The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15

in diameter with his hands as if it were the handle of broom. One night his keeper went to the theatre. returning about midnight. As he was passing Chi cos cage to go to his room, Chico reach ed out and caught him. Fortunately for the keeper he was directly over the police station, and the sergeant ran up stairs with a number of officers armed with night sticks. They found the keeper in the clutches of the chimpanzee, which was trying to pull him through the bars. They beat the animal off, picked up the keeper, who was badly injured, and sent him to the hospital, where he remained for some months. Chico had bitten off three fingers and four toes. biting through lis shoe. His injuries prevented his re- suming the work. Chico died while trav- cling with the circus Johanna went with the circus to Europe, where the keepers trained her and taught her tricks. She died in Germany about a year ago.
 An ostrich died about year ago in the menagerie. The bird had been in the best of health. apparently. l sent him to the Museum of Natural History and had an autopsy made. In the birds stomach were found two small purses, three lea ther pocketbooks one toothbrush, two combs, thirteen nails. six screws, hair pins, four large needles number of matches, five half burnt cigars, piece of wood, two kid gloves, a piece of cloth and three handkerchiefs. The stomach had been perforated in several places.
 Five Bison In Menagerie.
 There are five bison or American buffa- los in the menagerie-two bulls and three cows. Five calves have been born the past six years. One was born dead, but the others are fine animals. The time of gestatlon of the buffalo is 270 days, with one calf at a birth. Their food con sists of grain. hay, and grass. Three years ago. a young bull escaped from the paddock and ran wild through the park, followed by keepers, hundreds of people, and some gentlemen on horseback for about four hours. The bull came down East drive to Conservatory lake and plunged in for ten or fifteen minutes. Keeper Snyder threw lasso and caught Tim. finally.
 The aoudads, or Barbary wild sheep, in the menagerie were born here. They are wild by nature and cannot be tanned. Their time of gestation is 150 days with two kids at birth. About two years ago the menagerie possessed buck-the hn- est I ever saw-about five feet high, which weighed 300 pounds. He was con- fined in one of the paddocks of the deer house, having an iron fence around 1t eight feet six inches high One afternoon he became frightened. and cleared the fence, running wild through the park. He was pursued byI keepers, one of them on a bicycle, through the park and up and down through different streets. He final ly ran into a brewery at Ninety-second street and Third avenue up flight of steps. and dropped dead.
 We have in the menagerie the wapiti deer or American elk. red deer, fallow deer. axis deer and Mexican deer. The time of gestation of the elk Is 270 days. with generally one fawn at birth, but sometimes more The lawns are very feehle when born. not able to stand alone.
 All lawns at birth, except the axis and Mexican deer. have dark spots on their bodies, which disappear as they grow old CT. The axis deer have white spots when born, which remain always. The Mex can lawn also has white spots, but they disappear as they grow older. All deer shed their horns once a year, generally in February and March-sometimes as late as April After shedding they com mence to grow again in about ten days. The velvet stays on the horns until about September. and then sloughs off, leaving