The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-14
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KS or FARE FOE AMI
n n'n IN CAPTIVITY

8 =. y l1 s's;i1 ~ &c CAPTIVITY. |
,,,. !. Neck the Most Pop: Popular
ts' uast One Day in Seven
We, |ps, small s.onss tho os-
9 opea tricn's rid-'its'
'pass' ,araE is one class Of inhat ,as
!. Sh .s Of New York, says the
b CIV , Ssss Y Of that city, that is
Ii basl sesssd OF curiously th AL IS r rat
) Il, ,so st think Of ever ;nqnirins in,
:. lFi kr pls s;11s Of fare. This despite
lay a !, ID tist their food-take it. it, s Nsn
luce a- IS Wv Wv inhabitants are the ami
j i qaa J: i Inc "zoo, tue Central Park
50 ' asl. - ~. ;a' whose dens, inclosures'
~ ~ aaa Pss''s :, docks are Tut a few steps
tn Il 4, ' '.' some Of the finest and cost
ida, houses 'ss in America Ss s,r,no noosts.
;, va &C., md birds arc much like the
IS ps; 4 ~ '1 folk who live SO near them {,
and se "dDicky aO0n st ' to s soUa ao our.
that !sd before thcm' not to say s0of-
/ ~ = " ba sa.esr. whose business it is to
s y " y >. ' tSe ness each day for these
on thsss y. y fellows, knows precisely gust
~ l .h animal wants. He--this
;o,n,,. s,, s'jr been the ''meat man" Of +
led m. aeDoserio for twenty years, ana a1d
/ anu p asons no each afternoon the $50
. pas..1 y, s'9 VI bailocks' neoks, which is
,,1 diet OF the "mea5 eat.
~ IS s NV, n ard year oIt, he has every
Y : ;d'a beast in his mind. and he
I'd tb.. each chunk Of flesh on ms us wheel,
y. ,' to correspond with his round
At. d, ssss. ..7 ma, ~ .
est Az 1;lv there is enacted near o7 q
n Z. ~ .cppe with the leopardess and
do I'M y ,!,eubs as the chief performers.
i MANI moment the mothers neal is put
becomn ,ss care she dogs it over into
' ,arper where the Cubs may be.
- ,rag them to chew over it at their
N.o - o,oo h,.tsk es herself to the
!. s,its corner o. he: prison, and
, ,h1s v :, pretending to puy 10 attention
'olo 81. 9 ,srs, to tho young ones, rubs her
Ileass' l iacaipst the side OF the cage, frolics
,.,. les quietly down. It is piece OF
senses Me self.denia], for every other ami
: L aug lin the "house" is eating voracious'
.aasa1 Not until the cubs have finished,
l:uca = ,,er, and have moved away, will
tmaeas % over to That piece OF meat.
!. aoao' la.bo carnivorous animals are fed
t ~, = beef alone, and $50 pounds Of bull
~ Y Is necks day are bought fol-
!, IL, N. This part Of the bullock i:
y y. ga Ny because Of its bones, it being
~ =. s ~ !, lestsblished principle Of zoologi
:, van y y nrleus always to give these ami
.ps :; !, .ibones to chew upon. it is purely
:, :. - Z: $ hsta measure. The science O
', Iss. ! nl, Of this class says that Que day
= ,..us 81. Of seven their digestive organ:
:, - ' s's bid be given thorough rest.
w. w. B,ead is another article that is con
H. = ~. ned almost as much as beef. Med
, - 10 hos to be given to them fire.
: ga. nAy. It is nearly always put into
a.sIs, flood, concealed in loaf OF bread
!, nG,..a lie meat Or in the interior Of q fish
- ~ l. smsll aud harmless beasts, O
W. a;,. s.. zlse, can bo dosad without thes
1 - II; mslities, but the fierce brutss or
II ID, do doctorcd only By this method
! 49,. y. 'Ton" and Duchess" the ele
lat, eat not fsc from u hundre
- ..,. aify pounds OF hay a day. Tha
- ~. vi uprsss practically their whole bill
! thai, iGe. The bippopotami-old Ca)ip
;eot i, Miss Murphy in the tank outside
1n,u ID Fat!ma and tho baby Iris in til
ba ca,,9 As lndoors-have more vsrie
we'd III a1 The eat nay, grass and brea
nsa hhsye frequent mashes OF carrots
ppes aud bran given to them.
, The deer, the camels, the bnflnloe
= the ante!opes set diet OF corr
you q oats and grass. The c.ssowa.,
90 taagA Psasfed with Timbuctoo is Il era.
lla ~ So es, too, varying this staple foo
10 " 10 carrots, cabbage and corn.
Q, u Bread and such vegetables as IT,
ny 3 soHsry eats are the daily ration
!. the ostrich. 1t has been fouu
IN eeesary to place @ fine wire nettin
ye1 POUND the enclosure devoted to til
m0As! aa to prevent misguided and fu7
ping people from feeding him on IL
theory that an ostrich can e
] . 9 a1thng. So he can, but he will n
ster, minute to live. The present ostri(
J! ~ Hpt up to par by copious quaint
nave. aol n'aa anda good supply OF sma
on y. saes, which he swallows duri1
n ties shmeal.
as ! lss bears in general have diets q
y -, ~ ssaaasto their especial species. Son
ges at1ss and the rac e.' o'I (ths 1 1.ts
's ' = = y, wing bread also,. The grizzlies
l "a !. S., H. ~ apples, carrots aud bread, al
'1 y 81 E ap,ss bears small fish, preterab
}. :. is. .,a ana' these being also the tastes
W, - y pellcanS Sfnrl-s cnl oranoc