The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-02
Polar Bear Was Cuffed Gu
 of the Sulks
SCENERY FOOLED LEOPARD
he Tried to Leap Upon a Painted Tree But Soon Found Out His Mistake-Elephant Cured
 of Jealousy.

the new cage of the Manchurian leopard at the New York Geological park yes- terday the attendants at the lion house watched the animal carefully to see what the moral effect of the new drop curtain landscape of the cage would be.
 The sides and rear of the cage have been hung with painted scenes like those on the stage of a theatre. The animal lies down in the afternoon for a nap. When 1t goes to sleep 1t is in the center of a vast desert. When 1t awakes the stage manager has shifted the scenes and the beast Is lying on the bank of brook with the mountains in the background.
 When the animal awoke yesterday the scene had been changed to a hillside with a few trees close by. It rubbed it's sleepy eyes for minute, saw the crowd star ing at it through the bars and turned to one of the painted trees and attempted to spring into the branches. Down it came again, scraping it's claws through the length of the canvas, and looking very disappointed For few minutes the leopard looked at the tree and then slunk away ito a corner. The illusion was broken.
 sThey are a harmless sort of creature said wise man with a silk hat as he StOOu III front O1 the mountain lion cage at the park They say that President Roosevelt hunts them. but there cant be much sport in it. They never attack any one."
 The big puma the one that escaped last year and turned the Bronx upside down for half a day, was asleep in the sun in the middle of the cage. The man with the silk hat leaned confidentially against | the netting and went with his talk. His hat glinted in the sun. The puma opened its eyes.
 The crowd listened admiringly as he of the silk hat talked.
 I'd as soon meet one of 'em open handed'-he was saying. when:
 '"Thudi" There was a flash of tawny yellow in the air, the frame of the cage shook, and the great mountain lion had hurled itself with all it's force against the netting in an attempt to crush the silk hat.
 The speaker staggered back and fled down the path. The crowd scattered, laughing. The lion went back to it's nap
 Polar Bear Out of Tune.
 There was something the matter with the biggest of the polar bears at the park yesterday The animal was out of tune. 1t didn't feel happy. All the forenoon it sullxed in it's cave while its smaller mate walked up and down the ward. The iit- tie bear tried in every way it could to en- tice its companion out of the cave and into the sunlight This wouldn't work.
 Suddenly the little bear rushed into the cave, there was a short, sharp scuffle and the big bear backed out defending it. self. The smaller bear was close behind cuffing right and left like a boxer with it's big paws. There was neat sparring 1 match for thirty seconds, an6 then heavy crack on the chin sent the suky fellow over backward into tte water It sank with it's mouth open and came up coughing. When it came out of the pool it's fit of sulks seem to have been cured. for 1t took to pacing up and down and growing at the children. to their delight and that of it's companion
 '"rhe English are peculiar people now, said the man who knew it all as he stepped in front of the llama cage in the east side of the park. They are smart, but we beat them in everything. T " they have just fitted out an ex- i,tion in Idia and marched thousands Of miles from there up through Asia with Colonel Younghusband in command They have invaded the mysterious land of Thibet and the capital city, where no white man ever went before. They have shot hundreds of natives and got shot themselves And what was it all about?
 Just to get glimpse of the grand llama of L'Hassa-and nere we nave had several of them right here in the Bronx | park all the tme That's just like the English, now aint it?'
 Algerian Asses Novelty.
 The only team of Algerian asses in America has just been placed in Bronx | park to haul the children. They are | thirty-two and 3 half inches high and together weigh 225 pounds. They are very intelligent There has developed jealousy between them and Gundoo, the big two- ton Calcutta elephant which carries child | ren on it's back. The one that has the | biggest load is happiest and If Gundoo, | carrying two people happens to meet the ] ass team hauling four or six 1t will stop | in the road and toot and whistle till people get on its back to make its load | even Yesterday Mrs Mary Walker Ho- l vey of Buffalo, who weighs more than | three hundred pounds made her first vis- | 1t to the park When they asked her to | ride the elephant she refused, but got into | the carriage hauled by the asses Away went the little steeds staggering under | their load Half way down the road they met Gundoo coming up, swinging along, shuffling it's feet in the dust and | snapping its trunk, with only one little l girl on its back
 | When 1t met the team it observed the stout lady critically, but it's little eyes | did not grow green with jealousy, as usual. It stopped, instead, and watched the team out of sight. standing beside the | road. Then it shuffled off up the road and waited for them at the landing When | they got back, tired and sweatty, Gun doc footed in dersion and blew sand at them, but didn't offer to take the lady on it's own back.
 'I guess that the incident has ended | the jealousy between them. said the ele- rhant driver, as he gave Gundoo loaf l of bread and watched him rip out the soft inside and eat 1t.
 There were forty thousand visitors at the park yesterday afternoon.
 The ostrich house, the new winter quar- ters for the birds, and the Alaskan house were three features particularly interest ing to the crowd.
 The latter drew most of the crowd be- l cause of it's peculiar construction. There are three giant Alaskan tote.npoles, or ancient Indian gods in the frame work | of the building.
 Each is carved out of solid piece Of wood fifty feet high. There are five large "demon' heads on each pole and fantastically painted
 l. These totems were found in the wild est part of Alaska and are believed to have been carved thousand years ago. They are in a remarkable state of preser- vation considering their age, due to the preserving action of the dyes used by the Indians in coloring them.
 When finished the building will be fill ed with old Indian relics and trophies. | --s----
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