The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-07-28

head OF an elephant is, you will see
how needlessly cruel this would be.
Il an elephant turns upon you,
jump on his back. This is the only
place you can get where he will be un-
likely to step on you.
Do not try to shoot elephants with
the hard pease you use for your tin
soldier battles. 1t will only be a
waste OF pease; the elephant will new
er know Tat he is being hunted, and
it's not polite to hunt any poor
dumb beast without giving him some
linking as to what is going on.
Before hunting the elephant, study
the appearance Of the creature we'll.
The head OF an elephant can always
be told from his tail by the fact that
! 1t has ears on it.
II the elephant is tired and doesn't
want to he hunted, respect his feelings
ana let him alone. Do not, under
any circumstances, try to rouse him
70 action by sticking pins into him or
placing a fresh-roasred peanut Just
out OF ms reach. Boys who do this
are not huntsmen, but teasers, and
Ihere IS nothing meaner than teasing
an animal that does not wish to be
leased.
VI course most hunters chase the
elephant for the sake of the ivory in
ms tusks, but it is not the correct
thlng to sneak up to him when he is
asleep and pull his teeth while he
doesn't know it. Actions OF this
sort are cowardly, and in no sense
partakeof the element of sport.
Elephants have been known to be
Killed by being run over by railway
trains. Jumbo was killed in this way
but very few hunters care to 90 to the
expense OF killing elephants in this
manner. Gatling-guns are a. great
deal cheaper and more efficacious.
This last word is rather large, but Won
must remember that SO is an elephant.
Your father may be able to tell YOU
what it means.
DO not try to get an elephant down
SO that you can hit him by tripping
him up with your foot. This is dan
gerous, and seldom works.
| After you have caught your elephant
do not try to lead him back home by
means OF leather strap. Coax him
with kindness. Give him bun, and lead
HIM gently on by holding out to him a.
nope OF more buns at the end of his
journey.
Always be plentifully supplied with
Doxlng-gloves, to put on the ends OF
the captured elephants tusks and
trunk. This will enable you to bear
more easily such slaps and blows as
he may give you on the way into
captivity.
Do not be greedy about your eIe-
plants. Hyou catch a dozen in an
q afternoon be satisfied with your good
fortune. More than twelve you would
ind hard to manage, and the thirt-
eenth-thirteen being an unluckv
number-might prove q disastrous
acquisition. What this is the diction-
airy will tell you-only look for the
definition under "disastrous" and
acquisition" You won't find it I'M
der elephants" Carlyle Smith IN
Harper's Young people.
An Interrupted Drive. 800
1t is not often that an heir to a
throne receives the important news of
his accession with the carelessness dis
played by the Comte de Chambord
on the occasion of the abdication of
his grandfather. One morning the
King OF France summoned several of
his friends and relations, and among
them his little grandson and his sis
ter. Taking the little boy on his knee,
he embraced him affectionately and
turned away. "Here is my abdica-
ton" he said, taking a paper from
the table. The kings, little grand
daughter, crept close up to her brother,
and said in a low tone: ssome mis-
| fortune is going to happen; every one
is looking at us and crying. Let us
4 go away to the balcony" They
walked slowly away, and in a
few minutes forgot their trouble.
An hour later the two children had
constructed q carriage and horses of
chairs, and the young heir, perched
on high seat, was driving four-in-
hand in fine style. Presently a,nobe-
man entered, and, bowling, said:
'Sire, am commissioned to inform
you that the king, your grandfather,
not being able to make France happy,
in spite OF his wish to do so, has add
Gated the throne, and you, sire, will
be king under the title OF Henry the
Fifth. " The boy got down quietly
| from his seat, put his hands on the
nobleman's shoulders, and looked up
into his face. 'sGrandfather,. who is
so good, is not able to make France
happy, and so they want to make me
king. What nonsense!" Then, shrug-
ging his shoulders, he added, ''But,
sir, what you say is impossible"
!. Whilst he was speaking he had pick
ed up his whip and the reins. and, re-
mounting the drivers seat, said,
"Come, sister, let's play. Little
Folks
Fly Time.
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