Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30

chemist had compounded .or Us an
opiate As we could not give Is direct
20 the lions. It was poured down the
throat Of a calf. never knew What
the stuff was. but we forced a yearling
calf 20 imbibe about a pint Of L. and
for the following ten minutes be acted
a. II drunk Then he got sleepy. and
lay down and closed his eyes while we
were switching him We removed him
TO a ravine about half a mile from
camp. and soon after dark n pair Of
lions came down and killed and ate
him. We were astir AZ early dawn.
and we found both animals within a
quarter o. q mile % the spot They
were lying fat on the earth. helpless
a. old d~r,lnkaris. and we had had them
Gagged FOR hours before they threw OF
the stupor- We waited q week TO dis
cover what effect the stus would
have. Neither one recovered from the
dose. one dying on the sixth and the 9th
er on the seventh day. They acted Ian
gaid, had no appetite. and It was plain
that they had been thoroughly knocked
out By the drug We we're thinking Of
trying It again and using n le~- quaint.
-. whsa the sWo jugs holding the stuff
were broken by accident. and that wa
the end - Cur scheme Oilers have
tried IL. b.. 10 aniual carght that way
lived % rraeh Amsterdam
Ga the Hinsh day. having discovered
n runway down which The lions came
20 drink Al the river. We prepared a
trap By digging a deep pit This was
the work q natives. and their skill vas
something 10 wander at When they
had finished their work. the keeuest
white man would have kept the path
without suspicion Of danger. \ few
branches and reeds held up . layer OF
earth. and this earth was 80 patted
down that il seemed TO have been trod-
den for weeks When all was ready
the natives broke 4 branch of q bush
beside the path In n peculiar way.
This they told u would prevent hyenas
or !aekals from following the path.
Then n rag was hung on a limb over
the path 10 keep hoofed beasts from
walking into our pit. and all was ready.
When night came we heard lions all
around u. and one came 80 close 70
camp A. 10 alarm us. but II they went
10 the river they did not follow the path
We had ueddled with The next day
was very close. and NE were sanguins
Of what the night world bring forth
was in hopes We might capture the
big male lion which had disturbed
cur camp the night previous He Wa a
monster. had a very heavy name. and.
A. sc could see By the spoor left De-
hind his right fore foot had been hurt
AZ some time When night came two
lions began investigating our environ
ment. bat neither was full groxn- Up
10 eleven o'clock the biz fellow had
not appeared and the natives argued
FROM this that h. was lying beside
>ome game be bal killed and xonld
D. certain 20 70 after water before VIZ
itinz Is such Exs probably the caS.
Il Eas = little AFTER midnight wh@n We
heard 4 sound between a scream au1 a
raar. ansl the aaslv-= hsgla ~ shout
and explain thai tA@ aat4s VA uttered
b the Eea a. b. SER shs earth giving
waF ga1er HIN
u1EilgAs 49, hardly cuuze when
~oa-s seat osf - tie ptr - fnve~-i-
2s@ Ta@y sN~dly returned VITA
the as~s has - aS4 trapped Que -
The bt-<s=s Eo1s IL Aria We had
- tAks vp-- and a cage over. aa.I
Nhsu u4eheG the pt the Ileu Ma
sitting % ~nd snd hxin- up az III.
crowd A. Z greatly purzl-L He had
made a great h=- aa3 tfred
himself G Shs pi. being 80
deep and Earr0w that be had 10
chance % u~e his powerful muscle in 4
leap Having plaessi The cage. we
ran a end Of the rup~s through the
bars and made slip-uoosss N the other.
For n full hour the old fellow fought
the nOo-es OF whenever they touched
him. but by and BY we got one over his
head and another under a hind leg.
and up he came in a heap. choking.
biting. striking and gasping. We
hauled him in the cage and released
the ropes and when he got his wind
he was 20 mad and Disguised that he
slumped down on the door and shut his
eyes and cried When we had time TO
look him Ove we found one Of his
fOrefeet crippled. He must have cut it
open on a sharp rock a long time be-
fore, for it was fully healed up. though
1t bothered him to walk. He was the
identical chap who had almost leaped
into u camp. and his weight, a. re-
corded at Amsterdam. was fourteen
pounds heavier than any lion had
shown for three years. In the course
of the month we got two others. both
full-grOwn. and all were sent of from
the Goa in good eonditiOn.-N. y.
Sun.
Utilizing Waste Materials.
The market Is furnished with glue
from the slAughtsr-hOuse Jaw bones
and haaf-- enavtr1raF aa+.Ia Ef~o1 Z.