The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-05-11

There were three or four ram fights
and then a dozen large deer were led out
| 2s.fter them came score of wild boars
some large and some small. Each boa
was securely held with ropes. They sur
prised all the spectators who had not pre-
yiously seen such a contest by the com
Earattye tameness of their battle. Th,
biggest bears seemed bent more upoY
charging the keepers and the crowd thar
upon fighting their selected antagonists
When lighting they stand upon their rea,
legs and endeavor to tear each others
throat with their huge tusks.
By far the most spirited battles were
those that followed between elk. Ten mer
handled each of the half dozen big fel.
lows. The points of the elks' horns haG
been saved off. They would approach
each ether slowly, and their heads woulG
almost touch before either would seen
to be III earnest. Then, like a fash
both would drop upon their knees ans
struggle for an advantageous hold with
their strot,g horns, They fought most
vieioGsly, and the attendants had tho
slonaIly an elk would make dash for the the
crowd, but was always checked
IWo gigantic black buffaloes, sleek and
rat, with their mighty horns pairAl a
br1sht*red, then came upon the Held
Ihey walked In stately and decorous
fashion until they caught sight of each
other and then they trotted; believing
Tor the fray. They fought wickedly for
ten minutes, and were then dragged apart
by score Of men,
The entertainment ended with a lance
contest between two natives. who rode
a pair Of splendid horses belonging to the
maharajah. The extraordinary feature
OF THIS bout was that no matter how FREE
quently or quickly their horses were cir
cleu about the points of the combatauts'
| lahces We're 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.
me 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
and some 200 concabines. He is wealthy
man.
n his stables are scores of fine Arabia n
horses, mostly white or gray. Formerly
TINS prlnceIy ruler had great herd OF
wen trained elephants, but many OF
lnen We're killed by disease not long
ago, ana only score of them remain.
The Maharajah, like all native men Of
consequence, has been fond of hunting.
ana mas shot many q tiger and leopard
On the floor Of the billiard hall in III;
palace' ar, more than a dozen tiger skins
While c0uchcs are covered with the finest
leopard skins. rhe animals the at.
senaant said, We're all slain by the Ma
naraJah himself. When asked about their
hunting, an English sportsman here said.
OF can Kill tiger for 500 rupees He
meant that it would cost that sun, Ia
engage native hunters. guides and Gle.
phants for the chase. The same gentle
man said:
only ViceroNs, maharajahs, princes
ana generals hunt tigers in these DAYS:
with elephants. The sport is too expen-
siFe. Inc professional hlnter--tlat is.
the man Who kills tigers to secure tEeis
SKINS Tor the market-has an easier an.
safer method. Such hunters tic :.aat
Or a. oSssito a tree in. a jungle ssn:here
tigers are supposed to live, climb IL, into
the branches above tie living bait an,
wait for the royal game
The tiger scents the goat and comes
at night to catch him, and the hunter.
all safe from harm. secs the shinin.
eyes OF his unsuspecting victim and
SHOOTS him. Oh, no, we ldol't consider
THIS very high order of sportsn7anshiD.
hut it is quicker than riding an elephant
through hot jungle in pursuit of tie
game -
a local newspaper a few days ago told
about tiger that had killed thirty-iiye
human beings near a small town in Cen
trail India. The last victim was, man
who was working in a field The tiger
crept through the tall grass until quite
near, ana tfen sprang upon the human
prey. After killing the man the tiger
ran away. A native hunter secured q
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 arc always old tigers that are 10
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.
ard also human beings
The natives fear Of these fierce
monsters of the Jungle is clearly ex-s
pressed in an old saying "a tigers
bite is as bad as eighteen diseases:
Tigers still kill hundreds of people in
India every year, but the number Is snnal
in comparison to that of the victims OF
snakes. The Official reports published By
the British government show that for
the year ending Dec 1906 snake bites
had caused the death Of l,624 persons
IN India
The best physicians say that there is
no known antidote for the poison of
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 swampy
fields. There Is a standing reward of
l0,OOo rupees ($s,333331 fer the person who
shall discover an antidote for the cobra )
deadly poison.