The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-07-29
\ Wild Beast Caravan.


Few of those people who go to me-
nagerie realize " hat an immense under
taking It Is to- transport wild beasts from
the land of their birth and of their free
dom to the land of their imprisonment,
and, too frequently. of their death !
Will ask my readers To picture for them
selves an African desert blazing beneath
burning sun, says a writer in Nc
Cures Magazine. Across the weary
waste of sand long column of men and
ANIMALS Is vending It's slow way. rs ii
draws nearer We see that il is a caravan
of Wild animals ON their vay from the
interior of the scaboard. And as it
passes us, the vast mass of living Great
urcs. as in a chemical process. slowly
dissolNes itself into distinct PARTICLES
and individualities. Let us regard
them carefully. In the first place we
notice Il procession of fourteen
stately glrattes, then come five clr-
plants, huge rhinoceros, four
wild hutfalocs believing sadly after
the mates they have forever left behind,
Then there 60 numbering by num-
Der of enormous carts or wagons. in
which are safely confined thirty NV
enas, five IeOpards, six hons, two chez
tabs, sixteen antelOpea, two lynxes, one
serval, one HardbOh. twenty smaller
Carnlvorous animals, four African ant
eaters and fortv-tive MONKEYS And
then there come slowly prauCing hv.
wary, restless, cunning, tWentv-siX O4-
twches. There are twenty boxes of
birds, from which sounds of shrilI
screaming are constantly proceeding.
There are upward of 100 Abvssinian
goats scattered here and there in the
procession. These are to give milk for
the Young animals, and to serve as food
and meat for the old. The caravan is
on its way through the desert to Sau-
kim, whsCh is the first shipping place
for Europe. There are no less than l2O
Camels in 1t, which are required to Carly
the food for this caravan, and there are
upwards Of 100 drivers III the process
sion. 1t takes the caravan upwards of
thiTty-siX DAYS to cover the distance
which lies between Cassala in the in
terror of Nubia and the port Of Suakim,
for which they are bound. The same
journey - usually performed by quick
post Camels IN twelve DAYS
The Caucasus Boy.
In the Caucasus mountains there are
many wild, unCiviliZed tribes Of people
whose rough WAYS would make the
heart of the civilized mother stand still
with fear if her child were to he treated
children every dav The first play
thing given a Caucasus boy il q dagger.
This l. presented to him as soon as he
can walk. For an hour or two each dav
hls mother spends her time teaching
him how to use the weapon, sc that be
VIII some day become an expert He is
taught To stab 30 that il makes no splash
and is made to hUrl his dagger at
mark again and again, until he cannot
miss his aim. And all this j. done dur
ing the time that other bows are spin
ming tops and studying a spelling book.
When the Caucasus boy grows up he
knows just one thing-how to use
dagger-whilc civilized bows know
we'll, some of them know a great deal.
He Got the Date.
ION, YES, observed W. : Cleveland,
the minstrel manager, in answer 10 a
query, Il do find good many queer
characters engaged in local manage
ment / recall one case. ami he was
case. | was at the time making fea-
ture OF party of Arabs with nv troupe
and had applied for a date. To NV as
constituent he declined tonegotiate. re-
PLYING: 1 hear that YOU have got a lot
Of Arabs who are Mohammedans with
Your show and | cannot piav them in
my theater as am Presbvterian.' I
Immediately wired him: Arabs have
all been converted to which he
promptly responded: All right will
hold the date After that there was no
difficulty IN fixing dates and terms
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