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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20
The Killing Of Nick, Hunter Boy.

A few months after this occurrence.
on the same trip, lost Nick, my
Senegal boy" under terrible circum-
stances. This brave man who had
hunted everything in Africa from the
Cape to Cairo, and from Zanzibar to
Banana, boosted many n 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
TanganyilCa along a native path run
ming parallel with the Rusizi 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. mumbiing
songs. each in his native tongue. to
keep up his 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 az least twenty elephants.
They had evidently made long jour
ney and were suffering from the IN
tense heat. Some OF them were occu-
pied IN thrusting their trunks into
their mouths and drawing water from
their stomachs. With this water they
were sprinkiing their sunburned
backs This is a habit that elephants
always practice when they are over
heated and cannot end the shade Of q
friendly forest.
To me the sight Of the approaching
herd was welcome. I saw ivory which
meant thousands Of dollars 70 US n
we could get IN a few good shots. !
ordered my caravan back into the IN
dergrowth. and. bringing W the silk
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20
WASTE OF THE FARMER.
Agricultural Reform the Most Urgent
Of Model Problems.

II would be well for the country *
several millions of our fellow citizens
could see the economic situation as
clearly and appreciate it as sanely as
does Mr.. George T. Powell, whose
letter on THE Farmers Wastefui-
ness We published on June IL. MI.
Powell declares that the most urgent
problems before our nation today is
not tariff but the prevention OF the
great wastefulness in agricultural
methods that occur everywhere in the
United States. and the dissemination
Of scientific information and improve
ment." The proposition is irrefut-
able.
Responsible authorities have esti-
mated the amount OF the food bill OF
the American people at a little more
than $4,000 100000 a year. That
both the first cost and the retail price
Of most OF the articles on the nst
could be and should be materially re-
duced there can be no question AS
the sun has asseverated and as Mr..
Powell declares, very few OF our farm
ers have even a vague notion OF the
cost OF their products. The makers
Of farm implements. OF clothing. hats.
shoes. furniture. and other articles
bought by farmers know to the frac-
ton OF a cent the cost OF their mer-
chandise. There are and there can be
no wasteful haphazard methods IN
manufacturing OF in commercial busi-
ness. The inevitable penalty Of in
difference 20 cost n those lines Is fail
ure. Except in pre- Instances nol
other methods are followed on the
farm. In tia; industry e Is not the
producer upon whom the penalty fails.
The consumer pays the waste. indif-
ference. and ignorace Of the producer.
Because Of suadry legends hand
Cd down from generation 20 genera
ton there Is a general belief that a
farmers life Is an srdous and poorly
requested toll Much u that belief is
utter nonsense. The average farm
or works no harder today than does
the average man In any other line
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20
Elephant
Ivory
and How
1t Is
Obtained
By Capt. FritZ DuqueSne

Cant. Fritz Duquesne ;pas born Of
Boer parents IN South Africa, eda-
Gated IN Europe (phere he non con-
siderable distinction as a swordS-
NAM, and has been a professional
hunter of big game most of has NE:
At the age of II he waS a reteran OF
the KaGr mars. He serred an The
Boer uar and also in the Congo. In
the recent epents Of South Afrtca's
Kaleidoscope history Capt. DuqueSne
took a conspicuous part. He act
ed in many capacities during the
hostiiities between the Boer and the
British. being in turn spy, military
detectire. engineer, censor, dispatch
carrier and propaganda. lie Wds
grounded twice in the fighting
around Colenso. When the British
succeeded in cutting cable cOmmuni-
cation between the BOer republic
and the rest of the world. DuqteSne
carried the neps of the Boer ricto-
ries orer the Mozambique border,
and from there he wrote dispatches
TO the Petit Bleu. the official Euro
pean organ of the Boer government.
He was once captured by the POr-
tuquese and thrOwn into prison at
Lorenzo Marquis. Later he Tds to
ken as a prisoner to Europe at the
request of the British government.
When the ship that c0nreyed hun
and has guard touched at Naples he
uGs suffering from ferer and in
consequence pas placed in an Italian
hospital. On his recovery he wds al
Iomed to 90 free. He rent to BruS-
sells and was sent back to the front
bg DR.. Leyds. with plans for the
seizure of Cape Torn by the Boer
commanders then modified IN Cape
Colony. Everything Wds ready for
the taking of the city when, traitor
harinq rerealed the plot, Duquesne
and number of Others Tere cap
tured in Cape Torn inside the Brit
,ash defenses. This wds the Gilman
vof whaf has come TO be known as the
~Cape Town Plot" Some of the
prisoners were sentenced to death
tOho later had their sentence changed
to life Imprisonment. Capt. Duquesne
pas among the latter. Ten months
later he escaped from the Bermuda
prisons, got aboard the American
sNcht Margaret of New York while
shs Uas coali,,g at the dock, and wds
conveyed to Baltimore. Back to En-
rome ne gent again, as war CORE
spondenf and military writer on the
PETIT BEeu; thence to Africa, where
he took commission on the Congo
In East africa he hunted 6'g game
for sport and profit, and fraily he
came to New York to do newspaper
and magazine TOrk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20

the bush. I put solid niekel ball In
the right barrel OF my 600 caiioer ex'
press for head shot. aud a soft nose
split In the left barrel for body shot.
With the shikaree at my side and the
gun bearer az my back, We crept
silently. inch by inch. foot by foot.
through the huge tufts OF grass till
good view OF the game presented IL
self.
/ took of my coat and hat. hung
them on low limb and erawled a
few yards farther on. AS could not
get a vital shot at any OF the ele-
plants ia their lying position. gave
a sharp whistle. In an instant they
were upon their feet thrusting their
trunks up In the air TO get scent OF
their enemies and holding out their
enormous ears 10 catch the slightest
sound. At last an old bull worked
into the right position. | aimed AT
his weakest point. between the eye
and ear, and gave him the solid shot
My aim was bad n piece of his tusk
flew into the air With roar ne
CnAIEtu QONn
lanche.
| leyeled my express for second
shot and the natives stood ready.
Down he came. the grass waving be-.
fore him In pillows ! waited 90. 40.
so. 90 yards. another seconds sus'
pense and-bang. ! gave him the SOFT
bulle. full In the chest. II failed to
stop him. A screeching roar OF pain
burst from the charging monster and
blood gushed from his trunk
snatched my Mauser and jumped
aside as he passed My hat and coat.
which were few yards behind. at
tracted his attention. With n snort
OF satisfaction he crushed them down.
/ gave him all my Mauser shots In
the rear. With extraordinary sudden
ness he turned. lie sighted me ana
charged. his tusks level with his body.
My magazine was empty. | threw my
rifle down and ran the elephant gain
ing on me at each step. | saw Nick
ahead OF me with leveled rifle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20

bring him down. The hunter must
put the shot into the animals head OF
heart or he must face a charge that
will probably end in his destruction.
Rifles of various caliber are carried
for economy. II is cheaper 10 use a
small six five-tenths miglimeter rife
on small game. n nine millimeter on
medium game. and a 500 express on
big game, than 10 carry one weapon
for allround work. which would have
to be big enough at least for the
largest game. Nothing smaller than
a $50 express would do for that. and
II would be distinctly uneconomical.
not 10 say foolish. 10 shoot small
antelope. the size Of goat. with a
600 express. Ii would be like using
a pile driver to kill mosquito. Again.
cartridges become very costly by the
time they reach the interior OF Africa.
A cartridge for a 600 express rife, for
instance, costing sixpence (l2 cents)
In London, reaches an enormous price
by the time It gets into the hunting
grounds Of Africa ! have seen them
bring FIVE shlliings (sl.25) each, and
very scarce at that. Nor is this such
an extravagant price when one takes
into consideration that every ounce
has to be carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps, across
rivers. over mountains. trayersing the
parched weld and penetrating the dis
NAL forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot before they reach their
destination. II is easy 10 see that
weight is an important factor in cart
ridge economics. Four six fivetenths
millimeter cartridges are equal In
weight TO one GOO express. That is, II
Is four deaths against one, for the
same weight.
These are the things President
Roosevelt must learn before he can
consider himself up on the ways OF
safari" II the president hunts like
an Africander and not like the av-
erage European that visits the dark
continent. he will certainly find
danger; danger that tries hunters
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20
TAXES TOLL OF HUMAN LIVES
venturesome Explorers Of Grand Can.
yon Of the Colorado In Con-
slant Danger.

Every year the river and the Grand
Canyon OF the Colorado take their toll
In. human life" recently said Freder-
lex s. Dellenbaugh. the artist-scholar.
who has painted pictures and written
books about that wonderful river that
rushes for hundreds OF miles through
gorges hundreds OF feet deep.
when ! was with Major Powell on
his exploring expedition through the
Grand canyon 40 years ago We lost
severa, men, and the few other expe-
ditions that have followed ours since
then all have had 10 pay the river the
price In the same way" he continued.
"Powell's party was the first journey
white men ever made down through
that perilous portion of the Colorado
river, and almost every day OF the
many months 1t took us was full OF
danger. Every year some lives are
lost there Two years ago a skeleton
OF a man was discovered IN Marble
canyon lying on rocky shelf little
above the whirling waters OF the
river. A newspaper dated in 1900 was
In the pocket of his coat. so that 1t
was likely the man persisted eight
years ago at least Whether he was
killed while trying to scale the insur-
mountabIe walls OF whether he died
of starvation no one knows.
That part of the Colorado river
never gives up its dead. Those who
fall into the waters clutches literally
are dashed TO pieces. and no trace OF
them ever is found.
The Whirlpool rapids of the Nj
agara river below the falls are terri
Bile to contemplate. but IL can be said
without exaggeration that the Mag
ara rapids are peaceful waters com
pared TO some OF the long stretches
of foam on the Colorado. The whirl-
pools Of the Colorado are of the true
type-the water swirls round and
round and there Is a bread. hollow.
funnel-shaped hole in the center Of
them through which one might peer
down a good many feet II be could
hover over II.
Not all the canyons toll. however.
Is collected by the river. Nc one
knows what i-nmeasurable mineral
wealth is hidden in the canyon walls.
and every year veuturesome prospect
ors 20 into those gloomy depths seek
ing the treasures that they guard.
These men. through some sudden rise
Of water or for some other reason.
frequently lose their lives IN trying
10 escape from the canyon. Most o.
them. fancy, go mad with hunger
aid die IN trying 90 scale the prect
plces u is the most awsome place
IN the vorld-dovn there where the
river flows. where % never Is fully
daylight except for q few brief min
uiss a. midday.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20

is a sport. something to be played at;
hunting in Africa is a trade, almost
profession. In America one merely
takes a rife and goes out to shoot IN
Africa, to hunt q la mode, one takes
a battery Of arms, usually three and
sometimes four. high power rifles OF
different caiiber. ranging from a six
and five-tenths millimeter to a 500
cordite express. The cartridges for
these rifles are charged with vari-
Gus bullets. solid nickel. Steel soft
nose long. soft nose short and split
Each Of these bullets was designed
BY experts for special use, and on
the way they are used depends the
success OF ones shot Often the use
of the unsuitable bullet ends in the
hunters death. On small game the
HSht caliber arm, six fiye-tenths MILL
meter. is used. and on large and dan
xerous game the nine millimeter Msu-
oer and 500 caliber eordite express
Give the best results. The last-named
rife strikes the enormous blow OF
Is. 700 pounds. and has a recoil OF close
on a hundred weight. That the man
whose hunting experiences has been
confined to bird shooting With shot
guns. or small game. with, say. 81
czlfber rife. may understand the
meaning Of these figures. let me state
that the ordinary 32-caliber rife has
a recolI Of perhaps ten 20 twelve
pounds. The doubie-barreled shot
gun. which 20 the Ordinary hunter
seems TO have all the kicking" ca
pacity any weapon needs. has re
,-oiI Of from Is 20 30 pounds.
The 500 caliber cordlte express IL
the most deadly hand arm made.
, Notwithstanding the terrific force
At This 500 express bullet II must BE-
rsaced IN the correct part Of an ele
plants or q rhinOcerOs' anatomy to
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20

miasmai swamps. the noxious Insects.
he Shiny, poisonous spears OF the
natives. make hunting In Africa no
game for the chicken-hearted.
OF course. hunting as a business is
one thing ana hunting for pleasure is
another II is possible to kill African
game 10 a limited extent without the
slightest hardship. One can go on
safar accompanied by natives who do
all the work, even TO carrying the
sportsman I'm a hammock up TO the
game. selecting the correct rife,
loading with the proper ammunition,
pointing out the place TO shoot at
and handing the hunter the weapon.
The hunter merely pulls the trigger.
after seeing that there are number
OF shikarees NATIVE hunters) In
readiness TO protect him should
he miss his mark and the game
charge. AS often as not he misses,
a shikaree shoots the game. and
his employer gets the credit II
is the dangerous side only OF African
hunting that has any attractions for
in him, and II Is only that side OF
the hunt that is OF interest to the
laity.
According TO present intentions. Mr..
Cunninghame will take the Roosevelt
party over the route have covered
twice, the last time very recently.
What | have passed through Roose-
welt must face. He will be lucky II
he comes out alive.
Like most Beers. hare been hunt
ing, on and of, and associating with
hunters since | was ten years old.
Danger and hairbreadth escapes have
happened so frequently 10 me that
most OF my hunting experiences APP
pear almost too commonplace 10
record Yet some OF them stand out
wildly from the rest, especially those
OF recent occurrence. II would be
impossible to hunt any length Of time
in Africa without having some adyen-
lures worth relating; adventures In
which a steady eya. nerves OF steel,
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Preparing for Constellation.

RICHMOND. VA. June 1e-Th7
Manchester committee on lconsilca-
ton last night concluded the prelimi-
nary consideration Of the proposition
made 70 the city Of Manchester By the
Richmond council. and turned the mat
ter over TO a special committee, com
posed 81 Chairman Leroy Brown, CITY
Attorney Page and Clerk Han These
gentlemen VII formulate che counter
demands. made by the members OF
the Manchester COMMITTEES. getting n
10 the proper order and phraseoloEy.
and slssmit them % the Richmond
COMMITTEES next week, probably ~
Wednesday.
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To keep run-iIc meant that I
would soon be overtaken. Instructive
ly / threw myself on the ground and
Nick fired. With a thud that made
the earth tremble the elephant
dropped. The huge trunk twisted like
a wounded snake for moment, and
then the gigantic body relaxed in
death. II all took about two minutes
to happen and was a pretty close
shave. but IL was worth the trouble,
for the tusks we got were big, weigh
ing close to hundred pounds.
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srees ntanarea' for the slaoshter.

krcts. prtpdfcu tcf euo saeutAe~fs
loaded my nine milllmeter Mauser
with solid bullets for long shots. At
500 yards opened fire and the leader.
a fine bull. dropped In his tracks. The
crack OF my rife threw the herd into
CONSERVATION. They we're not sure
where the noise came from. and they
as vet had not caught sight OF us.
After a little indecision they kept on
the old route and marched toward us.
A hundred yards nearer ard | gave
the nearest, another bull. my second
shot. II went Wild. He shrieked and
threw his trembling head back and
forth frantic with pain. | had evil
IDENTIFY given him a bad face wound. I
fred again and must have missed. He
saw me. and. trumpeting loudly.
charged down on us. followed by the
whole herd smptied my magazine
into them with no effect. Nearer they
came. their ivory cleaning In the sun
and the dust curling up In clouds be-
hind them. The ground vibra,ed like
beaten drum top under their thun-
derous charge.
| saw tusk-crested wave OF nam
moths sweeping down TO destroy us.
I; was no time for inaction. The gun
bearer handed me the 900 caliber ex-
press. At n hundred yards | gave the
leader one barrel after the other. lie
fell, and those behind tumbled over
him in a heap. For moment the
mad charge was broken. | thought
We were out OF danger. but another
leader forged ahead and bore down
on us. Rum" | shrieked. and every
man made for safety. excepting Nick,
the coolest In the face OF danger and
always the last 10 run. threw my
self behind a tree. Just escaping be-
ing crushed to death. A screech rose
above the thunder OF the hoofs and
the next instant | saw Nick holsted
into the air with bloods stained tusk
through his body. The Infatuated
mass swept past. leaving a red
marked trail Immediately Sc: out
on the spoor of the herd In hope OF
getting the body OF the shikaree. Al
though searched TIL shutdown l was
unsuccessful.
That night heard the lions roar
ing down toward the river The next
morning. with a few natives. con
tinued the search. in the direction
that the lions roars came from dur
ing the night. We soon sighted a
flock of vultures, a sure sign OF dead
game, and. coming up with them, we
found the chewed carcass OF an eie.
phant and the scattered bones OF a
human being. among which | found
Nick's hunting knife and belt. The
wounded elephant had carried him on
his tusk till II fell exhausted through
loss of blood. and died. II was one OF
the best ivory hauls | ever made at
one shooting and Il was the saddest.
Nick was a great shikaree. He pos
sessed every attribute OF manhood.
He died like many hunter has died.
Nick was the twentieth native that
l have lost on my various expeditions.
II was In the same country that on q
previous expedition a rhinoceros in
yaded our camp and killed two native
porters, wounding three and giving
me a close call.
Copyright, 1909. by Benz. B. Hampton)
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NOTICED


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He experience Presi-
dent Roosevelt has
gained hunt | n g
game on the North
American continent
will be Of little use
to him on his expe-
dition into the wilds
OF East Africa
Hunting In America
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-06-20

nerve, that requires an alert inteili-
gence and a quick eye to pass through
1t and live.
Mr.. Crnninghame, who is organic
ing the Roosevelt expedition. is one
of the most experienced and clever OF
African hunters. He will have CON-
plete charge Of everything from the
LARGEST to the smallest detail. With
him at the head of things the presi-
dent can depend on having a success
full hunt. That is, II he is going Tor
sport and not merely as scribe look
ing for local atmosphere for his book
Many great African hunters have
Killed all their game in the narrow
and dark confines of an ink bottle
africa is a menagerie 100000
miles in area. with the greatest com
bination OF lakes. rivers. mountains
and weld imaginable. veritable para
disc for wild animals. Notwithstand-
ing the destruction OF big game. there
are still thousands of herds OF every
thing Africa possesses for the hunter.
roaming over the weld only a few
davs' travel afoot from the coast
There are hundreds Of rivers that
have rarely been visited by the white
man. On the banks Of these streams
hippopotami, rhinoeeroses. elephants.
leopards. lions, goriIlas and dozens OF
varieties OF antelope. the names o;
which have never been heard by the
majority of Europeans OF AmeTicars.
cambol and fsitcn in siutt0nous plen-
ti;ude undis;urbcd by the crack OF the
500 caIfber express. II is only in
readable districts that the game Is
killed 20 any great extent The cost
and danger Of hunting in most OF The
country have projected Il and VII
rro,ect Il for many years 90 come
FriuhtfuI Diseases Of the jungle.
Where game Is most abundant the
frigbffu1 diseases that nature seems
10 have placed as a barrier asainst
the white mans invasion are also
abundant IN Africa's Wild. beautiful.
mysterious forests. mote 10 be feared
than al; the lions and rhincs. Turk the
germs 81 the deadly hisckNaier fever.
malaria. science defying sleeping sick
ness and the unknown reason for the
weld sores that drain ones hfe out
IN a few months These. with The
.Fas, hf.icsa term Tor an c,peiit.qn -
a1y kiad- especially hunung eHDediu'n-