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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

Two of my men got badly mauled by
a lion. SO our camp had to stop where
It was till they could be moved. After
\ time one OF them was able to walk
about with his arm In a sling. and the
other was getting on well. SO one night
l decided to leave the big camp next
day and go with two or three camels
to some villages only n days march
away. Early the next morning Ma
homed Moor. the headman. started
with the camels. I stopped behind to
get some breakfast. Just as we were
going to follow. a Councilman. who had
gone up the river-bed close by to get
some water. came running back to say
that n lion had been down to drink
at one OF the shallow sand wells I'm the
night. I started at once with Abdul
lab and two other crackers. telling my
pony. boy to follow on as soon as he
could get the pony saddled. When
tracking. l have always found 1t the
best plan to have the pony led some
distance behind. The boy ought to
have no difficulty in following the
tracks of two or three men and a
lion. and II the pony is kept close
up. 1t is sure to stamp or blow its
nose at the critical moment.
When We got to the well there was
the spoor plain enough in the sand.
but rather blurred by some rain which
had fallen at daybreak. This made
the tracking a little difficult after we
left the river-bed. but when we had
followed It slowly for some distance.
we came to place where the lion had
lain down under thick bush. EVIL
IDENTIFY to shelter from the rain, as the
spoor after this was quiet distinct on
the top of the damp ground. This
made us think we were in for short
track. for 1t must have been light
when the lion went on again from
here, and lions generally lie up short
ly after the sun rises: but this day
proved an exception. be -ause 1t was
cloudy and cool through the forenoon.
Trailing the King Of Beasts.
The spoor now led us along a sandy
path. where we could follow 1t as fast
as We could walk. When 1t turned OF
into the bush we quite expected to see
the lion at any moment: but not bit
of it-he wandered about through
endless clumps of mimosa a-d "irgin''
Uusnes, as II ne ala not mean 10 lie
up at all.
The track at last ed us down a
little sandy watercourse. which 1t fol-
lowed for some distance. Up to this
time We had had no real difficulty
In making 1t out. but now came our
first serious check. The nullah turned
on along the side of stony ridge.
and. instead of going along 1t, the
lion had turned up the hill. We had
got the general direction thu the lion
had been going In. but this was no
good to us. as on casting forward in
the same line to the bottom of the
other side of the ridge where there
was some sandy ground. we could find
no sign of his having passed in that
direction. We spent some time hunt.
ing about. growing less hopeful as
time went on. A man following a
trail by sight certainly has an enor-
nous advantage over a hound hunting
1t by nose, because time is of no
particular object to him, and every
direction can be tried in turn. After
making out cast forward we went
back to the little water-course. and
followed that down for some distance.
hoping that the lion had turned down
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

quite unable to move. All the life in
him seemed concentrated in his eyes,
which glared at us furiously. Another
shot put him out of his misery. The
first shot. a very bad one. had grazed
the spine Just In front of the withers;
another quarter Of an inch higher and
1t would have missed altogether.
This lion was quite maneless. ex-
cept for few long hairs on each side
of the neck. and his teeth were worn
down quite short. SO he was evidently
very old. He was in very good condi-
ton. Notwithstanding. but his stomach
was quite empty. which accounted for
his going SO far before lying up. We
had to stop at the main camp for the
night when we got there. and did not
follow up our camels till the next day.
I have described this track rather at
length because 1t is a good example of
many similar days.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
PeriIs of the Man Eater.

My FIRST experience in tracking lions
was early In 1892. and the night be-
fore was rather an exciting one. After
hunting elephants unsuccessfully for
about a month, we were on our way
south, when we arrived one day at
some villages where the natives had
been very much bothered by five lions
which were said to be still in the
neighborhood. A girl had been killed
two days before. and an enormous
amount of damage had been done
among the sheep and cattle. The first
day we camped there two OF our party
had shooting zerebas made at the vii
uage to which the lions generally
came. and Just before sunset they
went on there.
tied up our two donkeys Just out
side the camp. on the chance that the
lions might come and look us up. Just
after dark we were having dinner in
the tent when there was a scufie out
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

she-And did You enjoy your A.
rican trip, major? How do YOU like
the savages?
He-Oh, they were extremely kind.
hearted! They wanted to keen ~
there for dinner.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

A scientist says the cholera germ
looks like a comma. Possibly, but
when 1t gets into mans system it
is apt to put the final period to his
existence.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

HE best piece OF
lion tracking l ever
saw lasted five full
hours and is SO
memorable in sew
eral respects that l
purpose to use 1t as
an introduction to
that general method
of lion hunting.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
Battling Ways of the Jungle Folk.

Rather curious condolences are
sometimes brought to light by spoor.
Not very long after the date of the
story Just related. one of our party
went to a place where two lions had
been killing regularly. and sat up two
nights for them with a donkey as bait.
The lions must have left the district
for a day or two while he was there,
as there were no fresh tracks to be
found anywhere about. The day after
he came back to camp l happened to
ride out in that direction. Soon after
we started we came on the spoor of
two lions. which led us along a path
till we came to the shooting zereba.
The night after he had left, the lions
had walked over the very spot where
his donkey had been tied up In the
middle of the path
A little later. again. happened to
be at a place where he had camped
a few days before. A lion roared near
my camp several times in the night.
and next morning l heard he had
taken sheep from a village close by.
We picked up his spoor in a river
bed near the camp. and after follow.
ing 1t for some distance came to some
wells. The lion had drunk twice. and
between the drinks had laid down
under the fence of shooting zereba,
which had been made to watch the
water. After drinking the second
time he had gone away.
Now and then when tracking you
come across places where lions have
killed. and II 1t is on sand or bare
soil. you can tell everything that has
happened almost as well as II you
had seen 1t. We were camped once
on the edge of river-bed and thick
covert ran right down to the back of
the camp. One night there was a
tremendous scuffiing in these bushes,
SO in the morning l went out to see
what had been going on. and found
that two lions had been chasing a
warthog. which had Just saved its
bacon by getting underground. It
must have been n very near thing.
as the lions had ploughed great fur.
rows in the sand at the mouth of the
hole, showing they had pulled up pref.
ty sharp. Warthogs generally go to
ground when pursued. and as there is
no second opening to the burrows. and
presumably no chamber at the end
where they can turn. they always go
in backwards. This has actually been
seen by sportsmen who have been
riding after them with a spear. 1
should think this pig can hardly have
had the time to do this. Perhaps he
got jammed in head first. as he re.
fused to be smoked out when we tried
1t.
By permission of Longmans. Green &
Co.. New York.
Copyright, 1909. by Benz b. Hampton1
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

steal forward until the lion Is sighted
or ringed in a small clump of bush.
Then, when all is over, and the skin
is being taken of. how pleasant It is
to sit in the shade. listening to the
excited talk of the natives. and let
ting your nerves quiet down again
after the hopes and fears of the morn
ing. You ride home to camp with the
lion skin behind your saddle, while
one of your men after another gives
his version of the mornings proceed
ings in a hunting song. On the other
hand, when you get shot. and miss
after a long and difficult track. 1t
seems as II any number of lions killed
in the future will never make up for
the loss of this one. which is always
the biggest lion, carrying the finest
name you have ever seen. The ride
home to camp is then a silent one, as
no lion means no sheep for the men,
and they are correspondingly down
hearted.
The first thing to be done In track
Ing is to find fresh spoor. Natives
will often bring news of spoor, but
unluckily the average villagers idea
of a fresh track is rather haZy.
have several times gone a long way
to find at the end track several days
old. On one occasion two natives
arrived. saying there were fresh lion
tracks in a river-bed. luckily not more
that half a mile from camp. but when
we got there the fresh lion tracks
turned out to be the spoo- of two n.y.
enas, at least week old.
The spoor of the large spotted
hyena is not unlike that of a lioness
on certain ground. but the difference
can easily be told, because a hyena
has claws like dog. whereas the re-
sheathed and leave no mark. The best
way to find spoor is to look for 1t
yourself with good crackers. Should
there be any villages near camp
which lions have been in the habit
of raiding 1t is very necessary to get
there as early as possible in the
morning. II once the large fiocks of
sheep and goats and herds of camels
which have been shut W in the vii
lagos all right are let out. the ground
all about Is a mass of ind.stinguish-
able footprints. and every rath from
the village is choked with long strings
of beasts going of to their feeding
grounds. Hitting of a lions spoor
under these circumstances is almost
impossible. and the dust raised by the
herds is very disagreeable.
Besides villages. any well in the
neighborhood is a good place to look
for spoor. II lion is about there
ought to be no difficulty in picking up
his spoor within a day or two
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
An Agricultural Note.

Village Parson-I sent my sermon en-
Feeding the Lambs in Gods Pas
lures to our village paper"
Friend-Was 1t published?
Parson-Yes. under the heading,
Some Hints on Feeding Lambs" in
the agricultural department-Judge.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
Sheep.
Grain.

Wheat. choice milling. per 100 lbs
32.20. Rye. Colorado bulk. per 100 lbs.
$40. Oats. bulk. Idaho No 2. white.
$500: same. In sacks. SAILS: Nebras ska
oats. sacked. $500. Corn, in bulk, S1.3S:
in sacks. $1.45: corn chop. sacked. s1.45.
Bran. Colorado. per 100 lbs. s1.5o.
Rolled oats. cwt., s1.7s. Flaked barley,
cwt.. S1.5S.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
Hay.

9pd bottom $500 a il 90: Timothy.
straw. ss5oS7.so: South PARK wire
grass. 10000 21.Oo
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
Driving the Lion to Bay.

The shape made 1t n easy place to
drive. for a little way out from the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

When there is work to be done the
ouzz-saw Is always ready to take
hand.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05

Time waits for no man. The only
chap who can beat It is the musician.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-05-05
EGGS,

Eggs. case count, case-S6.15.
EGGS, candled. case-$6.6O.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10

rH1CAGO.-Guests of the Palmer
~ house and the diners in the cafe
OF that hostelry thought it was a mur-
der. There were shrieks and other
shlver producers. Men in the lobby
Strengthened out their spines, women
guests called the clerk up on the
phone and bellboys and porters ran in
the direction from which the sounds
emanated. When they found the cause
OF 1t all everybody had to laugh.
1t was just pig-a small sucking
pig. The little animal, in a strange
environment, vocalized in diphthongs,
W's and rs in such a strange way that
only those who hailed from the rural
communities recognized the sQueal.
Bob Conway of St. Louis saw the pie
In a window of restaurant, tied up
with a red ribbon and advertising a
speciality. The pig had been secured
to immaculate cleanliness. Besides he
looked quite cute. Conway decided
he must have the pig So he went
in and bought it.
Then he rfgged up a harness like a
shawl strap, put the sucking within,
and proceeded to the Palmer house
cafe to meet some friends Among
them was Tom Kelley the brewer.
and John Fitzpatrick, who makes q
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10

n ETRO1T. M1CH:- That he would
- not take his wife with him when
he was going to "doings' of the Arab
patrol meant exclusively for men, is
one of the reasons alleged by Charles
w. Coon for his troubles with his wife,
Jennie, from whom he sought a d.
vorce.
Another of Mrs. Coon's peculiarities
was the reading of a work on How
to Mesmerize Husbands" and con-
sulting fortune tellers. She used to
60 mostly to "seeress" on Brooklyn
avenue, of whom she said: "She
drinks like fish and swears like
trooper. but she can tell everything"
Coon told Judge Murfin that his
wife insisted on dominating him in
everything he did and refusing to let
him go out unless he took her with
him. The final trouble took place at
Atlantic City. when the Arab patrol
was there. One of the final cere-
monies is, when, at the close of the
gathering, the members of the differ
ent patrols get together and exchange
badges. His wife had first insisted
on his taking her along. and he had
finally consented on her promising
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10
Fairbanks Shave Recalls Few Others

ly thereafter proceeded to the floor Of
the senate. A bill was up for consid-
GRAFTON in which he was interested.
He rose to his feet and addressed the
chair. Senator Manderson Of No.
braska was presiding. He glanced at
the man addressing him. and was
about to call for the sergeant-at-arms
when he was prompted BY q clerk
who had sized up the situation. sena-
tors smiled in . perfectly senatorial
way, while those in the galleries
roared.
The bearded statesman has gone out
Of style. apparently. Only ono such
Is In President Taft's cabinet He II
James Wilson. secretary OF agricul-
ture. There are only 4 few bearded
lawmakers In the senate, among them
Nelson Of Minnesota, Burrows of Kan
sas. Cullom Of Illinois, Hale q Nai,s.
Scott OF West Virginia, ana Stephen.
son Of Wiseonsin, al OF them Of The
old school,
When President Taft started on his
13,000-mile swing around the circle in
September he weighed about 270
pounds. What with possum dinners
in the south, chilli con carue on tho
Mexican border, and the conventional
banquets in other sections, he has re.
gained the weight that he loot. .d.elng:
bis summer holiday. :
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10

NJ EW YORK. For more than an
~ hour John Dumphy, chauffeur of
a taxicab, sped around New York citv
at night with trunk containing s35-
600 worth of diamonds-and he didn't
know what the receptacle contained.
And. while Dumphy was taking a man
and two flashily dressed women
around, Frank Milhenning, member of
the firm Of J. Milhenning & Co., Jewell
ers OF Chicago. was fuming in the
Herald Square hotel because he owned
the diamonds and the trunk.
1t all happened through the mistake
OF a porter at the hotel. Milhenning
had intended to leave New York for
P1ttsburg. He obtained his tickets and
everything was arranged for his trans
fer, excepting for the care of the
trunk containing the gems. He called
the colored porter and said:
Get taxi, take this trunk, put It in
the car and watch it."
The phrase watch it" was uttered
while the jeweler was bending over
picking up the trunk-a small one
and doubtless the porter didn't hear
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10
Horse Laughs at the Loco Weed War

ly applied to the disease which robs
an animal of its muscular co-ordina.
ton, causing It to do all sorts Of fancy
antics, and finally results in the ami.
NAL starving itself to death.
The bureau Of plant industry has
been investigating the purple and
white loco weed. One Of the peculiar
characteristics Of it is that the pods,
when dry and full of seeds, rattle as
person passes through 4 patch, max.
ing sound that resembles the warn
ing Of rattlesnake. Ordinarily neith-
er horse, COW nor sheep will eat the
weed If it can find any other food.
Loco-weed eating becomes a sort Of
habit with an animal once it has
tasted Of 1t. The operation Of the
weed on the system of an animal
scientifically bears out the fiction
which ascrtbes 20 a plumb locoed"
animal all kinds of fool antics.
The investigations of the bureau in
aicate that the purple loco is more
poisonous than the white loco. Horses
eat the purple loco almost exclusively,
while the white loco is eaten by all
kinds Of animals. Barium is found in
many loco plants and it's connection
with the poisonous effects is stu IN
der investigation.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10
Davis Speech as a Trust DESTROYER

came back to Washington he was met
upon his arrival by Senator Johnson
Of Alabama, who exhibited a mournful
countenance and spoke in funereal
tones.
well, I'm up against it this time,"
he said to Davis, with a voice betray-
ing final resignation to a hard fate.
What is the matter?" chirped the
big senator from Arkansas, who Is
something Of an optimist, despite his
melancholy speeches on the general
state Of the union.
THAT 30-day rule has ruined my
pet bill." said Johnson.
"Thirty.day rule! What is that?"
Thundered Davis.
Haven't you heard about it?" re-.
piled Johnson, meekly. "Why, If you
fail to get action on your bill within
80 days after you introduce it, it is
dead-d-e-a-d."
What's that?" shouted Davis, al.
most frantic with rage. do you
mean to tell me my antitrust bill is
dead? I'll hold my colleague Clarke
responsible to the people of Arkansas
If that bill died in my absence"
He dashed of without another word
in search Of his colleague. Naturally
Senator Clarke soothed his worked.up
feelings by assuring him that his bill
was safe, but Senator Davis had had
his scare, and then and there began
the preparation of his second speech
on his bill which upset the traditions
and dignity of the senate.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10
studied Mesmerism to Boss Husband

not to snub his friends, and particu-
larly Mr.. and Mrs. Judge. She kept
her promise as far as bowling to them
coldly was concerned, but when he
spoke of going out to exchange badges
she forbade him to go unless he would
take her, too. He represented to her
that the function was one for men
only, but she would not listen and he
was forced to forego the exchange.
This was the last straw and he left
her. Now he is living in the Madison
apartments.
Coon said his wife was intensely
jealous and had frequently thrown out
remarks about a woman acquaintance,
although he had never been alone
with that particular woman but once,
when he was taking her to a car. Mrs.
Coon formed dancing club and she
included two of his women friends.
among the members, but after little
while she refused to recognize or
speak to them. Coon was obliged to
go to the husband of one of them and
ask him not to come to the Coon
household again in order to avoid trou.
BILE. The husband slapped him on the
shoulder and said: TITS all right. old
boy. understand how it is."
Thus it was, Coon claimed. that
Mrs. Coon tried to boss him and rule
his every act. The first year they
were married, he said, he went to
Cleveland with a friend, although his
wife had forbidden him to go, and she
was so disaereeable about it that, as
he expressed it, Il kept bach at the
store till the storm had blown over"
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10
Thought He Was Robbed of Jewels

it. The man put the trunk in Dunn.
phys cab and returned to the hotel.
A minute later the well-dressed man
and his woman companions came
along, The stranger ordered Dumphy
to open the door, and the three got
in. Dumphy naturally thought his
"fare' was the man who had engaged
him first, and away he went to the
Capitol hotel in Houston street. j,
Thence he took the trio to other
places, where evidently they had ur-
gent business. At One Hundred and
Th1rty.f1fth street and Willis avenue
the women alighted and were escorted
up a stoop to their home by the
man, who then rode to One Hundred
and Sixty-sixth street and Prospect
avenue, his ultimate destination. The
charge was seven dollars. The man
paid it and was walking of when
Dumphy called out:
How about your trunk, sir?''
What trunk?" was the rejoinder.
This one," said the chauffeur,
pointing to the object.
That's not mine," said the man.
Better look into that matter"
Dumphy, puzzled. returned to the
Herald Square hotel. near which he
has his stand" He got in front Of
the place when suddenly the Chicago
merchant rushed at him with two de-
tectives. The chauffeur was taken to
headquarters. The trunk was opened
and the diamonds found safe.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-12-10

WASHINGTON. - A mighty funny
W thing happened in Washington re-
Gently, and certain man has not got
through explaining things to his wife
yet. This man was in Oregon on a
business trip a few days before the
fight between Johnson and Ketchell
at Colma. He had expected to re-
turn to the wife of his bosom by a
certain date, but instead of that sent
a telegram stating that he would have
to remain in Portland. Ore, at least
two days longer than at first sched-
uled. He reached Washington accord
ing to his revised schedule, and his
wife was all the happier to greet him
because of his remaining away a lit
tie bit longer. The other night one
of the enterprising city papers gave a
moving-picture exhibition OF that par.
ticular fight in Colma. This lust re.
turned Washington man told his wife
that he would like to have her go
down town with him and look at the
pictures. and she went. The films
hadn't been running of but a few min.
utes when the wife yanked her hus-
bands arm and said: you see that
man In the front seat there. He cer-
tainly does look like you."
The man glanced at the front row
indicated, and cold shivers ran up
and down his backbone. 1t never had
entered his head that there would be
anything but just the prize fight to
be seen, and he realized in a second
that the man on the front seat not
only looked like him, but was him. The