Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-18
THREE YOUNG LIONS.
A BOY CUB AND HIS TWO LITTLE
SISTERS BUT A FEW WEEKS OLD.
How the Mother Guards Her Young-The
Father Gets Cuied the Side of the
Hsad--Ths Boy Cub, the Mothers Ia
yorite-A Jagusr and Her Cubs

EhtneE utts SuHcu ON Siue VI t'ao
Head--Ths Boy Cub, the Mothers Fa-
yorite-A Jaguar and Her Cubs.
Jennie, the African lioness at the Zoo,
gave birth, some days ago to three cubs, one
male and two females IL was IN Il cage
dsrkened so that every particle OF light was
shut of, and the other afternoon at half past
= one of the doors was taken down by
/ Superintendent Stevens and fine view of
the mother and children presented TO the
reporter She was lying motionless on
hay bed at the rear Of the cage, her eye,
staring fierCsy at the intruders The little
shsvers were eating their dinner. She
looked digniiei and calm In the al JOIN
ing cage lay Paul, the father. and he Sssmed
to fully realize the new responsibility that
rested upon him. He would walk to the
door of the cage containing the cubs, look
| in and back out, then quietly lie down by
himself On the day OF their arrival he
slowly crawled into the cage to see his ate
but he came out with bound and a yell
for Jennie gave him "wallop" on the side
of the heal that was hint enough that his
intrusion was unnecessary In few days
she picked the boy lion cub up in her mouth
and carried it out and laid it before her
| liege lord and master. He condescended to
look at it and backed to the further end of
the cage.
Would you like 70 take them up" said
Mr.. Stevens.
Not if it's necessary to 60 in there with
the old folks"
PEEP AT THE THREE CUBs
I'm let them out in the outdoor cage" I"
and, pulling up the door, the male lion
bounded out, closely followed by Jennie, the
mother. Down slammed the door, and the
artist and reporter entered the cage and
picked up the cubs The boy cub felt As
soft rs a ball Of butter, his ears were not
| over quarter of an inch long, and his fat
| body covered with spotted yellow, fine, soft
hair, as soft as wool His eyes had no lion
herceness He looked and felt as Jim Nye
said once at banquet, too full for utter
ance" His boiy seemed too big for his
! legs, and he seemed lubberly. He had four
| little teeth-milk white-no bigger than a
kittens, and about as sharp he waddled
along the floor of the cage, and is his
mothers favorite, as it il the only one of
the litter that she carries around in hsr
mouth holding 1t by the nape of the neck
as a cat carries her kittens
! Lionesses carry their young from thirteen
/ TO fourteen months, and they are not weane /
for four or five months. when they are old
| enough TO polish a / one Her diet is row 4
| quart of fresh milk from one COW, nine
| pounds of good chopped beef and some soft
bones such as neck bones Of mutton and
! chicken bones. Jennie is years old, and
this is her fourth litter The others she ate
up, or they died from her carrying them
around too much. though Minnie, one Of her
cubs, In an opposite cage, is nearly eight
D hs old raiSaH hy Rill Halls nm
thu bottle, and is hail fellow well met
with a coon that climbs up the bars and
drops on Minnies back, and rides arounl
the cage in fine styla She il as large as a
| Newfoundland dog.
| THE DEVOTION OF THE MOTHER
| The most noticeable feature about tn
lion family was the devotion of the mother.
Every few minutes she turned and hcke
them Her eyes never left the visitors,
WHOSE every motion she noticed, and when
| she came in from the outdoor cage after the
| cubs had been handled, she bounded in, and,
standing in the open door, paused a moment,
| as if to say, something is coming, AMI
| knew it She went TO the cubs and smelt
them all, and appeared satisfied Feeding
time soon came, but she did not appear raw
enous, but, coming slowly to the front kept
| looking back at the cubs, and taking her
m, at back to the rear Of the cage, iying
| down with the cubs When they steep she
! goes out and lies with the lion
Quite in contrast was the conduct Of the
! jagusr, which has three months cub in the
ad dining cage While the iioness mother
wss calm, contentment and quiet repose, the
! jaguar was csaseless unrest and snarling.
She would not suckle her cub, and snapped
viciously when he approached for lunch.
"She knows it's near feeding time say,
! Stevens ~and will not let the cub come near
her until she has been herself fed Yet if the
l cub comes near the front of the cage, she
| quietly paws it back. not being over gentle
in her handling" The lion cuts have none
Of the ajestic appearance of the lion, nc
name, in short, they look like stupid New.
foundland pups, with soft straight yellow
instead of curly, coarse, black hair. The
chances are in. favor OF the cubs being
raised Thy have been kept so long in the
! dark and no disturbance whatever suffered
to come near tie mother. and she appears So
quiet and maternal, that there is every
reason for believing that they will be
reared d-Cincinnau Enquirer.
Reau Brummeirs Social Sway.