WONDERFUL FEAT ACCOM PUSHED BY A COSSACK.

Waikato Times, Volume 2641, Issue 2641, 15 June 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)

WONDERFUL FEAT ACCOM PUSHED BY A COSSACK.

Wins Pezon the lion-tamer wan at Moscow with hia menagerie, he had occasion to cmp'rjy a nurujik, a line specimen of (Vsaok, to cieaii' out t',e c.-gi s of the vi! i bea.-;!.-.. Tli'J GWcaek did not u:;.!-.:btaiM , a v.-oul of I'Y.jtieh, and in the teems of the contract were settled in dumb fh(,w. P.y w.\y of instructing him in hir- new duties, Puzon v/ent through a

si ':'•:■ of pantomime with the broom, spriiijjo ami water bucket. The moujil; watched liim closely, and appeared to fi.lly uudoistaiid the details of the lesson given. Next morning, arm "id with a broom, a bucket ami a sponge, he opened the first cage lie came to, and quietly stopped in, as lie had seen his master step on the previous day into two caaes of harmless brutes; hut this one happened to be tetnnte.d by a splendid but untamed tiger, that lay stretched on the •fluor fast asleep. At the noise iliadu by opening and closing the. door the creature raised its green eyes full on the man, •who, all unconseions of his danger, stood iii a corner and dipped his big sponge into the bucket. At that moment l.'e/.on came out of his caravan, and was struck dumb by the terrible sight that met his gaze. What could he do to warn the man of lib danger? A sound, a movement on liisi part, might enrage the great beast and hasten its attack on the defenceless Cossack. So I'cmi , . stood, awaiting developments, ready to rush to the scone when the crisis came. The moujik. sponge in lnind. coolly approached the t,ii;er, and made ready to rub him down •with the stolidity of a niiltary boot-black polishing bis captain's boot. The sudden application of cold water to its hide evidently produced a very agreeable r fleet or the tiger, for it began to purr, fitretched out its paws, rolled over on its back, and complacently oll'ered every portion of its body to the vigorous treatincut of the monjik, who went on scrubbing with might and main, All the whiL; I'ezon stood there with his eyes wide open, as if nailed to the spot. When ho had finished his job the (Joswick left the oago as quietly as he had iMitored it, and it required the most energetic and expressive gestures ou tin: part of the lion tamer to prevent his repeating the experiment on a second wild beasi."''