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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

The Event of 1909.
Southwestern Wisconsin fair at Min
eral Point, Aug II to 20.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08

What we obtain too cheap we esteem
too lightly.-Paine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
8. w. PHILIP
BARBER SHOPS.
FRED. ENGEf.H
ADOLPH APPEL
Successor to George ID. Masten, }
CENTRAL BARBER SHOP.

Having purchased q. ID. Masters barber shop
] am prepared to attend to tonsOrial work In
satisfactory manner. / will continue the
Riverside laundry OF Janesville, and will run
the Bath Rooms In connection with nv shop
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ton. In such instances it has usually
been found either that the animal
had been previously wounded by some
other hunter, or had been clawed by
a lion; in either case it's naturally
morose temper having been rendered
yet more dangerous.
No hunter ought to attempt to tackle
a buffalo with rifle of lighter calibre
tnan a ST. double express.
Once plentiful all over Southern At
RIGA wherever water was to be found,
the buffalo has now to be sought far
in the interior. There is one singular
exception to this statement. Many
years ago the Cape government
passed an act protecting under Sc
we're penalties the buffalo-as we'll as
the elephant-in Cape colony. In the
forest and densely pushed regions
bordering the coast line, some strong
troops of buffaloes are still to be
found between Mossel bay and the
Kowie river. A few years ago, dur
ing a great drought, some of these
fine beasts were to be seen drinking
In the river within few miles of the
town of Uitenhage. These animals
can only be shot in Cape colony by q
special permit from the governor. and
on payment of the sum Of ten pounds
for each specimen obtained. Beyond
Cape colony the sportsman has to
travel nowadays several hundred
miles before he can hope to find but.
fa1o. Perhaps the best country exist.
ing at the present time is the low and
unhealthy region lying in Portuguese
territory between the Sabi and Fam.
best. Upon the Bust and Puneue
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Stalking a Buffalo Herd,


l cannot better illustrate the char
acter of these determined and plucky
animals than by an adventure mar
rated to me not long since in the hunt
ing veldt by Boer hunter from the
Transvaal. He had been tracking
with some other compatriots far to
the northwest of Lake Ngami. Flesh
was badly wanted in camp, and as
tsetse fly was prevalent in the
marshy country, north of the Okanan-
go river, on which they were out
spanned, and the natives reported
large herds of buffaloes, he left Ills
horses behind him, ferriel across the
river, and spent the next two days in
hunting. He had with him his own
Hottentot servant, good and reliable
hunter, and fair shot, and he had
as we'll several natives of the district
who were anxious for meat, and ready
to show him the game.
On the first day the Dutchman came
across some fifty buffaloes grazing
In fairly open veldt. Getting behind
some good and convenient covert, and
with the wind in the right direc ton.
he had little difficulty in shooting two
fat COWS and a young, fresh bull. The
COWS were pretty easily secured; but
the young bull, although shot through
the lungs, jumped on his legs from
some long grass and bush, then
walked up, charged f1ercely at the
spooring party, and was only killed
within few feet of the hunter. The
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

hunter has no great difficulty in shoot
ing as many, as he requires. In fairly
open country, where scattered covert
exists, and where they can be readily
approached they are by no means
keen-sighted creatures-a man may,
he begins to think, shoot buffaloes as
easily as he can shoot oxen. But,
directly buffalo is wounded and his
blood-spoor has to be taken up, and
the hunter has to follow him into the
dense coverts to which he retreats,
the business is entirely changed. Then
you may prepare to lock out for your
self, to take up your heaviest and
most reliable weapon, and to follow
the track of your game with every
sense alert, and your rife handy for
an instant and most deadly charge.
You will find, too, that the native
spoorer, who trotted in front of you
readily enough on the blood spoor of
elephant, and even lion, will now
greatly prefer to follow in your rear,
and leave you to take up your own
person the first and dangerous risk
in the dark and shadowy thickets into
which you are advancing. He knows
none better-the dark, evil fury
and the lurking, noiseless ways of the
beast of which you are in search.
The buffalo, so soon as he is wounded.
seems, indeed, to think of little else
than a bloody revenge. Unlike most
other game, which, when wounded.
will almost invariably t~take them
selves in flight as far from the pur-
suer as possible, he usually retreats
some distance into the dcnsest bush.
and then either hides up in some
dark corner, where the shadows are
deep and dense, or, tvrning upon his
line, takes parallel path back, and
so waits for his foe; or he will even
follow back upon his own spoor and
conceal himself. Sometimes he will
stand lurking amid the dark thiekets:
at another time, If badly wounded.
he will lie down; in either case pre-.
pared and determined to inf1ict a
bloody revenge for the hurts under
which he is smarting. Year after
year fatal accidents happen in South
African buffalo hunting, year after
year men, If not killed outright, are
terribly mauled; and, until the buffalo
is completely exterminated, he will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

rest Of the day was spent In sskinnin5
and cutting up the game. Part of the
natives were sent back to the Boer
camp, laden with as much meat as
they could carry the Beers requiring
not only fresh meat for immediate
use but enough to make a supply of
"biltong" (salted sun-dried fesh); the
remainder of the flesh was bestowed
upon the-native villagers who we're
With the expedition.
Large numbers of buffaloes were
still reported little further ahead,
among the lagoons and marshes of
this region, and the Dutch hunter,
therefore camped for the night, ate a
hearty supper by the roaring fire, and
slept soundly till early dawn. Before
sun-up the party were again stirring.
In less than two hours time the ma.
tives had led the way to a broad,
marshy lagoon, or "vlei," as the Beers
call it, surrounded by drier ground,
upon which grew bush. acacia trees,
and a few tall palms. Part of this
1dE,OOu "d0 0AoA1O" OpOA "oIOIs tuG
remainder consists of a dense bed of
tall reeds, which led to further
swamps and lagoons beyond. The
sight that met the Dutchman's eyes,
as he and the natives crept cautiously
towards the edge of the "vlei," and sur.
veyed the scene from behind a screen
of bush, was a wonderful one. In and
about the "vlei," stood a troop of not
less than two hundred buffaloes, some
rolling in the shallow, some drinking,
some standing belly-deep in water
dark and motionless. The buffalo
birds "a species of starling-Buphaya
Africana) those watchful allies OF
these animals and rhinoceroses, were
flying hither and thither, many OF
them packing and feeding on the ticks
and parasites which infest the buf
falo. A number of small white herons
too, were about the ''vlei," some OF
which were also to be seen actually
perching on the broad backs of the
great game. In any case the stalk re
quied caution, and, with these watch
full 'buffel-vogel" about, extreme care
was, as the Boer saw, essential. Con
cealed behind a thick mass of bush
to which he and the Hottentot had
crept, the Dutchman waited patiently
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Attacked by an Enraqed Buffalo.

Attacked by an Enraged Buffalo.
At last several fat cows, for which
he had been waiting came, together
with a tremendous old bull, within
30 yards. Selecting the best COW, the
Boer aimed behind the point of the
shoulder, and brought her down. She
fell instantly to the shot, struggled a
little further, and soon lay dead. The
Boer had hoped and expected to bring
down another cow. His intentions
were frustrated, however, by the bull.
which charged upon the instant direct.
ly towards the rifle smoke. Within
ten yards, the Dutchman, who was
kneeling, fired again, hitting the grim
beast in front Of the chest, and turn.
Ing 1t. Meanwhile, at the -ound of
the firing the whole immense herd
houndered out of the "vlei," and went
on crashing through an angle of the
reed beds, and thence far into the
bush. AS they fed the Boer showed
In another cartridge, took aim at a
retreating cow eighty yards of, and
by lucky shot, broke her back, She
fell believing, and was quickly dis
patched. Leaving the natives to skin
and cut up these carcasses. the
Dutchman now took up the pursuit Of
the wounded bull, which he had
marked In his flight through a dense
patch of reeds to the light of the Ia
COON. The beast had turned of alone.
and the greatest care had to be taken
in following it through such covert,
But the Dutchman had hitherto al.
ways had great luck with buffalo.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

with my SON." repeated a handsome
matron the other day to a friend who
wondered why she was not an inmate
OF the pretty home she visited fire.
quently. Not IT, with emphasis.
There is the deepest affection be.
tween us, which take precious care
to preserve by this sensible arrange.
ment.. am ain important parsonage
now, but If was located in the best
chamber OF that house I would be.
come nuisance. I have seen some.
thing Of the world. and T want 'tc ara
my days in peace and comfort
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Worldly Wisdom.

AS there is a worldly happiness
which God perceives to be no more
than disguised misery; as there are
worldly honors which in his estima-
ton are reproach, so there is a world.
ly wisdom which in his sight is fool.
ishness. OF this worldly wisdom the
characters are given in the Scriptures,
and placed in contrast with those of
the wisdom which is from above. The
one is the wisdom Of the crafty, the
other that Of the upright; the one
terminates in selfshness, the other in
charity; the one is full of strife and
bitter envyings, the other of mercy
and of good fruits.-Blair.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Hunting
the
Dangerous
African
Buffalo
By H. A. Bryd e Z,

Fl. 4. Dryden, the co-author with
Percy Selou$ Of "Travel and Big
Game, is a man who was born to
the chase. From his youth 1t has
been his ruling passion and he has
gone NTH his rifle all over the world.
In erery continent his fame as a
Nimrod is known, and he has a mod
est direct style of presenting his
adventures, tinged with little touch
of poetic sentiment here and there,
which is gerry pleasing indeed. If any
fault at all could be found with kina
1t ,uould be that he was overmodest
and inclined to boast for others in
stead of telling his own story.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

evenly on the ground in the form of a
circle. When everything is ready, two
men jump barefooted into the fire and
walk across the fiery carpet, not once.
but at least dozen times. The heat
from the glowing embers is fiercer
than when the wood was burning. The
example Of the two men is followed
by several hundreds. The strangest
feature of the ceremony is that not
single man receives any injury. Even
children Of all ages jump into the
fire and run across it without the
least hesitation, and all seem to be at
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Immune From Fires Effect

than in past years. walking over the
fire" is wonderful sight. Two or
three carloads of firewood are gathered
in an open space in front of the
"Ashoorkhana,'' and at midnight the
wood is set on fire. This takes about
two hours to burn, and the heat is so
great that no one can stand within a
distance of at least a dozen yards
from the fire. After the fire has burnt
cut, the live charcoal is spread out
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
home. The only effects after passing
through the ordeal seem to be that
one perspires profusely.
Wise Idea Of Matron.

The spirit of independence is driving
men and women into apartments,
where they can live as they please
and be under obligations to nobody.
Favors are returned, and so are
sights, and a degree of harmony pre.
walls. Such people :are welcome
guests in many places, for they; have
the good sense to limit visits. Live
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

1ld, was determined to finish OF his
task =; AS soon as the reeds were
reached, the blood spoor was easily
to- be followed. The heavy bullet had
evidently raked the lungs, the bull
was bleeding freely, and large patches
of crimson marked its path. The reeds
were very tall-twelve or fourteen
feet-and thick, and the spooring
seemed so dangerous an operation
that the Hottentot, who was carrying
a second gun-a Martini Henry-fell
behind, leaving his master to take the
first risk with his heavy eight.bore.
At every step-they were wading
knee deep IL water-the hunters
stopped to listen. They had not pen
etrated fifty yards through the avenue
Of broken reeds, afforded by the pass
age of the bull, when in an instant,
and without warning, the beast was
upon them: The Boer was Knocked
fiat upon his back by the charge; the
bull. had miscalculated his distance,
had no doubt, charged for the sound,
and had struck his nemy with his
uOSO, WHICH, WAS uClu uASu, dS IL lu0
habit of these brutes when charging:
Galloping over the PROSTATE Boer, the
Buffalo went straight for the Hotten-
tot a few PAGES behind. This unfor-
tunate the brute struck with his horn
and tossed on one side some yards
into the reeds. Then, continuing it's
career, the bull passed on out of the
"vlei' and took shelter in some thin
bush, where it was afterward found
dead. The Boer, all the wind knocked
out of him, and severely bruised,
picked himself up, retrieved his rifle,
which was flung yards away, and then
sought the Hottentot. The unfortunate
servant lay among the reeds and
water, a terrible wound gaping just
below his chest, to the left-breathing
his last. He lived only a short time,
and died a pathetic and unwilling OBJ
ject lesson in the risks and dangers
Of. following a wounded buffalo into
thick covert.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Natives Of India TAKE: No Harm In
Walking earefooted Over Glow
ina Goals.

On the anniversary of the twentieth
day after the death Of imam .Hussain,
which fell recently: the Usual cere-
mony of walking over the fire, which
is held annually at Mtshil ahsG y Sub.
urb of Hyderabad, took place: ID Pres
lnao of q crowd which was greater
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

WE BUY CREAM, BUTTER. EGGS.
Samels Bros, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

Y incident highly in
dicative of the ex.
tra0rdinarily danger.
Gus character of the
African buffalo is re.
lated by Mr.. Ainsley
Williams, the gentle
man scout of the IA
nous Niger water.
shed exploring party.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

Corns are proof that nature is capa-
bic Of small, mean things.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Most Dangerous Game in Africa.

It is agreed upon all hands by ex.
perienced hunters in Africa that the
buffalo IS one of the three most dan
gerous four-footed foes that man can
attack Most men class this animal
with elephants and lions, as game that
requires the highest attributes of skill
courage and caution to bring to bag.
AS a matter of fact, It may be laid
down that more deaths and dangerous
accidents happen annually in Africa
In hunting the buffalo tnan in the
chase of any other species of heavy
game. In regions where large num-
bers of these splendid beasts still wan.
der, in troops Of three hundred, four
hundred and even more, and where
they have been little disturbed, the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

l had missed him from his &C.
customed stations and on his re-
appearance he was generally ban.
daged up and one leg was in
splints. 1t appears that one late after.
noon when the shadows in the brush
were growing to the point of almost
complete darkness though the sun
still Illuminated the tops of the trees,
he was returning to camp alone save
for Senegambian gun bearer noted
for his bravery. Both were mounted
on native ponies, wiry and keen of
senses. Suddenly Williams pony be.
gan to shuttle and snort and both
stood stock still refusing to advance
into the darkness Of the foliage
arched trail. Williams quickly un-
slung double barrelled ten gauge
Parker with which he had been after
fowl. He meant to slip in buck shot
cartridge, but before he more than
had his gun across his pommel, with
grunting below the huge form of
an old bull buffalo rushed out of the
darkness ahead and charged the two
with all ferocity.
1t was impossible to turn out of his
way and all that Williams could do
was to lean forward and pull both
barrels point blank. The massive
horns and frontal bones must have
shielded the beast from any injury;
save enough to infuriate it more than
ever. The next instant Williams
pony was disemboweled with side
swipe of the bulls horns and the
rider was pitched into the brush with
broken leg. On over the dying
pony rushed the buffalo and his
charge drove the second pony end
over end on top of his Senegambian
rider. The two rifles he carried flew
into the brush and one fell near Will.
Jams. 1t was the Winchester forty
four. Williams dragged himself over
to it and found it uninjured, but a
tragedy was transpiring meanwhile,
Giving the poor gun bearer no ch.nce
for his life, the bull swept first one
tip of his mighty horns and then the
other into the tumble of horse and
man and in his blind fury knelt on
them and stamped on them. This
happened in the fraction of minute
of course, and was terminated only
when Williams, mastering all his
strength, rose to his knees and began
pumping soft-nosed pellets into the
bulls flank, raking him forward into
vital parts. The murderous creature
fell on top of his victims and when
searchers attracted by Williams
cries, found them. horse. bull and
Senegambian lay dead in one heap.'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

Fly time and baseball are very prop
erly contemporaneous.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

And when a woman tells how sue
cessful her husband is in business
it's usually a safe bet that he isn't.
We SELL AWNINGS, TENTS, ETC.
American Tent & Awning Co., Minneapolis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28
Some PeriIS of BuffaIo-Huntinu

Occasionally hunters have been at.
tackled by a solitary buffalo which has
charged them before a shot has been
fred, and without apparent provoca-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

Anglers ICE CREAM CONES
G. L. Bradley & Co.. Minneapolis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-05-28

Go to sleep without supper, but rise
without debt.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
BON DS.
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

Small attention was paid to high call
money rates by the traders on the Consoh-
dated Exchange They took It for granted
that any strngency was merely incidenta!
TO end -of-the-year settlements and would
be temporary. The undertone was gen.
orally firm one throughout the day Com
mission house customers appeared to be
picking up small lots OF stocks in many
sections of the list in anticipation of q
January rise. Sixty-six issues changed
hands. United States Steel common and
Reading led In volume. Several hundred
shares of the last named sold at 1n3e and
Exchange high of 171A Union Pacific
touched a high of 2o4a.. against 204A. Some
softness was displayed in the metal shares.
of both Amalxamated Copper and Smelt-
ing were an eighth of a point under their
top figures on the other exchange. Rock
Island common was neglected virtually
throughout the session. There was small
sized scare in II just at the close few
belated shorts who ran for cover resulted
I'm the making of g high price of 52ss,
against 527s on the other board. Detailed
operationS follow:
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
FOREIGN BANK RETURNS.

LONDON Dec 30-The weekly return
Of tile Bank Of England shows the follow
ing changes: Total reserve decreased
f57s 900: circulation decreased f22i,000;
bullion decreased fs03 600; other securi-
ties Increased sie.5Gl 600: other deposits
Increased f9.223. 0e0: public deposits in
creased fI.0l3A00: government securities
Increased f24s0e9. The proportion of the
hanks reserve TO liabilities j. now So 40
er cent. against - 80 per cent last week.
aud compares with Il decline from $3.50
per cent 10 81 it per cent In fhis week last
year The rate OF discount is unchanged
CT y per cent
The checks cleared by the Lo4don banks
for the week aggregate f24i. 600 ooo; com.
pared with f2s2I30.eOo last week and
17,317 900 last year.
Paris Dec 20.-The weekly return or
the Bank Of France shows the following
changes: Cold on hand decreased li.6vy-
09o francs. silver on hand decreased To-
$4,000 srAncA
New-York tribune., 1909-12-31
Bankers posted rates were as follows:

DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-B Boston, par:
thlcago. 15c premium. San Francisco sight
l1zc, telegraph &c premium; New Orleans.
commercial s5c0Sl discount, bank 81 pre-
premium. ST. Louis. i5c discount bid. SC
discount asked: Minneapolis. 65c premium
Savannah, buying 3-l6c discount selling
par.
BANK CLEARINGS. - New York. ex-
changes SSs2. 49, 549. balances SO 2Ss, ,539; Phil
sdelphia. exchanges 81. .s22 81, balances 81
242,lz6. Baltimore. exchanges N.95l. .061. bal
ances s46l.4s3: Boston, exchanges S3l, ,230 672,
balances SS82,292
SILVER MARKET Commercial bar sill
yer. 521kc. Mexican silver dollars 44c Bar
IilVer in London closed AT 2F4d. unchanged.
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid, 7.45 Lis
bon. 12.50.
MEXICAN EXCHANGE-Mexic ex-
change on New York is quoted at 20lla.
GOVERNMENT REVENUE. - Receipts
from customs yesterday We're s7i9, 102, in
ternai revenue. $685.. AZ, and miscellaneous.
2.592 total of sI,47l543. against total ex-
pendiIures on ordinary account of sis0, ,035.
For The month TO date ordinary receipts
have been S4s,sl5,ll5 and ordinary eXpendi-
lures SIS, ,i63 s04. the excess OF receipts
amounting 10 s4issi0. For the fiscal year
70 date ordinary receipts have been 9.S24.
hss against s2s3. ,I5s in the same time in
1895. and ordinary expenditures S3iI. .023,l1.
against s33e Sl2. 359 1u 1895. the excess of
expenditures this year amounting TO s2l.-
Iss 9g compared with az excess last year
Of s5e. AL Gil Including Panama Canal ac-
count and public debt the excess of all ex-
penditures over receipts since July amounts
10 81. .s29 70s. against excess in the corre
spending period a year ago of ss5.325,6 ,626
TR-TREASURT-Th Sub-Treasury was
debtor 10 the Clearing louise S5i6,92l.