Omaha daily bee., 1886-09-18
Exercies in Natural History.

The Fat Contributor in the New York
Weekly: Glass in natural history, stand
up. What is liony"
Bob White--He's lying about me
half the time.'
My gad will be lyin' about your back
pretty lively ifyou don't look sharp. Go
on"
Boy murmurs under his breath "My
God" and continues:
The lion is a native of menagcrie,
generally found in the show business,
though he is ut home in the Jungle. He
is very strong, rs you may perceive by
smelling ms cage. He pounces on his
victims by stealth, and in politics he IS a
tory" os7.
Yes; predatory"
Fright. When does the lion reach his
greatest size?"
wv hen he is put on show bill"
What are the different kinds of lions?"
The African lion, Asiatic lion, Richard
CGur de Lion, lyin' in wait, dande- lion,
and lyin' like Old Harry
What is the female lion caled?"
Lady of Lyons.n -
You will be Claw'd-if you keep on.
Who was the first lion performers"
Daniel"
Why didn't the lions molest him."
''Cause they were sorry"
Sorry for what?"
"Sorry to find Dan ill IN the lions
den"
CThe teacher takes the precocious lad
across his knee. and after working on
him for a spell, tells him he can sit down
which he can't, with any comfort, for
some time
Next boy. Describe the tiger"
"The Royal Bengal tiger is native of
India, where he lives in India-gent cir
cumstances until Gagged and brought to
America, when, after taking out his
naturalization papers, he enters upon n
career of Incidence and luxury He
makes triumphal procession through
the, streets on top of gilded chariot,
and varies his diet occasionally by chaw-
ing up an animal performer.
I'm what manner do people fight the
tiger,
with red and white checks mostly"
you'll pass in yours early if you don't
look sharp. Next boy! Tell us some
thing about the leopard"
The leopard is native of Africa
He has n thievish disposition, but it is
thing"
why so?''
Because he is always spotted"
the leopard9"
IF he is ever caught hauling down the
American flag, shoot him on one of has
numerous spots"
$50 up to the foot Next boy! Tackle
the elephant.
The elephant is the Daniel Lambert of
animals, He always travels with his
trunk, even when a valise would be sulli-
cient for his wardrobe; but IT is never con
sidered enough security for his board,
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board within reach. He is very obstinate
animal, and it is almost impossible to
move him when he has once planted his
foot down. Like other show folks, he is
occasionally hard up. / saw an elephant
shove up his trunk at "a pawnshop once,
but Is ruined the pawnbroker trying to
advance on it. Hannibal was cele-
brated elephant, and Hannibal, Missouri,
was named after him. There were once
named Romeo and Juliet. They run on
credit good deal, and that made Rome
OWe whenever Julla-et."
"Can any. scholar tell me about the
rhinoceros?n
"Yes, can. The rhinoceros is an in.
temperate beast and keeps horn before
his eyes continually, sometimes two of
them. lie is so thick-skinned that no
newspaper attack has ever reached
him."
Next boyl Describe the giraffe"
The giraffe is the only animal whose
nose is so far from his extremities that he
don't have to wash his feet. Although no
orator, as brute is, he gets his living by
his tongue, with which he crops the herb
age from the top of the tallest trees, and
Is correspondingly fond of high living"
Let some frisky youngster mount the
playful dromedary"
"The dromedary, or Arabian camel, is
exceedingly useful as beast of burden,
and furnishes milk to the Arabs. There
is no dairy equal to the drome- Diary. The
milk is said to be excellent (as there are
no pumps there), and no Arab considers
his dessert complete without it. The
dromedary can go many days without
who can make the dromedary sick at that