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Says: 'lntimit acquaintance with a tru
fren6 always ipCTseSes our respeCkt fur
that friend"
Ths - ths reason why Synylta Blocks
continue 10 maks friends "a their virtues
become better known. Clergmen, public
speakers, snd pSople in sn the venue Of
life are o unit in their praise OF that won
derful new remedy, Sypyits Cough Blocks.
They are warranted 20 cure Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis. HOSrSenesS, Tickling in the
Throat, Sore ThrOat and Group; 80 doses,
25 cents. Hundreds bear testimony to the
remarkable cures of Disrrh0S, Dysentery,
Fiux, ChOlers lnksOtuHl, or Summer Com
plant and C6olers Morbus, effected By
Synvita Blackberry Slocks; 25 doses, %
cents We have stacks of testimonials
from mothers, VINO, after dosing their chill
dreu with strouy medicines for other sup
posed diseases, have completely cured tRem
BIZ using SyuvitS Worm Blocks; % doses,
IS cents After you have tried all the
high-pTiCsd bottle remedies and have found
mo relief, buy a package Of Synvita Kid
ney, Riood and Liver blocks and be cured.
90 dOssS, 50 cents. II Won want the finest
tonic Bitters in the market, bay = package
of Syuyita Bitter Blocks for % cents, and
make from 10 l gallon Of pure tonic Bit
tiers.
All these remedies Only l cen s dose.
Ne box, M teaspoon, n sticky bottle. Pat
mp in patent packages. Warranted 20 cure
or money refunded Sold By druggists
everywhere. Gets checker board Of your
desler frae. Send yoEr address on q postal
card for scopy Of 'TEESTNvITA BLOCK"
which contains y history Of diseases and
cures, or send l mi stamp for = sample OF
COugn Block sBd a Uopy Of THE SYNyIrA
BLOCS. Address, The Syayi,a Co, Lock
Boz 29Y, Delphca, Ohio.
ANTuN P. HESs, Ageut fOI Wheeling,
opposite pUstNt6e@.
D. u. MCSSuRpS, Agent for MHrtin'S
Ferry, ..
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revenue reform should not be likewise At
tackled and with liz reanlk

evenu reform should not be likewise at
tackled and with like result.
And yet, no thoughtful man can fail to
see in the continuance of the present bur.
dens of the people and the abstraction by
the government Of the currency Of the
country, inevitable distress snd disaster.
All danger will be averted by timely &C.
tion. The difficulty of applying the rem.
edy will never be lost, and the blame
should not be laid at the door of the Dem.
ocratic party if it is applied too late.
With firm faith in the intelligence and
patriotism of our countrymsn, and relying
upon the conviction that Misrepresentation
will 20. ipfuenes them, prejudice will not
cloud their understanding, aud that menace
will not intimidate them, lei rs urge the
people, in the interest of public duty, fol
the vindicstion of our attempt to inaugu.
rate a righteous snd beueicsnt reform.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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LIVE sISrUR.
Baltimore Cattle Market.
BALTIMORE, September 6. 1883.
AT CALyERTON YARDS.

BEEF CATTLE-The market wss scarce
ly up TO that Of last week in activity, ow-
ing measurably to the Jewish holiday,
closely observed by the Isrselites, as usual.
The quality Wa not ss good as that Of last
Thursday, few good butcher cattle being
among them. with q very long line Of the
medium and common grades. We quote
at 81 00a4 80, most sales being made at
So 5Os4 25 per 100 lbs. [Ssles we're made
at the Claremont Yards to the number Of
1886 head
Prices Of Beef Cattle this week ranged
rs follows: Best Beeves at 81 50a4 80;
those generally rated frat quality 81 %
al so; medium or good fair quality "a 90
al %, and ordinary thin steers, oxen and
cows 81 00a3 % per 100 lbs,
Of the cattle received % anne from
Maryland, 1,494 from Virginia, $50 from
West Virginia, 139 from Ohio, 40 from
Kentucky, and 1872 head from Illinois,
Total receipts for thepast week 2,34l,
against 2,64O last week. and 3,205 same
time last year.
OF the offerings 855 were taken by the
Baltimore butchers, 100 by country deal
ers, and 40 by Eastern buyers. Total
sales for the week 995, against I ,254 last
week and $50 same time last year.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-The quality Of the
offerings WAS similar to that Of last weeks
receipts, the number being some 1900 less
than then. Trade in sheep and lambs il
slow, with prices of for lambs. There
has been a good demand fer good stock
sheep. We quote butchers sheep at 81
a4tc per ID gross, and lambs at 4!a54c,
with a few extra at SIC per lb gross.
Stock sheep 81 50a3 25 per head. Receipts
this week Of sheep aud lambs 4,S23
head.
CHICAGO. September 10. -Csttle-Rt-
ceipts IL, 600 head; shipments 1000 head
market strong; steers So 50a6 90; stOckers
and feeders 81 00s3 Is; cows, bulls and
mixed 81 35s3 90; Texans 81 O0a3 IS;
western rangers So 5Ga5 90.
Hogs--Receipts 5000 head; shipments
1000 head; market strong; mixed S. 95a
6 45; heavy Sc GOAT 90; light 81 65a6 %;
skips 81 OOs5 60.
Sheep Receipts 5000 head; shipments
1000 heal; market steady; natives 81 GOA
4 Is; western ~ 25a3 10; Texans ~ Fla
$40; lambs 81 25a5 so.
East Liberty.
EAST LIRKRTy, September l0.-Oattlc-
Receipts 800 head; shipments 800 head
strong TT last weeks prices.
Hogs-Rsceipts $500 head; shipments
1900 head; market active; Pbilsdelphias
So 60a6 rs; mixed So 35a6 As; Yorke,s
Sc 15s6 25; grassers and stubblers S. s0s
6 10; pigs SIS rs.
Sbesp-Receipts 5000 head; shipments
5000 head; market active and shade
higher than las. weeks prices.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, o., September 10.-Hogp
In fair demand and steady; common
and light S. O0aG 30; packing and butch
es Sc 90; receipts l 300 head; shipments
$50.
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STATEs-Qaiet but firm.

STATES-Q1tet but firm.
RAHROAns-Quiet; sales $413, $50.
SToCKs-The stock market was some
Whist irregular and generally lower to-day.
the heavy trading in the lower priced
shares being a feature of the dealings, az
we'll as the unusually large number OF
stocks traded in. The opening figures
were made at irregular changes. While
the trading was quiet in the
usually active shares, the low
priced specialties became more active.
Denver and Rio Grand was a feature Of
tine afternoon, aud with Hooking Valley
led the upward movement. Business be-
came more active in the last hour and the
grangers stumped of quite rapidly, carry
ing the rest ofths list with them. even the
~srecieltes giving way under the press
ure. The close was quiet and
weak, generally at the lowest
prices reached. Most of the list show de-
clines tonight, but with the exception of
Northwestern, which lost !, the losses are
for fractional amounts only, while Hook
ing Valley rose % and Denver and Rio
Grande, both common and preferred, IL
per cent each. The market was a little
mors active than the average OF last week.
Sales 265, 2s7 shares. Quotations closed
bid ~ follows:
Adams Express 145; American Express
10; Canada Pacific, SCI; Central Pacific
36s; Chesapeake and Ohio 15;2 do preferred
hrsts l34 do seconds 13; Chicago aud Alton
132, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Il3;
Delaware and Hudson, 118s; Delaware,
Larkswanna and Western 143s; Denver
and Rio Grande, 20; Erie, %; do pre-
lcrred, 66!; Fl. Wayne, ISL; Illinois
Central 12Of; Lake Shore, 97l; Michigan
Central, $50; Minneapolis and st. Louis,
20; do preferred, 1O6; Missouri Pacific,
S2s; Northern Pacific, 90; do preferred,
63; Chicago and Northwestern 114s; do
preferred, 143l; New York Central, 1881;
Oregon Tfanscontinental, 800; Pacific Mail,
37t; Peoria, D. & E, 264; Pittsburg, 1876;
Pullman Pslsce Car, 1881; Reading, 53l,
Rock Island. 1l0!; ~. Louis ana asu
Francisco, 33a; 10 preferred, 72}; tTs:
preferred, 1l34; st. Paul, Minnesp olis and
manitoba, 1861 st. Paul and Omsha, 403;
10 preferred 1OSi Texas Pacific, 26; Union
pscilic, 6li ''Unitd States E1prssP, 7S9;
Wests,p Union. $751;
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The SPIRIT OF a PATRIOT
Breathss in Every Word Of His Magnificent
Letter.

WASHINGTON, September S.-The fol-
lowing letter is made public:
WASHINGTON, D. G, Sept. 3, 1888.
Hon Patrick 4. Collins and others, Com
miHCC:
GENTLEMEN: In addressing TO you my
formal acceptance Of the nomination to
the Presidency of the United States, my
thoughts persistently dwell upon the i'm
pressive relation Of such action to the
American people, whose confidence is thus
invited, aud to the political party to which
[ belong, Just entering upon a contest for
continued supremacy.
The world does not afford y spectacle
more sublime, than is furnished when
millions of tree snd intelligent American
citizens select their chief magistrate, and
bid one Of their number to find the highest
earthly honor and the full measure OF pub
lie duty in ready submission to their will.
1t follows that = candidate for this nigh
Office can never forget that When the tur'
MOL and strife which attend the election
OF it's incumbent shall be heard no more,
there must he IN the quick calm which
follows, a complete and solemn self conse-
s~,cration by the peoples chosen President
of every faculty aud endesvor to the serv'
ice Of a eondding end generous nation Of
fee men.
A PATRIOTIC VIEW.
These thoughts are intensified by the
light of my experience in the Presidential
oRica, which has Saberiy impressed me
with the severe responsibilities which II
imposes; while it has ~quickened my love
for American institutions and taught me
tina priceless value Of the trust Of my
countrymsr-
Il is Of the highest importance that
those WHO administer our government
| should ~jealously protect and maintsin
| thu rights of American citizens at home
| and abroad, aud should strive to achieve
for our country her proper p'aes smoa2
the nations Of the earth; but there is nc
people whose home interests are so great
| and whose Numerous objects of domestic
| concern deserve so much watchfulness and
care.
THE NATIONS NEEDS.
Among these are the regulation OF g
sonnd iuancisl system, suited to our needs,
thus securing an efficient agency OF national
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FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money lag Per Cent-6oyernments
Quiet but Firm-stocks Lower-Flour
Firm-wheat Quiet
NBW YORK. September 10.-Money on
call easy ut 1a2 per cent; last loan II
per cent; closed at 1ts2 per cent; prime
mercantile paper 5a64 per cent; sterling
exchange quiet but steady at 4S43.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES but firm.
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L, z &c RAILROAD.

DeIlairs and Zsnesyilie Shcoagh passenger Train
lpaves RSila!re a y % d N, arrives st BellSrs s.
i10p. n. .
@oOosneld passenger train leaves Bellaire ~
5 90 o. Ii, arrives az Bellaire at s:C5 a. m.
SuinuleTfeld Accommodation leaves Bellsir -
-1N) =, arrives a. Bellairs a. ll:0o = N.
All trains daily e~XeepISupde7, Central stsRc-
Ard Tine from Bsllsire,
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.Mbesling Resisten
Grarelars' 6uiak

a RRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS
AExPLAEATIoN Oh RsFRRzNcE MARKS. sDAily
tSunday excepted. MONDAY excepted sSun
day only. saturday excepted.-76 Meridian
May Is. 1855 Wheeling time, which Is inst onS
hour earlier than Central Tine:
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Epps's Cocoa


by Q thorough kns~lsdss Of the natural law
which govern the operations Of digestion and
properties Of weil-seiscted Gocoa, u. Fps hai
proyfded cur bFeakfk9 tables with Q delfcAtely
hayofsd beverage which may ssye - mani
aesyy docten' billA Il n BY the judicto0a ~
Of such articles Of DICT that's constitution MAJ
be gradually boil. up until strong enough 70 70
sfSt every tendency 70 dfpeAseL Hundreds a
ubtis naladies are aoaftng around ~ neAdy u
stack wherever theae IL . weak point We M
escape many q fatal shan By keeping ouseivc
yell Ssisea VIII pure s.oea ana : p'o'efi'
Made nmply with boiling water Or milk. Bold
only In half pound tins By Grocer, LABELED thul'
LANES EppS { CO.. assssfAflieelisisi
m7iIcd1fu.TfAs LsnAss. Esgiss1.
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DRY GOODS.
Hsu York.

NEW YORK, September 10.-DrS Goods
There was q good business with jobbsrs
and with agents there wss the usual trade.
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MAGNOLIA

akIM Take HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM VIII
,ca 20 The Seaside. Mountains 3 Rural Rssots'
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W On and after Monday, April 30, lSSS, trains
on the Wheeling aud Kim Grove Railroad viii
fnn as lIllnNs.
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MAGNOLIA

BALM prescrTes tho Complexion and makes .
lazy Of 90 appear only 2oi It rennes tho Skin
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MAGNOLIA

BALM. q . Cooling. Soothing and sntoysba
Eqdd preparation for no. ssek, srus md has1si
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OHIO RIVER RAILROAD

Tint Table taking enoct May 27th. le1 Pas.
senger trains will run - followS-Ccntnl Tine.
All trains daily except those marked thus 7
which do not run on sunday:
soUra EorNp. mo limo. AMAZING, 4
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SLFvELkND 4 PTrTsBURs z. u.

~
Under scbeiGla In srsc. May IL, Lass, trains
leave Bridgeport, Ohio, Central Btandsrd Tine:
FOR Pittsburgh, Chicago and Cleveland. 80 q
n. For Piitpburgh, lo.T N For Chicago AMI
Cleveland liz p. m. Fer Pittsburgh and New
York, S:Sg p. n For Stcubenyills, ~, .. m.
For Martins Ferry. 6:b q. m. Trains arrive at
Bridsepor; At 7:bs q. m, lob q. 10. I26 p. 10,
t:lb o. m, AL 2, n, and 747 y. m.
A. ]. HALLlkG, Ticket Agent
myl6 Bridgeport, Ohio.
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BRADFORD, PA, September TO- Petro
leum- Opened At oslo; lowest 9isc; high.
eat 96ic; closed at 943c; c~Iearances 1,242,.
600 barrels.
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ELXS
CREAM BALM

ClSauS OS
NasSl PaSSa'
goS, auaysP SlT
and IrfSmUUs,
too. Hes IL thJ
SOces. EsstOT6S
the SenSSe Ci
IT, : { = 3 q G
Su4an
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DITTsBuRG, CINCINNATI AND ST.
RluTIS RAILWAY ~

Il BOUIb hhILW M OO,,
Pan HsndiG kouts.) nie ecliedIls IN effect
August 9th, 1868, trains leave wheeling. Central
Stsudsrd Time. For StaubenvilIe. PtsburSh and
the Easi, SOD g. m, 1875 p. m, SD p. n and
$40 p. in. For Columbus, indianapolis, Cipcin-
natl and 81 Louis. $40 and s:40p n For Colum
ps AID Chisacc, 1888 y. m. Train, Ariye q
Wheeling ~ o 10 a. @. WWs N as y, m, and
$50 p. N Trains leaving ~ 6:D q. m, and ar.
irving at $40 p. m, rnnSOlid between wheeling
and Pitsburg. All trains daily, except Sunday,
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IrETIUBEcS =.
Titusvlllo.
Bradford.

TITUsvILLE, September 10.-Petroleunl
Opened and highest at 96c; lowest and
closed at 9i3c.
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RAIM-HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM snot'
Faint. Powder or Rouge. butt Refreshing Aquid
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Though Tickets and Baggage Checked 10 all
". J. ROBINSON, esnl PNs. Agent
Parkepburg, w. v.
FRED HUSEMEN, TRAY. Pass. Ag't,
wheeling W. Va
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oil Cfty.

PrrTsBURG, PA, September 10.--Petro'
leum-D ull and heavy; opened at 90,
closed al 94ic; highest 96lc; lowest 94ic.
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8aTy.. foIHrs Ieimss.R oughness Pnpus BALM gives Ravshngy Baudhshn- Read
t~r G#vUs& ladArF Face. Meek Arms i Hands H used and can't be detected ouedLo onupei
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THE Nations Z

Among these are the regulation OF q
sonnd fusncisl system, suited to our needs,
thus securing an efficient agency OF national
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OIL CITY, September 10. -Petroleum-
at oslo; highest 98ic; lowest 94ac;
closed at 943c; sales 1881, 600 barrels;
clearances 2,7l2, 900 barrels; charters 70,
100 barrels; runs 30, 688 barrels.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
STORIES OF DEPRAVED APPE-
TITE-
Beasts That Feat odd Things
Stomach or the Elephant, Cow
and Ostrich.

''It is truly astonishing what curious
things are found IN the stomachs of
elephants" said Superintendent Conk-
lin, OF the Central Park menagerie, as
he read the story from Bridgeport
about the finding of an ivory idol and
other curlosities in the stomachs of
elephants that were killed in the f,s at
Barnum's winter quarters. ST doubt
very much about the idol being found.
but as to the knives. pieces OF lead
pipe and the coins, that is quite cDm-
mon.
81 had an elephant here, and when
he died there was al least $40 WORM of
COINS found in his stomach. Some of
the coins were English pennies, three
penny pieces; some were German TOMS
and others were the coins of various
European countries. and Chinese
coins were also found.
Another elephant we had here was
crazy for hats. The boys had great
fun throwing each others hats into
the incioSure- The elephant would
just put out his trunk aud in a twink
ling the hat was gone. One day
gentleman's silk hat blew off. The
elephant picked it up and disposed of
1t as quickly as he did of the straw
hats or the children.
at seems that the elephants stcm-
ach will take anything. Anything but
metal seems to pass away without caus-
ing the animal any pain, but 1t appears
that the gastric Juices only tend to
oxydize coins and the like, and they
remain in the beasts stomach until
death.
"Cows are the only other animals
that have a fancy for disposing of for
eign substance that may pass down the
throat.
~ should judge the elephants tast-
ing powers are limited, because he
gobbies up everything that is offered
him.
The ostrich is just about as careless
OF what he swallows as the elephant
lie taxes in anything he can catch, and
more curious things have been found IN
the stomach of the biped than that of
the quadruped."
Charles Reiche, the dealer In ami
mails, not only corroborated MI Conk-
Inns experiences. but related some of
his own experiences in that line.
'Once we had an elephant he said,
THAT took part in the first Platt-
deutsche Volksfest ever held. Out at
the park We had the animal on exhibit
tion- A lady held out her pocketbCok.
and the elephant took it In his trunk,
and before the woman could realize
what foolish thing she had done the
purse was safely slowed under the ribs
OF the big brute. L had to give her
twenty-five cents to go home with.
'.If a man held out loaded pistol
that elephant would have swallowed
1t. Another time one of the keepers
left his lunch for a second and LAID his
open jack knife s>-=z---1 r,,iI, : LIN 90
'-rfurn, Jacv Eniie and everytfir,x else at
once disappeared down tie elephant IS
throat, aud he never seemed to suf-
fer from it. Elephants must have ar
NOR plated stOmaehs, for they take in
everything from lady's hairpin TO a
wooden image"
Then you believe the sacred ele-
phant swallowed the idol as reportedl''
- certainly do. The sacred elephant
would just as soon pick up a stray god
as lie would a banana or orange"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
If NIaidens But Knew.

A Good wife rose from her bed one morn
AMI thought with nervous dread
Ofths les on piles of clothes TO be washe,l
And THE dozen OF months TO be fed.
'Tler-'s the meals to get for the men in
the field,
And the children t. tx away 10 school,
And al rbe milk TO be skinned and
clurued,
And all 10 be done tins day"
II had ratued in the night, and all the wood
Was wet as Il could be,
There were puddings and pies TO bake
And a loaf OF cake for tea
And the day was hot, aud her aching head
TLrubhrd wearily "a she said:
III malJeus but knew what good wives
kuuN
They d not be in haste to we'd"
annie, what DO you think 1 told Ned
E-uvu?'
Catr ylr farmer from the we'll
And flush crept mp TO his brouzed brow,
AM bis eyes BALI uaShfuIIy fell.
"It wa this and coming near, he smiled:
.'It was tLls- That YOU are the best
And JLr dearest wife in town.
The farmer went back 70 the field,
And the wife. In smiling. absent way,
Sang ~uatchrs OF tender little songs
She'd NOT sung iu many n day.
And the pain IN her head was gone, and
Err ciGrhes
Were as white as the foam Of the sea
AuJ her butter a. sweet and golden a. il
could be.
The night came down
Tie good wife smiled to herself as she
sllI.
-sT.s ,o sweet 20 labor for those we love
T. is not strange that maids will we'd"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-02-01
4 Wicked Elephant.

During the time was with Fore
paugh's circus" says James Twitchell,
Buffalo Bill's late manager of the
London "Wild West Show,'' 81 took
part IN some exhibitions that were not
down on the bills. One in particular i
shall not be likely to forget. The show
disbanded at Chicago; Bamboo. the
trick elephant, was leased to the HI
rally brothers, who were about TO
open their season in Boston. Bamboo
had esta blIshed a name for himself as
a savage, treacherous brute, who had
killed and manned at least a dozen
men. He had a keeper woo was in
the habit OF becoming and remaining
drunk 1 hadn't much idea of the
dangerous character of the journey
until we were perhaps a hundred miles
out of Chicago. The bottom OF the
car was thIckly Uttered with hay, in
which Bamboo, the keeper and myself
were to sleep together. The keepers
bottle was one or my earliest discov
cries and dIscouragements. The nov
city of the situation kept me awake
pretty much all the first night out,
and it was with some dismay that l
discovered that the keeper was hope.
lessly drunk, snoring in the hay.
That l would not have minded had
Bamboo only kept quiet. But he
didn't and wouldn't, and that first
night, before i had become in the least
accustomed TO the situation, 1t was SIM
ply a night of horrors In the still
hours of that night, with the train rush.
ing along at the rate of thirty miles an
hour. L would at short intervals hear a
mufiied snort from the monster at the
So h.a Taa1 n
gigantic foot showing against me, or
the end of his trunk Tassing inquisi-
lively over my face. Then L would
lump up and yell to the keeper, with
energetic kicks to emphasize my re-
marks.
"Here, you-yake upl That in-
fernal elephant is going to trample us
to deathl'
1.-THE drunken keeper would get to
his feet, swear, give Bamboo an un-
mercitul prodding with his fork, the
great brute would lie down and cry,
and we would have peace.
This scene, with variations, is
what happened all the way from Chi
cago to New York. l wasn't trampled
to death by the elephant; why l was
not L do not know.
About daylight we were in the vi
cinity of Erie, Penna. Here Bamboo
took cogniZance of his surroundings in
dIsagreeable way. Elephant cars,
be it understood, are specially built and
fitted for the transportation of these
brutes, and the car in which We first
embarked was not of this kind. 1t
was not high enough nor strong
enough. When the vicious brute had
thoroughly satisfied himself of these
facts, he rose up out of the hay, arched
his ugly back, and burst the whole top
of the car out.
"We stopped at Erie. There was
loud swearing and clamor by the rail-
road men for compensation for the
damage 1 told them TO send their
bill to the klralfys, and, in the mean
time, If they didn't want the elephant
on their hands to take care of, they had
better help me to get him to Boston as
fast as possible. They took a look at
Bamboo. observed his vicious eve, and
said they guessed that was SO.
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