The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-01

An BLRRHANTlNB INFANT.
! A most important event IN the soolo-
gicsi world ssssotly oecssred at pills
delphia. This vas notAing more sos
lee then the birth u . younR elephant.
The importance Of the adair 20 the
world OF scisncs will b realised when
it 10 sisted that it il the 1sse iasGanes
sf tbs kisd that has ever taken place.
% fer - 10 known. smong these ami.
mails in state OF captivity. Hereto
fore aM idsss and theories. written OF
unwrittsn. on tho subject Of propagA-
tion among this spscies Of quadruped,
lurstioa OF the period of gsstatiea nd
20 forth, have bssns more or less spscu.
lstivs TIE oss .fse9 tAat sss0sd. veil
established vas that the female ele.
phans would net bear youog - her
captive state. although from time to
G1e. 18th iu Esseps end A0osiCs, a.
seoscs@snts hsve eons 6sen showmen
and oessss - sbee0see -\6as 10y Aed
reasoo 70 believe Ahis ,thsory nos veil
founded ssd expsC(e4 - b ahI6 % die.
prove Il. Nsahiag evsr sAsso q this.
howsss asdl sths isct seasaiseA that
the birth Il . lAbg elephant ~ 'ip
riiIxo uxxNowx
In nsturaf scisees ouRaids the aalsnslis
nativs wilds. aud the theory above
menfioaed osnsisued % fall fGeos. The
event upsets everything in this direc-
tion. hovever. snd pAsfb oucaaios for
seiensists to shift their position and
look at the question from . sew stand.
point.
A qaesr looking listis black ssimsl.
not much larger than Z Newfoundland
dog. with = very diainutivs specimen
Of . trunk. and with . disposition to
run st things blindly like y"ung colt,
fairly describes the app-nrsucs Of the
little stranger - il wsd.ilsd about in
the lares brick stable kuova - the
elephant houss. The mother. large
black Asiat'o elephant, known by the
sttrActiye name Of s. S A
AEBE.
0tsod in the center of the large stable
room. With both hind legs oLaiuei to
two p"sts. This prscaution vas sbs,-
lutsly necessary. - will bs shown At
the upper end Of the stable, about .
dozen yards fr0n IIebes sstood six other
large sl~phsnts win ttsifshSads1nrned
toward her. Hkswiss caGiued t0.p~sts.
Il was . most exciting scene amnng
these elephsnts when the birth took
plscs. For mooths past Hebe. ON &C.
count Of her condition. had bsen chain
ed to the came spst away from the
other elephants. TIE yoon Aeing stwaya
in the care of u voGDh0an e 6elsrsAsI
night. Thb vetcbulAnswae 9 hi post
at half past two o'clock. when the
event by which Hsbe distinguished
herself occurred.
The scene that followed he describes
- lively. Instsntly sll the other ele>
phaots Get up the most tremsndoQa
believing ever heard and threw their
tyunks about and wheeled ABOUND and
stood on thsir hind legs and eavqyed
and danced In the hiehsst 6lss. -
though they bad apee nsl. The *
citemsse spmmpnicGpd ttsslfoo Hrs.
and she beeA.e slmejt fuptia With'
terrific plunge
sHR BROKE THE CHAINS
And ropes that held her, end, grasping
up the little bsby elephant With her
trunk, threw il about twenty yards
across :hs room. lsttiac il fall near ?
large Aot saovs -~x9e > 1rs = llwaysI
kept borniog 20 keep the plsoe Aested
then followed With . mad rush. bel
lowing and lashing her trunk. -
though she would carry everything
before her. The keeper hed for bic
life. and not . moment too soon.
Around the stoss was . seoqt ssi6pe
formed. .hy hsasy tinbss Ind inte113ed
~ . professions for the stove In case
any Of the elephants ever got loose and
took Il into thsis hsadgfon - yicjosa
Against this railing Hsbs chafgsd with
such sflscs lhAs shs ssde I'D - p 4ied.
ling wood 10 shsrt oedsr. Not stop.
ins here, she sssueks he stsso ssl
Knocked IL into the position of ths isea.
Ing towsr Of Pise il - ipatest And
bsdly smashed the pipe. The keeper
meantime had given the alarm, aud
three of fus osh0es vo1l1nS - III ~
sistancs the snimal was. attss geoiAe
trouble seCursd ssl ehaiepd - tAeH,gt
agxin. Aeantime the other slsphsnts
kept up their bslloving and the lashins
Of their ruskg lssthpgyf t3yeoue1
would eSt ehSesse sejoi6lul : q y
s4 TH8 BABY xLIPHANr.
Which at oncs showed . dispositioo to
asks iriesds With every body Of any
body. VS. RjlotSA ~ = tts ~ NJ,