Show GOOD FOR THE ENEMY the king of Da boniey no longer likes artillery the king of received some krupp cannon not long ago and con the i aca cf having them mounted on elephants 1 lacks for use in the field with much difficulty this project was carried out and at the next military review the king ordered that one of the guns he fired immediately in front of the royal position first taking the precaution to place a couple of thousand prisoners where it was calculated the ball would strike ao as to judge of the effectiveness of the shot when all was ready says amusing journal one of the biggest elephants was backed around and sighted just as the lanyard was jerked however the animal turned half round to reach for a peanut or something and the shell took off the prime ministers head and knocked a hole as big as a sewer through the royal palace his majesty have cared so much if the matter had ended there as the minister very prime and the pal ace needed ventilation but it on the contrary the elephant which biad been stood on its head by the recoil picked itself ap in a fury and started in on the down grade ahead of its ticket it the grandstand the very first rush slung alie grand chamberlain and the past grand carver of missionaries into the nest street it then jumped into the brass band with all four feet and if it got the big drum over its head so that it coulden couldn t see it would probably have cleaned out the entire congregation the king was not found until the next morning and then he was heard to remark that there was only one thing needed to render artillery system an entire success that was to get the enemy to adopt it |