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game but gemsbuck, although fairly
plentiful away In the interior OF the
desert, arc hard enough to get, and to
see them was to want head. My
horse was in hard condition and had
had some stifish gallops recently, so
saddled him up at once and deter
mined to give chase as soon as the
"boys"-my two Kaffirs-returned.
Telling them to get on with the skerm,
set out at canter, keeping well to
the right to get the advantage of the
wind. The veldt was so open that
stalking would have been hopeless,
whereas, by the aid of my horse as a
kind of blind. might possibly get a
shot before the gemsbuck took the
alarm, even though they might see us,
80 long as they did not catch my
faint. However, I had to go more d.
rectly towards them than wished. for
fear Of stampeding the hartebeeste
into them.
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A Kill at 800 Yards.

Where the gemsbuck were feeding
was much rockier ground than that
Intervening between my camp and
them; this was all sandy veldt. stud
ded with the everlasting ant-hills.
which. however. got sparser as
neared the game. therefore slipped
on my horse, getting him between my
self and them for another 100 yards.
The increasing anxiety of the animals,
however, warned me that II wanted
to shorten my gallon by gripping one
of them, must lose no more time.
Accordingly halted, though the dis
tance must have been gooc 300
yards. and. taking careful aim over my
horses withers Mt the one with the
longest pair Of horns, fred. The
horse stood like rock, and ! knew
my aim had been good. even II the
animal had not stumbled forward at
the shot. II quickly recovered,
though, and went away with the other
four, Just a. n nothing had happened,
at good pace, heavy animals ~ they
were, taking through and over the
rugged boulders a. easily a. channels.
/ knew, however. that the heavy army
bullet would tell it, tale. Instantly
on f1ring had vauItsd into the saddle.
and followed. IN pursuit. This Wa
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more easily attempted than done, and
my surefooted horse was not able to
negotiate the villainous country.
therefore pulled up, lest we should
break both our necks, and as did SO
had the satisfaction OF seeing the
gemsbuck drop In Its tracks and re-
main there: whilst its companions
only seemed to scamper the faster. On
coming up, found her. for It was
only beginning to trickle from the
wound, and had not noticed spot
anywhere on the ground she had gone
over. On examination found that
the bullet had completely torn away
the apex of the heart, and yet she had
galloped at least hundred yards at
as great speed as her companions,
practically without bleeding drop
another instance of the extreme vital
ity of such creatures. which I have
found even still stronger In the Ger
vidae proper than in the antelopes.
She had a prettily marked head, with
length of horns Of three feet eight
inches. 1t was out of the question
thinking Of bagging any OF the rest Of
the herd, 80 threw the carcass across
my horse and started back to camp.
A few days afterwards, as was
perched on the wagon box scraping
at the skull OF the gemsbuck, hardly
paid any attention to pair Of secre-
tary birds which were sailing right
overhead. Their appearance, however,
suggested snakes. and sure enough,
there, as looked around, among a
few odds and ends. impervious to the
irrepressible ants, was large pun ad-
der. II had crept through the fence
of thorns. and in evident excitement
was surveying its novel surroundings
with body half raised. did not like
the look of this particular reptile a
bit; but I did not intend that he
should escape and be In the vicinity,
though probably the secretary-birds
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vantage of this piece of luck and re
turn at dusk and lie up. Now, my ex-
perience goes to show that 1t is far
too easy matter to miss with bull
let In uncertain light. and that at
short range buckshot Ia quite effective
enough with most game. therefore
made several little paper shells to At
my ten-gauge gun, and, chambering
the buckshot nicely therein, filled up
the interstices with Gland grease; no
lion can Withstand such a battery at
a fair range. and your aim is much
more likely to be accurate. OF course.
took the carbine with 480 grain ball.
and telling my boys TO stay by the
wagon-for could place no depend.
ence upon either of them on such ex-
peditions-evening found me duly
esconced among the boulders this side
the half eaten body, at distance of
about 20 PAGES and looking directly
towards the route taken by the lion
when I had previously disturbed.
For couple of hours had waited.
occasionally changing position to ease
the cramping Of my limbs. Every
thing comes to him who waits" and at
last. over rock beyond, appeared the
lion, gradually rising into full view.
In the dim light he appeared mon
strous as he stood, chest full on; and
then. as he gave vent to q sonorous
roar, which echoed and re-echoed from
rock to rock, the effect was grand,
and beyond any power Of expression.
Il Is under such circumstances AZ
these that one sees the lion at his
best. Nighttime is his day. and In
the sunlight he is more or less at
disadvantage. He must have stood q
full minute like this; sore tempta-
ton to me to fire, and believe
should have killed him stone dead had
done 20. Having apparently salts
ned himself that things were all right,
he walked leisurely down to his prey.
and. again uttering roar. stood fac
ing me. This time I did not hesitate,
but pulling both barrels nearly stimuli
taneously put both charges into his
chest. and the lion fell forward almost
without . sound.
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Menaced by Lions in Camp.

One night I was awakened by the
dog barking and the uneasiness Of
the oxen. grabbed my carbine hast
lily and endeavored to make out what
caused the disturbance. BY the
meager light diffused by the new moon
could just distinguish the forms Of
three large animals on the ridge above
the camp. could see that they were
Mons. and shook up already awaken
ing Kaffirs to make up the fire.
had half mind to shoot. but thought
It safer not to do SO. the distance
being too great; so I waited until
morning, and as the flames began to
shoot up and brighten the surround
ings the lions became less plain to
view. distinctly saw them, how
ever. move away over the ridge. The
remainder of the night I sat up In
case of any emergency arising, for
the animals kept snorting and shift
ing restlessly, whilst every now and
again came that rumbling roar. once
heard au natural never to be forgotten.
was conscious of some creature
prowling close around. The roar of the
lions kept all the while sounding more
and more distant. and as dawn began
to break It ceased altogether. As soon
as It was light enough to see to any
purpose. stepped out. and az I did
so. large hyena jumped up from
some bones lying near by and made
Oh. fired at him and rolled him
over. and before he could recover or
the dogs get up. luckily got another
bullet into him, this time right into
the head.
On examining the ground. I discov.
cred that the lions had not approached
any nearer than the ridge on which I
had seen them. After having break
tasted. returned again with the dogs
and followed the spoor - far - the
sand lasted; but when the ground -
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the neck, killing 1t instantly, and saw
ing my horse the stiff gallop I had
anticipated, for these creatures are
as swift as any of the genus. Throw
ing the carcass just as 1t was. without
opening, across the saddle, took 1t to
a spot which would give me chance
of a telling shot, IL a lion should
make its appearance, But although I
watched the best part of the night,
nothing came of my vigil, the jackals
reaping the benefit of all my careful
preparations. The fact was, as I sub
sequently found out. that they were
lions in their prime. and 1t Is not
often that such can be decoyed by n
carcass which they have not them
selves destroyed.
Next morning was, of course, about
looking for signs; but could make
nothing out as to lions. On going
down toward the river some half mile
from camp. my attention was attract
ed by the unusual conduct Of Loop
ard. He was cutting all sorts Of
capers; at one time ploughing along
the ground with his head; at another
rearing upright and tearing at his
throat with his fore paws. All this
was curious. It was also my opportun-
ity, and lost no time In putting q
couple of bullets into him. the second
Of which laid him out nicely, without
giving me the trouble which usually
falls to my lot when tack)ing these
great cats. On proceeding to invesu-
gate the reason for such strange
performance. my wonder ceased.
Having tackled porcupine. with more
gusto than discretion, one OF the lat
ter's quilts had got inserted under the
root Of the leopard's tongue. and was
working deeper and deeper. The tor
ture the poor animal endured must
have been awful. and I do not imagine
II could have survived. No dead
"porky" appeared to be around. 80.
thanking him in his absence, took
the beautiful spotted skin. Next day
I was laid up with an attack Of fever
which kept me idle for some time. Ny
two boys, however. attended assidu-
ously to my needs. and In due course
I got about again. The lions had. dur
ing my sicknsss. oncs more appeared
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in the neighborhood, and seemed to
hang around indefinitely, but there be-
ing plenty of game about they did not
modest us many way.
Well, said that got one of these
lions after all, though he took quite
a lot of getting, escaping me alto
gether on one occasion. was not
over strong bodily, but was pretty
much so In purpose. and 1t annoyed
me to hear the roaring night after
night and not render an account Of
It; then again our animals were get
ting almost beyond control, from the
incessant tension on their nerves.
Strolling away towards the hills ono
morning came suddenly on a lion
lying on rock. His muzzle was
stretched straight towards me, be-
tween his huge psws; his body, posi-
ton and surroundings adapting them
selves so admirably to each other
that was almost up to him before I
was aware of his proximity.
Lion-Hunting as a Fine Art.
He was wide awake enough how
ever, and the instant he knew l had
seen him he started up and bounded
away. giving me no time, In my nerv-
Gus condition, to get good shot;
fired, but as soon as I touched the
trigger knew I had missed him
perhaps 1t was all the better for me
that l did so-and the next moment
he was out Of sight among the rocks.
Walking on little farther, came
upon the half-consumed carcass of a
hartebeeste, evidently killed the night
before, the trail by which the lion had
dragged 1t pointing towards the veldt.
Here, then, was a chance too good to
be lost; better than laying out shot
game, though confess would Just
as soon the spot mad been a little
nearer to the wagon. which was, in
fact, more than mile away. But I
made up my mind at once to take ad-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-19
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are not easy to manage, though
they are invaluable as material
The boys had gone down to the
river to fetch water, and I, TAX
ing a temporary rest, was scanning
the veldt with my glass. could make
out some springbuck, also a few
hartebeeste: but what riveted my at
tention was small bunch OF gems
buck in the far distance. We did not
need meat. and there did not appear to
be any bushmen Just then about to
warrant any sheer destruction OF
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-19

would have seen to that; neither did
I want to spoil his beautiful skin.
There was. however. not help for 1t;
could see no object around suffi-
GENTLY handy, so was constrained to
put charge Of small shot into him.
and felt more comfortable after he
had ceased wriggling.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-19

came roclkier, could no longer hold 1t,
and the sun getting higher, burnt up
all the scent, 80 that the dogs could
make nothing of 1t. and therefore
reluctantly gave up further pursuit.
Away to the east some antelope were
visible. nearly against the bush belt
lining the river, but as had left my
glass In the wagon, I could not make
out Just what they were. thought
would try and get one. however. In
order to use It as a bait In a good
position, considerably nearer the
wagon, In hopes that the lion might
return and give me chance of shot
under more favorable conditions. So
I went back for my horse, and leaving
the dogs behind set out towards the
herd which had now made out to be
hartebeeste. The simmer of the heat
on the veldt is the most trying to the
sight and often misleads even the
experienced eye. Objects assume
quite different aspects and coloring.
1t is fact well known to hunters, but
has no reference to mirage" For
instance, anyone would imagine that
so brightly-marked an animal as the
zebra would always be discernible on
the sand; that the black stripes would
be obvious. Nothing of the sort. 1t
is at times almost impossible to dis
tinguish this animal at all, even
though you know for certain 1t Is
there, SO cunningly does all merge It.
self into a whole.
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The Bright Side.

Does Mr. Stormipgton Barnes try
to look on the bright side of things"
asked one actor.
II should say So" answered the
other. Hes never content unless he
is staring the spotlight right in the
ace."-Washington Star.
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"Why did you marry?"
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Winchester, Ind. Flour doctors
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BEYOND DOUBT.

Il suppose you mistake me for q
fool?"
Mistake you? My dear boy,
know you too well!"
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A Lucky Shot.

Noting the exact location of the
game, I judged that by careful maneu-
vering might keep out of their line
of vision, especially M the wind was
in my favor. BY threading In and out
the clumps of thorns-not always an
easy matter on horseback event
ually got to within couple of hun
dred yards, and by lucky shot
bowled over one with q bullet through
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-19

The dollar that does the most for US
Is the dollar with which we do good.
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Lonely
Trek After
GernSbuck
and Lions
BY Percy SeIouS

9 had trekked some
dozen miles during
the cool night, and,
having outspanned
near the River Mo-
lopo, were busy
making a skerm-
a task always more
or less arduous, for
"wait-a-bit" thorns
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
POOR BOY.

Dear me! Why do you cry SO bit
terly?"
I'm cryin' cause I'm so wicked dat
I'm goin' ter play hockey, instead of
goin' ter school, boo hoo!"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
is CENTS FOR COTTON
FARMERS. UNION MAN SAYS
MILLS WILL PAY 1T.
Declares That the Threatened Cur
tailment Of Output Is Only
q Humorous Bluff"

Atlanta, Ga.-Declaring that the
threatened curtailment Of the output by
cotton mills on account of high-priced
cotton il q humorous bluff" Chas. 5
Barrett, president of the Farmers Union.
issued a statement calling on members
of that order to hold their product for
a higher figure than that now prevail
ing. ut is probable We will have the
shortest crop in proportion to demand
since we have been raising c%ottor.," de-
clared Barrett, "and l am convinced our
people are determined to get a fair re-
turn for their labor even if that neces.
states holding for months"
Barrett says in part: do not be
alarmed by the humorous bluff to the
effect that mills in this country and Eu'
rope are threatening to curtail produc
ton because of the present prices. They
cannot afford to do so. About the most
expensive piece Of machinery to lie idle
is a modern cotton mill. In past years
the mills have made enormous and swoll
en- dividends on low-priced cotton. They
may make less on cotton this year, but
they can buy all the cotton needed fo'
their purposes at Is cents a pound ano
still declare reasonable profits"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
FERRER IS. EXECUTED
FACED FIRING SQUAD WITHOUT
SHOW OF FEAR.
Fell Dead at First Volley-Was Con-
victed of Inciting Recent Bar
celona Rebellion.

Observation-Disclosures Ferrer, who was
convicted of promoting the recent Bar
celona rebellion, was shot "Wednesday
morning in Mont Juich prison in execu'
ton of the death sentence imposed upon
him.
Prof. Ferrer, Spanish educator and
convicted revolutionist, faced the firing
squad without finching and fell dead at
the first volley.
Except for a momentary expression OF
emotion Immediately preceding his death,
he retained his composure to the last
His attorney, NJ. Galccran, who defended
him SO Loyalty as to bring about his own
arrest for improperly ADDRESSING the
court, secured permission for a brief talk
with him just before the execution.
TO his attorney Ferrer spoke feelingly
of the work for which he had sacrificed
his life and of the future OF his daugh,
ter, whose brave attempt to save his
life touched the father more deeply, ap'
parently, than any other incident of his
trial and conviction.
On Ferrer's arrest his family was left
dependent upon this daughter, who at
once secured employment in y biscuit
factory.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
500 HOMES WRECKED
100 SHIPS LOST
KEY WEST DAMAGE MORE THAN
$4,000, 900.
Death Toll May Be Heavy and Halt
of the City Is Practically
Wiped Out.

Key West.-Half the city is prac'
tically in ruins, over 500 homes having
been destroyed and more than a hundred
ships wrecked as a result of the hurri.
cane which swept this city. Seven
churches and nine of the largest cigar
factories in the South also were de-
stroyed Hundreds of men are now at
work cleaning up the streets under the
direction of Mayor Fogarty. The total
loss will run over 100000.
One death is reported, that of Frank
Gray, a photographer.
As soon as darkness fell last night
thieves began their raid on the homes
and office buildings destroyed by the
storm. The police were unable to cope
with the situation and Mavor Fogarty
Immediately called for the Key West
Guards, the local military organization,
and the city was placed, under martial
law. Scores of arrests were made, the
police and soldiers in many instances
firing on the vandals.
In the residence districts the streets
in many instances were rendered impas-
sable by the ruins of the houses. Whole
buildings We're picked up by the gale
and hurled across the street, and only
the advance warnings of the weather
bureau prevented a heavy loss of life.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
BABY'S WATERY ECZEMA.
Itehed and Scratched Until Blood Ran
$50 Spent on Useless Treatments
Disease Seemed lncurable.
Cured by cuticura for $3.50.

when my little boy was two and a
half months old he broke out on both
cheeks with eczema. 1t was the itchy,
watery kind and we had to keep his
little hands wrapped up all the time,
and if he would happen to get them
uncovered he would claw his face till
the blood streamed down on his cloth
ing. We called in a physician at once,
but he gave an ointment which was so
severe that my babe would scream
when it was put on. We changed
doctors and medicine until we had
spent fifty dollars Or more and baby
was getting worse. l was so worn out
watching and caring for him night and
day that I almost felt SUI the disease
was incurable. But finally reading of
the good results of the Cuticura Rem
edies, 1 determined to try them. /
can %truthfully say / was more than
surprised, for 1 bought only a dollar
and a half's worth of the Cuticura
Remedies (Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills), and they did more good than
all my doctors medicines I had tried,
and in fact entirely cured him. His
face is perfectly clear of the least
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Comerer, Burnt Cabins, Pa, Sept. Is,
1905"
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The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-22
SAW HIS BARN BURN.
Ed Powell Afraid of Night Riders on
Reelfoot Lake.

Hickman, Ky.-The large barn of Ed
Powell, near Walnut Log, on Reelfoot
lake, was destroyed by fire with all con-
tents, including two horses and all farm
implements. Mr.. Powell noticed the barn
was on fire, but was afraid to 60 out
and make any attempt to save it and
turn the stock out.
It will be remembered that Mr.. Powell
is one of the main witnesses against the
night riders, he being the man that they
took with them to Walnut Log Hotel at
Walnut Log the night they hanged Capt.
Rankin and attempted to kill Judge
Taylor. 1t will be remembered also that
they put him in front and made him
call Mr.. Ward, proprietor of the hotel,
and after they had gotten Rankin and
Taylor out of the hotel, they carried Mr..
Powell to the place where they hanged
Rankin. Mr.. Powell had no insurance
on the barn.