The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-06-28

4 pair Of panthers IL they can agree 10
live peaceably together in the same cage
are considered worth $4,000.
Leopards command $1,000 to $4,000 q
pair. They are among the most beautiful
Of all wild beasts.
Camels being useful animals and not
beautiful are worth only 5000 d piece
This may be a bad lesson, but it i true.
Beauty commands more money and rel
speet than utility The poor camel cannot
help its hump back, made 80 for GOOD
purpose, but its value deprcciates because
it is a beast Of burden, and can carry 4
load a hundred miles a day over the burn
ing sands. A pair Of white cainels nice
brought $4,000.
Monkeys are valuable and continue 10
command a good price in this country.
provided the Darwinian theory il not acs
cepted as Gospel truth, In that case, the
monkey would become totally worthless as
property under the operation of the fif
teentl Amendment. Under the present
arrangement Of species, African monkeys
are the most valuable. Those from South
America take cold when they move North,
and die Of consumption
0striches are worth $500 TO $500 pair.
They would rather die than be caught on
their native heath. To capture them in
wolves injuries that are sure to result in
death to the bird They are obtained by
making geese hatch ostrich eggs, and the
goose never knows any better until the
newcomer refuses to 60 swimming, and
commences to eat forbidden goose-fruit.
sticks, stones, and the like.
L requires great care to raise ostriches
In this climate They have to be brought
up by hand. Their appetite is not at all
delicate, but when they can get it they
prefer fresh meat TO iron, nails, shot and
such indigestible articles. This foolish
bird does not eat minerals and metals be-
cause it relishes them, but because II can.
It's chief desire is to be eating, and it is
too stupid to recognize any difference in
victuals.
A gorilla has never yet visited Europe
or America. Du Chaillu got hold Of an
amiablc one once, and thought he could
send him safely to Europe. The gorilla is
a great glutton. He has most yoracious
and everlasting appetite, and, unlike the
ostrich, is very dainty about his food. Du
Chaillu put his gorilla aboard ship, with.
as he thought, enough provender to last
the voyage, but he made great error in
calculation Having nothing to do but
eat, he did nothing else. He finished up
his rations, persistently refused ships fare.
and actually starved to death, nineteen
days out from Africa. A gorilla would
be worth mint Of money in this country
if be should turn out to be lawful property
under our constitution, and could get
enough to eat
The eating capacity Of the gorilla intro
duced the general subject of the eating of
animals.
A frst-class menagefie requires from
300 to 500 pounds of raw meat daily for
lions, tigers, leopards, etc. A healthy ele-
plant is said to eat from 500 to 700
pounds Of hay per day, besides pocketing
apples, cakes, etc, given him by the chill
dren for desert.
Camels eat about twice as much as a
horse, of the same provender.
Giraffes eat hay, oats and corn but IL
they can do no better they can make liy-
ing off young trees.
Bears are yegetariaHs, but all yegetari-
ans are not bears.
Sea lions eat 100 pounds Of salt fish a
day. Fresh water fish are not good for
them.
The menagerie property in the United
States, including animals, apparatus and
material requisite for their exhibition
and transportation is over s2,000,O0O
worth.