Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-25
GENERAL NOTES.

Iowa walnut logs are now shipped to
England. The timber is bought standing
by Liverpool agent, and is cut down and
hewn square. The ends are then painted
to prevent cracking from exposure to the
weather.
Alumni and other friends of the Univer-
sity of Michigan are asked to contribute to
fund for the erection and equipment of a
gymnasium. The sum of 81, OPS has al
ready been received, contributed mostly
by the students of the University. Con-
trlbutions can be made payable to the
Treasurer, J. w. Knight, at Ann Arbor.
A popularity about the Chinese Legation
in Washington that is not generally under
stood, is noted By the New York Ereniag
Post. 1t has two Ministers, instead of one,
as have all other Legations. Both Chin
Ian Pin and Yung Wing are accredited as
Ministers, and also to the nations of Eu
rope, to which the former has presented
his credentials. a state paper when both
are at Washington is signed by both, and
any communication from our Government,
when both Ministers are in Washington, is
addressed to both.
Considerable interest has been manifested
in New Orleans with regard to a device
patented by firm in that city to prevent
the shifting of grain or any other treacher-
Gus cargo. 1t consists in dividing the ship
into longitudinal compartments, secured
by rods from side to side of the vessel.
These compartments are to be divided
longitudinally by sections into any required
space that may he desired, in order to eff
fectually separate different kinds OF grain,
etc, without the use of bagging. The
plan is thought to be cheap, simple and
effective.
new story of light is related by the
Montreal Fitness ''Colonel Farijana, of
the Public Works Department at Ottawa,
has patented new light for marine pur-
poses, which, on the score of economy,
throws Edisons light into the shade
Through some chemical process he pro.
duces an everlasting light, which shines
as many hours at night as it is exposed to
the light in daytime. Once charged with
the chemicals, glass bowl can be placed
on a buoy or a ships mast and will furnish
a light. He claims that it will last for all
ages, provided it is properly sealed, with
out recharging.
The season of circuses and menageries
now upon us gives an additional interest to
some remarks of Alfred Still, the veteran
animal tanner, concerning the education of
wild beasts. He says that too much whip
ping makes wild animal sulky and vicious,
but a certain amount of whipping is neces-
sary. To train wild beast, he said re-
Gently, you must first make its acquaint-
ance from the outside of the cage and get
the animal acquainted with your face !;
but. above all, with your voice. They be-
come accustomed to voices sooner than
faces, and are governed more by sound
than by light. Having got accustomed to
your beasts and they accustomed to you,
your next step is to train them to their
tricks. Though these tricks are simple,
they require a great deal of time and
patience and good deal of whipping to
accomplish them. The lions are the smart
est of the wild beasts. You can train
lion to do the ordinary tricks of the trade
Jumping through hoops and over gates,
standing on his hind legs, and so on--in
about five weeks constant work. 1t will
require about a week longer to teach a
lioness, and leopard, which comes next
to a lion in intelligence, about SIX weeks
to learn the. same feats. 1t takes about
seven or eight weeks to teach tiger, and
a tigress from eight to nine weeks, while
you can keep on beating and teaching hy
ena for four months before you can do
much with him. The most difficult thing
to do is TO teach wild beast to let you lie
down on him without his trying to make
you lie in him by eating You up. Kind
ness-that is, anything but ordinary civil
ity-is absolutely thrown away upon wild
beast. With tiger or tigress especially,
all affection is literally wasted. A tigress
is as likely to eat you up after an intimate
acquaintance of six years as one of six
weeks"