EAST AFRIGA GAME. HOT CARNIVORA AND OTHER ANI- MALS DISAPPEARING. ---- Dr. W. &. Rainsford, Who Was 4 Minister, Went Into -the Jungle. Dr, W. §. Rainsford; long -rec- tor of Saint George's Church, New !Nork, who quit preaching to be ! come a@ hunter of big game, has ' made @ report of the expedition in 'Africa, of which he had charge, for the purpose of acquiring for the 'American Museum of National His- tory specimens of animals that are 'fast disappearing. The expedition set out none too soon, for e dominant note in Dr. Rainsford's report is that the big game country is becoming denuded of its prizes through the 'license system in Bri- tish East Africa, anyone with a craze for destruction to buy the right to indulge it with expert guides and modern deadly rifles. His re repert beam oyt-the cone u- sions of/ Dr. W. T. Hornaday,_di- ector 6f the zoo, that big game ° fast Africa outside the prese is certain to disappear in one- fou the time that the same. result was accomplished in South Africa. For] and the right to $250 any man may i oy Pyke an rm ki]] 300 head of hoofe animals of 44 species, not counting may also carnivorous anim be killed. Dr. Hornaday quotes Arthur ge the hunter, as say- ing the big game wil] last an- r fort y thinks, should im- i reduced 75 per cent Under these conditions r. = began. his expedition. He had to lead it into the jungle. Dr. Rainsford"s Report. 'The Ideal African hunter," saye Dr. Rainsford, in prefacing ida oe re- port, "should have the endurance of a man under 40, should have a copper-lined stomach, and be im- mune to tick, tsetse and mosquito. Climatic conditions should mean nothing to bim. He should prefer | % the borderland of a swamp, or even its pestiferous depths, to the breezy upland, if only he can win the one thing he is after. our hunting ground, an area 100f miles by 70 in extent and some 150 miles from the railroad. This choice gave us as companions end guides the warriors of a little tribe, the Cheringani Dorobo, poison hunt- ers, who have controlled the land for These very shy natives ag to come down from their mountain villages and serve the ex- edition--sent out primarily for lack rhinoceri, in which the mu- seum was lacking. "Half a dozen real trackers were soon picked out among them. ree abreast where the ground was open, they would follow the spoor at a fast walk, interpreting the rhino's brainless wanderings, which to other eyes were invisible, and they would gain knowledge as to where it would rest. The forest was so dense at times that we used some 40 or 60 natives as signalers and beaters. "The Cheringani were cautious when following rhino. It is very easy to shoot this animal in the open. matter, and beaters and trackers, I must confess, spent much time safely, if not usefully, up trees. When On the Trail of Buffalo, which also are easily shot in open country, only a few of the bravest would go into the black hollows that hid the beasts, and, once a buf- falo was wounded, I had to go in with them or no one would go. "One of the great difficulties of the expedition was agian ioiag of its large and heavy oe tit tle over passable ravines and deep, swamp- edged, narrow streams were met where, and Necessary digging and rough bridging and road-making. "Our usyal method of tran which permits In dense cover it is another | S| was telli g A oud t quis right there," "travelling etmoes: the hills and the lower count: country, "How the Cheringani have main- tained.the triba] life is a mystery. ey their preservation is chief- due to their poverty. and their Sian among tribes has been about cattle. In their poison they have A Very Terrible Weapon, The making of it is a guarded ee- instantly. "The success of the expedition must be largely credited to the work of trackers chosen from the wild men of the Cheringani Doro- bo. They had little experience but gave us their steady co-opera- tion. TI have had in past years considerable experience with track- ers and tracking, but never neiose in Africa have I seen wo: comparable with that of the foack> ers of the Cheringani:" Dr. Rainsford's report.avoids de- tails of his encounters, but photo- graphs sent with it by him show the big game he encountered and the type of natives who tracked it for him. The coveted black rhino- ceros was one of his prizes. An- other photograph shows a leopard, one the carcass of a lion shot by him. He has a group of cheetah cubs, or hunting leopards, which prey on antelopes, reedbuck and kudu, stalking the prey with stealth and cunning preliminary to a light- ning-like eth. This animal can outstrip the swiftest antelope for a considerable distance. Another 4 photograph shows a bull buffalo head, and atill another a silver- haired 'pig, a species: rarely cap- tured or photographed. The. expedition is now finished and the captives will soon be mounted and placed on exhibition in the museum. a HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR. Speed Required fi in the Couine Aeroplane Contest. Lieutenant Porte, who waa chosen to share with au American airman the duties of piloting the Curtiss machine the trans- Atlantic but quite era pn we shall do it, nt te do it in twenty urs, means going over one hun- deed tle an hour. The machine will have a span of about 75 feet and a, length of about 560 feet. We will not have any floats, but a very light boat, 50 feet by 5 a = a tg if we come down. W -- float for hours unless che pe rough, but then we sball only fly in calm weather. In fact, I do wi think that.there is any bother about the weather. We will probably start in August or Sep- tember, when a spell of fine wea- ther is certain. "If we are starting from this side we shall keep as near as possi- ble to the route of the liners, so that a ship can pick us up in case of accidents. We = hes a little store of emer rovisions in case we are left ; dinwveckol mariners on a raft, and not a sail or funnel in sight. We shall travel some hours in the dark, but a little installation electric light will ena- ble us to see our instruments. The pilot's quarters will certainly be comfortable. Weshall be protected from the weather by a screen with a window formed of a transparent substance like mica. Exhaust pipes will be diverted so that the fumes will not trouble us. There is the noise of the engine for twenty hours or more, but I do not think it will affect us much, especially as we shal] be able at intervals to stretch ourselves on the floor of the boat and have comfortable snoozes. "Tf we do it in twenty hours we shall be easily within the time limit the conditions onf The Daily 10,000 prize. Of course, on the 200 6. type, Curtiss, will run for thirty hours for testing purposes." Value of a Good Wife. A man at a wedding the other day ob ev i ber. was @ joyous gg tan make a veritable an man,'"' he 'You're one of the mar- ried men exclaimed; "mine came near: to making one of me with her first pie. an piel yee of ez-} More Like a Thousand of 'Em. yerne Now, 100 men eat} "T a paid a ae cent to a doctor ; or @ lawyer in my 4 aut oun ae, © --_ ned course not! Who ever heard months. We had been obli to |of a doctor or ieenee charging carry all this over 150 miles on euck a fee as that? ie i men's heade or by donkeys before # was available. To keep the ex-| Many a man is dissatisfied with itiow I hired a small! his lot because it is located tuo near y are not owners of}: herds. - Four fifths of the fighting | © 7 y. {surrounding tribes. From what I}. brewed, cannot fail to die almost hunting with white men. previously, |' CARNEGIE 5 EX IN ASSIST Skibo Castle, Mr. Garona overlooks the Dornoch Firth on the south-east of _ County of Suth- erland. Whilst the situation is per- haps somewhat edie more than nues, embowered with vari colored beeches, of an te which the span of a life time ignifi- eant, extend in every direction, terraced slopes. with blooming shrubs from many climes face sea- ward, whilst behind the hills gra- dually pile upwards, soft and wooded at. first, until farther away, tiees and shrubs dio out, and anon vegetation itself, leaving naught but boulder-strewn and rock-jut- ting summits, where only the hawk and eagle rest. The County of Sutherland, whilst an ideal haunt for sportsmen either with rod or gun, is not by any means a fertile part of Scotland. Beyond a few stretches of alluvial soil on the east coast of the county, where cultivation repays, the oen- and deer. Sure enough, along the of the county hundreds of orofter fishermen eke out a precarious liv- | ing between what they harvest from the land and the sea, but at the best it is but a bleak existence, ree sirable side of the capital of the county, with the noted golf course, is situated on 4 promontory four miles eastward, whilst eight miles farther north stands Dunrobin' Castle, a lordlier| B® mansion than even Bkibo, the High- land and ancestral seat of the Duke vl Sutherland, who, in addition to being the cree, ered proprietor |} in Britain, is landowner in ibe West of Canada. Sixteen Miles Long. Mr. Carnegie's Skibo estate ex- tends with but two small breaks for a distance of sixteen miles along the north shore of the Dornoch Firth and its tributary, the Kyle -of Sutherland. His tenantry are main- smal] crofters, with a --- of large farmers and shooting te ants. The greater portion of this land he acquired in the purchase of Skibo ftself, but made some sub- sequent additions by purchase from his neighbor, the Duke of Suther- la One noted salmon river--the Shin--running out of Loch Shin and i ans into the Kyle of Suther- come into his possession in "he manner. In proportion to its length this river has barely its équal in Scotland as an angler's resort. Not satisfied, however, with this prestige, Mr. Carnegie on coming into possession, resolved to better it. In a fateful hour a pro- fessed angling "expert" gained his ear with an pea to double the fish catch on this river if given_a fres hand. The "expert" must he had credentials of some kind. . Car- ie te aite sada ac & HE business matters. Angling golfing are his pet hobbies. He would not touch a gun with the tip of his fishing rod, so averse is he to rt of that nature. Probably in ¢ instance in question oe weak: abot was deemed too un- trained to carry out this wonderful improvement. A of Welch ecialists were drafted into the| in istrict from 600 away, who toiled hard for two seasons "bet- tering" the river. A large number of artifiicial pools or resting p for the fish were cré in more rapid runs by laying down concrete barriers across the river 'with narrow sluices centre. At the mouth of the river, in terpiece of the whole scheme. Fishing Fell Off Badly. -ithat of his neighbor. For/the two seasons during which ions 1 Speers ~ Skibo Castle palatial residence in 8 cotland, | ¥ 50 feet above sea level, the grounds Wy castle bespeak centuries | tre is only adapted for raising sheep pe' shores of the north and west coasts' the works were carried on the Wa off badly, and after completion it was found, season.after season, that matters had not by any means improved in any respect. As a matter of fact the tendenoy was all the other way, so much s0 that the masterpiece at the mouth of the river had to be partially removed in the hope.of restoring the angling to ita old level, whilst anglers of former years, as well as the gillies freely assert that the river as a whole would be benefitted if all the other artificiel creations of the "expert" were demolished as well. This was but one of Mr. Cerne- 8 mishaps in his endeavors to etter the Skibo anglings. "yr small river, the Evelix, w 3 Ve inland ri where en ag- Frome Sa oe flourished. the an extensive } rod entalls too laces | de ie oa In' gave way/on the ve eve hae gs complétion, destroying along its course. ie ie daunted, Mr. Carnegie: had i obese and flooded the river ly, experinienting to in- duce the fish to run when required, oe neither salmon nor sea trout k kindly to the inducement, nor ie the Evelix River as an angler's Sieceh any better than before. One other instance of Mr. Car- negie's efforts in pisciculture and the subject need be followed no fur- ther. Right in the centre of his estate there is a t romantically situated sheet of frater named Loch Migdale. But though the scenery around this lake is much the finest estate, the fishing pat from running up from the tidal wa- ters, so that in course of time, and perhaps through neglect, the spe- gies on the Jake itself had run to ig probably owing to interbreed- ng. Laddered the Waterfall. This theory, at least, was broach- ed to Mr. Carnegie, who readily lighted upon a scheme to remove running up difficulty. He. would clear up the stream from end to end ladder the waterfalls, and though experienced natives pointed out to him that the fish might not run'after all, seeing that the chan- nel of the Firth lay far out, with a long stretch or bar of sand, dry at low water, intervening. Mr. and hundreds of resting-pools con- structed. All this took place years ago, 1 ger! sea-trout nor salmon, as Sechob tbe lube op all now. De- spite minor vexations and disap- pointments of this nature, Mr. Oar- ee aero nies oo et te ne matters ae before--not that he cares at all for ealmon fish- | face. 60 far as he himself is concern- Dice oe this is because of his the dasting which o ms $ fair, he never shows to better ad- | the su vantage, Possessed as he {s at | ee ea all ccoudt ge times of b y of perrenial eee ier ie lg Rs | in ogres youth : : submarine a a iz 5 pes surface and the work 3 raising the 'racy stories, ¢ » from the | vessel writers sybli ora- ---- 'shag th rin rapid euc- right "invariably triumphe-- g . Carne one | et least that is the feeling a man ot the * most charming boat compan- oo oo read, and f sa the other day, they found b used," the 'sons were admonished "| bles from the ship above, and is to , | be pepecelly ¢ age be: QUEER LEGACIES. Many Cases in Which Odd Things Have Been Bequeathed. that she had left a pair of old shoe strings to a woman relative -with hom had been on friendly The be- Ww terms for many years. - did not appear to be any sarcasm or ill feeling connected with it. mon-sense way in which the remain- der of her property was bestowed, there was no ground for the suspi- cion that the decedent was not in her right mind. se are many cases in which odd things have he bequeathed. In New pares there died. not long ago @ wealthy old man noted for his shrewdness in business details. One of the bequests of his very long will 'was a hairbrush that he had. used for many years. This brush he gave to a ne hew, with the proviso that rush should be kept in the family vault one month out of twelve, and in a mahogany box. The acceptance of the brush meant that the nephew was to inherit and enjoy feo ina of the estate. Francisco left $5,000 each to ten of her nephews about six years , but this was the condition: 'fee tombstone. was to be replaced every -- .oante with a new one on which h nephew in turn '"'should cause to ok chiselled an appropriate verse -- forth his love and affec- n 2? his two sons the use of a corn razor that he--a cutler--had = nese ground and fixed up for ch use. 'For the bake of their seein end the risk they ran from blood poisoning if other corncutters were ta uaé no other cutter, and @ cash forfeited. if they eare did not explain "his testamentary bequest of a second- best bed to his widow, and it has bothered his biographers ever since. A Louisville' husband was more explicit. He bequeathed. his bath robe to his' widow, in these words: "Inasmuch as she has de- prived me so often of the comfort and convenience of the garment that was bought for my own per- sonal use, by wearing the aforesaid bath robe at times when I desired and needed it most, I bequeath it to her with all my love, and hope on will ever find it the same tried nd faithful servitor even though Providenoe should bless he mp another husband who may bath robe to epare."' ----_ kh PLANS TO RAISE TITANIC. Denver Architect Thinks Submar- ine with Magnets Could Do It. To raise the Titanic, recover the bodies from ite held aud again fit the ship for sea, is a scheme which Charlee Smith, a Denver architect, hopes to carry out this year. For several months Smith has been drawing plans of submarine boats, scows and other apparatus to be ased in reising the Titanic. His scheme is first to locate the submarine, carrying seven persons, by means of a steel cable. The ps ogg will be attached to a on the surface, and communi- orks he te be lod by eomee otk telephone and electric signal bells. The submarine is to be operated by electricity, furnished through oa- as to with ressure, which, is ential to be almost forty tons a square foot. As the ine is lowered powerful elec- tric magnets be attached to its prow. Light steel cables are to be attached to other the magnets, Sud of which will be wound eround steam winches on scows on the sur- rent, _ "reel Mugnets yg always has when he happens to beat r as mo one else can or dares to try. bas quest was not explained, and there | g Margaret Ann Epping of San} danger Jabex Hollister of Montreal left ship. He then intends te-lower a i i as a a er sd Furthermore, to judge by the com-/} rind of the cocoan sesses pec P swelling when brought into con' with salt water. follows, there- fore, that the moment water ig in at a hole no te a e lulose ¢ and choses ture. The cell ed, of course, be made It is also necessary to clothe tl. boilers and steam pipes with '* "pm in order to big ae the w % ordinary "b i times of a banat. clay-lib 00) sition, or sometimes of a grained wood. Still oftener Ss muds Saltecat order 'that-#t ma: ever, a great likely to suffer from the effects heat than of cold. There is elwa that the powder megazci mey become over n the latest types ot ing eit a thick coating of anerel wool surrounds the stores. This "wool" gets its name from a resemblance to real wool; it is sim/ ply a' mass of snowy threads of @ sort of glass; io dp made by blow! and stee] mi Great quantities of this wool are used oh bacceet substance protects pate from heat and from cold such an nary ton-condue- aaa oi aor bers, as well as the explosivd stores. In the dockyards the work- men who pack mineral wool in the proper spaces on the ships have td wear masks, in order that they may, not inhale the 6s particles, which would angie ue jure the delicate throat and lungs. ---- PAY AS YOU GO. --< The 'Will Save Many a Heartache the Wife, @| falls in domestic life. The pu ee en the awful mental housewife' % suffering to-day! ugh getting into the toile o unscrupulous pm bakers, « spirits be put down to her acco as tea, Br fo sone. Gisacted ot Se cppalltog cheng fn aie wi ap & ge e,! did all in his power to change her but it was Y at the inquegp thal the w. 4 y truth out, on 4.cap st eee Impossible. . igen a will you be abie mon owe me! a ele 'And will you oall at SL niyeot) Be | Winks--Impossible ! a trunting trip with #. oe Blaming Mother. . 'My mother made the other fellow to it.. at th in most of her time at other th | Dm going off