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The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

ming over the close-cropped plain fifty
feet fet away. 1t was hardly dusk lsh be- f
walked into view Of the spot where
the goat had been slain. and after
head S and uttered a roar which made
the earth tremble. He stood head on
to me, right in front, OF the gap.
and while he still reared he was join
to take what. they wanted by force
Of arms, whether the villagers fought
well or poorly an and they ,,on were to
were wild with fight, and that was
my advantage. 1 knelt down, rested
was ready. After standing for ten
minutes on the spot where the goat was
killed. roaring almost continually the
lion advanced almost to within twenty
who had made it. but was afraid
he would suspect some trap and go
over the palisade at another point.
stood SoE ssns hs
sides with his tail and the goat be-
hind me kept up ,a,tGn moar3Ipl 9rI, 5ieat. at.
,on bonnd ne was maos about aas ffseen @ feet. ana
his next brought him against the
wires with an awful crash: His fore
as he hung for a moment
in a perpendicular position. his whole
belly exposed. / gave him the right
hand barrel full In the breast. and
would have pulled the other on him
only he dropped in heap Just as
the lioness struck the wires TO the
an ear and part of her head away. and
then picnic OCCURRED. In falling
backward she got her hind foot twist
ed in the wires and could not extract
IL She hung with shoulders on the
ground, and Of all the informal noises
made by Q wild animal her racket
capped the climax. She roared. Shrek |
q. grewled. howled. sobSed: moaned.
md wheesed and While every nan IN
ratified that Il vas Q. couple Of min-
ltes before could reload. when thinj
he wifes, put the mussle Of the gun
light egainst the writhtng body. and
hen blew The ME- on of Il The other
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went about twenty-five miles to q vii
lage called TIE Kin. where the inhabit-
anus mad for many weeks been living
in terror. 1t was a place almost ex-
actly similar to the other, and had
about the same number of inha bitants
but 1t appeared that thirty Of the men
age to face lion or the wit to Man
i,is,. his destruction; f,S;i Six people had been
a night passed without a lion visit,
ing the enclosure. While the stock
ade was in better shape than that in
FL Kick; there was one spot where the
This was where they had trenehed
through mound. this; leaving the
than a few feet away from II mig Tbe re
men declared the poles to be Just as
long there as anywhere else. but could
not understand that the lay of the
three feet advantage in jumping in
This spot was not over ten feet
wide and after close examination
tbs founa esntsa that of the lions had
killed a COW and dragged T and he 1ifted ted
her aeG oo,s: oysr, and. and the ends Of the log:
dried blood. On the first ln night nata Of an1 m1
arrival 1t seemed as il a dozen Ions
themselves with roaring and
nghting. The next day had the vii |
layers dig a pit at the foot Of the |
stockade, ten feet deep and four
broad and ten long. Then they
brought In limbs and made a waffle |!
large enough to spread over the ex-
cavation for q cover. My idea was
to capture . lion alive. but SO great |
was the terror Of the people that they
used every argument against the pian
was determined. however, and went
ahead with my plans. About twelve I
feet from the blockade was an old
bandoned hut. This was repaired AL
well as we could. and when night
came I took my station there with 4 1
would be apt. to entsr in case anyI
came. and all around us were thet
I've stock vhich had been driven in
Soon after sunset We heard twoI
ions rearing Then an was quiet for
lone Of the providers would come near
-. when I suddenly caught sight Of
! great black. object on the Stock-l
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didn't kick" N Ai'A' ou' sne
And why not?"
that she had no breath to spare The
nrst customer this morning was man.
he also wanted to kick. You could see
It In every motion. He wanted to give
my nose through the window
But he didn't do it?'
No, he didn't He was both deaf and
osme osnae and y, ~, wouldn't give him pencil and
DO the women kick as much as the
men," asked the scribe.
They probably would IL they came in
the same number. About four men to
one % woman S come here to pay their bills
been on our books for ten years. She
has never paid bill without kicks and
insults. and two years ago she brought
she % calIed sanSs Az nyerehsra us; There was what
called 1t a swindle and went to court to
teach US lesson In business morality.
she knew it was going to cost her $50 or
Noo, but she was determined woman.
And what did the COMPANY dos II
nrst sent an inspector to the house and
there ne saw beautiful sight The wid-
ow was employed in a department store
had five children to take care OF The
house. When the inspector reached it
ABOUT 4 o'clock in the afternoon, eyerv
Sos Jet III the mouse, and every burner
In the stove was going full blast. and
had been since 9 o'clock in the morning
The children were playing company and
they admitted that this was the fourto
time In the month. Then the connanv
stood the suit and you may guess the
wloow came out Of the little end of the
norm She was not crushed to earth,
however, but every time she has come
In since she has had a word for me anJ
II mas not been a good word, either. No
lawsuit or anything else can CONVINCE
ner that did not pocket her 50 to buy
collars and neckties'
But Is this state Of affairs to continue
tlsht along?' asked the interviewer as
ne was ready to turn away.
II Is unless you can work A great
change In human nature" was the reply
People must be taught that there Is hon
esty and rair-dealing in a gas Company
ana II Will be more difficult matter
than to convince the old topers that nro-
nioition is good thing. Meanwhile. let
US continue to smile-and to smile"
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
HUNTING BIG GAME

Copyright 1915 by Mcclure Newspaper syndioate)
was at Kishin. on the southern
coast of Arabia. as agent for an Eng
lish house which purcha sed hides and
pelts from the desert tribes, when a
deputation of natives came in with a
petition that a ''Makikki' be promuI-
gated. This was no more nor less than
that a courier be sent by the ruler OF
the city to read a proclamation to the
lions which had become unusually
numerous in the west The poor be-
nighted nomads believed that such q
proclamation would at once clear the
country of marsuders. but were told
to return to their camps call up their
manhood and courage and defend their
property with their lives.
About fifteen miles west of Kishin
lis the eastern border of the Arabian
Idesert. and along this border foA about
200 miles north and south were camps
and villages of half-civilized Arabs
/ had a talk with one of the men.
who came in. and he told me that none
1of them could remember when ther.
were so many lions about. and where
khey exhibited such boldness. Every
1Flock not only suffered from their dep
relations, but many people had been
killed and carried of. The hunters had
gone out, but somehow the beasts,
had either evaded them or their
weapons had been hov-doved. and they
were now at their wits end to know
what to do. As | had a months let
I'D from the business just then, and
wanted to study the native character
as much as possible. l agreed to go
out with them mad see what could be
done. ] was no mighty hunter. nor
had / ever tested my nerve on big
game, but the confidence of the ma
hives lsdtme to hope that / might a..
Quit myself with credit should occasion
ofSer. In their childlike simplicity
they argued that a white man had
only to show himself in the neigh
borhood to CAUSE the lions to run
away
took with me an outfit of such
things as Thought might be needed.
and mounted on a camel headed away
gor Q camp called El Kick. Each camp
has its name and is generally called |
after its head man or ruler. / found |
this camp to be situated on the bank
of a creek. and as 1t had been per-
manent for two years IL was en-
closed. The people numbered about
500 souls. occupying about eighty huts
and tents. which were packed very
closely. The herds pastured ON the
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Always winins to obIise,

1t was Texas town. and a long-limbed
Texan was making across the public
square toward the Court House with a
revolver In his hand when he was stop-
ped by m<e-~vho asked:
Are you on your way to the Court
House,"
sfes. sir. am" was the reply.
Going to shoot anybodyr"
Yes. sir-Lawyer johnson. II II hadn't
oeen for him, I shouldn't have lost NV
case yesterday. Yes, sir. going to ali
Are you In any great hurry about II ?.'
No special hurry, but when / have
shooting on hand Ike to get 1t OF INV
mind as soon as possible"
"Of course. but you see Lawyer John
son y nov arguing . case for me and
won't Be through for forty minutes. He's
going TO win Il for sure II not inferrupe-
ed. and II you viii only hold on Tor
awhils you viii do me 0reat favor"
why. certainly-Slad you mentioned
Z. No hurry about the shooting. % ~
u comes on today, and you can count on
me. Have Q drink with you? with the
greatest Of pleasure, and II yohnson IN 4
particular friend Of yours. I'll shoot him
~ softly a. can and give him evefy
shOw 70 de IKE . gentlsman--
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level lands to the north during tn.
| daytime. and at night were broush,
| into the village for safety. There wa.
| palisade enclosing about five acre.
| of ground. but il was old and out ot
repair, and there was no placa wh.,
lion could not jump it. Indeed. thew
rao jumped IT, and their weight thad
crushed it down for distance of sey-
eral feet, enabling them to trot off
with goat or calf or colt withou,
hlndrance. On the night before my
arrival lion had smashed down =
place seven feet wide, and this h.d
not yet been repaired 1t was ess;ar
TO build fire in the gap than m
close II up again
AS rule. not more than ons nat,
OF lions will frequent a neighborbood
but the natives insisted that there AZ
least were half a dozen prowl;ng
around. That first night I heard dis7
tinctly from four. at any rate ,ho,,nh
none OF them came very near to RI.
camp 10 the west of US was scrubby
rock ground, with here and there !.
thicket IL was the same to the south
1t was from these directions that the
lions came and they often passed c,e.r
around the enclosure before .+,.o,,
ing. Next day after my arrival every
man, woman and child SAT .hon.
strengthening the enclosure h..
brought out from Kishin a came, ,o.a
OF telegraph wires. which had been
stored in a warehouse there for .ay
eral years. being part Of the careo
taken from a vessel wrecked on RI.
coast. BY stretching this wire in tbr.a|
lines above the palisade we consider.
ably increased the height ana -.
new poles and a great QUANTITY ~
mud helped to make the defense Sc
cure.
Six feet inside the gap alluded to 7
dug rife pit Then we set a stou,
post on either side of the gan ana
wove the wire back and forth until
it would have stopped the charge ~
q buffalo bull. About o'clock In the
afternoon a goat was killed opposIte
the gap and its blood allowed 10 soak
into the ground When the aock r
were driven up at night a large fat
goat was tied to a stake just behind
my rifle pit.
Just AZ dusk came on got into the
pit with . double -barreled shotrun
loaded with slugs. while, as agreed
upon. the camp continued fits regular
routine. 20 ~ not 70 arouse suspicion.
II was . starlight night enough 90 |
that ! could have seen rabbit run. !
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
THE GAS MAN
The Public Will Never Loue Him.

down on the shelf the man shouts at me:
SO this gas company hasn't got
through swtndling me YETI
His meter shows that he burned the
gas but he will swear on a stack Of
Bibles that he had fewer burners going
than usual. l smile and smile, and take
In the money and receipt the bill He
goes out threatening a lawsuit but it
will never come. He knows he burned
that gas. People are careful of their
clothes. their rugs. their furniture and
their cooking utensils, but of one thing
they are almost criminally careless-that
IS their gas. 1t is generally lighted half
an hour before it is really needed and in
two rooms out Of ten every night In the
year, burner or two are forgotten and
left burning all night. The woman for
gets to turn the gas off in her stove after
supper and gets herself ready to so out
with her husband to the theater. That
stove burns so cents worth of gas while
they are gone. Yet thousands OF dollars
worth OF gas are wasted every month in
a big city and we are abused because We
want pay for it,
But there are some who don't kick"
suggested the interviewer?
Yes" smiled the smiler; there was a
woman here five minutes before you
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

walked forth from the tent and patted
each other on the back and congratu-
lated each other on being alive.
Mr.. Bowser's cooking was not quite up
to the mark for breakfast. but the other
four men We're in hurry to bring do VII
their first deer. and no criticisms were
made. He was left to get a MONDAY
dinner. and scarcely We're they ought OF
sight when he, set about 1t. 1t was
unanimously agreed that they should
have boiled. smoked ham for dinner.
large enough to hold it, nor yet saw to
sever the bone. Mr.. Bowser studied over
the problem for two or three minutes and
then solved il. He would boil that ham
the dish thev had. and when it was
cooked. the other end would take its
place Some way would be found to cook
the middle part next day.
meal Any man can peel a potato-even
Mr.. Bowser. He peeled what he
thought would be required. and put them
on the fire to boil On the way up they
had bought mince pie of farmers
wife. Mr.. Bowser now brought 1t out of
the tent and placed it on a big chip. and
gave it the right slant to be warmed
through The coffee would be made
later on.
There was a creek a>few rods away.
and Mr. Bowser had brought along his
fishing outfit. While he waited tor time
TO pass he went fishing and he had the
luck to catch minnow all of three
inches long. He was seeking to catch
another an inch longer. when a distant
shout in the woods told him that fOu-
hungry men We're on the way to camp,
to partake of his banquet. MI. Bowser
and the four arrived almost simultan-
eously, but the cook was far enough
ahead to step on the mince Pie in his
haste, and fiatten il out into nothins.
Then his compan MONS came UP and broke
forth. as the waters did at the Johns
town food.
The potatoes had boiled dry. ~.
That ham was smelling into grease.
''Bowser. you swore you could cook
He is a liar and a fraud"
He left our dinner to spoil and went
fishing
Let's throw the old fraud into the
creek
A hungry man will accept of no ex-
cuses or protestations. Mr.. Bowser
urged the want OF necessary utensils to
do his cooking. but it was no go. The
four half-starved men seized him and
rolled him about that wildwood dell.
while the doe pleaded for her young,
and when they had wrecked him and
tired themselves out. they opened a can
of beans and devoured them and
Resolved-"Tnat, as Mr. Samuel Bow
beast was lying in heap and i had /
no fear but what he was dead.
could not get a man to go out with !
built fire at the gap and went to
bed. Not another lion was heard dur
ing the night. and when daylight came
me pair were found whore they had
fallen. with the foot Of the lioness
We shall now have peace for many
months, cried the people. and some
of the old men declared that not an |
'ther lion would come within five miles
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y No. 1t was me fadder dat did it,
Your fadder, eh?'
Yes. me fadder, and he's man six
he got the best of me-
She was a woman with an anxious ex-
preston of countenance. and she stopped
a policeman on the street and asked to
BE- directed to the Board of Health.
DO YOU want a nuisance abated?" he
asked in reply.
No. sir"
Anything wrong with the plumbing IN
the house,
Il don't think so"
None of the family down with an in
fectious disease eh?''
No sir. I'm told that il is the law
that you must report births in the house,
and that is what I'm going to the board
for
so there's new kid in town.
queried the officer with a grin.
Not in my house. sir. I'm to report
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26
An AUTHOR AND A DOG.

n was at Elk Rapids. Mich. one SUM
mer," said the bookman. and a. I was
strollins around one day I met an Indian
wieh Q dog. II was . real Indian dog.
long bodied. short-legsed and the home
Hest canine ever looked at. had no
sooner ret my eyes on him than I felt
like throwing clubs and running him
into Lake Michigan. The Indian saw my
feelings In my face and said:
-rie dog up. You throw. One cant .
SSe sasa tseklsa N. a.a I ssad him
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

picked-up supper the men sat around
Sne campfire and told stories in true
hunters style. Your true hunter always
lies, when he smokes at~the campfire,
ana the Bowser crowd followed suit.
men the chill air of evening had given
tnem cold noses. and their supply of lies
mao run low. they retired to their tent
ano on their beds of balsam twigs.
Ihey slept the sleep of mighty Nimrods-
and then some more.
Morning came with the gleeful notes of
the crow and the blueiay, and the men
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

ser Joined this happy band. through chi
canery and fraud. he be deposed as
cook. and that he be sentenced to be
chained to log during the rest Of the
happy days or our stay here. and that he
De fed nothing but dill pickles"
But the sentence was not carried out,
though Mr. Bowser was made to feel
that he had disgraced the camp. An
hour after noon. three of the four men
the other having been appointed as cook
took out guns and sought for game
again. When they were well out Of
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

a dell in the forest Th"re We're no
squirrels to chatter-the leaves were fall
ing. instead of whispering. and if a doe
was calling to her fawn, she was so far
woods were rather damp. There were
also hundred thousand mosquitoes to
every hunter.
1t was the forest. however. and afte- 2
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OF the village for the next half year.
!! suosequently ascertafned that tnis
wsS the case. They accounted Tor y
not ON the grounds that two lions naa
they were killed.
The Washington herald., 1915-09-26

hVe young kittens born last night, and
that the mother is doing well as can be
expected under the circumstances
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-09
BoosTERs-BUT NOT BLIND.

Mayor Lane told the AID Club yesterday that
the city administration desires the cooperation
Of the AID Club and in particular wants less
knocking" and more boosting.
The AID Club is by nature and applied art a
boosting organization. There isn't any doubt
that it will back up the city administration in
worthy and progressive measures.
But
1t cannot be expected to back up the creation
of political machine designed to run the city
on partisan lines.
1t cannot be expected to cooperate in putting
In office and keeping in office men whose quail
fcations are based on the votes they deliver,
not the work they deliver.
It cannot be expected to cooperate in play
ing politics with public improvements
And
The mayor and the rest of the city officials
can count on the AID Club to boost whenever
the city administration gives it. something to
boost about.
The way to end knocking is to furnish the
subjects for boosting
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-09
EDITOR
sEcoND.RATERs NOT WANTED.

Reports of change in administration at the
Boys Industrial School are well-founded,
Judging by the candidates appearing for Sup
erintendent fuckers position. *.@
A glance at the list of candidates as given by
the morning paper suggests that some of them
do not appreciate the magnitude of the task
of handling this important juvenile institution.
Is the Waialee school to be made the football
of politicsi
Is the superintendency to be passed out to
some deserving politiciani
Is the reform school to be given to hands
untried either in dealing with juveniles or in
administering business institution of con-
siderable importancei
Any such solution of the pressing problem
out at Waialee will be an injury to the com
munity, moral wrong visited upon the boys
What this school needs is a man of big heart
firm hand, understanding of youngsters and
experience in working with them. No second
raters should be entrusted with responsibility
for the whole future of nearly $50 youngsters
The administration of this school can, or
should, determine whether these boys are to
emerge criminals or useful citizens of the ter
ritory.
lies in finding as superintendent man fitted
by nature and training to give the boys the lift
up the rocky road they must travel. and sup
plying him with an assistant to take charge of
the industrial work of the school and handle
its bookkeeping.
There is no question that Superintendent
Tucker has been hampered by insufficient as
sistance and by lack of several associates of
big enough caliber to handle the different sit
uations that arose. And if there is any change
to be made in the schools administration, it
should be in the direction of iberality.
The Star Bulletin has been asked if it has
any candidate for fuckers job" Certainly
not. But this paper, as an organ of public
sentiment, is deeply interested in seeing that
the school be subjected neither to political
debt-paying nor to administration by hands
of dealing with, and brains incapable
of appreciating, the large problem and larger
at Waialee.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-09
CORRESPONDENCE.
SCHOOL IS --LATEST.
Plan AT Y. N. c. A.

Following the announcement that
the Y. NJ. c. A. will establish dav
school comes the report that the as.
ISOLATION will establish a correspond.
ence school Educational Secretary
Jay A. Urice announced this mornipq
that the first steps IN the CORRESPOND
ence school course would he inaugur-
ated with a course in Spanish.
Clifford Splitter. who has md chnrCo
~ the Snanish class at the Y. NJ. C. A.
for three years, will be the first in
structor under the new plan. Nv
Splitter will hold his. Monday night
class in Spanish. and will then give
the students questions to answer dur.
ing the week The students win be
furnished with mailing cards which
will be forwarded to the teacher each
evening
This is the first step in the orgsni-
zation Of education by meil IDEALLY.
and will be followed by other classes
IL the Spanish CORRESPONDENCE class
proves tn be successful. Mr.. IIriea
stated this morning that the students
would be able to improve their work
more than Ion per cent when the clos-
is formed The first work IN the mail
course will be given to students next
Monday evening
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-09

the entertainment song which was
liked by all.
Pvt. Bridges of Co. G, who has serv.
ed three years with the company and
who will return to the states on the
January transport, gave closing talk
by the wishes of the company. Bridges
was cook in the company nearly two
years and well liked by everybody. He
has proved his excellence as a SOL
dier throughout his service. The best
wishes of the company go with him for
his success in civil life. IL
|. Music was rendered by the 'Tropi-
cal Glee Club, Jr.," which was excel
lent. Excellent sandwiches were fur
nished under the supervision of Cooks
Leibowitz and Lawler. ~. b.. 81
Repeated cheers was given through
cut the evening for Lieut.. Mcdonnell
and 1st Sgt. Christensen. Il