Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-03-16
VISITING ALTON FARM
low WILD ANIMALS ARE REARED
5oR THE MENAGERlES.

Vii
no For a Man In Armor.
FOR the last 1900 years the s6aports OF
.,tbe,n Africa have been the principal
r,1v stations of the geological curiosity
arlet During the palmy days of the
r;.,r,s Maximus the Roman proconsul
IN Hippo Regius had special instructions
- snnervise the weekly shipments OF
LID beasts. and our menagerie owners
lii import large percentage OF theU
s,'....,.stork from Oran and Algiers. The
L., CITY. especially, has become a rem
Icons of international pet dealers, and
w NV last visit to Antwerp Captain Ell.
Iard the travelling agent Of the famous
uaganbeck sale menagefio, gave me NJ
i.toresting account of a lion kennel in
80 neigbborhood Of the ancient capital
Of the Algerian pirates.
In the arcGdes Of the Palace Royalt
md NIL along the steamboat wharves
STRANGERS are troubled by the importu-
1,itioe Of beast dealers who bawl out the
,,arits of their pets, and in the ardOr Of
Competition will not hesitate to thrust
tame monkey into the arms of possible
rrrrhaser. At a tent near the piazza OF
a French hotel Captain Ellard saw ma
tive Arab wis a dozen young lions, va
vim in price from 10 to 10 francs, bu;
learning that the trader was merely 4
salesman of wild beast farm in the
ortskirts Of the Carbah, the hill subur'
Of Algiers. he resolved to apply at heau
nnarters, knowing from experience that
stock breeders are apt to keep their best
specimens at home
The captains guide conducted him
through rubbish heaps and bramble
matches to an inclosed garden which a
first look might have been mistaken tos
one of the numerous yesras, or orchard
farms, in the neighborhood of the Al
gerian coast towns But when they en-.
tered the gate young baboon leaped
down from the low stone wall and raced
toward his mother, who snatched him up
in her arms and hurried off with cough
ing banks of alarm.
1'Please keep on this side OF the road,
said the guide. There's she Jackal
with pups under that bush over yonder,
and she's very apt to fly at Il stranger
ANY way you please Is that the
owner of the placer pointing to an old
Arab. who was busy cleaning out bar.
red den-apparentlya natural cave fitted
up for the purpose Of kennel
yes that's the sheikh; that's Ben
Koffa, said the guide. He used to be
chief of little mountain tribe, but s.'e
war ruined them. He's all right now
They can't break up his present business
as long as the people in Franciscan buy
wood devils (shat-el-kamr-a generic
name for carnivorous animals, or yer
mint. as our trappers would call them)
The sheikh dropped his rake and wei
coined the captain who stepped back &c
save his clothes from two baby lions that
had squeezed out of their cage and began
to play with his trousers.
Some half grown brethren OF the young
baboon had emerged from their hiding
place under the house and at once pro
ceeded to illustrate their peculiar talent
by upsetting a dish Of milk before tA'
old Arab could kick them out OF the way
Seeing one of the young lions help him
self to the spilled milk they grabbed
INN by the tail and got their faces
scratched for their trouble, but III the
ensuing scrimmage four pairs OF lists
threatened 70 prevail against two pairs Of
immature claws, when the Old Homes III
the cage rose up with mcuacmg gruWl
that sent the 4-haudeTs scamperlng oil
with screams Of disnay One Of the Sc
NOR balloons then appeared on the scene,
but vanished like a shot when tine sheih n
made grab for his rake. The captain
burst out laughing
You may believe it keeps me busy to
straighten ont this mob of rascals,' said
the old Arab but in the long run ill.,
the cheapest plan to give them ms much
freedom as possible. They live just
twice as long and are not SO APT to get
baIdheaded with inconsistencies
But suppose those young scamps
should run into IA gang Of your jackals
would not some Of them be apt to gel
badly hurt
/ don't think they would, said the
shekh, They get along in peace just
the same lis ont in the wilderness. Jack
ais, you know live on meat and balloons
on berries and roots. So they do not WI
teEtere with each others business. Ii
would be different with some other CT ca
lures. have cageful OF wildcats from
Mount Atlas. and when one Of them go
ont few weeks ago you could hear my
dogs and jackals howl all over the town
ship. A dog and all his cousins seem t(
have an idea-h d small sized cat ha:
got no right to be alive anyhow. Abou
the big cats like lions and leopards they
are little more careful