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,
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