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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
Bushels

United States 4A6, 3S6, 900 1924. 600
The increase indicated for the
whole country is from 44s, ss6, 200
bushels to ass. 3s4. zoe bushels, or by
1I.s2s. 600 bushels. equal to 81. per
cent. and. for the five Southern
States. from 4i.2s9.ooo bushels 70
e2.201.o0o bushels. rby 1912. 900
bushels. equal to SOS per cent. II
the crops in the remaining Southern
States Increased at the same rate. the
total for the South would be 120. 00o.-
oee. 1t must ba remembered. though.
that the increase Of T2.7S0.000 bush
els in Texas over 1908 carries the pro-
duction in that State but S.63e, 600
bushels beyond the production OF 1898
as the 1909 crop was an abRormally
small one. and that the 1910 crop in
Maryland is but 1.27o.o0o bushels
greater than the 1908 crop. The year
1903 was poor one for the crop in
NEST of the States, showing an ad-
vance this year. II the remaining
Southern States show only the same
crop as last year. the total : IN ths
south would be 71.21e.oe0 bushels
But there has been a general increase.
which leada to the expectation that
the total will be nearer 100. 600 600
bushels than 75.ooo.0eo bushels,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
OVER MILLION FOR
TATE'SWhTERWAYs
$25o,oo0 Coming for Improve
ment of the James
River.

Az the last session of Congress Viz
ginia received appropriations aggre-
eating s1.154.7o0 for the Improvement
OF waterways. or this sum the James
river secured quarter of million
dollars.
The following table shows how the
money will be spent:
Viruinfa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
wand co-Onrr..sin,n.

Under the auspices az the board OF
trade of Bristol, Va, an effort is be-
ing made to secure the cooperation
or railway managemsnts and other
experts In the industsiAl commercial
and agricultural development Of
Southwest Virginia and East Tennes-
see.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
FARMERS UNION MEET
AT PHOENIX FOR PICNIC

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
kEyaVILLE, VA. Aug. l3.--The
County Farmers Educational and CO.
operative Union held = picnic at Phoe-
nix, on the Virginia railway. yesterday.
An immense crowd was in attendance.
State President David NJ. Gannaway
and State Secretary H. L. Petty, deliv-
cred public addresses.
After the dinner hour an executive
session OF the Union was held. at which
muoh business OF Importance to the or
der wns transacted.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-13
BIC WHEAT CROP
IN SOUTH [AhO
Expect 1000, 900 Bushels from
Virginia, Texas, Maryland,
Tennessee and Kentucky.

Preliminary figures of the winter
wheat crop indicate total in the
South this year of cioee to 100, o00.
oa9 bushels. Five States. which
yielded So per cent. Of the Southern
crop In 1903. show an aggregate OF
62.2o1,000 bushels. or about /. 100, Geo
more than the total In the South IN
1903. Comparisons OF these FIVE
States In the two years follow:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

other rhino; it was dead, killed by that
one shot. 1t was an old bull with a
short but very powerful horn. l was
glad that the crowd, having come all
this distance to get rhino meat, would
not be disappointed after all, and left
them chopping up the huge carcass.
In the meanwhile tried to stalk an
antelope had seen about a mile on;
for just beyond this patch of long
grass the plain was covered with short
grass barely six inches high. had
thus the advantage of seeing the
game, but the disadvantage of being
seen by 1t. AS l drew nearer l saw,
still farther OF. again a pair Of rhinos.
Trusting to their limited range of
vision and to the wind being in my
favor. went towards the pair. At 200
yards they appeared to have noticed
us. for they stood and looked towards
us. Kneeling on the ground I aimed
at the one with the longer horn; but
just as pulled the trigger the smaller
rhinc veered round and intercepted
my bullet; the wound was not a NOR.
tai one. With a snort OF rage both an.
finals came In a sharp trot toward us.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
AIRSHIP AMERICA
A CRUMPED MASS
WALTER WElLMAN AND CREW
ABANDON GIANT DiRiclelE
TO ITS FATE.
oarina Aviators Seek Safety on an
Ocean Liner When Balloon Gets
Beyond Control.

New York.-Walter WelIman's at
tempt to Cross the Atlantic In an air.
ship has failed, but Wellman, his five
companions and a kitten, who essayed
the voyage, are safe. The airship-
the giant America-is a battered aerial
derelict, abandoned at sea, perhaps
still in the air, perhaps sunk beneath
the waves with her costly equipment.
When deserted she had been in the
air probably ~ hours, a new worlds
record for dirigibles, and, driven by
the wind, had traversed doubtless 800
miles. Whether the distance record for
dirigibles-S70 miles-aiso will be
broken remains to be computed.
Wellman and his fellow air nayi-
gators were picked up off the North
Carolina coast by the steamship
Trent. They left their craft only be-
cause she was in distress and blown
so far from the lane of transatlantic
steamship travel that a continuation
of the voyage with the British Isles
as the objective point was hopeless.
So. summoning aid by wireless, the
difficult and dramatic transfer from
the airship to the steamship was &c
complished and the America was left
to the fate of the winds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
A BIG STRIKE IS THREATENED.
At Least 10000 Men May BE involved
Within a Meek

St. Louis.-In a statement made
here, James O'Connell. president OF
he International Association Of Ma
chinists, announced that unless the
Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain railroad
system decided to accede at once to
the demands Of the machinists, made
several months ago, he will order q
strike of all allied trades. This will
involve about 5000 men in addition
o the 200 already on strike, and
probably cause the complete shutting
Town of the company's shops located
n Little Rock, Ark, and Sedalia. Mo.
II this fails to bring about the de-
tired effect, President O'Connell de-
,lares he will order out every mar
m all the Gould lines, embracing the
Cotton Belt, International Gre
Northern, Texas Pacific, Western
Maryland, Denver & Rio Grande, an
a number OF smaller lines. This vii.
mean fully 10000 men on strike.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

Black Hawk returned to the Illinois
shore with the determination to re-
main. Lincoln was made captain of
one Of the companies which took up
the campaign against the Indians. The
expedition gave number of names to
the localities along the route which
are still borne. 1t Is interesting to
note that Is years after his brush with
Black Hawk, Lincoln, when he was
coming into prominence. again visited
Yellow Banks and after making q
speech there came to Burlington by
boat. Yellow Banks had become
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

the prairies Of Illinois to the Missis-
sippi river at point near Burlington,
then known as Flint Hills. The march
was made from Burlington, H., to
Oquawka. then known as the Yellow
Banks on account of the peculiar col
oring Of the river shore line. From
Oquawka the route was laid to the
mouth Of the Rock river.
There were two expeditions in the
Black Hawk war, one in 1881, when
Black Hawk escaped from the pur.
suers and crossed the Mississippi. and
the second In the following year, when
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Bagging Two

At the first shot, at the rhino with
The longest horn. It sank into sitting
posture on its hind legs. and at the
second shot 1t rolled over. The other
shino raced furiously round and round
b ever increasing circles around the
fallen one. and then went OF at tan
gent On walking up to the fallen rhi-
no It staggered to its feet and at
tempted to charge. but 1t only gored
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

staggered a few yards further and
rolled over finally on to his side. In
the meanwhile l gave several shots to
the old one. to put her out Of pain, as
blood was streaming from her nose
and mouth. Then she. too, fell down
and rolled over. Curiously enough,
their backs were turned towards each
other and their tails almost touching.
The female had remarkable anterior.
1t was about this time that I was
ompelled to turn from the hunting Of
animals to the hunting of men, as the
Wanyoro rebellion was growing all
around us daily.
The feeling o. insecurity and i'm
pending disaster seemed present with
every one; for my four servants, who
sleep in huts outside the fort at Ma
sfndi, came to me in body and asked
permission to sleep this night inside
the fort and near me. l gave, Of
course, a ready consent.
Darkness had set in, and I was in
my hut-the medical officers resi-.
dence-in the fort at Masindi, enter
ing in diary by candle light the
events Of the day. This hut consists
Of mud walls, a grass-thatched roof, q
mud floor, two apertures serving as
windows and closed by wooden shut
tiers. and a wooden door. 1t was over
run by white ants, spiders and rats.
Suddenly, at $3.50 p. m, two men
came running into my room-Fadle-
mula Effendi. the Soudanese ofiicer in
command. and the headman of Kagan-
ga. our Wanyoro ally. Both men were
armed. The Effendi hurriedly told me
that the Soudanese sergeant major,
when doing his round of patrol inspec-
lion. had been set upon by hostile
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
DAMAGE RUNS TO MILLIONS.
Southern Florida Suffers, But Details
Of Storm Are Scarce.


Of Storm Are Scarce.
Jacksonville, Fla.@What undoubt-
eddy will prove to be the most de-
structive storm in the history Of the
southeastern extremity of the United
States has swept the entire Florida
peninsula, doing damage estimated at
several million dollars. About 10000
square miles of territory south Of
Jacksonville has been without any
means of communication with the
outside world for more than three
days. The last reports from .ais sec
ion embracing all that territory south
of a line from Tampa to st. Angus
inc told of hurricane winds, hourly
increasing in intensity and rapidly
falling barometers. The orange
trucking industry is probably ruined.
Jacksonville sustained heavy proper
ty damage, but it is believed there
was no loss Of life in the vicinity.
Reports from Savannah, Ca, tell
of much damage by the wind and
tidal waves. Ocean resorts in the
vicinity of Savannah suffered most.
At Tybee the sea broke over the wall
at the government reservation and
the parade ground is under several
feet of water. The new Tybee hotel
stands in the ocean and miles of the
island car tracks have been washed
out. The residents are fearful Of a
repetition of the memorable storms of
1881 and 1893, when the entire island
practically was under water and hun
dreds of lives were lost in the low
lands.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Shooting Rhinoceros in Uganda
Bvw. J. Ansoree A.LL.D.MRCs.LRCP.

Wanyoro and had been killed by q
spear thrust IN the back. As turned
to get my Martini rife and lantern
the Efendi rushed away. and did not
see him again till after the occurrence
of the subsequent sad events. Az
hurried towards the entrance Of tho
fort l was accompanied by the Arme-
MAN clerk and by my servants, my
plpcky little Wahima boy keeping
close to my side and carrying my rife
for me; my Arab servant had armed
himself with my second rife. Before
l could reach the entrance was met
by a rush of armed Soudanese soldiers
and completely surrounded by them
near the corn stores inside the fort.
These corn stores consist of huge
wicker baskets, plastered on the inside
and on the outside with mud. They
are raised above the ground on wood
en- trestles about two feet high; and
they are protected against sun and
rain by a grass-thatched cover resem-
bling a candle extinguisher. Dry food.
such as Indian corn. is stored up in
this manner In anticipation Of unfore-
seen occurrences.
Nearly all the Soudanese soldiers at
the time at Masindi were raw recruits.
When they surrounded me they were
mad with excitement They had re-
fused to listen to their officers voice
and had rushed into the fort against
his direct orders. All their rifles were
loaded and were pointed at me. They
were shouting angrily, but as did not
understand one word I was fortunate
ly able to remain unmoved. My Arab,
however, understood, and he said to
me in Swahah: Master, get back to
the house; they mean to do you some
harm" Even II I had wanted to re-
treat, could not have done so. as
was hemmed In on all sides. 1t Is sur
prising that one of the rifles In all this
pushing and surging crowd did not go
on by accident and stretch me dead.
A mercHul Providence saved my life
and saved, thereby, the whole of I'm
yoro; for my death would have COM
mitted the men, once for all, to throw
in their lot with the mutineers and to
fight to the bitter end against the
avenging hand of England's might,
which was already overtaking the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
The Hunter Returns Wounded

My hammock now proved very well
come. and in it was carried back to
Fort Smith. What worried me on the
way was not so much the pain as the
thought that if the great toe was not
so really done for, l should have to
amputate my own toe, not a very
pleasing prospect, or as an alternative,
something even more disagreeable to
contemplate, should have to ask one
of the officials at the fort to cut the
toe off; and not one of them had the
necessary surgical knowledge. This
brought wildly to my mind a scene
once witnessed by my father in an In
dian village. A blacksmith happened
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

but I have never seen one Of them.
The Indian rhino has only one horn; 1t
also differs in having huge massive
folds of skin, which make 1t look as il
clad in q coat of mail, like a battle
horse of the middle ages. Notwith-
standing the absence of these folds,
the skin of the African rhino Is more
than an inch thick along the back and
sides, and over the abdomen. where
1t is comparatively thin. 1t is fully half
IN inch. An extinct two-horned species
Of rhino, discovered in the ice fields of
Siberia, along with the extinct man.
moth, had a shaggy coat of long wool;
but the present Africa representatives
Of these antediluvian rhinos and ele-
plants have practically a naked skin.
with the exception Of the tip of the
tail. which is fringed with long bris-
ties.
The upper lip of the rhino overlaps
the lower, and 1t is pointed and pre-
hensile. I watched a rhino browsing
on the leaves of shrubs and bushes; 1t
plucked OF the single leaves as deftly
~ any experienced tea gatherer strip
ping tea shrub Of its leaves. 1t has
very small eyes and a short range of
vision: il does not seem to be able to
distinguish a human being at a quar-
ter of a mile. even when on a perfect
II open plain.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

other murderers. ! felt that l was ap-
preciably near death, for the bearing
of the soldiers was most menacing.
Fortunately, the Effendi's voice was
heard shouting over and over again:
1T is not war against the fort" This
no doubt helped to save US and the
fort. None of the soldiers seemed to
know exactly what was to be the next
step. and whether or not 1t was to be
open mutiny against the government
They had not yet quite made up their
minds whether l was to be killed. Pre-
sumably no one had q private grudge
to avenge on my person, and not q few
Of them may have been at one time or
another under my hands for medical
treatment. I endeavored to get them
under control by pointing out that the
fort had to be defended against the
supposed common enemy. Gradually
regained some authority over them,
and they obeyed me so far that they
went to guard various positions which
I indicated, such as the bastions, the
powder magazine and the ammunition
store. But when wanted to leave the
fort. to attend to what was happening
outside, they firmly but politely re.
fused to let me out. on pretext that my
life would be In danger. For q short
time l was practically prisoner in.
side the fort in the hands of the Sou.
canese soldiers.
In the meanwhile a number of shots
were being fired outside the fort, and
the sky had become lurid with burning
huts. The first rumor, as brought to
me by Fadlemula Efendi. that the
sergeant major had been killed by
Wanyoro at Bekamba's kraal. no doubt
led to the insubordinate soldiers at
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
To Mark Lincoln's March

permanent markers to outline the
march which Abraham Lincoln took
up In the Black Hawk war. Only the
oldest inhabitants in those regions
now have any memory Of the course
Of that campaign. which is not adeQu-
ately outlined In history.
The object Of the markers will be to
fix permanently the line of march and
the camping grounds planned by the
martyr president The way he'd across
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

to be the accredited village surgeon.
A man appeared at the forge with an
injured great toe. The blacksmith re-
quested him to put his foot on the an
vii, and before either patient or on
lockers had time to realize what was
about to happen. with a stroke of his
chisel and hammer the blacksmith had
clean chopped of the toe.
The three hours return journey to
the fort allowed time for the collateral
circulation to establish itself in my in
jured foot, and when dressed the
wound at the fort l was delighted to
find that amputation was not neces-
sary. Within a month, applying ordin-
airy antiseptic treatment, the wound
had thoroughly healed, leaving linear
scar on the dorsal surface and a round
scar on the sole of the foot where the
bullet had made its exit Also the long
tendon, upon which depends so much
of the movement of the great toe, be-
came reunited, though clean severed
by the accident. In the course of q
month a good deal O. the original
movement was restored to the injured
part.
My third rhino was again an old
bull. shot 1t near the Kiboke river.
to the west side of the caravan route.
There was good deal of bush about,
which made it easy to stalk within
twenty yards Of the rhino. | used the
Martini rife. preferred, owing to the
position of the rhino. to try the shout
der shot. At once it turned to charge,
but 1t was evidently MORALLY wounded,
for 1t staggered as it gored at the near
est bush. A second bullet. fired at the
head. entered the brain and rolled 1t
over. One man went OF to carry the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Charged by Two At Once

My two men would have started up
and bolted. but just managed to pre-
vent 1t. All three of us now crawled
on ON our stomachs, endeavoring to
get out of the way of the advancing
rhinos. The two others got ahead of
me. when suddenly my Martini rife,
which I was dragging along with my
left hand, blazed OF. The muzzle was
pointing behind me and at the moment
nearly touched my left foot. The bull
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Rice Areas Are Estimated.

Washington.-A preliminary esti-
mate Of the area planted to rice in the
United States this year is made BY
the Department OF Agriculture az
H. 300 acres, 67.3 per cent of which
Is devoted to the Honduras variety.
while 1913 per cent is sown with the
Japanese kind. The estimated acre
age by states follows: Arkansas.
$1,000 acres; Louisiana, 81, 300; Tex
as, 264.S00; South Carolina, 1880;
Georgia, 1000; Mississippi, 5000;
North Carolina, 1900; Alabama, 1000;
Florida, 900.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

let went clean through my foot. The
trigger, l suppose, had caught In some
stubble. What made 1t worse was that
the loud report was accompanied by a
cloud Of smoke, though l am not sure
now whether it was not this very
smoke which hid us from the two ap-
preaching rhinos. My men jumped up
and ran away, whereupon l, too.
Jumped up and ran; but within fifty
yards or less / sank to the ground.
overpowered by the pain in my wound
ed foot.
The rhinos fortunately galloped OF
without having seen US. l wore long.
heavy leather shooting boots. reaching
up to my knees. With some difficulty
got the boot and the blood-soaked
sock of. The bullet had not smashed
up the parts, but drilled q clean hole
where the great toe joins the foot. The
toe itself was cold, blue and apparent
ly dead. l tore OF long strip of cloth
tn serve as tourniquet and bandage,
and twisted it tightly over the injured
part to staunch the flow of blood. My
two men returned to me with sincere
regrets at not having noticed, in their
panic, my accident The sorrow and
universal sympathy Of my black serv-
ants and caravan porters was touching
and gratifying. as am certainly in
favor of upholding strict discipline in
a caravan. l am certain natives ap-
preciate a white mans rule the more
If he is firm, but at the same time
scrupulously just in his dealings with
them.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21

Oquawka and was thriving village.
The markers to be placed along the
route will be Of stone and with suit
able inscriptions. and a map of the
march will be drawn and copies kept
on file among the public records at
various points.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Plan tc Define Route Taken In Black
Hawk War Across Illinois
and Iowa.

Congressman Frank o. Lowden OF
Illinois. former Burlington resident.
has taken up the prosecution Of his
toricai project Of interest to western
Illinois and to . part Of Iowa. BY
che donation of sum Of money he has
GATHERED the project Of setting up
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
Stalking in the Grass

The second day after, q pair Of old
rhinos appeared in sight; there was a
good deal of grass about, and I was
able to stalk up to within hundred
yards. They were almost walking side
by side, grazing as they went along.
| aimed behind the right shoulder.
using the same Lee-Speed rifle. On
receiving the bullet the rhin0 sped
around toward me and gave a fierce
snort of rage. l dropped fiat on the
ground to hide myself, fully expecting
it would charge, and trusting it might
not see me In the long grass. As 1t did
not charge l ventured to raise myself
to find out what had become of It,
Both rhinos had disappeared over the
ridge of the hill. We followed with
great caution, not knowing il the
wounded rhino might not be playing a
dangerous game of hide-and-seek with
us In the long grass. l could see one
rhino racing away in the plain beyond,
already a mile or more beyond our
reach. At last we discovered the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-21
A PerpIexIna Publication.

dat cook book means all right"
said Miss Miami Brown. refiectively,
but l bet It gets me into trouble
yet" 81
What's the trouble?"
Bout every page Il say take SIX
eggs Now de question u. who = ]
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