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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
GALLoPING ON HIS BRoNCHo.

to make an American citizen out of him
And to think he couldn't get his arith-
metic!
He was very quick at his books: he
grasped the new words as soon as they
were pronounced for him. so before he
had been studying two weeks he was able
to express himself with remarkable
energy in his queer English. But the
moment he was asked to think in num-
bers his bright eyes grew dull
Owanatee did not go to school. but his
teacher. Miss Grey. used to come every
morning to coach him. He used to sit
terrible example in addition, and all the
time his mind would be strayfng far
across to his beloved prairie, where in
fancy he was galioping on his broncho
and shouting to his mates as they darted
birdiii<e over the plain.
What are you thinking about. Owan-
atee? asked his teacher at last in des-
peration. The child had clasped his
brown hands over his slate. from which
the pencil hung idly down upon its string.
and his bright black eyes were staring
'Eh. how?'' he looked startled and
took up his pencil with guilty air.
What were you thinking about?' re-
peated his teacher.
'Wolf-me kiln EN-
You kill wolves. How many?
ibis many" and Owanatee held up
two fingers.
lWo-tuoS ID 6ACot MANY io1 Ouc
little boy"
"Ya-as. two" Owanatee laughed.
Let me see II you can put down how
many on the slate" suggested Miss Grey.
"Umph! dunno" Owanatee gave a little
grunt and looked suspicious, but he picked
up his pencil and made the number.
And you didn't kill any more? Per-
hAps they all ran away
More come-dis much more" and
Ovanatee held up two more fingers IAN
Owanatee h9ht hard-an' pony run-wolf
climb up for bite. Umph: owanatee stick
knife. Sor'
How many did you say?" asked the
teacher again.
IBIS q much" and this time Owanatee
held I'D his four fingers.
-Four! Why that will look pretty on
the slate. too. don't you think so?"
"YA-as." Owanatee put II down in great
glee. and thus the arithmetic lesson pro-
crossed. the child chattering on about his
many adventures. while the teacher stop
ped him to ask how many or how much,
always making him put 1t down upon the
slate. Helped by his own vivid memory
or by the stories he told. little Owanatee
soon found that he had mastered a real
sum In addition. without the least trouble,
and Miss Grey was delighted.
THAT boy must not be tied to slate
and pencil" she declared. in talking II
over with Mr.. Barton. He must study
arithmetic In the open air. He must not
nut down q lot of senseless figures to
represent things. but he must see the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

jim was struggling with his toilet. wish
Ing to make as deep an impression as
possible upon Miss Day from New
York" He brushed his hair about nifty
times, took three-quarters OF an hour
tying his necktie. and spent at least half
an hour polishing his shoes. II think III
do" said Jim to himself, with a farewell
glance at the glass.
Five minutes later Estelle greeted him
cordially. and Jessie followed her into
said Jim to himself. after bounding up
with his best bow. so glad to meet
YOU" said Miss Day in such 4 sweet
voice. "Estelle has told me very often
ABOUT your school, and I think it must
be simply fine" Just at that moment
Esteile was seized with violent ut OF
coughing. and left the room for q Glas8
OF water. She failed to return, and after
waiting expectantly for minute or two.
Jessie Day and Jim sat down. Jessie
talked of foot ball. and asked SO many
questions that Jim before he knew il
felt all of his old interest return. and
soon was describing the game with wild
enthusiasm. Then Jessie told q story Of
man she once heard about, who de sert- =
ed his team at a critical moment, and
they lost the game in consequence.
MY. what dishonorable trick" cried
JIM. and then for some unaccountable
reason ne stopped. blushed furiously and
lrled TO turn the conversation.
But Miss Day stuck to Il persist entiv
and finally asked him when he was going
to play again.
"Oh. believe they play oakville three
weeks from Saturday." said Jim care
They" said Jessie. why don't you
We'll. to tell the truth" stammered
Jim confusedly. II hardly think I shall
'Oh. am so disappointed" cried Jes-
sic. for shall be here for that game.
and would love to feel had a friend
on on. the teami Now. please don't back
Jim, bound to be polite. whatever the
consequences. exclaimed:
Well. IT you're going to be here.
certainly will play"
Now promise" said Jessie
II promise" answered Jim
-; AT those words. lightning change took
hand she twitched off her yellow Wig.
another jerk and the blue dress lay in =
heap on the floor: and there stood Billy
Dixon, his rouged cheeks shaking with
laughter. The folding doors rolled back
and a pack Of boys burst in, CRYING.
You've promised to play. you've prom
ised to play. and Jim Dutten was never
known to break his word YET
At first Jim was wild with anger, called
never play another game of foot ball a
long as he lived. Then the funny side
struck him. and he laughed till the tears
ran down his cheeks.
lingo. boysr' he cried. IT have been
an idiot. but I'll play that game now, II
l have to work twenty.three hours out Of
twenty-four to do it. Miss Daisy has
opened my eyes. Here. where is she?
Let's give her three cheers The boys
cheered until Estelle came rushing down
to see what was the matter and then
they insisted on giving them all over
again for her.
Needless to say. the game was played
and won by Jim's team and the best
part of II all was that the real Miss Jessie
Day. who finally did come from New
York, and was a very nice girl indeed,
twas the very first to cheer the foot bait
captain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
PLEASE, MOON!
BY ELIZABETH G. WEBB.

By ELIZABETH G.. WEBB.
Moon. silver moon,
Up I'm the sky.
watch you every night 30 sailing BY.
Round. shiny moon,
Want you. / do.
Want to play ball very muchly with you.
I'd take, oh. moon,
Our ladder high,
Climb 1t, and reach you down ont Of the sky
But You come, moon,
High overhead
when I'm all safely tucked up in bed.
So lovely moon.
Please come by day,
When and ladders are not put away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

of those kindlings and some chips. and
we'll soon have a pot of nice coffee.
When the old folks have finished their
supper we'll pass cake and lemonade to
all hands. After that we girls will show
Aunt Abby the clothing we brought
and help her put it away while you
boys are cutting that wood in the
yard"
Thank you. kindly" said Ben. II
move that three cheers be given the
president Of the Pass 1t On Club.
"An' please don't leave de club out. "
begged Aunt Abby.
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aztec was able to tell very quickly. In
this way Miss Grey soon marched him
into long division and SO we'll did she
work that when his En~iish was strong
enough to stand a school Owanatee had
all his well-studied arithmetic at the ends
of his small brown fingers and in his
bright Indian mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
A MOUSE-EYEVIEW.

BY CATHERINE YOUNG GLEN.
Begged a lean little mouse,
"Oh, mother. dear, please
Let us 60 to the moon,
If it's made Of green cheese!
There's nobody there
But a stupid old man,
And he couldn't catch VI
II nimbly we ram"
my dear" said her parent.
1--WE really a mind
To lend you my specs
You are sometimes 30 blind.
You could see II you'd half
The sight OF a bat
That it's no man at all.
But a villain old cat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

Here stand in my seamans coat
Hurrah for man like me!
My boat is the stoutest craft afoat
On the blue, blue blue, blue sea!
When the wind blows high she rocks and dips,
But never fear have l.
For l know my ship is the best of ships
Meath the blue, blue, blue. blue sky!
So come, you kids, and go with
A sailors life to try
On the blue, blue, blue, blue, blue blue sea, =
Meath the blue, blue blue, blue sky
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

sausage meat Of their white overload.
But, as rule, these Africans can be
coerced with cash arguments. They
are buyable, like some American poll
ticians not of the Roosevelt stripe.
And there are the supplies. They
also come high. The medicine item is
big one. There are dense swamp
jungles to cross before reaching the
tablelands and the foothills where the
big beasts be. These swamps exude a
miasma that confers upon the unac-
climated Caucasian fever that puts
him to sleep permanently in dozen
hours or so unless he can manage to
fight off the first attack with the prop
er specific. Even then, once attacked,
that swamp jungle fever is apt to re-
turn in force about once a year the
rest of the victims life. But, with the
medicine discovered by the late DR..
Livingstone taken as a preventive be-
fore catching the fever and as spe-
/. ciic after catching, the white man
may feel reasonably sure of getting
back to civilization alive unless a lion
devours him or an elephant tramples
him or snake embraces him too cor
daily.
Why, are there dangers in African
big game hunting?
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Killer of Fierce Beasts.

Mr.. Roosevelt has shot every thing in
this country worth shooting. An
American bear looks to him now no
bigger than a brush pile bunny. He
has been and seen and conquered the
growing grizzly, the screaming noun
tain lion and the mooing moose. Kings
and czars are the only big game left
in Europe, so it is necessary to cut
loose from civilized continents alto
gether and puncture the primeyal.
Mr.. Roosevelt proposes to go to the
land where truly real lions roar, where
hippopotami hop, where leopards leap,
where elephants elevate their trunks
and where gorillas gr-rowl.
This is live news because it is so
unusual and because it is announced
a year beforehand. No president ever
did such a thing as that after stepping
down and out. It is big news because
Theodore Roosevelt is the most cele-
brated man in the world today. For
nearly two terms he has occupied the
highest post of honor in all the world.
Now he retires-speaking nearly a year
ahead, of cOurse-and from the tip of
the topmost tower of civilization he
takes a header into the depths of the
darkest jungles of barbarism that yet
remain on the earth's surface.
If that is not startler, then bring
on the thrill medicine.
Just what sort of a country is this
into which Mr.. Roosevelt and his son
Kermit, who will be twenty-one years
old then, are. plunge? Will the ex-
president be disappointed because the
game is not what it has been cracked
up to be? VIII he weep, Alexander
like, because of finding after all his
travel and trouble and expense that
there is not another animal world to
conquer in Africa?
4 Well, that is not likely.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Why James Lee Got Well.

Everybedy in Zsnesville, O.. knows
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For coughs and colris it has no equal
TIE first dose gives reIief. Try it! Sold
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Excellent Health Advice.

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Presents For Native Rulers.

Mr.. Roosevelt is in correspondence
with various persons who know some
thing at first hand about Africa and
the Africans, the climate, the kings,
the beasts and the ''boys." High au-
thorities remark that the president
shows wisdom in thus seeking advice,
for if he should plunge headlong into
the hunting country just anywhere the
chances of his catching a fever would
be considerable Fevers are more to be
feared than the natives. Nevertheless,
to conciliate the native rulers of the
parts where the big game abounds, it
will be necessary for Mr.. Roosevelt to
take along many packages of presents.
It is more than likely that when an
African king learns that his visitor has
been the big chief in his own land the
black host will confer unusual gifts
upon Mr.. Roosevelt, thus increasing
the expense of the expedition, because
courtesy will demand reciprocity.
Just now the Roosevelt mail at Oys-
ter Bay is bullying with letters from all
sorts of persons who want to go along
with the hunting party. Secretary
Loeb remarked the other day that the
president could have, if he wished, a
volunteer army of several thousand
with which to penetrate to the interior
md conquer the country. OF course
this is quite true, for the Roosevelt
African hunt is going to belong to his
tory. But the rough riders and weary
walkers who would like to be in at the
killing will be disappointed, for the
president is known to be man who
dislikes to have a mob around him
when he wants to shoot game. Even
the photographers, many of whom have
urged their claims, are being turned
down. Kermit Roosevelt, who is a
husky young man and an expert pho
sographer, has pre-empted the picture
taking job. !.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Woods Full of Leopards.

Well, some How would you like to
meet a full grown leopard cat not
house broke in a forest somewhere
east of Suez when the cat had missed
its breakfast and it was some hours
past dinner time? An African leopard
is no respecter of persons, not even Of
ex-presidential persons. And, to use
an American phrase, the woods are
full of them.
But the leopard is one of the least
Of the African ogres. The elephant
on his native heath Is by no means
the street broke animal Of the travel
ing circus. He will not eat peanuts
from the hand, not even from the hand
Of an ex-president. And his footprint
is painful to the person printed. The
African elephant is liable to step on
you with both front feet and then dou-
BILE up and plant his rear pedals where
they will do the most harm.
It was almost child's play for Mr.
Roosevelt to hunt bears in the Mis-
sissippi canebrakes. There were a
few flea bitten bruins Of small size
scooting around in the brakes, scared
half to death at sight or sound Of hui
man and scampering for cover. But
when this same huntsman gets into
equatorial Africa and encounters King
Leo in his lair there will be another
tale to tell. Assuredly the exploit OF
the Yazoo darby who caught a bear
and tied it to tree SO that the presi-
dent could shoot 1t (but he wouldn't
and didn't will not be matched by any
Of Mr.. Rooseyelt's black boys in the
jungle SO far as the lion is concerned.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Taxidermist In the Party.

Mr.. Roosevelt's purpose, as announc.
ed, is to kill specimens of each kind
Of big game in Africa. AS he is to
devote a whole year to the task, there
seems no reason to doubt his ultimate
success. He proposes to back up what
he writes about his exploits by bring.
ing home with him the carcasses OF
the slain beasts. A taxidermfst will
accompany the party to mount the AMI.
mails and preserve them for shipment.
The taxidermed pachyderms and 9th.
er defunct beasts are to be presented
to some American museum Of natural
history, SO that future generations may
gaze upon them and admire the PROV.
ess Of the mighty huntsman Of 1909.
It is stated by one prognosticator that
Mr. Roosevelt will visit while In Afri.
ca the home Of William n Mcmillan,
young millionaire from st. Louis
who for several years has lived in the
wilds of east Africa near the equator,
where he has place which he calls
Juja farm. Mr.. Mcmillan, who is an
inveterate and intrepid hunter and ex.
plorer, is said to have $4,000 acres
stoutly inclosed against the predatory
beasts of the outlying wilderness. His
big bungalow is built of iron, so that
lions, gorillas elephants and other ami
mails more interesting than charming
cannot break in and eat Missouri mil
liOnaire for breakfast
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

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By RoBERTUs LOVE.

By ROBERTUS LOVE.
Now in awesome apprehension
shrinks the lion in his lair.
Held in terror's torturing tension,
The rhinoceros rends his hair
Now the elephant is fearful
Lest his step be overheard,
And he'd be sight more cheerful
Were he just a little bird.
From Jungle Jingles, 1909.
"HERE is one piece of news that
will be news for at least a score
of months. Then 1t will become
literature at So a word. Allu-
sion is made to the Forthcoming plunge
Of Theodore Roosevelt into the Wilds Of
Africa to hunt big game.
It is a piece of news that already has
thrilled the world. Kings, courtiers
and commons are talking about it. AZ
fairs Of state have taken a back seat.
They are dry as dust. This is interest
ing as raging cataract. 1t still thrills.
When, Immediately after becoming our
only living ex-president next March,
Mr.. Roosevelt departs for his dash into
the jungle for years absence, the
thrill will be such that many Of US can
hardly wait until the huntsman's own
story is written by himself and pub
lished broadcast to an avid earth. That
this story will be all of the six best
thrillers amalgamated is not to be dis
puted.
For seven years Mr.. Roosevelt has
been held in check by the reins Of Of
fee He has been bitted and curbed.
He has been restrained by a steady
job, so that he has been unable to do
what he wants to do. When he re
turns to the liberty of private citizen
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Bio Game Plentiful.

/ That is, If we may accept the state
ments Of certain persistent sportsmen
who have elected to live in Africa just
because the big game is SO plentiful.
Take, for instance, Percy Pringle, who
has been living near the dividing line
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Friends in6sed.

Mrs. Racon-WEo was that man you
were bowling and scraping to at the
gate just now?
Mr. Bacon-Oh. that's the instalment
man. He's just been taking the piano
away from next door and was thank
ing him illustrated Bits.
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
LION HUNTING IN AFRICA.

ton to take passage on an elephantiHe
trunk, and it should warn Kermit to
give his strenuous sire some fatherly
advice in the jungle.
But peruse Pringle: "On none of my
trips have I seen so much game, and
believe that, instead of growing fewer
in numbers, it is increasing Lions are
more numerous than when / came
here, and there is hardly a night that
we do not hear them near our cattle
kraals''
Fine Collection of Animals.
That is rather indefinite. But hear
this, Mr.. Pringle speaking: zone
morning when woke the boys car
ried me to the top of a kopje SO that
could see what was in the valley. I
will never forget the scene. do not
believe any living man ever saw so
many fine animals together at one
time. There was only one herd Of
fourteen elephants, but of every other
conceivable kind of game there Were
so many that it would have been i'm
possible to count them, I believe, in a
day, even if they had stood in one spot
instead of moving around like SO many
ants on a heap. There were buffalo.
Gland, giraffe and practically every
kind Of box in the country.
Now, isn't that enough?
But let us hear what the late mon
arch, Tippo lib, said about the multi
plicity of elephants in his domain.
Tippo declared that there were at least
100000 elephants alone in his part Of
east Africa, about $4,000 herds of
them, and the poor fellow died be-
moaning the fact that there was still
S25,o00,000 worth of ivory truncating
around the jungles, which probably
would fall to the lot Of the white
usurper.
Only the rich can hunt in east At
RIGA. It costs money In the first
place, it takes about two months and
$500 to get to the big game coast.
Then comes the Quitting. That runs
up into the thousands. sThe boys
must be selected and hired. 1t will re-
quire fifty or sixty Of them for the
I Roosevelt expedition. The boys are
pack horses, carrying about seventy
pounds Of luggage each upon their
naked backs. And the walking isn't
good either. Sometimes the boys balk
and have to be whipped into line.
Sometimes they mutiny and make
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Midsummer Excursion to Chicago

Account Republican Convention.
Round trip tickets will be on sale via
Chicago & Northwestern Ry. at rate
OF Sl3.35 from this station. Return
limit June 80. Ask agent for parti-
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05
Tossed by an Elephant.

But hear Percy Pringle further:
Zone of the elephants tossed me and
nearly broke my skull. My boys car,
ried me home in my mashela."
The mashela, be 1t known, is a ham,
mock, and boys are the naked
blacks, age and size immaterial, whom
every African huntsman must take
along to do the heavy work. Incl
dentally this skull cracking should In
spire Mr.. Roosevelt with a disinclina.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-05

he is going to do just as he pleases
leave a record as the worlds champion
hunter of big game.
And that's why he's going to Africa.