The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-22

---SS- III Inc morning We gave IN exec
tionaly gorgeous street parade. and ther
prepared for the first performance at tive
o'clock
IT was the hottest September day ]
ever had to endure in any latitude Even
under the tres on the river bank a ther-
mometer. hung up by way OF experiment
registered ninety eight degrees and out
in the fun glare OF the sun IT must have
been ten degrees higher. We returned
limp and exhausted from the parade. and
the poor animals in their cages were
sweltering.
Despite the heat. the attendance was
large. The performance began with the
snap and vim that always reward sppre-
ciative applause, but before long il be-
came apparent that something was wrong
The human performers appeared Ilfeless.
while their animal assistants seemed anx-
ious and half frightened. The heat did
not explain this. and I was puzzled
=. Put more electricity into itr Mr..
Lane kept saying. but with very little
effect
I Finally one Of the clowns retorted
+ That's just the trouble: every bit or
electricity is drawn out OF me. It's gone
how the explanation struck me as being
accurate. The air was saturated with
electricity.
Matters progressed in a dead-and-aiiv
way through two-thirds OF the program.
Then came the moment when cara. the
performing dromedary, was 10 do her
turn. with two acrobats. made up as
Nubians, tumbling upon the pads on her
back
Il had opened my mouth TO give the
singsong story OF her capture and long
and difficult training. when a signal from
the attendant at the entrance OF the
performers tent warned me 20 stop. De-
lay was out OF the question: I sent on a
troupe OF japanese equilbrists who were
In waiting for the next turn and then
hurried out TO see what was the matter
with cara
Ordinarily she was one OF the most
amiable creatures ard far less STUPID
than most Of her kind. Now instead OF
being ready 10 enter. she was lying down.
with all her gay trappings piled upon her
back. Her head and neck were out
stretched along the ground. pointing at
right angles TO the entrance. and almost
exactly northeast. Neither coaxing nor
beating would induce her 70 rise. Glanc- /
ing outside, I noticed that the other
camels were lying Down in precisely the
same way. and all were trembling from
fear. called the proprietors attention
to the singular fact
p" What can it mean?' asked Mr. Mad
dox. Has one OF the lions or tigers
broken loose2'
a. The csmels certainly wouldn't lie
down in that case said Mr.. Lane They
would be trying their prettiest 10 run
away
Nevertheless, to make sure. We went
into the menagerie tent az once. ] shall
never forget the sight that met our
eyes.
An hour before every animal had been
swaying and moving restIessly about. lolI-
Ing and painting In great discomfort from
the heat Now all we're motionless. For
the first time and only time / saw the
hyena crouched in heap and not NOV
ng muscle. The tigers and panthers
had ceased to pace back and forth; and
The huge cage Of the restless. mischiev-
BUS monkeys was empty. save at one low
r corner. where all the ugly little beasts
we're clustered in a heap. Every creature
rad moved as far 10 the northwest as
he confines Of IT'S cage would permit.
md was lying fat or the floor.
The elephants and the rhinoceros alone
stood erect They had faced 10 the
opposite direction and were leaning for
ward. straining at their chains. a panic
error was apparent in every dumb face,
ven in the outlines Of their bodies.
Mr.. Lanes pet spaniel scurrled toward
he farther entrance on the west then
urned sharply about and ran hack. whin-
ng and trembling It's out there his
laster calculated. but did not explain {
THAT he meant BY it We ran 10 the
pening.
No fierce beast. nothing alarming q
ny kind was to be seen IN the vicinity: :
u was quiet and still and hot. But We
aised our eyes and turned slightly 20
he left-due southwest-and we under !
TODD. z
Along the horizon lay band Il green =
h-yeliow. very thick and opaque Above
were huge gobuiar masses Of gray :
ouds. lined with black. that tunhled =
yer one another and rolled RAPIDLY for a
ard. Low down through their center
ivanced swiriinE cone OF inkv black :.
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stiuct spirais trailing behind CHATS
lightning fashed from Il in All dircc-
CTS. and although stin miles away. TIE
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instiactfreiy assumed command and
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