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KILLING A "ROGUE" EXPERIENCE OF A HUNTER IN CEYLON. Charge cf Infjriated Animal cn Camp at Midnight Met with Courage and Skill Lucky Shot Won. When an elephant's forefoot, mens- , uniit? 55 Inches In circumference and . it is in addition an ugly tempered old "rogue" its shooting in the dark Is not a cafe business. The Japan Chronicle. I however, tells of how a hunter named Heiland accomplishes the feat In Cey- ' Ion, making a record hag'" which had '. not been equaled n 8) years. He was encamped one night In the jungle, thoroughly fatigued after a two days' buffalo hunt, when he was aroused by J the cry of his shikari, "Sahib, an ele phant." He jumped to his feet and rushed into the open with a loaded rifle. The night was pitch dark. He hi ard the trumpeting of the animal net far away. The elephant was evi dently making for the spot where the hunter stood. While he was won- Bering at tins unusual occurrence, an eph.ant approaching- a human en campment in 1 he night, his servant warned him that the animal was a "rogue," a "rogue" being an elephant which for some reason or other has become a man hater and will attack and kill any human being without provocation. Now, an elephant, in spite of Its huge size, is not an easy mark. Its only vulnerable spot is the. forehead; on any other portion of its anatomy the shots have practically no effect, though a shot in the knee may bring the animal down. An en counter with a "rogue" Invariably re sults In the death of one of the com batants, llellutiil was aware of this, but he decided 1o run the risk.. Penetrating the jungle, he quickly became aware that he was In close proximity to the elephant, though he could see nothing distinctly. How ever, he fired at a venture and next moment his ears were assailed by the sound of a violent trumpeting and al most Immediately after he saw an enormous mass loom up before him not more than ten to fifteen feet away. There was no time to escape. His repeating rifle was already at his shoulder and he fired, this time hit- ting the elephant In the knee. Itnmo- j iliately on Bring the hunter sprang I aside, but he momentarily expected i he trunk of the infuriated pachyderm be upon him, and again raised his rifle. It was unnecessary, however, j With a shrill scream of pain the elephant collapsed. Another shot In the dark would probably have brought It to its feet, ho llelland had to wait. t f V ? A. A A V - -- ..... ... -- t v v : i J'rt -set.t.y his followers" came up witn ! U.-;t i T:s. On seeing the lifcht th1 le- 1 I !:..:! att.-mpted to rise, but In vain ; Tile hiuiur thin api iroarhed and fired . n shot in its forehead, which put an' end to its sufferings. Next morning j the elephant was loaded, piecemeal ! (;n to a wagon by the servans and villagers and carted to the nearest tcvunment station for official certifl cation. Dyeing Real Flowers. ' "Every once in a while some florist pets busy and puts tome odd colored j blossoms in his window as an extra attraction to the display." said a club ! nir.ti. "1 just noticed one down the1 street. It consisted of a bunch of impossibly green carnations. At first 1 plar.ee a good many people thought i they were made of paper, but they got , interested when they found out that j they were 'natural.' Now, anybody who wants to have any of these freak ' flowers can get them by buying some : kind of aniline irk, any color desired , Carnations are the easiest to color, ! white ones, of course. Put their stems in a glass tilled with the ink. Then stems are soft, and in a short while ; the large veins in their petals arc tilled with the ink. Don't let them ab sorb too much color; they are prettiei with Just so much. Then remove them and put them In a vane of salt, water. I.llies-of-tho-valley lead them selves to this scheme alsoIn fact, any white soft-stemmed (lower may be used." j Polly Wat Indignant. An ardent goiter, by way of a joke, dropped a golf ball Into a nest bis an cient parrot had built in the come.- ; of its cage. Polly sat with exemplary patience on her novel egg, and ap peared pretty well heart-broken when the weeks went by and she found her self unrewarded. At last parrot flesh 1 and blood could stand It no longer A terrible screeching brought her ownei downstairs at three o'clock one morn ing. "What's the matter, Polly?" he asked, as he noticed the bird's beak was chipped trying to get at the egg's In toiler. "Matter!" screeched the bird. "Great Scot! I'm bunkernl!" More to the Point. In a certain lestaurant the electric lh;bls were suddenly extinguished When ihey were turned on again after a few moment.-), a lady whispered tc her companion: "Somebody kissed me!" "Yes. and somebody took my veal cutlet!" replied the other bitterly. The Hoheniian. Immense Cuban Cabbages. Cuba grows 20-pound cabbage bead How Much Does Your Plowing Cost? How much time does it con sume? Are you making money on it? If you are not let us tell you how you can save money and save time. A Case Plow will do your plowing quickly and cheaply and give you enough time to do other's plowing. A Case Engine on one of these plows is spring mounted and durable, simple in construction and you can get more work out of it than any other engine of the same rated horse power. If you are interested write or call on me for particulars. $ M. E. Manspeaker JOLLYING A JOKER YOL'NG WOMAN GOT EVEN WITH MERRY JESTER. i P: Had to Sit Up Late to Do It, but the Trick Wat Accomplished Victim's Rather Lame Excuse for Call. To start with Robert I.. Heck Is the most diligent practical joker In Cleveland and environs, with the one possible exception of Johnny Hren- nan. : Among the regular victims of j Heck's Jokes and Jests are a crowd of ! young women, friends of his wife. A pair of these young women 'lowed one evening that they would get siptare with Heck. The joke they planned required them to sit up far beyond their bedtime, but they didn't let that prey on their minds. At about 1:20 a. m. Heck was aroused from n sound sleep hy the ringing of the telephone. He crawled out of bed, yawnfully. took down the receiver, and learned that a woman relative cousin or something of that sort was lying critically ill at her home In the other end of town. Heck, then fully awake, Inserted himself quickly into Ms trousers and other things, and hustled out to wait for an owl car. He bad smne difficulty getting In at the h-we of bis relative. Everybody seemed to be slieping Just as soundly as be lmci been tip to the time that bin telephone l.iiig. It began to dav.n on him that perhaps he didn't have a monopoly on the practical joke gnu" In this community. At Inst a servant came to the door, tl was then Just 2:"i o'clock. Heck inquired how everybody win. The servant, wonderlngly, replied that everybody had retired in the best of health. Hut why? Was any one there supposed to be 111? Heck was on, when he heard that, lie was Indeed the victim of a joke. Hut a man does not like to admit that he Is a joker's victim. And In this in stance he didn't think it was wise to have his relative shocked by the now--that her state of health was a mattei of telephone discussion In the middle, ot the night. "(), no, I didn't think anybody was sick." Heck told the servant, ".lust tell the family that 1 was walking by, ami thought I'd drop in and inquire how they were. No. no, didn't want any thing special. Just-took a notion tc drop In, don't you know. Well. I must be off. Heautlful night, isn't it?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Poorly Supplied with Teeth. Despite Its great aie, an elephaat has nnlv-eleht teeth I X X X X X X X X x I X I X 1 X X x x x t t ? ? ? t f ? ? t ? ? ? ? V f ? ? ? Y f t t Y Y Y Would Have to Take ("loot and All. She went Into n Fifth avenue hair dresser's clinti to have her head sham- mcj. She vote her hair in it I'.-yehe unit. The slianpoiier hi elin'd to he a j rifle rouuh. iit'd tliuiily her tugs at the i 'syche knot liecume ho forceful that I I knot. : trifle the woman In the chair cried oat In lain. "What ate you trying to do; j ull my head off?" she exclaimed. "1 ( am trying to get your Psyche knot ! off," replied the shampoocr, "but It : won't cor.ie. How did you ever get it pinned on so (irmly?" The customer almost shrieked: "Come off! Why, It'a u;y own hair." N. Y. Tribune. Beetle Hurting In Queensland. A reward of Is. ,'ld. a pound was re cently offered by the Queensland sugar planters, writes a Hrlshano (Anstralial correspondent, for beetle of the destructive sugar cane grub. Hundreds of men ami boys have now taken up heitle hunting as a profes sion. One man cams Cti n week throughout the "beetle season," and the boys make from i'2 a week. Where Mr. Wabash Lost Out. Mr. Wabash (to Miss Waldo of Hus ton 1 "I suppose, MisH Waldo, that your father is In business in Huston?" Mi:;s Waldo "Oh, yes; ho Is one of the prominent shoe manufacturers there." Mr. Wabash--"Ah. Indeed. I have never had much business experi ence myself. Now, about how long does It take your father to make, nay, a good eight dollar shoe?" Russian Legal Regulations. Twelve hours, with two bouts' rest, Is the 1'k;i1 laborlnK day at Odessa, Russia. Workers under 1" must no to school for three houtB dally. Chris tians are not reipilred to work on Sundays or feast days, nor Hebrews and Mohammedans on their religious holidays. Those who have to work on Sundays have the next day for rest. For Blood Poisoning. When it Is found that blood poison ing has set In, or when It Is feared, use the followlnc: To the Jnlce of half a lemon add one teaspoonful of sujmr and half a teaspoonful of water. Take hot at a dose and repeat every HO minutes for the tirst three hours, after that every two hours. A euro will usually be effected 111 a day. Manhattan Indians. The earliest notice we have of the Island which Is now adorned by New York City Is to be found In Hudson's Journal. Mann hata is therein men tioned in reference to the hostile peo ple whom he encountered on his re turn from his exploring of the rivet and who resided on this Island. Make the Outlook Brighter. ! Kveryone knows the pleasure of re-, reiving a kind look, a warm greetliiK, a hand held out to help in distress, a 'difficulty solved, a higher hope re-; vealed for this world or the next. Hy i that pain and by that pleasure let us1 judge what we should do for others, Dean Stanley. Cure for Pneumonia. This remedy has been known to cure pneumonia after the patient had been given up to die. Apply sweet oil to the chest, then cover thickly with powdered lobelia, after which cover with several thicknesses of wanned flannel. Doll Are Matrimonial Agents. Travelers through Servian villain often fee dolls suspended In the win-d-.iws ot cottages. The dolls have nothing to ib with child life but Rig Miry that a marrla7euble daughter c,r a widow lives In the house. Progress. It Renerally happens that along about the time one becomes able tc recoKiiize true art one loses the knack of beltiK able to take adantimre ot busines opportunities when they pre sent themselves. Fisherman's Luck. "In the skillful handling of fine tackle lies a larRe part of the unsler't enjoyment," says a current maalnn writer. It's about all many of them get. Huston Herald. Search Thyself! What are you worth today? Not in money, hut In brains, heart, pur pos-, character? Tell yourself the truth ali.iut yourself. Oorge II. Hep worth. Simulation Wins. Some pretty long-headed philoso phers hold that If you aie not Jealous of your wife you must make her think you are Detroit Free Press. Great Britain Far Behind. Within a circle of tiO miles In diam eter, with Its center in New Yotk, there are more telephones than In all Great lirltaln. Duty on Imported Negroes. In i'i'i a duty was Imposed on ne Broes Imported "Into New Nctherlatid to woik on their Houwerles." Russia's Rate of Growth, Thii population of Uus.sia Is Increas Iiir at the i ate of 2."(io,n()'i a year. Sustainlnq Power. Were It not. for hope the would break. Irish PioverY heart First Postal Card. The flint postal card was sped on Its wav In 1ST'). . ' CfCjftkft ML"JL J rt?5lj-v It ia economy to ure Rcytl EaTsinc Tcwrr. It eaves labor, health and money. Where the best food is required no oiher baking powder or leavening agent can take the place or do the work of Royal Baking Powder. CLOCK MADE MUCH TROUBLE. Alarm Had Been at a Certain Didn't Set to Do Hour, But Know It. Us Duty Jim One of the elevator men In a a otlhe bitihliii'; up town found that then' was soinetiiinn the matter Willi his alarm clock, says the New York Times. Knowing tint one of his eoi leavu"s w:s a notul deal of a me chatili i.Mi, he dot i h d to save the prlc.' of bavins his clock lixed by cel lar.' Joe to fl It for him. ,lo.' ai'vi! with ureal utliitslm'm: 'eok the clock home and tinkered with 't. and when the two went "off the ii:b" at six o'clock o:io afternoon l.ii-t veek. Joe turned the clock over to litn with the assurance that It wv I'ved. l-'o It was; and Joe had set the .tl. 'fin for (1:1.1. bu' Jim ilbln't know h; l and Joe for;zoi to tell him. Jo" a-d ,l!in veto (ravelin;; lowi.ril ''(" I ir i nd of Itroet.'v n e,i ,in eleal" ! 'Villi ::l f,:11 ,hnt iiichl, ami weie ue--t pas: il'K Orei nwood cemetery . l.vit the ;. : i ; i nt oT. I?verj bin'..' n the car rave either a yell or a lump. Joe tinned to Jim with a look ,if i ni in lse. 'Y'i::l are you r.iaMa:; all thai nnle '' "" be, ye h'd. !li a voice that ilo i.I ii ieil I'M ti the ;iproar of t!i a'arai. I!f:l in the feci-, pi m; Irl nr. i Ir.riir' ''id, Jim waM tiyh:'; io n i r . th" ; lo'ifi'Timi' ibtror. The cn;-.r! van el bewlii bis way tb!-Mi-:h th ".ltd out if P'lmelx; y hid : nnilti- bomb. A j r tt ; -e; t y r! had bounced in i :'oVf! e off a i'y ri 'n thi and was- r 1 n; to ( !l:,ib il.e tor f. ;-n ! a stelii! ''i "nan had mii;pt!y cat ilmvn mi it There wire nil the ".ii:tc:i:n i Ither ,f nnie or a cin in. H fi-r Jim. he v.eMlcd vi.lt'ly 'l!)l tV.e l-ii L-lnr. il iii'. i.ad turn. e l eff "-.i ry'hlTH Iri '. e t lirmer.t but tin !: l.t Mop. Venwhlle Joe. the an-tin..- of Ms i ( tif.i' icn, was 1'iol.lng i.l lorn villi n s.'r of mild iittiuiry. "i'iii:: j! on a In t, ,11. n?" he aski d UncMy. With mi oah. Jim arose and hurled lie iMiif; through the window. It lljh'ed In (Irei uwiiod, still n'dns off end a iillc'-man, at wince feet It landed, pave a shriek i;ud leaped si:; fu l. Then he ill-rested it as a dyna iuite bomb, ; ml the train moved on. Oootation Guest Rooms. A .mmiii.i; nuitron on Long Island, who Is haviiiK lnr spacious country home decorated ovi r for the season, has con ei Ived a novi I idea for her r.uest rooms which will solve the difficulty of seem iim favotitisin In the distribution c 1 "'" w m, selected (pioiiiuons i 'm,n ki",wi authors, had them II i luinlneil and hiitiK on the doors of the ' Viiuoiis looms, in tier guest till.. Ibere me con hkik, inline imotat Ions and 1 ... ...... .,. members of a house , I parly are shown to their looms th-:y j i must male i; selection of a uotat!cn I and write their name beneath It. ran: ! I this choice of quctiition the room Is (!r ! ti rnilr.eil aud the pnes.t finds the wort'. ' i j on his (!eor. Here Is one. lo:- InsMii.re i that she has Ihiiir o,i the door of a 1 re i in done In wistaria blossoms: "To i spend in all j friends to in thin'-Vi el. e. but In o'd t miserly." All :hl b'-.i niotcK jollity ami pood MloAshlp Prom time to time, the hostess c elates. :hc will ( hitllKC the c.uotatlo-l -Tor j.usls who (nine f-.-eipp-nty scon would learn v liM romos to !ck ti'st1 this would ;!ve an tttii'alr advantafce in the yaine with novcome:s. Happiners and Jcy. I In outness, accoiditie to the c Inal use or th" ti nn. Is that vhlcb happens, or conns to cite by a hi' i, that Is, by an outward befallin..;. ( r favoiable condition. I In vh.it no:." yields, or will buy; dies".. i,;,i!;ia-:e I'if hlim. hiXMib's i f the table; or !' Is seti'eii e:,t in life, Indcp.'nd ::'' iove, npplaiis". Rli-ry. or the mm public belli 'Its "f l:i:. Iciet y, owe lleht In the soul, soul, or Its ip:a'if Ib l.ee, th' V are admiration. h.-:e r re ( tivi iitioi-.ai at-.i 1 ill'.li. p( 'itil ill S',,l!lli .-. a'l tl.ese s;is r. ib which hi not of the y. lint I'din without Linked ii on as h;i;i lieiiilii! to the 1 1 aild, 111 lliilt SI its ctea'e hiip!'in( ss. Joy differs lr:i this, as lieine, of the soul It.-.eif. 1 Iiiiitlin: III its ci : i ii I i t v . And thl( ap peai-; In the original form of the word which. Instead (I stipestln.v; a hap, ll'i rally denotes a leap or sptiru'. . . . The motion is outwanl and tu t toward., as we conceive It to be in hap piness. It Is not the bliss of comll 1 lull, but of character. Dr. Horace llushnell. Gentleness and Otrengtn. , Nothinw Is so strong ns fientleftesfl, iiotblni: so Kcntle as strength. St. l-'in-'is de Pales. GRAPES, from their most health ful properties, give ROYAL it active and principal ingredient HAS A PERSISTENT HOODOO. Mr. Oliver J. Goslington Gives a Faint Outline of the Troubles That Pursue Him. "I don't know why It Is," said Mr. (iosllnntou, "but when I travel I al ways seem to Kft the worst of it in some way; II there's anything coins that isn't pleasant It conies to me. "Yesterday I made a little trip to a place about lirty miles from the city. I went to the station early to Ret a seat by a window. I managed that all i Wit; 1 ;ot a window seat and Just where I wanted, not at the end of tho car, but about two thirds back from the front, where I would ride, easy aud at the same time have something to look at ahead, and of course that all pleased me very much, "At the first station out there got aboard the car at the forward end seven men, a very assorted lot of men, some tall, some short, some thick, some thin, and amoiiK them one man or phenomenal pioportlons, a Riant of a man, with hr,s siIi-Miik out beneath and a luad prejecllni; up on top, auif then I watched with fearful Interest. , the procession as It started down tho car. for I was seized with a mortal turor that the IiIr man would want to nil with mo. Iteallv he ouht not to, for 1 sat t wo t birds of the way ! down the car and there were plenty of ; vacant scats ahead; but you never can tell about a thiin? till it's settled. ! "I waichcd thiii procession coming with n crcat and fearful lincrest. the bin man btlnr.iiiK up the rear, anu then with increii'i'iiR hopefulness I ! saw It dwindle as one member after j another or it dropped out. to take tlm ! (Inst seat he came lo, until all were j seated except Hie nhiut, who was left i alone still four rows In front of ma ' and with three vacant seats In those four rows to choose from,- and then my hope ran hii;h, but he kept acorn inn. and passed them all until he tamo ; to mine, where he hulled. "'Is this sent taken?' he said to j me, and what could I say but: '".No. sir,' and 'Inn he kh( down, j sittltiR partly v vacntit place In I the scat aud partly on Oliver ,1. Gos I UnRlon. ! "So I drew the fat man after all; : but tilings like (hut happen to me wiieiicvi r I travel." Retalrr, Health by Fasting. To prove thai complete abstinence from food lor indefinite periods is not only conducive to fcood health but also to perennial youth. Miss (Taire do Si rval, niece of the famous "fasting' Dr. Tanner, Is siibniiKiiiR herself to a remarkable series of experiments at the Koyal Cbarile hospital in Herlln. Miss Servid ended at noon the other day in pel net health a fast of tt.-c days, without nourishment of any kind, either lbpild or solid. 1 Miring that time t;he lived, in n fila.ss case, Into which frerh air was pumped by a motor. She was tl en removed from the care and placed In the ordinary ward, but she intends to abstain from food for another L'O days, IIvIiir in the meantime on mineral water. Her weight has decreased from lit pounds to llil pounds., but hi r londi ion other wise is perfei tly .'.(u niiil. She stilted, at the end of the tenth liay, that she r.i ver once fi It 111 from lack of food ! and drink, ami v.-as cnUn iy free from j fccr or hcadni he. The yo-.mi; lady I says that she was induied to become a "faster" in order to cure horself ot chronic headache;-, and lack of appe ! fit, and also became she liuds Fhe emerges rcju w nated alter a period of self imposed s'arvi.'iion. .vaid Vacillation. Von.Moltke: He who heIta'os tuuub accomplish little. What would you take? Suppose you were required to live for a certain length of tune on only one article of food. Which would you choose? There is one food that stands without a rival for such a test. Quaker Oats is that one. It furnishes more strength with least wear and tear on the digestive organs than any other food. You'll feel well and strong at the end of the time. Try it. Don't rtop eating other things, tut cat more Quaker Oats and you'll notice the gain in strength. You'll find Quaker 0..ts put up in two sie packages, the regular size and the large, family si.:c for those w ho are not convenient to the sti re. All grocers Sell these. li.it Quaker Oats daily for breakfast, it strengthens jou for the day's work. "