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Show TRAPPING OF WILD 'ANIMALO. Jungle Creature Have No Chance Against Ingenuity of Man. "KleplinnM Is easy trapped," said u zoo kcepw- "Very eaBy trapped, very ra"y tamed. Tho trapper chooses a spot what Is a popular elephant haunt, and here ho digs n holo llvo feet deep nml 20 foot square. ' Ho surrounds this holo with a high board fence, except ex-cept hi one place, whero ha hangs a BV'ng gate. So far bo good. Next ho finds a herd of elephants, chooses tho animal he wants, maddens It, and makes It cliaso him. Llckcty-spllt llckcty-spllt. Tho man tears along on his nag, tho elephant ele-phant thunders closely after, and Just nt tho gateway tho man swerves to tho right, hut tho elephant, too heavy to svjerve, bangB right on through, kerthump, Into tho holo. lie's mad nt first, outrageous, terrible terri-ble Hut, they glvo him no food nor drink, they build around tho pit fires of damp wood that suffocate, him noarly with tho Bmokc, nntl they dazo him wlih shouts nnd tho hangln' of brass pans. That thero wild elephant is completely broke nnd subdued In thrco or four days. Ho comes forth, and rollers tho trapper humbly and timidly, with tears in his eyes. Monkeys Is trapped ain't it n Hhamo? with booze. You rush in among a flock of them, nnd they take to tho trees, chattcrin' and watchful. You pull out some bottles of strong, sweet booze, pretend to drink from them, then lay them down and go away. On your return an hour later tho floor of tho Jungle is strown with tho limp, slim bodies of drunken monkeys. Tho only animal Impossible to trap is tho gorilla. Too strong and fierce." |