Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-16
AIMING WOLVES.
FRENCH "Porfessor'' Tells Ho,c He Has-
dke, the SndrttssO Antssals.
rrrom the Pail Mall Gazettel

lilies the SU0TttWO dntUs0kS
From the Pail Mall Gazettel
zone day I was making them go
tbrough q performance. when slip
s1;n up, you understand, and in one
s,ament them diables was on me. /
.ros hit here and here, and here-fifty.
two bites did they give me; and when 1
was get away I was more dead lean
,on I was in bed three months, and
when I come back to them again they
had forgot all they knew, and so it was
10 do over again. Since then 1 have
had no trouble-not to speak of that is !;
they bite me now and they bite me
AGAIN, but you see" (holding his hand
out) II wear the thick gloves, and q
uolf-bite it no harm unless it is on bare
flesh. All, Hercules" Shaking his
whip at nasty-tempered one), "wonld
YOU? Ah-h-h! He bite me only last
week: he what you call sly; ali! Go.
TO-" and Hercules prowls round with
the rest, displaying an extremely
formidable set of teeth as he does so.
"Diana! Diana!" to another one, who
comes bounding forward and fawns on
him like dog; @she is my pet, my own
Diana, and she love me-do she not,
Diana?"
Certainly TO all appearance thor
cughly good understanding existed be.
tween the two. "And how long do
YOU consider, on an average, it takes to
train wolf, professor ut oil de-
pends," is the reply. "The first took
me twelve months, and since then /
have perfected them in six, two, three
months; and one was fit to show in
twenty nine days, but he was one of a
thousand, as you say. Take one with
another, three months would be about
the time. Some will never train; they
fools; nope, do nothing but lie up-so"
-crouching himself. "The best are
those what show savage at first"
"Do they ever attempt to spring at
you?" "Non. never; not one alone,
that is; if was to fall down now they
would make for me en- masse-alto-
gether, you understandable one, non
he snarl, growl, shsw his teeth to me,
but bite, non."
And yet you have no protection that
can see? that whip you are holding is
not loaded, SUPPOSED" "Non! see,
holding it toward me, and leaving HIM
self wholly unprotected.
observe it is light, very light; there
is no denying that, seeing the handle is
nothing more than an ordinary cane,
some four or five feet long; the ex-
IRENE end is, however, gnawed all over,
md draw attention to the fact.
ooh, yes, that is so, is the rejoinder;
sometimes when going home getting
into their respective cages, that isl one
will attempt to make bite at my hand
when I am shutting the door, and then
the handle showed into his mouth often
saves nasty bite"
"But surely you must punish at times,
and this plaything it is not much
else-can't make much effect through
their woolly fur?" mon; I don't rely
on that except for intimidation. I do
lind it necessary sometimes-not often,
though-to proceed to extremes, and
when l do 1 never have more than the
one in the cage; then get him SO, by
each side of the neck" illustrating his
meaning by holding his abnormally de-
veloped, muscular arms Immediately in
front Of him-"and bite his nose"
cUhIOU, CLOCKS.
When the Emperor Charles V. of
Spain retired to the Monastry of St.
lustc, he took with him Torriano, his
clock maker, in order to while away
time by constructing the movements of
clocks. So wonderful were some of
the pieces of work that they made, that
the monks would not believe any one
except the devil had hand in them,
until the machinery was shown to
them by the ex-Emperor. It was or
dered by Charles that when he should
die all these clocks should cease rum
nng-and it is said to be fact that his
orders were obeyed
Another King of Spain came to
peneva to see clock which had been
made up by Droz, merchant of that
city. Upon the clock were seated a
shepherd, a negro, and dog. AS the
hour was struck, the shepherd played
upon his flute, and the dog played
gently at his feet. But, when the
hlng reached forth to touch an apple
mat hung from tree, under which the
shepherd had rested, the dog flew at
INN and barked so furiously that live
aos answered him, and the whole party
lelt IN haste. Venturing to return,
one OF the couriers asked the negro, in
panlsh, what time it was. There was
no reply; but, when the question was
repeated in French, an answer was
gwen. This frightened the courier.
VINO rejoined his companions, and all