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, 1874-10-16
Ht)S FOR PAPER AWARDED,

iSperiW DisUaich to The Chicago Tribune.
AEADlao:;,, Wis. Oct 15.--Cousideyabie inter-
CIT wits ghown in the biln opened to-dny for
}aEor on wljr. to Ito tho State printing for six
1notlsa from Jan. l. a,la for stationery for ono
year. I,hcrn were twelve biddors for paper:
Tytus. Hamilton 4 Co.. West q Co., .Nicaieken,
and Nicdickents Il Co., Milwaukee; Culver, pago,
IIoyno 4 Go. anl ]. ". l3utior (; Co.. Chicigo;
AYoyi|l, Russell y Co.. AlinneapoIia; peuntular
r1a1T rass e0Rnss5 ,1 1'ssn K )" iia1ss E2on
Company; II. \. Lewis, Madison. lilo bids
ranged from 81~l0 10 il cents per pound
for printing paper, II 10 II conts for
book, and 2v to a]a cents for cap. Tho BID Of
Iytus, Hamilton & Co., wan per ream Instead
of per pound, nj alyortiaed. lilo contrsl,t for
tho ilratclass Sas awarded to tho Cloycla,rl pa-
per Company for printing ut ": couts. mud hook
Ut 1t conts. beoond-elaas 10 Woat Il Co., of
HfiiwauEoo, cap ut 20!i{ cents. For HtaSlouery
for tho year thoro wero eleven bildera: a1oaaby
y k35rou., alcConnoil T. Smith, and G. a. Bcdon,
afadlaon; lyest; Il Co, Tytns, hamilton 4 Co.,
aud II: Siedckoa e Co., milwaukee,; ". II.
l5ailsacho. Ripon; Western Dank Motto Company,
Culvor, I'ngo, Huyno Il TO-. a,nl Cameron. AM.
berg Il Co.. Chicago John Foley. Nov York.
, 1874-10-16

From TIC hti0 pnFE EEpreSS.
Remarkable instance OF tho oxtont to which
competition may DO carried ia found in tie won
dorfully reduced rates OF transatlantic passage at
the present time. 4 steorago passage to Europe
may now bo obtained as low ~ s10, whllo tho
average pricos aro from 3l5 to 312. During the
hnve .gono back to thotr na,ivo land to vlsik
friends mud relatives. and they aro now beginning
to roturn-T00 having arrived ct Castle uarslon
ono day last month. Tho choapneRs Of the faro
pleasure excursion. notwithstanding tic isu. low
ness ~ Of the pEico, too, and TINT tile passenger
food food and af,n y9s tho faro ig upon tho woo,
lofx iooa s2 eo,'Hsts Of boiled beef and pork,
and barley soup, potatocs, hard snin's
bincnir, Iorridso, n,oiasaee, md poor grade Of
cofToo;; Tho passengers havo to provide their
their own beds md blankote. x "kit" consiuts
OF eot Of tin dhl,cs, and II straw bed can be
bought ot Tenuers OIL the wllalveB for from
s2.oo to 50. These, canecIaly tho beds, nro
naaaliy thrown a'yay Mt tho end OF tho voyage.
Dining tabos are provided in tho stesrage, but
moat Immigrants prefer to liayo tho food brought
to their bevtha BY tho ahips steward al tioy
usually have pickles and other rolial,os OF their
t"inoH oT to ad A 70 their meals Water hns to bo OBJ
entul than ood = hotgS g'n9rsy much lass
aieiana. On tho voyage, tlloy nmuge thoa-
ssros ,;. VII, music RonEH, md dancing. Every
"n7 oro ,nona rao'roa VINO nro able to do 80
tho 1reall air. Considerable difficulty In oftnn
experienced in stormy wcatlur in carrying this
regulation into effect. ThoHo who arc not uc-
suhtomGd 10 tho uea arousually worry sca-sck, anl
cannos no por.lladed to Leave their bertl,a Their
Ilekesh are nos takun up until tloy l,ayo boon two
OF tnfce ayn At BON. Now, tint tliis ora OF cheap
tases t; 70 Europe hasbccn inangurated In ono por-
s,oh Or to hh'p, it IL morally certain TINT. sooner
= GOES not cost an mitch To carry ntaorago as il
uaes 70 carry cabin passengers; Init, with con-
!y:icleasiilg compotition It is Very cor
of faros. and thu profits Of tho atcau,slu COM
pantoa be greatly cut down. Tho man WHO.
tWnnty years ago. would hayo apolon OF going
L, 10 Europe for aln would hnyo bonn lluotat al.
li!9s i!ns coma to pass, anu ii can not bo long,
With tho tieWo riyalry now NnctpE, tint oye,,
Greater wonders 1uay bo looked fur.
, 1874-10-16

PERSONAL.

PERSONAL.
Inc Hon. William g. 1Iaytnond. rro,ident of
tho Chicago 4 South Atlantic Halfway, ;s sneud-
Ing fon days iii tho city.
or. |. 4. 1foyt, Chiot Deputy in tho Office Of
INC Collector Of Intorna1 norenuo for This did,
.fos has boon directed by tho Secretary of the
Iroasl'ty to perform tho dutica Of Collector I'M
u! tho burcossor Of tho late Incumbent. tho
lion: ). A. Irwin, is appointed and qualified &C.
cordlug to LAW.
Yesterday afr. Jamca 7. Flynn died ut hin
nomo On North LaSalla street, aged 49, Tor
1oartcon yoara prior to 1879 Afr. Flynn had boen
connected with The InlBuNE CompauyIn va,louo
chpacislcH. aud from tho Buu1u1or of 1866 ny to
the tin,n Of his departure ho waH itH caR,ior. At
me ttnle OF his death lio was nnmbor pf tho
fir'n Of Willis, Flynn i; Co.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Grand Pacific Hotct-bt. n. Warburg, En-
Gland; William II. Crane, New York Josiah
stacey. Cleveland John +. tryrroN, Now York;
William Il: lsobortGon, Hartford. Conn.,. J. ".
Parrish, Washington. .Pat''er Hoasc,
4. BoggB, Now lork; g. ". Mabio, Non
York; T.. II. parkor, 1gronto !; E. 9.
Trimble, Washington; i. D. Baird, Columbus.
>. Sherman House--1l. pcknrd, Atlanta;
L. French, Nov York II. Gregory, San Fran
cisco i. Lowis, Londoni;, A. Reppnrd, Sava1l-
nah Il. sterns, Buffalo. ). fremont
House-H. bromley, Now York; II. Bowsor. st.
Louis 8. Cooper, Richmond !; A. Bush, Dnf-
falo P; L. Sinclair, Dostop.
, 1874-10-16
THE C1TY-HAJL.

r,,.. :, =, ~ H.. An .rn
Ine cas5'colleesos ~ ycatesasy foeeivea S2,loo
on city ta1en; tho Water department received
Tho Commistccs On Finance, Mnrlscts, and
whsrvca md puh1ia Grounds will rncot M,
o,to-,ea, '-'''
"'.es"oo"'
Tho Dokrd of Public Works yesterday tapped
n con6onuonce )nrre diatrct in lin anuthcrn
st:n', - H. ,;.,, ,s.n asas;.,sI -.
porsp" u tuo Guy WA ooprl'co ol "ater turing
tho oG1eater portion OIL tho HhS'
1udpo Dickoy. Cornoration Counse1. rester,1av
rot,,noa fron, t,ttova ,z,,,,o s Ia. ,oo,, n,ua
~ "Aoio Ao neo uSo, lnuis
io'na'ioea ana o19en"ns 10 caaes oe'ore THO ou-
premo Court.
, 1874-10-16

tho question, sghonld President Grant Do Elected
for Third TERM ~ Tho Lxcosior will determine
wllothor or not tlo General Government should
control and manage tho telegraph and tnirnad
lines. Tim aosaonB Of Tho soeiotien aro public.
Tho Hjolian md CtlYestomath0an Bocietioa will
moot al 4 o'clock y. IN.
President blanchard will 10 absont from tho
cofloEO during Tho grentor part Of tho roalnindor
OF the torn upon h1lHincea Of tho college.
Miss IT, 4. ht. Head. Into Indy Principal Of
tho college, visited some Of her friends re-
Joaoph Ward Wac roccntly seriously injured by
o1weinB 1w thrown from carriage. dog scared Mr.
Wards horso causing him 10 run away, and to
break tho carriage In pieces.
Auar1H.
Tho public school OF Austin Ia attended by
about 150 scholars. Tho Bcl,ool was thrown in
to furore Of exotomont and onthuniam
Wednesday by photographer, who t1eercd
to tnko photograph OF tho entiro eohool.
teachers and pupils. After weary attompt1 or
tho toaehora to get tho litt!c ones in lIno and
order, tho negative was takon, aud Ia said to DO
an excellent ono.
+ is expected that tho number Of scl,olaro
vii soon 10 175, In which evett Nth teacher
VIII DO employed BY tho authoriIca OF tho
school.
DANNY.
Tho Dupage County Sundny-school Union, ns
ita meeting held here on tho 8th inst, chose
the following officers for tho ensuing yoar
President, L. 9. Cooper, Of Danby Vico-rrosi-
dents, Dr.. 0leson, of Roon,iuglalo, md s. II.
Hunt, Of HnRdate Secretary and Trousuror,
J. Il. Smith, OF Wheaton. Tho officers ,sero in
strurtel to call tho noxt annual sc.sion two
weeks oariior.
Dandy will hereafter bo known as Prospect
pntk. It In thought that its nan1e lima been MI
effoctual drawback upon tho village lonco tho
change.
LoU5ARD.
Tho residence OF Both Churchill was entered
by burglars last Saturday night. Tho thieves
succeeded In getting nw ay with watch, two canu
OF fruit, hreansptn, 9l2 in money, and other
srticlos Of lesa vatuo. They effected m en-
trance by prYitlg open ono Of tho shutters to
tho pRElor Windows, ono Of Which had not bcen
fastonea nj evening. a. purity OF boys aso sun
rcctetl Of being tho rcrpotratora OF tho robbery
Thcy woro pursued az fur nj Eimhurst, whoto
they succeeded In oluding their followers.
, 1874-10-16
TIE CoMMERorAL INSURANCE COM
PANX,

After three years OF waitng and Il largo
amount OF apparently usacsa labor tho affairs
Of the Commercial Insurance Conpany haye
been adjusted, 20 TINT u small dividend Of l15
per cont llaH bcon extracted, which will To pny~
ahlo III nhout two or lhroo wueks. A 1saeesing of
tho creditors Of tho Company WAS hold yester-
dny Afternoon, OF which tho Assignee, II. Il. JON
knH, road detailed account ct his doiaEs.
Whom he tool; charge Of tho ComI,any's affairu
its assets were supposed 10 bn only somo cla!nla
against other inauranco compe nics aud divers
poraonB amounting 10 about 100000. Tho real
estate Of tho Company Oh Washington street
lad boen previously cold, thrasngh the negligence
of tho officers, ut Il VERY inadequate nrco, aaa,
in short. it considered t,at the clainlH against
tho Company wcro eutiro1J worthless. Afr. Jen-
Ins atatcs i1o had no boolsH Or memoranda to
guido him III fixing tlte' liability OF any Btock-
hodoru, and they lad 13.ill further complicated
Aidnu by tue yalaahlD assistance OF j. G. Doro,
the former President, the Etock-boo1ta wero re-
covered and Tho ua toes Of tho stockholders ns-
certaincd, wlloHo let.ts to tho Company amount
to about S7o.000. Suits have boon begun asainat
NIL thouo who crs tsoagls to DO resronsi-
blo,-about onc-thlrd, ut leaBt of illo Claims
being worthloss,--and iutlgmonta hayo boon
recovered in 9ou.e cascs. Among tho
stockhodeEu nro j. i. Chapman who is indebted
about $4,000; Harmon aspruanco, who owcs
-. GOO; md II. r. Lawrence who owes 81 900.
Tho claim. ngalnat Tho Company amount to
s3.050, 1s9.T,, including claim Of tho Garden
City Insurance. Company for E:s00000. for ro-
insurance. Objections hnyo been 1nnde to this
claim md s129. .183.03 Of other claims. and t1loy
arc yet pors'ing, Int ut least Si.000 ono Of clans
havo aIrea.iS boon proved t7 and allowed.
TLa fol! irving iB summary Of the receipts and
nvpnntt7.r1,a.
, 1874-10-16
H!odicnl propertica or Eers.

0aCRa TrOnOFtI08 OF ERKNt NJ
. According to tho Doetn ,1o,,yno, of rbrn,i.,+-,
on,,a;i en "n.o OF an ogg hns proved OF ato most
onlcaei9ls remeuy for blarne, Hoyen or eirht
successive M applications OF this substanae sootho
liz ". nir "'sf @ @cestna,ly exclude tho burn from
to eolodlol,,. Or even cotton. ~ Extf.ordinarv i
STORIES oro told Of thu healing proporticn or a nav
on NV, Wh,cn can earsiy bo made from to solks Of
rons Gn a4n oa ,on lio egEs pro ra boiled hard Tho
over fire, where they aro CAREFULLY stirrcd mnti
tho whole BubAtanco ia lust on ti,c r,,rt ~
caehsng Sa iro Thon +, tho oil aop.rates anil nay he
pno'na1a po'ara1a on ta IN g9persl uso nnoae tho
curing cuts. bruises, ana scra.ohes. ll4 VI
, 1874-10-16
Death OF ESiAI,Op nlc lcEttrInsu.

PteH4 lhe SnFla9attd {lfasa) Itpnh|ica, O,f. IA.
iho Nt.-lioy. FrAnuis Patrick hIcFarian,J.
l'ssl!op ot tho l:on.an Catholic DiocoHo Of IIari
ford, embracing tho Stata 0f Connecticut. tlioti.
last eyeuing. a. Hartford, at tho ago Of Ia. ia
VIVA boln ut Frapkln Pa, aud cducatoi nj IL,
aI9ry'a College At Emmettnhurg, I'D. iIo wan al,
ordained plicst in 1915, and laborcl iu Wator-
cousecratc Iahop Of Hartford. lis T resi1onee ID "eo
wns IN Providence, L. l., however, until lBYs.
when tho .lou piooeao Of Iroyidouco was creatcd
and DIshop McFaSlaud vent to Hartford, whero
ho nude nany fslends auohg Ill asata. Uo
, 1874-10-16


,P0WELt.-NRAYTON-On tho tho 18th Inst, h, ".
Irayton, Mn cards. ''a''''o' A.
LQRD-TULLtS-on tho 18th Inst, At tho .eall,no, ri
lis. ' = 's'eNos 81 AL.
TT Lafayette, Ind. pzpofs rlnAso copy.
BOWllER--lTAR ARNTsDN-ln ttls otty, Oct. H. hr ~.
sstGv: stv: iF iotnor Mr. llar4iaon o.. 1uwkoe did htss
lA'len y. Cusrtor. of St Louis, Mo- No cards. '"'
, 1874-10-16

oreetod there q oonvopt, md episoopsl res,drnc,.
nud had planned ior ~ srand aud 1hl cathedsal % lie Iss
noeh III falling 1loa!th for about venr; ls death
tssultea, finally, from t,lcpratlpn Of lilo ho1faa
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-26
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORMAL
UNIVERSITY.
CARBoNDALE Jackson Conn

NAhbONbALE JACKSON tOuLty, !
May IL, ls1i.
oh condition that 1 sufficient number Of
young person, desire. and are willing 10
contribute ycry- mall sum toward dcfray.
ing eNpen'e,-say two hundred Al fou
dollars each-a Normal institute will be held
IN The new building, commencing July l.thr
day Of defeating the buildings, and continue
I'll July 81. The Principal OF the University
VIII have charge, and the members Of
the faculty viii give the main par, Of the iu.
slructlon. At least ten lectures will be given
ana, II the cash contributed l. sufficient. tho
best men OF this state a Missouri and Indi.
ana, VIII he brought in for these lecturers
II mol more than one hundred and fifty h,.
TEND the pcr-onsl contract with the in,,ruc.
'of' WIZ be greater and the profit more and
a. the expense Of the in,titution win Lc tho
same, the fee should be i've dollars. If three
hundred attend, the fee could be reduced Ia
three dollars.
as he sac legislature makes no lToyI
ion' for paying the expenses of .uch nm IL,
stlule, 80 desirable 10 and valuable Ia rIiI,Ii,.
southern Illinois, add another favor 10 thc
many they have already done the comm.
NIFTY and give this announcement several
Braln'lous insertions m good place. and
call the attention OF teachers toitg
Let all whc wlsl 10 attend, send their
names at once-and not later than June 20.
ifox-to Dr. Robras, secretary of trustees Of
Illinois Normal University, Carbon.
dale.
"ood board can be had in Carbonate a,
reasonable rates.
:" h-ihe institute cannot be held with
less IMAM one hundred and iiny who will psy
i've dollars each. Ronpnr
Principal OF Faculty.
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will master it," he shows that he is
talking upon subject be knows little
about. Short hand is very easy to
learn child Of ordinary intellect may
begin il as soon as he can read and by
studying it just as he does reading,
spelling, writing, etc, he will progress
in this branch just as he does in all
others.
One word more to Penn and we
have done. He writes as though par
euts have little or no responsibility
as to the education of their chill
dren--as though, physically and NOR
ally as we'll as intellectually, the whole
burden Of Transforming children into
"noble. minded men and women rests
upon the teacher. We think "Penn
expects altogether too much OF the
teacher. He may be skilled in the
art of imparting instruction, may be
faultless in manner and perfect in
character as it is possible for human
being to be, but all this will avail him
nothing in making undetermined
men and woman" out OF his pupils par
ents do not feel that they also have a
work to do in this direction, and that
finding fault with teachers is no par
NJ il
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-26
DIR. VIM. HALLS
Balsar,, for the Lungs
THE GREAT AMERICAN CON
SUMPTIVE REMEDY

- ~ ~ Ibhl''EtN WIN
SUMPTIVE REMEDY
Consumption IL NOT an incurable disease
Physi ;ians assure us this fact. II is only
nece sary TO have the Right Remedy, and
the terrible malady can be conquered.
Halls Balsam is this Remedy.
II breaks up the night sweats, relieves the
oppressive tighlness across the lungs, and
heals the larcerated and eXcOriAted surfaces
which The Venom OF the disease produces.
HILELIFE LASTS THERE Is HOPE
II may not be too late 10 erect cure even
alter the doctors have given you up
Halls Balssm IL sold everywhere, and
may be had at wholesale OF the ProprirtOrs,
John +. Henry. Curran a. Co, at their
Great Medicine Warehouse, 3 and o College
Place, New York. Price $l per hottie.
Halls Balsam IL also o sure remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Pneumonia, bronchitis.
Asthma, splitting of blood, Group, Whoop,
ng Cough, and all other diseaies OF the res
iprAtOry organs.
Also Proprietors OF Scovills Blood and
Liver Syrup, CarbOlic Salye, Edey's Troches
Oxygenated Bltters, Motifs Liver Pills. &c
JOHN +. HENRY, CURRAN eco,
3j-4-l6-w4t,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-26

The brightness OF the new comet
when first described by NJ. Coggia, wa,
only one in the scale, now it is nearly
seven, After the first of july tho
comet will reach much higher degree
OF luminosity, and on the third of An.
gust will have a brightness of 215
ihese figures will afford an idea of
what an astronomic treat may be ex.
pected in August.
Last winter portions Of persio srr
iefed ieariully from snowstorms nf ~.
paralleled violence and duration IT,
the province of Chraz, whole yiIloaoa
were covered with snow up to the hish
cSt housetops. Hundreds of BUILDINGS
were crushed under the pressure of
the snowfall, and their inmates burioJ
beneath the ruins. Even the Shall
own palace gave way, and his be.di,-
honded highness was forced TO cam
out in tent. " '""p
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Pic-nics, Celebrations,
ana Parties Of all kinds

rn'i Wlil,d, Leader, q, G. RoDEs, sec,v
% a. Tie communications should be addressed
corner Twelfth street ana W ~, musle,
avenue. ""hlhploh
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-06-26
EGYPTIAN BAND.

o., rms !. the only Professional "B rass nm
otllns bahd' IN Southern Illinois, and II /
now ready and prepared TO furnish musir
IN any numbers FOR '""'''
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-17
ST. JOHNsBURY VT, FRIDAY July H. 1874

"Ah, you were very fond of him
don't tell me !" cried Polly.
"Well, perhaps / was" said Aunt
Jane, with another sigh. "At all events
this went on for three years, and Bel
had never said anything to me-no
anything particular, you know"
"Ihree years :" cried Gerty, in amaze
ment. Fancy! and never proposed
Goodness me! I'd have brought hin
to book in three months"
"Ah, we were very differently brought
up IN those days, Gerty. Why. was
quite baby in such matters, IL very
child, compared with you: and yet
was about your age, if not older. Why
don't think I'd said II word to him al
those three years but just, Yes, Ben,
and No, Ben Yes, | was a little fool
| dare say, Gerty; | can see it now
We would go out for long walks to-
getli"r, too; and Ben would talk al
sorts of nonsense to me about love
and =" on; and all could say to him
was, ooh, Ben, you shouldn't say sucl
things" ooh, Ben, you shouldn't, in
decd " Zen. how can you 2 'Bcn. You
mustn't All, could shake myself
now to think of it
"But. one Ncw-year's cvr-yes. il
was just eighteen years ago Ben came
and spent the day. And we had little
carpet dance, and Ben danced with me
ever so many times, and we danced the
new year i'll together; and when the
time came for him to go | went to the
door with him generally did-to
show him out.
"And Ben turned round upon me
after had opened the door. and he had
just crossed the threshold turned round
with his face quite white. and his voice
husky. Jenny he said. in Il sort of
hoarSc whisper Jenny, | love vou :
will You he my wife! And he tried to
take hold of my hands to draw me to
him. And | was frightened, dear. and
stepped back and somebody at that
moment opened the glass door mt the
other end of the passage, and gust of
wind roared in, and slammed the big
hall door right iii Bcn's face. And | sat
at the foot of the stairs and cried
never SAW Ben again. not for years.
"Oh. aunt" cried Gcrty. "why didn't
you run after him! would"
"Ah, my dear" intrrpoScd Aunt Pol
ly, I've were very differently brought
up"
''But rd have opened the door and
shouted to him."
"Wcll," said Aunt Jane. hluShing
slightly. Il did open the door after il
while. but he WAS gone: and called
ont very gently. Ben, Ben But he
never heard me. And he went out to
India soon after. And some years after
nine or tcn-I was walking in the
garden all alone, and heard somebody
talking in the nabob's grounds. knew
the voice i'll Il moment it was Bcn'S
| ran up stairs, to the very topmost
room, where there was II window from
which y"u could see right into the ma
hoh's grounds. And there WIS Ben.
sure enough little. yellow fat man.
with Il sandy beard and white hat.
He waS quarlcliug with dark woman.
Il head taller than hc-Lady Ben. of
course; and there was Il hidcnuS ayah
standing 10y with No. the baby WAS
not =" had" said Aunt Jane. biting her
lip.
''For all that. you never forget him.
Jenny" said her sister: "and things
might have been very different if the
door hadn't slammed"
''Ah, yes" cried Aunt Jane. with Il
final sigh. Twas :" the wind"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-17

ted him that he would have immediate
ly rushed upon me.
My first movement was to draw my
feet out of the stirrups, and slip off the
morse in very undignified manner.
In doing so, my clothes, which were of
very light material, were torn by the
thorns of the brake through which
was passing.
! struggled to regain my feet-having
lost my balance in dismOunting-a
as soon us did so. perceived the ele-
phant making IL way for himselfthrough
the jungle, in direction at right angles
with the path had been following.
Much to my surprise, the animal did
not appear to any extent disconnected
mt our encounter, and was moving off
at u pace hut little quicker than Il walk.
forcing the underwood away on either
side of him with his trunk.
My surprise was also enhanced when,
on glancing behind me, saw the horse
keeper regarding me with broad grin
on his ugly features.
When | reached the bungalow /
found that II couple of "neighboring
plantcrs'-as my friend called them
Notwithstanding the fact that their cs-
tatrs were considerably over fifty miles
from his own-had called. en- rOmfc for
Randy, the "up-coumtry" capital of
Ccylon.
Considerable anxiety was evinced by
G and his friends to know what
was the cause of my tattered appear
ancc, in addition to which was
scratched good deal about the face.
Dinner being announced shortly af-
tcrwards, | proceeded to relate my en-
counter with. and escape from. the
ROGUE elephant" and at the conclusion
of my narrative expressed my surprise
at having had what | might almost
term Il miraculous escape. Turning to
c. asked him how he accounted
for the quiet way in which the horse
had conducted itself.
| WAS greeted with roars of laughter
on every side.
'Why, jack" said c.. edo you
think Il rogue elephant would have
skcdaddlcd as that fellow did? Yom
0drcnt'uc (save the mark y has been
with a tame elephant belonging to the
head man of the village. and may tell
you further, the horse is as blind ia Il
lat :"
need scarcely mention that took
care not to alludc 10 my "Advcnturc
with Il Ccylom elephant" during my
soinun in the island.