Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-09
ANIMALS FOR HAGEHBECK'S S.
A LARGE CONSIGNMENT FROM HAM
BURG ON THE scandal.
some of the beasts Have rata DUTY
Four Times, and II Is rAuthenticaii,
Related That the Monkeys Cry
With JOY mt Free America.

hamhuf = -American Packet line about
noon yesterday. One was a small, gray
mnstachcd man. with glasses, Central
Park superintendent William A. Conk-
lin. VINO the New York agent OF
the sreat wild-beast firm OF Carl Ha-
genbeok Of Hamburg.
He awaited 4 shipment OF animals
various .Gter the manner OF speech
Of Mr.. Venus. consigned TO the Hagen-
beck slow which begins at Madison
Square Garden tomorrow. The shipment
consists OF ten ponies, one horse. thirty.
three monkeys, one young tiger, one
young lion. one boarhound and two
small eleI hanu.
To assist him In receiving these hos
taees was present short gentleman.
with a though full expression, dlmlnu-
tive legs, and general air or having
acquired 4 practical knowledge OF nat
ural history through the agency OF
numberless bites. scratches, hugs and
other laceratlons This was the gem
tleman who oonfesses his fondness for
the CIT; Of Sleep by calling himself
Philadelphia, who was hastily lunched
upon q year ago by the distinguished
lion, Bla 'k Prince. and who Is now
prepared to oblige younger lion, Just
imported, With change VI menu, by
| undertaking 10 educate him IN the sight
Of an American audience.
There was present also an aifable
and handsome young custom house
officer, who collects prchiDitory tarm
On foreign puupcr lions and tigers In
the interests OF latiyo felidae ana can
tell you to the fraction OF a sent. at
an ihstants notice, what a man has to
pay who brings an allen elephant
ashore in carpet bag o. otherwise,
Another OF the party was a middle
aged gentleman. who beamed like Il
tTue Quaker ami who had come from
Jenkintuwn, Pa, in order TO welcome
divers guests expected by John Wanna
maker Of that ill--to wiz TWO pairs Of
white swans. one pair OF black ditto,
one pair of cranes, and one pair OF
deer. There was also In the party one
more representative Of George Fox,
who stood ready to extend he hospi-
tally OF Philadelphia In the name Of
/ It's geological gardens TO Two bears two
l small elephants and a ViyaciOus COM
munity OF dogs,
Most conspicuous of all was n large.
| tall good-nutured. amiublc man, with
the oronzcd complexion and the keen
1 eye OF sailor, through the parenthesis
| of whose manly legs 1t was possible at
/ odd moments to catch Ellmpses OF two
Hamburg-Americnn packets bound east
and two more arriving east. and who
was respectfully Identified by the en-
tire juvenile population Of Hohoken as
| Capt Badenhauser. the superintendent
| OF the HamburE -Amerlcan line
As soon as one brawny, bearded and
| white-capped hand OF Vikings had,
| with prodigious gutterals, got the Nir-
| ginia out OF sight with nearly 500
| twelN emigrants, another sun
bigger. brawnler lot sufely made the
Scandal fast to the barely vacant dock
and proceeded to hoist her ferae nat
urae by steam power, As soon as the
matches were open. all but the giant
/ mates and ofiizieren got under cover
for the odor or animals various UNI
pent after eight or nine days seafarlng
IL like dynamite,
But this was coon changed IN fact
/ in an hour there was not 80 uU a. a
whim of the efete atmosphere Of Hum
burg left aboard the Scandin. The
steam draw soon released the contin-
/ gent OF undcVeloped Philadolphians
from dnrance vile. and OF they rolled
to the PENNSYLVANIA depot the cranes
shaking their long legs IN what looked
like an ecstatic skirt dance sans skirts,
and the seals so obviously overioyed
to get u change of simellery that they
would unquestiDnahly have ahiNed
themselves to any kind Of document
without asking questions.
Then the white-capped Vikings Of the
! ccnudia stood round the forehatch and
/ bsda goodbye to the Ilagcnback beasts
! with The subdued regret which good
dinner induces. Two or three OF the
1 broad-brensted mates were on as good
| terms with the blg creatures as II they
| were old chums, and the second officer
4 scratched the heads or the lion and the
| tiger in a manner 10 show his appre-
| citation OF his departing shipmates,
/ sven the overlook leaned out Of his
hatch. waved brawny and garlic
\ favored hand. and cried with q
| rumiuant sigh. "Auf NiedeiAenn'
/ A. which the bear grunted IN his own
particular German, and the baby ele-
| infant. swinging his unlabeled, I'M
scrutinlzed trunk. went tearfully
ashore
| TO the point OF frenzy AS an lrish.
! speaking German stevednre dumped
] them on the dock by favor OF steam
| winch and their graceful heads ana
reclfs their staring eyes. their dilated
nostriis and their up-pricked ears pro
| ,,uAinr out OF their boxes as they
| made the aerial transit combined 70
/ form picture after picture for artistic
IN due time the docile beasts, which
will have plenty OF time TO reacqulre
\ their ferocity. were on their way TO
/ Madison square garden. All the uber-
4 nffizIers and unter-ofiizlers went back
a. thelr cuddies and their pipes, the
nose played Enthusiastically IN the va
/ nsted quarters Of the felidne. the a.
rnfaus. The equlnes and the pachy-
| dsrm and the good old board ship
smell thar had been lingering out Of
doors. dissatisfied and discontinued
! s,bTle the transfer had been going on,
| rstf,rned with aiacrity from It's banish-
| p,ent--the good. old smell ot bllge wa
Ter pea soup. onions. brandy ana wa
tsr engine oil and NAL de mer.
.ssofne OF these animals" said the
custom house expert. making mystefi-
ms notes OF recognition on the hides
81 the arrivals. have already paid cuty
| four times. You see, when ever tney
10 stale and dag IN their performance
they are at once senr over 70 Europe
10 be re-educated, That re-educatinn
complete. they are returned 20 America
10 resume performing. Some or those
monkeys over there know the rones -
well now and are so used 70 the voy-
aRa that, according 70 the chief ON.
Ger The moment the Highland lights
we're sighted on Friday they shook
thelr cage and set ~ a cry Of 'Hoeh