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Show r l I I in urn i- ini A THE MIDWINTKR HAIR. w Items from our regular Corrcs- CK pondent. " J An Incident occnrcd in connection f , wltli the MMwinter Intcruationnl Kxpo- eltlon a fewiliiysnjowlilch turiilslint nn i interesting commentary on its Intcrnn- i tlointl clmructer, nml which cstnblishctl In nn unmlntnkviililo nnuiiiar tliu (act j- tlint this great fulr follows, In many re- ' epects, tho lines laid down by Its illus- f trlou predeccenor on the shores of Lake Mlclilgnn, mid lliat nt tlio same time, it posewes nn individuality wlik-'i wilt 1 give It n prominent 1iicu in tlio future 1 history fit tho impositions uf tho world. I One of tho most prominent conccsa- lon.it features of Mie exposition linn been , tho Wild Animal Arena w hero Colonel K. D.iiiiul Iloono l.ns been gtvitig ier- 1 formnnecs with lltina and other animals, which la said by tlioso r no Imvo Hoen both to eurpatH tho famous show given by Ilnccnbe'.k on tho Midway In Chi- cngo. iloono had nn asuiitnnt in this wor'x in the person of Carlo Tliinnnn, n bravo, bold tamer of liom. who was only lcm familiar and lees fool I m ily, If one may use that wont, than ltoouc himself, in his associations with these bltf beasts. Hut, ono night hut week, Thlemnii entered the den of the lions to prcpnro thorn for their usu.it nppcnrniico in tho Arcni' wlieiiBuddeiily tliu lights went out, l'nriicll, the blgest of tho ' lions, fearful peilinps uf some danger which ho could not see, inado a savago nttnet on tho keeper. The other lions fell to with him and poor Tliiemau was at their mercy in it moment, lloone, the master of the beasts, forced Ins way Into the cage with a crowbar and beat the npgry lions back, but not until Thlcmnn had hUilnlncd surh injuries that his dentil follow fed on tliu morrow. |