The Forrest City times., 1891-06-05
WILLIAM NEWMAN.

ana tho other, an exceedingly intelli- gent brute. ran into the chilly waters of Long Island Sound and died from the effects of the shock. It was n day or two before we succeeded in getting the herd together again, and 1t was many weeks before they recovered from their fright.
 About bad elephants? well,r guess %. In March. 1885, was attempting to pacify Emperor, n vicious brute. He didn't like my interference, and threw me through q window. carried with me sash and all. 1 am afraid that Em. peror carried with him to his dying day the marks of hot irons subsequent- iy used on his person. On April 3, 3,1sS3, we shot Pilot, a big bull elephant Mir Barnum ordered him shot. preferring to sacrifice SIG, 900 worth Of animal to the possibilities of loss of human life. Pilot had become exceedingly hard to manage, aud on that day when I ven- tured near him in one of his fits he threw his head around suddenly, lacer- ted my cbeek and deftly removed six of my teeth. Then he wrapped his big trunk around my forehead, but I duced just In time. He got my hat, though. plie chewed it for minute
 
 his mouth aud threw IL savagelv at me. When picked il up 1t was simply a pulpy mass. After one or two of these attacks Pilot was summarilv disposed of. 1t might almost be said that he committed suicide.
 No, an elephant is not Il courageo us beast. In the first place. he is afraid of anything over his head. In our m. rades we avoid elevated trains or any disturbance which is not on our level. It isa fact that elephants have a whole some dread Of all little animals.
 '''fhe ordinary elephant is afraid of q horse. When We took Jumbo from the Geological Gardens in London. where he had been closely confined for seven teen years. on tue first sight of horse he laid down in the middle ot the street, and all of our entreaties and requests availed nothing. The Superintendent of the London Society for the Preveu. tion of Cruelty to Animals, who was my constant guardian at that time. re- fused 10 allow prod to be used. That IS why Jumbo had to be put in n crate and carted like load of iron.
 "Mr. na>i and myself. who went to London. bought Jumbo,and attended to his transportation, had au exceedingly hard time of it. We bought the animal Tor so much cash where he stood. It cost us nearly as much again 10 get him away. Jumbo had been brought seventeen years before from the Paris Geological Gardens. At the time he was but five feet high and he was ship ped for rttnocerous. As you know, he was the largest elephant ever known-that Is. when we got him. In addition to the opposition of the people of London. the Society for the Proven ton of Cruely to Animals and various other we'll known organizations, Jumbo himself presented an al- most insuperabie obstacle to his transfer. For seventeen years he had not been outside of the gardee, and at sight of n horse or carriage he refused to walk. So we took him back. Then we searched for ship in which we could transport him. 1t stood to reason he could not be placed on the deck. There was no place between decks for him. The only method of tfansporta- ton possible was by storage tn the hold, down which he could be dropped with tackle and fall through n hatch way. and here was the ruh It was extremely difficult to find a steamer which boasted a hatehway large enough to lower the crate coutaningAthe great beast. At last we found ore line of steamers, freighters, which were ade- quately equipped, and concluded ar rangements for his shipment. Then we had box made which weighed six tons. It was built of heavy o,,k beams and wrought iron. The ends were made of slats which were removable. and we marched Jumbo several times through the box in each direction to accnstom him to it.
 "One morning when he stood for a moment on the floor of the crate We quickly placed the slats in position and pinned them in with iron bolts, He had a chain on his fore and his left hind leg. and these we riveted to the bottom or the box. When he realized lils posi- ton he began series of breaks for liberty which continued for fully an honr. When completely tanned we put the box on wheels. hitched ten trolley horses to It and carted Jumbo off bodily to the docks The box was put le . i'ghter bailasted with sixteen tons of iron, and the beast was fioatesi nine miles down the Thames river to the ship. We lowered him down the hatch way. He stood in the hold and ate off the lower deck. The hatchway op level with the upper deck conid barely os placed m position The end of the journey m New York was made in similar way. At Madison Garden we walked him about the track every day, had horses and other animals pass him, had the band pIay--in short. gave Jumbo sort of soirse every morniug. Finally hs became accustomed to un.- asaal sights and sounds. and iron thaA