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Show JjpplING BIG w. I TIME TABLE in SOUTH-flOUN- No. For Payson. KdIiu1d and Lou AtiKlc..x Payson, Nphl aud 41 No. ea-- For ... Msnll i pm t.ii air . NORTU-BOUN- nnnii - nar r am.Vnr z n E No. For Proto. PLGrore, Amfir-lc- n fork, Lehl, Mercur, Salt Late ll:Sfm No. 84 For ProTo, Salt T.ske aud :S0 pm Intermediate point Palatial irslus are now mnnlnit dally Suit Lake and the Pacltle Coast UTAH COUNTY la In direct touoh with two freaioltles. Rest looal train serrlce. J. H. Bust aa. District l'suooger Agent. N. Pitimih, Depot Tloket Agent. Arrival and departure of trains from Depot: 0. 7 For Pnrlnvllle,ProTO,Salt Lake 1:10 am and ail tMilnr. naat and No. wt For sprlnicvllle Proo.Salt Lake and wet....3:4tpm and all points No. Kor Kureka, Mammotli and Silver City 4:Z7pm No. IS For Eureka.'Mammoia and Sil6: Mam ver City Conneotlon mado la Ofden Union depot with II trains of Southern PaolUo and Oregon Short at Hunting the Dangerous By H. A. OFFERS CHOICE OP FAST THROUGH TRAINS 3 DAILY AND THREE DISTINCT SCENIC ROUTES Pulman Palace and ordinary Sleeping cars to Denver, Omaha. Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago without change. Free Reclining Chair Cars: Personally conducted Excursions; a perfect Dining Car Ser- ine. For rates, folder, elo., Inquire of 11. T. Matthews, Ticket Agent, or writ X A. BENTON. O. A. P. D Salt Lake City. F. J. C. C. CRI9M0N NICHOLS Crismon & Nichols Bryden II. A. Hnjdcn, lite or with Percy Scions of "Travel and Big Game," is a titan who wan born to the chase. From hi youth it has been his ruling passion and he has gone with his rifle all over the world. In every continent his fame as a Nimrod is known, and he has a modest direct style of presenting his adventures, tinged with a little touch of poetic sentiment here and there, which is very pleasing indeed. If any fault at all could be found with him it would be that he was overihodest and inclined to boast for others instead of telling his own story. Assayers and Chemists N Office and Laboratory 229 S.W. Temple St., Salt Lake City, Utah in- - I traordinarily dangercharacter of the II ous Afflnnn hiitYalst la - National Bank of Republic Reference: Incident highly 34 uuuaiu 0 a v- lated by Mr. Ainsley Both phones P. 0. Box 78 Williams, the gentleman scout of the famous Niger watershed exploring party, matter I had missed him from his ac customed stations and on his reappearance he was generally banwith daged ud and one leg was in splints. It appears that one late after&2I Thousand: of acres of land have noon when the shadows In the brush been reclaimed to cultivation by were growing to the point of almost Irrigation ia that State) during complete darkness though the sun the past 10 years. Thousand still Illuminated the tops of the trees, within more will be reclaimed he was to camp alone save the next 10 years. This means for a returning gun bearer noted Senegambian an opening for many thousands for his bravery. Both were mounted of homes. on native ponies, wiry and keen of senses. Suddenly Williams' pony began to snuffle and snort and both Bate You Investigated IDAHO! stood Block still refusing to advance a termed has been It truthfully Into the darkness of the foliage-arche- d trail. Williams quickly a double barrelled ten gauge Parker with which he bad been after A fowL He meant to clip In a buck shot The Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. cartridge, but before he more than will be pleased to send descriptive mat had his gun across his pommel, with Write resources. Idaho's ter regarding to D. E. Unrley, G. P. A- - or D. S. Spea-e- r. a grunting bellow the huge form of an old bull buffalo rushed out of the A. G. P. A.. Salt Lake City, Utah. darkness ahead and charged the two with all ferocity. It was Impossible to turn out of bis way and all that Williams could do was to lean forward and pull both barrels point blank. The massive horns and frontal bones must have shielded the beast from any Injury, save enough to Infuriate it more than ever. The next Instant Williams' pony was disemboweled with a side swipe of the bull's horns and the HACK MEETS ALL TRAINS, rider was pitched Into the brush with a broken leg. On over the dying pony rushed the buffalo and hia charge drove the second pony end over end on top of his Senegambian rider. The two rifles he carried flew Into the brush and one fell near Will-lamIt was the Winchester forty-fouWilliams dragged hiuself over to it and found It uninjured, but a tragedy was transpiring meanwhile, Giving the p. or gun bearer no chance for his life, the bull swept first one tip of his mighty horns and then the other Into the Jumble of hors? and All man and In his blind fury knelt on tbem and stamped on them. Th's phone no. 12 happened in the fraction of a minute TJtah of course, and was terminated only Spanish Fork when Williams, mustering all hia strength, rose to his knees and began pellets Into the pumping bull's flank, raking b!m forward Into vital parts. The murderous creature fell on top of his victims and when searchers attracted by Williams' Co-operative cries, found them, horse, bull and Senegambian lay dead In one heap. What's the av.asst.aaa fi) i IDAHO Land of Opportunities Land of Homes , g Benjamin. Hughes Lii)cry and Feed Stables B. H. BROWN, r. Livery Stable Hack Meets Trains ...... soft-noHe- Spanish Fork Most Dangerous Game in Africa. It is agreed upon all hroida by experienced hunters In Africa that the buffalo is one of the three most danfoes that man can gerous attack. Most men class this animal with elephants and Hons, as game that requires the highest attributes of skill Institution Dealers In General four-foote- Merchandise. 0 Flour, Grain and Produce. Ilaaofsctiirers of Harness, Boots and Shoes. ( JOHN 30XVA Supt. Spanish Fork Cub courage and caution to bring to bag. As a matter of fart, it may be laid down that more deaths and dangerous accidents happen annuully In Africa In hunting the buffalo tnan In the chase of any oilier species of heavy gnme. In regions where largo numbers of then i.ptomlld benst still wander, In troops of three hundred, four hundred and even more, and where they have been little dlst'irbed, the u .. . ... ., . :. , ... ..n , l1l vrr .... T buffalo are still to be found. Tbfcs country, however, la only accessible) during the African winter April to October unless the risk of deadly fever be taken. There ere still buffalo to be found, to, about the Chobe river, in the fur-of- f swamps and marshes of the Upper Okavango. I these regions the tsetse fly is eeitam to be found in the buffaloes' haunt, and the hunter must perforce do all his work on foot. As the African buffalo Is one of the toughest and most difficult of all game animals to bring to bug, so that handsome creature. zebra Burcnell'a (Uquus Burchelll), the zebra of the plains, is by far tiie most easily destroyed. A single 430 Express or Martini-Henry bullet will at once turn this fleet and handsome animal of the troop, an easy victim (if not a eadr killed outright) to the hunter's next shot. With a broken leg the zebra is Instantly helpless; with a brokea limb, and a shot through the body to boot, one of the larger African antelopes, Btich as a hartcbeeot or brindled gnu, will often run for miles, and Anally escape the hunter altogether. As an almost invariable rule Burch-ell'- a zebras are hunted on horseback; they are fleet and enduring, and evea a South African bunting pony must be in very good form, and upon hard even ground, to carry bis rider within hai! of them. Most usually these animals are to be met with feeding on open grassy plains, or la open bush, where large glades and clearings are to be found. In a tall on end chase across flats, with a fair start, they can usually gallop clean away from the mounted man. If It were not for a habit of curiosity, they would, Indeed, be "kittle cattle" to come up with on the great plains. But their curiosity Is often their undoing. I have many times galloped steadily behind a troop of these se-bras, and then halted for a moment The zebras would then wheel quickly round In line and stand for a minute to have a good look at tbq pursuer. This was the time to put in a steady shot. Sometimes, even when the hunter Is galloping, they will turn round and stand for a moment apparently out of sheer curiosity. and was determined to finish off his task. As soon as the reeds were reached, the blood spoor was easily to bo followed. The heavy bullet had evidently raked the lungs, the bull was bleeding freely, and large patches of crimson marked Its path. The reeds were very tall twelve or fourteen feet and thick, and the spooring seemed so dangerous an operation that the Hottentot, who was carrying a second gun a Martini Henry fell behind, leaving his master to take the first risk with his heavy eight-bore- . At every step they were wading knee deep la water the hunters stopped to llHten. They had n'ot penetrated fifty yards through the avenue of broken reeds, afforded by the passage of the bull, when in an instant, and without warning, the beast was upon them. The Boer was knocked flat upon his back by the charge; the bull had miscalculated his distance, had no doubt, charged for the sound, and had struck his nemy with his nose, which was held high, as Is the habit of these brutes when charging. Galloping over the prostrate Boer, the Buffalo went straight for the Hottentot a few paces behind. This unfortunate the brute struck with his horn and tossed on one side some yards Into the reeds. t Then, continuing Its career, the bull passed on out of the "vlel" and took shelter in some thin bush, where it was afterward found dead. The Boer, all the wind knocked out of him, and severely bruised, picked himself up, retrieved his rifle, which was flung yards away, and then sought the Hottentot. The unfortunate servant lay among the reeds and watrr, a terrible wound gaping Just below his chest, to the left breathing his last He lived only a short time, Exterminating the African Zebra. In country, where their and died a pathetic and unwilling object lesson In the risks and dangers view Is more circumscribed, these zeof following a wounded buffalo into bras are without much difficulty shot In Mashonalnnd large numbers of thick covert. those zebras have been shot withla the last few years by the pioneers Some Perils of Buffalo-Huntin- g. aud settlers. I have found that by Occasionally hunters have been at- making a long d 'our an- - getting betacked by a solitary buffalo which baa tween them and the bush to which charged them before a shot has been they run for shelter, these animals fired, and wHhout apparent provoca- - when feeding In the open can b driven about and shot pretty truck at will. They seem for the time to become .".ustered, lose their beads, try to make short cuts past mounted men, and so fall victims. In former daya these magnificent beasts ran in immense numbers In all the open country from the Orange river to the Zambesi. They are still to be found In large troops In the Ngamlland country, In remoter parts of Masbonaland. and In still I .rger numbrs east and northeast of Mashonaland, toward the coast. Beyond the Zambesi they are widely distributed In Africa, becoming exceedingly plentiful again upon the great plains between the east coast and Uganda South of the Orange river they seem seldom, U ever, to have ranged. Burchell's ze bra is not to be confounded with the more asinine black (.nd white mountain zebra (E Zebra), which is perfect!) striped all over. The B rcb-ellzebra Is best aiown to the British public of all this handsome group, good exatrples being always on view In the Zoological society's gardens. As a general rule this zebra is not perfectly banded down the legs as la Its mountain cousin but a variety, sometimes called by sclentists"Char man's zebra," Is to be found In the Interior, with the white 1 gs pretty generully banded as far down as the fetlocks. The average European sportsman, having shot a few of these beautiful creatures as specimens, will usually stay his ban. I and spare them, unless meat for his followers Is absolutely needed. The Boer and native hunter, on the contrary, shoot them whenever they get the chance, merely ONE WILD LUNGE LIFTED HORSE AND RIDER FROM THE GROUND. for the price of the skin a matter of a few shillings up country. And so be found as savage and as dangerous till the troop moved and a fair shot tion. In such Instances It has usually the species becomes exterminated. It as the lion himself, and, withal, far offered. been found either that the animal Is a thousand pities! Of all sights more revengeful. Attacked by an Enraged Buffalo. had been previously wounded by some In the fair veldt and there are many other hunter, or had been clawed by to charm the eye I know of few noStalking a Buffalo Herd. At last several fat cows, for which a lion; In cither case its naturally bler than a good troop of Burchell'a I cannot better illustrate the char- be had been waiting came, together morose temper having been rendered zebras, creatures which seem to bare a acter of these determined and plucky with tremendous old bull, within more dangerous. yet been created for on other purpose animals than by an adventure nar- 30 yards. Selecting the best cow, the No hunter ought to attempt to tackle than to adorn the wilderness. rated to me not long since In the hunt- Boer aimed behind the point or the a buffalo with a rifle Whether of calibre feeding quietly among the lighter ing veldt by a Boer hunter from the shoulder, and brought her down. She herbnge; or resting In the heat of Transvaal. He had been tracking fell instantly to the shot, struggled a tnan a 577 double express. Once plentiful all over Southern Af- midday; or fleeting across the plain, with some other compatriots fur to little further, and soon lay dead. The the northwest of Lake Nganil. Fleoh Boer had hoped and expected to bring rica wherever water was to be found, their striped coats, as clean and shinwas badly wanted in camp, and as down another cow. His Intentions the buffalo has now to be sought far ing os a well groomed race horse, tsetse fly was prevalent In the were frustrated, however, by the bull, In the Interior. There Is one singular gleaming In the sunlight; brisk, beauwhich charged upon the Instant direct- exception to this statement marshy country, north of the Okanan-gMany tifully proportioned, and full of lire ago the Cape government and spirits; these zebras represent ly towards the rifle amoke. Within years river, on which they were and the natives reported ten yards, the Dutchman, who was passed an net protecting under se- tho highest perfection or reral lire. large herds of buffaloes, he left las kneeling, fired again, hitting the grim vere penalties the buffalo as well as True children or the horses behind him, ferrleu across the beast In front or the chest, and turn- th elephant In Cape colony. In the plulns, long may they yet flourish to river, and spent the next two days In ing it. Meanwhile, at the ound of forest and densely bushed regions decorate the African veldt! Innirinans, Green A hunting. He had with him his own the firing the whole Imn.ense herd bordering the coast line, some strong By permission'o ofNew York. Hottentot servant, a good and reliable floundered out or the "vlel," and went troops of buffaloes are still to be KVpyrlifht. ty ,,iJ- B- lUinpton.) hunter, and a fair shot, and be had off crashing through an angle of the found between Mossel bay and the as well several natives of the dlst-i- ct reed beds, and thence far Into the Kowle river. A few years ago, durWorldly Wisdom. who were anxious for meat, and ready bush. As they fled the Boer shoved ing a great 'drought, some of these As there Is a worldly happiness In another cartridge, took aim at a fine beasts were to be seen drinking to show him the game. which God perceives to be no more On the first day the Dutchman came retreating cow eighty 'yards off, and In the river within a few miles of the than disguised misery; as there are across some fifty buffaloes grazing by a lucky shot, broke her bac k. She town of I'ltenbage. These animals worldly honors which In his estimaIn fairly open veldt. Getting behind fell bellowing, and was quickly dis- can only be shot In Cape colony by a tion are reproach, so there Is a worldsome good and convenient covert, and patched. Leaving the natives to skin special permit from the governor, and ly wisdom which In his sight Is foowith the wind In the right direr Hon, and cut up these carcassns, the 011 payment of the sum rt ten pounds lishness. Of this worldly wisdom the he had little difficulty In shooting two Dutchman now took up the pursuit of for each specimen obtained. Beyond characters are glveu In the Scriptures, fat cows and a young, fresh bull. The the wounded bull, which ho bad Cape colony the sportsman bus to and placed In contrast with (hose of cows were pretty easily sec'iredj but marked In his flight through a dense travel nowadays several hundred the wisdom which Is from above. The the young bull, although shot through patch of reeds to the 16111 of the la- miles before he can hopa to Ond buf- one Is the wisdom of the crafty, ths the lungs, jumped on his lefts from goon. The beast had turniu oP aiono, falo. Perhaps the best country exist- other that of the upright; the one some long grass and hUMh, then and the greatest core had to be tuken ing at the present time It the low and terminates In selfishness, the other In walked up, charged fiercely at the In following It through such covert unhealthy region lying In Portuguese charity; the one Is lull of strife and spooring party, and was only killed But the Dutchman had hitherto al- territory between the Sab! and Zam- bitter rnvylngs, the other of mercy within a few feet of the hunter. The ways had great luck with buffulo, besi. Upon the Bus! and Pungue and of good fruits. illuir. hunter has no great diiliculty iu shouting as many as he requires. In fairly open country, where scattered covert exlata, and where they can ba readily approached for they are by no means creatures a man may, he begins to think, shoot buffaloes us easily as he can shoot oxen. Dut, directly a buffalo is wounded and his blood-s)oo- r has to be taken up, and the hu iter has to follow hiei Into the dense coverts to which he retreats, the buttluetis Is entirely changed. Then you may prepare to lo k out for jour-selto take up your heaviest and most reliable weupou, and to follow the track of your game with every sense alert, and your rifle handy for an Instant and most deadly cnurge. You will find, too, thai the native spoorer, who trotted in front of you readily enough on the blood spoor of elephant, and even lion, will uow greatly prefer to follow In your rear, and leave you to take up your own person the first and dangerous risk in the dark and shadowy thickets Into which you are advancing. He knows none better the dark, evil fury and the lurking, nolseles ways of the beast of which you are in search. The buffalo, so soon as he Is wounded, seems, indeed, to think of little else than a bloody revenge. 1 nlike most other game, which, when wounded, t.iera-selve- s will almost Invariably In flight as far from the pursuer as possible, he usually retreats some distance Into the densest bush, and then either hides up In some dark, corner, where the shadows are deep and dense, or, timing upon his line, takes a parallel path back, and so waits for his foe; or he will even follow back upon bis own spoor and conceal himself. Sometimes be will Btcnd lurking amid the dark thickets; at another time, if badly wounded, he will lie down; in either case prepared and determined to inflict a bloody revenge for the nt.rts under Year after which he Is smarting. year fatal accidents happen In Souta African buffalo hunting, year after year men. If not killed outright, are terribly mauled; and, until the buffalo is completely exterminated, be will keen-sighte- f, African Buffalo Una. irawi GApmjmi rivers and their tributaries, and about the tributaries of the Zambesi, o its easterly course, large herds off rest of the day was spent in skinning and cutting up the game. Tart of the natives were Bent back to the Iloer camp, laden with as much meat as they could carry the Boers requiring not only fresh meat for Immediate use but enough to make a supply of "biltong" (salted flesh); the remainder of the flesh was bestowed upon the native villagers who "'"re v 1th the expedition. Large numbers of buffaloes were still reported a little further ahead, among the lagoons and marshes of this region, and the Dutch hunter, therefore camped for the night, ate a hearty supper by the roaring hre, and slept soundly till early dawn. Before sun-uthe party were again stirring. In less than two hours' time the natives had led the way to a broad, marshy lagoon, or "vlel," as the Boers call it, surrounded by drier ground, upon which grew bush, acacia trees, and a few tall palms. Part of this lagoon was shallow open water, the remainder consists of a dense bed of tall reeds, which led to further swamps and lagoons beyond. The sight. that met the Dutchman's eyes, as he and the natives crept cautiously towards the edge of the "vlel," and surveyed the scene from behind a screen of bush, was a wonderful one. In and about the "vlel," stood a troop of not less than two hundred buffaloes, some rolling In the shallow, some drinking, In water, some standing belly-deedark and motionless. The buffalo birds (a species of starling-BuphayAfricana) those watchful allies of these animals and rhinoceroses, were flying hither and thither, many of them packing and feeding on the ticks and parasites which Infest the buffalo. A number of small white herons, too, were about the "vlel," some of which were also to be seen actually perching on the broad backs of the great game. In any case the stalk caution, and, with these watchful ,buffel-vogel- " about, extreme care was, as the Boer saw, essential. Concealed behind a thick mass of bush, to which he and the Hottentot had crept, the Dutchman waited patiently sun-drie- d p a flrst-clas- s seral-bush- y d t" 's o - , - |