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Show Lion Swallows Money. Madame Hcli alio, a lion tamer, Is mourning the loss of a roll of bills r.niuiiiitiliir to liill, and onn of hor pets Is buffering from an attack of In-digestion, In-digestion, or "greenback polininlng," n very rare disease. The trainer entered en-tered tho cni;o with the money carefully care-fully stowed away In ber corsage. Durln'C tho performance It slipped out and fell to tho floor. "Ilrutua," one of the blithest lions, mlstiklng the roll for some new delicacy, iounced upon It and swallowed It boforn his mistress mis-tress rould slop him. of course Madame Scbnlle could have had the pnltntil siiot and dissected, and so have recovered tier greenbacks, hut as the benst Is worth a good deul more than lit l she di'cbled to lot lilin live. At any rate, she has the consolation of knuwlni: that her money la aufe aa far as burKlais are concerned. |