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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

hungry, tired and out of luck. He could not
even take straight cut" home on account of
this broad water-covered fat which must
the direct route.
IF only had boat" thought Quin, '1
wouldn't mind this high water bit, for
there's almost straight run and clear cur
rent plumb down to the agency; that is" he
added, the currents clear as this old vel
low clay can be washed by rain. There would
MT be any snags or drift-stuff to bother"
But Just at that instant the lad was reused
from his dlscontented musings by chorus of
but few yards behind him.
Whoogh! oogh! whoogh
Chop shop chopl
wild hogs" cried the lad, springing to his
feet in alarm.
Now; wild hogs were no great rarity in the
wooded tracts about the agency and 0uin had
often met them in the thickets and Businesses
OF the & Dig groves. he e. had several times en-,
boars are called in this .region-and had been
compelled to defend himself from their at
tacks., But on these occasions he had held
loaded gun IN his hands, and had been within
easy reach OF half dozen trees, up any one of
which he could have shiRned at a moments
warming.
This time, as the young hunter sprang up
and turned his gaze to meet an array of fierce
snouts, rising bristles, and Notwithstanding
little eyes, drawn up in half-circle about
him, he recognized that the situation was one
Of far greater peril than had befallen him in
former encounters with these fierce, pugna-
cious beasts.
Eyes, here you are,' he muttered in tone
of blended fright and defance-"here you are,
a whole drove, with three old tuskers in the
lead, and me without loaded she'll or a tree
to climb. Pretty fix for fellow to be caught
linaain't it? Wonder what they're going to
They, did not seem inclined to make fur
ther advance just then, but Stood bristles up,
shifting the air and grunting fercely at the
cornered hunter.
'FWell, what do you want?" shouted Quin,
impatiently his courage rising at the seeming
lack of spirit which the drove displayed.
He had expected an immediate attack upon
hearing the first savage whoogb, for he well
knew that, driven from their haunts and feed
ing grounds by the flood, the creatures must
be getting rayenous with hunger.
"Come! What do you want?" he cried
again fourishing his gun at them as he shout,
| ed.
''Whoogh" answered the tall, lank. old
tusker, stepping forward triAe and openine
his lean jaws with display of ivory that was
little calculated to quiet Quin's nerves.
A hapy thought came to the excited lad al
this demonstration The wind was BLOWING
in their direction. The drove had scented the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

after it.
"Ho! you want my old gobbler-do your
he cried. well, you shall have him in wei
come, if you'll only just let me skip safe out
of this while you're chawing him up"
Catching the dead bird by the neck and
swinging it back and forth several times, so
as to gather all the momentum possible, he
flung it clean over the back of the furthest
hog.
The drove had watched his motions narrow
ly during the process of getting the swing, and
the turkey had scarcely touched the ground
before the whole pack turned tail and darted
toward it like lot of wild comets toward the
nearest centre of gravity
Quin did not wait to watch the savage souab
BILE which followed. He could hear enough to
satisfy all his curiosity as to the result of
their fight for possession while making the best
use of his legs to get quickly away from the
spot.
He ran at full speed down the bank of the
stream, hoping to get out of sight and hearing
before the raVenous herd should finish their
struggle over the last bone and feather of the
gobbler. But he had not counted upon the
dispatch with which dozen hungry hogs can
perform so slight an operation as the carving
and serving up of single turkey.
He had not covered more than fifty yards
before the whole wretched drove were upon
his track, the lean, long-legged tuskers in ad
vance, and bearing down upon him like race
horses.
The taste of fresh meat had been barely
sufficient to whet their raging appetites, and
having eaten his game, they were only the
more eager to Finish off" with the hunter
himself.
Quin saw them coming as he glanced over
his shoulder, and quickly discovered that, de-
spite his utmost exertions, the leaders were
surely and rapidly overhauling him.
They'll make a meal of me in spite of
all can do" he thought, despairingly. ooh,
for tree To climb"
But there were no trees standing on that
high bank, and broad torrent of water occu-
pied the fiat between him and the nearest
grove ahead
Soon the cold, muddy current-in which he
could not live two minutes and swm-would
compel him to take an angle that would bring
his pursuers upon him Instantly.
He passed the stumps of several broken
down cottonwoods as he ran; but they were
too low to offer any safety.
"Why couldn't they be trees" he asked,
wildly, his heart sinking with terror as he
heard the savage grunts Of the nearest tusker,
now not twenty yards behind.
The bank was lowering in front at every
step, and would soon met the water of the
broad bayou just ahead.
Suddenly, he made joyful discovery. A
few steps in advance Of him. at turn in the
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

bank, he saw the upturned roots of a dry
cottonwood, which had been recently under
mined and had fallen full length across the
water.
The food at this point came very nearly,to
the level of the bank, and the fallen tree or
stub, supported by two strong roots that Were
buried deeply in the earth. was SO stoutlyy
braced that the water merely swashed against
the lower side of the trunk.
With cry of delight, Quin spTrang upon
the upturned mass of roots, and stepping
lightly out upon the body of the tree, walked
carefully, but securely, along until he had
short, dry limbs that had been broken off
near the trunk. Here he turned about. faced
the band and seated himself
"Whoopee!" he shouted. Come on now,
the whole pack Of ye, if you think best.
And he shook his gun deiantly at the fore,
most tusker, that with disappointed
"whoogh," and baffled smack of the jaws,
had brought up at the roots of his tree.
The others speedily gathered about their
leader and evinced the same savage discomfort
at the hunters escape.
But Quin surveyed them quite calmly now,
for no animal with hoofs was likely to attempt
walking the smooth trunk; still less would one
trust itself in the swift. muddy current which
boiled about him.
There was just bakers dozen in, the drove
lean, vicious sandy-complexione brutes-
shifting restlessly about upon the bank and
chopping theirSwicked jaws at him.
81 don't b'lieve they're descendants of the
domestic ANIMALS at all, thought Quln, as he
watched their maneuvers "even if the books
and the folks do say SO. Who ever saw such
looking lot of creatures in any mans pig
PEN, no matter how mean and poor he kept
'em? Why, those old tuskers are as hump
shouldered, as lank and as savage as the Ger
man wild boar that we see SO many pictures
of and read SO much about in story books"
At that instant something bumped lightly
against the log beneath him. and looking
Indian tent-pole, gliding under the tree It
was a relic undoubtedly of the submerged Co.
mache village
Gust the thing" cried the hunter; and he
grasped the end sof the pole as il came out on
have a. little revenge on those lantern-jawe
maneaters."
Securing the pole under one arm, he pro-
duced his gun-strap from a pocket in his
hunting-coat, and slung the breech-loader at
his back
Then, sitting astride the log, and keeping his
feet up behind him, he hitched slowly along
toward the bank
The herd Of hungry swine gathered about
the roots Of the tree and smacked their chops
expectantly.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26

Il ~
IM This rather vehement inquiry was
@ addressed to no one in particular,
SS$Y unless, indeed, "Quin" intended to
play the part Of interviewer and in
terviewed. In that case the uues
ton was propounded to no less person than
Qulncy Kane Carroll, only son of james Car
roll, of the Commando Agency.
Quin was seated upon the edge of high
bank overlooking a broad expanse of yellow
lsh, muddy water that tumbled hastily along
over the fiat bottom-lands Of usually shallow
stream.
Never saw the Yellow Fork SO high before,
and don't believe any body else ever did," So
lloquized Quin, gazing across into the deep
woods, where the water swashed and roared
angrly among the tree trunks and the high
brush. Wonder what's become of the Co.
manche village up above" he continued.
The water must be six feet deep, or mighty
near 1t, where their tepees stood the other
day. Tremendous floods, when the Indians
and wild turkeys have to clear out of the
woods and take to the prairies in this coun-
try. don't like this hunting turkeys in the
grass, either; you can't get near 'em. Here
I've been hunting all the forenoon, shot away
all my loaded shells, and got only one old COB
bier They, re wllder'n the antelope in the
hills, and that's useless"
Quin kicked his dangling heels against the
bank in discontented fashion, and looked
down with a resentful frown at the elegant
doube-barrel which lay across his knees, as
though that were to blame for the wildness Of
the game, which had kept SO well out of its
reach during his forenoon's tramp
Quin usually went home well laden with
game from such trips as he had that day tax
en-, consequently he was thoroughly disgusted
at his present i'll success.
But, after all, this bad luck must be laid to
the charge of the recent March rains, which
had swollen the waters of the Yellow Fork
until all the game had been driven from the
covert Of the woods.
AS Quin had remarked, the flood had reach
ed height never before known in this region
and the reader will doubtless remember that
the spring of 'S2 was season of uncommon
high waters throughout all the West The
waste-gates of the heavens seem to have been
thrown widely open during that period. and
the whole region lying between the gulf-coast
and the sources OF the Mississippi presented
one vast scene of watersoaked wretchedness
All this, however, was of no great conse
quence to Quin. who sat there thinking
gloonifly Of the sudden Importance which The
current of the Yellow Fork had assumed
He was at least five miles above the agency
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-26
Copyright by James Elverson.)

\ ERCYi but don't she boom, though ?"
II This rather vehement inquiry was
"A addressed to no one in particular,
III unless, indeed, "Quin" intended to
play the part OF interviewer and in
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
NpPlRn: Onllegyp 1t
MnrHp 5pltHp
By REV. DIR. w. A. BARTLETT.

college university 1t would be good thing il millionaire
would cndow college OF good horse Many BOYS whose par
en have money from artificial Lie TO another They have
learned to do really useful piece OF work at home and many
schools appear be arranged this condition
weakness
In the old days when colleges smaller the professors Them
selves taught the majority of the students These sturdy
times spent hall hour giving strong word OF their
experience They did hesitate up rush
students night why he breskng up the
furniture
great by personal with other great who
mcager salaries but with minds rich with varied experiences.
capable OF giving that which far exceeds technical training
They mostly OF definite religious experience, aul might
be regarded old ogs But the students who under
aeir influence knew something than books when they grad
uated IT sometimes though or the fellows who have
make their way ehod college That is the of their
desire TO have education Abraham Lincoln is
ple OF man who went to the school OF horse sense
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
EXPENSES OF THE PRESIDENT.

The Springfield tMass) Daily Re.
publican, commenting upon the item
in the sundry civil appropriation bill
granting the president $4,000 for tray
cling expenses, concludes:
but anyhow we hal better nay his
say to the extent of $4,000 year. or
ven more. than load him upon the
ailroads 10 be carried about at their
expense, thus creating for them an
obligation against The public which
VIII not be lost sight Of
But why should the people pay taxes
Or their servants TO travel for Pleas
ne? Officials in all branches Of the
,ublic service are paid for travelling
in public business. and the law should
provide that when Inc president trav-
rs on public business his expenses
hould be paid But to pay the presi.
icnt and his friends to travel on hunt.
ng trips. or to make Republican cam
Daign speeches. is not just cause for
axation of all the people. If the politi-
cal party to which the president owes
allegiance wants him TO Join in a
political campaign, it should bear The
expense.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
TWO COOP ORDINANCES DEAD


Two Of The city's important ordi
nances hay lately me7 vita disaster
In the local police courts, which ought
to engage the attention of our law
makers. The ordinance impo ng a
license tax upon hucksters and pef-
oilers was declared Ineffective som
time ago and the city has this year
been unable to collect any revenue
from that source although lat year
nearly d score ~ men paid s25 each
Mora recently the ordinance i'm
posing penalties upon hack drivers for
intruding upon nassenger depots met
similas late and tnese people now
claim the right to roam almost any
where to ri their vocation and may
obtrude themselves upon the travelling
public to their hearts content.
Both these ordinances are imports
ant in their way. having merits which
commend them to public favor, and,
some effort should be made to estab-
lish them under the Jaw. Such regula
lions are in force elsewhere in this
state and in other states, and IT will
probably not be difficult TO frame them
30 that they will be effective.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
NEW ELECTION LAW VALID.

II appears that ar the last momen
before adjournment the supreme court
Of the state gave an oral opinion
holding the new election law valid.
and a written opinion viii be nled
later. The opinion directed the board
Of supervisors Of Edgar couaty 10
mcst on Juns 26 and name judges and
clerks Of election in compliance with
the provisions Of the new primary law
The written opinion will be fled later
The petition for a writ Of mandamus
was fled several DAYS ago by Attorney
General Stead. II was charged that the
board of supervfsors refused 70 name
the judges and clerks Of election at its
regular session On June ?. Politicians
OF Edgar county began an iuvestiea-
ton and finally decided 10 take the
matter before the supreme court with
the result as stated.
HoweYer. when It come TO an at
tempt to carry the law into effect 81
viii probably be found taat. although
declared valid. Il l. very defective.
For instance. one Of The local poliil-
clans stated yesterday that the law
reqnfred The party committees to lay
or election districts FOR the primary
election. but did not make It CON
puleory that each committee should
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
FIVE MORE TRACTS
OF Land Needed BY Cairo and Thebes
Railroad 10 Complete .Rieht.cf-
Way to 5e5eS Ridge.

Bur five more tracts 81 land are re.
CURED by the Cairo AMI Thebes rlil-
road company 10 compete their right
of-way between Cairo and Beech
Ridge.
One condemnation su,t, that against
John Kilgore mas been set for Monday,
Jure %, and another against G. Peti-
will come up before ne court n Idly
The Kilgore uaCr. lying ju't nof11
Of DAVIS Junction VIII perhaps cane
many complications as the title is
rather cloUded.
Judge Ellis Of Murphysboro will
hear the case.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
ABOUT LloLLYHocKs.


The old-fGshioned way OF increasing
stock OF hollyhocks was by cuttings
that is, taking pieces OF young shoots,
consisting Of Two joints with lower
leaves removed, and roofing them ia
fine soil in August THAT ls The only
way of increasing stock of any given
variety, as the hollyhock does not
come true from seed
The July number Of the Gardea
Magazine, however, advises growing
from seed, as less Troublesome than
the tedious cutting method, ana as Sc
curing very satisfactory results from
The new and better varieties Of to-day.
Directions for this mode Of pfopaga-
lion are given, ana should be put in
practice this month.
Sow seeds in July In a drill one
inch deep in a sunny, rich soil, leav-
ing plenty Of space between the seeds
70 allow the young plants to grow
without erowdng until the next
spring NOT less tnan four inches.
the drills should be Is inches apart.
TO permit cultivation either with. Tia
wheel cultiyator or hand hoe, At the
approach Of winter protect tae- plants
by a light covering Of straw ana
leaves with the boards placed aEer oil.
both to hold the covering ana to She
water. This Is Of course best don
by having two boards Joined together
to form an inverted " II it is de-
sired TO keep the caiors separate, eli
course they musi lie labeled in the
rows where sown, but II 4 mixed bed
OF hollyhocks Is wanted it Is far bet
ter to mix the seeds before sowing,
for somehow or other it is hard to |
plant a mixed bed from separate col. !
ors-at least il is hard to get 1t done
When the eoyeringis removed the
following spring elephants viii be in |
perfect condition II an slisnt to the
positions they are jdfhif III ire gar
den. When llfting yfsats take gres
care to dig deep and setGfe intact tia
long, deshy roots as they are the
standby of the pianssduring the stress
Of hot weather and drought The rel-
son why there are so n9any hollyhocks
Of only average quality seen, and 80
few really good ones, is that insult
Gent care is given to preparing the
soil. The hollyhock is plant that
IAN hardly be overfed. and revels in a
ieep, rich soil. Double dig the place
where they are to be planted and put
generous quantity OF rich manure
n the trench when reHlling It; or /
eed freely all through the growing
eason with nitrate Of soda, one-haif
'unce, and superphosphate and kainit,
'ne-fourth ounce each, to two gallons
Il water. Give this once in three
weeks.
The all-outdoor cultivation OF hol-
yhoeks is far more simple than the
Id way Of starting them under glass
nd, moreover, gives ia plants with
tronger constitution Treated in this
tay as a biennial. it will give better
esults than when grown as a peren-
ial"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
HAVE DISCRETIONARY POWER.


In Fridays Bulletin the dispatche
gave 4 synopsis OF the opinion Of III
supreme court OF Illinois, regarding
the power Of city officers to use dis
erection III the granting Of salooi
licenses. The opinion will be received
with more than ordinary interes
| throughout the state. for It has Ions
! been held, here and elsewhere. tina
] city authorities had little or no powcj
ot discretion In the granting 81
licenses-that licenses must be grant
ed in all cases where the preliminary
steps prescribed by the ordinances had
been complied with, no matter who tho
applicant or where the premises upon
(which the saloon was to be conducted
The opinion has always prevailed
that the authorities had no right t0
exercise discretionary power Elk.
cEPT where the ordinances and laws
expressly cpimed that righf for them ,
bur the supreme court says exactly
the reverse. viz:
I'VE are, howeyer.( of the opinion
that there II vested in such authorities,
unless expressly restricted by the Lam
guage Of the ordinance. discretion
airy power, which may be reasonably
exercised in the granting or refusing
to issue license" q 1896
In other words in The ABSENCE
Of any express restriction Of power in
tho ordinances, the authorities may ex
ercise reasonable discretionary power
In the granting OF such licenses. This
decision is likely to come in handy
when persons who are known to be of
improper character apply, or when
objection may properly be raised 10
the application ON account Of the To-
cality for which license In sought.
II appears that the opinion was Civ
en- in a case wherein objection was
made that Mayor Harrison Of Chicago,
had uniawfully refused to grant license
for a saloon near public school and
he court SAYS on this score:
we apprehend that no one viii
seriously contend that a, saloon ada
cent TO or in the immediate neighbor-
rood of public school. viii not tend
n a greater or less degree TO democrat
re or disturb school children. We are
Hearty of the opinion that upon the |
acts in this case there was no abuse
# discretion on the part of the mayor
= would istskifyNlte cPgFts in COMPEL |
ng HIM 70 giaht 1.-The Incense applied |
or"
In q general way this may be taken
D imply that the mayor or council OF
afro would have a right 10 refuse a
cense for a saloon near the public
brary. but it would not be safe 10
ely upon this There are too many
ooks and crooks in the law and
ven in court opinions for any layman
, be sire of what hey mean or how
r. file,F rtsusrr. KIM rr- TIE r'afTo Fsub
c Library is 10 be protected from de-
ot saloon influence the ordinance In
'oduced by Alderman Koehler and
ow In the hands of the ordinance com
lhtse, had best be passed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
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The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
FIND BODY OF BOY
Half Eaten BY Hogs and Five Bullet
Wounds in Head-Uncle is
Missing

Peoria H.. June 23-The myaesis
GU bsappearance OF Alec Kepple~. a
II yearold Peoria hoy ten days ago
was explained today by the identified.
tioa of body at Lincoln. 1n.. which
was found in the counts a week ago
today half eaten by hogs and bearing
five shot wounds in the had and
chest as that, Of The missing boy.
An uncle who has also disappeared.
lis suspected Of knowing something OF
the crime.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
THE JUDGE SMILED.

Fl Wayne. Ind. Jure 22s-Mrs.
Charles Aker filed charges Of wife de-
sertion and failure TO provide against
her husband today. When the evidence
disclosed that she had several vslu-
able pieces Of property and that Alser
vas her fifth husband judge Shelton
dism issea The case with q smile.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
AGREE ON All POINTS.

Saginaw. Mich June 23.-The strike
oi the bitumnous miners Of the Mich
igan district in force since AurH 4.
ended this afternooa Nhen an azrs
ment was reached on ali Point. TIE
wage scale OF 1893 has been restored
and the union initiation fee ciuced
from $50 to SIS.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24
May Circulation.

oI..s.. Ab5B
The above is d correct and true
Iatement of the circulation Of The
afro Bulletin for the year 1905 and
II the month of May, 1906.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
lis 31st day Of May, 1906
LEO j. KLEB,
5eaD. Notary Public.
Ny commission expires January 16,
,0s.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-24

Ats s.lat
designate the same boundary lines for
these Districts Hence il one commit.
lee should designate one boundary and
the Other committee should decide
upon another the confusion Of IAe
yolens would be inlG cribahle.