The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-03

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The vsfiest oflcha4y loonsA Az
Till daylight found him weak and wild,
ApathsArd him n1gstEyf' f'Gerss mose Vioons"
How Elephahts arc Educated.
A Detroit paperIhas the following:
80 Baby Annie,' exhibited on Friday
and Saturday, in this city, is as popular
and well known as the majority of hu-
man actors, who tread the boards instead
endeavors to please. and iii her way feels
tchagrin as deeply when she fails to re-
ceive the appreciation believed to be
merited.. She is now FIVE years old and
though far from her teens is nevertheless
q pretty good lump Of body, weighing
1900 pounds Her history has been
carefully kept, ,and nMoi,aughlinj her
Trainer. cqn tell You rtasS ssySefytihaiing yiaig abost
- Sat the time of he" "jc capture she was
only two years old; but Smith, the cap
tor, assisted by party of Africans and
dogs, found her as hard to control in her
infancy as most women are at mature
age. After few weeks training she was
started for tie coast, 800 miles away,
and Kenyon has YET in. his cages two.
large hyenas that rode in, baskets slung
over Miss Annie's back. Her cost in
New York was $4,000, and at the time of
hef purchase she was the smellest ele
phant in this country. and is still the
only gsnqtne,African elephant Though
her ehdufaaos on the road she once
took az stretch of forty-two miles over
the ROCKY roads OF tPe61sylvania, in
eleven hours, and showed not the least
sign of exhaustion.
'.Miss Annie is d model female-one
of the old school, and would as soon twist
her head of with her trunk as to harm q
human being who treated her courteous
ly. Last winter, in her quarters at Phila-
delphia, she exhibited love AMI hate in
q very singular manner. Mclaughlin
hadimbibed rather freely. pnd returning
to the barn, got into a difficulty with q
policeman, who was bent on arresting
him. The cop had been around the barn
agood deal and was somewhat acquainted
with the'elephant. The trainer fed to
the barns and getting behind Baby re-
fused to submit to arrest. The M. P.
advanced to bring him out, when the
elephant thrust him aside with her trunk.
trainer encouraging her. when the police
baton, and sought to push by. Blowing
her shrill trumpet, Baby caught him
around the waist, and giving him a
strong whirl deposited the frightened
bluecoat in barrel of oats thirty feet
away. As he had no instructions to ar
rest elephats, and could not arrest the
man with her, he concluded not to press
matters further...
cat another time, last summer, during
q hot night, Mclaughlin lay down be-
side Baby on q bale of hay, and soon
fell asleep. Near him was the cage of
the Bengal tiger, fierce and ungovern-
able animal, and treacherous to the last
degree. BY lying down, the beast could
get his paws at full length under the
bars, and on the morning of that very
day he had thus given his unsuspecting
keeper stroke with his, claws that tore
open the man g cheek in u horrible man
ner. Restless, Mclaughlin rolled about,
and the eyes of the Royal glistened as
he saw the body coming nearer to his
cruel claws. At length, Just as one of
the keepers entered the door, the trainer
rolled down so near that the tiger reached
out and caught his clothes, With a sa-
wage snarl, he was straigtening back for
apull, to get the flesh under his nails,
when the elephant, who had also been
sleeping, arose mp at the growl, and see
ing the situation at glance, rushed for
ward, before the man at the door had
scarcely advanced q step, and with a
blow Of her trunk made the tiger let go
his hold and scream with pain and fury.
'Since her capture, she has increased
700 pounds in weight and six inches in
height. Three years ago, she had not a
sign of a, tusk; now, she has ivories six
inches long, and growing finely. In the
summer, when the weather is dry, she
gets bath at every creek, and her
trainer gives her dozen pals of water
over the back if standing long in the
tent. About twice year she gets six
gallons of linseed oil rubbed over her
skin; without it, the hide would get so
dry as to feel and sound like board.
Her usual feed per day is bushel ol
oats aud $50 pounds of hay, and she
drinks, if moderately thirsty, twenty
pals of water at time. AS stated, she
is very docile, minding readily, if she
understands what is wanted. Doing
wrong, through ignorance, let her trainer
bless her eyes little, and Baby
shows as much sorrow as q repentant in
FAINT. AS this is her third season. the