Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-01
TALES OF 4 CIRCUS
PULLING ELEPHANTS TEETH


III you are buying IN ANIMAL Tor
family PET. don'S 90 = kipepennuas
nid John Ringling q Rjngling Dru1haut
circus. in The Morsoa yes1erdny. Hip
potami ere hard % tats cnfe q. nn<1
have led tsmpsrs- They svssh sround
ton much. and al tiks . lOyeas-oh
boy. II YOU ever wait 10 nsfch 90.
you can't do IL We have one and
thought we'd like 10 est mate fnr Il.
rope. and the ovnes wanted 0.ooo Tor Il
delivered 90 hessd tbs ship. AZ they
frequently die during IN ocsan voyage
We dsdnt 80 dt 10 purchsse. u y b.
coming = hard mstteS - bay aninsh
continued Mr.. RinSiing. = dost
know what the meunxeries ard soolngi-
cal gardens a the future viii do Even
elephants are sca1ce. A eAan nees
Bsnkok has = coa'ner on tbe Ae1atlc
variety. lie he's SD bed II oae heed.
and uses them in Inmbeeing loh. lite
ssid 70 be . very peudtabls theag TOR
him. African elephaoto are scosue. ono>
The ivory hunters have dscjna1Sd The
herds. but African elsphants dont d.
well in this climats. They are TOO
delicate. and spna de. They can't
stand our wintsrA Canels live hsee
very veil. A good camel cnen about
etOO BY the time you gst HIN hses. hut
he's worth Il. A dissass known - The
camel itch frequently attackp them
when In captivity. and " generally fatal
We lost elk from the dissooo 1aGk winter.
Lions and tigers thrive we'll Ia cap
tivity- perhaps the beet Il any animals.
They breed we'll. ton. We've raised elk
litters Of lion cubs during the past year.
Tho first two litters that pair hare
seldom live. The lioness does not seem
TO understand that she IL TO protect
them. When they go 81 suckle her che
will knock them over with her paw. and
frequently eats the whole aggrcgati0n.
After the first two litfers. however. her
native instinct returns and she takes
care Of her cubs after that. Good lions
and tigers are becoming hard to pro-
euro. The tigers Ill cone frcm India
and are caught by natives, who dig . pit
and throw goat into it. Tho tiger goes
in after the goat aud the natives tangls
him up In q bamboo ropo. Then he's
hauled cut Of the hole and Gagged Sim-
pie enough when you know how.
The rhiuoccroe inu't . bad sort of .
fellow in his way. He comes high, but
We have ~ have him. He's usually =
little cross and unruly, but he isn't .
had animal for al that. Hyenss are the
worst brutes that were ever captured.
They're treacherous and their habits are
vile. II you don't wstch 'ein every min
ute they'll get ia rector all scrap. and
wind up the soiree by eating the dead
Bears are = chcstnut-~exccpt polar
bears. and they are an internal nuisance.
You can get fair to medium polar bear
for 81 900, but you have to keep him ON
ice Grizzlies are hard to keep Ia cap
tivity. Wisconsin was overrun with
black bears last winter. and we received
something over 30 letters from pernons
who had captured the brutcs and wanted
10 sell them 10 Ia
Undoubtedly the finest animal In the
world 10 the giant giraffe. We have the
wouldn't buy him. He's sixteen feet
tall. and az graceful asafawn. II keeps
two men busy taking care of him; but
he's worth it. by tho way. did you
ever hear OF the time we had In pulling
an elephants tooth last winter! She
had been suffering with the toothache
for some time. and the tooth VAS loose.
We decided TO jerk it. 1ttook the whole
circus to perform the operation. but
we did it. She didn't take gas. Her
trunk WIS thrown up and held there by
hooks to prevent her striking. Then
one of the boys grabbed the tooth with
a pair Of ice tongs and gave IL jerk.
The old girl bellowcd like cyclone. but
the second pull brought it. Then she
danced around just IA a human being
would who had got rid OF an aching mo-
lar. We tiled an elephants tooth last
winter. too; but that's q chestnut and
you've heard about II.
when the farmers we've receiving 81
pound for their wool. just after the
war, they kicked just az. hard AZ they
do now said IA. III. Packard. Boston
buyer in The Morton lset night. Then
they used To swear they wouldn't sell
until they could get clio Now they
declare they'll kill their sheep and 60
out of the business. This is sheer non
sense. OF course tho wool market IL
bad; but it is better in proportion than
wheat The farmers say they won't
raise wheat. and they won't raise wool,
aud they won't raise corn. don't know
what they will raise. then. IL Is absurd
Ia become discouraged because one com.
Iaodits is cheap A general diversified
ton IL crops viii c3tnpsnsate for this
4 man at St Johns was waiting to me Z
day or two ago. and swop he'd nevel
raise another pound IL wool. l asked
him how much he had this year. and hs
said 10 pounds. IIe declared. with q
good deal IL sorrow. that he rcceivrd 1
cents less pound for II this year than
last. That made difference 81 just fis
in the cum total. hut that man was
doing 81 40 worth of kicking.
Dudley q. Watson. collector al the
port at Grand Haven. spread his sigma
lure over three pages II the Morton
house register yesterday. and declared
that any man who said that he wss dish
ing out pap Tor western Michigan dem
ocrass Was an unqualified and unmiti
gated liar. by go~h. Mr.. Watson says
there Is no reason to believe that w. Il
Weston viii not tc appcint-d collccto'
% internal revenue herr. that Thomas
y. Carroll will not he p,etmsster. and
ths. Thsd Preston has . double col
slersi lead pipe cinch on the Icnis
rs,stofiice.
Congressman W. s. Linton % sagi
nav was among the prominent arrivslI
In The Merton yesterday. Ms. Iinsor
~ Interested In Mscrsbecisn, End IL en-
~ the les.iing members a the orsses "
Michigan. The state ssicasprment r.
- held herr Ia September Oil he Z
great sacces~ ! shosld not - sur
psi~ssi Il ianp Maecsl<~s ADD thesl
friends attessiei. although the create,