rare freak to treat the huge fellow to a cask of rum and sugar, and then
stand by with a comic artist, and take down for PUNCHINELLO the traits
of BRUIN the Grizzly on a "bender," and with all his repressed nature
brought out by the strong drink.

"Carnivorium" is the word now properly applied by the Park authorities
to the establishment in which the wild beasts are kept. That is, the
term will be correct when applied only to the particular department
allotted to the fierce flesh-devouring animals. At present camels are
accommodated in the Carnivorium, and so are cows, which is a sort of
slur upon the habits of these poor innocent vegetarians. The new word,
however, is likely to find considerable extension, and if any provider
for the public maw should choose hereafter to call his dining-saloon a
Carnivorium, none would have a right to cavil at him on philological
grounds, at least.

By and by the Park will have a new and sensational attraction. The
antediluvian monsters of that great FRANKENSTEIN of the period, Mr.
WATERHOUSE HAWKINS, will soon be advanced enough to "give fits" to the
nursery-maids and their tender charges. Accipitrine in features as in
name, Mr. HAWKINS is a living illustration of the Darwinian theory.
Certainly his remote ancestors must have been of the falcon family. He
revels in birds; though, when he cannot obtain those, he can put up with
lizards, which he usually prefers manufactured, and of a length not less
than from sixty to one hundred feet. This reminds us that a saurian of a
hundred feet should not be confounded with a centipede.

It will be seen, then, that the landscape-gardens of our great city are
in a fair way of being able to afford some illustrations for students of
Natural History more interesting than the oyster-shells and old boots
with which most of them have hitherto been stocked.

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FRUIT FOR BALLOONISTS. Currents in the air.

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[Illustration: FASHION CORRESPONDENTS REPORT THAT "NETS ARE TO BE WORN
MUCH LONGER." PUNCHINELLO SUGGESTS, THEN, THAT THEY MIGHT BE PROFITABLY
ADAPTED FOR CATCHING FISH AS WELL AS BEAUX.]

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THE AVERAGE THANKSGIVING.

NINE O'CLOCK A.M.

I'm thankful I was bright enough, this year,
To have my turkey bought a week ahead!
Oh, what a bird it is! 'Twas awful dear,--
But, thank the Lord! the turkey's been