Omaha daily bee., 1886-12-22
THE zOO'S ATTRACTIONS.
Two Young Bears From Siberia Added TO
tie Attractions
KANGARoos AND wALLAsYs.
\ Carpontcr street Monkey and MS
Gagged Companions.

used to play hide and seek with Arctic
travellers in snowy Northern Siberia and
were captured three months ago by a
small band of cxilcd Russian peasants
They were sent to St Petersburg, where
they were bought by an agent for our
home society and immediately shipped
here in big iron.bound cage. The last
| polar bear of the Zoo died in 1891. His
death was due to paralysis, the result of
a bolt of lightning, which struck and in.
stantly killed his partner on Il stormy
morning in the spring of 1882. When
| the new Arctic bruins were released from
their travelling box they simultaneously
lcaped INTO the pool OF water that forms
the contro of their new quarters A good
cold bath was great luxury to them
after their long Imprisonment. Head
| Keeper Byrnc baptiscd them, Frank and
Minnie, in honor of two friends. Like
| grizzly bears they are trcachcrous and
| VIII not be friendly. Bread and milk is
| their main diet, varied by an occasional
| dish OF five pounds of fish each.
| 1t would make Magistrate Bob Smith,
the friend of the oppressed wives, indig-
| nant If he should see how Frank, the new
| siberian arrival, Is treating hs better
half, Mimic. He not only gives her pc
riodical beatings, but frequently coniis-
| Gates her fish or bread and milk. He is Il
domestic autocrat. His conduct is IN
wlthcring contrast to that of George, the
handsome stalwart king of the garden,
who capcrs about his better half like
leoninc cavalier, and always allows her
the first piece of old horse. II was Just
about ten years to the day since the ar.
rival of the first pair of polar bears, which
were Killed by the Lightning stroke, when
their successors were put in the pit. They
promise to live long and prosper as they
are but four years old, are in good health
and have come to the country at the pro-
per season to become acclimated for
coming hot waves.
FOUR NEW KANGAROOS.
"Ah, thcre!" was the slang salutation
of Stoncwall jackson, the veteran and
ioquacious parrots a pet of the late Signor
Blitz, when Il quartctte of kangaroos, four
"amooslng cusscs' from Australia, took
up their quarters IN the snake house
yesterday The immigrants from the
antipodes are of peculiar type of bush
tailed kangarOoS and came direct from a
little town seventy miles from Melbourne.
The jumping animals have quiet and
subducd appearance, but are pugnacous.
They are natural collar.and- d-clbow wrcs.
tiers and had several bouts yesterday
afternoon. They seem nettled by the re-
cepuon given them by Stonewull Jack
son. He seldom uses profane language,
but yesterday he slandercd the friends of
Artcmus Ward in a style so vigorous that
ii would have made an Arizona editor
howl with impOtent envy.
The kanGarOoS were accompanied by
two cousins, Australian wallabys, the
only specimens Of their kind in captivity
Their cage is next to that of the inguana,
which, by the way Is in a Surly mood.
He is a big, drab-colored olshot of the
lizard family, that was sent from India
few months ago. He is Il cpicurean with
q very dainty palate. As the number of
bouquets bought by star actresses to be
handed over the footlights to themselves
on first nights increased, the price of
JacqueminOt roses went up and the so
cictv in order to avoid bankruptcy, had
to change the bill of fare. The iguana is
Il mean-looking, buStle-backed creepcr
and at first objected, but finally had to
ject of interest in the snake house Is n
large landscape of an Indian forest,
which is being painted by Keeper Thomp,
son, who is a natural artist. 1t will soon
form the background of the anaconda
and python cage. The work is so well
done that the big reptiles will no doubt
be dcludcd and try and curl their fat
bodies about the imaginary trees, while
they will have an ambitious struggle in
cndeavoring to crush the life out of
prcscntmcnt of "Stonowall
jackson"
FEARS FOR A BABY BEAR.
Head Keeper Byrne was afraid that
Daisy, the cute cub bear, was going to
die on Friday. She was sick, but yestcr-
day she had recovered and was in risky
mood. DAISY is Il great favoritc, and had
she died hundreds of little patrons of the
garden would have n.ourned her loss
while il would nave inspired Low. water
Nluldoon, the poetical keeper, TO write
an obituary poem.
Artist J. n. Hess had II busy time at the
Loo. yesterday leveling the camera at the
leading objects OF interest. An old
broken-footed mule had been brought to
the garden to be fed 10 the animals, sur.
prised the keepers and his former owners
by the vitality that he displayed while
and the artist were urging
him to pose for them. When Head
Keeper Byrnc dropped that Carpenter
street monkey INTO the mammoth
cage of former cocanut throwcrs ut
loon yesterday he didn't intend
70 stat riot. But it is matter of his
ory however. About dozen of alleged
'elativcs of our ancestors tried 10 knock
1ut the little stranger and he was only
saved by the keeper and thick pole.
The settlement of the monkeys at the
Zoo has the pugIliStic craze as much IA
my of the padded shouldered about
eighth and Vine streets. John J.. Sulli.
,an, the heavy weight champion, makes
ially additions to his list of victims, but
Keeper Bryne believes that Dominck
ncCatroy, the blue-nosed baboon. will
'ecOvcr his lost laurels Domlnlck Me
Jalircy was boss of the monkeys until
about four months ago, when he vas
inocked out by John l.. Sullivan. Since
hen they have had several fights and Me
!ailrcy held up his end with credit every
tme. The. old gray-haircd monkey,
inown as Jem Mace, was swinging slim
little Tommy Warren by the tal Oh Fri.
lay when Domnick McCafrcy went for
llm and almost Knocked him silly Yes.
erday Mace waited until John j.. Sui-
'an took his daily nap, when he jumped
IN hm from the top of the cage and al.
post chcwed of the remaining stump OF
'ohn. L.Sulhyau's tail As result the
,cepcrs Of the monkey house expect to
Don bury the undipIomatic dem Mace.
Buckingham Notes
The second of the series of meetings
low IN progress at tho Buckingham ln-
Ter the leading Of Rev. 4. Is. Hilton was
yell attended last evening. The interest
i the previous meeting being well sus.
aimed. Rev. Hilton spuRc earnestly
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