Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-08-18
ELKO, NEVADA, SUNDAY, AUGUST IS, 1888
THE BLACK LEOPARD.
How tho Ficrrrat of GIa Cat TrIbo Look
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How tho Eicrrrst of GIs Cat Tribc Looks
Su... CunfincIl
In the menagcric in Central Park in
New York is black leopard. Not Il
light or b:Own hair appears upon HIS
silky skin. lie is rs bIacl: as a dress
OF black silk. lie is probably :; native
Of Southern Asia, and Il raro spcci-
mcn. though black lcopurds are not
uncommon there. Look him in the
face. and, cat-iii;c. no shuts his green
eyes and turns his ncad. Rather under
the iuH size OF tho best OF ieOparGs,
llno OF limb and powerful. this rare
beast 0f Tho jungle takes his prison
lie with apparent con,cntmcut. II.
i!cJ part of tho time stretched oul
upon tho bottom c. his cugc with his
eye closed. but he = so nearly awake
alt tho time ihar :. soft touch of q
airangcr hand would rouse him 10
anger. This leopard docs not "chungo
his spots yet ho has somewhere.
prDc.b.v, = brother wh5 j. spotted.
II" seems 10 live happily with n b,.uu-
tiuliy spotted leopard, little largor
'han himself with whom thogo ap-
pcara to be TO il! temper or family
quarrel.
"I5 he dangerouso"
The attendant rep'icd: Not at all
when liz Is safely confined. bat let him
/ loose and thcro would be trouble a.
every jump
"is he eve" in savage mood?"
"Oh, ycsi thcro uro times when his
! low, savage grow! o. purr.r is enough
10 give one Il !a.ir warning"
But he is tame. i he nCt?'
Tame! That crruturo never will
be tame. iio is under suhjcc,:on only
! when hc il in close confinement. Ouc
lcup into III, open mir and his gavagc
nature would burst out His move
| Incrts GrC quicker than those OF n lion
and he could cary OF l. twC-ycar-oId
/ bucI.
us 'hcro any other black leopard
! in th'. count"y?"
"I bCIicYo not, and vory few cvcopt
in Southern Asia. This ono is very
black and Il rare animal"
"WO1dcr il Sarah Bcrnharit would
like him for u pct-sho likes. litt!o
tigers"
'5nrah BornhurdI Every bone in
her body 10 would crush Il, you would
crumbic Il peanut i'll your teeth This
beautiful 'b!ucl; bird is II pct only
when Ec il very safely confined. SEQ
how quietly hc lies ,hcrc now, but let
him loose upon that lawn and no
would DO transferred into u wild and
different animal III an instant. lI1
inuntc disposition Is net .! tho lowell
est sort. His affection Is for uncuol;cd
bcct. You had boiter not put yO@r
hand through tho bars 10 stroke his
iur; with ono stroke of his paw his
long. strong claws would tear tho
flesh from your bones. Cor Cincin-
matt Enquirer
l--.-J~.lL. AND LITERARY.
--Goopgs Wil'inm Curtis never wriic7
ut Il table cxccp. Ia sign his name. lie
writes on psi in Li5 hand with his
per ~. and hasa cppY mn'lo from this.
-Whiiclnw Rcid's nom do plumc
when writing for the Cincinnati Ga-
actto rs i!a war correspondent was
"Agnic,' aud ho won his spurs fnr the
"ha:actnr Of his work N Shiloh and
Gettysburg.
Col. W H. II. Taylor. OF 81. Paul.
Mimi. tho State Librarian. is prcsi-
den, Harrison unc,c. IiD is scvcnty-
Gvn yoGr} oil, anl knDws his wpr.I 80
well that ho Ca rios tho who'o library
cata 'oEu1 in his hrud.
john lbwa Il Payne. tho nurhor
of CLONE, Sweet Home" whilo II
junioruL UIinn Cpllcgc. III 1911. started
- college paper. caI,ci tho rnutm,.
which baclmo worry popular with tho
studcnta
Allen thorndyl;o Rice 10 ono o.
tho richp % wr,Ls:, in tho United
Stuich Itj II bat thirty-throo, hnnl-
aomo nnd Il baGhsi0r. llo has - sLuhiU
of fast horsaf II stoHm yacht, u No y
IoriS uG0stOn aud II cottage ut Tuxedo
Park.
--lin,kin refers 10 tho way In which
| tho English putroui2o literature i'm
this rhaUc.Uri5lic fashion; "Nvo call
90" 'clro' ~ rich nrliol. md w. ura
filthy and foolish enough To thumb each
| o,h"r'g book out OF circulating Ii.
| braric cS"
---"lbo ruhlshor7' Wc,kly" rc.
corded tho publication In Anne ica lnsl
| year OF d.C3i boots U.ut Of which
wc o imn1r,Ci). This exceeded tho
record for i@t1 b. Igt. but fell nhur.
ot that OF ls5G--lhG heaviest, IN tho
I history OF American bpol;.rGb,i.h!my
by 10. j. EHEUrd IA 1855 tho urr-
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