St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 42

SUNDAY MORNING ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH APRIL 23. 189? 1 1 RAJAH. MOST VICIOUS ELEPHW IN: CAPTIVITY, HA8 KILLED 9 HEIN. 5T.

L0UI5 ANIMALS WITH AM UNCOMMON HABIT. '1 A Cat and a Dog Which Will Drink Nothing But Flowing Water. JOHN W. PECKINGTON of 8venth and Pine streets, St- Loula. owns a cat which will drink nothing but running water from a hydrant, and Charlea Wickham, a restaurant man on Blxth street, owns a dog which slakes its thirst in the same manner.

There seems to be no accounting for the taste of either. A cat, particularly. Is careful about the manner of its drinking, lapping water gingerly from a basin or other receptacle, so that not a particle touches the outside of It mouth. A dog is almost as finical, yet this cat and this dog have learned to disregard all the rules of their forefathers. No matter how much water may be standing where they can get it, they will wait the hydrant water is turned on and then drink eagerly from the flowing stream.

If the wait is too long they will make their wants known by prancing around the hydrant or by scratching or clawing at the marble 1 VAW AJAH, the most vicious elephant In captivity, killed his ninth man April 9 at Argentina. where the DRINKING FROM A PUMP. A NEBRASKA DOCTOR USES PIGEONS TO SEND MESSAGES TO PATIENTS. MR. PECKINGTON'S DOG "But this Is not the only way in which pigeons can be made useful.

For example, when I am a considerable distance away from home and find that I need anything in the way of instruments or medicine from the office or drug store, I turn a pigeon loose with the message, and as soon as it reaches home my wife discovers what I want and sends It to me by my office boy. 'Physicians who desire to use pigeons for this class of work would do well to breed them, for themselves. However, pigeons bred in another loft may become first class carriers if they are confined two or three months in the loft which is to be their permanent home. "I commenced work with a single pigeon. but after I found the pCan practicable I procurea several others.

I now nave a dozen carriers and as many more breeders. "The training of these birds should commence at the age of 2 or 3 months, or as soon as they are strong enough to fly a considerable distance. First, they should THE FEROCIOUS HEAD HUNTERS OF SAMOA THE CRUISER RALEIGH'S STRANGE FOREIGN PETS. A TfP II circus to which he belongs was in winter quarters. The man he killed, Frank Fisher, was his keeper.

Fisher angered the big brute by striking him on the trunk, and Rajah promptly knocked him down. Falling to kill his with his tusks, which were sawed off, the maddened animal deliberately knelt on the man's body, crushing out his life. Rajah is an enormous East Indian elephant. For many years he has been exceedingly vicious, and several times after he had killed his keepers there were threats by the authorities to put an end to his existence. But his owners, finding his murderous Instincts rather an advantage in Increasing the attractive quality of the elephant, succeeded in preventing these threats from being executed.

One of Rajah's escapades was to escape and run amuck in a railroad yard near Kansas City. He tore up switches, and even turned freight cars over. His weight Is about 6000 pounds. I A I IDCTITI ITF OUVO I I I I L. FOR MORPHINE.

PROF. DUES It, the Berlin authority on the use of opiates, has discovered a substance which seems to possess all the beneficial qualities of morphine without the evil principle which makes the drus a curse to so many. The new preparation is called heroin. According to private accounts, the inventor seems willing to give the chemical analysts of the new drug to the world free. However, on that point nothing has been definitely settled and heroin, like diphtheria serum, maj; become a monopoly.

Its chief beneficial qualities are described by Prof. Drcser as follows: "It deadens sensibility without causing mental exaltation. In the latter respect it differs entirely from morphine, which acts first as a stimulant and again puts the patient to sleep. It leaves no after effects, the patients after its use having neither thirst nor dryness, of the mouth. It may, therefore, used without hesitation by any one afflicted with bronchitis, violent coughing or pneumonia.

In fact, it induces regular breathing and has a quieting effect on respiration." Medical Councilor Dr. Gerhardt of Berlin has experimented on 50 persons, men, women and children, with heroin. He says thai the drug cured almost Instantly violent fits of coughing. Patients who had become so used to morphine that their doses had to be increased all the time, were put to sleep by small injections of heroin, and the sleep seemed to do them good. They breathed deeply and regularly.

Only a few old-time opium fiends resisted heroin, but this resistance may have been caused by a craze for morphine or because they thought they couldn't do without the drug. Though morphine Is not as liable ar opium and laudanum to bring on nausea and headache, say the doctors, the fact re mains that it does bring on these conditions, if used habitually. Dr. Gebhardt says: "After a dose of heroin, or even a series of heroin Injections, our patients awake with a normal appetite and a head free from pain. This, I consider one of the greatest boons that can be conferred upon sufferers from certain diseases in which opiates are Indispensable.

Morphine, opium and laudanum are Invaluable staples of medicine, but they have rulnd many digestions." The doctors furthermore dwell on the fact that there Is no danger of acquiring the heroin habit. This Is because heroin produces no agreeable mental sensations. Teople who must take heroin no more clamor for it than persons induced by phy ideal conditions to take unpleasant medicines. SURGEONS AND WOMEN. To th Editor of the Rtindaf Post DiiMtcb.

WILi. nothing stop this wholesale butchery, of woman by the surgeons vt to-day? I have Just come from the coffin side of a very dear classmate and friend, who fell a victim to the oily tongue of the physician and surgeon. Poor girl! I looked at her there and thought: "Et tu, Brute!" Such a good woman, such a sincere friend, euch a noble daughterl Yet she, too, "passed under the rod." Four years ago I hearkened to the seducing wiles of the "skilled" surgeon. On! he was so clever and charming and suave! And I well, I fell a victim and went under treatment. I had four capital operations, and they were eminently successful that is, they were successful from the surgeon's point of view.

Since then I have been a physical wreck a mere shadow of my former self. In Intellect and physique, I am still doctoring, and have been since then. I have yet to see or hear from the woman benefited by operations. If one has been I would be grateful to hear from her. I can assure you it will be the exception which proves the rule.

I write this warning to poor, deluded woman. In the hope that I may be the instrument that will save at least one suffering woman. I would I could cry It from the housetops. I can but smile as I listen now, to the compliments the self-satisfied and sleek surgeon showers on himself as he wooes me In assured tones: "Comevunto me and be made No! Oh, no Emphatically, no! a FRIEND TO SURGEONS 7). be required to fly a block or two to thelf loft, the trainer carrying them this distance and nermittine- them to flv back araln.

The distance should be increased day br day until their training is complete, or. In other words, until they will return horn from a distance of several miles. "When I leave a bird at a patient's house after a long journey I give Instruc tions that It la not to receive any food, but I take care that It is supplied with water, if I have reason to believe that It will be absent from the home loft mora than 12 hours. I am particular about the food, because I find that those birds do the best work which ere only fed in heir own loft. In order to separate the birds and prevent them from breeding too closely, I use a band made of aluminum, or some other metal, with a number stamped upon It.

This band is slipped upon the foot of the young bird and remains there permanently, a corresponding number kept in a book, with the record and pedigree of the bird opposite the the inqulsitlveness of the cat to a marked degree. The moongus will brook no Interruption while eating, as it temper is very testy. Te obtain perfect, quiet It usually carrle Its food into the most secluded biding place and then commences Its meal in solitude and darkness. The color of the moongus is a gray, Irb erally flecked with darker hair, so a te produce a mixture of tint. It about the slxe of a panther.

The Jungle cat Is common to India and Africa. It forms what may a transition frucn the more typical cat to the lynx. The usual color Is dark gray. In habile It 1 not unlike the ordinary cat. The length of tho animal exceeds three feet.

PITTSBURG GIRLS. of hlr similar to his own. Vlfl the cover ws Rnirhed she h4 enough hxlr to nil It. The young men are beginning to find It difficult to meet all the drm.inJt made on them. Th giris are enthusiastic In following out th fid and say It go far ahead eff th autograph pillow cover chem.

One girl has combined the twtx by the way, and te uxlng the hair of th men whe wrote on th cover to All th pillow. Other emxtu flea tlons are buliblng up and from ail lall-catlona the fad is likely te stay try favor longer than any or tie predecessor. DR. FRANK S. MORRIS of Mcool.

uses homing pigeons in communicating with his patients. Com-cernlng the practice he said: "I have been placed at a disadvantage many times! because I could not hear from my patients aa often as I desired. I knew of no way out of the difficulty until it occurred to tne that I might use homing pigeons as messengers. I "I put the idea into practice a few months ago and found it worked so well that ever since I hav parried a rjlKeon with me whenever I went on a long trip. This pigeon I leave at a patient's house.

With Instructions that it be turned loose the no-rt mnrninB- or at fin time When the patient is not progressing as satisfactorily as mlsrht be desired. "The bird, files straight home with 'the message, and in this way I larn how the patient Is faring. If I am not at home, my wife receives the message, and in case of necessity notifies me with the least possible delay! FOR ANNIE. Thank heaven: the crisis The danger is past, Anid. the lingering illners Is over at last And the fever called "Laving" Is conquered at last.

Sadly, I know. I am shorn of my strength, And no muscle I move As I lie at full length "But no matter! I feel I am better at length. And; I rest composedly Now in my lbedf That my beholder Might fancy me dead Might start at beholding me. Thinking ma dead. Thej moaning arid (groaning, sighing and Are quieted mow, With-ithat horrible throbbing At heart ah, that horrible, Horrible throbbing 1 The sickness, the nausea.

The pitiless pain. Have ceased, with the fever That nraddend my brain With the fever called "Living" That burned in my brain. And of all tortures That torture the worst Has abated th terrible Torture of thirst For the naphthaline river Of passion aocurst! I have drunk of a water That quenches all thirst Of water that flows With a luillaby sound. From a eprlng but a very few Feet under ground From a cavern not very far Down under ground. But aht let It never Be foolishly said That my room it Is gloomy And narrow my (bed; For man never slept In a different bed And, to sleep, you must slumber In Jut such a bed.

Sly tantalized spirit 'Her blandly repose. Forgetting, or never Regretlng, its roses-Its old Of myrtles and rosea. For now, while mo quietly Ikying, it fancies A holler odor About of pansies A rosemary ooor, Commingled with pansim With ruetind the. beautiful Puritain pansies. And so It lies happily, Bathing in many A dream of the truth And the beauty of Annie Drowned In a bath Of the tresses of Annie.

Bhe tenderly kissed me. She fondly caressed. And then I fell gently To sleep on her breast Deeply to sleep From the heaven of her breast. "When the light -was extinguished. She covered me warm.

And ehe prayed to the angels To keep me from harm To the qupf.n of the angel To ahield from harm. And I He composedly Now in my bed (Knowing her love), That you fancy me dftd; And I rest so contenteoly Now in my bed (With her love at my breast). That you fancy me d-d That you to look at me. Thinking me dead. my heart 1t Is brtt ter Than all of tho many Stars In the sky; For It sparkU-s with Annie It glows with the light Or the love of my Annie, With the thought of the light Of the vea of my Annie.

iiDGAR A. POE. last an indefinite period. "When the head has been thoroughly cured It Is placed In a network bag. Through this the dried and grinning features may be observed, and it need hardly be said that they present a very awful appearance.

The netting Is red, Which heightens the effect. The Samoan hangs this trophy in his principal living room in order to remind his children how valorous and fearless a man be is. Head hunting flourishes in many of the Taciflo Islands, and to a fearful extent In those Islands which, fringe the eastern coast of Asia. It is by no means certain that the heads of some of the American and British sailors are not ndw decorating the huts of head hunters. Head hunting made its appearance In another place during the Samoan troubles.

The friendly natives, acting on the side of the. British and Americans and of King MaJieota, secured the head of one of the most redoubtable chiefs on Mataafa's side. With this they marched in triumph through the streets of Samoa. Capt. Stuart of the British Tauranga dispersed the procession and announced that he would shoot any man found with a head in his possession.

The King then issued a proclamation forbidding the practice. A JUNGLE CAT. THE seamen of the cruiser Raleigh, one of Dewey's gallant vessels, which arrived at New York a week ago. have a remarkable collection of curious birds and beasts, which they have picked up In their travels around the world. The sailors regard them as mascots and they have the Uberty of the ehip.

Among them is a moongus and a Jungle cat. The moongus, sometime called the In- HEAD HUNTING, as practiced in Samoa, la one of the most cruel practices In the world. The American and British seamen who were ambushed by Samoans April 1, were beheaded. Th killed included Lieut. Philip V.

jbans-dale. Ensign John R. Monaghan.Coxswain imps Butler. Ordinary Seaman Norman E. EdsaJ.

ail of the United States cruiser Philadelphia; Lieut. Freeman and two seamen of the British cruiser Tauranga. If the heads of the victims had not been recovered by priests of the French, mission and returned to Apia they would have been dealt with in the manner peculiar to the bloodthirsty head hunters of the islands. The custom of a Samoan is to remove the head of a captured or dead enemy, lie first displays it in triumph, dancing around it and holding' a great feast. He then prepares it for preservation as an article ot docoration and an heirloom In his family.

He stuffs the neck with hot stones, repeating the process several times a day for three dius. The stones are not "hot enough to roast the flesh, and have the effect of preserving the entire head. The ekin becomes leathery, and the head will THE ALBATROSS, THE MOST INTERESTING OCEAN BIRD. it Has Been Celebrated Song for Hundreds of Years. A MOONGUS.

I THE TEN BEST RULES FOR KEEPING WELL. A A PURLISHIXQ bouse In Taris recently offered a prise for ten of toxin ost effective rules for the preservation of mental and bodily health. Physic lans, eurgeons and scientists from all ove the world took part in the contest, an over 600 competitors of renown submitted their Ideas. Dr. Decornet or tFerte-sur-Aube, a French author and scientist, evor the prise, his rules being: 1.

General hygiene: Rise early, go to bod early, and In the rneantma keep youioelf occupied. 2. Respiratory hygiene: Water and bread sustain life, but pure air and sunlight are Indispensable for health. S. Gastro-tntevtlnal hygiene: Frugality and sobriety ore the best elixir for a long lLfe, Rpidermal hygiene: Cleanliness pre-serves from rust; the lent kept machines last longest.

8. Sleep hyslen: A sufficiency of rest repair and strengthens; too much weakens and makes soft. Clothe hygiene: He In well clothed who keeps his body sufficiently warm, safeguarding if rrrnn all abrupt changes of temperature, while at the same time maintaining perfect freedom of motion. 7. House hygiene: A bouse that Is clear and cheerful makes a happy home.

8. Moral hygiene: The mind reposes and resumes its edge by means of relaxation and amusement, but excess opens the door to the passions and those attract the vices. 9. Intellectual hygiene: Oaiety conduces to love of life and love of life Is half of health; on the other hand, sadness and gloom help on old, age. 10.

Professional hygiene: Is it your grain that feeds you? Don't allow your arms and your legs to-tweme artK.viosw. ior a livelihood, tart do not omit to burnish your Intellect and elevtte our thoughts fish being impossible to his majestic evolu- tlons. His appetite Is enormous, but his powers of abstinence are equally great, and orten for days he goes without other nourishment than a drink of the bitter sea. At the Gargantuan banquet provided by the carcass of a dead whale, ha will gorge himself until Incapable of rising from the sea, yet still his angry screant may be heard, as If protesting against his ability to find room for more provision against hungry days soon to follow. Despite his Incomparable grace of flight, when gliding through mid-air with his mighty wings outspread, when ashore or on deck he Is clumsy and ill at ease.

Even seated upon the sea, his proportions appear somewhat ungainly, while his huge hooked beak seems too heavy to be up'held. On land he can hardly balance himself, and the broad, silky webs of his feet soon become lacerated. Thus his visits to the lone and generally inaccessible rocks, which are his breeding places, are as brief as may be, since even conjugal delights are dearly purchased with hunger and painful restraint. A true child of the air, land is hateful to him, and only on the wing does he appear to be really at home and easeful. The- most notable piece of literature In which the albatross figures prominently Is Coleridge's "Rune of the Ancient ilariner." i dlan Ichneumon, an Aslatle animal.

It Is useful as a destroyer of rats. and the various reptiles, and is highly valued and protected. The moongus is extremely cleanly in habit. It Is kept tame In families and Is far more serviceable In ridding the house of rodents and kindred prats than Is the ordinary dog or cat. In appearance it very much resembles the latter, possessing PECULIAR FAD OF PTTT3LSCRC3 girls have an unique fad, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.

It was started by one clever Irl In the East Fid. who wished to do something "now. She requested several of her male acquaintances to give hr a bagful of their hair. Each man was very much surprised at such a strange requent, but each gave It-One of the young men wont to call on this young lady and carry her bis bag of hair and incidentally to find out what he wanted with lu He found her nuiking a fancy pillow cover and saw several EASILY first to oceanic birds in point of interest, as well as size, comes the lordly albatross, whose 'home is far socth of the line, and whose empire is that illimitable area of turbulent waves which sweep resistless around the world. Compared with his power of vision (sailors give all things except a ship the epicene gender the piercing gaze of the eagle or evador becomes myopic, unless, as Indeed may be the case, he possesses other senses unknown to us by means of which be is made aware of passing events interesting to him at incredible distances from them.

Out of the blue void he comes unhastlng on motionless pinions, yet at ueh speed that, one tnomtnt a speck hardly discernible, turn but your eyes away, and ere you can again look around Is gliding majestically overhead. Nothing In nature conveys to the mind so wonderful an Idea of effortless velocity as does hit calm appearance from vacancy. Like most of the true pelagla birds, he Is a de-veurer ot effal. tb uceeseful pursuit of 1 I I irsiituir-tai.