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same little person, not more than one-thirtieth or one-fortieth the 

 weight of the big fellow, enters the stall and throws off the chains 

 that bound him like a helpless baby. By that the animal gets a 

 distorted idea of the power of the man. He feels that what he 

 could not do the little creature has done. 



If the elephant is a particularly treacherous brute the chances 

 are he will break out right here. The instant the big head is freed 

 from the martingale to which it was attached by iron chains run- 

 ning from the tusks between the forelegs, the trunk may be up to 

 mischief, and then comes lesson three. The animal must be taught 

 that if the friendly and harmless creature only will, he can produce 

 sensations that will make a goose skin creep over the thick hide. 

 There is only one way of teaching an elephant a lesson while you 

 are at it, and that is to give it to him unmercifullj^, driving the 

 hook into the fat side, or anywhere else, and clawing six inches of 

 hole into the flesh. To do less than to bring a squeal out of the 

 fellow at this stage of the game would mean to forfeit all mastery. 



And now the tamed elephant is brought in as a taskmaster. 

 Within sight of the raw fellow the tame one picks up his keeper, 

 sets him on his neck and walks back and forth in sight of the as- 

 tounded stranger, being guided by the gentle prod of the hook. 

 And if you ever doubted there was a language between animals, 

 then, as a rule, comes an exhibition that will convince you other- 

 wise. The animal is let loose in a corral along with tamed pachy- 

 derms, and the animal language begins. Tamer the new fellow be- 

 comes, until, after seeing the example of the trained brethren, he 

 takes up his keeper at a word of command and sets him on the 

 massive neck. From then on the animal is tamed. — New York 

 Evening Post. 



A Milwaukee woman who has been interested in keeping a num- 

 ber of robins and other birds in an aviary at her home, is preparing 

 to release them for the winter. She finds, however, that the feath- 

 ered pets are not anxious to leave the place where they get free 

 board and a nice cozy home to nest in. Those which have been 

 released hang about the premises and want to get back into the 

 aviary. She has invited the teachers and pupils of the schools near 

 her home to \'isit the aviarJ^ and learn the ways of the birds. — Mil- 

 waukee Eveniyig Wisconsin. 



If thou toilest and lovest, O Insect, whatever may be thy aspect, 

 I cannot separate mj^self from thee. We are truly somewhat akin. 

 For what am I myself, but a worker ? What has been my greatest 

 happiness in this world ? — Michelet, 



