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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19

No" rcbukcd. of course not This
is mountain skunk.
That seemed 10 satisfy him, and he
went about getting breakfast while l
lay gathering my forces.
l would have been unWise to tell
Hector Of tho cohras Az IL was.
my escape had turned the balance in
my favor. But when | returned with
the treasured village boys I would be
more careful
II was after this experience several
seasons ago that / sailed into New York
harbor with many specimens Of rare
African snakes for the Bronx ZooCGi-
cal Gardens Several of these had
never been brough to America before.
Vi X #
CNAKES have two ways of infiicting
- death, and are roughly divided into
Two classaS--the ven0nlous snakes that
strike and bite. hurting venom. and the
constructors that wind themselves about
their victims, tightening their .crucl
embrace until the bones of the unfor-
tunate are broken. Cobras. Of course,
arc venomous snakes. Pythons G.re
constructors, This year l brought back
large number Of African rock pythons.
and with them one remembrance that
is very vivid
This also happened In my favorite
hunting grounds III the Cape Mount
district. A rock python IS feet long
was the villain We were following the
great snake over mile or more Of
rocky land. It was very early morning,
always the best part Of the day for a
capture. I always take my snakes
finally with moose fitted To their size,
but first the reptile must be followed
or caioled into the place where the
moose will be of service
Through rough. half-wooded land. up
and down, in and out of tangled un-
dcrbrush, we had followed the big chap
Hector. Da Fair and I. ia Fair halls
from the sophisticated region Of Kona-
kry, my coast headquarters. Fair is
the coast way OF saying Douglas Fair
banks In amazing manner many Of
these boys grow" names of American
movie" favorites At any rate, We
followed, with Da Fairs enthusiasm for
the hunt steadily increasing, for he Is
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Game of Golf Had Ancient Origin

/ putter was all that was needed 10 hole
out and SO divide. her ladyship. by
rolling an eighth of an inch to one
side, caused the hole 20 be loSt2" Ger
tainly the lady found an Ideal means
of repaying her enemy for anything he
could have done To her
Dame Margaret'S trick was not the
only thing that ruined the game al an
early golfer. All Of the old links were
infested with rabbits, They hid while
men with villainouS-looking golf clubs
/ hunted them, and then Scurried out 10
make little holes in the turf prior 10
burrowing These rabbit holes, in the
golf vernacular of the day. were called
"ScrapeS.' and among the rules of all
golf associations was one concerning
what player was allowed 10 do II his
ball got into a scrape.f The original
meaning Of the phrase has long since
passed into diSuse but the bit " slang
has survived through some 500 years
and Is used now almost as much as Il
was In the beginnings of golf.
AS the game grew in age, II grew III
popularity particularly with royalty
Both Mary Queen of Scots and James
the Second Of England played and loved
golf The one match Of Mary's that
has come down III history was played
few days after Darnley'S death The
fact that she golted :: such ; sime was
later Used against her by enemies as
showing her 10 be a heartleSS and
shameless weN11ar.
James lis famous match took place
on the links OF l,eith, when he was
paired with Scotchman named pats~
SON poor shoemaker but q crack
golfer, against two English aoblemen
The stakes were high. and when the
match was over 1t was found that the
king and the shoemaker had won.
Paterson conn$cated all the winnings,
with which he built himself a house on
the Cannongate which stands 20 this
day and Is known as Golfers Land,
Over the front door, where all might
read who entered Paterson caused
Latin inscription 70 he placed. the
translation of which IL as follows, In
the year when Paterson won the prize
at goltlng. game peculiar TO Scots
aud In which his ancestors had nine
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edged our nooscS within an men OF
their heads as they lay concealed IN
the dense underbruSh.
Tremblingly we we're on the point Of
slipping the nooscs over their heads
and drawing them taut when some stir.
unhcard by us, warned the cobfaS.
With an angry rustic. one Of them got
away. But Hector frightened the moose
on his captive with delicate manipula-
ton
After the capture Hector adopted this
fine female cobra. taking it to his COOK
tent, where he put its cage between
basket of eggs and large glass water
flask, That afternoon Hector took two
Winks stretched out on a couple Of
boxes and a blanket. when suddenly
the noise OF furry and a scufile broke
the quiet of the afternoon lull There
was the crashing of overturned boxes.
The shouting of boys the Go, 60 go!'
cry Of a Chimpanzee tcthcrcd in the
shade as it slapped it's bare soles up
and down While it shrilled its note Of
alarm I broke through my netting
and raced to HcCtor's tent, The cook
tent was in a scrimmage. with blanket
and a pair of skinny, black legs whir-
ring here, there and everywhere.
Out of the melange of broken eggs
six dozen Of them-and whirling water
flask and an upset birdcage came Hec-
tors Shrill voice Rascal snakCl" But
while the blanket continued to Whiri
about the dirt floor 1t was difficult ror
me to help At last. however. the boy
icrked upright out of the blanket, with
his sineWy hands holding firm some
thing sturdy underneath.
Here he be Daddy Buck shouted
Hector
I brought the staff down sharply
upon the object under the blanket.
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MYTH the popularity of golf increaS-
ing. 1t is interesting to trace the
origin of the game, The Romans were
the first to take 1t up, and they used
leather balls stuffed with feathers
From our point of view. there are few
advantages to their type of ball, but il
is obvious that when they drove into
each other on their public courses their
balls were not SO painfully effective as
the ones now In use,
Golf is usually thought to be a Scot
fish game and while this is not strictly
true, since there is no record of 1t in
Scotland until the middle of the iif
teenth century, the Scots were the first
to become interested in IL as a nation,
When they first took up the game.
however. the country was in war and
the citizens could not get IN an after
moons peaceful round The King
James /, issued statute saying that
the amusement must be utterly cried
down" as 1t nterfered with the more
serious and useful sport of archery. the
point being that they could Kill an
EngliShman with a bow and arrow, but
they could only win medal from him
with a putter or a spoon, Kings are
mere mortalS however, and subject to
change, for we find IN James later
accounts submitted to the lord high
treasurer that he spent goodly sum
on "clubbes and bales" himself
Later on the golfer had more trouble.
The game had become SO popular In
Scotland that the town council of Edin~
burgh officially prohibited the playing
of the Gown on the Links of Leith
on the Sabbath, the time of the SER
monSes" In 1902 two enthusiasts were
punished for violating the law, and in
1904 one Robert Robertson of Pemh
was forced to sit on the seat OF repen-
lance for the same cause,
There IL one quaint legend about the
beginnings Of golf In Scotland that con-
Germs a Dame Margaret Rose. who
converted herself into golf ball for
the purpose of running the game Of
political enemy Can you conceive a
meaner trick, says the legend, than
when a hele was about to be halved
and when q gentle touch with the
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Gradually his k,nky head emerged
from his blanket Gradually a SEM
blance Of peace returned.
II must have been hours. this time.
that ] slept for when I awoke the moon
rode low III 3 violet heaven, l gently
stirred Something was in the air /
looked toward the boys, They slept
Stonilv heads under blankets again.
But hv that extra sense which comes IN
the Jungle / knew some enemy WIS
near. And the instinct OF an old ami
nal man told me I must not 80 To
sleep until I had accommodated.
Gingeyly I raised myself on my left
elbow. then stopped. my gaze trans
1xcd. At the side OF my fire perhaps
II feet away. two great orange-rcd eyes
we're boring through the silence, trained
on nv cot. / was grayely alarmed, yet
I fiCe-ed up every power a man would
pray to possess when the unknown en-
envy looks at him across Is feet Of
emptiness And my head spun with
wonder as well as with fear.
10 what did those orsnge-rcd. eyes
be.Crg? They rose about feet from
The ground. which indicated they might
Be those CT G leopard. But they could
not have been more than inches
apart, so that ruled the leopard out.
Except for the warning Of the freight
with the moonlight, might perhaps
have eiimpsed the body behind those
STILL orSnge-cyes. But they were all /
could see And despite the danger,
vas possessed with a passionate desire
tonenow to arrange matters TO take
tf1is unknown beast alive.
X
A yet the beast hardly realized my
\ presence. Then came stirring of
that enemy out yonder And / knew,
His slight shifting disclosed larger
cobra than has ever been described by
science. A cobra that raised its great
head 10 feet from the ground. that was
looking toward my tent. that recognized
me. / realized / must act swiftly. with
a cool head. If I was TO preserve my
life. ! reached under my cot for my
pistol. l grabbed 1t. aimed and pulled.
The trigger stuck! I pushed against it..
II was useless.
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Wit Vcn9ms and -VenmuS Furnished
\ Fromtn Man nnnt Enemy

Again and again / pounded as the
wriggling grew weaker and weaker. The
snake Law limp at last.
Their. Hector uncovr~e1. an 8-foot
male cobra
"She be that bos wife" explained
the boy. pointing 10 the overturned box
Of the female We had taken that morn
ing, then back To the dead male snake.
Rascal he track us to camp, try kill
boy Hector. for Hector he carried of
his wife inside boT.'
This may he the explanation. There
we're two of them. as l said. / have
moro faith in these legends than the
scientists. But, TO be- impartial. must
camp to be visited by a stray snake.
even when no other snake is there to
lure il.
u Usually I find that pairs Of snakes
- of the same kind may be comfort
ably Gagged in the same box. where they
will live in amity But now and then l
meet pair of the same species which
cordially hate each other. This hap
pened on my last trip out They were
half-grOWn pythonS, feet long. On
the first day, when they grabbed at
their fresh killed chickens. the one that
finished before his companion fought
for the others last bit. The second
day there was a furry of fight which
did not observe But on the third day
as the first chicken was thrown, the
more aggressive python wrapped himself
about the chicken and the less agrees
sive python Immediately wrapped him
self about the first reptile There they
held. and although l threw in another
chicken, they would not release their
ceilings. I decided to put them in diff
ferent cages as soon as they uncoiled
and so left them to settle their differ
ences while got little supper.
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folded the check room girls at the lead
Ing night clubs and photographed them
in the act OF selecting Hoopla hats from
crowded hat rack while two impair
tai witnesses and a notary public hoy
cred prominently III the background,
In spite of this, however Huopla Hats
went down ! sold my stock for half OF
what / paid for il tthiS. l believe. Is
known as pyramtdlng and with the
proceeds, plus what | had saved In the
meantime by giving market tips to
ianitors, haggagemen haothlaeks and
garage attendants, / bought 20 shares
Of Aromatic Iodine,
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cunning REQUIRED When Cobras Are COiled Near Cot

Several things came up 10 put the
pythons out Of my mind, and when at
last ! looked In after an hour or so
both chickens had disappeared, and 50
had one python! The other lay torpid
on the bottom OF Inc cage--a Cain Of
reptiles ] had only known the like to
happen once before.
To capture my snakes, as I have ex-
planned, l use a varied assortment Of
snake nCoses of Llama or leather. fas-
tened to staff and drawn through
loop at the end. when the head of
snake is within the moose the leather
is drawn taut A snake may be safely
lifted and droppc. ic.n wired box or
basket when its head Is secured.
There are other ways. One is a de-
vice that resembles a net bag with its
opening fixed wide open. This is hung
on tree where snakes congregate. and
when reptile drops within the open
ing the drawing string goes to, holding
the creature until the collector arrives.
A large snake may be taken with
bait A l2-foot python will swallow
| huge piece of meat chained to a log
then 60 to sleep after its enormous meal
with the chain still holding him fast.
| The collector merely dragS the creature
I into a transporting cage in this way.
Again boxes may be rugged with live
chickens or rats so that the wire Stats
of the opening give as the snake enters
to get the bait, but do not open outward
when he tries to leave. I never use
these. as I prefer the morning sortie 10
| the snake grounds, the selecting OF my
/ specimens, the patient. quiet approach
| through wood or over rocks. the def
/ paying out Of moose and the sudden
/ capture.
| The African bows. once their fear Of
/ reptiles leaves them are marVelOusly
/ successful in taking dangerous snakes
with their bare hands. Again, stick
with a fork at the enc has been used
| to pin the head Of a snake to the
ground until its captor raises or f1ick5
it into basket or box
ONE Of the most successful hunts
/ - staged this last season Melted me ?
/ fine cobra that would have been lost
! except for a scheme Of my own inven-
/ ton. It had disappeared down a cleft,
within whidl I could not manipulate
| moose. Nor could I waste time to await
| its possible emerCence. So I fastened
| a ball of wool on a stick and sent it
/ down, proddirg the snake gently 10
| awaken its anger. Now and then I
| raised the stick TO see if the cobra had
| sent its venom hurting at the insensate
wool / kept this up until / was sure
| the potency Of the venom had departed.
which happens after he has hurled his
| venom several times.
Then I prodded him until he came
| sluggishly up where Hector waited,
| ncosing him expertly.
Snakes are the most profitable ami
mails to handle. They require small
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SureFire Tips on Securities Save Money for Busy Pa

that he dry his hands upon an embroid-
cred gift towel If dew still fingers on
the door-knob when he energes from
the bathroom2
Korko door knobs will remedy that
evil They are covered with a cork
composition which absorbS moisture in
Stantly. Ten seconds after the humid
hands of little Oswald have grasped a
Korko door-knob IL is as dry as the
desert dunes.
If this project fails. I may BE- re-
duCed to putting my money in the bank
But that will not keep me from offer
ing Sure-fre market tips to every one
who renders me a service. prophet
is not without honorariuns in his own
country and until the New York So
ciety for the Suppression of Advice
forcibly gags me l shall continue to
recommend guilt-edged investments 70
all corners. 1t is such saving.
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times won the same distinction. he
raised this mansion to commemorate a
victory more noble than the rest"
Mr.. Hutton. who tells the story, adds
Whether the Scotch team was per
mitted to win out of LOYALTY to the
crown is not explained, and how James
came to surrender the entire stakes can
never be explained This game was.
without question, the most profitable
golf match that a handicapped pro-
feSsional player ever gained, and the
reward is certainly the most substantial
and enduring IN the whole history OF
the game"
When James was Still too young 70
appreciate golf. his father, who was
very fond of IL. prescribed il as one Of
the healthfui, pleasant and sensible
amusemeutS in which he would permit
his eldest son. Henry. to indulge, ORE
day when the prince was following his
fathers excellent advice with his
SchoolmeSter on the links Of ST.
Andrews. the worthy pedagogue met an
old friend and started 10 talk to him,
forgetting that they stood in the way
of HenrY's next shot. The prince
called to him 10 stand aside. and think
ing that he had done So. raised his arm
&c hit the ball The master had not
heard the warning A pasSerby. seeing
the danger, said 20 Henry, Beware that
you hit not Master Newton
To which The prince replied. as he
lowered his club, Had done 50. had
bur paid my debts"
James the FirstS second son. Charles
The First also played and loved goli
The story Is told that he was playing
on the Inks OF Leith when the news
Of the Irish rebellion was brought %
him, The information upset him and
SO ruined his game that the match
was no longer enjoyable, and the party
returned 10 Holyrood Castle. Toward
the end Of his varied career, when
prisoner at Newcastle. Charles stiil
found pleasure In his game,
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But Just about the time ] bought my
stock the theatrical business picked up
and chorus girls stopped drinking
iodine I sold my shares at a loss. and
settled down for another period of en-
forced economy-broadcasti inside in
formation to carriage starters. delivery
boys and the cleaning woman who
comes on Tuesdays, and boarding my
money for another killing,
4 s soon as can afford it I intend
- 10 buy Korko Absorbent Door
Knobs pfd There is undoubtedly q
bic future for this stock and a crying
need for the commodity itself. A wet
door-knob. especially when 1t is on a
bathroom door, has a depressing effect
upon every one who comes IN contact
with it. II is the enemy of domestic
tranquility. What does 1t profit guest
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This / considered a sound invest
ment. Judging by newspaper headlines,
the principal avocation of chorus girls
was drinking iodine, and 1t seemed TO
me that there ought to be a big de-
mand for our product, which was per-
fumed. favored and bottled in dainty
l.ttle walls suitable for carrying In the
vanity case.
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not buy Compressed Gas Neither did
l. l bought medlcated gau2e and witch
hazel common.
But aside from this incident my
tipping experiences have been pleasant
and almost pathetic, With my savings
on gratuitics last year / invested in
Hoopla Hats. The stock was low when
bought It. Hardly any one seemed
to be wearing hats. All college men
land men who wanted To look like coll
leEe mcnl were going bare~hcaded
The Hoopls company put on an cx-
tensiVe advertising campaign in an Of
fort to make the public become hat
conscious"
Ours was a campaign Of education
We reminded the public that most of
The great men Of history had worn
hats, and we published portraits Of
Napoleon. Washington, Bismarck and
Calvin Coolidge, all looking hat-con-
scious, AS a publicity stunt we blind
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ally foreets the givef as soon rs the
money is spent But the memory Of
the faithful old financial adviser lin
gers. with daily market quotation as
a reminder
The tipping evil loses much OF It's
menace when the tips are verbal. In
stead Of humiliating the tippee by
making him an object Of charity. you
become his FRIEND counselor and guide.
Following the example Of Mrs. Van
Twilk and the banker with the bunlon,
have acted IN the capacity Of Wall
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/ not the hardened animal man that my
/ head boy. Hector. has become. As the
/ time wore on and the thick. long. brown
/ and taWny notified python still kept
/ leisurely ahead of us, / advised greater
! caution Somewhere. / was sure. within
! those tenuous scales Of his was grow
| ing a canny knowledge that we meant
! him no good
/ Al last ne crossed open. rocky ground
/ toward rather thin woods. We still
followed, keeping rs !nconspICu0us as
possible But at the woods rs the rock
python seemed to mend his gait, Da
! Fair cot ahead Of us, I wished to call
/ him back. but didn't like TO alarm the
snake with a shout. Then all sense
/ seemed to desert the youth. He ran
untu he was soon too far ahead for
caution. He disappeared down a little
slope while Hector and I hurried along
/ Before we saw him came his shout
We raced ahead. as / reached for my
pistol. fearing that the powerful body
! Of the python was even then winding
about my foolish boy.
At the top Of the hHl0ck / saw what
I I had not seen for several seasons. The
great python had wound half Of hts
body about the trunk Of a fairly sien-
Ger gum tree. With the front portion
he was failing out. using the tree for
( Leverage. As l looked he BOWED ia
Fair of his feet 20 the ground and then
/ thrcshed the boy again with savage
! force
l ran down hill, thu thick staff Of my
snake moose ready. As the python sent
out the forepart of lis long body
struck IL a glancing blow that never
I thelcss hurt Euraged, it dashed out
/ with its body again. sending the bleed
/ ing ia Fair hurting along the ground
/ A rain OF blows from my staff finished
! the python.
! / turned TO The boy. who lay still ]
/ feared he was dead. but these boys have
an incredible indestructibility. Da Fair
was even able to totter TO his feet with
( HeCtors help. Though his head was
grayely injured he lived. But he had
I lost his spirit, and If ever lad was
/ shell-shocked this was Da Fair. who
/ became MS much a psychic case as a
/ doctor ever studied in a psycopathic
ward.
/ IN Africa, and in America as we'll
a there are legends telling how certain
snakes follow after man 10 infiict their
/ vengeance when man has killed or cap
/ tured their mates This may be the
| explanation Of siesta fight that oc-
| CURED on this last trip. We had chased
| pair Of likely cobraS for weary and
I difficult hour. Finally Hector and
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I'm ruby you" he remarked. rolling
up his sleeves
Listen, Mr.. Squatto," / whispered
earnestly, Here Is tip, end n red
hot one. Buy Compressed Gas
n n \ ii
JUST then something hit me between
the eyes A large purple chrysan~
themum blosBomed out Of the darkness
and burst like a balloon When l
picked myself up Mr. Gquatto and his
cab had disappeared Only a faint
aroma Of gasoline fingered IN the air
$50 far as / know, MIR 6quatto did
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Miss Mabel owen has been appointed
attorney for the United states Board
ei Tax Appeals Fourteen years ago
she VAS a Stenographer IN the bureau.
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street tout for numerous doormen. ee-
yatOr starters and BARRIERS. and the re-
suits have been quite satisfactory
ne al least