The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-15
NOAH TO BE .OUT-NOAHED.
Uncle Sam to Collect all Animal Species Of
the w or1d.
Ne,cs and Courier.

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Wild beasts here in Washington. He
is arranging to assemble in large
reservation Northwest of the city a
congress of the animal families Of the
entire world, and pilgrims to the ma
ton Capital will soon feast eyes upon
the most monstrous geologic treatman
has ever beheld.
The Smithsonian naturalists have
been lately engaged upon a repetition
Of Father Adams task Of enumerat-
Ing and classifying the species end
have succeeded in producing list Of
many arm-lengths showing their pres
ent geographic distribution. The
State, War and Navy Departments are
making copies to our diplomatic, con-
sular, military and naval representa-
tives in lands, far and near, with in
structions that they negotiate for the
capture and transportation to Wash
ington Of as many separate species as
can be captured. Full instructions as
TO boxing the animals and feeding
them en- route are being mailed with
the lists. The scheme was conceived
by Secretary Langley, Of the Smith
S sonian. the father of the nation new
Zoo, with the practical aid Of DR..
Frank Baker, its superint' ndent.
The reservation in which the new
animals will reside is Of 166 1A2 acres.
Recent improvements have made it al
ready the most picturesque and exten-
siye zoologlcas garden Of the world.
The great Zoos Of Berlin, London
and Paris, the next largest, would
cover but two-thirds Of its area if COM
bined.
Africa will contribute most extern
.siyely. AS emphasized in the official
circular being mailed to our fifty rep
resentatiyes there, no other Of the
earth s divisions is SO rich in animal
life. The gorilla, which is desired
more than any other creature Of eth
er hemisphere, will be hunted here,
his only haupt. His landing on Amer
icansoil will bea important geological
event. That the gorilla has neveryet
been brought to the New World is a
fact well-nigh unknown. He will be
found only along the banks Of Ga
boon River and aith;n the delta Of
the Ogowai, respectively north and
south Of the Equator, near the Allan
tic Ocean. Capturing him here will
be a dangerous and difficult task. He
nests in the trees Of the most dense
and solitary Of the forest wilds. al
though eager tc escape when 6rst at
tackled, he will ferociously defend him
self with tooth and nail when brought
to bay. When enraged his hair bris-
ties erect upon the crown Of his head
and he roars like lion. He becomes
more and more ferocious with age, and
it may be thought best to obtain a
young animal on this account. Of
course, it will be necessary to capture
him unharmed. A good specimen
will be the centre Of interest in the
sgseat Zoo. Scientists will be eager to
study him, inasmuch as heis the most
sman-like Of all man-like apes and is
believed by evolutionists to be the an
-oestor Of mankind. His great SINH
-larity to the human being was noted
mo less than 800 years before Christ,
when Admiral Hanno, Of Carthage, re-
turning from West African expedi-
tion, published his account Of certain
hairy men and women, named gorillas,
who lived in troops and fought with
stones. Although DR.. Savage, Of this
gave the first accurate ac-
counts Of the gorilla, the only captive
specimen sver brought to the civilized
world was exhibited in Berlin.
Aspecimen Of the chimparzce is
also wanted. It is believed that but
one species Of this near cousin of hu-
manity now exists. II is scattered
from the Guinea coast, whence our
slaves came, through the heart of At
RIGA and as far north as the Soudan.
The chimpanzee will be less difficult
to capture than the gorilla. Natives,
anxious to exterminate him because OF
his thievings, chase him into snares
and kill him with spears. So man like
are many Of his ways that they regard
him as degenerate human being.
Efforts will be made to complete a
collection Of excellent balloons and
monkeys, with which Africa abounds.
The most interesting Of these balloons
is the hamadryas, with aesh-colored
face apd long, gray whiskers, standing
straight outward. His bands employ
intelligent tactics in war and pillage.
Thev are 0eneralled always by select