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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-24

/ our track back to the place we had
come from. An hour after we got
back TO camp he came galloping up.
having seen two lions. curlously
enough both males. and had shot one
with a better name than either Of
mine.
have at another time described
two different methods OF hunting lions.
One of them could hardly be called
a method at all as Il depended on
news brought In by natives as to
where a lion had actually been seen.
The second plan consisted Of tying
up donkey for a bait, and sitting up
TO watch at night A much more I'M.
teresting way of hunting lions than
either Of these and a very success
full one n the native shikarics en-
ployed are any good, is this process
of tracking them. A lion lies up In
some cool, shady place for the day.
unless the sky is overcast and the
sun cannot get out. when he viii oc.
casionally be found hunting az any
hour. II you can strike his sDoor of
the night before there Is q very good
chance Of following 60 up % whore
the lion lies should the ground be
suitable. There Is no form of hunt.
ing SO exciting as this. When the
spoor Is found there is generally
nothing TO show II you have struck
II early or late in the lions wander.
ings, so that IL is quite q chance
whether 10 leads you for hours over am
sorts of country, or whether. after half
a mile down on a sandy river bed or
path, 10 turns on into a thick patch
of reeds or bush close by, where the
lion is lying. II Is extraordinary how
the excitement grows as time goes on.
and sim you keep the track some
times very slowly, where only now
and then part Of a footprint can be-
seen on soft place between the
stones, az other times as fast as you
can walk over soil where the track
is visible many yards ahead. And
when the Epoor Is lost and minute
after minute goes by while YOU cast
about yainly in every direction how
wrotched you are, and how quickly
your spirits rise again when "a low
whistle or swapping of the fingers am.
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by narrow paths. My second shikari
at that time was a very tall fellow,
called jana, with enormous feet Sew
eral u.--s during the track Abdullah
had turned round to pitch into him for
making such a noise, ald now he con
fided TO me that jana walk all same
cow" and that We had better leave
him behind here with the pony and
boy, as the lions were sure 10 be in
the place in front Of u.s. Knowing
nothing about it. / agreed and went
on with Abdullah We were walking
quietly along the outside Of one OF the
thickets when Abdullah suddenly
clutchcd me by the arm and pointed
towards a tree standing on the edge
Of the bush yards of. The tree was
divided into two towards the bottom
and the sun was throwing the shadow
OF a bush on the ground inside the
hollow
This was where Abdullah was point
ing, getting more excited but could
make out nothing at all, until a great
yellow beast moved suddenly out Of
the shadow and slipped away on the
far side. ! fred from the hip, letting
of both barrels into the tree We
rushed round 10 the other side of the
thicket just in time 20 see q fine
lioness come out could not get
clear shot 40 once and when I did.
after running some distance. ! was
shaking SO that ! could not get ON her
at an, and missed She kept lobbing
along just ahead, every now aud then
stopping TO look around and show her
teeth az u.s. Each time she stopped
! shot, but so badly that ] wasted
seven bullets al different ranges
without touching her The first six
did not seem 20 annoy her az an, but
the last hit the ground just under her
teeth, and either the bullet so close.
frightened her or "a stone hit her, for
she sprang on with a snarl and a
flourish of her tail and. putting on the
pace, In a minute or two ran clean
away from us. I was terribly disap.
pointed and annoyed with myself and
! thought Of course, that everything
was over for the day after AN this
shooting. but Abdullah. who was al
most weeping hardly gave me time
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tied a rope to one OF it's legs, and
passing it over the fence fastened it
TO a heavy water barrel inside the
camp We sat up for bit and got
a few shots at hyenas. and then we
went TO bed, telling the sentry TO keep
a sharp lookout and to let us know II
lions came TO the carcass
Some time after / awoke 10 find
Abdullah bending over me, with my
rife In his hand. lie was frightmny
excited. and all could get out OF him
was "Libah, sahib. libah!" ("Lion, sir,
liOn.') Jumping up ! rushed out just
as my companion fired two shots into
the darkness. The first thing ! saw
when 1 got to where he stood was that
a great piece of the skerm round the
camp had disappeared, leaving a
broad gap. could not for a moment
think what had happened, and then Il
struck me that when the carcase had
been dragged away the water barrel
must have got hitched against the
inside Of the interlaccd mimosa
boughs and the whole lot had gone to-
gether. Il was frightfully dark out
side. and we stood peering out for
some time without being able to dis.
tinguish anything; but after a few
minutes we could hear something
tearing at the flesh quite close by.
We had a shot or two al the sound,
and the beasts. whatever they were,
went away As at that time we knew
nothing about lions, We were not
quite sure that they were not hyenas
after all; but Abdullah stuck TO Il
they were lions, so We got our beds
and lay down one ON each side OF the
opening. just behind the fence 20
watch, hoping that the brutes would
come back. Nothing further happened.
however AT daybreak we sailed out
10 see IL by any chance we had man.
aged TO hit a lion. but We only found
two or three dead hyenas. one of
these brutes had been partly eaten;
we thought at the time by other hy-
onas. as Il was still TOO dark 20 make
out tracks. We came 90 the conclu-
sion we had made idiots of ourselves.
and had been shooting an night az
hyenas. and We did not feel any the
better when our friends came back
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Reading the Lion Tracks.


Abdullah rtill insisted that there
had been lions round the camp. and
a little later we found the spoor of
one big lion by the body of the half.
eaten hyena. The ground was very
stony and there were 70 other tracks
to be seen. but one lion could hardly
have dragged the donkey and heavy
barrel away so quickly. so there were
probably more The other hunters
had got hold of a man at the village
who said he knew where the lions
always lay. so they went with aim.
Soon after they left Ahdullah, who
had been hunting about came and
told me that he had picked rp the
track of one non on soft ground a IT,
tie way from camp, and that we ought
to follow IL. At that tine none Of us
knew much about tracking. and we
had had such bad luck after the ele-
plants that we did not think much
OF our shikaries, and ! did not think
it was much good, Abdullah persuaded
me and I went. After we u.I followed
the track for some distance ] quite
caught his enthusiasm. and when the
single track was joined by three 9TH
ers, was divided between delight at
the prospect of having four lions all
to myself and the thought that per
haps ! had more on my hands than /
could manage alone.
After a track OF about an hour we
came in sight Of two or three big
thickets Of "irgin" bushes surrounded
by open mimosa scrub ana intersected
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the point Of the island Although we
were standing within few yards Of
him, aud absolutely in the open. he
did not see as.
He was facing straight towards us,
and was so close that ] did not like
10 fire al him as, on receiving the bull
let. he would be very likely TO plunge
in the direction he was going and be
into us: nor did / want him TO come
any closer; so, as he stepped down on
to the sand, / moved my rife up
towards my shoulder 70 attract his at
tention. He saw the movement at
once. stopped dead, and turned his
head sharply towards us. For the
fraction of a second ] thought he was
going to be startled into charging,
but he plunged of TO the Left with an
angry srar at us over his shoulder
AS ne passed I pulled, and he skated
along on his stomach and fell down a
little ledge On the sand, This Slowed
him round. and he lay facing MS,
spread-easled on the sand, evidently
quite unable 10 move. AN the life in
him seemed concentrated IN MS eyes
which glared al us furously. Another
shot put him out of his misery. The
first shot. a very bad one, lad grazed
the spine just I'm front Of the withers'
another quarter of an inch higher and
IL would have missed altc-Ctier.
This lion was quito maneless, ex-
cept for a few long hairs GA 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 has stomach
was quite empty which accounted for
his going so far before lying up. We
had 10 stop at the main camp for the
uight when We got there. and did not
follow up our camels ull the next day
I have described this track rather at
length because It Is a good example Of
many similar DAYS.
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| Hohe villages whore the natives had
been very much bothered by five lions
which were said % be sim I'm the
neighborhcod A girl had been killed
two days before, and an enormous
amount Of damage had teen done
among the sheep and cattle. The first
day We camped there two OF our party
had shooting zerebas made at the VII.
sase 90 which the lions generally
came, and just before sunset they
went of there.
/ tied mp 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 scume out.
side, and it was evident that some.
thing was attacking our donkeys. It
was pitch dark. and we frol several
shots in the direction Of the sound
before we discovered that the attack.
ing beasts were hyenas We did not
mind having a donkey killed instan-
taneously by a lion. but we had not
bargained for the poor beasts getting
mauled by hyenas so taking a lamp
We went out TO see what had nap.
pened My donkey had got OFF with
a nasty bite iu the hollow Of the hind
leg above the hook and we had him
taken into the camp az once. The
other was completely disembowelled
and must have been killed instantly.
We could not find any dead hyenas.
but We were pretty sure that on, or
two must nave been hit Seeing that
If the lions did come to the dead don.
key there would not De much chance
Of hitting them on so dark a night.
we pulled the carcass right under the
skerm or fence round the camp. and,
to prevent hyenas dragging It away,
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Death Of the Jungle Lord.

Abdullah called up jana and the
pony boy. and they soon had the hide
or and tied on the pony. / thought
all the time that Abdullah knew all
about the other one. but as be seemed
to be going right home, I asked him If
We had not bettcr go and look for it,
and he replied that it was the same
lion all the time and that ] had
missed IL the first shot. / did not feel
quite sure about # myself. but the
moan in the bushes could only have
come from a wounded beast, so I told
him we had better 90 and look any.
way. He evidently thought IL was
waste OF time, but when We got back
to where the lion had been hit sc
soon found some blood. and going
quietly down a little path between the
"irgin" bushes we came round a cor.
ner almost on top of the lion. lie was
stone dead. was very pleased at
scoring of Abdullah, as he mad shown
such evident disgust at my shooting.
We met one Of our party on our way
back to camp, and told him he might
run across the lioness II he followed
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TO set my wind o little before he
rushed me back again AS we ran
round the place whore We had Grst
seen the lloness, q tine lion appeared
walking slowly out OF another thicket
towards us. AS / shot he turned
and plunged Thorough an opening In the
bushes TO our right We ran round an
outstanding bush TO head him 30 he
broke out and met a lion facing us. Just
as ! fired J heard moan TO the right.
so / was sure it was not the same lion.
This one staggered away at tho shot
and fell stone dead close by.
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PerlIs Of he Nan Eater.

My FIRST experience in tracking lions
was early in 1892, and the night be.
fore was rather am exciting one. After
hunting elephants unsuccessiully for
about month, we were ON our way
south when we arrived one day az
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Driving the Lion TO Bay.

ne shape made e easy place 20
drive for a little way out from the
point one could easily command tho
Whole of &C. The lion was almost Ger.
Tam 20 break out of one OF the sides
towards the bush on the banks of the
riVerbed, In which case / should get
an easy br0adside shot If we fol.
lowed the track into the place. the
noise we wcrc sure TO mako would be
very likely 20 get the beast on his
legs and he would sneak ont at one
side as we went In at The other. es.
pecially as the water had left a lot of
dead sticks along the edges. over
which it would be impossible to walk
quietly. Abdullah also said that from
the way he had wandered about this
lion must Do very hungry, and would
sleep lightly. These considerations
decided us TO drive. posted myself
with Abduilah faw Yards OUT from
the point and the other Two men. hay.
ing collected some stones. began throw.
ing them in at the far end. Abdullah
was right about this lion Sleeping
lightly; for at the first stone there
was O growl and crash in the bushes
and then, for q minute or two. not a
sound. Tho men started TO walk down.
one on each side, shooting and throw
ing in stones. Twas watching them. and
wondering what had happened TO the
lion. when there was a faint cracking
Just in front of as, and he appeared at
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lne apex of which pointed up the
llFer From this point the sides
Nluened out 70 the other end. which
was about thirty yards broad. the
whole length being somewhat under
a hundrcd Yarda-
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from their night at the village and
told as we had probably frightened
every lion out of the country by oui
ombardmeut
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CIOsInq In on the PreY.

nounces that one of the crackers has
hid n of mrLhnr ON
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HE best piece Of
lion tracking lever
saw lasted five full
hours and IS so
memorable In sew
eral respects that /
purpose to use Il as
an introduction 10
that general method
OF lion hunting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-30

been ten times better of II they had
been spanked and sent home and
taught something.
Swimming Too Far.
Susanna Wesley was the mother Of
nineteen children. That's going some.
That beats having a brindle nose pug
or a Spltz dog. like to shock some of
you chumps. Say. you know It's nature
to follow. You have started across the
room and your little one has started
to follow you, and pretty soon you hear
dull thud and you look and there
the little one Is sprawling on the floor.
but 1t seems to say to you: Go on.
papa. I'm coming"
1 read the other day of where Judge
Alton B. Parker, late democratic can
didate for president, took his little
grandson and went out Tor a swim in
the Hudson. He put the little fellow
on his back and swan out. then threw
him on his breast and let him stay
there until he got a rest, and in chang
Ing the little one to his back again he
became strangled, and grasping his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-30

WISCONSIN LAND.

For Sale--S0 acres good timber land
Ashland county, Wisconsin: heavy tim
Der; good soil; good markets for tim
Der and farm products. Two and one
half miles from town. on road; creek
touches corner. Price $1,250: $500 cash
balance as You remove timber. Good
Wisconsin timber and wild land. Write
for booklet, Andrew Wood q. Co., 43l
Gillian block, st. Paul. MINI.
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IOWA FARMS FOR SALE.

My seven farms in Howard Co Sizes
so to 240 acres each-three of them 40
acres. All deep black loan. smooth and
desirable. we'll improved and near town
Prices. $50 TO $40 per acre. Easy terms
No agents. Deal with owner. Send for
full particulars II, l.. SPAULDING,
Elma, Iowa.
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FOR sALE-lowA LANDS.
DON'T READ THIS.

26o acres located AZ miles from town
of LOO inhabitants situated in Hardin
county; improvements are complete
and in first class order. Price $65 per
acre; terms to suit buyer. This is a
snap. Inquire of +. w. Hurd, Will
liams, Iowa,
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DO you WANT SOMETHING eoop7

There Is nothing better than an Iowa
farm. See this-A snap--160, fair i'm
provements. Good soil; Near school,
nice lake. Price s62. worth sos. Write
or call at once, G. Chaffee. (P. L. M,
Ruthven. Iowa.
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CUT RATE SHIPPING.
Closing Out Sale.

Will sell at public auction May I. 1909,
Mt p. M. one mile east OF court house,
horses. cows, hogs, machinery. rs bush
els OF seed potatoes and all household
goods. Will sell anything listed by
others.
w. r. MOON, Auctioneer.
M. q. WALTER, Owner,
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California the Para.
disc of the Home
seekers

Tho place for the small capitalist az
we'll as the large. the great Sacra-
mento Valley grows everything found
in the temperate zone, as we'll as nil
sub Tropic fruits. 1t IS there that you
find the most salubrious climate where
vegetation grows twelve months of tho
year, 1t is there that you escape the
snow and rigor oof winter. and where
you find delightful summer climate,
The red loans OF the foot hills grows
the most delicious oranges, lemons fgs.
pomegranates, grape fruit, and olives.
Nut growing offers great possibilities,
English walnuts, pecans. almonds and
chestnuts thrive and yield large and
profitable crops. in fact everything
grown in the state does we'll here at
the town OF Palermo. We are selling ten
acre tracts, joining orange groves at
$50 TO s125 per acre on very favorable
terms. per cent interest on deferred
payments. Call and see me, these lands
will double In value in the next year.
everything Indicates 1t, the Western
Pacific Railroad will be the short iine
to the east when completed. and runs
thru these lands and the town Of Pal-
ermo. Secure one OF these tracts while
1t Is possible
yonr~ s,rr,t~
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NORTH DAKOTA LAND.

For Sale--I have few OF the best
farms near Minor. Sargent county. N.
D., ranging from 100 to 40 acres at
SAG to sS7 per acre. All with good
improvements Bargains. For parties
uars write II. B. Thompson. Minor.
n. D.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-30
EGGS. EGGS. EGGS.

Buy your eggs for Matching from the
largest poultry Yards. Choice matings
Barred Plymouth Rocks, first pen. -
per sitting Of fifteen eggs; second pen
$780, third pom 81. White Wyandottes
first pen So second pen 81. Black MI
norcas, first pen So: Brown Lcshorns.
first pen 50: second pen 81. Weller &
Krause. Marshalltown. Iowa, 1104 West
Church street,
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For Salc-200- acre farm. the bext in
North Dakota; 20 acres pasture: some
tame hay; balance all under cultiva-
ton. Barn. 3sx5o. hay loft, capacity
90 tons; grnnary, shed. Groom house.
hot water heat. all well built and
painted: wanted enough down TO mako
sale good. H. g. Holtz, Flaxton, Ward
county. n. D.. II. D. No. 2.
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ror Sa1e = S2V acres eight miles
southeast OF Kimball, $50 acres under
cultivation, rented Ia crop; every acre
can be plowed. Price. $4,000, $1,000
cash. balance at per cent 1So acres
five miles southeast OF Ki,nban. 10
acres under c,i tivation. rented LIS crop,
all can be plowed, price. $500. han
cash. balance at per cent. Write 70
owner, Frank Aashekr -Kilnball. s. D.
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quire of j. II. Stewart, one mile south
east of Minerva.
For Sae-Three more young fun
blood Shorthorn bulls. Lewis Bros.
Marshalltown.
For Sale - Four-year-o horse
broke to drive: bicycle: refrigerator,
and sleigh. 212 West South street.
Inquire DIR. r. ID. Brady.
For Sale-Standard and registered
trotting stallion, will sell cheap. / have
no time to take care of him, w. 3, FL
lott. owner.
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For Sale-ouartcr section North Da-
kota. Cash or crop payment. Address
c.. care T.-R.
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SOUTH DAKOTA LAND.

For Sale or Trade--One and one-ha
sections Of land near Reliance, Lyma,
county, S. ID. Box 1875, Reliance, &. D
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Wanted--Girl or boy that can se
type. Board, room and SO per week
Address Rhodes News. Rhodes. Iowa.
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Wanted-Man and wife or two ladies
to share house with me. Mrs. l.. o.
Farber, 500 North Third avenue.
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For Sale-Incubators. also poultry
houses and brood coops. C. L. Duff
field.
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and the next Oldest child, and on down
until the baby in the cradle, and to see
that father and mother lock arms and
all start to hell. like many Of them
are doing today.
Facing Condition.
OF what value are the things you
have in this world? Nearly all young
mon in the reformatories in this coun-
try had, no TOMBSTONE Of them
had M but most of them had cast
themselves loose Grom home ties and
become confirmed Migrants. The gene
sis of vagrancy is too big subject to
discuss this evening, and yet 1t is one
of the most fruitful sources of crime
among boys and girls About one
tenth of the boys and girls in the re-
fornatories have lost both parents:
fully one-half of them have lost either
father or mother, and sixty-seven per
cent of them came from homes where
the father and> the mother had been
divorced. Broken homes and broken
lives seem to be connected. We are
facing the conditions as they exist, not
as they find birth In our imagination.
Look at the sons and daughters who
are brought up in idleness! They
rapidly acquire bad habits and fire.
Quently get themselves In disreputable
escapades which make you sometimes
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Wanted-Work on a farm by mar
ried man. C-2s care T.-R
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WANTED.

Misunderstanding to do at my home,
427 Union street
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Wanted-To buy a secondhand ice
cream cabinet, single or double. c. b.
French, Maxwell, Ia.
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Wanted-Railway mail clerks. $500
first year. Examination for Mar
shalltown May Is. Preparation free.
Write Immediately. Franklin Institute.
Rochester, N. Y.