Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 7, 1913, Page 6

| s l’AGE SIX ROI!AHI Y po business in the | llve in capmm slmuld as closely as world is more absolutely de-| possible resemble those of its wild pendent on the services of an state will naturally be the owner's animal than is the teak indus-| first care. It is a purely herbivorous trv on those of the elephant.| animal, and thrives well on the ordi- in Juva, it is true, the timber, being| nary jungle plants and creepers, the smaller and the conditions different,’ juicy “kaing” grass, young bamboo wand labor and implements are em- shoots and wild plantain being among ployed, and in parts even of Burma its favorite foods. In Siam, it {8 and Siam the eountry is sufficiently hardly ever stall fed, as it is in India, fat to permit the carting by buifaloes in the neighborhood of a town or vil lage, when it has to be tied up, food must, of course, be brought to it. But, as a general rule, the animal is sim- being used as a method of extraction. | But these parts are comparatively few | and far between, and the obstacles in the way of introducing heavy plants: tato a country deficient in good roads, | its food for itself, the forefeet being dridges or facilities for transport must | hobbled to prevent its straying too far. be at once apparent, writes a corre- Among its primary requisites are apondent of the London Times. Even | shade and abundance of water. Given without these obstacles it is doubtful | these and good grazing, an elephant whether teak, being so scattered as|has a fair chance of keeping its con- 1 18, could ever be profitably worked | dition throughout the seven months ap and down steep hillsides by ma- which constitute its working season. chinery, while it is as certain as any-| The latter begins, as already stated, thing can be that no machinery could | in Juse. From that time onward, the ever devised to perform the part|animal's daily and weekly routine is played by elephants in the water.|something as follows: Directly it s Apart from the enormous bodily | daylight the rider leaves his camp, strength which enables it to drag, an goes out to track his charge, which, elephant can, with its forehead, trunk | despite his hobbled condition, will or tusks, push and roll enormous logs | often succeed in straying a distance about as if they were playthings, nor | of several miles; bathes him all over does it mind working in water five | in the creek—this is one of the most feet, and even more, in depth. ¢ important of the mahout’s duties—and Asiatic Differs From African. brings him to the scene of the day’s The Asiatic elephant, which belongs | Work. ~Operations begin at seven a. to an entirely different species from | M. OF @ little before, and go on till the African and resembles the latter |11, by whicl time the power of the jardly more closely than the buflal0| sun generally renders it imprudent to ioes the ox, 1s, like the teak tree, con- continue further. For it must be re- fined mainly to India, Farther India | membered that the elephant is natur- and the Malay peninsula. WIild herds ally a nocturnal animal and extremely are still found in Burma and Siam, | !iable to s\.mstm]'{e. On the comple- where they are carefully protected, a tion of their day’s work the animals speclal license being required to shoot | #ré brought Lo camp, divested of their them in the former country and the | 5€ar. hobbled end turned out Into the Tw forbidding their destruction ex-|Jungle. Tovard evening the riders cept fu cases of necessity, or for self- | PAY them another visit to make sure defenes in the latter. Every few that their charges have not slipped Yyears the Slamese government holds their hobbla& asbthey ol(l:‘caalonally “keddah” operations or catches at manage to do, or been walked oft by “yuthia, and by their agency the do- | ® BAne of thieves, who tll lately in- mesticated are recruited from the free tested some partd ‘of Slam,iand even Reids. now are not unknown. The elephants That apart from its work, the cond!- feo- lpwpectad ), iy ais . OENENL AR tons_under_which_the elephant {3 to BURTES. 66 e Lol GRIRNG Wi W Security Abstract & Title Company Announces that it is now ready for tbusiness, T and can [furnish promptly, complete and reliable abstracts of the title to any real estate in Polk County. SECURITY ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. Miller Building. East Side Square BARTOW C. A MANN PROPERTY OWNERS ATTENTION Called to a remedy for leaky roofs. ve are agents for the Carey Celebrated System cof roofs that do not leak and that stay tight— FLORIDA Phone 257} - guaranteed 1 years. 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The foregoing account of the ele- phant's working program makes its lot appear a remarkably easy one. An average of four or five hours a day for five days of the week, complete rest on the other two, and during five months of the year no work at all— at first sight the elephant seems to be in clover. It must, however, be borne in mind, first, that the work it per- forms is the heaviest done by any ani- mal in the world; secondly, as already stated, that it 1s a nocturnal animal, unaccustomed in its wild state even [ to travel, much less to work, in the heat of the day. Easy as its hours may sound, experience shows that they cannot be safely increased. For, if the elephant is the most powerful animal in the world, it is also one of the most delicate. Not only is it terri- bly liable to surra and anthrax, dis- eases prevalent among all the cattle of the country, but heart failure and l exhaustion are also common, while ac- | cidents, such as snake bites, are often fatal. Owners naturally do not care to risk unnecessary exposure to the sun to the already lengthy list of causes which produce death, causes from which, despite all their precau- tions, the teak companies of Siam must reckon annudlly to lose between five and ten per cent. of their stock. The increasing scarcity, and conse- quently increasing value, of elephants is indeed already a matter of grave concern to all interested in the teak business. Whereas ten or fifteen years ago a good “tusker” might be purchased for 2,000 rupees, three times that sum is now sometimes de- manded, while cows and “hines”—i. e., tuskless males—-vary, in price from 3,000 to 5000 rupees. These prices speak for themselves and need no comment. Great Care Taken of Calves. The majority of the elephants now working timber have been caught in the wild state and tamed. But the ani- mals also breed fairly well in cap- tivity, and, needless to say, great care is taken of the calves. From the age of four to six they are usually placed with a native trainer, who accustoms them to dragging small logs or carry- ing light loads. The animal is, as a rule, kept for transport purposes till between its fifteenth or twentieth year, by which time it is beginning to attain something like its full growth and strength. From this time onward, should it be docile and tractable, it | will become a regular worker. Ele- | phants vary, of course, in their dispo- hmons as much as any other race of ‘anlmals. some seem to be incurable savnge and vicious. Such cases are, however, exceptional, and are proba- bly due as a rule more to mistakes of treatment than to innate tendencies. Should it succeed in evading the nu- merous causes of death to whieh it is liable, an elephant will be able to work up to its fiftleth or sixtieth year, after which it gradually begins to de- cline. The natural term of its life cannot be exactly determined. Great Generosity. 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Of course, any sort of chiffon veil can be satisfactorily cleaned in gasoline, but it is rather unpleasant to have anything cleaned in this way come in close contact with the skin of the face. When a washable chiffon veil is soil- ed fold it neatly and tack the folds securely with basting thread. Then wash the veil carefully in soapy wa- iter and rinse it in salt water to set | the color. Press the folded veil between coocno« | & couple of heavy bath towels to get | the water out, and do not wring it at ,all. When as much water has been press- ¥ ed out as it is possible to get out cut ! the bastings and pull them out. Lay one edge of the veil straight on the ironin;, board and iron it dry with a | moderately hot iron. Then iron each ¢ of the other sides dry, and then iron the middle of the veil until it, too, is dry. By fironing the edges first the vell can be ironed without stretching or pulling out of shape. | Lay the vell flat on a bed for an bour or two after it is froned. If it is ironed in this way it will keep its shape and will not wrinkle easily. to browse in peace until the tollow-l | ganized by MAIDEN ABDUCTS YOUNG MAN | Shy Sweetheart |s Carried to Moun- tain Fastness and Married by Force. Odessa.—The forcible abduction and compulsory marriage of a Cauca- sian youth are reported from Kutais. A pretty girl of sixteen, named Ro- gova, who lives in the village of Ku- lis-Kari, fell in love with a handsome boy of the same age named Sari, who lived in a neighboring hamlet. Either from shyness or from disincli- nation, Sari did not respond to the love- sick maiden’s advances, and she there- fore enlisted the aid of a band of young tribesmen, who made a raid at night on the dwelling of Sari’'s par- ents and carried the youth off to a hill fastness, where Rogova was wait- ing for him. At first Sari rejected the proffered hand of Rogova, but his abductors threatened to kill him on the spot un- less he made her his bride. Under compulsion Sari consented. The next day the abductors made another raid in a different direction and bore to the rendezvous a clergy- man, who unwillingly solemnized the marriage of Rogova and Sari. In the meantime an armed party or- the boy's parents, who are well-to-do people. had found the trail of the fugitives, but they arrived too late to prevent the marriage. Af- ter o stormy scene the opposing par- tics were reconciled and Rogova bore off her now smiling bridegroom in tri- umph to her home in Kulis-Kari. The couple since express themselves as highly pleased with the outcome of the girl's bold move, but her word 18 the law of the household. NORWAY TRIJMPH HONORED Women at Big Con(erence in Vienna Hear the Rev. Anna Shaw on Suffrage. Vienna, Austria.—A preliminary con- ference in connection with the wom- en's franchise convention at Budapest was held here and was devoted to celebrating the granting of the full franchise to the women of Norway. The Rev. Anna H. Shaw, the Amer ican suffragist, said that the lesson learned by Norway was the lesson taught in America ever since the wom- en's movement hegan—that it was al ways the men who best knew what women's suffrage means that were most rPady to give it. BONES OF GREAT ANTIQUITY 8mithsanian Ofiicial Delving for Fos- sils Near Cumberiand, Md.— Many “Finds” Made, Cumberland, '\ld —James W, Gidley, assistant curator in the National mu- seum. Washington, assisted by Ray- mond W. Armbruster, a local fossil ex- pert, has been working several days in the pit above Burkey's near Corri- gansville, this county, about four miles from Cumberland, unearthing fossilized animal bones supposed to be thousands of years old. The traces of the fossils were die- covered last November by Mr., Arm- bruster, who notified the Smithsonian authorities. A minor investigation was made, resulting in some valuable finds. The present quest has not been dis- appointing, some wonderful diecover les having been made, it is said, with the end not yet In sight. The bones are in perfect condition and scientists believe they are work- ing on one of the greatest fossil finds in the history of the country. The marrow of the bones is crystallized and has the appearance of clusters of diamonds or quartz, “CHAPEL OF REST” FOR POOR Halborn Council Provides Place for Dead Pending Burial—A Valu- able Reform. London.—A valuable reform which should be of much use to the poor has been made in Holborn, where the bor. ough council has cpened what is call- ed a “chapel of rest.” The object of the chapel is to provide a place to which the poor can take their dead pending burial made. The need of this innovation is clear and pressing. Thousands Londoners live in one-roomed tene ments, and when death occurs are forced for the time to live with their dead. thousand underground rooms occu- pled by the poor. 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