Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-04-24
TO ADVERTISERS.
THREE YOUNG LIONS.
A BOY CUB AND HIS TWO LITTLE
SISTERS BUT A FEW WEEKS OLD.
How the Mother Guards Her Young-Ths
Father Gets Cuned on the Side Of the
Head--The Boy Cub, the Mothers Fs-
vOrite-A Jaguar and Her Cubs.

Aeod-The hoy CuDs tne Motners fe-
vorite-A Jaguar and Her Cubs.
Jennie, the African Noness at the Zoo,
gave birth, some days ago to three cubs, one
male and two females It was in q cage
darkened 50 that every particle Of light was
shut of, and the other afternoon at hAif-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 eyes
staring fercely at the intruderx The little
shavers were eating their dinner. She
looked dignifei and calm In the adioin-
ing cage lay Paul. the father. and he seemed
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 mate
but he came out with bound and Q yell
for Jennie gave him .wallop" on the side
of the head 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 to take them upfn said
Mr. Stevens.
"Not if it's necessary to 60 in there with
the old folks"
PEEP AT THE THREE CUBS
"I'n let them out in the outdoor cage"
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 as q ball of butter, his ears we're not
over q 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
ferceness He looked and felt as Jim Nye
said once at n banquet too full for utter
ance." His body 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 fayorite, as it is the only one Of
the litter that she carries around In her
mouth holding it by the nape of the neck
as a Eat carries her Kittens
Lionesses carry their young from thirteen
to fourteen months, and they are not weaned
for four or five months. when they are old
enough to polish Lone. Her diet is now a
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
months old, was raised by Bill Halstead on
the bottle, and is hail fellow well met
with a coon that climbs up the bars and
drops on Minnie's back, and rides around
the cage in fine styla She is as large as Q
Newfoundland dog
THE DEVOTION OF THE MOTHER.
The most noticeable feature about the
lion family was the devotion of the mother.
Every few minutes she turned and licked
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 q moment,
as if to say, something is coming, and l
knew it She went to the cubs and sInelt
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
meat back to the rear Of the cage, lying
OOWn Will Tue cuD> w ueu tu0y Steep bu0
goes out and lies with the lion.
Quite in contrast was the conduct Of the
jaguar, which has a three months cub in the
I'D joining cage While the lioness mother
was calm, contentment and quiet repose, the
jaguar was ceaseless unrest and snarling.
She would not suckle her cub, and snapped
viciously when he approached for lunch
-She knows it's near feeding time" says
Stevens, 'and will not let the cub come near
her until she has been herself fed Yet il the
cue 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 majestic appearance of the lion, no
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 They have heen kept so long in the
dark and no disturbance whatever suffered
to come near the mother, and she appears %
quiet and maternal, that there is every
reason for believing that they will be
reared ENQUIRER