Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-04-10
AROUND THE WORLD.
CLOVER BILL" RELATES som e
WONDERFUL EXPLOITS.

CLOVER BILL" RELATES SOM e
WONDERFUL EXPLOITS.
Central Park Museum "Siwash" Repre-
sented-A Home Like Picture of Clam.
dissins-Othsr Realistic Pictures - Joins
Barnum's Circus-He Goes to London
His Impressions Of the Big City.
PART ~.
spent many happy hours at Cen
trail Park. There they had animals
from every cline the sun shone on,
alive, mounted or stuffed. There
were life sized figures of men and wo.
men from every known race of people,
each dressed in his or her own nation
al costume. Some of the South Sea
Islanders did not wear much more
than a streak of sunshine, if those on
exhibition we're fair sam p le, andl
presume they were. There was one
group that made me very sad, for it
recalled Puget Sound as nothing else
could. 1t was an old buck Indian and
his kloochman, in camp. There was
the dried or smoked clans and salmon
on sticks overhead; the tumble. down,
one-sided, open lean-to; the old buck
was leaning back with look OF con-
tentment, while the dusky maiden was
weaving a basket to sell to the cultus
Boston" man; in front of them,
painted true to life, were the waves Of
the Sound, ripping at their feet; far
off in the hazy horizon, was that
grand old mountain, Rainier, whose
lap was full of snow, while the ever
green forest trees were like unto q
carpet laid for a bride, down to the
ripping waters OF the Sound. How 1
did long to talk little Chinook with
Clam-sick Billy and his dusky maiden
Of the forest. There was just one
item needed to make the scene more
hOmelike, and that was an old hog
roofing clans out, and a crow sitting
on the hogs back with his head
cooked to one side watching for the
hog to unearth a clam, when he might
seize it, fly up in the air, drops the
clam and breaks it on the beach
and enjoys the feast. When the crow
gets on a lazy hogs hack. he will
peck the hog now and then, to remind
him that time and tides await for no
hog.
There is one other group in the
great museum that l would gaze at
for many minutes at time. 1t was
an Arab crossing the desert, and is at.
tackled by lions. One great lion is on
his hind legs, with his fore.claws sunk
into the cameps shoulders. The blood
is streaming from the wounds; the
Arab holds his spear aloft; it drips
with the blood of the lion; the camel
has its mouth open with look OF
agony in its eyes; the great lion looks
his rage into the calm features Of the
daring Arab. You may walk past
hundreds OF grand sights in this build
ing, but when you come in sight OF
this scene, whose figures are true and
life.like; true to hair; you halt and
it is hard to leave till you see the fin.
ish Of this battle of man and beast.
Behind the camel is crOuched the
lions mate, with her life. blood slowly
running out from the wounds of the
Arabs spear. Behind all stretches
the desert; far in the distance is a
struggling fringe Of palm trees mark
ing q water.hole in the desert. The
figures and coloring are so true and
life-like, you can hardly believe it is
not a reality. In another room is
George Washington and part of his
army, at Valley Forge. There is snow
on the ground, and most OF the soldiers
are bare footed; it looked like it had
been a long time between dinner.
horns. These figures, guns and the
surro andings, are natural size.
Next are the Marquesa natives
They look more like animals than
human beings; their noses and ears
are ornamented with carved bones
thrust through holes, and their bodies
are marked with all kinds of figures.
1t would require q volume to !go
into detail OF all the great sights to be
seen in Central Park museum, at the
time l write of, and it was all free
open to the public every day at GER
tain hours.
One night, the building wherein ]
was employed, took fire. The bearded
woman lost her whiskers, the fat wo
man her supper, and / lost my job
The next day l went to Madison
Square Garden and asked the manage
ment OF Barnum's circus to give me
employment, at any old thing. l wa.
given the care of two snow.whitt
trick horses, and did my turn at the
side show where Carleta had also Sc
cured employment. My work wal
very hard, as had to scrub and brusl
the horses until they we're glisteninl
white. The lady who put then
through their tricks would come il
and take clean, white handkerchie
and draw it over their bodies. and j
she found a speck Of dust there wa
trouble in the land for yours truly
We all ate and slept on the grounds
before meal-time we would get a ticket
the food was very plain, but good
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