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The bee., 1909-05-27

less; but on such occasions as these II
does not do to hesitate long, so took
aim at his shoulder, which presented a
fair mark, and as fred he fell over
with a roar which was answered some
little way OF, doubtless by his mate.
speedily got another cartridge in,
and, as he lay writhing, ran down the
bank and up towards him. He re-
covered little as l got nearer, cover
ing him all the while, and made q
futile attempt to charge me. As he
did so, gave him another shot In the
chest, dropping him, though he was
up again directly and glazing at me
viciously. Again his roars were an
swered, but ! could see no signs of
any other lions; in fact / dared not
take my eyes more than an instant
on the one had in hand. I still kept
moving steadily up to him, and, hav-
ing got as near as l thought advis-
able, Just as he seemed about to make
another effort to come at me, got a
third bullet into him, this time catch
ing him right in the ear and finishing
him. He was a fully-grown young
male, with a pretty fair name, but
nothing like so fine as others l have
met with. | measured him by step
ping, after l had stretched him out,
and his length. from snout end to tip
Of tail. was a little over ten feet l
had no time then to see farther to
him, but set about searching for the
other lions, which were still in the
underbrush adjoining. But though
beat almost every yard, as thought,
OF cover, could not come across
them, they lay so close. Had they
crossed the open, could not very
well have missed seeing them. as
there was quite a distance OF bare
veldt all around the cover | was hunt
Ing through.
was just persuading myself that
they must have sneaked away, when
cub, about the size OF q Newfound-
land dog, jumped out of thick patch
pen, and l believe she would have
and stood gazing steadily at me.
did not dare 10 empty my barrel at II,
for l felt that its mother was near
by. In a minute or so another cub
followed the first and also took 3
good look at my doubtless unexpected
person; and whilst my ideas were
somewhat confused as TO the really
best course TO pursue. fine old lioness
marched grandly out and stationed
herself beside her progeny; at the
same time fixing me In anything but
pleasant manner with her penetrating
Orbs Of almost ndeseribabIe green.
Getting a LlOness with Her Cubs
don't think she meant charging.
however; one can tell intuitivsly pref
" correctly when this Il going % hap
The bee., 1909-05-27
Lion
Hunting
in the
MOlOpO
Country
BY Percy SeIouS

Wherever guns are made and sold
and game is hunted for the sake of
The sport Of II the name of Selous
Is familiar. The stories of his
achievements circle the globe and
tens of thousands of lesser hunters
feel honored TO have hunted Nth
him on occasion or TO have crossed
his track or followed his trail. A
confirmed nmad, a soldier of the
chase by irresistible prediction, he
has spent his life hunting, trapping
and travelling, sometimes in the Ca
madam moods, sometimes IN the for
ests Of the Andes, sometimes in the
passes of the Central Aeidn noun
fainS, sometimes in the northern zee.
sometimes IN the African Jungle,
and the story of his hunting erpe-
rienceS Is a romance of fact and adj
venture. A member of this famous
family of hunters is accompanying
Theodore Roosevelt into the jungIes
Of East Africa.
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hunting such game as / was after had
great fascination. II was no use my
talking to Bob, and the other boy
would probably have red at the first
sight OF a lion, so ! started on myself
and tramped about until was pretty
well exhausted, without finding any
further indications Of 'Isilouan." Much
disguised, returned to camp, pleased
that / had not decided TO inspan and
trek farther, without satisfying my
self that l had not passed a lion by;
for meant moving as soon as ever the
moon was old enough to guide US at
all. That evening l whiled away the
time while daylight lasted In cleaning
the skull OF the lioness and entering
up my diary for the last week or so.
My clothing also sadly needed patch
ing up after the waita-bit thorns Of the
day before. Then ] turned in early
and was soon in the realm OF dream
land, to be awakened by the unmistak-
able roar of lion.
had been right after ALL but only
felt half pleased at being disturbed.
There was nothing for II but to mount
guard again, and another broken
nights rest was the consequence Still
the animals did not seem TO approach
any nearer. BY the sound they were
evidently close by the water AS soon
as the morning snack was over l set
the boys TO work to get everything In
readiness for inspanning, and started
on once again, this time keeping close
along the bank OF the river as the most
likely way Of coming across the spoor
of the lion. ] stiIl thought 1t prudent
TO rest my horse, as when we got far
Their out into the yeldt should find It
much more ditdcult to dispense with
him than where then was. with pretty
well of cover. A couple OF miles down
the river found where the lions had
been drinking. There we're several OF
them--three, anyway, as / could dis
tinguish from the pug marks-two full
grown ones and cub, or cubs.
This discovery caused me TO reflect
a bit as TO the wisdom OF proceeding
single-handed. However, / must either
give up the idea OF the hunt altogether,
or tackle them myself; for ] had no
confidence in the boys at such work,
and would much rather be without
them than with them. Yet l felt II was
a risky undertaking and Tecollections
OF previous encounter In which had
been knocked senseless by lion in
death charge fitted through my brain.
II had only had a dog l should not
have thought anything OF 1t, but my
doubts were speedily dismissed and !
stepped briskly forward A lion dies
a lot easier than a grizzly bear or a
iaguar. az ] had proved, and even a
deer with a bullet through It's heart
The bee., 1909-05-27
undsraround Passages.

Underground passages for pedestri-
ans are to be built at various points
beneath the Champs Elysees, Paris,
which the constant stream Of motor
cars now renders impossible from
morning till evening. The congestion
of other Paris streets also has grown
TO an alarming extent and all thor
oughfares round the opera are blocked
with the trafic for hours morning and
afternoon. II the Champs Elysees tun-
nels prove a success others will be ex-
cRvated in the center of Paris and foot
passengers win in future cross not
over the streets, but under them. 1t
had been hoped to build the approach
es to the Champs Elysees underground
passages in inclined planes. down
which perambulators could have been
rolled easily. But this has been found
too costly and only staircases win be
provided.
The bee., 1909-05-27
seelnn and rhInklnn.

Most people see an object when they
think Of It, They can see before their
eyes a geometrical drawing or the fig-
ures on q ohessboard when they think
of them. In, order to think at all most
men make use of images, though they
may be Of different kinds. TAus, one
man when he thinks Of ITALY sees
just the printed word; another see the
country's outline on q map; another
may soc the country spread out before
him, with its villages and towns
smouldering In the plains. Psycholo-
gists are beginning to classify the diff
ferent aids or images OF which men
make use. Some, for example, hear
the words of their thought within
themselves; others read them, as II
the words were written generally In
black on q white ground.
The bee., 1909-05-27

A correspondent sends an amusing
story Of a visit which the archbishop
of Canterbury recently paid to ceE
tain Sunday school. For a few min.
utes DIR. Davidson took In hand class
Of small girls who were going over the
story of Solomon. Now" he asked.
who was the great queen who trav-
eled so many miles and miles to see
the king?" No one answered. why,
you ell know. The queen who came to
see the king% Still no one seemed to
remember 'You do know. am sure"
persisted DR.. Davidson. "The name
begins with s; and she was a very
great queen" Just then a little hand
shot up, and a shrill voice cried:
Please, know, the Queen of Spades"
". A. p.
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On the Track Of a LlOness.

The brush was so thick that It was
: next TO impossible to get through II,
and therefore, as II was clear around,
and there was no fear OF making a con
Migration, ! set iire to II as the best
apparent means Of ousting our game.
Telling Bob, my Kafir driver, TO keep
close behind me, ! went a little fur
Their round the cover and was just In
time TO see a lioness break away, but
so far on that did not fire, preferring
TO let her 90, Ia hopes OF getting a
more favorable chance for a shot. BY
this time the blaze had got so powerful
that we. too, we're glad to get away
from H.; 140 degrees, or Whereabouts,
was suficient OF itself as tempera-
gre. without additional warmth.
The lioness made straight for an
. ber bit OF brush. whittier We went
after her, and, though the thorns were
quite thick enough, decided to follow
her In. My boy did not relish accom-
panying me, nor could exactly blame
him; for, though a fair hunter and a
brave enough lad in ordinary, he did
not like lions. his father having been
killed and his brother badly mauled by
one. II was rather dihhcult keeping
her spoor. but after some trouble and
considerable wear and tear, espied
her lying on a bare spot, watching me
intently Her head was resting be-
tween her paws and, as quickly as pos
nlble, l fred between her eyes, aud
could have sworn / planted the bullet
there, for she was not above thirty
PAGES from me. Turning TO take my
spare carbine from Bob, found that
he had vanished But the lioness never
stirred, and ] was hurriedly reloading
when she suddenly jumped up and
dashed further into the thieket
Unparliamentary language relieves
the feelings. n nothing more; 80. after
having anathematlEsd poor Bob. once
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HAVE STRANGE SOUND TO US.
Peculiar Names Common In English
County Of Lancashire.

Lancashire folk" one of them il
reminded to tell US, have their own
Ideas regarding Christian names, and
one Of the curious appellations they
delight in appears in the London Daily
News in an account OF the clever way
in which a runaway horse was stopped
at Preston. The hero's name was
Doctor Whitaker, and 1t is no I'M
common one in County Palatine, where
fond parents often give the seventh
son that courtesy title, which leads to
much misunderstanding when he grows
up. Another freak is the reduplication
Of the surname, such combinations as
Briggs Briggs, Yates Yates and Fish
Fish being fairly frequent.
Compounds of the Sarah Alice,
Phoebe Ann and John Henry type
are" adds this authority, greatly In
evidence, and both names are always
used in addressing the fortunate pos
Sessors-so much so that parents will
sometimes have two Of their offspring
christened Sarah, the girls being in
their opinion amply distinguished by
the fact that one is called Sarah Jane
and the other Sarah Alice"
The bee., 1909-05-27
GAS MEN ELECT OFFICERS
w. n. Mckenzie Of Kansas City Heads
National OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
City Gets Next Meeting.

Columbus, O., May 21.-The follow
ing officers OF the National Natural
Gas convention wer elected:
w. H. Mckenzie, Kansas City, Mo.
president.
John M. GarSrd. Columbus, Ohio.
vice-president.
T. c. Jones. Delaware. Ohio, secre
tary-treasurer.
X. M. Mitchell, Of 81. Joseph. Mo-,
was elected director for the western
territory, and p. w. Lupher, Of
Columbus, was elected director Tor
eastern territory.
Oklahoma City was selected as the
place for next years meeting.
The bee., 1909-05-27
peat Gas : Cheap FUEL.

The United States government
through the geological survey is en-
deavoring 10 work up interest In the
subject Of peat as fuel, and IL Il
asserted that gas made from peat com
prises a fuel that is cheaper than the
power OF Niagara Falls. There are
between 1000 and 5000 square miles
Of peat In the western part OF New
York which is now regarded as worth
less, and II is the object OF the govern.
ment oficials 70 make this and ether
similar lands productive.
The bee., 1909-05-27
Sad Is Sad.

A mother, who was rather fond Of
the cheaper 10, 20, 3O-cent melodrama,
one afternoon took her young daugh-
ter. who had grown to consider her
self above that sort OF thing.
The daughter was bored, but the
mother was greatly interested. and
fnally. when the heroine had got into
seemingly inextTicable position.
broke down and sobbed heartily.
Mother, wouldn't cry here" Whis-
pered the daughter significantly. &C
centing the last word.
Let me alone" replied the other
historically. IF a thing is sad. it's
sad; can't cry according to price,
Life.
The bee., 1909-05-27
MarnInn 10 LiouseheIdera.

The frank statement Of a burglar
who was caught with the goods" after
a good description OF hira had been
obtained from a pawnbrOker should
serve as a warning to careless occu-
pants of houses, says the Albany Jour
nal. This candid housebreaker I'M
bOsomed himself as fCllpvg;
1T is easy to rob houses, In my
two-months' experience have had TO
break into only one Of the nine houses
have robbed. the others all being
a.sy BY reason OF unlocked windoWs."
The bee., 1909-05-27

could make out the form OF a
honess In the gloom, / concluded II
was not best TO fire. as, in the event of
my only wounding her. she would have
had much in her favor should she have
attacked US in such darkness. l was
not sorry when day broke, for the oxen
and horses were very uneasy; but the
skerm was good. having been strength
ened a couple OF days before, not that
Hon. having once made up his mind
to attack. would be kept out by such
means However, nothing occurred
further than the roaring and, after
hurried breakfast Of coffee and giraffe
steak. ! and Bob, one OF the black boys,
took up the spoor OF the lion, which
was plain enough about and around
the camp
All we had left OF the giraffe was
represented by few splinters OF bones
which the hyenss had polished after
the Hen had SOrged himself. For some
distance along the river bank the
country was pretty well wooded.
khilst away 70 the north stretched the
'Kalakari. dotted here and there with
ncant timber clumps, but otherwise q
vast sea OF sand. did not take my
A0rae, as he was = bit stiif from the
tumble Of the day before; he had also
somewhat renewed his lameness. which
was scarcely to be wondered at. consid-
ering the country / had ben galoping
him over. The lion had made direct
for thick patch Of thorns and had
evidently laid up there. had no dog.
Ny last had been so iajured by Koo-
doo bull, which had literally disembow-
eled him. that had been compelled to
shoot him. This was a greater loss to
me than can express, for a good ter
rier is simply invaluable.
The bee., 1909-05-27
New Zealand b Healthy.

New zealand's population at the
close Of last year was estimated al
100000. the death rate being only
es7 . thousand.
The bee., 1909-05-27

G HAD had very little sleep
all night owing to the
prowllng around and roar
ing Of lions. attracted by
the offal of a giraffe
which / had shot the pre-
vious afternoon, and had
had dragged bodily up to
the wagon. The night was.
however. so dark that ]
could not get a view. and,
although ! once thought ]
The bee., 1909-05-27
New Editor for Church Advocate.

Fort Scott. Kans., May Brew S.
q. Yahn, OF Western Pennsylvania.
was selected by the general eldership
OF the Church Of God a. editor Of the
Church Advocate. official paper Of the
Reconciliation. "a ..su,.,
The bee., 1909-05-27

win 20 farther before Il succumbs or
the tiger cannot speak. but the
leopard and the jaguar, 80. also the
puma, or mountain lion, partake more
OF the cat" tenacity Of life than does
the lion Of South Africa
Tracking on High Ground.
The spoor led away towards some
higher ground, intertwined with tan
gled growth of creepers, and which
looked Just like the kind OF harbor my
game would be likely to take refuge
in. even thought could discern
some moving objects there. Anyway
followed the spoor right to where !
had calculated ] should find recent
traces OF the lions IL they had not left
the vicinity, and suddenly in the sun,
at full length among the rocky boul-
ders, l came across one. AS ap-
preached, he lazily raised his head and
looked at me, at the same time utter
ing a low growl, as II annoyed at my
intrusion. AS he did not seem in
clined to move further, and must have
descended and climbed the side OF the
little kloof which interviewed between
us before he could reach me, though /
did not anticipate this, walked on
towards him, till got to my side of
the ravine, about thirty PAGES from
him. He now seemed as IL he had
thought that be had permitted me to
encroach far enough on to his domain,
and raised himself on his forequarters,
the tip of his tail twitching In a man
ner which knew meant mischief
should / wound him. II be moved
away might not get better chance,
though wished the distance had been
The bee., 1909-05-27

more plunged after the Iioness. won.
dering how our next meeting would
come on. There was plenty Of blood,
Just where her head had lain, and also
enough 10 guide me easily on the
tracks she had taken. Indeed, before
was aware Of II, was almost on top
Of her. Stepping steadily back-she
lay directly from mel drew another
bead between her ears at the base Of
her skull, and let fly This time there
could be no doubt as to its being ef.
fective, for. as / stood, could see
where the bullet bored right into her
brain. The lioness never so much as
moved, so | stepped up and examined
her. My first bullet had struck her too
low beneath the eyes to reach her
brain. II had torn through the cartil-
age OF the nose and down her throat,
momentarily stunning and so Supply
ing her that her last rush was a ran
dom one; but she was dead, to all in.
tents and purposes, and doubtless was
not in heed OF my second ball. Her
skin was simply OF no value, and could
only have been an eyesore, 80 / did
not bother to take II OF, only keeping
her skull, and returned to the wagon
to rate my needless driver soundly.
Awakened by the Roar Of a Lion.
MY theory was that a lioness would
probably not be altogether solitary, as
is sometimes the case with animals of
the male sex. Acting on this hypoth-
esls, l determined to cast around and
see II could not make out further
signs Of lions did not need meat
There was plenty for some time, and
the additional excitement attached to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-10-28
AUTOPSY IN
SUICIDE CASE
County Physician to PeFFGrm
It on Body Of Man Who
Hung Himself.
STORIES ARE CONFLICTING

Owing to the peculiar actions of Mix
los Poisik, prior to his death in the
Woodbridge township lookup Monday
night, when he hanged himself and be-
cause Of information obtained from
three different sources by Coroner Gar
retson, an autopsy is to be performed.
Mr. Garretson, who viewed the re-
mains ON Tuesday morning, has ordered
the burial held up An autopsy will
be performed tomorrow morning at the
undertaking establishment of Benjamin
Drake in Main street, Woodbridge The
coroner was in consultation with Coun-
ty Physician Suydam last night
AS told in the NEWS, Poisik ran
amuck in Tottenville Saturday night,
while wearing the uniform of Hun
garian cavalryman and wearing large
parade cap and carrying sword. He
invaded Woodbridge in the same uni
form and made inquiries about his wife,
a domestic. She was found and he ar
ranged to meet her Manday afternoon
at O. clock. She failed to appear and
Poisik took to drinking, causing so
much disturbance as to necessitate his
arrest. He hung himself with lining
from his coat sleeves and his body was
found Tuesday morning by the care
taker of the lookup.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-10-28
WOjeiech KoirOis Died Shortly After
Plunge and Lay Some Time Be-
fore Being Noticed.
A FATALITY AT PARDEE PLANT
Fellow Workers Near Top Of StruC-
ture Did Not Hear Him Falling
Coroner Making Investigation.

Wojeiech Koirois, a Pole, about
thirty-two years old, fell twenty feet
through Q stack on which he was
working at the G. Pardee Works
about 6 o'clock last night and sus-
tanned injuries which caused his
death an hour or so later. The man
lived at 333 Stockton street, where
his remains were taken after q per-
nit had been given by Coroner Ferd
Garretson.
DR.. w. e. Ramsay was the first
physician to be called and upon his
arrival he learned the man had been
dead about half-kour. 1t appeared
as though the PROSTATE form OF the
workman had lain at the foot of the
stack for about an hour-and-a-half
or two hours before death came, un-
noticed by the other workmen.
Koir0is, who was known as Albert
Karrash, was at work with Ave or
six other men at the time of the acci-
dent. They were lining the interior
of large stack with firebrick, ac-
cording to information obtained by
Coroner Garretson. Koirois'g work
kept him near the bottom of the
stack, while the five or six other
workmen, doing similar work, were
about ninety feet up. At the time
of the accident Koiroie was about
twenty feet from the ground and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-10-28
N. Bable Knocked from Plat
form When He Accidental
y Touched Wire.
FELL TWELVE FEET
TO FLOOR BEL 1W
Had Remarkable Escape
from Serious Injury at
Cable Works.

A peculiar accident befell NJ
Bable, Pole, about twenty-five
years old, at the Standard Under
ground Cable Works about Q o'clock
last night when he was knocked from
an elevated platform by charge of
electricity. He was not seriously
injured but suffered considerably
from shock. His plunge from the
platform TO the floor below, dis
tance of about twelve feet, might
have resulted fatally.
While Bable was at work upon
the platform doing some whitewash-
ing on wall he accidentally touched
wire which at that place, 1t is said.
contained no Insulation and was
knocked sprawling He was sent
headlong from the platform and 1t is
deemed a miracle that he was not
badly injured. He was picked up
suffering intensely from shock Dr.
w q. Ramsay was called and later
DR.. j. G.. Wilson also attended the
man. He is practically none the
worse today after his exciting exper-
ience but he knows more about cleo
tricity
Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-10-28

about seventy feet below his fellow
workmen. The cause OF his fall is
not known. Mr.. Garretson's report
states that he may, have started to
descend from the scaffold upon which
he was working That might have
caused him to fall as he might have
lost his hold.
The body was found in pool of
blood at the bottom of the interior
of the stack by workmen and DR..
Ramsay was Immediately summoned.
He found that the man had been
dead about half-an-hour and word
was sent to the coroner The man,
when found, had hole in the top Of
his head, which was caused by some
sharp object, as the corner of a
brick. The object probably caused
concussion of the brain, from which
Koirois died
The coroner is not satisfied with
the information so far obtained and
is conducting a rigid investigation.
He wishes to learn how the man fell
without the other workmen hearing
the noise thus necessarily caused,
which caused the injured man to die
without medical attendance.
Koirois has brother. John, also
living. at 333 Stockton street, who
claimed the body. The dead man is
survived by wife In Europe.