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QUICK DELIVERY PHONE 90. Baggage, coal and wood delivered upon shortest notice day and night
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The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-26

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The daily Alaskan., 1909-10-26

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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

which The village had suffered and
the three muskets in his army were OF
NO avail especially as none OF the Of
to get near enough to the bold beasts
to risk shot
About the second hour OF darkness
the cattle in the village became very
restless. The wind was from the
south and as the half full moon was so
bright that any skulxing animal near
the village would have been roticed,
Drayton and agreed that the lion was
in little cope Of rocks about half
mile up the wind. We had not had
time before dark to examine any of
the old spoor and knowing merely
that there was at least lioness with
cubs among the lot, we set out in
stead of waiting until they approached
the stream. Drayton carried a special
$3.50 Winchester and | Parker ten
gauge, which had loaded with special
shells of dense powder and buckshot
set in wax.
When within so yards OF the koppe
a splendid animal form rose out of
the rocks and stood facing us his fore
paws on huge boulder. We were
hidden by the clumps of brush through
which we had been working and he
ally he surveyed the little plain then.
thrusting out his ponderous jaw ut
tered roar that went laundering
down the reaches of moonlit silence.
1t was with difficulty that could re-
strain Drayton from risking shot
from where we stood. The lion held
his pose and ducking under cover of
| the brush and treading softly on the
sand we hurried forward to the first
ridge of rocks. To pass these, we
must attract his notice to q certainty,
SO Drayton dropped on one kne, while
with every nerve tingling and my eyes
and ears astrain to catch any sign OF
his mate. who might be Just beyond
the ridge for all we knew, waited for
Drayton's shot. He chose the chest
and the crash of the Winchester went
echoing among the rocks. The mag
niflcent beast leaped ten feet In the
air, then came rolling, tumbling, claw
ing down our side of the koppe di.
reetly toward us. His wounded roar
was answered from other directions.
There were two other lions on the
other side of the Hoppe and one In
the rocks and brush aot 20 yards from
, us to the right. But we had not time
to think of them. The wounded lion
got to his feet with incredible energy
and quickness. AS he leaped, with
another roar I poured both barrels OF
my Parker into his body. That was
enough. He landed in convulsIons
and 1t was fortunate that he had
enough. There was a crash in the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

to a mortal end under the paws
of a Nubian lion. It would be
the irony of fate. but that is what
nearly happened to me some years
ago. With perils innumerable behind
us the two white men Of the party,
one a gold-seeker the other pure
adventurer OF the type OF Tanner,
nearly came to an end.
We frequently left the river and
navigable tributaries which we were
working out slowly. to explore the ra-
vines for high bars. never taking with
us more than four bearers, though at
times we were absent from the main
party outfit for a fortnight knowing
1t was entirely safe in the care Of a
thin cross-eyed Arabian ex-chasseur
who was. born voyageur with tinge
of Napoleon and the Devil and Uncle
Tom In him. He was true as salt
Arabian and the blood brother Senegal
negro are two types of dark skinned
men with whom l would as soon face
danger and difficulty as with any
white men that live.
One night we were about to make
camp when we encountered party OF
women and girls bearing water jars
and they told US of village a mile
further on. Before we reached the
village we were met by the chief and
his induanas who begged us to make
a stay with them as they we're seri-
ously troubled with lions. Two of the
chiefs horses and two OF his wives
had been killed among the losses
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

when the nine arose and yawned and
stretched their massive jaws and
limbs, the patrol. remembering the
old maxim concerning the relations
between discretion and valor.
changed the course of their advance
and took another line.
One time, when 1 was patrolling
the bank of the Shangani river with
three men, the massive form of a
lion was seen slowly moving over the
boulders OF the river-bed. The cor
poral and l jumped off our horses in
moment, and fred a volley a deux,
at about $50 yards. One shot thudded
into him, the other striking the
ground just under his belly. He
sprang with a light bound over a
rock and disappeared from our view.
Posting one man on high point on
the bank to watch the river-bed
and leaving the other in charge OF
our horses. the corporal and I made
our way down to where we had last
seen the lion. We were armed with
Lee-Metford carbines and we turned
on our magazines in order to have a
good running fire available should our
quarry demand IL.
Meantime our main body, coming
along the opposite bank of the river.
had seen our maneuver, and an Off
Ger and one man had come down into
the riverbed from their side to help us.
Gradually and cautiously we sur
rounded the spot where we guessed
the lion to be-cautiously, at least,
as far as three of us were concerned |;
the fourth. the man who had come
from the main body, was moving In a
far freer and more confident manner
than any of us could boast; he clam
bered over the rocks and sprang with
agility into the most likely corners
for finding a wounded lion lying am.
pushed. and his sole weapon was his
revolver-for he was farrier. Such
is Tommy Atkins whether it is the
outcome of sheer pluck, or of ignor-
ance. or of both combined, the fact
remains that he will sail gayly in
where danger lies, and as often as not
sail gayly out again unharmed.
However, to continue; at last we
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
TROUBLE OVER MERRY WIDOW
The Hat So Named, Of Course, IL
Meant, and the Tale Is Dis
NAL One, Indeed.

There's a weeping bride in Borough
Park and an angry bridegroom, too.
and frenzied halter. which does not
hoo!" writes the poet reporter of the
New York Tribune.
When subway trains and rushing
crowds of men from every nation had
jammed the stairs and platforms of
the Twenty-third street station the
ticket seller, Charlie Holt, whose tenn
per seemed erratic, held up a ticket
buyer with a question most emphatic.
The buyer, Israel Cohen, a milliner's
errand boy. with hat as big as ever
seen, had caused the clerks annoy.
The hat was just linear yard across
from brim to brim, while half that dis
tance up and down made other hats
look slim. For the hat bride was
waiting and the hour was getting late,
but the subway, Holt insisted, was not
built to carry freight
So Hott emerged from out his box
and made pass at Cohen, while Is.
rael seemed inclined to think twas
time that he was goin' But ere the
luckless messenger was able to es-
cape the Merry Widow" outfit had
assumed woeful shape. No longer
high and lofty. but mashed SO badly
that 1t looked more like pancake
than Merry Widow" hat
But while the fight was at its height
a copper came around, arrested Hott
(heaven help his LOTT before he'd
fought one round. To the nearest
station Of police, in Twentieth street,
they tell. he took poor Holt, charged
with assault. and locked him in a
cell.
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brush to the right and bounding into
the moonlight giving terrible voice.
came his mate. She stopped as she
caught sight of us. Never have I
broken and loaded gun moi quickly.
Drayton had pumped in another shell
and without pausing to more than
swing on his knee and cover, he let
drive and missed. barely raking her
shoulder. She bit hastily at the wound
and then came for us HE a thunder
bolt. l meant to pull both barrels.
but gave her the right. She wavered
a trife, but was on us before I could
fire again. She knocked Drayton fiat
and his head, striking a rock, he lay
senseless, while her outstretched
talons tore his rife from his hands
and tumbled 1t Gathering among the
bushes. Her momentum carried her
over him and her body merely
brushed me. leaped one pace to the
right and swinging my piece without
even bringing 1t to shoulder drove the
bucks into her throat. She was In
the act of whirling to rush upon Dray-
ton, but now dropped In her final
agony rolling over and over on him,
one blind blow from her paws tearing
half the clothes from his body but
leaving him unhurt. did not know
then but that she had crushed his
skull as she leaped, but ragging him
aside saw that he was merely
stunned and was now coming around.
BY permission OF Longmans. Green q
Co., New York
Copyright. 1909. by Benz. q. Hampton.}
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
SHIP BACK AFTER
PER|LOUS VOYAGE
COMET RETURNS TO BROOKLYN
WITH TALES OF sHIPwREck
AND WILD JUNoLEs.
HARD AND FAST ON ROCKS
While Part Of Crew Sought Help on
Land Remainder Stayed Till Res
cued Vessel is Finally
FIoated.

New York.-Closing a three years
voyage, which threatened to end with
leaving the ship Comets bones TO
bleach ON the rocks of Banka Island.
Capt. Davis berthed HIS vessel in
South Brooklyn and is discharging the
miscellaneous cargo of Chinese goods
slowed beneath her matches. The
Comet left Philadelphia in July, 1905.
for Kobe. Japan. with cargo of case
oil. After several trips back and
forth between Kobe and San Fran
cisco the ship loaded at Singapore for
New York and sailed Just before
Christmas.
Everything went well until Dec. 26.
whom squally weather was encoun-
tered. For two days the ship pound
she was finally stranded hard and
fast on the rocks.
After sn examination of the vessel
and ascertaining the ships situation.
Capt. Davis decided to send life
boat for help. First Mate Charles
Hayward and four men volunteered
for the venture. Provided with food.
oompasses, spare sails and the ships
chart. on which were marked all the
data of the voyage. the lifeboat was
lowered awey and the crew laid a
course for Java.
Later events showed that, caught
In strong currents. the ship had drift
cd from her course and had been
drawn into a narrow channel between
three islands where the swift current
had dashed her on the rocks. The
iifeboat made good weather Of 1t, and
Just before daybreak the sound Of
heavy surf betokened near approach
Of land. Hayward spread the ships
chart out on the stern thwart, and
by the light Of n ships lantern tried to
make out his position. Just then a
swift current caught the boat. swing
ing It in shore and head-on to the
heavy rolling surf. The boat, tossed
about like a CHIP. was swamped.
The mate and one man who was
astern were washed overheard. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
No Attention Was Paid to the signals

No Attention Was Paid to the Signals.
two men forward leaped out. and all
four managed to fight their way to
ruined, was dashed up on the rocky
beach, and the men managed to save
some spare sails, the ships compass
and the oars. With the oars and can
vas they struck up a shelter tent,
under which they huddled until day
light
Chilled and bruised with their fight
In the surf, the men we're in despair
when the daylight showed a seeming
ly impentrable swampy jungle stretch
ing inland in every direction. The
mate and one of the crew, Dutch
man. started out to explore. and after
forcing their way inland for mile
or two found a native shack inhabited
by Chinaman who could talk little
Dutch. Under his guidance the four
men made their way ten miles through
the Jungle to small settlement at a
Chinese tin mine, from which a mar
row gauge railway took them to Bin
10. Here they were able to telegraph
to Java and thence to Singapore for
help.
Meanwhile those on the stranded
ship were In suspense. Frequently the
smoke Of passing steamships was
seen, and efforts made to attract at
tention Of those on board, but no at
tention was paid to the signals
Rockets sent up at night met no re-
sponse.
Finally. on the sixth day tug from
Singapore came to their aid. After
several hours pulling and hauling her
captain declared he could not drag
the ship on. The tug was sent to
Blinjo to take on the mate and his
crew, with instructions to telegraph
to Singapore for more help.
Hayward, the mate. insisted on the
tug going back to the ship and making
another try to pull her on This was
done. and after twenty-four hours'
hard pulling the big vessel was finally
foated. She proceeded to Singapore
for repairs. finally sailing from there
q second time Jan. IL for New York.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
outwitted by the Jungle King

We halted on the river-bank during
the intense heat of the day, and be-
fore resuming our march in the even
ing we sailed out once more to search
the river-bed and an islet grown with
bushes. where we hoped he might be.
And while we searched the hussar,
who had been assigned to me to hold
my horse. and who was the man who,
in the morning, had been posted to
watch the river-bed, asked: How
many lions are there supposed to be
here?" l told him "Only the one we
fired at this morning"
whereupon he grimly said, "oh. I
saw him go away up the river when
you went down it. He was a dragging
his hindquarters after him."
1t appeared that the man thought
he had been posted to guard against
surprise by an enemy, and did not
realize that we, being down among
the rocks. could not see the lion which
was SO visible from his lookout place.
And SO we lost that lion.
But l had better luck another time.
1t stands thus recorded in my diary:
10th October.-(To be marked with
red mark when I can get red PEN
cil) jackson and native boy ac-
companied me scouting this morning;
we three started on at q. m. In
moving round the hill that overlooas
our camp we saw a match struck high
up near the top of the mountain.
This one little spark told us a good
deal. 1t showed that the enemy were
there; that they were awake and alert
Il say they because one niger
would not dare to be up there by
himself in the dark; and they were
aware Of our force being at Posselt'S
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
A
Soldiers
Big
Game
Hunting
BY Lieuf.-Gerl. r. S. S. Baden.
Powell, F. r. G. S.

Through all the World the name
of Baden PoweH, soldier and scien-
tist, is celebrated and but fen people
know that he has the ability to shine
by right of his pen and brush as
toeH. The hero of Mafeking and a
dozen other campaigns filed in the
gaps between military engagements
With hunting and this "Sport in
War contains some dramatic ad-
ventures sprinkled NTH bits of rare
hunlor and caustic comment. A most
unusual feature is the reckless way
in which he hunted Nth military
arms instead of the customary weap-
ons for big game.
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1 (as otherwise they would not be oc-
cupying this hill.
However, they could not see any
thing of us, as it was then quite dark
And we went farther on among the
mountains. In the early morning
light we crossed the deep river-bed
Of the Umchingwe River, and. In do
ing SO. noticed the fresh spoor of a
| lion in the sand. We went on and had
good look at the enemy's stronghold:
and on our way back, as we ap-
preached this river-bed, agreed to go
| quietly. in case the lion should be
moving about in it. On looking down
over the bank. my heart jumped into
my mouth when saw grand old
| brute Just walking in behind a bush.
Jackson did not see him, but was on
his horse as quickly as was. and
ready with his gun: too ready, indeed,
for the moment that the lion appeared,
walking majestically out from behind
the bush that had hidden him, Jack
son fred hurriedly. striking the ground
under his foot, and, as we afterwards
discovered. knocking off one of his
claws.
|
and looked at us in dignified surprise.
Then fired and hit him with leaden
bullet from the Lee-Metford. He
reeled, sprang round, and staggered
a few PAGES. when Jackson, who was
using a Martini-Henry. let him have
one In the shoulder. This knocked
him over sideways. and he turned
about. growing savagely.
II could scarcely believe that we
had got a lion at last. but resolved
to make sure of it; so, telling Jackson
not to fire unless 1t was necessary
| (for fear of spelling the skin with the
larger bullet of the MartinD, went
down closer to the beast and fired a
shot at the back OF his neck as he
turned his head momentarily away
from me. The bullet went through
his spine and came out through the
lower jaw, killing him.
I'VE were pretty delighted at our
success. but our niger was mad with
happiness. for dead lion-provided
he is not a man-eater-has many in
valuable gifts for Kaffir. in the shape
of love-philtres, charms against dis
ease or injury, and medicines that
produce bravery. 1t was quite de-
lightfu to shake hands with the
mighty paws of the dead lion, to pull
at his magnificent tawny name, and
to look into his great deep, yellow
eyes. Then we set to work to skin
him; two of us skinning while the
other kept watch In case Of the enemy
sneaking up to catch us while we were
thus occupied. We found that he was
fat, and also that he had been much
wounded by porcupines. portions of
whose quilts had pierced the skin, and
lodged in his flesh in several places.
Our Niger cut out the eyes, gall-blad.
der. and various bits of the lions
anatomy, as fetch medicine. l filled
my carbine-bucket with some of the
fat, as l knew my two boys Diamond
and M'tini. would very greatly value
1t. Then. after hiding the head in a
neighboring bush where we could find
1t again. we packed the skin on to
one OF the ponies and returned to
camp nightly pleased with our
selves" er
, By permission of Longmans, Green &
Co., New York.
| Copyright, 1909. by Benz B. Hampton.)
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
Dangers Of Camping in the Lion
Country.

Moreover, to all our fun seasoning
was added in the shape of lions, whose
presence or propinquity was very fire.
quently impressed upon US at nights
by deep-toned grunts or ghostly ap-
partitions within the halo Of our watch
fires. In defiance of the rules of war
which forbid the use Of fires by
night, as guiding an enemy's night at
tack-we had ring of bright fires
burning round our bivouac to scare
away the lions.
BY day we saw them. too. One pa
troll. indeed. came upon group Of
nine lying doing in the bush; and
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
THE LION TOSSED UP HIs SHAGGY HEAD.

to tell of facing lions with q small
caliber military rifle, an adventure to
thrill army sportsman.
In the first place, scouting played a
very prominent part in the prelimin-
aries to major operations.
This scouting. to be successful. ne
cessitated ones going with the very
slenderest escort-frequently with
one man only, to look after the horses.
and for long distances away from our
main body, into the districts occupied
by the enemy and by big game. Thus.
one was thrown entirely on ones own
resources. with the stimulating knowl-
edge that If he did not maintain a suf-
ficient alertness of observation and
action, he stood very good chance.
indeed, not only of failing to gain in
formation which you were desired to
seek. but also of getting himself wiped
out, and left in stress on the veldt.
"Spooring," or tracking, was our
main source of guidance and informa-
tion and night the cover under which
we we're able to make our way about
the enemy's country with impunity.
The pleasures of the pursuit of
game were all the more enhanced by
the knowledge that the meat was
really necessary to us, and especially
by the fact that we often carried out
our sport at the risk of being our
selves the quarry Of some sneaking
band of rebel warriors.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

Nubian
Lion
Hunt
By Baron Heinrich Albert

Baron Heinrich Albert, the Aus-
tr-ian-Swiss adpenturer, has hunted
game in every part of the World. He
has an estate which prouides him
With an income of $4,000 per year,
and for the past IS years, that is
since his majority, he has Travelled
ouer the globe facing dangerous ami
mails and laying them lou. 1t is not
often that man is found who has
hunted puma, grizzly, moose. lion.
tiger, elephant, wolf, rhinoceros,
hippopotamus, leopard. oceolot. etc.
In these especially tDritten papers he
has narrated for this series some of
his most stirring encounters in the
territory through which Er-Presi-
dent Roosevelt will hunt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

were on the spot. but no lion was
there-an occasional splash of blood.
and here and there, where sand lay
between the rocks. the impress of a
mighty paw showed that he had moved
away after being hit But soon all
traces ceased, and though we searched
for long We could find no other sign
of him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

SEVKY HAT kind of sport did you
" have out there?" is the
question with which men
have, as a rule, greeted one on
return from the campaign in Rhode
sia; and one could truthfully say,
I'VE had excellent sport" am about
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01
Never Be Afraid to Doubt.

Never be afraid to doubt, If only
you have the disposition to believe;
and doubt in order that you may end
in believing the truth.-Leighton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-01

vt WOULD be absurd after hego-
tiating the dangers of a passage
of the Upper Nile out of season
and after traversing several hundreds
of miles of country in the hands
of rebellious tribesmen. to come
The Washington times., 1909-11-04
TRADE MECHANICS
SEEK READRISSION
Prepare Formal Application
To American Federation
Of Labor.

The formal application OF the Build
ing Trades Mechanics Council OF
Washington for readmission into the
American Federation of Labor was pre-
pared today and presented to the build
ing trades section of the federation for
action.
The charter was taken from the eoun-
Gil two months ago because they permit
ted afhliatOn with Electrical Workers
Unions, which are not in the American
Federation Of Labor.
This action of the local council, which
was decided upon last night, by the
vote Of 26 to Is. means the electrical
workers will be abandoned unless they
make up their differences with the fed
Grafton.
Stuart Reid, special organizer for the
federation, and Secretary Spencer, of
the building trades section of the fed
Grafton, have been laboring with the
fifteen constituent unions of the council
for several weeks, and were able to
force the resolution through last night.
They pointed out that the council
would gain more by throwing the cleo
tricaI workers overheard than by keep
ing them and remaining outside OF the
federation
The Washington times., 1909-11-04
TWO ARE MENTIONED
FOR NEW JUDGESHIP
Edward T. Sanford and
James A. Fowler Have
Strong Support.

Edward 7. Sanford and James A.
Fowler. the first being former As
sistant Attorney General and the lat
ter his successor in the same office.
are being mentioned as probable ap-
pointees as members of the proposed
Customs Court OF Appeals
In their work at the Department Of
Justice each became familiar with
customs matters because all legal
questions arising in that branch Of
the Treasury service were referred to
them for decision. 1t is understood
that the President is favorably i'm
pressed with their qualifications for
membership in the new court
II is probable, however, that no ap-
pointments VIII be made for some
time. Although the tariff law, in
which provision is made for the estab-
Hshment OF the court, fixed the sal
aries Of the five judges at 1000
each, Congress adjourned without
making any appropriation TO pay
those salaries.
The House wanted TO make the pay
$1,000, but the Senate would not
agree to this, and Congress finally ad-
journed without making any provision
on the subject, and leaving the court
IN the air, so to speak. Under these
conditions should the President ap-
point the judges now they could draw
no salary.