, 1880-12-12
TURNED UP HIS TOES.
African Jim Gone the Way Of All Good
EleDllan1a.

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Elephants.
81 Louis Globc-D -D:qaoerns Dec.
After painful Illness OF two months, tho
elephant African Jim, who has so long adorned
the Geological Gardens. gave up the ghost at
midnight Friday. surrounded BY circle Of sor-
rowing friends. His friends. the children, will
be grievcd to learn that he made no will,
and that his trunk will be buried with him. AT
the commencement OF his sickness he refused to
eat his oats. but would take large quantities OF
hay and clover. HIS food was changed TO roots,
potatoes. carrots, and bran. and his physician,
d.. Charles A. Todd, Medical Director Ut the
Department, administered purgative
which seemed 70 brace him up for
swh'le .Hd Tho relief tefncss was only Temporary
so rapidly that tho Doctor hecnme alarmed and
has visited him every day for the lust two weeks
Erldny morning he eeened to rally, and DR..
Todd Thought that with careful nursing ho
would pull through all right; Secretary Kalb,
re"ssured oy the remark, left The gardens. and
tgns sane 10 20 n,s otnce on Chestnut street, from
gram. fastening to the grounds be found tho
auge animal ID perfect frenzy; he had pulled
shaken the brick building which confines tic
carn'vora by butting his head against the iron
ing In this way, ha.i set himself steadily at the
work Of tearing duwn the building By scrnpine
out the tiles with his tt1sks, 'huying previously
nroken i up the benches and everything else With
Suddenly 30 stopped, and, to the d.may Of his
keeper, John Winner. turned his 1ttenuon to
critical, as the keeper realized when be saw the
maddened elephunt glaring at the bars which
would scarcely have etood the strain Of hig
attack, and with lit'ns and tigers liberated the
indian lion. Emperor, faced the> elephant,
RF. sf w nases rsd
constant n"ttou. but the Bengal tigers sprang
against the bars which connued them, and
Noisclcsiy winner gided to the door, m threw It
phant looked at the wreck around him. gave
few minutes that Winner v~nturcd to appr,uch
bin: 10 stood perfectly still, and suffered hlm-
This was the situation when Secretary Ka1h
arrived; thinking it dangerous both for keepers
and animals t. put him back in the Carnivorn
summer quarters, goad strong log house pro-
vided With stalls, fn which ho could do little
damaee The whole Fair, Grounds force turned
to his legs the elephant was brought into
tho i yard Ehich g.! surrounds his cabin:
hs and rtfgssa 10 bis s eEs out Sraesd
persuas1one OF apples bread, or the peanuts
which he loved so fondly ia other days, could
his Keepers kept up their efforts, moving him
nch by tncn, until hnnlly he was got into his
stall and secured. Finding himself fast
.ned bis fury returned. aud he :'scattcred
hose around him by striking at them with
lis. trunk. They. gave him wide berth,
md in spite OF their soltcituic for their inter
sting patient the Doctor and Mfr. kalb could do |
'othing except 10 shut the doors and leave him |
. his own devices. By 10 o'clock at night he |
vas comparatively quiet, at II be lay down. and |
It midnight elevated his trunk and gave long, |
rc,nulous. half human sign. after which he lay
perfectly STILL When bis watchers approached
earer they found him dead. Dr.. Todd INTENDS /
oldnx careful pt,st-mortem. the result Of |
which will be published.