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Show ELEPHANT TERROR OF DEEP. Father Neptune has an elephant on his hands; or, to be more correct the I pachyderm is floating on the billowy waves. Somewhere on the broad Atlantic At-lantic the corpse for the animal is dead Is being tossed about on the surface sur-face of the waters iri a huge wooden cage. Woe betide any frail ship that may collide with the ponderous beast. The floating elephant is as dangerous, ln the opinion of some mariners, as any derelict that rides the seas. Sailors in their crow's nests are scanning the waters wa-ters for the beast. The tale of the floating pachyderm was unfounded by the officers of the British steamship Indramayo. The ship lies off the foot of Forty-second street. South Brooklyn, ready to unload a consignment con-signment of wild animals. Alice was the name of the elephant. She died of seasickness and was consigned by the captain's order to the bottom of the sea. Contrary to expectations, however, Alice did not sink. Instead, the big cage floated peacefully along the waves, and for hours afterward the crew could see it as It got smaller and smaller In the dlstance.New York American. |