Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1903 — The Soul of the Elephant. [ARTICLE]

The Soul of the Elephant.

Elephnnts will actually die from nervous upset or shock. There Is an Indian saying that an elephant has a doubly heart. That Is an oriental way of stating that It Is an emotional creature. and that though It keeps these feeltugs severely repressed In general, when it does give way to nerves grief or, fear Its < huge body becomes absolutely enslaved to the mental condition aml very possibly succumbs.-^pber*.