In The Lion's Cage

Menagerie lions are treated to strange ind sometimes attractive spectaeles lowadays. In Paris the serpentine lance has been frequently performed in the cages of the supposed monarch of the desc-rt exhibited at fairs. At Talline, in the Isere, two barbers and a ahoemaker entered a cage of lions yesterday, aecompanied by the tamer, in order to win a wager. One of the baroers sat down in a chair, was lathered oy his colleague and shaved by the shoemaker, who wielded the razor with he most consummate coolness and skill. The trio were enthuiastieally acMaimed as they emerged from the cage ind won the wager. - Paris letter t London Te'egraph.