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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-06-18
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the tracks of it, Florida West shore
branch, which had been allowed to run
down. 1t compelled the Georgia Flor
ida and Alabama railway To rebuild ITS
bridge over the Ocklocknce river. 1t
compelled the Tavarcs and Cult ana
Tampa and Jacksonville railroads to
improve their tracks,
The commission, last summer, pre-
vented the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company from disseminating passenger
trains on the Sanford and st. Petersburg
and Charlotte Harbor divisions, From
the number and size of the petitions re-
ccivcd from people living along the lines
of these two roads at the time, the COM
missioners must have accomplished
something worth while when they pre-
vented the taking oil OF these trains.
The commissioners have compelled the
construction or Improvement OF depots
and the establishment of agencies IN all
sections of the State In the one county
of Bradford, for instance, dcpots have
been constructed through the efforts OF
the commission at Lake Butler, There's
sd, Dukes, Sampson City, and Hamilton
and an express shed has been construct
ed at Lawtey,
The foregoing are few of the import
ant accomplishment of the commission
during the past six years and halt
The saving to the people Of the State in
the way of reduced freight and passen-
ger rates amounts to several hundred
thousand dollars per annum, the eX-
penses of the commission to the State As
compared to the good accomplished is a
mere bagatelle.
The residents Of the Daugharty settle
ment are very proud this year of their
corn crop. which will be the best ever
produced in Nolusia county, Some
claim that they will get 80 bushels to the
acre. Harry Lungrcn has one field Of
eleven acres from which he expects to
gather over 500 bushels. Holstcin X
Carlisle have been buying the melons II
that section and shipping them by the
carload This is one Of the most pro
ductiye section, in the county-lt pro-
duces good crop, Is we'll As good citizen,
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-06-18

$500 Pants 5000
$3.50 Pants $3.50
$500 Pants S 700
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

Is sport, something to be played at;
hunting in Africa is trade, almost a
profession. In America one merely
takes rifle and goes out to shoot. In
Africa, to hunt la mode, one takes
battery Of arms, usually three and
sometimes four, high power rifles Of
different caliber, ranging from a six
and f1ve-tenths. millimeter to a 600
cordite express. The cartridges for
these rifles are charged with vari.
Gus bullets, solid nickel, steel, soft
nose long, soft nose short and split
Each of these bullets was designed
by experts for a special use, and on
the way they are used depends the
success of ones shot. Often the use
of the unsuitable bullet ends in the
hunters death. On small game the
light caliber arm, six flve-tenths milli-
meter, is used, and on large and dan
gerous game the nine millimeter Mau-
ser and 600 caliber cordite express
give the best results. The last-named
rifle strikes the enormous blow of
$500 pounds, and has a recoil OF close
on hundred weight. That the man
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
The IDEAL IN BABY BASKET.
OF Wicker, Lined with Mercerized
Satine and Covered with
Paris Muslin.

A fascinating baby basket just made
for young mother was of wicker,
shallow and Oblong. 1t was lined with
mercerized satine, pink, of high luster,
and covered with Paris muslin, which
is as dainty looking as organdie and
much more durable
The pink lining was put in plain, but
the muslin was gathered slightly at
top and bottom of the sides, the bot
tom being plain. Double strips of
tnch-wide valenciennes insertion were
arranged across the bottom to form a
diamond
Along each side were pockets OF the
muslin gathered at the top on an
elastic and edged with narrow lace.
The fronts of the pockets as we'll as of
the long pin cushion across one end
and the equally long, stiffened cover
with leaves of flannel underneath to
hold safety pins at the other end were
also stripped with insertion in dia-
mond effect.
Where each pocket and cushion
Joined the basket the sewing was con.
cealed under fluffy rosettes of pink
baby ribbon.
The ruff1e that fell over the sides
was made of straight strips of the
Paris muslin, with an inch-wide hem
at the bottom, and above it eighth of
an inch tucks half inch apart, with
baby ribbon sewed between each tuck.
The ribbon was put on plain, though it
would have been equally pretty IL a
width wider ribbon was used and
gathered at the upper edge.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

whose hunting experiences has been
bring him down. The hunter must
put the shot into the animals head or
heart, or he must face a charge that
will probably end In his destruction.
Rifles of various caliber are carried
for economy. It is cheaper to use q
small six flve-tenths mf1limeter rifle
on small game, nine millimeter on
medium game, and a 600 express on
big game, than to carry one weapon
for all-round work, which would have
to be big enough at least for the
largest game. Nothing smaller than
$50 express would do for that, and
it would be distinctly uneconomical,
not to say foolish, to shoot small
antelope, the size of a goat, with a
900 express. It would be like using
pile driver to kill mosquito. Again,
cartridges become very costly by the
time they reach the interior of Africa.
A cartridge for 600 express rifle, for
instance, costing sixpence (12 cents)
in London, reaches an enormous price
by the time it gets into the hunting
grounds of Africa. I have seen them
bring five shillings ($1.25) each, and
very scarce at that. Nor is this such
an extravagant price when one takes
into consideration that every ounce
has to be carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps, across
rivers, over mountains, traversing the
parched weld and penetrating the dis
NAL forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot before they reach their
destination. 1t is easy to see that
weight is an important factor in cart,
ridge economics. Four six five-tenths
millimeter cartridges are equal in
weight to one 600 express. That is, 1t
is four deaths against one, for the
same weight.
These are the things President
Roosevelt must learn before ne can
consider himself up on the ways OF
safari." If the president hunts like
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
Elephant
Ivory
and How
1t Is
Obtained
By Capt. Fritz Duquesne

Capt: Fritz Duquesne was born of
Boor parents IN South Africa, edu-
Gated IN Europe (where he won con-
siderable distinction as swords-
man., and has been professional
hunter of big game most of his life:
At the age Of II he vas a vetera'1 of
the Ka0r wars. He served in the
Boer war and also in the Congo. In
the recent erents of South Africa's s
kal.idoscopic history Capt. Duquesne
took conspicuous part. He act
ed IN many capacities during the
hosti1ilies between the Bocr and the
British, being in turn spy, military
de*ectire, engineer, censor, Dispatch
carrier and propaganda. He was
svoundcd twtce IN the fighting
around Colenso. When the British
succeeded IN cutting cable conenuni-
cation betweem the Boar republic
and the rest of the world, Duquesne
carried the me,vs Of the Boer victo-
ries over the Mozambique border,
and from there he ,vrote dispatches
to the Petit Bleu, the official Euro
pedn organ Of the Boer government.
lie was once captured By the Por-
tuguese and thro1un into prison at
Lorenzo Marquis. Later he was ta-
ken as prisoner to Europe at the
request Of the British government.
When the ship that conveyed him,
and his guard touched at Naples he
'oas suffering from fever and IN
consequence was placed in an italian
hospital. On his recovery he was al
lowed to go free. He ,vent to Brus-
sels and Was sent back to the front
by DR.. Leyds, with plans for the
seizure of Cape Town by tho Boer
commanders then mobilized in Cape
Colony. Everything was ready for
the taking Of the city when, a traitor
havlng revealed the plot, Duquesne
and number Of others were cap
tured IN Cape Town inside the Brit
tsh defcnses. This was the climan
of what has come to be known as the
"Cape Town Plot" Some of the
prisoners Were sentenced to death
euho later had their sentence chanqed
to life Imprisonment. Capt. Duquesne
was among the latter. Ten months
later he escaped from the Bermuda
prisons, q0t aboard the american
yacht Margaret of New York vhile
she was coazing at the dock, and ras
conveyed to Baltimore. Back to Eu-
rope he went again, as war corre-
spondent and military writer on the
Petit Bleu; thence to africa, where
he took a commission on the Congo.
In East Afr'ca he hunted big game
for sport and profit, and finally he
came to New YORK. to do newspaper
and magazine work;.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

an Africander and not like the av-
erage European that visits the dark
continent, he will certainly find
danger; danger that tries a hunters
confined to bird shooting with shot
guns, or small game, with, say, a 32-
caliber rifle, may understand the
meaning of these figures, let me state
that the ordinary 32-caliber rifle has
a recoil Of perhaps ten to twelve
pounds. The double-barreled shot
gun, which to the ordinary hunter
seems to have all the "kicking' ca
pacity any weapon needs, has q re-
soil Of from Is to 80 pounds.
The 600 caliber cordite express is
the most deadly hand arm made.
Notwithstanding the terrific force
Of this 900 express bullet it must be:
placed in the correct part of an ele-
plants or a rhinoceros' anatomy to
nerve, that requires an alert intelli-
gence and quick eye to pass through
it and live.
Mr.. Cunninghame, VINO is organic
ing the Roosevelt expedition, is one
of the most experienced and clever of
African hunters. He will have COM
plete charge Of everything from the
largest to the smallest detail. With
him at the head Of things the presi-
dent can depend on having a success
full hunt. That Is, If he is going for
sport and not merely as scribe look
ing for local atmosphere for his book.
Many great African hunters have
killed all their game in the narrow
and dark confines OF an ink bottle.
Africa is menagerie 11,500,000
miles in area, with the greatest COM
bination of lakes, rivers, mountains
and weld imaginable, veritable para
disc for wild animals. Notwithstand-
ing the destruction of big game, there
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
Caught Il the:;,R.'ne

1t is scarcely necessary to state
that the first thing the average wom-
an thinks Of when it begins to rain,
is her hat. Though all else becomes
soaked and drenched that hat must
not become even so much as damp
When caught in a sudden rainstorm
various expedients are resorted to. If
a newspaper cannot be obtained, even
the handkerchief is quickly fashioned
into cover for the precious hat.
Here is a suggestion when caught in
the rain, but it must be prepared be-
forehaQd.
Purchase a square Of oiled silk suf-
f1ciently large to coTer your nat. Cut
it round and put an inch wide hem
all around it. A silk cord run through
this makes the drawing string. This
article can be tightly folded and car
ried in your shopping bag. Then
when it rains, and you find yourself
without an umbrella, take out the hat
protector, place it over your hat and
fasten the end of the string under
your chin. OF course. it is somewhat
ungainly in appearanee-but It saves
the SORROW and, sxpense OF a=rjined
hat. -
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
linaerie aao.

A pretty summer fashion IL the
lingerie Dorothy bag. Dainty little
bags of open-work embroidery of the
broderie Anglaise order, with Innings
in delicate shades Of pink, primrose.
blue, green or mauve and ribbon
handles to match, will be carried:
The color chosen for the lining will
be repeated in the draped ceinture
round the waist, the, ribbon on tho
lingerie hat and the bows of the sun-
shade.
1t is quaint and pretty fashion.
the lingerie bag. and during the hot
part of the year the familiar leather
handbag will take back place.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

game, selecting the correct rife
loading with the proper ammunition
pointing out the place to shoot at
and handing the hunter the weapon
The hunter merely pulls the trigger
after seeing that there are number
of shikarees (native hunters) in
readiness to protect hing sshould
he miss his mark and the game
charge. As often as not he misses
shikaree shoots the game, and
his employer gets the credit. It
is the. dangerous side only Of African
hunting that has any attractions fol
the man with any sporting INSTINCTS
in him, and it is only that side OF
the hunt that is Of interest to, the
laity. :-.' =
According to present intentions,. Mr.
CunninEhame will take the Roosevelt
party over. the. route I have covered
twice, the last time very recently
What I have passed through Roose'
welt must face. He will be lucky II
he comes out alive.
Like most Beers, L have been hunt.
ing. on and of, and associating with
hunters since I was ten years old
Danger and hairbreadth escapes have
happened 20 frequently to me that
most Of my hunting experiences ap
pear almost too commonplace to
record: Yet some of them stand out
vividly from the rest, especially those
of recent occurrence. It would be
impossible to hunt any length Of time
in Africa without having some adven.
lures worth relating adventures in
which Z steady eye. nerves of Steel
and a brain as quick as lightning are
life-saving essentials to a big game
hunter. -; -,;,.,
Most game drops at the first shot
from the rife of an experienced hunt.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

rests slightly on the ground all round.
Two folds are arranged on each shoul-
der. and brought slightly toward the
plastron, both front and back. The
eevers are trimmed with braid, and
edged with ball fringe, the sleeve is
trimmed to match. Tucked silk forms
the yoke, and plain silk slightly
tucked is used for the deep cuff edged
with frilling.
Hat Of stretched satin trimmed
with roses and ribbon.
Materials required: Eight yards
cashmere 48 inches wide, four dozen
buttons, three yards ball fringe, one
half dozen yards braid, two yards silk,
~ yards satin.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

on account of the thickness Of the
underground. 1t meant a lcng, pa
tfent crawl to good shooting posi-.
ton, for to shoot at anything but
close quarters in such country meant
that the bullet would be detected by
the bush. / put a solid nickel ball in
the right barrel of my 600 caltber ex.
press for head shot, and a sdft nose
split in the left barrel for a body shot.
With the shikaree at my side and the
gun bearer at my back, we crept
silently, inch by inch, foot By foot,
through the huge tufts of grass till a
good view of the game presented it.
self.
took OF my coat and hat, hung
them on a low limb and crawled a
few yards farther on. As I could not
get a vital shot at any of tho ele.
plants in their lying position, gave
a sharp. whistle. In an instant they
were upon their feet thrusting their
trunks up in the air to get a scent of
their enemies and holding out their
enormous ears to catch the slightest
sound. At last an old bull worked
into the right position. I-aimed at
his weakest point, between tho eye
and ear, and gave him the solid shot.
My aim was bad: . piece of his tusk
flew into the air. With, a roav he
charged down on me like an ava.
lanche
I leveled my express for a second
shot and the natives stood ready.
Down he came, the grass waving be.
fore him in pillows. I waited 50, 40,
80, 20 yards, another seconds sus.
pense and-hang! gave him the soft
bullet full in the chest. It failed to
stop him. A screeching roar of pain
burst from the charging monster and
blood gushed from his trunk. l
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02


is at
tuck The
S
wi
BRAID
folds
of back side the
aemifing
feather
sk
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

all over the country. He was dressed
in the usual .two-piece suit-l:ose
blouse and trousers Of white cotton,
ragged and dirty. His red head was
covered by a tattered straw somb1 ero.
and his feet were bare-like all the
other poems. When he came up to me
with his canes spoke to him in Eng
lish. He gripned at me and repllea in
Spanish that he did not understand.
So went back at him In Mexican: s.
Aren't :yyQl ;,4rish?' What ID = Jour
name? I asked.
81. senor,' he replied. in the formal
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
Oriental Silks.

g. Oriental Silks. j -
Oriental silks have a way Of coming
In on the, market and meeting with
popular favor because Of their genuine
oddity among fabrics. They are al
ways sought by persons who, look for
the exclusive patterns and this is
possible among oriental silks where
two patterns may be alike, but Of Diff
ferent colors. The trimmings for such
are plain silks, soutache and crochet
buttons. One Of the dashing dresses
constructed Of this material was
brick red, with clouded effect. It was
trimmed with black-red grosgrain
silk and an edging Of black soutache
In sawtooth fashion for bands. The
dress was very COED example of
what can be produced with q foreign
silk.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

Il remember one place in particular
where saw one Of these carrot
topped Irish-Mexicans who had such
Hibernian face that felt sure at
once he must be an exile from Erin
who had gone broke in the land Of the
Montezumas. It was at a station
called Apizaco, on the Mexican railway
the line that leads from the capital
to: Vera Cruz;sa road that was built by
an Irishman who grew1ich and be7
came Mexican citizen. This man was
selling gaudily 2@;nted and carved
canes, for which this station is famous
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

are still thousands Of herds Of every.
thing Africa possesses for the hunter,
roaming over the weld only 4 few
days travel afoot from the coast.
There are hundreds of rivers that
have rarely been visited by tho white
man. On the banks Of these streams
hippopotami, rhinoceroses, elephants,
leopards, lions, gorillas and dozens of
varieties of antelope, the names of
which have never been heard by the
majority Of Europeans or Americans,
gambol and fatten in gluttonous: :plen-
titude undisturbed by the crack of the
900 caliber express. {: It IL only in
reachable districts that the game ID
killed to any great extent. The cost
and danger Of hunting In most OF the
country have protected it and will
protect it for many years to come
Frightful Diseases of the Jungle.
Where game is most abundant the
fBightful diseases that nature seems
to have placed as a barrier against
the white mans invasion are also
abundant. In Africa's wild, beautiful
mysterious forests, more to be feared
than all the lions and rhinos, lurk the
germs of the deadly blackwater fever
malaria, science-defying sleeping sick.
ness and the unknown reason for the
weld sores that drain ones life out
in a few months. These. with the
EAST African term for an expedition OF
any kind. especially hunting expedition
miasmal swamps, the noxious insects
the Shiny, poisonous spears of the
natives, make hunting in Africa nc
game for the chicken-hearted.
Of course, hunting as business is
one thing and hunting for pleasure is
another 1t is possible to kill African
game to a limited extent without the
slightest hardship. One can go OF
safari accompanied by natives who de-
all the work, even to carrying the
sportsman in a hammock up to thu
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
SUITABLE IN MANY SHADES
GracefU1 Gown Of Cashmere That
Would 9e Appropriate In A.
most All Seasons Colors.

Alligator-gray is the color chosen
for this graceful gown, but it would
look we'll in many of the beautiful
shades there are to be had this sea-
son. The plastron down center of
front and back is trimmed each side
with satin covered buttons to match,
he other part Of skirt is plain, and
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
Many Mexicans Found with Red Hair
and Real Hibernian 6rooue
and Names.

"The Mexicans are a dark.skinned
race, but in the crowds of idlers who
watch the passing train at every rail-
road station you, will be sure, to: see
one or more faces of truly Irish cast,
,surmounted by shocks of touseled
brick.ned hair" said a man who had
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
IRISH BLOOD in DlAZ LAND

just returned from a long trip through
Diaz's republic. THE reason for this
isn't far to seek. When the Mexican
railroads were built, twenty or thirty
years ago, it was an army Of Irish Ia
borers who dug the dirt, laid the ties
and spiked down the steel. : They
mixed with the native population, ma.
turally, and the red headed hybrid with
a pug nose and perpetual grin is the
result.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
The Religious Life.

A religious life is not a thing which
spends itself like q bright bubble on
the rivers surface: 1t rs rather like
the river itself, which widens continu-,
allysapd IL never 30 broad or deep NJ
where 1t rolls into the ocean of Eter-
nity.-BeoahAc, 80.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
Paris Adopts Tailored Hats.

The chapeau taileur is having an
astonishing vogue in Paris. So great
Is the demand for this particular kind
of ~headgear that the leading Paris de-
signers and even those whose spe-
cialty until now has been the elaborate
hat. exclusively do not disdaip to do,
vote some Of their attention o. H..
Vogue.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

He experience Presi-
dent Roosevelt has
gained h un ting
game IN the North
American continent
will be of little use
to him on his expe-
dition into the wilds
Of East Africa.
Hunfinp in Amorico
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

er. "The game that makes the story
is the game that's missed" as the
Swahili least coast natives) say, and
there is nothing truer than that say
ing, as far as my experiences go, for
a bad shot nearly ended my trek a
little while ago in the Lake country.
1 was treking between Lake Albert
Edward N'Yanza and Lake Kivu, the
greatest stretch of hunting ground in
the world, with a caravan of hun
dred men. We had marched steadily
through the early part of the day and,
now that the merciless white-hot sun
was directly overhead, I called halt.
Each member of the caravan threw
himself down in the shade excepting
my shikaree Nick, a hoy" from the
other side of the continent, native
Of Senegal. He never rested, and as
he got a percentage of the ivory we
secured, he never let the soles of his
feet grow soft for want of exercise.
About an hour passed before Nick
same swinging into camp with his
white teeth cleaning like new swords.
I knew by his smile that there was
something afoot. He walked straight
to my elephant guns and beckoned
me. I knew he had struck a fresh
spoor (traiD. Selling my arms, I
signaled my gun bearer and struck
out, Nick leading
If there are any elephants about at
midday, the hunter is pretty sure to
make a good bag, for at that time
they rest out of the direct rays of
the sun, doing the hot hours away,
and are easily approached.
A Terrible Battle with Elephants.
After half an hours walk through
grass that was at least 20 feet high,
we came across a herd of about
twenty elephants, among which there
were some fine bull tuskers. AS l ex-
pected, they were all resting out OF
the sun. They were difficult to get at
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02
The New 81i1oc.

The new sailor has low, broad
crown, with wide brim little wider.
at one side than the other, the sides
curling up very slightly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

Spanish phrases that even the Indians
there use, my name is Innocente Je.
sus O'Rourke. And he said it. with
a brogue that, aside from his looks.
was his sole ancestral Inheritance"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-02

Owned by the British Public.
The value Of pictures in the British
National Gallery is about $6,250,000.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-12-10
Acme Hand Laundry

Telephone 1882
 West Euclid avenue. Will call for and deliver your laundry anywhere in the city at time promised. First-class work guaranteed