Telegram-herald., 1889-05-25

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t1s LSts III Faft@uce-
l. 4 snail street "a tae Waterloo rossd Il
Ion49a sIa1os = house "a y alca are forty
csfs. = soore II raLs, similar number ~
uaos, one agadrei plgeoas dozen c@a.
rles = coc.ztoo. aac = 50 g1l IRE presli-
lsg genius over thls strange colleetloR ef
a a1zls Is LeoEl C-4rke As so0a a. yea
sueak with hlm yoQ see al ouoe the secret
u as power over Has heterog gsneoos family,
for Quietlsss, patience aud kindness are
sugges tea by b1s voice aild hls manner, Sud
these are ILst the characteristics needed -
maze the Successful trainer. " ben the
writer weut over NJ Ciarse's establish
meat the other c4y . MAS t4Aea hrst OF al
u The iuBrfaary Here We're seven lDya-
hds suffering from Innuenza-a had u dis-
temper ia Il they had c4lg1 1t from strange
cat These Insalcs were coLly nestled on
rug ia front OF nne warm nrs- Their
food was warm mLs aud rabbit soup. Ia
another room were upward " thirty sound
eats-commoR Engilsh cats, Persian cats,
Russian cats aud Maun eats. thick bed
ding OF straw covered the floor Every
night. when the eats are away perform
ing, their room Is cleaned cut and the Sin-
c0ws thr0~a open. Ii does not pay Mr.
Clarke 10 have any Of these cats III or Indis-
posed aud II fully trained one dies be
considers II almost as bad as II he lad lost
xi00 You see that Russian cat with his ear
bltteny" said Mr.. Clarke. We call him
Dynamite because he Is 50 fierce. There Is
Fireworks" pointing 10 beautiful sor-
toise shell Fireworks. herew and Fire
works leaped right upon bis masters
shoulder. Fireworks Is the smartest cat
in the whole collection. IL scrambles
height Of thirty feet from the stage
by a bar AZ an aDgle OF about
seventy-five degrees, and steps onto the
rope, which il trayerses with as self-con-
sciOus al air as any other master per
former Quietly sitting on a chair was the
Baldwin cat, peacefully licking itself, just
as any old maids freside companion might
do. This little creature, though IL had been
higher up IN the world than any Of its COM
paniOns and caused greater sensations,
seemed in no wise puffed up and 10 be quite
willing 10 mingle with its tribe on terms OF
equality. All the rest OF these cats could
perform wonderful feats-jump from the
top COf one champagne bottle 10 another,
play with mice, rats and canarles, and even
suffer themselves 10 be hanged by couple
OF rats. The most difficult thing 10 teach
them is TO Jump through hoops surrounded
| with flames. They are afraid OF the fire,
| but their fears are overcome when they
/ learn that there is 30 danger, and this Is
accomplished simply by the exercise OF
! more patience, more coaxing and kindness.
! Downstairs was the training-room Here
| Mr.. Clarke erects O mimic stage, with
! scenery and all the other adJuncts, and
| puts recruits through their drill. When
| they have learned their more simple exer-
| cises they are taken out 10 the public per
formances for the purpose of becoming ac-
( custOmed TO the noise, the music and 10
strangers. Mr.. Clarke never gives more
! than two performances in one evening
tins he considers quite enough for the we'll
| being of his cats. He has "a private omni-
bus for conveying them from one hall to
another and home. The cats and other ami
mails are packed IN hampers, which are put
on the top of the bus, while he himself,
with his wife and an attendant, travels in
side. Besides milk, which is warmed for
! them in cold weather, these cats are also
| plentifully fed on beef-sometimes raw,
sometimes roasted-which Mrs Clarke told
| a London Star man costs her eight pence
pound just now; also on rabbits ana fish.