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DRUDGERY. Dull drudgery; “gray angel of success;” Enduring purpose, waiting long and long. Head." Tne or heartache, blent with sigh or song; Forever delving 'mid the strife ar.d stress; Within the bleak confines of your duress Are laid the firm foundations, deep and strong Whereon men build the right against the wrong, The tod-wrought monuments that lift and bless. The coral rpefs, the bee’s o'erflowing rolls; The pyramids; all things that shall endure; The books on books wherein all wisdom dwells, Are formed with plodding patience, slow and sure. Yours the time-tempered fashioning that spells (if chaos, order, perfect and secure. —Nixon Waterman,in Appleton’s Mouthly. (0 PHOTOGRAPHING 0> 1 A LION ■■ • * - - iZi By John Preatise Chase. iZt #9s9ss 9ft i w to For several years I had cherished an ambition to photograph the big game of Africa in Its native haunts. Until recently, however, the difficulty lay in approaching the larger, fiercer wild beasts near enough to secure good pictures without being actually torn to pieces or trampled to death. But the telephotographic lens seemed to help us over this obstacle; and from the day I took my first success ful photograph with it, the desire to visit; Africa and bring home pictures of its huge wild animals revived. The kindness of a Gorman who was the New York agent for a Hamburg firm which imported and dealt in wild animals for menageries and “zoos” assisted me. A letter of introduction from him and the payment of a reasonable sum of money enabled me to join one of tho hunting parties then about to proceed with cages from Mombasa, British East Africa, to the plains, which lie between Kilimanjaro and Victoria Nyanza. Thus 1 was spared all expense and responsibility other than as a member of a well-organized party of Dutch and Swahili hunters. The advantage of this can only be appreciated by those who have tried to travel in Africa. Telephotography consists in apply ing tho principle of the telescope to tho camera. Just ns by using a tele scope, distant ‘objects can be made to appear near the eye, so by applying a telephotographic lens to the cam era, the object to bo photographed can be made to appear near at hand even when it is really half a mile away. i was in this country seven weeks, until Clans Daudricks and his hunters had filled their cages and were ready to return to Mombasa, it was lough life. I met with some degree of suc cess uud made many failures. One day Dendricks and two of the Swahili hunters started to visit some laagers they had constructed for leopards on the south bank of the river; and I went along to photo graph the expected catch. But on the way I caught sight of two giraffes feeding in a young growth of mbomf. I turned aside, hoping to secure a picture of the tail creatures. The breeze favored mo; but the two giraffes kept moving off. and 1 followed them for a mile or more, passing a large water-hole among high reeds where wild boars had been wallowing, and afterward a number of thickets, growing about several large rough rocks. It was a cloudy morning with mists drifting across the sky. Finally tho giraffes stopped to crop the tops of a clump of young trees Just beyond a long slough; and keep ing uuder the cover of another large rock, 1 crept up within two hundred yards of them. Very quietly I set up my camera close beside the rock, then unfolded my black headcloth. and putting my head under it proceeded to focus—and focusing with a tele photo lens is a rather nice piece of work. In the midst of my sighting and ad justing the thumbscrew, l heard what sounded like a little soft low sneeze somewhere behind me. Soft and low as it was, there was that about it that caused me to withdraw my head very hastily and look round. There stood a large, black-maned lion on my trail in the dewy grass, not sixty yards away—the first lion that I had ever se v m at large! When the lion had yawned he smelled my track, . auffed toward me and advauccd a step or two. If there had been a tree near, I should have made a dash for it. The rock just hack of me was perhaps seven or eight feet in height and not easy to climb. In fact, I dared not turn or betray signs of fear. The lion did not appear in the least fierce, but merely curious, as if ke had Just waked, and was behold ing anew sort of game that puzzled him. I was afraid that If I moved en he would make a rush after me; and alarmed as I was, I yet summoned presefice of mind to reflect that my safest course was to show a bold front. I turned the tripod round and brought the camera to bear on the lion; I even put my head under the black cloth and focused the lens. Never was there a better subject for a picture, for the lion was simply as tonished at the performance. He stood stock-still and raised his chin a little higher to stare at me—the distance being, I suppose, not far from a hundred and sixty feet. My hand shook so badly that I could hardly draw the slide of the place holder and make the exposure. And there stood the lion still. I might have taken a dozen pictures of him. What to do next, or rather what the lion might do next, was what now gave me anxiety. I could not hope that his surprise would last long. But something which I had once read occurred to me. I seized two legs of the tripod, and thrusting one end of each into an upper corner of my black head-cloth, raised it high before me, and advanced with it In that position. It Is said that all wild animals are discomfited to see an object which they are watching grow suddenly large. I cannot say that I advanced with confidence or courage. I peeped fear fully round at every step; but th ruse succeeded for the instant. I had advanced but a few steps when the lion gave a glance aside, then bound ed into the thicket from which he had emerged. Instead of feeling relieved, how ever, I was more afraid of him now than before. For I knew he had merely gone out of my sight, and was watching me from cover. The thicket indeed was no larger than a garden patch. What to do 1 did not know, if I could have seen the lion I should have continued to advance on him, in the hope of frightening him away. But now I thought that I had better retreat guardedly, and began doing so, with an eye to the thicket. But by the time I had backed to the rock the lion suddenly emerged, and again stood there, regarding me very earnestly. If I dodged behind the rock, I was afraid he would come boldly forward. Clearly he was not much afraid of me; but 1 thought it safest to keep up my bluff, and alter nately raising the cloth at arm’s length and lowering it, I charged for ward for five or six steps, as if about to rush in to close quarters. The trick served again.' But this time, instead of retreating into the thicket, the lion ran round to my right with long bounds for a distance of a hundred yards perhaps, to the cover of some reeds and brush on that side. It was not a flight exactly, for he was no farther off than before, and 1 could now just see his big nose in the brush as he watched me. A dreadful sensation of being hunted came over me. I dared not try blurting again- but I approached lhe rock and stood there for some moments, with my heart beating fast. The lion had not moved; I could see his nose in '.he same place. I knew that he did not quite like the looks of that black cloth; so 1 stuck the ends of the tripod legs in the ground beside the rock with the cloth hang ing outstretched between them, then peeped over it—as if lying there in ambush myself. Presently i peeped over the cloth again, then drew down —to keep him guessing as to what I was about. But 1 knew this sort of byplay would not answer long. At last, keeping out of sight behind the cloth, I crept partly round the rock to reeonnoiter, and found that it was possible to climb up on it from the farther side. 1 had little doubt that the lion could hound to the top of the rock; but I thought that 1 would be better off on it than on the ground when he at tacked me. Thus far I had not deemed it worth while to use my little rifle, for unless by a most lucky shot, I could do no more than wound and enrage a liou with it. But now. scrambling to the top of the rock, l snatched it from the sheath over my shoulder and fired three times in the air as rapidly as I could discharge it. The lion sprang out of the brush, bounded across the -slough, and van for fifty yards or more before stop ping to look back. I fired three more shots after him, whereupon ho ran again, and soon disappeared from view among the thickets and reeds. The two giraffes, too, had started to run, and were going off at a swinging gallop. I did not try to improve on the sit uation, but secured my camera, tripod and the cloth which had served me so well, and took the back track without loss of time. 1 was well content to get away, although my adventure did not result in a magnificent lion skin. It may be, indeed, that this lion would have run away in the first place if 1 had fired over his head* but I recount the adventure as it hap pened. The photograph proved very "foggy.” I had beeu too much alarmed to focus properly —Youth's ( Companion. TORNADO CUTS DEADLY PATH Southern Sections of Thiee States are Hard Hit, THIRTY ARE KILLED Four Towns in Path of Storm Sirffer Great Damage-Alexandna, La-, keceived brunt of the Blow. Probably fifteen lives were instant ly bioued out Friday by a tornado, which swept across portions of Lou isiana, Mississippi and Alabama, ana which was distinctly traceable for a distance of three hundred miles. The tornado moved from west to east, crossing tile southern extremities o*. Louisiana and Mississippi, and strik ing into Alabama for a short dis tance. Portions of four towns were dev- j astated, and damage probably ex- | (seeding half a mihon, for, in addi tion to the places in which the tor nado manifested fatal violence, the disturbance md general damage to property, crops and telegraph wires throughout its 300-mile course. The tornado began at Alexandria, La., soon after 1 o’clock Friday morning, instantly killing four per sons there, probably fatally, injuring three, and seriously injuring thirteen others. Soon after daylight it neared the Mississippi river, instantly Kill ing five persons at Jackson, La., whils at Bayou Sara, La., at least half a dozen others are reported killed. The tornado next appeared, at Carson, Miss., where great property damage was done, and the last heard of it was about noon neat' Selma, Ala., where the inhabitants saw whirling clouds rise into life air as they cioss ed the river. Alexandria, La., which is a town of about 16,000 inhabitants, had a fearful experience. When the torna do struck the electric lights went out, the cracking of falling buildings could be heard amid the noise of the wind and vivid lightning flashes showed such sights as an empty lion Mountain passenger train rolling over and over, immediately after the wind spent its violence a heavy hail storm added to the general discom fort. Luckily, the maiu portion of Alexandria escaped the worst of the tornado, which cut a path through the northern part of the town, a resi dence section. About a scoie ot homes were completely wiped out,i fifty were damaged and altogether about 100 buildings were seriously wrecked, including several * business houses. tornado cut down trees and small cabins In a narrow line about nine miles long. Se\eral houses were blown down at Pineville and inju ries were reported. The hail did much damage to crops. At daylight Alexandria began the work of clearing the debris, Mayor Turfter organizing a relief move ment at noon. The damage was es i timated at $200,000. MORE CASH GIVEN BY CARNEGIE. Donates Additional Sum of Six Millions to Institute Bearing His Name. W. N. Frew, president of the board of trustees of the Carnegie institute at Chicago, Friday, made public a letter announcing that Mr. Carnegie has given st>,iM)o,OOOi for endowment to the institute. This gift is in ad dition to the 14,000,000 given sortie time ago. This latest endowment provides $4,000,000 for the depart ments of fine arts, Carnegie schools of technology and museum, $1,000,000 Tor additions to the technical schools and $1,000,000 as an endowment fund for the schools. Mr. Carnegie also established a pension fund for the benefit of those connected with the institute, which after the death of the recipient is to be continued to the widow when needed. JAP IMMIGRANTS SHUT OUT. First of Cases Under New Law Passed Upon by Secretary Strauss. Secretary Straus, of the department of commerce and labor, has just de nied admission to this country of five Japanese immigrants. These are the first Japanese exclusion eases to reach the secretary since the promulgation of the net? immigration law. Secre tary Straus' action was based upon an appeal taken by tip? Japanese from a decision of the inspector at El Paso, Tex., denying their right to enter this country on passports from Mexico. MORE TALK BY TEDDY. President Determined to Have Last Word ia Harriman Controversy-Hits Ex- Candidate Alton B. Parser. A Washington special says; Presi dent Roosevelt discussed with a num ber of his callers Wednesday various features of the controversy Between Mr. Harriman and himself growing out of the publication of the letters between them. He desired not to be quoted in the matter, however. To his friends the president made it plain that his version of Mr. Har riman’s visit preceding the election of 1904, was that Mr. Harriman want ed assistance from the national repub lican committee to help Chairman Odell in the New York campaign to wards whose expenses he (Harriman) had raised SIOO,OOO. The president promised to communicate with Cortel you and Bliss to see what could bo done. He did in this case, he declan ed, just what he bad done in other instances, where he had been appeal ed to help in state campaigns. To some of his visitors, the presi dent referred to the statement made public Tuesday night by Alton B. Par ker in Albany, in which he said that it has never been denied that $150,000 was turned over by the Equitable, Mu tual and New York Life Insurance Companies to Mr. Cortelyou’s com mittee, and that congress has refused to make an investigation into the corporate contributions of 1904 or to pass a law prohibiting such contribu tions in the future. On this subject the president referred to a statement which he made on November 4, 1904, in which he said in part: “That contributions have been made to the republican committee as contributions have been made to the democrats, is not the question at is sue. Mr. Parker’s assertion is in ef fect that such contributions have been made for improper motives, either in consequence of threats or in conse quence of improper promises, direct or indirect on Hie part of the re cipients . . . but there is not one particle of truth in the statement," etc. Neither Mr. Parker nor his support ers, the president declared, have been able to traverse or question the state ments made in that answer. The president said that to his own knowledge about a dozen contribu tions offered by Corporations had been declined by Chairman Cortelyou, but that others had been accepted. A con tribution by the American Tobacco Company, he said, had been returned. A prominent man had made a con tribution of $20,000 to the republican campaign fund. Subsequently thi3 man had made known his desire for an appointment in the diplomatic service ia the event that the presi dent was elected. As soon as his mo tives were understood the natioaal committee returned his contribution. The president asserted to his call ers ihat none of the corporations that contributed to the campaign fund in 1904 had come to him for favors, eifn > er directly or indirectly. It was authoritatively declared at the White House Wednesday that the real reason for Mr. E. H. Harriman s interest in the election of the state ticket in New York in 1904 was that be wanted the position of senator now filled by Depew and that this was the reason why he was anxious to have him appointed ambassador to Paris. J The inference from Mr. Harriman s attitude was that if Senator Depew could be induced to go to Governor Higgins was prepared to ap point Harriman to the vacancy, i Secretary Loeb stated that there i would not be any further announce ment from the president bearing on the issue between him and Mr. Harri man. BREWERS’ STRIKE IS SETTLER. Three-Year Contracts are Signed and Work Resumed at St. Louis. Contracts for three years were signed by the representatives of the various breweries at St. Louis, and the striking employes, and the strike was officially declared terminated. The brewery proprietors insisted on the insertion of an arbitration clause in all contracts. The increase in wages granted and the changes in hours go into effect immediately. LEGISLATORS ROAST HEARST. Florida House Condemns Editor for Pub lishing Malicious Falsehood. The Florida house of representa tives Wednesday unanimously con demned William Randolph Hears L-as publisher and Richard Barry as au thor of the article appearing in the March number of the Cosmopolitan Magazine referring to peonage cases in Florida. STOP AT THE ZETTLEk HOUSE. The best SI.OO a day house in the c:ty. 263 FOURTH ST., MACON. G A., Mrs. A. L. Zeltler, Proprietress. STORY OF THE “BUMS” keeled Off Through Interpreter in Peonage Casts Before Judge Newman in Fed eral Court at Atlanta. More of the adventures of the some twenty-five immigrants, char acterized by Attorney Reuben Ar nold as “bums, hoboes and tramps," were told in the federal court at At lanta before Judge Newman Friday. Again, Jean Reinhold, the star wit ness for the government, was on the stand, and it was nearly noon when Attorney Arnold finished cross-exam ining him. His memory on Friday seemed to be better, and because of this there were objections from counsel for the defense. District Attorney Sheppaid questioned Reinhold about things tes tified to on Thursday, and Mr. Arnold was on his feet with objections in stantly. He declared that Reinhold had had plenty of time since the adjournment of court on Thursday to consult with the government's attorneys and with Inspector Klinky of the secret service —the detective who vorked up the cases, but in answer to questions along this line Reinhold denied posi tively that anyone had spoken about testimony that was admitted on Thursday. He admitted under cross-examina tion that the immigrants did little work —some of ther. leaving before they started to work, and he said they were well treated, and that even a keg of beer was secured for them in Atlanta that they might feel more at home. “Then they left,” said Reinhold “af ter the beer was gone.” The sheriff of Fayette county told of the arrest by him of three, of the escaping immigrants, and the town marshal of Fayetteville told of re ceiving a telephone message to ar rest three Germans. Letters, alleged to have been writ ten by M. F. Cole and by Zeigler.wcre offered in evidence by the government, together with a copy of the New York Staats-Zeitung containing an ai luring advertisement for men to go south and work in a furniture fac tory. . • Then the first crowd of immi grants, whicn Reinhold declared con sisted of Huns, Poles, Swedes, Ger mans and Jews, was placed on mo stand. He was Frederick Badge, a German, and was questioned through an interpreter. He went over the tale of the adventures in the south and was still reciting this tale when court adjourn*'id. “HOBOES, TRAMPS AND BUMS” Are Investigators of Peonage Charges Avers Attorney of Defendants. The “Georgia" peonage cases were ;aken up in the federal court at At lanta before Judge Newman Thars iay morning, and the indications arc that they will be fought to a bitter tnd, and that every move of the gov ernment’s attorney will be met wuh i‘ counter move. “Bums, hoboes, tramps and triflers, ’ Attorney Reuben Arnold, defendants’ attorney, called the twenty-five im migrants who are alleged to be the victims of peonage. Instead of being victims of Stewart Cole, Guy Cole, M. F. Cole, H. L. Zeigler, Louis R. Robinson and J. W. Brewster, prominent Georgia men, Attorney Arnold declared he would show to the jury’s satisfaction that the men had beaten the Coles out of transportation to Georgia in order that they might see the country. He declared, too, that they didn’t want to work and that the only working they did was to work the Coles for their transportation. TWIN BABES, CALVES AND COLTS Come to Bless Earthly Existence of North Carolina Farmer. While his neighbors are stirred up over numerous incendiary fires and are holding meetings in the effort to find some way to put a stop to them, Mr. Gooch Moss of Mecklenburg county, N. C., is hapfc'. Mr. Moss married j a blithesome Jgg Jm ■■ . ■■■■■■:■ M m ‘