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Show tlilnmla I lay Jokea. To show tint there aro useful spots of gray matter In eory species of animal an-imal a trainer picked out the ugly and forbidding hippopotamus Ho said, quotes tho New York Tribune "Maybe "May-be you think this freak of anlmnl nature na-ture doesn't know a thing or two I'll how you that he docs We haio one with us who Is as big as nil outdoors and with hit eyes peelel looks like nn old fashioned picture ot the Inferno Infer-no Ills keeper Is named Spencer Tblt namo ought In mike him know bettor Tho keeper feeda the hippopotamus with bran balls l'uncli Is fond of these They aro rolled up and tostcil far Into his Intininconmnirbeforejje,, ran cl""thlJawiiJjMHpjJPBp' "A shorrtlmrTuKO thIs'lieepergot funny and leased Punch by holding n ball of tho rovetel morsel closo to his note whero he could get tho sseet Mtor of tt, and then Jerking It out of his rench Ihlt wnt not a pleating peiforminro for Punch and In many wn)s peculiar to hit kind he showed It, He lay down In lilt tank anj held his nose low, and when tho keep er held out tho bran ball he pretended to be Indifferent or ntlecp Seeing thla tho keeper became careless anil began rubbing the bran ball nbout Punch s nose Here Is where Punch nbcvod the cunning of ancestry, nnd wnltlng his chance grabbed tho keep er' hand b I ween his teeth Vow-w -wow" yelbd the keeper "'Wliu-ti own-n-n h" snorted Punch In great delight "After mjoylng the situation for s minute or more nnd winking his ere knowingly lie eased up on Spencers hand, so that the latter could get It back to Its original ownership Punch then slid back Into his lank ot water and tho noise that rullled the surface Indicated that he hiving a Jolly good laugh underneath nt tho expense of 8pencer "Clephants are the trickiest of all. however They look dull and heavy hut Jutt tho same they are like n mischievous mis-chievous boy alwa)s on tho alert for forbidden fun In tho twenty-live elephants ele-phants of our show fifteen of them aro tnrk performers and able to do a lot of things that startle obseners Only the other day flvo of these were doing a pyramid act and Protestor '.ockhart hnd Just climbed up to the top ot the head of tint beast forming the aptx when tho largest elephant gave n keen squeal and at this signal the huio animals turned In opposite directions nnd tho surj rltcd profes tor hnd to Jump to save himself tram a dltgrnrefiil tumblt Tho elephants got together In n corner and tho shrill blast they bUw in unison showed the knowing that they were In a mood nf enjoyment and tho Joko was on the professor " |
