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couple of fires,'and as there were only the wild beasts
to look out for we had slept in perfect content. On
this night, soon after midnight, the guard awoke me
and stated that some danger menaced the camp. He
had heard what he believed was a body of men lurking
about, and the bullocks seemed greatly excited. The
camp was aroused as quietly as possible, the fires were
allowed to burn low, and in a short time the statements
of the sentinel were verified. Somebody or something
was lurking about. We were in the lion country, but
the movements were too heavy for the king of beasts-
The noise passed clear around the camp and back, then
all was quiet. We were under arms for half an hour,
and then, all being still, we lay down, and all but the
sentinel were soon asleep. An hour later as sudden-
ly as if shot from a gun, the old solitary of the day
charged into our camp, trumpeting like the blasts from
a locomotive, and evidently in a great rage. It was he
who had been lurking about for two or three hours. He
had approached the camp as carefully as a man could
walk, and had passed around it to locate every thing
and decide on a point to charge from. When we got
the alarm he placed himself in the shadow of some
bushes, and the natives, who examined the spot, said he
stood there for an hour and a half without moving a
foot.
Bloody and destructive work followed the charge of
the elephant. He stepped on and crushed a sleeping
native, picked a second up and dashed him to the earth
a corpse, and broke the back of a third who was trying
to get out of his way. He was soon among the bullocks,
knocking them right and left with his terrible blows,
and just then I got my gun ready. His charge had been
so sudden and fierce that we were all demoralized for
two or three minutes Fortunately for us all, some one
had the sense to throw some light brush on one of the dy-
ing fires and started a big blaze. This seemed to discon-
cert the elephant and he showed signs of retreating.
In this he was encouraged by two of our bullocks, who
dashed at him for a fight, and raked him severely with
their stout horns. I was dancing about waiting to get
a shot, and I'll tell you what I saw that elephant do.
He picked up a bullock weighing at least nine hundred
pounds, and that with his trunk alone, and swung him
aloft as easy as you can lift an ax over your head. He
held him in the air a minute, and then flung him clean
over our Cape Colony wagon to the ground. The bul-
lock alighted on some freshly cut grass and was but
little injured. I opened on the elephant just as he flung
the bullock, and he at once bolted out of camp, carrying
three bullets with him. He had scarcely got clear when
he stepped into a hole in the ground, lurched forward
and went down with a broken leg. Before he could
get on his feet again I had given him his death blow.
He had killed three men and four bullocks and wound-
ed one man and two bullocks, and his death gave us
deep satisfaction.
A BRILLIANT FESTIVAL.
THE EMPLOYEES OF WESSFXL, NICKEL & GROSS, WITH
THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, AWAKE THE
ECHOES OF WENDELL'S LION PARK
AND ENJOY A RIGHT MEURY
TIME.
A
S our representative on Saturday afternoon last
approached the entrance to Wendell's Lion
Park in One Hundred and Eighth street, N. Y.,
he was thoroughly convinced that the employees of the
great action-making firm of Wessell, Nickel & Gro§
had assembled at that rendezvous in great force, Jnd
that they were accompanied by a second army m^nber-
ing most of their wives, sweethearts, rela^res, and
friends.
For a block or two contiguous to the park entrance
the streets were thronged by a seething, though good-
natured and orderly multitude, while the grounds within
were covered with a crowd variously estimated to con-
tain from five thousand to seven thousand persons.
This was the twelfth annual picnic and summer-
night's festival of the employees of Messrs. Wessel,
Nickel & Gross. Bright and gladsome as these yearly
gatherings have been since their very commencement,
the affair of Saturday was the most brilliantly success-
ful and happy of them all. It demonstrated at once
the general popularity of the great firm, and the espe-
cial loyalty and affection with which they are regarded
by their own workpeople.
Music was ably and sweetly discoursed by Laurman's
Band, and while the dancers were enjoying themselves
to their hearts' content other contingents of merry-
makers betook themselves to the rifle gallery, the bowl-
ing-alley, and others of the many resorts with which
Wendell's Lion Park abounds.
In due time the members of the house of Wessell,
Nickel & Gross, viz., Otto Wessell, Adam Nickel, and
Rudolph Gross, appeared upon the festive scene, and
were presented by a deputation of employees with
handsome gilded badges bearing the legend " Standard
Bearer." Each honored recipient of this distinction
bore the standard of his house proudly and gracefully
throughout the day, being repeatedly cheered to the
echo by the lusty voices of many cheery, happy people.
Though the supply of generous beverages was unlimit-
ed, not a single untoward incident occurred. Harmony
and good-fellowship prevailed throughout the day.
Unbounded hospitality was the order of the occasion,
and in the observance of such order each member of
the firm acquitted himself with unremitting assiduity
and untarnished valor. It was, in truth, a merry time.
Among the members of the trade who witnessed and
took part in the celebration we may mention Mr. Will
Hazelton, of Hazelton Bros.; Mr. Fred. Fischer, of J. &
C. Fischer; Mr. & Mrs. Chas. Pfriemer and daughter; a
AHLSTROM PIANOS.
ESTABLISHED 1875-
representative of Hammacher Schlemmer & Co.; Mr.
Phil. Oetling, representinarfRichard Ranft; Mr. V. Hugo
Mathushek; C. H. O.^floughton; Mr. Haugen, of the
New York Piano KryCompkny; Mr. Charles Neuen-
dorffer, and man^other gentle^gn prominent in trade
circles.
THE GEHLERT FEL
JSE WHOSE HIGH REPUTATION IN THE OLD WORLt
IS BEING RAPIDLY DUPLICATED IN THE NEW.
W
E take pleasure in announcing that Mr. Louis
Gehlert, dealer in piano felts, etc., and who
formerly carried on business at No. 508 East
89th street, New York, has removed to No. 204 East
j8th street, New York, where he enjoys increased
facilities.
Mr. Gehlert is sole agent for the Dittersdorfer Felt
and Card Cloth Works, Dittersdorf, Saxony; for Doll-
fus, Dettwiller & Co.,and Zislin & Meyer, both of Mul-
house, Alsace; and for Franck & Co., Schlestadt,
Alsace, for each of which houses he is doing a very
extensive business.
The standing of the Gehlert house, both socially and
commercially, is of the very highest. Nearly all of the
large piano makers in Europe are furnished with felt
from the Dittersdorfer works, also the houses of Charles
de Rohden, Charles Gehrling Son, and Cosselis & Pag-
non, and the great French action concern of Herrburger-
Schwander, whose damper felts are all of Gehlert's
manufacture, and from whom this firm have received
very many letters highly commendatory of their goods.
Mr. Louis Gehlert has established a very large busi-
ness in this country, and one that has constantly ex-
tended ever since the date of its inception. The firm
give every promise of maintaining an extremely honor-
able and popular position in the United States. The
large majority of the stock in the Dittersdorfer concern
is owned by an uncle of Mr. Gehlert who is also a
member of the German Parliament.
In addition to fells and other articles for use in piano-
making, the Gehlert firm supply specialties in large
quantities including blankets, textiles, etc., for paper
makers, lithographers, paper hanging manufacturers,
woolen and worsted mills, and so forth. They have
already succeeded in planting their feet firmly on the
soil of the Western hemisphere, and, as we have said,
bid fair to win some of the valuable prizes offered to
the world's earnest sons of trade and commerce by the
people of this free, enlightened and keenly discrimin-
ating community.
FRANCIS CONNOR is doing a magnificent business at
his warerooms, No. 4 East 42d street, New York. His
sales have increased to a wonderful degree within the
last two weeks; and he anticipates a laiger fall trade
than he has enjoyed in many years.
R e l i a b l e AgfeiltS W a n t e d for these incomparable instruments, which
possess many valuable improvements not found in pianos of any other make.
Specially adapted as leaders, and sold exclusively as First Grad,e Instruments.
C. A. AHLSTROM,
MANUFAOTURER,
Nos. 113, 114 & lie East »d Street
JAMESTOWN, N. Y.
E. L. CUENDET,
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Importer and Manufacturer of
BOXES,
57 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK.
SEJVD FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
This Cut represents Box No. 110 of our Catalogue.
Old Musical Boxes carefully Repaired.