Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-02

We here sse the American opossum. OF
dtd6tphgs H3FGlHi073d- He ought to be the
crest Of the civil service reform party, for
dead.
We next pass toFhe nat occupied by the
htppopOtami or the genus pachyderm. The
Two appropriateness, as our best English
writer's give the plural, the other style
given above being the Latis plural. are ex-
tremely amphibiOuss ana pachydermatOus
is no name for it. You can make almost
any kind OF damaging statement about 8
h1ppODOtamus and prove it. The hippcpot-
anus at Central Park always has a large
ana enthusiastic audience. He has all the
various and versatile beauties OF the
mCrgue, with none Of its drawbacks. The
hippo Ctamus has q massive brain, which
he uses more for the purpose Of digestion
than meditation. He has broad muzzle,
and when he opens his mouth visitors get
bnt an imperfect view Of the park. He loves
to insert himself in his neat little tank just
so that his brOWs and organ Of self-esteem
VIII appear above the surface and suffer
himself to be admired.
The puma is in the house with the two
horned rh1noceros. He IS called Jet6d co7s-
color by the biologists, who have studied
him at distance Of several miles. The
puma Is also called the mountain lion by
those who have associated with him. /
saw one Of these animals side-track him
self IN order to let our train 60 past in Utah
once. He went up telegraph pole and
peSred In the window as ] went by. The
puma does not care for asparagus. Spring
lamb and little children make a good style
of removes for him, He rarely eats a per-
son who smokes cigarettes or eats raw
onions.
Near the puma we find some delightful
snakes. They are on an elevated floor Of
plain. unfinished cage. The mOceasin
snake is ther6-the beautiful, but dis agree
States. The boa constructor is also resting
In a corner, looking lOng1ngiy and hungrily
at the two horned rhinoc erOs On the other
side Of the aisle.
N hoe go4I ,e Lot
Crowley and his sOrrOWing widow that I
viii not refer TO them here at length. for
other and ADLER pens than mine have COW
cred the ground. Suffice it to say that,
though essentially a humoFist, Mr.. Crowley
had his own sOrrOWs- to contend with and,
though he brought many smiles to the faces
OF those who were sad, he suffered men
tally and physically all his life. MdtrimOni-
ally he was not happy, having been forced
into an alliance which was distastefui to
MIN, yet Mr.. Crowley respected his marriage
VOWS. even while hating the bondage to
WnlcG ne " as subjected. No one viii ever
know how his heart ached when he thought
OF the petite chimpanzee he had left in his
PARKWAY home. or how her image was in
his heart when he died and left his life in
surance to the one who now bears his
name. Though his humor was rather
broad, and, therefore, Objectionable to the
more refined, he got a great many good
press notices. and with little better voice
would have succeeded as a lecturer. Dy-
ing in New York as he did, he viii not get
monument. Of course, but he richly de-
serves one.
It would be impossible to enlarge upon
the almost numberless specimens Of ami
mai life scattered about through the park,
from the Wakeful weasel to the mOth-eaten
buffalo, from the little birding up to the
large, portable emu, the little. smooth zebU
or BOS ITldjcUs, the pensive stOrk, the yak.
the koOdoo, the WRrJshOgs of the wilder
ness, and the war toys of the massive lion
and the lame iOness who limps about her
cage and eats nothing but frogs legs and
FaFouts of beef.
Sitting down near the lions cage one can
almost fancy he is about to discover the