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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-03-06
The Lurid Glow of Doom

~S eSS>~ 40 NAV" Va ~VVA
was seen in the red face. hands and body
OF the little son of H. NJ. Adams, of Hem
rietta. Pa. His awful plight from eczs-
ma had. for five years. defisd all reme-
dies aud baffled the best doctors, who
said the poisoned blood had affected his
lungs and nothing could save him.
But" writes his mOthsr, "seven bottles
of Electric Bitters completely cured
him." For EruptiOns, Eczema. Salt
Rheum, Sores and Blood Disorders and
rheumatism Electric Bitters is supreme.
Only SOC. Guaranteed by Labbe's drug
store.
The burglars are at work every
where in this section of country,
almost every paper you can read,
tells about some burglary. During
the past week two safes we're re-
ported opened in Morgan City, one
in Breaux Bridge, one at Olivier
and two at Gueydan. Burglaries
of this kind are those who are
looking for money and are the
most dangerous, as they are those
who will kill before submit to ar
rest. The other kind generally at
tack the grocery stores, they are
after something to eat, and are
considered less dangerous.
Nutriline Feed at L. Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-03-06
Last Friday Judge O'Nisl of

Last Friday Judge O'Nisl ol
Franklin came here and in Cham.
Der took up the case of the St.
Martinville Building and Loan
Association which has been drag.
ging before the court for several
months. The affairs of the Bull.
ding association are in a chaotic
condition and this is tho begin
ming of the several suits which
will follow the decision which will
soon be given by Judge O'Niel.
AT about five o'clock last Sun
day evening Father Bazare's
horse ran away on Main street and
went as far the railroad track
where the horse turned in that
street to the left, the buggy up
turned with crash and the priest
came out with only slight bruises.
This is tho second or third times
that this horse ran away; unless
placed in the hands of some train
or who can tame him, be will fin
ally injure some one.
"A special tax was voted to the
New Iberia, st. Martin and North
ern Railroad some time ago, by
the town of st. Martinville on con.
dition that work was to commence
on said road in a specified time
and was to be completed in two
years. This tax was forfeited be.
cause this Company was 90 slow
that tho tax expired. Petitions
wore again circulated here this
week asking another special cleo
ing to vote another tax for the
same road.
The big dredgs boat of the Cy-
press Island drainage has not been
doing much progress during the
past few days. We understand
that the remaining part of the
work to be done is the most diff
cult part. and will require the use
of another derrick on land to re-
move the dirt as placed ON the
bank by the boat. We csn see
from the slowness of the work,
that the planters of Cypress Island
are again in danger of overflow if
they were to have heavy rains, as
the canal will not be completed
until perhaps late during the year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13
Driving the Lion to Bay.

The shape made it n easy place to
drive, for a little way out from the
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. If we fol-
lowed the track into the 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 as the water had left lot of
dead sticks along the edges, over
which it 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
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

seemed now to have made up his
mind as to his direction, for he kept
on straight down the middle of the
riverbed The sun had come out from
behind the clouds, and in places the
sand was very deep, SO that we 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
a little above the river-bed, was
formed of a mass Of thick-tangled
bush and creepers clustered round a
few big trees. The water coming down
the river after heavy rain had washed
it roughly into the form of a 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 under
hundred yards
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

run across the lioness if he followed
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 a better name than either of
mine
l have at another time described
two different methods of hunting lions.
One of them could hardly be called
a method at all, as it depended on
news brought in by natives as to
The second plan consisted of tying
up donkey for bait, and sitting up
to watch at night. A much more in
teresting way of hunting lions than
either of these and very success
full one II the native shikaries en-
ployed are any good, is this process
of tracking them. A lion lies up in
unless the sky is overcast and the
sun cannot get out, when he will oc-
casionally be found hunting at any
hour. If you can strike his spoor of
the night before there is a very good
chance of following it 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 if you have struck
1t early or late In the lions wander
ings, so that it is quite a chance
whether it leads you for hours over al
sorts of country, or whether, after half
a mile down on a sandy river bed or
path, it turns off into a thick patch
of reeds or bush close by, where the
lion is lying. It 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 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 qHckly
your spirits rise again when a low
whistle or swapping of the fingers an
nounces that one Of the crackers has
hit 1t of further on!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

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 have been hit. Seeing that
if the lions did come to the dead don
key there would not oe much chance
of hitting them on so dark night,
we pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp. and,
to prevent hyenas dragging it away,
tied rope to one of its legs, and
passing it over the fence, fastened it
to heavy water barrel inside the
camp. We sat up for bit AID got
few shots at hyenas, and then we
went to bed, telling the sentry to keep
a sharp lookout and to let us know IL
lions came to the carcass.
Some time after 1 awoke to find
Abdullah bending over me, with my
rife in his hand. He was frightfully
excited, and all l could get out of him
was 'Libah, sahib, libah!" C'Lion, sir,
lion!"O Jumping up l rushed out just
as my companion fired two shots into
IhO hhOSo. hC LII 81 tuIhS saw
when l got to where he stood was that
great piece of the skerm round the
camp had disappeared, leaving a
broad gap. l could not for a moment
think what had happened, and then it
struck me that when the carcase had
been dragged away the water barrel
must have got hitched against the
inside of the interlaced mimosa
boughs and the whole lot had gone to-
gether. 1t was frightfully dark out
side, and we stood peering out for
some time without being able to dis
tinguish anything; but after a few
minutes we could hear something
tearing at the flesh quite close by.
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 it
they were lions, SO 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
come back. Nothing further happened,
however. At daybreak we sailed out
to see II by any chance we had man
aged to hit q lion, but we only found
two or three dead hyenas. One Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

sleep lightly. These considerations
decided us to drive 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 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 faint cracking
just In front of US, and he appeared at
the point of the island. Although we
were standing within a 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 l want him to come
ally CAOSCl Soy 90 hO SIOPpOu uo"h I'm
to the sand, moved my rife 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 l pulled, and he skated
along on his stomach and fell down a
little ledge in the sand. This slowed
him round, and he lay facing US,
spread-eagled on the sand, evidently
quite unable to move. All the life in
him seemed concentrated in his eyes,
which glared at us furiously. Another
shot put him out of his misery. The
first shot, very bad one, had grazed
the spine just in front Of the withers;
another quarter of an inch higher and
it would have missed altogether.
This lion was quite maneless, ex-
cept for few long hairs On each side
of the neck, and his teeth were worn
down quite short, so he was evidently
very old. He was in very good condi-
ton, Notwithstanding but his stomach
was quite empty, which accounted for
his going so far before lying up. We
had to stop at the main camp for the
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

haps l had more or my hands than
could manage alone.
After a track of about an hour we
came in sight Of two or three big
thickets of ''irgin' bushes surrounded
by open mimosa scrub ano intersected
by narrow paths. My second shikGri
at that time was a very tall fellow,
called jana, with enormous feet. Sew
eral times during the track Abdullah
had turned round to pitch into him for
making such 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, | agreed and went
on with Abdullah. We were walking
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
clutched me by the arm and pointed
towards a tree standing on the edge
of the bush yards of. The tree was
divided into two towards the bottom,
and the sun was throwing the shadow
of a bush on the ground inside the
hollow.
This was where Abdullah was point
ing, getting more excited but 1 could
make out nothing at all, until a great
yellow beast moved suddenly out of
the shadow and slipped away On the
far side. 1 fired from the hip, letting
off both barrels into the tree. We
rushed round to the other side of the
thicket just in time to see a fine
lioness come out. / could not get a
clear shot at once, and when l did,
after running some distance, I 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
| shot, but so badly that l 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 off with a snarl and a
flourish of her tail and, putting on the
pace, in a minute or two ran clean
away from US. | was terribly disap-
pointed and annoyed with myself, and
I thought Of course. that everything
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13
PeriIS of the Man Eater.

Ny nrst experience in tracking lions
was early in 1892, and the night be-
fore was rather an exciting one. After
hunting elephants unsuccessfully for
about month, we were on our way
south, when we arrived one day at
some villages where the natives had
been very much bothered by five lions
which were said to be still in the
neighborhood. A girl had been killed
two, days before, and an enormous
amount of damage had been done
among the sheep and cattle. The first
day we camped there two of our party
had shooting zerebas made at the vii
page to which the lions generally
came, and just before sunset they
went off there.
I tied up our two donkeys just out
side the camp, on the chance that the
lions might come and look us up. Just
after dark We were having dinner in
the tent when there was scuffie out
side, and it was evident that some
thing was attacking our donkeys. It
was pitch dark, and we fired 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 q 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 hap
pened. My donkey had got off with
a nasty bite in the hollow of the hind
leg above the hook, and we had him
taken into the camp at once The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13
Reading the Lion Tracks.

Abdullah still insisted that there
had been lions round the camp, and
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 SO 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 up the
track of one lion on soft ground a lit
tie way from camp, and that we ought
to follow it. At that time none of us
knew much about tracking, and we
had had such bad luck after the eIe-
plants that we did not think much
Of our shikaries, and / did not think
it was much good, Abdullah persuaded
me and | went. After we mad followed
the track for some 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-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

was over for the day after all this
shooting; but Abdullah, who was al
most weeping, hardly gave me time
to get my wind a little before he
rushed me back again. As we ran
round the place where we had first
seen the lioness, fine lion appeared
walking slowly out of another thicket
towards u.s. As shot, he turned
and plunged thorugh an opening in the
outstanding bush to head him If he
broke out, and met lion facing u.s. Just
as fired I heard a moan to the right,
SO was sure 1t 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
off 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 If
we had not better go and look for 1t,
and he replied that it was the same
lion all the time, and that / had
missed it the first shot I did not feel
quite sure about it myself, but the
moan in the bushes could only have
come from wounded beast, so told
him we had better so and look any
way. He evidently thought it 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 little path between the
"irgin" bushes we came round a cor
ner almost on top of the lion. He was
stone dead. l was very pleased at
scoring off Abdullah, as he had shown
such evident disgust at my shooting.
We met one of our party on our way
back to camp, and told him he might
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13
l. / O n
Shooting
i'm
SOnnaliland
Bv Lord DeIQmere

Foremost among the great hunt
sng authorities of the English speak,
ing world is Lord Delamere. He IS
credited with being the heaviest kill
err IN the party which bagged the
record number of african lions some
few gears ago. In East Central Af-
RIGA his prowess IS familiar to every
native. Not long ago locality beset
wtth lions sent delegation four
hundred miles to call on Lord Del0-
mere to ask him to come and Wtps
cut the destroyers of their cattle. In
this article he viUidly contrasts the
theory and practice of lion hunting
Sn the region Which Er-President
Roosevelt WiU invade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other n.y.
enas, as 1t was still too dark to make
out tracks. We came to the conclu-
sion we had made idiots of 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
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

He best piece or
lion tracking | ever
saw lasted five full
hours and Is SO
memorable in sew
era. respects that |
purpose to use it as
an Introduction to
that general method
of lion hunting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-13

night when we got there, and did not
follow up our camels till the next day.
I have described this track rather at
length because it is good example Of
many similar days.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25
SOS SHORT KID GLOVES at S5c Pair.

One-clasp Walking Gloves-English tans with Paris
stitching, all siezs-regular $1.25 gloves {
at, pair. $50. .....>.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-25

Clothing. By far the most extensive ever attemnted The stvles
and prices are sure to please you
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-03-26
ROOSEVELT OFF
 FOR GREAT HUNT
EX-PRESlDENT SAILS AWAY TO
 DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA A YEAR
Then He Will Travel and Speak in Europe-Three Skilled Naturalsts and His Son Kermit Accom-
 pany Him.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt, ex- president of the United States, sailed out of New York harbor Tuesday on the steamer Hamburg of the Hamburg American line on the way to his much heralded hunting trip in British East Africa.
 On the dock was a large assemblage of MT. Roosevelt's friends, who had gathered to bid him God-speed, and who cheered him as he stood at the rail of the steamer waving his hand and smiling with delight Beside him stood the three men selected from hundreds of applicants to accompany him and assist him in collecting the specimens of African fauna which he hopes to send back for the enrichment of the Smithsonian institution These fortunate individuals were Mai Ed gar A. Mearns, J. Loring Alden and Edmund Heller. They comprise the Smithsonian's expedition. The fifth member of the little party, and not to be considered of least importance. was
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-03-26
THE NEXT CHANGE

ate the national identification of rail- ways. provided that comes in this generation.
 To make the comparison easy of understanding, there should be some historical reference to what was done in CT hear Pittsburg in the day of J Edgar Thomson and Col Thomas A. Seott. The eastern terminal of the Pennsylvania was at tidewater, and that, of course, was the limit of it's eastern march. But the western ter minal at Pittsburg was hardly more than a terminal in name, since the in- fiuence and authority of the Pennsyl- vania stretched from that point across Ohio to the great lakes, and even to the Mississippi.
 MT. Thomson's attention was called soon after the war to the steel rail as manufactured in England. and as laid down on some of the English railroads. Sir Henry Bessemer's pro- cess of steel manufacture had made the steel rail commercially practical b.e in England. But there were grave uOuUlS -WutlHcI US ulSu cost would not make it impracticable conner cially in the United States or whether there would be traffic enough to jus tify substituting it for the iron rail.
 MT Thomsons courage was at no time better shown than when he de- termined to make the experiment. What he did by voluntary action the New York railway managers were compelled to do in New York city by command of the legislature in 1902.
 Tests have been in operation nearly two years, and for the last six months have been so satisfactory that it is believed both by railway men and by the foremost electrical experts that at last electrical apparatus has been perfected capable of safely, surely and with much greater facility and convenience than steam power oper- ating heavy through trains on the main lines of the trunk roads.
The Green Forest tribune., 1909-03-26
POULTRY NOTES.

It is claimed that frozen eggs can be restored to their natural flavor by immersing them in hot water for 30 minutes :, When thawed out by cold water the natural flavor is destroyed and the eggs are scarcely fit to eat.
 It must be understood that cracked or ground bone does not take the place of grit It helps to grind the food but it is too soluble to do the work fully, alone. Keep crushed shell and coarse sand, or gravel where all of the chickens can make daily use of them.
 It is claimed, and demonstrated by test, that skinned milk or buttermilk is equal to meat as food for laying hens Milk contains enough protein and mineral matter to make it an ideal food for both young and old stock. Sour milk may be given as an occa- sional relish, yet sweet milk is bet ter for regular feeds.
 Feed chopped raw meat occasion ally. This will take the place of. the bugs, worms and grasshoppers the fowls pick up in summer time while foraging. Ground bone should also be fed. Be sure the meats are in no way tainted.