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Show Educating Awkward Sea Lions. A half-dozen slippery, shapeless seals and sea lions floundering about on tho stage, croaking nnd barking nnd doing some very wonderful things besides do not seem In the leist dangerous or formidable, but there Is hardly anything any-thing more painful nnd serious than the bite of 0110 of theiio curious beasts Mr. Charles Judge, who hns trained them for )enrs and has a company of them In the Hngenbeck shim, Is badly scarred from Iho attacks of these peculiar pe-culiar Inlf land-nnlmnls, half llsh The bite of the sea Hon Is poisonous; be. sides, Itlsnn ugly wound fiom the manner man-ner In which It Is Inflicted Although the creatine moves painfully and slow-1) slow-1) on land, the motion of Its head und neck Is extremely quick '1 ho neck seems to have- nn almost elastic qual-II). qual-II). One la surprised nt its reach The sea lion Is like a bulldog When ho has caught hold he docs not let go at once, but sets his teeth firmly In the flesh Then he twists his head, trie teeth b. lng still embedded In the flesh und, without relinquishing his grip, he gives a quick Jerk Tho result Is to pull out a ragged piece of flesh. If the anliuil his (.ottcn a deep hold Los-lies Los-lies Weekly. |