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Evening star., 1925-08-29

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Mirror Searchlieht.

FOR some time there has been on
= the market a combination of an
electric searchlight and a diminishing
mirror. The device serves the double
purpose of an adjustable searchlight
at night and in the day a mirror for
rendering visible vehicles approach
ing from the rear.
The device is equipped with all the
necessary brackets and wiring at
tachments, so that the lamp may he
installed on car in a few minutes
time. The switch is in the handle of
the lamp, so that the driver can turn
the light on or off as desired without
interfering with the other lights. The
lamp can he prepared. for emergency
service by wiring it direct to the bat
terry.
The lamp embodies many conven-
fences, among which may he men.
toned an adjustable bracket which
automatically locks at any angle de.
sired. and detacha bic back reflector
so that the lamp bulb may be re-
moved and replaced in the reflector
without lingering or soiling the highly
polished surface
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Have your guns ready but do not
move" And A, with three boys
wormed his way through the brush.
Then a big euphorbia almost blocked
the way, and I saw A. and the boys
crawling on hands and knees. Again
they rose. then stopped short.
Have they found the mule? l Won
dered. l was not left long in sus-
pense. One of the boys who had &C
companied A. suddenly stood beside
me. He was good shot and nc
coward.
II am to remain with you. mem
sahib. We have found the mule: per
haps the lion is inside asleep. o. the
Bwana will be all right: he is just
behind another big rock-no. not as
big as this one-and the Bwana knows
how to shoot" he chuckled softly.
The minutes passed slowly: each one
seemed an hour to me. If only
could have seen what was going on. il
| could see nothing.
Then all at once there was a sharp
report, Immediately followed by a
hideous roar.
Where was A? If only I could see
Perhaps | might be able to help, al.
though my shaky hands belied me.
Another shot and yet another, A
moment of tense excitement. then
shouts from the two boys. The next
instant l also scrambled through the
dense underground, to find A. stand
ing beside what remained of our poor
mule. the dead lion about 20 PAGES
away.
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leaves. which vary in size and num-
Der. From the center of this whorl.
on delicate stem as much as an
| inch in length we note the pretty.
single white blossom. the corolla OF
which is divided into some seven
petal-like divisions. 1t is a most grace
full little forest plant and a very at
tractive one. Although called by some
the star anemone. it really belongs in
an entirely different family and is
no more an anemone than is the vine
we call creeping wintergreen. the tiny
red berries of which a re so familiar to
all of us, being one of the attra ctions
of the forest at all sea sons of the
year. They are often called partridge
berries. but incorrectly so. the latter
being an entirely different plant
over the entire Northeastern sec
ton of our country, on any hillside
where The trees are more or less
scattered. We frequently meet with
most conspicuous plant. the single
stem Of which may often grow fully
feet in height. AT it's summit
IL bears a great raceme of delicate
white. flowers. which are fully in evil
dence by the time June comes around
Its three times eS-compounded leaves
are wonderfully handsome: but the
flowers, so attractive to the eye, shock
our sense of smell powerfully-out-
CHASING In this respect almost any
other plant of the forest. The odor
is truly fetid and offensive and this
TO such a degree that only carrion
flies will visit them, bugs and butter
flies stunning them as we would A
plague. This is the black cohosh. also
known as the black snakeroot or
tall huebane of the Crowfoot family:
but while it may taint the air of the
woods during the long DAYS of Sum
mer, we cannot help admiring its
elegance and proportions-even though
we must take up position to the
windward of it to do so No wonder
il is q bane to the bugs that occur
in the region. for no bug with sense
of smell would for an instant toler-
ate it.
The rue and wood anemones are
familiar plants TO us all the solitary
white flowers of the latter being
markedly larger than those of the
former. But botanists have created
separate genera for them and AS a
matter of fact. they are quite different
structurally. However. anemones are
great favorites with all 10 whom the
everyday flowers OF the forest appeal
and ii is fortunate for our culture
and civilization that there are so many
among us so constituted that their
love and admiration for our wild
flowers are both deep and real
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She Ventures Into Realm of Wild Beasts

, ging my gun carefully after me.
Nothing to be seen. not a sound 10
| he heard, save the voices in the dis
tance. ! was just wishing I had been
little quicker and joined the rest.
| when suddenly Trojan bristled and
stood still Then the sound of a ter
rible struggle reached my ears.
was on the edge of deep depres-
sion. IL might almost be called a
natural pit. Thickly overgrown with
creepers, a massive tree had fallen
over the mouth, still in full leaf, as
one so often sees out here. ! crawled
little way and peered between the
branches There, in it's death -strug-
giles, was our biggest and best bull
lock, an animal that had given yeo-
man service, and on its back, its teeth
fastened into the poor creatures hide,
was an enormous lion-a great black
ma ned brute.
1t was only about 10 feet below me
and | was hidden by the branches. so
intent was it on its Kill, 1t never
turned until Trojan, with an angry
snarl, began making his way down the
side. / followed him and soon stood
facing the lion in the pit. Now or
never.
Boiling with rage At the loss Of my
favorite bullock, gentle AS kitten in
spite of it's great size, half choked
with excitement and trembling with
| fear, ] raised my gun. AS the beast
with an angry Crowl and cleaning
fangS turned on poor Trojan ! fired
right into its extended jaws-once,
twice; then the gun slipped from my
hand and ! remember no more until
A.. alarmed AZ the shots came hack
to find that had tainted
Your first kill he aid, and big
one al that. Aren't you proud"
My first thought was for the poor
bullock, lying dead below.
oh, the brute-the brute" | said.
Poor old Samson. he will never come
for sugar again" and I glanced at the
big black muzzle and sleek hide I
should never caress again.
/ But what was that ! saw? Surely
not. Yes, at that moment as the
/ boys dragged the carcass of the big
4 lion to one side. underneath lay poor
/ old Trojan. The game old dog had
| gone to fight his last fight single
handed, and the lion in his death-eap r
had overpowered him. We hurried
him where he fell.
I How ! hated lions from thar day:
( Previously ! had felt somewhat aps
/ thetic dreading them. and knowing
sooner or later | should encounter
them. Now they had given me cause
/ to hate the whole breed. Possibly
that and possibly the knowledge tha:
my first attempt al lion shooting had
been a success: still. from that day ]
/ lost much of my nervousness. a nd 10
me- they became beasts 70 he exterrli-
mated Al any cost
tCoDvrithi 1928
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Woman Hunter British East Africa Fainb Lion Is Attacking


between us: we must go outside and
stand by the circle of fire.
Don't come If you don't feel sure
! of Yourself" counSeled A. But | did:
there was nothing | should like bet.
| ter Anyhow, | could not remain
there in uncertainty.
! Then a scream of pain reached our
ears from the other side Of the bona.
One of the horses" said A. hurry
ing off. and | after him. as quickly as
the faint light from the lantern would
allow. but all too slowly.
The horses were mad with terror
-"hen we arrived on the scene. 4
mule. led in case of accident to serve
as mount for either should we need
ii. had disappeared. Which way TO
go? Ii was hopeless trying to follow
/ in the dense blackness. and by this
time the mule was probably dead
Remain here by the horses. Fire
/ if YOU see anything. You will hardly
hit. but you may succeed in soaring
( it," and A. was gone.
! heard his shots. which. accustomed
/ though the horses We're to shooting.
only seemed to intimidate them more
The boys had great difficulty in re-
straining them at all
At length A. came back, followed
by a shouting crowd.
degree of accuracy" explained A.
although / think one fellow got it..
Still. it has scared them for the time
being. No. l hardly think it will be
safe To go 10 bed again. I expect they
are still hanging about. In the morn
ing | will try to trace the mule. We
are u bit too close to the stream. Stil.
il might have happened anywhere.
So all the rest of the night we 80 3,
guns in hands. listening to the roars.
now faint. now louder. as the beasts
circled round and round the bona or
trailed off in the distance. What
blaze of light there was from the fires
Surely nothing would opproach within
measurah hle distance of them. The boys
sang and shouted. danced and spered
as they threw fresh fuel into the blaze.
Once or twice we heard the grunt of a
chui 0eopard), and A. remarked that
it was good thing we had no sheep
with us.
Good gracious said. then we
should have our hands full.
x
THE morning broke with pale amber
and saffron lights that soon turned
10 orange: then the sun appeared. and
all was again activity. How glorious
those early morning sunrises were,
Breakfast finished. A. marshaled the
boys and we set off to trace the mule.
AT first this was quite an easy matter.
For some distance there was mark
as of some heavy body drawn over the
ground: then bush and scrub hid the
tracks Still we went on. an ocCa-
sional broken branch alone denoting
the Hons progress. a huge bow'der
of rock at last confronted us. more
brush and scrub pressing close tn it
on the farther side.
Go carefully" warned a. Then
glacing at me: You would have been
better at home; this is no work for
novice
Novice indeed. after last night,
was my indignant response.
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A. meanwhile was calling to the
boys Quickly fires were replenlshed
and flames shot up everywhere. and
extra lamps were hung around the
thorn bona. where the bullocks were
believing, the donkeys and mules
straining at their ropes, and the dogs
making asperfect pandemonium. Ian
tern in hand. we walked around our
camp, assuring ourselves that all was
we'll. Gradually the roars became
more indiStinct.
This was my introduction to lions.
and it was some time before their
roar ceased to unnerve me. Every
night for the remainder of our Safarl
the same thing happened, save when
the moon shone brightly. On moon
light nights we were not troubled, and
could sleep on uninterruptedly: but
the slightest sound was sufficient to
wake me now. and seldom night
passed without something 10 break
my repose.
nNE night l had slept about three
~ hours. when a terrific roar broke
rudely in on my slumbers. This time
| was wide awake instantly. the eX-
perience of previous nights was not
vet forgotten; the impression made
was far too lasting. 1 had no uncer-
tainty whether it was gombes tcattle)
or not, or. if | had, it was quickly dis
PEELED, for the cry 'Simba.-simba.
Qion) rang through our peaceful
camp. Strangely, I felt none of the
fear and trembling of only few
hours before: instead the widest eX-
element seemed to take possession
of me.
That's the style" was As answer
inf
they?" Even he appeared to realize
change in my demeanor- | was no
longer the qualling morsel of human
ity of a few nights past.
On occasions such as these one gets
an insane feeling of having griev-
ance against the moon. What right
has she to absent herself Just when
she is wanted? Utterly ridiculous,
Lions close by. which you can hear,
hut cannot see. OF what use hurrl-
cane lamp? One burst of moonlight
would be worth dozen lamps. You
almost forget that if there were a
moon there would probably be no
lions.
Stampeding gombes and another
thunderous roar took us quickly to
the bona. Still we could see nothing.
The fires were kicked into life, black
figures danced weirdly against the
flames, dogs rushed madly backward
and forward, as roar succeeded roar.
Evidently our udden activity made
them think they were to be balked of
their prey. How maddened the
gombes were, Would the force their
way through the bona?
1t was hopeless trying to restrain
the dogs; their barking alone told us
where the brutes were stationed.
Then there was a howl of pain, and
Hector big dog and utterly fearless,
crawled in, lay down and died. That
caused every vestige of fear left in
me to evaporate: all I longed for was
Ievenge-revenge. certain and sure.
on the brute who had robbed us of so
faithful an ally. There was no time
for wa sting platitudes on the dead;
the living now needed all our atten-
ton.
How many of the creatures were
there Just exactly where were they
situated Branches we'll alight were
taken from the fire and thrown in the
direction from which the roars ap-
peared to come, and three big forms
We're distinctly seen.
Quickly we decided. The bona was
Evening star., 1925-06-21
Stream Beneath Stream.

A n engineer in the West some time
ago encountered a real problem
in making a stream cross a stream.
In order to accomplish this unique
feat of engineering, he built above the
main stream a concrete bridge or
trough through which stream No.
might pass. In a word the situation
was this: An irrisating canal IL feet
wide and 4 feet deep ran through
certain stretch of country. Running
at right angles to this ditch are a
number of natural storm drains. 1t
was desired that these storm drains
should not empty into the main ditch
and to avoid this bridges were con.
structed. The water in the main ditch
is used to irrigate valuable orchard
land. while that from the various
washes goes direct to a nearby river.
The bridge is Is feet in width and
SO in length. Its walls are inches
thick and 42 inches in height.
Evening star., 1925-06-21

where it must now hide, has become
the event OF days walk. Once il was
the commonest of the orchids"
In the cool and shady forests.
where the soil is rich and where
rocks abound. we find. when May is
here. the pale or pink corydalis, "a
charming little plant of the poppy
family. The blossoms are both dainty
and small. md each is shaded Will
yellow about its mouth. Being in
verted and strung along on curved
stem. they bring 10 mind the well
known Dutchmsns breeches. another
plant frequently found growing in
the same rocky woods.
great favorite with nature stu
dents. and preferring woods where
the soil is rich and dark. is our wild
ginger, and il may bloom as early
as the middle of March in southern
attitudes. Each plant bears but
single blossom. which latter is quite
unlike an average flower. being of
rich brown with purplish tinge
Internally the flowers are a very pale
cream shade. and the stems are
notably short, hardly raised above
the ground. All this renders the
flowers quite inconspicuous. so that
when we come across a wild ginger
plant we are at first struck by its
big, satiny, kidney shaped leaves: its
peculiar forescence is not noticed
The firstcomers among the insects
swarm to 1t. and from the peculiar
position of the blossoms they are more
or less protected from the wind and
the cold of that time of the year.
In our forest nora we have both
twin flower and twin leaf, and both
prefer a mossy floor with plenty of
shade. A favorite author remarks.
speaking of the twin flower: But
small and shy as it is, does natures
garden contain lovelier sight than
scores of the deliciously fra grant pink
bells swaYing above a carpet of the
little evergreen leaves in the dim aisle
Of some deep. cool lonely forest?"
One might readily write long chap
ter on the two plants named--in fact.
from the days of the great Linnaeus
to the times of Emerson many a
printed page has been devoted TO
them. Twin leaf. which is a pretty
name. is also known by the less pleas
ing one of rheumatism root: it is
low-srowing species. with flowers of a
glistening white and with rounded,
long-petioled leaves. 1t is not found
south Of Virginia nor west of Ten
neSsee.
n ETURNING to where the wood
land floor is rich and moist. we
run across the star flowers, with their
lon&, wiry stems. crowned with a
whorl of pointed, elliptical, dark green
Evening star., 1925-06-21

or less moist, occurs the wild spike.
nard or false Solomon's seal. the ripe
berries of which are very attrac ctive-
indeed. much more SO than those OF
the true Solomon's seal. Both plants
are very interesting, and are often TO
be seen growing near each other.
But. speaking of Indian pipe and
beechdrops. we must not overlook the
pine sap. another leatiess parasite
which grows around various trees
from which il sucks it's sustenance: il
has wide distribution in this country
Is far north as Canada, occurring
also in many places in the Old World.
ering plants of our forests may
he mentioned the SNOWY orchis. the
cowslip Gig. - and the wild azalea
The first is usually found growing
under hemlock trees from early April
until Midsummer: il prefers rich.
moist soil. as do nearly all members
of the Orchidal The deep pink flowers
are sure TO attract our attention
moreover the blossoms are quite fra.
grant. Its pair of bright green. broad
lY ovate leaves are seen to he silvery
beneath. springing from the stem
close 10 the ground, which latter rare
ly exceeds inches in height.
Campion, or, as it is sometimes
called. starry campion. belongs TO the
pink family. and its pretty white
flowers somewhat remind US of the
cultivated single pinks. The plant is
very tall its stem being often as much
as a yard in height, while its oval
leaves taper to "a point and grow in
whorls of four. with a few others not
so symmetrically arranged. 1t is
usually found in very shady woods,
and its range is over the northern part
of Eastern United States.
The wild azalea is a member of the
heath family. and is also called the
wild honeysuckle and a few other
names. Sometimes II grows fully s
feet high. and possesses shrubby
stem. SO it may rightfully be classed
among our forest shrubs. Its beau
tiful pink fiowers-Sometimes almost
white-are well known to all of us.
Commonly we find II growing in the
same piece of woods with mountain
laure1-that is. where the forest trees
occupy hilly country and where rocks
are much in evidence.
Lovely moccasin flowers may be
found in similar localities, and the
plant is known TO many as pink lady
slipper. OF this plant one writer has
said: Because most people cannot
forbear picking this exquisite flower
that seems too beautiful to be found
outside a millionaire's hothouse, it is
becoming rarer every year. until the
finding of one in the deep forest,
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I IRE. Talk about the telegra ph.
II was nothing compared with the
speed with which this was conveyed
and soon children of every size and
age could be seen running toward us.
Again we stopped. and the sugar
distribution began once more. Really
! think | caused almost as much di-
version as the sugar. Who was j?
Why had ] come? What was | going
TO do? How long was ! going to stay?
These were only a few of the ques-
tionS asked. Others were far more
personal. One | remember was. How
many children had 1? A. unblush-
in2ly told me that he had credited
me with nine. 1t was well that j did
not understand the language. or |
fear ! should have reflited this libel.
r
A BOUT midday we arrived AT home.
Such funny ramshackle old
place, with black Minorca fowls every
where. Plenty to employ me for the
next month. | thought-snd indeed
there was, and for some months after.
The rest Of the day was spent un-
packing. and | saw little of my sur
roundings for the next three days.
Then A. insisted on my going out,
If only to see the shsmba. II did
not surround the house as most gar
dens do, but was about 10 minutes
walk distant. l gave little cry of
surprise, II was so delightfully."- pretty.
Imagine about two acres of ground,
fenced in by tall trees; a stream run
ming from end to end and losing
itself in the forest beyond; hills on
every side: grassy slopes leading up
wards. 1t really was as nice a spot
as could have been chosen.
One morning after we had become
settled and were all peacefully en-
ployed in our several avocstions. sud
denly there were cries of "Simba
simba" nion). Immediately every boy
dived into his hut, produced long
spear. and disa appeared as IL by ma gic
A. came running into the house, NM
| gun-quick," he said.
Where is the 'simba'?" | Easped
"Gombe boys" bullock or cowboys
have just run in TO say it is among
| the bullocks. Coming? Perhaps bet
ter not. and A. disappeared also.
From a busy camp of perhaps ~
! people il was suddenly reduced 10 one
| and that one was ]. Even the dogs
| had gone: only enc remained at my
! feet. an old dog, Trojan, bearing many
I scars honorably won In battle with
| these same beasts. He followed sns
! everywhere. Like the rest. he was
a cross between A Great Dane anc
an Airedale.
She'll we go, old chap" | asked
| Instantly he was on the alert. SO
/ also took my gun and followed IL
! the wake of the shouting throne. 3,
now they were some distance ahead
! scrambled across the stream era vler
/ on hands and knees up the slope dra z
Evening star., 1925-06-21

had nasty cut on one arm. and lini-
ment for the old woman. and one and
all went on their way rejoicing.
I'VE shall have all the tribe round
US tomorrow, rest assured" A. an
nounCed.
1t was evident that the last staCe Of
our journey had been reached. for
small parties of Nasal appeared at in
tervals and seemed delighted TO see
A who had been absent some
months. How many dirty hands he
grabbed | cannot say. nor yet how
many times we were ordered to stop
and hold shauris tpalavers. or affairs,
Where had he been? What had he
done? What had he seen? Had he
brought beads and knives? Had he
plenty Of sugar?
bag was opened and | placed
some in the hand Of every toto fchild,
present. The news spread like wild.