St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-10
DIR. BREHM.
Arrival of the Distinguished German
Naturalist-His Lecture Last
Evening.

DR.. Brehm and his business mana ger,
Herman Riotte, was met at the depot by the
reception committee of the Literary society,
r. Conrad, Arthur Kenig, John J. Pen1er
and other members, among whom were DR..
Stamm and Dr. Schrilin. From there the
party went up to the Clarendon hotel, where
quarters were procured, and as dinner was
over, they proceeded to the Cafe Brevoort,
where refreshments were served and a social
chat was kept up till about O'Clock, when
they went again to the Clarendon, and later
in the evening the celebrated naturalist, with
his business manager, were conducted to the
Athen9um.
The hall was well decorated, especially the
stage, with flowers and evergreens, and pre-
scented fine appearance. BY half past eight
o'clock the hall was filed; about four hund-
red persons, including many ladies, were
present The doctor was introduced by Rev.
R. Conrad, the president of the literary So
ciety, and heartily welcomed.
He began his speech by stating that two
mighty powers govern the animal kingdom,
hunger and love. The movement of the
millions of fish that come from the extreme
north of the polar sea to the southern parts,
as well as all other animals that wander for
great distances, especially the thousand
different kinds of birds, succumb
AS these two laws of nature. The birds,
of which he spoke exclusively last evening,
have three different ways of wandering, &C
cidentally, or driven by the want of food
and the power climate. There were always
more male than female birds, and as mar
rage was their main object, great many
old bachelors were lefttofght their way through
birds life single. If it happened during
Matching time that the male compaion got
killed it would only take very short time,
when his loss would have been replaced by
another companion. But if the female died,
the male bird would lament and hunt for
days the whole neighborhood for his lost
comparing till finally he would wander away
to other parts of the country.
At the end of the very interesting hour
and half lecture, the speaker gave very in
teresting examples of the memory of birds,
especially regarding the locality of their
nests, and where they received kind treat
ment, and so on. The lecture was listened
to with the greatest attention, and often in
terrupted by hearty applause. Later the Or
chestra Of Prof. Stein commenced to play,
and the banquet arranged by members OF
the literary society was partaken of. During
the advancement of the same, Rev. r. Con-
rad gave welcome toast to the honored
guest, who responded with little speech, in
which he thanked the audience for the very
kind reception, the high inter
est displayed in scientific matters
giving the large northwest, especially the
German element, a good send off and finally
giving toast to the German housewives
and mothers. Later Mr.. Arthur Kocnig. DR..
Stamm and Albert Scheffer toasted the Ger
man scientists, the birds, the new and the
old fatherland and the social entertainment
was by the strains of music kept up till early
in the morning. To-day DR.. Brehm will de-
part for Davenport, Iowa.
As a traveller and explorer in his peculiar
work, DR.. Brehm has attained worldwide
reputation. Soon after leaving school, in
1S47' at the early age of eighteen, he started
out upon his first exploring trip to Africa.
Andan extensive one it was. 1t led him
through Egypt, Nubia and the eastern and
southern portions of this then more than
dark continent. After an absence of more
than five years he returned to his native
country in 1852, then already thoroughly &C
quanted with the Arab language-the peo-
PIES language among whom he had lived
during this time life of study among ma
lures bare creatures, born and reared under
the tropical sun.
Among the many works from his able pen
may be mentioned his famous book on zoolo-
gy, entitled, ''The Life of Animals No
work on natural science ever attaiced to the
popularity of this unrivaled book. 1t has
been translated into almost every civilized
tongue. 1t has found understanding and
full appreciation among all classes of men,
and, although until this day, not translated
into English, owing to mercantile arrange