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HUNTING THE
Li IN AFRICA.
Thrilling Experience in the Open.
Face to Face With a
MONSTER MAN EATER—THE
Lioness and Her Cubs— Interesting
Story of the Journey of a
Caravan.
Field and Stream.
It was during the early winter
of 1S9 — that I had my first expe
rience in hunting latge game in
Africa. Although I had been a
resident of South Africa for several
years, try duties as mining engi
neer in the employ of the Deßeers
Mining Company had taken up all
my time with the exception of a
few “off” days, spent in the veldt
country of the Transvaal, hunting
African gazelle and their much
larger cousins, oryx. While I had
managed on one occasion to bring
down two of the former diminut ve
creatures (little larger than in
American jack-rabbit). I was
never able to get within rifle range
of the wary oryx.
For a number of years a feeling
of discontent had been manifest
among the foreign or “Uitlander”
population of the Dutch republic,
caused by the passage of obnoxious
alien laws by the Boers. The feel
ing finally resulted in a half-heart
ed insurrection, during which Dr.
Jameson of the British army made
his since famous raid into the
Transvaal, which resulted in the
death of some fifty Boers and twice
that number of English soldiers.
Although I had. always had much
sympathy for the original settlers
of the Transvaal, mv surroundings
at the time were such that I was
forced to take part in the uprising,
and as a result was incarcerated m
the grim, one-story prison at Johan
nesburg for several days, when
through the inflnence of friends, I
was liberated. I at first thought
of returning to the United States,
but as mining engineers were then
scarce in South i Africa, the com
pany at last induced me to remain
agreeing to send me out of the
Transvaal at once upon a prospect
ing tour into the wilds of Central
Afiica
up a caravan or “kafila,”
as it is called there, for the_ pur
7S“TTy'no IneanTa small undertak
ing. First and foremost in impor
tance is the selection of competent
and faithful guides and attendants,
I managed to get together a party
of twenty, composed of two white
men (myself and an Englishman
by the name of Wilson, who was
to take direct charge of the kafila),
twelve Matabeles, five Kaffirs and
an old Zulu, by name Gan Eiba
(which I soon shortened into Gan),
who was said to be remarkably ex
pert in hunting large game. He
was a striking fellow,several inches
above six feet in height, straight
as an arrow’, his chest, back and
limbs covered with bunches of mus
cles as hard as bone. He was a
leopard hunter by profession, and
for many years had made a bus
iness of ridding the country of
these troublesome pests.
We left Johannesburg in the lat
ter part of April, with instructions
to proceed by rail to Port Lorenzo,
where a small coasting steamer
had been chartered to take us to
the mouth of the Zambesi river,
Mozambique. We were to follow
this stream inland for about 3,000
miles, and then move north to
Lake Bangweolo, latitude 10 de
grees, and then east to th : coa: t,
striking some of the many sma 1
trading posts between Cape De
gado , and Zanzibar, whence we
could embark for home. In addi
tion to our arms, we had six cam
els, twenty donkeys and twenty-six
ponies, also 1,500 pounds of “gee,”
1,500 pounds of rice, a large as
sortment of cooking pots, water
casks and condensers and several
hundred small trinkets for pres
ents.
In due time we were aboard the
steamer, and after a very rough
journey of nearlv a week’s dur: -
tion, were landed “bag and bag
gage” upon the barren shores 1 f
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Mozambique, a mile north of the
Zambesi.
This is indeed a most desolate
country; the Zambesi and its flats
—a broad ribbon of silver and
green, bordered here* and there by
black cliffs —split the desert from
east to west. To the north and
east as far as the eye can reach,
stretches a waste of mesa-land;
sand and cactus, sand, black rock,
and more sanu —sand that dazzles
the eye like snow, with here and
there a cluster of palms and jungle
grass, which indicate where peri
odical springs rise out of the quiet
sea, with its short reefs of gray
ccrral. shining white in the eternal
sunshine, and over all a dreary
simoon sweeps the sand in whirl
ing clouds from the north, burying
all before it. Looking westward
over the dreary waste of desert,
one could hardly believe that but
a few hundred miles away was a
land second to none in point of fer
tility.
One evening in the latter part
of May we encamped upon the
outskirts of a wadi of unusual
size, pitching our tents near a large
spring, the water of which was as
clear as crystal and very cool. As
it was already dark when we had
finished supper, I omitted my us
ual evening stroll and prepared to
retire at once, informing the men
that we would remain over here
for at least a day, the animals
needing rest badly after their long
pull through the sand. The cam
els had been driven in and made
to lie down in a circle, when they
W’ere secured by the tying up of a
fore leg.
Around the fire my native men,
a*neigliH
boring village, sat cheerfully eat
ing their dates and rice. The star
light shone dimly on the long necks
and misshapen backs of the cam
els, and showed faintly the solitary,
white-clad figure of the sentry as
he stood at the outskirts of the
camp.crooning to himself a mourn
ful Matabele song. Soon the men
had finished eating and were
stretched at full length about the
fire, while the silence of the jungle
crept overaal a silence broken
frequently by the cry of a jackal
or the weird howl of a hyena. As
I lay in my tent I could look
through the opening and imagine
that at times I saw the dusky out
lines of huge forms in the jungle,
while frequent growls and muffled
roars and snorts told me that it
was not all imagination,
I was rapidly passing into dream
land when, following a period of
intense silence, came a far away,
deep, moaning sound. While it
was by no means loud or start
ling, it brought me wide awake
and sitting upright in an instant,
my nerves tingling with excite
ment. Although I had never heard
the sound before instinct, or a kin
dred sense, told me that it was the
roar of a lion. A sound of excited
voices from the camp showed that
ray men also had heard it, and
were wide awake in consequence;
in a moment I could hear them
piling dry brushwood on the slum
bering coals.
The deep, rambling roar was
repeated at intervals, apparently’
growing nearer, and dying away
in the same moaning note. Then
an apparently interm liable time
elapsed—a creepy silence,in which
the men huddled around the blaz
ing campfire; suddenly theie was a
sound of a brute’s heavy gallop
over the sand between the jungle
and our camp, then a mighty roar,
followed by a thud, as a donkey
was felled, while his bray rang out
piteously on the night air. A
slight noise of struggle,a few more
stifled brays, and then silence, bro
ken a moment kter by the sound
of a heavy body being dragged
across the sand.
After the first shock of excite
ment I grasped my rifle and ran
toward the men. When the lion
began to drag the carcass of the
donkey into the bush I moved in
stinctiyely towaid the sound, at J
which the Zulu cried quickly:
“Khabdar! sahib! hara khabi! •
panwar” (have care, sir, a very
dangerous animal). When I turn
ed to upbraid them all for their
cowardice, the natives explained
that the natives who had recently
joined us had told them that this
wa-d was inhabited by a pair of
dreaded man-eating lions, which
had killed some fifty natives in the
past. As there is nothing in the
world that a native dreads so much
as a man-eating lion or leopard
(the latter are scarce, but really do
exist), I curbed my anger, and,
resolving to square accounts with
the marauder on the morrow, if he
could be found, returned to my
tent, where I soon fell asleep again.
My cook awakened me at day
light the following morning, and,
after rubbing my eyes sleepily, I
found the darkness and the lion
had faded away together, while
the wadi was alive with the notes
of bird and wild fow’l. After a
hasty breakfast I at once filled my
jackets with cartridges, and. ac
companied by Gan, the Zulu, start
ed out upon the spoor of the lion.
When we had proceeded about a
mile we came upon the half-eaten
carcass of the donkey, lying in a
small thicket. After some careful
reconnoitering we ascertained that
the lion was not there, and so con
tinued on his spoor through the
thin growth of grass. As it had
rained lightly during the early
morning, this was very difficult,
and, after following for a half a
mile, we lost it altogether. There
was nothing to do but return to
camp, which we did reluctantly,
trusting that fate would throw’ the
game in our w'ay before we left the
wadi.
With the cool of the evening
came the usual feeling of restless
ness, and, calling to Gan, who was
sitting apart from the rest, clean
ing his eight-bore, we again took
up the spoor of the lion, following
it leisurely until we reached the
carcass of the donkey. When we
reached the spot we were delight
ed to discover that the lion had
been there shortly before our ar
rival, his great tracks showing
plainly in the tell-tale sand. We
followed these in hot haste, and
soon an expected exclamation from
the Zulu told me that the game
was close at hand. The spoor now
led toward a dense thicket of wait
a-bit thorns, about two hundred
yards in diameter, which we ap
proached with extreme caution.
“Lion there, sure, sahib!” whis
pered Gan, in Zulu, adding that I
should approach from the front
while he went around to the rear
to intercept him in case he tried
ianune7of niy
gun drawn, I could at first see
nothing. I was about to call Gan,
when I suddenly made out the
bjeks of two large yellow animal
in the grass, and a moment later
discovered that there were two
cubs with them. They were evi
dently disturbed, but were gazing
in the.direction taken by Gan. ap
parently not having noticed me.
A moment later a fine lion sprang
out into the open and seeing me
less than fifty paces away, gave a
low growl and disappeared into
the thick brush. The other, a
lioness, stood looking about, evi
dently reluctant to leave her cubs,
She w’as eyeing me closely, and it
required a great deal of effort to
enable me to scrape up enough
courage to approach nearer. As I
did so, she turned and ran about
ten feet to a thick clump of grass,
MMgEHßglgjggnßnVMt Hans An
dttrseli
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can blow you
away with a
can you do to
me?” But the flakes kept falling, fal
ling, until the buffalo was almost buried,
and the hunter slipped along the snow
crust and made him an easy prey.
There’s another hunter who hunts to
kill, who makes many a man his victim
because of a folly like that of the buffalo
in Andersen’s fable. It’s a little thing
to have that uneasy feeling in the stom
ach after eating. Sour risings and belch
ing are also reckoned little things. Yet
these little things are among the minor
marks of a disordered condition of the
stomach and organs of nutrition and
digestion. Of themselves they may not
kill, but if despised they may -open a
pathway to some deadly disease.
Don’t neglect the first symptoms of
indigestion or “ stomach trouble.” The
timely use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medi
cal Discovery may avert a more serious
danger. It will surely cure any disease
of the stomach and organs of digestion
and nutntionPexcepting cancet.
Mr Ned Nelson, the celebrated Irish comedian
and mimic, of 577 Royden Street. Camden. N. J.,
writes : "We fulfilled an engagement of twelve
weeks and the constant traveling gave me a bad
touch of that dreaded disease nailed dyspepsia
I had tried everything possible to cure it till
last week, while playing at B F Keith s Bijou
Theatef. Philadelphia, uj the Nelson Trio a
professional friend of mine advised me to try
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I tried
it. and, thank God. with pood results.”
Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are ■
specific for biliousness.
in which she crouched so low I
could only see her head.
A lion’s yellow eyes are singular
ly impressive, especially if you
happen to be w’atching them some
thirty yards distant, with nothing
but the open,level ground between.
They incline one to a great deal of
discretion, and it was with extreme
caution that I slowly approached
her, her eyes following my every
movement and watching intently
on my part for the first sign of a
coming charge. When I had reach
ed a point about fifteen yards from
her I concluded that I had better
open hostilities, and taking a very
careful aim at her head, between
the eye and the ear, I pressed the
trigger. With a furious roar she
sprang into the air and seemed to
y back through the lair. I quick
ly threw' in another cartridge and
fired just as she disappeared into
the bushes, and an instant later I
heard the roar of Gan’s elephant
gun, followed by the snarling of a
lion. I quickly ran toward the
thicket, and arrived in sight of
him just as he was in the act of
discharging his second barrel into
the very mouth of the lion, which
w T as charging straight for him. As
he fired he quickly jumped to one
side, while the lion turned a com
plete somersault, but regained its
feet in an instant and stood waver
ing, evidently too sick to attempt
another charge, but growling hor
ribly. I was about to fire at him
when he fell over on his side, and
as we approached nearer we could
see that lie was in his last gasps,
and beyond the possibility of do
ing harm. A few convulsive strug
gles, a last attempt to gain his feet,
and he w r as dead.
After making sure that the lion
was done for, we retraced our steps
to the other side of the thicket,
cautiously approaching the place
where I had seen the lioness dis
appear. We had not proceeded
far when we came upon her, stretch
ed under a thicket and breathing
her life out, so nearly done for that
she was unable to rise at our ap
proach. I gave her a shot in the
head, and she settled back with a
shiver and lay still. For a moment
I stood, lost in admiration of her
graceful proportions, with the
mighty muscles beneath her glossy
skin, when my attention was at
tracted to Gan, who was trying to
capture the cubs. Although they
were very young, not much larger
than kittens in fact, there was
much infantile growling and biting
and scratching before he was able
to make them prisoners. When
he had finally bundled one under
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it was fast getting dark. We met
several of my men on the road
whom I sent on to skin the lions.
When the Thermometer Mounts-
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Hard weather on tempers.
Don’t be too hard on those in
your employ.
Don’t try to accomplish too much
during record-breaking weather.
Drivers of tired horses should
remember that there’s a promise to
him who is merciful to his beast.
The really necessary part of one’s
get-up is the fan.
“With the greatest pleasure, if I
shall not haye melted by then,” is
the way cautious ones accept invi
tations.
Salespeople in departments where
ready-made thin dresses are to be
had are warranted in thinking hard
things of people who have put off
buying until these days and then
swoop down en masse —not to men
tion bad tempers and perspiration.
Stories of polar expeditions are
seasonable reading, though a book
called ‘’Sunbeams” sells better —on
the principle that like cures like,
no doubt.
A certain grande dame, with a
family tree of tremendous splendor,
received a visitor yesterday morn
ing in an immaculate white shirt
waist and petticoat, down in her
darkened Reception room.
Why will sopie persons choose
such weather to have a piano tuned?
As if one’s nerves weren’t ready to
snap, any way!
Fine dav. wasn’t it. to oatronize
• ' i
a trolley that howled along in the
wake of a street sweeper with its
cloud of dust!
Monument to Semmes
Mobile, Ala., June 27 —A bronze
life-sized statue of kaphael Sem
mes, late admiral in the Confedi r
ate navy, was unveiled this after
noon in Duncan place, at the inter
section of Royal street The stat
ue shows the admiral in naval cos
tume,standing with marine glass in
his right hand,and his left hand rest
ing upon his sword. The monument,
which was erected by the Ann T.
Hunter auxiliaiy of Semmes Camp,
Confederate veterans, was unveildd
by Mrs. Electra Semmes Colston
daughter of the admiral.
The reception address was made
by William J. Sanford, democratic
nominee for governor of the state.
He paid a fine tribute to the gall
antry of the admiral and to the wo- 1
men whose labors had achieved
this memorial. 1
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It is far better to be alone than
In bad company.
Even a weak woman can put up
a pretty strong talk.
Understanding is the path that
leads to forgiveness.
Only a very small man ever at
tempts to belittle others.
Help others and it will help you
to forget your own troubles.
Some husbands practice econ
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their wives.
Women are always trving to find
out things they would rather not
know.
Every time you avoid doing
wrong you increase your inclina
tion to do right.
Wise is the man who selects the
obedient daughter of a good mother
for his wife.
Medicine and advices are the two
things it is always more pleasant to
give than to receive.
Their is probably nothing purer
tl* **•*• cf a man who lend tt
money to another when he never
expects to get it back.
Origin of the Fan-
The following Chinese legend
accounts for the invention of the
fan in a rather ingenious fashion.
The beautiful Lan Si, daughter of
a powerful mandarin, was assisting
at the feast of lanterns, when she
became overpowered by the heat,
and was compelled to take off her
mask. As it was against all rule
and custom to expose her face, she
held her mask before it, and gently
fluttered it to cool herself. The
court ladies present noticed the
movement, and in an instant ioo of
them were waving their masks.
From this ineideut, it is said,
came the birth of the fan, and to
day It takes the place of the mask
in that country.
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Early in his professional career he made discov
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This system of treatment he has more and more
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Dr. Hathaway calls the particular attention of
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