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Evening star., 1909-05-30

Well. ] said that | got one or these
lions after all. though he took quite d
lot of getting, escaping me altogether on
one occasion. | was not over strong bod
lily. but was pretty much so i'll purpose,
and it annoyed me to hear the roaring
night after night and not render an ac-
count OF it; then again our animals were
getting almost beyond control. from the
incessant tension of their nerves. Stroll
ing away toward the hills one morning |
came suddenly ON lion lying on a rock.
His muZZle was stretched straight toward
me- between his huge paws: his body,
position and surroundings adapting hem
selves so admirably to each other that /
was almost up To him before | was aware
of his proximity.
He was wide awake enough. however,
and the instant he knew | had seen him
he started up and bounded away, giving
me no time, in my nervous condition, 10
get Il good sho,: fired. but soon as |
touched the trigger / knew | had missed
hinl--perhaps it was all the better for me
that | did SO-and the next moment he
was cut of sight among the rocks. Walk
ing on a little farther. | came upon the
half-conSuned carcass nf hartcbeest e.
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two four or six people. the larger ones
even including a folding table ana en-
cieGt little stoves for heating waite. etc
These range IN price from s., 10 Slb. and
include besis!cS knives. forks. spoons
plates cuuS etc. can openers. cork
screws. = ehaiiu. dish and almost every
ait tn light housekeeping For most OF
MS howeVc; lightweight p&steboard boxes
lined with oiled paper. something We can
tote" ourselves and throw away at the
end Of thu meal still prove the most SEN
&i5lc ana convenient means for trans
porting the lunch. In order To carry these
easily. small straps with handles or twina
with wooden handle such as the shops
put around large bundles. may be used.
As finger and thumb dinners are quiz c
the most popular fad of the moment
here an entire course dinner is served
without recourse tu knives. forks or
spoons. there - surely no reason why the
picnicker should he bLsdened with such
unneceSSarieS. II nee ssarE To carry
plates. the cheap wooden ones will Suf-
flee and may he lett behind with thu
box when the meal is concluded
Paper napkins are now within the reach
of all and they may serve As tahle"loths
as well as napkins. \ box Containing Il
.ooG-SiZed tablecloih and a dozen napkins
may he purchased for - cents. If one
wishes 10 go ia that extravaganza. The
salad deViled eggs should have "A box
To themselves. and be neatly wrapped in
oiled paper. IL necessary To carry salad
DIRE Ssins. take III a separate bottle. Olives
and pickles can also he carried in bot
ties. while crispy rad:shes neatly wrapped
IN oiled paper add piGuaucy, with little
weight to the feast of good things. salt
and pepper mixed may be put i'll little
paper cornucopias. one for each individual.
Sandwiches for the Lunch Box.
The sandwich. which is the backbone os
the cold luncheon. admits of vide laria-
tion. :" that all tastes will he satisfied
The bread MAY h white ar brown EoS-
ton whole wheat nr con rye 81 rumpst
n4Chle. Ii may b. rolls Or biscuit. cod
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Meantime our main body coming along
the opposite bank of the river had seen
our maneuver and an officer and one
man had come down into the river bed
from their side To help US.
Gradually and cautious we surrounded
the spot where we guessed the lion 10 be
cautiously. at leas.. as far as three of
Us were concerned: the fourth man. who
had come from the main body. was NOV
ing in a far freer and r1ore confident
manner than any OF US could boast He
clambered over the rocks and sprang
with agility into the most likely corners
for finding a wounded lion lying am
bushed and his sole weapon was his re-
NolNer. for he was farrier Such is
Tommy Atkins. Whether IL is the out
come Of sheer p uck. or Of ignorance. or
of both com bined. the fact remains that
he will sail gayly in where danger lies.
and often not sail sayiy out again
unharmed.
However, to continue: At last we We're
on the spot. but no lion was there-an
occaSiona splash of blood and here and
there where sand lay between the rocks.
the impress OF mighty paw showed that
he had moved away after being hit But
soon all traces ceased ard though we
searched for long We could find n, other
sign of him.
We ha ted on the river bank during the
intense heat OF the Gar. and before re-
sumlpG our march III the evening We
sailed out once more 10 search the river
bed and an islet grown with bushes.
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nf facing mons Will 4 small CallDer mill
tary rife. an adventure To thrill army
snortsmen.
In the first place. scouting played
very prominent part IN the preiminarics
to major operations.
This scouting. to be successful. neces-
STATED ones going with tho very slen-
derest escort-frequently with one man
only. 10 look after the horses and for
long distances away from our main body.
into The districts occupied by the enemy
and by big game. Thus. one was thrown
entirely on ones own resources. with the
stimulating knowledge that If he did not
maintain sufficient alertness of observa- l.
tlon and action he stood very good
chance. indeed. not only of failing to
gain information which you were desired
10 seek. but also of getting himself
wiped out. and left in stress on the veldt.
''Spoorng." or tracking. was our main
source Of guidance and information and
night the cover under which we were able
TO make our way about the enemy's S
country with impunity.
The pleasures of the pursuit of game
were all the more enhanced by the knowl-
edge that the meat was really necessary
to US. and especially by the fact that We
often carried out our sport al the risk
of being ourselves the quarry of some
sneaking band of rebel warriors.
Moreover. 10 all our fun seasoning was
added in the shape of lions, whose pres
ence or propinquity was very frequently
impressed upon us at nights by deep
toned gruntS or ghostly apparitions with
in the halo of our watchfires In de
hance of the rules of war-which forbiC
the use of fires by night. a. guiding ar
enemy's night attack-we had a ring ~
bright fires burning round our bivouac t.
scare away the lions. Frequently our sen
tries fired upon them as they kept a wait
ing watch. prowling from point to point
outside line of men.
BY day we saw them. too. One patrol
indeed. came upon group of nine lying
doing in the bush; and when the nine
arose ard yawned and stretched their
massive jaws and limbs the patrol re-
membering the old maxim concerning the
relations between discretion and .-alor.
changed the course Of their advance and
took another line.
One time. when I was patrolling the
bank Of the Shangani river with three
men. the massive form of lion was seen
slowly moving over the boulders of the
river bed. The corporal and I jumped of
our horses in a moment. and fired vol
ley deux, at about $50 Yards. One shot
thudded into him. the other striking the
ground Just under his belly. He sprang
with a light bound over rock and dis
appeared from our view. Posting one
man on high point on the bank to watch
the river bed and leaving tie other in
charge of our horses. the corporal and /
made our way down to where we had last
seen the lion. We We're armed with Lee
Metford carbnes and we turned on our
magazines In order to have good run
ming fire available should our quarry de-
mand ii.
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lining the river. but | had left my
glass III the wagon | could not make out
Just what they were. | thought ! would
try and get one, however. in order to use
il as "A bait in "A good position. corsid
erably nearer the wagon, IN hopes that
the lion might return and give me
chance o. a shot under more favorable
conditions. So | went back for my horse
and leaving the dogs behind set o1t to-
ward the herd. which | had now made
ont IL be hartebeeste. The Skinner of
the heat on the veldt is tine most trying
10 the sight and often misleads even the
experienced eve Objects assume quite
different aspects and coIoring 1t is a
fact we'll known to hunters. but has no
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baking powder. and lastly the stifhy
whipped whites folded in al the last.
Bake i'm three layer cake tins in an oven
hotter than for loaf cake. While baking
prepare the filling. Dissolve three cupfuls
sugar in one cupfuI boiling water and
cook until IL spins thread. Pour over
the Stiffiy beaten whites or three eggs
stirring constantly. Add 10 this icing.
one cupful chopped raiSns. one cunfu1
chopped nut meats. prefera bly, pecans or
wanuts and half dozen FIGS cut III me
strips. Use this as a filling for the lay ers
and ice the top and sides of the cake With
the same
Chocolate Layer Cake.
Peat half cupful butter 10 a cream.
adding gradually one cupful sugar. When
light beat in a little at a time a half
cupful milk and a teaspoonful vanilla.
Beat the whites of six eggs to suh
froth and sift a teaspoonful and half
baking powder with two cupfuls fcIr
Add the sifted flour TO the mixture, tlen
fold i'll the whipped whites. Have three
buttered layer cake tins in readiness and
put two-thirds of the batter in TWO OF
them. Into the third tin put the re-
mainder of the batter. having first added
to il two tablesp oonfuls melted chocolate
Bake the cakes In rather quick oven
fer twenty minutes. Put layer of the
white cake on a large plate and spread
with white icing. ON this lay the dark
cake and cover with more of the white
icing. On this put the third cake and
cover with a chocolate icing.
Put into a graniteware saucepan one
cupful sugar and half ruptrl water
and cook gently until bubbles begin to
rise from the bottom. Do not stir
shake while cooking. Take at once from
the fire and pour in thin stream over
the stifiy whipped whites of two eggs.
Beat until thick, flavor with vanilla and
use two-tilirds of this for the white icing.
Into the remainder put tablespoonful
and half melted chocolate and sliS-
picion Of cinnamon extract, and frost the
top and sides OF the cake.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
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evidently killed the night before the ira !!
b. which the lion had dragged il poin ing
toward the vedt. Here. then. was Il
citance too good to be lost: better han
laying out shot game though | confess
| would just soon the spot had been
n ltttle nearer to the wagon, which was.
in fact more than a mile away. But |
made IN my mind at once to take ad-
vantage of this piece of luck and return
AL dusk and lie up. Now, my experience
goes To show that ii is far TOO easy a
matter To miss with d bullet in unceT
tain light, and that at short range buck
shot is quite effective enough with most
game | therefore made several little pa
per shells 10 fit my ten gauge gun, and
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the folds of clean towel. When quite
dry. drop in kettle of very I.o; lard.
using frying basket if possible. Stir with
n fork until light brown and Grip. take
out quickly. sprinkle with salt and lay on
piece of manila paper to absorb every
suspicion of fat. If preferred the poIa-
toes may be cut in thin. long strips in
stead OF the round slices.
After Morning in the Field.
\ good substantial lunch prepared
recently, for boys who had spent morn
ing in the athletic field, consisted Of
baked beans warmed up in a chating dish
that had been taken o;it into the pavilion
With il were substantial sandwiches filed
with slices Of han and bologna sausage.
pickles, cheese. homemade doughnuts and
apple pie-a bully spread" was the
boys dlctum.
A Fine, Big Layer Cake.
While small cakes are much easier 70
carry to the picnic, large homemade
layer cake always awakens a chorus of
obs" and ''Ahs.." when released from
its wrappnSs. and never is there crumb
left to tell tie tale of its excellence. If
packed in q large pasteboard box and not
cut until the proper moment for its serv-
ing, il will remain fresh and not messy"
while he box can be thrown away after
its contents are finished. For this pur-
pose a chocolate layer cake or Lady
Baltimore cake lead.
Lady Baltimore Cake.
The ingredients for this famous his
torical cake are one cupful butter. two
cupfuls sugar three ana half cupfuls
-four. one cupful sweet milk, two level
teaspoonfus baking powder. the whites
of six eggs and teaspoonful rose water.
Cream and butter. add the suSar gradu-
ally. beating steadily. then the milk and
faNoring, next the flour sifted with the
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the sunlight he is more less at a
disadvantage. He must have stood a
f9ll minu g like this, sore tempta-
tiUn to me to fire. and | believe
should have killed him stone dead had
] done so. Having apparently salts
fed himself that things We're al right.
he walked leisurely down 10 his prey
and, again uttering roar. stood fac
ing ne. This time I did not hesita e.
but pulling both barrels nearly stimuli
taneously put both charges into his
chest. and the lion fell forward almost
without d sound
BY Permission @. longmans Green a Co. \. Y.
Copyright. 1909. hy Benz. Il. lIamatonD
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the leopard's tongue. and Vas working
deeper and deeper. The torture the poor
animal endured must have been awful AMI
| do not ina cine it could have survived.
No dead ''porky" appeared to be around,
So, banking him in his absence, | took
the beautiful spotted skin Next day [
was laid up with attack of fever
which kept me idle for some time. Ny
two boys. however, attended aSSiduOusiN
To my needs, ard In due course got
about aga n. The lions had during Ins
sickness. once more appeared in the
neighhorhCod, and seemed 20 hang around
indefinitely. but there being plenty Of
game about they did not modest us in any
way.
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On examining the ground | discovered
that the lions had not approached any
nearer than the ridge on which | had seen
them. After having breakfasted l re-
turned again with the dogs and followed
the spoor far as the sand lasted but
when the ground became rocker | could
no longer hold il. and the sun. getting
higher. burnt up all the scent. that
the dogs could make nothing of it. and
therefore reluctantly gave up further
pursuit. Away TO the east some antelope
-3s'Atc. nearly against the bush belt
Evening star., 1909-05-30

Elephant Ivory and How IL is Obtained
by Can't. Fitz Duquesne. Will appear as
the neat of this African hunting series
Capt Duqucsne. II will be ne m bered
took :. very conspicuous pHrf In the
recent events Of south Afrfca's kalei-
dOscopic history. being I'm turn spy. mill
tary detective. engineer. censor. dis
patch carrier and prOpaS andist. In this
article he sets down some of his nd
ventures while hunting I'm the terri
tory that ex-Presidcnt Roosevelt will
cover.
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a. a.

Ns- ~ ~ >tsid tonight long time nv
n" h"dsit" "f = new patient Young Bai,imo. >
Mary land SnutherrJ very feeble. r!Gst leg ampU
lated. sant sleep hardly at all has taken a
igs than i 10 EsideutIy very in.
.Ill.cIt well bred. ,rry IN donate. MD
~ - M hand and pat IL by MS face. not will
\ va. liu-erin= soothing him n his PAR.
Arow wsO | am. don I want :" impose upn'
t"u. ! am trh'l ~oidier sad = Il
hfm daily for about two week. after that. whi'-
he lived oIcath had marked hiui aud h. Wa.
quite alone. loved him much. always kiss
IN ae ,doiniu- ,ari found h brother. m
lsciru> man GCoI. t.i.f,pn *. P..nt!ss cth Mary
aend Infantr! "tm t"rl~. w"umd,a IT one 81 ~"
ensasemsnis at rstrrshnrs ApTi : Ling fingered &c,
So II in the same bait" eota We're MT
me Wa strong tmi"n',t. rhn ,, "'hrr sG s, ssi:
Esta FOUGHT nn tneir rcspc"tiS" sides b'th hadiE
Wounded. aud baIh brought her" together AFTER a
'n:>c Walt Whitman In Specimen Day
Uuter tne sod and the dew
NsitiE- Judgment day.
f>.v" ana tears for the blue"
Tears aud love FOR the gray -
FN planning a picnic and June is the
month when pIcnics abound. 1t must
lie borne In mind that the fresh, out
III of-door air begets hearty appetitss
All men on Il picnic care more Tor
hearty food appetlZinsIy served than for
,lainties The carrying receptacle * the
tirst item Of interest. whether it he tine faS-
tidious young person who disdains an oh
trusive-lookinS parcel, or pater fsmilias
Who openly aVoUs his rooted objection Ia
Juggling a big heavy basket. There are
new and altogether delightful lunch bas-
hetS or hampers for the family vino ha ve
q motor car Ia stow them a0aN III on
their WAY tho picnic ground. Fhese are
OF wicker OF leather, htted completely for
Evening star., 1909-05-30

HAT kind of sport
did YOU have out
there o. is the
Il u 2 (; on With
" hich men have,
as n rule. greeted
one on return from
the campaign in
RhodeSia. and ono
G u d truthfully
say. We had ex-
ceilent sport. |
am about 10 tell
Evening star., 1909-05-30

L. had trekked some
dozen miles during
the cool night. and.
having oJ..spanned
near til" River Mo
lopo. were busy
making "A skerm
n task alwaN $
more or less ardu-
Gus. for wait IA :
bit ihorns are not
easy 10 manage
though they arc in
The hovS had gone
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Lonely Trek After Gemsbuck and Lions
By Percy Selous

fo t ssporo of
o OF lesser
u to rd u tlk loyrd
nond
eChn11n
o omfme til
hunhng of and
Of
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Sandwich Filings.

These indeed. are legion. A heary and
most delicious sandwich has chicken
salad for its filling. Butter the bread
lightly, put layer II tender lettuce on
each slice fer a binder TO tie salad. which
should he plentifully moistened with
mayonnaise For "A chicken salad filling
the meat and celery should he cut finer
than for the salad when served alone.
Wrap each sandwich separately i'll paraf-
fin paper y deiectabie sandwich filling
is made Of equal parts butternuts. Eng
llSh walnutS or pecanS ground hne.
and cream cheese mois ened with sweet,
thick cream and seasoned with salt.
Grated American cheese may be used iii
place of the cream cheese. ard melted
butter be employed To blend the nsreii-
enis. Slices cf tomato ard let uce with
dressing make a good filling. also slices
az SWISS cheese cut wafer thin
y good. hearty sandwich is made of
Boston brown bread with minced corned
beef seasoned with made mustard and
rubbed to paste wi n a little butter for
the filling.
Picnic Pointers.
Al II family picnic the beach AT Pa
enc grove. Cal. recently. the piece lie re-
sistance was beefsteak broiied over the
ccals \ fire was made then when burned
doNn beefsteaks cut in generous pieces
were given each one. who put his portion
Il fcrked stick and tended TO his own
hroilinS. Unlimited bread and butter
With radisiles tor the relish made most
IN nioNahle Icpast.
Marshmallows toasted on the ends of
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on coming up. l found her. for it was Il
rne cow. stone dead The blood was
only beginning to trickle from the wound.
and | had not noticed a spot any where
on the groand she had gone over Or
examination | FOUND that the bullet had
completely torn away the apex OF tEa
h art. and Yet she had salloped al least
4 hundred yards at a. great a speed a.
her companions, practically without biesd
iag drop-another instance OF the eN-
treme vitality OF such creatures. which
have found even still stronger in TN
teTVIdae proper than in the antelopeS.
She had a prettily marked head. with 4
length of horns of three feet eight inches,
j. was out Of the question thinking ..
nagginS any OF the rest o. the herd. so
jarew the carcass across my horse anu
started back TO camp.
y ieW days afterwa-d, as | vas perch
al on the wagon box scrapihg at tne
skull of the SemsbuCk, ] hardly paid an
attention TO pair of secretary birG-
which were sailing right overhead Their
appearance, however suggested snakes.
and sure enough, there, | looked
around. among few ODDS and ends i'm
9ervious 10 tie irreprsssible ants was a
large puff adder. II had crept through
tie fence OF thornS. and in evident eX
element WAS surveying It's noNet sur
rouuGinss with body half raised. | did
not like the look of this particular rep
tile bit: but ! did not intend taat he
should escape and be in the vicinity,
though probably the secretary nsrds
would have seen 10 that. neither did
want 10 spoil his beautiful skin. There
was. however no help for ii. | could see
rn object around sufficiently handy. ="
was constrained To put charge of smal!
snot into him and fe.t more comfort
able after ne had ceased wrigglng.
One night ] was awakened by tne dog
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gems "r loaf but the filing must ar-
cord with the binding.
The bread should he cut thin. hut no.
necessarily CruStless and the butter VIII
spread evenly il first creamed. After
making the sandwiches wrap at once IN
parsf fiji. .papes and they Will keep moist
fo t,ot,,1
Evening star., 1909-05-30

Valuable aS materlaL me H'NS IIdU E"'''
down 10 the river To fetch water, and !.
taking a temporary rest. vas s'ahihAe
tic vCldt with my glass ! could make
out some spriugbuck. also few harte-
bccste. hui what riveted my attention was
a small bunch Of semsbuck In the faf diS-
fante. we did not need meat, ana thefe
did not appear to he any bushmeh JUS
then about To warrant any sheer dtstfu'-
tlon Of game: but semsbuck. although
fairly plentiful away in the interior 81
the desert. are hard enough 10 Set, ana
Ia them was to want a hcdd. MY
horse Was in hard condition and had had
some stiffish Callops recently, 81 J sad
GIed him up at once and determined 10
give chase as soon as the boys my TWO
kaffirS-rcturned.
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We searched the hussar. who had been as
signed L. me 10 hold my horse and wao
was the man who in the morning had
been posted to watch the river bed. ask
ed: How many lions are there supposed
10 be hereo | told him: only the one
We fred at this morning
Whereupon he Crimly said: "Oh. | saw
him 80 away up the river when You went
down IL. He was drac aging his hindquar-
ters after him.
1t appeared that the man thought lie
had been posted to guard against sur
prise by an enemy. and did not realize
thar we, beng down among the rocks.
could not see the lion. which was 50 visi-
hle from his lookout place And so We
lost that lion
Evening star., 1909-05-30

To any meal.
When carrying coffee t. All out of door
meal where it is to be cooked tie the
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reference to mirage Fo, inyanc
any one would imagine that So brightly
marked an animal as the zebra would al
ways he diScernihla on the sand: that
the black stripes would he obvious. Noth-
ing Of the sort. II is at times almost
impossible to distinguish this animal at
all, even though YOU know for certain 1t
is there. 81 cunningly does all merge itself
into d whole.
Noting the exact location of the game
| judged that Ivy careful mancuvcring |
might keen out Of their line o. vision.
especially as the wind was i'll my favor
BY threading i'll and out the clumps of
thorns-not always easy matter on
horSeback-I eventually got To within IA
couple OF hundred yards, and by a lucky
shot bowed over one with buile,
through the neck, killing il instantly and
saving my horse tie stiff Sallop | haG
anticipated. for these creatures are as
swift any Of the genus. Throwing the
. carcass just as il was, without opening,
across the saddle, | took il to "A spcs
which would give me Il chance of d telling
shot if d lion should make its appear
ance But, although | watched the best
part o. the night nothing came of mA
vigil the the jackals reaping the beneht
of all my careful preparations The fact
was, as ! subsequently found out. that
not often that such can he decoyed by
carcass which they have not themselves
destroyed.
Next morning | was OF course, about
looking for signs: but could make moth
ing out as To lions. On going down to-
ward the river some half mile from camp,
my attention was attracted by the un
usual conduc; of leopard. He was cut
ting all SORTS of Capers. at one time plow
ing a.ong the ground with his head: at
another rearing upright and tearing al
his throat with his fore paws. All this
was curious, il was also my opportunity.
and | lost no time in putting a couple of
bullets into him, the second of when laid
him out nicely. without giving the
trouble which usually falls to my lot
when tackling these great cats. On pro-
ceeding TO investigate the reason for such
a strange performance. my wonder ceased.
Having tackled a porcupine. with more
susto than discreet !on one OF the latterS
uuils Rad got inser-ed under the root of