Chicago eagle., 1903-07-04

war into Hon. Frank ~. l.owdeq's ter
r.tury.
The proposition of the United States
Reduction Company to erect Il S.JOO.-
go reducing plant and to dispose of
all the city's garbage for nothing,
which was presented to the city Coum-
ell Monday night. has lsi the mana-
gers of the e. Turner Company to an.
nounce that they would resurr,ct Il
similar offer they made four years ago.
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County Assessor Weber. who is also
Republican Central Committeeman
from the south part Of the county, has
now come ont in favor of Hon. Charles
:. pcncen for the gubernatorial NOM
inatitn. 1t Is said that County Com
iuis>ioncrs Hoffman. of Desplanes.
Van Stcchbug. of Thornton: Bocbcr.
Of l.emont Russe. of Elk Grova and
carolan. of Proviso. have committed
themselves In the same, direction.
II you need trst-class article IN
the line Of shoes drop in and see
l.ange Brothers in the Tribune Build.
ing. Dearborn and Madison streets.
There the public are well treated. and
there all classes of citizens will he
given excellent value at reasonable
prices.
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Thcrc are u few U.s game hunters
in New York. men who travel far into
foreign wilds every year or two ana
risk their lives hunting elephants.
tigers and lions. 1t is a pastime as
expensive as 1t Is dangerous, yet there
is q fascination about 1t that Is seldom
satisfied.
As a rule the real hunters of big
game are modest about their exploits.
In fact. they seldom mention them OK.
cept to each other. One man, whose
speciality has always been elephants,
met a fellow whose supreme Joy In life
is TO send the leaden burden OF an
express rifle into the shining coats OF
man.eating tigers.
Il hear you had narrow escape
from mad tusker." said the tiger hun
ter. Tell me about It,"
Nothing much to tell" returned tho
other modesty. 1T was not the fault
Of the gun and aimed true enough
hut there Is no telling how TO xii
n mad elephant for sure. This on.
would not kill and came at me like N
express train. Well. l owe my lif,
TO a blacl; man. but it's the last time.
You've had enough of elephant
hunting. them
Not on account of my narrow es
cape however," said the other hunter
1t was something that happened whei
! was coming over on the steamer.
cannot get the horror Of those mo
ments in the jungle out of my head
and occasionally suffer from night
mare. In which a score Of elephants
charge on me and I'm trampled int
Il grease spot. ] decided that lon;
ocean voyage would clear the cObwcb
out OF my muddled head and booked 1
passage Oh the Colorado from Hull.
Early one morning ! was waket
from II most terrible nightmare by
noise on deck. I turned out of IN!
bunk to investigate. Looking out O
the portfolio the first thing saw wal
the body of an elephant floating on thu
surface a few rods away from the ship
Il was quite too much for my dream
strained nerves and keelcd over. In
afraid my elcphant-huntir:: Jays arr
over for I've quite lost IN! nerve
And the elephant alongside" ques
toned the tiger hunter. Was tina
lust part of your nightmareW
NO. Strange as II may seem, tn
elephant was real as we learned after
ward. Ii was the decomposipg carcas
of lingo, the pet of the London zoo
They were shipping him to New iOr
on the Georgic. you remember, whe
he died from broken heart, and the
buried him at sea. lie would not sta
buried. however. and fioated to Il
surface and our ship overlook him
New York Tribune.
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The League of Women for the Pr
lection of Birds In Europe is now mo-
active than ever in its campaip
against the fashion Of wearing plui
age on hats. Berries and flowers a
decorations all.suilicIent for the mel
Ders.
This league Is spreading with su
pr!sing rapldity. 1t was founded
1880. IL has branches now In En-
land. France, Switzerland, German
Austria, Russia, and Holland. L
Geneva branch of the league has 1u
ssued an appeal to women askll
them not 10 encourage the slaught
# birds for millinery purposes. i,
appeal says:
"OGe Of the most fashionable orn
Llcnts OF hats i "A light and delica
plume called IN aigrctte or crest, ta
ca from the white heron Of Nor
America. Some naturallsts IN I
United states have made known to
entire world the barbarous manner
which this ornament Is obtained, a
our appeal Is addressed to women
4.,... .I.nt rbn-n Nla rpul In IN