New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

and a tiger. THESE picked up d scrap
themselves. and by the time a gang Of men
could be got together they were both bleeding
pretty freely. Finally. by crawling over the
TONS of the cages the men managed to get
moose around Bovar's front legs and trunk.
and in 2 trice we had him down The rest was
nv lob / had to reach in the old fellows
mouth find that cavity; clean il out and fill it.
Gold filling? Sure thing" and the doctor
smiled ..yHEl that's the way the ads read,
he explained. but between you and me it's
amaigam You know that hardens quickly.
When We find the cavity in an animafs tooth
we clean it oaCEhe best we can You know
we can't dig il out We squirt in an antlsepuc
and then slap in big chunk of amalgam- mat
hardcns quicker than wink and they can get
It
oh YES: there's danger Of playing arouho IN
side an elephants mouth that way. but there is
this much to be said in favor OF an elephant:
If don't make any difference how mad he is, ne
sIv-avs has 4 certain fear Of lis keeper.
"EIephants, for ali they are such big animals
ore very delicate Why, We have to Watch
them as one would a baby The least Htsie
thing upsets them They get lonesome nome
sick lovesick and go off their feed Ihey re-
fuse to eat and just stand and sway back ana
forth as Jingo did before he died at sea 1hey
get ,5irtv. and that seems 10 make them SICK
We have to give th-m j bath every day mat
mart of my job looking after the eIephants
toilet Regularly every morning they get a
scrub \ gang of men so at them with brooms
hnd wafer We dose in little caroo!lc aclo 70
Kill any disease germs.
'Camels are hard animals to lock after and
kc.,, ], -r,grer health. Not that they are
vicious No not that. but they get the mango
Why thy get the mango easier than any other
animals know Of. And they get corns, too
VS. sir Germs that all the one night cures IN
the courtry couldn't bulge. Those may be All
right for human folks, but nothing short OF
good sharp knife Will bulge CtmeFs corns'
snakes are vicious things to handle. my
hav, about all solt.: of ailments. and we give
them different kinds of remedies The greatest
trouble with them arises however, from can
kered mouths. Their mouths are terribly sensi-
tive to canker. and it is one continual hsht 10
keep them free from It. You slet one OF these
big frIIows-a boa or a python-get a badly
cankered mouth and eli the dope IN the city
would hardly tal-e the fight out Of him We
usually let the snake charmer administer tne
dose.
,.of tha animals We are called on to take care
Of MONKEYS require fully as much attention as
su the others They are delicate things They
contract colds and before you k--oW 1t they are
OF in galloping consumption We treat them
Just as you would a child with a cough-glVe
them cough medicine and keep them warm
Il must tell you about Jenny. Now you may
think this is just circus talk. but it ism Jenny
h fourteen -year-old monkey. Well, about
year ago We found Jenny apparently frozen TO
death in her cage one cold morning. She Ii
prize monkey and We hated to lose her. we olo
about everything we could, but without result
finally George Conklin, superintendent Oh
animals, suggested trying galvanic battery on
her. We'll sir, We did it When we began that
monkey as dead any dead monkey I've
ever seen. We kept that current going, and kept
working over her fifteen minutes At the end OF
that time Jenny was up and around. 1 know
that sounds large but that's fact.
"GiraTes are awfully delicate things. Why, we
have to watch Fritz and Lena as We would gold
dust These animals are subject to stomach
troubles. They feed on hay, and If We don't
watch them they get indigestion and go to
pieces. We have TO keep them dosed with laxa-
tiYes, and when We are on the road we have
men out hunting mulberry leaves for them. You
know there is a common belief among keepers Of
Enenageries that, averaging one animal with
another, menagerie must be renewed every
three years. Well, that is not so. With constant
watching and careful treatment a Tnenagerie
can be kept practically intact for many years.
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