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The fine tailoring does it ; the cor in style ; and the quality of all-wool fabrics helps the general effect. arc no other clothes that com pare with them in these points. Suits to $35. This store is the home of Schatfntr & Marx clothes.' EPD1 J I n ap ROOSEVELT AFRICA Hunting the Elephant By Frederick R.Toombs C0PYBI0WT.B08,0Y AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WILD bull ele pliant la the no blest work of God," recently said a well known African hunter to the writer. Undoubtedly the sight of him lunging through a tropical forest, trunk upraised, tusks glistening, eyes gleaming, legs like monoliths crushing all opposition, In more thnn enough to nil with awe akin to fear the soul of a mure hu man, no matter how steely his nerves, how true his rifle or how clear his con science. That Mr. Kooserelt should not be satisfied with the dangers of lion, hip popotamus and rhinoceros killing and desires to add to them the unques tioned perils of elephant trucking in cumulative proof of his ambition to experience every possible thrill that this little world affords. Ills chosen bunting field on the Uganda tableland affords probably the best elephant ter ritory now remaining in all Africa. Ite mote from the coast. Infrequently touched even on Its edges by whites, growing luxuriantly the pachyderm's best liked foods, well watered and well shaded, central Uganda was apparent ly created by the gods of the elephant as the Ideal breeding place and play ground of their favorite children. African elephant hunting Is more hazardous than that of India, where the venturers have trained elephants. on the backs or which large baskets or bowdahs are placed to carry the riflemen comparatively out of harm's way. But no such trained pachyderms are had In Africa, and the tracking and attacking must be done on foot, an operation said by the renowned author ity. Sir Samuel Baker, to be the most dangerous sport on earth, for, since many elephants are killed without any danger on foot, it la absolutely In evitable that the charge of a wounded animal will sooner or later have to be met successfully by the man who presses closely Into combat with hrm met succewsfully If tho hunter would preserve bis life from this unsonglrfcom-1 bat that calls forth every ounce of un swerving, unhesitating, Intuitive cour age. Like the hunter of the Jungle lion, the slayer of the tusked behemoth h 1 1 t i f jr. 4 . V FACE TO FACE has thrown his life in the balance, and f the balance swings against him only i he himself te to blame. Another way of hunting the beasis In a safe way, unknown in Ainea, i the Indian custom of organizing im mense drives with from 300 to BOO men, encircling a herd of elephants and forcing it by noise and other demonstrations to enter a large, spe cially prepared inclosure, termed kraal. There the tuskers can readily be killed, or the beasts can be taken out Individually and trained to the various kinds of work they are capa ble of performing. While it Is true that elephant drives 'somewhat similar In nature are at times resorted to in Africa, they are conducted on much smaller scales, and the beasts are driv en In front of the hunters who kill tfcem instead of into inclosures. In elephant shooting It Is vitally im portant, that the hunter nave s oe tailed knowledge of the makeup of the brain of the beast, as the shots best DR. JQELWH1TAKER, Practice limited to di8ese ol Dr. J' N. Johnson's Offlcei Fri day only. tiff -"""""S-.. ' , I , mm calculated to Instantly bring down the, animal are those that penetrate the brain, and this,, of course, cannot be penetrated unless a man knows Just how It is situated inside the skull. When a herd takes alarm at a party of attackers and starts on a rampage across country the hunters must travel at a punlHhlng rate If they desire to secure any of the speclmeus, and woe be unto whatever Is In the path of the crashing monsters. Obstructing trees, torn up by the roots, are thrown aside like so much driftwood on an ocean shore, and they will go fifty miles at stretch-over country of a nature that men would cover only twenty miles in the same period. Frequently elephants of the same herd become angered at each other and Indulge In forest duels that would make a bull fight look like a kissing bee down on the old farm. The English authority, O. P. Sanderson, actually witnessed such an engagement and describes It and the subsequent hunt as follows: "Tho elephants were separated from us by a deep ravine, and we saw them lunge ferociously at each other, cut ting deep gashes with their sharp tusks. The enne tops bowed and trees book as they bore each other back ward and forward. The noise was ter rific, when the beast nearest us, evi dently having enough and losing large quantities of blood from his wounds, turned, uttered a deep roar of pain ana nea across the ravine to near where we stood behind a clump of bushes. He began to destroy the foliage in sheer fury and grunted deeply. He was very large. It must have been a genuine monster that worsted him. Suddenly the animal backed away and stood stark still. Not a sound could be heard. lie gazed straight In our direction, and I knew that he had winded us. Ills frenzy now sent his ears forward, bis tail up, and straight at us ho charged with Incredible swiftness, considering his size. I stepped out into the open to clear my gun of the bushes and fired. I looked to see where the elephant lay. "Good heavens! He had not even been checked. To my horror he was upon me. Ills tusks came through the smoke like the cowcatcher of a lo comotive, and I hud Just time to fall fiat before being Impaled on them. His ponderous left foot came within few inches of my left thigh, and 1 ,.1.1 i 4 V,' WITH BIG GAME. would have been crushed had I not drawn my legs forward as, shrieking shrilly, he rushed directly over me. "My companion escaped by leaping into the raviiie. The beast kept straight on, and dlsnppc-ared. leaving me soaked and my hair matted with the blood that Bowed from his wounds." When elephants fight each other one of their favorite tricks is to bite off each other's tail. Females are espe cially fond of doing this to rival fe males In the same herd. Kiepnants roam about and feed both during day and night, usually resting from 0 or 10 In the morning until the middle of the afternoon. In warmest weather they bathe frequently and roll around In the mud. At such times they are shot comparatively easy. They are expert swimmers, going through the water with onlv the tins of their trunks or the tops of their heada showing above the surface. An elephant snot in me wa ter floats, while hippopotamus sinks. The fastest rate at which African ele- J. N. Johnson, ! DENTIST. 4 SPECIALTY Treating of Biggs Dis- Jeie after Dr. P. F. Arrtng tn's method. OfRoetup atalr In Borgjn ullfflne phants have ever been known to travel is about fifteen miles an hour, the maximum length of their stride being from six and a half to seven feet Stalking one or two particular ani mals from a herd (the herds In Ugan da number from ten to fifty members) Is a task requiring consummate hunt ing skill. The herds travel wl'Y the females in front and the bulls lu the rear, and herds are usually attack ed from either the side or the rear. Solitary bulls, called "rogue" elephants, generally wildly vicious even before attacked, also present In teresting problems. The natives have developed great aptitude In following and interpreting the footprints (spoor) of the quarry, whether Hons, ele phants, antelopes or other game. If it is old the edges have Icrumbled and they are filled, or partly so, with drift sand and bits of leaves. Wounded ele phants are also tracked by the blood stains on the elephant grass through which they pass, and by the height of the stains on the grass It can be esti mated bow dangerous the wound Is. In "On Sufarl" Abel Chapman tells of an attack by a bull elephant that almost cost him his life. He says: "Archer and I approached to within thirty yards of the animal (near the shore of Lake Burlngo, Ilritlsu East Africa) and hoped to get a good shot without detection beforehand. Sudden ly the wind shifted, and the elephant caught our scent Instantaneously be was all alert Suddenly he disappeared In the Jungle brake, and while trying to spy him a heavy crashing heard di rectly before us told us he was com ing. At once a big square forehead appeared directly above us In the tall grass (ten or twelve feet high) only a few yards away, resembling the hoary gray tower of some old village church. '1 placed a 303 bullet In his temple at the point described by experts, 'half way between the eye and the orifice of the ear,' though his ear was as big as a barn door. Archer, In front tried the effective forehead shot aiming at the base of the trunk. The beast swerved from sight under these blows, but quickly reappeared again Just as 1 bad reloaded. He crashed at us vi ciously from our right and we each put bullets into his head from the side, his ear almost touching our rifle uiuz- sles, Archer bitting him with a 40 and I with two more 803, following With two lead slugs from a 45 black powder rifle. But these -total seven shots In vital parts had no apparent effect and the beast headed into a heavy thorn Jungle. We followed, but for miles he outsped us, and we re luctantly gave up the chase, marveling that any animal could live, much less travel, so far and so fast with seven ordinarily deadly bullets In his skull. Our natives continued the pursuit twenty miles and gave up. Later the beast was found dead at a point about forty miles distant, his great tusks, weighing ninety pounds apiece, having been taken by a native Ivory trader. . "This elephant was estimated te weigh almost 12,000 pounds, the great est weight known being 14,000 pounds, and this latter animal stood practical ly twelve feet high, the record height for the modern pachyderm." The elephant carcass Is a choice prize for the natives. They climb upon Its side and cut a large hole straight down Into the Interior. Just as a mining shaft is sunk, and the nu- your truck, and guarantee satis tlves climb down out of sight in the faction shaft" to hunt about for choice nior- sels. A coating of elephant fat and hlrwvi In nonnlnr nnhutltllte for cloth- Ulg L'vuaiu uguuua Buvngvra, who believe that no people should wear clothes until after marriage. t , Elephant hunters In Uganda find ant , ' hills a. valuable aid as observatories. These hills tower to. a considerable height and many of them can be easily climbed. Others rise sharply like smokestacks, and, being hollow, holes are frequently dug In their sides and fires built for cooking. A perfect draft Is produced by the hollow in terior, and the smoke is carried off at the top. So numerous are these hills that they are a distinctive, a typical, feature of the country. Casen are known where hunters have saved their lives from cbaiglng elephants by dodg ing behind convenient ant hills. The charge of an aroused elephant herd Is, by the way, a sifht never to be forgotten If the object of it escapes with his life. A writer in the Geo graphical Magazine describes such an assault by African elephants near Lake Rudolph, as follows: "We entered a patch of dense Afri can Jungle. Huge prickly aloes, enor- ssous cactuses with long sharp points a tall feathery plant like privet made op a safe asylum from ordinary mortals. Very few minutes suffice te turn hunters into bunted. No. 1, a cow, charged down on on. Jumping aside, I killed her as the rushed on my gun carrier not four feet from him. Hardly bad we struck the spoor of an other lot when a young bull suddenly bore down on me. However, a lucky forehead shot laid him low. While skinning one of these beads the whole place seemed alive with elephants smashing toward us. ' Seizing my rifle. I ran ahead. Suddenly a line of over forty elephants broke cover, about twenty-five In the first line Jammed together like a cavalry regiment charg lng. Being only twenty yams rroiu me when they appeared, with the cen ter bearing directly down on one, I own to feeling they had the bst of me. I saw my only chance was killing the flank ore. In a second I dropped the left hand one. which, falling In wardly, inclined the whole troop a lit tle to the right Within ten yards 1 fired my remaining barrel, dropping another, causing still further deflection to the right. Another second the flank one on tne leu rusnea pi. knocking me down. 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