimpse of the animal itself.
Fright-Stricken Guide.
AT last after more weeks of hunting
native tracker led them to a hiding place
of timarau; but he did so only after he had
forced an agreement that he be permitted
TO run soon he had located the game
for the hunters. He pointed into the bushes
whispered ''Timarau. scnor,'' and raced
madly away, his face gray with fear.
Professor Worcester worked his way
carefully through the bushes. but could
not see the buffalo for long time so per-
fectly the animal concealed. AT last
he his head and fired, but just as he
did so the ball tossed his head and the shot
missed him.
'As l nred . second time" says the pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
WAR ON MOONSHINERS
Risky Calling of Breaking Up
Illicit Stills.
REGULAR SPY SYSTEM
PLUCKY CAPTURES IN THE AL
LEGHANY MOUNTAINS.
But Both the Deputy Marshals and
the Informers Live in Constant
Danger of Death.
Copyright, 1905, by John Elfreth watEins.)

Copyright, 1905, by John Elfreth Watkins)
Washington, d. c., August l. 1905.
He is as intrepid. as lion hearted a fell
low as ever breathed the mountain air II
you are looking for a dime novel plot you
he would tell you all about it, yet l think
this very doubtful. His name is Hupp,
and he Is Uncle Sans special hero just at
present. but least of all TO suspect it is he
himself-DepIty Marshal Hupp of the
northern district of West Virginia.
Upon Rich mountain, some twenty-five
miles southeast of Elkins, abided until just
row Sam Watt. desperate a moon
sinner" as ever distilled white lightning"
For years he had been the terror of the
who could take him. But Hupp marked his
man three months ago, and when he ar
rived at the foothills on his nimble- footed
nag he learned that Rich mountain protect
ed itself with ingeniously organized sys-
TEN whereby-as If wireless telegraphy were
en.plCyed-the mountaineerS passed speed
lily up. from base to summit, the word that
a rev. nue. man in the wind. Hupp had
also been warned that penetration of the
dark forest on the mountain side would
mean an ugly death for him. So he bided
his time He returned the other day and
sa W to 1t that his coming was unheralded.
Full well he knew that Rich mountain was
doing it's best to keep tab on his every
movement: that one suspicious glance shot
from the tail of his eye would set the green
slopes a-throbbing from bottom to top; that
a posse of mountaineers would then spring
up like Jason's crop of dragons teeth.
A. Daring Capture.
Up through the dark fastness alone he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
RISING LAND VALUES.
Notable Example Of Recent Rate in the
South and Southwest.


From the st. Louis Republic
The history of material deyelonment IN
every state bears largely upon increase
In land values. When the soil exhibits
fertility and circumstances are favorable
TO investment and labor. there Is a greater
demand for property. 1t is normal that
rising land values should be Indicative Of
general progress
This point was advanced inferentiallv
In one OF the Republics reviews OF pros-
perity In the south and the southwest.
BY way of illustration, reference was
mace TO the beginnings Of settlement in
northern, middle and eastern states
Ploneers who had been shrewd enough to
foresee substantial prospects bought land,
Improved 1t, sold some of 1t, and became
wealthy. That Is a story common to all
is at present repeating itself in a remark
able manner In Missouri and the sur
rounding commonwealth in the southern
southwestern region.
Down in Texas there Is a large ranch
comprising more than a million acres and
extending into three counties, which cost
originally about 12h cents an acre. Inn
provements in the water supply adapted
the property especially well to agriculture
Now large part Of the ranch is selling
for farming at SO to $50 an acre. Texas
has much land, millions of acres, that Is
sure to be turned to better productive
uses. Values in all cases will ascend
quickly, and then ascend again, and for
tunes will be made by both spectators and
investors. An extensive area near Houston
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my wher he reaches the point where the
beast lies in wait.
Captain Syres of the Indian army a noted
hunter, was killed that way in Jungle In
Malay. He and his companion had driven
half dozen big bullets into one of these
buffaloes-that is, they would be consid-
cred big bullets in this country, for they
We're heavier than anything used in AmeriS
ca, even for grizzlies. The seladang fed
down the trail and the hunters followed.
Suddenly the bull arose from a hiding
place petty that a moment before 1t
would have seemed absurd 10 imagine that
1t could contain a creature OF such bulk
as an Asatic buffalo. simultaneously with
its appearance ii charged and caught Cap
tain Syres, tossing him, trampling and then
goring him.
Never go into a jungle after seladang
with anything smaller than an eight-bore
gun" was the injunction that the dying
hunter left to the rest of the sporting world.
Pure Aueroch Extinct
A. Arkell Hardwick, who hunted six
months in the Lake Rudolph region with
forty Eight native bearers, says that of all
animals the ones most dreaded by his men
were the buffalo and the rhinoceros.
when these beasts take it into their
heads to charge caravan says he, the
ne tiveS become panic-stricken. throw down
their loads, climb trees and hide behind the
bushes-anythinG to get out of the way.
The tiger is helplesSly afraid of the Indian
buffalo. and with good reason, for if herd
OF buffalo get the scent of a tiger they
charge down madiy. run him under toss
him from one to the other with their horns,
finally stamping on him with their sharp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
The Toothbrush Tree.
From the Chicago Chronicle.


The toothbrush was brown, brown alike
in handle and bristles, and its shape was
uncouth.
1T is homemade article" said its own
er. 1T grew on little tree-a toothbrush
tree. They have a toothbrush tree In ia
maica. AS we go out and pluck peach or
a pear so the Jamaican goes out and plucks
@ toothbrush.
Literally, Of course, he doesn't pluck a
toothbrush. He cuts off a twig and ravels
out one end into bristles. The wood, you
see, is somewhat saponaceous. like slippery
elm, and it has an aromatic flavor like
dentifrice. 1t makes a toothbrush of good
quality.
1.-The bark Of this singular tree Is often
ground into toothpowder. Here is a box
Of the ground bark. It smells good, doesn't
it7 Though 1t makes no lather, it keeps the
teeth very white.
Jamaica is undoubtedly the only country
in the world where you can go out and pick
not only your toothbrush, but your denti-
frice, from tree"
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was set aside for rice growing, and the
values rose from $3.50 to 50 an acre to
sl1 or $50 an acre. Some land in north
Texas has increased in value from So to
$l5 an acre within a few years. and reli-
able judges estimate that this property.
Will comparatively soon have value ex-
ceeding $50 an acre.
The liveliest advances in land values are
recorded in Oklahoma. The average value
per acre was about S14 three years ago,
while at present 1t is about SIS. Near
Oklahoma City values rose from virtually
nothing to s. $40, and shortly to $50 an
acre. In Greer, Kay and other counties
they increased in a few years from s. to
$l5 an acre. They continue to increase.
The increases are so quick and so large in
all parts of the territory as to seem in
credible. 1t is not unusual for land to
double or triple its value in two or three
years. Similar conditions will be found in
Indian Territory as soon as the question
of title is settled
Mr.. Walter l.. Fleming of the West Vir
ginla University reports some interesting
realty facts. In Lauderdale, Ala" he
says, "a German colony purchased land
at $40 to s15 per acre; their land now
commands $50 to $50 per acre. And in
1902 1900 carloads of rice were shipped
from Crowley, La Land is now worth $50
to $50 per acre" 1t formerly was held at
25 cents an acre.
Additional facts amply corroborated,
could be cited to show the opportunities
In the southern southwestern common
wealths. Improvement is general to Mis-
souri,, Arkansas Tennessee and all the
states and territories in this group. Set
tiers are arriving from European countries
and from northern, eastern and western
states. Productiveness Is demonstrated
and improvement goes on. These few in
stances Of the rise in land values are SUI
ficient to convey the impression that the
opportunities are great. And they con,
vince, besides, that progress Is not limited
to a few Of these commemorative but Is
active in all of them.
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the other barrel is kept the ''mash'-corn
meal and molasses-fermented into kind
of beer. When the mash is heated in the
boiler it rises vapor into the coil over
which, inside the first barrel referred to,
falls water from a cool mountain stream.
The vapor, thus cooled. condenses into IL
quor which when distilled the second time
becomes corn whisky. The mash" is
made by mixing one gallon of cheap. black
mOlaSses. costing about 30 cents. with two
bushels of corn, worth about 81 cents per
bushel, ground into meal. Water is added
in sufficient quantities to make forty gal
Ions of whisky sold for s. per gallon. Thus
with an outlay of $1.c0 is realized $50 and
saving of the government tax of $1.1o per
barrel. Almost double this profit is real
lied by some moOnshiners, who now buy
s13. 80 per barrel. and make their own mo-
lasses by mixing with water. The noun
taineers bring their corn to the still and
trade ii for whisky. As long such enor-
nous profits are to be made Illicit distil-
ing will probably never be stamped out of
this country. Moonshiners are being
caught every day, and in spite of what be-
falls them others spring up like weeds to
take their places. Moreover the convicted
moonshiner can be counted upon to resime
his traffic as soon as he has left jail.
Ten Dollars Per "SqueaF' to Spies.
Illicit stills are chopped to pieces as soon
as the revenue men find them The barrels
ars broken and the whisky is allowed to
run out upon the ground. Any who
points out moonshine still to the revenue
men receives standing fee of $40 as soon
his story is verified. A crisp $40 note,
fresh from the treasury, is handsome
sum in the southern mountains, and even
the most feared moonshiner is informed
upon sooner or later There is only one
class that gets shorter shrift from the
muzzle of the moonshiners gun than the
and these no
These informers know that death is a GER
trade. yet some have thus aided the gov
eminent for many years at stretch with
out being suspected. While the ma jorty,
of course, reveal the hidden stills for the
sake of the money that is in II, there are
some who exert an espionage for the sake
of good government and refuse to accept a
fee.
spy named Roper. suspected by moon
sinners, was captured by a posse of SYM
pathiZing mountaineers some years ago and
thrown down well fifty-five feet deep
After he reached the bottom he received a
fusllade of bullets, being hit twice in the
head. He remained three days at the bot
tom of the well without food before his
friends discovered him and fshed him out
Although when rescued he was nearly dead
covered and at last accounts was alive and
kicking.
Moonshiner and Prophet.
The most famous moonshiner upon the
who for years operated an Illicit distillery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05
Honk! Honki
From Puck.

From Puck.
Wild Duckling-"Did you call me. mar
Mother D.-"No, dear; it was that last au.
tomobile that you heard"
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felt his way to the bad mans shanty.
POuncing upon Watt. he handcuffed that
scourge of the mountain before the latter
was wholly awake. Loading his prisoner
packwise upon mountain mule he hurried
down the slope with fourteen miles between
him and civilization and with the echo III
his ears of the alarm given to the noun
taineers. Pistol in hand he reached the
railway station. and in the presence of a
gaping knot of West Virginia natives boost
ed the moons hner upon the train. Rich
mountain was still echoing the rumble of
the departing train when rafting down its
steep slope was heard the caVdlcade of the
eEraged mountaneers, come too late TO
rescue their pal and to riddle the revenue
man with bucksnot.
Dark as the darkest of our government
secrets are the war plans of our revenue
men. Locked away in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington is map of the
moonShine districts of the country, also
blacklist of the moonshiners themselves
all of those known or suspected. For the
pay of spoilers and spies and paid infOrm1
ers the commissioner of internal revenue is
annually authorized to eXpend tens OF
thousands of dollars. People who profit by
these rewards have no fear lest their iden-
tity be made known, for such transactions
are entered upon the governments secret
archives just are payments to spies in
real war times.
City Moonshiners.
But moonshine stills are by no measn con-
fined to the mountain fastness. In attic
and cellar they have sprung up in our big
cities. Some time ago. disguised as a dairy,
one was unearthed just outside of Brook
Ign. The moonshiner acquired dairy with
hundred cows. He continued to serve the
regular route, but the revenue men became
suspicious when they saw how frequently
certain saloons were supplied with milk.
They followed milk wagon back to the
dairy and there pounced upon the still.
They discovered that about half the cans
delivered by the milk wagons were filled
with milk and the others with whisky, the
milk going to the old customers. The still
was destroyed and the dairy as well as the
cows confiscated to the government.
A freak moonshine still was captured
lately in Georgia. 1t was carried about in
a vaise and its operator, on meeting
thirsty Georgian, would make for a clump
of nearby bushes, light up and In a short
time dispense as much whisky as his GUS
toner desired. The outfit consisted of a
quart can, a gallon can and small copper
COIL or worm" connected by means of
cap to the quart vessel and then passed
through the larger can The corn mash
from which the liquor was made was car
ried along in bottles.
Making Moonshine.
The typical southern mountain still is a
crude affair costing about $50. 1t consists
primarily of two barrels, one of which con-
tains a coil of copper pipe connected with
a boiler on the top of an oven such as used
in old times for baking out of doors. In
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RARE TROPICAL PLANTS
NOW BEING CULTIVATED IN
PRoPAGATING GARDENS HERE.

There are a number of rare and beautiful
tropical plants in the propagating gardens
of the public grounds of this city. MT
George H. Brown landscape gardener, in
charge of the gardens, has prepared de-
scription of several of the more noteworthy
of the plants in his charge as follows:
Anthurum ventricosum.-An ornamental
foliaged plant (natural order Arodeoe),
from tropical America, with thick broadly
lanceolate leaves three feet long, seven
inches wide; ventrcose stem and midr1b;
flowers very fragrant, creamy white, shaded
to a light claret color at the. base OF the
greenish white spathe. A very rare plant
to be found only In few collections OF the
United States and Europe.
Coccoloba pubescens.-A curious orna-
mental tropical plant, said to be indigenous
in the West India Islands. where 1t forms
a large tree. The leaves are abnormally
large, nearly round, averaging over -FOUR
feet in diameter in full-grown specimens.
and droop at the margins with peculiar
umbrella effect color, dark. dull green
above light green underneath. with very
large prominent mid rib and side ribs;
veins on the upper surface OF the leaves
thickly coated with light brown pubescent
hairs: the mid rib and side ribs underneath
the leaves also have a thinly pubescent
coating: ornamental and snowy, peculiar
plant, rarely found in any Of the collec-
Licuala grandis.-Ornamental fan-1eaved
palms: natives Of tropical Asia: the mar
gins of the leaves cleft into curious bif1d
lobes; very attractive decorative plants, to
be found now generally in large plant col-
lections in the United States.
Kentia sanderiana.-Very graceful slen-
der growing palms; pinnate, arching leaves;
of paratively recent introduction. and
not yet generally grown in plant collec-
lions Of the United States.
Ornamental Foilaged Palm.
Acanthoriza warzcewiczii-An ornamen-
tai foliaged palm, introduced from tropical
America. and not usually found in plant
collections; leaves divided at the margins
into irregular lanceolate segments; color
deep green on the upper surface. silvery
green underneath.
Wanda coerulea.--A very much priced
East Indian orchid: flowers. light blue
borne on long spikes; generally found in
all large collections Of orchids In the United
States and In Europe
Two very curious new varieties OF lyco-
podiums, recently received from the Phil
ippine Islands, and which, 1t IL believed,
have not heretofore been introduced by
plant collectors into the United States. The
variety has many branching pendulous
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Moonshiner and Prophet.

| The most famous moonshiner upon the
| books of the treasury was :'Old Bob Smms, -
| who for years operated an Illicit distillery
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Making Moonshine.

The typical southern mountain still is
crude affair costing about $50. 1t consists
primarily of two barrels, one of which con-
tains coil of copper pipe connected with
boiler on the top of an oven such'as used
in old times for baking out of doors. In
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Harmony Lodge. No .. al its last regular
meeting had very large attendance of its
own members 1t was announced that next
Monday night the second degree Will be
conferred on several candidates
w. w. MILAN, past grand master who
has recently been elected degree director
is endeavoring to make some improvements
In the degree work of the lodge, and is
having degree work every meeting night
and expects to show considera bic Increase
in membership this term
The lodge gave an excursion TO Chesa-
peake Beach last Thursday which proved
to be pronounced success in every wav
The members and their friends took adj
vantage of the fine day and turned out in
large numbers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22
EXECUTION SALE.

State OF South Dakota. County Of. Penning-
ton. In JnstIce court, Hon. F.F, Joy, Justice.
Stephen j. Scriber, Plaintiff. VS.. q. b, Lewis.
Defendant.
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue OF an execution issued out of the once
Of Hon. b.. F.. Joy, Justice Of the Peace, in and
Tor the county OF Pennington and state of
South Dakota, on the 28th day Of November,
1909, on a judgement rendered and entered
before said Justice on the 25th day OF Novsm.
Der, 1905, In an action pending before him
wherein StephenJ, Scriber VAS plaintiff and
S. b. Lewis was defendant; whish judgement
was rendered in favor Of said plaintiff and
against said defendant for the sum Of x52. AS
and S2O.3O costs, making in all the cum Of
$72.75; ] have this day LEVIED upon the follow.
Ing described personal property belonging to
said defendant, to-wi five certain abstract
books, viz: one Numerical Index No. L, QUO
Abstract OF Probnte and Wills. Index No. /,
one Tax Sale Record No. l, one Abstract oil
Judgements No. l., and one Alphabetical Index
OF Mining Records No, I; and that ! shall ON
Wednesday, the 18TH day Of December, 1905, ct
the hour Of two O'Clock III the afternoon oi
said day, at the front door of the Court HOUSE
In the City ct Rapid CITY, s. D., sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash 80 much
ri said personal property rs may be necessary
to satisfy said judgement and a~ccruing COSTS.
Dated at Rapid city, south Dakota, this goth.
day OF November, 1906.
CHARLES cANrzrLD,
Sheriff OF Pennington County,
Crank D. Bangs, Attorney for Plaintin.J
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22
SUMMONS
complaint Flied.

Complaint Flied.
State OF south Dakota, Seventh Judicial cir.
uit.
In the Circuit Conrt OF the Seventh Judicial
circuit Ill and Tor Pennington County. South
dakota.
Cora A. McBain, Plaintiff. vs.. John w. Nc
Balm, Defendant.
The StA1e OF South Dako'a sends greetir g
to tile above nameu defendant:
Yon are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint OF the above named
pla ntiff which was filed in the Office OF tina
Clerk of Co ,,rtS 9, Pennington Couty at Rapid
City, Sc. Oak. on November q, 1905 and to
>erv. IL copy Of your answer on the subscriber
at his oltne in the village o. keystone, South
Dakota within 1iiir:y days after the service OF
this exclusive of the day OF service
or the % ,ain,iff will apply to the Court for the
relief ded on the complaint.
C.J. Patton. Plaintiffs Attorney,
To the above named defendant:
Please take notice that the above supcmon
and verified CONF laint IN this action was filed
IA the office oft e Clark OF said Court Mt the
Court House Ii Rapid City, South Dakota, 0.
November ~, 1907.
G. j. Patton, Plaintiffs Attorney