Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01

| whie ago, and thlnl; It was high timc to
hi him out OF the way, for he had a record
! ehayng killed eight persons, and that is
|u{te enough for one elephant. Ever since
is death the elephant house has been
|cntre OF attraction for visitors. They line
III in front OF the great stalls in which tho
|Iephanls live, and the policeman who is on
|u:s In that building has great many ques-
Ions to answer about Tip and the big beasts
yhich survive him. Tips stall is now occu
Nod by Juno, very large female elephant.
}n he day when saw her the weather was
|are warm, and for hours at a time she stood
b one place, swaying her body and her head to
lad fro Just us Tip used to when they thought
Iohyas crazy, II this kind OF motion is any
|vrence OF insanity Juno's mind must have
len terribly out OF order that afternoon.
Iue @ is q very dirty elephant, but Tom. the
ioung fellow who lives in the apartment next
2hers is comparatively clean and more
|grceable to look upon He is not as large
|sf ho is, but II he lives long enough, no
|obbt he will attain a greater growth.
These two are all the elephants that are
hui rtered In the park at present. The third
.fall in the elephant house has for its tennnt
.nhnimal the like (which not many ZOOS can
to3st. II is u two-horncd rhinoceros. Ono
horns comes up straight out of his
Iose, and the other begins a little further
Inek and curves over so that the tips Of the
|vh come together. The color OF his skin Is
|ather light, and lie is far from a handsome
|reature. My opinion Of him is thpt he is
|he personlfcation Of laziness.
No. e., no. al tbara Ia
|ool and bit OF ground securely Gagged In,
&rpund which great many people congre-
&ate every day. The occupants Of this de-
|,artment are undoubtedly the most hideous
snimals you will see in the course OF your
5tfol. They are the hippopotami. The old
ienow's name is Caliph, and his family consists
II Miss Murphy and younger one. They
Ipcnd part OF the time doing in the sun
Ind the rest of the day laundering around
IL the water.
rhe big cats come next in order. Their
|ages are backed up against the outside OF
the lion house, whore they are kept when tho
sseatbsr is cold. This first two cages are oc-
|nipied by two pumas, one OF which is II great
1ell bigger than the other. They do not
5ntve about as much as some Of the other
|sa,age beasts, and they seem to like to
|retr eat IN the dark corner Of their cages and
tf0 there. They pay attention, however, to
Ms motions that spectators make at them,
|s1d have no doubt that they would like TO
|f8sent the little insults that are offered to
|.he,n daily by the bad boys. The pumas are
|natyes OF America. | wish they had some
|np,iars, too, in the park, for the jaguar is
|Iho largest aud finest member OF the cat
Ham lily to be found in this hemisphere, and
|Arnerica ought to have her best representa-
hives on Wow in New York.
| Tho next two cages belong to the lions. A
biz utifu lioncss has the first one all to her
eNlf. She is 4 playful young lady, and when
bar keeper comes along with mop to clean
tho floor OF her cage she toys with 1t Just as
Is x item might play with a stick II you poked
|l<6t him. The lioness who shares the other
|axRe with big, old lion Is just as snappy and
9tlss as she can be, and when the keeper
|pnk> the mop into her cage she bites at II and
|eroFls and plainly shows that She would
| like to make an end to that kind OF business
Iforevor. The lion, however, takes philo-
'sophical view OF life and acts az though he
|xcre very well contented with his lot. When
|ha ppcns his mouth you can see by his teeth
| hut he Is veteran, and worry likely years OF
|captivity have taken away something OF the
! bud yancy Of his spirit.
across a little alley ara the tigers. The
naDe tiger in the first cage is tremendous
|b>ast. tall and very long and with large,
|d1fly shaped head. His companion is a
Molly tigress, much smaller than he and not
1farly as quiet in disposition. Their next
f. 10
|tin,es afflicted with Cts. He had one while |
WI looking Mt him. and when IT was over he
xas so weak that he could not stand up. He
'<Hsd to walk around. but he continually fell
6egn, his feet slipping from under him. It
|sR<s truly pitiful sight 10 see tho king Of
the jungle, whose natural strength would
1nabls him to drug an OK over the ground
a. .easiy as you could pull a dog, stumbling
rIHut as helpless as an infant But his
Weakness did not last great while, and be-
foIt went away no was giving quite another
Fihh OF an exhibition, which will tell about
y iIitle further on.
a pair Of leopards are the only other
1f:inals In this department. which is the
Sl1st interesting portion Of the Zoo. About
Atty or forty ;sst from the ieopards are q
~ppie o. spotted hyenns. whose ceaseless
| Hn| king up and down ia calculated to tire the
zt<erver Il not themselves.
Il Is only Il little way from tho lion hous,
IA The top Of hill where the two great bear:
nre kept in cage about twenty-five feel
nlth. the back OF which is formed out o
| al afal rock, while the front and top AR
1cie Of strong iron bars. There Is parti-
w In tho middle. On one side Of th'