Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11

sixteen hundred miles with tho animal.
bringing II as far - Singapore. had
left the elephant all right about six
o'clock In the evening. and. about two
hours Inter. ! took some newspaper
men from Reuters Associated Press.
and two Of the local papers, to see the
elephant. He was tagging away at his
chains with all his strength. and mo-
nncnt later broke loosc from the ire
mrndous chains and started out. up
roofing big cocoanut tree twelve feet
in circumference. and rushing through
one If tho lightly built houses pecul-
lar 20 that country. which fortunately
happened 20 DC unoccupicd. lie went
TO pond and Law down "a though he
wanted a bath. but when hc came ont
he stretched himself on the earth and
In Ave minutes was dead. From an
autopsy found he had been poisoned
by sornc medicine made from the sap
Of one OF the native trees Twenty
one hundred men were employed 20 re-
move the body 10 q point eight miles
from the city where the law required
that il should DC buried.
Tigers arc caught by natives who
know their hauntS and habits. About
midway between the place where the
tiger rests daring the day and The wa
ter 20 which he goes at night. a pit is
dug. twelve or fifteen feet square, six
teen or eighteen feet deep. and sloping.
- that the bottom will measure about
eighteen feet square. This pit Is dug
during the daytime when the tiger is
asleep. and every particle Of that dirt
IL carefully carried away by hand. The
tigers sense Of smell Is very acute,
aud not the smallest quantity OF fresh
dirt must - found near the pit, which
Is thea covered with branches and
leaves Over this tripod Is erected
from which is suspended live goat.
AZ night. when the tiger comes forth
and ncars this spot. he sncaks up 10 a
certain distance and then, as Ii his
fashion. springs upon ais prey. lie
falls into the pit. from which he
makes the most frantic but unsuc-
cesf full efforts 20 cseape. but in q few
daTs his strength j. exhausted.
In tic meantime the natives have
built bamboo cage which Is let down
/ over hifa. and. aftcryy ards. big pieces
+ OF rsttan are gradually worked under
I him ~ make the captivity complete.
Bat when this last operation Is per-
I formed the tiger Is nearly dead from
: exhaustion, covered with blood. foam,
2 dirt and altogether looking very miscr-
able An immense tiger at present
F with large travelling show, captured
Z last June. il very large specimen
( and was a man eater. Three months
+ before his capture. nc had eaten n
( woman and child. aud OF this account
we received one hundred dollars
+ bounty frsbm the government Loop
ards arc captured Ira the same way as
tigers
Oursag ou'apv~ are often captured
~ fret wouniing them They are
Watched sor ina the rice fields which
thsy frequent. and sometimes they are
csn-h, IN fields In nets which are
gradually closed round them from
ever side Then they are placed ia
big boxes 30 bamboo cageA When you
arsi gcf them they will fighs desperate
[ iy sud The largest sort can kin a man.
Travellers arr apt 10 unconsciously
cxagxerntc the SIZE OF ourang outanss
and gi'riliaS. The irst time \ man s~es
ono ~ these animals In tl4e bush he Is
asitc apt - think they are fiv. or Six
feet tall but they sr~ not a large az
+ that,
IIippop,i'efni nre obtained whom they
arr voanx. No mother = shot and the
little ones are caught. especially IN
fhey ian ~ obtained away from he
river where they eannos run fast The
sar,e course 4. pursued with the rhi-
nocrrps The mother n shot. and Tho
little ones Arr captured This l. dons
In taa wet ssason. when the ground 4
soSs. anil re animals show their
srseka Ts-y ran ia circles. and IL Il
curious "a note tina, nearly All animals
40 81. Eiephsats vii run foar 90 I've
rsiiss AMI eDsa> back % the same spot
ani 81 oil . nan -hen he 4 lost Ia
the snew. OF cut ca the prsirfes
knovietg- 81 this fact aids the "a
tive. wh.s are s1gasr.d ia this tndastry
IL IA mav - a. called The isrses
skirsn~nss are made from -tnssPors
Ard u may - interesting ~ note ths'
rstsxs. a taat region ~hs sre eHs
pl1r~d ~ ssptare slse>e dangerous a5i
faals rseeivs aaBnti salaries raagine
frssa ~evaotr-a~e - to handrra lot
lsr- "a sstsiislsa q = ss0sli h-sBus Ia
s.sxy snlsass kasss snd tks little ia