JMIING BIG GAMI P ?H TIN jvi yKBlSBa The Ugly Rhinoceros and Smaller Game By Capt. Fritz Dtiquestw iV the Genius of Hull used up nil Ills iiion tul energy making n devil for tin nnl iiial kingdom lio hiuld not have cre ated a more uncur tain, malicious and ugly bruto than tho .1.1 n I. I u anltiial hnV Ifurloil more hunters than all ''other big name combined. It Booms to ho the hlrud assassin of the Jungle Its success ns a homicide Is not duo to thu fact that It seek.B Hb victim, hut becrtuHo lis victim falln over It. IT tho rhino knowH that thoro is an enemy ahout, It will try to not away without being seen. If, on tho other hand, It thinks thnt hy keeping Btlll It will bo passed unnoticed, It stays nH silent and motionless ns Gibraltar. IIh little Iior eyes watching tho direction of the noise and Its nose shilling tho air. Should an enemy ,nhow up maidenly In the JiihrIo tho J rhino charges llko n Hash, noso down ,and honiH leveled like swords for tho tin nut, ItH huge bulk crushing through tho brush like an express train. It Is ' always a Unlit to the death, for a (rhtuor(MOH onco In a light wIiih or dies, and It mostly wIiih, If It is not confrontel with an express illle In tho hands of a cool, good shot. 11 was the express in tho bands of a 'cool shot that saved mo In tho en counter related hero. Wo had boon out nearly a year and woio loturnlug to civilization, audi as it is on tho Fast African const, with u Rood stock of Ivory. My part ner, Jappio do Vlllicrs, iv well-known Hoer hunter, had fever and was ex pected to die at any moment. Ho had been carried 300 miles friunJJ.' Intqrlor'ln a hammock. IfUe-VijIIera hnd noL beon'ilM.ttouiT'iiotJ)e, tillvo to-daVi V i i Wn woro pitching rnmp at the Kngern river, nn, ,one. .or tbeHu luex-, pllcable barren patches that are scat tored llko freckles over the, face of the trJu!c:i,-Jori-itfJ,-ul M ,( r I huugiii,r rifles on the limbs or thu irons. AWlilh'Unni.rlrieii Hit' itVk Wim.' rndo'R-aijinjpnlj.j lliRlPQi'leilf WortV collecting -dry wood for the, wight Ikes as I watched 'a 'nloifstoi' ifocolMo ill the .wajiuyfVlti x ftitn,ttyijrL'to swallow ti solf.f A 'I! by vllaj?$ was kkmlig ,u. hepst ff had flhot for food. In another group my Vboysv word 'ripening the 'burtdles of ciuunllig liecossltlcs. A loud grunt followed by ',a 'SounU's piy, caino from thu jungle sltlo of tho camp, and tho next Instunt tho screechliiR So mali, followed by a huge rhinoceros, burst through the undergrowth. The Somali ran for a tree. Ho tripped over an ammunition box, the rhino paused him in its blind fury nnd charged down on the olump of por ters, scnttming them like chaff be fore tul wjtid. Ono was .crushed down Another who bad stumbled rose 16 run, ( the, 1 maddened 'boast charged ajul, thrust,; Its horn through his back", 'battered Him against a tieo, and then hurled him In tho air. Close Call for a Brave. Hunter. 4 ' N '(wos reach I lift for my rifle when ihlnpft'iiijhtjBlBhl p niu It, vs I '; tho . too lute. I ruiufd anil ran towaid the river A dive would save mo. I thought of the crocoiUlcfe j j I j"al yie nil ft or the rhino's foul "breatli My hoart bank. I had one chance to Jump aside and let the -rhino jmsj I jumped, and tho roaring animal wiped Its goro-staliied cheok on mo as r did I doubled on my tracks, tho demoniac brute frothing In fury after me. As I passed under the hammock whore my conirado lay between life aid denth, thoro whb a vivid 'flash, a deareiilng roar filled the world, and 1 tell ( Tho rhinoceros rolled over, KT,7,i1lng a stieani of hot blood on mo fiom a wound In Its neck. 1 looked up, dazed and breathless. 1 didn't know whothor I wns dead or allvo. 1 felt tho lingo, throbbing carcass ho sldo mo. Tho yellow fcvep-gtninail, hollow-eyed rnco 6f Io Vjlllers lpokcd over tho hammock and asked, "Aro you hurt,?" ; "I think not," I answered "What happened?" I cot no answor. ' Do Vllllors sank bnck with "a groan. I sprang to tho sido' ot tho hammock. I thoug)t ho wa1 dead. Ills broast was covered i i with blood. 1 opened his shirt nnd saw bis rlRht collar bono broken nnd protruding through the flesh. I forced Homo brandy down his throat and ho revived. "What happened?" 1 asked again. "You had one chanco for life, and that was tho death of tho rhino. I had one chance In n thousand of sav lug you and killing the rhino. I took It ami gave tho rhino both barrels of the express. Your face Is singed a little from tho flash. The recoil of the bliimleibuss has butt my shoul der." Ho put his left band over mid felt the shatteied collar bone. "1 supposo It's all up with me," he said. "This, on top of the fever, Is too much." Ho smiled and fell back unconscious. The natives who had lied returned, and wo examined the live porters who got tho rhino's charge. Two woro dead, three badly Injured, Through the night I sat hosldo my unconscious comrade In the flicker of the (amp fires, listening to the dull, monotonous droning of the insects in the trees, and seeing faces In tho embers, one face especially, a kind, thin face ci owned with white hair weeping as 1 told bur of Japple, bar hunter son's death. Tho chill boforo dawn struck the earth. I turned to put some wood on the fire. Glaring in the grass a few yards away I saw two green phosphoiescent eyes. I seized my Luger pistol and rose, llko a flash a lion sprang nwny before I could shoot. A little later tho forest burst Into thunderous lours. It seemed to he full of llonu, which were attract ed by tbn smell of the rhino's blood. Do Vllllers did not die. Ho came through it all He now organizes hunting expeditious Into Fast Africa " 'J I I . ' . THy YELLOW EVER-STAIN ami Ju all probability he he pno! oi uio uooseveu party. Treed by a Rhino Birthday Party. The next day we continued our march. Wo had not gono hir whon( a native brought in news or a rresh i lit no spoor. I nt once set out in search or the game. Wo ,wero not) ten minutes on the hunt when) I, smoUt'tl the. peculiar Odor or the rhino, which sometimes Js very Btiongl I WVns Iowh the .(vlnrt that Ii the Wind was bloulpg .toward me from tho .'i ' i, i 'ii it ti i.,, rhino so 'I Svus sure .or getting n prntty) good shot j At few, minutes later I saw a long horn sticking tluoiiKh the hlulMuniss.-r It It was -nio-i tlJonlejs.vrTbo-.anlihl iMas, waiting ipn uioopas ijiiojii' aenaifrq tiiu and fired, hoping to hit a vital spot. Jv calculation was bad and the rhino hcuiped'jolj' tRallop. I stood there cursing my" luck when a grunt behind, me nearly geared mo out of my'wlfa.1'- I thole 'no chances, but turned ami ran. 1 hadn't gone 20 yards when I humped' on something In the grass and down I went. I grabbed my llflo and mndo for tho netuest tree a few yards away. When I could get my breath I surveyed thq scene from my point, or vantage could bee nt 'least ton rhinos, ) Thq thing I rell' over was a now-born babyk rhino and It must have been Its mother I shot at. It Is the habit or the pachydermata or Africa to collect around a femalo thnt Is about to' glvo birth to young. This Is to protect the new-bunt weak' )ing ntfalfist thq attacks ot Its eno-j mies, and that Is tho sort of chrlstou lug I ran Into. I hated to interrupt the birthday party, hut I couldn't, lot sentiment Interfere with business, bo I opened fire on tlio ncanist rhluo. Ho got it right through tho hoart and fell, I fired at a seeo'ud , nni'' that ulso wont down. While I was rbload ' ' 1 9- TM1. & 'dSEfaarJffT&tWUKm; wTK V 'S41KT . JffilMWEXfilSiEc-sWig i.HSi wmwmmmmLwmmssaMWm&jM r VlMriTJPlJVJU'QteCPy-V "ti yISlETiLW?-nK&Hrff'Jlh S4WJlM$&T--iSZs.,tBZV'A. ' wmmwmmmmm :VYJrWY.KCAtfSsfJ7',.?iSW1Ay& , ;jfi4rgftT- tfffl&jg&7&MmQr : ' -1 Ing my express the rest took fright and scampored off. Narrow Escape from Crocodiles. Tho summer before Inst I was hunt Ing on tho Kagora. Wp bad eaton antelope for Bomo tlmo and tho camp was anxloiiB for a chnngo, bo I Bhot a hippo for food. It was nn ensy thing to do. I wnlted till It showed Its head, and, bang! A spurt of blood nnd It wns alt over. As tho water wan deep, but not runnlnR, I knew that In tho morning I riught to find my victim float I pit, At daybreak I was down nt tho river with a party or natives. As I expected, tho hippo's body was float- Ing, hilt, unluckily for us, on the op posite side or the ilvor, which was teeming with crocodiles. 1 tried to persuaded some oftho nntlves to go In with a ropo and attach It so that wo could draw tho hippo over. No amount or persuasion would Induce them to oven put tholr feet In the river. At Inst, exasperated, 1 seized tho end of tho ropo and Jumped into the river, boots and all, and struck out for tho hippo. I had gone abo-it a bundled strokes when a cry rroni tho bank caused mo to look around. A cold toward mo through tho bluo water, I shiver or honor inn through mo, ror 20 yardB behind, gliding silently could distinguish the brown form or n crocodile. "Shott!" I cried. "Shoot!" as I put every hit or energy Into my Btroko. The crocodile must have been near mo, Tor tho bullets fiat woro being fired from tho bank commenced to zip, zip, nround my head. I was afraid to look back, expecting every moment to bo seized nnd dragged to tho bot tom. At last I reached tho dead hippo nnd managed to drug myself out of wa rJi . r I 1 .'Hi1..' - . - ' V 1 a jr -- --. OF DE VILLIER3 LOOKED WeR THE HAMMOCK. thb water up on tlio slippery carcass. The exertion mndo my head swim. In a fow minutes 1 was myBelf again. 1 qpologlzod In sllonco to tho black Ron tlomen on tho rlvor bank for doubting their courago. I had none left. I took my knife and cut a foothold on the Carcass, and then rocked It so that It would drift to tho shore. Tho na tives told mo that a well-directed bul let bn'd hit the crocodile In tho head. The Enormous Cost of Hunting. ' Tho cost of hunting bjR game In. Africa Is enormous, Ono must .spend a fortune; befOrd' fl'rlnK tlUJ flrljt 'Bhot. Ti)o various European colonics pro- t0(sf tirojr ,,,0, i,y ' clmrg'liiR' 5D popnds stcrlbiR (3S0) 'a year rof ii'll- censo which iiIIoWh tho hunter- to kill twq each o,f ithe pnehydermuta nnd frrtm. two tp teu ot tho various uoqles ot nntojoptfs. This does not protect the panie, but It fills the local treas uries. Added to this Is tho price ror potters, shikarees, hcyluiqn, ptc, whp li,ave to accompany o hunter. The average expedition Is thado up of from 30 to .15 nntlvcH for each whlto man. 'Tho copt of eipilpplng anil maintaining an expedition 1r from 1400 to ICOO a month for onch whlto niiiitnr nnenriilncr to tho district hunted In. Ono well-known concern with headquarters at Nairobi, that mnkes a business of hunting and ex pedition managhig, equips and main tains an expedition on tho Hold for $000 a month, -supplying everything incepting arms and liquor. No Tigers in Africa. Of coiii-so wlion Mr. Hoosovelt nmts, his expedition will hunt for jverythliiR his licenses will nllow him :o shoot. It will bo amateur sport, lot conducted from a financial polut it vjqw;, thoro his oqulpmont will nobably bo more cosily than a profes- I'tloual ono, ltnttno ,bjttor than tho av- i erago sportsman uses in Africa. For Instance, ho will carry a taxidermist's outfit and euro and preserve his gamo Immediately after it Is Bhot. As soon as a Hon or leopard Is killed tho skin must be removed, elenned, and treated with a taxtdermlc prepa ration of alum. Then to protect It from beetles, It must bo soaked In tttrpentino and put In charge of n na ttvo runner, who takes it to the near est post for preservation, orton when n skin arrives at Its destination the numerous Insects that lufcst the coun try luivo eaton It full of holes and It Is absolutely worthless. Speaking of carnlvora and tho other fauna of Africa, let mo say for the benefit of tho American writers, lee turcrH and artists who wish to pro tend to a knowledge of African ani mal life that thoro are no yaks, alli gators, kangaroors, turkeys, bears or tigers in Africa outside of a circus or a zoological garden. There aro two species or rhinoceros, the blcornls or prehensile-lipped, and the slums or square-mouthed rhino. Tho latter, al though almost ns black as Its rela tive, Is called tho white rhinoceros on account or a blue slaty tinge In its skin. To bo oxnet, there Is no such thing ns a white rhinoceros, lloth have two horns. Tho Asiatic rhi noceros has but one. Crocidiles nnd alligators differ greatly In appear ance, and tho latter do not live in Af rica. The Asiatic olophnnt Is also different In appearance from Its Af rican relative Now about tigers, which have been treated so freely ns African game in recent American articles. It all de pends on one's nationality whether or not there aro tigers in Africa. The leopard Is called a tljger (tiger) by tho Dqers, and po Is tho cheetah, just as a panther 'B called a tiger In some parts of tho United States. Tho striped animal which Is zoologically known as a tlgor (tlgrls regalls) and which Is tho animal rcfencd to In a numbor of recent stores, does not make its habitat in Africa, as tho writers seom to think. So when a travplor speaks of lions, leopards, npd tigors seizing passongors from fains ho. Is gonerally writing at long range wl,th a nil'stnformcd imagination. In stead of facts. He make's a double mistake' If ho"! speaks of "llgl'rs nnd 1 Iqopards" In referring to African fauna, as u Africa tbuy mean, the same anl ftjta.1. ,havo nov.er heard an KuRllsh mau or a IJppr when tfo'ikiiig, fiiHHh cKl a Ipopnni a tiger ' The piost dangerous hunting pcqurs Wljqn pj;e attempts to ca;ituro his uul tnql allvo. Many animals, harmless iuil timid under oi-dinary circum stances, become' demons when cai tured, f Tho mildest-looking antelope will put up a tlerco light when once oyor its first fright; tho ostrich will kick a man tg pieces, raiding its blows Wjltb Hghtiilng-llke rapidity, I do not know ono African animal that can be fc cowlirdly. I Ono has only to look at tho formid able horns of nil tho African antelope to seo thnt they nro built to fight with, strong ns Iron and as sharp as a lance. I hnvei seen an antelopo attack a loopard) and even n Hon, when Its young Is threatened. Tho Romsbok. or oryx, with Its two sword-Ilko horns, bus dispatched many a Hon It Is not uncommon to find a gemshok nnd n Hon dead beside each othor, tho mute evdunco of a terrific encounter. The most dangerous animal of nil to cap ture Ih tho gorilla, as much on ac count of tho country It inhabits as on account ,of Hh enormous strength, ns tlio following Incident will. Illustrate: i , t , .. .1 '. ) i A Blood Curdling Gorilla Hunt. I wns commissioned by n Gerainn naturalist society to capture ono of each species Of African quadrtimana. A German professor accompanied mo on my expedition, which set forth In a direct lino west from Dar es Salaam. We succeeded In getting some of each species, with tho exception of tho go rilla. For weeks wo wandered about the country. It was In the rainy sea son, and the veld, which undor ordl nnry clrcuniBtnnces afforded excellent traveling, became a swamp. With our long lino of nntlvo porters wo literally wnded our way over the country for weeks, the black, oozy slush sonklng Into our bones and tho clny under foot gripping like glue. Such waa tho predicament wo wore In; tho spirit of revolt and desertion had seized tho caravan. I called tho men toRcther and told them wo woro Rolng Into tho Congo forests where there was no doubt nbout capturing a gorilla. A smllo of satisfaction swept over tho natlvos' races, and at sunrlso wo started for a threo months' tramp to tho west of tho Tanganyika. Arriving at a Delgiau army post, a pigmy prisoner told us whero wo could find a gorilla, und an hour's travel from tho post brought us to tho place whoro tho animal made Its home. It was an Ideal retreat, rank with rotting vegetation, the accumula tions of centuries, reaching up to our knees. Snnkcs glided, hissing, out of the way, nnd lizards, green, bluo nnd every color of tho spectrum, bolted In fear to the tree tops and blinked nt us with their little, listening eyeB from snfo perches among tho limbs. Monkeys looked hi wonder and tbon scampered In tliousnnds through tho forest, screeching like wild fiends and swinging from tree to tree for such distances that they seemed to fly. How a Jungle Looks. Hcautlfully designed ferns grow un der Toot and crept caressingly up tho great tree trunks. Flowers or Tan tastlc beauty, weird shape, and al most maniacal expression grew up and hung down from the smooth, black, Btnoke-llke vines, exhaling Tram their hearts u bundled Intoxicating odors which mixed with the sickening ellluvla of decay. Imtects resembling flowers and leaves crawled over everything, twigs apparently walking up the trees and leaves apparently splitting and flying In all dliectlons. Ucetles with big, hypnotic eyes nnd bronze backs buzzed noisily nround our bends, nnd beuutirul birds vying with ono ni othor in brilliance of plumage sailed through the nlr, filling the dlsmnl for est with their passlon-lndcn songs. Tho constantly dripping sap spattered from leaf to lear, soaking Into tho noxious earth. It was a scene, dread nnd fascinating, clamoring or lire In viting one to death. For four days vo camped In this hotbed or disease. Uon,tors wont, out In all directions searching for tho ro rilla. At last some deep, wlde scrntch qs were found on a cluster or vines. Qn close examination the unmistak able hair or the gorilla was round on a broken twiR. After some hours wo found the tree where the got ilia lived. Wq could tell ljf bj'jtliCiRroafeyianiicny-, itnce of the bark, inade so by the re- pented rubbing or the goi Ilia's body. Wo could tell by the rreshTuaflu?; with ,... ..", Ill ,..t ,1..,. iW'l,i!lJ,nlli.l', toiip nun nui, iii.ii. mi' iiuinitu luiil lu cqnlly ascended the tree. The scratch es were.snort and dV?p, showing thnt it hnd- llftetMlsieir'' tip and not 'slid down, which would have made a long. shnUow scratch. We spread n strong 'net 'around tho tjpe-in n clrclc-slopingupwardontHo" Pjijtor side. Around tho top or the net di es to gillie' top of'tlio not together, and thusng our game. lArter waiting some hours tho leaves obovo rustled and' then , opened, as 'ft six-foot malo gorilla descended! un suspectingly and entered Uio"trnp! I signaled, the four ropes woro pulled at once, and wo had, our anlmalJor a rapraerlt.j Ho r.oard in fury, twist ing, jumping, and biting tljo ropesinjo pieces. Tho nntlves wero pulled about llko dolls ns be tried to reach first ono and then another. Tho professor Jumped about In excitement, trying Ito focus a camera on the Infuilatcd ani mal. At last thoi mighty arms of th go rilla broko'n nolo thrdiigh tho net nnd Iiq tore tho rest from him ns though It were a rotten rag. Mostof tho na' tjvesj fletf ,1ft dismay. I'lio proNfssor, djoppetl his camera and tried to es capo; In a moment the gorilla grasped ijlm in its terrible hands.. , I sOfzod my1 rifle uml fired, In, tho air to 'frighten the nhlntal. In my po sition T coiilrt tW shortt at Him without hitting my friend. For u inohit-nt tho gorilla Htppd still, holding the now un coiiscjous, man as though he , wwo n baby, tho brute'-a lips (drawn bfickfrom hs glistening teeth. I thrust nuothqr cartrldgo In my rllle. As I did so there was a'bbzz in tho nlr, nnd nn arrow, shot by a' native, pierced tho gorilla's side. A roar burst from his red throat and ho dropped his victim. Llko a lliiflh, heforo I could Bhoot, a nntlvo sprang' from the leaves and, half-throwing, half-thrusting, drovo an nssngai into tho gorilla's heart. With a groan tho brute fell dead. Examining tho professor, I found that IiIb right arm was broken and that somo of his rll3 wero crushed into Ills lungs. We gave up tho effort to get a llvo gorilla nnd, placing tho Injured man In a hammock, carried him bnck toward the Kast coast. Ho dlod on tho road. Out on tho veld bo ahlo a native village a lonely little slnb marked "Carl Uloch" sticks up nbovo tho grass. Ii Is tho professor's grave. Hunting Is not all cxcltlpg ad vonturo nnd laughing victory. It has Its tears, like other things. itCopyrlBht, 1S09, by Iiunj. B. 'Hampton.) . - . , I . - I uiorq were drawn lopofwiromuQiir tactions hold by'hiilf a dozen, nntlv hlddep In nho1 bu'bh T.h'ese woVe briti WOMEN 8UFFER NEEDLESSLY Many Mysterious Aches and Pains Aro Easily Cured. Backache, pain through tho hips, dizzy spells, headaches, nervousness, bloating, etc., nro troubles that com monly como from sick kidneys. 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