VISITING A LION FARM
HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE REARED
FOR THE MENAGERIES.
A Place Wliere Young Lions and Baboons
Play Like Dogs and Kittens—An Alge
rian Lien Kennel Must Be an Interesting
Place For a Man In Armor.
For the last 2,000 years the seaports of
northern Africa have been the principal
rapply stations of the zoological curiosity
market. During the palmy days of the
Circus Maximus the Roman proconsul
in Hippo Regius had special instructions
to supervise the weekly shipments of
wild beasts, and our menagerie owners
still import u large percentage of their
live stock from Oran and Algiers. The
latter city, especially, has become a ren
dezvous of international pet dealers, and
on my last visit to Antwerp Captain El
lard. the traveling agent of the famous
Hagenbeck sale menagerie, gave me an
interesting account of a lion kennel in
the neighborhood of the ancient capital
of the Algerian pirates
In the arcades of the Palace Royale
and all along the steamboat wharves
itrangers are troubled by the importu
nities of beast dealers who bawl out the
merits of their pets, and in the ardor of
competition will not hesitate to thrust a
tame monkey into the arms of a possible
purchaser. At a teut near the piazza of
a French hotel Captain Ellard saw a na
tive Arab with a dozen young lions, va
rying in price from 10 to 15 francs, but
learning that the trader was merely a
talesman of a wild beast farm in the
outskirts of the Carhah. the hill s.iburb
of Algiers, he resolved to apply at head
quarters. knowing from experience that
stock breeders are apt to beep their best
specimens at home.
I he captain s guide conducted him
through, rubbish iieaps and bramble
patches to an inclosed garden, which at
first look might have been mistaken for
one of the numerous yestras, or orchard
farms, in the neighborhood of the A1
genan coast towns. Dut when they en
tered the gate a young baboon leaped
Sown from the low stone wall and raced
toward Ins mother, who snatched him up
in her arms and hurried off' with cough
Ing barks of alarm.
“Please keep ou this side of the road."
•aid the guide. “There's a she jackal
with pups under that hush over yonder
and she's very apt to fly at a stranger."
“Any way you please Is that the
owner of the place?" pointing to an old
Arab, who was busy cleaning out a bar
red den- apparentlya natural cave fitted
up for the purpose of a kennel.
“Yes. that’s the sheikh; that’s Ben
Kofi’a." said the guide. “He used to be
chief of a little mountain tribe, but the
war ruined them. He’s all right now
They can t break np his present business
as long as the people in Frankistan buy
wood devils" (shat-el-Kamr —a generic
name for carnivorous animals, or "ver
mint ' as onr trappers would call them).
The sheikh dropped his rake and wel
comed the captain, who stepped back to
save his clothes from two baby lions that
had squeezed out of their cage and began
to play with bis trousers.
Fume half grown brethren of the young
balloon 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 the
old Arab could kick them out of the way.
Seeirg one of the young lions help him
self to the spilled milk, they grabbed
him by the tail and got their faces
scratched for their trouble, but in the
ensuing scrimmage fonr pairs of fists
threatened to prevail against two pairs of
immature claws, when the old lioness in
the cage rose up with a menacing growl
that sent the 4-handers scampering off
with screams of dismay. One of the se
nior baboons then appeared on the scene,
hut vanished like a shot when the sheikh
made a grab for his rake. The captain
irarst out laughing.
“You may believe it keeps me busy to
gtraighteu out this mob of rascals.” said
the old Arab, “but in the long run it’s
the cheapest plan to give them as much
freedom as possible. They live just
twice as long and are not so apt to get
bald headed with homesickness.”
“But suppose those young scamps
should run into a gang of your ja>. ..als,
should not some of them be apt to get
badly hurt?1'
•1 don t think they would, said the
sheikh ‘They get along in peace just
the same as out in the wilderness. Jack
als. you know, live on meat and baboons
on hemes and roots, so they do not in
terfere with each other's business. It
would be different with some other crear
tores. 1 have a cageful of wildcats from
Mount Atlas, and when one of them got
out a few weeks ago you could hear my
dogs and jackals howl all over the town
ship. A dog and all his cousins seem to
have an idea that a small sized cat has
got no right to be alive anyhow. About
the big cats, like lions and leopards, they
are a little more careful.”
“How many of the big kind have you
altogether'-*'
“Five leopards and 22 lions,” said the
sheikh. "They are in the main kennel
on the other side of the wall, but it’s
safer to keep the younger ones near the
honse.''
“It must cost you a pretty penny to
feed all those boarders?”
“Yes, but scrap meat is cheap in a
place like this. Why. do yon know that
you can get some of it for less than noth
ing? The city several times paid me 5
francs a haul for carting off dead horses
and oxen that had dropped in the street.
I do it for nothing now to make sure of
the contract. There is a chance of that
sort abont once a week, and after a good
feed my boarders do not say a word
about a couple of fast days."
“Have you any nursing leopards?"
•No. They do not often breed in cap
tivity. Lions do. and next to jackals
they are about the easiest things to keep
alive.’’—Philadelphia Times. *
AU He Had Left.
Wife (significantly)—That pocketbook
tou gave me for a present was empty.
7 Husband (grimlyJ-Yes, it wm mine.
_i*ew York Weekly. I
A Valuable Collection.
The collection mania has its victim!
am mg all classes of people, from th«
poorest to the richest, and very often
queer trait3 of character are shown bj
the collections made. A successful Wall
street broker has a collection that if
unique, valuable and income producing.
Blessed with abundant means, he has i'oi
the past five years been able to gratifj
his whim for the collection of banli
stocks. His ambition is to have the larg
estcollection of certificatesof bank stockf
in the world. His plan is to buy jusl
one share of stock in each national bank
Recently he found that every national
bank in New York city except one vr
represented in his collection. The t a
ception was the Chemical, the $100 sh ;
of which sell for something over $5,00(
each.
After trying for a long while to fine
some one who would sell him a singlf
share the collector came across tare*
shares which were for sale in a lump
He could not get one alone, consequentlj
he bought the three for a trifle over $15,
000. “I was led into making collection.1
of bank stocks,” said this gentleman tin
other day, “because I could not think ol
anything else to collect. Among mj
friends were collectors of pictures
bronzes, marbles, bric-a-brac, flowers
books, postage stamps, coins, musical
instruments, glassware and almost ev
erything else. I wanted to collect some
thing that would be out of the ordinary
and at the same time be of permanent
value. Therefore I settled on bank
shares.”—New York Times.
Was There an Age of Copper?
M. Berthelot, the well known French
technicist, in a communication to the
Academie des Sciences, states his belief
in the some time existence of an age of
copper in addition to the three recog
nized archaeological eons of stone, bronze
(copper and tin) and iron. He bases his
opinion chiefly upon an analysis of a
piece of copper which had been found by
M. de Sarzec in the course of antiqua
rian investigations in Mesopotamia, 01
A1 Jezira, as > the Arabs designate the
famous stretch of country between the
Euphrates and the Tigris. The fragment
thus chemically determined proves tc
have neither tin nor zinc entering into
its composition, there being simply traces
of lead and arsenic.
Water and the atmosphere had made
ravages into the specimen, which was
practically a suboxide or a compound of
protoxide and metallic copper.' As the
ruins from which the piece of metal was
taken are authoritatively considered tc
be more ancient than even those of Baby
lon, M. Berthelot does not hesitate tc
promulgate the theory that an age of
copper preceded the bronze and iron
periods, especially as the examination of
the component parts of a portion of a
metallic scepter which, it is alleged, be
longed to a pharaoh who reigned in
Egypt some 3,500 years B. C., showed no
sign of the presence of tin.—London
Iron.
Position of Wood and Its Durability.
The problem has troubled many why
two pieces of wood, sawed from the same
section of a tree, should possess very
varied characteristics when used in dif
ferent positions. For example, a gate
post will be found to decay much fastei
>if the butt end of the tree is uppermost
than would oe the case if the top were
placed in this position. The reason is
that the moisture of the atmosphere will
permeate the pores of the wood much
more rapidly the way the tree grew than
it would if in the opposite direction.
Microscopical examination proves that
the pores invite the ascent of moisture,
while they repel its descent. Take the
familiar case of a wooden bucket. Many
may have noticed that some of the staves
appear to be entirely saturated, while
others are apparently quite dry. This
arises from the same cause—the dry
staves are in the position in which the
tree grew, while the saturated ones are
reversed.—London Tit-Bits.
Carrying the Colors In Battle.
At Gaines Mill, where Gregg’s First
South Carolina regiment bore the brunt
of an assault upon a certain strong posi
tion while moving forward at a run,
young James Taylor, a lad of 16, was
carrying the flag and was killed after
being shot down three times, twice ris
ing and struggling onward with the col
ors. The third time he fell the flag was
seized by George Cotchett, and when he
in turn fell by Shubrick Hayne. Hayne
also was struck down almost immedi
ately, and a fourth lad—for none of these
men was over 20 years old—grasped the
colors and fell mortally wounded across
the body of his friend.
The fifth, Gadsden Holmes, was pierced
with no less than seven balls. The sixth
man, Dominick Spellman, more fortu
nate, but not less brave, bore the flag
throughout the rest of the battle.—Cos
mopolitan.
Where Rats 4re Prized as Scavengers.
A man just from New Orleans says
there is one peculiarity about that city
which is never talked about. “It is,” he
said, “a city of rats. New Orleans is be
low the river bed, and it is at all times
low and damp. The city is not clean,
and large wharf rats multiply in the
business portion of the city in great num
bers, and the pests swarm about in
droves. The people of N ew Orleans con
tend that the rats are good scavengers
and help to rid the city of refuse matter.
I don’t think there is a city in the world,
not even New York or Paris, that has as
many rats to the square mile as New Or
leans.”—Atlanta Jonrnal.
ChuvcterUtlf to the Last
Squibbs — Croesus, the miser, was
drowned last evening.
Hibbs—How did it happen?
Squibbs—He fell from a steamboat. I
■eached down and asked him to give
me his hand. He said he had nothing to
give and sank.—National Tribune.
A Cnrloiu Term.
The magician threw a teacup into the
airland it came down in fragments. Then
he threw the fragments in the air, and
the cap came down whole. Now, why
should every one call him a sancerer?—
Harper ’s Baser.
What *
Can’t Pull Out?
Why the
Bow on the Jas. Boss Filled
Watch Cases, made by the
Keystone Watch Case Com
pany, Philadelphia. It pro
tects the Watch from the pick
pocket, and prevents it from
dropping. Can only be had
with cases stamped jrk,
with this trade mark, fgj
Solil, withont extra charge
for this bow (ring), through
Watch dealers only.
Ask your jeweler for pam
phlet, or send to makers.
Removal! Removal!
Knipplc has moved and may now be
foundtot his old stand in the Cole build
ing, first door north of Lowman’s store,
where he hopes to see all his old cus
tomers and many new ones.
“1 haf daken nodice when a man bre
tends he knows everydings you vill find
he only knows choost a leedle—und
even dot he seems to haf got all upside
down.”
S. M. Cochran & Co. have an im
mense stock of farm implements on
hand. See them before buying else
where.
The city election, April 4th, promises
to be the warmest contest since the
famous Starbuck-Ilelm election.
If you want a well drilled in fine
shape see McClain & Co. Leave or
ders at S. M. Cochran & Co.’s.
Noble, the leading grocer, makes a
specialty of fresh, clean family grocei
ies. He will treat you right.
Here it is the 24th of March and the
millenium seeming no nearer than it
was last year at this time.
We sell the Empire letter copying
books. Also best grades of typo writ
ing paper.
Mrs. Hager is in the city today, the
guest of her daughter Mrs. Burkett.
Scale books, 500 weighs, at The
Tribune stationery department.
Dr. A. J. Thomas, Dentist, office in
Union block, over Knipple.
Buy your school supplies at Chen
ery’s City Drug Store..
Wayson & Odell are putting out some
handsome rigs these days.
Machine oil of all kinds at Predmore
Bros.
For Lamps, Chenery’s City Drug
Store.
Oak trees cannot be raised in a hot
house.
L. W.fMcConnell & Co.
DRUGGISTS.
Take Notice.
All persons are hereby notified not to
unload manure and other filth or debris
within the city limits under penalty of
the ordinance governing that offense—a
fine of $5 for each offense. By order of
the mayor and council.
J. H. Dwyer, Marshal.
For Sale.
A square piano, walnut case, in good
order, seven octaves, Vose make. Will
sell on time with good security. Inquire
Fanners and Merchants bank, McCook.
Pony For Sale,
A good, gentle family pony for sale
cheap. Inquire at this office for particu
lars.
INDIANOLA ITEMS.
County commissioners art* in session
J. VV. Dolan went east on No. 4,
Monday.
Esq. R. S. Baker was up from Bart
ley, Tuesday.
Frank Everist of Driftwood was
down, Tuesday.
McCallum & Co. are shelling another
orib of corn this week.
The assessors had a very enthusiastic
meeting on Tuesday.
U. J. Warren had business before the
commissioners, Tuesday.
Mrs. U. G. Moser accompanied her
husband to Indianola, Tuesday.
County superintendent examined sev
en persons for teachers’ certificates,
Saturday.
The replevin suit in county court
of Hendershot vs. Hayes was dismissed
by plaintiff.
Captain Hetherington is in command
of district clerk’s office in the absence
of W. 0. Bond.
County Attorney Dodge graced the
sanctum of the court house with his
presence, Tuesday.
License was issued on the 18th for
the marriage of William Unger and
Annie Tilguer, both of Frontier county.
W. 0. Bond left on No. 4, Tuesday,
tor a short visit in Indiana and to ac
company his wife and babies home.
License was issued on the 2lst for
the marriage of Mr. William L. Critser
and Miss Gold A. Russell, both of Mc
Cook.
Miss Alice Happersett resigned her
position in county clerk’s office and ac
cepted a like position in J.J. Lamborn’s
office.
Colonels Barnes and Lindsay of the
Times-Democrat and Independent En
terprise were at the county seat, Tues
day, and while here visited the paint
company’s works.
License was issued on the 17th for
the marriage of Mr. Lintou 11. Stepheus
and Miss Nancy A. Boatman, both of
McCook, and they were married same
day by E. F. Duffey, J. P.
Edgar Floyd-Jones of Danbury filed
petitions, Monday, for letters of ad
ministration upon the estate of his
mother Isabella M. Floyd-Jones and
his brother Semple Floyd-Jones.
Letters of Guardianship were issued
on the 2lst to Mr. C. W. Mallory of
East Valley precinct for the purpose
of collecting certain money left his
children by their grandmother.
The special meetings heretofore men
tioned began on Monday night at the
M. E. church under the direction of
Rev. W. J. Calfee and wife. Mr. Cal
fee is an evangelist of some note and
Mrs. Calfee is a beautiful singer.
On Tuesday evening about sixty of
the many friends of J. J. Lamborn
gave him a surprise, it being his 40th
birthday, and presented him with an
easy chair and a set of Shakespeare’s
aud living's works.
Had to be Quick.
“Ephum!”
“Yethum!”
“Com a-humpio’ heah to ye’ mammy.
Wash dat face an’ take de curry comb
an’ git dem kinks out’n yo ha’r.
Den you go right to Mars Knights sto’
an’ git a pa’r dem pants, an’ go quick
fo’ deys all gone. Dey done say Mr
Knights almos’ giben dem winter goods
away. Now you jes’ git a move on yo’
sef an’ don’t stop on de road to play
wid any white trash.” He got.
The burning question with house
wives of all lauds, all creeds, and all
ages is: “Which is the best Cooking
Stove?” S. M. Cochran & Co. answer
this question today by proclaiming the
“Charter Oak Stoves” to be the
best in every conceivable shape.
Removal! Removal!
Knipple has moved and may now
be fouud at his old stand in the Cole
building, first door north of Lowman’s
store, where he hopes to see all his old
customers and many new ones.
William Coleman closed up the deal,
Wednesday, for the Plasmeyer farm,
which was a cash deal of $6,000. Red
Willow county soil is getting more
valuable every day.
The deal was closed this week where
by an Iowa gentleman became the
owner of a fine quarter a few miles
from Cedar Bluffs. William Coleman
had a hand in it.
Groceries at Nobles’.
Baker barbed wire at the Harris
hardware.
Elegant Perfumes at Chenery’s City
Drug Store.
MoMillen has a large assortment of
lamps—cheap.
Predinore Bros, keep the best cylin
der oil in McCook.
The famous Smith wagon at the
Harris hardware
Buy the best Machine Oils at Chen
ery’s City Drug Store.
S. M. Cochran & Co. can sell you a
bicycle very cheap. See them.
Pure drugs can always be found at
Chenery’s City Drugstore.
Noble carries a large and complete
stock of the best brands of canned
goods of all kinds.
Wayson <& Odell can fix you up com
fortably and stylishly in any thing you
may desire in the livery line.
S. M. Cochran & Co. carry a large
line of buggi< s in stock. See lh;ui if
you want a good vehicle cheap.
MoMillen Bros, have a nice lot of Lap
Robes they will sell at, ureatly reduced
prices. Splendid bargains in these.
Wanted:—Two wide-awake young
men apprentices at
Smart’s Gallery.
Remember tiiat S. M. Cochran & Co.
now carry in stock a full and complete
stock of builders’ hardware supplies.
Noble is the only exclusive grocer in
the city. His stock is the largest and
his prices correspond with the times.
On Saturday R. S\monds of Missouri
bought, through Wm. Coleman, the
Ed Walker farm and took possession,
Monday.
.1. C. Russell is prepared to do cast
rating promptly. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Send orders through McCook
postoflBce.
IN QUEENSWARE Noble carries
the largest assortment and the richest
designs of the season. His prices are
reasonable.
You get a Seaside Library free with
a year’s subscription to The Semi
Weekly Journal. The offer will not
last long.
A fine line of Plush Goods, Albums,
Manicure Sets, Perfumes, Sponges,
Toilet Articles, etc., at Chenery's City
Drug Store.
Th? only place in McCook where you
can secure the New Departure Cultivat
or is at the Harris hardware, the exclu
sive agents for that peerless cultivator.
Make Noble your family grocer and
many other blessings will fall to your
iot, besides having the best groceries on
your table that the market affords.
Beware of peddlers. Call and in
spect the Household sewing machine
sold by S. M. Cochran & Co. before
buying a machine. There is no better
on earth.
Parties contemplating building this
spring who need money can obtain
same at reasonable terms from P. A.
Wells. Office in 1st National bank.
Rear rooms.
McMillen Bros, carry the best and
most complete stock of Harness and
Saddlery in the city. Call to see them
if you wane a good article in their line
at a reasonable price.
A state and national paper combined
is The Semi-Weekly Journal. The
Tribune is your best local paper.
Subscribe for these and you are fixed
for a year. Both for $2 50.
JaP“NoBLE, Purveyor to tne Great
Common People, is now exhibiting
about the handsomest and largest as
sortment of plain and fancy lamps to be
seen in Southwestern Nebraska.
We are printing the date to which
each subscriber has paid his subscrip
tion to The Tribune along with the
address. Watch the date and you will
know if you are in arrears. If you are
please come and see us.
Removal! Removal.
Knipple has moved and may now be
found at his old stand in the Cole
building, first door north of Lowman’s
store, where he hopes tc see all his old
customers aud many new ones.
Put your $ $ $ where they will do
the most good, where they will secure
the best and the most groceries for in
stance. You will make no mistake if
Noble's is the place of deposit. He
gives the limit in quantity, quality and
value, and his stock cannot be duplicat
ed in Western Nebraska.
Removal! Removall
Knipplo lias moved ami may now be
fnund at hts old stand in the *'ole build
ing, first door north of Lowman’s store,
where he hopes to see nil his old cus
tomers and many new ones. t
To Our Advertisers.
You are entitled to have your display
advertisements changed once a month .
at the regular price. Changes more “
frequent will be charged extra accord
ing to the amount of composition.
Local advertisements may be changed
every week at usual price. *
Copy for new advertisements and for
changes of regular advertisements must
be in this office by Wednesday of each
week to insure prompt insertion.
Notice of discontinuance of any dis
play advertisement must be given not
later than Wednesday. Local adver
tisements may be discontinued at any
time before Thursday evening.
A strict observance of these necessary
rules is respectfully requested.
The Publisher.
January 1, 1803.
The Call Leads the Procession
We call the attention ol our readers
to the advertisement of The Call in
another column. Since its reduction
in price The Call is the cheapest
daily in Nebraska, and its spicy and
independent policy is too well known
to need comment from us. In reduc
ing the price of 'flic Call so as to put
it within the reach of everybody, the
management have placed themselves a
decided step in advance of all Other
publishers in the state. This is an era
of popular prices for the newspaper,
and The Call is, as usual, at the head
of the proepssion.
WANTED.
Agents to sell our choice and hardy
Nursery Stock. We have new special
varieties, both in fruits and ornament
als to offer, which are controlled only
by us. We pay commission or salary.
Write us at once for terms, and secure
choice ol territory.
May Brothers, Nurserymen.
Rochester, N. Y.
Of Interest to Farmers.
If you want to renew a loan falling
due and make a new one on your farm
patronize the Nebraska Loan and Bank
ing Co. of McCook, a home institution.
Office in rear rooms of 1st National
hank. Interest payable in McCook.
Removal! Removal!
Knipple has moved and may now be
found at his old stand in the Cole build
ing, first door north of Bowman’s store,,
where he hopes to see all his old cus
tomers and many new ones.
NUMBER SEVEN.
Humphreys’ Specific Number Seven
cures Coughs, Cold and Bronchitis. The
relief is quick, the cure perfect. Price
25 cents for sale by all drutrgists.
Pony Mare for Sale.
1 have a fine pony mare for sale at a
very reasonable price. Inquire at this
office if you want a bargain and mean
business.
For Sale.
One span of good mnles and a num
ber of four and five year old horses; or
will trade for cattle.
J. B. Meservb.
Land for Cattle.
I have 40 acres of land, about one
mile from McCook, to trade for cattle.
Inquire at the Cash Meat Market.
Horses for Sa/e.
Wayson & Odell keep horses for sale
at their livery barn opposite the Cen
tral hotel.
McMillen is headquarters for all
kinds of lamps.
Implements of all kinds at the Har
ris hardware.
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devoted to agriculture, horticulture, the
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