The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-01
POWER OF An ANNALS ETR


tlsu or nC- am not qualified 70 say
said the circus man. Il know they 40
influence each other. and IN a most re.
ularkabie way. 7 have been connected
with geological gardens and nl=ne s-rles
Alr more than twenty years and nave
seen this ccWer Of one beast over an
crlzr. or over many. even OK l-lIel-1A-
kinds. exercised time and again W ny.
In training elephants one oE the nfsl
things done IS 20 pick cut biz strong
Yellow with a square jaw, Wl1eiI SCI
eyes and good Jumps hack Ot his ears,
TO swing the rest or the herd into lne
drawn to- the keeper By many lEtle
Eiudnasses and treated with the utmost
patience Patience is hardly the war4
tlr lt. cor the trainer MEYER lets up II
his work until ha has made the big
brute willing subject The way n=
takes orders from his human boss astar
This friendly relation is established is
WONDERFUL The beast quickly answers
Tor himself in everything he is asked 10
Go and s@er1s to understand that he IS
expected to bring his weaker brethren
into action
The knowing elephant does not beat
tde ignorant Of his kind into doing what
he wants. but he does corner them and
drive z1e1n and look at them IN a way
t-lat mas It's eject We had a cranky
little cuSs with Ringing brothers me-
naEarl= last season VINO seemed always
% DO the wrong thing, no matter how
4ueA coached. BelllT the leader gr
Lne herd. took this rattlehead in hand
AAleE the Keeper had about desual rel.
and Ia less than three weeks the cranky
hl4 was about as wise and useful
any in the lot Badly and he were
Aekt unclaimed. and 1t didn't take the
younzstsr long to ind out that his ele-
plaut guardian meant business Badly
would make him Sit up on his launches
and t1en look into his eyes as If they
were opera glasses and ma guified a
Yeast OF beauty somewhere In the back
ground OF the kid square head
Anan sadly would take him by the
ear and twist il until he sEueaIed ur-
1eAs ne moved quickly when Badly mo-
-A9t-@4 Wl-1 curious turn Of the head
and trunk When tire small eIsnhaur
was p1t into the performing bunch he
never -aA@d 70 follow the leader one
$3.50 w-en Aaldy was out OF the act
-~ 29-flEsLer went all to pieces and
9pQlled the performance Then he got
mao and began to squeai and kick urs
nlgu llnks- But Herr Soudar knew the
E4-led Forward Badly. wish You
Ioull see the way the noisy youngster
wired and maelzlg followed his master
Hal.ly exercises his power over tns
gets out Of sorts and kicks on his work
eI SHOWS disposition TO cut up he Is
sent for and the trouble is cured
P0FY Err OF LEOPARD'S EYE
we have black leopard which is
even dangerous on account Of This now
err over other beasts He is a beautiful
animal with an oval face big yellow
eyes and satiny fur Great care must
le used IN arranging the different cages
So as to bring him within. range of s79z
septi1le beasts He made two MILF
eyed llama almost Ioony by his
searching stare These gentle animals
were fascinated so they could not move
when the hypnotic leopard turned his
ba4a upon them. They breathed hard
tlaiz eyes almost popped from their
sockets and their legs were stiff as iron
hay
or their heads ana il would be q mercy
90 get rid OF them Tt took two or three
days to md out the cause OF this freak
4al action and that was the beginning
% c1r knowledge OF the DANGEROUS rrsgr-
err possessed by this sleek leopard
1Feu monkeys Illustrate this rfft
a-al q q more human way than other
at--rt---a rave seen one Of them pro-
duee the effect of sleep on a victim or
subject, as II Is generally put. and make
ann DO number Of funny things IN
IMITATION OF the controlling monkey.
me slrniau while under the gazing
spell of the stronger monkey. would
stand on his head. wipe his eyes with
a. handful of straw scratch the iron
4p9f e ln- cage, squeak HerceIy ana Do
any ptnar Eoollsh thing his cycling cap
tor wanted When the monkey who
WoFe the spell over his unlucky pal
turned away and busted himself with
other idle things the overWrouzht vic
tim usually Topped la his tracks and
EaSae1 as IS he were a bout done for In
fact. the monkey with this stran ge
power had TO be separated from the
rest tor he seemed TO realize that he
eould 90 pretty much as he liked when
IN the numor, and chat was most Of the
time and If things went on there would
soon Fce a monkey tribe Of one
I'm group Of lions there is s1us7-s !
boss ana sometimes this boss is more than.
INC physical master of the rest izrsev
enc case where the leader was smaller
than another male member Of ire fa-3iI,-
and would undoubtedly ger the worst 81
e u y came TO a savage scrap. The small
or ore nsil q penetrating pair Of ewes
though. ard l-neW how to use rner- ~
s- 2te-=a. nlS burning eyes Ia
gear gu tne allers lher heads dropped and
y was easy % see who was the mas
PUT LEONEss TO SLEEP
Iae night 81 Icuess was growing hid
eolsiE and making All the other ANNA liz
In the meuagerie nervous Herr SoftFar
the animal SUPERINTENDENT f-- frs 49,
lnsz went to the cage and ordered rfex
60 make the noisy Iiorass quiet and MT la~
To sleep Lr probably tcck him tl1rse fn77-
ures TO do cne trick He squatted sfr.lrslr
~ 'front.' ql ner. eiared at her Until she zor
head with his curied paw until she ian
INTO a snoring sleep souder contends that
otneE Things the lion does at the trainer
command tend 20 prove the truth oe this
.Every body knows thar snakes have
CHARMING power 50 thar they can control
birds and FOWL and even people 1t took a
small dog last seasoa, fox terrier lit far
TO make one Of our biggest elephants feol-
Ssh with affection and do averythfrz 10
wanted. even % The sillest thing ris
dog was lt4e tgranr and it made zl-
sick &c see the way he Imposed ou ti1at flfe
brute Why the elephant waited on aim
ny inches and if anyone urdert1ez 10
take the deg away qr punish niU there
was an awful time. The ils1le rascal knew
rhis- He wquld tear uD clowns ssit=
frighten nervous ring horses and 1rl-hrs1
fancy birds our ot their wits iust flr 1h4
fun Of the thing and chen run behind his
protectors heels and laugh at vor
elepnant was tne best performer lAe
show and il would rot do I'd get ni-n our
cf sorts. Every thing was in taprr OF the
razcaIIV little FOX terrier and 1a Gt1ntr
lose minute III making the most lf Is
until cue day he E1r FRESH with a rainbow
faced ma udrlL This balloon waited lutlI
DE get the dog Within reach and thea
grabbed him and a1racst rrrlrad rr-- -