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was crushed down. Another, who had
stumbled. rose to run, the maddened
beast charged and thrust its horn through
his back, battered him against tree.
and then hurled him in the air
I was reaching for my rifle when the
rhino caught sight of me. 1t was. too late
turned and ran toward the river.
dive would save me. 1 thought of the
crocodles 1 felt the puff of the rhino's
foul breath. My heart sank. I had one
chance to jump aside and let the rhino
pass I jumped. and the roaring animal
wiped its gore-stained cheek on me as |
did l doubled on my tracks. the de-
moniac brute frothing in fury after me.
AS / passed under the hammock where
my comrade lay between life and death
there was a vivid flash. a deafening roar
filled the world and fell. The rhinoceros
rolled over. squirting a stream of hot
blood on me from wound in its neck.
looked up, dazed and breathless. l didn't
know whether was dead or alive. l felt
the huge. throbbing carcass beside me.
The yellow fever-stained, hollow-eyed face
of de Niliiers looked over the hammock
and asked, Are you hurt?'
II think not" l answered. What hap
pened?"
got no answer. De Villiers sank
back with groan. l sprang to the
side of the hammock. I thought he
was dead. His breast was covered with
blood. | opened his shirt and saw MS
right collar bone broken and protrudlng
through the flesh. I forced some brandy
down his throat and he revived. What
happened" | asked again
You had one chance for life. and
that was the death of the rhino. /
had one chance in a thousand of saw
ing you and killing the rhino. l took
it and gave the rhino both barrels OF
the express Your face is singed
little from the fash. The recoil of the
blunderbuss has hurt my shoulder
He put his left hand over and fe!t
the shattered collar bone. Il suppose
it's all up with me- he said This, on
TOP OF the fever, is too much. he
smiled and fell back. unconscious.
The natives who had fed returned, and
we examined the five porters who got
the rhinoS charge. Two were dead, three
badly injured.
Throughout the night l sat beside my
unconscious comrade in the flicker OF the
campfires, listening to the dull, monot-
trees and seeing faces in the embers-
one face especially. kind, thin face.
crowned with white hair. weeping as l
told her of the death of Jappie her hunt-
er son. The chill before the dawn struck
the earth. ! turned to put some wood on
the fire. Giarng in the grass few
yards away l saw two green phosphores--
cent eyes. ] seized my LuSf pisto!
and rose. Like a flash lion sprang
away before l could shoot. A little
later the forest burst into thunderous
roars. 1t seemed to be full of lions.
which were attracted by the smell OF the
rhinos blood.
De Nilliers did not die. He came
through 1t all. He now organizes hunt
ing expeditions into East Africa, and in
all probability he will be one OF the
Roosevelt party.
The next day we continued our march.
We had not gone far when a native
brought in news Of a fresh rhino spoor.
l at once set out in search of the game.
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chine drove away and I picked the money
up and found 1t was hundred-doilar
yellow boy.
TT was close on the time for me to stop
my eiht-hour trick of duty, and. af-er
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all other big game
combined. 1t seems to he the hired as
sassin Of the jungle. Its success as a
homicide is not due 10 the fact that II
seeks its victim. but because its victim
falls over 1t. If the rhino knows that
there is an enemy about, II will try to
get away without being seen. If, on the
other hand. ii thinks that by keeping still
il will be passed unnotced it stays as
silent and motionless as Gibraltar its
little hog eyes watching the direction of
the noise and its nose shifting the air.
Should an enemy show up suddenly in
the jungle the rhino charges like fash,
nose down and horns leveled like swords
for the thrust. its huge bulk crushing
through the brush like an express train.
1t is always a fight to the death, for
r11noCeroS once IN fight wins or dies,
and il mostly wins, if ii is not confronted
with an express rife in the hands OF
cool. good shot. 1t was the express in
the. hands of cool shot that saved me in
the encounter related here.
We had been out nearly a year and
were returning to civilization, such as
II is on the East African coast, with
good stock of ivory. My partner, Jap
pie de Nilliers well known Boer hunt
er. had fever and was expected to die at
any moment He had been carried 300
miles from the interior in a hammock.
If de Nilliers had not been ill l would
not be alive today.
We were pitching camp at the Kagera
river on one of those inexplicahle barren
patches that are scattered like freckleS
over the face of the tropical forests. The
sun was setting and the sky blazed like
the mouth of a foundry furnace. The
smoke of the newly made campfires rose
slowly in the damp air and hung lazily
about the treetops: clouds of flies and
mosquitoes followed every living thing.
and the lizards locked nquisitiveiy down
from their perches in the great vines that
reached out like the tentacles of a mighty
octopus holding everything in its grasp.
The river. with its waxy water flowers
and gliding crocodies. was on one side of
US: the tropical jungle. mysterious and
fascinating in all its vivid and eXtrava
CANT luxury. was on the other
/ hung our rifles on the limbs of tine
trees which supported my sick comrades
hammock. The .porters were collecting
dry wood for the night fires as l watched
a monster crocodile in the water making
a futile effort to swallow a friend near.y
as big as itself a party of natives from
nearby village was skinning a beast we
had shot for food. In another group my
boys were opening the bundles of camp
ing necessities. A loud grunt. followed by
OF the camp. and the next instant the
screeching Soman, followed by a huge
rhinoceros, burst through the under
growth. The Somali ran for tree. He
tripped over an ammunition box. the rhno
passed him in its blind fury and charged
''rwn a. the clump of porters. scattering
them like chaff before the wind. One
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Favorably Impressed.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
why do you insist on having a native
of Italy to work on your farm"
Because I've read so much about them
fine Italian hands"
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E the Genius of
He'll used up all
his mental energy
making a devil for
the animal kingdom
he could not have
created a more un-
certain, malicious
and ugly brute than
the rhinoceroS. This
animal has buried
more hunters than
all other big game
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stuffing the bill In my pocket, I went
home and forgot all about the thing. The
next day found it in my pocket and de-
cided to return 1t personally to the guest
as the tip would naturally be larger.
worked the whole afternoon and part OF
the morning through without the owner
showing up, and went back home again
The next day I did the same thing. and
about the middle OF the afternoon our
friend came out for another cab. I Or
dered it and just as I was opening the
cab door, handed him the bill.
" Here's something you dropped. sir,
the other day. said I.
'Where?' he asked.
Here In the street when you went
out for a ride day before yesterday
'Humph,' he commented, grabbing the
bill from me-. And you're just returning
it! What's the matter? Did your con-
science finally get the better of you? I
hope it's relieved now
He jumped into the machine and was
driven .z OF before I could utter a word
square, I said to myself. and Immediately
proceeded to get fearful lest he should
report the matter to the office and I'd
have difficulty in explaining why l had
of it. however. and as the days passed
the more 1 thought of the mans ingrati-
tude the more disgusted I became.
Finally the day of his departure rolled
his belongings together and help him off
to the station. AS he took his seat in the
cab and was ready to drive away he turn
ed toward me.
Here. you, take this he said, giving
me an envelope. and the next time don't
wait so long for your conscience to get to
work. 1t might be dangerous
Il tried to explain, but before I had
spoken three words his machine was half
way down the block. l opened the enve-
lope and found it contained a twenty
dollar BILL
did you ever hear of the family party
of females and my diplomacy?' asked the
doorman. who volunteered the informa-
ton that his name was Tom. and he never
fancied such names as Jeemes, Chester.
Mike and Ferdinand. "It was the only
time l was ever successfully diplomatic
In my life. We had family party here
once of a year-old baby girl. a seven
year-old girl their thirty-four or thirty
five year old mother and their grand
mother / never knew whether they came
on shopping or a sightseeing trip. as
they never asked questions and always
took drive every afternoon in one of the
closed carriages.
There was always a fuss and hustle
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The next day we continued our march.
We had not gone far when q native
brought in news Of fresh rhino spoor.
l at once set out in search of the game.
We were not ten minutes on the hunt
when l smelled the peculiar edor of the
rhino, which sometimes is very strong.
l was down the wind-that is, the wind
was blowing toward me from the rhino-
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The cost of hunting big game in Africa
is enormous. One must spend a fortune
before firing the first shot. The various
European colonies protect their game
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At last the mighty arms OF the gorilla
broke hole through the net and he tore
the, rest from him as though it were
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"One pair I remember particularly, and
they weren't so young. either-the bride
was verging toward thirty-five and the
groom was some distance ahead of that.
They came bustling in one night from
down about Richmond. and the very mo-
ment the lady got inside the door she
went digging into a handbag and acci-
dentally pulled out several handfuls Of
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
TIE BALKAN SETTLEMENT.

Ii will be gratifying 10 have present danger
of war in the Balkans averted, even on the
terms which were exclusively reported by our
Paris correspondent Oh Sunday as agreed upon
by the powers concerned. 4 war between any
two countries in that region would probably IN
volve several others and might lead 10 a disas-
trols general conflict throughout Europe. There
is no doubt that for months past there has been
danger OF war. Indeed, there has been such
provocation s a few generations ago would al
most certainly have caused war, and the main
tenance Of peace in such circumstances is a
striking evidence Of the change which has in our
time come over the spirit of international affairs
1t IS however as vet an open question whether
the settlement which is said TO have been agreed
upon viii prove permanent or satisfactory II
seems TO be something of a makeshift, in which
justice has been in a measure sacrificed to ex-
pediency. though Of course. even thus 1t may
afford opportunity for further negotiations
suIting in an equitable adjustment of affairs.
As the case now stands. Austria Hungary and
Bulgaria have got all they wanted, without pay
ing for if. while Servia, at whose expense the
former has been aggrandiZed, receives nc sub
stantial compensation or consolation, but only
conditional promise which may or may not be
satisfactorily fulfilled For. in the first place
Austria Hungary seized Bosnia, which rightfuiy
belonged 10 Servia, and which Austria Hungary
had formerly recognized as belonging to Serrla,
thus preventing SerYias legitimate expansion.
Next the powers are said TO have refused to let
Servia have that portion OF NOvi Bazaar which
naturally belongs TO her. and which would give
her the desired connection with Montenegro and
thus friendly outlet 10 the And last hav-
ing thus hemmed Seryia in all Sides il Is
der 2nded that she shall acquiesce in her own
spolintion ana imprisonment, in return for which
Austria Hungary "will accord her important
md
v:ously. much depends upon what those con
cessions' are IL they assure permanently TO
Seryia entire economic and commercial indepen-
dence. they viii be satisfactory. But there are
those who suspect that they will mean simply
that Servia viii be forced into subjection as an
economical and commercial rassal ana de-
pendent of Austria -Huneary-a arrangement
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02

compulsory education law by parents who have
their children working in sweatshOps. But par
ents who desire to keep their children out OF
school will violate the new law just as easily as
the old one. for even II they do not conceal from
the census taker the fact that they have children
of school age. they can move at any time, and
by neglectng to inform the police Of their NOV
ing they can disappear from the card index
Meanwhile the head OF family who SENDS MS
children TO school will under penalty OF 4 Sc
we're fine have to run TO the police station when
ever n child comes Of school age or whenever ne
moves from one school district to another or has
his child transferred from one school to another
A new idea foreign TO American institutions IS
incorporated into our law. and according TO 10
lice Commissioner Bingham. lot of political
jobs are created in connection with the new
census board. The law needs amending before
II goes into effect.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
THE SCANDAL OF THE MAINE.

1t seems to be both fitting and necessary TO
say plainly and emphaticaly that Congress mas
done i'll in refusing or neg!ectiDg 10 provide Iot
the immediate raising of the wreck or the MdI"e
and its removal from the harbor Of Havapa- 10
leave that wreck and its pit1abie and precious
contents neglected for ten years was grd'e
ranrosch 70 this nation To refuse, deliberately
and actively. to repair that neglect when urgeu
in the strongest manner to do so by the Presi-
dent of the United States. by the late provls-
ionaI Governor of Cuba. by the insular govern
n,en+ of Cuba and BY the overwhelming pubic
sentiment of both countries is nothing short OF
a scandal 1t subjects this government, without
possibility of denial or resentment TO the charges
of Indifference to the material welfare OF the
sister republic of which it assumes to be the
friend and protector of disregard for the morIHl
remains of those who were slain IN its service
and of fear TO face the consequences or It's own
acts and TO vlndicate the moral integrity OF tue
nation.
If ANYTHING could make the case still worse
than this neglect and refusal. 1t would De the
alternative propositions which have been put
forward In Congress One member has urGed
that Congress should refuse TO discuss the ma /
ter any further and should forget the Maine.
Another has argued In favor of building wall
around the wreck and filling in the area, so as 70
form an island \ third, worst cf all "oun
bave the wreck and its contents blown 10 pieces
with dynamite 50 that the bodies of threescore
American sailors would be torn to shreds ana
sea tered as widely as possible over the har9or
floor To have any one of these things seriously
nroposed IN Congress is discreditahle enough
To have them all put forward with zeal ana 10
have the spirlt which they manifest so far tri-
1-mpbant as to prevent the only decent, honest
and creditable action is a disgrace which II VIII
take right-ninded Americans long time to Tor
give or to forget
Only the other day the men of our great meet
v-era welcomed home with almost dellrious JOY
from their worId-encircng voyage. IT was wen
that they should be. They deserved all the
nlaudits which they received. But amid all the
briIIiance there fell the shadow of that wreck IN
the Cuban harbor. and amid the shouting ana
the tumult' was to be heard the cry from Con
gress Forget the Maine, Hurrah for our i've
sailors but as for the dead ones, let them rot
The President fttfngly expressed the eXuitau"h
of the nation in the safe return of our fleet WIN
not q vessel injured, not a serious accident re
ported, in a voyage of nearly twice around ue
globe And then somebody breaks in with Don
t.roi Use the Maine lest it he found that something
e.y-ent wrong inside the Ship The nation stands
before the world as the exemplar Of truth ana
honesty and square dealing. and is made 10 say,
..Rut as for the Maine. the truth shall not Do
made known if we can help it.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02

which certainly would not and should not be
satisfactory.
1t is said that Servia, because of the occur
rences Of the last twenty years, has fallen into
disfavor in Europe. Well, King Milan was not
an admirable sovereign. the butchery of h1ng
Alexander and Queen Draga was infamous, ana
King Peter is not the most masterful monarch
in the world Yet Bulgaria tolerated the KID
mapping of Prince Alexander its present govern
ment is a beneficiary of the officially inspired
assassination Of stephen Stambulof, and the
nation has for years been identified with Orig
andage the kidnapping of women and murder.
The observer might we'll wonder why SeFFla
should be regarded as an outlaw nation and
Bulgaria the petted favorlte Of the powers 1t
may seem better thus uniustly IN sacrlhce ser
via than to let the peace be broken. But there
are many who will think that the matter might
lave been settled without a war ana without
injustice. and who will doubt if the millions oL
Serbs. outside as well as inside Serva, VIII per
manentIy acuuiesce in the repression Of their
national aspirations.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
About People and Social Incidents

ily will arrive here tomorrow with his uncle Ror-
Taft. and Miss Helen Taft will reach here from
Bryn Mawr and Robert Taft from yale probably
late tomorrow afternoon
Mr. and Mrs Reginald RonsIds OF New York.
will be the guests Of the latters aunt. Mrs Rich
ard H Townsend for the week
Mr.. and Mrs Dana Gibson and Miss Corr.Ifa
Bryce. daughter of Mr. and Mrs I,Ioyd stsvs-.
Bryce, will arrive here tomorrow from New York
to be the guests of Representative and Mrs. Rorrk
Cochran for the inauguratioD.
Judge Richard A BaTnger. OF Seattle WIN 4. e.
be Secretary OF the Interior In Mr. Taft's Cahfns,
arrived here to-day. accompanied by Mrs BaIlnzsr
Brigadier General Nelson Herrick Henry Adiu-
tant General OF the State OF New York arrival
here to-day. accompanied by Mrs Henry, to remain
for the week.
Charles Nsgel, who is to be Secretary Of Com
meTce and Labor. and Mrs. NaseI arrived here yes
terday from St. Louis. and Mr.. and Mrs George
". Wickersham, Of New York. also will Be here
for the inauguration OF Mr.. Taft Mr.. Wickersharn.
who is to be Attorney General. will be accompanied
by his sisters. Lady Hadheld. OF London. and Miss
Wickershsrn.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
The CABINET.

From The Tribune Buroau.1
Washington, March THE President and Mrs.
Roosevelt were entertained AZ dinner tonight by
the Secretary Of State and Mrs. Bacon. who post
poned the affair from last week on account OF the
death of the Presidents nephew. Only few intl-
friends present, and the dinner was
made informal possible
The Attorney General and Mrs. Bonaparte came
from Baltimore tins morning 10 dine tonight with
Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes. who in
vited a number OF the Supreme Court justices and
others of the judicial circle and their wives TO meet
them.
The Secretary OF the Interior and Mrs. Garfield
have guests for the week the brother and sister
in-iaw of the former Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Garfield.
Boston. Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Taft. OF Water
town. Conn. brother and sister-in-law OF the Pres-
dvnt-elect. will come tomorrow to remain with
them for the week.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
4mnSementS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-si5-A Grand Army Man
kL.HAMBRA-2-s-Nsudev
AsTOR-s :l5-The Man from Hone.
EIJOu-S:15-A Gentleman from MISSISSIPPI
BI.ANEE'S-2-s-TauGeVfile
BROADKAY-s-I s-I5-A Stubborn Cinuersi!a
CARNEGIE HALLS. s.lb-Concerf
CAsTNo-S.1c- Havana .
CIRCLES 1E-The Queen n Che Moulin Rouge.
col IONIAI-9-S-EsudevilIe-
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DkLYS-S.I5-T'he Goddess of Reason
EDEN EUSEE-The World IN Wax
EMPfRE-s-IS-Nhzr Every woman F>HoNs-
ssAIETY-s 1.-THE Travelling salesman
SsAEETCn-S-3o-The Patriot
GERNAN-S-I5-The open Door
ACKETT-S.3Q- Womans Way.
HAAdNERSTErNS -2-l5-S.15-NsudeTile-
HERALD SQCARE-s:I5-A Woman Of Impulse
HTPPGDRDdE-2-S-Spo Davs-Betfie n lhe
Skie--BaIlet OF RirdlaBd.
HT-DSCN-<-I IecturN-s-t -tS-The Third 'ibepIee
KSICK ERRC1'- FNER--s -lS--The Fair Co-Eo-
LTBERTK-S-
I.Yt-FI-N Iecfure-s 2o-The Dawn q To-rIorroT
Lyrics .I5-T'he Blue Mouse
MADISON SQUARE GARDE$-I1 s. m 20 II , II
Sportsn1an-s Show
MAxfNE ELLFOTTS-S.3 .3o-Tiis N oman ana 1hls
Man
NESDEI. .SSOTIN HALI-S.5o-C Concert
NEW NSTERDAM-S:fo-Ritfy G-eE-
NEW TORE-S -2O-NIiss Innocence
EkEOT-S-20- Battle
Easiest
NAI.LAEhfS -1S-The NsH LADY BsGtGcH
wEBER.S-S:1S-The Girl from Rectors
WEST END-s:I5-Mr- Hamlet OF BTcadwar
New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
ANOTHER ENGLISH PATENT DECISION

Within the last few days decision has been
rendered which throws more light than any
other on the operation Of that clause or new
English law which provides for the revocation
of nateut The case will possess addltlohal
interest In this country. the owner of the
naten: affected being an American corporation
having factories in England as well as IN the
United States-the Westinghouse company.
The invention involved in these proceedings
is an electric lamp From an extended re-
MORT in Engineering" OF February 10 1t ap-
nears that the first question considered by the
controller General Of Patents was whether
tho article was manufactured in the United
KINGDOM "to an adequate extent AS the com
nsnvs secretary testified that only 1.3oS had
been produced at the Westinghouse works IN
Traford Park, England. and as evidence OBJ
tanned from another source showed that 9So6
lamps had been made in Germany by licensees
of the holder Of the patent, an adverse decision
uras rendered The question then came up
whether the Westinghouse company could give
"satisfactorv reasons for not manufacturing
on larger scale on British soil. one of the
Attendants pleas was that as PA of the lamps
made at Trafford Park remained unsod the
demand in England was fully met, and there
was no use in manufacturing any more. An
other reason was that the sale in England OF
the Trafford Park product was hurt by the
offensive importation of lamps which. the de
rapdant claimed infringed the Westinghouse
natent Furthermore. the Westinghouse com
many argued that the license which it had
Granted TO a German company should protect 1t
from forfeiture of its rights. On every point
tho defence was overrIled, however. and an
order was issued revOking the patent. From
this decision there has been an appeal. and
until the courts pass Judgment the outcome OF
the proceedings must he uncertain.
Between this case and one previously decided
bv the controller there are two or three
OoInts Of difference Under the Belgian patent
revoked a few weeks ago absolutely no manu-
featuring had been conducted in the United
Kingdom. The Westinghouse company actually
did make lamps there. That fact seems to be
undisputed. 1t remains TO be seen, therefore,
whether the tribunal TO which the Westing
house company appeals will determine that the
work was conducted TO "an adequate extent"
There is of course, possibility that the CON
cluslons of the controller this point may
not be upheld and also that the court may be
more strongly impressed than was that official
with some Of the reasons given for not manu-
featuring on larger scale in England Quite
aside from the interest felt in the United
States in any litigation affecting such a prom
inent manufacturing concern as the Westing-
house company, the final disposition of the
case will he awaited eagerly because Of the
indications It may afford of the result Of fut-
ure proceedings Of the same character.