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

We here see the American opossum. or
dtdelphVs VtTgiaiand. He ought 10 be the
crest Of the civil service reform party. for
dead.
We next pass toIthe fat occupied by the
hippopotami or the genus pachyderm. The
two hippopotamuses, as our best English
writer's give the plural, the other style
given above being the Latis plural, are ex-
tremely amphibious, and pachydermatous
, is no name for IL, You can make almost
any kind OF damaging statement about a
hippopotamus and prove IL. The hippopot-
anus at Central Park always has a large
ana enthusiastic audience. He has all the
various and versatile beauties OF the
morgue. with none Of its drawbacks. The
hippopotamus 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
will appear above the surface and suffer
himself to be admired"
The puma is in the house with the two
horned rhinoceros. He is called field con-
! 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 go past in Utah
once. He went up telegraph pole and
peered 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 a
plain, unfinished cage. The moccasin
snake is there-the beautiful, but Disagree
able, TOricophis pisctuoris of the Southern
States. The boa constructor is also resting
in corner. looking lonNngly and hungrily
at the two horned rhinoceros on the other
side of the aisle.
So much has been said of the late Mr..
Crowley and his sorrowing widow that I
will 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 humorist, 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. Matrimoni-
ally he was not happy, having been forced
into an alliance which was distasteful to
him. yet Mr.. Crowley respected his marriage
vows. even while hating the bondage to
which he was subjected. No one will ever
know how his heart ached when he thought
OF the petite chimpanzee he had left in his
far-away 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 great many good
press notices. and with little better voice
would have succeeded as lecturer. Dy-
ing in New York as he did. he will not get
monument, of course, but he richly de-
serves one.
1t would be impossible to enlarge upon
the almost numberless specimens of uni
NAL 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 IndicuS, the pensive stork. the yak.
the koodoo. the war;. of the wilder
ness, and the war togs of the massive ZION
and the lame lioness who limps about her
cage and eats nothing but frogs legs and
ragouts of, beef.
Sitting down near the lions cage one can
almost fancy he is about to discover tine