The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-09-26

Aroused by the bleating Of the anxious
bait, the old jungle monarch Is attracted,
steals nearer and nearer. and finally, with
a wide spring lands upon his prey, only to
bear it with him to the bottom of the pit
He tries TO scramble out, but the steep
wall, lend no foothold lie tres TO Jump
cut. and without a doubt would succeed
were the hole double a. large in area. but
as 1t i he must spring straight into the air
in order to land on top, and next morning
he Is found snarling madiy. outwitted
and once more to b. made the victim Of
ruee
CATCHING THE TJGER.
How TO ge, the live tiger ga, = the pjt
Is 4 problem that would puzzle any one but
an Eas, Indian thoroughly acquainted with
the heree temper Of the dangerous brute
\ net of heavy rope Is procured and ,his
Is thrown into the hole lake a sash the
ierasiou- sat Is all over i, At oace. bit
ine i,. slawing Il. tanzIing himself up Ia i,
and l.iine and elAwlug the uarc b., gets
iau-l-l and h,.e"minz tangled the nssr be
fights unSil a' hc he's securcly bouni. Whcu
a hunter ds-ccnds into the trap. gle- the
mighty paw. with raiisn rupe faslcns
Collar about the anc thick neck and pro
ceg,i, 90 haul eat the grim captive. wsgh
the help II three assistants ouer landed,
she aaiulal j. pl4ce.i 10 2 heavy wo.-lcn
ca-r faauutel au whevl.. after which be- Is
rui els4r 1. net. aud festsrs 4ud Is hauled
,hrvu-h the jungle ,o market, vbsFr the
yhtc man !, ready to bargain aud barter.
wi,h ealleo and glass and brass baublr-, or,
30 more enlightened .clgirsnent, wiih al
ser
4 ,7Iriaas incident d, that oac oi the
LARGEST and ou, vf the >malis-t ot animals
!. e1ush; precisely Iu the same kind oi
trap. lar often the haa 3, caught in whA,
!, pgac,icaIly giant nau-s trap The
trap consists oG cage provided ui,h
sliIing door that viii fsH iaso place aad
ca, ui retreat 10 sooner the bal, ia>ile j.
+ touched
Bai hdu, snd t,.ers caught when fgll
grawu only Tarrl, survive yapiyIy, aud
whru ,bey d. they arc unsatisfactory sg-e
,ulelss toT ueua-er,r bs,ns sid and IL
sitalls and altogether uniF,enjl, Mos,
F If the caa animals ~eru nowadays ia oar
X., have been caught when bu, mcrs
Cubs ~ when only half grown The sasi-
81 Nay % capture lhr Young u pair of
ltuu, ar a tl,sT r,,aple voali l., 60 slay the
Old beasts Howeyer. the sid animal a,an
has lcarnci to b. prosldeni IL, never
>lay- ~ kill, uuiy-, be- has to, In liml-
ted ,vn-c hr look, up,ln eyery feline much
a. a farmer books At his cusss-he has an eve
10 the future Ii hr klAs the parents,
+ likely be- will catch the cubs GA the
uiher hand If be sleal. the Young uus--
ahtle the parents are away he has the
I chlnec ol stealing ~s,oad family ii ba
F bi,- when he calls at future date. tu cap
turc desirable aud sturdy specimen, In
! ,hi, way one animal lraPter secured twen.
/ ~ eight cabs frum what he supposed was
I the same parents within seven years
rnE CAREFUL ELEPHANT
/ Among the Africans the fayofiie method
lor hunting biz game i. the PitfaIl Even
/ the ponderous, gray sage the elephant, Is
taken by bridging long, deep hole With
! limbs and twigs this method having but
! two objections la the first place the el.
/ ephant is such ponderous creature that
| when he falls to the bottom Of the pit.
even though this be heavily lined with
/ grass aud brush. he lands with such tire
Inendous impact that he Is likely to sustain
permanent aud serious injury. And sec
ondly, owing to the necessity of providing
sure footing for his immense weight,
the paehyderm is remarkably cautious, of
ten advancing suspiciously and beating the
ground with his truck to sound whether
he may safely proceed-and the shrewdest
aud most suspicious thing ON earth, accord
Ing to elephant hunters, is suspicious ell
ephant.
Once an elephant has been caught in
pitfall he is obliged to remain there for at
least week while he is brought into con
tact with man. and taught that he has
nothing to fear and nothing but good to
expect Big bales of the finest, sappiest
grass are thrown into the pit to still the
gnawing hunger of the unfortunate Men
come and 90. and he hears their talk and
feels them ''shoo the flies from his thick
skin to make him comfortable, and he un-
derstands that from them he receives his
food and his drink. In remarkably few
days it is possible for an elephant expert to
descend to pay his prisoner first visit, and
at the end Of week he may be removed.
Nothing is easier than to take five ton
elephant out of pitfall, be it ever SO deep
The work, although laborious, is simple
An incline is dug to the bottom of the pit,
and, this finished, the beast is led out and
turned over to the animal agent who buys