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The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
CAPITOL WORK
 STILL GOES ON MILITIA REPORT A CANARO
No Companies Ordered Out to
 Guard Capitol.
Beebe Company Coming to Argenta for Target Practice Causes Sensa-
 tionai Rumors.

Little Rock, July 2S, 2:3o p. m. -Special.-Camped at Fort Logan H. Roots, the Beebe-Cabot con- pany of the state gu rd, whose arrival here last evening gave rise to sensational reports of .ae state militia being called out by the gov ernor, are quietly participating in a few days target practice, under instructions from Adjutant Genei al B. w. Green. No other compan- ies are near the city and noue are expected. Governor Donaghey still refuses to discuss the injunc ton case for publication, but il is positively stated at the governor $ office this afternoon that the arrival of the Beebe company had not the slightest connection with the state capitol matter;
 The injunction of Judge Martin neau, which was served late yester-
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
Hotel Being Painted.

The Hotel de Hines is being re- painted and repapered this week
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28

Old papers for sale here.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
Fruit! Fruit!

We will sell our overripe peaches at 50 cents per bushel at the or chard. Although too ripe to ship, the peaches will be in good condi- ton.
 We have peaches of higher qual ity we will deliver on orders only at so cents per crate. Phone No. 10 or No. 63. If
 Round Mt. Fruit Go.
 Pyle & Paris, Owners
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
MT. PISGAH.

Farmers are looking down their nose: on account of the dry weather.
 Henry Hackler got his arm broker last week, but ifs getting along nicely under the care of Dr. Pairett.
 Mrs. Mary Hackler visited her moth CT, Mrs. Watkins of Mayhower, few days last week.
 Mrs. Ham is staying with her daugh ter, Mrs. Vina Steed, while MT. Steed Is at work on the river.
 Quite crowd went fishing on Palarnl Friday and Saturday last. Some of the crowd says that it is healthy to camp on the lakes and Palarm, but the writer thought quite different. When they came home they looked like they had an attack of smallpox, caused by mos quitoes bites.
 MT. and Mrs. Chillens of Little Rock are visiting MT. and Mrs. George Steed of this place for few days.
 Prof. Robinson is getting along nicely with his school at this place.
 Mrs. Jennie Kelley and little son are visiting friends near Jacksonville this week.
 July 2S.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
 GR ZEN BRIER.

Hot and dry, needing rain.
 Homer l.. Henry, R. F. D. carrier or route ?, is serving the route.
 Jesse Moore of Damascus was here the last of the week.
 Miss Cora Norwood of Mallet town re. turned home Monday after spending a week with relatives and friends here.
 l.. F.. Gordon and wife returned home from Dublin, Ark, Tuesday, where thev have been visisiting.
 H. l.. Tyler left Monday for Wooster where he will superintend the building of new residence for H. Robinson.
 Several attended the baptizlng and preac hing at Mill Creek Sunday.
 C. D. Goode of Holland commenced 2 singing school here, Monday with 7 good attendance.
 June 2S.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28

day afternoon has caused no cessa- ton whatever in the capitol work, the convicts and laborers assem- bling as usual this morning and having been working without mo- lestation all day.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
Reduced Rates |.

On account of the state meeting of the Farmers Union in Little Rock on August 3rd, tickets will be sold from the Ist to 4th inclus- i've good for return on the 9th at reduced rates.
 J. ". JAMES, Agt.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
Foundation Nearly Completed

The concrete foundations of the new Baptist church are nearly completed and will be ready for the brick work by tie end of the week.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-28
WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans, July 2S.-Tonight and Thursday partly cloudy wea-
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-20

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
lion in either case it's naturally
morose temper having been rendered
yet more dangerous.
No hunter ought to attempt to tackle
buffalo with rifle of lighter calibre
tnan SIT 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
veye penalties the buffalo-as we'll as
th4 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 a few miles OF the
town of Uitenhage, These animals
can only be shot in Cape colony by
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 buff
faio. Perhaps the best country exist
ing at the present time is the low and
unhealthy region lying in Portuguese
territory between the Sabi aud Fam
best. Upon the Bust and Pungue
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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-for they are by no means
keen-sighted creatures-a man may,
he begins to think, shoot bufraloes 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 10 k 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 rifle 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 bloody revenge. | Mike most
other game, which, when wounded.
will almost invariably t-take item
selves in fight 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, tirning 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 thlckets !;
at another time. if badly wounded,
he will lie down; in eitrer case pre-.
pared and determined to infiict 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, il not killed outright are
terribly mauled; and, until the buffalo
is completely exterminated, he will
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By III. A. Bry d e n

II. A. Bryden, the co-duthor with
Percy Selous of '1'rduel and Big
Came is man WhO wds born 10
the chase. From his youth IL has
tcen his ruling passion and he has
gone NTH his rifle all orer the morid.
In every continent has fame as a
Nimrod is known, and he has a mod
est direct style of presenting his
adventures. tinged mith a little touch
Of poetic sentiment here and there,
which is uery pleasing indeed. # any
fault at all could be found with him,
IL would be that he was oUermodeSt
and inclined TO boast for others in
stead of telling his own story.
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Attacked by an Enraqed Buffalo.

At last several fat cows, for which
he had been waiting came, together
with a tremendous old bull, within
80 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
we're frustrated, however, by the bull,
which charged upon the instant direct
ly towards the rife smoke. Within
ten yards, the Dutchman, who was
kneeling, fired again, hitting the grim
beast in front of the chest, and turn
ing it, Meanwhile, at the 'ound of
the firing the whole immense herd
fioundered out of the ''vlei," and went
off crashing through an angle of the
reed beds, and thence far into the
bush. AS they fled the Boar showed
in another cartridge took aim at
retreating cow eighty yards off, 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 dense
patch of reeds to the light of the la
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.
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rest OF the day was spent in skinning
and cutting up the game. Part of the
natives We're 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 nesh); the
remainder of the flesh was bestowed
upon the native villagers who we're
Y it'll the expedition.
Large numbers of buffaloes Wee
still reported little further ahead,
among the lagoons and marshes of
this region. and the Dutch hunter
therefore camped for the night, ate n
hearty supper by the roaring ire, and
slept soundly till early dawn. Before
sun-up the party We're again stirring.
In less than two hours time the ma.
tiyes 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
lagoon was shallow open water, the
remainder consists of 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 screen
of bush. was a wonderful one. In and
about the 'vlei," stood 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 starting 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 buff
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 Roer saw. essential Con
cealed behind thick mass of bush
| to which he and the Hottentot had
| crept. the Dutchman waited patiently
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Stalking a Buffalo Herd.

| 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 ms
horses behind him, fefried across the
river, and spent the next two days in
hunting. He had with him his own
Hottentot servant, a good and reliable
hunter, and fair shot, and he had
as well 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 direo ton,
he had little difficulty in shooting two
fat cows and 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 fiercely at the
spooring party and was only killed
within a few feet of the hunter, The
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and was determined to finish off 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
second gun-a Martini Henry--fell
behind, leaving his m6ste~ 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
nose, which was held high, as is the
habit OF these brutes when charging.
Galloping over the PROSTATE Boer, the
Buffalo went straight for the Hotten-
tot few PAGES behind This unfor-
tunate the brute struck with his horn
and tossed on one side some yards
into the reebs. Then, continuing its
career, the bull passed on out of the
"vlei" and took shelter in some thin
bush, where 1t was afterward found
dead. The Boer, all the wind knocked
out of him. and severely bruised,
picked himself up. retrieved his rife,
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 short time,
and died pathetic and unwilling OBJ.
ject lesson in the risks and dangers
of following a wounded buffalo into
thick covert.
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1 had missed him from his &C.
customed stations and on his re-
appearance he was generally ban
daged ND 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
a 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 a 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 transporting meanwhile,
Giving the pyor gun bearer no chance
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 a 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.
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HAVE You INVESTIGATED IDAHOf
1t has been truthfully termed
Land of Opportunities
A Land of Homes

The Oregon Short Line Railroad Co.
will be pleased to send descriptive mat.
ter regarding ldahos resources. Write
to ID. Z. Burley, G. P. A.. or ID. S. Spen-
Ger. A. G. P. A.. Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Most Dangerous Game in Africa.

II 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
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Worldly Wisdom.

AS there is 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 selfishness, the other in
charity; the one is full of strife and
bitter enyyings. the other of mercy
and OF good fruits.-Blair
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Some Perils of Buffalo Hunting.

Occasionally hunters have been at
tackled by solitary buffalo which has
charged them before shot has been
fired, and without apparent provoca-
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Y incident highly in
dicative OF the eX-
traordinarily 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 Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-05-20

, till the troop moved and fair shot
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What's the matter q
with | D A H 0 I

} Thousands OF acres Of land have
been reclaimed to cultivation by
Irrigation in that State during
the past 10 years. Thousands
more will be reclaimed within
the next 10 years. This means
an opening for many thousands
Of homes.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-12
YOUNG men WANTED
United States Government Gives
Railway Mail Clerks $500
a Year to Start, and
Increases to $1,000.

Uncle Sam viii coon hold postal ezami1a-
tons in the vicinity Of Newark and
throughout the United States. About 42,OBs
positions were filled last year, and II II
estimated that 5000 will be filled this year.
Any ambitious young man with only o very
ordinary education can readily pass. The
government wants young men with cum
mon sense to take examinations for railway
mail clerks and pOstofica CLERKS and ear
riers. and the Government Positions
Bureau. OF Rochester. n. Y, with rs pecii-
liar knowledge Of the requirements u The
examination, can 1T any young man IN a
short time 10 pass. a government position
means steady work. good pay. and . year,
.ly vacation. This thoroughly equipped
Bureau also prepares men and women fDr
government examinations, AZ Stenograpbers.
typewriters, Internal revenue and custom
house clerks. storekcepert snd gauRere No
matter where you live, city Or country,
you have. under the civil s~erylce. az good
a chance to secure a good government 10.
sltlon as anyone else. There Is time 10 pre-
pare for the examination soon to come. and
n reader Of Tile Star can get full lnfof,
nation how 10 proceed. free ~ charge, by
writing Tho Government Positions Bureau,
1854 Hamlin Bldg. Rochester. ~. ".
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-12
JOHNSON BALKS ON
JEFF AS REFEREE

BOSTON, Mass, June TT am will
ing to go forty-five rounds or fight TO a
finish with Kaufman in Nevada before
October u. but l will not fight in Cali
fornia before them," declared Cham
pion Jack Johnson today.
Il have told Coffroth many times my
reason for not fighting a forty-five-
round battle with Kaufman. I am al
ready signed up with Ketchel for a
twenty-round bout on october II at
San Francisco.
''Coffroth wants me to fight a forty-fve-
round battle between now n the date
set for the Ketchel fight in the same place.
There Is no reason why ! should fight a
forty-1ve-round battle before the Ketchel
fight.
I'm glad Ketched defeated O'Brien. I
hope he beats them all up to the time he
meets me"
Would you consent to jeff as the third
man In the ring?"
NO; emphatically no again. no."
There are plenty of good men in this
country who can act in this capacity bet
ter than JEFF; men who have been acting
as the third man in the ring in all big
ihts pulled off on the coast in recent
years. There are Eddie Graney, Jack
Smith and Jack White. three of the
squarest men In the ring today. Any of
these men will be acceptable to me, and
they are the only men that I will have
in the ring with ms when I face Ketchel, y