The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1877-05-31
HE IS ALIVE AND DOING WELL!
THE GREATEST BIOLOGICAL WONDER OF
THE AGE!
Hs Can be Seen in Forepaugh's Great Show !!
An Important, but Unexpected Event-lntsrest-
ing Facts Controversies Settled.

1t seems not unlikely that the world
may become interested in another Ger
mantown baby. Poor Charlie Ross
set the world agog, and his late stirred
the profoundest depths of love in the
hearts of parents everywhere, and he
has no doubt proven an elephant on
the hands of his abductors. German
town is again the scene of remarka-
BILE event, the like of which has never
before occurred in this country, and
this time. too, it is baby"
On the night of the first inst, there
was born at the winter quarters of
Forepaugh's Menagerie and Circus,
near Germantown, Il female elephant.
This. we believe, is the first event of
the kind that ever occurred in this
country. On her arrival, the ''babv'
weighed about one hundred pounds,
and during the
FIRST WEEK OF HER CAREER
she has gained about thirty pounds.
She is three feet and seven inches high
and three feet and eleven inches long
and in every way, except in size, Il
perfect elephant. minerva" the
mother, is one of the largest elephants
in the country, she weighs over ZOO
pounds. and is over fifty years old.
She has been owned by Mr.. Forepaugh
about five years.
THE ELEPHANTS TIE DEUM.
Much has been told about the Won
derful sagacity and knowledge of the
elephant. but of this and their musical
qualities aud tastes the keeper of Fore
paugh's relates singular fact. The
arrival of baby was wholly uneX-
pected. and no person about the prem
Uses had any knowledge of the iInpor-
tant event until it had transpired.
The Waterman or his rounds at L
O'Clock on the night of February 1.
1877. went into the apartment where
the elephants-siX ia number-are
kept: nothing unusral was discerna-
bic. and he went on through all the
departments About two O'Clock there
arose from the elephants Ii verF strange
noise. They all seemed 10 be lnduig-
ing in one grand bawl. 1t was such
chorus as would have thrown quar-
ter of million of Whitneys and karis
into the shade, aud caused Wagner 10
dance with delight. The keeper rush
ed to the building expecting to ma
the elephants all loose, but found them
fast and in the best of humor, and al
ter quiet was restored discovered
nothing unusual. The next morning
rs he entered the room he discovered
e.babv," who seemed somewhat sur
prised, but shows signs of delight and
disposition to play. Baby has been
steadily improving since and is very
playful aud as tractable as a kitten.
She sucks the mother, eats bread aud
milk and potato parings, and yester-
day made several attempts at eating
hay. She manages her trunk with
more ingenuity and with confidence
worthy of busted boarder.
CONTROVERSY SETTLED.
Although so much has been publish
ed about the character. habits and Pc
liarities of elephants, there is much
controversy upon some points, and
great many interesting facts, especial
" in connection with their young, that
nave been ignored. The period of
CESSATION, the affection of mother and
offspring. and the mode of sucking
the Young. have all been deliberately
discussed and widely disagreed about.
Of the first. we believe that it is being
generally admitted that the statement
of Mr.. Corse, who for many years had
charge of the elephants of the East