The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-22

with hyenas, with whom they live on
good terms, though occasionally. one of
the big cats knocks a hyena down and
scratches its face just to show who is boss
of the cage.
Having taught these animals all that he
could, says the New York Press, the baron
decided to introduce q novelty into the
performances which he is III the habit of
giving before an admiring circle of friends.
An cid white stpris named Fritz has lived
for years on the highest tower OF Topples
dorf castle and, as he was rearod in the
baron's poultry yard, never has INDUCED
in the migratory habits of his kind.
Fritz, who is four feet tall and has a
bill more than seven inches long, was kept
in the big training cage alone for a week
to accustom him to it. On the tenth day
of his imprisonment the lion caSe was
rolled UP to the a &
Fritz viewed the lions with healthy Gu
riosity, but without the least alarm. Fam
pa, a 2-year-old lion, was the first to be
driven into the cage with the bird. He
looked ut Fritz for o second or two and
then tried to crawl back to his family,
tail first; nat, finding the means of egress
locked, he raised himself to his full height
and uttered asdeflant roar.
At this tne stork's neck feathers bristled.
He lifted his bill in protest, "clappcring''
as only a ssork can.
The strange noise upset Zampa's self
confidence. He stood still and dropped his
tail sadly. But the blood of his fathers
rose in him again, and, whipping his
tanks with his tail, he cautiously adj
vanccd on the enemy, covering OCCASION
ally, as if preparing to spring.
The stork viewed these warlike prepara-
tions with Increasing anger, and his bill
worked like castanets. Standing for a
second on his strong middle toes, he raised
his wings and aimed as il about to hit the
lion in the eye.
The lion hesitated again and was lost.
The stork flew at him and bored his sharp
beak into his adversary's nose, which be-
gan to bleed. As the bird stepped back to
prepare for another onslaught Tampa
turned swiftly and, forgetting in his be-
wi1derment from which side he had en-
tered, jumped to the other side of the cage
Il covered there.
Fritz had no taste for pursuing his van
quished foe. Leaving the rear part of the
cage to the lion, he marked off the extent
of his own territory by walking up and
down a straight line which limited his
sphere of influence to about thr~ee-quarters
of the total area. Within this space he
strutted, a conquering hero.
Zampa's brother, 8 years old, then was
sent into the cage He showed in turn as
tohishment, a disposition for flight and
half hearted defiance. The stork, on his
part, tried to keep out of a fight as long
as he could, finally turning his back upon
his foe.
The lion couldn't let that opportunity
, pass without trying to profit by it. He
was about to spring upon the stork when
the latter wheeled about with Incredible
swiftness and hit the lion in the face,
drawing blood. Zampa's brother ran at
once. He had enough.
Lion No. 8 Jared not better than his
predecessors. The two remaining lions,
however, had more perseverance. Each
returned to the attack after being pun
ishcd once, and in consequence Fritz bled
each twice, after which they ran away as
fast as the others had done.
On the next day the two biggest lions
were sent into the stork's cage again.
Fritz awaited them with his back against
the wall, and each had to retire, bearing
the mark of his bill on his eountenance.
For the last week the lions have spent
bncIf udyS WlbH ETlbl III tn6 tEtiiluS Cage.
The bird still holds the front half of the
cage, and the five cowed ions occupy the
rear. The two contending parties take
their meals separately and seem to pay no
attention to each other. Only the fact that
Fritz always walks with his tail to the
bars indicates that there has been trouble.
a Mistake some E7Stztez= Make.
1t is O common excuse with oyerindul-
gent mothers for emitting to correct glar-
ing improprioties of feeling or Of conduct
that the child is sttoo young to listen to