Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-03

hled almost to sufocation that eve,ino
with men and boys. This time the ,igs1
jumped over my head and was mabi,g for
the pit when l caught him By the tail and
hauled him back. Inssdn't tell YOU thai
standing room was made mighty quick in
that pit whel they saw the snimal coming
They rushed out yelling and screaming for
me to hold On to him.
Probably the OF ly speech made by Dries
bach was delivered by him IN PniladeIpbia
after ne had conquered an enraged ele-
plant. 1t was the lime wien the elephant
Columbus kill'd his keeper in the Quaker
City. sud afterward Ioamed THROUGH Che
b1lldlng, demo,ishing cages and other
properly. Ddeshach succeeded in subdu-
ing the vicious beast, and, not conteut
with placing him in shsckles, he LED CO.
lumtu5 lax the riSg and, after max.
Ing him lie down, Driesbach stood upon
his head and addressed the astanishsd
spectators % follows: "Genslem n: Unsc.
castcmed rs l an to public speaking.
allow me 10 say TO you that thia il the
proud6s. day Of my life. Napoleon and
other warriors have left monuments q
skulls, but l have the skull of q couque1el
elephant Tor ny monument. This is my
fist and last appearance as public
speaker.
In the course OF Driesbach's travels h.
found himself in Cincinnati. Unsbe to
make terms with the proprietor of a
theatre there for q performance, the lion
king went 10 Zinecvilie, where be had
Il I.-xc--1Ir.
ceived Telegram from the Cincinnati
manager asking him TO go to Cincinnati q.
his terms were accepted. DtieSbach hastily
cseed tiger in a Common store box snd
proceeded 10 the Ohio river, where be
took passage on b1at for Cincinnati.
He registered on the boat as Her
Drleabsch and Colonel Alexander, Of
Brazil" Tie tigers name wa3 Colonel
Alexander, and 70 one on the boat Save
the esp ain knew this Tue tiger we'
taken into Dfiesbach's statercom end
chained under BUNK, During the trip
sSme OF the passengers, including
The pilot end clerk, suggested
thst visit bs made TO Dieg
bach's room and the contents of b5tt'e
noticsd on the table be sampled. D'iee.
back said, "All right" srd took the party
20 his room. The tiger was under the
lover berth and was not noticed. bot the
bottle was an object of interest, however,
and the crowd went for il. Gentlemen,
you can't drink that straight I'll 20 for
pitcher of water and some glssses," said
D'iesblcb, ard ne and the captain weut
out and locked the door. Presently these
inside heard 3 scratching and gTowl
They tried TO SCI TO the door, but could
not. The tiger growled ard prepared t0
leap. Just then the door open and cut
they went, knocking over tie captain in
their endesvOr TO get away. A hearty
laugh was had over The scare when Dries
bach showed them bow securely Colonel
Alexander was chained
During the msny years that Herr Dries
back Was in the business, he only encoun
tered one wild bsa5t that he could moi
tame This was O large Brazilian tiger, a
magnificent animal, which Driesbsch va,
compelled to kill, the tiger getting him in
close quarters oae day VIII N he WAS in tn,
cage with the beast. The skin OF this
tiger is still in Mrs. Dnssbacb's possession
sud is highly prizad by her, as it was alsC
by her husband.