At a lion taming performance given for the entertainment of the pupils at the Jesuit seminary at Triente in the Southern Tyrol, the lion tamer on entering the cage containing three lions and one tiger, accidentally stumbled, when the tiger instantly rushed uponhim t On seeing this the tamer's wife quickly entered the cage, and courageously seized the beast by the throat. The man and his wife both succeeded in getting out without much further difficulty, but the tamer had already received fatal injuries. The Japanese are not to have exclusive use of paper clothing. An American journal aunounees paper glove!''and stockings, the latter selling at three cents the pair. The knitting is from paper yarns which are niade much as paper twines are. A sort of nap is made on the yarn, imparting softness to it. After knitting the goods are put in a sizing bath of potato starch and tallow, giving solidity and durability to the texture.
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Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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159Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 10 May 1895, Page 2
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