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Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09
Put to shame by an Elephant.

The newspapers OF Brussels relate
q curious incident which Is not with:
out moral. Not long ago an ele-
plant, passing from one geological
garden to another, was marching
through Anderlecht,a suburb Of Brus.
sells. In charge OF Its cornac or driver.
Passing an alehouse, tho cornac, who
was OF drinking habits, paused, dis.
mounted, left the elephant alone out
side the door, aud went into the ale.
house.
There he must have found the en-
tertainment to his liking, for he did
not return promptly. A crowd gath
cred about the elephant. The people
were more or less afraid OF tho crea-
ture, but he had no disposition to hurt
any one. He was, indeed, much more
humane aud worthy Of praise than his
driver. l
He soon began TO swing to and fro
In nervous manner, and to look un-
easily mt the door OF the alehouse.
Thus he waited. his uneasiness In.
creasing, and still his driver did not
appear. II happened that the ale-
house was an old building with large
front door. The elephant, alter watch
ing the door for some time, apparently
made up his mind that he could get
through IL, and with one rush, seeing
the door opened by some passer, he
made for 1t.
His head and neck and part OF his
shoulders he managed to get through,
but then he stuck fast. He pushed
and squeezed, but only stuck the
faster. Tue whole building began to
tremble. -
Allwas CONSERVATION within the ale
house. The OCCUPANTS aud guests
fancied that their last hour had come.
Those who got near enough saw the
poor animals head and trunk thrust
in and his little eyes glaring and
bullying, and all hands could hear his
trumpetings and groanings. -
The crowd odtaide kept at re-.
spectful distance, for IL seemed as IL
the elephant. like Sampson Of old be,
tween the columns OF the temple,
must tumble down the whole struG
ture. Perhaps some OF those who
had Witnessed the elephants trouble
and reflected on the cause OF II, would
have been half glad to see the build
ing crdmble II the elephant had been
likely to escape iphurt. ~
But the building did not fall and
the elephant remained fast In the
door. Meantime the cornac, recalled
TO his senses by the alarm OF tho
crowd and the danger Of the animal
which was now beating itself fnriouslyy
came TO the rescue. and at word
from him the faithful beast ceased his
struggles. Then. . carpenter was sent
for. Still under the cornac's com.
mand. the animal remained quiet while
the door jam was cut away, and at last
lie was delivered. ~ ~
With demonstrations OF Joy he re- +.
ceised his delivseapce and biz driver
who deserved no snch welcome from
the patient ele7hant--and tho two
were soon on their way. 1.-THE driver
did not profit by his rebuke from the
animal for his drinking habits --cspe-
cially when he had 70 pay the expenses
which the extraction OF the elephant
had sntailed--he must have hsen too
dull man TO be fitted 10 have charge
~ m aiepbauf rf
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09
FATE.

Fair as the summer azure
A tlmid violet blew
Close to the forts embrasure
Ger which the hot shells dew.
Meath battle-smoke and thunder
The fort was quickly stilled,
Its hugo wall blown asunder.
Its brave defenders killed.
Still on the fortress battered,
Whose heroes lay entombed
Beneath their banners tattered,
The peaceful violet bloomed.
--R. X. Munkittrick In Golfers Weekly.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09

captain skaggs, did you ever get
your leg bit of by shark" asked q
boy Of six Of retired sea captain.
ibid I, sonnyi' hereplied. ibid
II Well, rather. Dozens OF times"
Tit Bits. 4.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09

When we see dead hoese In the
street we either do not think OF him at
all, or we say Poor horse" and pGss
on and forget all about him Q minute
later. Then after awhile the movers
come along and cart the animal away
10 the dumping ground. aud that IL
the last OF him. But this simple pro-
cess would not end his career II he
we're Parisian horse. Az Is TO DO
expected, the willy Partisan, who Is
noted for his economical habits, knows
better than to let dead horses turn TO
dust without any profit accruing to
him. This is how they are utilized.
First, the hair OF the name and tail,
which amounts TO about one quarter
OF pound, is cut Of and used In
brushes, switches, whips, and so on.
The skin Is then removed aud sold to
tanners. The shoes are sold TO the
''ole-rags-ole-iron" man. The feet
are cut OF, dried and beaten In order
TO make the hoofs come away, which
are then sold to combmnkcrs or manu-
facturers OF ammonia and prussian
blue. Every particle Of fat is cut out
and melted and uscd by makers Of
enamel and glass toys, for greasing
shoe leather and harness, and In the
manufacture Of sosp and gas The
workmen eat the best pieces Of the
flesh and give the poorer pieces TO
dogs, cats, hogs and poultry, or use
them for manufacturing prussian blue.
The bones are sold to lawmakers or
cutters, or are. made into ivory black.
Sometimes they serve as fuel for I
melting the fat The sinews and ten
dons are sold to glremakers. The
small intestines are made into coarse
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-09-09

Learned mon who are Interested In
the study OF plants and insects have
been long trying to find out how bees
know just what flowers will afford
them honey. II has been thought
that the colors guided them to the
honey bearers A foreign professor
who has been watching the bees in
his own garden contradicts this idea
very strongly. He says that the bees
are guided to the flowers largely by
their sense OF smell. To discover
whether the colors Of flowers exerted
any attraction the bright petals Of
some single dahlias, lobelias, evening
primroses, foxgloves and other flowers
were covered with bits Of green leaf or
removed altogether, but in every case
the flowers were found 10 be freely
visited. No special distinction was
made by the insects between the mutt.
lated flowers and those that were
whole. When, however, the nectary
or honey bearing parts Of flowers were
removed. while the colored petals re.
NAMED, the insects neglected these
flowers, On the other hand, the scarlet
geraniim and other scentless flowers,
which are seldom il ever visited by
insects on account Of the absence Of
honey, Immediately became centres Of
attraction when little honey or nectar
was placed upon them. The young
readers Of this column can verify or
disrrove this by their own experi-
ments.
The times., 1898-09-20
EDUCATIONAL
THE COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY.
d. C
B. L. WHITMAN, d. d.. President

d u "IIIIa1l-s, d D., FItaIlenL.
The University opens its seventy-eighth year
with better facilities than ever before. II offers
complete Undergraduate. Graduate. and PrOfes-
sional COURSES Of study in seven schoola
The times., 1898-09-20
ACTRESSES AT A CRAP GAME.
Arrested While They Were Getting
Pointers for u New Sketch.


New York, Sept. 1.-two young white
women We're arraigned as prisoners in
the West Fifty-fourth Street court, yes
terday, along with twenty mine negroes.
They had been arrested by Detective Cur
ry and squad from the West Thirtieth
Street police station in a raid on the
Douglass Club, al Iii West Thirty first
Street. at 1 o'clock yesterday morning.
The negroes Were charged with crap
shooting, but the young women were ac-
cused of disorderly conduct.
The girls gave their names as Nellie
and Millie Page, and said they were ac-
tresses in the vaudeville theaters. appear
ing as ''Delineators of Coon Comedy"
When the detectives made the raid they
found the girls near the crap table taking
notes of the negroes words.
Were you there to play the gamer"
asked Magistrate Cornell.
''Oh, no" replied Miss Millie Page
I'VE are from the South. and NE know
enough 10 keep away from craps. You
see. we are about to do new coon spe-
cialty, and we bribed one OF these col
ored boys TO let us up there to see and
hear what they did and said when ex-
cited. We wanted to make our sketch
true to life.
The detective said he believed the story
and Magistrate Cornell discharged the
young women, much 10 the relief of
their mother. who had been seated among
the spectators in court.
The times., 1898-09-20
THE MOBILE AT CRAMPS.
To Be Converted Into n Commodious
TrOOpship.

To Be Converted Into a Comm o dious
TrOOpship.
Philadelphia. Sept. 19.-An important
step toward carrying out the Govern
ment's policy of hereafter maintaining
permanent and Independent fleet of trans
ports was taken yesterday when the
steamship Mobile. which was formerly In
the service of the Atlantic Transport
Line. reached Cramps shipyard to be
overhauled and thoroughly equipped for
transport duty. The quarters of the Off
GERS will be on the spar deck, and there
will be eighty-four staterooms built for
their use. On the promenade deck aft
there will be hospital. with a capacity
OF seventy-six cots.
There will be gymnasium for indoor
exercise, and the entire ship will be
lighted with electricity. The space be-
tween decks will be supplied with cooled
air from a ventilating plant.
distilling apparatus. having a oapaci-
ty of 1900 gallons a day, and a refrigera-
tor plant. large enough to keep cool an
ample supply OF fresh beef and vegeta-
bles. will be installed.
The next ship to be refitted will be the
Mohawk. and the contract for the work
will be awarded this week Other steam
ships to be used as transports vii. be the
Mississippi, Michigan, Massachusetts,
Manitoba. Minnewaska and probably the
Roumanian, OLDHAM and Panama. 1t is
the intention of the War Department to
make these vessels the finest troopships
afioat, and it is particularly desired to
make the quarters of the men COM
Portable as possible.
The times., 1898-09-20

1t was announced on Thursday from Ma
pies that what promised to be an erup-
ton of Vesuvius resembling that of 1872
had begun. Three streams OF lava were
reported TO be flowing down the mountain.
destroying the chestnut woods at the foot
of Monte Semma-which is the northeast
side of the. mountain-and threatening the
observa tory, which is now reported to
have sunk with the ground.
This observatory was situated on an
elevation 1910 feet above the sea level, on
a projecting ledge of rock, which ran
out from the foot of the crater OF We
suvius. In it are instruments whereby the
observer, since 1t was built. has been able
to give to the inhabitants of the valleys
below timely warnings OF eruptions.
The great eruption of Mount Vesuvius
occurred on August "a A. D. 7s. when the
cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum were
overwhelmed and more than 1000 per-
sons perished. Since then many other
disastrous eruptions have occurred. On
December II, 1851, Tore del Greco, with
1900 persons was destroyed. In June,
1894, the lava flowed over 5000 acres of
rich vineyards and cultivated land Tore
del Greco was burned for the second time
and the top of the mountain fell in max
ing the crater almost miles in circum-
ference. Tore del Greco was destroyed
for the third time in December, 1861. Since
then there have been several eruptions.
In 1878 lava was spouted to the height Of
300 feet
The times., 1898-09-20
F1sHERaIRL's ROMANCE.
Married Millions, but Is Now Seek
ing Divorce.

New York. Sept. 19.-Mrs. Dorothy
Prindall Norman is seeking a divorce
from Hugh X Norman. of Newport.
charging him with neglect and desertion
while they We're abroad last November.
Norman. who is a lieutenant on the
United States ship Glacier. is now at
sea
Dorothy Prindall was a little fisher
maiden in quaint old Gloucester, Mass.
twelve years ago. and was in snort skirts
when the son Of the millionaire. George
H Norman, of Newport, saw her and
fell in love with ner. Hugh was at that
time experimenting the construction OF
a waterworks for his father Fisherman
Prindall, a bluff old salt, did not take
kindly TO young Norman's attentions,
but was won by the young mans earn
est avowal of love for Doro -hy.
The alliance was pot entirely agreea-
bic 10 the NOrmans, but Hugh's pic
ture of his intended bride prepared the
way for her coming, and wnen she ar
rived ii was not long before the whole
household was AT :ler feet. Her sunny
disposition an her genuine gratitude for
the kindnesses heaped upon her soon
won the hearts Of the family. Her en-
trance into society was as brilliant and
successful es her conquest of the Nor
man castle. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh K
Norman resided at the mansion with the
elder Normans, and so attached TO their
daughter-in-laW Lad the millionaire and
his wife become that the idea of sep
arate establishment for Hugh and his
wife was not to be entertained.
Mrs. Hugh in time became a clever
yachtswoman and a skillful whip. 1t
was on her yachting trips that Mrs. Nor
man met the son of an eminent Harvard
professor, who owns a beautiful villa on
Castle Hill.
They were not long in finding that they
were congenial spirits and as their as
sociaton was mutually agreeable they
met with frequency.
The awakening in her husband of a
former love for an early acquaintance IS
said to have given Mrs. Norman self
justification for her course and she made
ne protest when the rumor reached her
of her husbands action.
Mrs. Norman's petition reveals that it
was while abroad that her husband is
alleged 10 have deserted her. 1t was ON
this trip that another chapter in the
romance was enacted. While in Cairo
Norman met Pat Sheedy, whose gamb-
ling house in that city was the mecca
Of all travelling Americans But it was
not ia gambling that Norman disposed of
his cash: it was in elaborate entertain
ments.
When his cash in hand was exhausted
he applied to Sheedy for loan of S1O,-
600, ard rendered his personal note. Shee-
dy cheerfully advanced the cash. feeling
certain that one who would spend mon
ey in the manner Norman had must have
millions behind him. But when nearly
a year mad elapsed and the note remain
ed unpaid. Sheedy concluded that trip
TO the United States would be beneficial.
and he was satisfied that the time for
settlement had arrived Shortly after
Sheely reached New York he proceeded
TO Newport. and in the office of 4 law
Yer there the Norman Il. o. Us were
honored
The times., 1898-09-20
FORCED TO PLAY TRAMPS.
Soldiers From Camp Meade Sent
Home Pennfiess

nome GcnDfleSs-
New York, Sept I9-Ffve members of
Company G. Of the Eighth Massachu-
sets Infantry, under Corporal John
Dwyer. reached this city yesterday from
Camp Meade af.er much hardship which
in their weakened condition left them
with anything but pleasant recollections
of their treatment by Uncle Sam
The men We're, besides the corporal
William J. Scanlon. Thomas Craig Mich
ael Burke. Joseph Sweeney and John
Roy, all privates, from Woburn, Mass
These soldiers were in the hospital
when their regiment was ordered away
and were left behind. On Saturday, ac-
co-ding TO their statements. they were
told that they could go home. Get
home the best way you car" were the
parting words of the officers. Boarding
q freight train they climbed on top OF
the cars and We're soon being ratified to-
ward New York.
They reached Jersey City yesterday
afternoon penniless, hungry and worn
out by their tedious ride.
Near the station they fell in with
kind-hearted stranger. who took them
over to a hotel where they were given
dinners. A policeman passed them over
the ferry, and when they arrived at
West Street another man gave them
money for their nights lodging.
Scanlon was too i'll to walk, so the
others carried him TO a lodging house
and put him to bed. His stomach was
TOO weak 10 retain what ne had eaten
and the men, who had made UP their
minds 10 rough il TO their homes last
night were compelled to stay over. They
all complain bitterly of their treatment
in not being provided with either mon
ey or transportation. and said that they
would complain 10 Gov. WolcOtt.
The times., 1898-09-20
DRUNKEN MOTHERS NEGLECT.
One Rnby Dies md Another Found
HaIf-sfnryed.

One Raby Dies md Another Found
Haif-Sfarved
New York, Sept I9.-In a drunken stu
por. Mrs. Jane Sennott, of No. 465 Car
roll Street, Brooklyn, was taken to the
Sixth Avenue police station last night
In the patrol with her went her little
two-month-old baby James, cold in
DEATH and her three-year-old son John,
with sunken cheeks and emaciated form.
suffering for the want of proper food
Liquor separated her from her husband
caused the death of her child and wreck
ed a once happy home.
Mrs Sennott who is twenty-six and
comely occupied the second floor of the
little two-story building, No. 46o Carroll
Street. owned by Mrs. Eppinger. Having
missed her during the day. Mrs. Epping-
er went to Mrs. Sennott's apartments at
10 O'Clock last night. The sight that met
her eyes was almost beyond belief In the
center of the room lay Mrs. Sennott un-
conscious from drink; in one corner was
her little baby dead, while in the hall
way was the little boy asleep.
Policeman Henry States, of the Sixth
Avenue station was notified and mother
and two sons, one dead and the other
haif starved, were taken to the police
station. Later Mrs. Sennott was trans
ferred TO the Cleremont Avenue police
station; the dead baby was taken to the
morgue, and little John fed and put 10
bed for the night.
Coroner Bush was notified and will pre-
fer charges against the mother.
The times., 1898-09-20
ARTIST COLLINS DISCHARGED.
Promised That He Would Not Again
Attempt Suicide.

New York. Sept. 1s-John c. Collins,
the artist of 'f72 Bleecker Street, who
drank laudanum last Friday afternoon.
and was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital,
was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court
charged with attempted suicide. Collins
is a tall, gaunt man, with long white
hair. He is sixty-three years old. but
looks older.
His wife was beside him. In answer to
the magistrates questions she said that
poverty and ill-health was the cause Of
her husbands act There is no artists
fund, she said, to which he could apply
for aid Collins denied that he drank the
poison Intentionally.
What will you do if I let you go?"
asked Magistrate Flammer.
II don't see much future before me-
said the artist. THE best part of my life
is gone. However. I'll try to struggle
along, and I assure You, this will never
happen again.
He was discharged.
The times., 1898-09-20
HELD AGAINST HIS WILL.
Rough Rider Eastcn's Troubles at
Castle William

New York. Sept 19.-Rough Rider
Stephen Easton. who lost his speech and
hearing by the explosion of a shell at the
battle of San Juan Hill and who later
contracted fever at Santiago, called at a
newspaper office yesterday and handed
TO reporter a paper pad on which he
had just written:
Il am Rough Rider. ] want to find
out what Uncle Sam is going to do with
me. All my regiment is mustered out.
Why they don't discharge me and let
me go home / don't know. i don't be-
long to the Thirteenth Regiment, which
is in charge OF Castle Williams, where l
/ am confined in a cell. Every one seems
to have forgotten me. | have had no pay
for more than three months
Easton's case is both said and peculiar.
When he Joined the Rough Riders in
May last, and was sent to Cuba with his
regiment he was physically and mentally
sound. After he recovered from the fe-
yer he was sent to Key West on the
transport Iroquois and remained in the
North on the transport San Marcos. He
was then afflicted with melancholia and
had suicidal tendency. He made sever
al attempts to kill himself while on the
San Marcos and il was necessary to place
him under restraint. He was taken to
Governors Island, handcuffed and under
guard, and placed in a cell in Castle Will
liams, the military prison means of
protection against possible recurrence
of his suicidal mania
4,
piled with hospital fare, and otherwise
treated as a convalescent soldier should
be. That good care has been taken of
him, is shown by his robust appearance,
and by the fact that the soldier in
charge of him yesterday, Private Thom-
as i. Healey of the Thirteenth Regi-
ment, reported that his mental condition
is greatly improved, his conduct. with the
exception of occasional flghty moments,
being that of a perfectly sane man.
1T was drunken man on the San
Marcos that reported 1 was crazy" East
on wrote on his letter pad He said
wanted to kill myself, but that is not
true. There is no charge against me- and
yet | am locked up in a cell a prisoner
l want to go home. Why do they keep
me? There's blind man in the cell with
me. Private Charles Jauch, of the Sec
ond United States Infantry. He lost his
sight at the same time Capt Rowan
was killed. 1t was in the fight of July TO-
The men were putting up sand bags
when a shell came, tore the bag to
pieces killed the captain. and destroy ed
Jauchs sight
Easton wrote further that his general
health had been well looked after at
Castle Williams, but that no attention
had been paid to his loss speech and
hearing He said that ne enlisted from
Santa Fe. New Mexico, and was a deputy
sheriff at the time He expressed
dread of any surgical operation, but said
he would like to have an expert opinion
as to his disability, provided he could OBJ
tain il without expense TO himself
The times., 1898-09-20
RIOT AMONG WIRE-WoRKERs.
Polish Non-Union Men and Strikers
Engage in Battle.

Cleveland. Ohio. Sept. 19.-There was a
riot at the American Wire and Steel
Company this morning. 1t was caused by
a conflict between Poles. who were
brought on by the Wire Trust officials and
the strikers. Twenty non-union men were
taken from Newburg 10 go to work in the
wire department of the mill.
They were all Poles. A committee of
the strikers rode with them on the car
The party was met by party of strik-
ers. who lined up across the street and
tried to persuade the Newburg men not
TO go to work.
1t is alleged that one man threw red
pepper in a strikers eyes, slugged an
other with his dinner bucket, and kicked
a third man In the groin. Another nom
union man. named Charles Kosky, it is
alleged, pulled slungshot and knocked
down three strikers. The strikers closed
in, and for a minute there was a mass
of struggling men. Blows were freely ex-
changed. The police were called, and two
arrests were made
The times., 1898-09-20
DIED.

TAYLOR-On Monday, September 10. Is9S. az
2:l5 p m DOROTHY f. TAYLOR. aged ten
months. daughter of Ida NJ and j. Wesley Tay-
lo=.
Funeral private.
1t Asleep in Jesus
The times., 1898-09-20
Asleep on the Car Track.

Philadelphia, Pa. Sept 19.-Patrick
Mclaughlin met a horrible death at
Sixty-first and Market Streets by be-
ing actually cut in two by a trolley
car The mans entrails were scattered
over the track for several yards.
1t appears that Mclaughlin must have
wandered out in the middle of the road
way, falling in the center of the track,
where he went 10 sleep. There was
mist on in the early morning hours,
which prevented the motorman, a Frick
from seeing the prostrate form of Nc
Laughlin until within a cars length of
body. He then applied the brakes and
reversed the controller. but this failed
to bring the car to standstill before it
passed over the body.
The times., 1898-09-20
Three Young Men Drowned.

Middletown. Conn.,. Sept. ia triple
drowning took place in the Connecticut
River off Moramus. yesterday after
noon The victims were Patrick Kelly.
twenty-eight; William Kelly, twenty
four,t and William German. thirteen
John Hines. another member of the
party, was saved. The four young men
rowed up from Moramus to attend serv-
ices at st. Johns Church, in this city
They were on their return, and had
almost reached home. when a sudden
squal came up and the boat was upset
The accident occurred in sight of
Germans home, and was Witnessed by
members of his family.