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Show . , , - . .! .--aIt' FUR AND FEATHERS. Fairly Flow Tvh- n tlio OatHish 'Mixed tWJth the Katiparoa, Chlcsgo Chronicle! It was evident from the opening of the new anlrmil reservation In Lincoln Park that there was bad blood between the lone ostrich nod the scarcely less consoled kangaroo, kanga-roo, but Keeper De Vry, knowing their peculiarities, thought that the entrnte co'dlal might be restored nfter a few month's sojourn In a foreign land. The long-earett animal wllh the muzzle of a rabbit and the legs of a grasshopper. H-eni dlposed to make overtures, hut the bird was obdurate nnd manifested his unfeigned dislike for the nn-ilpodean. nn-ilpodean. From the date of tho Fbz si in jions Jeffries contest in the east the ostrich treated his neighbor with dlrcgard, which the kangaroo fruitlessly sought to correct lu physical physi-cal encounter. Twice up to yesterday the two disagreeable members of tho colony cmie to blows, but the meet-n.g meet-n.g was Indecisive. While the Sunday crowd was furglng around the grent. InclitHiiro near tho lake the ostrich took tho kanBiiroo's tall In his bill and pulled It cavagely. Now, o kangaroo Is peculiarly tender about that section or hi nuatnuiy and "Bob," no matter how Indisposed he might bo on or dlnary occasion, could not ntlort from ordinary self-respect to let such an insult in-sult pass unnoticed. There was a clean breakaway, another grapp'e and 'ttr und feathers wic flying. The ostrich os-trich had tho right enr of tho b3nsi In Ins powerful bill and seemed to be raplaly disengaging it from the rest of his body. "Hob," on the other hand, had irrasped the bird in bear fashion about the mldsh'.ps nnd appeared to have the better of the iirgumeut, Mr. De Vry overheard tho fuss and, rushing rush-ing Into 'he rcservatfon. disengaged "the principals, with the aid of half n dozen assistants. Kangaroo nnd ostrich os-trich wore wlmiod like genuino prize-I prize-I fUhters ami had to ho carried aw iy. Hereafter thoy will occupy separato and widely removed qn triors. |