The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-06-19

became fairly crazed. Every off,. n i
made to entice him into bis circ nsi' w
but he only roa1ed and sprarm sass
bars of his own cage until il bs a&
dangerous to leave him there 'ecane
1.-THE order was given n e..
irons. You wouldn't believe Il. ~. ~
iron after iron was poked at ny; SM Y
seized them in his mouth and hit ~ Q
At last his mouth was badly bnrno .nea |;
it was lot till then that the circns I %
had fairly cowed him to submiss;SOs. men y
Well, what about Emuerora n
terrupted the reporter. add ~. y
led-,Aot iron cause him terrible AO ss, 20
ing?i' 'u1e''
"Why, certainly it did at the ,;n.
snd one CT The keepers saws thai NV, y,
anita, has eaten nothing since N.Y. "
day. He Is. however, getting bs ~ua'
and in a day or TWO will have recovs s',.,
altogether. You sss, the inside Of n
elephants trunk is a thick knot Of mn. n
Giles in rings, harder than the touebsr
leather, and all that the iror did wss :
hurt him badly for the time; Int vhs
was more important, it warned Vim III
the future that it might be apsied
again"
SIS it usual to punish elephants !,
this msnner?" :
No; l have never known Of an i,
stance of this sort, but such punishmsnt
is frequent with lions and tigers. When
ar.nals are being trained they are fr,,
allowed to starve almost TO death. Than
the trainer begins by feeding them Ind,
by little, entering their cages all d,
time. He is armed, generally, with n
iron bar, and always faces the animal
Ii he sees one skulking behind him !.
gives him one blow on the head with N,
iron bar. which knocks the beast sense
less. If the animal still shows signs d
treachery, the trainer provides himsel
with the 'red-iron,' and any momen
that the animal shows fight it is drive
into him. That conquers him."
"What is this 'cage craze that Ju
speak OFF"
alt is madness! You have no ds
how suddenly it comes upon the nj
mails. Its natural. Why, justimagiS
so many strong, muscular, healthy me-
being Gagged year after year. It i
natural that son1e of them would b
come crazy. l have watched animal
at night, and seen them at times gettn
the craze upon them. At frst they n
main quite still, as if they are trying
suppress their rage. Then they vi
suddenly break out in ungover,ab
fury, and at such times a menagerie
no pleasant place to be in. They vi
roar, spring at the bars Of their cage
try and tear them asunder, and crssl
such 8 terror among the other anima
that it is necessary to use force to sui
due the exciting animal into quiet.
course, at such times the red iron mu
be applied when q circus troupe
travelling through the country"
elbow do they usually punish q
phants?"
"When they are in training the 81
mails are shown how easily they can
overcome by means of straps. An 81
plant that has once been thrown "
become generally manageable. Ksepel
however, can stand no fooling fro
their animals, and if the prong or spe
fails to make them obey, then the kee
ers use the ropes and pulleys. This %
sists in tying ropes around the brut'
legs and pulling them far apart. Th
the beasts are perfectly poweriess, q
lie on their bellies mass OF tortur
flesh. Then the keepers will beat tht
with clubs until they squeal. Elephan
however, are the bravest and most
during of animals, as they are also !
proudest. They will almost stand bel
beaten to death rather than squeai,
they know that if they once do SO e6
their mates will hold them in G.
tempt" =