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Evening journal., 1921-05-30

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The following transfers of city
property have been recorded:
Poplar St, 1891; Worden Ranbo
from Chas. II. Brown. $3.50.
Clayton St, southwest corner Six
teenth; Geo. W. Sidney from JOS II.
Gould. sheriff, $1,000.
Madison St. west of Twenty
fourth; Harvey G. Parvis and wife
from Isaac White, $500.
Heald ST.. 800 South; Wasy1
Hyroyck from Michael f. Doordon,
$6S5O.
Union St.. 414; Carlo Raraaisi
from Samuel Spigel, $25OO.
Banning St, west Of Rodney
Michael J. Wycherly from Equita-
BILE Trust Co. s675.
Oak St, 1909; Frederick Meek
from Peter Burski, $3.50.
Church St. 800; Harry Goldich
from Barney o. Rich. $1.1S4.5O.
Lancaster Ave. 1712; Joseph r.
Mccullough from Mary b. Raby.
$3.50.
Ninth St. $40 West; Burt e. Har-
man from Sarah J. Butler. $4,000.
Fourth St, west of Monroe; Mary
e. Mcmahon from Caressa M. Walls,
ct al. $4,000.
Second St, 13 East; Harry Gold
ich from Barney o. Rich, $500.
Third ST., east of jefferson: Morris
Markovitz from Samuel N Mccain,
$1,000.
Union St, 723; Beona Tammauy
from Paola LAURA, $1,000.
from Leona Tammany, 5000.
Twenty-sixth St. southeast OF Van
Buren,; Michael J. DiGiacoma from
Nicola V. Drugani, $1,000.
Twenty-sixth St, southeast of Van
Buren,; Andrew J. Palese from Mich
ael J. Di Giacoma, $1,000
Sixth St, 1919 West: Carlo Mazza-
reli from Anthony Mazzarelh. ST.
$40.
Washington St, southwest corner
Second; John r Hook from Martha
Young Johnson, ct al. $1,000
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GEMS OF THOUGHT
Mords dont Interest us mueh-ldens an

WORDS oont Interest much-ideas do
E--.
be helped 10 their feet again. "'OSe VINO can
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Look aiNr ule Fellow under your own hat That vii,
Keep you as busy as cranberry merchant '"a' VIII
--.-:
invest IN brains Every scholar turned out adds s,
thing to the real riches Of commonwealth ' so'ue-
@-:=
In these days when the newyNveds begin their desD.
imitation OF the rich, cooing may suffer slight deciSn
Dut the billing turns up all right the frs Of the
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AMERrcAs OPPORTUNITY AND DUTY.

TIVE Danish Research Society compiled figures
a social results OF the World War which amsz-
ing they interesting
According 10 these figures there are chargeabe 10 the
war directly ana indirectly approximately 100000 hu
man lives some OF those killed formerly lived in Della
ware.
This figure obtained by adding those killed in battle
dead disease, the loss in population due TO de-
crease in the birth and increase in the death rate
among civilians in the warning countries.
The financial handicap which the world has taken on
since 1914 is roughly. ss5OOOOOOOOOo.
The burden this stpendous debt brings it about that
beigerant has such staggering taxation to ham
an the normal processes Of material and individual
life.
Eleven out OF twelve European nations-even with tre-
mendous iaNatonare spending far beyond their
ma three out Of four countries in the world are unable
70 raise sufficient taxes 10 their running expenses
TOT ue hrst time in history, a nation dismembered
Austria has gone into the hands Of a receiver
olner nations are on the verge Of hankrnptev
Inc World Peace Foundation OF BOSTON ,,ses Tho.
DANISH hsures in connection with the asures sho.,,
what the leading nations now spending fo- .,,
as the basis Of pamphlet entitled the starpsr p-
den Of Armament" Du'-
The objective OF The World Peace Foundation ,s -
bring about an international conference TO consider tb
limitation OF armaments in the interest Of world peace
The foundation very properly points out that America
because Of her dominant position the worlds In
nation that should take the initiative in bringing abou
such conference
There may be some question 10 the method Of maxim
The approach to the other nations but there can be
question that the the first steps are taken In
better for every nation and individual in the world.
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DEsCH is CLASS HEAD.

SOUTH BEND. Ind.-August
Desch. Notre Dame sprinter and
hurdler and member of the U. S.
Olympic team. has been elected jun
ior class president.
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LANDS TO IoN IN

BLOOMINGTON. nl.-Kenesaw
NJ. Lands, commissioner Of base
ball. will attend the celebration of
the winning Of the Three-E Eye League
1920 pennant, here. in June
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LAUGHS AT
PAINS

when pain attacks you don't let n
worry you: take one OF L.uebert's Ak-
No-Mor Capsules and you win smile,
so quickly Will your pains and achsa
vanish Luebert's Ak-No-Mor Cap
Bules make you laugh at pain Head
ache, toothache. nerve pains of head.
face, neck or back, rheumatism, lum-
bago are all dispelled so swiftly that
you are surprised by their magical
disappearance They will also stop
colds that are Just starting. GuaFan-
teed to contain no narcotics or en-
shaving drugs. Ask your druggist
for Luebert's Ak-No-Mor and accept
no substitute. At all druggists-prica
SOC and soc per box.
/ A. G. Luebert, P. D., Christina. Pa.
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As step toward universal peace, let's can II the War
Debt instead of the National Debt when refer to it in
Wilmington.
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SCOT'TS NJ. f. EXCURSION
To Augustine Beach, Thursday.
June 16th.-Adv.
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More Fun Than a Circus
coming TO the Federal Bakeries
The Kiddies can't afford to miss it
Adv
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Oh, Boyl VIII be there? Har-
Ian Field, June list, 8 o'clock. Tickets
at Sewers Hotel-Adv.
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The Delaware clerk who knows least about the stores
stock is always authority on baseball
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us going to be awful joke on stlman if he had all
this fuss for nothing
Evening journal., 1921-05-30

Time again will order and peace normal con-
ditions and happiness in the world
Hatreds will run their course
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-06

prod; another crew hold thesrope at.
tached to his trunk; and six or eight
men follow with rattan whips. The
men with the whips beat him con-
tinually. At first, in the excitement
he does not mind the whipping; then
he finds the pain unbearable. The
men on the trunk-ropes lead him
about from right to left. while the
men on the foot-ropes stand ready
to trip him if he tries to bolt. AT
last he gives below of pain and
the whipping stops.
This one below marks surpris-
ing change in the animal. His
spirit is broken and he acknowledges
that man is his master. The fact
that he is instantly fed and petted
helps him to make up his mind, Of
course. and to forget about the old,
wild ways Of the jungle. There
after a keeper who does not delib-
erately make him angry can handle
him easily. His schooling is brief
and he learns readily to turn. kneei,
back and pull. In return he is given
plenty OF food and is tied to a tree
Instead Of being put in the stocks.
1t occasionally happened that an
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How Sir Elephant Mastered the Herd

is impossible for the elephant to lie
down or to move; he can wiggle his
legs and wave his trunk. but that is
all.
The elephant remains in the stocks
for about two weeks. During that
time he is fed and petted by keeper
appointed for that particular job.
The keeper crawls over his back and
rubs him behind the ears and gives
him water, fruit and bamboo shoots
The elephant learns not to be afraid
when a man is near him, and he
gradually becomes more docile. Dur
ing these two weeks he is fed very
lightly because he must be kept in a
weakened condition.
After two or three weeks. accord
ing to the disposition Of the elephant,
ropes are again attached to his feet.
and he is led out of the stocks. This
time he wears only the knee-hobbles,
which allow him more play. Eight
or 10 men hold each of the ropes;
his keeper sits on his head with a
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our wrists, we entered the stall. The
elephant stood looking at US, ap-
parently wondering which one he
should knock down first. l told
Ali to get behind him while I ape
preached him from the front.
! went up to him sideways, speak
ing to him and offering him food.
He waited quietly until ! was near
enough; then, before ! could duck,
he hit me with his trunk. | felt my
self spinning so rapidly that the ele-
phant, my men and the stall were
all a blur; and I came up against the
wall with thud. Fortunately, there
was gutter running along the wall,
and I dropped into it just as the ele-
phant lunged forward at me. His
big head hit the wall and the floor
but couldn't get at me. He would
not risk his trunk, because he
realized that ! would jab him with
the hook.
Ali and the other men were At his
tail, jabbing him and pulling. When
he turned for them, jumped up and
began running my hook into his
side. It became game OF jabbinR
and lodging and worrying him to
first one side and then the other. I
took care to thrust my hook always
in the same spot, tearing 4 raw
wound in, his side, while the other
men caught him on the legs and on
the trunk. We had to work fast to
keep away from the big trunk, a. it
cut through the air, and his feet,
when he kicked. Each of Us was
sent sprawling several times before
the fight was over.
At last could see that the ele-
phart was paying more attention to
the wound | was making than to
anything else we were doing; he IA
vored the hurt side and tried to
shield it. Then, with below, he
knelt down and dropped on his side
to cover the wound.
While | kept him down. Ali ar
ranged the hobbies; then we petted
him and allowed him to stand. He
got to his feet doubtfulIy, as if he
weren't sure that we were not play
ing a trick on him-urging him to
stand Up so that we could jab him
again. The wound l had torn in his
side was large enough for two fists.
and it must have panied him terribly.
He was worn out by the fight and he
hobbled off to his new stall. much
subdued. Several days later he came
out of the must period, which
rarely lasts for more than week. and
became again the docile elephant
that took children on his back for a
ride.
| went TO see him several times be-
fore / returned to Singapore, and.
when / entered the stall, he edged
away from me, protecting his side.
Years later. | went to Sydney and
entered his stall. He didn't recognize
me until | put my hand on the scar:
then he muttered deep down in his
throat and lay down | petted him
and fed him sugar. and he seemed
to haEbor no resentment against me,
but he did remember me in connec-
ton with strenuous and unpleasant
afternoon.
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the big capture had been the talk O.
the city for months. In fact, several
days after l arrived, ! went to call
on my former enemy, Mahommed
Ariff, and he took eff his turban and
bowed. We had many dealing:
after that, and he always treated me
with the greatest respect and hon.
esty.
When was leading one of the
smaller elephants through the street
on my way to the animal house /
had rented in Orchard Road / was
approached by an Arab.
'Tuan, mau jualf (Sir, do you
wish to sell?)" Re asked.
"Of course" / answered. / was
sick and tired and / did not want to
be bothered.
He persisted. "Tuan, how much?"
"All Of them or just one?"
That one" he answered, point
ing to the elephant | was leading.
| thought he was asking just out
of curiosity, and so | set a price that
| thought would silence him
5000 Mexican.
Tran. truly will you sell it for
that?'
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Yes"
! He followed me to the animal
house, and wondered what he had
on his mind AS matter of fact, |
would have sold the elephant for
$3.50, because it was young and
small. At the animal house, he again
asked me if would sell for 5000;
then he undid several of the shirts
he was wearing and pulled forth an
old wallet. He gave me $500 to bind
the bargain and called friend Of
his to act as witness. When he left
to get the rest of the money, went
to the stall where / had placed the
animal and examined it.
It didn't take me long to discover
why the Arab was willing to pay
| $4,000. The little elephant had 20
toes instead of the usual l8. Twenty
toed elephants are held in veneration
throughout India, and are keenly
sought by all the rajas and mahara-
jas for the prosperity they are sup
posed to bring.
/ was naturally disgusted to think
that I had let such a bargain slip
out of my hands, and, when the Arab
returned, ! blamed him for cheating
me when I was sick with the fever.
II have put curse on him." |
said. "He will be dead within "a
hours"
At this he burst into tears, beg
ging me to remove the curse. He
said that he was a poor man and
that the elephants death would ruin
him. Finally we reached compro-
mise. He would pay me an extra
$500, and / would arrange transport
tation to India for the elephant.
Then, if the sale proved profitable,
he was to return to Singapore and
pay me an additional $500. He swore
by Allah and the Prophet that he
would keep his word. So / removed
the curse and took his money and
he departed happily. A month later
he returned and paid me the $500.
He had sold the elephant to the
Maharaja of Mysore for 10000 ru-
pees. The Arab later bought four
large elephants from me.
During my 19 years in the Malay
Archipelago I captured hundreds OF
elephants, but none of the herds
was so large as my first catch. And,
though | always looked carefully at
an elephants feet before I sold him.
never again did bag one with 20
toes.
OF all animals I have handled in
my experience as collector, pre-
fer elephants. They are interesting
and amusing beasts, and. once
broken. they become hardworking
and affectionate. They never show
any inclination to go back to the
jungle. even when used for the pur-
pose Of running wild elephants. In
Siam all the driving herds into the
traps is done on female elephants,
and their presence calrns the herd.
| have seen the tame elephants press
in upon a wild elephant, holding him
while he docilely allowed himself to
be hobbled.
The hunts in Siam are for tuskers,
and the females are for the most
part allowed to run free again to
breed. The tuskers are used in the
teak forests for handling logs. The
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elephant refused to below. In that
case | had the men lead him out to
be shot, fer / knew ! should be
wasting time in trying to break him.
Eight months passed in this work.
I was sick with fever and dysentery
and was glad when we could break
camp. Riding on the head Of an
elephant, l led my catch through
the jungle to port. Once again |
paid my respects to the sultan, who
told me that l might hunt in Treng-
ganu whenever / pleased. A year
before should have been wildly de-
lighted at the prospect Of having
Trengganu open to me under his
protection, but now, with my health
broken, did not care much if !
never saw the country again.
/ arranged for the keeping of the
animals until they could be brought
by boat to Singapore, and then |
caught the first coast steamer south,
taking four elephants with me. At
Singapore I found that the story Of
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-06

females bear young about every
three years until they reach an age
of from 70 to rs years. The period
of carrying varies from l8 months
in the case Of female baby to Fl
months in the case of male. A
baby elephant, as ! have already
written, weighs approximately 200
pounds at birth and stands 36 inches
high. 1t suckles from six to nine
months.
A herd Of elephants is invariably
led by the females, perhaps because
they are the more elert to catch the
least sign Of danger. If the herd is
put to flight, the males take the lead,
breaking through the jungle and
making a trail for the females and
young. An elephant never goes
around things; he either pushes them
to one side or goes straight through.
He. is very sure-footed and, on any
thing that looks doubtful, he will
never step without first putting out
foot and trying it. For that reason
it requires some skill to build pit
trap that will not attract attention.
A pit-trap is practically :. useless,
however, because the elephant is in
variably injured in the fall; it allows
the capture of the baby, in the case
Of females, but at the cost of the
good, full-grown animal. Wild ele-
plants grazing in a herd travel rap
idly if they are frightened, but usu-
ally they saunter along, sleeping dur
ing the day and feeding at night.
There comes a period, known as
must" when even the most reliable
elephant becomes dangerous ami
NAL. Like the Malay he "sees red'
and runs amok. A good elephant
keeper can detect the madness sew
eral days before it reaches the dam
gerous stage, and, by securing the
animal with hobbies, can prevent
trouble. In the cheeks of the ele-
plant are two small holes, called
"errors," and from these holes oozes
slight secretion. One of the keep
er's duties each day is to examine
the holes and run a piece OF straw
into them. If there is an odor of
musk about the straw when he pulls
it out, it is an indication that the
must" period is coming. Sometimes
the keeper fails to make this test,
and the elephant runs amok, killing
people and leaving a trail of wreck
age behind him.
On one of my visits to Sydney
with consignment of animals for
the Geological Gardens, l found the
entire crew OF elephant keepers busy
with the task of trying to control all
animal that was in must" His
keeper had failed to make the test,
and the elephant had suddenly gone
mad. Fortunately he was in his stall
at the time. When l arrived, he had
wrecked the stall, and the keepers
were afraid that he might get loose.
Another stall had been arranged, but
they could figure out no way OF
changing him TO it. The men were
thoroughly frightened and absolute
ly refused to risk hobbling him. The
director of the gardens offered G10U
if | would do it, and. since | had
Ali and several of my own men with
me. | agreed to try.
With elephant hooks strapped to
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trunk is secured so that he can do
no damage with it.
There is great deal of misunder-
standing about what an elephant can
do with his trunk It is a sensitive
organ and he never uses it for heavy
labor, but he can strike terrific
blow with it. | have seen many a
mans ribs and arms broken when
he neglected to take the proper pre-
cautions. In approaching danger
Gus elephant man should come up
sideways, with the nearer arm folded
to protect the ribs. Then, if the ele-
phant strikes he should try to catch
the blow on the upper part of the
arm, where there is the most flesh
to protect the bone. Such blow
never knocks a man fiat; it sends
him spinning like top until he
tumbies over. The elephant uses
both his trunk and his lungs in call
ing, and he has large variety of
sounds and combinations of sound
will, which to express himself. When
rushing an enemy, he trumpets
shrilly; when enraged by wounds he
grumbles hoarsely from his throat;
he expresses fear by shrill, brassy
trumpet and roar; and pleasure by
continued low squeaking through
the trunk. When apprehensive Of
danger or when attempting to intimi-
date an enemy, he raps the end of his
trunk smartly on the ground and
trumpets. The peculiar noise sounds
like that produced by the rolling up
of a sheet of tin.
In a moment of danger the ele
phant coils his trunk to protect it
from injury. When he is engaged in
heavy work, such as piling lumber,
he may use his trunk to balance the
load he is carrying on his tusks, but
never to bear part of the. burden.
II an embarrassed elephant must pull
rope, he holds it in his mouth,
taking good care to keep his trunk
out of the way.
When the elephant is secured by
hobbies, foot-ropes and trunk-ropes,
the bars leading from the enclosure
are removed. The foot-ropes have
been fastened to the stakes and are
loosened as the elephant walks out
The men holding the ropes attached
to the fore feet wind them around
the two stakes ahead. and those
holding the ropes attached to the
hind feet wind them about the first
stakes. In this way the animal is
drawn forward, step by step. toward
the stocks. while natives prod him
from behind with poles. If he tries
to bolt. he simply falls over. 1t is
difficult, trying job. because the
elephant is still vicious.
The stocks are built in covered
stalls. so that each elephant is sep
arate from the others. Two large
uprights are driven into the ground
in the shape of v; the elephants
head is drawn between them. and
they are pulled together at the top
so that he is held securely behind
the ears. At the corners are up
rights. with poles, to fence him in.
running between them. These poles.
located trifie below his belly, sup
port two crossbars. one just behind
his fore legs. and the other in front
of his back legs. In this position it
Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-06
BY CHARLES MAYER.
Illustrations By VIII Crawford.

It took more than week after the
departure Of the sultan Of Treng-
ganu fer the natives to get their fill
OF celebration. While they feasted
and danced, l made my plans for
the stocks in which the so elephants
were to be broken.
The breaking OF elephants, es-
pecially so large a herd, is long,
tedious job. | was thankful that |
had Prince Omar with me to keep
the natives working. The hunter
who kills and skins his animals has
a simple life compared with the col-
lector, who must not only take the
animals alive and uninjured, but
convey them through miles of jun
gle country to a port. Months OF
hard labor were before us, even
though we had our elephants safe
in the stockade. It was to be a
great test in managing the natives.
There is only one thing that a
Malay values. and that is his kris
his knife. To lose this cherished
possession means to lose honor.
There is a saying to the effect that
money will buy everything but a
lucky kris. Their disregard OF
money makes all dealings with Ma
lays extremely difficult, and their
dislike fer york has completely
blocked more than one project. To
my mind the Malays are the LATEST
people in the world.
When work is an exciting OF
amusing game, such as the hunt,
they will go on for days without
signs of fatigue. They seem tc keep
alive by some fanatic energy. But
when work is just plain labor they
will say, Wait" or II must think
Or a Malay may say eandidly, "Sir,
I have just had plenty to eat. | am
content" Many times l have had
a Malay tell me, when l asked him
to do some work. that he had
enough rice and fish for the day and
that he might. die during the night.
Ii is an unanswerable argument.
Tomcrrow's food can be found
-'len tomorrow comes.
The Malav's food is simple and
ms clothes are few. With no more
effort than dropping a few seeds and
covering them with earth, he can
grow most of the food he needs,
aside from his rice and fish. One
catch OF FISH will supply his family
for weeks and give him surplus to
sell to the Chinese traders. With
the money he can buy some cloth
and little powder. Six or seven
good-sized chickens cost one Mex
lean dollar: eggs cost one Mexican
cent; yams, or 2 cents each; pine
aoples. or 8 cents Why worry
about the tomorrow that may never
come, Why should Malay gem
tleman, who believes in Allah and
whose stomach is full. do the labor
that can be done by heathen, pig
eating Chinese:
'Will you row me across the riv-
er,' / asked Malay one day.
"Tuan, l have eaten and / have
had plenty" he responded "You
may take my boat and row yourself
across the river. Tomorrow, if Allah