Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1896 — Lions. [ARTICLE]

Lions.

The Mesopotamian lion Is usually without a mane, although upon the Karun River some have been found with a long black one. Such a lion, a recent traveler tells us, Is, called a Kafflf, or Infidel, the maneless lions being Mussulmans. These latter, If properly adjured 1 , may, say.thc lnhahltants, be Induced to spare life on orthodox confession of faith, while the unbelieving lion has no mercy.