Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-22


easy. the birds were twIttoring the mon
KEYS were chattering aud trembling the
lions were roaring constantly. the rlr-
plants were dcnfenmg with their loud
trnmprtngs Suddenly ! felt the steamer
qwvcting FROM etoir 20 steri. The SEA-
WnA tossing, tue sun WAX hidden behind
u thick yellow mist. looked toward
the land whore the minaVts were top
plug down. and where The greatest hOr
rur aud confusion appeared Ia prevail
And all the while poor CASANOVA luy
dead or dying below, / shall never for,
get that awful morning
We bud had The greatest possible dilli-
Guilty just before, too for az Sunkim the
railway people had told us we had too
many wagons aud that they would not
transport u@ nuy further, However.
snou settled TINT by puihr up to tho tlirec'
tors aud demuudmL from them IN eN-
prcH4 train immediately for said |,
Those nnimals uro for the emperor of
Austria and Ia prove This ! showed
tfcm a great document, sealed 10y the
emperor himself
"'Ou gnOther occasion ] was iuurncyiug
through Sue1 with q giraffe which for
i've months h1d been living w The Ger
man ruuSnlA garden I was leading u
10 the station when II suddenly took
fright and run avy, For four long,
weary miles | hung uu 10 the wrotchrd
the ropc mud let Il go A smart little
Nuban boy then took M the chnHc; he
got hold Of the rope aud eventually Tied
1t around q tree, and after u while we
led the animnl quietly back to the stu
ton
But one Of the most tremendous mud
alarming adv ventures that ever overlook
me whilst ! was Transporting animals,
wits that which occurred once when
twelve elephants broke away from me-
and rushed through the streets Of Wen,
nu. The whole twelve hnd been drnoHlttI
Ia depot where thoy had to rest for
two days. ! was taking nix Of the Gle.
phants To LEAH them 10 the station. aud
when my back Nns turned aud ! was
engaged with these six elephants the
other hA quietly aud Meultlhly pulled Mp
the Iron rings by which thry were ms
tened tn tho ground, iruuipriul loudly.
aud before ! Knew what lhu happened
The twelve animals were rushing Willy
through TIDE streets Of Vienna, A. lnH,
after q long chase, ! caught The biggest
elephant and brought u 10 the station,
the others following puicily enough
''Rut my troubles were moi over YET
for / hnl hardly got ihp iirHt -FOUR INTO
u RAILWAY van when The others hogan 10
howl The four elephnuts In the nam
pMnged and kicked about, nnh ~ lHHl
thew brokr their ropes aud ran out NJ
Into the open streets Then bcguh mn
other hunt up the big, fashionable Nrrrs,
down little courts aud alleys, pucr niHr
ono which ran int0 u big shop, AT over
q big park, aud this went on Tor ilWre
hours until nt last, greatly 10 my feNrl,
! got them safely Into the station und
pneked up into the vans for their jour
ney,
"pcrhnps the most difficult part Of
TRANSFORMATION, Notwithstanding an the
adventures I have had on lund. is get
ting the big animals on board rhip Ihke
elephants for Instance, They nie placed
in barges and then they are slhns ~ ~
big sllng- on TO the s"4urri uiiN
very difficult aud very ana ions work tuf
very often they ARE Killed by the break.
ing Of their uecks or their legs AM
then agnin, once they are On board Hhip,
n Il very dinicnt 10 bring elephants
alive TO Europe They suffer drruqihly
from sea sickness and cuunot rni some
OF them are pnt between decks anu
some of them have stables htted up Tor
them Oh deck ! remember ihni once
CASANOVA lpn Africa with a cargo u
forty elephants, thirteen only OF whirh
reached Trieste nliyc, aud only Twelve
came mere TO me 10 Hamburg.
son ono occasion, IN 1881 ! thlnk II
gns. / was bringing over large cargo
AZ forty.fw0 0airiches from the Soinnli
,,,,,ntry We were going through the
Rod sea when suddenly upleui Storm
broke ont upon us, u was pileh iark
~, Inel int whou ! went below 70 look
nj IN birds. ly the dim Light OF the
lantern aud the finishes Of lightning lhnl
every now aud then M up The WiHlr OF
the ship. ] snw that the poor creatures
were swnying 10 and fro nnd that they
~, IN tie greatest possible discomfort
lIy,,t niirht more than thirty Of them
i,rolln tbplr legs aud the nest DAY we
mad Ia throw tlirlr bodies mo NE sea,
and ont Of the i0riy-tWO ! Ohly brought
nine home 10 Europe
.'But perhaps one Of Tue most DANCER
ous aud tremendous adtenihi'N llut
e,,.r ind In Transporting wild beasts was
Ia, 1871. / was taking rbinoeefps from
the Ear India docss 10 The geological
,,a,iem In Ion1on 70 do this 4 had ~
~, Il and lead Il through the docks on
a Hat trolley AZ last we got NE ye!si
boistcd On ~ wagon ana inshheh ~
IA fat,r iess suddenly nn engine drove
r. T'hs animal became hldcously fright
,'sta Ids owes rolled white, then red. ne
tben nlanied hi~ horn unier the seat
ana, which the man Wliu vas nuAius
w. ,v.pop was seated. Away wont DE
,,o,, away went The seat, clean over tue
fh,,,. horses They W ihfir urn neghne
lreadfnliy frightened 400 anu pplfp;
4 ,it ihe beast ~ hard a. ever could
, III rans We managed 10 tlr M.
atber ro,,. around his ueck and fasteped
II leWn. aud al lam We ~ hiin sairly
Nun IN Commercial road an1 ilrh
3tiea Ia .6nin stables. bad big
~ ,nsse for Din aud a. lat conveyed
XXX. saf,ly 10 his destination. but j
,..,i5st 60 through that eAprrience
se,in Tor Si,oOO,O00.
as ~ yFas once bringing home full
-r,vn alligator" continued hr: hagen
beel.. smiling ~ tle thohEh, w ~