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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

the third time. and never fred more
deliberately in all my life, another
shot for the throat, knowing that 1t
was life or death in that one shot for
both Murchison and myself | literal
~ blew his head back of his shoulders
and he sank in writhIng heap. For
moment | stood still and watched
the baby screaming and tugging at its
dying mothers hands. and felt
strangely Ike murderer.
As / passed the male he made one
anal lunge at me. but l did not even
waste a shot at him, as his eyes
showed the approach of death. He
had three wounds. any one OF which
would have killed a man. / ended the
mothers suffering and would have
tried to capture the young one had IL
not fled incontinently as / hurried on
TO Murchison. He was just coming
around The blood was running from
a small crease behind his right ear
IL had been a glancing bullet and had
come within a half an inch of taking
his life.
examined the females head very
closely and found that my Hrst shot
had entered the mouth. struck the
bones and muscles OF the loft jaw and
sped on through the neck and struck
Murchison This is by ali odds the
most remarkable piece OF chance that
I have. encountered in hunting.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE DUKE.
Mishaps resulting from Ignorance
arc many IN my forest log. but the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

ond, about forty feet distant. Making
through TO the other side, l was in po-
sition for my shot but Just as | was
settling to 1t. the distance being a
good forty yards, he ambled into the
dense cover beyond and. after a mo-
ment, came back again, head on.
For an instant he stood in the open.
head on, n magnificent sight. He was
fully twelve to thirteen feet tall with
magnificent tusks, and the curious
grayish patches on his hide Of which
| have spoken. Suddenly his sharp lit
tie eyes caught glimpse of some
movement ION Toms part it must
have BEEN and with a shrill trumpet
he charged the clump OF trees like a
mad steam engine running down hill.
| fred steadily and surely, but though
| struck him fairly it did not stop
him and he was on us before | could
take the double-barreled gun and use
it. | had taken my chance and lost,
and now we must make the best of IT,
| leaped back among the trees, as did
Tom. He tried TO give me the gun,
but Momba came crashing into the
clump and forcing his way as If they
were reeds, and we made haste for
the next one. trusting to his being
momentarily blinded by the shock or
his impact against the trunks. He was
not In the least, for. trumpeting again.
he was hard after us. Poor Tom, his
lameness was fatal handicap The
great trunk reached him as he fen be-
hind and Momba caught him and
hurled him 80 feet in the air The
boys shrieks of terror were dreadful
TO hear The gun came pitching end
over end toward me and ! whirled and
caught 1t, What ! then did was not
an act OF courage. or even of despera
ton Momba's eyes were on Toms
figure sprawling in the air and. thrust
ing the gun up toward his ear, | pulled
both barrels, and the recoiling butt
struck me In the forehead. and that
was all / remembered until | felt
something tueging at me and opened
my eyes to see the terrified faces OF
my own men. Wiplng the blood from
my eyes. I sat up. Nearby lay poor
Tom, motionless, but / could see he
was breathing and had not been tram
pied on by Momba nor kneaded with
those mighty tusks.
where is the elephant?" | demand
cd. The chief bearer pointed behind
me and looked. There at the other
end of the clearing the huge shape lay
Inert and tho mere fact that my men
were there at all told me that he was
quite dead. I got TO my feet and went
10 Toms side The unfortunate 6lnck
boy was unconscious. The beast had
hurt him badly For weeks there we're
grave doubts OF his recovery. but he
came around at last. though he was
never ht for anything again. This is
the first. last and only time ! have
ever gone hunting rogue elephants
armed with a fowling piece. ! exam
incd the wound that had lain Momha
low and found that the heavy double
barreled charge had blown a great
hole In the side OF his head which
would have killed him or any othJr
elephant
Capt. Spekc once said TO nc that he
deemed every hunters narrow escapes
due 10 soIle carclessnoss on the hunt
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worst was one In which I was merely
witness. | was a member of the
party of a certain famous duke. who
nearly lost his life a half-ouzen times
through his insistence in three gentle
men, or such number as might be
hunting together. firing in turn. II
would be one mans first shot one day.
his second the next and his third the
Following day, and so on. In front OF
a dangerous wild animal is no place
for ceremony.
one day we were mounted and
were following black rhinoceros. 1t
was my first shot, the second fell to a
young man named Ridgeway, and the
third 10 the duke. We came up with
our quarry in bit of wood and he set
off at wild Gallop. | rode alongside
and fred for the shoulder, but missed
doing any great damage, though /
whirled my horse In time 10 escape
the charge that followed. Ridgeway
and the duke were behind me and the
duke held his fire with the big beast
bearing down upon them. Ridgeway
was mainly anxious to get a better
shot than the game afforded coming
at him Lead down. and plunged of TO
one side. The duke had delayed too
long. The rhinoceros drove horse and
rider against tree trunk with
frightful shock and buried his curved
horn In the animals body and tossed
it aside as II 1t were a feather pillow.
[ was alongside again and pressing
my elephant gun at the back OF the
great head / fred and the fight was
over. The duke had a leg and two
ribs broken. but l never needed to
argue the point OF when it was time
to fire after that
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

clumps separated the outskirts into a
succession OF delightful glades of the
most inviting aspect. which promised
to TEEN with wild beasts of every va
riety. Five of the principal Adeiel at
tended in equestrian order, their
slender waists begirt with the scanti-
est and dirtiest fragments OF cloth.
and their heads streaming with
Grease-a chosen band of Moslems
ing decked out I'm the Haunting spoilS
OF lions and leopardS which had fallen
to their prOwess. This motley group
OF wild riders set off at a furious pace
across the fat, some securing after
every Insignificant animal that was
craftsmen, diligently scanned the
ground over which they galloped
Several Intellectual attempts had
been made TO decrease the number of
the rabble train, and the disturbance
created had the effect, like the tail OF
the rattlesnake, of warning all of the
approach OF enemies. Myriads of
clamorinS guinea fowl, whirring above
the grove In every direction, spread
the alarm far and wide; and the quar-
ry, driven deeper and deeper into the
dark recesses. finally took shelter in
a sea OF tangled bulrushes which skirt
ed the borders OF numerous rivulets
of running water that pour their mud
dy tribute into the Casam.
During several hours thus fruitless-
ly passed. the strenuous and unani-
nous eXertions of the retinue were
most mremitting to prevent success;
but limited party on foot. with three
of the governors braves. were at
ength to lead the way into the covert.
Here the cast OF few hundred yards
revealed the tracks of a buffalo. and
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Singular pleasure could not but at.
tend the conquest of this noble beast,
standing 10 hands at the wither. In
spite or every existing disadvantage,
the avowed object OF the toilsome jour
ney to the hot plains of the AdaieI
had now been accomplished. TO the de-
light and amazement of all; whereas.
TO have returned TO the king without
n trophy, after his majesty's sage re-
marks upon the subject OF buffalo
hunting. would. in the eyes OF every
one. have proved a blot on the es-
cutcheon OF the hitherto triumphant
Gyptzis
DO HOMAGE TO HUNTER.
No sooner had the unwieldy brute
fallen into its last struggles than
Adam. the chief OF the braves. having
severed the windpipe with truo Mo,
hammedan skill, advanced at the head
of his band and. falling prostrate on
the ground. returned thanks at the
feet of the victor. Shields full Of wa
ter to allay thirst were next brought
from the river Every creese was
Ni"Hh Hhu lhN opilu nlutg dtleI Oelus
removed with all expedition, was. for
the convenience of carriage, divided
into six portions suited for bucklers.
Repeated blows from heavy stone
detached the great crescent horna
from the beetlng brow, and these,
with the ears. hools and tufted tail.
were borne or as trophies to be laid
at the royal footstool. Elated at the
conquest in few minutes of for
midable and much dreaded beast,
whose destruction by these rude peo-
plea feat sometimes occupying many
days-is esteemed equivalent To the
slaughter OF eight pagans in battle.
the excited savages were presently re.
tracing their steps through the in.
tricacies OF the wilderness. Flourish.
Ing the spoils aloft In earnest of vic.
tory, they alternately whistled and
chanted their widest war dirge, and
the deep chorus raised at intervals
made the recesses OF the grove to ring
again.
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her arm ---.--. -.-.,. .-- I'd, all.
side Il very snort distance from the
cave mouth. | did not fire. as the
Englisbman might be very we'll within
the target line. and l waited and
watched her till she reached her
home, disposed OF the chattering. play
full little one and passed on to fruit
tree close at hand and began eating
the fruit | waited till had an open
shot and then whistled, first TO warn
Murchison. who was OF course no more
than 80 degrees out of line of fire. and
second because | knew the gorilla
would face the sound. She responded,
dropping to the ground and standing
erect showing her fangs with mouth
open wide. chose the opening as my
target and fired.
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'ery neat job of il, and the very day
oclore' while seeking traces of this
particular rogue, we were divided
re had gone off to the south and to
the east With me were two men. a
Fi6my as scout and an AZande as a
oearer. We crossed a sharp ridge Of
oHSait rocks and were pushing down
through a dense thicket. when we
came into buffalo walk. To make
easier progress we turned up It. seek
ing more open place TO cross.
The Pigmy. armed only with his pol
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eucalytus-like tree had fallen across 1t
and made natural bridge We were
about to use it when Murchisun called
my attention to the obvious signs that
gorillas had been using it coming to
and fro. BY careful inspection we
decided that at the other end was the
lair of the wild pair The tracks di-
yerged at our end and did not at the
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A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.

with t"C -eSNy cL-. gus .Oa short
range work.
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.
Momba. having eaten all that he de-
sired. was enjoying himself stripping
down big branches and uprooting
small trees and bushes. The sound Of
his destructive sport echoed through
the forest and it was very easy TO To-
cate him thereby. and by making a
careful detour we crept up the wind
toward him. He wSs in an oval glade
about three acres In area and was at
the far end. Between were two clumps
OF trees very close together. These
were of medium size and the trunks
were several feet apart. Making a
dart across the open We reached the
cover of the first clump unobserved.
and u v70 very easy to make the sec.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

ar's part, and argued so finely. taking
my own experiences as his premises,
that he had me convinced. and | be.
leve that it made me more careful
by a hundred per cent. than had ever
been before. The following encoun-
ter. however, had feature that was
pure chance and / have noted many
others that were filled with the same
element
One day in the gorilla country Col.
Murchison and /. armed with the reg
ulation Martinis criss-crossed a dense
piece of hillside hunting for a particu-
larly large and terocious gorilla. or
his mate. supposed to be there; in
fact he had been seen twice in the
previous two days. We came at last
to a deep ravine. and 1t was impossi-
BILE to cross 1t save where a tan
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

T is bad enough to
take chances with the
ordinary elephants of
an African herd. but to
attempt to yanquish
rogueS with the odds
against the man c.
men is quite another
matter But the first
incident I am about TO
relate occurred when
our hunting blood was
up Two days before
my English companion
had shot a big bul ele-
phant and had doDe =
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

T BREAK OF day the
hunters were in the
saddle; and the lava
block which bounded
the camp having been
passed. a level tract
was suddenly revealed.
composed of hard clay,
and destitute of a
stone in any direction.
Wide spreading camel
thorn acacias in full
bloom. with their rich
perfume. loaded the
morning air to safety.
and in long lines and
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27

Her-Why on earth do they call
him the paying teller?
Him-BecauSo that's his Job.
Her-But It isn't asked him how
much you had In the bank. and please
to give it TO me. and he wouldn't tell
and he wouldn't pay.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
Lanan,s paner Industry.

Japan in 1900 made 100000 600
pounds of paper and imported IS .O00.-
900 pounds. consumption of 30S, ,000.-
600 pounds. or 6.3 pounds per capita
OF the population.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
ROGUE Elephants and Otfe 2oones
By Col. Etienne Bazin

Copyright, 1900. by Benz. II. uampton5
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with, with - -ea'y el-.ges .os short
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06
FRUIT, TRUCK, VEGETABLES.
NRROT> FOR STOCK FEEDING.

one OF the crops you should plant
'h's spring is a patch OF carrots.
here Is nothing better as a relish
and appetizer for horses and cattle
IN winter when green food is scarce.
ne man without a silo especially
needs them.
Take a piece OF deep. rich. friable
sod. have It broken ten to twelve
inches deep and worked into the fin
"st sort OF tlth Mark of the rows
= inches apart and SOW the seed
.hlckiy. in shallow drills. covering
aoi more than one-half inch. The
oil should be well-filled with decay
ns vegetable matter. but It IS not
good policy TO use fresh stable ma
1nre unless Il can be made very fine
and put out very early. The crop
may be fertilized about the same as
IRISH potatoes.
An ounce Of seed will plant 200
r 300 feet OF drills aud three or
oar ounces viii be enough for the
So A+@N ~ bthlh Win. lie
Dung plants are very delicate. and
be first working and the thinning
at are tedious Jobs: but after that
cultivation ia easy. Keep the ground
oose aud mellow and all weed 5
io~n. cultiyating shallow after the
plants are two inches high. When
uey are one or two inches high thin
At 10 five or six inches apart in the
-" Tho plants pulled up may be
nilH transplanted. but whether or
toi his ~ill pay depends on indlvid-
.sai conditions.
Cultivation should be kept up un-
20 Fcr, latc and he crop need not
- gathered un'tl there Is actual dan
e"r OF freezing weather. Carrots
"tll keep anywhere Irish potatoes
st.t. ana tNo or there a day wili DO
mu. b ~ard Keeping horse or a
osy-ln good condition through the
A.ater months
he pruvcrH Long Orange aud
Yellow belgian are among the good
.aSir'i"a for stock feeding. and the
..rl should De shown early In March
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06


Whole fields Of cabbage and col.
lards are often almost utterly de
stgoycd by insect pests. Ii is imp,r-
a;iSc that preventative measures b,
adopted II your fields once 0ccom,
infested * Is almost impossible To-
get rid OF them. In dealing with
insect pests an ounce of prevention j.
worth thousands "f pounds OF cure.
be cabbage louise l. tho only In
sect that gives much trouble Nith
cabbage set ia the tall and winter
Iae lice muIup.5 and flourish IN
COCO. damp Weather. almost d.sap-
p,.uus IN The ho, summer. To keep
the plants from being infected the
seed should bc soNn Ia land remote
from growing crops OF The cabbage
family 7 he plants shquld not be
at near growing fields Of collards.
Aalo or VutabaEae As a further pre-
sca,atsc measure. the plants. after
bcluE drawn should aiNaya b. treat
cd b> being immersed for one hour In
solution made H. d.ssoiyins one
pound of any ordinary soap IN four
gallons ot water.
You may no, be able 30 sec any
l.co on plants. bat. 10 be on the safe
side. you should treat them any say
IL will DO them no harm. and may
be- The means Of doubling the value
~ your crop II this method ls fol
lowed. ia all % rs details. you need
have little fear OF cabbage lice. II
from failure 90 go So your crop be
comes infested. you have trouble cut
aut for you. Pal. Up and remove AL
badly Infested plauta. crush ~4th he
auecrs the lice on tho others. or 50 ay
alth soap ISOLATION Both 81 these
methods are iaborloua. expensive ID
only palliative n best.
When danger ~ severe freezing Is
over you should tcrt.l.zc your ab
bage heavily. cultivate rapidly an1
sell. and they wl!l. 90 some eAi"r
outsYow tho ravagea OF lice.
Tho Torrapin or Harlequin bu&
= hlle not very destructive to ~
spring. does great deal OF dam q"
later. The comparatively small n"m
Der that appear ia thn carlS spr -
should be hand picked c.ec ie"} .l't
multiply and spread to thr later aeid#
ia such numbers aa 20 ruin iufm.
like the louise. thcy aucA ID" inner
juices Of the plant and cannot be
.tflrd wtth poiauua Hand picking
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06

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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06

Very. very few deaths are natural.
Men die because a part gives out. and
unlike a pillow or a reaper you cant
replace the Ebert Hubbard.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06
THE CABBAGE LOUISE AND THE
TEERAPIN BUG.

ITO" tn Control the Two Worst In.
sect Enemies OF Cabbage and Col
lards
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

a FAM lived at the foot OF the great
M mountain called Storm King so
many years ago that there IS no
history OF that time. excepting
the history that is found buried IN
the earth or scratched on the rocks
Not many people can read this history
now. bur part OF IL has been made
out By very learned men, and they have
written in books what they have read
from the rocks and from the sshes
and bones that have been found IN
The EARTH
In those days nobody ever thought of
teaching boys and girls anything, so.
OF. course, there were no schools. What
the children learned they had TO find
out for themselves. and they were glad
10 learn anything when they got the
chance Nam learned great deal from
his great t-great-grandfather, who was
200 years older than be was, and who
remem bered when there used to be
woolly elephants and great cave bears
along the river The largest animal
that Nam had ever seen was the mas
todon, and that seemed 10 him TO be
plenty large enough, although the old
man said that IT, did not begin TO be
50 large as the woolly elephants that
roamed through the woods when he was
q boy.
Nam had plenty OF time, as he did
not have 10 go TO school, and the older
people were glad enough 10 have him
out OF the way while they were busy
hunting or fishing. He was not very
strong and so he was not OF so much
use as most of his companions. He
had a fall when be was a baby, and
hat was the reason why he could not
run so fast or lift so much as the
others But 70 make up for this he
noticed a great many more things
than they did, and he thought more
about them. after he had noticed them
He had a favorite place where he
used 10 sit among the rocks high up
on the side OF the mountain He could
look for q long way up and down the
Hudson river and across TO the noun
tafns on the other side He always
carried his bow and arrows with him,
and sometimes he was fortunate enough
10 shoot fawn or a rabbit for he was
very skillfui with his bow. and none
OF the other boys was a better shot
than he
one afternoon gazing up the river,
which sparkled in the summer sun,
when his attention was attracted by a
motion among the saplings which
fringed the edge OF the forest along
the bank. OF the stream As he looked
q great dark body emerged slowly from
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-02

the trees and moved down the slope
Of the water. 1t was followed by an
other and another, until a herd of so
or more mastodons had. emerged into
view. They were much like the ele-
plants that we see at the circus or
in menageries, excepting that their
legs were shorter and their bodies
larger and stronger.
They had enormous tusks which
curled nearly TO the top of their heads.
They had come out OF the forest to
escape from the flies which tormented
them there, and one after another they
waded into the river until the surface
OF the current was over their backs.
For some time while Nam watched
them they disported themselves clumsi-
ly. squirting the water over one an
other from their trunks and pushing
one another about in the stream with
their broad foreheads. While they were
enjoying themselves IN this. manner a
belated mother mastodon, with a little
one at her side, came out of the forest,
headed toward the stream. AS she ad-
varced the little. one suddenly halted
and uttered a plaintive cry. He had