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Obtained
J3y Co)f. jFWz Duquesne
Capl. Fritz Duqucsne was born of
lioer parents in Smith Africa, edu
cated in Europe (where he won con
siderable distinction as a swords
man), and has been a professional
hunter of big name, most of his life.
At the aijc of 11 he was a veteran of
the Kaffir wars. He served in the
Doer war and also in the Congo. In
the recent events of South Africa's
kaleidoscopic history Capl.Duquesne
took a conspicuous part. He act
ed in many capacities during the
hostilities between the liner and the
lirilish, being in turn spy, military
detective, engineer, censor, dispatch
carrier and propagandist, lie was
wounded twice in the fightinii
around Colenso. When the llrilisli
succeeded in cutting cable communi
cation between the lioer republic
and the rest of the world. Duqucsne
carried the news of the lioer vii lo
ries over the Mozambique border,
and from there he wrote dispatches
to the relit lllcu, the official Euro
pean organ of the lioer government.
He was once captured by the Por
tuguese and thrown into prison at
Lorenzo Marquis. Later he was ta
ken as a prisoner to Europe at the
request of the British government.
When the ship that imivryed him
and his guard torn lied at S'apks he
was suffering from a fen r and in
consequence was placed in an Italian
hospital. On his recovery he u is al
lowed to go free. He went to lints,
sols and was sent back to the front
by Dr. Leyds. with plans for the
seizure of Cape Town by the lioer
commandirs then mobiliz d in Cape
Colony. Everything was nadi fur
the taking of the dty when, u traitor
having revealed the' plot, Duquesne
and a number of others wne )
hired in Cape Town inside (he Brit
ish defenses. This was the t lunar
of what has come to be known as the
"Cape Town 1'lot." Some of the
prisoners were sentenced to death
who later had their sentence chained
to life imprisonment. Capt. Duquesne
was among the latter. Ten months
later he escaped from the Bermuda
prisons, got aboard the American
yacht Margaret of Xrw York while
she was coaling at the dotk. and was
conveyed lo Baltimore. Bark to Eu
rope he went again, as war corre
spondent and military writer on the
Petit Bleu; thence to A frit a. where
ho took a commission on the Congo.
In East Africa he hunted big qa'ma
for sport and proit, and finally he
came to New York to do newspaper
and magazine work.
I HE experience Presi
dent Ilonspvolt 1ms
gained h u n 1 1 n g
gamo on the Noith
Aineilcan continent
will bo of llttlo use
to him on his expe
dition Into tho wilds
o f East Africa.
Hunting in America
Is n sport, something to bo played nt;
hunting In Africa Is n trade, almost a
profession. In America one meroly
takes a rllle and goes out to shoot. In
Africa, to hunt a la mode, ono takes
a battery of arms, usually throe and
sometimes four, high power rllles of
different cnllber, rnnglng fiom n six
and live-tenths millimeter to a COO
cordlto express. Tho cartridges for
thoso rifles nro charged with vari
ous bullets, solid nickel, steol, soft
noso long, soft noso short and split.
Each of theso bullots wns designed
by exports for a special use, nnd on
tho way thoy nro used depends tho
success of ono's shot. Often tho uso
of tho unsuitable bullet ends In tho
hunter's death. On small gamo tho
light caliber arm, six five-tenths mllll
motor, Is used, and on largo and dan
gorous gamo tho nlno mllllmotor Mau
ser and COO callbor cordlto oxpress
give tho host results. Tho last-named
rlflo strikes tho enormous blow of
8,700 pounds, and has a leeoll of close
on a hundred weight. That the man
wIioho hunting experiences Iiuh been
bring li I in down. Tlio hunter mtiBt
put tlio ahot Into tho nnlmal'B lionri or
liunit, or ho must faro n chargo that
will probably end In his destruction.
Rifles of vnrloiiti callbor uro carried
for economy. It Is cheaper to uhu n
small six five-tenths millimeter ride
on small game, n nine millimeter on
medium game, and a COO express on
big game, than to entry ono weapon
for nil-round work, which would have
to he big enough at least for tho
Inigest game, Nothing smaller than
a 150 expioss would do for that, and
It would ho distinctly uneconomical,
not to say foolish, to shoot a small
nntclope, tho slzo of n goat, with a
(100 express. It would ho like using
n pile driver to kill n mosquito. Again,
cnrtiidgos hecomo very costly by tho
time they reach tho Interior of Africa.
A cnrtrldgo for n 000 express rllle, for
Instnnco, costing slxponco (12 cents)
In London, reaches an enormous price
by the time it gets Into tho hunting
giounds of A Men. I havo seen thorn
bring llvo shillings ($1.25) each, nnd
very nenrco at that. Nor Is this such
an extiavagant price when one takes
Into consideration Hint evory ounco
has to bo carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps, across
rivers, over mountains, trnverslng the
parched veld nnd penetrating the tlla
mnl forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot beforo they rench their
destination. It Is ensy to bco that
weight Is un Important factor In cart
ildge economics. Four six five-tenths
millimeter cartridges aio equal In
weight to one 000 express. That Is, It
Is four deaths against one, for tho
same weight.
These lire the things President
Roosevelt must learn beforo he can
consider himself up on tho wnys of
safail If tho president hunts like
WITH A ROAR HE
nn Africander and not like tho av
erage Huropean that visits the dnrk
continent, ho will certainly find
danger; danger that tries a hunter's
confined to bird shooting with shot
guns, or small gnmo, with, sny, a 32
caliber rifle, may understand tho
meaning of theso figures, let mo stato
that tho ordinary 32-cnltber llflo has
a recoil of perhaps ton to twelvo
pounds. Tho double-barreled shot
gun, which to tho ordlnnry hunter
seems to havo all tho "kicking" ca
pacity any wcaixm needs, has a re
soil of from 25 to 30 pounds.
Tho COO callbor cordlto express Is
tho most deadly hand arm mndo.
Notwithstanding tho tcrrlilc forco
of this COO express bullet It must bo
placed in tho correct part of un olo
phnnt'8 or a rhinoceros' nnntomy to
nerve, that requires an alert lntelll
genco and a quick eye to pass through
it and live.
Mr. Cunnlnghame, wiio Is organiz
ing tho Roosevelt expedition, is ono
of tho most experienced and clever of
Afrlcnn hunters. Ho will havo com
plete charge of everything from tho
largest to tho smallest dotall. With
him nt tho head of things tho presi
dent can depend on having a success
ful hunt. Thnt Is, If ho Is going for
sport nnd not merely as a scrlbo look
ing for local atmosphoro for his book.
Many great African hunters hnvo
killed oil their f;nmo in tho narrow
nnd dnrk conllnes of nn Ink bottlo.
Africa Is a menagoiio 11,500,000
miles In area, with tho greatest com
bination of lnkes, rlvors, mountains
and veld Imaginable, a verltnblo para
dlso for wild animals. Notwithstand
ing tho destruction of big game, thero
aro still thousands of herds of every
thing Africa possesses for tho hunter,
roaming over tho veld only a few
days' travel afoot from the const.
Thero aro hundreds of rivers that
havo rarely boon visited by tho white
mnti. On tho bnnks of theso strenniB
hippopotami, rhinoceroses, elephants,
lcopnrds, lions, goilllns nnd dozens of
varieties of nntclope, tho names of
which havo never been heard by tho
mnjorlty of Europeans or Americans,
gambol and ratten In gluttonous plon
tltudo undisturbed by the crack or tho
COO caliber expiess. It Is only In
reachable districts that tho game Is
killed to any great extent. Tho cost
nnd danger of hunting in most or tho
country havo protected It and will
protect It for many years to come.
Frightful Diseases of the Jungle.
Whoro gamo is most abundant tho
frightful diseases that nature seems
to havo placed ns a barrier against
tho whlto mnn's Invasion nro also
nhundnnt. In Africa's wild, beautiful,
mysterious forostB, more lo bo feared
than nil tho lions nnd rhinos, lurk tho
germs of tho deadly blnckwater fever,
malaria, science-defying sleeping sick
ness and the unknown lenson for tho
veld sores that drain ono's life out
In a Tew months. These, with tho
KiiHt Afrlcnn term for nn expedition of
nny kind, cxpi'ulnlly a hiuitltiK uxpcdltlon.
mliismal swnmps, tho noxious Insects,
tho slimy, poisonous spears of the
natives, mnko hunting in Africa no
gnmo for tho chicken-hearted.
Of course, hunting as a business Is
ono thing nnd hunting for pleasuro is
another. It Is posslhlo to kill Afrlcnn
game to a limited extent without tho
slightest hnrdshlp. Ono can go on
safail accompanied by natives who do
all the work, oven to carrying tho
sportsman In a hammock up to the
CHARGED DOWN ON ME LIKE
game, selecting tho correct rifle,
londlng with tho proper ammunition,
pointing out tho place to hhoot at
and handing tho huntor tho weapon.
Tho hunter merely pulls tho trlggor,
after soelng that thero nro a number
of shikarees (nntlvo hunters) In
readiness to protect him should
ho miss his mark and tho gamo
chargo. As often as not ho misses,
a shlknreo Bhoots tho gnmo, and
his employer gets tho credit. It
Is tho dnngorous sldo only of African
hunting that hns nny attractions for
tho man with nny sporting Instincts
In him, and it Is only thnt sldo of
tho hunt that Is of Interest to the
lalty.
According to present Intentions, Mr.
Cunnlnghame will tnko tho Roosevelt
party over tho route I havo covoied
twice, tho Inst tlmo very rocontly.
What I havo passed through Roose
velt must faco. Ho will bo lucky If
ho comes out nllvo.
Llko most noors, I havo been hunt
ing, on nnd off, and associating with
hunters stneo I was ten years old.
Danger nnd hnlrbreadth escapes havo
happened so frequently to mo that
most of my hunting oxporlonces np
pear almost ton commonplace to
record. Yet somo of them stand out
vividly from tho rest, especially thoso
of rocont occurrence, It would bo
Impossible to hunt nny length of time
In Africa without having somo adven
tures worth relating; ndvontures In
which n steady eyo, norves of steol,
and a brain as quick as lightning aro
life-saving essentials to n big game
huntor.
Most gnmo drops at tho first shot
from tho rlllo or an exporloncod bunt-
er. "The game that makes tho story
Is tho gamo that's missed," ns tho
Swnhlll (east coast natives) say, and
thero is nothing truer than that say
ing, ns rnr as my experiences go, tor
a bad shot nearly ended my tick a
llttlo while ngo In tho Lake country.
I wns ticking between Lake Albert
Edward N'Yanza nnd Lake KIvu, tho
greatest stretch or hunting ground In
tho world, with n caravan or a hun
dred men. Wo had marched steadily
through the enrly part of the day and,
now that tho merciless white-hot sun
wns directly overhead, I called n halt.
Kach member of the enravon throw
himself down In tlio shade excepting
my shikaree Nick, a "boy" from tho
other side of the continent, a native
of Senegal. Ho never rested, nnd as
ho got n percentngo of tho Ivory wo
seemed, ho never let tho soles of his
feet grow soft for want of exercise.
About nn hour passed before Nick
same swinging Into camp with his
whlto teeth gloaming like .now swords.
I know by his smile that thero was
something afoot. He walked straight
to my elephant guns nnd beckoned
mo. I knew he had struck a fresh
spoor (trail). Seizing my arms, I
signaled my gun bearer and struck
out, Nick leading.
If there aio nny elephants about at
midday, the hunter Is pretty suro to
make u good bag, for ut that time
thoy rest out of tho direct rays of
the sun, dozing tho hot hours away,
nnd aro easily approached.
A Terrible Battle with Elephants.
After half an hour's walk through
grass that was at least 20 feet high,
we camu ncross n herd of about
twenty elephants, among which there
woie some flue bull tuskers. As I ex
pected, thej wero nil resting out of
the sun. They wero dllllcult to get at
AN AVALANCHE.
on account of the thickness or tho
undergtowth. It meant a long, pa
tient crawl to a good shooting posi
tion, for to shoot at anything but
close qunrters in such country meant
that tho bullet would bo deflected by
tho bush. I put a solid nickel ball In
tho right barrel of my COO cnllber ex
press ror a head shot, and a sort noso
split In the loft barrel for a body shot.
With tho shlkareo at my sldo nnd tho
gun bearor nt my back, wo crept
silently, inch by inch, foot by foot,
through tho huge tufts of grnss till a
good view of the gamo presented It
self. I took off my coat nnd lint, hung
thorn on a low limb nnd crawled a
few yards fatther on. As I could not
get a vltnl shot nt any of tho ele
phants in their lying position, I gnvo
a sharp whistle. In an Instant thoy
wero upon their foot thrusting their
trunks up In tho air to get a scent of
their enoniles and holding out their
enormous ears to catch tho sllghtost
sound. At lust nn old bull worked
Into tho right position. I aimed at
his weakest point, between tho eyo
nnd ear, nnd gave him tho solid shot.
My aim was bad; a piece of his tusk
flow Into tho air. With a roar ho
charged down on mo llko an ava
lanche. I loveled my oxpress for n Becond
shot nnd tho natives Btood ready.
Down ho enme, tho grnss waving be
fore him In billows. I wnlted 50, 40,
30, 20 yards, another second's sus
pense and bang! I gave him tho sort
bullet full In tho chest. It failed to
stop him. A screeching mar of pain
burst from tho charging monster and
blood gushed rrom his trunk. I
snatched my Mauser and Jumped
nslde ns ho passed. My hat nnd coat,
which wore a fow yards behind, at
tracted his nttcntlon. With a snort
or sntlsrnction he crushed them down.
I gave him nil my Mauser shots In
tho renr. With extraordinary sudden
ness he turned. Ho sighted mo nnd
charged, his tusks level with his body.
My magazine was empty. I threw my
rlflo down nnd rnn, tho elephant gain
ing on mo at each stop. I saw Nick
ahead or nie with leveled rifle.
To keep running meant that I
would soon ho overtaken. Instinctive
ly I threw myself on tho ground and
Nick fired. With a thud that made
tho earth tremble the elophant
dropped. Tho huge trunk twisted llko
a wounded snake for a moment, nnd
then tho gigantic body relaxed In
denth. It nil took nbout two minutes
to happen nnd wns a pretty close
shave, but it was worth tho trouble,
ror the tusks wo got woro big, weigh
ing close to a hundred pounds.
The Killing of Nick, Hunter Boy.
A few months after this occurrence,
on tho sanio trip, I lost Nick, my
Senegal "boy," under terrible circum
stances. This brave man who hnd
hunted everything In Africa from tho
Capo to Cairo, and from Zanzibar to
nanann, boasted many a time thnt ho
would never bo killed by anything but
old age. Hut ho wns too sure. Long
association with danger hnd made
him cnreless, and this cost him his
lire.
Wo were treklng south townrd Lako
Tanganyika along a native path run
ning parallel with the Ituslzl river. It
was frightfully hot. so hot that tho
gun barrels burned our hands. Tho
porters staggered under their heavy
loads In a long string, mumbling
songs, each In his nntlvo tongue, to
keep up his fagged spirits, and tho
sun rays danced In misty vibrations
from the parched earth. Suddenly the
Junglo ceased nnd wo broke Into tho
open veld. Four hundred yards nway,
coming in tho opposite direction, was
a herd or at least twenty elephants.
They had evidently mndo a long Jour
ney and wero suffering from tho In
tense heat. Some of them were occu
pied in thrusting their trunks Into
their mouths nnd drawing wntcr from
their stomachs. With this water they
wero sprinkling their sunburned
bncks. This Is a habit that elephants
always practice when thoy nre over
heated and cannot find tho shado of a
friendly forest.
To me tho sight or the npproachlng
herd was welcome. I saw Ivory which
meant thousands or dollars to us ir
wo could got in n row good shots. I
ordered my caravan bnck Into tho un
dergrowth, nnd, bringing up tho shik
arees, prepared for the slaughter, i
loaded my nlno millimeter Mauser
with solid bullets for long shots. At
"00 yards I opened fire nnd the leader,
n lino bull, dioppod in his tracks. The
crack of my rifle throw tho herd into
consternation. They wero not suro
where tho noise enmo from, nnd they
ns et had not caught bight of us.
fter a llttlo Indecision they kept on
the old routo and inarched toward us.
A hundred yards nearer and I gave I
flln Tinnwiuf nluiilm.. ltitll ri .mw....l I
shot. It went wild. Ho shrieked and
tlnpw his trembling head back and
rorth frantic with pain. I had evi
dently glvin him a bad face wound. I
flrod again nnd must havo missed. He
saw me, and, trumpeting loudly,
charged down on us, followed by tho
whole herd. I emptied my magnzlno
into them with no effect. Nearer they
came, their Ivory gleaming In tho sun
nnd tho dust curling up In clouds bo
hind them. Tho ground vibrated like
n beaten drum top under their thun
derous chargo.
I saw a tusk-crested wavo of mam
moths sweeping down to destroy us.
It was no time for Innctlon. The gun
bearer hnnded mo tho COO caliber ex
press. At n hundred yards I gave tho
leador ono barrel nftcr tho other. He
fell, and those behind tumbled over
him In a heap. For a moment the
mad chargo was broken. I thought
wo wero out of danger, but nnother
leader forged ahead and boro down
on us. "Run!" I shrieked, and every
man made for safety, excepting Nick,
the coolest In tho faco of danger nnd
nlwnys tho last to run. I throw my
soir behind a tree, just escaping bo
lug crushed to denth. A screech roso
abovo tho thunder of tho hoofs nnd
tho next Instnnt I saw Nick hoisted
Into the nlr with a blood-stained tusk
through his body. Tho Infuriated
mass swept past, leaving a red
marked trail. I Immediately set out
on the spoor of tho herd In hopo or
getting tho body or tho shikaree. Al
though I searched till sundown I was
unsuccesarul.
That night I heard tho lions ronr
Ing down toward tho river. Tho next
morning, with a fow natives, 1 con
tinued tho search, In tho direction
that tho lions' ronrs camo from dur
ing tho night. Wo soon sighted n
flock of vultures, a suro sign of dend
gamo, and, coming up with thorn, wo
found tho chewed carcass of an elo
phant and tho scattered bones of n
human being, among which I found
Nick's hunting knlfo nnd bolt. Tho
wounded elephant had carried him on
his tusk till It roll exhausted through
loss of blood, and died. It was ono of
tho best ivory hauls I over mado at
ono shooting and It was tho saddest.
Nick was a great Bhlknrco. Ho pos
sessed every attrlbuto of manhood.
Ho died like many a hunter has died.
Nick was tho twentieth nntlvo that
I havo lost on my various expeditions.
It was In tho same country thnt on a
previous expedition a rhinoceros In
vaded our camp and killed two natlvo
porters, wounding three and giving
mo n closo call.
(Copyright, 1909, by llonj. B. Hampton.)
Owned by the British Public.
Tho valuo of pictures In tho British
National Qallory is nbout JG.250,000.
WOMAN'S WORTH.
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man in America sold his wlfo for a
shilling.
Hubby Well, If she was a good
ono alio wns worth It.
GOT TO THE CAUSE
And Then All Symptoms of Kidney
Trouble Vanished.
C. J. Hammonds, G17 S. Hill St., Fort
Scott, Kansas, says: "I was operated
on for Btono In tho
kidney but not cured
nnd somo time after
was feeling so bad
that I knew there
must be nnother
stone that would
have to bo cut out.
I decided to try
Doan's Kldnnv T'llln
and tho kidney nctlon Improved right
nway. Largo quantities of sediment
nnd stony particles passed from me,
and flnnlly tho stono itself, part dis
solved, but still as big as a pea. With
It disappeared nil symptoms of dizzi
ness, rheumatism and headaches. I
havo gained nbout 50 pounds since nnd
feel well nnd hearty."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-MIlburn Co.. llufTnlo, N. Y.
Ate a Chick with Big Eyes.
A tralnmnn is telling an Incident
that occurred on a Mohawk & Malono
train up in tho wood3 tho other day.
Tho train was standing on a siding
wnltlng tho arrival and pnsslng of nn
other train when an Italian walked
through tho coach, his hands crossed
on his stomach and his head wagging
from sldo to side in a doleful manner.
"Whnt's the mntter, John?" somo
ono inquired.
"Oh, mo sick mo Blck nB dov," re
plied tho man, rolling his head still
more distressingly nnd continuing tho
rubbing or his stomnch.
"Sick? Well, what you been eat
ing?" asked tho sympathetic passen
ger. "Eata do chick with tho big eyes,"
responded John, as hla groans in
crenscd. John had killed an owl tho night
beforo and It didn't ngree with him.
Utlca Observer.
Rabbinical Wit.
An English rabbi was asked ir thero
was any weighty reason against hav
ing a clock in tho synagogue. "P.y no
means," was tho reply. "Havo your
clock, but put It outside tho building,
nnd then you enn tell how Into you
como to tho service." Two rabbis
woro passing tlio boautirul synngoguo
in which ono or them officiated. "How
I envy you!" said the first. "You
must bo In n paradise." "Hold,
friend!" tho second explained. "In
tho original paradlBo there was only
ono serpent, but in this congregation
nro runny of them."
Sees Final Victory Over Tuberculosis.
Dr. William Osier says: "Whether
tuberculosis will bo llnally eradicated
1b an open question. It is a foo that
la very deeply intrenched In tho hu
man rnco. Very hard It will bo to
eradicate completely, but when wo
think or what has been done in ono
generation, how tho mortality in
many places has been reduced more
thnn GO per cent. Indeed, ' in somo
plnccs 100 per cent. it is a battlo of
hope, and so long ns wo nro lighting
with hope, the victory is In sight"
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Age.
When prominent men renllzo the In
Jurlous effects of cofTeo nnd the change
in health that Postum can bring, they
nro glad to lend their testimony for
tho benefit of others.
A superintendent of public schools
In one of tho southern states says:
"My mother, slnco her early child
hood, was on lnvetorato coffeo drinker,
hnd been troubled with hor heart for a
number of years and complained of
Uint 'weak all over' feeling and sick
stomach.
"Somo time ngo I was mnklngnnofll
clnl visit to a distant pnrt of tho coun
try nnd took dinner with ono of tho
merchants or tho place. I noticed a
Bomowhat pecullnr flavour of tho cof
fee, and nsked him concerning It. Ho
replied that it was Postum.
"I was so ploased with It, that after
the meal was over, I bought a package
to carry homo with mo, and had wifo
prepare somo for tho next meal. Tho
wholo family woro so well ploased
with it, that wo discontinued coffeo
and used Postum entirely.
"I had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mother's con
dition, but wo noticed that nrtor using
Postum for n short time, sho felt so
much better than sho did prior to Ita
uso, and had llttlo troublo with her
heart and no sick stomach; that tho
headaches wero not bo frequent, and
hor general condition much Improved.
This continued until sho was as woll
and hearty ns tho rest of us.
"I know Postum hns benofltod my
solf nnd tho other mombors of tho
family, but not In so marked a do
greo as in tho caso of my mother, as
sho was a victim of long standing."
Read, "Tho Road to Wollvlllo," Jn
pkgs. "Thoro's a Reason."
II cr ri-nil (lit- abort letter f A new
ne iippem-n from time to time. Tliey
-ire Kf-nulue, trui-, uud full of liumaa
uttrcm.
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