Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-04-24 | Page 53 | [Illegible] Tumbos' Return Announced in Advance by Big Game Stamps

ikana Tumbo's Return Announced in Advance by Big Game Stamps pe&tLaa I i bvW D wight burroughs fcat illustrate hunts, huntsmen and the creatures hunted. i - 1 . 1 .ftho fastuGsacs of darkest Af-ilKcome Af-ilKcome Bwana Tumbo, borne jwKh the trophies of tho most fywmk Rame hunt in all history, amtrustv artillery which he c.ar-lijMthe c.ar-lijMthe wildnernosscB of the black JtCi'. Roosevelt brought down IlS 'of practically every known hitherto unknown wild Bus emerpmc into the light of jjglUn and the limelight of pub-Tfftr pub-Tfftr his long stay in the nearly ijple retreats of his happy hunt-fd hunt-fd is accompanied with a flood- inp of this country with mail bearing postngo stamps that are. peculiarly ap-propriato ap-propriato to tho occasion stamps depicting de-picting elephant hunts, showing mighty warriors in tho regalia of the chase, and presenting vivid pictures of the fcro- his own country honor Mr. Eoosevolt upon his return, with a special stamp. Of course, there isn't the least likeli hood of eithor suggestion being adopt-od. adopt-od. This country will undoubtedly por-tray por-tray the ex'presFdent's features on a is a mammoth pachyderm with uplifted trunk, tearing through the rushoa, while at one side of him is a native with spear poised in air about to sink it into the side of tho ponderous creature. Far in tho background is another ele- Georgo standing triumphantly over tho prostrate form of the dragon, which is in tho midst of its dying throes. Elephants Fignc. Elephants are shown on a number of government went into the stamp-making business, shewed a group of boars. There is a monstrous hippopotamus on a stamp of Liberia, which land has contributed liborally to the stamp me-lingerie. The crocodile, alligator, beaver, seal and other creatures that frequent the water aro all duly shown on the tiny, perforated raailcarrying bits of paper. In the bird family, eagles, ducks, fal-cons, fal-cons, vultures, egrets, geese, swan, cranes, emus, lyre birds, pheasants, game cocks, kakns, keas, and a, score of dthcr feathered fellows are Ulna- It would require a volume to tell the story of all tho dumb creatures that have been selected as subjects for stamp pictures of the nations of the world. The whole study is an interest-ing interest-ing one.