The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-03
GIFT TO THE PRESIDENT.
a Eondescript brute from Morocco That
Never Reached the White House.

A good story is told connected with
the United States governments expert
mcnt in importing herd of camels
from the Barbary coast In 1856 for the
army on the plains. The camels.
saws writer in the Kansas City Star.
had all been loaded on board tho store
ship Supply. aud one day while the
ship was lying of the coast of Morocco
native vessel rounded to and brought.
us present from the emperor OF the
country TO the president of the United
States. "A nondescript sort of an ami
NAL. said TO los part dog. part hyena.
part wolf. aud mixture. rs IL was
alleged. of dozen other ferocious
beasts of the genus canns. whose hab-
itat was the Mountains of the Moon In
Africa.
The awful looking brute was con
fined in a sort OF crate in which he
was aosted on board aud put down In
the hold He was very tall. long.
huge and powerfully built. aud he had
mass of gray hair running from his
head TO the end of his body which.
whenever he was angry. would stand
up the whole length OF his body as
stiff ms n hogs bristles. As he never
was i'm mild mood his hair was
always in state of rigid erection. He
had not been on board half IN hour
before he had destroyed his cage. and
only after a great deal of trouble was
he confined in another and stronger
one The way he was fed was by
lowering buckets TO him. as no one
dared 10 approach the brute, and when
they desired to clean out his pen the
ships hose was turned on aud the place
flooded. He was an unmitigated NUS
aucc. and how to get rid OF the mon.
ster was u serions problem.
AT last the supply anchored off Con-
stantinople, where dogs arc the only
city scavengers. These are wild and
fcrocious, having. or rather ackn0wl-
edging. no master. and each particular
pack has it's own range or quarter of
the city. which they never leave. The
moment "A strange eur makes its APP
pearancc about them they Kill him.
Lieut.. Porter had made many abortive
attempts TO give the animal away.
The consul suggested the idea OF land
ing the ugly beast on Seraglio point,
where the largest of the packs OF the
wild and ownerless scayenger dogs Of
Constantinople roamed. So one Satur-
day afternoon they proceeded To land
the royal cur. aud. after great deal
of trouble. succeeded In getting a rope
around him where he stood in his cage
down in the hold then they tied his
legs together and put canvas hood
over his head. He was then hoisted.
lie made break for the shore. the
canvas hood slipping oil Immediately,
rs IL had been so liked that II would.
Reaching the beach he rolled in the
sand two or three times. then stood up
and took I'm observation. The sleep
ing pack OF native dogs were still
curled up in their favorite spots per-
fcctly obliyious OF his presence. He
saw them at once. and in an instant
he was in their midst and the fight
commenced. The pack flew at him,
but he had killed half-dozen before
they got the best OF him. The air was
black with dust and dogs. aud for
more than half an hour the thing was
kept up. Then the place assumed its
normal quiet, and the Constantinople
ours again resumed their siesta, while
nothing was left OF the emperor's gift.