New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
ROYAL BENGALS.
THE AUTHOR OF DAILY VISITS THE
ANIMALS
Brooklyn, August 10.

Brooklyn, august ~
When a child there was one story which
the most Ie.iciously terrible or a! the stores
that were tod 10 me | ernlndcl THIS over and
over. and .irei OF the m'mea; wnen nay
flesh craw.ed my spine at the cihaN OF terror
which came when the mans r!bs orunchei IN ara
his blood spurici. This was the tale 81 the Koya.
Benga T.ser-p.sase ct me have CAPITA T f'r
my Tcer-who came creeping. creeping. crawling,
craving. almost Iii. belly out OF the )unse
and snatchei UP a man who was saying his prayers
under banyan tree That h should nav DO n
under banyln tire, gave SON how an addtd
touch Of interest. Tho beast ran OF with the man,
and when h. had reached a suitable pace he sat
down and piayed with hin .it;.c and then ate
him. l always glad that the victim had been
saying his prayers the last thing ne did In this life
| invariably expressed ths satisfaction, and as in
v,riab.y added that. II mus; b, eaten. | should
choos, Royal Benga, TO perform that function.
though; of this story and OF this old preference
Of mine when ] paid my visit - the beautiful
striped tigers at Higenbecks. down at Manhattan
Beach ;he other day. and ! s;ill adher. TO my
choice OF nm ANNA for devour.1p purposes. There
he .oy. this glossy, beautiful creature with Ms
stripes going about him exactly as hey ought to 90
In order that ne nigh; fu.nl my dreams concerning
nm. He had his geek. cruel mead stretched out
upon his paws, ard he exchanged glances with M.
looking at me with narrow. s.espy eyes. IL Is
great thing TO exchange gances with Roya.
Bengal II gives YOU glmpses OF hot SKIES ana
dry yellow waterconrsas and shining leaves AMI
strange flowers that send cut such cd)r that
YOU long for /: after. but which. you know.
VII. poison you If you saoud breathe II again And
the gance makes you hear roarngs ard hssirss
under wirm damp trees, and II makes your soul
swooa away. dni-we.. there are many other
things which the tigers eyes may do. ard which
could To-. about II I were not sure that no enc
would read what wro;". DO you notice the man
ner In which that ong tai is gently ashed round.
| c~eax toYl ~ h al hare ia
! OF ;lgcrshness IN the way that tail goes
Gertrude Is not looking at the tigers; she Is watch
Ing the monkeys. There IL great opportunity
here for a person who reverences his ancestors.
II you stand before the Monkey Paral go you
VIII fnd much food for reflection You VII have
| a large amount Of your pride In being human
! being taken Of You. I, IL merit OF yours
| tina; You have sin sailor hat. shlrtwaist
| and n masculine necktc. That lite monkey "ho
| has just sat down close TO YOU and who ia droOp
| Inc his hands I'm tina; lacklda'gca manner AZ he
surveys YOU is "aizlng You up" and wl present
! IS label you for The Of the monkey tribe. II,
IL extremely melancholy In appearinre; his w!z"ned
| face IL worn hy thought. II IL quite dreadful -
| think how well he knows You. In the frat moment
| he ms found out more mean. weak things In You
| than your best friend has ever discovered You
knew thosc things were In your character.
but you al not suspect that they wcu'i ever be
! revealed. Another monkey comes waking along in
that very remarkable way In which these animai
walk. the individual who Is surveying you reaches
out one arm and gives hia cuff Oh the side OF
his face. two or tnrec more spring forward. there
/ sculi- stluc,i some qich ininSIng Oh irBs
! anu ta!,s. AMI th.n Instantly as IL we're goi'
monkey - bach again srIng IN his nauncnes. ms
hands dro0i"I precisely as before. ana ne Is s'udl
! ins yod a. !. ie nlu never al ms nfe ett on
studying you. lie Is not flushed with the NIT
| hght a. Is calm. ana his small eyes are hHed
! on your face. You begin TO be unconiortaoie and
you Wish You Laa lived better ne; hou nrSo'y :,
all your ways. / ou try 10 nN your attention upon
! them and they gong up the SIDES Of ne cage.
they are swinging. tney IRE picNing iris trol.
! up and looking a. them scrutnlznsy tney are
| hdsgns. tney are s.aPping 'ncA o,"-.' III .e Lar
feeble looking creature. ana clnsng 10 nH SIDE IS
another monkey wn0 would ratnef be- carien ana
| n .,ok Of Astounding wisdom. as II all the know
edge OF past nan been packed INTO these Ord'hr
"rnl. case. SAID \ so.einn bass voice behind US
presents very gooi repr's' ntat.oh Oh the wot'1
YES. .sid much nlsher voice. ana pose
Gertrude pulled my sleeve. That's IT," she
, whispered: mats wnnt makes this nave such an
eneci. is because the monkeys Is US, Let's 20
away Let go ana see something noble
something noble Of course. meant the lions \
sfcat dca. mas been written about Ions Nnen
met these Hons at Manhattan 1t SCENE TO me inal
much NOR. might be- written, and had inc thought
ina, might De the one TO do II l suppose We o, al
have sucn thoughts al times What o'h"r peopIe
have said Is very insufficient; what We might ssy
would be valuable ana .atisiyln VIM, ma ., TIA,
But Gertrude speedily dispossessed me o, una AZ
idea. IL IL impossible to cultivate one pump %
| Il -ne ~. Shr pll not hesitate 10
assure me that the world was run OF ptope VIZ n,
could write on lions better than could rms IS ho'
s,n when any one cxpre-s.s such an opinion 10
you. YOU lind that your Inspiration Is gone some
will say. however, that the Hon is TIE king OF
beasts He Is too fnagnlhcrnt 10 De or w ,n
that splendid animal walked leisur'Iy across me
rlng CHANGING slowly about nm as ne went am am
seeming to say to nm ,nai Won m nS never sec
any cren,ute di or i is h. grand there IS some
| ,ttSl, tin he
in tnc Expression OF his face found my seli Ions
ing 80 Pn y @ nnd Affection he had inspired
| | 90 not mean to speak as II there were nut one
,h,ry 70 ace that lonc.s lie In wait the raise
platform until the horse comes galiopng round. anc
hen l-, herself surely down on ms pack noen ~
this there Is about her movements VIVA grace o.
action tina, hints az srca, deal And 20 see , ,ha
circle OF animals tigers ana hons ana PIT s
on their stools waiting their turn IN m" peIIo,n"
ance then coming forward ana acting tnrf pu M .
yes +, Is wonderful ,hlns am apa otnyl 's na
too Sometimes there Is swift lnenectuai s S'ral
from one Of them nut the T rnn, nm Is their mas
ter and some Of them seem - thlhk u. ~ =, w ~,
l ,n Wb,t wonderful secrets he cou.d to. me-
things that man has iongel 70 know eyer s1hc'
"y When vs. came out the sousa Band wa; playing
the wind bowlng IN from ne ga tns POP
walking np ana down on 'nc ,p Mrr s,mT from
[ glasses We also walked up ana down me p MaI
a Ynrk hns great many blessings Her chance a
the ocean air "a OF them The ocean ar i
II is undenably tru" that Americans IKE to snu
~ blessings and then peddle them out NJ 80 inuCi
,s s head And possibly Americans are not the ohl!
p.oulr who do this thing . HI. 49,, -
T., js usually in the winter that we WISH the Hr"i
,,y and 40 All these neighborng resorts nave b"ei
unknown to us We are now going about TO IN, Uni
hnsch and that. and taking little trips IN mn
.,c,mcrs There scores OF S1ch tlpS an
every enc thus far Ia charming We cxplore arnon
- o,nnrs FOR advert iscmonts OF excursions lhrr
"a II il true a preponderance OF the great herd
- ia a great deal Of pure democracy IN thes
c,rs,one and that Is one reason why they are 81
interesting. " "
4 HANDSOME NORTTCH PrBLTCAHoN