Lions In Harn Ss

"he vory spirited illustr.ttion oí three lions drivfn abreast by a man standing srect in a Roman chariot is familiar to most rosidents in London. It portrays, witliout tbe usual absurd exaggeration of mural art, an entertainment whieh is given daily at the French Exhibition at Earl's Court. In the center of the largue circular gpace which has been used during the last few yoars for the display of the Indians of the Wild Wost, the sports of the Roman Amphitheater, etc., is erected a smaller circle, securely surrounded with iron bars, having at the back an enclosed building containing dens. The "open sesame" of my host passed ns into the private recesses of this prison house, in which I found four young lions. the oldest being about three yoars of age. These constituted the trained troupe, and there was also one youngnr soholar who had just been added to the collection. The education of this one was just commencing, and he still retained the feline characteristics to such anextent that any approach to familiarity was met by a snarl wbioa displayed tho unshed milk teeth of tha owner, looking as sharp and needie-liko as those of a puppy. The training of these young lions rarely occupies less space öï time than twelve months, and is chiefly accomplishod by kindness. Mr. Darling, their trainer, informed me that he regarded force as notbeingdesirable, asitexcited the animáis to robellion and was not condticivö to obed ence, whereas, trained under the system adopted, each animal knows its name and answers to it. Üo successful are tho methods employed by Mr. üarling, that he has never been bitton by the animáis during the time he has had them in hand. In additlon to the lions, the collection Includes two h uge Bavarian boarhounds, which take a very prominent part in tha performance. After this introduction to the performers I took my seat with the audience to witness the exhibition. Mr. Darling and his assistant entered the arena with the lions and one of the dogs; the former at the word of command leaped up upon pedestal and arranged themselves in pyramidal groups. While in this position Mr. Darling placed the ends of two scarfs in the mouths of the lions, forming festoons, over and under whioh one of the dogs leaped; two of the lions then stepped upon a plank, forming a seesaw, the dog leaping on to the enter and swaying it from slde to s.de. One of the lions then mounted a tricycle, working the pedáis, movlng the front wheel with its f ore f eet, while the boarhound was pushing behind. The chariot was then brought forward; one lion entered readily between the shafts and two others took their places at either side, one proving rather refractory, but, after sundry growls, he submitted to the stronger will of the trainer, who mounted the chariot and drove the trio around the circle. The performance is very distinct from lion tamers in general, who rule their charges with rodsof iron and prod them with points worse than the stings of scorpions, utilizing the fear and terror of the animáis as the superior power of man. Mr. Darling. on the other hand, is very familiar with tho members of hls troupe. The manner in which he took hold of the foreleg-9 of ono of the largest and pulled hun down from his pedestal, when he was not sufficiently quick in descending1, was amusinf. The lions are of African doseent, but, liko the majority of the species now in menageries, have all been born in capt;vity, and familiarized with man from their birtb. Whe iher they will retain their docility as they advance toward their full size remains to be seenj but at present they offer the most complete specimens of trained lions that it has ever been the writer's fortune tú witness. - London Field. TWBNTY-THBBB blast fnrnaces in the Mahoningand Shenango valleys of Ohio were closed, leaving 10,000 men idle. The owners want to forcea reduction in th ! coke and freighi rates. The Kansas Supreme Court has decided i!i;it colored children eould not il against in the public ila of Uu' State. Repbksestatives of over 100 familie V: ' : - i i ; !i.' Cloyn ■ district of Ireland . w the b ai"d of guardians ut CorTs and Eor Borne time past th y have been starving and had been Living almost entirely npon turnips. Advii &a from Senegala s;iy that in a battle between natives and Krench troops 4()ü of the former were killed or wounded. Tuk estimatesof the productsof eorn, wheat and iat.s of L890, as completedhy the statistician of the Department rf Agriculture, make corn aggreg-ate 1,489,970,(100, wheat 899,368,000 and oats 523,621,000 bushels.