The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-06-20
DARWIN COMING TO TOWN. +.
Missing Link to Be Seen With Ring
ling Bros Circus.

| Darwin is coming to town. Not the
Darwin who wrote profound theories
about ancestors, but a creature SO like
the missing link the great philoso-
| pher looked for that he is q puzzle to
| scientists.
| Darwin is one of the features Of
Ringing Brothers new menagerie.
which on Thursday. June 80, will be
seen in Fargo. He is probably a Chin
panzee, though his close resemblance
| in face and actions to the human
/ lifts him into a class of his own. At
the time Of his capture Darwin was a
| little chattering baby of but a few
weeks. The mother had to be killed
before the circus trappers could get
| the babe.
When the big circus was showing
in Madison Square Garden. in New
| York City, Darwin's head was exanin-
ed by Jessie Allen Fowler, the ceIebat-
ed phrenologist. Il have examined the
heads or many animals" Miss Fowler
said, but really / have never seen one
that was so remarkable. Had Darwin
been human, I am sure he would have
oeeh prominent as an actor, a f1nan-
cier or Dhilanthropist.
Thought, meditation, concentration
are shown in every furrow. Here is
no nervous haste, only deep, human
IKE thought, that seems more than
anything else to indicate the birth of
reason--the one gift that raises man
from the level of the beast Indeed.
Darwin is a most interesting study
from psychological point of view.
On a study of his mental faculties
one can realize how nearly he can pass
Tor the missing link. He certainly is
bridge between the higher inteIIi-
gence Of man and the ordinary intelli-
gence of an animal.
L was surprised to find Darwin liv-
ing contented and happy in a little
mouse of his own, with windows. doors
fireplace, chairs tables and pictures
on the wall. He knew how to turn on
the electric lights, and he ate at a table
insisting on a full table equipment. He
looks to be about years old. He
mas a remarkable future ahead of
him."
The wonderful new menaeerie of the
R1ngling Brothers is creating no end
OF delight and surprise. And no won
der for it is a complete exposition of
natural history. There are things In
De round there that only the closet OF
students will recognize as the strange
creatures he has read about and now
sees for the first time. Uniformed
attendants take great pains with visit
ors, showing them the rarest exhibits
and explaining what no one can learn
without the assistance of experienced
trainers. There are 100 cages dens
tanks and pens. Stretching through
the center of the tent from one end TO
the other, are more than half the ele-
phants In America. There are all sizea
and varieties of them. There is an
African trapper in charge Of the fam
ltly or giraffes. He can tell visitors
many strange things. In the baby COL
ohy are two keepers, who know all
ABOUT animal breeding and have many
interesting experiences at their tom |
CUES ends. In this colony are some
very tiny youngsters. curious little |
furry balls that amuse the Children |
with their palyfulness and delight the
oluer folk as well. Look In any natural |
history, and the oldest animal that can |
be found there has a living representa- |
tive IN Ringing Brothers menagerie |