The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-01-20
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Stores ii tie cirf4aai.ta ~-a@arity
are everywhere RE II i.Ht4it. antt il
deed every oia wi'0 haI,@ns = have
seen thtS" creature clpiGt ID Il;
government contract labor will
scarcely have fuilei to notice nu.
meraus Instances Of il himself.
An engineer officer who was sta
toned at Calcutta ii few years back
was possessed OF Il very valuable ele
plant. which. TO his great grief. con
tracted il viruiient disease of tine
eyes. and after suffering with it for
a few days became completely blind.
His owner t%hereupon applied to Il
resident surgeon. stating the ease.
and asking if he could do anything
for the relief of his fayorite.
The surgeon. after examining the
elephants eyes. said that he Was
willing to try the effect Of nitrate of
silver on one of them, that being a
remedy which was very beneficial in
the treatment of the human eye at
ficted with a similar disease. The
animals driver was accordingly sum-
moled. and the great beast by ms
ins;rumentality made to lie down.
The doctor then applied the nitrate
Of silver. and the elephant uttering a
roar Of pain jumped up and behaved
in such all outrageous fashion that 1t
was some hours before he could he
calmel down and secured i'll his stable
again
n day OF two aftervard the doctor
called again, and found that his arp,l-
catioi, had worked wonders. the
sightof the II eye being almost Ell
tireiy restored. and III consequence
determined to operate i'll Il similar
manneron the other. He was alpre-
hensive of the animals behavior,
more especially a. he was now able
to see. and suggested that he he prop
erly secured before he operated upon
him. However. the elephant hau
recognized the doctor's Voice. and 10
e~verybody's establishment followed
him OF his WI accord ont of the sta
BILE into the open. lay down without
any persuasion. niacin" his head qui-
city on one side with the diseased
eye upward. then curlel up his
trunk and drew in deep breath.
like any human being might do who
Was about to undergo a painful op
Grafton. and awaited the doctors
pleasure.
The latter used his brush as dex-
terously as possible, and applied the
caustic as quickly Il. lie could and at
the sanIe time perform the work
thoroughly. During the entire op
GRAFTON tLt elephant, so far from be
having AS he had previously done.
uttered not u sound. and when it WAS
over got UP with Il sigh oi sati>fac
ton. and manifested by every means
in his power the delight and graf!
tude he experienced at its compile
ton, gently Careoslng the surgeon
with his trunk ana making other
similar demonstrations as he walked
back to his stake, and, despite til.
pain he was suffering, uttering Lo
sound.
This incident, which was well
known i'll Calcutta. not only showed
memory, but a high order of reason
ing power. for the animal. re,nem
boring the benefit he had received
from the first application, was. II
spite of the pain it caused him, not
only willing but anxious to undergo
the second. in order that his other
eye might be cured i'll like MANNER
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
4 Grew some thing.
It was a rather unusual ornament
for a room. if it could he called AN
ornament: but bachelors often have
strange things i'll their rooms. This
was a human skull, polished and
made into a receptacle for stray hits
of paper Or anything else that one
wanted to put into it. The topcould
be removed at pleasure.
It was a grewsome thing to have
or a writing desk. and it attracted a
a great deal Of attention. Callers
shuddered as they looked at it. and
one day II of them asked the bach
elor why he had it around.
'.Oh, it's a sort of a keepsake" be
said carelessly. 1T was my broth
er's."
"Your b%rother's."
He looked surprised as he saw ev-
cry one in the oom edging away
from him.
why, yes" he said.
DO you mean to say that that was
your brothers skull" demanded one.
Certainly: what's the matter with
ita" he asked with apparent astonish
ment. He gave it to me when he
was married. He got it when he
was a medical student. but his wife