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AN ELEPHANT RIDE
The First Try on a Padded Animal
Is a Fearful Ordeal.
FEELS LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
And Resembles For a Time Trying tc
Sit on a Steep Slanting Roof— The
Big Brutes Are Timid, and Little Pigs
and Quicksands Terrify Them.
Elephant riding Is a tiling Unit, like
guessing people's names correctly, re
qnlros a good deaT of praethe. The
r -- a 11 C'Rig never to he for
gotten, more especially if it happens
JJ J'ud elephant (hat is to
Jay, fine that carries no howilgjt or
eeai 01 any kiiiu except an immense,
iiard. lumpy mattress, which is fasten
ed on by four large rough ro|ies. pulled
as taut as man's strength can pull
them. If there are two or three other
persons already mounted you get h cor
ner of this mattress to sit on and are
told to hold on by the ropes.
ihe elephant Is getting
tirtU hfTiPeeimg aWI Heaps imiklug
. sS i w
heflTTii”: motions ynpleasnntly sukk^ s
Mve of tTie sea! You strive wildly to
get your fingers under oj[ the
ropes and are askgd impatiently if you
-»*rc Yendy.
You do not feel at all ready or likely
ever to lie ready, for your seat is un
certain and slippery, and for the life
of you you cannot get a fair hold on
ihe rope.
Breaking your nails in a last des
perate effort, you say feebly that you
ore ready, when with a sudden Jerk,
that seems to drag all your bones out
of their sockets, you are tiffed up on a
steep slope, about as pleasant to sit on
os the side of a slale roof.
Hut you have no time to enjoy the
position, for there comes another foun
dering jerk • l knocks your hat over
your eyes and throws you violently
against your next neighbor, after
w hich you find your seat is level again,
and it presently dawns upon you that
tlds earthquake was, in truth, merely
the elephant's customary way of ris
ing. lie Is now slowly and solemnly
stalking onward, as you are aware by
feeling your spine rhythmically and
soundlessly dislocated at each noiseless
step.
At first it seems to you as odd that
you should ever come to like riding an
elephant as that eels should come to
like* 1 e.itg skinned, and your friend’s
assurance that you will ere long lit*
aide to dispense with the aid of ropes
and go on chatting and even smiling
while that colossal upheaval takes
place falls on the ear ns an idle tale.
Nevertheless it is tii(> trutll. Before
a week is over you hanlly notice the
getting up or tlie kneeling down. You
rarely take hold of a rope, and you are
Indifferent to almost any angle of
(deepness. You learn to appreciate the
rest fulness of being on a colossus that
will never stumMe. never shy. never
frolic and with whose guidance you
have no more to do than you have with
that of a ship at sea.
Even when tin elephant Is mutinous
he Is so in a solemn, well considered
manner, lie will not run a way, though
lie will on oivasion stride away, and a
Kuthc'ent absurd sight it is, though not
to those on his back.
1 once saw an elephant try conclu
sions with his mahout nutl stride oil
delimitly in a wrong direction till the
savage blows rained upon liis head by
the driver with Ids heavy iron hook
made him change his taetics. lie pull
ed up short and began rocking his hotly
Violently to and fro till first one rider
and then another was sent (lying until
all were gone.
The si|ld of them strewing the
ground around him and ruefully rub
bing their bruises assuaged his anger.
An elephantine smile lit up bis nigged
faee. and lie once more rendered cheer
ful obedience to his mahout.
Considering ids strength and slue,
the elephant is a timorous beast. They
are greatly alarmed by small pigs, and
I have known an otherwise sensible
elephant utterly routed by a litter of
piglings s. am|>eriiig lietween bis legs
In thick grass jungle.
Now. n pigling enii never have hurt
an elephant. Therefore whence Ills
fear? Can it be their latent powers of
squealing?
Certain il Is that pigs share with
quicksands the |Kiwer of terrifying an
elephant. His reasons for fearing
quicksands are weighty ones, and it is
impossible not to sympathize with the
huge beast's agony of terror when he
Cuds himself on unsound ground.
A spot was pointed out to us along
the river bunk at Fy/.al>mi. where a
year ago an elephant had got into a
quicksand ami been lost.
All that could be done to sa-ve him
was done, but tlie treacherous sand
would not forego its victim. Four
days he took to sink out of sight, and
then nothing could lie seen of him but
the tip of his trunk, still piteously
beckoning in vain for help. At last
tlie cruel sand closed over that, and Ills
last agony was ended.—St. i'aul l’io
heer- I’ress.
Some Pay More.
Tlie man was looking over tlie fam
ily bills as his wife glanced through
the paper.
“Oh, John.” she said, “it tells here
of a young fellow who was tined st>.Bo
for flirting."
“That's cheaper than I got off.” re
plied tlie mail, hi- eye still on the bills.
—Philadelphia ledger.
Moderation is the silken string run
nlng through the pearl chain of all vir
tue. -Nelson.
ODD PLACE NAMES
How Some of Our Cities Received
Their Appellations.
CHANCE HUMOR AND SATIRE.
All These Had Roles In the Selection
by the Pioneers of Titles For Their
New Homes—Why There Is Not a
Great Boston on the Pacific Coast.
The thriving cities, the picturesque
streams ami the rugged mountains of
the United States have in humelons in
stances received their names for rea
sons calculated to give a shock to the
national board of geographic names,
1 most grotesque accidents and
coincidences, the results of games or
wagers, the grim efforts of the pioneer
mind to l>e satirical at the exiiense of
his new home, all have operated to de
termine the name by which proud mu
nicipalities or imposing physical fea
tures appear upon the map.
In a genera! study of the origin and
significance of place narnesf this
untmU'i' uudii py Jin’ I’nited States
geological survey the following oddly
given names have been picked out:
Tie naming of the populous city of
Portland Ore., was decided by the
tossing <>f u copper coin Ly tvtq> set
tiers, one from PortlandjJMe., the otk
cr from Boston. The Maine man won.
else we should have had another great
Boston on the pacific.
The city of Tombstone, Arlz., was
named as a bit of grim humor, Its
finder bad been advised wfien starting
on tils prospecting tour that he would
"find his tombstone." In order that
the prophecy might lie fulfilled lie gave
the name to the city he established.
The city of Bangor, Me., bears the
name of an old psalm tune which our
forefathers sang to tlie tremor of a
tuning fork. The name was given by
tlie Kev Seth Noble, who represented
the district In rile Maine legislature.
Wheeling, the metropolis of West Vir
giiiia. owes its name to tlie circum
stance of flie Indians having displayed
the head of a white man on a pole at
this point. The name is from the In
dian weal-ink. meaning “place of a hu
man head."
One of the most distinctive names on
the map of Colorado is Ouray, it litis
been applied lo a city, la county and
an imposing mountain. Yet the name
means nothing more nor less than Wil
lie and is the result of (lie Lie Indians’
attempt to translate this synonym of
Harold and Percy into their own
tongue.
The ' ity of Norwalk, Conn., is said
to have been so named because when
purchased from the Indians the north
ern boundary of tlie land was to ex
tend nortlrward from the sea one day’s
walk, according to the Indian mark
lug of the distance.
A town in Georgia rejoices in the
strikingly original lint somewhat am
biguous designation of Nameless. The
name was given from the fact that in
a list of several hundred names sub
mitted to the postotlice authorities not
one was found satisfactory.
A town in Gunnison county Colo.,
possesses the eloipient name of Tin
Cup. given because in its early days,
when it mining camp, gold was so
plentiful that it was measured in a
lin cup.
The Calico mountain range in Cali
fornia was given its name from the
variegated color of its? rocks.
The city of Jacksonville, ill., was
named for a prominent colored pleach
or and is perhaps the largest communi
ty in the country named for a negro.
The city of Spartanburg, s. (’., was
so called from the rigorous. Spartan
like self discipline practiced by the in
habitants during tlie Revolutionary
war.
A stream in Ravalli county. Mont,
is known as Weeping Child from tlie
circumstance of an Indian child being
carried off by a mountain lion, causing
insanity in tlie mother.
Antelope county, lu Nebraska, was so
named in commemoration of tlie kill
ing and eating of an antelope during
tlie pursuit of some Indians by (he
pioneers.
The town nf Ileerfield, N. H . was so
named iteeause. when tlie petition for
tlie establishment of the town was
pending, a Mr. Batchelder killed a deer
and upon presenting it to Governor
Wentworth obtained the act of estati
Itshinent and tlie town name.
Hell Gate, the narrow pass in 'he
Past river at New York, was called by
the Hutch liellegat. meaning “bright
strait" or “clear opening.’’ Tlie name
quickly suggested tlie present English
form, which was regarded as more ap
propriate on account of tlie whirlpools
which made navigation dangerous.—
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Denmark In Her Prime.
In the twelfth century Ponmark was
the mightiest state in northern Europe,
and the Baltic had lieeome a “Hauish
Mediterranean.” This supremacy was
short lived, though, and the country
□ever again regained the power and
prestige >v liicb she had woo and lost
at the point of the sword.—Argonaut.
Wanted to Demonstrate.
“This man says you kicked him.”
said the judge.
“1 did, your honor.”
“Could you tell us how hard you
kicked him';”
“I could show you, your honor.”—
\ oukers Statesman.
it is happiness to he nobly ties-end
ed: it is ic t less to have so much mer
it th t nobody inquires whether we
are so or not I.a I’.rnyere.
COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS*
BATTLE FRONT INFERNO.
Austrians Using Monster (juris
Against Italians.
Austrian artillery of all sizes ami
all ranges, with the monster ftos
- gun prcdoinfha&ing. has
transformed the battle froi.-» between
the Adige and Ilienta rivers into an
inferno.
Notwithstanding tin* snow-capped
mountain barriers the Austrian infan
try is being launched in waves, which
military observers say. break against
the formidable resistance of the Ital
Inns.
The Italian troops have formed
their lines of defense ifiiil are hold
ing firmly all the passes and peaks I
from which Italian officers say the I
forward movement of the Mi-drian
• * i - ST’" •" ** ,
has not only been successfully ar
rested. but the Austrians m, v «. been |
dislodged from several strategic po-|
taken in t),,. first rush of the I
offensive.
There are several indications to eon-'
firm the statement that the design
of the present strenuous campaign of
the Austrians on the Trentino front
is to prevent Italy from partielpat.
ing wifli her troops in the struggle on
the 1 rcnch front and also to paralyze
any action aiming at the joining of
the Avloiia and Saloniki forces for a
simultaneous effort
" i r r. ,*Ui
ITALIANS REPULSED.
being Dealt Staggering Blows By
Austrians.
Hard fighting is still in progress
between the Austrians and Italians in
the 'Tyrol, the French and the der
ma ns in the region of Verdun and the
Germans and British around La
Bassee.
The great offensive of the Aus
trians against the Italians in south
ern Tyrol continues unabated and at
several points the Austrians seem
gradually to be throwing back th«
Italians toward their own territory.
To the southeast of Trent, on the La
varone plateau, Vienna says the Ital
ians have been dislodged from all
their positions, and now adds that
the Austrians have captured Fima,
Mandriolo and the height immediate
ly west of the frontier from tin* sum
mit as far as the Astacli (Astieo)
valley.
The Austrians for their offensive,
according to Ibune nd.viees, have
been heavily reinforced in , men and
guns. Since the beginning of the of
fensive. Vienna asserts, more than
21.P00 men have been taken prisoners
and 172 cannon have been captured
by the Austrians.
BATTLES AT NIGHT.
Hand to Hand Lighting Under Glare
of Star Bombs.
French gains on both sides of the
■Meuse river were announced in tlie
war office communique.
Foil owing a terrific bombardment,
which lasted for days and nights, the
Germans attempted to press forward
in Avoeourt wood, northwest of Ver
dun, but tlitir advance was cheeked
by the French.
At I,’Mort Homme (Dead Man’s
11 ill > strong count* l-attaeks by the
Flinch won back some of the ground
losl to tlie Germans.
To tln> east of the Meuse the tier
mans counter-attacked at Ilaudro
moiit in an attempt to reconquer lost
positions, lint the assaults were re
pulsed hy tin* French.
A night attack by the French in
tlie sector of Vnnx put General Ni
v ode's troops in possession of a tier
man trench. There was li< ree hand
to-hand fighting in tlie darkness un
der tlie glare of star bombs.
Hero's Cross Given Queen.
President Poincare has conferred
the war cross upon Queen Elizabeth
of Belgium “for magnificent valor
and untiring devotion in tending flic
wounded under tire.” In accepting
tin* war cross tlie queen told Presi
dent Poincare iliat she was “proud
to wear the decoration worn by tlie
French troops.”
British F orces in Sudan Defeated.
Tlie report of tlie defeat of the
British forces in the Sudan is con
tained ill the following Constantino
ple dispatch given out by the Over
seas News agency: “The British sent
two transports with English and Hin
doo troops to Port Siidan. These
troops were defeated by natives.”
New French Envoy to Roumania.
Recall of M. Itlondell. French min
ister to Reumaiiia. was announced.
He will be sucoeedded by I'ni. I>e Saint
Anlaire, now adjutant t-» tin* Moroc
can resident general.
Lost Lives For THend.
Louis Pinero and George Troeseher
lost their lives at New Orleans in an
unsuccessful attempt to rescue their
friend. William Rubier, who was
seized with a cramp while swimming
in a rain-swollen canal. All were
under ”4 years of age. When it was
apparent Buhler was drowning Troes
eher went to his assistance, and as
both men were sinking Pinero at
tempted to aid them. In tlie strug
gles which ensued all three men were
drowned.
Austrians Leave Albania.
A neutral diplomat who has just
returned from Albania is quoted in a
dispatch to the Paris Matin from
Athens as saying that the Austrians
have withdrawn 50.000 troops from
Albania in the last three weeks. Ac
cording to tins diplomat the Austrians
have left only small detachments to
guard tlie towns they have occupied,
leaving a garrison of .“00 at Fiera anil
six hundred at Herat. The remainder
of the* tro. s lift in the country are
concentrated at Durazzo. i
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MARK TWAIN AS A LECTURER.
The Story of His First Appearance
Upon the Platform.
The story of Mark Twain's first great
public lecture is told in Albert Bige
low Paine’s “Boy's Life” of the bu
tuorist in St. Nicholas. It had been
suggested that lie should lecture ov.
tlie Sandwich islands, where he had
been spending some weeks as a news
paper correspondent, and one of his
San Francisco friends urged hitn P
hire the largest hall in the city aim
charge a dollar a ticket.
"Without waiting until Ids frigid
came back." writes Mr. Paine. "Marl
Twain hurried to the manager of (In
Academy of Musi - and engaged il to
a lecture to be given (let. IStili, ant.
sat down and wrote' his annoum e
meat, lit- began by stating what lie
would speak upon and ended with a
few absurdities such as:
A SPLENDID ORCHESTRA
Is In Town, Put Has Net Been Engager
A ISO
A DEN OF FEUOiTOFS WILD BEAST-.-
Will Be on Exhibition In the Next Block
A GRAND TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION
Mav Be Expected; In Fact, the Public
Are Privileged to Expect Whatever
They Please. .
Doors open at 7 o’ clock.
The trouble to begin at 8 o’clock
“Mark Twain was well known it:
San Francisco and was pretty sure to
have a good house. But he did not
realize this, and as the evening ap
prom lied It is dread of failure in-Tens
ed. Arriving tit the theater, lie en
tered hy tlie stage door, half expecting
to find i lie place empty. Then sudden
ly lie became more Lightened than
ever. Peering from the wings, he saw
that the house was jammed—packed
from tlie footlights to the wails. Ter
rltied. his knees shaking, his tongue
dry, lit- managed to emerge and was
greeted with a roar a crash' of ap
piause that nearly finished him. Oni.v
for an instant reaction followed
These people were his friends, and he
was talking to them. He forgot to lie
afraid, and as tlie applause came in
great billows that rose ever higher he
fed himself borne with It as on a tide
of happiness and success. His even
lug from beginning to end was a com
plete triumph. Friends declared that
for descriptive eloquence, humor ami
real entertainment nothing like his ad
dress had ever been delivered.”
Always Present.
“I mipp.isc you don't believe in luck.”
suggested the sympathetic friend to
tlie chronic loser.
"Ob. yes; I do." responded that on
fortunate. "It Is the quality which en
abies other players to overcome my
skill. Richmond Times Dispatch.
Making It Plain to Him.
“When I don't want a man's atten
tions and he asks me where I live I
say in the suburbs.”
"Ha. ha! Excellent; but where do
you really live. Miss Brown?”
"In the suburbs. Mr. Short.”—Chi
cago News.
The Goods.
"And she bad tlie face to say that
she thought she was very beautiful!"
"Well, if she bad the faee, why
not?"—Browning's Magazine.
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SCHEDULE CORRECTED TO APRIL, 30, 191 G.
Trains leave Douglas: .For Hazle
jiurst, Vidali-a, Milieu, Augusta aud in-
Uiediate points.
For Hazle hurst and Yidalia.
Trains leave Douglas: .lor Willa
coochee, Nashville, Valdosta, Madison,
Sparks, Adel, Moultrie and interme
diate points
Trains leave Douglas: For Biox
ton and intermediate points.
Trains leave Douglas for Dickey’s
farm and intemediate points
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you go to each month in paying rent, other towns in CofTee County.
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SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MARCH IST, 1915.
Trains Leave Douglas as Follows: 4
EAST BOUND
Train No. 4 for Waycross and Brunswick 6:58, a m
Train No. 2 for Waycross and Brunswick 4:35, p. m
WEST BOUND
Train No. 1. for Atlanta and Roanoke 9:58, a. m.
Train No. 1 for Atlanta and Birmingham 9:18, p. m.
Trains No. 3 and 4 cany Pullman. Drawing Loom and Sleeping cars be*
tween Atlanta and Thomasville, via Fitzgerald.
W. W. CROXTON, G. P. A. J. F. ANDERSON, Agent,
Atlanta. Ga. Douglas, Ga.
No. 4 Daily 10:03 a. m.
No. 6 Daily 7:20 p. m.
No. 7 Daily 7:05 a. m.
No. 5 Daily 3:40 p. m.
No. 30 Daily 10:15 a. m.
No. 32 Daily 3:40 p. m.