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.RooSEVELTIN IN
AFRICA
Hunting the
HippOpOtaIntls
By Frederick R.TOOmbS
COPYRIGHT 1909 BY AMERICAN eRgss AssocATIoe
oopYmonrnoesY ArtER,cAM eeess ASSOCIATION

food a hippo caHeat may be had when
1t is known that his stomach is often
found to be eleven feet long when ex-
tended swith food, holding five or SIX
bushels. No one keeps boarding houses
for hippos in the jungle.
What the hunter chiefly fears are the
huge, &cavernous, jaws of the hippo.
lined with ugly, enormous tusks and
sharp incisor teeth. The tusks curve
backward With the crushing power
of the jaws areScombined the legs OF
monstrous weight. Any unfortunate
on whom. these bone and muscle pile
drivers fairly descend will never rise
again In one piece.
When the hippo is shot In the water
care should be taken that the depth is
shallow, for his specific gravity ia so
great that he Immediately sinks to the
bottom when freshly killed. After ly-
ing dead under water for about twen-
ty-fOur hours the carcass rises, owing
to gases generated in the stomach, nm
less the water is SO deep that its pres
sure holds down the body.
inexperienced white hunters some
times lose the hippos SLAIN In the wa
body downstream when it begins to
rise. The natives, however, invariably
drive spears tied to ropes into the
monster and by tying the. ropes to
trees make certain Of securing the
CARCASS However, the fact that hip
pos Usually are 1found in QUIET water
outside the current, TO relieve them OF
the labor Of resisting the flow, Esnhers
this loss infrequept
Forest >venturers on whom gheiR
"lncky stars have shone sometimes
dnd hippo in a silly predtcamspt. He
frequently leaves his beloved streHfr
to Craze on herbage In the neighbdFing
regions. He finds his way back I'd the
water only by the scent OF his TRICKS,
and If rain falls while on this tour
hippo's tracks are obiiterated, the
scent disappears, and he has no lway
Of Immediately finding his waS jack
Now he stands comparatively hel pless
against powerful rifles, as his best
known mode Of eseape-sinking I j the
river bottom-is denied him. Th4 or
dinary hippo can Sstay under ys'ater
about Eve minutes, but the veteran
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campaigner, wise in the ways OF the
huntsman. actually trains himself SO
that he can remain submerged for ten
minutes. Then he rises for air Under
an overhanging bank or among thick
reeds. The hippo's great specific grav-
1ty enables him to run along the bot
tom of a river with amazing speed,
and the hunter must not underesti
mate his swimming ability, really
phenomenal for SO bulky a quadru-
ped. Passengers On steamers Oh the
upper reaches Of the Nile state that
their craft, going 10 knots mot. ksereiy
land miles, an hour, have proved unable
to overhaul hippo and that full
steam had to be crowded on before he
was brought abreast.
His speed as swimmer is forcible
Illustration of the hippos monstrous
muscular energy, for he must overcome
the great resistance his bulk olsers Is
the water But it should not be over
ooked that in performing some Of the
aquatic feats with which he is nc
credited hippo probably had the aid OF
the current A hippo could ontdis-
tance a pickerel-if his course was
down the face of Victoria falls
One of Sir Samuel Bakers steamers
on the White Nile was charged by a
hippo that smashed the paddle wheel
and stove two yawning holes In Its
bottom with the head and tusks. Sir
Samuel also tells of hippo that lifted
out of the water a heavy dugout
| (made from the trunk of tree) that
was twenty-seven feet long and hlled
with people. He also saw q herd OF
! hippos attack twenty head. Of cattle
swimming across the Nile and III wan
ton righteousness drag many OF them
under. water, never to appear again.
On. a Uganda stream feeding Lake
Choga two hippos and two erocodiles
ingeniously destroyed two members OF
a hunting party encamped near by
The two men. having been shooting
1 along the stream, came down to 1t a'
dusk to wash. They stood on the
bank and failed to noticeAa full grown
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pursuit Of the many animals generally
frequenting the hot plains and rocky
hills.
The hippopotamus Is practically an
aquatic animal, though mammal,
@nd Mr. Roosevelt can leave his expe-
dition TO pursue lions, elephants or
antelOpes temporarily while he en-
.barks on boat or canoe and voyages
through the haunts Of the hippo. But
most hippo hunting is done from shore
along the banks because of the In
creased danger resulting to the sports
men from the use Of boats. HipppS
have long list of victories over river
and lake craft Of many sizes and de-
gcriptfons, attacking them with feroci-
ty and effectiveness that Stout fimbers
have fBiled to withstand
The dangerous disposition of the
East African hippos when assailed or
angered is we'll illustrated by the ac,
counts of their sensational assaults on
railway locomotives on the line ex-
tending from Mombasa to Lake Vic
tOria NyanZa. Engineers and railroad
c officials relate that hippos are stirred
to towering rage by the snorting, puff
ing, whistling, fire glowing engines
/: and that repeatedly they have come
&. on the tracks near the Athi river sta
I ton and charged boldly at the head
light. Only quick work Of the en-
{: gineer in stopping the train has avert
: ed serious accident, as a collision with
"a hippo would surely result In wreck
ced cars. His weight is as great as
-four tons and over, his thick skin
galone sometimes tipping the scales at
cover 800 pounds when freshly remov-
led. Sometimes about fifteen feet in
length and standing from three to
-four feet high at the shoulder (of
course exclusive of neck. trunk and
head, the hippo ts an obstacle that an
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Why Not Sit Down?

quaint old woman used to say,
There amt no sense in them that has
chairs being tired. Why don't they
sit in them?''
This is not a half bad question for
many a weary housekeeper to ask
herself. She would find life much
easier, would fight the wrinkles Off
er and happier if she could learn to
sit down whenever she gets a chance
1t is worth while to get comfortable
chairs for almost every household
task. Save sweeping, scrubbing and
bedmaking there are few things about
a house that cannot be done just as
we'll sitting as standing.
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avalanche might well hesitate to an
noy; also it is told on the Uganda
railway that when trains have stopped
until the hippo has left the track the
animal has charged at the engine and
fought it, endeayoring to push 1t or
the rails.
Probably the hippo would hate to
kearntit, but it Is true that he Is tech
/ nicalIy classed with pigs by various
i learned writer's, though he has many
. radically different characteristics. AT
: any rate, the ancient Egyptians began
lhis humiliation by terming him the
~1rfver swine" The Arabs treated him
very gently, naming him the. water
buffalo" Hollanders know him as
the "see kuh" (sea~ cow, and he re-
sceiveda -his present appellation, hip
popotamus, from the Greeks. So 1t is
seen that, widely known for centuries
throughout the. world, the hippo for
Imerly- must have had an unusually
wide range OF existence. And that Is
true. Although now found only in Afri-
Ca. he anciently roamed over England,
ITALY. Palestine, ETC.. and his skeleton,
!; strangely enough, has been found side
'EDY S1U0 WILL LAdk VI LhO ANAAANSSA ~@~
sseveral places in England, though no
farther north than Yorkshire.
In Uganda, along Mr.. Roosevelt's
route, are found the finest living speci-
Snens OF the hippo trace" The many
>Nterways and marshes provide them
"a. ~. ideal retreats and breeding and
49,, SS. places. Hunters on. finding
- -: ,NsSks like probable feeding
,n Mna oon - near by and keep careful
ah paae for Sl regions where shooting
wa.In' weA heeara 40 oc Serred the beasts become
mas Denorv snorv y 10. xang under water. with
vely VIZ" 49,, nos. ~ aprotruding among
lily pads or grass = tnr,nc,oai,v. mt~ IIv.Ies 10
grass and water pla Ves Spr.h a,,,,,,a NV, ~
tus anu ..'ttqo+,on ptpps1 @ occ, VS. they greedily
invade invade rice. m1llet. sul Vr and maiss
fields, doing incaleulable. mase ~
only by devouring. but by 1a,l'us gf =,
An idea Of the prodigious u@ 4
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The trials of a dock superintendent
and six checkers of sugar weights,
charged with conspiracy to defrald
the United States government in the
weighing of sugar at the docks of the
American Sugar Refining Company i'll
New York, are to begin Monday. Tha
government claims to have been de-
frauded out of $2,000.00O in customs
duties by the manipulation of the.
scales used to weigh the sugar in,-
ports.
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1t Has a Tail, So AstrOno.
Iners Say, 200, O00,-
900 Miles Long.
COMET APPEARS IN EAST.
Rival OF Stars OF Sky Will Have Long
Seas0n-Ddrting Toward Us
at 100000 Miles an leur:
Earth Will lave TremOrS

New York, June 11.-Watch the sky
at night a little south of east, for the
new comet 1t can't be mistaken for
anything else, for the tail is 00O0O,-
900 miles long. The unaided eye may
see it whenever clouds do not prevail
and it will remain on view until fur
ther notice. The comet bears the name
of DR.. Brooks, of Hobart College, who
first saw it's head on May "a. 1t was
then approaching the sun. Since then
it has rounded that luminary and is
moving in this direction at the rate of
100000 miles an hour. Edwin F.
Nalty, who saw it's tail on the night
before DR.. Brooks found it's head, no
ted the change of direction at 4 a. m.
yesterday when observing after re-
suits of the moon eclipse.
The new conner is not coming di-
rectly for us. 1t seems likely to get
near enough, Mr.. Naulty thinks, to
cause earth tramors and forest fires
Should it's concentrated rays strike
the earth with full strangth, they
would probably tighten the pressure
of the atmosphere. Lightness to the
point of dissipation would leave hui
mankind nothing to breathe, like the
man in the moon.
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irine scalds the flesh or If, when the chill
caches an age when it should be able to
control the passage. it Is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon it. the caust OF
he difficulty is kidney trouble, and the rsr
step should be towards the treatmen OF
these important organs. This unplsa ant
trouble is due to a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose. -
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. II Is sold
by druggists. in fifty 81
:'sss; :sssls 1ss ss;,is .-y : e'ss Ssi;
tree. also pamphlettell- Home q swamp koos
ing all about It. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr.. Kilmes
& Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake. but rernembe,
the name, Swamp-Root. DIR. Kilner',
Ywamp-Root. and the address. Binghamtoo
Ny. on everx; bottla-
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For the sake of justice to the afflict-s
ed and for the good of humanity. it is
my right and duty to recommend Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. We owe
our country and our fellowmen duty.
Tea or Tablets, 35 cents. Palace Drug
Store and Imperial Pharmacy.
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JUNIORS PAY DEATH BENEFIT
ON LIFE OF ]. W. STANLEY

The Juniors paid today to the rela-
tives of Mr.. j. W.. Stanley, who died
ten days ago, the death benefit of the
lodge, which amounts to $500. This
claim was paid in an exceptionally
brief period of time.
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NEWS FORECAST FOR WEEK.

Washington, D. c., June IA to-
tai eclipse of the sun will occur
Thursday, visible in nearly all parts
of the United States and Canada. The
eclipse is one of the peculiar type of
solar eclipses which begins as annu-
lar, becomes total and changes to an
nular again. The central path Of the
eclipse lies wholly in the far north,
and it will be visible only as a par
tial eclipse throughout the greater
extent of North America.
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and cheerfulness sooi
disappear when the kid
neys are out of ortie'
or diseass1.
Kidney trorbl. has
become 80 pre'salen
that 1t is not uncornfno.
for a child to be borr
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ofeS fao of&ap 20 thS
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Argument in the appeal for Charlie
W. Morse from his conviction an.
sentence to fifteen years imprison
ment is set for hearing Monday in tn
United States Circuit Court of Ap
reals in New York.
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Many Facts About Comets.

Mr.. Naulty puts forward as his dis
covery that the head of comet is a
gaseous body in a high state of tenu-
ity, acting as a globllar tens for the
sun. Comet tails are due to the direct
transmission of sunlight by the comet,
and wings are due to detection by the
head of the comet, light being always
detected at the angle at which it en-
ters lens. Comet boards come form
reflection back to the sun. A comet
envelope is the meridian line of su-
perior illumination of the head by the
sun, varying, according to the place
of observation, from emi-circular to
semi-elliptical form. The nucleus is
the focal point within the body of the
comet of the sun rays which the
comet collects and condenses.
"My observations, said Mr.. Naulty,
'sare made without the aid OF a tele-
scope, which certainly extends the
view, but narrows its field. The eye
can see 5000 stars. It cannot atten-
lively study more. The value of my
work is instanced in my having sight
ed this comet before any of the obser-
vatories announced it.
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PPOPOTAMUS
hunting affords
variety for big
game hunters In
that it takes Its
devotees almost
xclu s 1 v ely
along rivers and
lakes, a vel
C me change
usually from the
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The annual observance of Flag Day
On Monday promises to be of more
general character than ever before
The day has been proclaimed a legal
holiday by the governors of Califor-
MIA, Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mich
igan and Connecticut.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright, the fam
Gus aeronauts, are to be honored by a
two days celebration given in their
home town of Dayton. o. Thursday
and Friday are the days decided upon
for the festivities An attendance OF
notables from all parts of the coun-
try is promised for the occasion.
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Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.


Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
eourages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigo,
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Aaaitissal local news % tAira page
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In Europe the event of the week
will be the meeting between Emperor
William and Emperor Nicholas, which
is to take place in the waters of the
Finnish Gulf. The German emperor
will arrive on the imperial yacht Ho-
helzollern, while Emperor Nicholas
will be aboard the Standard. Both
rulers will be accompanied by their
foreign ministers, which is taken to
indicate that important matters re-
Iating to international policies and
possibly affecting the peace of Eu-
rope are to be discussed.
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Like Brilliant PinWheel.


In this observation the head of the
comet appeared irregularly spherical
in shape, resembling white cloud of
intense brilliancy, revolving at tre-
eye could bear viewing it only with
difficulty. For six hours before the
head came into view, Mr.. Nalty had
been watching the path of the comets
rays, which covered an angle of more
than one hundred degrees, lying di-
Dipper. The light was brilliant
enough to exthguish the Milky Way
entirely.
An hour before the appearance of
the head Mars looked blue-white and
very bright. more like the stars Viga
and Spica than like his own usua
ruddy glow. This proves that the light
envelopes Mars. 100000 miles away
and extends far beyond the orbit of
the earth.
Owing to the size of the head and
it's pathway from the sun, observers
may see the rays as they would those
of searchlight, standing close to the
lense. The sky at a. m. on Friday
was overcast by heavy broken clouds,
except toward the sunrise point and
north and northwest 1t appeared
to the observer that every rift in
these clouds flashed into brilliancy
with many lesser points of intense
illumination all through the southern
heavens, extending well beyond the
line of the ecliptic
Every one of these points, within
an angle of 100 degrees, could be
traced by the rays extending beyond
these cloud banks, running from east
to west, terminating beyond the zenith
Beyond the clouds the light seemed
like huge aurora. The radiant point
of each shaft could be traced readily
to the head of the comet.
MANY Facts AhOut Comets
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Other conventions and gatherings
of the week that will attract more or
less attention will be the meeting of
The international Council of Women
in Toronto, the National Association
# Credit Men. in Philadelphia, the
North American Skat League, opening
in Milwaukee Saturday, and the
council of the alliance of the reform
ed churches throughout the world
holding the Presbyterian system, -
which will begin it's sessions Tuesday
morning in New York city.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-16

Republicans of Pennsylvania will
meet in state convention at Harris
burg Wednesday to nominate candi-
dates for state treasurer, attorney
general and one justice of the State
Supreme Court
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-03

Parade Esoorting Governor to Station
Assemble at Wescott Hotel at $50 a. m Oct st and
march west Main to 8t north on 9th to e. east on to
station.
Prize Winners Parade
Same as Agricultural parade march,
Fantastic Parade
Assemble at 5th and Main streets at $780, at 745 march
east Main to 9th, north 9th to E, west to 8 then
contermarch to 9th and MAN, thence east on Main 18th
and south on 18th to street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-03

FLOWER SHOW ---------------822M MAIN STREET.
AIR-SHIP SOUTH 9TH AND H STREETS
FIRE WORKS DISPLAY, OCT. Gill; NJ 9TH AND D SITS.
FIRE WORKS DISPLAY, OCT. 7TH,- COURT HOUSE
FIRE WORKS DISPLAY, OCT 9TH, SOUTH 18TH AND SITS.
BURLESQUE ATHLETIC EVENTS, SOUTH 10TH ST. PARK
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-03
Grand Industrial Parade

| Grand Industrial Parade
Assemble Main between 18th and River; parade
east Main to goth, thence north goth to e, west
to F. Wayne Avenue south Fl Wayne Avenue to 9TH and
dsband
Parade to Meet Governor
Assemble at headquarters at 500 p. m, Oct 7, march
west Main to 5h north to f. Wayne Avenue, east
Avenue to Station; returning south 9th to Main, west
Main to 9TH, north 9TH to Coliseum. Headed by Young
Mems Business Club and citizens.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
EVIDENCE THAT MINERS DEATH
 CAME SLOW
RESCUERs FIND EVIDENCES THAT VICTIMS OF HORROR LIVED FOR SEVERAL DAYS BE-
 HIND BARRICADES.
By Associated Press.

CHERRY, H., Nov. 22.-With hope dampened by rain which later turned to snow, efforts were continued today to reach the men who possibly are still alive in the St. Paul mine.
 At the earnest solicitation of Presi- dent Mcdonald of the Mine Workers, the exploration of the bottom gallery was attempted, but repeated eave-ins baked all efforts. Rescuers who brought up the twenty-three bodies to- day said they discovered evidences that they had been alive for days be- hind barricades but were overpowered and killed by the "blaek damp" when they emerged to seek food and water.
 Crudely constructed windmills near 42 bodies with the clothing torn off in the agonies of asphyxiation, show ed the desperate fight for life the victims made.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
RAILROADS LOSE IN IMPORTANT
 RATE SUIT
UNITED STATES COURT HOLDS COMMERCE COMMISSION MAY
 ESTABLISH TRAFFIC
 TARIFF ON COAL.
By Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 22.- The Interstate Commerce commission won an important victory in the mat ter of fixing freight rates when the United States circuit court sustained demurrer to the suit of the Balti- more & Ohio and other roads to en- join the commission from establishing tariff on coal.
 This suit had been hard fought by the legal representatives of the rail roads who claimed that the Interstate Commerce commission was exceeding its powers.
 The attorneys for the government had presented strong demurrer, con tending that the commission was act ing clearly within its right, and it was this latter view that the court took, deciding in favor of the com mission and against the railroads.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
ALLEGED GROSS NEGLECT
 BY COMPANY OFFICIALS

Dissatisfied passengers for the most part refused to accept passage on the steamer Roanoke, offered by the company today and took the train for the north.
 Life Savers Busy.
 CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-A life saving crew took eight persons off the freighter Boston, which was thrown on a sandbar at Willamette by a storm which ragged fiercely through out the Great Lakes region today. The wind attained a velocity of 4s miles an hour.
 Few steamers braved the giant waves. Snow fell tonight and the temperature is lower.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
ALLEGATION IS MADE WARREN FILINGS ARE
 NUT VALID Hoval Smith, H. D. How land and Warren
 Company De-
 fendantS
PROMINENT CAPITALIST CON- CERNED IN ACTION BROUGHT
 BY U. 5. ATTORNEY
By Associated Press.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz, Nov. 22.- Hoval Smith and a group of other capitalists are involved in suits filed by United States District Attorney Alexander today for the cancellation of grants of a large acreage of land patented under the mineral laws but on which it is alleged no mineral was found before the patent was issued
 The first suit is against Smith, the Warren Realty company, Della Will Hams and S. W. Walter It involves four claims of 64 acres.
 The second suit is against the War ren Realty company and Smith. In this action 39 claims, embracing 600 acres are involved.
 The third suit is against the War ren Ranch company, Smith and Henry D. Hoval, involving 37 claims, totaling 59O acres.
 It is alleged Smith transferred his interest before patent to the Warren company as agent of what is known as the "Bonanza Circle" Mining company, which includes the Calumet and Arizona.
 The suit involves many noted eapi- talists and copper operators in the east.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
PROF. M 'CLURE SAID ID HOLD
 4 'PHONY" TITLE President of Territorial niversitY Makes
 GraveAccusation
 Against Him
ASSERTED ALSO THAT SUPER. NTENDENT CHARGEDFEESFOR
 GETTING TEACHERS JOBS
By Assoctaued Press.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 22.-Ken- drick c. Babeock, president of the University of Arizona, filed charges with the board of education against A. P. Mcclure, superintendent of schools at Yuma, accusing Mcclure of falsehood and misrepresentation in using the title "PHD," which he said he received from an institution which, according to allegation, is un- known to the bureau of education at Washington.
 Other specifications filed with a proviso that it is hearsay assert that Mcclure maintains a teachers agency charging fees of those for whom he gives a position.
 It had been rumored for several days that President Babeock, follow ing a sensational address before the annual meeting of the Arizona Teach ers' institute would file the charges.
 Mcclure has been at the head of the Yuma schools for several years. Previous to going to Yuma, he was superintendent of the schools at No gales.
 pr. Babcock has been president of the territorial university for a number of years and is one of the leading educators in the southwest. He was formerly a member of the faculty of the University of California. He was educated in one of the large eastern colleges. He is a member of the territorial board of education.