The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

nose between the bars of his cage, 'but
spring housekeeping when a blizzard
Is raging-bah. It's enough to make
one a regular Mrs. Grummidge." All
the empty cages were being white
washed and all the Zoo" people from
the biggest wolf down to the littlest
coon showed Enthusiastically their dis
approval of the Transformation that
was being wrought in the unoccupied
cages.
The eagles cage had already re-
ce1ved its two coats, but the eagle is
still up in Minneapolis, a guest of a
dime museum there. it'll be down
soon,' said the attendent. You see
we've had so much fixing up to do on
the island that we haven't had time
to pay much attention to the animals.
We've got to build a monkey cage yet,
and it'll have to be big one, too, for
the doctor is going to get about eight
monkeys for the Zoo They'll please
the children. There's nothing like
monkey for entertaining the children.
The cage will be fitted up with swings
and turning poles and other play
things for them-the monkeys, mean.
It's to be placed right next to the bears
cage"
Will Have No Snakes.
In spite of the new arrivals that are
island Zoo there will be one vacant
cage, but whether the sight Of it will
arouse sad memories in the breasts of
the Zoo inhabitants only a MoWgli
would be able to tell. The rattlesnake's
cage will remain unoccupied. We're
to have no more snakes" said the at
tendant Friday. American children
are-Weu, they can't resist poking
things up, and when you poke a rat
ont To hn 5nf1
One of the rattlers we had last sum-
mer had its fangs removed, but the
bite of the other was the real thing
and it was kind of a relief when it
died. What became of the other? Why
you must have heard of that. We lost
him last New Years day. There was
a man hanging around here who was
just suffering for whisky, and he con-
ceiVed the happy plan Of stealing the
rattler and of using him to get drink
He got the snake away all right enough
and then he slipped him in his pocket
and made bee line for the first sa-
loon. AS soon as he got inside he
screamed that the RATHER had bitten
him and, Of course, he got some whisky
He tried it at several saloons before
the fake was discovered. The RATHER
was killed and the. man was sent to
Jail, where I understand he saw more
than fifty varieties Of snakes. We
weren't sorry to lose the RATHER,
though"
The most comfortable animals in the
Zoo" Friday were the guinea pigs, for
they have spent the winter in the car
penter shop, and they have not yet
been moved into summer quarters. OF
course, if the lower animals suffer from
presentimentS - Mr. Burroughs says
they do nOt-the guinea pigs on Har-
riet island could not be happy under
any circumstances, for every little
while rude man seiZes a number of
them, thrusts them into a big basket
and carries them away to the city hall
or the city hospital, where unfeeling
physicians experiment with them.
They took SO many away during the
winter the superintendent put a stop
to it. He was afraid we wouldn't have
a guinea pig left" said the attendant
But his fear seems to be needless one,
for the two pens" set aside for the
stupid looking animals were crowded
with them. Here's a cross between
a short-haired guinea pig and a long
haired guinea-pig," and the attendant
held up a tiny creature that looked as
If somebody had been trying to curl
its thick, furry hair with a curling
iron. 81 believe if that was put in
store window nobody would be able to
guess what it was" said the attendant
And certainly the creature resembled
IN its appearance neither it's long hair
ed father CT its short haired mother.
Underneath the carpenter shop,