The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-09

J knows could pun lung out OF him Will
| the hook, ami he behaves accordingly.
Jewel is not nearly So well trained ~
| Tom, but she A. useful elephant always
| and now and then. when necessary / TAX,
| her out ana put her to work. Not Ion,
ago wagon got stuck in the mud II
| the birdie path
1T was department wagon that wal
loaded with stone meant TO repair Z
stretch of damaged roaGway The wagor
| seemed hopelessly Nuc:. and they sem
down word 20 the elephant house as the
quickest way out of the difficulty We
always keep pad on hand, intended foi
Jewel when she works
She had not been out IN "A long while
and thought the trip would do her good
50 ] took her out Tie sight of an ele-
phant. with man on her neck travelling
through the park brought crowd from
all parts, and lively caase IL had OF it.
Elephants do not trot or gallop; they
just pace. but the way they cover ground
IL an eye-opener Jewe; was feeling good
thar time. and let her have her own
way anu she made things hustle. We
found the wagon stuck To the hubs I'm
mud, with apparently no alternative other
than 20 unload and dig n out
Il put the pad N Jewels forehead and
led her up to the tail or the wagon Then
] ordered her Ia move the thing. She
has been so long ir the business that IA Is
no longer necessary 60 tell her how 10
go about = job.
She just sees IL and takes her own
way. I'm this case she Jet herself down
on her knees. Three or -four times she
tried to get "A good hold before she started
10 lift At last she was satisfied. and.
raising upward with ali the power in her
splendid trunk, she got up from her
knees ana raised the loaded wagon from
the rut. and at the same time put her
forehead 10 the tail OF the thing and
pushed forward.
Say. she would have pushed an ocean
steamer over dry ground with that LIT.
ana the wagon came up and moved for
ward onto solid ground-the most sur
prised wagon than ever was.
TANNING A BAD APE.
1T often happens that Jewel is used for
such work, but It was during the time
that we had Chico the chimpanzee, I'm
the arsenal that Jewel was called upon
to perform jungle trick Chico was a
very bad ape Just about that time No
one could do anything with him lie was
So bad that In the END ne refused 10 eat
He must have been suffering from tenn
porary insanity
His keeper-and ordinarily he loved his
Keeper as "A father does a son. for Chico
thought himself very superior sort OF
oeing-eNen his keeper could not 20 near
The cage without angering him so that IL
was feared he would go into commissions
As for allowing the crowd 10 see the
gentleman, that was entirely out of the
question. He would have burst a blood
'essel In sheer wrath at the least sign
IF a stranger. He bit and yelled and
'hewed at everything I'm sight and what
,ver was in his cage was torn TO shreds
,r hurled TO atoms
"ln that emergency r was ordered 10
axe Jewel into Chico. Chico was re-
moved TO the ground floor where Jewel
would not have 10 climb stairs, and YOU
lever heard such swearing In monkey
ak In ali your life as Chico let out on
he way below iS0e
Then ] went out for Jewel She walk |
d into the sacred chambers where Chico |
Eas making the air blue and as she came /
n / gave her little lab behind the ears
nd she let out a trumpet that threatened |,
o raise the roof OF the building
In Just two minutes chico looked like |
cents. lie shut up as If he had been /
it In the head witch n sieLge and he /
rept into corner ofehis cage. the most
frightened and the best Behaved ape that .
yer was He remained good TO the end. !
tfH VIC tutt nNiif uie went out Ot him. .
Poor Chicol he was sunshine and ami
bility from the moment he heard thar
'umpot TO the last. Now, Chico was a
lere baby when he was captured and
ewel In her early captive days was also
baby. r t''s
Neither. therefore. had much experi-
nee In its own native haunts and vet.
hen Jewel appeared. Chico had all the
ar OF his race for the animal, which
l.lx ~. IA
her case OF the understanding between
nimals, which becomes more and more
pparcnt and puzzling the longer YOU
ork among them
JeweIs predecessor was another well
aimed elephant. IL was she who carried
| OF the heavy timbers that are now IN
Ie elephant house here I'm the Central
ark menagerie. Some OF the timbers
ere nifty feet long, but at the word OF
mmand she picked them up and carried
em from place to place as directed.
ARE EASILY TRAINED.
NO. the elephants are not trained when
ey come TO this country Down I'm In
they do not let their trained elephants /
Il OF the country IL they can help st. /
ne point Is, the animals are too val |
bic. They do not pay To buy, for the
Terence between trained and an un-
aimed brute is considerable. Besides,
ey are easily trained.
How de We train them? There is like
no other animal so easily taught as Is
Q elephant To teach them 10 lift for
ample. " Is an easy thing. you can un-
rstand, To make them pick up a small :
OK or any other object. From small /
cks 10 larger ones. and from these 10
ll-hedged tinibers, is but natural pro- ,
ession.
Similarly. when II comes 20 pushing !
avy loads. You provide pad for the :
asts forehead and get him 10 lower bis q
'd against NE car or wagon. and then
q order him to 40 on. BY taking =
avier and heayier loads the animal soon =
,orncs used 20 the work. .
Most people do not know what n won a
'ful pair Of elephants the city owns \
stches here and there appear about
two big fellows. =
But Few know, for Instance that when
~ gets To be very Dsd 30 that eysd | /.
hook does not ave Elm, his mate, h