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The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04
Christian Science Society.

The Christian Science society
holds services every Wednesday
evening at o'clock and every Sun
day morning at II o'clock at Monte.
ficre synagogue, 1lO5 Commercial
avenue, second floor. The public Is
cordially invited to all meetings.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04
Second Christian Church.

Rev. Parker, Of Vienna, will preach
this mornt1g and evening at the Sec
ond Christian church, Thirtysecond
and Poplar streets.
The first anniversary of the church
viii be observed today with appropti.
ate services.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04
ST Patrick.s Church.

Corner Of Ninth street and Wash
ington avenue. Father James Dow
ney, pastor. First mass AMI sermon,
s a. m. High mass and communion,
10 a. m. Sunday school 2 p. m. Yes
pers and benediction 3 p. m.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04
TODAY AT CAIRO CHURCHES

PATRIOTIC HELD THIS EVENING AT THE FIRST
~-CHRIsTIAN CAIRO BAPTIST CHURCH. FIRST METH
opIsT CHURCH AND PRESBYTERIAN cHuRcH-MENs BIBLE
CLASS WILL HAVE AT FIRST M E. CHURCH
KNIGHTS COLUMBUS WILL ATTEND II O'CLOCK MASS AT
ST. JosEPHs-sEcoND CHRISTIAN CHURCH WILL cELE-
BRATE FIRST ,s4NWERsARY-REV. THRoeMoRToN AT cAL-
VARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
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Thursday. July y. 1909
Bank Long in Existence.

The only cornerstone tablet Of a
bank in New York is on the building
at the northeast corner OF Wall and
William streets. According to the in
scription the stone was laid by the
then president OF the bank in 1877.
The bank is still in existence, and IN.
der the same name.
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today will be celebrated at II o'clock
instead of at 10 in order to give the
visiting Knights of Columbus a chance
to attend divine worship.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04

LANGAN'S for Building Material,
Lumber, Paints, Oils. Glass. Hard
ware, Roofing. Japalac. Floor Wax. .
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CAIRO ON THE LIST
MT. VERNON CAR MFG. CO. WILL
CONSIDER THIS CITY Ir
PLANT is MOVED.
Larger Plant Nesded-Proposition to
People Of Mt. Vernon May Be
Accepted-Letter to
Mayor Parsons.

II has been matter Of newspaper
talk that the Mt Vernon Car Mfg.
Co. Is open 10 propositions for ground
upon which to locate a larger plant
for the building of cars and Mayor
Parsons believed it IN order to call
the company's attention TO Cairo. In
reply to a letter from him the fol
lowing was received yesterday:
Mt Vernon, H., July ., 1909.
Hon. Geo. Parsons, Mayor. Cairo, III.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor
of the LIST inst. We have decided to
build a new plant for the coustruc.
tion of steel cars and steel under
frames and have thought IL would be
impossible 10 get the necessary
ground adjoining our present plant
on which to enlarge on account of
being surrounded with houses and
Improvements We have put up 4
proposition to the citizens of Mt Yer
non. through the Improvement Asso-
citation. TO the effect that if they
would give us the nee rssary ground
adjoining our plant and the city
wonld vacate the streets so as to
join it up 10 our present plant AMI
give rs water plugs for fire protec-
ton. We would build the new plant
here all they are now working Wig
orlusly on the matter. If We should
be unable TO secure the ground here.
will be glad to consider Cairo along
with other cities.
Yours truly.
W. c. Arthurs.
President
News from Mt Ve5aol Is that the
.citizens have agreed to provide the
ground as stipulated by the company
and 10 may be assumed that the other
conditions also vii be met. in which
ease the company will enlarge its
plant in that city as promised. 4
committee of Nj. Vernon citizens
.announcei the other DAY that nearly
IAN of The 1H3 lots asked for By The
company had been securel. but
above letter written Yesterday seems
TO Indicate that the matter is still
open.
The compa1y's present plant has a
capacity Of = tars anu $50 car
wheels per day
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-07-04

The Sisters Of the Good Shepherd
By Mother Superior.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07

to follow It. At that tine none OF US
knew much about tracking. and we
had had such bad luck after the ele-
plants that we did not think much
of our shikaries, and l did not think
1t was much good. Abdullah persuaded
me and I went. After We ..l followed
the track for come distance l quite
caught his enthusiasm. and when the
single track was Joined by three 9th.
ers, I was divided between delight at
the prospect OF having four lions all
to myself and the thought that per.
haps had more on my hands than
could manage alone.
After q track OF about an hour We
came in sight Of two or three big
thickets of "irgin" bushes surrounded
by open mimosa scrub ana intersected
by narrow paths. My second shikari
at that time was a very tall fellow,
called jana. with enormous feet. Sew.
erai times during the track Abdullah
had turned round to pitch into him for
making such a noise. and now he con.
fided to me that jana walk all same
cow" and that we had better leave
him behind here with the pony and
boy. as the lions were sure to be in
the place in front Of us. Knowing
nothing about It. I agreed and went
on with Abdullah. We were walking
quietly along the outside Of one Of tho
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
clutched me by the arm and pointed
towards a tree standing on the edge
OF the bush yards on. The tree was
divided into two towards the bottom.
and the sun was throwing the shadow
of q bush on the ground inside the
hollow.
This was where Abdullah was point.
ing. getting more excited but I could
make out nothing at all. until . great
yellow beast moved suddenly out Of
the shadow and slipped away on the
far side. fired from the hip. letting
of both barrels into the tree. We
rushed round to the other side Of the
thicket Just In time to see q fine
lioness come out. I could not get a
clear shot at once. and when l did.
after running some distance. l was
shaking SO that ! could not get on her
at all. and missed. She kept lobbing
along Just ahead. every now and then
stopping to look around and show her
teeth at Us. Each time she stopped
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HE PLUNGED OFF WITH An ANGRY sNARL.

side, and II was evident that some
thing was attacking our donkeys. It
was pitch dark. and We nr' several
shots In the direction Of the sound
before We discovered that the attack
Ing beasts were hyenas. We did not
mind having . donkey killed instan-
taneously by . lion, but we had not
bargained for the poor beasts getting
mauled BY hyenas. SO taking a lamp
We went out to see what had nap
pened. My donkey had got on with
q nasty bite in the hollow Of the hind
leg above the hook. and we had him
taken into tue camp at once. The
other was completely disembowelled
and must have been killed instantly.
We could not find any dead hyenas.
but We were pretty sure that on. or
two must nave been hit. Ceeing that
IL the lions did come to the dead don.
key there would not Je much chance
Of hitting them on SO dark a night.
we pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp, and.
to prevent hyenas dragging It away.
tied q rope to one Of its legs, and
passing It over the fence. fastened It
to q heavy water barrel inside the
camp. We sat up for a bit and got
O few shots at hyenas. and then We
went to bed. telling the sentry to keep
a sharp lookout and to let US know II
lions came to the carcass.
Some time after I awoke to find
Abdullah bending over me. with my
rife In his hand. He was frightfully
excited. and all I could get out Of him
was "Libah. sahib. liban!" ("Lion. sir.
lion!") Jumping up I rushed out Just
as my companion fired two shots into
the darkness. The first thing I saw
when I got to where he stood was that
a great piece Of the skerm round the
camp had disappeared. leaving
broad gap. I could not for a moment
think what had happened. and then 1t
struck me that when The carcase had
been dragged away the water barrel
must have got hitched against the
inside OF the interlaccd mimosa
boughs and the whole lot had gone to-
gether. It was frightfully dark out
side. and we stood peering out for
some time without being able to dis.
tinguish anything; but after . few
minutes we could hear something
tearing At the flesh quite close by.
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point one could easily command the
whole Of It. The lion was almost GER
tain to break out Of one Of the sides
towards the bush on the banks OF the
river-bed. in which case l should get
an easy broadside shot. II We fol-
lowed the track into tho place, the
noise We were sure to make would be
very likely to get the beast ON his
legs, and he would sneak out at one
side as we went in at the other. es.
pecially rs the water had left lot Of
dead sticks along the edges, over
which II would be impossible to walk
quietly. Abdullah also said that from
the way he had wandered about this
lion must be very hungry, and would
sleep lightly. These considerations
decided US to drive. I posted myself
with Abdullah a few yards out from
the point. and the other two men. hav-
ing collected some stones, began throw.
ing them in at the far end. Abdullah
was right about this lion sleeping
lightly; for at the first stone there
was a growl and a crash In the bushes
and then, for a minute or two. not
sound. The men started to walk down.
one on each side, shooting and throw
ing in stones. was watching them. and
wondering what had happened to the
lion. when there was a faint cracking
Just in front OF US. and he appeared at
the point OF the island. Although we
were standing within q few yards OF
him, and absolutely in the open. he
did not see us.
He was facing straight towards US.
and was SO close that ! did not like
to fire at him as. on receiving the bull
let, he would be very likely TO plunge
In the direction he was going and be
into us: nor did I want him to come
any closer: SO. as he stepped down ON
to the sand. I moved my riff up
towards my shoulder to attract his at
tention. He saw the movement at
once, stopped dead. and turned his
head sharply towards us. For the
fraction of a second thought he was
going to be startled into charging.
but he plunged of to the left with an
angry snarl at us over his shoulder.
As he passed pulled. and he skated
along on his stomach and fell down
little ledge in the sand. This Slowed
him round. and he lay facing US.
spread-eaeled on the sand, evidently
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shot, but SO badly that wasted
seven bullets at different ranges
without touching her. The first six
did not seem to annoy her at all. but
the last hit the ground Just under her
teeth, and either the bullet SO close,
frightened her or a stone hit her, for
she sprang of with a snarl and
flourish of her tail and, putting on the
pace, in a minute or two ran clean
away from US. I was terribly disap-
pointed and annoyed with myself, and
l thought of course. that everything
was over for the day after all this
shooting; but Abdullah, who was al.
most weeping. hardly gave me time
to get my wind little before he
rushed me back again. As we ran
round the place where We had first
seen the lioness, a fine lion appeared
walking slowly out of another thicket
towards US. As I shot, he turned
and plunged thorugh an opening In the
bushes to our right. We ran round an
outstanding bush to head him II he
broke out. and met a lion facing US. Just
as ! fired I heard a moan to the right,
SO I was sure It was not the same lion.
This one staggered away at the shot
and fell stone dead close by.
Death Of the Jungle Lord,
Abdullah called up jana and the
pony boy. and they soon had the hide
OF and tied ON the pony. l thought
all the time that Abdullah knew all
about the other one, but as he seemed
to be going right home. asked him II
we had not better go and look for 1t.
and he replied that 1t was the same
lion all the time, and that I had
missed 1t the flrst shot. I did not feel
quite sure about 1t myself. but the
moan in the bushes could only have
come from q wounded beast, 80 told
him We had better 60 and look any
way. He evidently thought 1t was
waste Of time, but when we got back
to where the lion had been hit We
soon found some blood. and going
quietly down a little path between the
"irgin" bushes we came round q cor
ner almost on top Of the lion. He was
stone dead. l was very pleased at
scoring OF Abdullah. as he mad shown
such evident disgust at my shooting.
We mot one OF our party on our way
back TO camp. and told him he might
run across the lioness II he followed
our track back to the place We had
come from. An hour after we got
back to camp he came galloping up.
having seen two lions, curiously
enough both males. and had shot one
with q better name than either Of
mine.
have at another time described
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hill again; but here. soo. we were dis
appointed. and gravitated back to
where we had first lost the spoor. We
knew that the lion had not gone
straight on, nor had he turned back;
he must have gone along the top of
the ridge and then crossed into other
stony hills where Is was hopeless to
try to track him.
Abdullah, who Is never defeated,
said there was a big river-bed further
on In the direction in which the lion
was going. 1t seemed a very slender
chance. as he might have turned on
anywhere in between, but 1t was the
only one. SO OF we went We were
evidently in luck that day. for We had
only gone about . quarter Of q mile
when we struck the spoor. The lion
seemed now to have made up his
mind as to his direction. for he kept
on straight down the middle Of the
river-bed. The sun had come out from
behind the clouds. and in places the
sand was very deep. so that ws were
not sorry when at last the track led
into a little island of bush in the
great fiat sand. There was no doubt
the lion was at home. for on casting
round no sign was perceptible Of q
track coming out The island. raised
little above the river.bed. was
formed Of . mass Of thick-tangled
bush and creepers clustered round .
few big trees. The water coming DOWN
the rive. after heavy rain had washeI
It roughly into the form Of . triangle.
the apex Of which pointed up the
river. From this point the sides
widened out to the other end. which
was about thirty yards broad. the
whole length being somewhat uEder
Q hundred yards.
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We had a shot or two at the sound.
and the beasts. whatever they were.
went away. AS at that time we knew
nothing about lions. we were not
quite sure that they were not hyenas
after all; but Abdullah stuck to 1t
they were lions. 80 we got our beds
and lay down one on each side Of the
opening. Just behind the fence to
watch. hoping that the brutes would
como back. Nothing furtt r happened.
however. At daybreak we sailed out
to see II by any chance we had man
aged to bit lion. but we only found
two or three dead hyenas. One Of
these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other hy-
enas. as 1t was still too dark to make
out tracks. We came to the conclu-
sion we had made idicts CT ourselves,
and had been shooting all night at
hyenas, and we did not feel any the
better when our friends came back
from their night at the village and
told US we had probably frightened
every lion out of the country by our
bombardment
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07

two different methods OF hunting lions.
One OF them could hardly be called
q method at all. rs 1t depended on
news brought In by natives as to
where q lion had actually been seen.
The second plan consisted Of tying
up a donkey for a bait. and sitting up
to watch At night A much more in.
teresting way Of hunting lions than
either of these and a very success
full one ir the native shikaries EN-.
ployed are any good. is this process
Of tracking them. A lion lies up In
some cool. shady place for the day.
unless the sky Is overcast and the
sun cannot get out, when he will oc-
casionally be found hunting at any
hour. II you can strike his spoor OF
the night before there is a very good
chance of following 1t up to where
the lion lies. should the ground be
suitable. There is no form of hunt.
Ing SO exciting as this. When the
spoor Is found there is generally
nothing to show II you have struck
1t early or late in the lions wander.
ings, SO that It Is quite . chance
whether It leads you for hours over all
sorts of country. or whether. after half
a mile down on a sandy river bed or
path. 1t turns OF into a thick patch
of reeds or bush close by. where the
lion Is lying. II is extraordinary how
the excitement grows as time goes on.
and still you keep the track some
times very slowly, where only now
and then part Of a footprint can be
seen on a soft place between the
stones, at other times as fast as you
can walk over soil where the track
Is visible many yards ahead. And
when the spoor is lost and minute
after minute goes by while you cast
about vainly in every direction. how
wretched you are. and how quickly
your spirits rise again when a low
whistle or swapping OF the fingers an
nounces that one Of the trackers has
hit It of further on,
At last certain signs show that you
are getting near the end: the trackers
take OF their sandals and tuck up
their loin-cloths under their belts, lest
corner tapping in the wind should
scare the lion. For the first time you
take your rife from the native who
has had charge Of It. and. with your
head shikari carrying a second rife.
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l. / n
Shooting
In
Sona1iland
BY Lord DeIamere

Foremost among the great hunt
Jag authorities of the English speak
isvg Corld is Lord Delamerc. He is
credited with being the heaviest kill
er IL the party which bagged the
record number of african lions some
few years ago. In East Central Af-
rics his prowess is familiar to erery
native. Not long ago locality beset
sOiih lions sent delegation four
hundred miles to call on Lord Dela-
mere to ask him to come and tcipe
out the destroyers of their cattle. In
this article he vividly contrasts the
theory and practice of lion hunting
iH ths region which E1-President
Roosevelt riH invade.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07

Agitation regarding the pay OF
French military officers has had some
effect. for the minister Of war has
asked for an extraordinary credit Of
100000 to supplement the pay OF the
officers, which has not been increased
since 1870. In that time nearly every
grade Of state Official has had his sti-
pend raised, but the sub lieutenant has
had to make both ends meet as best
he could with six francs a day and
the lieutenant with eight.
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Reading the Lion Tracks.

Abdullah Ytill insisted that there
had been lions round the camp. and
q little later we found the spoor of
one big lion by the body of the half
eaten hyena. The ground was very
stony and there were no other tracks
to be seen. but one lion could hardly
have dragged the donkey and heavy
barrel away 30 quickly. SO there were
probably more. The other hunters
had got hold Of man at the village
who said he knew where the lions
always lay. SO they went with aim.
Soon after they left. Abdullah. who
had been hunting about, came and
told me that he had picked "p the
track of one hon on soft ground q lit
tie way from camp. and that we ought
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Il
gas8|

Two Of my men got badly mauled by
q lion. SO our camp had to stop where
It was till they could be moved. After
a time one OF them was able to walk
about with his arm in q sling. and the
other was getting on well. 30 one night
I decided to leave the big camp next
day and go with two or three camels
to some villages only a days march
away. Early the next morning Ma.
homcd Moor, the headman. started
with the camels. I stopped behind to
get some breakfast. Just as we were
going to follow. a camelman. who had
sone up the river-bed close by to get
some water. came running back to say
that q lion had been down to drink
at one OF the shallow sand wells In the
night. I started at once with Abdul.
lah and two other trackers. telling my
pony. boy to follow on rs soon as he
could get the pony saddled. When
tracking. have always found 1t the
best plan to have the pony led some
distance behind. The boy ought to
have no difficulty in following the
tracks OF two or three men and a
lion. and II the pony is kept close
up, II Is sure to stamp or blow Its
nose at the critical moment.
When we got to the well there was
the spoor plain enough In the sand.
but rather blurred by some rain which
had fallen at daybreak. This made
the tracking a little dificult after We
left the river-bed. but when we had
followed 1t slowly for scme distance.
we came to a place where the lion had
lain down u.der a thick bush, evi.
IDENTIFY to shelter from the rain, as the
spoor after this was quiet distinct on
the top Of the damp ground. This
made US think we were in for q short
track, for It must have been light
when the lion went on again from
here, and lions generally lie up short
ly after the sun rises: but this day
proved an exception. be -aLse 1t was
cloudy and cool through the forenoon.
Trailing the King Of Beasts.
The spoor now led US along a sandy
path, where We could follow 1t as fast
as We could walk. When 1t turned on
into the bush we quite expected to see
the lion at any moment: but not bit
of 1.-THE wandered about through
endless clumps OF mimosa a-d "irgin"
bushes, as II he did not mean to lie
up at all.
The track at last ed US down a
little sandy watercourse. which 1t fol-
lowed for some distance. Up to this
time we had had no real difficulty
in making It out. but now came our
frst serious check. The nullah turned
OF along the side of q stony ridge.
and, instead of going along 1t, the
lion had turned up the hill. We had
got the general direction tn" the lion
had been going In, but this was no
good to us. as on casting forward in
the same line to the bottom OF the
other side of the ridge where tt ere
was some sandy ground. we could find
no sign OF his having passed In that
direction. We spent some time hunt
ing about, growing less hopeful as
time went on. A man following a
trail by sight certainly has an enor-
nous advantage over a hound hunting
II by nose. because time Is Of no
particular object 70 him, and every
direction can be tried in turn. After
making out cast forward We went
back to the little water-course, and
followed that down for some distance.
saping that the lion had turned down
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hospitable.

She-And did you enjoy your AT.
rican trip. major? How do you like
the savages?
He-Oh. they were extremely kind.
hearted! They wanted to keep me
there for dinner.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1909-05-07

He best piece OF
lion tracking I ever
saw lasted i've full
hours and IL SO
memorable in sew.
eral respects that l
purpose to use It as
an Introduction to
that general method
of lion hunting.
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Driving the Lion to Bay.

The shape made 1t \ easy place to
drive. for q little way out from the