The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-27

country perhaps from an oldfashionee
church pew fastened above the COW
catcher Of an engine As the land
unfolds itself before the travellers.
game OF endless variety Will be seen
and deep gorgcs crossed while oc-
casional plantations OF cotton. rubber
and fibre and trim little railway Sta
tions Will give touch OF modern
color to the otherwise prehistoric
scene On either side the train may
be seen an endless procession of Wild
euimals, which seem TO have learned
that the formidable looking locomo
tive cannot leave the rails over which
it moves through their domain. Troops
OF zebras. herds oil antelope, black
Nildebeestes. herds of red konkoni,
ana. in fact, most every imaginable
beast is to be seen, with the exception
Of the lion, the rhinoceros and the
elephant. Good fortune may even
bring these within the ken OF the rail.
passenger. and at Simba, popularlY-
known as the place OF lions" the
guides generally promise the sight OF
The regal animal But this is eXcep
tlonal. and the paucity of this game
is due TO the greed of the hunter. for
not so long ago 1t was the practice 10
stop these trains wherever opportun
iiy offered TO shoot lion or two. The
royal vermin have proiited by the eN-
rerlence of unfortunate relatives, and
LOW the stopping of train OF wagon
is the cue for the exit from the scene
OF this willy animal. Hunters travel
Ing by caravan upon sighting a lion
are said now to drop unobsorved from
their wagon while the vehicle Itself
continues in motion, The absence ~,
the rhinoceroS from this railway re-
view is popularity credited to the fate
of an III advised member or the
species. who tried conclusions with
a swiftly moving locomotive. The elo-
phant is still more reserved, and moth
Ing but the rareSt chance Will permit
a view of him while train of cars is
within his sight
Contrary 10 popular opinion, pc.-
haps, the courage OF the Roosevelt
party Will not be tested BY its en-
connterS with lions, for this beast
beats hasty retreat when approached.
and only shows it's fighting qualities
when at bay. If a lion is slaughtered
it will be known that the hunters pur-
sled with relentlessncss, disregarding
the pitfalls OF the rough country,
where a misstep means disaster.
Rather Will valor be shown in the
Staying of rhinoceros The huge
Eody offers an easy mark. but the
bull's-eye Is the eve or heart. Unless
YOU hit vital spot he takes his turn
at You promptly. Mr. Churchill got
rhinoceros out of herd OF three.
RE SAYS:
Great is the moral effect of for
vho advances. Everybody fired. Still
The ponderous brute came on as II nc
were invulnerable; as II the were an
engine or some great steam barge
impeTviouS to bullets. inSensible TO
pam or fear Thirty seconds more
and he will close. An impalpRble cur
tain seems to roll itself up IN the
mind revealing mental picture
strangely lighted, yet very still, where
objects have new values and whece
a patch of white grass In the fore
ground four or five yards away seems
TO possess astonishing significance. It
is there that the last two shots that
yet Ieuldlu pelOIe tue Ie6OurCcS W
civilization are exhausted must De
fired. There is time to reflect with
some detachment that, after all, we
are the aSgreSsors; we II Is who have
forced the conflict by an unprovoked
assault with murderous intent upon
a peaceful herbivore; that II there is
such n thing as right and wrong be-
tween man and beast-and who shall
say there is not?-right is plainly or
his side; there Is time for this before
/ perceive that, stunned and dazed by
the frightful conclusions OF modern
firearms. he has swerved sharp to the
right, and is now moving across our
front, broadsidc on, at the same swift
trot. More firing, and as 1 reload
some one says he is down. and | fire
instead at his smaller companion al
ready Iome distance off upon the
plain, but one rhinoceros hunt is like
another, except in its details, and
will not occupy the reader with the
account of this new pursuit and death
Suffice it to say that, In all the ele-
n;ents of neurotic experience, such an
encounter seems 10 me fully equal to
half an hours brisk skirmish AT siX
OF seven hundred yards-and with an
important addition. In war there Is
a cause, there is duty. there is the
hope of glory. for who can toll what
may be won before night? But here
at the end is only hide. horn and
a carcass. over which the vultures
have already begun to wheel.