The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-12
IT TICKLED THE SHEEP.
VIOLIN MUSIC MADE THE sEDATE
ELEPHANT REAL MAD.


10 the soft Strains, while the
Wolves and JackaIIs Just HovIed
with Fear.
From the Chicago Times.
II is a well known fact that many ami
mails are susceptible to music Many dogs
viii bark or howl al the strains OF
mouth organ or melodeon. while others
protest vocally against piano playing, and
a few dogs can endure in silence the play
ing Of minor chords. On the other hand,
almost every woodsman viii tell you that
he can charm chipmunk into apprecia-
tive attention by whistling a lively tune.
Cats, too, are Influenced by music, and
many cases are on record Of their fond
ness for piano playing. while violin music
often stirs them TO emulation, a fact which
New England housewives ascribed 10
the sympathy existing between pussy alive
and parts Of pussy dead that were tabled
to furnish the fiddle strings. Experiment
has shown that individual animals are pc
culiarly influenced TO joy or sorrow by
some one particular note chord, or tone.
while other music may have no effect upon
them.
An Englishman, c. J. Cornish. has been
making musical experiments on various
kinds Of animals at the Geological socle-
tvs gardens in London and he writes most
/ Interestingly of them in his book, Life
at the Zoo" Having first obtained permits
sion OF the management, Mr. Cornish pre-
I pared TO give the animals a real musical
treat 1t was not part of his programme
10 furnish Inferior music so he obtained
/ the services of a first class violinist from
/ one Of the good orchestras. with this VIC
1 hnist he went to the abode of the snakes.
/ ana the musician. hidden from the sight
/ or his animal audience, began to play Mr.
/ Cornish writes Of this:
The dweller on the threshold Of the
SNAKES home is the monitor lizard, and ac-
/ tive and formidable saurian, some five
Feet IN length, whose watchful habits were
/ said TO give notice Of the approach Of the
crocodile. 1t did not belle its reputation
Tor watchfulness, for the instant il heard
the sounds of the violin through it's OPEN
I ed door 1t raised its head and stood alert
/ and listened. Then the forked tongue
came out and played necessarily round its
/ ups; soft, slow music followed and the
lizard became quite still, except for d gen
! tie swaying of the head from side to side .
! some blacksnakes in the same cage were
/ similarly affected, although they We're
slower 20 show their appreciation At first
/ they raised their heads, waving them from
/ side to side in apparent endeavor to as
I certain whence the sounds came Hav-
/ ing made up their minds, they set out one
/ atter another for the source and nosed
/ up and down the wall in the manner pecu-
| mar 10 serpents. A big boa constructor who
had been asleep for some days. uncurled
hlihseI preparatory to taking glide all
around the cage
! Suddenly the violinist swept his how
] across the strings in a harsh and loud
! discord. The blacksnakes dropped their
heads and hustled for the further corner.
/ The boa stopped short and evinced an in
chhauon TO hurt somebody. As for the
! monitor lizard, he executed startled fiop
and scuttled Off with an air Of disgust ana
alarm, declining thereafter to be coaxed.
! BACK by the most alluring airs His trust
naa been basely betrayed and he evil
IDENTITY didn't propose TO put himself again
IN position where he would be made
subject for practical jokes
! Selections from william Tell' Vvare
tried upon the sheep and goats, and thew
We're immensely pleased with the opera
Al The Shepherds Can" they sniffed
the air mo ringly and crowded up to the
hars IN compact bunch. When the music
stopped they voiced unanimous request
! Tor more with great acclaim of bleat-
! ing ana baaing A lively measure brought
| them all back to the bars again eXceDt q
/ rev OF the goats, who frisked about in the
| HNehest fashion, only to stop with the
/ cessation Of the music.
| Next 10 be entertained by Mr.. Cornisf's
Pu,Reyor OF sweet sounds was the big
| Wlld boar who simply got up and snorted
| with surprise when the sound of a lively
| jig reached his ears At first he was
| very suspicious. Perhaps this sounds re-
| minded him of the tones of the hunters,
| hofns which had sounded the death blast
de ,.N /, -
| however he came down, observing no
eVil effects or designs upon his life fol-
| lowing the music, and presently showed
! signs of marked appreciation drawing
1 nearer and nearer to the PLAYER until
hnally he poked his nose between the
pars. disappointment was evident IN
MS aspect when the player went on to
| visit the Indian elephant They tried ON
/ him the same music that had so pleased
| the boar 1t didn't please him. and he
| uldn lose any time in making that
| TACT apparent. At the first strain he
| Mapped his ears and elevated his trunk
| Inc music went right on, and the ele-
| plant got very mad about it, He swIlne,
! his trunk VisciOusly He switched his
| ropy tail about so fast that ii looked
| ike misplaced halo. He dance around
the place with ponderous agility, and
| nnaily he lifted up his voice and trun-
! peted such a tremendous protest of rage
| and disgust that the musician got tinjd
and stopped playing. 1t was very evil
dent that the elephant wouldn't have
| violin music.
! Most delighted of all We're the bears
! No sooner had this musician drawn the
! first tone from the instrument than
every inhabitant Of the bear cage was ali
/ attention. sweep across the strings
/ that produced full chord acted on those
bears like galvanic battery. They fair
/ ~ leaped in the air and went scrambIine
/ for the bars, where they stood erect lis
| tening with all their ears. The polars
! damned their noses into the openings
| between the bars, smiling the air low
! ously, while the two grizzlies acted the
1 part of discrminatin but admlring CON
| noisseurs. First they would cock their
! heads on one side, then on the other. and
then they would look at each other with
| an appearance of saying:
Now. that's what ! call good music
/ What execution and what an expression -
! Very different was u effect of the music
J on their smaller COUSINS, the wolves, who
/ showed themselves to be of those who.
/ having
/ No music in their souls
/ Are fit for treason, stratagem and spoils