Year: 1878

of two or three of the smaller cotton mills oi
the State, my letters have elected no informa
ton, and in most instances have not even been
responded to. have even been unable tc
procure State documents from Governor
Hampton or any of the officials. You will, ]
think, admit that this isnot very encouraging
to further effort on my part. I started to visit
South Carolina the first of this month, but
was recalled from Greensboro by death ir
my family. Shall 60 South again, however
before the 1st proximo."


TRAINING LIONS AND TIGERS.


THE METHODS EMPLOYED BY THF LION


TAMER.


When you want to train lions, or tigers, OF
leopards, or hyenas, the preparatory steps in
all cases are the same. You first get them
used to you from the outside of the cage,
feeding and watering them, speaking to them
and sometimes touching them through the
bars when they are in such positions that they
cannot readily get hold of you. Then you
go into the cage to sweep it out. Keep your
broom going let them get near enough
to you to smell Of you, or they will snatch you
the instant after-and make them pass you,
driving them about with whip. When you
have them thoroughly familiarized with your
presence, you may begin their education.
Some trainers in old times used to clip their
claws and put muzzles on them, but never
did, and never considered it any use, except,
perhaps, in the case of leopard that you are
training to jump on your back. Whether
you clip their claws or not, q tiger or lion,
especially the lion, has force enough in his
arm to mash man down almost as you would
a fly. And it isn't right, for the animal
needs his claws. They are his forks to hold
his meat when he eats. As for the muzzle,
he knows whether he has it on or not, just as
we'll as you do, and the memory of it has no
influence on him when it is not on. .at .,


You can't teach wild beasts any great va
riety of tricks You make them rear up in
the corners of the cage, jump over your whip,
through a hoop or balloon, or over you, or
each other, and you sit down on them, and
that about exhausts their capabilities for
learning. To make them jump, you hold a
stick and drive them over it with your whip,
holding it low at first and gradually raising
it. If you want them to 60 through hoop,
hold it up, with gate set in under it so they
can't 90 beneath, and whip them through.
If you want an animal to rear up, it may be
necessary to have rope or chain through
the roof Of the cage and either swung about
its neck or fastened to q collar, and when
you whip it and order it to stand up have a
couple Of men above to haul up and make it
stand on its hind legs. After few times the
rope will not be necessary. See my splendid
tigresses, how they stand up. They were
trained that way. You must always make
them do the same thing in the same place
that is, in the same corner or in the centre of
the cage. If you want to sit on lion or IT,
ger, get the animal trained to remain quiet
in one place while you stroke it gently, at
first with the whip, next with your hand, and
finally you can press on it, and at last sit
down on its launches, but never cease to keep
a sharp lookout upon it for the slightest sign
of treachery. The old Van Amburg feat of
man putting his head in lions mouth is
safest done with very docihs .old lion, well
fed and toothless as possible, but it may be
done-with some risk. of course-to young
brute if he is very good natured, and you
work up to it by gradual familiarities about
his head, opening bis mouth, and so on. With
a tiger the best plan is to-let it alone.
When you feed them scraps of meat while
you are in the cage, never take in much, aud
of that you have, see that it is free from bones
and cut in such small chunks that one Of
them may be swallowed at single schloop.
Toss it to them. Don't hold it in your hand,
or they'll take hand and all, without noticing
the difference, perhaps. Firing guns and pis-
tolls always excites them, but l can't say that
I think it frigbtens them at all after they
have found out once tba. it does not hurt
them. You must watch them all the time.
Never trust them for an instant. If you
study them as you should, and know your
business properly, you will understand their
every look and motion, every curl Of the lip,
switch of the tail, tremor of the muscles, and
culver of the cruel claws. All those things
are the animals language, and if it is strange
to you, so much the worse for you. For in
stance you may whip lion for five minutes,
when it is sulking in a corner, without any
danger, and then suddenly you see the look
warning you that one more Blow will bring
him on you with the force of thunderbolt
and the mad fury of demon. No, it is not
a threatening look at you, and it isn't empha-
sized with any growl He just sits up and
seems to gaze off into the distance, with a
far-away, dreamy look in his eyes. Strike
him then and you will have to battle for your
life in a second after. Affect to disregard
him and turn your whip to another beast,
and in few moments his fear of you may
return to him, and his desperate courage will
have gone. But you must be able to see
when that time comes again. a lion is bad
animal to have any Misunderstanding with.


WISHING FOR MONEY! wish that 1
had his money" said young, hearty-look-
ing man as a millionaire passed him in the
street. And so has wished many a youth be-
fore him, who devotes so much tine to wish
ing, but too little to working. But never
does one Of these draw comparison between
their several fortunes The rich mans money
looms up like balloon before them, hiding
uncounted cares and anxieties, from which
they are free keeping out of sight those bod.
lily ills that luxury breeds, and all the mental
horrors of ennui and safety, and the fear of
death that wealth fosters, the jealousy of life
and love from which it is inseparable.


Let none wish for unearned gold. The
sweat by which it is gathered is the only
sweat by which it is preserved for enjoyment.
Wish for no mans money. The health,
strength, freshness, and sweet sleep of youth
are yours. Young love. by day and night,
encircles you. Hearts unsoiled by the deep
sin of covetousness beat fondly with your Own,
None, ghoul-like, listen for the death.t!ek In
your chamber; your shoes have value in
mems eyes only when you tread in them.