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THE UNION TIMES i PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY THE UNION TIMES COMPANY ' TIMES BUILDING. MAIN STREET BELL PHONE NO. 1 LEWIS M. RICE Editor vi Registered at the Postoffice in Union, C S. C., as second class matter. ' Z SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. .$1.00 V Six Months .50 Three Months .25 G V ADVERTISEMENTS One square, first insertx>n $1.00 H Every subsequent insertion .50 E KKIDAY, NOVKMBiSK 10, 1010. " THE BETTER THING. y] (Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free p Press.) It is better to lose with a conscience p clean Than win by a trick unfair; j( It is better to fall and know you've been, ja Whatever the prize was, square, Than to claim the joy of a far-off y goals And the cheers of the standers-by ^ And to know down deep in your inmost soul p A cheat you must live and die. Who wins by trick may take the ^ prize, v And at first he may think it sweet, p But many a day in the future lies When he'll wish he had met defeat; jy For the man who lost shall be glad at *, heart And walk with his head up high, While his conquerer knows he must g play the part Of a cheat and a living lie. p The prize comes fair when the fight lft UI1, But save it is truly won You will hate the thinjr when the p crowds are gone, For it stands for a false deed done, ^ And it's better you never should reach your proal ^ Than ever success to buy At the price of knowing down in your v soul That your priory is all a lie. p Owinpr to many pressinp: duties President Wilson could not attend the county fair. S The Sardis Community Fair was a ^ decided success in every way. It was p a demonstration of what cooperation p is worth to a community. The fair was a credit to the community. ^ Wilson has made the best president ^ the United States ever had. It would ^ be a prreat pity to have him defeated in the face of the issues he has so faith- f fully met. Just as we are proinpr to press Thursday we received a messapre that ^ New Hampshire, counted in the Re- (publican column, had prone Democratic, and not Republican as stated in the I first reports. _ e We sincerely hope the fair will prove a success financially as well as in other ways this year. If the heavy > debt now resting upon the association can be liquidated, it would prove of ^ great help in the planning for future ^ fairs. , \ If you do not believe the people of Union county are interested in a pres- .T idential election you should have the . IV job of answering the telephone in orr office. We are glad to serve our \ friends in the matter of giving them the news, for we feel sure it is a good ^ sign when they are so intensely inter- ^ ested. We feel happy over the fact that there was no disposition on the part j of our people to bolt on Tuesday, or, if there was a disposition, there was h no giving way to it. Our people have some regard for their oath, as honnct ^ people should. There is no denying ( the fact that a perjurer is an ugly proposition. When people forget their g oath it is an evidence of degradation unmistakable. It now looks like we will have to get out a l(>-page paper every issue " this month. This week an J last it was necessary. Next week we pur- c pose getting out a special Thanksgiving edition. The following week h comes our U. I). C. edition. It is our pleasure that we are able to do these 1 stunts. It is good for our subscribers, for they get their money's worth. It r is good for us for it makes a newspaper of which we may feel justly I proud. We have repeatedly said that if our subscribers would pay up their \ subscriptions promptly we could produce a better paper. They have been V paying up handsomely, and you see I the result. Remember: It costs us more than $f>0 cash for the one item > of newspaper which went into the making of this week's paper. Let all F who are in arrears hasten forward a dollar for a year's renewal. You can- > not know how greatly it will help. Js Send us your dollar. Send it today. "Procrastination is the thief of time," 1< and also knocks heavily upon our resources. | > 4 1ST OF THE DELEGATES AND THE HOSTESSI -ho Will Entertain Them During tl State U. D. C. Convention, Which Meets Here Nov. 21-23. Mrs. W. Y). Arthur?Mrs. S. Sc ille, Mrs. J. M. Oliver. Mrs. J. D. Arthur?Mrs. N. raig, Mrs. S. S. Frew. Mrs. W. H. B- :ss?Mrs. F. emp, Mrs. B. A. I? rgan. Mrs. T. E. Bailey?Mrs. Del fhiteside, Mrs. J. R. Owens. Mrs. Lucy Barron?Mrs. C. lenn, Mrs. E. L. Barnes, Miss Ma Williams. Mrs. J. A. Brown?Miss Virgin iutehins, Mrs. A. H. Miller, Mi lizabeth Brunson, Miss M. Harper. "Miss Eloise Beaty?Mrs. B. R. Ca ;r, Mrs. W. H. Cely. Mrs. D. A. Boyd?Mrs. M. J. Peri Mrs. W. T. Beaty?Mrs. Cochra liss Nelle Barton. Mrs. A. B. Brannon?Mrs. E. ] oar, Mrs. J. W. Doar. Mrs. J. T. Bradley?Mrs. E. ressley, Mrs. C. P. Lawrence. Miss Ida Clement?Mrs. A. J. A erson, Mrs. C. E. Gray. Mrs. David Clark?Mrs. T. D. Cop ind. Mrs. A. H. Cottinprham?Miss C. isdale, Miss Sidney Stubbs. Mrs. J. T. Crawford?Mrs. A. lison. Mrs. T. C. Duncan?Mrs. Mair tol-nan. Mrs. Georpre Johnstone. Mrs. H. W. Edprar?Mrs. W. D. E lea, Mrs. T. C. McGhee. Mrs. F. M. Farr?Mrs. J. D. M ^hirter. Mrs. Bessie Wood, Mrs. ] '. Ansel, Mrs. J. L. Calvert. Mrs. A. H. Foster?Mrs. Gallows Irs. Anna Ancrum, Mrs. P. A. Wilcc Irs. Marshe. Mrs. Ora B. Fant?Mrs. H. A. H< en, Mrs. S. M. Brice, Mrs. R mith, Mrs. Bfessie Smith. Mrs. Hay Fant?Mrs. Hazel Grat Mrs. Fant Gilliam?Miss Ze 'ayne, Mrs. Wilsay. Mrs. M. L. Garner?Mrs. Ed. Gi Iiss Lucile Barber. Mrs. F. H. Garner?Mrs. Wall )uncan, Mrs. Carrie Patrick. Mrs. W. F. Gilliam?Mrs. John Ca Irs. C. E. Graham. Mrs. M. D. Huitt?Mrs. R. Vripht, Mrs. R. D. Wriprht. Mrs. L. J. Hames?Mrs. F. H. Ci oun, Mrs. Reed Stoney. Mrs. J. D. Jones?Mrs. C. P. Ga ird, Mrs. I.. H. Holland. Mrs. B. B. James?Miss Mary Li nprston. Mrs. F. B. McCracken. Mrs. 0. L. P. Jackson?Mrs. J. lullivan. Mrs. Minnie Milford. Mrs .Davis Jeffries?Mrs. Paul Sa ers, Mrs. A. H. Wickman. Mrs. D. M. Jordan?Miss Emt loukniprht, Miss Bertie Smith, Mrs. White. Mrs. J. G. Giradeu. Mrs. J. M. Jeter?Miss Cornw< Irs. Osrar Culp. Mrs. S. S. Linder?Mrs. Eupre loore, Mrs. Arthur Childress. Mrs. A. L. T.ayton?Mrs. F. C. Ca liss Edith Loryea. Mrs. P. A. Dowry?Mrs. Jar; ''lowers, Mrs. L. B. Aman. Miss Fanny MclAire?Mrs. Ma IcLure. Mrs. C. T. Murphy?Mrs. N. Irooks, Mrs. J. S. Bennett. Mrs. M. A. Moore?Mrs. B. Harke, Miss Lutie Ford. Mrs. 1. A. Murrah?Mrs. C. )uke, Miss Sara Garvin. Mrs. C. H. Milhous?Denmark d prates. Mrs. Fred McLure?Miss M. Vashinp'ton. Miss M. B. Poppenhein Mrs. J. W. Mixson?Mrs. Wats< Irs. R. M. Mixson. Mrs. J. F. Matheson?Mrs. Milt A n n i uni, mrs. n. vi. viasque. Mrs. Thos. McNally?Mrs. Thi [itt, Mrs. R. C. Webb. Mrs. R. L. McNally?Mrs. Fra Vatson, Mrs. M. F. Young. Mrs. P. C. Hundley?MVs. J. ohnston, Mrs. J. E. Rlaten. Mrs. R. P. Harry?Miss Nelle Wm Irs. R. C. Rarratt. Mrs. J. K. Hamblin?Mrs. C. Vhitton, Mrs. T.ula Cannon. Miss Amey Nicholson?Miss Ju 'onnors. Miss Charlotte Winpres. Mrs. R. A. Oliphant?Mrs. Mat' IcCordel, Mrs. L. E. Taylor. Mrs. Rpencer Perrin?Mrs. E. ones, Mrs. A. E. Padgett. Mrs. W. II. Perrin?Miss P?esi 'aync. Mrs. Ida Perrin?Mrs. P. A. Ches am, Mrs. W. C. Sherrard. Mrs. C. H. Peake?Mrs. Ketch Irs. Elliott, Mrs. .1. H. Cathcart, M '. Y. Brownlee, Mrs. W. B. Mays. Mrs. Elias Prioleau?Miss An linkler. Mrs. Evelina Rice?Mrs. Broo Iwygert, Mrs. Rufus Willicutt. Mrs. Rpencer Rice?Miss Mint loses, Miss Armeda Moses. Mrs. Ijewis Rice?Mrs. Sam T !r omb, Miss Thoodosia Jones. Mrs. Aubrey Rice?Miss Emily Gi am, Mrs. W. A. Corkill. Mrs. C. R. Robertson?Miss Et 'au. Miss Elizabeth Waddell. Mrs. I. I). Smith?Mrs. ('. P. Mi ay, Mrs. A. A. Gajje. Mrs. W. W. Summer?Mrs. J. 'itts, Mrs. E. J. Adair. Mrs. J. A. Sawyer?Mrs. W. Volfe, Mrs. T. T. Ayers. Mrs. W. H. Sartor?Miss Less Vitherspoon, Mrs. John Cantey, M ?. F). Childs. Miss Alsie Smith?Miss Nell Cart liss Jessie Armstrong. Mrs. M. R. Summer?Mrs. J. thame, Mrs. R. J. Raehley. Mrs. W. E. Thomson?Mrs. G. Jatheson, Mrs. Perry Felder, M Iteppe, Mrs. T. R. Trimmier. Mrs. W. B. Todd?Mrs. J. J. Brow ee, Mrs. J. M. Sullivan, Jr.^ Miss Edna Tinsley?Mrs. Air tfance, Mrs. A. W. Ruth. Mrs. L. C. Wharton?Mrs. Alonzo SS Keller. Mrs. L. L. Wagnon?Mrs. B. R. Carhe ter, Mrs. J. L. Johnson. Mrs. J. C. Wallace?Mrs. L. Scott. Mrs. A. G. Sinclair, Mrs. S. Swindell. Mrs. Geo. P. White?Mrs. M. J. J o- Turner, Mrs. O. D. Black. Mrs. J. B. Williams?Mrs. Wm. B. Cain, Miss Mary Seigler. Mrs. R. E. White?Mrs. T. C. L. Schumpert, Miss Edna Fellers. ~ iir^n it:? miBo iuiiiine t* a liver itiios avuii xvivlla ers, Mrs. Rosa Mcl^eod. Mrs. Macbeth Young?Mrs. I. J. L. Mauldin, Mrs. W. T. McFale, Mrs. S. ry R. Hendrix. Mrs. L. G. Young?Mrs. W. H. iia Mills. ss Mrs. Padgett?Mrs. H. C. Folk, Miss Wiley. ir- Mrs. Haile?Mrs. J. G. Stabler, Mrs. S. E. Owens. y. Mrs. McElroy?Mrs. Robt. Mcin> Holmes. Mrs. D. H. Wallace?Mrs. E. S. F. VI Giles, Miss Lucile Wallace. Hotel?Mrs. W. H. Carwile, Mrs. G. D. C. Matthews, Mrs. E. J. Burch, Mrs. W. J. Wilkins, Miss Caroline Weafchn erby, Mrs. C. J. Field, Mrs. Smith, M rs. Whitman, Mrs. J. O. Denny. e" FA1RFOREST CHAPTER, D. A. R. Fair Forest Chapter, D. A. R., held jj the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. K. Smith. The program was opened with a piano solo beautifully renJdered by Miss Edith Smith. A motion was made that hereafter j the names of all applicants for membership should be presented before the chapter by the membership committee and voted on by the members l^' by secret ballot. This was carried and ' ' it was further decided that an appli. cant's election must be unanimous and 3 ~ that this should be put in the by-laws. The regent then read a letter from . a Mrs. Lancaster of Pauline, S. C., who wrote that the father of Gov. na Johnson is buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard of Philadelphia Baptist church near Pauline, and I asked if he was a Rovnlntinnol Ortl er dier. No one present could give any information on this subject. The quesr*' tion of putting a marker to the grave was discussed but nothing definite decided. A circular letter from Reed Miller, the famous singer, was read requesting the D. A. R. to adopt his music to Timrod's "Carolina." Mrs. Hames, in the name of Miss lv" Minnie Walker, presented the chapter with a most unique gift, a dart, which " had been purchased in New York city at the Allies bazaar by the brother in" of the donor. These darts, which'are made of steel with sharply pointed, "i1 weighted tips, are showered in thousands upon the Germons by the French aviators in their raids. ,/The one presented by Miss Walker wil^bi, on exhibition at the Carnegie library, ne where any interested may see it. . Miss Kathryn Layton sang in her ,n? usual charming manner, "Somewhere a Voice is Calling", after which Miss rie Minnie Walker read a most instructive and amusincr naner nn ry ney and showed some of the handmade nails and wood from one of the celebrated old houses of the township. The meeting was then turned over " to the hostesses, Mrs. H. K. Smith, Miss Edith Smith and Mrs. Matheson was served delicious refreshments, assisted by little Misses Emma Smith e'" and Elizabeth Matheson. B "MADE MY BLOOD RUN COLD." 1. )n' A Common Expression Yhat States a Physical Impossibility. on "My blood runs cold at the very thought" Is not a novel expression, l'ou often either hear some one else say It or aver it yourself. Your blood cannot "run cold" as long as you ure alive and well. If the blood really becomes colder than "blood heat" something serious happens to )('? your health. When you feel cold it is a sensation. 'J not necessarily the temperature of the tissues. Often with the blood feverish l'a or away above its normal warmth you feel chilly. So much of the superheatlie ed blood is then at the surface of the skin that an extra normal amount of T'. heat leaves too quickly. On the other hand, men and women *ic who drink beer, gin. whisky and siinlj lar alcoholic beverages "feel the glow it- of warmth" and believe they are hot when as a matter of course their blood in, is a trifle below blood heat temporal's. ture?at times manifestly a dangerous thing. na True enough, the blood has much to do with how you feel. This, however. ^ . is not because it "blows hot or blows cold." but because that part of it in the skin where the sensations of heat 1ie and cold are located reflects the outside surroundings according to the pre vious experience and habits of each individual's skin. "a- if a stoker and an employee of a re tiiKcruuun pium are put in a coicj ta draft or before an open grate (ire eaeli will feel chilly or hot according ir- to bis previous experience and habits. The stoker will "catch a cold" in the M. "draft." which will have no effect whatsoever upon the man used to cold C. storage temperature.-San Francisco Chronicle. ue rs. Inherent Dread of Cats For Dogs. The instinctive fear which cats have er, of dogs is illustrated very amusingly by stroking a dog and then caressing a II. blind and newborn kitten with the same hand that has touched the dog. D. At ojico the kitten will spit and fluff rs itself up in the most nbsurd way. distinguishing the smell of the beast ,n_ which experience for thousands of generations has taught It most to dread.? na London Standard. JOHN MUIR AND HIS BREAC The Famous Naturalist Lived the Rej Simple Life. The naturalist and explorer, Joh Mulr, was a curiously simple man?a simple in his tastes and appetites a lu his views of life and conducL O his trips through the S >rras he neve carried a gun and never killed garni nor did he catch fish. He lived almost exclusively on plal dry bread. "There is no waste In It, he used to sny. "Every particle is c value. 1 also take along a small pact age of tea uud u little tin cup in a stor canvas bag. I can sustain my strcngt on this diet for months at a time, occasionally run across some wild bei rles or an edible root to chew on, bt the.v are not Important." At dinners to which he was Invite Mr. Mulr would usually barely tast of soup or fruit, never touch meat c any fancy dessert, talk while othet ate and nibble away between times t a slice of bread without butter. Once while visiting Pasadena he wr one of a party starting out to get sui per, after which It was purposed t spend the evening In the rooms of qe of the company. As they walked alon the street they passed a bakery, an Mr. Mulr stopped. "Why, friends, loo here!" he said. "That la good lookln bread. Why go any farther? Let's bu a couple of loaves and take them 1 the foom with us." And ho was qull In earnest. Once a friend took him to luncheo at a famous restaurant In San Frai clsco. As they took seats at a tab] Mr. Mulr was engaged In some dlscui slon In which he was so absorbed the he was oblHtous to everything els< His friend could not Interrupt hir and so the talk flowed on until tli time approached for closing the re taurant. The head waiter told tt host that he must give his order wltl out further delay. Taking advantap of the interruption, the friend sugges ed to Mr. Mulr that he should give h! order. He seemed startled. "I ha\ all I wish," he exclaimed. "Order f< yourself." For an hour ns he talke he had been chewing bits of bread.Youth's Companion. EXERCISE AND HEALTH. Simple Rules For Developing the Bod and Keeping "Fit." "It isn't necessary to give a lot < time to the Job of keeping fit," sal me pnysicai uirecror or west Foil Military academy. "Ten or fifteen mil utea of setting up exercise in the mon ing and a walk every day?not nece sarlly a long one, but one In wliie you march briskly like a Boldler, wit your head and chest up and your shou dera back?will work wonders. Do yc know why so many men are narro chested and weak? It Is because the never have given themselves a chaut to breathe and never have given the ' tfausoles enough exercise. "Many people, men, women and chl dren, are seml-lnvallds most of the lives because of the lack of a few mil utes of dally exercise and also becauf they have never been taught a prop* posture and carriage?such, for ii stance, as we Insist upon at all tlm< in cadets?a position In which evei organ of the body Is held in its propi place, with ample space to carry on 1 own particular function without r strictlon, and In which every muscle < the body Is furnishing its own tran .portation, so to speak, and not depen ing upon other muscles to do for what it was intended it should do f< Itself. "Proper posture and carriage, wli shoulders square, chest arched, het erect and body well stretched from tl waist up, will of their own accoui contribute much toward relieving oi people of the many petty and not a fe of the serious Ills from which th< are now suffering. They are the fou datlon of robust health and should 1 insisted upon In children from the vei beginning until they become a hat and as such will displace the diseai breeding, slouchy habit now so prev lent among people of all ages und st tlons."?World's Work. Acts of tho Apostles. The weight of testimony Is in fav of St. Luke ns the author of the Ac of the Apostles, though Rome respect ble" critics claim that the nuthorsh is quite unknown. There are no su data for determining the date of tl Acts. Various dates have been n crlbed. Some think that It was wr fnn nhnnf Mir* rnne WD hold thnt It could not hnve been wr ten before the second century, abo A. D. 125.?Now York American. Where Eve Is Buried. Jeddnh Is a most Important town f the entire human race, apart from t ing the principal landing place for p prims to the liolv cities. Close besli the city is burled no less a personal than Eve. The reputed mother mankind, like a good Moslemnh. II with her feet toward Mecca. II grave has gradually grown and Is no of huge dimensions.- -Westminster O zette. Just Indorses the Check. When you see 2td23. tf34, t2eod, 34' xylf, wod-snt. inedtoe and kindred c presslons hitched to the tall of a nev paper article. It Is a sign thnt the t iter's motives in running the artl( were entirely mercenary and he m or may not indorse the sentiments f pressed therein. Emporia Gazette. Somo Observer. , "I'm very glad you never mnrrle auntie." "Why. my dear?" "Coz if you had a man to look aft like my ma you wouldn't have half much time to l>o good to me."?Detr< Free Press. ). F??? ! Jack ] s. ; ...Is Abou c It _____ h ~ r- We are ready to pr< it . him, and rain and a d e I ALL WOO ? S10 And Up t0 le g (1 ? = * "Stronger Tha ie Shoes for the W1 n at In fact we have the * Clothing, Shoes a ii. ie that we have eve] ? prices are as low as :e t- = Is Give Us A Chanc d ;; Union G I Comp s D. W. MULLir b b ? THE PEASANT'S RIDDLE. lr And How tho Sicilian Kept the Prom- | A ll_ is* He Made to the King. *r A Sicilian laborer told us this story. 1 fie says his mother told it to him va when he was a child. It sounds like Af ?r one of Grimm's tales and is undoubt- M< edly very old folk lore: ph " "My mother told me that once there tra was a king who saw a peasant work- ev< ts ing in a field and asked him how much je< p he earned. And the peasant said, mi 'Four carlini a day.' 'What do you do ne; R with your 4 carlini?' asked the king, be 'One I eat, the second I put at interest, re< j* the third I return, and the fourth 1 3r throw away.' This puzzled the king. cjv and he asked the .peasant what he ne meant. And the peasant said: fOJ l(1 " T buy my food with one. I feed 8t( my children with the second, and that jn |lt is putting money out at Interest. I cn ir feed my old father with the third, and an that is paying back what has been na given me. I give the fourth to my th( wife, and giving her money is throwJ(j ln* !t awfly-' fa " 'That's a good riddle,' said the ^ (jt king, 'and I must tell it to my friends. Fromlse me that you won't tell any a one tlio answer till you have seen my j"' H face a hundred times." So the peasant promised, and the king went hack to ^ ( his palace and asked them the riddle. ie Nobody could answer, hut one remembered seeing the king talk to a peas- u ant, so ho went to the peasant and S asked him about It. Hut the peasant ot' fl- 9 . said: 'I can't tell you. 1 promised the 11 king I wouldn't tell the answer till I ?'1 ( > had seen his face a hundred times." H "Oh, that's easy!' said the king's friend 'o: ' and he took a hundred lire out of hi- 1,1 pocket and every o:e< e of money had he rs . the king's face stamped on it. ca I "So the peasant told the king's friend 1 II the answer to the riddle, and the king's pf friend went hack to the palace and wl said to the king, 'I can giless your rid fe die now," and he did. Then tne king nf <>r became angry and said: "You couldn't In: have guessed It. That i>easant has he ' broken his promise!' So the friend had fe ? to tell the king how he had fooled the an peasant."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. of mi PS Keep It Dark. or May?Of course you know that our fr' w engagement Is secret. Jane?Oh, yes; . a. so I nm told by everybody!?Pearson's , Weekly. al al ;NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. pv pd b}1 '* State of South Carolina, bl County of Union. nt . Court of Probate. be le .. ny Notice is hereby Riven, that on the ,n ?x. 9th day of December, 1916, at 11 ,n o'clock, a. m., in the Court of Probate for said County, the undersigned ^ will make his final settlement as 8,1 fj Guardian of the Estate of Oliver G. bl Rice, and that thereupon he will ap- ro ply to the Judge of said Court, for ov e, his final discharge as such Guardian. c" Evelina S. Rice. co >lt This 8th day of November, 1916. 8,1 Published in The Union Times for 00 .10 days. Pfl t Due... >tect you against ny old weather >L SUITS 1 $26.50 n The Law" hole Family largest stock of nd Furnishings r had. and the the other fellow. e To Prove It! lothing anv FIGHTING AN ELEPHANT. _____ / Bishop's 8tory of on Exciting Ex- r psrisnes In Africa. Che strongest opponents to the adnce of civilization in west Central rica, says Bishop Lambuth. the ithodist missionary, are the wild eleants. They break down fences, imple gardens, pull up trees and en telegraph poles, because they ob:t to anything strange in their fallar haunts. One savage monster arly wrecked a small steam launch longing to the mission on the upper iches of the Kongo. The boat, with three white men, iniding the bishop, and a crew of Ave groes, had tied up on the edge of a rest in a quiet bend of the river. /V >ut plank was laid as a gangway >m the bow to the bank, and the jw worked until nightfall cutting d piling firewood for the boat's furce. Then they came on deck for eir evening meal. The three white ?n were already at dinner when a arful yell from the natives brought em out of the cabin to see a large ?phant viciously attacking the woodle. The blacks went ashore with ebrands snatched out of the cook >ve to drive the monster away. But pnhl no attention to them nntll he d demolished the woodpile, when he [lipped one man with his trunk heels er head into the river and chased the liers hack into the boat, rhundcring after, with red gullet en. tusks Hashing and trunk flailing e air, he planted both tremendous re feet on the gangplank. It bent itll it cracked under his weight, but Id stoutly, although the whole boat reened ami seemed ready io capsize. In another moment the elephant had nssed the plank and was astride it Ith hind feet on the shore and fore et on the boat. There he stood, raid to advance"or retreat, a gigantic lage of baffled rage. In his "fury he gan stamping with those great fore et, and the boat rocked crazily back id forth. What might have happened if the ouster had come aboard with all his enzied weight can only be imagined, r tlie captain by this time had fetchI the only rifle on lioard and. risking I on one shot, bad thrust the muzzle most into trie {taping mouth and died the trigger. Fortunately the bullet lodged In tli?J ise of the brain. The elephant turned to his knees and Into the water it the hank, his hulk thrusting tho >at aside so suddenly that it snapped e bowlines and sent the men staggerg to the gunwale. At the next government trading post c captain had two splendid tusks to ow as the result of bis cool daring; it, to his astonishment, he was ftrsted for shooting the elephant withit a license. It was with great dlfflilty that the government official was nvlnced, that the animal had been iot in self defense. Even then heufiscated the ivory.?Youth's Cominion.