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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
M,ADOO ACCEPTS TERMS.
Rapid Transit Commission Expected
to Permit Sirth-aUe. Tunnel.

Permission to build the tunnel up SiXth-ave.
and the crosstown tunnel through Ninth-st will
probably be given 10 the New-York and Jersey
Railroad Company by the Rapid Transit Com
mission at its meeting this afternoon. The con-
tract committee OF the commission has had a
conference with President McAdoo Of the rail-
road company and he has agreed to the terms
proposed The franchise for the subway from
me Morton-st. terminal to Thirty-fourth-st
will not be a perpetual gift. It will run for
twenty-five years. at the end OF which time. if
The city wants sixth-ave for n municipal sub
way. it can buy the tunnel already there at a
valuation TO be fixed by appraisal
The crosstown tunnel franchise will be in per
retuity. As soon as permission is granted by
the Rapid Transit Commission the applications
for the routes will he taken to the Board of Al
dernen where it IS expected that permission
for the tunnels will be obtained in the regular
course Of the aidcrmen's business. After that
work will be begun at once. Mr.. McAdoo thinks
II Will take about year 10 build the Sixth-ave.
tunnel
Mr.. McAdoo said work would be begun on the
tunnel as soon as he had all the necessary per
missions.
Action on the resignation of William Barclay
Parsons. chief engineer to the commission is
likely. also, and George S. Rice, deputy chief en-
gineer. will probably be made his successor as
stated exclusively in The Tribune yester-
day.
Mr.. Parsonss report on the subway signs held
over from the last meeting is looked for. This
report is 10 be accompanied with diagrams
showing just where the signs may be placed in
each station. If the 'an1ica Bile agreement" for
which Nj. Belmont hoped has come TO pass or
receipt Of the report the commission viii proba-
bly, pass a resolution ordering that signs not
complying with the terms of the report must
be taken down. and the operating company will
co So If this agreement has not been effected
the action Of the commission must open the
way for referring the sign controversy to the
courts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
SILENIID IIsAIN SIM z +.
HROCGu TRAINS TO TIE WEST.
NEH YORk. REH haven z HARTFORD b. B

Trans Depart from Grant central Station - 81 AID
4ta Ave. follows. for
BOSTON,. via New London and Provideace-74.5o.
y 10000. y 10.y2 \ N. - ~. * hes y SIO.
BOSTON. Via WiIuirauiIc-tF 4 NJ. 700 P. "
BOSTON. Via SprtEgfeId-T9:OO A N. Ice 400.
'lI-Co r. ".
FITCHBURG. via Putnam & Wo-cesser-t5O0 ?. NJ
LAKEVILL.E and NORFOL-K-Ts.5O A ", 1871 P. i.
CT. BAKI;INGToN, STOt $BftINGE, LEMON PITTS
FIEII--14:jO. $3.50 y. N, 1881 T. VI.
WATERBURY, and WINSTE.D-+f5o, 5000 -'sl0
tIO:O2. S'fO.G1 Waterbury, A NJ. Iu3 It31.
S'5:C1. 36.tO. sG,eu Uo Waterbury, T. N
Ticket offices ctiraGi central station and eliza
also ella c26l 1l>5, class Broadway. q PARK
A. a. NTa5is1T Ave c2TS West fgjtl ~ ne Gas.
I25th il B-oaklyu. a Court St. So ra-1n s.
800 Broadway +. d
'paily. +Excep, SUNDAYS, SS-H9ays oay '1.7ps a,
IL o1i- -F'aglur car
Limited. Has dining car cParor and s-serlns Car
c T. HEMPsTEAD. Ger Pass AgL
n " SHEPARD Gen SUp,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
DOUBLE SHOOTING ON THE ILLINOIS
Negro Seaman Badly Wounds Two Others on
Battleship-A Wild Chase.

double fatality board the United States
batteshp Illinois IN the navy yard was narrow
- averted Yesterday when George Washington. a
colorod seaman. sAot and wounded two Others
Of the Illinois Henry More an apprentice.
received bullet IN the and Snap = sea man
another in the back Shap is seriously wounded.
More and the colored man occupied adjoining
hamsaocks. and Washington was said to be in
offensive until Mores tantalizng got the better Of
his temper and he drew revolver Snap inter
fered and was snot in the back. Pursued bv a
crowd OF sailors. Washington fed TO Cob Dock and
trleo TO enter the ferry. on the way II is said he
FIRED several shots al his pursuerf. A corDorsl
stopped MIN az the ferry. waereupon Washington
jumped IN the Icy water End tried TO swim ashore
The sailors promptly followed and a strIe%e Y -,
sued between the swimmers. The colored man
prisoner. - '''NNe d
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15

At Il meeting of about fifty owners of property in
Rugby. Flatbush which held on Mon
day night at the Rugby office at Church and Utica
ayes an organization formed to be known as
the Taxpayers Association of Rugby and Vicinity.
The following officers elected President. C !.
Luhn; Vice-president Edward J. MirTielees; secre-
tary. George N. Fawcctt. and treasurer. Charles
Luber. committees constitution and bylaws
md or membership were appointed. Another com
nlttee TO dIaW up protest 20 the Board Of Alder
men against the extension of the Holy Cross Gene
terry. was also named. The association will hold
its next meeting Monday hight December 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
Steamboats,.

B O9 TON A AER f R8G1Sx y
FALL RIVER LINE. Newport and FAN River
Leave Pier ~. N r.. foot OF Warren ST. weekday
only at 500 P M Steamers PURITAN PILGRIM
Orchestra each
NORWICH LINE. New London. Leave Pier 30.
N r., foot of Clarkson ST. weekdays only 600 ?.
Steamers NEW HAMPSHIRE and CHESTER ".
%EW HAVEN LINE. Tor New Haven Hartford, spring
field and the North. Leave Pier 20 r. II. foot Peck
Slip. weekdays only at 400 T. NJ steamer RICHARD
PECK
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN PLOT.

A new corporation has bought the following old
buildings between William and Nassau SITS. From
the New-York Steam Power Company. Nos. 81 and
% Ann-st., with interior westerly L: from
Anna Moore No. 81 Ann-st.: from the Rutland &
" nltney Company, No. . Reekman-st.: from +. z
Nj Mles 3, NO; q adjonins, and from E z. v Lane
NO. 81. adjoining The frontage in Ann-st. is 535
feet, and in Beekman-st.. $50 feet the easterIv
Inc Inc being A6 feet and the westerly line 2255 feet
me L Is 62x15 feet. The total area is about
$500 square feet. on which a twelve story office
and loft structure will be built
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
REAL ESTATE.
Il 81. 200 900 Mortgage Recorded
DE Sofa Stables Sold.

The New-York Theatre Company has mortgaged
the New-York Theatre property, at Forty -fourth-
st and Broadway to the Bond and Mortgage Guar
antee Company for SD0.00o.
An interesting deal reported Yesterday the
sale by Max Ba yersdorfer to Christian and Helene
Dages of the property known the De Sofa Sta
bles formerly owned by Floyd Brothers The
premises comprise the buildings No. 10 o III East
One-hUndrod twenty third-st. running through
to One-hundred- TWEEN y-sec opd-st The buyers
intend to improve the property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
SALE OF LARGE FLUSHING TRACT.

The Queens Investing Company, Frank Tiford
president. has purchased through D. & ]. E Mas
ters brokers, the $40 acres of land comprising the
keene and Foulk. Hildreth and Hurschman prop
eIly, AT broadway station, Flushing, Borough Of
I,ueens. The company proposes to develop this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
"PHIL" wEINsEImER NOT CALLED

Diamond Phil" Wtinse.m ths walking de,e,a,A
convicted Of extoriion and under sentence to Sing
Sing. not bailed yesterday although counsel
had obtained stay and Tail had been fixed AZ
t10eO0. Maurice j.. Meridian, a broker at No %
Brosd-st. went TO the District Attorneys Office and
swoEe that he owned a house worth 10000 He
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
THE BRONX BUILDING PLANS.

one-hundred-an d-eighty ninth-st.. southwest cor
ner OF Hoffman-st, five story brick tenement house
3oXSoll12 feet; William Wainwright, owner; Moore
& Landseidel, architects: 10000
Fox-st. south side. IS feet east OF Prospect ave
eleven five story brick tenement houses. 40x90 feet
each: Charles Kreymherg, and architect:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
REPORTED LEASES.

The McVickar. Gaillard Realty Company has
leased for Randolph Guggenheimer, to the United
States Express Company. for a long term of years
The store in the new building Nos. q and % East
twenty first-st. Also has leased for Philip L. Gro
vat 10 BarkIey R. Marvin. the sixth floor in the
new ten story building No. West Thrty-eighth-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
ENLARGEs HIS UPTOWN PARCEL

warren & Shillin. in conjunction with L. j Phil
lips Co, have sold for Henry Lilly and other
persons two lots on the north side Of One-hundred-
and-tQrty- 1lfth-st. go feet of Seventh-ave to
JoSeph Rosenthal. who will improve this plot with
tne aGJoining six lots on the wes+ side which he
purchased few weeks ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
GETS a TITLE AS A GIFT.

Harold c Riggs and another person have trans
ferred title 10 parcel 2OxSO feet at the northwest
corner OF Tbirty-seyenth-st. and Lexington-ave.
10 Henry B. Riggs as a gift
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
LEASES FIFTH-AvE. PARCEL

NJ. & l. Hess have leased for the Gorham Mann
featuring Company No. 1884 Frfth-ave. adjoining the
new Gorham Building. It is said that an eight
story building Will be erected on the site.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
INVESTOR BUYS APARTMENT HOUSES

Shaw & Co. have resold for A, Lemen Nos. %
and 219 West One-nundred and twenty-seventh-st.
two four story apartment houses 35xsxl0O feet. &c
an.inVestcr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
Proposals.
pROPOSAI.S MILL BE RECEIVED AT

bureau Of Supplies and Accounts Navy De
Harnen-. Washington .: G., until 10 oCI4QCN 4 NJ
December 1904 publicly opened Immediately
thereafter. furnish the Navy Yard. New YorE
y Y. etc quantity Of desk and Bracket panel
boards, cable generating set coils Toy the-nostat springs
miscellaneous electrical supplies silk tws: tEread
linen thread dress canvas checks UHbIeached drill
feathers corundu.E wheels, Norton wheels. wire
Gleason planer springs
paint Shepard hoist. Best oil burners. drills Iron
wire. locks sliding FneaVes shaft hangers. exc.
miscellaneous hardware and hand tools brass rod sheet
iron steel. machinery steel nickel
Steel picked sheet zinc. rubber
hose suction hose gum gasket CGrocN packing rIhbe:
valves rurNaEo Shapey'S caIStiC p1tas5,
roin. brass and copper tubing steel boe~ tubes
engine indicators. bihb cocks, basins,
pop safety valves sewer pipe ami fttI7ss cocoa g-sH
pork. ealing baskets. Charct al
bath tubs printed blanks etc printed shipping tags
index cards books filing cabinet oak desks etc metal
lockers safes torpedl accumulate. fiat push
carts anvi!e Blank proposals will Be tIr-
nished upon application the Navy Pay once. N-w
York T. T. HARRIS, Paynaster General L : ~
12-5-04
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
Wsnter Resorts.
FLORIDA.
MAGNOLIA SPRINGS HOTEL.

MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, FLORIDA.
Ideal climate dry: free mosquitoes Boating,
fishing. shooting. golf bathing
illustrated booklet o. y. SEAVEY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15

did NOT return in time to qualify as bondsman.
Mendham is president Of NE feopiss ty Com
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15
BALTIMORE hHn ohio RlIIROAl

ROYAL BLUE LINE TRAINS
EVERY OTTER EVEN HOUR"
To BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON.
Leave south Ferry minutes earlier.
LF- Liberty StreeI-.-- \ 90 EXCept Buffet
Ii. 90 Daily. Diner.
--l2- 90 Daily. Diner
go l'1IiE
"hoyai Limited" 500 Daily. All Pullman
500 pm Daily. Diner.
200 pm Daily Puree
u - night Daily S-=eps-N
SPLENDID TRAIN SERVICE.
THROUGH TRAINS 10 TIE WEST.
Daily y. N Scuti. E--rg l-.u-! ii.
Chicago. PittshurS --.-- t. mt Sleeper
Chicago CGiuHlby3s i b noon Diner
IlttSburE. Cleveland 3 pm. pm Limited
CiIstsbuTS Limited $500 So pm 100 pm Buret
Cincinnati, st. Louis -. 10 I2I5
Cine nndti. IT. louis an Diner
Cine tnnati, II. Louis. SIS 800 pm Diner
Offices 26l. +5+ 100 Broadway, Aston HoG~-. "a
Grsenwish ST. % Union Square W. 29i Grand -
y Y; 2t7 Fulton street. brooklyn: South Ferry ank
liberty Street
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To Let for business Purposes.
UnfurniShed apartments to Let.

ST STREET 4 EAST.-Two bright rooms and bath
IL in modern American Easement house; exclusively for
bachelors and doctors facilities uzexceed long lease
desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-15

A DEFRTlsEMENTs and subscriptions for The Tribune
"A received their Uptown ONCE.
NO. 1864 BROADWAY.
Advertisements will be received following branch
offices at regular office rates unit; o'clock p. viz
90 East 14th-s. 257 West 42d-st between eth
263 West 125h-st: 33S Sd ave- and
nth 1026 3dave.. 61st-st. 1st-aye
S9th-s; 157 East 125th-s.; 1856 fremont ESQ 3D.
ave near 41st-st.: 654 Sd-ave.. &c Christopher-sI
Brooklyn. n. Y.-2 Court-st 2l6 Court-st.
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READING SYSTEM,
NE,H LIZ, RSEX &c MTRAI

NEW JERSEY CENTRAL r. z
Liberty Terry tt..e i.grn s,ua FER,
nSe minutes earlier than D.
EASlON, BE EHEAl. ALLENiUNN AND MATCH
thONh-z4-O1 tll5 EaStol only. SO m. 80
80, 800 as Easton only p sundays a 10
WILkEsEAaisE AND sCRANTON-z4oo. $40
2-lt p Sundays, a n [ y N
LAhEMo0D, LAKEHU IST. TONS RIVER AND
bAhNEOAT-ziuV. $50 a zl50 t4f1 4I1
SaSf5HooG ana laSehurst oEIy)- asOo. * ys
ATLANTIC CITI-'9. 30 a NJ, e 90 . n
HlNELAND AND BsiDGETON-z+4 % a n . a. D ~
LONG BRANCH. AR53URY PARK. OCEAN GROVE
q w. 80. II-5o g m. Tl2e. SIS. 80. $50. lL58
2 m SUNDAY. except Ocean Grove. s0o a m. 45a
ATLANTIC IILDS- sEABxICHF. MONMOUTH BcH
10. 30 tS@o Atlantic Hlds only. $50 D sun.
PHILADELPHIA CREADING TERMINAI1-.4 1N
80 - 90 1000. III 10 a m. tI20o. .lG0. s. 90
m. '12I5 mdt ' '''''
24rH md CHESTNUT sTREETS-E4 %. 90. 30 %
,iS-Ve a m 500. ga 90 800. 100. 20 > ,. n
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON-soo. .1ool .l,oo
- 90 -f-on. $500 200 81 l.
EEADINt. HARRISBURG, louisville AND WI l.
IANSPokI-H+eo. "a p, 5 90. g % Go01. 400
Reading only. Isl 90. % p "a Read
zFronl Liberty Street only Daily. daily. except
sunday. SSurdays only IParlor only. Via Ia
maqua. xSaturdays. 8ENcept Saturdays
Otices- Liberty s. Ferry. South Ferry HOUSE
Square West. i53 East i25th s.. 253 West icztr s.,
gas Columbus Az, New York. Court $50
Fulton ST. Brooklyn: 3eo Broadway. Williamsburg
New YORK Transfer Co calls for and checks haggag.
70 destination.
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N!ce-E'res. ard Gen Nrr 9aes'- Ara--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

fore he recovered from the fright suff- ciently to go back to work.
 "The most remarkable escape a diver ever had as far as 1 know was that of Frank Dwyer, who went down in the battleship Maine under the orders of Ad- mral Sampson and the board of inquiry. But 1t wasn't on the Maine where Dwyer had his escape It was during the time he was working on the Cunarder Oregon, sunk off Fire Island about twenty years ago That, incidentally, included about the finest piece of deep sea diving ever attempted. The men were down in 1S2 feet of water, under a pressure of sixty pounds to the square inch, and it was not possible for them to work more than twenty minutes at a stretch.
 But to return to Dwyer. He was on the main deck and had attached a draft and had given the signal for hoisting, when he was mortified to see that he had failed to clear his line and hose of the boxes, and that they were being dragged upward. Worse. both line and hose were wound around a stanchion so that the draft. in pulling upward. must sever them and cut him off, 132 feet on the ocean bottom.
 Up went the draft the hose tautening until 1t snapped, the loose end wriggling through the clear waters onto the shoul- ders of the diver Dwyer knew that for about five minutes he had air enough to keep him alive. and that no water could enter the suit, as there was a check valve in the rear of the helmet to fore stall this emergency. He gazed at the life line, his last hope connecting him with the world above. By this time it was dangling five or six feet beyond the deck of the wreck. Looking at 1t. he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Hudson and the East rivers Christen- sen was the first diver on the spot and the first man to go down. On his way he passed dozens of bodies lying scattered about the deck of the vessel In all sorts of positions. One after another he eX- amined the unfortunate things. trying to identify his man and becoming more and more impressed, as even the most hard ened man will. with the grusome specta- cle about him
 "One place after another the diver searched, and at last he decided to look in the moking room. As he was walking aft he heard dull boom. boo-oom,' like some one beating against the side of the ship with a muffled sledge-it is quite possible you know, for diver to hear sounds under water. The noise proved to be merely an open stateroom door, which was swinging first one way and then aonther, with the current and ed dies about the deck.
 christensen proceeded, found the smoking room, opened the door, gave one look inside, and stood as if paralyzed There in front of him, distinct in outline but hazy as to features. stood a huge man gazing directly at him. Christensen often told me that he felt the blood freeze in his veins at the sight. How man could live in that ship sunk for three days under sixty feet of water was what stunned him. He felt his strength leaving.
 Not a Ghost After All.
 But in a few minutes his eyes be- came used to the light in the compart- ment and he made out tall. brown frame-he was gazing at himself under water in mirror. It was three days be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

diver has to do? I suppose bringing up dead bodies is about as nasty a business as any of us want It isn't so bad when you know you are going into a wreck to save bodies: then you are nerved or Key ed up to the situation. But when one finds a dead body unexpectedly, it is sometimes enough to unnerve him
 "A dead body under water is light as feather, and, like everything eise' ap- pears two or more times its actual size, Groping In darkness have often grasped a shoe knowing 1t to be attaeheu to dead body, and yet the entire weight did not seem more than that of the shoe it. self In finding dead bodies one needs to know where to look for them. During the first days after a wreck, especially in cold weather, bodies are apt to lie scat tered about on floors, where they have fallen or where the tides or currents take them, but after three days and during warm weather they ascend as high as they can, and then we look for them floating under ceilings of submerged compartments.
 Did ever have any scare with ghosts? No, but l knew diver named Christensen now employed by the dock department. who had remarkable ex- perience. Christensen was hired to search for the body of a Cuban millionaire plan ter who had gone down with some sixty others in the Spanish passenger ship Wis caya, sunk some years ago off Barnegat.
 Amid Dead Under Water.
 About this wreck, as in most places of the Sound it was possible to see from fifteen to twenty feet under water, some- thing out of all question in the mud-bot- toned, sewer-polluted waters of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

wondered whether to try to jump for il in the hope of giving a signal. But that moment there came a violent tug at the main line, and the next instant he felt himself hauled up.
 What had happened was this: The draft had come to the surface, showing to the tenders and helpers the torn tube. Without awaiting signals, dozen hands grasped the line and yanked the man out of his peril and back to daylight, where they tore his suit off him and threw him into a stinging hot bath to prevent paralysis. And that case, al ways thought, until poor Hoar got into his scrape. was the most remarkable in the history of diving"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
PetticOats.

Petticoats of nainsook, three ruff tles, wide hem, hemstitched and tucked in clusters; cut with 70n width and sweep, at........l JU
 Petticoats made of muslin, deep ruffle, hemmed and finished with twelve rows of tucks, dust OEn ruffle, full and roomy, at.... JJU
 Petticoats of Wamsutta muslin, knee flounce, hemmed and finished with clusters of tiny tucks, 0E dust ruffle, at. .HZU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Petticoats of cambric, dust ruffle, six rows of tucks around bottom, o-lnch embroidery ruffle-an E0 attractive skirt, at I.UU
 Petticoats made of English nain- sock, knee flounce, dust ruffle, 24 rows of tiny tucks around co bottom, at .... .HUO
 Pettieoats made of muslin-an elaborate and fussy style, six rows of insertion, five rows of 06 tucks around bottom, at -. .I'JU
 Petticoats of cambric; sheer, thin and of splendid quality; fluffy, ruffly knee flounce; five rows of dainty hemstitching, divided by two rows of wide and delicate in- sertion; deep lace bottom, dust ruffle' very full and fussy' 950 at ......... ...... .GsOo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
MhsxsM2lAssE63!;l'!z!|E2zs!; [ E3!;l'!!|E2z Z ;!
MILL POSITIVELY CUR

WILL POSITIVELY CURE Kidney and Liver Disease, Rheumatism Sick Headache, Erysipelas. Scrofula, Ca tarrh, Indigestion, Neuralgia. Nervous ness Dyspepsia, Syphilitic Diseases, Con- stipation. 122s6.65o people were treated in 1903 @c. All druggists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Everything for a house Syd Smith Hardware Co.

Finest glass of beer in the city. Budweiser Saloon, 18th St. and lst Ave.
 Frank Leonard, Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Gowns.

Gowns of muslin, square yoke, rows of tucks and hemstitching, yoke trimmed with wide Egyp- tian lace. The style is very dainty and attractive, 7Eo at UU
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
of Summer UndermuSlinS.

Undemusns. A sale. broad colossal We nevermade such preparations The Nineteenth street windows are full the nothing the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-11
Dangerous Game.

The disturbing element in hunting,
elephant or seladang or rhino, has been
always, to me at least, the feeling Of
uncertainty as to whether or not I
could stop the animal IL I wounded 1t
and it charged me. as it did on an aver
age of once in three times. Based on
my experience. therefore. 1 should place
the elephant first and the rhine third
after the seladang. which il fully as
formidable as the Cape buffalo, and 10
miscalled the bison all over india.
Each Of these animals liz dangerous on
different and individual grounds; the
elephant though less likely to charge
than any of the Others Is terrifying be-
cause Of his enormous strength which
stops at no obstacle. and the extreme
difficulty of reaching a vital spot,
especially if, with trunk tightly coiled,
he Is coming your way. I know Of no
more awesome than standing
ankle deep in clinging mud, in dense
cover with the jungle crashing around
you as though the entire forest was
toppling as the elephant you have
wounded comes smashing his way in
your direction. The seladang Is dan
jungle he seeks when wounded, but
more especially because of his tremen-
dous vitality and his usral. though not
invariable. habit of awaiting the hun
ter on his tracks and charging suddenly
swiftly and viciously. 1t requires close
and hard shooting to bring down one Of
these six foot specimens OF Oriental
cattle. The danger OF the tiger and the
lion is in their lightning activity ana
ferocious strength; but you have the
shoulder in addition to the head shot,
II broadsde, or, If coming, the chest.
all sure to stop II well placed. The
reason the rhinO Is SO formidable IL be-
cause its vulnerable spots are 50 hard
to reach. It's brain is small in proper
ton to that Of the elephant. and may
be reached through the eye II head on,
or about three inches below, and just
in front or just behind the base OF the
ear. according to your position for q