Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-24

The maid whose love was vain
The restless boy upon the street,
And blind man with his cane,
When they receive the humble mite
Will feel their bosoms stirred,
If, with the coin of value light,
We pass pleasant word.
And hearts that now with sorrow ache
Beneath some heavy blow,
Will from the shadows rise and break
The spell of all their woe,
And feel that life hath sunshine new,
And songs as sweet as birds,
If we be but humane and true
And give them pleasant words.
THAT CURIOUS BABY ELEPHANT.
The calf elephant recently born in Phila-
delphia, is the offspring of two Ceylon ele.
plants said to have been imported by Bar
mum in 1865. Mandrie, the father, is 26
years old and weighs about 5000 pounds.
Hebe, the mother, is % years old and weighs
1920 pounds. From the time of their land
ing in this country they have shown special
attachment for each other. The female is
noted for her uniform docility and gentleness,
and the father for his beauty of form. Man.
drie and all the other elephants belonging to
the circus seemed fully aware of the condition
of the mother for months before her delivery ;
and afterwards both calf and father seemed
to recognize the relationship existing between
them, manifesting the same by various un.
mistakable signs.
The birth of the calf was the occasion of
much excitement among the other members
of the herd whose trumpeting disturbed the
lions and tigers in the adjoining house, caus
ing them to roar in chorus. Hebe became
greatly alarmed, and, with huge effort,
parted both the great chains to which her
hind feet were fastened to the stakes. The
watchman fed for bis life. On his return
with several assistants they found Hebe roll
ing the little one over and over on the ground,
and yelling violently. Fearing that, in her
excitement, she might kill her young one, the
men endeavored to take it from her, but at
that she seized it with her trunk, and tossed
it across the ring, where it fell under a
heavy railing surrounding large stove. In
an instant she had followed it. Finding
the railing in her way she struck it down
and tore it into splinters. 1t is now believed
that she had become alarmed by the roaring
Of the lions and tigers, and was trying to get
it over to where the other elephants were
chained and to secure their protection. After
little time the keepers managed to calm
the mother, and she allowed herself to be
led back and reclaimed, but not for an iu-
stant would she permit the little one to 60
beyond the reach of her trunk The calf
was not at all injured by her rough usage.
For some time the mother continued so
nervous and restless as to prevent the young
one from sucking, in which dilemma the
keeper hit on the device of constructing a
kind of huge nursing bottle out of yard
of rubber tube and a funnel One end of
the tube Was inserted into the mouth of the
calf while to the other end was attached the
funnel, into which the mother was milked.
The calf now suckles in the natural way,
| and not with the trunk as was supposed by
Button and Aristotle. The udder, which is
situated between the two fore legs, consists OF
TWO lobes with one teat each, like the breast
of woman. The teats project outwards,
making them more ccessible to the calf,
which as it sucks, presses The udder with its
little trunk, while the mother slightly ad'
vances and raises the leg on the side in use.
sometimes the mother will wind her trunk
between the two fore legs towards her udder,
either for the purpose Of pressing it as women
do with their breast, or in order to caress her
calf. The little one suckles frequently, and
seems to take great pleasure in walking un'
der the mothers body, or in sprawllng on Its
side among its parents huge feet. -,
In appearance the calf is very much like
the mother, in shape, color and movement,
but the eyes seem larger in proportion, and
are rendered conspicuous by a line Of Plnklsh
hue round the lids. 1t has also thin mat OF
black hair on the top of its head, much re-
semblng that on some human babies. 1t has,
too, decidedly infantile expression, remote
ly suggestive Of sucking pig.
When born it weighed 2l38 pounds. and
stood 35 inches high. Ithas not been weighed
recently, but is growing rapidly, as all ele
phants do for the first three or four years OF
their lives. In its intercourse with human
beings it is disposed to be friendly and lnquls'
tive, poking its little trunk into the pockets
and up the sleeves of those whom the mother
allows to oapproach it. The mother, however,
is extremely Jealous of strangers, and will
not allow some old comrades and pets in the
shape of pair of coach dogs, to come too
near. The other elephants in the menagerle,
being of her own kind, she regards as reliable
friends, and seems only Aattered by the ca
resses they bestow upon her little one.-Sc'e"
eatifc american.
THE DECLINE OF PRICEs-A swell OF
prices of commodities commenced in this
country about July, 1879, and reached its
maximum six months later. While it lasted,
the exhlaration which it caused in the minds
of men rendered it inopportune, and proba-
bly useless, to remind them that the inexora-