mnno uvres. The most en­ sational of these was in relation to the d ath of Jumbo, the huge elephant who arne to hi death on the Loop Line tracks a littl ea t of the St. Thomas station. Thomp on !-,ad iv n the ev n :lll the space and all the uperlatives he thought it demand d. Imagine his disgu t when on opening The Tim he found that ""\ alii ·· had "di cover­ l'd" that Jumbo had lo t his life trying to sav • a haby elephant and had succe ded by placing his ow� body betw en th baby and the appronchin<­

mat- ter; that itis mot pleasant to think that wholesale Schild murder on 0, Hero- gol right in Mio attention. being called to it or,witnent the police ap- mare thi it worth a special A Nes AN ELEPHANT IN A RAGE. 4 Killed Its Keeper and Threw Him ‘Through a Board Fer fore Bo House. W. H. Harris’ big elephant Gipsy be- came unmanageable at its winter Quar- ters eek te Chicago the other afternoon, and before it could be got under control Killed the keeper, tore down a frame building and created great

and light his house. Rev. Stedman preached a farewell and Jubileo sermon combined Suuday morning. Quite a number from bere attended the picnic at Pt. Stanley. Mr. McKenney, of Glencolin, was the Lie of R. H. Lindsay on Saturday ie. Visaw with his Jumbo dog was returniag home from Copenhagen ‘Tuesday oveving, the latter had the misfurtune to eat some poisonous. sub- stantée which resulted in the loss of its life. The apple crop is lighter in this sec- tion than was anticipated when in blow. Mrs. Berdan

have beon ascribed to the elephant and whale, but it is now thought that they may be eapabis of attaining the age of 400 years. It is recorded that when Alexander the Great invaded the dominions of Por- us, one of the Rajahs of Upper India, he took a huge elephant from the con- quered Prince, named him Ajax, dedi- cated him to the aun, and let him go, with, the inscription, “ Alexander, the son of Jupiter, hath dedicated Ajax to the sun,” fastened round his teg. This elephant, the story goes on to say

Toronto. + Sporting goods at Canghell’s. ‘The elephant Jingo, said to have been several inches taller than Jumbo, died on board ship on March 12th while on the way to this country. The elephant had not travelled sincé infancy, and from the time of sailing fromTaferbodt it fretted and nee away. For 60 hours » the. mam- moth beast ncn ‘without cessa- ton, and | tice knocked down its keeper, Lawrence, Ywho ». attempted, it: The.cries of the. elephant were on the ship/and they too joined in the ery;

stations Kasindi and>~ Beni, Major Bright reported, is an ideal elephant country, and is tenanted bysome: large herds; ‘The Etuli forest and the wooden -slopes ol Ruwenzorri form veritable strong- holds for elephants, while in) the Toro Game Preserve devastated plantations and spoor testify to the numbers. still liv in and around the protected country. In the open country, on the southern shore of Lake Albert, when the palms are mashy, elephant and buffalo roam over them, The river Etuli is here tenanted

be made wel- come at their weealy meotings ou Mon- nights. > ee diction, Tho league is a very sucpess-* Mr. Asa Marr is visiting friends in Grand Rapids, ‘r. and Mrs. J, Holmes are spending a week in Bay City. 25 years ago last Thursday, Jumbo, the big elephant, was killed at St. Tho- mas. We sell only D. L. & W. Scranton coal. Allsises, the very best. J. E. Boots. Mrs. Geo, Wilson is taking a deserved holiday with friends and relatives in Springford. Cream of Menthol and Witch Hazel, the premier

ribs, 1 don’t know how mahy of these. Why the elephant left me I know not; he probably thought I wag finished, and went for others. But the others had all “leaked” out of the landscape. It seems possible that in his last drive down he had pushed his tusks as far into the earth as he could, which accounts fox my not being flattened out as thin as a wafer. My head gun-bearer was a Swahill, who was with Arthur New- man when he was gored by acow elephant. They say that on that occasion he killed the

in comparison with the brain of other animals we must figure on not only the positive size, but the relative. Were this not the case man would stand below the elephant and whale, as the brains of those credtures far ex- ceed man’s-in positive-size, while as regards relative size they stand so far below him that, while the brain of the elephant amounts to about the five- hundredth and that of the whale to three-thousandth part. of the bodily welght of these animals respectively, the brain of man varies

worth $100 a bale, aid in great demand. atk A not only the makers of pills —= More than a quarter 6f a cen,tury ite gained our comment last week | free advertising from the fact that rkable action of some| the biggest circus elephant im the], of Henry Ford's genius, world, Jumbo, was killed by a yard} a his great philanthropic engine in that city. Since that time} Bu t it will be in the role as con- in bettering the lot of | nothing striking has occurred to mar ques in and people of small | the tranquility

was in Ayl- mer last week looking up old friends after an absence of many years. Mr. Smith will be better remembered by the older residents as the man who skinned “Jumbo,” the famous ele- phant belonging to Barnum’s circus, which was killed'on the railway track at St.-Thomas.° It was a big job tak- ing the hide from the big elephant, and one Mr. Smith will always re- member. See our new toilet sets at Lam- bert's Fpir. Th€’ millinery openings in Aylmer last Saturday attracted the largest crowds

Suits and Over- - : i ces Bh te is a v4 juits and Ove: ae $250 Penman's Heavy Woat $750 Boy's Heavy Sweater Costs 3.69 iB 406 ribbed underwear $149. $250 Brown Suede Gloves 98c Sine sade Oe Ses and Over $1.00 heavy mule cordovan lined. $1250 Men's Jumbo Sweater ; coats .... ee eee SOS BO: eae Gg ee ‘the Ist for 5 minutes at 10 a.m. and ag. [| will place-a quantity ‘of Men's o “White unlaundered Pi-class, fast color, nice pat- -date pattérns in the whole_ 5 -minutes.only.on Friday. 10 am.and ve ES