The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-03

TIPP6o SAFE AN0 CANADA. :
An old circus mas tells asscdotss q
t~o famous elephants. veil known on
the Atlantic. - follovs:
Speaking Of the slephans's usAas>
standing Of words-and, miud you. be
knows their msasisg - vogds. wieh.
out any accompanying gestures, such
- you hsve to make 10 10 beas lfsisG6
horsrs Il rsmsmbss On. ineidens with
that ssse 1ippeo 8aib that / solo cot
whsn I was by. We were seiag 70
Piaitis da CHEN. aud he Vas Vt 9se
into the t.vrr. Elephants are very fond
Of the ~ater. sns he Was enjoying hun
self ismens<ly. with . crowd q esss Z
thousand people looking on 70 - tn
confort hs IVES taking, when . fella0
came along with . u1mntroas biz New
Foondlsud dog that he hsA . na0a CO.
c-i,~d uotion Of. The dog had. - the
man said. whipped bear. and the fol.
low thought he cosid vtip s1ythisES
svsu the elephant. end - S1ed68 hi4
On Tip, 90 Eoib. Rrssk NASlA wko
was the elephants keeper. suggested
to the man that the contract vas too
i'ig. aud the dog seeasd to have some
such nstiOs himself. for % juA suao
around riproo and basked at him. But
that seemed to annoy the elephant af-
ter awhile. and Frank lust said quietly I:
Take bin. Tippoo.' The next secosd
Tippoo took him ssound shs wsist,
soused him under vstss. and shook
him there a. . man would . rag. then
tossed him up full thirty feet in The
air. caught hin on the points Of his
tusks. grabbed him agsia aud threw
him out on the shora. DesdI Dead!
Why. that dog looked like . hsndksr-
chief. rH n . !
TipPo, Ssib was the erandssg sIs.
phsnt ever saw. He had tosks tsu
feet long, and when he was mad he was
able Z" cioss th-ir poists tegethesl q
Ppr<sd them apast - hs liked. in. ..
way I've never seen any ether elephant
DO. whe" he got . chance to kill any
thing he would first skoaok it down,
The" put the points IT shse sssn~sd. !.
ous 'usks t'g ~ther. ard dropping ON his
knees. *oaid drive tins- points through
whatever hc ~as u.usde,ipR. :. ". masb
], int" the gro,ii.i with Them. As one
little town in lows, where Ne were
over Sunday. We had . sort
II tanvss snclosure around bin, whore
be WAS chained to stake. The keeper
went away to bis dinner, leaving .
w.tchmsn in charge Of him. A yoaag
aOctor came around and wanted 70 GOt
into the encloeurs Ia look ae Tippoo
Saib. He had been 10 the show the
DAY before and ssen HIN there. but h.
wanted quiet look It him: Ths at.
lsndsnt told him the beast wss danger.
Dus aud he had better not 20 near bin,
but the do tor allowed that he knew ell
about it. that elephants wess docils.
Intelligent animals. aud he was not
afraid of them. AZ he wss ~ confident
and seemed to know % much ahout el.
Dphants. the watchn,as went - bied din
nsr. When be came back. Tippco 0aib
hsd literally torn the young doctors
head Of his body.
After that they ent his tusks 81 short
Asd il seemed to break bic heart. They
were fitted with iron sockets 20 eesoW
on again. but ho hsd % conodsnce>in,
them - weapons q kiA sny1hien,Rioh !:
to ksew they .wGes - hngee
, part Of him. but Just % attachmsnt,
aud he never was the came proud ele-
plant again. His keeper used 20 keep
his msney in the hollow Of the socket
Of one Of the tusks. safes plecs than .
bank - Tippoo lived. for even IL 10
bad lost most Of his Lervs vhsn his
tusks we're cut oG. - still ,wae siephaat
enough to b likely 70 Hill 3 stsao9es
whenever get geoA <hanoe End Soep]
il he swosldn't. sthlsves voaidn't boj
likely - traAt his eeed nAture.
But evss with thos tusks oG be 49,
Psgarded ~ dangerous. He vould roll
his trunk mp into . oloss roll. like call.
ing up spring. and thea dip Il oat,
md whatever be stssck that way was
gone. I believe he could havo ksoeked
dovn . hippopotseus With. ON. .esAck
Of his; tssnk. S..aseiasa 1ies Swe1laa
come Abeas hiw-Whsp ~ ~ss eati1g
He wouldn't appear 10 pay any s&tss.
lion until one would get eless onoagh;
then tap would b given by that mon.
Dtes trusk and the life b. fairly knock.
= out Of little piggy. Hs we1A reach
Iee thepigs oaks . sure johetN ~
Dtasdine On hin Q m00eoe, l1en toGa
lhs shapelsss csssass behjal Ajs. ord
20 on eating - placidly ~ ever.
In Snmsrsst. Ohio. think Il vas, b
got stubborn. aad strUet atpvssybody
that came nGag I'M. so1d( - nbae g
what b night do II he get fsisly seast-
Cd. they killed hio-s6ot hin u Ne
eye With . very large ride bsll. aad -.
ttsd him. ] vss - v&1a1oN6
pany then and did not - hin killed,
bat ] sav Csuada killed, and . deepoe.
ate job IL was.
C.ssas vas < ~. n 81 t66a q q
elephaat bslountng - hybioAeo
nstioa when I v0s With thoo. We
had tsosbls Arst with Hin d Chieneo.
where - vses sheNi1Rvio - isoe.
near the eeol1 AeQoe H had
one Of bic tantruos. tas b61ose - gee
fairly started and vsst % heeakine up
things they trippe6 hiar vithxsnpesx
threw hi0 6owo md honk himruhtil -
'hollsred. which b ths tekss q sab
missiuo. Bat The 6t caoe O. Hin lev
days sasesvssd. aDd spsas4 oAspso
essdings b kuoching Aevn ese I'd a
bic barD. aad walking 81 - tAe
street. Hs wandered ssouad. 1oisg -
0ucA misohisf - . o6o-oo6oiog
hse1s sseo ~ siR. AistinR s1nsps oassD
he stree. seasise 1sWs aess elaapl
posess .ea plsylne - 1s.se Ue1ssal1ys'
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