The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-26
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD.
THE GREATEST CURIOSITY EVER SEEN.

On Monday, May 7th, Adam Forepaugh's Great
Combination Of Menagere, Museum, Circus and
Trained Wild Beast Show is to exhibit here. It's
attractions are almost numberless, and one Of
them surpasses in interest and wonder anything
ever seen on this continentt-ltisa
Recently Born Baby Elephant,
as geological curiosity II has no parallel In this
part of the world, and would have excited the
liveliest interest even In Imperial Rome, when
thousands Of wild animals were brought to her
amphitheaters,
This wonderful curiosity is the first OF It's sort
ever known. This baby elephant, born In cap
tlvlty, is a cute, fat, lubberly, bouncing baby,
whose antics are exceedingly droll, and whose
safety is watched over bya
Mother Of Huge Proportions
There Is no record in history Of baby elephant
having been born in captivity, aud this fact makes
such a case exceedingly interesting. Nothing in
the world so attracts and Pleases children as TO
watch the habits Of animals, and no animals are
so interesting asa
Mother Elephant and Her Infant.
The lgy or girl who does not get chance to see
that will remember the disappointment for years.
On the first day Of last February, at the winter
quarters of Mr.. Adam Forepaugh's menagerle, IN
Germantown, Pennsylvania, his elephant Min
erUa, one of his six performing elephants, who is
fifty years Of age,
Care Birth to a Bouncing BABY Elephant,
which was thirty-seven inches high and weighed
over one hundred pounds Not only is this the
first instance ofany elephant having in captivity
become mother, but this is the first case known
since the glacial era of an elephant being born
outside the tropics. A native born Americant ell
ephant Is a wonderful animal In Siberia i'm.
mense numbers Of the tusks Of fossil elephants
are found, but since the beginning Of the Chris
tian era, elephants have only had their hablta.
ton In the hottest regions of the earth
This little stranger has settled contrary to the
dicta of all eminent biologists the manner in
which the
Baby Elephant Nurses,
Button, Perrault, Howell and other distinguish
ed writers on natural history have asserted that
the young elephant nurses with It's trunk. Fore.
paughs "baby" proves the incorrectness of this
statement. This little cuss'' nurses with his
mouth. The mother elephants bosom is between
It's forelegs and the "baby" elephant stands in
front of It's mammoth mamma and
Takes The Nipple in It's Mouth,
then it uses Its trunk to press the milk from the
breast Just as women often use their hands when
nursing to press their bosoms and facilitate the
flow of mik The idea of mother weighing
Seven y'os.and and TOo Hundred Pounds
is alone sunlcient to excite intense interest, She
was only
Fe,C Hours IN Her Confinement
but previously had occupied herself for days in
making arrangements for the comfort of the ex
pected stranger She gathered all the straw aud
other soft material that was acceptable for the
couch, even apprOpriating coat belonging to one
of the Snowman, and showing displeasure when
an attempt was made to take 1t away.
When the Baby Arrived,
she was unceasng in her attentions to 1t and care
for its comfort She lavshed caresses ON it, pat.
ting it with her trunk and rubbing her great head
against 1t. When it responded to her manifesto
tions of regard she was overjOyed
She evidently thought 1t very small, but no
mother could have more lovingly admired the
Bed,ty Of Her Infant
When the Snowman handled 1t she watched
carefully that they did not hurt It, To have done
so would have brought on rage that would
have made things extremely lively, but she
seemed gratiHed when even strangers came about
TO look at and
Pat the Baby.
The mother is still devotedly attached to 1t, tax
ing care that 1t Is cleaned and fed, and petted
and humored, even in its wilful, babyish pranks.
We are greatly mistaken If this mother and
child are not the chief attractions to Forepaughs
Show for long time to come,