The sun., 1894-05-13
EAGER FOR RELICS OF TIP.
MEH OF SCIENCE ANXIOUS 10 SECURE
PARTS OF THE CARCAss

SyCs-psrire shs orrsss sss Ti.su-s sf
TEE De.s Eiepssn, wtth Ths-. 90 ns.--
I-tsrsst - 1tp's vrr-tfsr- Asps-sts.
The hftsen men who are busy making away
with all that remains Of Tip. the wicked ele-
phsnt who was poisoned on Friday, kept at
work until 10 o'clock Yesterday morning.
Then they rested for . few hours and resumed
operations at 8 o'clock. Their plan IL to re-
move every trace OF the animal before to-day
and probably all that 10 left Of him now IL .
dark red stain on the bottom OF his cage
The skin and the bones are in the care Of
the Museum OF Natural History. and the
viscsra have gone to the College OF Physi-
clans and Surgeons. DR.. Huntington sent
over messenger yesterday morning. and the
heart. lungs. vermiform appendix. de-. were
removed to the college. The spinal cord 10 to
20 to the medical department OF the Univsr-
sity Of Chicago. A representative Of the in
stitution wanted the brain, but Superintendent
Wallace was afraid that lite removal might In
iurs the skull. and only what can readily be
removed will be sent out West
II was at first Intended to take the hide OF
the right side before the flesh was removed
from the bones. but this plan Was abandoned
and Tip lay as he had fallen until Yesterday
evening. with the hide not yet removed from
the left side Instead OF this the muscles and
flesh we're cut from the bones. and as these
were cleaned they were removed and the nesh
sent to the otiai deck. At about o o'clock Tip
was turned over on his left side By means Of
the derrick. and the hide was takep on that
side The skin over ths head was removed last
Visitors were Of course excluded from the
elephant house and all day crowd. consist-
ing principallJy Of children. hung about the
ropes that were stretched to keep them away.
The Park was more crowded than usual and
most Of the May parties that passed near the
menaRsrie stopped to stare at the house in
which TIP had been killed, One Of the visitors
Richard Croker. lie brought his young son
to see Tips fir al dissol ution.
w6iis at wsrE on Friday night. was not hurt
by the poison In the animals blood. He was
at 1 work again aga yesterday.
prepared, and that Il = matter of . month Or
to mount for year to come.
The disposal Of the various organs Of Tip 10
comparative anatomy. for Il offers mother link
In the chain Of evidence o. the functions OF the
rs sne
sss @ z sl.p$s%s'; @ Si:ssF., !, and Sei%sSs system
present knowledge. For instance DR.. Hunt
ington will make a careful enamina Of the
diffesencss SesHeea otSse srss.,satias @ AMI.
mails and the elephant. He will have
s..dS az dD'ft9a' ss collection 1Hs to Of 'ds .s :1 h;
various animals. and will NO doubt gain
,bs SH the ns
now eGciting the attention Of doctors ali over
the world as the seat Of diseases which have
rudimentary and apparently useless organ In
man Is an important one in grsss;eat-
nlS. M % the dse.scn ha sa' raw aD,s TesstsSis Stable
f1of' It Il: as % rule; s. smaller 1;! r IN the
eSeusiveiy cooked foods. it. has shrank into
utterly insienifcant proportions Under these
conditions Of uselessness i is liable to become
realization Of this TACT in very rscent years has
caused a wide study in different amin ais in
order TO understand Its real character In the
Another very interesting, subject to the
eiep6ant will contribute. is that OF the com.
pSrsS'ive sse of the cells that 90 to make up
q een.truetion osii.d cells. which VARY vary
IL dharea :o: and 'trao;S.: r, ,S and the
NAL: Affords one o. the. slrsst method.
rs. soa, ssp.sd
largely on the character and size Of each OF
isess sss e. o s. ''Ha1 N MANY
animals offers "a basis for .he better under
the nourishment and growth Of the human
race.
greatest OF beasts differ from the nerve cells
OF man. for he wants to ascertain II the eondl-
mission OF nervous energy over the long dis.
tance from brain to foot require . larger coll
him, He may. from the careful study Of many
kinds OF nervous systems. come to such an
the nerve cells as to be able to treat the Insane
Nth better prospects OF healing the cause.
too TN. sn IN. ssde sns the
with the bones OF other animals. both living
and FOSSIL to ind :, out. ~ he can. how
R animals Of today Is able then o 70 PsprS. aS
and soil OF those early times that could not DO
determined In any other way. They are how:
ever, as true .,I 2. any other fact determined
For Instance. an elephant feeds on grass and
REQUIRES an enoImous amount for his daily
the 1r.t lace the first % GOOD snorstorm Sf and
fr n 81. fSsd .upp, @ .SS in II. second drS Sisss
cover II up so he could not get att; He could
Warmer 1 coa1tris. Ssors he %Sad be S saav.a %
and the result would OF course be disastrous
u.ns % ns rhH Sns Out aS. c the S::a S::a
soil OF Siberia for many years, and to-d day this
is9.y 1; s tns Toss 9 all that
uP nssr the Arctic circle. where. the
fIlS Gov to ..SS % 1S sR. sSSn.ss.
OF an animal whose daily food 10 green grass,
and the supply OF which must be vast in order
to support herds Of these beasts The answer
plainly follows that the climate there must
have been such one As now produces plenty
OF green grass. or that Of the warm tropics.
This may seem Ike an astounding eoneIu-
sion to be derived from the remains OF GER
tain kind OF animal. yet II 10 confirmed hy
men OF science who have studied the rocks.
and We are com PEELED to believe that In its
past history this globe OF ours has passed
through many changes.
In Siberia the remains are found In groups.
II many amin ais had died tok OF or In some
cases the remains are found In glaciers. and
found. The story OF this discovery rsads
Almost like fairy tale and yet is
his dogs we're getting food from some place
away from home. and he dsterminSd to Sateh
them and md out their supply. He followed
them TO the mouth OF . glacier. lnd there sAW
them gnAw away at great leg sticking out OF
dlancing upward. he noticed = huge dark
mas within, the el.sr Ice wall On sH;
of mAmmoth Under the auspiess