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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
Huracanes en- las Anti||as
FEIONEUC QUE los nOuPAVlU Y wAIERA De PgvttNOs.

Avisos preventivos de la apro-
ximaci6n de un huraoan q Puerto
Rico Sc hallaran tai vez mejor ex.
plicado en- Ia description de los tres
puntos siguientes; a saber:
I. Movimiento directo de I'm
huracan tipico hacia y sobre Puerto
Rico.
2. Movimiento de un huracan
tipico de su direction usual ESE. y
su paso por el N. de Puerto Rico.
4. Movimiento de un huracan
tipico de su direction usual ESE. y
su paso por el S. de Puerto Rico.
En- Ell primer case, de que uu
huracan Sc aproximara directamen-
te q Puerto Rico, de su direction
normal de ESE., la primera sefial
I para los habitantes de esa isla, Sc
ria una leve subida de preston ba.
rometrica que duraria cerca de dos
dfas, con tempo claro y probable-
mente bochornoso. Despues de los
dos pr6ximos dias el bar6metro ba-
jarfa cerca de o oS pulgada por dia.
La puesta del sol tomarfa un color
peculiar rojo. Las nubes cirrus y
cirrus-stratus, que usualmente sc
mueven del O., 8 so detendrian
su movimiento y gradualmente EN-.
pezarian 4 venir de una direction
mas pronunciada hacia el S., des.
pues seguirian con un movimiento
mas rapido del Sc. Los normales
vientos brisotes del E. super6ciales
disminuirian su velocidad, siendo
ligeros y variables y tai vez retro.
! cediendo a la direction NO. A este
segundo periodic seguiria una baja
barometrica rapida. Densos CUNT
los tempctuosos oculta.ian de nues-
, ira vista los altos cirrus Fuertes
vientos del NO. aumentarian su We.
locidad tempetuosa y la lluvia Sc
; hara torrencial.
En- el espacio de IL q 56 horas
despues de haber empezado la baja
rapida del bar6metro, el centro del
huracan habrA llegado al punto Ell
donde este el observador. En- e.
centro del huracan materialmente
reina la calma. Este perfodo DE-
calma dura de 10 minutes 4 media
hora, despues de cuyo tkrmino 81
vuelve a experimental el paso de-
huracan, pero en- sentido inverse.
n En- el segundo case, de TN hui.
: racan tfpico que pasa por el N, petc
a cerca de la isla de Pto. Rico las nu'
n bes cirrus Sc moverfan succeSiva'
/. mente del SE., f. NE. y 6nalmen'
o te del direction septentrinal segGr
/. pase el centro del huracAn. E
- bar6metro marcar(a Ia alta preston
j del periodic perincl6nico, seguldC
: de uua baja algo mas pequeia que
$ la sigue al segundo periodic va des
i cripto cuando el huracan Sc aproxi
n ma directamente al observadot
r. A menos que el huracan pase muI
IA cerca, no habra baja rApida del ba
n r6metro, sino que la preston 81
n mantend1a estacionaria, 8 empexat.
n subir lentamente. Los viento!
i. superfciales Sc pondrAn del N. NO
s. o. so. segdn pase el centro de Il
/. tormenta por el N. del ObservadOf
(Concluirs)
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13

De dos 4 cuatro huracanes
ocurreu casi todos los aiios en- aguaS
de las Antillas 6 q 10 largo de las
costas adyacentes del Golfo de Ne,
jico 8 el Mar Caribe. La gran des-
trucci6n de la propiedad y perdida
de vidas que ocasionan estos aTi
tanesn de Tempestadess ha dado
lugar a que los meteorologistas de
todo el mundo los hayan hecho
objeto de estudio, y plausibles teo-
rlas de la formation, desarrollo y
mecanica atmosferica de estas DO.
derosas pertubaciones, Sc hayan lie
vado acabo para tratar de demos
trar el fen6meno Observable.
Para los habitantes de las An
tillas, los huracanes tienen una
importancia aun mayor que la de
un interes cientfico simplemente
No es el prop6sito de este articulo
el entrar en- discussion sobre las
varias hipotesis adelantadas para
explicar la tremenda energfa de-
sa1rollada por las tempestades, sine
mas bien hacer un breve sumarit
de los hechos aceptados que Sc co
| uocen acerca de la formation d.
los huracanes, su paso usual d
| translation, las sefiales preventive
b que anuncian su aproximaci6n,
| los metodos que Sc emp!ean por |
1 O6cina Meteorological de los Esta
! dos Unidos para predestinar di
chos fen6menos.
La eStacion de los huracane
exi>te desde cerca del dia l de iu
h lio hasta mediados de noviembre
i Durante esta parte del afio parec
! que hay marcada tendencia q mar
1 tener instables condicioues atmo:
) fericas en- toda la region de las Al
8 tillas. Estas instables condiciont
/ por 10 general primeramente Sc mi
5 ni6estan en- el oceano hacia el
. de las pequefias Antillas. centrale
y aunque Sc ha sabido que Sc ha
3 tornado huracanes ocasional
y a1n al 0. de la isla de Jamaica.
81 las condolences son favorables, e,
- tls tempestades Sc desarrollan r
pidameDte, tomando el caract
propio de huracaneS y FREQUENT
nente causando dafos durante III
8 dos dias despuEs de las primer,
seiiales de su formation.
Los huracaneS de las Antill;
usualmente Sc uneven por 10 gen
raj en- direction ONO. del lugar {
su orfgen, continuando en- ese Gu
so general hasta llegar cerca de
latitud 2So N, en- cuyo punto RAP
damente recurva el paso del ter
poral hacia el NE. 81 mayor NJ
nero de los huracanes llega a la /
titud 2S9 N, y recurva, en- la pr
kidad de la peninsula de Florid
Por casualidad alg1n hurac6n CO
tin1a su marcha hacia el ponien
hasts llegar a la costa 0. del Col
de Mexico; entonces recurva
NE. y pasa por el vale de Misi'
pi. De este Sc deduce que los b
bitantes de las Antillas pueden {
tar tranquilos una vez que el hui
can haya pasado hacia el o. de {
chas islas, pues la tempestad
retrocede en- su paso.
El paso del temporal varfa
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
RoRADo

Ha desaparecido de la plantation
Mascaib6, Juncos, ?. r., perteneclen-
te & 1.-The Porto Rican Leaf Tobacco
Co, un buey, hosco hayo, marcado
con las iniciales P. l.. f. y debaio e.
ndmero 244. Sc gratifcara al que
encontraudolo, de cuenta de clio, en-
la o6cina de dicha compaiiia en- Jun
cos, & don Francisco Jimenez Lajara
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
IOTE De PONCE
(ContfnGa en "a bdRftlA asl

(ContfN6a eN Ia bdgttA 39)
sitio Ell Inspector y el Official de Sa-
nidad doctores Paniagua y Coronas
y llam6 este 6ltimo la atenci6n acer.
ca del leproso al guardia de Sanidad
de turno.
Sin embargo, el leproso cont.
nuaba hoy arrastrandose por las
raves de la plaza del mercado.
-Esta noche la Sociedad abo.
licionista de la pena de muerte ce-
lebrara una gran asatnblea en- los
salones del Ayuntamiento.
Para hoy fueron citados 4
declarar ante el captain de la polls
Cia los testigos presenciales de los
sucesos ocurridos en- sWashingtoiis
con el policia Gaspar Alomar.
CoARESPoNsAG.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13

80 100 millaS de anchura. Fuera |
de la parte exterior de la orilla de
Ia tempestad, y moviendose con
ella hay un circulo, digamoslo asf,
de alta preston barometrica. Desde
este cfrculo de alta preston barome-
trica hssta el centro de la tempes-
tad, el bar6metro baja enteramente
con regularidad, pero con diferente
graduante segIn las diferentes tor
mentas, hasta que Sc aproxima su
centro, en- que empieza Ell bar6me-
tro a bajar rapidamente y con ire
gularidad, algunas veces bajando
una pulgada en- el espacio de unos
cuantos minutes, segdn pasa Ell
centro del huracan.
Como resultado de esta baja
preston en- el centro del huracan, el
fuerte aire penetra furioSamente de
todos lados para restaurar el equi-
librio. La revoluci6n de la tierra
sobre su eje hace que el movimien-
to libre de algdn cuerpo, como el
aire, Sc desvfe de su paso a 10 largo
del cual su inercia solo tiende a di-
rijirlo. En- el hemisferio Septen-
trional esta desviacion es siempre
hacia la derecba. He aquf que las
masas de aire que Sc ponen en- mo-
vimento hacia el centro del bura-
can son desviadas hacia la derecha
de aquel centro, y resulta un movi-
mieuto circulante. Los vientos su.
per6ciales de esta manera soplar
espiralmente con direction hacia e.
centro del huracan, con una rota'
ci6n cerca de aquel centro y cor
. una direction opuesta las agujas
de un reloj, cuando esta con la es
fera hacia arriba.
FL aire calentado en- el centtt
5 del huracan Sc levanta impulsadt
: por la penetration de los viento
mas fuertes de todos lados. Por ESQ
en- la extremadamente, alta strata d
d laatm6sfera sobre el centro del hura
S can hay una contracorriente de air
i extendida sobre la strata mas bal
: en- todas direcciones desde el centre
: Como el aire en- la alta strata de
r atm6sfera fuye hacia fuera del cen
: tro de la tempestad, en- direcci6i
o opuesta del movimiento del Went
s hacia el centro del huracan en- !
superfcie de la terra, la fuerza des
S viante que causa su desvio hacia /
: direction derecha resultarfa en- u,
e remolino en- la alta strata de la al
: m6sfera an direction opuesta de |
a superfcie de la terra. Es decir, e,
: la super6cie de la terra el movl
: miento del viento cerca del centr
: del huracan es de rotaci6n en- sent
: do inverse del de las agujas del re
+ loj; en- la atm6sfera superior, {
!. movimiento del viento es de rota
/ ci6n en- sentido derecho del de la
e agujas del reloj cerca del centro d.
o huracan. Estos hechos simples so
Il una ayuda importante para recol
|. dar los fen6menos que indican
l. aproximacion de Tin huracan. Co
s. las atlas corrientes que Sc mueva
l. hacia fuera del centro del huraca
i son llevadas las nubes cirrus y c
% rro.stratus, 10 cual da los primerC
indicios de la aproximaci6n del hi
.e racan.
.-~RAaaA nnhRRAAA
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
GGrgGnt0

c6raase sin tenor a que Sc re-
nrodugcau, los dolores de Carganta,
lIriugitis, amigdalitis, ronqueras,
eosquilleos, toJ nerviosa, extiueiones
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
CAMUY

Vacantes dos de las escuelas
Turales de esta municipalidad, Sc
anuucia al pdblico para conocimien-
to de los seiiores profesores y pre-
sentaci6n de solicitudes.
Camuy, 3 de agoSto de 1907. =
Adoljo Iuyy1no Rivera, presiden-
te. 12-5s.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
CoARESP0NSAL.

ia ciudad nuestro particular amigo
el Lcdo. don AmErico Geigel, Juez
Municipal que fue del Distrito Au.
nicipal de Aguadilla.
-Sinforoso Garcia fue eondu.
edo aver Ala cArcel pOr crusldad
con los animales.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13

~Se solicitan buenoS vende.
dores para este peh6dico.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-13
(. MATlAlO
DOCTOR EN MEDICINA
Y CTRUJIA.

! y''OCuL1STA.- -Ex-medlco au.
xiliar de Ia Clfnica oftalmol6.
gica, que 4 cargo del doctor
Bsrraquer existe en- el Hospi.
tai de a Santa Cruz de Bar.
cAona. Consultorio exclusive
para afecciones de los ojos.
T'etuan 81, (cerca del Tea
t-o.) - Horas de consulta'
Ne 9412 de Ia manana. --
Gratis 4 los pobres, de 8 4 :
he In mafiana. d.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11
Answers to Correspondents

At our last preachers meeting this
question arose: How may We know
when to prepare and preach our SER
mons on Superanuated Preachersy'
To secure a large collection fair
weather is necessary and the Govern
ment reports are unreliable. Suggest
something Prepare two ser
mons and give the one best suited TO
condition, or better still, get barom-
eter that will indicate the weather in
advance. Griswold has some that-nev-
er lie when they are hung up, and also
has thermometers for the janitor who
allows anchor ice to accumulate in the
steam pipes during service.
Mrs. |. T.-Griswold has made ample
provision for that very thing this year.
He has Christmas Tags Stickers,
Wrapping Paper, Seals, Ribbons, Tin
seled Cord, etc, that add very materi-
ally to the attractiveness of package
however humble the gife may be in
itself.
Curiosity.--The Bennington Battle
Monument is 306 feet, Az inches high.
If all the books In Griswolds store
were piled up they would not equal
this height. Still they would make a
big stack. Everything in Books that
can be found in a first class city store.
is there. Special Holiday editions at
low prices
Unlucky.-It is your own fault for
not making a record of the transaction.
Why don't you keep a diary? Girls.
void has fine stock of them now.
Don't wait until the last minute be-
fore 1908 and expect to get what you
want.
School Mam.-Yes, Griswold has
made practice for years of giving a
discount in quantities to School Teach
ers. They have a great many to pro-
vide for from small salaries and he is
glad to help them a little in the pur-
chase Of their Christmas Gifts. We
would suggest the following as appro-
pirate: Bibles. Prayer Books, Story
Books, Pictures, and a great variety of
Games and Novelties to be seen at
their store.
Reader-The best service and low
est prices We know of can be had at
Griswolds. He issues complete cat
alogue of Magazine and Newspapers
which can be had free for the asking.
A beautiful half-tone likeness OF the
proprietor illumines the front cover
and when framed in cigar box effect
makes an appropriate ornament for the
den.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11

TARRYTOWN. y. Y, Dec. 1l.--Ma-
jor General Alexander Hamilton,
grandson of Alexander Hamilton. sec
rotary of the treasury under George
Washington, died ut his home here at
the age of ninety-two years. He had
been i'll from grip since Thanksgiving.
General Hamilton was born in New
York In 1915 and early in life was aid
to Governor Harris and later to Gov
ernor Seymour. He served under Lin
coin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11
GriSWOId
SpOrt.MuSiC.At.S STATIONERY.
Magazines
UPsETs AT NEW ORLEANS.
Carthage Takes Fair Grounds Fen-
ture-Four jockeys Went Down.

Carthage Takes Fair Grounds Fen
ture-Four Jockeys Went Down.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec 11.-Exclte-
ment was added TO the races at the
Fair grounds through accidents in the
second and fifth events. In these -four
jockeys went down when Blackburn
stumbled on the back stretch.
Jockey Fogarty was badly injured,
and II may be several weeks before he
can ride again. J. Lee, on Prince For.
tunatus, had his leg badly injured and
probably will be out OF the saddle at
least a week. Jockey Herbert, on
Flowaway, and Mountain, on Vesta-
bella, escaped injury. IN the fifth race
Ann Hill, with J. Howard up. and Re
fined, with Hefnagel. fell HefnageI
was badly bruised, but Howard es-
capped injury. The winners:
First Race.--Angeus, first; Gee
Whiz, second; Stoneman, third.
Second Race.--Coltness, first Higgin.
botham, second: Annie Scott, third.
Third Race.-Rickey, first; Tudor,
second; Light Note. third.
Fourth Race.--Carthage, first; La.
jeunesse, second: Ed Kane, third.
Fifth Race.-Bertha f., first; Lucy
Young, second; Ralbert, third.
Sixth Race.-Nancy, first; Agile, sec.
ond; Appreciation. third.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11

WILKESBARRE. Pa. Dec, ia
continued fall of rain throughout the
Wyoming valley for the past two days
has caused the water in the Susque
hanna river to rise nearly a foot an
hour. The situation is alarming on the
west banks of the river. The street
car traffic between here and Nanticoke
was practically cut off. due to the over.
flow of creeks outside of this city.
silk mills and other plants in. the
southern part of the town We're forced
to suspend operations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11
NOTICE

The annual meeting of the stockhol-
ders of the First National bank Of
North Bennington, VT, will be held at
their banking house on Tuesday, the
7th day Of January, 1908 at 10 o'clock
a. m. for the purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing
year and for any other proper and nee
essary business.
s. B. Hall, Cashier.
North Bennington. Vt. Dec. 8. 1907.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11
Freshmen strike For Eight Hour Day

ATLANTA. Ca, Dec. 11.vFollowing
the refusal of majority of the job
printing offices and publishing houses
in Atlanta to grant an eight hour work
ing day about 10 members of the
Flatbed Pressmen's union are on strike
here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11

PHILLIPSBURG, n. j.. Dec. IL
Jonathan La. Rue, first cousin to John
ID. Rockefeller of the Standard Oil
company, is dead here. He was eighty
two years old and worked ut his trade,
that of carpenter, until short time
ago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11
Parliament Buildings burned.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec.
1.-THE parliament bindings. the H.
brary of which contained a large and
valuable collection of books. were de
stroyed by fire here yesterday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-12-11

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new
Laxative. stimulates. but does not ir-
ritate. 1t is the best Laxative. Guar
anteed or your money back. Quin-
lan's Pharmacy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25
A Definition of Success.

How have the hypothetical Scien-
lists and the opponents of unbelief
benefited themselves or humanity at
large by sowing the seeds OF doubt
broadcast in the world? The real sci
entists do not fall in this category. for
they are believers in the real sense Of
the word; they know too much. they
have seen too many mysterious mani
festations of the Divine creative pow
er. Now, those who have disposed of
the Bible and all evidences of insptra-
ton, have written great many books
and some of them have won what the
world at large lightly calls fame. Ac,
cording to the ordinary measures that
are applied in such cases, they have
been extremely successful, but real
success means the benefit of human
ity in some form or other. If no such
benefits can be shown as the result Of
their labors, their success is not equal
to that achieved by the direst poverty
and the deepest ignorance. - Joel
Chandler, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25
THE CUSTOM OF AARAKlRI.
SAID to Ee Practiced Only by Descend.
ants OF Old No5tss Of Japan.

The custom of harak!ri Is thing
rather confined to the Samurai class,
and the heimin, the commoners, are
quite strangers to 1t, writes Mr.. Hashi-
guchi in the Atlantic, Japanese mag
azine published in New YORK. IL
thrived in the days Of feudalism, when
the lives of the camurai We're at the
disposal of their masters, lords and
rulers.
The samurai youths were taught to
commit harakirl rather than submit to
the disgrace of decapitation.
Thus harakiri became an invet-
crate hereditary propensity Of the
samurai class, from which it was NOT
ar easy affair to free them after the
advent of the western civilization
awakened the bengAted land of the
Rising Sun.
In this enlightened age Of Meiji,
however, this practice has been go.
ing out of fashion. Yet it is amaz-
ing to learn that it has again come
into use in the war with Russia.
,,a,, ' 81 1ra,,,, u,hois oraduato
IS VIZ ao1,rono1 81 oddrass in an
oanaat,nua1 aa+ho.,na ta,d ~ Tokio
!, NTH 10 ~afaarnd - ~ nractica
Of baraI.iri H. ssid IN nart.
"a s,ldior r,av aia - mo battlefield
sor tba sara ~ drtv pot for Tho sake
~ nar,.,n,I honor he sb.u not com.
-, ,ona',i,s i,,st ,aoo,sa ba bas no
,,aone of aofonea noat,st bis enan,v
chonId 10 10 tokon ,,.ieona, Inv the
ono,,,, no u,3u A. ,raI1 70 console him.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25
MELONS IN STORAGE.
HOW PEACE Ju3TlcE DECIDED
COMPLICATED CASE.
Both Sides Seemed to Have the Law
on Their Side, and the Judge
Arose Subllmely to the
Occasion.

Problems worthy Of Solomon's acu-
men are often submitted to these ru-
raj arbitrators, justices of the peace.
In the Macon county MOI archives
is a case of this sort:
Timothy Kahn, a farmer of Easley
township, set out some watermelon
vines which thrived so luxuriously
that they trespassed upon the field
of his nelghbor, Felix Hopper When
garnering time came Kain's attempt
to harvest his runaway product was
rebuked by Hopper and his shotgun.
The controversy got into court and
Squire William Easley, for whom the
township was named, was asked to de-
eide the ownership of ten watermelons
worth Is cents apiece. The lawyers
for Kahn read books to show that his
rights of property followed the vines
clear into the next county should they
travel so far Hopper's lawyers pro
duced equally sound reading to prove
that Hopper was entitled by law to
anything that camped on his premises.
IL NdSll AlOPpCl lauIl, lAlCg oHANJ -
the vines wanted to spread out and go
visiting; he had the same right to
them that he would have to a colony
of honey bees that might get tired Of
being with, Kahn and concluded to
move over and make honey for Hop
per
Squire Easley let the lawyers spout
until they had read through all their
books, then arose to his six feet and
said:
Mitchell has read books that make
it absolutely certain them melons be-
long to Kahn | hadn't any doubt in
the world about that till Guthrie here
got up and turned Mitehells law bot
tom side up There's 10 question but
what's there enough law in the books
for both Kahn and Hopper, and that
ought to make EN- happy. The court
decides, under the circumstances that
with the law deciding both ways.
there's nothing to do but to hand out
justice as he sees it, The judgment
of the court is that those are Kain's
melons"
Thank you, your honor said
Mitchell, arising and bowling.
but that he's indebted to Hopper
20 cents apiece for storage finished
the justice.
But, your honor" said Mitchell, in
dignantly, you can't do that. They
haven't filed any claim for storage, be-
sides, you're allowing them more for
their melons than they're worth on the
market"
1.-The court will take judicial notice
of the defendants rights, offset or nc"
said Squire Easley, with some asper-
ity. And your own evidence shows
Hopper was diligently guarding Kain's
property for him. That's worth some
thing"
Guarding it?"
Yes. Kahn himself testified Hop
per was there with a shotgun when
he climbed over the fence. kansas
City Star.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25
PROVED His MettIe-

The sultan OF Morocco is bHrbarOus
in his methods I'm spite of his acquaint-
ance with European civilization. Not
long ago, the story runs, he visited his
private menageTfe with camera in
order to photograph the animals. Ar
rived before the cage of tiger, the
young monarch suddenly desired his
minister of war to hold the beast by
the ear while he photographer It.
Dreadfng his masters dispneasure If
he refused, the trembling minister ap-
preached the cage, and, thr1Esting his
hand between the bars, grasped the
animal by the ear. With a fierce
growl the tiger sprang to its feet
while the wretched2 minister chung
grimly to it, divided between fear Of
the tiger and dread of the sultan. Al
that moment, to his inexpressible re
lief, the camera clicked, and his or
deal was over. His courage did moi
60 unrewarded. The sultan has dis
tributed numerous copies Of the pho
tograph as an evidence Of his skill al
photographer and Of the pluck o
his war minister
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-09-25
=
Origin Of MenauerIes.

An attempt to trace the origin Of
geological gardens and natural his
tory museums has been made by j.
Won Pleyel, a German. He concludes
that menAgeries originated partly in
the worship of sacred animals and
partly in the ambition of rulers to col
lect specimens of rare, valuable and
savage creatures. The simplest form
of geological gardens was known to
the Chinese, Indians, Greeks, Romans
and pre-Spanish Mexicans in very an
Gent times, a Chinese menagerie dat
ing from 1850 B. G. being the Oldest
on record. The den of lions kept by
Dariu, of which we are told in the
Book of Daniel, is an illustration of
the primitive menageries, and the
sacred white horses of Greece and
Rome and the so-called white ele-
plants of Burma and Siam represent
another type. The menagerie founded
1D 1897 in Regents park, London,
seems to have suggested the establish
ment in Paris that is regarded as the
earliest modern geological garden.