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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1890)
AFTER THE ELEPHANTS. A Royal Bout In India Enjoyed by a V aa front New Jemey. The following account of a royal ele phant hunt at Aynthla, India, was WTit ten home by a New Jersey man who hap pened to witness that interesting event: "The stockade in which the elephants are yearly captured, he 'Bays, "in a quadrangular piece of ground, inclosed by a wall some six feet thick, having an entrance on one side through which the elephants are made to enter the inclos ure. Inside the wall is a fence of strong teak stakes driven into the ground close together, allowing only sufficient room between them to permit the passage of a man. In the center is a small house erected on poles and strongly supported and surrounded by Btakes, wherein men are generally stationed for the purpose of securing the animals, but on this oc casion the elephants were let loose upon an open plain behind the arena and then captured. The wild elephants being then in the bamboo jungle in the vicin ity of Aynthia, having been decoyed from a great distance in the interior and kept in readiness , within a few hours' journey for the appointed day, and as we were informed of their near approach to us we remained and witnessed the wild beasts being lured by the tame ones. "The sight to us was a novelty. You see over an immense plain at some dis tance a few tame elephants with their riders ahead of at least two hundred wild ones, large and small. You see them nearing you closer and closer, until they approach the stockade, when the tame elephants form a front and fancy fifteen tame beasts hemming in some two hundred wild ones in a small space when they were pressed forward through the entrance one by one. Here we experienced some excitement Some po through quietly, others refuse, show fight, charge the line of front, and on several occasions broke through, when off go the tame elephants and bring them back, and so by patience and per severance the whole number is driven in. The gate is then closed and they remain within the inclosure to await the pleasure of the King. "Early the next morning the King ar rived, accompanied by a large concourse of nobles. At about eleven o'clock be arrived at a sort of grand stand and op erations commenced. The beasts that had been penned up all night were let out through another gate opening into a plain, where such as the King admired were caught. Here again the scene was exciting. If an animal which is admired escapes, chase is immediately made after it by the tame elephants, the driver of which throws a lasso to catch the fugitive's feet Having effected this, the animal upon which he rides leans it self with all its power the opposite way, and thus brings the other violently on the ground. It is then strongly bound and conveyed to the elephant stables. One large male made its escape through the front ranks and was lost among the ruins and jungle of the old city. Nat urally enough accidents are of common occurrence, men being killed by the m . furiated animals, which are frequently confined for two days in the incloaure without food. I am happy to say that no accidents of a serious nature occurred on this occasion. I have only to chron icle a few upsets of no importance. From the two hundred elephants that were decoyed the King selected some twenty of the best The remainder were driven into the interior to await the ensuing year." Newark Sunday CalL . HIDDEN JUST IN TIME. Ad Incident of Mr. Kennaa'a Travel la the Land of the Cxar. Mr. George Konnan, the Siberian ex plorer and ex poser, is one of the most entertaining conversationalists whom a person can meet He is a very unas suming man and very modest Borne of bis most thrilling experiences will prob ably never be put in print or, at least not for a number of years, for, strange as it may seem, Mr. Kennan hopes to again visit Russia at the end of two or three years. He had very many narrow es capes from death and the mental strain produced by them was naturally very great One of these which has not been printed occurred once while he was in a Nihilist's house. He had papers with him which, if found, would result in his being instantly shot He was informed that the officers were on his track, and would arrive at this house within five minutes. Eusslan officers are very thor ough when making a search for any thing of this nature, and what to do with thesa papers was a most pertinent question. But to think was to act and taking up a hand-glass upon the table he pried out the back with bis knife, hastily put the papers in the frame and restored the back to its place just as the officers arrived. The search was made, the glass raised from the table, but the papers were not found. This is but a sample of the many experiences Mr. Kennan had in Siberia, lie says that the horrors of the prison system there in vogue can not be described in words to as to convey any accurate idea to the reader or hearer. -Philadelphia North American. Kntmege aa a Medicine. The medicinal qualities of nutmegs are worthy of a great deal of attention. Thoy are fragrant in odor, warm and grateful to the taste, and possess de cided sedative, astringent and soporific properties. In the following affection thoy will be found highly serviceable: Gastralgia (neuralgia of the stomach), cholera morbus, flatulent cholic, dysen tery, cholera infantum and infantile cholic. In all cases nutmesrs may bo jmparou tor auiuiulauauou lu Ut tal lowing manner, Orate one or mora nut megs into a very fin powder. For chil dren, give one-sixth to ono-tblrd of a teaspoonful, according to the age, of this powder, mixed with a small quantity of milk. For adults, from a half to two tcaspoonfuls may be given in the same way according to the severity of the case. Every two hours is generally the best time to administer this remedy. Insomnia (sleeplessness) is very often effectually relieved by one or two doses of nutmeg, when much stronger agents have signally failed. Louisville Courier-Journal. "You would not think," said an old actor, "that a little, festive mosquitt would break up a performance, would youp Well, such is the hut You rt member Ned Buckley, Inn't ycai1 Used to be leading man in wton tUw ter; also with Booth and Uarrett One rather warm night before some sort of a holiday, JS'ed took a snap company out to a town in Western Massachusetts to do 'Julius Ctesor.' It was not a Biimptuous performance by any menus, but still it pleased the audience. Buckley played Ctesnr, and did it well. If I am not mistaken Fred Bryton was the Marc Antony. It became so hot bofore the performance bad fairly begun that the windows in the rear of the stage were wide open. It was not long bofore the stage was swarming with mosquitoes, thoy being attracted, no doubt by tb.6 strong light on the stage. Buckley had on a pair of white tights, and he discovered at the last moment that there were several small holes in the legs. So be got a piece of billiard chalk and whitened over the tights where they were burnt "Well, the piny ran along smoothly enough until the time catne for Mure Antony to bury Caesar and not pruise him. l'oor Julius wad lying on the bier, and just as Marc begun the ora tion he felt the infernal little animals getting in their work. Buckley said forever afterward that they were edu cated. They just picked out the spots where he had used the chalk. lie stood the agony just as long as he could; then he began murdering his tormentors. Several times did JuliuB slap his limbs, and every time he slap ped he grunted with relief. He kept slapping his limbs and grunting all through the oration, the audionce shouting with laughter ail the while. The audience just about knew the cause of the trouble, because they were doing some slaughtering on their own hook. Buckley stood the agony just as long as he could, then he gave An thony a tip, and the oration was cut remarkably short The audience was tickled immensely, and insisted upon the actors going before the curtain several times. The mosquitoes who made the hit went with them. The. performance was a larce for the bal ance of the evening. Every time that some body began to act one of the auditors would begin to laugh and every body would join In the chorus. Boston Herald. A WIZARD'S JOKE. flow Herrmann One Upon a Time Fooled a Greedy I hmaman- "Talking of the Chinese play here," said a well-known lawyer, "I never bod more fun than I did at a Chinese performance in San Francisco several years ago. I went there with Herr mann, the magician, and several San Francisco journalists. It was in the Chinese quarter and the performance was the adjourned act of a play that had been started a month before. In the lobby were a lot of Chinese ped dlers selling sweetmeats, oranges and other fruits. Herrmann made a dead set at the orange man, a thin-faced, avaricious-looking fellow, who wore a queue about five feet long. Herrmann bought an orange and cut it open. With an exclamation of delighted sur prise, his eyos sparkling and his face lit up with smiles, he drew a five-dollar gold piece out of the pulp and held it up so that the China man could see it The latter's eyes bulged from their sock ets and a pained look of dis appointment crossed bis expressionless face. Herrman bought three more oranges, and from each he drew a shining fiver. By this time the per spiration rolled in beads down the Chinaman's face, and he looked so sick I felt sorry for him. He gathered up his stock, muttering to himself, and when Hermann wanted to buy another half-dozen the Chinaman refused to sell them. 'I'll give you one dollar for them,1 said Herrmann. "The price was only ten conts, but the Chinaman was tired of giving away gold pieces. '"Mo no wautee sellee,1 he said shrilly. "A few minutes later he retired in to a corner and with the air of a con spirator begun to cut up his oranges. One after another they went, and his look of disappointment became darker and darker as the magic gold pieces failed to appear. It was actually tragic when the last ono was gone, and Herr mann gave him one'dollar to prevent Ja committing suicide." N. Y. Sun, From Terminal or Interior Points the Northern Pacific Railroad Is the line to take iuts East It Is the DINING CAR ROUTE, it rum ThraiiKh VESTIBUtED TRAINS EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR to ST. P A U L AMIl CHICAGO. (No Change of Cars.) Compaemi of DINING CAK8 uiisiirpnmed, PULLMAN liKAVVINU ItOOM HLtCKi'KIU ot laleel equipiuont, TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, Best that can be constructed, and In which ao otu no datinnaare both tree anil fiirnUhed fur olilur o( First or Second Clata Ticket, ami ELEGANT DAY COACHES. 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