Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-24
The Misunderstood Elephant. From Acrobats and Mountebanks.1

have fonnd among the memoirs of the
 actor Charles Young, published by his SOD,
 the Rev. Julius Young, an aneedote which
 well illustrates the sagacity and affeetionate
 sensibility of these huge pachyderms. The
 newspapers had announced the arrival in
 England of the largest elephant that had
 ever been seen. Henry Harris, the mana
 ger of Covent Garden Theatre, at once pur-
 chased Chung-that was the animals name
 flor exhibition in pantomime entitled
 Harlequin" which he had mounted very
 expensively. Harris paid 900 guineas for
 the beast. Mrs. Henry Johnston was to ride
 it, and Miss Parker was to act as Columbine.
 But at the general rehearsal, when Chung
 reached @ bridge over a cascade which he
 upon it, distrusting it's solidity, and not
 without reason. In vain the angry keeper
 punished him by pricking him behind the
 ear with an iron goad. With lowered eyes and pendant ears the enormous animal stood in a pool of blood, motionless as a wall sssszr
 The captain of the vessel which had test between the man and the elephant. He had become fond of the beast, and often fed it with dainties. The animal had scarce. ly recognized it's friend when it approached
 him with supplicating air, gently took his hand in it's trunk and placed it in the bleed ing wound, then held the hand up to the captains eyes. The gesture said ss clearly | as words: "See how they have made me
 suffer-" Poor Chung appeared so unhappy l that every one was touched, even the cruel keeper. To win pardon the man ran out and brought some apples, which he offered to the elephant. But Chung disdainfully
 threw them away. The captain, who had ole G~A, I>~1 E--.x Market, came back immediately afterwaId and held it out to Chung. He willingly accepted it, and after eating it, coiled his trunk gently round the proprietor's waist. Death of . Forty-year-old Horse. From the Galveston News
 Ball Face is deadl An uncertain number of years before the war broke out between the North and South Ball Face was @ suck
 lung colt, frisking his tail and punching the
 maternal udder for all it was worth. His life was uneventful, SO far as the writer knows, until he had arrived at the years of discretion. had sown his wild oats, and be- gan to understand that life was serious, life was real, and that even three -years olds had | duties incumbent upon them. About this | time he attracted the attention of well-te- 1 do baker, Frenchman named Peter Petal,
 living at Opelousas, La. In consideration of
 certain quantity of oats, bran, and hay, ! per diem, Peter induced Ball Face to haul
 his bakers wagon from door to door, deliv-
 ering honest bread to honest patrons. | Just how many years Peter and Ball Face "got together" in this way we are unable to
 depose, but the war broke out, and Peter ! broke out, and Ball Face broke out. Peter | had patriotism, and no less had Fall Face. Peter enlisted, and so did Ball Face, in the Second Louisiana Cavalry. Peter served through the war, so did Ball Face. Peter resumed his honest calling, 80 did Ball Face, and kept it up till 1870, when Peter
 and Ball Face parted company, and Ball Face became the property of G. Martinelli, 1 now a grocer on the corner of Twelfth and
 Mechanic streets in this city, then resident of Opelousas. La. Mir. Martineli owned the horse almost twenty years, and he was sup posed to be 20 twenty years of age at the time the purchase was made and too old for uee in 8 bakers wagon. This fact proves the horses age to have been almost 40 years, and up te fen days ago, he could have been seen on the streets almost daily, bearing no evidence of his extreme age. He was considered as Gone of the family" and treated accordingly.
 He was buried yesterday far down the island with many expressions of regret by his owner.