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VOL. 29.
STROUUSBUKG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MARCH 14, 1872.
NO. 46.
Published by Theodore Schoch.
i TEft Two ilnlUr year in mJvjux c and if not
paiilief-Methe en.l of l!ie year, two dollars mid fifty
cents will be ehartje.l.
, n.i riirtr.li.si-Oi)tiiniC'l until all arrearages are paid,
fxrept : the nptMii ol the Editor.
ir7AJvertisement of one square oTfriht lines) or
r,.iufl or Uir insertions l 5. Each additional
Hellion, 3(1 f enu. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB E'RIXTIftG,
OP ALL KINDS,
teruted in the htsheit style of the Ail, nd on the
inst reasonable terms.
Valuable Properly
FOE SALE.
The stthscrilxTS offer for sale,
ifir residence in Sti-uudsburg.
The Ijnt lias a front or 14 ft.
-ri ... Af..:.. c p
The buildings cnn.ii.st of a convenient dwell
ing house, store house, barn and other out
buildings-
There U an abundance of choice apples,
lsr. plums, crapes and small fruits, with
excellent water.
f,h-22 "72. 1 A. M. & 11. STOKES.
DR. J. L ANT Z,
Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist,
Still hs ht orti.-e on Main Street, in the second
liiry of l'r. S. W'ltn's brick building, nrmlv oipo
the stfoii.lsSmi; House, and le fl.ilters'liim.velf
that hy risl'terii years constant practice and the mos-t
urne't an I carriul attenli.n In nil mailers pertaining
t hm nmrMon, t hat lie is fully able to perforin ull
rwr.itiiin- in the dental line in the most careful, taKie
I'll anJ skilli'il ncintier.
Sjuti tl .tiirnu.ni given to savin; the Natural Teeth ;
aia. t tii lii.-erti'in of Artiln-ial rcctli on Rubber.
..d. Silver or ;.i!tinuius Guiu, and pciiecl fits In
all rc insured.
M..st pi?rso;i know the great folly and danger ol en
irn'iiu their iork io the inexperienced, or to thoj-c
liir)K at a dittauce. April 13, 1S7I. ly .
DR. C. O. IZOFF3I A, .11. I.
Would respectfully announce to the
puHlie that he has removed his office from
Oallaud to Canadensis. Monroe County, Pa.
Trusting that many years of consecutive
practice of Medicine and Surgery will be a
sufficient guarantee for the public confidence.
February 2". 1STO. tf.
pvu. j. f. cmklcw,
l Oculist. Aurist & Surgeon,
or srxnrjn pa.
Has taken rooms at the Strondsburg House,
where lie will operate and treat all diseases of
the Eve and Ear, and all Deformities or In
juria requiring Surgical aid. He also
Jocatea here for the practice of medicine anil
midwifery. Worthy poor attended free of
charge. For consultation and advice, free.
February 1, 1S72. Cm.
flo. "W. Jackson.
Amzi LeBar.
Drs. JACKSOX & LcBAR
maims, siscecxs k ArroiniEBs,
Jifcoinhburf; anl Kit Stroutkhurg. lr.
DR. GEO. W. JACKSON,
Stroudsburg, j
lis Oie old office of T)r. A. Kcoves Jackson !
N-idenrc in WvckoTa I5iiIIli nir. !
DR. A. LeBAR,
East Stroudsburg,
office next door to .Smith's Store. Itcsidrnee
xl Mm K. I Idler",
feb. 8 '72-tt
DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
i
Announces th it having iut returned from i
..... . . .
HeiiUi Uoiies, lie is lully prepared to make
artificial tcetli in the most beautiful and Jiie
like mtnncr, and lo tili decayed teeth ac
cording to the rno-t i-nprcved inethod.
Teeih ex.'ractd witliotit pain, wlicn de-ire-J,
Ly t!i use of Nitrnu Oxide Gup,
which is entirely hinn'es.--. Repairing of
'l kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
Chiracs! reaiionahle.
O.'nce in J. (i. Keller' new Tlnck build
Mi in S rcet, .Stroiidtbur";, I'a.
au-31-tf
'.4 MCS II. WALTOA,
J Allonn'3 t
Office in the building formerly xeu)ied
Kr b- M. IJur.-on. and opposite the trouds
ur Hank, 31aiu btrcet, Stroudsburg, I'a.
J- i 13-tf
O 11UL.MKS, Jr.
0 Allornoj' ill faw,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office, on Main Street, 5 duora above the
iroudbur Hous;, and opposite fluster'
cloihinj store.
(Business of all kinds attended to with
Promptness nr.d fidelity.
My 6,1609 if.
PLASTER !
Fre4t ground Nova Scotia PLASTER,
t Stoke Mills. HEMLOCK BOARDS,
JT-NCLXG, SHINGLES, LATH, PA
LIN'J. and POSTS, cheap.
FLOUR and FEED constantly on hand,
exchange Lumber and Plaster for
Grain or pay the highest market price.
BLACKSMITH SHOP just opened by
C. Stone, an experienced workman.
Public trade solicited.
N. S. WVCKOFF.
Pokes' Mills, Pa., April 20, 1671.
RE V. E D V A R I ) a!' V I LSO N S (of W i I
bamburgh, N. Y.) Recipe for COS
fclLMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Ko. 21. 1SQ7. W. IIOLLINSI1EAD.
OOXt FOKGIiT that whcii
you want any thing in the Furniture
Ornamental linc that AlcCarty. in the
Odd-Fellow Hall, Main Street, Htreuds
bur?. Pa., is the-place lo get it. fSept, 2i
" " i ii
Frovi The Aew YorJe Tribune March 7.
A FAMILY OF SWINDLERS.
The Elias Crowd and their Rascalities.
DKFRAUDIXG CUBAN SYMPATHIZERS A
CINCINNATI CHEAT THE SAWDUST
GAME Til K BOOUS SMUGGLING DODGE
A FRAUDULENT TEA AND COFFEE
COMPANY THE GENEVA WATCH
SWINDLE.
Further investigation, made yesterday
by Ttibuxe reporters, demonstrated that
there still remained other schemes of
fraud concocted by the Elias crowd uo
less extensive and heartless than those
which The Tribune has already exposed.
m j. ue ursi uoor ot No. 18 Hond-st., con
sisting of two large parlors, is ostensibly
the office of a "Great Gilt Enterpisc,"
which, according to circulars sent to all
parts of the country, is benevolently
designed "for the benefit of the wives
and children of Cuban patriots who, at
theh ands of almaseda's Spanish soldiers,
nave suttcred untold hardships and, in
many instances, horrible deaths." The
man who manages the affairs of the office
is J no. L. Constantine, with many aliases,
and late of "sawdust fame" at No. 81
Canal st. He is also the genearl agent
fur Ellis II. Elias, the philanthropist, who,
under the modest disguise of Mason,
.Morgan & Co., conducts the Emigrant
Protective Agency. The circulars which
are disseminated, alter drawing a harrw-
ing picture of the sufferings of the Cuban
patriots' wives and children appeals in
affecting language to Cuban sympathizers
for their aid in carrying out the efforts
to assist the sufferers. The appeal pro
ceeds to say that, "for tho price of 1, the
holder of a ticket may not only be entitled
to listen to a concert, given by many
Prima DoDnas who have volunteered their
services for the cause, the concert to be
held on the 1st of April next," (sug
gestive day,) "at the Academy of Music,
but also be entitled to draw one of many
prizes, some of which are valued at $20,
U00 ; and at the same time feel that he is
contiibuting largely to the liberation of
the Cubans from the Spanish yoke." This
enterprise is nominally presided over by
Senora Eleua Alama, all efforts to coni
muuicatc with whom, however, have thus
far proven unavailing. In using the above
name the shrewdness of these rascals is
again exibited The name of Aldama,
the Cuban leader whose estates, worth
millions, were confiscated by the Span
iards, instantly fires the Cuban patriot's
heart, and by writing the name of the
reputed Senora like that of Aldama, with
the omission of a tingle letter, which
might not be noticed, or be esteemed a
typographical error by the reader, Elias
endeavors to convey the impression that
the famous patriot's wife is the great
mover in the enterprise, and calculates i
that moncj' will accordingly pour in.
The back parlor was occupied, yester
day, by persons engaged in sendiug cir
culars out of the city, while the frout
room was reserved lor imjnirers after
tickets, but the revelations in The Tri
bune caused the occupants to act very
cautiously, and even to refuse to sell
tickets at the office. They offered, how
ever, to forward them to any place out of
town, upon receipt by letter of money
sent by any person to whom they had ad
dressed a circular.
The Elias crowd are about engaging in
additional fraudulent enterprises, such as
a project for paying the French war debt,
and other sehemes, which it will be the
future duty of The Tribune to expose.
Some of their past operations are detailed
below.
In former times the Eliases operated
in the Western States. Cincinnati was
their headquarters. The last one left that
city in January, 1870 after swindling the
inhabitants out of about $50,000, by
means of a most impudent gift enterprise.
A younger brother of Ellis II. Elias had
at that time a jewelry store on West
Fourth st., Cincinnati. In November,
1800, he advertised extensively in the
Ciucinati papers that he intended to re
tire from business, and would dispose of
his valuable stock, which everybody was
invited to inspect, by means of a gilt con
cert, which was to come off. at Mozart
Hall, on the 15th of January, 1870.
The tickets for this concert were to cost
51, and the puachasers were entitled, be
side, to a chance in the drawing which
wa. to be held at the end of the concert.
In his advertisements Elias impudently
referred to a number of prominent Ciu
citinatians for the probity of his character.
Although it was speedily ascertained that
none of the persons referred to knew any
thing abput him, the tickets sold rapidly,
and ou the day of the drawing Elias bad
sold all except about 1,000. The draw
ing took place, no one drew a prize, and,
on the following day, Elias fled with his
whole stock to New-York. The indigana
tion ol the Ciucinuatians was intense, and
Tim Cummericle Gazette, Enquirer,
Times and Chronical denounced the ras
cal in uumeasured terms, but the police
failed to do anything.
On the 19th of November, 1870, Col
Whitley's detectives arrested Josoph
Cisco, James Wilsou, Samuel Floreuce,
Adolph Mart, Charles V). McGill, Charles
JJrulT, George Mitchell and Patrick Dave,
on the charge of offering counterfeit
money for sale. These men stoutly denied
the charge. Oo making a search the de
tectives found a counterfeit SIQ bill in
their office, which was all that was need
ed to establish the corpus ihlicti. Cisco
aud Wilsou were the ostcusibl? chiefs,
but really acted under the orders and di
rection of their principal, Ellis II. Elias.
They were held for examination, and bail
was required in $10,000. Ellis II. Elias
was forced to appear, ns he feared that
Cisco and Wilson would "squeal," or, iu
other words, disclose all the facts of his
connection with the business. lie ac
cordingly went to a well-known livery
table keeper, and urged him to become
bail for Cisco and Warreu, offering at the
same time to secure him by a deposit of
$10,000 in Government "bonds. The gen
tleman applied to refused, but Elias after
ward, by making the deposit mentioned,
secured a person who furnished the bail
required. All the persons arrested were
held to bail, but since then they have not
Been seen, ihe bail has been forfeited,
and Col. Whitley has been unable to se
cure their attendance fortiral. The Uni
ted States detectives says that Elias and
his brothers are the promoters of all the
bogus jewelry swindles, and are connected
with all the so-called "sawdust games" in
the city, and are also the originators of
the smuggling circulars.
The bogus jewelery fraud is similar in
origin to the Geneva watch game. Ela
borate advertisements and flaming circu
lars are distributed, inviting the attention
of the. credulous to sales of jewelry at
rates ruinous to a legitimate trade, cither
as the result of bankruptcy, or based upon
some equally plausible reason. The Mil
ton jewelry trade wa3 one of this sort.
and numerless people were humbugged
into buying worthless articles, utterly un
fit for respectable people to wear.
The "sawdust game" is based (for it is
still carried on) ou a lithographed circu
lar in which counterfeit money is offered
for sale. The country is flooded with i
these circulars, and many persons are
found who are anxious to avail themselves
of the tempting offers. One circular of
this kind, forwarded to this city yester
day, and handed to a Tribune reporter,
purports to come from George Ilarring
ton, at No. 172 Uroadway. who is said by
the Uuited States officials to be Elias un
der an alias. This circular offers to send
counterfeit money securely packed by ex
press on advauce payment of sums rang
ing from $2") to $100 according to amount
ordered. The victim, after forwarding
the advance payment, receives in due
time a box on which the remaining charges
are to be paid on delivery. This box is
either filled with sawdust or coutains a
sealed envelope. Inclosed in the latter is
a note requesting the recipient not to be
discouraged as this proceeding is "only a
blind," aud this course is adopted to de
lude "the authorities j" and asserting that,
to shield the purchaser from danger, an
empty box is sent, but that the money
which is packed iu a different manner
will be sent on notice of the receipt of the
box. This explanation is generally satis
lactory, but after long waiting if the per
son victimized becomes impatient and
threatens, he receives a reply stating that
he is known and his correspondents- are
do tto be got at; that he has rendered
himself amenable to the law, and that
his name and all the circumstances will
be made public if he does not "shut up."
This threat suffices, and the swindler re
tains the advances made.
The smuggling circular swindle con
sists in sending circulars that the writer
has a quantity of goods which, through
collusion with the Custom house or
through other means, he ha3 succeeded
in getting into the country free of duty.
The nature of the goods is stated together
with the price, and the recipient of the
circular is solicited to seud his money and
designate his goods, which will be duly
forwarded by express. In many in
stancest he mouey is sent, but the goods
never fullow.
Another swindling concern, styled the
Merchants' American Tea, CofJee, and
Spice Company of No. 51 Liberty-st.,
New-York, has lately been distributing
circulars, accompanied by a price list, to
country merchants. This Company offers
to send samples of its goods for $10,
which is represented as the net cost to
the Company. The price list is remark
able for its lowncss, and its attractions
are enhanced by the offer of an exclusive
agency for the sale of the goods. The
country merchant after sending his $10
hears no more of the money or the goods,
and realizes too late that he is the victim
of a successful swindle. It is stated by
the police that the Tea Company men
tioned has oo actual existence, and In
spector Dilks unhesitatingly expresses
bis opinion that Elias is the orignator and
principal operator in the swindle. Many
of the circulars and letters which have
gone forth in connection with those var
ious frauds have emanated from No. 038
JJroadway, which is believed to be a gen
eral headquarters aud letter office for busi
ness of this character. Eilis II. Elias is
said by the United States officers to be a
man ol great fertility of invention, capable
of continually devising new schemes for
duping the public, and it is asserted that
his plaus are arranged with consulate
art aud ingensious evasion of the laws,
and that he has been the most prominent
person connected with all the various
irauds above enumerated. He is said
further to own uo real estate, but to have
a largeumount of man invested iu Uni
ted States bonds, which are readily avail
able if he becomes involved iu trouble
with the authorities and is obliged to fly.
The injunction against ilcory I. Klus
came up yesterday before Judge Sedg
wick, aud ou motiou of William F. Howe,
Alias's attorney, the case was adjourucd
until to morrow. There were not as many
purchasers as heretofore at No. 7G3 liroad
way, where the Geneva Watch Swindle
still goes on, but the offers to sell, "prime
Swiss watches" were continued.
First and Last Visit to the Dram Shop.
Timothy Truesdell is the name we shall
assign to a very worthy, thriving and in
dustrious mechanic of New York, who
was a burthen to himself, a curse to his
family, and a nuisance to society at large ;
in short one of the most shameless and
abandoned drunkards that ever took the
measure of an unmade grave in a Gotham
gutter. lie was not weaned from bis
degrading propensity by the Temperance,
or the Tract, or any other society. Their
logic was labor lost ou Tim, who would
have uncorked the bottle amidst the
quackiogs and thunder of Mount Sinai
and drained it by the crater of exploding
Vesuvius.
It was woman's love that cured him,
and all women may get a just idea of their
importance in society from his story.
Though he had a wife and five beauti
ful children, Tim seemed to be un
conscious of the fact. lie neglected his
work, squandered his earnings, which
daily grew smaller, and spent his time at
the pot house, till the nigh prostration of
all his faculties, or the distasteful words
"No more trust !" warned him to seek the
shelter of his wife's care and protoction.
His children could not go to school be
cause learning was dear and rum was
cheap; the laudlord dunned for his rent,
and Mrs. Truesdcl was obliged to keep in
the house because she had no dress fit to
appear abroad in, having pawned the last
to pay the last fine imposed on her spouse
by the Police Court. Misery, utter
destitution, and famine, stared the un
happy family in the face. It is impossible
to exagerate the piture, even had we
room and inclination.
Mrs. T, was a heroine, though not of
romance. She loved her worthless hus
band, and had borne his ucglect, tears of
her children, the gripe of famine, and the
railing ot the drunkard, without repin
ing. Never had her exertions slackened;
never had a harsh word passed her lips.
At night when she had put her children
to sleep, she wept and watched for his
coming, and when he did come drunk as
usual, she undressed and assisted him to
bed without a murmur or reproach. At
last, her courage well nigh exhausted, she
resolved upon one last desperate effort.
At night, having disposed of her three
eldest children, she took her two youngest
by the hand and bent her steps to the
groggery her husband was accustomed to
frequent. She looked in at the window,
and there he sat. in the midst of his boon
companions, with his pipe in his mouth
and his glass in his hand. He was
evidently excited, though not yet drunk.
Great was the astonishment of that lad
company, and enormous Mr. Truesdell's
dismay and confusion, wheu his wife, pale
as marble and leadiug two tattered and
barefooted babes, stepped up to the bar,
called for three glasses of branby toddy,
and then sat down by his side.
What brings you here, Mary V said he
morosely.
It is very lonesome at home, and your
business seldom allows you to be there
replied the meek wife. 'There is no com
pany like yours, and as you cannot come
to me, I must to you. I have a right to
share your pleaurcs as well as your sor
rows.' ut to come to such a place as this !'
expostulated Tim.
'Noplace can be improper where my
husband is,' said poor Mary. 'Whom
God hath joined together let no man put
asunder!' She took up the glass of
alchohol.
Surely you are not going to drink that?'
asked Tim in huge astonishment.
Why not? You say that you drink
to forget torrw, and if brandy has that
effect, I am sure uo living creature has so
good an excuse lor drinking as I.' Uo
sides, I have not eaten a mouthful to day,
and I really need something to supoort
my strength.
'Woman ! woman ! you are not going to
give the children such stuff as that !'
cried Tim, as she hauded each of the
children a glass of liquor.
'Why not V Can children have a bet
ter example than their father's ? Is not
what is good for him good for them also ?
It will put them to sleep, and they will
forget that they are cold and hungry.
Drink my children ; this is fire, and bed,
and food, and clothing. Drink ; you can
see how much good it does your father.
With seemiug reluctance, Mary suffer
ed her husbaud to conduct her home, and
that night he prayed long and fervently,
which he had uot done before for four
years.
The next evening as, () miracle ! he
returned homeward with as tcady step,
be saw his oldest boy run into the house,
and hoard him exclaim, 'O mother ! here
comes father find he is not drunk !' Tears
coursed down the penitent's cheek, and,
from that hour, he has not tasted strong
drink. Ho had never been vicious or
uufceliug, and as soou as his emancipa
tion from the thrulldom of a debasing up
petite bpcamo known, friends, employ
ment and prosperity returned to him. As
for Mrs Truesdell she is the happiest of
wouien, and never thinks withe ut pride
of her Ciit aud hbt visit to the dram
shop.
Health and Cleanliness.
No disease ever yet made its appear
ance that was not the result of a viola
tion of one or more of nature's laws; and
one of these laws very frequently dis
regarded is that demanding cleaniriess.
We may obey sanitary laws to the letter
as regards outward cleauliness by ablu
tions, and yet be unclean iu what we cat
or drink. In these cases, we are to a
great extent the victims of circumstances
over which we have no coatroc, and of
ten over which no person has, although
man's rapacity and greed for money is
frequently manifest here. As the result
of uncleaulincss iu what we drink, we
may almost positively attribute the au
nual scourage of typhoid fever, which
comes, to a greater or less degree, every
autumn, aud leaves behind it mourning
everywhere. The health commissioner
of New York city has bceu at consider
able pains to collect evidence about this
disease, and the facts he presents are ap
palling. Wo may gain some idea of the
vast harvest of sickness and death which
thia reaper annually gathers from the
fact that between 100,000 and 150,000
people annually suffer from this disease
in England alone. It will be remember
ed that Prince Albert fell a victim to it,
and recently the their-apparent was pro
strated under its remorseless grap. So
much lor its extent and virulence. Now
a few words as to its cause. The health
commission has investigated the disease
thoroughly, aud say, though it has long
been developed in obscurity, it is now
well known among the most intelligent
medical men that it i3 oue of the so call
ed "filth diseases" of modern sanitary
writers. Its most ordinary excitiug cause
is air, or drinking water befoulded with
cxcrcmcntal matters. It is also quite
certain that a pcrsou suffering from this
fever may himself infect the air of his
room or the water which receives his
excreta with germs of the disease, so as
to transmit it to others. A single case
may thus be the fruitful source of a wide
spread epidemic. To illustrate this the
commissioner gives several illustrations.
In a small German settlement in the up
per part of New Y'ork city, there was a
severe outbreak of dysentery and typhoid
feve. A physidan called to attend
some of the cases, set to work to
find out the cause. On inquiry as
to the water supply, he was directed
to a spring ou low ground in the midst of
the settlement, so situated as to receive
surface drainage. The water was pure
and sparkling to the sight and taste, aud
was loudly praised by the owner of the
spring. A quantity put in a bottle and
allowed to stand a lew hours threw down
a thick sediment of most offeusivc mat
tcr, which, on being tested, was found to
be as purely excrement as if it had been
taken from a privy. The people ceased
to use this water, and the epidemic ceas
ed at once. While visiting at a house in !
an interior village, noted for its health
fulness, he was interested in the history
of what seemed to be a singular breaking
out of the disease. On visiting the lo
cality, the house was fouud situated on
an elevation, and all its surrouudings were
admirably arranged for health. One
could readily believe the statement that
there had not been a case of sickuess in
the house for twelve years. Hut he soon
unravelled the riddle. He fouud that a
few weeks before the fever appeared the
pump in the well broke, aud the farmer,
being driven with work, neglected to have
it repaired. Meantime the servant
brought the water from a ppring at the
foot of the hill, which soon became low,
owing to the drought. He then resort
ed to a small brook, and from this source
the family were supplied two or three
weeks. This stream, higher up, rati
through several farm-yards and received
the surface drainage. The symptoms of
poisou by this water was slight nausea
and a mild diarrhoea ; after several days
typhoid fever iu its worst form was usher
ed in. Of the entire family but two es
caped an attack, and they did not use the
water. An examiuation of this water re
vealed a sediment of exeremcntal matters.
Every case of this fever can be traced to
some such cases. Consequently, one of
the most Important lessons for households
to learn is that cxcremental matters pol
luting the air they breathe or the water
they drink will cause typhoid fever. It
should be called "cxcremental fever," so
that when the name is spoken every one
is reminded of its cause. Far too little
attention is givcu to this most fruitful
source of sickness aud death in cities,
towns, villages, aud by country residents.
Drinking water should always bo taken
from wells or springs situated above the
level of human habitations ; or so deeply,
as artesian wells, that they caunot receive
surface drainage.
"I can speak seven different langna
ges," said a convict, as lie entered a
penitcutary. "No matter," said the keep
cr ; "we have but one lunguago here, and
very little of that."
The last year's pecan crop in Texas in
estimated over ouo million of bushels for
export, which will realize to that State
several millions of dollars.
Horse thieves are bauged in Kansas,
whilu murderers arc scut to the peniten
tiary m two years. .
That man is iudeod "hard up" who
cauuot got credit for even good iutcnlious
Excitinsr Scene in a Menagerie.
On Friday morning, Feb. 23d, Mr.
George Forepaugh, keeper of the cele
brated elephant llomeo, who is known to
be the most vicious auimnl ever publicly
exhibited, and whose title among show
men is the "champion mackiller," enter
ed the building, at the corner of twenty
second and Dolton streets, Philadalphia,
as usual, to attend to the wants of tho
huge pet. The brute was apparently in
the best of moods, and Mr. Forepaugh ap
prehended no danger. However this
fancied security, while pecring through
an aperture at the performance of some
members of the troupe who were cxercisi
ing in the ring attached to the buildnig
Mr. Forepaugh was remiuded ofjlomeo'a
presence and dangerous instincts ' by be
ing encircled in the coils of the trunk of
the animal. Iu an instant the unlucky
man was hurled through the air with
tremendous force, in his ascent reaching
the roof of the stable. Fortunately he
fell on a pile of blankets. Hut he was
now iu more imminent danger than ever
directly under the feet aud completely
in the power of the infuriated beast. A
eiugle tramp, one blow from the terrible
trunk, aud he was a dead man. In this
perilous situation, with the weapon of the
treacherous animal raised to deliver the
fatal blow, relief came from Mr. Charles
Forepaugh, who was in the rear part of
the stable.
With rare presence of mind and un
usual courage the man seized an immensu
pitchfork, with which llomeo is occasional
ly tamed into submission, and dealt the
mad monster thrust after thrust. AVrith
with paiu the brute turned upon his as-
sailaut, but his chains prevented him from,,
reaching him. Howling with rage ha
essayed to deal the new comer a deadly
blow, but alert and alert and active, thia
gentleman continued his merciless thrusts
uutil the fiauks of the beast streamed .
with blood. All the time Mr. Georgo
Forepaugh was crawling farther and fur
ther away from his position. He was ,
painfully bruised, and moved slowly and
cautiously away, but finally succeeded in
reaching the middle of the floor and a,
place of safety. Other assistance then,
came, and additional chains were thrown
around the f eet of llomeo, and he was
made perfectly secure, but he continued
to show signs af rage fo? some time, an.u
his keeper says that the fit may last on
him for several days.
llomeo is kept chained by the legs in
a stable adjoining the department appro
priated to the cages that contaiu the lions,
tigers, panthers, Arc, and in one portion
of this stable the performing horses have
their stalls. This stable is divided from
what is called the performing or practice
ring by a wooden partition, aud tLe ele
phaut is coufincd in a corner or angle of
the stable iu such a manner that he faces
the partition that separates the ring from
the stable.
Not a year ago, in a country village in,
Ohio, this animal killed a wau and de
stroyed a house or two
A few years back, when- the establish
ment at Tenth and Callowhill streets
Philadelphia, was used as a circus, he de
molished oue of the walls end assaulted
some half dozen people. Two years ago,
while quartered for the Winter near Ger.
mautowu, he got into one of his sulky
moods, and when approached by his keep
er he seized the uufortuuate man with his
trunk, tossed hiui into the air, and then
placing tho lifeless body uuder his feet,
trampled it into a shapeless mass.
After ovcrturuing a few cages he was
finally brought under subjection wheu
briskly plied with thrusts from a harpoon
or other sharp instrument. He is a dan
gerous animal, and it is about time ho
was killed.
A New Tunnel,
The Nesquehoning tunnel, which is to
take the place ct the famous "Switch
back" road of the old Lehigh' Coal, and
Navigation Company, is just: completed,
and coal is now safely passed . through it
into Panther Creek Valley. The "Switch
back" was a great curiosity in its day,
and cost much money a"nd labor, but iu
the progress of the coal trade was found
to be so far behind the times as to war
rant the ' greater cost of tunneling the
mouutain that the switch back road had
by gravity crossed. This tunucl is about
four thousand feet, or three quarters of a
mile loug, and besides its capacity for
passing a much greater amouut of coal, it
will save iu cost of movemcut something
like tweuty cents per ton a saving1 thas
will soon pay for the cost of the tunuel.
The "Switch buck" is uot to be removed,
at least uot nt present. It is (he ititen,
tiou, wc believe, to erect a pavilion on
Mount Pisgah and stock the road with
pleasure cars, for the convenience of Sum
mer travelers and others in search of tho
beautiful find picturesque, that so
eminently characterize that mouutaiuious
region oi country.
There is much talk just uow among the
stock raisers of the Wo&t about domesti
cating the bisun or American buffjlo. It
is claimed that by taking charge of their
training and diet, at au early age, 'they
can bo made to do all kinds of work for
which oxen arc used, and to ailji J excel
lent meat for the oiaikct. '
Al ibatUH has six cotton factories, which
woik up 20,000 balgs of cottou auuually,
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