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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

The two lions Mr.. Doris spoke of as
Jumping out of the cage were two of the
best trained animals ever shown in
America and when Doris sold out his
circus the Orrin Brothers bought them
and took thcm down to Mexico, where
they are still performing. Romeo was
afterwards trained by man named Volta
to do the riding act and it is said that
the exhibition of the lions in bull pen
in Vera Cruz by the Orrins nctted them
$1,000 in one week. This part of
Romeo's act consisted of crouching on
padded horse while the horse was gallop-
ing around the ring, and then at the word
of command jumping over banner and
alighting on the pad again. Romeo has
also been taught to walk a narrow plank
much in the fashion as tight rope.
Prof. George Conkling, who is Barnum
s. Bailey's animal trainer, smiled when
asked if lions were dangerous aud said:
"Well, no; l should think not. And
there are only two animals that We have
anything to do with that are dangerous;
one is an elephant and the other leo
pard." Lions are very easily broken and
very easily performed after being broken.
Why, l took four lions when the Barnum
show went into winter quarters and broke
them to do q half-dozen tricks in two
weeks, in addition to training dens Of
wolves, bears, hyneas, leopards, tigers
and pumas. The way I usually
train animals ls to give them
an hour or two hours practice
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

animals or properly building In WHICH
animals are trained on the edge Of thsl
meadows at the back of Jersey City
Heights, and over there is lion whelH
being trained to do some remarkable
tricks. Already he can see-saw on q
board, stand up on his hind paws am
walk few feet, drag q wagon
around while harnessed to it, and
his trainer is trying to make him wind
up his performance by trotting off to hisl hisl
cage carrying the apparently senseiesaI
body of his master in his mouth. II ha
succeeds in thoroughly training him, and
it looks now as if he would, the lion will
undoubtedly be worth mint to Mri
Seaman. his master. r.-NeD York World. !.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

morning and afternoon. In training
lions, we begin with the simplest of
tricks; for instance, take the act of
lion jumping through hoop. One at
tendant holds the hoop on the ground
and the lion is made-t to walk through;
if he does not walk through or does not
understand, why take hold of the back
of his neck and haul him through. After
he knows that he has got to 60 through
that hoop anyway, it is lifted up little
higher from the ground, until finally the
desired height is reached"
"How do you train lion SO that you
can put your head in his mouth2"
"That doesn't require any training;
just yank his mouth open and put your
head in"
Glow about the sensation when tho
lion stands up and puts his paws on your
shoulders9"
"Well, we lift him up until he is mado
to understand that he must get up him
self. The usual performances Of the lions
are in this manner: The cage is divided
into three compartments, with door
between each, and tho trainer goes in
there and he first makes picture;
he stands in the centre with q
whip in each hand, while one lion
stands up with his paws on the cage in
one corner, and then crouchesin one end,
and the other two squat and watch him
in restless fashion; and then the trainer
puts them through all their tricks, sep
arately and together, such as jumping
over pole and through q hoop bound
with oakum and saturated with naphtha,
all flaming, puts his head in their mouths
and winds up the act by firing rapidly a
six-barrelled revolver, and jumps out and
slams the door of the cage behind him..
And if he has an especially well-trained
lion, as he slams the gate that lion will
jump against the bars and make them
rattle"
"How are they trained to jump against
the barsa"
''In the same way they are trained to
jump over pole. We wind up the act
in the same way every night, and the
closing Of the gate is signal for the lion
to jump"
"Are they amenable to kindness, Mr..
Conkling9"
eyes; but they are much more amen
able to the discipline of the gad. But
they are unlike other animals in this par
ticular; they do not have to be constant!
ly watched after once broken. 4 leopard
is treacherous, and no matter whether
you have worked him ten years or ten
days, if you take your eye off of him for
one instant he will strike you. Of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

Wax people are noted for their dignity
and repose. They have no brains, but
they never forget to be dignifed. I hate
dignifed people, writes Bill Nye in the
New York World. Inever tried to be
dignifed but once, and that was two
weeks ago. I wore handsome new
frock coat and suit of dark blue and q
new shining Russia iron silk hat, to drive
my family over the Finger Bowl road on
Staten Island and on to South Beach. I
was proud and naughty, dressed up,
serene and mentally vacant in order to
look dignifed. People who saw US driv-
ing thus afterward paid me high COM
pliment by telling my wife what a dignis
fed and thoroughly clerical-lookng
coachman she had.
Since that I have not tried to look
dignifed. -E=',,,l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26
-1ou are not aware his uncle is dy.

''You are not aware nls uucIe 10 uS.
ing?"
any of his tenants that have dealings with
Giles Brockle!" -,
Il am inclined to agree with you, said
Broadhurst. There never were two men
more unlike than Tom Peters, as honest
q man as ever lived, and Giles Brockle." "
"As big o sneak and rascal as ever
lived in my opinion" said Tom Peters
By nightfall half the male survivors in
Johnstown knew that Tom Peters was on
his death-bed, ard that Giles broGKle
would inherit all his possessions. Inc
physicians who were called IN Wneh horn nc
was seized were in demand everywhere
There was work for scores that hvelong
day. Spite of their labors, they wera
able to corroborate the report that in all
probability Tom Peters would never set
foot in Johnstown agein.
Squire Jepson and Tom Peters were very
intimate--what one knew the other know"
Broadhurst added. This matter must
be determined speedily. Brockle is acting
like man who is not going to lose any
slime asserting his rights. He is taking it
upon himself to protect the property as if
il were his own."
Then Broadhurst related all that oc-
Cured in his view between Brockle and
Tom Peters tenant.
so! The wind sits that way, does it?'
Tom Jerrold replied. We'll, then all the
more reason for giving Giles plenty Of
rope-and I'll predict he will hang him
self"
The death Ct the richest man IN the
county was matter that did not concern
them. Tom Peters was never ruined
indeed, only those Immediately concerned
and connected with him gave the rich man
lying out on the mountain slope, in his
large empty house, athought.
There we're matters Of much more i'm
portance requiring attention.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26
tanned LIONS.
MORE READILY BROKEN THAN
ANY BEAST OF THE FOREST.
Taught to Appear Ferocious--Experi-
ences Of Circus Men With "The
King of Beasts"-Romances
About Circus Accidents.

The writer has taken the trouble to
hunt up the records of lions that have
been shown and performed in the United
States during the past twenty years and
finds that there is not single instance on
record of performer or anybody else
having been bitten by ferocious lion.
In all that time only one man, who was
drunk at the time of the occurrence, has
been struck by the paw of lion. This
man was paid for brutally maltreating one
of his charges by blow that knocked
him senseless and was left lying in the
bottom of the cage tor twenty minutes,
while the four occupants of the cage
which he was in quietly curled them
selves up in the corner and watched him.
That occurred in Pennsylvania, and he
was a man named Adam Wenzel, who
was with the O'Brien show.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

Although the following is from one
of Sam Jones' recent sermons the New
York Tribune almost feels that we
ought to apologize for quoting it.:
"Some ladies think they must keep
O little whisky to make campfire.
etc., but what are you going to do
when you wake up in hell fire, old gal {?
I tell you, dudes and dudines, if You
come fooling about me I'll spit on you
and drown you, you are so Insignificant.
We don't bury dudes. They haven't
got smell enough after they are dead
to annoy any one, and we just hang
them on limb"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26
PHILLIPS ON HIS JOURNEY.

Al
Point Limington to Bay d'Espoir, a dis.
tance of $50 miles. At the latter point
he hoped to catch steamer for st. john:
but in this he was disappointed. There.
upon he decided to cover the intervening
$50 miles on foot.
he had terrible experience. Dangers;
from avslanches of snow beset him con-;
tinually. Then wolves struck his trail
and followed him closely. he was
obliged to kill deer and leave the bodiea
untouched that the wolves might eat
them instead. Twenty-Five days after
leaving his mill Mr.. Phillips reached st.
John. He had covered 600 miles on
snowshoes, carrying all the while Q pach;
weighing forty-five pounds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26


GAS matter of fact" said John B.
Doris, the well-known museum manager,
but formerly circus proprietor of some
thirty years. experience, "there is no
animal with which we circus men have
to deal that is so easy to handle, and so
safe for a performer as lion. In every
thing they are just like great big good
natured dogs, easy to train and more
than ordinarily easy to perform. In fact,
after they are once trained to do their
tricks, anybody with whom they are ac-
quainted, such as an attendant or man
whom they have been accustomed to see
around the show, can go into their cage
and put them through their act with per-
feet safety. Why, in one season I had
no less than eleven men perform my lions
and in each case these men were feeders,
canvas-men, hostlers and other employees
of the circus who would be apt to be
about the animals all the time.
sit is the appearance of the lion and
that dreadful roar of his that strike ter
ror into the heart of the spectator and
cause him to think that he is in great
danger; but that roar of the lion, while
so dreadful in sound, is like good many
other things in the show business, more
of a deception than otherwise. A lion
really only roars when he is in particu-
larly good humor, and he can no more
help doing it than can dog help bark
ing.
can incident occurred with my show
in Indianapolis which proves how great
the terror a lion will cause and really
how docile he is. We were fixing up in
the spring of 1886 to go on the road, in
the Exposition building, and 7 believe
there were three hundred men at work in
the building. One of my men, named
Pearl sowder, was transferring the four
lions from the old cage to the newly
painted wagon, when, by the carelessness
of one of the attendants, the door few
open and two of the animals, Romeo and
George, jumped out and started across
the room towards q couple of barrels
that contained fat from the meat with
which the animals were fed. The minute
they struck the ground somebody spied
them and shouted The lions are loosen
In half a minute-yes, in less time
than that-every one of those 800 men
was out of that building, and they didn't
stop for doors either: they went through
windows, taking, glass and everything
else.
"Sowders heard the noise, and looking
round, jumped out of the cage, ran across
the room, grabbed Romeo by the scruff
of the neck and dragged him back and
literally booted him into the cage, and
then served George the same way. All
those two lions cared for was the fat in
the barrel. paid $50 for the glass,
though, that the men broke when they
went through the windows, and so my
recollection of that incident is vivid
ope."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

THE first white woman that ever
penetrated the mysteries Of the Olym-
pic Mountains has just returned from
an extended trip accompanied by her
husband, Phil Hamilton, and twenty
others, says the Seattle Press. The
party entered the range from the head
of Quilcene River, this county. crossed
over the divide, and descended down
the Press Valley to the Elkwa River,
thence to Port Angeles. While in the
Press Valley the party distincly heard
subterranean noises, which indicated
internal disturbances. Large bands OF
elk and deer were frequently seen, and
several exciting bear fights were in
dulged in. Mrs. Hamilton rode the en-
tire dista, se on horseback.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26
A Sensible Wedding.
Life.

Out in Keokuk, Iowa, couple were
married recently after the homely fashion
of our ancestors and with no emf OF fun.
They were well.to-do people, but the
bride wore q calico dress, the groom
suit of jeans, the decorations were autumn
leaves and the guests were requested TO
come in calico and jeans and without
presents. Mr.. Ward McAllister might
not approve such primitive simplicity,
but there is nothing like calico to set of
the native beauty of pretty girl.-Ne~
York Mercury.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26
GOO Miles on Snowshoes.

Mr.. J. W. Phillips, resident Of To-
ronto, is preparing for a winters sojouti,
in the woods of Newfoundland, whers
he has what is called "timber limits
of $50 square miles. It was in connection,
with this lumber enterprise that, some
seasons ago, Mr.. Phillips undertook one
of the most perilous journeys on record:
One day in the dead of winter he started.
to walk on snowshoes from his mill at
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

of Baltimore about two years ago. In
the Cole show the lion and tiger cages
were wrecked in the center of the tunnel,
and the lion got out and roamed through
the tunnel in the dark until finally he
walked out one end and jumped into an
empty cage. But Mr.. Cole had to take
O lantern and 60 in the tunnel and secure
the black tiger himself, which he did
without much difficulty.
There is a school for the training OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

THE Gar of Russia is hopeless con-
servative, but in sending his son and
heir to travel around the world, visit
ing all countries "to gain vigor of con-
stitution and breadth of intellect" he
does more liberal thing than any Of
his predecessors ever did. The care
witch will even visit and study the
United States. If the knowledge he
gains will cause him, when he comes to
the throne, to give the Russian people
parliament, and treat Siberian prison
ers like human beings, then his travels
will be to some purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

The municipality of Genoa, Italy, has,
it is reported, consented to restore the
house in which Christopher Columbus
lived. 1t is rapidly falling into decay
and has long stood in need of repair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

IT is relorted in Washington that
e1-Presi2ent Hayes, of Fremont, o.,
is engaged to be married to Virginia
lady, whose name is familiar at White
Sulphur Springs and other society re-
eorta. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

Germany is the largest coal producing
country of continental Europe, the
amount of the production for 1887 being
81. .S6S,611 tons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-26

A flock of blackbirds three miles long
and half mile wide passed over Airing
ton, Ca, day or two ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

1t is gratifying to note the proceed
ings OF confederate veterans reunion
In which the rebel flag was not dis
played nor JEFF Davis Landed AS a pa
triot and hero. At Chattanooga on
the Fourth there were 1000 confeder-
ate veterans in line, with two regi-
ments of Tennessee troops and several
companies from other Southern cities.
Only the National colors we're display
ed, and several hundred sons of veter-
ans joined the parade singing National
airs. Thu orator of tle dag, Con
Gordon, declared that the old South
was wrong on the slavery question,
and that the North was right in fight
ing il on that score. If such a celebra-
ton is ever held and such utterances
are ever received with applause in Ala
bama, Mississippi or South Carolina
Northern people will begin to have
some confidence in the new South.
Diet. Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex-
list and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
and will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt
Rheun and other affections cau:ed by
impure blood. VIII drive Maloria
from the system and prevent as we'll
as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure
of Headache, Consumption and Indi-
gestion try Electric Bitters- Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded. Price so cts. and LOO per bot.
Ito at H. G. THATcHER's Drug Store.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

We do not understand why farmers
in Arenac county, do not engage more
extensively in sheep raising. This in
dustry is profitable, and we believe the
climate is favorable. Even grazing or
wild lands, for almost the entire year,
is such that flock of sheep will live
off the luxuriant wild grass and herb
nge to be found on orr new farms.
We would like to have Mr.. james
Stanton of Clayton Twp, tell ouI
now much his mutton,
sold in this place last week, nette6
him, and how. in his opinion, sheer
raising in this county would or doe:
pay.-Arendc ReUieso.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

The Democratic members of the
House are solid in their opposition to
the National Election bill. They
realize that with bill passed that
would secure an honest election of
congressman and presidential electors
their last hope of ever again securing
political supremacy is forever gone.
The passage of the bill means the pre-
vention of such frauds as were perpet.
rated by the Democrats in New Jersey.
1t means an end to the disfranchise.
ment of the Republican voters in the
South. Representative Hemphill. Of
South Carolina, in discussing the bill,
had the courage to openly admit that
the charges made against the Demo
Gratis of the South are true. He said
I've realize that the Negro Is oul
euqal before the law. We also realiz'
that, II he be allowed freely to vote
and to have his vote honestly counted
and returned. the white people o
South Carolina, will be in y minority
we must submit to that or quit tn,
state, and. in oil reverence. we swea
that we never will quit the state.
- Chebovgdn Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

1t is seriously proposed in the senate
to leave the federal election bill over
till next winter and put the Democrats
on their good behavior for one cleo
ton more. If they permit fair vote
next fall; then it is propo'ed to drop
the bill: IL they don't, then take It up
and pass it. 1t might perhaps crafty
the curiosity of some who are given to
psychological speculation to ascertain
whether the Southern Democrats
could behave themselves even II they
should try. But inasmuch as they
have hitherto shown no disposition to
try, it would be just as well to put
them under such legal restrictions
that they will be obliged to make the
effort. -Det. Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

Tile selection Of ex-senator and ex-
Minister Thomas w. Palmer Of uichi-
gan 10 BE- president 81 the WoIids
Columbian Exposition at Chicago Is
an excellent one because he has wealth,
leisure, disposition. culture and execu-
tive ability to bring to the duties OF
thnt responsible position. His recent
official experience as Minister to Spain
is not the least of bis qualifications, as
may readily be understood. 1t put
him in touch with Columbian history,
and will enable him to command
valuable Old World resources for the
Exposition. President Palmer is a
ripe scholar. and has the intellectual
capacity to direct the great fair In
broad channels, so that it will be a
great international and not merely a
national affair.-N. Y Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

The Alabama Democrats at their re-
cent convention made the followir e
absurd declarations:
I'VE hold that any interference on
the part of the federal government in
the selection of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress is a usur-
patton of power unwarranted by the
constitution.
If they read the constitution, about
which Democrats usually pirate SO
much, they would have found this:
"The times, place and manner OF
holding elections for Senators and
Representatives shall be prescribed in
each state by the legislature thereof;
but the Congress may at any time, by
law, make or alter such regulations.
except as to the places of choosing
Senator's.
That settles the right of the general
government to interfere; whether IL
will 10 so is another thing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

The production of the duty on i'm
ported steel rails causes the Birming
ham (Eng) Post to remark: 1.-THE
maximum relief which it can give to
English steel rail producers will not
much exceed s. per ton" But IL the
tariff is tax on the American con.
sR SIM how CAP she t REoPeessssq Is Esd ne
foreign producer2 The Post gives the
foreign producer the benefit of the
whole amount OF the proposed ieduc
ton. The Post has much CLEARER
conception of the matter than have
the free trade organs on this side oil
the big water. Detroit Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

Here is an instructive little parallel
for voters to consider: In the seven
years between November /, 1881, and
November /. 1888, the state debt oil
Ohio was reduced by more than 81, 900,
900 the reduction all being made under
Republican administrations. In the
same period the state debt of Indiana
was increased by over 81, 500, 600, the
state having a Democratic Legislature
during all of that time. There is a
big moral for the thoughtful in this.
BLADE.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10

President Harrison has affixed his
signature to the Disability Pension
Bill, and II is now law. 1t is credit
able to the sincerity of his expressions
OF friendship for his old comrades
that he suffered but three hours and
half to elapse after resolving the bill
before returning it to Congress with
his approval. AS this was done last
Friday the law has already begun its
beneflcent work among the veterans
and their dependent ones. National
Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-10
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