Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-27
TAR GREAT EASTERN CIRCUS.

Last evening the great Eastein Circus open
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effort TO wedge our way In and gave II up. The
scenes In tho arena were undoubtedly good, but
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mails arc kept, and there q curious crowd were
grouped around the dens Of the lions, for II was
Inoqt tne Tune Ihelr master ,n and keeper, Herr
fresh beef and live chickens. GaIchell was not
there TO sec the cub lions
TORTURE THE CHICK ms
to death, or he might have stopped the -, but
TO the spectators who were present It was as eN.
citing rs q mill between Mace and OBnldWln
To see tho young "monarchs Of the forest" rob
the warm blood, aud take piece Of tho breast,
II you please, sir"
satlated their appetites, we improved the coca
sion by entering into a little conversation with
tho lion tanner, LengeL This subduer OF wild
beasts = about iOrty.hye years o. age, medium
black beard like Persian prince. Suspecting
that be knew = great deal more about wild
beasts and their pleasant habits than about
FICuLIARITtEs oY DON PIATT.
We confined him TO the subject n hand, and by
dint o. hard questioning drew out Of hlm the
full grown lions, ono male, named Prince, nd
tour females, named Kate, Annie, Jennie and
one two months DID, and Arlie has four about
nine months old. Annie IL a regular Nanuppe,
and worries the life out OF her husband, Prince,
and Is impressed with tho belief that Herr Len.
gel keeps him out late O'nlghts. She has sew
ctal times taken her revenge BY throwing Len
gel down when he has been IN her cage and bit
On more than one occasion Prince has been
taucy himself, and learling from his wife that a
slice Of
COLD LENgEL
Is good for lunch he has tTi' II. Longel
provo 4 this by showing us about twenty beAutl
fully engraved wounds on his legs, This Prince
"a ta,C NG@iSlan lion, and was captured wild 10
three years since he took out hts naturalization
papers as an American citizen Of A'-ieAn de.
scent II Is needless TO add that he desplses
have the supreme satisfaction, before he leaves
town, Of making square meal of Of
JOHS n. CRANE.
He Is not aware that It will Kill him. Kate
like all Hates, Is very handsome, and full Of
mischief. She Is inclined to ilrt with Prince,
aud Of course Annie, who Is Just her own age,
Kate and Annie are Asiatc lions. Leo was born
In Charleston, $, o.; Kate and Arnie were cap.
tured wild. Leo Is somewhat Of . cripple, and
Is very decile. For this reason she Is kept In a
cage by herself for fear her amlablo sisters
would kill her. Kate md Annie are strong
minded women Kate carries in her bosom a
col. SUSAN n. ANTHONY,
while Annie RyOws, With a serious face, that she
Il often controlled by the great spirit Of Demos.
themes, and wants 70 run for President,
Lengel told us these things, and Of course they
must 10 true. Jennie's disposition Is better
She Is highly u domestic character and has
great admiration for q ueen Victoria. In fact Il
Il her ambition 10 heat the Guelphs all to death
IN the way Of children. She has four now and
yet she Isl not happy"
TANISG or LIONS.
Lengel said no had rather have wild lion TO
tame than one born In a cage. In trst tanning
them he uses a club instead OF q whip. As they
grow old they grow treacherOug. They know
him and recognize him even II they have b. N
absent from him for a year. He very seldom
Lions catch more tricks when performing before
an audience than At private rehearsal. They
live on an average to DO forty years old. To
raise tho cubs the mother must Je kept secluded,
for she will kill them 10 get them out Of harms
way. She sustains them till they are about ave
months old. They are given chickens to cat,
and cats aud kids, so that they can get warm
blood. They love to cat what they kilt. 1t does
not maze them savage.
Tho only thing they fear 10 man. They com.
meneo 70 teach them when about two and halt
years old. Thoir prices vary wonderfully. Ono
day lion that will bring only three or four
hundred dollars will In week or so bring ~
many THOUSANDS: II IS so with tigers and leo
pards. The best lion. tanner In this country was
perhaps Van Amburg, but ho trained lions from
two TO three years before going before tho public
with them. Lengel's style Is the sensational.
He koepa them rs near wild as possible, and
controls them through fear alone. Lengel
wears badge made Of different sized lions
claws, all richly set with gold, On gold plate
on one Of them Is inscribed Herr h. LeDgel,
Lion and Tiger COnquerOr."
He also has q royal Bengal tlgresS nam,
Annie, after his daughter. oho is seven years
old. He has had her four years. She lS very
RneotlonAte. She mOurns Tor him when absent,
and mAniiests the greatest Joy when he comes
into her presence.
THE PAT GIRL.
So much We picked up from the lion tanner,
and going into another tent Wo met another
hAte-Kates abound In this circus. This was
Miss Kate Ackley, a little fairy creature sweet
sixteen" and weighs t02 pounds. She started
with two pounds, and Il still growing. She
said she thanked heaven she had never had a
lever nor the prlckly heat. On one side Of the
TAT girl al AlbinO was playing With snakes
about twenty teet long, and on the other side q
the great ciTcus.