Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-20

9hat there are two of them now in the
tax department" Mr.. Berry went
away exceeding sorrowful and a Mr..
Paris was appointed In his stead. He
had not earned the position by any pre-
vious service, and his only qualifications
were the negative one of not being a
Catholic, and the dubious one of being
recommended by the county democracy.
No one cared very much whether
Abraham Hewitt was a knownOthing or
not, after the election, but it is strange
that he should be false to his promises
and ~ungrateful for real service, for q
mere notion, which does not rise to the
dignity OF a conviction.
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS WILL LIVE.
New York has been thrilled with eX-
citement over the sickness of the male
hippopotamus Caliph, who is the pride
OF the Central park menagerie, and the
loving husband of a female hippopota-
mus named Miss Murphy. Caliph
caught cold, and Conklin, who once had
a rhinoscerOs die upon his hands from
the same cause, was determined to save
him. So he took active measures.
First he %prOdded him until he con-
sented to get into the tank, and then
steam was %siphoned into the water,
which vas raised to as high a tempera-
ture as possible. Then the heat of the
building was elevated in proportion,
and the lions and tigers began to dream
that they were in their native tropics.
The Caliph was kept in this ~improvised
Turkish bath until huge drops of per-
spiratiOn trickled down his big nose, at
which point he was allowed to emerge,
and when he sank exhausted on the
litter, coverings were piled upon him
until he looked like Il mountain of
blankets. Then Superintendent Conk-
lin, without going through the prelimi-
nary Of feeling his pulse, pried his
mouth open, covered his enormous
tongue with a mixture OF molasses
and a powerful drastic, and
left him to nature. His consort
Miss Murphy, who had been temporar-
lily separated from her lord, had emitted
a series of loud grunts during the per-
formance, but whether this was from
sympathy or disapprobation cannot be
told. The remedies proved ~efiicacious,
mi in twenty-four hours the Caliph
arose and moved around in an active
and particularly hugry fashion. He
was plentifully fed and Miss Murphy
was admitted, and she gambolled around
him in spite Of her huge size and
seemed perfectly aware that her lord
was all right again. Conklin has been
DedihlnP over since, Out ne says Jnau
his h"ippopotamus must eat no more
raw turnips, for they created an indi-
gestion that complicated his cold very
seriously.
A DISAPPEARANCE AND REAPPEAR-
ANCE.
The estimable librarian of the Long
Island Historical society of Brooklyn,
who has been missing since Saturday
afternoon, appeared at his home
this morning. He is much liked,
and has been connected with the So
ciety SO long that every one was much
disturbed about it. His brother ex-
planned that he had peer suffering
from insomnia, and there were
fears that he had been seized with APP
oplexy, and was lying somewhere un-
known and unattended. The solution
was very natural, but very queer. He
had business in New York, and think
ing that the walk would do him good.
took the pedestrian way across the
bridge, and then went towards Wall
street. When he got on Lower Broad
way h began to feel irresistibly sleepy,
but he kept on walking until he came
to the Battery. Half consciously he
went on board a steamer, following
other people who were doing so, paid
for a berth, went to bed, slept soundly
for many hours, and when he awoke
found himself In Boston, He went