Published in the Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois on 09/25/1908.
    A sentinel in the menagerie at Paris has a curious experience with one of the largest elephants. The sentinel was very conscientious and always requested the spectators not to give the animals anything to eat, which seemed to displease the elephant in question to such an axtent that he several times sprinkled the sentry’s head with water from his trunk. One day a bystander offered this particular elephant a large cake. The sentinel interfered, as usual, and the elephant promply discharged in his face a violent stream of water. A general laugh ensued, but the sentinel, having calmly wiped his face, stood on one side and continued as watchful as before. Soon afterward he found it necessary to repeat his admonition, but no sooner was this uttered than the elephant laid hold of his musket, twirled it around his trunk, trod it under his feet and did not restore it until he had twisted it into nearly the form of a corkscrew. Then he gave a snort at the discomfited sentinel, as if to say, “Now I hope you’ll mind your own business.”
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