Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25
ANIMAL INSTINCT.
Wonderful Intelligence Of "a You1g Ele
pbFnt
san Francisco Chrorlale.

AVA, ECRMAH, zpIL Is The yCuGg
eiep2sL.s ara r1Zdt pets + sd not al
ioEcd 70 wusS until fdlIv growQ. That
hey are nc> d,h,l-ls il under gniing,
wen :: a1 ssrjg rye, tie f1iI0vDg suec-
3ota VIII p~ov,: TINS mmisslJaer ct
SATeyS Gad 2 youug sIep-lpt, quite
I o>1v, wen nm ~ 3 BGrGese .uuile-
G.si, 3 i ne I.alv, .nLesGG5-- b.Is. ST.
torded lr1ch -.nu-rsceus 10 his owner and
4 q! ~. E.tT Ri: nc U-C-tG-CCui5 60
-yt,Y;-. 'u5 peak. IL VS. k-9. il
s'.Ale ~ yro sErJ-Gr So C.slI~ made for
hlD, ne sides heiug composed If stout
2la ks l-s.ead Il Use usual E2c.iel spit
osmbon- The heavy tex door was
t4>ta1ed On the outside by sliding bar
ci the szEie WOOD, ruFnirg IN iron srA-
| pies. TIE G%reEal C.GnisSiC?e- wss
both fond and p-cud CT his garden. He
| a9d, besides, pErt5rre5 # beSutifuI
| h1WeIF, q great number q select fruit
trees, especially q hle and rare sort Ct
msrsoe 3, |slci were highly pr 40 Uy him.
| TIe garden YVES well laid cut, AID the
Tsks paved with BRICK. SloT-ly after
| re youLg elephants arrival snd inetaIla-
ton in his Stable, the garden Wcs found
! one Forming 10 have been robbed during
he nl21t, the HsIgOeS especially suffer
Ing, quantity Of The hes. fruit having
been taken. NJ traces were LIFT py tue
thief or thieVEs, 10 footprints, nothing
. iadlcste h6w 81 entrance
Asd been made INTO the g.rden.
As the hedge, nCtff uncommon
circumstance, were f0-Beu Il he >quara
cactus, or Indian g., which was permit
led 10 grow six teet high s1d regularly
rimmei. no nude Thief you d coIae Eear
LIea for fear ii the prickly s2ines. At
any rsle the hedges sIoEad the garden
SHOWED 10 signs Of berg touched. The
mex Di@ht Bs,Clmen were stationed cut
side :Ie sREGen a. iu-erVsis sEUad with
CaF5ihCS, with orders 10 arrest or ehoot,
IN case Cfresis:a2ce, shy person a!:emp.-
irg to force En entrance INFO the COM
missiGGeI's garden. TIE ws,c1m,n
faithfully performed the duty 4ssi.aed to
:hem, EOd passed blcS ard firth during
the Nigh, forming s regular Gordon
around lac Tden. They presented
Themselves bt!J53 the ficisI Inc next
marUilG IS soon ss re had risen to report
that no one hid entered the garden thSt
uight at arg T5'e. Bat 3 different
tale came from he head gardener. The
dlmsga done hal exceeded that CT
.le night previous, MUGS fruit having
2een nrcksc IF snG LET'S lying on the
grC2Ed. The commissioner was now
thoroughly CxA=pers.ed and swore ven
SesnC3 Er7inss tie depTs ddtoTs when he
had succeeded ia havIrg them caught.
He the Esxt cigic dit Whst pc had Lever
done befJre-.hss is, admitted native
TslChmen inte his cherished gerGen.
They received strict llsirucHora 10 tale
tie offenders, whoever r2ty might De,
{ i've, and TO awaken him ut Cnce and re-
port who the dsIiEg thieves wee. All
his time no ems suspected the baby e E.
plant. He was securely barred ia his sta
Die every night, Bpu the mex. morning
when his yc1thful attendant and future
Tashout went to Sake hia to his paddock,
everything vas fCunS in i!s p.zce, seem
ibgly uEdi6.urbgd. At lSte hour ia the
night ne Commissioner was awakened ~
. IL .trsaEee butler, who informed him
with much gravity that ihe thief YVES dis
covered, bat that they had rot captured
him. The Commissioner eaickly donred
his garner : and went Cur to the garden.
Tie moon WGs shjUing brightly tnd there
WaP, therefore, plenty CT hight. AT the gate
ha me. 2 T&tChmaB, who nsked him to
follow LIN SIS noiseleasly Sc ne could.
They proceeded doWn o1e Of The paths
until the Waterman Stopped sid whlE-
DG4Et l4CEht LA1kLH EEcfE Wa5
Tss5er elephant r5gali2g himself On
the commissioners choice f.uit, sclecang
tie best snc throwing down any he did
rot fancy. TIE cyBmiss!areI's GrEer
when be perceived vdo tne
Ceprec2'or was. He, Aozevr, de,
c!ted 10 wit sEd i11Gr The
= uugster WIN he had saUs,ed
himself, ard see EoT lie had -car9.cG %
-rz' K Cu5 u MS St. ole. Af.;r awhile ire
thought il tire to Te'jre oG1 re-
turned towzrt G;s stable. r. Comm:s-
sioner toilogf Gu lousy azi waa sur
pIi5ed wien he ssW tie ing city & he
. imSl. The yO1pE eIsr sut N erCt TIE
stable and HEllct the GoCI u Win hi5
t una; ticr the side IS icC roC5 y.,s zen
o he If Cd up ald the tlsp11L.'a head
sppesled jus. sbCve tn Gcor. Ga.
.aEg the lru~k ard raced down
CO the hesyI bzr, caught hojt # 8 ard
pushed It INTO is piece through t5e iron
staples; tauI tse Iocf VS. covered and
al YVES ia COED C-deg. On exlminssion
# tie interior # The stable IN fhe morn
ing i. was found thai the arinsl had al
tied the BAMBOO strips vita which the
rsf ers we're fastened 10 the Plates ia the
simple Burmese architectural style. TEE
root Was thus essily lifted, allowing The
animal to projacs Ms trunk and reaca the
outer b.r. II this 1as not sense, I Go
not know By what u.m3 10 csll
i. Reasoning power bad to
De exercised first 20 ihirk cut : wsy to
get al TIE fruit he had deserved 10 be
growing il the garden IS he Wss Led out
,nd bsck very morning and evening. His
fboyisE" nCu.h hsd Ratered for q taste
II stolen f.uif, so sweet 10 youth. Then
lie thought OF lifting the raft re, Of urty-
ng the isstenip2s. and 80 reaching the
BAR BE had noticed WAS on the outside OF
me door. AL this required actual thought
md intelligence far beyond what is com
monty called the instinct OF animals.
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