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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
Untiring Labor Necessary for the One
Item of Procuring Food for
Their Young.

Love of home is one Of the many
loves that the birds have In common
with ourselves, and an overpowering
instinct is implanted in them that be-
fore the mating season leads them
back to the places where they were
reared. Possibly you have considered
birds as airy beings who sing and
float about among the cool summer
trees. living at ease on the fat OF
the land, and have envied them their
freedom alike from work and care.
This idea will vanish as soon as you
can call dozen birds intimately by
name and watch their choice OF
home site, their exquisite skill in nest
weaving, and their untiring labor in
supplying the young with food until
they are able to take wing for them
selves. No matter what the staple
food of the grown birds may be-, ber-
ries, seeds or animal matter, accord
ing to family. the young Of all sorts
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

is sport, something to be played at;
hunting in Africa is trade, almost
profession. In America one merely
takes rifle and goes out to shoot. In
Africa, to hunt la mode, one takes
a battery of arms, usually three and
sometimes four, high power rifles of
different caliber, ranging from a six
and five-tenths millimeter to a 600
cordite express. The cartridges for
these rifles are charged with vari-
GUS bullets, solid nickel, steel, soft
nose long, soft nose short and split.
Each of these bullets was designed
by experts for a special use, and on
the way they are used depends the
success of ones shot. Often the use
of the unsuitable bullet ends in the
hunters death. On small game the
light caliber arni. six five-tenths MILL
meter, is used, and on large and dan
gerous game the nine millimeter Maui
ser and 600 caliber cordite express
give the best results. The last-named
rifle strikes the enormous blow of
$500 pounds, and has recoil of close
on a hundred weight. That the man
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

whose hunting experiences has been
bring him down. The hunter must
put the shot into the animals head or
heart, or he must face charge that
will probably end in his destruction.
Rifles of various caliber are carried
for economy. 1t is cheaper to use
small six five-tenths millimeter rifle
on small game, a nine millimeter on
medium game, and a 600 express on
big game, than to carry one weapon
for all-round work, which would have
to be big enough at least for the
largest game. Nothing smaller than
$50 express would do for that, and
it would be distinctly uneconomical,
not to say foolish, to shoot small
antelope, the size of a goat, with a
600 express. 1t would be like using
pile driver to kill mosquito. Again,
cartridges become very costly by the
time they reach the interior of Africa.
A cartridge for 600 express rifle, for
instance, costing sixpence az cents)
in London, reaches an enormous price
by the time it gets into the hunting
grounds of Africa. / have seen them
bring five shillings ($1.25) each, and
very scarce at that. Nor is this such
an eXtravagant price when one takes
into consideration that every ounce
has to be carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps, across
rivers, over mountains, traversing the
parched weld and penetrating the dis
NAL forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot before they reach their
destination. 1t is easy to see that
weight is an important factor in cart
ridge economics. Four six five-tenths
millimeter cartridges are equal in
weight to one 600 express. That is, it
is four deaths against one, for the
same weight.
These are the things President
Roosevelt must learn before he can
consider himself up on the ways of
safari.* If the president hunts like
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

Children are seldom born diseased.
They may be born with a tendency to
disease, because one or both parents
are suffering from it. AS we know.
certain conditions favor the develop
ment of certain diseases. Place a
child in conditions that have produced
disease in the parents and the tend.
elcy will be to produce the same dis.
ease in the child. So we sometimes
find whole families die of consumption.
or diphtheria, or something else. not
because the disease was inherited or
caught" but because the same condi-
lions produce the same result In all
the cases.-Nautilus.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

on account of the thickness of the
underground. 1t meant a long, pa
tient crawl to a good shooting posi-
ton, for to shoot at anything but
close quarters in such country meant
that the bullet would be detected by
the bush. I put solid nickel ball in
the right barrel of my 600 caliber ex-
press for head shot, and soft nose
split in the left barrel for a body shot.
With the shikaree at my side and the
gun bearer at my back, we crept
silently, inch by inch, foot by foot,
through the huge tufts of grass till a
good view of the game presented it.
self.
I took off my coat and hat, hung
them on a low limb and crawled a
few yards farther on. AS could not
get vital shot at any of the ele-
plants in their lying position, I gave
a sharp whistle. In an instant they
were upon their feet thrusting their
trunks up in the air to get a scent Of
their enemies and holding out their
enormous ears to catch the slightest
sound. At last an old bull worked
into the right position. 1 aimed at
his weakest point, between the eye
and ear, and gave him the solid shot
My aim was bad; piece of his tusk
flew into the air. With a roar he
charged down on me like an ava
lanche. @a-
I leveled my express for a second
shot and the natives stood ready.
Down he came, the grass waving be-
fore him In pillows. I waited so, 40,
80, 20 yards, another seconds sus-
pense and-bang! gave him the soft
bullet full in the chest. 1t failed to
stop him. A screeching roar of pain
burst from the charging monster and
blood gushed from his trunk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

an Africander and not like the av-
erage European that visits the dark
continent, he will certainly find
danger; danger that tries hunters
confined to bird shooting with shot
guns, or small game, with, say, 80
caliber rife, may understand the
meaning of these figures, let me state
that the ordinary 32-caliber rifle has
recoil of perhaps ten to twelve
pounds. The double barreled shot
gun, which to the ordinary hunter
seems to have all the kicking" ca
pacity any weapon needs, has re-
soil of from 25 to 80 pounds.
The 600 caliber cordite express is
the most deadly hand arm made.
Notwithstanding the terrific force
Of this 600 express bullet it must be
placed in the correct part of an ele-
plants or rhinoceros' anatomy to
nerve, that requires All alert intelli-
gence and quick eye to pass through
it and live.
Mr.. Cunninghame, who is organic
ing the Roosevelt expedition, is one
of the most experienced and clever of
African hunters. He will have COM
plete charge Of everything from the
largest to the smallest detail. With
him at the head of things the presi-
dent can depend on having a success
full hunt. That is, If he is going for
sport and not merely as scribe look
ing for local atmosphere for his book.
Many great African hunters have
killed all their game in the narrow
and dark confines of an ink bottle.
Africa is a menagerie 11,500,000
miles in area, with the greatest COM
bination of lakes, rivers, mountains
and weld imaginable, a veritable para
disc for wild animals. Notwithstand-
ing the destruction of big game, there
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
81 remember one place in particular

81 remember one place in particular
where I saw one Of these carrot
topped Irish-Mexicans who had such
Hibernian face that felt sure at
once he, must be an exile from Erin
who had gone broke in the land Of the
Montezumas. 1t was at a station
called Apizaco, on the Mexican railway
the line that leads from the capital
to Vera Cruz, road that was built by
an Irishman who grew rich and be-
came Mexican citizen. This man was
selling gaudily painted and carved
canes, for which this station Is famous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

are still thousands of herds of every
thing Africa possesses for the hunter,
roaming over the weld only a few
days travel afoot from the coast.
There are hundreds of rivers that
have rarely been visited by the white
man. On the banks of these streams
hippopotami, rhinoceroses, elephants,
leopards, lions, gorillas and dozens of
varieties of antelope, the names of
majority of Europeans or Americans,
gambol and fatten in gluttonous plen-
titude undisturbed by the crack of the
600 caliber express. 1t is only in
readable districts that the game is
killed to any great extent. The cost
and danger of hunting in most of the
country have protected it AID will
protect it for many years to come.
Frightful Diseases of the Jungle.
Where game is most abundant the
frightful diseases that nature seems
to have placed as barrier against
the white mans invasion are also
abundant. In Africa's wild, beautiful,
mysterious forests, more to be feared
than all the lions and rhinos, Turk the
germs of the deadly blackwater fever,
malaria, acknowledging sleeping sick
ness and the unknown reason for the
weld sores that drain ones life out
in a few months. These. with the
sEast African term for an expedition of
any kind, especially hunting expedition.
miasmal swamps, the noXious insects,
the Shiny, poisonous spears of the
natives, make hunting in Africa no
game for the chicken-hearted.
Of course, hunting as business is
one thing and hunting for pleasure is
another. 1t is possible to kill African
game to a limited extent without the
slightest hardship. One can go on
safari accompanied by natives who do
all the work, even to carrying the
sportsman in hammock up to the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

all over the country. He was dressed
in the usual two-piece suit-loose
blouse and trousers Of white cotton,
ragged and dirty. His red head was
covered by tattered straw sombrero.
and his feet were bare-like all the
other poems. When he came up to me
with his canes / spoke to him in Eng
fish. He grinned at me and replied in
Spanish that he did not understand.
So went back at him in Mexican:
aren't you Irish?' What is your
name?' asked.
"'Si, serpr.' he replied IN the formal
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
BIRDS HAVE LITTLE LEISURE

are fed upon the most highly nutri-
tious animal food the parent can OBJ
tain, SO rapid is their growth to fit
them to be self-supporting, and thus
make their parents free for the care
of other broods. A human parent is
not expected to feed baby oftener
than once in two hours, but the par
ent birds hardly cease from rise un-
til set of sun.-From the Delineator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
The Religious Life.

A religious life is not thing which
spends itself like bright bubble on
the rivers surface. 1t is rather like
the river itself, which widens continu-
ally and is never so broad or deep as
where it rolls into the ocean of Eter-
nity.-Beecher.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
Many Mexicans Found with Red Hair
and Real Hibernian Brogue
and Names.

"The Mexicans are a dark-skinned
race, but in the crowds of idlers who
watch the passing train at every rail-
road station you will be sure to see
one or more faces of truly Irish cast,
,surmounted by shocks OF touseled
brick-red hair" said man who had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

just returned from long trip through
Diaz's republic. 1.-THE reason for this
isn't far to seek. When the Mexican
railroads were built, twenty or thirty
years ago, it was an army of Irish Ia
borers who dug the dirt, laid the ties
and spiked down the steel. They
mixed with the native population, ma
turally, and the red-headed hybrid with
pug nose and perpetual grin is the
result
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

He experience Presi-
dent Roosevelt has
gained h u n t / n G
game on the North
American continent
will be of little use
to him on his expe-
dition into the wilds
of East Africa.
Hunting in America
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

Owned by the British Public.
The value Of pictures in the British
National Gallery is about $6,250,000.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18
A Terrible Battle with Elephants.

After half an hours walk through
grass that was at least 20 feet high,
we came across a herd of about
twenty elephants, among which there
were some fine bull tuskers. AS l ex-
pected, they were all resting out of
the sun. They were difficult to get at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

er THE game that makes the story
is the game that's missed" as the
Swahili least coast natives) say, and
there is nothing truer than that say
ing, as far as my experiences go, for
a bad shot nearly ended my trek a
little while ago in the Lake country.
was treking between Lake Albert
Edward N'Yanza and Lake Kivu, the
greatest stretch of hunting ground in
the world, with caravan of hun
dred men. We had marched steadily
through the early part of the day and,
now that the merciless white-hoG sun
was directly overhead, I called halt.
Each member of the caravan threw
himself down in the shade excepting
my shikaree Nick, boy from the
other side of the continent, native
of Senegal. He never rested, and as
he got a percentage of the ivory we
secured, he never let the soles of his
feet grow soft for want of exercise.
About an hour passed before Nick
same swinging into camp with his
white teeth cleaning like new swords.
I knew by his smile that there was
something afoot. He walked straight
to my elephant guns and beckoned
me. knew he had struck fresh
spoor (traiD. Selling my arms,
signaled my gun bearer and struck
out, Nick leading.
If there are any elephants about at
midday, the hunter is pretty sure to
make a good bag, for at that time
they rest out of the direct rays Of
the sun, doing the hot hours away,
and are easily approached.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

Spanish phrases that even the Indians
there use, my name is Innocente Je-
sus O'Rourke.' And he said it, with
brogue that, aside from his looks.
was his sole ancestral Inheritance"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-06-18

snatched my Mauser and Jumped
aside as he passed. My hat and coat,
which were few yards behind, at
tracted his attention. With a snort
Of satisfaction he crushed them down.
l gave him all my Mauser shots in
the rear. With extraordinary sudden
ness he turned. He sighted me and
charged, his tusks level with his body.
My magazine was empty. l threw my
rifle down and ran, the elephant gain
ing on me at each step. 1 saw Nick
ahead of me with leveled rifle.
To keep running meant that
would soon be overtaken. Instructive
ly l threw myself on the ground and
Nick fired With a thud that made
the earth tremble the elephant
dropped. The huge trunk twisted like
a wounded snake for moment, and
then the gigantic body relaxed in
death. 1t all took about two minutes
to happen and was a pretty close
shave, but it was worth the trouble,
for the tusks we got were big, weigh
ing close to a hundred pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-27

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 Save your clothes with RED cE- OAR FLAKES, 2,c packages. Teie- phone us, Bedeil's Pharmacy, the Quality Store. 424 &
 Money saved is money made. We are overloaded on Cook stoves and if you need one don't fail to see us as we will save you money and give you a good stove. Cleveland Mat l thews Hjw. Co.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-27
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Why pay 50 cents per dozen for tomato plants when I can sell you the genuine Ponderosa for less than half this price. Cabbage plants from Eenderson's best seed at D cents per 100. Now is the time to plant. Geo. M Wells, 1019 S Olive; old phones Nos, I21 and 428 As lot
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-27

The best way to preserve pictures is to frame them. Let Farrar do this for you. A nice line of moulding just received. Old phone 564 32O Pine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-27

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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-04

any raise, change or alteration in the
assessment of the property of any
taxpayer amounts only to a proposal
by the board that such property
should be so raised, or the assess
ment changed or altered, and notice
thereof is thereafter given by the
clerk in conformity with the pro-
visions of section 1899, revised
codes, of the time and place when
and where the taxpayer may be heard
to object and portest against the
proposed raise, change or alteration.
where the board of equalization
has made an order proposing a raise
on the valuation of any specific prop
erty and the person against whom
such property is assessed thereafter
appears at the time and place fixed
for the hearing on such proposed
change and protests against the same
and submits his evidence, he thereby
valves the service of notice and can
not thereafter be heard to object to
the action Of TIE board on the ground
that he was not served with notice.
"The deduction allowed to the tax
payer on account of unsecured debts,
due to bona fide residents of this
state as provided for and treated of
in sections 1882, 1888 and 1886, re-
wiser codes, is a personal right and
privilege accorded the taxpayer and
must be claimed by the tax payer
himself.
"Under the provisions of sections
1852, 1853 and 1886, revised codes,
together with the form of list incor-
porated in section 1886, and made a
part thereof, the shares of stock in
national and state banks are classed
along with unsecured and, solvent
debts" due from others to the tax
payer, and the taxpayer is according
ly entitled to deduction therefrom OF
his unsecured debts due to bona fide
residents of this state"
"one claiming the right to deduct
unsecured debts must personally
waive the right to plead the bar Of
the statute of limitations against any
of the claims listed and for which
he claims a deduction.
"The owner of bank stock is MOI
entitled to proportionate or CORES
ponding deduction in valuation there
Of for the purpose of taxation on &C
count of any of the capital, surplu!
or undivided profits of such bank be
ing deposited in any bank or banks
outside Of the state"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-04

On the left by low, fat plain a mile
wide. On this level plain, on that
memorable day in June, '7e, stood
the countless tepees of q large Sioux
vihfRe. exten:linP sor miles along tina
baYk Of the river. Here thousands
of Sioux warriors had assembled UNI
der such leaders as Chief GALL. Crazy
Horse and Rain-in-the-Face in ana
tieipation of the clash with the sol
diers, which they knew was in
evitable sooner or later. Sitting Bull
was there, and is usually credited with
having led the Indians to victory.
But as matter of fact he was act
ing more in the capacity of medicine
man than chief; he took NO part in
the fighting, but stayed away in the
hills making medicine, like a wise In
dian.
Custer approached from behind the
bluffs, and, on sighting the village,
Immediately decided to charge
straight into it, shooting down the
astonished red men bef,re Chy could
recover from their SURPRISE plan
which had so often before carried VIC
tory with it by its very audacity. To
prepare to strike from an unexpect-
ed quarter, and then, when all was in
readiness, to have the band strike up
Garry Owen" while he went DASH
ing in with a hurrah-that was Gus
ter's way! This tune, Garry Owen"
has, by the way, become almost q
part of the Seventh Cavalry; to this
day, when the regiment passes In re-
view, although there is not a single
man left in it who rode with Custer,
the stirring notes Of the old air ring
out with all the inspiration of thirty
five years ago.
Whether or not he surprised the
Indians on this occasion is q matter
of much dispute. Some of the Indians
admit they were surprised; others
say that for two days their scouts
lad been watching the cloud Of dust
that heralded Clusters approach, and,
and their own superior numbers had
simply remained in readiness while
he rode to his death. But there is