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back, we crept silently, inch by inch, foot
by foot, through the huge tufts of grass
till good view of the game presented it
self.
took off my coat and hat. hung them
on low limb and crawled few yards
farther on. AS l could not get vital
shot at any of the elephants in their lying
position, l gave a sharp whistle. In an
instant they were upon their feet thrust
ing their trunks up in the air to get
scent Of their enemies and holding out
their enormous ears to catch the slightest
sound. AT last an old bull worked into
the right position. | aimed at his weak,
est point, between the eye and ear, ana
gave him the solid shot. My aim was bad:
a piece of his tusk flew into the air. With
a roar he charged on me like an ava
lanche.
and the natives stood ready. Down he
came, the grass waving before him in
billows. I waited 80. 40. 80. 20 yards.
another seconds ,s suspense Sc, and.nang, n; ID nss,
1t failed to stop him. A screeching roar
of pain burst from the charging monster
and blood gushed from his trunk. l
snatched my Mauser and jumped aside as
he passed. My hat and coat, which were
a few yards behind. attracted his atten-
ton. With snort of satisfaction he
crushed them down. l gave him all my
Mauser shots in the rear. With extra
ordinary suddenness he turned He sight
ed me and charged, his tusks level with
his body. My magazine was empty. l
threw my rife down and ran, the ele-
phant gaining on me al each step. I saw
Nick ahead of me with Ieveled rife.
To keep running meant that l would
soon be overtaken. Instinctivey I threw
myself on the ground and Nick fired.
With thud that made the earth tremble
the elephant dropped The huge trunk
twisted like a wounded snake for a mo-
ment. and then the gigantic body relaxed
in death 1t all took about two minutes
to happen and was a pretty close shave,
but it was worth the trouble for the
tusks we got were big, Weighing close to
a hundred pounds.
A few months after this occurrence
on the same trip. / lost Nick. my
Senegal boy" under terrible circum-
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stances. This brave man, who had hunt
ed everything in Africa from the Cape
to Cairo, and from Zanzibar to Banana,
boasted many time that he would
never be killed by anything but old age.
But he was too sure. Long association
with danger had made him careless
and this cost him his life.
We were treking south toward Lake
Tanganyika along a native path run
ming parallel with the Rusij river. 1t
was frightfully hot. so hot that the
gun barrels burned our hands The
porters staggered under their heavy
loads in a long string. mumbling songs,
each in his native tongue, to keep up
their tagged spirits and the sun rays
danced in misty vibrations from the
parched earth Suddenly the jungle
ceased and we broke into the open weld
Four hundred yards away, coming in the
opposite direction. was a herd Of at
least twenty elephants. They had evi-
IDENTIFY made a long journey and were
suffering from the intense heat Some
of them were occupied in thrusting their
Evening star., 1909-06-06

trunks into their mouths and drawing
water from their stomachs. With this
water they were sprinkling their sun
burned backs. This is habit that ele-
plants always practice when they are
overheated and cannot find the shade of
a friendly forest
To me the sight of the approaching
herd was welcome. l saw ivory which
we could get a few good shots. l
ordered my caravan back into the un-
dergrowth. and. bringing up the shiS-
arees. prepared for the slaughter. |
loaded my nine-mllimeter Mauser with
solid bullets for long shots. At 300
yards 1 opened fire and the leader.
a fine bull. dropped in his traces. The
crack of my rife threw the herd into
CONSERVATION. They were not sure
where the noise came from, and they
as yet had not caught sight of US.
After a little indecision they kept on
the old route and marched toward US
A hundred yards nearer and | gave
the nearest. another bull. my second
threw his trembling head back and
forth frantic with pain. / had evidently
given him a bad face wound | fired
again and must have missed. He saw
! down on us. followed by the whole
herd. l emptied my magazine into them
with no effect. Nearer they came. their
ivory cleaning in the sun and the dust
curing up IN clOudS Delllnd them. fHe
ground vibrated like beaten drum top
under their thunderous charge.
saw tusk-crested wave Of man.
moths sweeping down to destroy US. IL
was no time for inaction. The gun bearer
handed me the 6O0-ealiber express. At
a hundred yards l gave the leader one
barrel after the other. He fell, and
those behind tumbled over him In
heap For a moment the mad charge
was broken. / thought we We're out of
danger. but another leader forged ahead
and bore down on us. Run. l shrieked,
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a good bag for at that time they rest
out of the direct rays of the sun, doing
the hot hours away, and are easily ap-
preached.
After half an hours walk through
grass that was a. least twenty feet hleh,
we came across herd of about twenty
elephants among which there were some
fine bull tqskers. AS / expected, they
were all resting out of the sun. They
were difficult to get at on account of the
thickness of the underground. 1t meant
a long patient crawl to a good shooting
position, for to shoot at anything but
close quarters in such country meant that
the bullet would he reflected by the bush.
/ put a solid nickel ball in the right bar
rel of my 6O-caliher express for head
shot. and a soft nose split in the left bar
rel for a body shot With the shikaree
at my side and the gun bearer at my
Evening star., 1909-06-06


The most dangerous Internal machine
in the home is the last word. A hus-
band and wife were quarreling. They
completed their discussion on tomb
stones: What kind of a tombstone do
you suppose they will give me when l
die?" asked the husband. Birthstone"
answered the wife.
How are you getting along?" asked
woman of her late husband who ap-
peared to her as ghost: Very well
indeed Better than during my twenty
years of married life on earth The
delighted wife said: Then you are in
heaven" ''Oh, no." he answered.
DO you know that you talk in your
sleep?" said wife to a husband. We'll,
also?"
Once in while let your husband have
the last word-it will crafty him and
be no particular loss to you.
Don't both get mad at the same time.
Take turn about.
Carry over into the welded life the
refinement of manner that characterized
because you have won each other you
need no longer be affectionate.
Be reasonable. 1t is a sood deal to
ask. Reasonable people are rare. Be
rare.
Read something in the papers besides
fashion notes. marriage and funeral an
nouncements, society notes and the latest
novels Have some knowledge of what
your husband is interested in.
Don't be afraid to praise your husband.
Let him feel that you think him good
one-it will be a strong stimulus 10 his
being so. Let him know that he has
lost the name and he may soon abandon
the reality.
Don't be afraid to tell your wife that
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English preacher named Shelton first
used it as a subject for sermon. The
startling theme inculcates the important
and frequently forgotten truth that do
nestic infelicity does not come as a mat
to. os course. but like everything else
has TO be worked for must be earned.
There is no insurance policy Of happi-
ness furnished at the marriage altar
Marriage is a bitter-sweet. with the
sweet predominating. II the proper con-
ditions are observed Married life is not
a bill Olympus. wholly clear, without
Clouds under any conditions 1t is not all
roses and honeymoon. ThornS will be
found beneath the rose leaves and some
bitter ingredients will get mixed up
with the sweet ones in the cup Of It's JOY
To realize your ideals let love rule.
Love is never stubborn. 1t never stands
up and quarrels for its rights. Love will
make each blame self and not the other
when anything gees wrong. 1t trans
forms blenhshes into imaginary virtues.
Its hardly in ones power to keep at
times from looking sour" but avoid as
much as possible all disputes. There Is
no truth in the jingle:
And family jars. look but DER the rim,
Are filled with honey to the brim
Fvery dispute between husband and
Evening star., 1909-06-06

early part of the day and, now that the
mercileSs White-hot sun was directly
overhead, l called a halt. Each member
of the caravan threw himself down in the
shade excepting my shikaree Nick.
boy from the other side Of the conti-
nent, native of Senegal. He never rest
ed, and as he got a percentage of the
ivory we secured, he never let the soles
of his feet grow soft for want of exer-
else, About an hour passed before Nick
came swinging into camp with his white
teeth cleaning like new swords. l knew
By his smile that there was something
afoot He walked straight to my ele-
.phant guns and beckoned me. l knew
The had struck a fresh spoor traiD. Seiz-
ing my arms, l signaled my gun bearer
and struck out, Nick leading.
If there are Sny elephants about at
midday, the hunter is pretty sure to make
Evening star., 1909-06-06

THE UGLY RHINOCEROS AND
SMALLER GAME.
Another hair-raisinE article by that
fearless hunter. Capt. Fritz Duquesne,
will appear the next of this series.
Capt Duquesne calls the rhinOcerOs the
"hired assassin of the Jungle" and says
that vicious beast has killed more
hunters than all other big game COM
bined.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

be a bit surprised on the resurrection day
to see some of these everlasting snoop:
getting out of the wrong grave.
Pay attention to little things. Es
arrangements are rarely the work OF ont
day or caused by one offense. They arr
growths. The. little rift within the lut'
by and by will make the music mute.
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of their own. Avoid meddlers Some
wretched gossip will come to your house
about the time you have set up your
new home and tell you how she man
ages her husband. Tell her to mind her
own business, and never return the call.
There are some people SO busy minding
other peoples business that l would not
Evening star., 1909-06-06

lures worth relating: adventures in which
steady eve. nerves Of steel and a brain
as quick as lightning are li1e-saVihs es-
sentials to big game hunter.
X X
Most game drops at the first shot from
the rifle of an experienced hunter. The
game that makes the story is the game
that's missed" as the Swahili (east coast
natives) say. and there is nothing truer
than that saying, far as my expert
ences go, for a bad shot nearly ended my
trek a little while aso.in the lake coun-
try. / was trekking between Lake Albert
Edward N'Yanza and Lake kivu the
greatest stretch of hunting ground in the
world. with a caravan of hundred men
We had marched steadily through the
Evening star., 1909-06-06

you love her She has a right to some
expression of appreciation of her un-
selfish devotion to your interests. Better
a rose to the living than wreaths for
the dead.
Never speak to any one outside of one
another's faults, not even to your min
lister or doctor-they have troubles enough
Evening star., 1909-06-06

HE experience Pres
ident Roosevelt has
gained h unit ii n &
game on the North
American continent
will be of little use
10 him on his ex-
pedition into the
wilds of East Af-
rica. Hunting in
America is a sport,
something TO be
played at: hunting
Evening star., 1909-06-06
low We Should Realize Ou Marriage ea-By Dr. Madison Peter

prose of life and thirst for poetry. Hap
py is the man who can find that poetry
at home
like the sentiment OF Robert Burns:
ITO make happy freside charm
To and wife.
That's the true pathos and sublime
OF human life.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

Do not drop the charming little
amenities and refnements of manner to-
ward each other that so invariably and
delightfully."- characterized your inter-
course before marriage Incivility is no.
where SO unpardonable as toward our
best love. Costly presents can never
atone for want of warmth and tender
ness.
Lonsfelow, in one of his poems. tells
of passing through a garden and seeing
on the ground fallen bird nest-ruined.
But looking up into the branches of the
tree he saw the uncomplaining birds
there busy building new nest for them
selves 1t seems to some that they can
never realize the sweet dreams OF nap
piness which filled their hearts when
they went to The marriage altar. Ihey
appear to be Incompatible in temper and
irreconcilable in spirit. Neither seems to
meet the needs of the other. The nest
has fallen out of the branches and lies
on the ground ruined. while over 1t two
sad ones sit in despair. Yet welded hap
piness is in your reach. Your first nest
may lie ruined on the ground, you can
if you will build up a new one more
beautiful than the old. and in II you
can make blessed joy for yourselves,
II is surely worth while to do all in
your power to save your marriage from
utter wreck. Strengthen the bonds of
affection. Get down on your knees to-
gether and ask God to hallow your af-
feCtions and sweeten your tempers. Let
the atmosphere OF your home sweeten
your tempers and have the fragrance of
the heavenly spirit. Then you will grow
in personal excellence, mutual affinity
and spiritual assimilation. realizing
peace and a happiness in the sacred
union of which you never dreamed in
your youthful love.
Make home everything. Men yearn for
the repose of home, where the mind can
be at rest. the hearts turmoil become
quiet and the spirit hask in the peaceful
delights of domestic love.
BUSY men become weary OF the dull
Evening star., 1909-06-06

ONE years since
there was publish
ed an English book
by a "GIaduate in
the University OF
Matrimony." with
the alarmingly sug-
gestive title: How
TO be II a p p y
Though Married."
but the title was
not original with
the author. An
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The Pilot.

ISABEL D'ARMOND, who has organizea
an Ozone Club among the show girls
of New York. urged a reporter 10 write
about this club an article full of warm
praise,
THE Ozone Club" she said, will in
crease the beauty and the longevity or
show girls. One of its rules is that nlem-
bers must exercise two hours a day. An
other is that they must sleep eight hours.
They mustn't be out of bed after mid
night I've been told that since the
Ozone Clubs formation all the Broadway
restaurants have lacked the pretty and
gay faces of the show girls.
For the Ozone Club sticks TO the
rules" said Miss d Almond. 1T sticks
to the rules with the tenacity of Bill-r
Grimes the sailor.
"Of a foreign port one night Billy
Grimes leaned over the side in answer TO
a hail
"'Ahoy.' he said.
.Ahoy,' was the reply Lower down
your ships ladder. shipmate.'
You can'T come aboard here tonight.
said Billy.
Lower away. you lubber, said the
voice below. innpatiently. i must come
aboard. I'm the river pilot
Punchus Pilot. I'll stick to the ships
rules"
OF Course TheytAre.
From the Louisville Courier Journal.
..Shad is fine thing
$50 is marriage. Sometimes l wonder Il
either is worth the trouble.
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wife forces good humor out of its chan
mel and insiduously, though insensibly.
undermines affection. and at last destroys
that cordiality which is the soul of mat
harmony.
Evening star., 1909-06-06

back, we crept silently. inch by inch. foot
by foot, through the huge tufts Of gra SIS
till a good view of the game presented it
self.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
A PHILOSOPHERS Fable

Arthur Aull IS responsible for this
one: "
Folly, Genius and Common Sense
once went walking AAa came to
stream. Genius, having his head in
the clouds, naturally started to wade
across, paying no attention ito the
depth. The waters soon went over his
head, and he was drowned. Common
Sense hunted for d safe way to get
across, and finally he found d foot log.
As he got out about the center of the
strerm the log swayed, and he fell into
the water and sank to rise no more.
Folly stopped at the bank Of the stream
to amuse himself by throwing pebbles
into the water and watching the waves.
He sat upon the moist, cold bank until
he caught q cold which developed into
pneumonia, Of which he soon died.
Morat-It doesn't make much difference,
after all. whether you are a genius, q
sage or fool: You'll get it sooner or
later anyway, Exchange,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28

and by speakers from the different state
delegations. After the speeches, the
congress adjourned until today.
Henry Ward Beecher once said: "In
the United States every worthy citizen
reads a newspaper and owns it. A
newspaper is window through which
men look out on all that is going on in
the world. Without newspaper q
man is shut up in a small room and
knows little or nothing of what is hap
pening outside of himself. A good
newspaper will keep a man in SYM
pathy with the worlds current history.
1t is an even unfolding encyclopedias,
an unboundbook, forever issuing and
never finished" @'E 7 = -
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
az -.ii' 5'L.f.-. trf-.
Year Free From Fatal Accidents

Last year was the second in which
no passenger lost his life by accident
to the trains in which he was travelling.
The only other year free from q fatal
railroad collision or detaiment was 1901.
The number of passengers injured
last year was only 283, or about half of
that of 1907, and compared with an
average 66S for the previous 30 years.
Darling that period one passenger was
killed, on the average, in every Al, 900, :
900 Journeys, and one injured in 1 400 :
600. Last year no one was killed and
only one was injured in 4,5OO. 900
journeys.
The risk is even less than that, for
the journeys of season ticket holders a, 8
not counted. London Times. . /
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28

tain your facial expression. DR.. Gill
land "the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko
House for rent or for sale. Good
location city water opposite Com
mercial Hotel. The J. D. Able property.
Inquire on the premises.
DR.. j. w. Chenoueth, Veterinarian.
of Albany, Mo-, will he here about Oct
st. Spaying and Ridgeling Castrat
ing a specially. Anyone wishing work
done write him at,Albany, Missouri, or
leave word with J. J. Hylton or @. w.
Griswold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
Business Locals.

New line of Misses Skirts. just re-
ceived at Engler Co.'S.
Furnished room to rent in good To-
cation and suitable for gentleman. In
quire at this Office
New line of Ladies' Fall Waists, just
received at EnRler Co.'s.
For Sale-A latest improved Smith
Premier Typewriter almost new. In
quire at the Henderson. Bank. - ,
Save those natural teeth, thereby re-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
Nothing Like 1t Here

=
y Joseph Letter, at dinner in Wash
ington, said earnestly of his approach
ing European tour:
,';Where 1 am going I'll find some
thing that we haven't here, that we'll
never have here-namely, HOPELESS
poverty"
Mr.. Letters seriousness gave place
y a lighter mood. :
s"Why," said he, ."the poverty of Eu-
rope is so acute that I am credibly in
formed it is quite common thing
over there for little children; knock.
ing at neighbors' doors, to whine:
&c Please, ma'am, mother says will
ye lend us somethin' to pawn: till pay
day EVENING" g. =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28

Z, There is more Catarrh in this&sec'H,
tion of the, country than all other;
diseases put together, and until the
lost few years was supposed to be
incf1fa6iefi EoPfa great many years
doctors pronounced 1t a local disense
and prescribed local remedies, and by
constantly failing tn cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment
HaIlPs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by II. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
iS the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally I'm
doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful.
1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surface Of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t Tails to cure. Send for circulars ana
testippnials. s,s. .e.tht. +
Addfees:F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. :. ~.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for CON
stipation, .......... ~
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28

ThN klko Orchestra Of six pieces
will slVs 4 Social Dance at the
Bradley odera HoussI Friday, coto-
Der list, 1909. Everybody invited.
Admission 500. 'i -,.t1. go. A.'% ".
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
To The Public

All persons are hereby notified not to
credit my wife, Mrs, Jake Minola, as I
will not be responsible for any debts
contracted by her from and after this
date
JAKE MINOLA.
Elko, Nevada, September, 10, 1909.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
THE Fashionable way.

A Cumberland (Md.) woman, aged
So, Is cutting her third set Of teeth.
StiH,Swe believe there will be other
women who will sheer at her home.
made sfnolars and brag of their own
third sets, which were, made to or;
der. "sszpetroit Free Press. ;,3 b.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-09-28
Warning

All PERSONS are hereby warned not to
hunt or shoot on my ranch west of
Elko under penalty of prosecution.
GEORGE MOODY.
Elko, Nevada, Sept, "a, 1909.