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i acsoMßmgN a man goes hunting WB tigers from the back of an I elephant, about one-third I °f the danger lies in the

damage the tiger might do and the other two-thirds is contributed by the various things the elephant is liable to do. In fact, if the I danger from the tiger were I the only thing to consider, ’ tiger hunting would be a favorite diversion for so-

•ciety hunt clubs where tea is served at the end. In a tiger hunt, anywhere from a half dozen to 100 elephants are used. When an Indian prince goes forth on ■a royal hunt, there are even more elephants than that brought along. When • a normal man issues forth, he endeavors to get along with the half •dozen. For elephants are expensive; they cost all the way from S4OO to $1,200; a dollar a day to feed, besides the pay of the guides, which is not cheap. So that the man who has a tiger skin that he has captured him-

self, upon his parlor floor, has probably paid close to SI,OOO for it. India is the only country in which elephants are used for hunting. In Africa the elephant is not tamed; he is captured almost solely for his ivory. But in India the elephant is used quite entirely for hunting and working purposes. The excitement of a tiger hunt begins long before a tiger Is even sighted. The wild bees of India build their hives in a hanging position on the limbs of trees. Very often these drop down ■close to the ground and the thick underbrush hides them from view. It is a not infrequent incident of these hunts for an elephant to calmly 1 walk into one of these hives and scatter the busy inmates in all directions, whereupon the bees 1 quickly recover and seek revenge upon the clumsy elephant and his riders, and all the other elephants of the party. Such an incident is a common occurrence that helps to enliven a tiger hunt and for the time being drives all thoughts of tiger skins from the hunters’ minds. The basket or howdah in which the hunter rides is another feature that often lends excitement to a hunt, such as ' no tiger could provide. The hunter, that is the gentleman hunter, who has gone to India for the .sport, occupies the howdah. This is a very large f basket fastened to the elephant's back by a very strong rope. The spectacle reminds one of a ' captain standing on his bridge, high above the lashing waves. The native sits on the elephant’s neck, or, to follow the same figure of speech, he is down on deck. Now, elephants are often skittish and liable ’ to fly off in a panic. They do this, quite forget- j ful of the captain on the bridge, and the result , is that the tiger hunter often has to cling with ( both hands to the sides of the howdah and receive a severe shaking up as though he were a , pebble in a tin can. Nor is this without its dan- ; gers. Often when the elephant becomes panic stricken he will charge into a jungle and tear ' madly about until he drops with fatigue. Another danger is when an elephant gets caught • In a tropical mire and flounders about. At these times the elephant will grope about for anything j he can reach, to poke down under his feet to get i a firmer foothold. Small trees and branches are ] thrown to him which he dexterously arranges with ; his trunk and fore legs until he has built a foun- ] dation upon which he can rest. But at these times the elephant is not scrupulous in regard to

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Finished a Book on Time the Day Her Daughter Died. A notable instance of mental control and application is told of the late Mrs. Cashel Hoey, the Irish novelist 1 and ; mrnalist. who died the other day at the age of 81. One of i. t early novels appeared ceriaHy in Hous hold Words,” and

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the material he uses. A story is told in Asia of an inexperienced hunter who, when his elephant was floundering about in this way, thought he would be doing it a service by dismounting. He did so; whereupon the elephant seeing likely foundation material in him, snatched him with his trunk and buried him in the mire. And so. the actual tiger dwindles into a minor role when he is hunted from the backs of elephants. In fact, some sportsmen pooh pooh the idea of using elephants

at all. They call it parlor hunting. And, except for these incidental dangers, they are right. When a tiger charges, as he sometimes does, it is only the native on the elephant’s neck who is in danger. 1 he man in the howdah is high aloft with a whole head And if he should miss and the tiger come on, the worst that could happen is that he will have no driver to guide his elephant back to camp. A et elephants are more or Jess indispensable in this kind of hunting. The Aslan forests are very dense and stalking is not only very dangerous but it is often impossible. In some parts of the jungle no man can get through. The elephant, on the other hand, simply beats his head against an obstructing tree and flops it over. And then, too, he carries the supplies which, of course, are necessary on trips of this kind. The control its mahout (driver) has over the huge but docile animal is truly marvelous, as he verbally directs it here to tear down a destructive creeper, or a projecting bough, with its trunk; there to fell with its forehead a good sized tree that, may interfere with its course in the line; or to break some precipitous bank of a mullah (water course) with its fore feet, to form a path for descending into it, and then, after the same fashion, to clamber up the other side. And if its driver should chance to let fall his gujhag (Iron goad) the elephant, gropes for It and lifts it up to him with his trunk. In tiger hunting, however steady an elephant may be, its behavior depends largely on the conduct of the mahout. If an elephant gets frightened he goes

the editor. Charles Dickens, had agreed to accept the story on monthly instalments. When the novel was about completed, and with the most exacting chapters still unwritten, the author was unexpectedly called to France by the critical illness of a beloved daughter. The death of this daughter follower! within the week, and found the novelist on the continent and within

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two days of the date when her copy must be furnished. Although Mr. Dickens, on hearing the circumstances wrote to say he did not expect copy that month. Mrs. Hoey immediately after the harrowing scene of her daughter’s death retired to an adjoining room and wrote at one sitting the entire four chapters required, and posted them to England just in season for their publication. Mr. Dickens, in writing soon after to a friend, said that the author had

among the tree jungle and th|n the chances of the [ i man in the howdah grow slindher with every stride । of the animal. f .• The Call of tie Jungle. BY BERKELEY jHUTTON. 1 k Many a time I've come ba> I from a trip, leaving ■ half my men and all my ivor ;I l'otting in some deadly African swamp, half dear Tvith fever, swearing that I'm done with the busingXfor good. And some > bright day, in six months, c. 8.-en three, the smell ; of the jungle gets into my ncstrils or the coughing roar of a lion’s challenge—and that settles the ; business. Back Igo again, knowing precisely what > is coming—the sweating days and the chilling ■ nights, the torments of insects and of thirst, the > risks and hardships, and the privations. For once Africa has laid her spell upon a man, he’s hers forever. He’ll dream of her —of the parched and blistered veldts he’s crossed under the blazing sun- > light; of the nights, those moonlit haunted nights । when he’s watched beside a runway, waiting for the > game to come down to drink, and listened to the i ripple of the water on the flats, the stealthly snapping of branches all around him, the scurry of ; monkeys overhead; listened to the vast silence, into : which all smaller sounds are cast as pebbles are ; dropped into a pool.—Everybody’s Magazine.

never written more clearly or carried characters and plot along more cleverly than in those chapters, and that it was one of the most remark able examples of an author's powef of concentration of thought which he had known. The authoress in the subsequent 46 years of her life was never heard to mention even the title of this novel. Russians Flock to America. During each month for the last two years about 21,000 Russian immigrants have entered the port of New York.

MBS. ASTOR IS OEM AMERICAN SOCIETY LEADER PASSES AWAY. LONG A SOCIAL LIGHT New York Woman Who Was Known as First Among Country’s Aristocrats Taken by Death— Heart Trouble Cause. New York.—Mrs. William Astor, who for 30 years had been regarded as the social leader of New York, died Friday night of heart disease at her home on Fifth avenue. For nearly four weeks Mrs. Astor, who was 82 years old. had been in a critical condition owing to the return of a heart affection that had given her trouble for years. There is not a name in the social register that is so well known from one end of the land to the other as that of Mrs. Astor. Despite her advancing years, Mrs. Astor continue^ to hold her social domination up to a year ago, when failing health compelled her to retire into comparative seclusion. In 111 Health a Year. It was in the summer of 1907 that Mrs. Astor’s friends learned of her ill health. While she was abroad last year, her son, Col. John Jacob Astor, made the announcement that Beechwood, the summer home of Mrs. Astor at Newport, would not be opened and this led to the discovery that Mrs. Astor was in poor health. Word came later from Mrs. Astor, while she was in Faris, saying that she would open her Newport villa and that she would make the season there one of the gayest in years. This promise was not fulfilled, however, for when Mrs. Astor returned from abroad she broke down in Boston and had to return to New York. She had remained at her home ever since. Society Functions in History. The society functions given and presided over by Mrs. Astor have gone down into history as the most brilliant on record. It is said that the ballroom in the mansion on Fifth avenue would accommodate 1,000 people. It was Mrs Astor who established the famous “400,” her visiting list being confined to that number of names. In 1905, b >wever, Mrs. .Astor was said to have "let down the bars." when she invited 1,200 persons to one of the most memorable social events ever given in New York. Mrs Astor received her guests at these gatherings seated in a highbacked chair beneath a portrait of herself, painted by Carolus Duran. Spouse Not Tall Socially. The Astor jewels were worn by Mrs. Astor on these occasions. It is said the Astor emeralds are the finest in the world. William Astor, who died in Paris in 1892, took little part in the social activities his wife enjoyed. Mrs. Astor, before marriage, was Miss Caroline Schermerhorn, a daughter of Abrahatn Schermerhorn, a well-to-do merchant. She was married to William Astor on September 23, 1853. John Jacob Astor was their only son. There were four daughters, two of them. Mrs. Ogilvie Haig and Mrs. Orme Wilson, are now Ih ing. The eld< st daughter, Miss Emily Astor, who married J. J. A’an Alen, died some years ago. BATTLESHIPS REACH AMOY. Second Squadron of Eight Vessels at Chinese Port. Amoy.— Eight battleships compris ing the second squadron of the American Atlantic fleet, under command of Rear Admiral William H. Emory, arrived here Friday morning after an un eventful voyage from Yokohama. To the Chinese the visit of the Americans is of far-reaching importance and every preparation has been made not only to extend to the representatives of the United States a flattering welcome, but to impress upon them China's desire for even more cordial relations with the republic than have prevailed hitherto. Montgomery Again Convicted. Pittsburg, Pa. — William Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National bank until the discovery of a shortage in its funds of over $1,250,000 early last summer necessitated closing the institution, was for the second time this week found guilty Wednesday of embezzlement and abstraction of funds, his peculations in the two cases amounting to $613,000. This case involved the abstraction of $144,000 worth of the bank bonds, and as in the first case, Montgomery offered no testimony in defense. Victim of Crime Is Found. Detroit, Mich. —The almost nude body of an unknown man, 35 to 40 years old, was found Thursday in a sack bound with ropes and a driving rein in Lapham's Lane, Springwells township. The man’s throat was cut from ear to ear, there was a bullet hole in one temple and the back of his head was crushed in. Apparently he had been dead three weeks. Schooner Wrecked; Two Drowned. Baltimore, Md. — The schooner Charles S. Hirsch, lumber laden, from Brunswick for Baltimore, was wrecked near Paul Gamiels life-saving station, N. C. Capt. Frank Hunter and five sailors were rescued in the breeches buoy by the life-savers, but the cook and one sailor were drowned. Rear Admiral Cowden Retired. Washington.—Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds Cowden was placed on the letired list of the navy Friday, his sixty-second birthday. Decapitated by Red-Hot Wire. Cleveland, O. —Erick Els was decapitated Wednesday at the American Steel & Wire Company mills. While drawing red-hot wire it broke and coiled about his neck. His neck was burned through in a few seconds by the hot ■wire, completely severing his head from his body. Private Polish Schools Closed. Warsaw. —All the private Polish schools have been closed by the governors, in retaliation for attacks upon Russian university students.

SQUADRON TOUCHES ISLES I FIRST SECTION OF ATLANTIC FLEET AT OLONGAPO. ' Second Division at Amoy, China, Tells Indifference of the Natives— Few “Passes” Cause. Olongapo, P. 1. —The first squadron of the Atlantic battleship fleet arrived ' here Saturday. The weather was fine throughout the entire trip from Japan and the 1 ships have been occupied with squadron evolutions and careful preparations for target practice. Otherwise the journey has been uneventful. Wireless communication will be maintained with Manila while the fleet is at Olongapo. Amoy. — Chinese people were indifferent regarding the arrival here Friday of the second squadron of the ' United States Atlantic fleet. Only a ' few natives turned out to see the bat- 1 tieships composing the strongest naval force that ever entered this port. Not more than 100 Chinese guests were admitted to the grounds on I which the celebration planned for the I reception of the American officers and sailors was held, and resentment at the severe measures to exclude the natives was the cause of the apathy. The British consul issued a circular ^ting that the local officials have declined to Issue more than 60 passes to the inclosure to British subjects and that in eunsequence he refused to accept one. The fleet appeared off Tai-Tan island at 6:30 a. m. Friday, having been met ten miles out at sea by the torpedo gunboat Fei-Ying, which escorted the visitors to their anchorage. The ships entered the harbor in single file, the Louisiana, flagship of Rear Admiral William H. Emory, leading. and after forming a double line ‘ they dropped their anchors at 9:30 I o clock while the forts on shore and the flagship of the Chinese squadron, the Hai-Chi, tired the usual salutes, to which the Americans responded. CHAIN THEMSELVES TO GRILLE. Suffragettes Create Remarkable Scene in House of Commons. London.—Suffragette disturbances have driven the government to the un- j usual course of temporarily closing | the strangers’ and ladies’ galleries in I the house of commons. Wednesday j evening a sensation was caused by the I display of a placard and sudden shrill ’ cries from the ladies' gallery, demand- 1 ing votes for women, while simultaneously a bundle of handbills fluttered . down from the strangers’ gallery at ' the opposite enA of the chamber, and a i man shouted protests against "injustice to women.” Attendants hurried to the galleries and the male offender was uncere- I monlously ejected, but from the ladies’ i gallery sounds were heard of a des- ' perate struggle. Two suffragettes had firmly chained themselves to the grille and resisted for a time all efforts at removal, crying continuously in shrill tones iheir demands for votes. The scene was watched with amazement from the floor of the house, but finally the suffragettes were dragged from their posts and removed, but only after portions of the grille were removed with them. PEACE STEPS BY BULGARIA. Agrees to Compensate Turkey and Discharges the Reservists. Sofia.—The Bulgarian government Tuesday informed the representatives of the foreign powers here of its acceptance of the principle of paying compensation to Turkey, which has been the burden of persistent diplo--1 matic representations during the past fortnight on the part of all the great powers. This decision was arrived at by the cabinet Tuesday morning after a long debate, in which Emperor Ferdinand used all his influence in favor of peace with compensation. As a further step in the direction of 1 peace, 60,000 reservists will be discharged at once, leaving the army at its normal strength of 60,000. Memorial Service for Sternburg. , Washington.—President and Mrs. Roosevelt, the diplomatic corps, the ’ secretary of state, and other high ‘ executive officials, members of the supreme court and representatives of the army and navy, attended the memorial services for the late German ambassador, Baron Speck Von Stern- , burg, which were held In the German j Lutheran Concordia church here Thursday. Baroness Sternburg was accompanied by her mother. Revs. ! Paul A. Menzel of the Lutheran cWhrch and Roland Cotton Smith of St. j ( John s church led the sei vi>. . । i Morse Spars on Stand. ; New York. —For more than six hours I s Friday Charles W. Morse, who a year j ago was one of the dominant figures ; ; in Wall street, sat in the witness chair ( i in the criminal branch of the United ■ States circuit court endeavoring to defend his financial operations. Wilson Offered College Job. Des Moines, la. —Secretary James । Wilson of the department of agrlcul- [ ture and a member of the president’s j , cabinet, has been offered the place of ■ president of the State Agricultural I i college of Colorado. — No Yaquis Slain. Nogales, Ariz.—After a thorough in- . vestigation of the reported killing of ■ i 40 Yaquis, including Chief Bule in an : s encounter at Hermosillo, it may be I i said authoritatively that no foundation j for the reports exist. Fatally Shot by His Brother. Valdosta. Ga. —News was received [ here of the probably fatal shooting of I . | Alfred Boon by his brother "Babe" , I | Boon, in Echols county. Both are un- 1 ; ' der 21 years old, the sons of a promi- | ■ nent farmer. , Rich Finds Made in the Congo. I Brussels. —Reports received from R. ■ D. Mohun, leader of the American ex- | t pedition in the Congo, state that he i has discovered rich deposits of gold, j । I tin and copper in the Manyema dis- | trict.

HE* DISTRICTS ARD HE* RAILWS WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS BETTER CONDITIONS THAN EVER FOR SETTLEMENT. To the Editor — Sir:—Doubtless many of your readers will be pleased to have some word from the grain fields of Western Canada, where such a large number of Americans have made their home during the past few years. It is pleasing to be able to report that generally the wheat yield has been good; it will average about 20 bushels to the acre. There will be many cases where the yield will go 35 bushels to the acre, and others where 50 bushels to the acre has been recorded. The oat and barley crop has been splendid. The prices of all grains will bring to the farmers a magnificent return for their labors An instance has been brought to my notice of a farmer In the Plncher Creek (Southern Alberta) district—where winter wheat is grown—who made a net profit of $19.55 per acre, or little less than the selling price of hia land. 30, 40, and 50 bushel yields are recorded there. The beauty about the lands in Western Canada is that they are so well adapted to grain-raising, while the luxuriant grasses that grow everywhere in abundance make the best possible teed for fattening cuttle or for those used for dairying purposes. The new homestead regulations which went into force September, 1908. attracted thousands of new settlers. It Is now possible to secure 160 acres in addition to the 160 acres as a free grant, by paying $3.00 an acre for it. Particulars as to how to do this and as to the railway rates can be secured from the Canadian Government Agents. “The development throughout Western Canada during the next ten years will probably exceed that of any other country in the world’s history,” is not the statement of an optimistic Canadian from the banks of the Saskatchewan, but of Mr. Leslie M. Shaw of New York, ex-Secretary of the United States Treasury under the late President McKinley and President Roosevelt. and considered one of the ablest financiers of the United States. "Our railway companies sold a good deal of their land at from three to five dollars an acre, and now the owners are selling the same land at from fifty to . seventy-five dollars, and buying more up in Canada at from ten to fifteen.” The editor of the Monticello (Iowa) Express made a trip through Western Canada last August, and was greatly impressed. He says: “One cannot cross Western Canada to the mountains without being impressed with its Immensity of territory and its future prospects. Where I expected to find frontier villages then were substantially built cities and towns with every modern convenience. It was formerly supposed that the climate was too severe for it to be thought of as an agricultural country, but its wheatraising possibilities have been amply tested. We drew from Ontario many of our best farmers and most progressive citizens. Now the Americans are emigrating in greater numbers to Western Canada. Seventy-five per cent, of the settlers in that good country located southeast of Moose Jaw and Regina are Americans. Canada is well pleased with them and is ready to welcome thousands more.” LAMENT FOR CHANGED TIMES. Adoniram Corntop Discourses on Pres-ent-Day Extravagance. “Yes, siree. Bill, times is changed since you an’ me was doin’ our courtin’,” said Adoniram Corntop. with a note of sadness in his voice, to old Andy Clover, who had come over to “set a spell.” “When we was doin’ our courtin’, Andy, a gal thought she was bein’ treated right harnsom if a feller bought her ten cents' wuth o' pep'mints once in awhile, an’ if he tuk her to any doin’s in town she didn't expect him to go down into his jeans to the tune of a dollar or two ter ice cream ati' soda water an' candy at fo'ty cents a paouud. My son Si tuk his duckey- ■ doodle to the band concert in town yistiday an’ there wa’n’t a quarter h it of a dollar bill he struck me I'er time he got home. Beats all the way young folks throw the money away now days. I tell ye times is changed mightily since we was boys, an' the Lawd only knows what the end will be with a feller lavin' out 75 cents on a gal in one day.”—Puck. MODESTY. i , jnicKTl Teacher (encouragingly) — Come, I now, Willie, spell chickens. Willie—l'm afraid I’m too young to ; spell chickens, teacher, but you might try me on eggs. Not an Up-to-Date Church. Two colored sisters living in a su- [ burban town met on the street one | day. and Sister Washington, who had | recently joined the church, was de | scribing her experiences. “'Deed Mrs. Johnsing, I’se j'ined the | Baptist church, but I couldn't do all I the j’ining here, ’cause they had to take me to the city church to baptize me. You know there ain't no poolroom in the church here.” —Success. Disgruntled Dad. “I see,” said the Wall street man, "that you are encaged again.” 1 ci-ii. ciilinittcd i iic so.i find » . "Just when violets and theater t:ck3ts are due for their fall rise. V. hy I must you always fall in love on a bull Lewis’ Single Binder — the famous i Your dealer or Lewi/ Faetc-, I'eoi ,111. v : “ i in an effort to