The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-04-27

twas s0Ox TAUGHT
III thst they could teach me and wss soou |
permitted 10 appear in the ring. Then I
oesan to recognize something Of my worth
lad sss while yet very young getting .
large salary, - salsne, vent in ,hoss
dsys"
by sLs vsy. Mr. Robinson, how much
ere you actually paid By the Se.Is' Bros.
know what they advertise. bot then al
70 koo. something Of vhs, On advertise
meni isf'
well, in this instaaes il il the exact
truth. They psy me ihossaed dollars =
verk snd bear ny Own and viis's exp<nsrs,
which arc Of cour-s iria,ns, when CON-
pared With the enormous sums they dis
ourse daily"
"Thats . little more than lvice % much
% . rsposies g-,s; Of Course hs earns that
much, nut the publishers can siwAys go
out and get cheap man Tor
LEE THAN 4 raoCsAND
. geek. il he kick.. 80 se have tn work for
lee than ve earn. Blu, then" continued
The BAsoo's young hired man. With . shsd-
Of ssdns-s in his voice. ~ ten thought OF
the unjust discrimination in favor o: cir
cus riders I'VE are not talking Of reporters
nov; did You ever have . serious f.lir'
"Y<s several. One time in Cincinnati,
some ten yesrs ago. ] fell when leapin.
back yard over . banner. II caught ny
foot. through the ask vsrdnsss Of the men
vho held il. principally, just - had
sgain reached The horse, and they not
promptly letting 70 their hold I -. jrrkea
heavily from the animal and fell into the
ring. I broke ny arm that time. have
often had other falls. but never any which
resulted very d,s.ssrously. doa't care
how good. they are, there are d. riders but
whst occasionally
CIT BADLY BRUISED
in the course Of their performances. One
of the sors, shaklngs up | ever got Wa
once when one Of the bert trained hor.e~
ever hs.i, -hie,i at piece Of paper which
the wind blew RICH, into his face just ~ I
had made leap. Instead Of reaching the
horse's buck didn't stop until came to
the ground. You've stepped suddenly
down IN unexpected too OF three inches on
= sidewalk, haven't you. and know Low
that makes You think there are more .tars
in heaven than the asir ,nomers tell u
about? Well, then You know . l,,le
something about the g.lsxies saw when ]
reached the ground. ! couldn't ride ior a
week after, There we're no b'nes broken,
but the shock WA awful. ] thought ~.
spinal column s,s going to Eo up
THROUGH THE ToP OF NY HEAD.
But got over it alright and fos a long
time have been very lucky"
"You have had . circus vi your Own
haven't your
ayes. Tha,'s shere ] made . grand
mistake. What talent ] may have doesn''
lie in the way Of being manager. knov
- much about the business ~ anybody
but that i.n'i enough. A man mus, Be a
born executive officer tn be- able to manage
circus add not loss money. rhsre are
expenses shich would eat Vanderbilt
into . paup~ss grave il they we're not care.
fully checked. The great thing j. to know
where to spend and where TO save. Ny
venture busted me- don't want any more
Of the proprietor in mine. hal TO 20 to
work again to get back What l had lost
Nov Am catching up again. aud ~ told
you.
THINK OF RETIRING
from the business. have . 6ne farm, u
6ue lot Of blooded horses - you eyer ssv
down here in Audr~in. . ring Of my owr
IN ny barn, aud there ! can enjoy ~ys~lf
A Thousand week 10 . big bait ior . man
but his ease il moro tempting one"
'Your riding hasn't been confined Il
this country"
oh no, hsvs ridden IN England. on TIC
continent. in Hssaas. cad in Australia
Speaking Of Havana. rrminds me ii IN in
ciden, perhaps - notew1rthy ~ any l ssel
sac. With the show, which VA Conducted
BY . Creole named Corbeau, Was = lior
tanner named Jennison. Ole Of his pecu
liar pets vas . isrocious and mons,rou'
lion he called Nero. lie him.eIf admitted
that the animal wss dangerous, but b.
ssxmed led by terrible fascination to run
all sorts Of rirhs in
HNIERINo HIS CAGE
The other bruiss. Of ~hich there wess
three. sere compIe,ly under his control and
would obey his slightest comnand a, one
bu. Nero va always los,h to mind. and
under the smart of the ship, would roar
With anger. Jennison had several time.
'eceived ssvsrs scratches from him, but
had aIs.ys come oG bs.s On the morn
ing Of the day Of which I speak Nsro had
nesn more than COMMONLY rnoross and dis
obedien, and Jsnnison had for the porpe.s
Of psnishins hin, heated IN iron rod to Z
red heat, thrust il through the bars and
burned ons Of his feet. The lion scarcely
shimpersd. He dew the wounded foo
to bis mouth and lay sucking il, 6xinx biz
eyes on Jennisoo until he had gone away.
"rhat afternoon there Wa Q perform
amer, and Jennison wss tn
FEED THE LIONS,
- usual With raw meat. lie sss advises
not to enter Neros esxe. bot be ,n.isssd
that be knew more about hin than any.
one elss. and pers,sted that be would q
through his part - usual.
"His custom vss to enter 6rst the com.
psItment Of the cage in which the thres
email lions wers. put them through seIie.
Of esolusioos, and then to open Nero's Cum
part@eoi, admit him and finally, seated
among them. iced thrm the raw meat