The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-10-14
NEED CONSTANT WATCHING.
Keepers of Elephants Say IL IL Not
Safe 10 Leave Them Alone
All Night.

The elephant men have to mind their
charges every hour of the day and
night The "bull," to use circus slang,
sleeps only about two hours, and often
does that on his feet. One fool African
elephant-they can't be taught 10 do
anything and the commonest saying
about show is that they are not worth
the hay they eat-has been known to
go three weeks without lying down at
all. The elephant is always fidgeting
about, always swaying that ridiculous
hulk of his, which seems to be cast in
his brothers cast-off breeches, always
stirring up strife and always picking
at something with his trunk. He might
loosen his stake and run wild. He
must have something to do TO occupy
his mind, and so bales of hay are al
ways at hand to be doled out TO him.
He must be always scolded and talked
to, and told to keep out of that or get
back there, or come out where he can
be seen. When he isn't being talked to
he is being raped on the nose with
"bull hook"
An elephant has hide about an inch
thick, temper that is as uncertain as
the toss OF n coin, the cruelty of an
Apache and the destructiveness of
tornado. Some wise and kind-hearted
men in New York who couldn't bear
10 see poor dumb brute suffer de-
creed that the bull hook" must not be
used. They didn't have TO be with the
elephants all the time. The men who
Il - \. 10 o,.f -, fhafr
hands while the agents of the S. p. CA.
were around or displayed broomsticks
that would bring an elephant to time
about as soon as a feather duster would
stop cyclone. The bull hook is shaped
like a boat hook. IL has straight
point. This is 10 jab in where the skin
is tenderest, near the root Of the tail.
IL Is n sight well worth seeing TO wit
ness Patsy Forepaugh (his name is
Mears, but he was with Addie Fore
paugh so long that people hardly know
what his right name is) get the ele-
plants TO bunt the wagons up from
the basement of the Madison Square
garden. He is the boss of all the herd,
a short, stocky little man, with n quick
eye-he needs il in his business and
something about his looks which says
that If you want TO get into fight with
him you had better make your arrange
ments to spend about six weeks in the
hospital.
The workmen get the wagon Slowed
around, so that IL will go up the in-
cline plane. Then they scatter like
trash before broom. Here comes
Patsy walking along with two ele-
plants, their attitude seeming 10 say:
ave don't want to-" while Patsy seems
10 say: "This one right here. All to-
geher, now" They make curious
noises. They sometimes whine SO that
you can locate the very spot IL comes
from, and other times not so unlike the
last pedal key of a church organ. Oft
enest il is like an amateur trying TO
blow n cornet for the first time. They
shuttle up TO a wagon, put their fore
heads against IL and up IL goes. Patsy
trots behind them making vicious
downward jabs with his hook. while he
shouts: "Hooyahl hooyah!" They scull
their way along the inclined plane and
toddle down again for more. Once |
saw n wagon half way up come rolling
down, while the elephants turned tail
and ran. trumpeting with terror. A lion
inside, angry at having his sleep broken,
roared. That was all Romcy and John
wanted 20 hear. They fed. Patsy after
them with his hook. and. though they
snufiIed and breathed hard. they had 20
come and push that wagon up. Per-
haps they win treasure that up and
some day--well. some day they are sure
60 get him.-Ainslie's Magazine.
Until lie Loses Ills balance.