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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Weekly Interior Towns.

New York, March 12.-Albany: Receipts. IT, shipments. 12; stock, 20S0.
 Atlanta: Dull; middling, 9ssc; receipts, 1858; shipments, 3Oh6 stock, 16,492.
 Brenham: Receipts, 20; shipments, Al; stock, 1855.
 Charlotte: Receipts, 5O2; shipments, 5O2. Columbia: Receipts, 1096; shipments, 1096; stock, 26,o00
 Columbus, Ga: Quiet; middling, 9Ac; receipts SIS; shipments, 620; sales, 620; stock, 1S,s24.
 Columbus, Miss: Receipts, 572; ship ments, 41s; stock, S52l.
 Dallas: Stock, 673
 Eufaula: Receipts, 120; shipments. 2S; stock, 26Sl.
 Greenvile: Receipts, sS1; shipments, 1863; stock, 1363S.
 Greenwood, s. C.: Receipts, 2So ship ments. 12O; sales, 120; stock. esoO.
 Helena: Receipts 1244; shipments, 4019; stock, 17,806.
 Little Rock: Receipts, 2574; shipments, 401s; stock, 45,701.
 Macon: Receipts, 26e; shipments, 425; stock. 9e15.
 Meridian: Receipts s2S; shipments 1884; stock, 119, ,SQ4.
 Montgomery: Steady: middling. 9ssc; re- ceipts, 5ss; shipments, 1850; stock, 27,Soo. Nashville: Quiet; middling. Ssc; receipts, BPS; shipments, $40; sales 100; stock. 1o67. Natchez: Receipts, 5o2; shipments, 25; stock, 16,620.
 Newberry: Receipts, 3S2; shipments, Ss2. Raleigh: Easy middling, 9Ac; receipts, 545; shipments, 55o; stock, 54S.
 Rome: Receipts, 1857; shipments, 1016; stock, 9407
 Selma: Receipts, 252; shipments, TIT; stock, 837S.
 Shreveport: Quiet; mddling, 9Ac; re- ceipts, 45O; shipments, 2201; stock, 7211. vicksburg: Receipts, 2o3; receipts, i1e7; stock, 2,o5S7.
 Yaxoo City: Receipts, 40; shipments, 4s7; stock. 10,002.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Total Net Receipts.

New York March 12.-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1:
 Galveston, 3.132,S1s; New Orleans. 1.7f1,- S35: Mobile, 3l99o6; Savannah, 1,27S,9oo, Charleston, 1S4265; Wilmington, S55, ,629; Norfolk, 4S2, ,346; Baltimore. s27ss; New York, LAST; Boston. 12656; Newport News, 72ss; Philadelphia, ss74; San Francisco, 6l,- 1SS; Brunswick, 3ol,7s2; Port Townsend, 64, 497; Pensacola. 130,S8; Portland, Ore, BOO: Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, 125,- 2s4 Jacksonville. 2s.526; Eagle Pass, Tex, 2O5 Fl aso, Tex, 40; Laredo Tex. 1879; Georgetown. POST; Gulfport, 2o,221; Texas City, 54,24o:. minor ports, 4953; total, B. 3Sl. .927 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-13
Miscellaneous Stocks and Bo

Ala. Trust & Say. Co, o,...125 150 Am. Trust & Say. Bank. .165 lS0 B'ham Trust & Say. Co.,. 2O5 220 City Bank and Trust Co.,. 100
 Commercial State Bank ... :. 100 First National Bank stock. .220 250 Jefferson County Sav. Blk. 22O 250 Peoples Sav. Blk. .&Trust Co125 150 Traders National Bank 11O 1l8
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Roosevelt Hunting in a Zoo.

Fresh from the field in which for.
mer President Roosevelt is hunting,
Major Louis l.. Seaman, surgeon, ar
rived in New York recently. He went
to Africa to study the dread sleeping
sickness. In addition, Major Seaman
has brought about $50 specimens of
game, shot where Mr.. Roosevelt and
his party are now shooting.
The trip was Major Seamans sec
ond. While it was professional one,
Major Seaman said he, with DR.. Gui-
teras, who accompanied him, could
not resist taking something like six
weeks off after reaching Nairobi, be-
cause the game was so plentiful.
ut is the greatest shooting in the
world" said the major. ITS just a
geological garden without renee
around it. 1t is the place where old
Noah landed the ark and shooed the
animals off and their descendants are
(still there.
"Killing lions is tame sport. The
king of beasts is a whelp. Wound a
lion and go after him and he will give
you some trouble. But he is a coward
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

able to itself, which is generally very
rough and not suitable for a horse
to travel on at great rate of speed.
On account of my inexperience as a
sword hunter everything possible
seemed to happen to me. We dashed
after the numbering giraffes, through
bushes, under trees, over stones and
riffs. Sometimes gaining, sometimes
losing, each man swinging his sword
to strike the blow which is delivered
on the rear leg of the animal so as
to sever a sinew and hamstring 1t.
On, on we galloped, the gravel kicked
up by the fleeing giraffes raining
around us like bullets, and the earth
laundering under our horses hoofs.
We were approaching a wood and
| was gaining on the animal | had
picked as my prey Ahead of me,
saw an Arabs sword glance through
the air and the giraffe he was follow
ing fell in a heap under the blow.
The fallen animal tried to rise, and
as it did so it received another stroke,
this time on the other leg, and went
down for good completely disabled.
Whilst watching the Arab do his
work | lost ground and my quarry
got to the wood. | forgot all in
structions and followed it, greatly to
my sorrow, for | had not been among
the trees long before limb that was
dragged ahead by the fleeing giraffe
came flying back and struck me in the
chest such a blow that | was com
pletely unhorsed and almost rendered
unconscious.
My pony, trained to its work ran
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

murdered ancestor to avenge on the
desert.
1t was strange, indeed, to sit with
these men, fascinating to listen to
their soft voices. enchanting to hear
the wondrous tales of their deserts,
weird mixtures of the mysticism of
the past and the phantasm of the
present.
The fire lights rose and fell, the
mosquitoes buZzed necessarily and the
Arabs now and again turned their
eyes towards the darkness as though
expecting some phantom to come out
of the temple of the night. In a
kraal near the well the camels and
horses moved uneasily, step sound
ed and every man rose and placed his
hand on his sword. The next mo-
ment the chief strobe into the camp.
Tomorrow" he said, I'VE will hunt
the giraffe. / have been told by the
local men that there are some to the
south of here and you must sharpen
your swords"
"Do | hunt with you?" | asked,
making my interrogation almost q de.
mand. please yourself, but not with
rifle" We'll" | answered, give me
sword and | shall hunt like a Ham.
ran" Although it is a hard thing to
get Hamran's sword, was lent one
which the owner tried on his arm be
fore me, to show that it was sharp
by shaving off the hair.
The next morning we set out After
an hours ride we came to some
broken country on which there was a
great amount Of red mimosa bush
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

kill man or pony with kick should
he be unfortunate enough to get d.
rectly in its rear.
There is a legend among some OF
the natives that the giraffe when pur-
sued hurls stones with it's back feet
at the pursuers and sometimes kills
them. The story had good founda-
ton, for, although the giraffe does not
really hurl stones, it runs in such a
way that the back hoofs strike the
ground at a peculiar angle. 1t hits
the ground to keep up it's momentum
and in doing so any loose stones are
sent in shower rearwards. / have
seen pieces of stone at least two
pounds in weight flying through the
air behind a running giraffe that
would Kill pursuer were he hit with
one
The first giraffe hunt in which I
took part with the Hamran Arabs
showed me what giraffe could
do with it's hind feet | had often run
them down on the South African weld,
but had never been kicked by one
or even come near being kicked, /
suppose on account of the height of
the Boer horses, which are much lar
ger than the ponies used by the Ham
ran sword hunters.
1t was a lucky chance that asso.
ciated me with the famous swords
men, l was camped one night with
live game caravan when in the dis.
tance on the desert | could see twink.
ling fires like stars that had fallen
from heaven. Thinking / might find a
European, and out of curiosity | made
my way towards the fires. | had
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Giraffe Hunting with the Hamran Sword Hunters
By Captain Fritz Duquesne

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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Manned by Bull Giraffe.

was no sooner in the saddle than
a noise behind attracted my atten-
tion and moment later a huge bull
giraffe, approaching at terrific rate,
burst into view. | went after him like
a shot. AS l did so / saw he was fol-
lowed by an Arab who was taking
short cut to head him off. Some
dense bushes ahead of the giraffe
made him stop and turn. He faced
me and the Arab rushed behind him
to strike the blow. Like flash one
of the rear hoofs shot out and the
Arab went flying through the air, a
stream of blood pouring out of his
face. | rode at the giraffe, which
turned, and in second, without real
izing what had happened, both my
horse and myself were rolling on the
earth. When l got up | could see by
the mark on my pony that the giraffe
had planted kick on the rear
shoulder. That ended my giraffe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

Although I did not succeed in ham
stringing a giraffe, i certainly sue
ceeded in getting into danger that
was quite different from that one ex-
periences when hunting the giraffe
with a rifle.
The Arabs that day killed seven
giraffes.
When the hunt was over the skins
were removed from the animals and
then the meat taken to be dried in
the same manner that the Beers make
their famous "biltong," which is hung
in the shade, preferably in the wind,
where it will dry before it has time
10 putrify.
The skin of the giraffe is greatly
prized by certain Arab tribes, amongst
which it is used for shields, and ex.
cellent shields they are, for | have
known them to defect a Martini
Henry bullet, and it is strong man
indeed who can pierce one with
sword. Another quality in favor of
giraffe shields is their extreme light
ness.
The night following the hunt, when
all the Arabs were assembled, it was
found that there was a man missing
The headman sent out searchers, who
went off, uttering long, shrill cries
which grew fainter and fainter, as
they penetrated further into the black
ness of the night
At the first signs of day the camp
was alive and half the men mounted
and galloped off to the hunting ground
of the day before. Being curious to
know the fate of the missing man, |
accOmDanied them
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

and the natives treat him with con-
tempt When a lioness and lion are
together the thing to do is to shoot
the lioness. She is the gamer OF the
two. If you kill her the lion Will take
to the jungle Kill him and you have
got to kill her"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Fought Leopard with Knife.

Not long after we reached the hunt
ing ground a cry from one of the
party took us to deep donga*
where a strange sight met our eyes.
The missing man was lying there
across the dead body of his pony, and
few yards away was the carcass of
female leopard Although the Arab
was not dead he was in very bad
way, for by the appearance of his
leg | could tell it was broken, and
added to this, one of his arms was
badly chewed.
The wounded man was slung across
pony and taken to the camp. When
he was revived he told of his mishap
He was riding after the giraffes
with the rest of us when all of a sud
den his horse went head-first into the
donga and broke it's front legs The
rider was rendered unconscious from
the impact with the hard earth. A
little later, when he recovered he
found his own leg was broken and
seeing the condition of his steed he
cut its throat to put it out of misery.
He saw the hunters returning to the
CAMP, DuI COulu uOI dIIIdCI IuSHi, lOl
the thunder of the horses hoofs
drowned his cries. AS night came
on he grew weak and fell asleep.
How long he slept he could not
say, when something soft touched his
face and then a heavy weight bore
down on him. He opened his eyes and
was Mortified to see a huge leopard
with one paw on his chest, whilst it
was smelling around his mouth, evi-
dently undecided what to do. With
great presence of mind he kept still
and the leopard went to the pony and
started eating its rump.
After indulging its appetite it roared
for it's mate and was answered. The
Arab, feeling that his only chance
of escape was to kill the leopard while
it was alone, gently drew his hunting
knife and watched his opportunity to
take the leopard off its guard to give
it heart thrust. For some time the
animal kept eating the horse and
roaring alternately, and then it turned
it's attention to the man. 1t stood
over him and glared into his eyes,
blazing with a green yellow glare OF
phosphorus
A roar came from the distance and
the leopard threw it's head up and
answered Like a flash he thrust
his blade into the throat OF the
leopard, which cut off it's roar with a
howl of pain and seized his arm which
was already driving a second blow at
the animals heart. For a second the
leopard held on and clawed the mans
bare breasts. Then feeling it's weak
| ness, it staggered and, crawling away
few yards, roared for its mate till
it died. The Arab, overcome by his
weakness, fell into Inconsistencies
and knew nothing more till he was re-
yived in the camp.
| 1t Is such adventures as these that
| attract the man who has some of the
primitive instincts, who loves danger
and will gamble his life against a
lions, just for the joy of feeling the
| thrills of physical supremacy.
%South African name for a rift.
which are very common in alluvial
| country.
| Copyright. 1909, by Benz. b. Hamptono
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

hunt for the day, for the animal got
away before l could mount again. |
turned my attention to the Arab, who
was holding himself up against tree
in dazed way while his face bled in
sickening manner. The sharp
cloven hoof of the giraffe had split
his face to the bone, as well as broken
his jaw.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

on for few yards and missing me,
returned. Although l was groggy and
almost stunned from the blow,
picked up my sword and again mount
ed my charger. which seemed to be
more eager for the chase than its
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

walked half an hour when a sharp
challenge in Arabic brought me to a
halt. | threw up my hands and said
| was friend. A few minutes later
the sentinel took me to the camp fires
and told the Arabs sitting around
them that / was alone, which was to
them much more important than be.
ing a friend. A headman asked me
to sit amongst them and tell them my
errand After great deal of ques-
tioning. they seemed satisfied, for
they continued their conversation
that my approach had evidently
broken Off | shall never forget that
night as long as live
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Wondrous Tales of the Desert.

| sat under the black star spangled
banner before the fiicking camp fires
and listened to the stories of the
experiences both real and imaginary
of the Arab hunters-for one must
talk on the deserts, and romancing
takes the place of real happenings
when they have exhausted. The only
pastimes of those whose home is on
the mournful kingdom of sands is war.
hunting, and talk. The past to the
Arabs is but picture of what the
future should be, and every man has
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Following Herd of Giraffe.

After receiving many warnings
from the chief as to the correct way
to use the sword, the best time to
swing it and the proper way to ride,
/ set out with an Arab hunter. The
country was very rough and | mar
veled at the way the Arabs horse car
ried me over it,
We got as near the giraffes as pos
sible without startling them. There
were at least dozen in the herd, all
nibblng contentedly at the mimosa
trees. At last we were espied and of
one accord the animals made off
across the country at a terrific rate.
the Arabs and myself after them at
full gallop. 1t is necessary to press
giraffes to the extremity at the be-
ginning of the chase or they will out
strip one, even on very fleet horse,
for the giraffe selects ground favor
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

HE only hunting that
appeals to a man
with the real sport
ing instinct is that
when the hunted
animal has a chance
to get away or will
return the attack,
that is. when it has
a chance. Unfor-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Hunt Giraffe with the Sword.

have taken part in number Of
animal butcheries myself, most of
which were associated with giraffe
hunting, perhaps the tamest sport that
can be had on the weld with the ex-
ception of shooting lizards.
notwithstanding that the giraffe is
the most harmless and inoffensive of
all the African ganiska great amount
of sport can be had hunting it, with
the sword instead of the rife. This
sport. in spite of the harmless nature
of the giraffe. is not always without
its element of danger.
Shooting the giraffe gives merely
the suspense that one gets by the
possibility of the animal getting the
hunters wind and making away be-
fore the fatal bullet can be driven
home.
The defenses of the giraffe are it's
"onderful sight, due to the way the
stands out of the head, giving it
field OF vision, its long watch
neck and it's fleetness of
pursued.
led and hunted many ami
.ica but confined myself
'ry way of stalking the
high power rifle, and
il | went up to the
r el Ariad and Bahr
'hite and Blue Niles
horn Egypt, that
ely and somewhat
mt, at least it was
ian mere animal
the Abyssinian
to touch with a
hunters. These
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
THE DEBATING CLUB.

The fair coed for speaking had
Decided bent.
And she could always beat the lad
At argument.
She argued at wondrous rate,
We must admit.
He couldn't match her In debate
A little bit.
She can outargue him to-day,
The neighbors vow;
And often does, it seems, for they
Are married now
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

which is the favorite food of the
giraffe.
1t was not long before the sharp eye
of an Arab caught sight of a giraffe's
head moving above the foliage. After
a short ride to position from which
we could get down the wind the plan
of attack was laid out
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Hamran Afraid of Nothing.

The brave Hamran swordsmen hunt
thrills are not lost as they are when
one uses a telescope or a long range
rife. Single handed and with nothing
but the trusty sword as a weapon of
defense and offense Hamran will
attack lion, a rhinoceros and even
an elephant.
When the Hamran Arabs hunt the
giraffe it has chance, even of killing
them, for a giraffe when pursued can
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09

men, | believe. possess more phys
ical courage than any other people
in the world. With them, to hunt
means to risk life and show prowess
with the sword at close quarters. AL
though they carry firearms, they de-
spise one who uses them when he
could just as well use the long sword
+ that each carries in his girth. These
Arabs have been known for their
bravery since the time of Hannibal.
and they hunt today in exactly the
same manner as they did 1000 years
ago And to believe some of them
they still have the same swords, fan
tastic things with highly ornamented
belts and handles which they greatly
DrjZe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
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tunately, noted men, like Col. Roose
welt do not get chance at the game
under good hunting conditions, that
Is, when the game is wild and shy
and has its defensive instincts sharp
ened by frequent contact with native
and European hunters.
In these days the Colonial African
governments have game reserves
where the animals are quite tame on
account of never knowing what it is
to be hunted. These reserves are
thrown open to important and titled
travellers who walk up to an animal
that generally stands and looks in
half-fearful wonder at the strange
white human being. who could hit it
with a walking stick if he liked. After
the game is run into a corner the
important parsonage is handed dou-
BILE barreled express or a 35 caliber
autoloader, which he henceforth
empties into the surprised animal,
which, not being used to such harsh
treatment, generally drops dead. This
kind of animal murder is disguised
under the word sport
Hunting is killing and it will never
be anything else, but the way certain
prominent personages who have re-
Gently visited the Dark Continent
have excused their methods by sur
rounding their deeds with the glamour
of danger that is purely fictitious only
enlarges the feet of the lack of the
real danger in their undertakings.
Their invented adventures were built
up on the real experience of men
who hunt for a living and are not
allowed to shoot protected" game.
If the Englishmen who are enter
tanning Col. Roosevelt succeed in
leading him to adopt the methods of
English and Moors and employ beat
ers to drive animals which are tame
through dissertation with the dan
gers that they would have to daily
face off a reserve, then | am sure the
ex-president is in for a disappoint-
ment and he will return to America
without having experienced the thrills
he~eXpected on the African weld
recently saw some very extraordinary
killings on one of these reserves that
were tame, and lacking the slightest
risk, which became terrible adventures
by the time they reached the London
press. which is always partial to any
one with a title, of either British or
other nationality. Most of these gen.
tlemen and even ladies are famous in
the social line in London or one of
the other capitals and therefore must
be famous hunters as soon as they
get rifle into their hands. A good
deal of the stuffed game and trophies
they take back to their homes from
the tropical jungles, is bought, like
the fish of the famous and well worn
Joke, from a man who makes his liv
ing by selling them to disappointed
sportsmen who are ashamed to re
turn TO their friends empty handed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-12-09
Ella Isn't Normal.

Ella Isn't Normal.
Il see where Ella Wheeler Wilcox
is discussing The Normal Woman. :,
What does she know about the
NAL wOman?"
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-21

Ten years ago two energetic young women decided to open tea room in Wellesley village, where the col lege students could get luncheons if they desired to take afternoon tea. It was so successful that a corpora ton was formed, outsiders putting money into the enterprise Now the corporation has changed into the Wellesley Inn corporation, and it is quite a hourishing business. It is now a college clubhouse and the la- dies at the head of the organization are very proud of its success.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-01-21
CHOCTAW.

Last Wednesday night Uncle John Mcdaniel died of dropsy He had been sick for long time and his death was expected. He leaves an aged widow but no children. He was nearly So years old, he went through the Civil War in the confederate army and was in 3S hard fought battles, and was seri- ously wounded several times.
 Sam Burnett is moving from here to Mayflower Sam is a good neighbor and we hate to see him leave.
 Bingham Moore and son, Fayette, are just recovering from pneumonia
 Probate court is in session this week and several parties are in attendance.
 January 20.