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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25

is forsaken to make a short cut out
to the sea that exact knowledge may
be obtained Just what must be dug
and OF what material 1t is composed.
John B. O'Rourke, head and front
OF the O'Rourke Construction Co., OF
New York, who says that he expects
to have the contract 10 dig the canal,
has been most exacting in the matter
OF the borings and the soundings.
All winter long the engineers and
their helpers have been diligently la
boring at the Offices Of the Cape Coz.
Boston & New York Ship Canal Co.,
at Sandwich, porting over the plans.
analyzing the sediment saved from
the borings and soundings made at
stated intervals along the route of
the proposed canal and its approaches.
This is to enable the contractor To &C
curately estimate the cost OF removing
the soil. gravel, leoges, II any are
found. and the excavating of the sea
bottoms. in order that a sea level
canal may have. not alone the eight
miles of overland route unobtsructed.
Int four miles OF sufficiently deep
water for navigation down to Wings
Neck in Buzzard's bay. from the canal
entrance. where is located Gray Ca
bles. the summer home OF the Late
Grover Cleveland, and for nearly as
great a distance out OF Cape Cod bay
at the entrance from Bostouward.
Engineer Parsons, from New York,
is In charge and enthusiastic. The
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25

I'm HIS being season of en-.
j semble effect. hosiery, like
6{Ek gloves. shoes, hats AMI
everything else, must ad'
here to the color scheme OF
the gown. This is discouraging piece
OF news. for the price OF silk stockings
In this country IS not what IL Is In
Paris. or course. We have those OF
the Isle and mercerized variety, whici
wears far better and looks almost as
WE'LL" but she OF the slender income
who wishes TO ne strictly "a la mode
must economic somewhat on other
trlfies OF she wishes 10 obey the die
tates OF Partisan fashions. But even
these near-silk hose must match the
gown. This will necessitate having
not "one pair 10 wash and one pair 70
wear" bat one pair for every gown.
II not one pair for every day In the
week. Everything In the way OF light
mesh fabrics will OF course be shown
for spring and summer, and their pre-
ferment will be adjusted to the ind-
vidual income, but silk Is the really
swell thing.
Black embroidered effectc will be
more popular than ever in Isle and
mercerized textures. bat monotones
will prevail in the silks. Harking
back to the slashed skirts and petti
coatless ankles, they have given the
hosiery. like the pumps or oxfords.
more prominence than ever; neverthe-
less the open meshed stockings are
not as fashionable as the fllet net,
either in Isle or silk. A shot effect In
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25

YXY1 ITH the skirts for street wear
Wi we find II Is almost impos-
- sible to wear the former
Je2E11 founced petticoat with the
straight skirts OF today.
They are making the skirt In narrow
gored style with scant circular
llounce which amounts to little more
than a flare. The skirt should pc
made Of supple silk, with very piaiI
hemmed founce, which can be hnisn-
ed with a silk braid. The much-be-
ruffied petticoat has too much breadth
In the skirt portion and the protrud'
ing ruffles are noticeable beneath the
narrow skirts. For wear under even
ing gowns modistes are making EN-
pire petticoats, the upper portion o.
which extends TO the high waist line
and to the knee at the bottom, froH
which point falls a fiounce OF the
same messaline silk or lingerie ma
terial. daintily trimmed with lace. The
fiounce Is Joined to the petticoat prop
or by a band OF embroidery or a rid
bon threaded beading. From the front
of the Empire waistline a ribbon ex-
tends over each shoulder to the back
OF the waistline. thus assuring the
wearer that the skirt Will not slip out
of place.
The hipless skirts and high wais'
line. the close At Of dress skirts de-
mand a form-ftting petticoat with
much more exactness In cut than ever
before. The new designs are with the
adjustable. bands and there is also y
great demand for those with the draw
strings. They are made on closer htted
lines with just the desired fullness In
the back and little difficulty Is exper'
fenced in adjusting them to the fgure'
so that they give perfectly fiat lines
With tailored suits the more simple
designs are naturally favored. SILKS
OF the softer character will be most
nopular this spring and the rustling
teffetas will come next In favor. Satin
surfaced materials. which have been
SO popular the season just past VIII
carry over to the early spring and FOR
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25
WHAT, H0!ACA|N THE
BIC CAPE COD CANAL
SIGNS OF LIFE IN OLD PROJECT;
EVEN WRANGLiNG ABOUT LOCK
AND SEA LEVEL PLANS.

BUZZARDS BAY, Mass, March "a.
Again the time Is set for building
the Cape Cod canal. 1t has been set
a good many times before now, but
the work never was completed, and
only a smaller section of the dredging
shows today for the several hundred
thousands of dollars that have been
expended in reducing the levels in the
townships of Bourne and Sandwich,
lying along the eight miles OF the
route of the canal.
But for the past nine or ten months
force Of men has been employed in
making the preliminary surveys,
sounding the sea bottoms at the ap-
proaches to the big ditch" in Buzz
7ard's Bay at the westerly end. MAX
ing borings along Monumen. river and
in the uplands where the river bed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25
SPRINGPETTICOATS

Easter wear Messalines will also DC
used. but II Is found that they are
not particularly practical or durapi''
In taffetas plaip colors Will nave the
Interference though stripes and hora'
designs are also shown In grea. va
riety. Some Of the stripes are three
quarters Of an inch In width and sho"
combinations of harmonious coiors.
In cotton garments the imitation SILK
fabrics find the most favor. Ihese
petticoats must also be form-nttlns
and are made on tailored lines VITA
a subdued embroidered fiounce. Otner
cotton materials that are shown TOT
spring petticoats arc striped enects Ill
eino hams. muslins and printed cottohs'
Some OF the garments have printed Dol,
der designs on accordion plated
flounces. These are novel and attrac-
tive.
In Paris a special petticoat has been
designed for those women VINO ihsis,
on a petticoat under the evening
gowns. II is of softest, most cnhging
satin or silk. falling in long straigh'
plaits. unbroken by rufies or hounces'
To the ground AS a finish there Is a
ruching of the same material THESE
petticoats in colors OF every tone anu
combination. These petticoats are
merely conciliatory or rather COM
promise by the modiste TO meet 'np
less daring women. Those, however
who adopt the height OF fashion, ap'
rear sans anything below the sKlrt'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25

chief engineer on the ground, com
Quoting the Investigations. Is Mr.. Dur
ham man with several years of ex-
perience at Panama, and he has an
able corps OF assistants. .s44.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25
A Conquest.

Choleric Old Gentleman-M'ss'
that fool boy of mine marrles YOU
Young Woman (ralsing ner ioVeis
eyes to his)-Well. Mr.. Scadiey!
Choleric Old Gentleman-Er-
dash him. can't blame the poy.-Onf
cago Tribune.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25
The Tailor Man,

The Tailor Nan.
The tailor Is funny man.
AS every one admits;
II he his customers would please
He has to give them fits.
Exchange.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25

To see these new Dresses now
on sale is to realize that it pays
to watch this stores offers
Misses and small women's
at the small prices.-S5, So. so
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

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, a very bad one, had grazed
the spine just in front of the withers /;
another quarter of an inch higher and
it would have missed alto ;c.ler.
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
night when we got there, and did not
follow up our camels till the next day.
have described this track rather at
length because 1t is a good example of
many similar days.
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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 net hyenas
after all; but Abdulah 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 brrtes would
come back. Nothing furtl r happened,
however. At daybreak we sailed out
to see If by any chance we had man
aged to hit lion, but we only found
two or three dead hyenas. One of
these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other hy-
enas, as it was still too dark 20 make
out tracks. We came to the conclu-
sion we had made idicts CT ourselves,
and had been shooting all night at
hyenas, ard we did not feel any the
better whtn 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
bonn bardmpnt
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point one could easily command the
whole of it. The lion was almost GER
tain to break out of one Of the sides
river-bed, in which case | should get
an easy broadSide shot. III we fol-
lowed the track into tho 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 a lot of
dead sticks along the edges, over
which 1t 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
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 growl and a crash in the bushes
and then, for a minute or two, not a
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 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 | want him to come
any closer; so. as he stepped down on
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 second thought he was
going to be startled into charging
| but he plunged off to the left with an
angry snarl at us over his shoulder
AS he passed | 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 or the sand. evidently
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06
PeriIS of the Man Eater.

My first experience in tracking lions
was early in 1892, and the night be-
fore was rather an exciting one. After
hunting elephants unsuccessfully for
about a 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. 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 viii
aage to which the lions generally
came, and just before sunset they
went off there.
| 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 a scuffie out
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-06

two different methods of hunting lions
One OF them could hardly be called
a method at all, as 1t depended on
news brought in by natives as to
where lion had actually been seen
The second plan consisted of tying
up a donkey for a bait. and sitting up
to watch Of night A much more in
teresting way OF hunting lions than
either of these and a very success.
full one II the native shikaries EN-
ployed are any good, is this process
of tracking them. lion lies up in
some cool, shady place for the day,
unless the sky is overcast and the
sun cannot get out, when he will &C.
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 II you have struck
it early or late In the lions wander
ings, so that it is quite a chance
whether it leads you for hours over all
sorts of country, or whether, after half
mile down on a sandy river bed or
path, il turns off into a thick patch
of reeds or bush close by, where the
lion Is lying. 1t 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 footprint can be
seen on a 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 quickly
your spirits rise again when a low
whistle or swapping of the fingers an,
nounces that one of the crackers has
hit 1t off further on
At last certain signs show that you
are getting near the end; the crackers
take off their sandals and tuck III
their loin-cloths under their belts, lest
corner tapping in the wind should
scare the lion. For the first time you
| take your rife from the native who
has had charge of 1t, and, with your
head shikarir carrying second rife
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Reading the Lion Tracks.

Abdullah Ftill insisted that there
had been lions round the camp. and
a 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
tod me that he had picked ''p the
track of one ZION on soft ground lit
tie way from camp. and that we ought
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hill again. but here, 30, we were dis.
appointed, and gravitated back to
where we had first lost the spoor. We
knew that the lion had not gone
straight on. nor had he turned back;
he must have gone along the top of
the ridge and then crossed into other
stony hills where is was hopeless to
try to track him.
Abdullah, who Is never defeated,
said there was a big riverbed further
on in the direction in which the lion
was going. II seemed very slender
chance, as he might have turned off
anywhere in between, but it was the
only one, so off we went. We were
evidently in luck that day, for we had
only gone about a quarter of mile
when we struck the spoor. The lion
seemed now to have made up his
mind as to his direction, for he kept
on straight down the middle of the
river-bed. 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 a
track coming out The island, raised
little above the river-bed, was
formed of mass of thick-tangled
bush and creepers clustered round a
few big trees. The water coming down
the river after heavy rain had washe |
1t roughly into the form of triangle,
the apex of which pointed up the
river. From this point the sides
widened ugt to the other end, which
was about thirty yards broad, the
whole length Neing somewhat under
a hundred yaru
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to follow it. At that time none of us
knew much about tracking, and we
had had such bad luck after the ele-
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 ma followed
the track for some distance quite
caught his enthusiasm. and when the
single track was joined by three 9TH
ers, | was divided between delight at
the prospect of having four lions all
to myself and the thought that per-
haps | had more on 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 ana intersected
by narrow paths. My second shikar
at that time was worry 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-
tided 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
quietly along the outside of one of the
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
! clutched me by the arm and pointed
towards tree standing on the edge
of the bush yards off. The tree was
| divided into two towards the bottom,
and the sun was throwing the shadow
of bush on the ground inside the
| hollow.
| This was where Abdullah was point.
! ing, getting more excited but could
make out nothing at ALL until a great
! yellow beast moved suddenly out of
the shadow and slipped away on the
far side. | 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 | did
after running some distance, was
shaking so that could not get on her
at all, and missed. She kept lobbing
along just ahead. every now aud then
stopping to look around and show her
teeth at us. Each time she stopped
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side. and 1t was evident that some
thing was attacking our donkeys. 1t
was pitch dark, and we fir' | several
shots in the direction Of the sound
before we discovered that the attack
ing beasts were hyenas. We did not
mind having a donkey killed instan-
taneously by "a lion. but we had not
bargained for the poor beasts getting
mauled by hyenas, so taking lamp
we went out to see what had nap
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
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
II the lions did come to the dead don
key there would not Je much chance
of hitting them on so dark a night,
we pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp, and,
to prevent hyenas dragging it away,
tied a rope to one of its legs, and
passing it over the fence, fastened ii
to heavy water barrel inside the
camp. We sat up for Il bit and got
few shots at hyenas, and then we
went to bed, telling the sentry to keep
a sharp lookout and to let us know ii
lions came to the carcass.
Some time after l awoke to find
Abdullah bending over me, with my
rifle in his hand. He was frightfully
excited and all | could get out of him
was "Libah, sahib, libah!" ("Lion, sir
lion!') Jumping up | rushed out Just
as my companion fired two shots into
the darkness. The first thing | saw
when | got to where he stood was that
a great piece OF the skerm round the
camp had disappeared, leaving q
broad gap. | could not for a moment
think what had happened, and then II
struck me that when the carcase had
been dragged away the water barre
must have got hitched against the
inside of the interlaced mimoss
boughs and the whole lot had gone to
gether. 1t was frightfully dark out
side, and we stood peering out fol
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