Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-30

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Her Care.
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! \ monster lioness. belonging to j
/ B Doris's Inter Ocean circus created
| the sensation of the year III the win
ter quarters Of the snow i'll Frank
| ford Peter Marvin. an animal
trainer, was frigh.fully injured by
the enraged beast. and an African
blauw box. one of the pair Mr. Doris
paid $1,000 for. died of fright during
the pandcmonium. Numerous addi-
tons have been lately made to the
menagerie of the Intcr-Ocean show
and the animals occupy several
buildings on Harrison street. The
tropical animals are kept in room
by themselves. This apartment is st
feet square, and three of the. walls
are masked in by heavy, oak and non
cages. There are three tiers of these
massive dens. and behind the bars OF
each are from one to three specimens
of rare Wild animals The lion,
tigers. leopards, panthers and hy
enas are imprisoned in the lower
dens. while the smaller animals and
tropical birds occupy the upper tiers.
In the center of the room is an in
mense stove. which is kept red hot
night and day.
a tame pelican, tiamingo. three
crested cockatoos. half a dozen
monkeys, and a family of performing
dogs formed "A drowsy circle around
the glowing stove yesterday after
noon. \ row of elephants along the
east wall stood up to their knees in
fragrant hay, and III stalls near by
We're score of other herbvorous an
imals from South Africa High
above the tiers of cages are
the sleeping hunks of the at
tendants Of the animals. The
dozen lions in the collection are as
fine specimens as have ever been seen
in captivity, and they form one of the
most notable features of the Inter
Ocean menagerie Juno. the largest
lioness of the lot, is five years old.
Until last summer she was regarded
as one of the best dispositioned
beasts of her species. In June, 1882,
another ilionessl in the menagerie be-
came the mother of three cubs. Juno,
who occupied an adjoining cage dur
inS the travels of the Inter Ocean
show, became greatly interested in
the cubs, and was in the habit of
watching them for hours at time
Last fall the mother of the cubs died.
and they We're raistu by hand. Juno's
interest in the lconinc babies in
creased after the death of their mother
and finally she became 50 Jealous
that when any one approached the
cubs she would become furious with
rage.
In the animal house Juno occupies
cage in the lower tier against the
north wall. The cubs, which now
weigh about fifteen pounds each, are
lodged in the lower tier at the east
wall This enables Juno to have, an
obstructcd view of their cage. just
before dark on Monday evening Mr.
Marvin was feeding the animals He
gave the cubs their share of liver,
and then paused moment to fondle
them. This put Juno in Il 'rightful
rage. Marvin turned to quiet her,
and as he advanced toward the cage
he stumbled and fell against the bars.
In an instant she seized his right arm
above the elbow. In order to pro
tect his head and body the man fell,
and with his left hand grasped the
bottom of the cage. Juno held his
right arm with one paw and struck
through the bars at his head with the
other. A lad named Donahue grabbed
an iron bar and tried to make Juno
drop Marvin Tho boys efforts only
increased the rage of the beast. BY
this time every animal in the place
was wildly excited, and their roars
and cries were heard squares away.
TO increase the din the animals of
OBrien's circus in an adjoining
building added their voices to the
chorus. Donahue ran out of the
building shouting for help.
As there is small army of work
men about the place, the lion house
was soon surrounded with men. In
the mean time Juno had torn the
flesh from Marvin's arm, struck him
several wicked blows on the shoulder,
and then allowed him to drop to the
ground and crawl away. Just as the
rescuers reached the doors they heard
a sound of crashing timbers, accom-
panied hy series of blood freezing
roars. Juno had thrown her body
against the bars and broken through.
The approach of night made the in
terror of the building dark, and no
one cared to venture in. They heard
Juno charging around the place and
they hesitated. They supposed that
Marvin was dead. He, however,
managed to reach the rack in which
the heavy iron bars used to clean the
cages are kept, and snatching one,
boldly advanced on Juno, who
crouched III the corner. All this
time the other animals were making
the most frightful noise. Above the
din the men at the doors, to their as
tonishment, heard Marvin ordering
the honess back to her cage. This
reassurcd them, and they started to
enter. AS the doors opened Juno
sprang orer Marvin's head and took
refuge i'll a stall near the blauw boks.
Marvin shouted to close the doors,
and. following the now partially
cowed lioness, struck her twice with
the iron bar Then he poked her out,
and with an angry roar she vaulted
back into her cage and the danger
was over New bars were quickly
fitted III, and the cage WAS made
doubly secure by the addition of new
iron braces. Maryin's injuries were
attended to by Il physician. who says
he will not lose the use of his arm.
After Juno was Gagged it was noticed
that one of the blauw boks was
trembling like leaf, and tears
trickled down the frightened beasts
face Ten minutes later it was dead.
Il Philadelphia Times.