The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14

sionally an elk would make a dash for the
crowd, but was always checked.
Two gigantic black buffaloes, sleek and
fat. with their mighty horns paired a.
bright red. then came upon the held
They walked in stately and decorous
fashion until they caught sight of each
other, and then they trotted believing
for the fray. They fought wickedly for
ten minutes, and were then dragged apart
by score of men
Inc entertainment ended with a lance
contest between two natives. who rode
pair of splendid horses belonging to the
maharajah. The extraordinary feature
OF this bout was that no matter how fire.
quently or quickly their horses were cir
cleo about the points of the combatants
lahces were always kept pointing toward
each other
The maharajah Of Jeypore is one of a
type of the native Indian rulers. He
maintains an immense establishment in
the heart of the pink and white city.
The palace itself is seven stories high
but is not especially imposing. But the
grounds about it comprise many acres of
gardens The maharajah has five wives
ana some 200 concubines. He is a wealthy
man.
In his stables are scores of fine Arabia n
horses, mostly white or gray Formerly
TINS princely ruler had a great herd OF
Well trained elephants, but many of
them We're killed by a disease not long
ago, and only score of them remain.
Inc Maharajah like all native men of
consequence. has been fond of hunting
and has shot many a tiger and leonard
On the floor of the billiard hall in his
palace are more than dozen tiger skins.
while couches are covered with the finest
leopard skins The animals the at
tendant said, were all slain by the Ma
harajah himself. When asked about their
hunting an English sportsman here said.
You can kill a tiger for 500 rupees He
meant that it would cost that SUM to
engage native hunters, guides and ele-
plants for the chase. The same gentle
man said:
only viceroys, maharajahs. princes
and generals hunt tigers in these days
With elephants. The sport is too expen-
s1ve. The professional hunter-that is
the man who kills tigers to secure their
skins for the narket-has an easier and
safer method. Such hunters tie a goat
or a dog to tree in jungle where
tigers are supposed to live, climb up into
the branches above the living bait and
wait for the royal game
THE tiger scents the scat and comes
at night to catch him, and the hunter.
all safe from harm. sees the shining
eyes or his unsuspecting victim and
shoots him. Oh, no, we don't consider
this very high order of sportsmanshiD.
| but it is quicker than riding an elephant
through hot jungle in pursuit Of the
game"
A local newspaper a few days ago told
about a tiger that had killed thirty-five
human beings near a small town in Cen
trail India. The last victim was man
who was working In field. The tiger
crept through the tall grass until quite
near, and then sprang upon the human
prey. After killing the man the tiger
ran away. A native hunter secured
gun, went and sat down by the body of
the dead man and waited. At O'Clock
in the evening the tiger returned for
his victim and was killed
All hunters here say that the man
eaters are always old tigers that are no
longer active enough to catch wild ami
mails for food. Hunger drives them
toward the settlements, where they find
an easy prey in goats, sheep and cattle
| and also human beings.
| The natives fear of these fierce
monsters Of the jungle is clearly ex-
| pressed in an old saying: "a tiger s
bite is as bad as eighteen diseases. y
| Tigers still kill hundreds of people in
India every year, but the number is small
| in comparison to that of the victims OF
snakes. The official reports published by
| the British government show that for
the year ending Dec. 1, 1900, snake bites
! had caused the death of 1924 persons
| in India.
! The best physicians say that there is
no known antidote for the poison of a
cobra and that the bite of full grown
| cobra is fatal in every case. The natives
wear no shoes, and are frequently bit
| ten when wading about the swalnpy
| fields. There is a standing reward of
| 10000 rupees (s3.333) fer the person who
! shall discover an antidote for the cobra S
| deadly poison.
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