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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-20
NOTES.

The boxes Of the new grand stand at
League Park will be lowered before
the first league game is played in this
city. This change will be made so as
to give an unobstructed view from
every seat in the grand stand.
Catcher Graham. of Washington, D.
c., and Pitcher Quinlan, OF Indiana,
arrived Saturday and officiated during
the ninth inning of the game Sunday.
Slough caught an excellent game for
the visitors.
The Athletic team is a good amateur
aggregation but were outclassed and
outpIayed at every point.
Five hundred and forty eight tickets
were sold, the Lexington boys getting
40 per cent. or little over $50.
The crowd Sunday demonstrated
the lack Of seating capacity.
The fact that the score board had
not been placed in position caused the
crowd to continually ask ''what is the
score p
More than hundred ladies graced
the occasion with their presence and
were among the most interested spec
tatOrS.
"Pa'' Santen, much to the regret of
the fans, was out of the city Sunday.
The grand stand is admirably Iocat-
ed, the sun interfering but little.
Bardo covered a great deal of terri
tory at second, and is hitting the bali
with great regularity.
Fleming not only pitched strong.
winning ball, but made the longest hit
Of the game which Melted two bases.
The crowd was very orderly and
seemed to catch the idea Of the man.
agement that all Sunday games should
be void of-anything calculated to give
offense.
The pop corn machine and the soft
drink vender were, as usual, on the
grounds and did nice business
]. W.Bacon and Pearce Patton were
the ticket takers and no one got bv |
them without first having seen Jim
Wills, who took in the coin as ticket |
seller.
Bell played an excellent game at /
short and felded clearly everything
that came in his way.
Manager Elgin was behind the bat
for the first eight innings and held the
ball with his usual grasp. Jeff is
throwing to second like veteran.
Toppy Nix is looking after the
grounds and everything will be in fine
trim for the opening game of the
season April 80. The diamond is re-
ceiving attention every day and the
gentle rain Of yesterday will enable
Toppy to give it another good scraping
today.
On Wednesday afternoon the fastest
exhibition game of the season will be
played at League Park between Paris
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-20

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Prompt paying nOn=uniOn conn
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-20
Athletics No Match for Leaguers

The first exhibition game of the sea-
son at League Park was played Sun
day afternoon between the Paris lea
que team and the Athletic Club, of Lex
ington, the former winning by a score
of IL to 2. That the craze is here was
thoroughly demonstrated by the five
hundred and fOrty-eight fans who paid
for admission, besides nearly one hun
dred ladies, who were admitted free,
witnessed the game. =
The game was called promptly at 3
O'Clock by Umpire Shaw, of Millers-
burg. Lexington was first at bat in
opening inning, scoring one run. Smith
reached first on Hannagan's error, and
went to second on Embry's slow one
to Fleming. Slough fouled to Elgin,
and on Hogarty's slow one to Bell,
which was fumbled, Smith scored,
Porter died. Bardo to Parrish.
Paris went them one better in their
half, Bardo, the first up, reaching
first by being hit. Reed beat out a
slow one, which Porter fumbled. A
moment later Porter threw the ball
over Browns head at third. Bardo
scoring and Reed going to third. Han
nagan laid down nice bunt, and was
SAFE dIIIOn QLUNS d uOJ ODS pdSI
second, on which Reed scored. Nc
Dowell struck out, leaving flanagan
and Parrish on second andsthird.
In the second Lexington failed to get
man on the bases. Bishop struck
out, Brown flied to, left, and SmeItz
died at first, Bardo to Parrish.
Paris went out in quick order, Elgin,
Smeltz to Porter; Fleming struck out,
and BardO popped a short one to
| Daley.
The third inning was likewise slow
one to Lexington. Daley went out,
| flanagan to Parrish. Smith walked,
stole second, and a sacrifice by Embry
sent him to third, where he died, when
! Slough struck out.
For Paris luck was little better
and another tally was added. Reed,
the first up struck out. flanagan
was safe on tumble to Porter. and
alter stealing second died at third on
! Keys grounder to Smith. Key stole
third, and moment later crossed the
rubber on Parrishs clean single to
left.
Lexington failed to get another man
across the plate. though in the eighth
she had the bases full with no one out.
| Here the BOurOOniteS got IN some gOOC
work. Embry put>a single past second,
while Slough beat out a slow enc to
first advancing Embry. Hogarty hit to
left field, filling the bases. Porter hit
hot one to Bell, who threw Enbry
out at the plate. Bishop beat out a
slow one to short, again filling the
bases. Brown. the next batter, drove
hot one to Bardo, who. with Flgin,
run down Slough and Porter, retiring
the side.
Paris added two runs in the fifth and
the same number an the sixth inning,
and as sample of what she could do
scored five tallies more in the eighth.
The visitors put UP a good game until
the fatal eighth, when they seemed
confused by the splendid infield work
of their opponents. The following is
! the score:
1894 789
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-04-20

Batteries = Paris, Fleming, Dupre,
Elgin and Graham; Lexington, Slough,
Daley and Bishop.
Runs-Paris, II; Lexington g Hits
Paris. u; Lexington 9. Errors
Paris, 5; Lexington, 8.
Struck out-by Fleming, 2; Daley a !;
by Bishop 2.
Two base hit Fleming.
Hit by pitched ball-by Daley, 2.
Umpire-ShaW.
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This this wonderful hof
The surprisingly liberal The special prices
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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10
renoranes Aids Appetite.

Merrill E. Gates, secretary Of the
board Of Indian commissioners. was
describing the splendid work that his
board is doing to wipe out the tuber-
culosis scourge which at one time
threatened to make the American In
dian extinct.
But the Indian" said Mr.. Gates.
needs to be educated in sanitation.
He 10 shockingly ignorant there. In
fact. he is as ignorant as an old farm
or 1 used to know in Warsaw.
"A friend dropped in on this old
farmer as he was frying bit of bacon
"'Grand bacon. that said the friend.
sniflng affably.
"'Grand bacon! Well, guess 1t II
grand bacon said the old man. turn
Ing the slices In the pan. And it's
none o. yer murdered stun, neither.
That pig died natural death 49,
Warrington Post
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the neck, killing 1t instantly, and saw
ing my horse the stiff gallop | had
anticipated. for these creatures are
as swift as any of the genus. Throw
ing the carcass just as 1t was, without
opening, across the saddle, took it to
spot which would give me chance
OF telling shot, If lion should
make Its appearance. But although
watched the best part of the night,
nothing came of my vigil. the jackals
reaping the benefit of all my careful
preparations. The fact was, as l sub
sequently found out. that they were
lions in their prime and it is not
often that such can be decoyed by a
carcass which they have not them
selves destroyed.
Next morning l was. of course, about
looking for signs; but could make
nothing out as to lions. On going
down toward the river some half mile
from camp, my attention was attract
ed by the unusual conduct of a leop-
ard. He was cutting all sorts of
capers; at one time ploughing along
eac 6iOuuu WIFI HIS uedu, at dQOLQeT
rearing upright and tearing at his
throat with his fore paws. All this
was curious, it was also my opportun-
ity. and lost no time in putting a
couple of bullets into him, the second
of which laid him out nicely, without
giving me the trouble which usually
falls to my lot when tackling these
great cats. On proceeding to investi-
gate the reason for such strange
performance. my wonder ceased.
Having tackled a porcupine with more
gusto than discretion, one of the lat
ter's quills had got inserted under the
root of the leopard's tongue, and was
working deeper and deeper. The tor
ture the poor animal endured must
have been awful. and do not imagine
1t could have survived. No dead
"porky" appeared to be around. SO,
thanking him in his absence, took
the beautiful spotted skin. Next day
was laid up with an attack Of fever
which kept me idle for some time. NY
two boys. however. attended assidu-
ously to my needs. and in due course
I got about again The lions had. dur
ing my sickness. once more appeared
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game; but gemsbuck. although fairly
plentiful away In the interior OF the
desert, are hard enough to get, and to
see them was to want a head. My
horse was in hard condition and had
had some stifiish gallops recently. SO
saddled him up at once and deter
mined to give chase as soon as the
''boys"-my two Kafirs-returned.
Telling them to get on with the skerm.
! set out at canter. keeping well to
the right to get the advantage of the
wind. The veldt was 80 open that
stalking would have been hopeless.
whereas, by the aid Of my horse as a
kind of blind. might possibly get a
shot before the gemsbuck took the
alarm. even though they might see us,
SO long as they did not catch my
taint- However. l had to go more d.
rectly towards them than l wished. for
fear Of stampeding the bartebeeste
into them.
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A XIII at 300 Yards.

Where the gemsbuck were feeding
was much rockier ground than that
intervening between my camp and
them; this was all sandy veldt, stud
dsd with the everlasting ant-hills,
which. however. got sparser as
neared the game. therefore slipped
sff my horse. getting him between my
self and them for another 100 yards.
The increasing anxiety of the animals.
however, warned me that II wanted
to shorten my gallop by crippling one
of them. l must lose no more time.
Accordingly halted, though the dis
tancs must have been a good 300
yards, and. taking careful aim over my
horses withers at the one with the
longest pair of horns. fired. The
horse stood like a rock. and I knew
my aim had been good, even II the
animal had not stumbled forward at
the shot Il quickly recovered,
though. and went away with the other
four. Just as II nothing bad happened
st . good pace, heavy animals as thef
were, taking through and over the
vuggsd boulders as easily as channels.
I knew, however, that the heavy army
bullst would tell it's tale. Instantly
= firing had vaulted into the saddle,
and followed in pursuit. This was
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vantage OF this piece of luck and re-
turn at dusk and lie up. Now, my ex.
perience goes to show that 1t Is far
too easy a matter to miss with bull
let in uncertain light, and that at
short range buckshot is quite effective
enough with most game. l therefore
made several little paper shells to At
my ten-gauge gun, and, chambering
the buckshot nicely therein, filled up
the interstices with eland grease; no
lion can Withstand such a battery at
fair range, and your aim is much
more likely to be accurate. OF course,
l took the carbine with 4S0 grain ball,
and telling my boys to stay by the
wagon-for l could place no depend
ence upon either OF them on such ex-
peditions-evening found me duly
esconced among the boulders this side
the half eaten body. at distance Of
about 20 PAGES and looking directly
towards the route taken by the lion
when I had previously disturbed.
For a couple of hours had waited,
occasionally changing position to ease
the cramping of my limbs. Every
thing comes to him who waits" and at
last, over rock beyond. appeared the
lion, gradually rising into full view.
In the dim light he appeared mon
strous as he stood, chest full on; and
then, as he gave vent to sonorous
roar, which echoed and re-echoed from
rock to rock, the effect was grand,
and beyond any power of expression.
1t IL under such circumstances as
these that one sees the lion at his
best. Nighttime is his day, and in
the sunlight he is more. or less at .
disadvantage. He must have stood =
full minute like this; sore tempts-
ton to me to fire. and believe
should have killed him stone dead had
I done so. Having apparently satis-
ned himself that things were all right,
he walked leisurely down to his prey.
and, again uttering roar. stood fao-
ing me. This time did not hesitate,
but pulling both barrels nearly stimuli
taneously put both charges into his
chest, and the lion fell forward almost
without . sound.
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more easily attempted than done, and
my surefooted horse was not able to
negotiate the villainous country.
therefore pulled up. lest we should
break both our necks, and as l did SO
had the satisfaction of seeing the
gemsbuck drop in its tracks and re-
main there: whilst its companions
only seemed to scamper the faster. On
coming up. found her. for 1t was a
fine COW, stone dead. The blood was
only beginning to trickle from the
wound, and | had not noticed a spot
anywhere on the ground she had gone
pver. On examination I found that
the bullet had completely torn away
the apex of the heart, and yet she had
galloped at least hundred yards at
as great speed as her companions,
practically without bleeding drop
another instance of the extreme vital
ity of such creatures, which / have
vidae proper than In the antelopes.
She had prettily marked head. with
a length of horns of three feet eight
inches. 1t was out of the question
thinking of bagging any of the rest Of
the herd. SO l threw the carcass across
my horse and started back to camp.
A few days afterwards, as l was
perched on the wagon box scraping
at the skull of the gemsbuck, hardly
paid any attention to pair OF secre-
tary birds which were sailing right
overhead. Their appearance. however,
suggested snakes. and sure enough,
there, as l looked around. among
few odds and ends, impervious to the
irrepressible ants, was large pun ad-
der. It had crept through the fence
Of thorns. and in evident excitement
was surveying its novel surroundings
with body half raised. I did not like
the look of this particular reptile a
bit; but l did not intend that he
should escape and be in the vicinity.
though probably the secretary-birds
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Menaced by Lions in Camp.

One night I was awakened by the
dog barking and the uneasiness OF
the oxen. l grabbed my carbine hast
lily and endeavored to make out what
caused the disturbance. BY the
meager light diffused by the new moon
could just distinguish the forms of
three large animals on the ridge above
the camp. could see that they were
lions. and shook up already awaken
ing Kafflrs to make up the fire.
had half mind to shoot, but thought
1t safer not to do SO. the distance
being too great; SO waited until
morning. and as the flames began to
shoot up and brighten the surround
ings the lions became less plain to
view. l distinctly saw them. how
ever. move away over the ridge. The
remainder of the night sat up in
case of any emergency arising, for
the animals kept snorting and shift
ing restlessly, whilst every now and
again came that rumbling roar. once
heard au natural never to be forgotten.
was conscious of some creature
prowling close around. The roar of the
lions kept all the while sounding more
and more distant. and as dawn began
to break 1t ceased altogether. AS soon
as 1t was light enough to see to any
purpose. stepped out. and as I did
SO. large hyena jumped up from
some bones lying near by and made
on. I fred at him and rolled him
over. and before he could recover or
the dogs get up. luckily got another
bullet into him, this time right into
the head.
On examining the ground. I discov.
cred that the lions had not approached
any nearer than the ridge on which I
had seen them. After having break
tasted. returned again with the dogs
and followed the spoor as far as the
sand lasted; but. when the ground bs-
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in the neighborhood and seemed to
hang around indefinitely, but there be-
ing plenty of game about they did not
molest us in any way.
Well, said that / got one Of these
lions after all, though he took quite
lot OF getting. escaping me alto
gether on one occasion. was not
over strong bodily. but was pretty
much SO in purpose. and it annoyed
me to hear the roaring night after
night and not render an account Of
1t; then again our animals were get
ting almost beyond control, from the
incessant tension on their nerves.
Strolling away towards the hills ono
morning l came suddenly on a lion
lying on a rock. His muzzle was
stretched straight towards me, be-
tween his huge paws; his body. posi-
tion and surroundings adapting them
selves SO admirably to each other
that l was almost up to him before
was aware of his proximity.
LI0n-Hunting as Fine Art.
He was wide awake enough, how
ever, and the instant he knew 1 had
seen him he started up and bounded
away. giving me no time, in my nerv-
GUS condition. to get a good shot;
fired, but as soon as l touched the
trigger / knew I had missed him
perhaps it was all the better for me
that did so-and the next moment
he was out of sight among the rocks.
Walking on little farther, / came
upon the half-consumed carcass of q
hartebeeste. evidently killed the night
before. the trail by which the lion had
dragged it pointing towards the veldt.
Here. then, was a chance too good to
be lost; better than laying out shot
game, though confess l would Just
as soon the spot mad been a little
nearer to the wagon. which was. in
fact, more than a mile away. But
made up my mind at once to take ad.
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are not easy to manage. though
they are invaluable as material.
The boys had gone down to the
river to fetch water. and i. TAX
Ing . temporary rest. was scanning
the veldt with my glass. could make
out some springbuck, also a few
hartebeeste: but what riveted my at
tsntion was a small bunch Of gems
buck in the far distance. We did not
need meat. and there did not appear to
be any bushmen just then about to
warrant any cheer destruction of
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10
The Selfish Invalid,

Senator Dixon, discussing certain
tariff proposition, said:
ut is selfishness. pure selfishness.
Il reminds me of George Cartwright
Df Missoula.
George Cartwright took sick and
spent week abed. He carried on
dreadfully with his groans and COM
plants. His wife said to him one
night:
We'll, George, I'd rather have the
whole family sick than youi'
Huh, 80 would T. George an
gWered."
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People Talk About Good Things.

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such a preparation as a Powder for tho
Feet. To-day after the genuine merits of
Aliens Eoot-Ease have been told year after
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1t cures while you walk. Over 10000
testimonials. limitations pay the dealer
a larger profit otherwise you would never
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Ease, the original foot powder. Ask for
Aliens Foot-Ease, and see that you get it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10

came rocker, could no longer hold It.
and the sun getting higher, burnt up
all the scent. SO that the dogs could
make nothing of it. and / therefore
reluctantly gave up further pursuit.
Away to the east some antelope were
visible, nearly against the bush belt
lining the river. but as l had left my
glass In the wagon. I could not make
out just what they were. 1 thought
would try and get one. however, in
order to use 1t as a bait in a good
position, considerably nearer the
wagon, in hopes that the lion might
return and give me chance Of a shot
under more favorable conditions. So
| went back for my horse, and leaving
the dogs behind set out towards the
herd which l had now made out to be
hartebeeste. The simmer of the heat
on the veldt is the most trying to the
experienced eye. Objects assume
quite different aspects and coloring.
1t is a fact well known to hunters, but
has no reference to mirage" For
instance. anyone would imagine that
SO brightly-marked an animal as the
zebra would always be discernible on
the sand; that the black stripes would
be obvious. Nothing of the sort. 1t
is at times almost impossible to dis
tinguish this animal at all, even
though you know for certain it is
there, SO cunningly does all merge it.
self into a whole
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10

If fond lovers were to talk their
eweet nothings into a phonograph,
how 1t would shock them to hear the
reproduction ground out few years
hence!
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10

He who is false to duty breaks \
thread in the loom, and will find the
flaw when he may have forgotten the
cause.-H. w. Beecher.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10
A Lonely
Trek After
Gerl1Sbuck
and Lions
BY Percy SeIous

2 had trekked some
dozen miles during
the cool night, and.
having outspanned
near the River Mo-
lopo. were busy
making a skerm-
a task always more
or less arduous. for
"Wait-a-hitr fhorns
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A Lucky Shot.

Noting the exact location of the
game. judged that by careful maneu-
vering l might keep out of their line
Of vision, especially as the wind was
in my favor. BY threading in and out
the clumps Of thorns-not always an
easy matter on horseback event
ually got to within couple of hun
dred yards, and by a lucky shot
bowled over one with a bullet through
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-06-10

would have seen to that; neither did
want to spoil his beautiful skin.
There was. however. not help for 1t;
could see no object around suffi-
ciently handy, so was constrained to
put charge of small shot into him,
and felt more comfortable after he
had ceased wriggling,
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l began to take
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