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OUR CARRP T&R'RAZ&'Z
N the banks of the river
near our camp were great
plains, separated from
the river itself by a belt
of dense bush mixed
with long grass, stand
ing any height up to fif
teen feet. Palms mark
ed the course of the riv
er. They were of a kind which is of
greater girth half way up than at the.
bottom. These palms grow fruit
which look like cocoanuts, but ara
really very different. During the un
ripe stage the natives obtain them
for the water contained in three little
partitions in the middle. Later on,
when full ripe, they present an irre
sistible fascination for the elephant,
who feeds largely on them, swallow
ing them almost whole, stones and
all. They are then of an orange yel
low within, the outer layer being of a [
pulpy consistency with a flavor like
pineapple. The natives also are very
fond of them, but they are said to'
make a white man sick, and from
what 1 have seen, this appears to be
true.
This camp was in a magnificent
belt of palm trees. The plains which
border the river are usually well
stocked with game, and hundreds of j
Button's Kob can frequently be seen
at one time. This is a handsome an
telope of a brilliant red color, carrying ]
a longish coat (for Africa), and
strong, much-annulated horns, grow- !
ing lyre-shaped, to a length of twenty
inches. These plains are covered dur
ing the wet season with high grass,
which gradually gets burnt off. leav
ing the plain bare, black and parch
ed. The kob are out on the open
parts mostly till ten o'clock and after i
three.
When alarmed they run to the grass
or to the bush country. I used to
stalk them for hours, armed with a
telephoto camera, and the annexed I
herd of mine is a fairly typical ex- j
ample of a small herd. The buck )s
seen standing on the left, the does
being very much more on the alert.
The latter have no horns. I got this
photograph with a lot of trouble, i
stalking being out of the question, i
merely walked alongside of the !
herds, edging in very gradually. As I
the afternoon advanced, they seemed I
to get more accustomed to me, and |
would stand and stare for a little I
longer each time. This photograph'!
was taken at about one hundred and
seventy yards, and the larger herd at
two hundred yards.
un one occasion i nearly got a >
photograph of a lion. 1 was follow- [
ing along the edge of a bit of raised
ground, from which I got a good view' [
over the plain, when t came across a j
single female kob. browsing con- j
tentedly beside a small ditch contain
ing water. All at once she became .
alarmed, and presently made off. I:
was at a loss to know what had scared
her, as it was impossible she could
have got my wind. However, on look
ing over the edge a little higher up. I
1 saw a lioness only one hundred
yards off, just below me. stalking
along the edge of the high grass.
Unfortunately, she saw me as I was
trying to take her photograph, and .
retired into the long grass, where she ■
sc harmonized with the surrounding
color that 1 could see nothing of her
at all. All I could make out was
what looked like some little black
birds jumping about just where the
lioness ought to have been. Taking
the glasses, however, I at once saw
that what I had taken for birds were
the black tips to her ears and the
black tuft on her tail. So I got a
i steady shot with the .350 rifle at an
imaginary spot a foot below the ears,
and scored a hit, judging by the sound,
but nothing moved for some time, un
til I saw a lion creeping away a lit
tie further on: but it was gone be
fore I could shoot. It was growing
late, so we had to go at once and see
what had happened. This was by no
means a pleasant job, as the grass
was very high and one could not see
a yard ahead.
I sent a man up a tree to look, but
he could see nothing, so I advanced
with two men close to me, throwing
in stones and sticks. Getting no re
sponse, I thought that the lion I had
seen disappearing was the one I had
shot at and that it had got away
wounded. By this time we had got
to the grass itself, and after, a trial
shower of missiles, in we went, hop
ing the brute would not bounce out ai
us from two yards away.
One of the coast porters whom 1
had with me showed himself a very
plucky fellow. Though unarmed, :ie
was all for going in in front of me.
We came quite suddenly on the lion
ess only about six feet away, luckily
stone dead. The bullet had caught
her in the neck, and it must have
been her lord and master whom we
saw slinking away. The lioness was
a fine yellow one in good condition.
The porters ate the whole of the
meat, not only because they believed
that it would make them very strong,
but also because they liked the
flavor.
There were a good many hippos
near this camp. If one went down to
the river during the heat of the day,
one might wait for hours, but no sign
of any such creature would appear.
But towards evening they were to be
seen and heard all the time. I think
a hippo must be able to stay for hours
under water, though he may get
breath unseen by putting up the tip
only of his nose under cover of some
thing.
The natives rarely succeed in kill
ing them. When they do. it is gener
ally by moonlight, when the hippos
come out of the water and roam
about on land. The native hunter
conceals himself beside one of the
well-worn tracks and shoots the poor
animal at a range of about two yards.
It is lucky that the natives have no
better guns, as in the dry season the
river is so shallow in parts that when
they (the hippos) sink one can see
their every movement under water.
Marabout storks and vultures we'e
in great numbers, and betook them
selves regularly to the river at mid
day.
IN OTHER PEOPLE’S WINDOWS
Most of Us. It Would Seem, Find a
Certain Fascination in Gazing
Into Them.
Reading some books is like looking
into people's houses in the evening
after the lights are turned on and be
fore the shades are pulled down, de
clares a well-known writer.
To some of us. looking into peo
ple’s houses Is more interesting and
even more exciting than the theater.
When the darkness makes all things
outside lonesome and strange we like
to take one small, polite look into a
sitting-room where there is a fire and
a reading table and a family, or into
a dining-room, where another family
is eating supper, and where we can
see the cups and plates marching in
dusty array around the room on a
plate rail. Usually we see only plain
folk, doing the most ordinary things,
and still we like to look at them and
like to r°ad the books that make us
feel as though we were looking.
Of course, it is not at all fair to ac
cuse Dickens of sneaking around and
peering in at parties and fireside con
versations. and nobody is going to be
lieve that Longfellow spied upon his
neighbors, or that Whittier was eaves
dropping when he wrote Snowbound,
or that Burns was watching the cot
ter's cottage that Saturday night or
that Riley saw all he has told us
about by looking through his folks'
parlor or kitchen windows. But when
we read the things these men wrote
we feel as though we ourselves had
been stealing glimpses into other peo
ple's houses.
1 It is very true that many of us pre
1 fer reading something thrilling, and
fascinating about very fashionable so
I ciety, or very Bohemian artists, or a
j very wild west, or something very
I troublesome about problems, or very
' sentimental about souls or states of
; mind. These things are so very dif
| ferent from anything that anybody
: really knows that they seem to be as
I eagerly read as easily written. But
those of us who read these things can
never know the peculiar, satisfied
and comfortable enjoyment that the
. books which are like looking into peo
ple’s windows give the rest of us.
Mussulmans of the World.
Turkish periodicals publish statis
tics of the Mussulman population of
the world, and. although it is difficult
to follow absolutely the statistics of
a country where records are so im
perfectly kept, the approximate re
sults are as follows:
The Ottoman Empire contains 24,
' 000,000 persons, of whom 6,000,000 live
in Europe and 18.000,000 in Asia. But
of these not more than one-half pro
fess the faith of Mahomet.
The Russian empire has quite a
proportion of the followers of Ma
homet, numbering several millions. In
India there are some 50,000,000 Mus
sulmans, while Persia, Afghanistan.
Arabia and other independent coun
tries in Asia have about 20,000,000
more. The Dutch colony of Java, with
Borneo, the Philippines and other ad
jacent islands, contain several mil
lion besides.
All the northern and central part
of Africa rests firm in the faith of
the prophet.—Harper's Weekly.
Gethsemane by Night.
1 wanted to visit Gethsemane, seen
from a distance only. So thither we
directed our steps, and I wished for
silence. For the first time in my life
1 was about to enter—oh, so eargerly!
—that place the name of which men
tioned at a distance had so profoundly
moved me, and I had not foreseen all
these people, the crowd attracted
hither as if for a spectacle. We en
tered the grotto called that of the
Agony, now becomes a chapel, with
a rock for a dome, which for sixteen
centuries had been considered the i
place in which Jesus passed through
that awful agony before the arrest.
Other places have been disputed and
questioned, but concerning Gethsem- j
ane there is universal agreement. The
little altars, very old and simple, do (
not disfigure this grotto, which does
not seem to have changed in nine-1
teen hundred years. It was in such
a spring night as this, as cold as ours !
promised to be. that the apostles slept
here, their eyes weighted down with
fatigue and anguish, while Jesus went
I I
away from them into the garden, "a
stone's throw,” to pray for strength.
Here Jesus came to awaken them
three times, and here amid the flash
of torches was he taken. This rocky
vault stood there and heard and saw
those things; but it is mute.—Chris
tian Herald.
Play With Spirit.
Figg—Shakespeare is immortal. I
consider “Hamlet” a play for nil time.
Fogg—That's so; it will never give up
the ghost. —■
Projectile to Repel Dirigibles.
Tests have been made in Germany
■with a special projectile which is in
tended to repel dirigibles and which
is designed not only to pierce a gas
envelope, but also to set fire to the
gas. This projectile, fired from a rifle,
is provided with little wings that open
in flight, under the influence of a
spring, compressed while the projec
tile is still in the rifle barrel, but ex
panded as soon as the muzzle is pass
ed. An ordinary bullet leaves such a
email hole in an envelope that the gas
escapes through it but slowly. The
wings on the improved bullet tear a
hole of appreciable size in the fabric
What is more, they retard the bullet
sufficiently to cause a friction device
to ignite fulminate contained in the
bullet. The experiments gave encour
aging results.
Anti-Earthquake Exhibition.
At Messina, Sicily, an exhibition of
arts, crafts and industries allied to
anti-earthquake building construction
is to be held next fall. It is to be un
; der the auspices of the ministers of
public works and of education of the
j Italian government. A large area of
i ground has been assigned for the ex
position and a local committee formed,
I with the Hon. S. Cutrufelli as chair
man.
Its Problems.
"The fruit of political work is al
! ways doubtful.”
| "How do you mean?"
"It may be a lemon or it may be a
| plum.”
ADMITS HE’S A “LITTLE GREEN”
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are not en
thusiastic over their new honors and
surroundings at Washington. They
are trying hard to settle, so tha,t they
can be as happy and comfortable as
they were at Columbia City before
they went to Indianapolis to take pos
session of the executive mansion.
"I hope to like it here after I get
• onto the ropes," said Mr. Marshall
the other day. “I am a little green,
and I know that everybody in Wash
ington knows it, but I really think
111 like it after I get the hang of
things.
“My life has been made a little
burdensome by job hunters who think
that I am a real pie counter man.
Nine-tenths of my letters are applica
tions for positions.
“Rut it is all right, and In time 1
will be on the earth again. Back in
Indiana I was sentenced. Here I will
be. As St. Paul says. ‘Not that I
speak in respect of want; for I have
ne n whatsoever state I am. therewith to be content.’
Speaking of patronage, my patronage extends to a driver of the mono
rail ear from the Capitol to the Senate Office building (if they ever get it
fi° n i aD<^ a messenSer, a stenographer and a page. I have filled all of
lose important places. If I tried to influence the senators in their distribu
ton o offices I would soon lose their respect and friendly feeling for me.
lave seen enough already to know that 1 am not to become a very active
dispenser of party pie.
I have enjoyed my first days in Washington. I am not quite at home
presiding over the senate, but with the thoughtful and considerate help of
the senators I will get on. 1 am learning the rules, which is more of a task
even than committing the shorter catechism, which I had to do frequently
when a boy. I rather think, however, that I will enjoy it after a while.
Living in a hotel is new to me. 1 have been fortunate in having a home.
Mv father was a country physician and we always had a heme. It was our
home, even If It was not much of a house.
"I told Mrs. Marshall the other day that all that I had got cut of poli
tics. aside from the genuine pleasure of being one of the people, is the prom
ise of the distinguished honor of being buried from an undertaking establish
ment if I should happen to die while at a Washington hotel.
"Maybe, after the extra session is over and we settle for the fir^t regular
session of congress, we will be in a house. I am not rich, but I never lived
in a rented house until I was governor of Indiana."
i-----—
KING’S SECRETARY SOON TO RETIRE
'"There.” said a journalist, indicat
ing Lord Knollys, calm, suave and im
perturbable, at the time when the
coronation of the late King Edward !
had been postponed owing to his ill- !
ness and rumors of probable abdica- ]
tlon and other things were flying
about, "stands the secret history.
What a wealth of good paragraphs 1
there would be if we could only get
him to talk!"
It was a tribute to the man behind
the throne who, after forty-five years j
of royal service as private secretary
and friend to three monarchs—Queen
Victoria, King Edward and King
George—is about to retire, says Lon- j
don Tit-Bits. What an absorbing ;
story of the inner side of' court life !
Lord Knollys could unfold! King Ed- ’
ward trusted him implicitly, regard
ing him as an intimate friend and ■
companion, as well as secretary and j
adviser, invariably relying on his ;
judgment and having no secrets from I
rrancie, as he was wont to call his inrasnip.
It is extremely unlikely, however, that the world will ever be taken into
Lord Knollvs’ confidence regarding his long association with the royal fain- 1
ily, for he is a man who talks little and writes less. "No man ever knew' so
much and said so little,” w'as a remark of the late archbishop of Canterbury !
about him. He has been described as the most silent, yet the most tactful, j
man in Europe.
_
NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF NAVY I
» ■ —
Foj the second time New York
state furnishes a Roosevelt as assist
ant secretary of the navy. The illus
trious Theodore served in that capa
city under McKinley, and now his
cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but a
sturdy Democrat, has been appointed
to the same post.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is a fighter,
too, but in a manner different from
that of our ex-president. The spring
i bok and the deceitful dik-dik need not
I fear him, and it is unlikely that he
| will ever lead a charge up San Juan
hill or any other hill. The biggest
game that Franklin D. Roosevelt has
ever attacked was the Tammany
tiger and the striped cat got by far
the worst of the encounter. Roose
velt in 1910 was elected state senator
from Dutchess, Columbia and Putnam
counties and at once led a bolt
against the party leaders at Albany.
| who were committed to the candidacy
j of William Sheehan for United States
senaior. At me neaa or a little band of 21 men he kept up a long and hot
fight until in the end James Aloysius O’Gorman was sent to Washington as
junior senator from the Empire State, and that selection has proved a wise
one.
Senator Roosevelt is thirty-one years old and is a fifth cousin of Theodore
Roosevelt. There is a dual relationship, because the senator married a daugh
ter of Elliott Roosevelt, a brother of the former president.
WALTER H. PAGE, ENVOY TO LONDON 1
Walter H. Page of Garden City, !
L. I., editor of the World's Work and j
member of Doubieday, Page & Co., j
publishers, has accepted President 1
Wilson's offer to be ambassador to
Great Britain.
The selection of Mr. Page estab
lishes that President Wilson has not
abandoned his announced policy of
choosing men for his important
diplomatic posts without regard to
their wealth. Indeed it can be stated
that Mr. Page is another of the list
of comparatively poor men to whom
President Wilson has offered ambas
sadorships.
Although he has been a successful
publisher, as well as a Htertary man
or attainment, Mr. Page’s means are
moderate Mr. Page demurred at
accepting the appointment on the
grounds that he did not have the for
tune to maintain the American em
bassy In the style which has been
customary in the past The president
ip turn gave Mr. Page to understand that he did not think it necessary for
ambassadors to live lavishly, regardless of what the custom has been in the
past.
Mr. Page is a North Carolinan, and a brother of Rep. R. N. Page.
*
YES, HE WANTED A SHAMPOO'
Under the Circumstances Most Men
Would Have Felt That They Did
Really Need the Attention.
Barber—Poor Jim has been sent to
a lunatic asylum.
Victim (in chair)—Who’s Jim?
“Jim is my twin brother, sir. Jim
has long been broodin’ over the hard
times, an’ I suppose he finally got
crazy."
“Is that so?"
"Yes, he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were so alike
we couldn't tell each other apart. We
both brooded a great deal, too. No
money in this business now.”
"What's the reason?"
"Prices too low. Unless a customer
takes a shampoo it doesn't pay to
shave or haircut. Poor Jim, I caught
him trying to cut a customer’s throat
because he refused a shampoo, so 1
had to ha\e the poor fellow locked up.
Makes me sad. Sometimes I feel sor
ry I didn’t let him slash all he wanted
to. It might have saved his reason.
Shampoo, sir?”
"Yes!”
FACE ALMOST COVERED WITH
PIMPLES AND BLACKHEADS
Atchison, Kan.—“For a number of
years I suffered very greatly from skin
eruption. My face was very red and
irritated, being almost covered with
pimples and blackheads. The pimples
were scattered over my face. They
were a fine rash with the exception of
a few large pimples on my forehead
and chin. My face burned and looked
red as if exposed to either heat or
cold. It was not only unsightly but
very uncomfortable. I tried several
remedies but couldn’t get any relief.
I was recommended to use Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
“I applied the Cuticura Ointment in
the evening. leaving it for about five
minutes, then washing it off with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. I wash
ed with the Cuticura Soap and hot war
ter also several times during the day.
After about four months of this appli
cation. my face was cleared of the
pimples. I still use the Cuticura
Soap.” (Signed) Miss Elsie Nielson,
Dec. 29. 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept L, Boston.”
Adv.
The Spooners.
She was bidding a hurried farewell
to a young man of her acquaintance.
"Oh. 1 shall kiss ray ma!” she cried.
Her escort was on the point of offer
ing himself as substitute, but pulled
up in time when he realized that she
probably meant to have said "1 shall
miss my car.”
Carried Passengers High in Air.
Pierre Gougenheim, a young French
aviator, recently carried four passen
gers half a mile into the air, with
the 'Aind blowing thirty-five miles an
hour. He used a mammoth biplane
with a spread of wings of fifty-six
feet.
No End to This.
“Pa. what is meant by ‘ad infini
tum'7”
"That's the same thing, my son. as
every valet having a valet."
Elliptical Language.
"I see where the firm of Hook &
Took are about going up.”
“Yes. they are fast going under.”
“GOING SOME”
When it is a question of
restoring the appetite,
toning and strengthening
the digestive system and
keeping the bowels open,
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters1
will prove it is capable of |
“going some. ” You really
should try a bottle today. I
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TEN YEARS
From Nervousness Caused by
Female Ills—Restored to
Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegeta
ble Compound.
Auburn, N. Y. — “I suffered from
nervousness for ten years, and had such
• organic pains uiai
; sometimes I would
lie in bed four days
at a time, could not
eat or sleep and did
not want anyone to
talk to me or bother
me at all. Some
times I would suffer
for seven hours at a
time. Different doc
tors did the best
they could for me
unui iour montns ago l began givi*g
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound a trial and now I am in good
health. ” —Mrs. William H. Gill, 15
Pleasant Street, Auburn, New York.
“Doctor’s Daughter Took It.”
St. Cloud,Mir.n.—“I was so run down
by overwork ar.d worry that I could not
stand it to have my children talk aloud
or walk heavy on the floor. One of my
friends said, ‘Try Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, for I know a doc
tor’s daughter here in town who takes
it and she would not take it if it were
not good.’
“ I sent for the Compound at once and
kept on taking it until I was all right. ”
—Mrs Bertha M. Quickstadt, 727 5th
Avenue, S., St. Cloud, Minn.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound may be relied upon as the most
efficient remedy for female ills. Why
don’t you try it? .
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