Show WHY COOLIE ElEPHANT LOSES HIS TEMPER Many boys and girls In Now York were recently thrilled 1 with horror when they heard that the big t elephant In Central park had been killed because he had become so Illlcmpcrcd that his keepers life wan In danger every time he approached ap-proached the elephant to give him thn necessary care While Ibis tragedy was still fresh In Ihelr minds the Impression was docpuicd by the willing of Mandarin tho Bailey elephant who became so ugly during the long tempestuous voynjje that It was not thought safe to attempt to land him Now both these great creatures wero i In perfect physical condition and might i have lived for years had not their unnatural un-natural life Idleness more than the confinement con-finement causod a mental disease which affected their tempers The enormous strength of the elephant was given him for a purpose and he is happiest and hoathlcsl when he can use It In a life of activity The coolie elephant ele-phant Is the strongest and one of tho moat docile and Intelligent workers that man ha ever trained to useful service Biirmah Is the home of the largest clc phnnts and In the vast forests of Teiuus serlm Pegu and tasscln they congregate in great herds In the vicinity of streams I or wherever water a abounds The Buascin dlsirlr1 Is famous for Its superior breed In this I natural stale the instinct of obedience obe-dience Is strong In the elephant for the I herd always obeys the leader Implicitly As a rule the most powerful tusker Is C HIP ruler but sometimes a strongminded and cunning female dominates tho herd The coolie elephant Is seen at his best In the Immense lumber yards of Rangoon Ran-goon whcrchc Is employed In hauling pllirg cutting and slacking teak logs The docile beasts are trained lo the t work when young In the forests where the trees aro felled or else they are chained to an old elephant which knows the work and leaches hem t In 1 tIlt yards their aptitude In comprehending compre-hending what Is wanted of them In wonderful won-derful A pair of powerful croaturos will kneel down one at each end ot a teak log welching perhaps two tons AlL given signal from their driver they thrust their long tusks underneath the log jur1 irnisplng 1 It with their muscular trunks lift It and place it on top of the stack One elephant then moves to the end of I he stack and carefully adjusts the log with his trunk and head till It lu level with t tho pile They prow ti be us painstaking pains-taking In doing this accuraLely us i r they had human Intelligence An English JVllcer In an official report describing their sagacity declared that the elephant actually squinted along the logs to see If they were In military parlance par-lance properly dressed Heavy logs attached to chains are dragged about the yard by elephants who grip the end of the chain between their teeth Others 1 feed logs to Hie circular saws pushing them to the tables with their trunks and feet and lifting them Into place with their trunks upon which also they carry them from one end of the yard to tho uthur These faithful and Industrious l workers have dally rations of Immense bundles of wigs and rice and every Sunday when they are oft duty are given a dose of medicine to keep them good tempered During the hent of midday they reat and In the torrid unson they t arc projected against sunstroku by huge soluh topas inadu of fit raw The elephants sense of smell and hearing are much more acute than Is his sight nnd he possesses a limited language lan-guage very expressive lo those who un derstand It When satisfied he makes a shrill whistle with hlrtrunk a sound JIke prrnl prrut made with the mouth signifies alarm or surprise when tired or irungry or distressed from any cailso separated from the herd or overburdened he utters a grunting sound llko urmph urmph The l trumpeting noise which most lltllo folks havo heard lu cither an expression of anger or Intenao distressing alarm That tho coollo eluphiints live to be 13 years old proves that good 1 caN and hard work agree with them I |