The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-10

= Have Their Tecs Maaicarea.
Orang- lions, tigers, hippo.
potami, elephants and the other repre-.
sentatives Of tho auiinal kingdom from
every country in the world spent quiet
Sunday with theiF attendants on the
circus lot in west Indianapolis.
The managers go 10 Sunday school
the performers recuperate, the canvas
men and drivers sleep, and in fact every
body nests except the attendants i'm The
menagerie. The orang-outang must have
his whiskers trimmed, the lion his toe.
manicured, and the elephant must have
sponge bath and his ccrns pared
The hippopota,nus perspires blood dur
ing the whole week, and unless his
rough skin is washed on Sunday blael
crust forms and he gets "scaly." The
American water Is not 50 soft and fret
from alkali ms his native water of cen
trail Africa and his teeth get coated witt
matter resembling the sediment of q tea
kettle. On Sunday his mouth must b.
pried open and his teeth cleaned and
brushed with scented tooth powder mad.
from the pulyerized bark of n tree which
grows on the banks OF the Lulkuga rive
in Africa. If his teeth were not thu
preserved they would decay In thre,
years and dyspepsia would send him t.
a premature grave in a foreign land.
The toe nails of the lion grow long eni
sharp. Twice a year they must b,
trimmed with clippers to keep then
from tearing each other to pieces il
their family brawls. The tigers and TIA.
bears rub against their cages SO mucl
that sore spots break out and they mus
be healed with Imminent and Inedicatet
oils. In fact all animals must receiy,
treatment of some kind. AS their regu
lar keepers alone understand how /,
treat them, Sunday is thus busy day.
When the representatives of the cit
papers visited the menagflie they foun,
the lions roaring and much excited
Near one of the cages two men hell
down on the ground cub, while Liol
Tanner Conkling with large pair o
nippers was clipping its toe nails. Their
were four cubs in the cage, and one b.
one they were taken out of the cage b
, Conkliug and their nails cut short
While this operation was going on til
lioness WAS crying piteously and shed
ding great tears. No human lnothe
could show more parental solicitude 70
its offspring than this queen Of animals
The lions in another cage 100 feet dis
tant almost chilled ones blood witt
their terrible roars while the cubs wer
undergoing tine operation.
The elephants seemed to be having TIL
best oflhe day. They were being Fponget
with soft wGrln water and enjoyed In
bath hug ~ An old elephant had
corn on one of his fore feet and lie grace
fully rested it il n stall while his al
teudlnt removed it with razor. ATTIC
tho lion cabs had been attended t
Tanner ~CULkliHg entered the cage O
tlHeo itugc Lions which Mr.. psrlcy san
wa3 the biggest lageuf lions in America
= Two are Atiafia ana one Is AfriedL
The latter, the Lar est and most uJll
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