People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-09

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sistants attached to the modern large
circus. One of the famous trained stall
lions of the Barnum & Bailey show re-
Gently sprained his ankle, and Shah,
the largest and most ferociOus of the
several huge Bengal tigers, in the me
nagerie, suffered from an liberated
tooth, or fang, which had to be eX-
tracted. There was nothing partlcu-
larly interesting about the case OF the
stallion. He was simply tied up in
patent sling, with his feet several
inches from the ground, where he will
remain until his ankle gets well. But
with the immense striped beast from
India, whose fangs and claws are death
to any man unfortunate or foolish
enough to get within his reach, the case
was altogether different and decidedly
exciting.
When the tiger was first taken sick
his rOars and bowls led DR.. WINNER
to believe that he was suffering from
collie, as the result of being chilled in
the parade or during the removal of
the circus from Bridgeport.
Il tried chunks of meat filled with
capsules of castor oil and other medi-
Cines, said Dr. WINNER, when the
New York Advertisers reporter asked
him for the reasons Of the beasts un-
usual action, and just before the opera
ton was begun, but without effect.
Then | saw that Shah had some trouble
in chewing, and l called DR.. Starr. He
discovered the liberated tooth"
The cage was surrounded by a crowd
OF Keepers and grOOms armed with
strong ropes and several iron instru-
ments. Chief Keeper Kennedy took
charge. Shah was roaring, and rolling
around his cage in anything but a
pleasant humOr.
Get his legs frstw shouted Ken
nedy, and four keepers slipped up close
TO the bars with ropes lOOped at the
ends. The loops were thrown through
the bars and spread out on the floor of
the cage. Shah made a leap to the fur
ther end of the cage. His forelegs land
ed in two of the loops.
Pull! quick yelled Kennedy, and
six helpers on each of the ropes swing
backward, drawing the loops tight and
Imprisoning the beasts paws. Then
began a terrible struggle and a series
of roars that nearly deafened those
near the cage and frightened the other
animals. A perfect bedlam broke
loose. The bears, lions and leopards
answered with their rOars, the ele-
plants trumpeted, and all sorts of cries
and screams were raised in a diabOlical
DIN. The keepers turned red in their
faces and perspired in their efforts to
hold the ropes. Shah" struggled all
over his cage, and finally got his right
mind foot into another loop. That was
drawn tight, and over on his back went
the tiger. Kennedy hastily unlocked
the cage door and, jumping inside.
picked up the remaining loop and
dropped it over ''Shah's" other foot
He was then prisoner, but an unruly
one, for he snapped at the ropes and
kept Kennedy at very respectful dis
lance. Keepers Murphy and Dalton.
with their arms full of strong leather
straps, tumbled into the cage after Ken
nedy. The straps were placed across
'Shah's' stomach and fastened to
staples in the floor. Then the tiger
could move nothing but his head. DR..
Starr attended to that. Very gingerly
he climbed into the cage with his in
struments, exaggerated types of those
used by ordinary dentists, and a rope
fastened to a three-cOrnered triangle.
in which was fixed an iron roller
about two inches in diameter and about
a foot long. The rope was pushed
through a staple behind "Shah's" head
and when the tiger opened his great
mouth to roar Dr. Starr deity slipped
the roller between the rows of glisten
ing teeth. The rope was drawn tight
and "Shahs' mouth was forced omen
to its fullest width. Shah" still strug-
gled, unsheathing his wicked looking
claws, but he could do no harm, and
Dr. Starr began an examination.
He found the gum around the tooth
famed and swollen. A part of the
tooth had been broken off and the
ragged end had torn the tigers tongue
Or. Starr seized pair of big forceps.
They were clinched on the Snag and ha
and Kennedy began to pull. Shah
wriggled with impotent rage and pain.
but to no purpose, for with a couple of
jerks the tooth came out. The wound
was washed and the bindings were re-
moved, The doors were locked. the
loops slipped. and in FIVE minutes the
tiger was free. minus his tooth. He
will be well in few days, If he did not
swallow part of the broken tooth. as
DR.. Starr fears The snag of the tooth
measured four inches in length.
Il never give chloroform." said the
doctor; 1T is more liable to kill an ami
NAL than human being"