Arizona republican., 1893-03-03
A NOVEL DISPLAY.
vansas Contributes a Menagerie
20 the Worlds Fair Oddities. A..
,,s Animals Are Not Alive, But They
Look Just as Natural as III They
We're - Other Interesting Fea-
lures of the Exhibit.

When the worlds fair visitor enter.
che Kansas building next year the first
di,play that bursts upon his gaze will
Is,d him to suppose that he has walked
into a circus menagerie.
As he hesitates on the threshold and
his glance sweeps about he may wonder
bowit is that mountain lions, goats, buf
f,lo. elk, deer, moose and foxes are al.
loved to occupy a common Enclosure
II will then probably dawn on his
weary consciousness that the realistic
group before him is simply marvel OF
,ayidermy, and such it is.
The display is the first of the Kansas
exhibit and is the result of years of un'
remitting toll on the part of Prof.
Louis L, Dyche, of the Kansas state
university. The display will occupy a
space ninety by seventy feet, directly
before the entrance of the state build.
ipr. Each of the specimens will be
surrounded by the natural scenery
which goes to make up its habitat, and
when the whole display is properly
grouped the animals will appear so nat
ural that one would not be surprised at
seeing catamount spring or hearing a
buffalo below.
On the rough, rocky emlnence in the
center will be seen group of noun
tain sheep, at the base of the elevation
two buffalo bulls will be grouped in
attitudes of defiance and little TO
one side two mountain lions snarling
over a slain deer will appear. Other
animals representing mammals from
all parts of North America will be
picturesquely grouped in the remaining
space,
Not the least interesting of the ex-
hJt will be the remains of what was
the only survivor of Clusters last stand
the old horse, Comanche, ridden on
that fatal day by gallant Capt. Kehoe.
The horse is so well mounted and has
such a natural expression of drowsy old
age that the spectator momcntarily eX-
poets him to yawn. incidentally this
expression of senile laziness cost Prof,
Dychc six weeks work in creasing and
arranging the para-ocular tissues.
One carload of evaporated sea salt has
been received at the fishery building at
the exposition. 1t win be used in maxi
ing the proper medium for saltwater
fish 10 gambol in. 1t is estimated that
acarload of salt win make seventy-five
thousand gallons of sea water.
The salt differs from commercial salt
in being unpurifed. 1t is the product
Of simple evaporation of the sea water
and contains all the organic material
which the natural water holds in solu-
ton. The only difference between the
water % be used at the fair and the
water which the dolphins, star-fish, por-
poises, etc, are found in, will be the
lack of organic impurities in the form
er. Experiments with lime in remov-
ing these impurities are now being con-
Quoted in the aquarium annex of the
fisheries building, in which the large
glass tanks for exhibits are now com
pctc The object Of the experiments
is 10 remove the organic material and
render the water perfectly clear, at the
same time leaving no chemical in solu-
ton which would injurc the fnny oc-
cupants of the tanks. In the clear water
thus procured will be dissolved the salt.