The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-10
Sunday Underths Tents.

0Iaug-ou,angs, ions. tigers. hippo
potami, elephants and The ether rspre-
sentatives oftas animal Kingdom irom
every country in the world spent quiet
sunday Nith their attendants On the
circus lot IN Eest IndiznaPolis.
The Managers 20 70 sunday school,
the performers recupeEate, the canvas
men and drivers sleep. and n fact every
body resis except TIE attendants Ia the
msnaEsre- The orsnz- -outzng must have
bis whisksrs trimmed. the Hon Eis toes
msnieured, and The elephant muss have
= sponge bath and his eorns pared. The
hippopotamus perspirss blood during the
whole week, and uzless his rough SKIN IS
washed on sunday a black crust forms
and he gets ~scaly. The Amereaa
water IS not - soe and free fr0m aLSaii
As his native wafsr Of central Africa and
his teeth get coated with matter ressmb-
Ing the sediment Of teakettle. on
Sunday his mouth must be pried open
and his teeth cleaned and brushed vita
scented tooth powder made from the
pulyerized bark Of a tree which groEs
on the banks Of the Lukuga river in
Africa. fhis teeth we're not thus pre-
served they would decay in three years
and dyspepsia wonid send him to a
premature grave in a foreign land
The toenails Of the lion grow long and
sharp Twice a year they must BE trim
med with clippers % keep them from
tearing each ether % pieces IN their
family hrawls. The tigers and the bears
rub against their cages so much that sore
spots break oct and they must Be healed
With hniment and medicased OILS. IN
fact al animals must receive treatment
/ Of some kind- As their regular keepers
alone understand how to treat them,
sunday Is thus busy day.
When the representatives, Of the city
papers visited the menageris they found
the lions roaring and much excited.
Near enc OF the cages tao men helt
down on The ground a cub, while Lion
Tanner ConkIng With a large pair Of
nippers was clipping its toe nails. There
we're four cubs in the cage. and ore by
one they were taken out Of the cage by
1 ConkIing and their nails cut short
While this operation Wss going on the
lioness was crying pitsously and she'd
ding great tears. No human mother
cuuld show more parental eolicitule for
lis ofs0ring than this queen Of animals.
The lions in another eage Io0 feet Distant
almost chilled ones blood with their
terrible roa-s while the cubs were IN
[ dergoiEg the operation
The elephants seemed to be having the
best cf the day. They were being sponged
with soft warm water and enjoyed the
oa1h hugely. An old elephant had a
corn on one Of his fore feet and be grace
fgIlv rested Il il a stall while bis AZ
tentsut removed Il sith razar- After
| the lion cubs had been attended 70 Tanner
! Coukling entered the cage o. three huge
Ions which Mr. Psrley said was the big
sest cage Of lions in America Two are
Asiatic and enc is African The latter,
the largest and most noble Of the lCts bad
a sore paw, which Coakling took in his
ap and rubbed vi.h a black. Wsxy
substance, which he said vas distilled
from the sap Of an African tree growing
near Timhuctoo. Near oy sas cage of
ayeEas ia which The keeper was washing
the sore eve Of an cd one who, the keep
er explained, bad cheWed OF the lip Of
his predecessor
/ A double horned rhinocerus, which
has worn out his horns rubbing them
against the bars, submitted % a thorough
crUibing from the hands Of man who
Dad the nerve % stradile his back while
| rubbing his toadiiks skin with wood
! brush.-I4.liaagpai Stafa,ci