Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-11

ill-paid plumber, who has been engaged all
the week in stopping gas leaks with bar soap
and charging war prices for it with freight
added. Here youwi find the glad children
improving their minds by studying the
works OF nature.
Last Sabbath spent the afternoon look
Ing over, In cursory way, our wealth of
animals at the park; also our plantigrades.
quadrumana, marsupials, and graminivorous
mammatia. At first l strolled along theRs-
phaltum walk beneath the wide spreading!
beach Od0us sgtrGticd and fdous Je'T-u-j
0ined), or listened to the sough OF the glori-i
Gus elm (iel7nus CdmpestriS, also ulrlus
An1ericdnd. also uI,nus Ful1la) or the slip
perry elm OF the pharmacopGia. As strolled!
on watching the nim6le squirrel (the small
rodent animal Of the genus SciuruSJ, I wasI
attracted by the distant sound of the dra-
covalans calling to the dewficker (or!!
eattcUs ruLgdr~s), as we say in scientific
circles.
Judging that the sound came from the
menagerie, moved off in that direction
There I found large number of people !
mostly OF the working classes and trades-i
people, persuing the elephant bos Lucas. asI
we say, the tiger being called the Dos edticusi
or Carnivora Fjrtuoso. We have the Ele-t
phGS AfricGnus. both of which are quadru-i
peds. This popularity they retain even I'M
captivity. We all stood looking at the huge!
pachyderm for some time, and heard al
Baxter street man say that If he couldn't
flt an elephant better than the man who
made his overails for him lie would never
try to sell another suit OF clothes as long as!
he lived. think myself that if the average
boS IndicuS would shorten his suspenderS
about four feot 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 disinterested person to-
tell him which end to wear in front during
the day. No matter how sober he goes to-
bed after eating q carload of hay, he Is al !
ways more or less confused in the morning
about which extremity to use as Prov.
Numerous entertaining true anecdotes are
told OF the sagacity of the elephant. many
of which are lies. I could tell few my
sell, but it is bad enough, I 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 Ursns Mdritunus. the white or
polar bear: the black bear, or Ursus Amer
tcanus. and the grizzly bear OF the Rocky
Mountains, the ursus horribtlHs or Dos 6iteG-
Gus. !:
The black bear OF Central Park. in this
State, is OF u darkish black color, while the
polar bear, or white bear, is of an opaque,
drab or soiled white color. with dark trim
mings The bear has a pungent odor,
which holds its own against the sharp COM.
petition OF the entire aggregation OF AMI
mails now in the park, and has ii good work.
ing majority III this great congress of Wild
beasts. The bear is better as an outdoor,
amusement, l think. than otherwise. He
would make a poor parlor entertainer, es-'
pecially while moulting. The odor Of the
bear keeps the crowd back somewhat from
the cave. but when gentlemen from CASTLE
Garden. on Sunday, wearing seven suits Of
clothes and crochetted lap robe around
his neck. walked up to the iron fence and
l1nn ha
tainted.
The polar bear inhabits the frigid zone
north and south of given point, where he
subsists on trapped relief expeditions.