"linked Sweetness."

One of the famiiy oL welve ostriehe. attached to Sells' circus, which ha. been wintering at River Front Park went to his long home yesterday, victim of curiosity and a voracious anc indiscriminate appetite. About 1 o'clock yesterday one of tht circus attendants brought a lot o chains and whiffletrees from the uppei floors and threw thèm down in front o the ostrich pen. All of the chains were attached to the whiffletrees excep1 one, which lay loose among the pile The attendant left them lying there foi a while, and after he had gone awaj one ostrich, more curious than th others, caught sight oL the shining chain. Quick as a flash he darted hií long neck through the bars and seizec the chain in his bill. He threw it intt the inclosure, and his compaDions stooc eyeing him curiously to see what hc was going to do with the chain. They were not left long in doubt He at once began to make a meal of it Link by link it disappeared down his elastic oesophagus. It was very evident that the task wos no easy one, foi before he got it half way down h seemed to repent of his bargain. But he would not give i us, and finally i', disappeared altor her. The bird looked around as li in triumph, but its triumph was short-lived. In a few incments he was seized with paroxysms of pain, and, as all ostriches de when sick, he lay down on his stomach on the floor of the pen and stretched out his neck as far as it would reach Mr. Sells happened to pass through the animal department and noticed the position of the bird and at once surmised that he was 111. As the usual troubles from which these birds suffer are indigestión and similar complaints, Mr. Sells gave him the customary remedy - a large dose of castor oil. This, however, had no effect on the bird, which continued to show sins of distress. Nothing that was done gave him any relief, and within a half hour after bolting the chain he turned over on his back and gave his last kick.