The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-02-14
OQr London Letter.
Barnum's White Elepha mt.

Mr.. }arnum,S Famous White Efe.
phant has at last arrived in England,
and is housed in the Regent Park
Geological Gardens, until milder
weather shall permit the treasure to
be removed to America. rs trans.
a tlantic winter climate is considered
too severe for him. "Toung Tai
oung," or, rs he is called at home.
"Kyan Zone," or "wfite and sacred"
is certainly not pure white, strictly
speaking, but rather light ash color,
with whiteish patches, his face, ears,
front of trunk, fore feet, and part of
his breast being pinkish flesh color.
He is about four feet smaller than
Jumbo. Two Burman Attendants. ac-
companied the animal. The Buddhist
priests who are to watch over the
animal have not as yet arrived.
King Theebaw signed the deed OF sale
to 1.-The ri ch man"-as Mr.. Barnum
is styled, 1.-The compact concluding
thus: I'VE having sworn him (Bar-
NUNS agent.l before God and under
the Boo N1lyJ tree on the hill, he
promised that he will take him (the
elephant) straightly to his master, TO
have and protect him from misery; if
not, he knows that the sin cannot es-
cape Hell. We have got from Multi
kin master Ii, 900 rupees to repair onr
Gods images and monasteries. We
write and give this document with
our free will and consent" 1t is to
be hoped Mr.. Barnum will be more
fortunate with this animal than with
the first white elephant he bought.
which was poisoned by some fanatic
at Singapore.
Future English historians may or
may not record the interesting fact,
that near the close of the year 1888,
there died one OF the most success
full spectators. ana at the same time.
one of the most philanthropic million
aires of the nineteenth century in the
person of Mr.. Holloway. the noted
manufacturer and advertiser of
curative ointment aud pills. Many
individuals have, doubtless, lived who
have in their time attracted more per-
sonal admiration. but perhaps few
have had wider fame or excited
more extensive influence of a sort
than the octOgenarian pill distributor
of Oxford street. 1t may be subStan-
TALLY correct to assert that the world
knows nothing of its greatest men;
but at all events, it was the worlds
own fault if it failed to make acquain-
tance with Mr.. Holloway through the
medium Of his extraordinary adver-
tising efforts. The secret of the man.
ufacture is confined to the hearts of
one Or two survivors at most; Of the
original patantee, and it is just as we'll
for the world that such should be the
case. There is a story of an Indian
physician who cured all diseases by
pouring two crystal drops of an un-
known liquid from vial into a glass
of water, and causing his patients to
| i,nbibc the draught. A natural cur
iosity on the part of the Raiah of the
district impelled that potantate to
demand from the leech the secret of
| this wondrous philtre whereupon,
| the latter declared that to tell the
nlture of the msdicine would instant
" deprive it of all it's healing proper
ties. The Rajah, however, insisted.
and as the gloomy choice was offered
| to the hakim of revealing the mystery
or being decapitated on the spot. he
chose the former alternative, and
confessed that the magical drops con-
sisted simply of pure water. and moth
i.g else. All the rest was done by
the faith of the patient. Nobody
would venture to apply this Oriental
tale to the case of the late Mr.. Hal.
loway's twin remedies for 1t is per-
fectly obvious that an ointment which
WIS indistinguishable from the pro.
duet of running brook, would have
no chance of being received into pub.
lie favor, any more than pill com.
pact of bread crumbs and dificient in
a good strong flavor of its own. 1t is
best to leave the question of the com.
position of all such far-famed specifics
to the region of mystery to which
they properly belong.
When men have attained to emf
nence, the chances are that trusting
if unrehectiug public has tempted
them to play Sir Oracle one very sub
iect under the sun. At the present
day it seems really difficult for man
to know what is his business and what
ano.her's. Our civilization is so com
plex so many wheels within wheels
so many cross bearings and elbowed
cranks, that not even the admirable
Crichton himself would be prepared
for every demand upon his knowledge
and wisdom. This may be said par
ticularly of the modern clergyman
the most sorely triel victim of socia
Celebrations. 4 hundred years ag,
the clergymen had "a good time,
He cherished. perhaps, no great faith
in the doctrines he expounded; but
on the other hand, his flock did no
question them. and hence he wa!
never put to the Inconvenience of de
fence. His duties were light and
regular; he adopted to the letter th,
maxim against zeal, which Tallyrant
afterwards formulated and if a
Tallyrand's Imperial master once sale
about his class, he considered thi
world as diligence in which to trave
to another. he preferred the wheel
we'll creased, the springs elastic. ant
the cushions stuffed, in order to tax,
as many maps on the road as possible
lie was, in short, q good easy man
who bothered nobody and desired t,
be let alone himself.
The Gle. gyman of the present da,
J is altogether different person, les
from choice. perhaps, than through
fierce Of circumstances. He canno
hold his own simply as an exponent o
dogma. If his predecessor was SAT
within the entertainments of tn
supernatural. he is not. The ghostl
voice may be listened to from fore
Of habit. but it has Il hollow sound
and there is u tendency to regard it
accents much as Forecastle Jack look
. | uuou the sermon of the Shin'S char
lain--as kind of duty yarn. One re
suit is to force the clergymen ont int
the living and active world. IL n
longer satisfies to discuss "a plan 0
salvation" he must be himself one t
save. Nothing lies outside his prov
!, ince. Not but what Dryden's ques
} tions remain pertinent !; lis not tn
! case of souls u load sufficient ar
J not your holy stipends paid for this =
| The province Of the soul is larg
/ enough to fill up every Granny q
} your time." This is true still !; bn