The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-11


Head--Tb~ BOY Cub. the Mothers f.
vDrIte-A Jazuzr ard Her cabs
Jennie, tas african Aonas7 q tE@ Ioor
gave birth sD1as Iays g ~ -kres -1bs. one
mae and tze fs1la4-z r. wss n ? CaZs
darss1sd ~ that every particle d lsht vas
shut III and 5 other = .rDrCl - na.f past
= ore II the toDrs Has tazsn DOM ~
Superintendent ST chs and = fHz view oi
The uaDtasr and cn.IJran pr-esn,sd % the
rsaorser -Es was .yIaz 1aotIooiz-s On
hay re,i ~ The rear of srs cage. her eyes
staring asr.sT ~ ire Intratsrs The Lite
.aaes-z zsrs eating their dinner. -hs
I,ozed r ZnifsI and calm. In the al DIN
ny z lay Paul. the father and be - med
% ggi 7 reaIla the EeV resi- possibility that
rs-tsI apDa him Hs wo8II walk u the
dor o. the razs c1ntsiuiag the cuts .oox
in and Daez out then quietly Ls down by
h3usAlf On the DAY o. their arrival -
SONY orawIs3 into tie cage % ses his mate
but hs came c1t With q Do.nd and q yell
FIR Jennie gaze hiH. -waIlop On the sids
" tn ia that was hint enough shat ms
i4tFU ion vas 1aneses aFy. [l n few days
he picked the .Dy ..u cue up in her mouth
an c5rrlei Il Gus and lad H. before lsr
li-gs .ord and master. RE condesceBdsI %
ICo< at DC and Da sz-d " tue further sHI u
t1a cage.
Would you ike u take t-em up said
Nr Stevens.
@SoJ II its necessary 70 20 ia there Nth
the old fp.za
rgEP At IT. THREE crTz
IN let them ont ira the outdoor cage
aud. pa ling up tho door, ths male lion
bounded out, cICaaIy followed by Jennie, the
mother Down slammed the door, ana the
artist and reporter en- cred the cage and
Bic1ed up the cubs The boy cub felt az
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over "a quarter Of an ia Ionk, and his fat
body covered with spotted yellow fine, soft
hair, as soft a. wDDL His eyes had no lion
farcsnsss. Hs looked md felt as Jim Sys
said once at banquet, TOO fun for utter
nnce.' His bOiy seemed too big for h.s
legs, and BE- see ned luDberly. He had four
listle 10 think waite no bigger than a
kitten 3, and ayout az sharp Hs wadd.sd
along the floor II the CaZs, and is his
mothers fayorite as it - the only one Of
TIA litter that she carries around in her
mouth holding 1t By the nape Of the neck
as IA cat carries her kittens.
LtOuesseg carry their young from thirteen
10 fourteen months, and they are not weaneI
for four or five months when they are old
enough to polish zone. Her diet is now a
quart Of fresh milk from one COW, nine
pounds Of good chopped beef and some soft
tones, such as neck bones Of mutton and
chicken bones. Jennie is years old and
this is her fourth litter The others she ate
up, they died from her carrying them
around too much. though Minnie, ono Of her
cubs, In an opposite cage, IS nearly eight
months old, raised by Bill Halstead on
the bottle, and is hail fellow well met
with o1n that climbs up tho bars and
drops on Minnie back, and rides around
the cage IN fine style. She is a. large as a
Newfoundland dog.
THE DEVOTION or THE MOTHER.
The most noticeable feature about ths
lion family the devotion Of the mother
Every few minutes she turned and lica ell
them Her eyes never left the visitors
whose every motion he noticed, and when
she came in from tie outdoor cage after the
cubs had been handled, she bounded in, and,
standing in tho open door, paused a moment,
as If TO say, something IS coming, an
know it. She wont 10 the cubs and smelt
them all, and appeared satisfied. Feeding
time soon came but she did not appear raw
enoUs but, coming slowly 70 the front, kept
looking back at the cubs and taking her
III at back TO the rear Of the cage, wing
down with the cubs. When they s.oep she
goes out and lies with the lion.
Quite in contrast was the conduct of the
jaguar, which has three months cub in the
al dining cage While the iouess mother
was calm, cOntentment and quiet repose, the
Jaguar was ceaseess unrest and suaring.
She would not sucsle her cub and snapped
viciDusly when he approached for lunch.
"5ho knows it's near feeding time" says
Stevens, "and viii not let the cub come ne.r
her until she has been herself fed Yet If the
cue comes near the front of the cage, she
quietly paws It back. not being over gentle
in her handling" The lion GUS have none
Of the majestic app arance Of the lion, no
name, in short, they look like stupid New
foundlani pups, with SOFT straight yellow
instead Of curly, coarse, black hair. The
chances are in favor of the cubs being
raised. Tn y have Leen kept 50 long in ths
dar@ and no disturbance whatever suffered
TO come near l. o mother, and she appears 50
quiet and mat rnal, that there IS every
reason for believing that they will be
reared. Cincinnati Enquirer