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that moves-young birds, and for the
matter of that old Ones too, when
they can surprise them. A cat which
has run wild at home is a fair exam
pie of what the leopard is on a very
much larger scale.
The dog now came to a point at the
foot of a tree, and after some search
for the foliage was very luxuriant,
could distinguish the leopard lying full
length along a branch, his head be-
tween his paws, his eyes being just
discernible, and that was all. 1 could
not get good shot at him, the angle
was too acute to fire with safety at
his head, and unless 1 got directly
under him 1 could not see him at all,
whilst the limb he was stretched out
upon practically protected him at all
vital points. Now and again he would
just crane over little and then draw
back before 1 could get a proper
sight, making all the time a snarling,
purring noise Under the circum-
stances it would have been risky to
have attempted a shot, so / was COM
PEELED to wait until he gave me some
sort of a chance. To have had him
come tumbling down wounded was not
a bit to my fancy.
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for the timber on the other side OF the
bend in the river. / was beginning to
feet a bit winded, and was not sorry
when further angry yelps and growl-
ing showed that the cub had again
been brought to bay Getting up as
quickly as possible, / found that the
dog had been having a rough time of
it. He was scored badly down the
side, and instead of being a white
terrier was a CHASTITY red one, though
for the time being it did not appear
to Inconvenience him much. He was
vigorously barking and jumping
around a lot of loose boulders, among
which the leopard had evidently taken
refuge. 1 could not, however, induce
him to go in, and although 1 have
had several good terriers for this kind
of shooting none of them cared to go
to ground after such game. / began
to fear 1 should have to give him up.
but got together a lot of the driest
heritage 1 could find, and making
couple of squibs by extracting the
powder from. two cartridges, 1 went
to work to try and make him bolt,
as his cover was not very large. Cut
ting as long a stick as 1 could find,
took a page out of my pocket diary
and rolled the squibs in it, binding
them to the thin end OF the stick,
which / bandaged thickly round with
dry grass and leaves for a yard or
more, and then pushed it in where the
leopard had entered and ignited it
well all around, also heaping. more
dry stuff about the opening so as to
make as much smother as possible
The smoke soon began to escape from
the crevices, though the leopard did not
appear to take any notice of it; but
as soon as the fuses began to fizz and
sputter, it was more than he could
stand. and out he dashed. almost up
setting me in his rush. l had. how
ever, picked up my carbine and fired
at him, just as he was disappearing
into the cover. I distinctly heard the
pat of the bullet and WIS about to
follow, when I saw that the poor dog
demanded my attention, SO picked him
up. The scratches we're ugly ones,
and 1 could see that if I did not at
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back and dressed the skin there and
then, before it should get covered
with f1yblows.
1 lost no time, however, in getting
back to the spot where / had killed
him, for it struck me there might be
something more than 1 knew about in
his having had his attention diverted
from myself and the dog. So 1 cast
about once more, still going along the
river, letting Snap" who was well up
to the work, do the hunting. whilst
now and again / added a brilliant
two or three gullies without making
anything further out, 1 began to think
that it must have been the whistle
of an antelope that had attracted the
leopard's notice. He showed, how
ever, the same intentness of gaze as
remembered in a jaguar 1 once killed
under somewhat similar circum-
stances, and whose dying roar brought
a second one on my track in less than
no time, giving me stiffish scuff1e. 1t
is in cases such as these that the sci
ence of woodcraft comes in handy
careful notice of surrounding signs
and actions usually enabling one to
come to a correct conclusion. l had
been keeping fairly close to the river
bank, for l held to my theory that
there was another leopard not far
from where 1 shot the last; so l turned
about, after a couple of miles, and
worked back along the margin of the
bush, near the veldt carefully beat
ing any likely-looking spots. Half way
or so back was a dense mass of thorns
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out finding any more signs, although
l felt satisfied that there were some
leopards in the neighborhood, so
could only postpone my search until
the morrow. In the morning 1 got
cflcat once more, and dropped about
four miles down to the place l had
turned back from the day before.
This did not occupy long, and 1 was
soon fast again in a kind of back
water, with my traps once more on
dry land. l was eager to follow up
the leopard, which l was confident
had gone down, not up, the river; in
deed, had hardly proceeded a quar-
ter of a mile before L found pug
marks, and quite fresh ones, too.
where he had gone down to drink.
This time the heavy rains had not
washed all trace of spoor and scent
away, and my dog was able to pick
it up easily. Seeing that my carbine
was all right and everything in it's
place to my hand, / followed SNAP"
with some difficulty, for 1 did not
want him to come to an untimely end.
which might not be improbable If 1
was unable to keep him back some
where within bounds
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First Shot Brings Him Down.

Once or twice l raised my weapon,
only to lower it, feeling it was safer
to wait On a sudden he raised his
head, as if some sound at a distance
had arrested his attention, for he
gazed right away into space. This was
my opportunity-not a very fine one
certainly, for there was quite net
work of small branches intervening
but l got pretty fair sight and let
him have it. Down he came almost
before l could jump to one side, with
a thump that would have stunned him,
one would imagine, even if the bullet
had not smashed his jaw and gone out
through the top of his head, bursting
an eye in its course. He was as dead
as a door nail, and a beautifully
marked full-grown young male, his
teeth being perfect As I was only
about mile from camp, got his skin
on at once, and taking the skull went
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Blinded by a Sand Storm.

AS the sun rose it speedily diSSi-
pated the river mist, and a little way
out on the veldt and beyond the tim
Der. it was sultry as ever l could
spy some small specks away to the
southwark, and as a fresh bit of yeni-
son would be an agreeable change,
started after what | knew would
furnish me Herewith, if / could man
age to circumvent them This was not
particularly difficult, for 1 could keep
myself covered by one ant-hill or an
other, and 1 got my buck all right,
sending the rest bounding away with
tremendous jumps. The ominous
darkening of the horizon had not es-
capped my notice, but almost before 1
was aware of it the hot sand came
singing like so much small shot
against my face. In such cases, the
only thing to be done is to throw
yourself fiat on your chest and hold
your breath till the hot blast has
blown over. The sand storm did not
last many minutes. but the thunder
storm Immediately burst in such a
way as it only does in South Africa,
and l speak from experience both of
this as well as other parts of the
world. Itwas over almost as soon as
1t came, and for a short space the
sandy veldt looked like a sheet Of
water, which, however, was sucked up
in no time, the sun bursting forth
In all its splendor and drying me.
drenched as I was, before l could get
my buck back to camp.
After skinning my buck and making
the hind portions into ham, and get
ting a meal of fresh meat, set out
along the bank of the river to see if
I could hit upon any leopard spoor-
had not gone far before I came to the
remnants of a porcupine. Leopards
appear to have a great Partially for
the flesh of these animals, and as
they are common enough along the
Orange river, it doubtless accounts
for the presence of their prosecutors
i hunted for the rest of the day with
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the Transvaa1 Beers, whose f1lfbusterlng
raids across the border were getting
worse and worse.
To cut my story short, however, and
get down to a fast series of single
handed leopard kills. after following
the Dragons up as far as Mafeklng
to no purpose, 1 returned to Kimber-
ley and the Orange river. l conceived
the idea of constructing a raft and
thus transporting my few necessary
effects, camping on the banks as IN
-clination led me, or, as l fancied the
locality favored sport. l had had too
much experience among floating logs
whilst numbering in America not to
feel at home at this kind of work;
and all in all, though | did not travel
far, 1 spent one of the most exciting
trips l ever had. All along either
side of this fine river is wide belt
of '.wait-a-bit'' thorns and bush tim
Der, on which lovely green beetles
played in great profusion. l caught
numbers, every one of which brought
me in Sd in Cape Town, for jewelry
purposes. 1 had seen beetles set up
in similar fashion in Rio de Janeiro
and so had an eye to possible bust
mess; as also, we used to get alligators
teeth down in Alabama and Florida.
but these creatures have got so scarce
now that it hardly pays to hunt them
Having got everything fixed on my
raft. and as the river hereabouts was
familiar to me- | had no difficulty in
making a landing, as l had proposed
some 20 miles further down, passing
the ford to Hope Town on my way.
Among other things l had with me a
hammock and a poncho which l had
used out in the Banda Orientale, both
of which, besides being of the greatest
use went into very small compass.
After taking a cup of coffee without
milk and snack or two of spring-bok,
I literally turned in, with my carbine
beside me and my dog curled up at
my feet, to be lulled to sleep by sounds
as familiar as those heard on sum
mer day at home.
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How'S This?

We OFFER One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j. Cheney
for the Is and believe him perfectly
orabe in all business transactions and financially
able carry any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING. kINNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure taken internally. acting
directly upon blood and mucous surfaces the
system. Testimonials free. Price cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Memorial to Brave Explorer.

A memorial has just been erected
in Kensington cemetery, London, to
the memory of Admiral Sir Francis
Leopold McClintock, the Arctic ex-
plorer and discoverer of the lost
Franklin expedition. 1t takes the
form of an old style wheel cross
standing on a massive nodded base,
reaching to a height of ten feet and
erected in rough silver-gray Cornish
granite
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Following the Leopard's Spoor

The spoor led along the bank for
some distance close to the river, at
which the leopard had occasionally
halted, either to drink, or to watch
for stray fish; for these latter they
will scoop out with the dexterity of
a raccoon, as 1 myself once saw. In
fact, they will eat almost anything
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tend to them at once I might lose
him, 1 therefore carried him back to
camp and washed. stitched, and
dressed his wounds returned after
wards, to try and follow the leopard.
but could not find any further trace
of him, except blood marks I there
fore went and skinned the other two.
and made up my mind to leave the
cub had wounded until the morrow,
| tracked him up next day and found
him dead. about "a quarter of a mile
from where 1 had fired at him
This reminds me of an escapade
had with one of these creatures some
time previously, further south. As
is so frequently the case, / had been
much disturbed during the night by
prowling animals, which 1 found out
were leopards. 1 was exasperated by
the loss of my best dog, and made
up my mind, if possible, to get fine
skin and avenge his death at one and
the same time; so making a hurried
breakfast, and leaving my two Kafhr
boys in charge of the skerm, set
out with the only dog 1 now had left.
The spoor, which was plain enough
in the sand, led right away towards
the river, which on either side is bor-
dered for a quarter of a mile or so
with 'wait-a-bit'' thorns and under
brush After going a mile or more my
dog showed special eagerness, and
pulled up at a tree, the bark of which
was all scored by the claws of leop-
ards and was evidently used by them
continually for stretching their talons.
A lot of porcupine quilts also lay
around. showing that the leopard had
recently made meal, of which 1 was
glad, for 1 thought 1 should be more
likely to find him lazy and lying up,
and hence easier to manage. A little
further on l came to kloof or ravine,
which 1 had to descend and ascend.
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a fine broadside and I fired, dropping
her at once. though she scrambled to
her fore feet in an instant 1 could
see that her hind parts were para
lyzed; she was shot through the spine;
and as she turned to gnaw the wound
I quickly got another cartridge in and
hit her through the neck.
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THE HEIRS HAIR-MoviNo-

Mr.. White-It's no use, my dear, I
shall have to have my whiskers of;
baby is pulling 'em out by the roots
Mrs. White-How unfeeling of you
It's the only thing that keeps baby
quiet. Now you threaten to take the
dear's enjoyment awayi
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-05

There is no pleasure beyond the
rules of righteousness; there is no
pleasure in what Injuries another
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A Domestic Eve Remedy

Compounded by Experienced Physicians.
Conforms to Pure Food and Drugs Laws
Wins Friends Wherever Used. Ask Drug
gistS for Murine Eye Remedy. Try Mu-
rine in Your Eyes. You Will Like Murine.
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Leopard
Hunting
Alone i'm
BeChu-
analand
By Percy SeIOuS

0ME years ago, l
f o u n d m y S e | +
stranded in Bech-
uanaland, where |
had followed a force
of irregular cavalry,
raised by Col Me
thuen, for operat-
ing, should the ext
gency arise, against
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1t Is.

Some say it's mistake to marry"
WELL" commented Mrs. Sixthhub.
"to err is human
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If you wish beautiful, clear, white clothes
use Red Cross Ball Blue. Large , or
package, 5 cents.
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Light, heat and oil are the worst
enemies of the rubber tire.
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placed anywhere
attracts and kills
all flies n eat,
clear, ornamental,
convenient. cheap
LzsfsailseasoB- Can
not spill or tip
over, will no I soil
orinjureanything-
Guaranteed efec-
tive Ofaiide2iers,
or sent PrepofdJo1
zoe Harold soDer>s
$50 De Kalb kvennes
Brooklyn.s Sew xssxs
Morris tribune., 1909-02-27
Soldier Balk Death Plot.

It seemed to j. A. Stone, civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that plot
existed between a desperate lung
trouble and the grave to cause his
death. 81 contracted a stubborn cold,"
he writes, "that developed cough
that stuck to me, in spite of all remed-
les, for years. My weight ran down
to 130 pounds. Then I began to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery, which re-
stored my health completely. 1 now
weigh 17S pounds" For severe colds,
obstinate cough, hemorrhages, asthma
and to prevent pneumonia it's unri-
vailed. SOC. and $1.OO. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by J. R. Krueger.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-27
CURES INDIGESTION.
All Distress from Stomach and
Indigestion Vanishes in five
Minutes.

Take your sour stomach-or maybe
you call it indigestion, dyspepsia, gas
tritis or catarrh of stomach trouble
right with you to your pharmacist
and ask him to open a 50-cent case of
Pape's Diapepsin and let you eat one
22-grain triangule and see if within
five minutes there is left any trace of
your stomach misery.
The correct name for your trouble is
food fermentation-food souring; the
digestive organs become weak, there
is lack of gastric juice; your food is
only half digested, and you become
affected with loss of appetite, pres
sure and fullness after eating, vomit-
ing, nausea, heartburn, gripping in
bowels, tenderness in the pit of stom-
ach, bad taste in mouth, constipation
pain in limbs, sleeplessness, belching
of gas, billousness, sick headache, ner-
vousness, dizziness and many other
similar symptoms.
If your appetite is tickle, and moth
ing tempts you, or you belch gas or it
you feel bloated after eating, or your
food lies like lump of lead on your
stomach, you can make up your mind
that at the bottom of all this there is
but one cause-fermentatio of undi-
gested food.
Prove to yourself, after your next
meal, that your stomach is as good as
any; that there is nothing really
wrong. Stop this fermentation and
begin eating what you want with
out fear of discomfort or misery.
Almost instant relief is waiting for
you. 1t is merely a matter of how
soon you take little Diapepsin.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-27
BILL TO LIMIT SALOONS
PARTY MEASURE.
Provisions Of the Measure--Local
Option for Cities--Reports of
Political Organizations De-
manded--The Public Utilities
Commission Meets Opposition.
(Heatwole's st. Paul letter.


st. Paul, February 26, 19O9-The
White bill to ssto limit the granting OF
licenses for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors, has, by decree of the Republi-
can steering committee of both house
and senate, been made a party meas
ure. AS it is perhaps the only meas
ure at all likely to be adopted by the
legislature designed to carry out the
pledge made by the Republican party
in its platform to extend the opera
ton of high license and local option
laws and secure their just enforce
ment, it is important to enquire exact
~ what it does. 1t processes to limit
the granting of liquor licenses to one
in each five hundred of the popula-
tion in the municipality or county
granting the license. This it does not
do. If at the time of the passage OF
the act any town or villages issues Ii
eenses in excess of one to each 500
population that state of affairs is per-
u1lUU0u UO COuUlllu0 uuUll UuO UOUd1
number of licenses shall
equal one for each 500 population"
Take the case of village having
population of 200, which has four Ii
censed saloons, and such number
is not uncommon in villages of that
size in some parts of the state. Un-
der the White bill it may continue to
issue four licenses until the popula-
ton exceeds 1000, when it is author
lied to issue another one. To all in
tents and purposes the existing state
of affairs is made perpetual.
4
In towns and counties, however, in
which no licenses are now granted
the one to 500 rule obtains when liq-
nor licenses are hereafter issued, and
that is also true where towns having
gone dry afterwards vote to again is
sue licenses. These are the only COM
mendable features of the bill. Other
Morris tribune., 1909-02-27
ed for charity.

.
1t is not clear whether the meas
ure is designed to reach the Anti
Saloon League, which is an organiza-
ton it is especially deslreable should
honestly render the services for which
it solicits contributions. The people
who give money to the league, and in
this state they are numbered by thou
sands, if not by tens of thousands,
have the right to know where their
money goes. 1t is their design that it
shall be honestly and properly used
for the promotion of the cause of tenn
perance, for the distribution of infor-
nation which will inform the people
fully on conditions which now exist
and for the election of members of the
Legislature who will devote their eff
forts to the advancement of temper
ance reform. This purpose is entirely
worthy, and the people should through
some medium be officially informed
whether it is carried out, or whether
the money they have been induced to
contribute is so diverted from it's pro-
per purposes of popularizing temper
ance reform and securing the election
of advocates of temperance reform to
the legislature that the greater part
of it is used to maintain a corps of
salaried officials and an expensive,
though a practically useless organiza-
tion. What the contributors want is
results, and to Judge by recent expert
ence these, in comparison with the
contributions made, appear to many
to be insignificant.
I must confess to some surprise,
however, that Mr.. Wells limited the
operation of his bill to corporations
which solicit contributions for politi
cal or other purposes. Mr.. Wells is a
man of affairs, familiar with the pub
lie activities of corporations, and no
one knows better than he that those
corporations which are most active in
politics and exercise the greatest in
fuence in public affairs and whose op-
erations it is of most Importance
should be officially supervised, are not
those which solicit contributions from
the public, but which far more GER
tainly secure them throught the own
ership of public utilities, through
which they are authorized to collect |
what practically amounts to tax on
all the people. If it is important that !
the public should know of the man
ner in which the Citizens league or
the Anti-saloon league or the Ship
pers' association expend the funds |
raised for political purposes, it is far
more important that they be informed
of the political activities of the Great |
Northern railroad, the Twin City Rap
ID Transit company, the United States
Steel corporation and the Hamm
Brewing company. can see no rea-