PORTLAND; SUNDAY ' MORNING, ; SEPTEMBER 1, 'l907.
THE OREGON
SUNDAY JOURNAL
FLASHLIGHTS FROM THE AFRICAN JHNGLE3S
tonal East Africa Told in Notes From a Remarkable, Book by C. G. SK.IIinga, Wealthy Young German Explorer--Say5 Game at Present Rate of Slaughter Will Soon Be Exterminated
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and . Egyptian geese. Hundreds of
Thomson s gazelle grazed like sheep
i Reprinted From the National Geographlo pie of keeping my caravan (In which I
- Uaeazlne. nad never less than 130 men) upon a
d r n Bf-tiTT t tvrm i. . ,..,, .vegetable diet for the most part, allow
R. C O. 8CHILLING6 Is a wealthy I ing tnem meat only to a ver Bmall ex.
young uercnan wno seme years tent, ana men merely as an adjunct to
ago set out to photograph the their meals. In the famine year of 1899
. r - my provisions cost me more than 20.000
Dig game or euuioriBi MBi i- marks, which might have been brought among them, and wherever the eye was
iiua. a b ic.u.i ui iv uuwii i a inning sum una i laKen turned It saw the rniiin flark xtrnnirlv
most entirely devoted to the work, ha heavier toll of the game as the natives a. , Baw 1 , f ugn, dark. "ongi
k. I .,wi.h th- .t were "'ways ready to barter vegetables marked forms of the old gnu bulls as
tins obtained and published the most for .nim.,. t h.Y unieri they grazed apart, cut off from the
When the reader remembers that all ne.8- . . .... . ... .
expenses of Mr. (Schillings' expeditions The chapter entitled "The Minds nf
were paid for out of his private means Animals contains some interesting on-
this action on his part appears a'l the forvatlons. A voung rhinoceros which
more commendable. He shot manv anl- U1" ,,autnor. CB-Ptur?a and forwarded to
mals, but brought borne his specimens Berlin attached himself to me in a
J- living animals and no of dead game, hyonei8i jftckajs and other beasts ofprey dearly between the large number
. and . that, they are furthermore accom- and many birds. JJf men who came Into touch with him,
.l.j k , Intalltmnt unit Veen da- "' uiiiiacii quite amerisnuy w in
olLLZ Preparing Stuffed Specimen.. meiW' .tthe,l8thohuanu's,
vtlca of the beasts. One can form no notion from seeing a ,w,12. approach him now In the gardens
vJStlS oFSadl&gum- teJ'Vrrh,n0Cf T. mU' "Many other animals In this distant
l ??&J!fS. Ji.. r,fri- eeum of the immense difficulties In- black country were to us a real source
Yhincie volved In the securing and preparing of of enjoyment and consolation. Take,
. . , . . ... ifir PiHmnio. mv vniin tr a lanhd
; East Arnca. in a rew years mi
w ffinnao recently the richest srame
T lL U 111 U J 1.
rrr j r pared, all the fat removed from It and foster-mother; also
Th author gives many Illustrations every precaution taken
of the rapidity win wnion ine Dig game the 8kuU and DOnes
1 PBUIJ mill mj. u ""CI nv . j ..I.. i ii , .... nt m .- Li. . li:
.u.v. vvi ,,no aw.. -- -- .in...- years
wonderful series of photographs of the
great animals of Africa In their native
haunts that the world has seen. What
makes bis Illustrations particularly
valuable Is the tact that they are of
UONESSABOVT2VSWM2UP0NADOJfrP.
paid a thousand-fold for all one s trou- although It Is the first and only time In
ble by making a genuine friend of the their lives that they rise from the dark
bird.
depths of the ground In the damp even-
' T inn u t ha r Am Am tiAVDf tYyat T Am tint 1ra f nuriYiarii
Is re- such a specimen. When the animal has f'-f xa.mp. Jnyv.?'P,u,nK e.leph?n!' wi' "PPaklng of young birds reared by men T'Here and there the steppes are
coun- i., .y.'t ... , .,aii i"'. '" w."" L'liiuiiMe Himpiicuy. 1111 from Infancy, but of birds caught per- adorned with the well-known monkey-
aj aa " " " ...... ytv- uuiui.uiiainiji i l in iii mi want oi a naps at
the age of 30 or 40
my tame baboon, even older; for marabous attain a very
"Deep sliltness lies over the velt. In
the dark night; a gentle rustling Is
heard now and again In the thick fol
iage and branches. Suddenly a roaring,
mla-htv something strikes the mr and .1
ki L 1M9I - auui iirru v 1 1 1 1 inn wni-n uwn UKfUACv- r . -
years or bread tree (Adansonla digitate). Covered neavy thud follows, as the prey Is cap-
first went to ' that region, countless
numbers of wild elephants roamed the
forests ana plains; today they are
counted In tens where formerly they
' were counted by thousands.
Came Butcher Killed.
:en against flaws. WD "if almost mad with Joy great age. like large ravens or vultures,
-l-n Wn Wh" he "11W me .a "lere specJ on the one of which lived In captivity, under
also having been horizon, returning to the camp from one favorable conditions, for a hundred
to take Immense pains about the trans
port to Europe. The weighty burden
has to be carried on men's shoulders to
the coast, along dangerous tracks, often
fithrough marshes and almost pathless
tnicKeis, ana across streams ana rivers.
ltely keener than ours.
An Unusually Wise Bird.
Mv marabous moved about In
the camp free and unrestrained. They
built their nests, and did not try to
fly away. They greeted me on my re
turn with Joyful cackiings; tney planted
with a shining bright gray bark, this
tree often attains a circumference of
many yards, and. In spite of Its gro
tesqueness, charms us with its primeval
appearance. The traveler soon learns to
value It, for often rich stores of water
lie hidden In the hollow trunk stores
that have been supplied by the rainy
season which may be the only water
t urea. There are never more than a
few scratches to be found on the booty;
a crunching bite In the neck is always
the cause of death. Many men killed in
this manner have never even uttered a
cry."
An attack from a rhinoceros, Mr.
Schillings says. Is more to be dreaded
than that of any other animal. In spito
' . , , . . L II I II Willi JUVIUI inUftiillHi! vncj ,'."" K DCOOUII wuivn moj wo 1 '''' nom . , . i
rom earliest times we have heard h.mUwi V. mv tnt BnntinelH t k fnnnri in th rtutrlpt for novcral of its huge bulk, it Is very agile, near
tell of an unusually wise bird that our and carassed me with their powerful days' Journey. 'y always succeeding In ripping Its
ancestors nicknamed the DhilosoDher and dangerous bills. 'or a long time "it appears that the lioness is always "'V,
u l B u .iiinea me pnnosopner. " , g . . . .,. v.a v, norti. Th. niotnrs. rit,i "In addition to not nr the direction of
Illy uiai.iv lwii i ii11 " " " 11117 r ' v ' " t J ' "v- n , . . 1 1, i . .
GMEAT
TAKIAV A BATff,
body. But the moment they become
aware of your near approach tbey leave
It again, arousing the animal once more.
It la a case of a partnership between an
animal with a very keen sense of smell
and birds with very keen eyes.
"Zebras, leopards and giraffes are so
strikingly colored that one would expect
to find them conspicuous figures In
their own haunts. But, as I have al
ready remarked, these three kinds of
animals have really a special protection
In their coloring. It harmonizes so per
fectly with their surroundings that they
are blended in the background, so to
speak, and can easily be overlooked.
It must be explained that one does not
often see the animals close at hand.
In certain lights, indeed, according to
the position of the sun, zebras, leopards,
and giraffes are so merged In the har
mony of their surroundings that even
when they are quite near, the eye of
man can easily be deceived.
It Is only In the very dry season,
when the plant world stretches out be
fore us In every hue. from dirty brown
to bright gold, that the giraffe harmon
izes with Its surroundings In this way.
Ton sometimes cannot distinguish Its
outline when backed by the green
boughs of the trees In the shade.
Giraffes Differ in Color.
Coloring of giraffes differ much, even
In the same herd. I have seen herds of
46 or more heads, and from close quar
tern I have ascertained that some were
striped quite darkly and some very
lightly. Bulls are colored more or less
darkly.
Giraffes dwell chiefly on the plains.
About seven tenths of German East
Africa represent an Eldorado for gi
raffes. Here they find all the condi
tions of life necessary to them. They
can travel a long way from water, and
can do without It for several days at a
time During the rains they get as
much water as they want from the
moist leaves. Their food consists
chiefly of foliage and of the thin
branches of the different acacia trees,
as well as the leaves and twigs of many
-. Utw B.lilt1lnira Mfan in h aaa nf The rVAa nf inserts and th rlflmn at- c iiniuou
ih. lit. nr Koih . Oermo whorame mosphere have to be fought against. This Is the marabou-stork, specimens of of feeding them, and their affection for only single Hons, but In reality thero the wind when stalking rhinoceros, you "fh;.e '.""
r. sr..h a ,'. There are long weeks of anxiety before which I have come across whose wisdom me was not at all the result of my glv- were several others In close proximity, nave 10 iocs, careiuuy 10 see wneiner Wner( flight a herd clatters away
T out to British East Africa In connection the goal Is reached. and. fondness for human companionship Ing them dainties, but of my Just and They had gradually surrounded their the rhinoceros' has his feathered satel- straight lines. The whole unwieldy
2 with a Utopian undertaking called Afl this trouble, to aay nothing of the " sclv ?t",, P r Intelligent conception Of their habits." prey and approached It from different lltej. the rhta body sways backward and forward, the
i "WrMland " and who when Mm nnlltlcnl considerable expense, Ts involved in the wou,a scarcely be credited. " sides. crythrorhyncha). on him or not. whon- ZzZi hvb mnst on a movina- shlo and
bringing home In good condition of a "Storks and marabous, which perhaps r.W.V, of the Velt. - resting, he often resigns himself to the tiV swavlng to and I f?o wSen
-. Titt - Til onrA or rnpnn nmnii rnnrnRrMi Tripnnu - ... . .- . . . . . ...
. itons tk.ui uuicKiY. r r. ... - ...1:. ri outiinea against tne rjnre norizon us
The glories and wonders of the velt - ' ' ,t7h,?Thi,h hi . ...SZ ,,. appeamnce Is grotesque, not unlike that
are thus vividly portrayed: "There may seem to be something parasites but which by a sudden out- 0"ft bare treeB Even at a dlBtanCA ono
"In the Nylka one cons
large whlte-ant heaps
t i;uruiv VDbaiiiv hiiiboiu.i:, nfVA.cu .iiu- BtnulH BnAP mn' Illir Ml r Nihl no-o Im. , .. . ... ..
. self to fhe.reckless slaughter of the big brought home quite a number of - "a ' . . man s lifetime or more in
f nmi of British Africa "In the course raffes, buffaloes, rhinoceroses and ele- th? Jltant velt have attached them-
J game or uruisn Ainca in me course hant8 a great number of large ante- B?.ves to me In the friendliest manner,
i: of two or three years he had slain, for for,A. Anrt hundreds of hides and skin- albeit caught after many difficulties
no useful purpose whatever, 160 rhino- and skeletons of every description, all
or tnem in sucn gooa conaition that
-c.ceroies (a companion killed 140 more)
f each one being a far more interesting
i mammal than himself. At the end of
this career of slaughter a rhinoceros
killed him perhaps appropriately."
: The same is true of the giraffes, the
Hons, and practically all the larger anl-
they are suitable for exhibition In mu
seums.
Devoted Time to Camera.
"For days together I occupied myself
and by strategy. A specimen, well on
"There may seem to be something paras ites, but which, by a sudden out- 0"ft bare tree Even at a dlBtanCA ono
tantly come, gruesome about sacrificing oxen and S f wa ht f taPlng notice. y
Baps. several donkeys n his way; but the ?w ould danger. Thus put the .jtart .fe rises
XM:$XR& high and ot considerable width, otherwise fall victims probably to th. ".Vlakllo-'fS L ZiJ J
other visitors by peculiar marks of af- During the night the tiny builders are tsetse fly. a horribly painful death, ,f neA e but ylng lown a(raln lf tnere
icuiiuu. untiringly active In rais ng and build- wnemw nn nui veiy uuicmy anu seems to him to oe no enemy near.
"Of course it means a hard struenle. "' . . ,,,i. uo ( i. v.n i .v,
and it Is not easy to win the frlendshin Ing their fortresses, which are very b-- ...
of such old and peculiarly obstinate strongly put together. At the approach necK- ana ao 1101 torture their prey.
I Lies Down Again.
it
can give with Its long legs will hold
even a lion In check.
The zebra is a polygamous animal,
and the Jnalon. with which the males
watch over their harems often results
In bloody encounters. They are very
malicious beasts; Indeed lions and tigers
are safer to handle than the zebra with
' lnfti- vi . . . a. .u exclusively with photography, getting J18;. For. we.eks and months one must of tne rainy Beason the ants, which by can vouch for this myself from having if the hunter Is favored by the wind
? He emphasizes the fact, however, that . . . K K 6 8 feed them by force with pieces of meat " , T, , A . ' . ,, witnessed the sicht reDeatedlv from mv -a .ki. him-Aif after thl
. .i-( i. anv number of nlcturen and so nunr. v. , w . u.i ij tlila t me nr wlnred. arise from the wiineoBeu me sikiu repeaieaiy irorn my and able to conceal himseir alter inis
wi iciiuiuaLiin la wiwufjui. nui nu ' o .'run r iiiwji iiiuiwc u yj inrii luiuua L I '-' , , . . , i . , , , , , . , , .... ... 7 . . . , , , i. '
much bv the sportsman as by tne trader, ing that hundreds of gnus, and zebras feed themselves. One must tend them ground in swarm, to set out on their thorny hiding place. Death was lnstan- first alarm, and the rhinoceros lies down its .fearful Jhlte.They. make a peculiar
and especially by large numbers of Af- nunB- ar0und my camp almost like tame oneself, wait on them constantly, and long wedding Journey In the air, to lay taneous In every case; and so stealthily again, the birds, varying In number dog-like barking noise when In night,
rlcans who have been given guns and " . .P,T . occupy oneself with their needs. Then the foundations of new colonies else- does the lion creep up to its prey that ' i " t . nmfnle of do.en No,,;o of the attempts to subjugate them
ammunition. si".i wim one ay, quite suddenly, all mistrust where. Most of , them Know perfectly it is only at the last moment that the - ---j ' . --a ucuuin ui uuiucu nam mti h.t u
i njaintained rigorously tne princl- nocks or tne peauurul crested cranes and fear are overcome, and one is re- how to use their little white pinions, latter tries to break away. settle aown again upon nw nuspimu.e cen,
GERMANY'S AIRSHIP TO RAIN BULLETS FROM SKY The
"Gross" Military Balloon, Equipped With Battery of Automatic Rapid Firing
d Powerful Searchlights and a Crew of Six,M
uns an
(By a Staff Correspondent.)
BERLIN- Was there something
r more than fantasy In a German
'writer's recent prophecy that
the Fatherland would attack Its
' -! :: enemies by means of aerial war
ships? At any rate the first of Ger
many's projected airship "fleet" has
been successfully "launched" in the new
dirigible balloon Invented by Captain
Gross of the German army, and the
recent trials have demonstrated Its
practicability. The new war engine will
carry a full battery of automatic rapid
firing guns, and a crew of nix men, and
powerful searchlights. It is a long
cigar Ishaped bag with an aluminum
hull attached.
Thus In a duel of brains between
Germany and France for the perfec
tion ef the airship for military pur
poses, honors at present Beem to rest
withj Kaiser Wilhelm and his experts
It is likely that Germany will make
strenuous efforts to hold this advan
tage, nd not many moons may come
and go before a fleet of aerial Dread
noughts will be seen making circles
and bow knots and figure eights over
balloon "Patrie" which
en
Berlin.
The French
-.rjjB,veral days ago In remaln
5V,three hours at a time,
-a. 'dering movements be-
Tlr to me wina. appears to
Bl,.w.!iinte1 hv tho loi.i
I l.iliA "rimon" iia. ti
LnbO' several different
igefie-German Invention.
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fore render It essential to regulate
aerial navigation by legislation.
As a first step the exlstiing fron
tiers must be extended upward Into the
air, partitioning the atmosphere accord
ing to the countries concerned.
One military writer, Colonel Wagner,
urges that foreign airships should be
prohibited from sailing in Germany's
atmospheric zone even in tirne of peace,
and demands that a law should be
pasesd enabling German military au
thorities to destroy by artillery or
otherwise all foreign airships per
ceived in Germany's atmospheric zone.
He also proposes that a state monop
oly of aerial navigation should be cre
ated, as in telegraphy and other things
by which vital national interests are
Involved.
The leading conservative dally, the
Deutsche Tages Zeltung points , out
that In the nenr future airships will
become extremely valuable In warfare,
and especially valuable In Germany In
a war against Great Britain. ' It Is
pointed out that a German aerial fleot
capable of dropping explosives on Brit
ish Dreadnoughts would go a long way
toward remedying Germany's naval In
feriority to Great Britain.
me rages zeitung urges that the
DOCTOR COMMONSENSE-m
Bills Are Collected hy rVater Comp.
and Grocer; Saves Money for Women
H
By Carolyn Pr.scott.
OW much money do you pay the
doctor? Probably a great deal
more than you care to spare a
great deal more than necessary.
If you don't give the money to
the doctor, then it's the druggist who
gets It gets all you have, and more
sometimes.
Do you know whose fault It Is? (I am
talking to women now.)
Nobody's but your own: ,
I found this out and it cost me nearly
$40 before my lesson was fully learned
but I knowvnow.
The doctor told me that over 80 per
cent of his women patients are sick or
nervous' as a result of their own carelessness.
There is no more reason wny
Dai.K.t.ff ..vim.M nnmni.. ...... man v.oi, .. tiA 111 half of the timA than
sary funds for the construction of more that her big brother or her husband or
airships?""
tho rA . V..11 , 1 M l . . .. .. . . . .
I i " uyi-;.nA--y is rci y itoii nuiu uuicicui puinis in me city. fuoiic aiscussion nas again Deen ai-
'vmrnarlubla aneed of thlrtv evident. One million dollar, ha, been The alrshln'at a height nf snn f.ot rected to the difficult nroblems con-
four is Mid to Jhave been M )2'ed,ff,r tho construction of a "fleet" circled the emperor's palace, sailed f?fednWUh th development of Aerial
.11 i. interesting to note lDemi"?TtL t'"h,lp J! uJZl: AjtJlKL ."2-?.' VV den nav,at,on'
Ytioa that i Santos DumotSt the mammoth Galerie des Machine, scribed, various geometrical figures li Cotdd Photograph For tS,
wager oi iiovd . mat. pa ",,,K" "l "r in structure tne air, ana neaaeq nortnward, south
inJ of 100 mile, an hnift . " removea and re erected at Issy ward, eastward and westward
cpeea or iiid nun u nour to serve a. a short nr ihi. n.w "iaa .nmm.nArB win ti. .i.
ilne witMn nine months. Recently, vast crowds watched the screws was distinctly audible
reach are losing no time in graceful evolutions of the German bal- watching multitudes.
at
of
to
the
the
the
French airships eeuld aaJi:'6vr Ger. "
many and easily photograph all the
German fortifications, and vice .versa.
Considerations of national defense thero-
A Face.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
From all the faces round,
It stood out like a flower:
Claiming the Instant gaze
By beauty's certain power.
The flower image lung
I'pon a slender throat,
A lily on Its stem,
The small head seamed to float:
A nimbus of clear goid.
About her wide browVmeek,
The heavy cloud of ham
Soft-shadowed neck arid cheek.
Her eyes were wistful," yet
Their sadness held no Woe,
Seeming but heritage
From eyes of long ago,
Just as that face from out;
Those faces of the throng .
Caught at my heartstrings swift
With unknown spell and stibng.
TTnmrulAi.n .Ir.i. ir. ii.n.vl V.
In passionless, still, grace
It haunts my vision now.
That nameless, passing facet
I
father uhmilrt he in the same condition.
Men take care of themselves' he said,
"women do not. If they escape it Is
.because they are naturally tough, not
because they deserve to pull through."
"Oh," I exclaimed. "Now you are go
ing to talk about thin-soled: shoes and
drop-stitch stockings in cold weather."
"No," he answered. 'There are many
things that are worse thanj thin soles
and peek-a-boo stockings. Wearing
these is only exposure; what I am talk
ing about is the lack Of ordinary care
among women." I
"Now. how many women do you know
who take a good big drink of water
every morning?" He questioned. "Do
youT' ' I
t admitted that I didn't.
" "There you are," he stld. "Every
healthy animal should take a'drlnk, a
good big one. the first thing in the
morning. ' "J .
How often do you drink during fhs
day? A -cup of coffee in jthe morning,
a cup of tea at luncheon,! and another
cup of tea or coffee at dinner. If you
are"thlrsty-Aulag the dy you drench
your stomach with chemicals in 'the
form of soda water, but of good pure
water you are stingy. Then how about
bathing? That is an impudent Ques
tion I'll admit, but it is a fact that
Jhe average woman doesn't know how to
athe. They are like cats In their dis
like for water. When a woman per
spires. Instead of giving herself a good
sponge bath as a man would do, she
dabs on a little bit of powder, filling
up every pore so that the impurities re
main. Instead of being washed out.
"Then, as to her eating, she does not
eat enough. There is a vast difference
between eating enough of the right kind
Of food and overloading one's stomach.
A woman might starve to death living
on the sort of stuff they eat. Ice cream
and cream puffs, chocolate eclairs and
crackers, toast and tea. She should eat
plenty of raw vegetables. lettuce,
onions, cress, anything that is green
and crisp. But instead, the average
woman tempts herself with things that
look pretty, and have no nourishing
qualities, and satisfies her hunger with,
tea. She keeps herself overstimulated,
but undernourished.
"Then she neglects exercise. If a wo
man Intends to go three blocks away
from her home, she takes a car If pos
sible. If it comes to a question of
walking or staying at home, she stays
at honle. Then when she aches and
pains some, she sits down and mopes
about 'them, instead of getting out In
th open air and exercising them away.
In the course of time this worry over
her ailments, fancied and otherwise, re
sults In a nervous breakdown'; then In
comes the doctor with his bottles and
pills."
So here Is the doctor's directions for
keeping well. Paste it up on your mir
ror: Drink. '
Wash.
Eat.
Exercise.
Don't worry.
But be sure you do all of these In
the way they should, be done. Eat the
rtgnt tnings; arjnK tne ngnt things,
and, last of all, don't worry.
United States District Judge Landls.
who Imposed the famous $29,000,000 fins
upon the Standard Oil company, is now
mentioned as a passible candidate for
the Republican nomination for gover
nor of Illinois. .
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