Cottonwood Chronicle Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 7

Many and Wonderful Are the Tales Told Concerning Its Virtues and Its Wisdom. Naturally we talked first about ele | phants, of which he was almost as ehildishly fond as I. But in contrast to my poor knowledge, he possessed the rich lore of a man who had not enly observed hathi for many years with loving interest, but had also Hs- tened to the tales of mahvut and shi- kari from Siam to Ceylon. He poured out a hundred gifts from ap apparent- ly inexhaustible store. He told of ) “round-ups” in Burma, when the wild herds are driven into gigantic corrals to be tamed for the service of puny man, Then, turning to the names be- stowed by doting mahouts on these colossal darlings, he pointed out that | in this nomenclature of affection Lo- tus, or Lily or Pearl was only a com- monplace, while even Silver Star and Golden Joy seerted inadequate. Folk tales, too, he repeated, among them the narrative of the wise elephant that used to be sent out from a cer- tain city the morning after the king’s death to bring back in its bejeweled howdah the man It had chosen as suc- cessor to the throne. Tinally, just as we were leaving the bank of the stream, he spoke“of the part played by the elephant in the story of him who became the Light of Asia. Before the birth of Gautama, destined to be the savior of mankind, his mother dream- ed that a six-rayed star from heaven | entered her right side, and of this star the token was a white elephant with six perfect tusks. Again, in the prophetic vision of his father, the sec- ond Fear was ten huge silver-tusked elephants, sigwfying the ten great gifts of wisdom, in strength whereof the prince should shake the world. In Buddha’s middle years an enemy sought to take his life by sending against him a raging elephant, but the animal recognized the good head of the “Venerable Omniscient One” and stood in peaceful adoration before the divine person.—Asia Magazine. DAME NATURE’S LITTLE JOKE Old Lady Seems to Have Played Fa- vorites in Arranging Some Cli- matic Conditions. Nature plays a cruel joke in the dif- ference of altitude of India and Tibet. Had they been reversed one would bave said that it was a providential arrangement. The traveler who crosses the Himalayas from Cashmere has to climb nearly twice as much as the trav- eler who comes from the north, be- cause while India averages only per- haps 100 feet above sea level, Tibet averages 12,000 feet, and for this rea- son is called the Roof of the World. Now, had India had this elevation, south of the mighty range of the Him- alayas, and thus shielded from the north, as well as nearer to the equa- tor, her climate would probably have been as temperate as Britain, and one of the healthiest in the world. While had Tibet lain as low as India, In- stead of being the dreartest, most in- hospitable of lands, it would, by rea- son of its latitude, be one of the most habitable countries in the world. Swallowed a Pet Chameleon, Four years ago I purchased a chame- leon at the Wakefield fair, F, H. Sid- ney writes in Boston Evening Tran- script. The little fellow made himself at home among our house plants and kept them clean of bugs; he became tame and answered to the name of Mickey. The tiny lizard would come when we called him; and he kept the plants free from bugs and the house clear of flies. On warm days Mickey would crawl out onto the piazza and sun himself. One day my neighbor's flock of guinea hens wandered around my house, and although Mickey had changed his color to that of the piazza boards, the sharp-eyed guineas spied him and made a rush, and before my pet could escape one of the guinea hens swallowed him. I complained pf the guineas to my neighbor, but he sald his guineas were too well bred to invade any one’s premises; and that furthermore, lizards were reptiles and not fit for house pets. Origin of Neck Shaving. A study of the many necks to be seen on the walls of the National Por- trait gallery enables me to state that the custom of neck shaving, although said to have been recently imported from America, was undoubtedly known and most likely popular in the days of Agincourt. The portrait of Henry V. shows quite clearly that his neck was shaved, and if the king did it it must have been fashionable. 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Recognizing the importance | of giving to the citizens of Idaho | better service in the matter of | | payment of Federal Government | taxes, the bueau of Internal Re- venue at the urgent insistence of | Senator John Nugent, ,has est- ablished at Boise, the state cap- }ital an officer or Collector of | Internal Revenue. Taxpayers of income tax as | well as those paying tax on ad- missions, dues, transportation, | telephone and telegram mes- | sages, soft drinks, jewelry, and ‘all other forms of Government tax, should in the future file their returns with the Collector | of Internal Revenue at Boise. In the past the taxpayers of the state have sent their returns to the Collector’s office at | Helena, Montana. The district |of Idaho has been created out |of the old Montana district by ‘the Internal Revenue Bureau, and taxpayers of this state will no longer report to the Montana District. | It is important that payers of \ Internal Revenue taxes take notice of this fact. 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