Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-03

Ill paid plumber. who has been engaged ALI
the week i'll stopping gas leaks with bar soap
aud charging war prices For II with freight
added. Here youwll find the glad children
improving their minds by studying the
WoukS of nature.
Last sabbath | spent the afternoon look
ins, over, in IA cursOry way, our wealth OF
animals at the park also our plantigrades,
Quidrumana. marsupials and graminivorOuS
mammaiia. At first strolled along tho as
phaltum walk beneath the wide spreading
beach UGgHS SBirdtiCd and tdgaS JrI1H-l
GiHeO. or listened to the sough of tho glori-t
Gus elm (Tin'"S c0mpeStTiS, also minus
americana. also minus FuiInH) or the slip
perry elm of the pharmacopTia. AS strOllrd;
ON Watching the nim6le squirrel uhe small
rodent animal of the genus lSCjWWs). | was
attracted by the distant sound of the dra-
covalans calling to tho dcwllckcr (or
'at'r''S r"igd'"S). as We say in scientific
circles
Judging that the sound came from the
mena3crir, | moved off i'll that direction.
There | found II large number of people,
mostly OF tho working classes and trades
people, pcrsuing the elephant hos Lucas, as
we say, the tiger being called the Dos eatjc"S
or CdrHir0ra IWt"OSo. We have the Eie-
phdS AfriCdHuS, both Of which are quadru-
pcds. This popularity they retain even in
captivity. We all stood looking at the huge
pachydcrm for some time, and | heard ~
Baxter street man say that if he couldn't
tit an elephant better than tho man who
made his oycrailS for him he would never
try to sell another suit OF clothes as long as
he lived. think myself that if tho ave age
Dos ItdirUS would shorten his SuSpcndcrS
| about four feet and get his trousers pressed
he would call forth less adverse criticism.
When the elephant wakes up in the morn
ing he calls in some disntcrcstcd person to
tell him which end to wear in front during
the day. No matter how sober he goes tn
bed after eating carload of hay. he is al
ways more or less confused in the morning
| about which extremity to use as IL PROV.
Numerous entertaining true anecdotes are
told Of the sagacity of tho elephant, many
of which are les | could tell II few my
SELF, but il il bad enough. | think. for
school books to do that. with out allowing
such things to creep into literature.
Next | went over TO see the bear cave or
home of the UrSuS MdlititnHS, the white or
| polar bear: the black bear. or trSHS inner
ican"s. and tho grizzly bear OF the Rocky
Mountains, the uT'SuS hOTTiblNiS or Dos Oited-
cuS.
The black bear of Central Park. in this
| State. is OF Il darkish black color. while the
| polar bear, or white bear, is of an Opaque
| drab or soled white color. with dark tri
mings. The bear has II pungcnt Odor.
| which holds its own against the sharp COM,
| petition of tho entire aggregation Of ami.
| mails now in the park, and has u good work
| ing ajority in this great congress OF wild
| beasts. The bear is better as an outdoor.
| amusement. | think, than otherwise. He
| would make Il poor parlor cnt 'rtaincr, cs-
pccially while moulting. The odor of the
bear keeps the crowd back somewhat from
| the cave. but when Il gentlemen from Castle
| Garden, on Sunday, wearing seven suits OF
clothes and a crochcttcd lap robe az ound
his neck. walked up to the iron fence and
began cating his lunch. tho polar bear
| tainted.
The polar bear inhabts the frigid zone
| north and south of given point, whore he
-ubsists on trapped relief expeditions.