The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10

are greedy Tor notice ana TINS Dig renew "
particular loves to rear up and cry, out 10 M
within a half mile radius that here Is, the ieal
how of unrivalled yea monsters. hlnlselI ana M
companions. lie y a good seli-adyertiser ana
thu result Il that there Is always a little crowd
standing about watching him Sonetlme'
his companions will give exhibitions OF iancy
swimming and that Is worth looking a. bu.
tho announcer Il commonly too busy tl,hg
everybody all about II to do anything else
One of the seals. who Ia a voclferous ieiioM,
had a severe e. experience not long ago. W nv
virtues OF the seal family some rrfian threw a
stone and destroyed one eye. There are warn.
inCs every where against feeding the animals
| there has been very little trouble with %violators
| Of these orders. What trouble there has been
has been mainly at the orang-ontane cage,
glass down in front OF the cage most OF mo
| time because OF tho prediction OF the pubilc
for throwing tobacco and cigarettes 70 the
reason there Is a popular impression that orang-
| outangs like tobacco and feed on IL IN Their
native wilds. As a matter Of fact. y Is Just
IN ,orrtunatSIV do not always APPRECIATE,
IN a small tree near the reptile house there
Is a ccrous and interesting example o. orMns
, informs s %Re' public that the nest N the branches
was built by the large orana outana ON June
4 last, but does not mention the circumstances.
probably from lack Of space. The large or rnat
| friend Of Director W. I. Hornaday. who mas
! made p study Of this Species IN Borneo ana
knew ny "a al Hat, about y IN, tsem p; bs ae c iHSk IL. ,Se DTs ne near
| the reptile house, As soon az she got W she
beg an looking about for a good house ste ana
presently selected 3 crotch ZOO a%Gk ~ sn CONN.,
, aeement she began to tear on branches oh
violation OF the park rules and reRulatlonsl
and to construct a dom'cile: But scn,eIninS
stay put properly and after looking over and
under md sitting down with her chin ~ per
hand for contemplation, the lady conciuqea
that she had picked out a poor sito and WIN a
few erunts Of admonitlon and reprooi an-
dressed TO herself. skipped across to the other
| side of the tree in two agile leaps and a SWING
me convinced herself by eye measurements
that this would meet all requirements she be-
gan work. ripping of small branches ana Weavi
ing them in by an art Of her own until she had
a thick screen biz enough 20 shelter, a man
from view and compact enough 70 hold up her
weight. Then Mr.. hornaday called her down,
and the nest remains as one OF the interesting
exhibits of the park.
the only collection Of living snakes. with one
exception. in this country, and one OF the lnest
in charge Of Il, 1. Dltmars, the snake expert
and collector who has capsnred many os ths
snsc,mens h'msslf' and s H,sa9 IsntIlss , nfSfs
the side cages, while In the centre small ALI
gators waddle around and in q big tank AT the
end a huge fellow. big enough TO swallow a
IltIl HUNS HN llol ~ ''NA J'F' - 49,
face of the water. There IS usually more OF a
crowd IN the reptile house than anywhere else
in the park, and the man interest 10 mani
tested In the snakes. particularly IN the Veno-
TSsre i i ons S ans monster q a PYTHON, %
feet Iona, who, for the most part keeps
himself cooled up, fold over fold. woven in and
out across the crotches OF his tree standard so
that he presents the appearance OF an endless
chain. neither his head or his tail being visible.
He is beautifully colored in hues of rich chest
pnf and brown In an ADJOINING cage is u
python whose scales are irldescent when the
fun light catches them. The collection of
rpotSi.dl@: t Se, rom various Hnp' parts of this
country Ia particularly fine, the specimens
BEING very large and In first rate condition.
The ella monsters, rather lively fellows for
to the reptile house.
BY far the most amusing part Of the great
geological show is the bear department. Hap
pier and more playful creatures than these
bears it would be dlfticilt 10 Imagine. SO con-
tinually are they playing tricks and pranks on
one another and going through all sorts of
to the point of asking whether they haven't
been trained to do those things. Not one OF
them has been trained; II IL all pure animal
spirits, The grizzlies fb IN the he. centre S,s cls PIT a, 1rsS
hard-muscled fellows aud their growth has
been as rapid, and salts ,actory In every way
In the oentre Of their pit Is a deep pool, in which
floats a large knottAd log, Two Of the bears
are at that log nearly all the time. playing
water polo with IT, one WI MT II a Bat with a
where IL will be met with a swing from the
other bear that rolls 1t back again. suddenly
both bears will make a dive for IT and the next
instant the air will be full Of waving paws and
water will be splashed for yards around until
after the mix up when two great, shaggy faces
will reappear above the surface and one could
Meantime two Of the other grizzlies are hav-
ing a wrestling match. They are about of a
size, and to see them run at each, other OPEN
mouthed with their white teeth cleaning one
would suppose that when the matter was set
tied the Geological Society would be out one
specimen Of Ursus horrtdus, Nothing of the
sort, The savage teeth close on the thick fur
Of the neck, the two contestants rise on their
hind legs and grapple and presently over they
roll, painting and g~runting and snorting with
and perhaps lay a sIde bet on the contest. Alter
a fall they nose around and shake themselves
and rub against the side of the pit until they
b nnpD Dsajn to meet Fssr nG nsys to l nSse ;h sRen Ie 1ney sT a1S
when one OF their gets tired of the play a little
growl apprises the other, who promptly stops
The polar bears In the next pit spend nearly
all their time in the pool which they nearly
I'LL, with their huge bulk, They have a wooden
ball to play with and the chief object of the
Mhsses SsTm i pops pc s' up 70 th sseR Both w sShS%er az I;
at once, then as likely a. not they forget the
ball. clinch and both disappear beneath the
| NuT1HtP ETtStUtlN OIt " tnttn tOInt5 uU
and occupies himself with paving down the
other until II seems as IL the under bear must
be on the verge of drowning. All that one sees
of him Is an occasional pinkish paw waving
signals Of distress and the curve Of his back
through a swirl of water. Then up comes
the white head. and one ia amazed to see that
he isn't even gasping for breath. There was
one period of a trihe over q minute that one
of the polars was submerged while THE Sun
reporter was watching, and all that time he
was struggling at a rate TO breathe any Great
ure. but he was apparently perfectly com
Portable when he came up, and promptly pro-
cceded to put his companion down. Arrange
ments are being made to put the polar bears
In a much bigger cage with a larger poo
and a big rock cave to which they car
white and clcan.looking fellows and seem "a
be In as fine condition as the grizzlies.
On the further side Of the grizzly cage are
tho black bears and the Jap anese bear. The
attention. to his fellow citizens. Both Of
the black bears were brought up in cap.
tlvity and fed on sweets and ice cream
which is very bad for little bears, and in con.
sequence their growth has been stunted anc
thing more than dwarfs. But they are livel,
as crickets and one OF them Is possessed Of or
abiding curiosity. He loves TO climb up tn,
side of his cage that adjolns the grizzly Gag
and look down on the grizzlies. Maybe he woulc
climb right over II there. weren't ingrowinG
spikes at the top to prohibit such visits, anc
then there wouldnt be any more black bear
The grizzlies always come over and rear
up to meet him and he clings like q fly to III,
makes faces at them. When he isn't doinl
that he is showing OF his PAGES around IN,
pit for he has a great conception Of his ability
as q runner.
These are only q few Of the things there arr
10 be- seen in the Geological Garden. At ever,
tlrD nf the winding IQtha md from tho ton nj