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erage sportsman uses in Africa. For
instance. he will carry taxidermist's
outfit and cure and preserve his game
Immediately after it is shot.
AS soon as a lion or leopard is killed
the skin must be removed, cleaned
and treated with a taxidermic prepa-
ration of alum. Then to protect it
from beetles, it must be soaked in
turpentine and put in charge of ma
tive runner, who takes it to the near.
est post for preservation. Often when
a skin arrives at its destination the
numerous insects that infest the coun
try have eaten it full Of holes and it is
absolutely worthless.
Speaking of carnivora and the other
fauna of Africa, let me say for the
benefit of the American writer's, lee
turers and artists who wish to pre-
tend to a knowledge of African ami
NAL life that there are no yaks, ALI
gators, kangaroors, turkeys, bears OF
tigers in Africa outside of a circus OF
a geological garden. There are two
species of rhinoceros, the bicornis OF
prehensile-lipped, and the sinus OF
square-mouthed rhino. The latter, al
though almost as black as its rela
tive, is called the white rhinoceros on
account of a blue slaty tinge in its
skin. To be exact, there is no such
thing as a white rhinoceros. Both
have two horns. The Asiatic rhi
noceros has but one. Crocidiles and
alligators differ greatly in appear
ance, and the latter do not live in AT
RIGA. The Asiatic elephant is also
different in appearance from it's AT
rican relative.
Now about tigers, which have beer
treated so freely as African game in
recent American articles. 1t all de
ponds on ones nationality whether OF
not there are tigers in Africa. The
leopard is called a tiger (tiger) by
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with blood. / opened his shirt and
saw his right collar bone broken and
protruding through the flesh. ]
forced some brandy down his throat
and he revived. What happened?" ]
asked again.
"You had one chance for life, and
that was the death Of the rhino.
had one chance in a thousand Of saw.
ing you and killing the rhino. I took
it and gave the rhino both barrels OF
the express. Your face is singed a
little from the flash. The recoil of
the blunderbuss has hurt my shout.
der"
He put his left hand over and felt
the shattered collar bone. II suppose
it's all up with me-" he said. This,
on top of the fever, is too much" He
smiled and fell back unconscious.
The natives who had fed returned
and we examined the five porters who
got the rhino's charge. Two were
dead, three badly injured.
Through the night / sat beside my
unconscious comrade in the flicker OF
the camp fires, listening to the dull
monotonous droning of the insects in
the trees, and seeing faces in the
embers, one face especially, kind
thin face crowned with white hair
weeping as 1 told her of Jappie, her
hunter sons death. The chill before
dawn struck the earth. I turned to
put some wood on the fire. Glaring
in the grass a few yards away / saw
two green phosphorescent eyes.
seized my Luger pistol and rose. Like
a flash a lion sprang away before
could shoot. A little later the forest
burst into thunderous roars. 1t seemed
to be full of lions, which were attract
ed by the smell of the rhino's blood.
De Villiers did not die. He came
through it all. He now organizes
hunting expeditions into East Africa
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ing my express the rest took fright
and scampered off.
Narrow Escape from CrocodiIes.

ing my express the rest took fright
and scampered off.
Narrow Escape from Crocodlles.
The summer before last was hunt
ing on the Kagera. We had eaten
antelope for some time and the camp
was anxious for change, so I shot a
hippo for food. 1t was an easy thing
to do I waited till it showed its head,
and, bang! A squirt of blood and it
was all over. AS the water was deep,
but not running, I knew that in the
morning 1 ought to find my victim
floating. At daybreak was down at
the river with a party Of natives. AS
l expected, the hippo's body was float
ing, but, unluckily for us, on the OPP
posite side of the river, which was
teeming with crocodiles. I tried to
persuaded some ofthe natives to go in
with rope and attach it so that we
could draw the hippo over. No amount
of persuasion would induce them to
even put their feet in the river. At
last, eXasperated, l seized the end of
the rope and jumped into the river,
boots and all, and struck out for the
hippo. / had gone about hundred
strokes when cry from the bank
caused me to look around. A cold
toward me through the blue water, I
SILVER of horror ran through me, for
20 yards behind, gliding silently
could distinguish the brown form of a
crocodile.
"Shotti" cried. "Shooti" as I put
every bit Of energy into my stroke.
The crocodile must have been near
me, for the bullets that were being
fired from the bank commenced to
zip, zip, around my head. l was afraid
to look back, expecting every moment
to be seized and dragged to the bot
tom.
At last 1 reached the dead hippo
and managed to drag myself out of
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midst of the convivial crowd came a
messenger announcing that his rever-
ence's boat was in sight; they decided
to wait till he landed. Word came that
he had landed; they waited for him
to climb the path He did so, but still
they fingered, and only an imperative
message that he was actually waiting
in the chapel broke up the antenuptial
jubilation. Then the groom raced
ahead, the bride followed CALAMITY but
a few yards behind, the relatives ran
after in a go-as-you-please procession,
and all were soundly rated for their
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and in all probability he will be one
of the Roosevelt party.
freed by a Rhino Birthday Party.

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of the Roosevelt party.
freed by a Rhino Birthday Party.
The next day we continued our
march. We had not gone far when
a native brought in news of fresh
rhino spoor. l at once set out in
search of the game. We were not
ten minutes on the hunt when
smelled the peculiar odor of the rhino,
which sometimes is very strong. 1
was down the wind-that is, the wind
was blowing toward me from the
rhino-so 1 was sure of getting a
pretty good shot. A few minutes
later l saw long horn sticking
through the high grass. 1t was mo-
tionless. The animal was waiting
for us to pass. l took a chance aim
and fired, hoping to hit a vital spot.
My calculation was bad and the rhino
scampered off at gallop. I stood
there cursing my luck when a grunt
behind me nearly scared me out of
my wits. l took no chances, but
turned and ran. l hadn't gone 20
yards when l bumped on something
in the grass and down I went. l
grabbed my rife and made for the
nearest tree few yards away When
l could get my breath I surveyed the
scene from my point of vantage.
could see at least ten rhinos. The
thing fell over was a newborn baby
rhino and it must have been its
mother l shot at.
1t is the habit of the pachydermata
of Africa to collect around a female
that is about to give birth to young.
This is to protect the newborn weak
ling against the attacks of it's enc
mics, and that is the sort of christen-
ing / ran into. / hated to interrupt
the birthday party. but 1 couldn't let
sentiment interfere with business, so
I opened fire on the nearest rhino. He
got it right through the heart and
fell 1 fired at a second and that
also went down. While / was reload
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BORROWED FOR THE OCCASION

ties go to learn of them. An illiterate
lad of IA was recently the quite COM
petent instructor in Gaelic of distin-
guished German professor.
A recent sojourner in one of the
isles discovered that there were upon
it but three wedding rings: but no
prospective bridegroom was ever dis
couraged because he could not buy a
ring. He need simply go to the near
est of the three happy matrons who
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Absent All Around.

The absent minded professor re-
turned home one evening, and, after
ringing his front doorbell for some
time to no effect, heard the maids
voice from the second story window:
"The professor is not in
"All right" quietly answered the
professor; "Pll call again" And he
hobbled down the stone steps.-Lip-
pincott's.
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were ring wearers and borrow hers.

Negotiations for a marriage are
made with girls father and dowry
is expected. Businesslike as this
sounds, Aran lovers can be impetuous.
Late one evening it occurred to GER
tain young man that he would like to
marry certain colleen, and to do so
the next day.
The matter was arranged and early
the next morning the priest was sent
for, but there had been a storm and
the sea was rough. He was delayed
but the festivities were not. Into the
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Wedding Rings on the Isles of Aran
Are Scarce and Consequently
Are Used in Common.

The Isles of Aran are among the
least known and most interesting cor
ners of Ireland. The people, mostly
fisher folk, are poor and ignorant, yet
they speak the ancient tongue of their
land with such purity and perfection
that scholars from the great universi-
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Use Aliens Foot-Ease.

1t is the only relief for Swollen Smart
ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet,
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. AT all Drug
gists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. z.
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hardness before the ruff1ed priest
would proceed to solemnize the mar
riage with the borrowed ring.-Youth's
Companion.
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Musical.

The rattle of pans and dishes in the
kitchen sounds better than classical
music to a hungry man.
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Mrs. Winslo1' Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums, reduces In
fammation allays pan cures wind collie. CSC bottle.
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Use for Electric Heating Devices.
Electric heating devices are success
fully employed for branding cigar
boxes.
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No Tigers in Africa.

hunts, his expedition will hunt for
everything his licenses will allow him
to shoot 1t will be amateur sport,
not conducted from a financial point
of view; there his equipment will
probably be more costly than a profess
sional one, but no better than the av-
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Economy.

Some women's idea Of economy is
doing without the things that her
husband likes best to eat.
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the water up on the slippery carcass.
The eXertion made my head swim. In
a few minutes I was myself again.
apologized in silence to the black gen.
t1emen on the river bank for doubling
their courage. l had none left. took
my knife and cut a foothold on the
carcass, and then rocked it so that
it would drift to the shore The ma
tives told me that a well-directed bull
let had hit the crocodile in the head.
The Enormous Cost of Hunting.
The cost of hunting big game in
a fortune before firing the first shot.
The various European colonies pro
tect" their game by charging so
pounds sterling ($250) a year for IL
cense which allows the hunter to kill
two each of the pachydermata and
from two to ten of the various species
of antelopes. This does not protect
the game, but it fills the local treas
uries. Added to this is the price for
porters, shikarees, headmen, etc., who
have to accompany the hunter. The
average expedition is made up of from
so to So natives for each white
man. The cost of equipping and
maintaining an expedition is from
$500 to $500 a month for each white
hunter according to the district
hunted in. One well-known concern
with headquarters at Nairobi, that
makes a business of hunting and ex-
petition managing, equips and main
tains an expedition on the field for
$500 a month, supplying everything
Qyao0finO rms and 1inI10r
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NEVER DONE.

Slimkins-I-I hope you didn't
mind my putting that little matter of
SIS in the hands of the bill collector
yesterday?
Podger--Not at all; I borrowed a
dollar from him.
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After breaking SIS bill the pieces
are soon lost.
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PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
is can ounce of prevention" as Well as a
pound of cure" For bowel troubles, skin
wounds, colds, and other ills. 35c and SOC sizes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-24

A youngster describes heathens as
folks who don't fight over religion"
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The Ugly
RhinOCerOS
and Smaller
Game
By Capt. Fritz DuqueSne

f the Genius of He'll
used up all his men,
tai energy making
a devil for the ami
NAL kingdom he
could not have Gre
ated a more uncer-
tain, malicious and
ugly brute than the
rhinOceros. I h / 8
New-York tribune., 1909-01-26
REPUBLICS GREW NEEDS AID.
Liners Seamen Lost All Their Belongings
While Saving Passengers.

The Rev. George Mcpherson Hunter, secretary os
the American Seanen's Friend Society. sent out
an appeal last night asking for inmedats necessi-
ties for the shfpwreclled Of the Republic Ths
appeal read follows
The sailors Of the Republic lost all OF their bs-
longiugs when their ship went down They havs
no clothes except those they now wear. until tney
got back to Liverpool After the excitement atrsno-
inS the rescue work and the splendid achievsmen
Of wireless telegraphy, We should not forget tnar
the sailors get scant pay, and now when they
have lost their clothing, they VIII not De aofe %
buv that necessity. because OF their means a
large number Of the Republics seanen are at our
inst 5e1 NeS. street today tMonc4yls
ritfus their friends and relatives at hons. and
as We hear their story II has occurred 20 Us that
perhaps some Of liberal city people. VINO ars
ALWAYS ready 20 respond to appeal OF this Kind
uOuId like 10 help these unfOrtunate nen. CON-
= few hundred dollars underclOthins and necessf-
tiss could be provided The probabilities are that
The men will return their homes on the White
Star liner Baltic Saturday, and whatever y done
receive. contributions IN money and undertakes -
disbrrse the funds according TO needs
When they were writing letters most Of tis
penrb1c'z crew that went TO the Seamsns Iussr-
..s we're talking about the wreck OF ths Republic
one nf the seamen. large thickset man. who
smoke in = rich English dialect. made end -
his prafSa for Captain Sealby Of the Republic
..y1-t,, I,lins me- he said. 1T worth
weeks nav to be near the captain when = Ess
gi,,in' is orders z the coolest man you ever
saw in your life
Amateur theatricsIs were provided for sailors az
the institute last night
New-York tribune., 1909-01-26
SE4 WRITER IN RAGE.
James B. Connolly Resents In puta-
tiOR of Bad Conduct on Wreck.

While the Republic survivors the Baltic and
the latters passengers were preparing leave tho
latter vessel there enacted In the saloon a
scene that came ending a fist fight.
James 3. Connolly. OF Boston. writer Of sea
stories, who had been passenger the Repub-
lie resented the imputafion of Mr. Spencer. sec
ond steward Of the Republic that he had tried 70
push aside and children in endeavor 10
be one of the first off the doomed vessel During
the dispute friend OF ConnoIIy's suddenly grabbed
a steward by the collar. saying: Here's the man
that said it" But before Connolly could get 10
him half dozen other stewards had stopped ia
and saved their conrade. Al the same time they
threatened bodily harm TO the writer. Somebody
summoned Mr Spencer second steward Of the Re
public, Connolly. shaking with Indignation, faced
him and asked whether it was true that Spencer
had circulated the story
Il said" replied the steward. that you tried
l., get Of and that ] prevented you"
By this time a dozen more employees of the
steamer had gathered about Connolly. Somebody
shouted Kill him." while others said Put him
Out and You'll get what's coming to you II you
don't hurry away
this point Mr.. Fairly, Of the White Star Line.
led Connolly aft. The latter complained that he
could not get wireless messages through to news
apers for whom he had written the story of the
wreck He explained that his only desire TO get
past the line drawn by the officers OF the Repub-
lie vas to investigate ths situation for professional
purposes A a uatter Of fact. Connolly said he
was one of the last 10 leave the Republic
New-York tribune., 1909-01-26
SHIPS OFFICE CLOSES.
Many of Republics Passengers to
Continue Trip on Other Steamers

Following the suspense and anxiety caused by
the Republic disaster. the officials of the White
Star Line after seeing that all OF the passengers
on the Baltic had been safely landed and every
thing possible done for their comfort. closed ID
their Office early last evening and went in search
Of much needed rest- All Of the officials and Office
force had been duty almost continuously from
the time the news reached them Saturday morn
ing until yesterday afternoon. and they bore up
under the strain with difficulty.
MANY of the passengers the Republic have
Informed the White Star agents in this city that
they will continue their trip on Saturday. either
going on the Minneapolis. OF the Atlantic Trans
port Line: the Koenig Albert. OF the North Ger
man LLOYD Line: the Baltic. of the White star
Line or the New York, Of the American Line.
The Vaderland will leave here tomorrow for
Antwerp and several Of the Republics passengers
obtained accommodations at the last minute and
will sail on her The White Star people tele-
graphed Boston yesterday and reserved all OF
the accommodations their steamer Rorpanic.
which viii sail from tina. port for Naples on Sat
urday. Many of the Republics passengers bad re-
served accommodations at the various hotels by
wireless and representatives from the hotels we're
al the piers TO meet Tim
The loss of the Republic. II she proves total
loss as is now expected will fall heavily on
valued at more than s5o0.so. and the insurance
was carried in several companies. company
having A policy for than s500.O00 Most Of
the ship0 of the White Star Line insured by
the company itself. but the Republic of
the exceptions TO the rule. No seems TO know
exactly the loss from the cargo carried by the
Republic. but il will have 10 be borne by the yari-
Gus companies in which the shippers themselves
had insured their goods As for the luggage. Il is
probable that the passengers will have bea.
their losses unless II Is proven that the Off
Of the Republic we're at fault
New-York tribune., 1909-01-26
TO S4FEGU4RD SHIPS.
1rctic Club Secretary 4dUocatcs
LONGITUDINAL BuIkheads.

Moved by the wreck Of the Republic. Captain r.
s Osbon secretary OF the Arctic Club expressed
s. Osborn secretary Of the Arctic Club, expressed
yesterday the conviction that longitudinal as well
as transverse bulkheads should be required by law
in ali steamships. This is what he had to say on
the subject:
The sinking of the White Star liner Republic
the narrow escape of nearly thousand persons
from A Watery grave and the loss Of valuable
ship emphasizes the positive demand that all pas
senger vessels Of every class be fitted with lorgi
tudinaI bulkheads, in addition TO the transverse
bukheads now in use, and which have served a
good purpose, but which almost always injured
seriously in case of collision. In the Republic two
OF these cross bulkheads ruptured. a
consequence her reserve buoyancy was lost. and it
was impossible for her to float when the three
partments were flooded
Since 1871 I have been constant advocate Of
the system of longitudinal buIkheads and have
brought the matter up repeatedly to the notice Of
the Board of United States Steamboat Inspectors
and on May 20, 1907, a long communication
to the Hon. Oscar s. Straus. Secretary of Com
merce and Later, who referred the matter to the
Supervising Inspector General OF Steam Vessels.
but nothing was done.
"A year later I wrote to Captain Adolf Mark,
L. s. N, chairman of the commission examine
the laws of the United States for the better
curty lives of passengers and crews
board Of vessels of the United States. with view
to their revision. Yet far nothing has been
done The only real security for the traveller by
steamers, be they by ocean, lake river, is the
compulsory application of longitudinal bulkheads
Il is true that II increased In con-
struction of the vessels, but IL would insIg-
ni1cant in comparison TO cost of lives and prop
erty in daily danger from the lack of them. BY
the adoption the longitudinal bulkheads the
sci becomes practically unsinkabe and safe in event
of collision
THE problem Of the non-snkabIe vessel is easily
solved and II is mere matter application of
needed reserve buoyancy to the vessel to keep her
ahoat no matter how severe the wounding. It
means almost absolute protection millions o
lives and hundreds of millions Of property
w 1t is the duty of Congress to at once take up
this subject and enact laws that will make IL COM
pulsory that all ships carrying passengers shall
be nrcvided with longitudinal bukheads that shall
render such vessel virtually non-snkable and safe
Had il not been for the wireless telegraph syS-
tenn with its glorious work. the Republic would
have gone to the bottom OF the sea with her living
cargo of over thousand souls Her transverse
buIkheads would not have saved them
New-York tribune., 1909-01-26
BELIEVES IN PARTY GOVERNMENT.

believe in party government 70 enforce and
apply party principles I believe IN the re-
spOnsfbility OF party administration In accord
ance with the policies announced in the party
platform. These policies are but the described
methods of public service and the defined means
believer TO be conducive TO the public welfare
To that doctrine l then subscribed and stllt
subscribe particularly TO that sentence Whcn
reads II believe in the responsibility OF party
administration in accordance with the policies
announced in the party PLATFORM
When Governor Hughes claims that the direct
primary was a part Of the last campaign be-
cause il was not directly mentioned in the
platform and was not disappToved in the plat
form the argument does not appeal 10 me. II
the Republican party had wanted TO favor direct
nominations in its platform. the English Ian
s1axe was capable Of a simple expression to
that effect That the party did not want To
favor direct mandatory nominations IS, eE1-
denced by the fact that there is not word on
the subject in that platform
The speaker said that IN the 1st. ID Sd. 4th,
9TH. Sth nth, 18th. 18th. 10Th. 18th. 18th and
33d Assembly districts Tammany had an enroi-
ment two or three times great as the RepUb-
licans. and could enroll under direct primary
nominating system enough votes in these dis
tricts TO control the nominations and ar the
same time preserve enrolment OF Democrats
greater than the total opposed TO them Tam
many could thus control the Republican nernlna-
tiOns in all Of these districts
Lucfen Knapp followed with argument IN
favor Of compulsory direct nominations after
which the vote was taken, with the result al
verse to the friends Of Governor Hughes. al
ready stated.