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back and dressed the skin there and
then, before it should get covered
with hyblows.
I lost no time, however. in getting
back to the spot where l had killed
him, for 1t struck me there might be
something more than l knew about in
his having had his attention diverted
from myself and the dog. So l cast
about once more. still going along the
river, letting Snap" who was well up
to the work. do the hunting. whilst
now and again I added a brilliant
beetle to my collecting box. Passing
two or three gullies without making
anything further out. l began to think
that 1t must have been the whistle
of an antelope that had attracted the
leopard's notice. He showed. how
ever, the same intentness Of gaze as
remembered in a jaguar l once killed
under somewhat similar circum-
stances. and whose dying roar brought
a second one on my track in less than
no time. giving me n stiffish scufile. 1t
is in cases such as these that the sci
ence OF woodcraft comes In handy,
careful notice OF surrounding signs
and actions usually enabling one to
come to a correct conclusion. l had
been keeping fairly close to the river.
bank. for l held to my theory that
there was another leopard not far
from where shot the last: SO I turned
about. after couple OF miles. and
worked back along the margin Of the
bush. near the veldt. carefully beat.
ing any likely.looking spots. Half way
or SO back was a dense mass OF thorns
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First Shot Brings Him Down.

Once or twice raised my weapon.
only to lower 1t, feeling It was safer
to wait. On a sudden he raised his
head. as II some sound at distance
had arrested his attention. for he
gazed right away into space. This was
my opportunity-not a very fine one
certainly. for there was quite a net
work OF small branches Intervening
but I got a pretty fair sight and let
him have It. Down he came almost
before could jump to one side. with
a thump that would have stunned him.
one would imagine. even II the bullet
had not smashed his jaw and gone out
through the top Of his head. bursting
an eye In its course. He was as dead
as a door nail. and a beautifully
marked full.grown young male. his
teeth being perfect. As ! was only
about mile from camp. got his skin
on at once. and taking the skull went
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the Transvaai Beers. whose flibustering
raids across the border were getting
worse and worse.
To cut my story short, however. and
get down to a fast series OF single
handed leopard kills. after following
the Dragons up as far as Mafeking
to NO purpose. returned to kimber.
Icy and the Orange river. conceived
the idea OF constructing q raft and
thus transporting my few necessary
effects. camping on the banks as In
clination led me. or. rs I fancied the
locality favored sport. I had had too
much experience among floating logs
whilst numbering in America not to
feel at home at this kind Of work;
and all In all, though I did not travel
far. I spent one OF the most exciting
trips I ever had. All along either
aide OF this hne river Is a wide belt
"wait-a.bit" thorns and bush tim.
Der. ON which lovely green beetles
played In great profusion. I caught
numbers, every one Of which brought
me in Sd in Cape Town. for jewelry
purposes. I had seen beetles set up
in Q similar fashion in Rio de Janeiro
ana 30 pHO III eye ~ poSaAoi" ce1'
ness; as also. we used to get alligators
teeth down in Alabama and Florida.
but these creatures have got SO scarce
now that It hardly pays to hunt them.
Having got everything nxed on my
raft, and as the river hereabouts was
familiar to me. I had no difficulty In
making a landing. as l had proposed
eome 20 miles further down. passing
the ford to Hope Town on my way.
Among other things I had with me a
hammock and a poncho which l had
used out in the Banda orientale. both
Of which. besides being OF the greatest
use. went into very small compass.
After taking n cup Of coffee without
milk and a snack or two OF spring-bok.
I literally turned in. with my carbine
beside me and my dog curled up at
my feet, to be lulled to sleep by sounds
as familiar as those heard on a sum-
mer day at home.
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that moves-young birds. and for the
matter Of that old ones. too. when
they can surprise them. A cat which
has run wild at home is a fair exam
pie Of what the leopard Is on q very
much larger scale.
The dog now came TO a point at the
foot OF a tree. and after some search.
for the foliage was very luxuriant, I
could distinguish the leopard lying full
length along a branch. his head be.
tween his paws. his eyes being Just
discernible. and that was all. Incould
not get a good shot at him. the angle
was too acute to fire with safety at
his head. and unless got directly
under him I could not see him at all.
whilst the limb he was stretched out
upon practically protected him at all
vital points. Now and again he would
just crane over a little and then draw
back before I could get a proper
sight. making all the time a snarling.
purring noise. Under the circum-
stances It would have been risky to
have attempted a shot, so | was com.
PEELED to walt until he gave me some
sort of a chance. To have had him
come tumbling down wounded was not
a bit to my fancy.
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Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year,
the Colorado & Southern Railway wills
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to great many points In New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty five
days. allowing liberal stop-ovcr priviI-
eyes. For detailed information. rates,
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent. or address T. +. Fisher. General
Passenger .gcnt. Denver. Colorado
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Getting the Cubs.

But this time the two cubs hal re-
covered from their surprise. and as
the old leopard appeared to be done
for l gave one of them . bullet in
the chest. the other turning tail and
scampering of into the bush with
Snap" (who had got loose) at his
heels. whilst l stepped into the open
and let the one l had wounded have
another ball. catching him in the orr
fice OF the ear and killing him in
stantly. As l approached them the
old one rolled over. and I was about
to fire at her again. when l noticed
that her eye was already glazed. and
1t would only be wasting ammunition.
After a hasty glance OF admiration l
left them as they lay and hurried after
the yelping terrier. who from the
sound appeared to have come to n
halt, though | could hear no snarling.
Before. however. l could catch up. the
leopard must have made another start.
The scrub was thick just here. and tho
everlasting "wait-a.bit" thorns retard.
ed my progress considerably, besides
Furnishing me not little. Still I
pushed on into the open veldt Just
In time to see the two making across
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The 1909 National Encampm.a, n tn.

The 1909 National Encn mpment II the
Grand Army of the Republic viii be-
itih. An unusually attractive folder ~
red white blue. rcplele with tnfof-
ing distributed by the Passenger Do
partment of the Denver e. Rio Grand6
Railrond. one feature that VIII TIE or
particular interest to Grand Army men
IL III" reproduction "f speaking Ike
nesscs OF all the Com m n nhers-i In CHIEF
from H. =. Stephenson. the organizer
In 1866. to Henry Sevius. the present
Commander. This Is the first time that
this set Of portraits has been assembled
The familiar faces of John 4. Logan
Ambrose r burnside. John +. Hart
rnnft Russell \. Algcr. John G Black
James Tanner and many others appear
In this interesting series.
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Following the Leopard's Spoor.

The spoor led along the bank for
some distance close to the river. at
which the leopard had occasionally
halted, either to drink. or to watch
for a stray fish: for these latter they
will scoop out with the dexterity Of
a raccoon. as I myself once saw. In
fact, they will eat almost anything
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out finding any more signs. although
I felt satisfied that there were some
leopards in the neighborhood, 80 I
could only postpone my search until
the morrow. In the morning l got
:noat once more. and dropped about
four miles down to the place l had
turned back from the day before.
This did not occupy long. and was
soon fast again in kind Of back
water, with my traps once more on
dry land. l was eager to follow up
the leopard, which l was confident
had gone down. not up. the river; in.
deed, I had hardly proceeded a quar-.
ter of a mile before l found pug.
marks. and quite fresh ones. too.
where he had gone down to drink.
This time the heavy rains had not
washed all trace of spoor and scent
away. and my dog was able to pick
1t up easily. Seeing that my carbine
was all right and everything in its
place to my hand. I followed Snap"
with some difiiculty, for l did not
want him to come to an untimely end.
which might not be improbable II I
was unable to keep him back some
where within bounds.
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Notes,

81 hear that the new tenor Is -
great success-that he can hold one OF
his notes for half a minute"
That's nothing; I've held one OF his
notes for over a year."-Judge's Ii
brary.
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Alas How True!

II often WONDER" remarked Mr.
Stubb in solemn reflection. ..if the last
man on earth will have the last
word"
of course he will, john" laughed
Mrs. Stuff
But why are you so sure?"
Because the last woman Will give
It to Chicago Daily News.
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a fine broadside and l fired. dropping
her at once. though she scrambled to
her fore feet in an instant. l could
see that her hind parts were para
lyZed; she was shot through the spine:
and as she turned to gnaw the wound
l quickly got another cartridge IL and
hit her through the neck
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'-s' -H'- O. .sfr- 70. Z
Leopard Lei
Alo7'nein Al7'
BechlLu- G:
analand
BY Percy Selous

)ME years ago, /
I ound m y sc II
stranded In Bech-
uanaland. where !
had followed a force
OF irregular cavalry.
raised by Col. Me-
thuen. for operat-
Ing. should the exi-
gency arise against
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BlissfuI Tour,

Pearl-They say Switzerland Is an
Ideal country for honeymoon tours.
Ruby--It must be. There is a tun-
mel twelve miles long.-Chicago News.
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Pie has gone up In Chicago This
will prevent It from going down In the
same locality.
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90 1AoDvJ IN Poison .H4RD @9e-o

while in warfare that has not been that of savages
has in fact been fully humane that of its foe
It is not necessary to go back any further than 1878
to get good idea of what the Yaqus have been doing
in trying hold their against the people of Spanish
descent in Mexico. In that year. because of trespass
upon lands and because the Mexcans had taken
large numbers of them to work upon their ranches in
practical slavery these TREMENDOUSLY tenacious fighters
sumed hosities after short period of peace. Gen.
Cajemi, their governor took command and for seven
years held the passes and sronghods against 5000
troops under Gen. Pesquiera.
Although the Yaquis gave a good account of them
selves they lost many and Gen. Cajemi was cap
tured and shot. Still the defensive war continued,
when last the Mexcans drove them out of their
strongholds and captured their mines there came pc
riod during which only desuory raids the hacien
das made. During that period the Yaqui women
and boys and some of the noncombatant men of the
tribe went to in the mines ranches and
fisheries to buy and ammunition to carry on the
fight
A number of American miners who had been unable
peaceaby work their mines brought about the of
Ortiz May 1897 The government then began to take
Yaqu boys from the reservations and send them to
Cruz the other side of the continent to make
soldiers of them These boys were good if not better
sharpshooters the Boer youth the Yaquis
that thus deprivng them of what would be great
of reliance in future battle they would eventually
have give up all hope of ever holding their own So
that the peace of Ortiz only lasted few months before
there was another uprising and fighting, chiefly of
guerilla nature which continued for several years.
Meantime every cent that the non-combatans of the
save
who bought with this money enough Mauser rifles and
mountain howtzers to equip very decenty an army OF
5000 men, under Gen Tetaviate, who, in April 1899,
took the field after having made this statement:
I'VE Yauuis are peaceful and Industrious people
When the Mexicans want workers for their mines or
factories they come to We do not want We
have never wanted it, but want rights. We made
treaty of peace with the Mexican government herd
ttary foe in May 1897 after long series of wars the
last of which than ten years in duration. We
intended keep faith with the government of Mexico
s+ bocD rG!1nd a a
menace We ready to fight again. and all the
battles of the past will be nothing compared with
the bloodshed that will follow entry into the field
Cen Tetaviate began operations in the lower valley
of the Rio Yaqui where his drove out the white
settlers upon Yaq lands They cut the telegraph wires
and destroyed other of communication, and it
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shin Oaxaca the desperate Indians attacked the hacien
also threatened the larger towns Terror mao
the citizens of Nogaes fed from their homes and for
time martial law was proclaimed the fear-strcken
city of Hermosillo the capital of Sonora During the
height of excitement troops coming IN bringing
women and children deportation and also an occa-
siona band of Yauui soldiers who generally thrust
into prison over night and in the morning taken out,
lined up and shot.
One of the terrible slaughters during the last war
upon the Yaqus occurred in June 1902 One evening 300
armed Yauus descended upon four hacendas Her
oso and away 600 of their tribe including women
and children who were there employed. The band
marched toward Ures, reached Mazatan mountain and
while waiting for the Mexican soldiers MADE DoWs ar
rows and spears for those who unarmed.
On June IS 900 Mexican soldiers came around the
mountains surprised the Yaquis, chased the armed war
riors down the mountain killing many of them and Ia
king all the hacienda folk prisoners Soon after the
skirmsh Ales Hrdcka representing the American mu-
scum found in little ravine the mountain side the
bodies of 81 of the Indians including number of wo
en- little girl and baby The skulls OF nearly all the
victims shattered by Mauser bullets as to be of
use for the museum for which Hrdcka collecting.
In the hospital at Hermosillo in 1902 there
many u wounded women and girl OF seven with
three bullet wounds in her body.
As another example Mexican warfare 800 wom
children who captured near the Rancno Nleo
were kept in corral under guard for two days, during
which time they were given nothing to eat put Two
and onehaf bushels of raw corn which they subssed
until night when they marched to HermosIo, 80
miles away.
In July 1902 an attempt made by the Mexicans
to surround 200 Yaqus the San Mateo foothills, but
the Indians learned of what afoot slipped into a
side valley before the advance of the troops and in the
night stranged the senes and proceeding over to the
sleeping soldiers the whole column in the darkness
and bound the officers to the trees, where they were
found when relief came
One reason why the ten years has been more
bloody any that preceded it was that the Mexican
government decreed that every Yaqu living the pu
eblos or working ranches anywhere else was to be
treated prisoner of war
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coNGENIAL WORK
And Strength to Perform IL.

A person in good health is likely
to have genial disposition, ambition,
and enjoy work.
On the other hand, IL the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
Until recently" writes a Washing
ton girl, Il was railroad stenog-
rapher, which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone in a
large city, lived at boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush. greasy
meat, soggy cakes, black coffee, etc.
After few months of this diet I
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. My work seemed a ter
r1ble effort, and thought the work was
to blame-too arduous.
AT home had heard my father
speak of a. young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Crane
Nuts and cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
u concluded il it would tide him
over mornings heavy work, it might
neip me, so on my way home one
night bought package and next
morning I had Grape-Nuts and milk
for breakfast.
i stuck to Grape-Nuts, and In less
than two weeks / noticed improve.
ment. can't Just tell how well I
felt, but I remember used to walk
the IL blocks to business and knew
how good 1t was simply to live.
AS to my work--vell, did you ever
feel the delight of having congenial
work and the strength to perform it?
That's how felt. I truly believe
there's life and vigor in every grain of
Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
vile" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read tine above letter. A new
one appears FROM time 60 time. They
are genuine true and full OF humam
aateres1s
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ONCE WI MET HIS MATCH.
Chinese Diplomat outwitted by Ameri.
can Railroad King.

The willy WI Ting Fang. the min
lster from China, whose frank and
penetrating questionings have made
him the joy of newspaper men and the
bane of the diplomat, for once met his
match in a brief encounter with E. H.
Hartman, the railroad magnate. Mr..
WI opened on Mr.. Hartman with this
naive inquiry:
'How did you get. control Of all these
railroads? What did you do?"
Mr.. Hartman smiled and replied:
81 can answer you best by story
about prominent capitalist whom
once met He was summoned to court
as witness and was being questioned
as to his personal affairs.
"'What is your salary?' asked the
court.
Nothing was the unexpected an
sWer
"'Well, what is your income from all
sources, then?' continued the court.
Nothing maintained the witness.
f"fWhat, do you mean to say you
have no income whatever
Yes
"'How much do you spend in q
year,
"'About 100000 or so.'
eff you have no income, yet spend
100000 year, how do you do it, was
the sharp reioinder.
"'Ah, was the response, that is my
secret system.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27

are impressed with the enormous eco
nomical and commercial Importance of
the school system. In speech to
normal school students in Georgia the
other day. Judge Taft said: There is
no higher profession in which seIf-sac-
rifice is manifested more clearly and
in which more good can be done than
that of the teacher, and hope you
will continue it through life" And
one of the reasons why self-sacrifce
is so clearly manifested is that teach
ing is the worst paid profession il
which q person can engage. There is
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27
His First Visit.

The wide check of his suit and his
monocle proclaimed his nationality
from afar. His first American &C.
quaintances met on the steamer, had
supplied him with an immense amount
Of strange and wonderful information
about the United States.
and since you are an Englishman,"
1t was explained, every store will at
once charge you from five to ten times
what they would ask an American"
"Eh! What?" said the Britisher,
aghast, and then with a look of great
cunning: But, my word! shawn't
tell them, don't you know!"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27
Truthful Bessie,

There had been a lovers quarrel
and it was his first visit in two weeks.
Il guess you know there was diff
ference between your sister and my
self" he ventured, trying to pump the
little sister.
Eyes, indeed" responded the latter
without hesitation.
"Well-er-do you think Clara will
make up when she comes DOWN."
Little Bessie leaned over nearer and
whispered:
"She ought to, Mr.. Bilkins. She Ii
upstairs making up now"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27

for pointing out the way 10 Hnd QUICK
relief. Mrs. Turner used Doan's Kid
new Pills for a rundown condition,
backache, pains in the sides and KID
news, bloated limbs, etc. The way
they have built me up is simply mar
velous," says Mrs. Turner who is
nurse. my health improved rapid
". Five boxes did SO much for me
am telling everybody about it,
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. 7.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27

some time before the hastily summoned
Fifth cavalry and Eleventh and Twelfth
infantry companies could be marched
against them. Then followed a series or
battles which generally concluded unsat-
isfactorily for the Mexicans, though
there was an occasional rounding up OF
the rebels in which large numbers or
them were slaughtered. On the approach
of the troops the Indians usually took up
strong positions in the mountain fast
nesses. One large band fortified itself
in the Bacatete range, between the Yaqut
and Matopo rivers, and another in the
Sahuaripa mountains. Efforts were
made to keep these two bands apart, but
the working Yaquis all over Sonora and
in California and Arizona were constant
ly coming in and joining with their
brethren and the depredations upon the
ranches and villages were widespread.
Meantime the Mexicans gathered in
the women and children of their foemen
for deportation to Yucatan, following the
demand of Diaz to "exterminate the Va
auis." Maddened by this and by the
reports that the women and children
were not merely deported, but that they
were taken out into the Gulf of Califor-
mia and thrown overheard from the troop
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cantna and who. when he enters the army generally
sent there from jail.
As for the Yaqui a fighter, he has proved himself
better than the Apache while resorting to
few, IT any Of the Apaches bloodthirsy tricks
fare The Yaqu army has been regularly organized up
rife has had its generals colonies and captains
has given such good of itself that it kept
5000 Mexican troops under Gen. Torres busy all the
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27
A GREAT AMERICAN INDUSTRY

the United States are enrolled as pu-
pills in the schools. The number of
teachers employed in the common
schools in the school year ended June,
1907, was $4,000. OF these 100000
were women. The average school year
is now much longer than in former
times, now being $50 days. When We
consider the volume Of books, of sta
tionery, OF school supplies for all this
army of 100000 school children we
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27

en- VINO SuH6F DUCK
ache, constant lam
guor, and other COM
mon symptoms Of
kidney complaint,
should be grateful
to Mrs. M / n n / e
Turner, of E. B.
ST., Anadarko, Okla,
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the affairs Sonora enter little into consideration
Of the people this rim of the continent with
eeption those American capitalists who have longed
to unearh the mining of that rich gold and
silver country that have been more interested in
college football contests than in this terrible warfare
that has been going within five days railway journey
of New York for the three longer
For as a matter of fact the Yaquis have been
al peace with their hereditary foe since the conquest