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could make out the form of
Honess in the gloom, l concluded it
was not best to fire, as, in the event of
my only wounding her, she would have
had much In her favor should she have
attacked us in such darkness.
All we had left of the giraffe was
represented by few splinters of bones
which the hyenas had polished after
the lion had gorged himself. For some
distance along the river bank the
country was pretty well wooded,
whilst away to the north stretched the
kalahari, dotted here and there with
scant timber clumps, but otherwise a
vast sea Of sand I did not take my
horse, as he was bit stiff from the
tumble of the day before; he had also
somewhat renewed his lameness, which
was scarcely to be wondered at, consid-
ering the country had ben galoping
him over.
On the Track of a LionesS.
The brush was so thick that it was
next to impossible to get through It,
and therefore, as it was clear around,
and there was no fear of making con-
flagration, set fire to it as the best
apparent means of ousting our game.
Telling Bob, my Kafir driver, to keep
close behind n,e, went little fur
Their round the cover and was Just in
time to see lioness break away, but
SO far off that l did not fire, preferring
to let her go, in hopes of getting a
more favorable chance for a shot, By
this time the blaze had got so powerful
that we, too, were glad to get away
from it.
The lioness made straight for an
other bit of brush, whittier We went
after her, and, though the thorns were
quite thick enough, decided to follow
her in. My boy did not relish accom-
panying me, nor could exactly blame
him; for, though fair hunter and
brave enough lad in, ordinary, he did
not like lions, his father having been
killed and his brother badly mauled by
one. It was rather difficult keeping
her spoor. but after some trouble and
considerable wear and tear, I espied
her lying on bare spot, watching me
intently. Her head was resting be-
tween her paws and, as QUICKLY as pos.
sible, I fired between her, eyes. and
could have sworn I planted the bullet
there. for she was not above thirty
PAGES from me. Turning ito take nv
spare carbine from Bob, i found that
he had vanished. But.the Aoness never
stirred, and was hurriedly reloading
when she suddenly ojumped s!up and
dashed further into theithicket.
Unparliamentary language relieves
the feelings, If nothing more; so, after
having mathematical poor Bob. I once
more plunged after the lioness, won
dering how our next meeting would
come of. There was plenty Of blood,
just where her head had lain, and also
enough to guide me easily on the
tracks. she had taken: Indeed, before
l was aware of it. ]. was; almost on top
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little kloof which interviewed between
us before he could reach me, though l
did not anticipate this, I walked on
towards him, till I got to my side of
the ravine, about thirty PAGES from
him. He now seemed as If he had
thought that he had permitted me to
encroach far enough on to his domain.
and raised himself on his forequarters.
the tip of his tail twitching in a man.
ner which I knew meant mischief
should l wound him. If he moved
away l might not get better chance,
though wished the distance had been
less; but on such occasions as these it
does not do to hesitate long, so took
aim at his shoulder, which presented a
fair mark, and as I fired he fell over
with a roar which was answered some
little way OF, doubtless by his mate.
l speedily got another cartridge in.
and, as he lay writing, ran down the
bank and up towards him. He re-
covered little as got nearer, cover
ing him all the while, and made q
futile attempt to charge me. AS he
did so, gave him another shot in the
chest, dropping him, though he was
up again directly and glazing at me
viciously. Again his roars were an.
swered, but l could see no signs of
any other lions: in fact, / dared not
take my eyes more than an instant
of the one had in hand. still kept
moving steadily up to him, and, hav.
ing got as near as I thought advis-
able, just as he seemed about to make
another effort to come at me, got a
third bullet into him, this time catch
ing him right In the ear and finishing
him. He was fully-grown young
male, with pretty fair name, but
nothing like so fine as others have
met with. measured him by step-
ping, after had stretched hi nj out.
and his length, from snout end to tin
of tail, was little over ten feet. l
had no time then to see farther to
him, but set about searching for the
other lions, which were still in the
underbrush adjoining. But though
l beat almost every yard. as thought,
of cover, I could not come across
them, they lay so close. Had they
crossed the open, could not very
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scarcely a possible che7ce to get all
four into the boat safely, so, hauling
up the stone and rope which held me.
l quietly started padH.ing for the
shore, 100 yards of, With alternate
strokes of the oars. Strange to saw.
1 reached the low, shelvffs shore with.
out single fish escaping, and, slim.
ping out Of the boat, drew the whole
string ashore in triumph. ,,i;< o.,
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GOT -FOUR FISH ON ONE CAST

1t is something after all to be the
hero of a record, even If lit. does not
mean much. and perhaps the success
full landing of four fish on one cast is
not unworthy Of being rescued from
oblivion, says writer In the Field.
1t happened with me here on the
Shannon some few years ago, in the
last or very nearly the last, Of my sea-
sons with the wet fly, and is the more
remarkable as I have not fished7 with
four flies on my cast half Q dozen
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Tracking on High Ground:

The spoor led away towards some
higher ground, intertwined with tan
gled growth of creepers, and which
looked just like the kind of harbor my
game would be likely to take refuge
in. even thought could discern
some moving objects there. Anyway
followed the spoor right to where,
had calculated I should find recent
traces Of the lions if they had not left
the vicinity, and suddenly in the sun,
at full length among the rocky boul:
ders, l came across one. AS ap-
preached, he lazily raised his head and
looked at me, at the same time utter.
ing low growl, as if annoyed at my
intrusion. AS he did not seem in
clined to move further, and must have
descended and climbed the side Of the
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Men, like tools, are useless when
they lose their temper.
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Of previous encounter in which had
been knocked senseless by a lion in
death charge fitted through my brain,
II had only hadaa dog I shouldonot
have thought. anything of it. but; my:
doubts were speedily dismissed and 1
stepped briskly forward. A lion dies
a lot easier than a grizzly bear or a
jaguar, as I had proved, and even a
deer with. bullet through its heart
will 60 farther before it succumbs. tOf.
the tiger cannot; speak, but the
leopard and the jaguar, as also the
puma. or mountain lion, partake, more
Of the ''cat" tenacity Of life than does
the lion Of South Africa - >.
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T. Roosevelt: and Taft tare@ tho oo.y
presidents e elected from IA thu !: same
towns insWhiehr they. wste barn.
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IL HAD had very little sleen

, HAD had very little sleep
all night, owing to the
prowling around and roar
ing of lions, attracted by
the offal of a giraffe
which l had shot the pre-.
vious afternoon, and had
had dragged bodily up to
the wagon. The night was,
however, so dark that l
could not get a view, and,
although I once thought I
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-. The Short Hours.
''How late did you sit. in that poker
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Till about $12.30."-Cornell Widow.
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Rather be thou the. tail among lions
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we'll have missed, seeing them. a,
there was quite a distance of bare
veldt all around the cover l was hunt
ing through. /. NJ ! :.
''rF was :justcspersuading myself that
they must have sneaked away. when:
|. al cub. about the size of a Newfound-
land dog, jumped out of q thick patch
and stood gazing steadily at me. I
did not dare to empty my barrel at It,
for i felt that its mother was near
BY, In a minute or so another cub
followed the first and also took a
good look at my doubtless unexpected
person; and whilst my ideas: were
somewhat confused as to. the; really
best course to pursue, a fine old lioness
marched grandly out and stationed
herself beside her progeny; at the
same time fixing me in anything but a
pleasant manner with her penetrating
orbs of almost .indescribable green.
Getting a Lioness with Her Cubs.
/: don't think she meant charging,
however; one can tell intuitively pref
ty correctly when this is going to hap
pen, and I belieye she would have
gone quietly away and taken her cubs
with her, if l had not interfered:' The
tenets ventilated by a. certain: 4ex-
plorer of prominence. Who evidently
considers it heinous .crime to. kill
lions and similar gentle, useful crea-
lures, had not then come to my knowl
edge, not that they would haze influ-
enced me bit. if such. had been the
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Evening journal., 1909-08-28
Editorial
Opinion
Men Of Courage.

men OF Souraqe,
Dover Index.
More men OF courage. Surely that Is
what the world needs to make It betteh.
Not the courage TO 1ght and die in the
field OF battle. but 10 live in ones daily
work when there is so much to depress;
70 keep on in the struggle when fall
ure attends the footsteps; TO stand at
the post OF duty when It is an obscure
one and no voice Of kind appreciation
is heard. We need men or courage TO tell
the truth at the counter even II sale
be missed: TO rebuke him who utters
profane word in a public place to speak
on the unpopular side Of question; and
TO vote. from deep conviction. with
small minority. We need men with
courage to refuse 10 sign a petition OF
an unworthy applicant for ofice and
courage 10 do anything which makes a
majority 10 exclaim. HE is very eccen-
tric." Some men will face a bayonet
sooner than a laugh, and care less for
blow than a word of contempt II Is
sad to think how many have been led
into intemperate and pronigate habits by
the fear OF their comrades laughing at
their conscientious scruples. oh, for the
courage 10 say "No" when sinners en-
tice. and TO say "Yes" when the saints
exhort.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
Kent County Roads.
Dover Index.

Dover Index.
There seems to be.a lot Of talk by
uniformed people and papers about
the Levy Court OF Kent county falling
TO borrow the money which an act Of
the last legislature authorized It TO
borrow for good roads.
We have always favored good roads
and still hope to see good roads in
Kent county. but we are not using our
head and ranting about the matter.
In the first place. while the legislature
authorized the borrowing Of money,
this is not a very opportune time to
do so. The countys affairs are not in
such condition to Justify il and there
is a decided division of sentiment on
the subject. In the second place, the
state has failed to appropriate its
share OF the money provided for by
the act, and it was not contemplated
that the county should borrow money
unless the state appropriated an equal
amount.
We believe the people of the county,
when they come to understand the
matter, will approve sof the hesitancy
Of the levy court a5ou. fastening to
borrow money and saddle the county
with a large debt. The levy court is
representative body Of the county
and no doubt is in touch with the
sentiment Of the people Of the county
on this matter and and we are willing
to trust it,
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
SUCCESSFUL FARMS
AS OBJECT LESSONS

Several years ago. it occurred to a
practical scientist OF the United States
Department Of Agriculture that some Of
the best managed farms in different sec
tions might be made to serve as object
lessons. The first fruit of this idea was
the published account of "A Model
Farm in Pennsylvania. which attracted
wide attention. Since then a number of
popular bulletins have been issued
describing successful farms in different
sections and outlining their management.
The list to date includes "A Successful
Hog and Seed-Corn Farm" in Illinois;
"A Profitable Tenant Dairy Farm in
Michigan; "a Successful Southern Hay
Farm in South Carolina: "A Success
ful Dairy and Poultry Farm in Wash
ington; and Small Farms in the Corn
Belt"
The latest bulletin of this class CFarm-
ers' Bulletin No. s6D gives an account
OF q Profitable Cotton Farm in South
Carolina. The farm in question was in
1902. when its present owner took possess
sion an old rundown cotton farm.
Now 1t is ftrtile we'll improved with
fences and farm buildings. and is pro-
ducing crops which yield the owner a
large income and handsome profit. An
this has been accomplished by deep and
thorough cultivation of the soil. by the
use Of barnyard manure and some COM
mercial fertilizer, by rotation Of crops
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
SEAFORD

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
SEAFORD, Aug. 2S.-Riley Wright,
of Norfolk, is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse A. Wright.
Sam w. Scott is visiting friends at
Denton, Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Derane Rhea, Of
Harrington. were the guests of Mrs.
Rhea's father, George w. Brown,
Thursday.
Luther T. Moore is visiting friends
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. b. Huston. of Brooklyn, n.
Y, is visiting relatives in town.
The older people Of Seaford went to
the Laurel and Bethel camp on a
strawride Thursday evening. They
were Mr.. and Mrs f. A. Shipley. Mrs
Y. F. Haines, Dr. and Mrs. ]. c..
Knowles, Mr.. and Mrs Madison VIII
len, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Johns Miss
Lena James, OF Philadelphia, Mrs. j
n. Johns, Mrs. Fred Ellis of Norfolk
Mrs. c. IT. Garter. Mrs. Leon Hurley
Miss Emma Cunningham. of Washing
ton, ID. c., who is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. F. A. Shipley.
Miss Marion Galloway, Miss Gertie
Obier. Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews and
daughter. Helen, Mrs. Emanuel and
Miss Elizabeth Greenabaum, Mrs. ]
Emory Miles and Mrs. G. II. Huston.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
Good Rods IN Kent.
Dover Republican.

DbNtI lNtNuniltdns
We publish today compilation
gathered by state Good Roads Com
missioner c. b. Hope and read at
meeting of farmers held at the home
Of e. w Jenkins on Friday last. This
article will pay perusal and contains
much valuable information.
Mr. Jenkins is a staunch ally Of
Good Roads Commissioner Hope and
both these gentlemen are giving all
the aid possible to Representative
Soper in the latter's efforts to keep
the Good Roads question agitated It
does seem strange that our Demo-
cratic Levy Court Is willing 20 per-
sist In the dog-in- -the-manger policy
Il has adopted, especially in view Of
the fact that large land owners In the
county are almost a unit in favor Of
building permanent roads.
Mr.. Hope has done his part and is
still doing it, He is endeavoring to
spread reliable information on the
roads subject and the data which he
has already gathered will prove Of in
estimable benefit when the work shall
be taken up by our Levy Court.
There is a grave question whether
the Soper bill does not control the
special district tax now assessed and
whether Mr.. Hope should not have the
distribution of this fund placed in his
hands. Almost to a man the leading
grangers Of the county are urging that
Mr.. Hope will take charge of this
fund. in order that intelligent road
building may be inaugurated
That he could most intelligently ap-
ply the fund to the purpose for which
| Il was created. is admitted by every
one. Our farmers demand that the
old fashioned patchwork policy be
stopped. It has long been obsolete in
New Castle county, and why this
county should continue Il in vogue is
one Of the conundrums that only the
Democratic majority OF the Levy
Court can answer.
Let us get out Of the old ruts. We
have now an intelligent practical mar
at the head OF this public department
and his hands should not be tied.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
KENT'S GRADUATES
GETTING POSITIONS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. Aug. 2S-The young
graduates are rapidly stepping into
positions of trust and prominence here.
Miss Bessie Moore, who resides with
her parents on farm near Dover. and
recently equipped herself as teach
er, has been elected a member of the
faculty Of Dovr High School.
Howard Hardcastle of Cheswold, a
graduate at the Dover Academy this
year. has been elected assistant clerk
at the First National Bank. Dover.
Lindale Frazier of Dover, has bee
Lindale Frazier of Dover. has been
appointed night agent at the Penn
sylvania Railroad station TO succeed
John r. Mayhem, who has been trans
ferred to Cambridge. Md.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
With the Paragraphers

Connecticut has passed a legalizng Sunday base
ball An examination Of the Puritan would show
a commotcn.-Chicago Tribune
II pa,s tn advertise Victor D. Bronners birth and
life history were discussed by the press until he
allowed himself to divide honors with Abraham Lincoln
upon the one-cent peces-Iouisvile Courner-Journa
Thore something strange in having President who
can tal.s vacation without keeping the correspon-
dents qui vive concerning his fishing cunning
record.-Washington star.
The New York woman who waited until messenger
hoy came TO button her back must have had pa
.ienoe husbands would have thought possible
-Pittsburg Dispatch
The Roosevelt trophies TO be housed in Washington
do rot include lot Of scaps that the collected before
going ahro, philadelphia Ledger.
The Toledo Blade wants abolish the two-dollar bill.
We're willing II holds just many germs ten
spot an6 only one-hfth prety-Cleveand Leader.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28

1t will be recalled that owners of automobiles
in this city recently lent their machines for the
purpose OF giving children a days outing and
pleasure And how the little folk did enjoy that
trip to Newark and bless those who made It
possible Wilmington, however, is not the only
city in which this has been done. The Cleve-
land, Ohio, Automobile Club recently made
great success of its holiday for the city orphans.
The club was able to furnish motor cars that car
ried two thousand children on trip and gave
them one Of the greatest days of their lives.
Money was provided for the lunches which went
with the trip, and pleasure grounds maintained
for profit were opened to the children like the
free parks of the city. The club spread light
and JOY and good cheer among the fatherless
and motherless and :he trip was rare mani
festation of generosity and kindliness. No
doubt the chdrens automobile day will become
a feature of life in Cleveland it will probably
be i'm this city.
Evening journal., 1909-08-28
Saturday, August %. 1909
coNTRoL oF coRPoRATIoNs.

a r the recent annual meeting of the Ameri-
IN can Bar Association, held in Detroit, MT
Frederick W. Lehman, OF ST LOUIS Fresluen'
o the association, in his address referred TO the
reiations between The public and the large cor
porations or what arc called trusts How iar
The government should go in regulating corpora
tions was considered by him. Mr. Lehmam
believes that the trust has become oDsoiete' ouu
the holding company has sprung up WhSn y
a trust i'm a more perfected tornl ne holuiiiS
companies do what the trusts were designed 10
do and are more efficient According 10 MI
lehman the holding company is not the III"
and final development OF industrial comDin-
alton. but there is the single corporation WIN
unlimited power of capitalization and direct
o,vnershn Of the business and properties WIN
which il deals. The disturbing element OF
minority interests in constituent companies IS
elin,ipstsd-- NIr lehmann points out that
States which prohibit trusts and assume 10 pro
hihit monopolics. set no bounds to the captain
cation OF their corporations ,
This is not surprising The development OF
cornoratons and combinations OF capital has
been SO great that if it is puzzlng question 10
mon learned i'm the law like the president OF
Bar Association. much more dithcult must II pe
TO the average legislator. legislatures are
eropino in the dark in trying to solve the pron-
lem of dealing with these great corporations so
that the rights OF the state may be protected
without infringement of the rights OF individ-
uals
Mr. Lchmann believes that the ordinary cor
poration is as much an agency OF Interstate
commerce as are the transportation companies
and he thinks they can be reached by the taxing
power lie holds that they cannot rightfully
claim any exemption under the constitution on
the ground that they private institutions.
business conducted by corporate methods ne
holds. is not private business
This is a rather broad view to take, and one
that shows the great advance Of thinkers IN
their consideration OF the large industrial develop
meut Mr. Lehman has gone farther than mosi
Of the State Socialist group of writers who
have limited the interference OF the government
with business to the monopolistic companies
which enjoy special privileges and hold public
franchises
Under the ST. Louis attorneys idea it is no
only these companies, but all corporations tina
must come under the governmental eve. This
doubtless. is the came idea that which inspired
the corporation tax adopted by Congress. 1t is
however an idea that will not be approved by
the mass of business men, The corporation
method of doing business has been a great con
venience and it has come TO stay. II is tn;
practical method required by the times. And
for the few corporations that may need regr
lating and watching because of their eNtraord
nary power, there are thousands of corporations
whose relations with the public are not different
from the relations of an ordinary firm or ar
hRaiNidua