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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-09
CLERKS MISTAKE.

MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala, Dec.
9.-"MusseI Shoals" it would be,
not Muscle Shoals"
This spot on she Tennessee river
used to be rendezvous FOR In
dians to feast on the fresh water
mussels.
But when the government pre-
pared the first formal map of the
river, some clerk inscribed it
"Muscle" instead Of 'Mussel."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-09
EVENING PRAYER AT CALVARY
CHURCH.

Evening prayer will be said III
Calvary church tonight at 7 o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-12-09
WEATHER FORECAST:

For Georgia: Generally fair and
somewhat colder tonight; possibly
light; frost Saturday fair.
Evening star., 1921-05-29

work. that he had enough rice and fish
for the day and that he might die during
the night. 1t is an unanswerable argu-
ment. Tomorow,,s food can be found
when tomorrow comes.
THE Malay's food is simple and
his clothes are few. With no
more effort than dropping few seeds
and covering them with earth he can
grow most of the food he needs. aside
from his rice and fish. One catch of
fish will supply his family for weeks
and give him surplus to sell to the
Chinese traders. With the money he
can buy some cloth and a little pow
der. Six or seven good sized chickens
cost one Mexican dollar. eggs cost ono
Mexican cent. yams one or two cents
each. pineapples. two or three cents.
Why worry about the tomorrow that
may never come? Why should a Malay
gentleman. who believes in Allah and
whose stomach is full, do the labor
that can be done by heather. pig
eating Chinese?
viii you row me across the river?'
asked Malay one day.
"Tuan, have eaten and l have had
plenty" he responded. You may take
my boat and row yourself across the
river. Tomorrow. if Allah grants me
life and if need the boat. will swim
over for it,"
That Malay trait of living for the
moment has led many a European TO
murder. and more than once il made
me feel like running amok. 1t is mad
dening. Getting work out of Malays iS
a fine art, science to be learned
only after years of patient arguing
and cajoling. And yet. with all their
laziness. they are lovable people. In
most cases they are brave and willing
TO do anything for a person they like
Under the circumstances. sick with
fever and worn out by the drive
through the jungle. ] was entitled 10
some doubt as to what the next few
months would bring. The sultan had
left strict orders that ! was to be pro-
vided with all the labor / needed. and
Omar was there to assist me. How
ever. ! waited with anxiety to see
what the attitude of the natives
would be after they had fnished d
celebrating. and j was encouraged 10
>2nd that I had earned the name Tuan
.<ajah-Sir Elephant. They were
deeply Impressed by the power OF
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By Charles Mayer
Illustrated by Will Crawford

the white man who had engineered
great drive of sixty elephants and
who owned the exceedingly marvellous
gun that his man, Ali. displayed with
such proud ostentation.
lnasmuch as they were receiving no
money for their work. they had some
right to object. but ] humored them
with promises of celebrations and
games. The white mans camp be-
came popular place in Trengganu
Wonderful tales of what was done
there spread through the country. and
could command an audience in their
home compounds when they returned
The elephant drive was historic
event in the country. and henceforth We
had little trouble with labor.
X x !: X
THE work of breaking wild ele-
plants must be carried on with
painstaking exactncss. for one Gle
phant can create havoc in a few
seconds if the men lose control. The
first task is the building of the
stocks where the elephants are to be
held while they become accustomed
to men; then comes the work of driv-
ing into the ground. about four feet
apart. two rows of heavy stakes,
leading from the trap to the stocks.
Also. next the trap. small inclosure,
four or five feet wide by fifteen long.
is built at the end of the passageway
formed by the stakes. The piles of
the, trap are removed from the en-
trance to this inclosure and bars are
substituted. Since the elephants
were given practically no food dur
ing the time they we're kept in. the
trap. they we're half-starved when
the breaking commenced. In their
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+ tux :nue tAan a week after the
dann ~ bo 80

+ tux :nu1e tAan a week after the
departure of the Sultan OF Treng-
gnu for the natives to get their fill
OF celebration. While they feasted
and danced l made my plans for the
stocks in which the sixty elephants were
to be broken.
The breaking Of elephants, especially
so large a herd, is a long, tedious job.
] was thankful that / had Prince Omar
with me to keep the natives working.
The hunter, who kills and skins his ami
mails. has simple life compared with
fae collector, who must not only take
convey them through miles Of jungle
country to a port. Months OF hard labor
were before US. and the success of the
expedition was by no means assured.
even though we had our elephants safe
in the stockade. 1t was to be a great
test in managing the natives.
There is only one thing that a Malay
values, and that is his kris-hiS knife.
To lose this cherished possession means
10 lose honor. There is a saying to the
but a lucky kris. Their disregard of
money makes all dealings with Malays
extremely difficult. and their dislike for
work has completely blocked more than
one project. To my mind. the Malays
are the LATEST people in the world.
When work is an exciting or amusing
game. such as the hunt. they will go on
for days without signs of fatigue. They
seem to keep alive by some fanatic en-
ergy. But when work is just plain la Dor
Or a Malay may say canddly: "Sir. 1
have just had plenty to eat. am con-
tent" Many times I have had a Malay
tell me, when l asked him to do some
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weakened condition they were much
less dangerous to handle. and. too.
they could then be fed in such way
as to impress upon them the fact
that good behavior brings good
treatment.
The young elephants required no
breaking. and so they were lured
from the trap with food. They
roamed about the camp. playing and
watching operations.
AS soon as the tuskers were taken
from the trap they were killed for
their ivory. The tusks were worth
almost as much as could get for
the live animals. and tusks are far
easier to handle than animals that
have to be broken and fed. Also. as
might eat and die did the killing
with my express rife. The explosive
bullets produced instant death. An
| other way of killing an elephant is
TO strangie him by running two ropes
around his neck and having eIe-
plants pull him in opposite direc-
tIons.
AS soon as all the equipment for
breaking was ready-I instructed the
natives in their work. With a select
| crew of men. l rehearsed all the de-
tails of what we were going to- do
and how we were going to do it.
| Finally. I ordered food placed in the
| inclosure and the bars drawn. The
nearest elephant saw the food.
| shifted, tapped his ears and walked
| in Breaking commenced.
| AS soon as the elephant enters the
| smaller inclosure. the bars behind
him are slipped. He eats the food so
| eagerly that he does not realize quite
| what is happening and the men put
the knee and foot hobbies on him
These allow him about one-Quarter OF
his normal step. Rattan ropes are
| fastened TO his feet and drawn out
! through the bars: his trunk is Sc
cured SO that he can do no damage
! with il.
( There is a great deal Of misunder-
| standing about what an elephant can
do with his trunk. 1t is a sensitive
organ and he never uses it for heavy
, labor, but he can strike terrific
| blow with il. l have seen many a
mans ribs and arms broken when he
neglected to take the proper precau-
| tions. In approaching a dangerous
! elephant man should come up side
| ways. with the nearer arm folded to
protect the ribs. Then, if the ele-
rhant strikes. he should try to catch
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"Vaudeville's" Origin.
,.I vAUDEVILLE" is one of

cN cNIACDENlLLE Is one or the
words that from a small begin
ming has made for itself an important
place in the world of words. Not
more than thirty years ago it was
a rare word with a majority Of Amer
leans and it was pronounced in diff
ferent ways and with no great de-
gree of assurance. 1t was known to
be a French word and most persons
suspected that il was also a naughty
word. In most cases and in most the
aters, il was prefaced with another
word of French descent. That word
was polite" You seldom went to
any other kind of vaudeville than
polite" vaudeville. and you some
times even attended refined" vaude-
vile. But plain vaudeville was too
risky for your morals. or, at least.
for your reputation for morals in
your home town.
There was really never anything
wrong with the word vaudeville"
though it was often applied to shows
of a very low intellectual tone. and
perhaps still s..
In the fifteenth century there nour-
ished poet whose name was Oliver
Basseln. He wrote songs that were
convivial. He lived in Normandy. in
that town which was called Saude-
wire. 1t was so named because it
stood in the valley. or the val or
"vau" of the river Wire. One of Bas-
selin's books of verse was called by
him Songs of Vaudevire." From this
fact vaudevire came to mean
throughout France a ''rondelay."
"virelay' or a rustic song. Then il
came to stand for comical rustic
saying and later came to be applied
to little public entertainment here
songs were sung and jokes cracked.
AS the years and decades passed.
the word "vaudevire" by some proc
ess that cannot with certainty he
traced was changed to vaudeville
Perhaps in some way. il was in mem
orv of the little place of Naudevire
which was valley "ville" or valley
city. At any rate that is about the
best that can he done. in telling how
we came by tn" word which means
an entertainment of unrelated 'A6tg
or turns"
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elephant refused to below. In that
case | had the men lead him out to
be shot. for knew I should be vast
ing time in trying to break him.
Eight months passed in this work,
was sick with fever and dsyentery.
and l was glad when we could break
camp. Riding on the head of an elc-
phant. ] led my catch through the
jungle TO port. Once again I paid my
respects to the sultan. who told me
that ] might hunt in Trengganu
whenever l pleased. A year before.
should have been wildly delighted at
the prospect of having Trengganu
open to me under his protection. but
now, with my health broken. I did
not care much if l never saw the
! arranged for the keeping of the
animals until they could be brought
by boat to Singapore. and then
caught the first coast steamer south.
Singapore / found that the story of
the big capture had been the talk of
the city for months. In fact. several
days after I arrived. ] went to call
on my former enemy. Mohammcd
ArifY. and he took off his turban and
bowed We had many dealings after
| that. and he always treated me with
the greatest respect and honesty.
When I was leading one Of the
fsmaller elephants through the streets
had rented in Orchard road. l was
| approached by an Arab.
'sTuan mau jual?' (Sir, do you wish
to sell?) he asked.
"Of course" answered. was sick
and tired, and / did not want to be
, bothered.
He persisted. "Tuan. how much?"
| "All Of them or just one?"
THAT one" he answered. pointing
| to the elephant I was leading.
= X i:
| 7 THOUGHT he was asking just out
of curiosity, and so I set price
that l thought would silence him
! $4,000 Mexican.
"Tuan. truly will you sell it for
| that"
Yes"
He followed me to the animal house,
| and / wondered what he had on his
| mind. AS a matter of fact. I would
| have sold the elephant for $3.50, be-
| cause it was young and small. At the
animal house. he again asked me if /
would Sell for $4,000; then he undid
| several of the shirts he was wearing
| and pulled forth an old wallet. He
gave me $500 to bind the bargain and
| called 1rlend OF mis- 10 act as VIII
/ ness When he left to get the rest
of the money. I went to the stall
] where 1 had placed the animal and
| examined it.
1t didn't take me long to discover
| why the Arab was willing to pay
/ $4,000. The little elephant had twenty
| toes instead OF the usual eighteen.
| Twenty-toed elephants are held in
! veneration throughout India. and are
| keenly sought by all the rajahs and
maha ra jahs for the prosperity they arc
supposed to bring. They are guarded
| more carefully and quartered even
| more sumptuously than the white ele-
! plants Of Siam, and the price they
will bring is determined almost en-
| tirely by the amount the rajahs can
| gather together. My little twenty
! tocd elephant was a faultless speci-
| men, He was about five years old.
and stood four and A half feet high.
His head was perfectly shaped hi.
back was straight and absolutely even
with the top OF his head.
! Was naturally disguised to think
that had let such a bargain slip out
Of my hands. and. when the arab re,
turned. 7 blamed him for cheating M
YAAa1 - Aick vita th4 lever. :.
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breed. The tuskers are used in the
teak forests for handling logs. The
females bear young about every three
years until they reach an age of from
seventy to seventy-five years. The
period Of carrying varies from eight
cen months in the case of a female
baby to twenty-one months in the
case of male. baby elephant, as
I have already written, weighs ap-
proximately 200 pounds at birth and
stands --thirty-siX inches high. 1t
suckles from six to nine months. The
breasts of the female are located just
back ofFthe fore legs. and the baby
runs it's trunk up along il: mothers
side while nursing. Its next food is
fruit and the tenderest bamboo
shoots. 1t is very fond of sugar. IT
grows at the rate of one inch a month
up to its third year and attains its
,, full eEon LII, but not maturity. at
d bout t-~nnty-tive. The a2" of AN
elephant is told largely by the ears:
an old elephant has ragged ears and
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abused him and his ancestors and
gave a great show of Indignation.
He begged me to take the money and
give him the elephant: | refused the
money and told him to take the clc-
phant out of my sight.
Il have put d curse on him.. I said.
He will be dead within twcnty-fou
hours
At this he burst into tears. beg
EinS me to remove the curse. He
said that he was poor man and
that the elephants death would ruin
him. Finally We reached COM
promise. He would pay me an extra
$500, and ] would arrange transpor-
tation to India for the elephant. Then,
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tionate. They never show any in
clination to so. back to the jungle.
even when used for the purpose of
running wild elephants. In Siam all
the driving of herds into the traps is
done on female elephants. and their
presence calms the herd. have seen
wild elephant. holding him while hi.
docileiy allowed himself to be hob
bled.
X X x X
THE hunts in Siam are for tuskers,
and the females are for the most
part allowed to run free again to
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with a below. he knelt down and
dropped on his side to cover the wound.
While ! kept him down. Ali arranged
the hobbies; then We petted him and
allowed him to stand. He got to his
feet doubtfully, as if he weren't sure
that We were not playing trick on
him-urging him to Stand up SO that
we could jab him again. The wound
I had torn in his side was large enough
for two fists, and it must have panied
him terribly. He was worn out by the
fight and he hobbled off to his new
stall. much subdued. Several days
later he came out of the must" period,
which rarely lasts for more than a
week. and became again the docile ele-
phant that took children OIL his back
for a ride.
| went to see him several times be-
fore I returned to Singapore and. when
! entered the stall he edged away from
me. protecting his side. Years later,
I.went to Sydney and entered his stall
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if the sale proved profitable. he was
to return to, Singapore and pay me
an additional $500. He swore by
Allah and the Prophet that he would
keep his word. SO / removed the
curse and took his money and he
departed happily. a month later he
returned and paid me the $500. He
had sold the elephant to the maharajah
Of Mysore for 10000 rupees. The Arab
later bought four large elephants
from me.
During my nineteen years in the
Malay archipelago captured hun
dreds of elephants, but none of the
herds was SO large as my first catch.
And. though I always looked care
fully at an elephants feet before ]
sold him. never again did I bag one
with twenty toes.
OF all the animals I have handled
| in my experience as collector pre-
! fer elephants. They are interesting
and amusing beasts. and. once broken.
they: become hardworkinS anG a&ef-
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In next Sundays Star Mr..
Mayer will discuss the ship
ping of elephants. will relate
his adventures as manager OF
a merry-go-round among the
Malays and as puNeyor OF
animals to the King OF Siam.
and will give an account of
his capture of a rhinooeros.
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He didn't recognize me until put my
hand on the scar. then he muttered
deep down in his throat and lay down.
| petted him and fed him sugar. and
he seemed to harbor no resentment
against me- but he did remember me
ir connection with a strenuous and un-
pleasant afternoon.
copyright. 1921. by Asia-l
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01
MARY TWEHUS ASKS
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES

Complaint for $4,000 damages for
personal injuries was filed by Mary
Twehus, 419 South Sixth street, VS..
Edward c. Stems in Wayne circuit
court Thursday.
The action states that Mrs. Twehus
was injured as she entered ST. An
drew's church to attend a wedding
June "a, 1920. According to the COM
plant Mr.. Stems was engaged as a
contractor to erect the scaffold for
some interior decorating at the
church. He had placed some boards
under church seats, the complaint
says. Mrs. Twehus stumbled over
some of these and injured her right
knee, she alleges
Mrs. Twehus states that she was
entering the church with the neces-
sary care for her safety, but that the
position of the boards were such as
TO make them dangerous.
Mr.. Stems carries liability insur
ance with the Hartford Accident ani
Insurance company, who will defend
| the suit .. s.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01

! her home in Billings, Montana. Mrs.
Martin has spent the past few weeks
at the bedside OF her father. Lewis
Thompson. Glen Young and Miss
Mary Conner were united in marriage
at the Methodist parsonage at Eaton,
Thursday afternoon. Rev. A. j. Bussard
performing the ceremony. Both young
PEOPLE have many friends in New
Paris, where they will make their
home . Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Aker
and children, of Dayton, were the
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
| w. Aker.. +. Miss Vera Beyington has
returned after a visit with a college
| friend at Troy. o.. Paul w. Clark
was the honor guest AZ a dinner given
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. R.
Clark, Sunday, the occasion being his
twenty-seventh birthday The follow
i ing guests were present: Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. kirkpatrick and son, William, OF
Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Heer-
man, of Cincinnati, Nj. and Mrs. G. P.
Kirkpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. Paul w.
Clark, and Mrs. Frances Kirkpatrick
:. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Aker, of Eaton,
| spent Saturday night and Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Aker and Mr.. and
Mrs. Marcus Penland. Misses Clara
ard Hannah Nossett are the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ". F. Wolf and Mr.. and
Mrs William Bunnell, at Middleboro
o.. Miss Thelma Aker. of Dayton, is
spending this week with her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Aker..
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01
DR.. DEXTER To HEAD
EARLHAM Department

DR.. Walter Dexter, who has just
completed work for his doctors degree
in the department of education at
Harvard university has arrived TO as
sumo his duties as head of the depart
ment of education at Earlham college,
it was announced Thursday by Pres
ident David NJ. Edwards.
The chair in the Greek department
left vacant by DR.. Lindley Dean is TO
be filled by John R. Webb, former
pastor of the East Main Street Friends
church, it has been announced from
the Office of the college president
Mr.. Webb recently has been en-
gagged in work at the Friends Central
Offices Of this city. He is graduate OF
Haverford college and took his post
graduate work at the University OF
Toronto, at Toranto, Canada.
No new professors will be appointed
to fill vacancies in the classical Ian
guage department this year, it is said
but other professors in the college will
take over the classes temporarily.
Mrs. Anna Cox Brinton, who is now
a professor in the classical Language
department of Mills college in Santa
Fe, Cal, has been secured to teach in
that department at Earlham in the
year 1922-1923
Mrs. Brinton's husband, Prof How
ard H. Brinton, will also come to Earl
ham college next year, it is announc
ed, to accept a professorship in the
physics department Prof Brinton i!
completing work towards his doctor:
degree at the University of California
this year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01
BOARD ANNOUNCES
SCHOOL APPOINTMENTS

The board of education approved the
appointment of three new high school
instructors and five appointments to
the elementary schools as well as the
re-appointment of the school nurses
and physicians when it met Wednes'
day afternoon.
High school appointments included:
Miss Julia Stevenson, of Delaware,
O., as instructor in French; Miss Ma
RE Thorpe, of Muskegon, Mich, as in
structor in Latin; and George +
Thomas, of Green Bay, Wis, as a
member OF the annual training depart,
ment.
Teachers added to the elementary
grades personnel are: Miss Ruth
Cross, of Sullivan, Elmer Patten, Of
Stilesville; Miss Ruth Finfrock, o.
Attica; Miss Ruth CARNEY. of Delphi
and Miss Edna Toney, of this city
Mr.. Elmer Patten has been assigned
charge of the manual training depart
ment Of Garfield junior high school.
Nurses reelected for the school:
were: Miss Virginia Jones and Miss
Katherine Daub. DR.. ]. z. King anC
DR.. L. NJ. Gentle have been re-appoint
ed school physicians.
A few vacancies still remain to bC
filled but it is expected they will b.
filled by the end of the week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01
ART GALLERY TO GET
MRS. DOUGAN'S GIFTS

Four paintings and one large vase
presented by the late Mrs. George B.
Dougan to the Richmond Art associa-
ton were passed upon by William
Dudley Foulke, president; Mrs. NJ. F.
Johnston, director, and Francis Ed
munds, treasurer, of the association,
Wednesday, and their approval will be
given the associations selection COM
mittee when it meets to acknowledge
the gifts officially, it has been ar
nounced.
The five pieces of art are all works
of local artists. They include picture
by the distinguished John L. Bundy,
entitled Lingering Snow" a picture
by De Scott Evans, at one time a
favorite artist of this city; an early
Girardin Of the old national bridge
which is interesting historically: and
a marine picture by Edgar Forkner
which was painted under the direction
of his teachers in the east.
The vase, painted by H. Otto Punsch
formerly of this city, who won prom
inence as a painter of China, depicts
Mary Queen of Scots coming down q
great castle staircase followed by her
attendants. At the foot of the steps
on a little bench her favorite Rizzio is
asleep. This China painting like tha
Girardin has historic interest.