The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-16
sys0uING WILD BEASTS.
The Special Dangers of the Tanner of Lions
and > i-e->.


Now and then. for no reason thar any
one can find. = lion or TIGER that has
been doing his oC-- regularly and well
grows suddenly reJelLiou-. He viii no
longer balance on the big bali, no lon
ger stand UuprCJl-tiu-Iv on the Seesaw
board, no longer ride the horse or Turlr
rhe hurdles. f. comes out instead With
q plain, pointed, laCuiue mo for the
whole programme ard proceeds 10 get
square with the game by tearing the
life out Of some trainer or groom. Ap-
p1renr-y his pride and hate and revenge
a.re-aI stirred up together against all
surrounding conditions. and the people
20 whom he has been most Obedient are
the very ones he now desires most TO
kill When rauc-S meet a violent death,
4 i often under one Of these unforeseen
and inexplicabie oUtbUrsts Of madness.
But there i another and perhaps
subCler source Of danger 20 tanners
Everything goes well for TWO or three
years, and the tanner, proud Of his sue
cess and swelling bank account, becomes
overcoufidenC One day he gets ! nip
from beast OF a S-ratch from q tigers
claw. This viii happen inevitably. I'M
less the greatest watchfulness Is en-
plOyed. and without any vicious inten-
ton on the part Of the wild beast. But
che wound fingers on hand or arm. for
wounds from y wild beasts claws or
fang=. however trifiing, are long III
healing and very painful. The member
sweli- % double IL normal size. The
wound tears open again and again. and
months PCS before the man = healed.
The moral effect Of such ~ experience
* bad Perhaps another bite or scratch
i incurred before the old one r. quite
vel, and after q number OF such mis-
haps the tanner, though he VIII not adj
nit II, perhaps even u himself, Is apt
% become afraid Of his animals. Then
lc has recourse 70 sriuClaE-s 10 steady
his nerves before going into the ring
But by this treatment his nerves are not
~readied; rather they are the more
shaken. And the more he drinks the
more unfit Le Is u face the danger and
-he Ikelirr % take some reckless step
which VIII result II his serious injury
c- death, for IF i undoubtedly q fact
chac tanners are not iufrequenrly MANNED
for life. and even killed. Such Il case
was that Of the tanner Eei-aEreich, who
was torn To pieces some years ago while
giving an E&LlA lL-LJ-l IL Il LL--Lt- y AtLE-
lion sprau- upon him and literally tore
his life out before the eyes of the spec
tat0rs- N0rhiEz could be done TO save
the man Nothing can ever be done III
such n case.
Perhaps the best safeguard against
tLese dreadful accidents safeguard
better than hot irons or revolvers-is q
ready line Of hose, with q strong pressure
Of water, which can be turned on at a
moments notice. It has been found that
= lion struck By powerful stream of
water VIII drop his bleeding victim
when prodding with iron hooks or SINH
lar measures Will only make him hold on
the tighter.
Thus it Is absolutely fatal 20 the
tanner 10 fall into any fear. As soon as
he gets the idea that he l. going TO be
killed he had better give up the work
at once, or the chances are that he will
be killed. Cleveland Moffett in Nc
CIure's Magazine