The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-04

where Mr. Charles Rsiche receives them.
End thence they are distributed accord
ing TO demand. Elephants ara captured
when young, and usually by driving them
into immense traps that converge
rapidly until the beasts are cribbed into
reach Of rores. 4 fne elephant will
bring from 81 900 to $1,000. OF course,
the price of animals varies with tho de.
mand. You must get man that wants o
| beast befoT5 you can get any price for
him-then the price depends upon how
much he wants him.
"You see," said Mr.. Reiche, smiling,
lyon wouldn't give $40 FOR that lion
there for we had now drifted to Central
Park) for your own use, and yet he is
! worth 81, ,560."
A good companionable tiger. can be
| bought for 1,200, and q nice leopard is
worth about $400. Monkeys sell in the
bunch by the dozen at about $50 each,
and rhinocerc. brings about 5000. A
giraffe is very expensive and very deli.
cate, and zebra, striped up to The regu.
| lation of ninety-nipe and one is worth
about $1,000. GirafIes die of indiges-
tion; the rhinoccros, despite his heavy
| overcoat, is frequent victim Of con-
sumption, and the monkey dies of emo.
tional laiiguor.
/ The depot for sea lions il San Fran
! cisco, where man named Mullet super
intends. They arc taken on the south
California coast, and bring $400 each.
Polar bears come from the Arctics, and
are worth about $4,000. They are kept
in deep caves that are damp and sunless,
or in oens set in ice and with huge blocks
of ice dripping from the top. The poiut
at which Mr.. Reiche buys them is Ham
burg. very few being taken in our Arc
tics. The snake trade is cne of the i'm
portant departments. The headquarters
for snakes is Para, in Central America,
though, of course, the boa comes from
tbs Nile, and the anaconda from Africa.
There are varioua depots for raro fsh,
and Mr.. Reicho is en- enthusiast on this
subject, being owner of the New York
aquarium. The bright colorcd fishes
come from the tropical waters, and .he
dullcolorcd from the Arctic Stations.
The ostrich has less sense than any !nnd
animal, and yet is worth $1,000. They.
are caught while young. Birds come
from all quarters. The most expensive
10 the bird of paradise, which sella for
5000 TO $500, according to plumnge.
Parrots, paroquets, and monkeys are
brought i n great numbers by sail, s who
come in on foreign ships.
ssaaaaEE;a, !. Egypt, and Ceyiou, OF
animals from the Nile region and the
heart Of Africa are collected at the lat.
ter the tigers and lions from the jungies
of India. The bed Of the Nile is the
best hunting ground, as it has been for
A1mout ovoru ,y;1d hoook - tI n
tropics may be found there, and in fine
sample. The African elephants are
smallest ard most stupid, but otherwise
| the beasts from Africa are large and vigo-
rUus.
/ The amount Of business done by Mr..
Reiche is wonderful. His standing or
der for canaries is 10000 birds O week.
They are imported from Germany and
sent all over the continent. He has an
agent in Savannah, and has sent ship
ments to Atlanta. Frequently he re-
ceives $4,000 worth of animals in one
manifest. There is growing demand
| from circEses and menageries and zoolo-
gical gardens all over the county. No
circus now travels without its mena-
gerie. and not park is compile with
out its geological department. There is
a large sale for rare birds and antelopes
for private parks and grounds. MIR.
Vanderbilt once gave $500 for q bird OF
paradise. A large number of parrots are
sold and trained to talk and sing, a good
talker being worth 800 or 5000. The
supply of all birds aud animals must be
kept up by Importation, as few of them
breed in captivity. Lions and tigers are
about the only animals that breed In
| captivity and they bring ragged and
puny cubs that are not saIable. The
growing demand, therefore, and the losses
by death must be supplied by fresh cap
lures and importations. Consequently,
Mr.. Reiche's hunters are kept busy, and
his Ships are always coming in. Fre-
quent:y, be receives special order from
some circus or park for certain animal.
Thia order is at once dispatched through
various agents until it reaches the hun
ters, who organize a special expedition
and capture il. A pair of hippopotami
are now being brought over for circus
at cost of about 10000
| A large business is done exporting
American animals; this business, as well
as tae importing, q controlled by Nj
Reiche. The grizzly bear is the typical
American beast, and is always in demand
for European buyers. The buffalo, the
moose elk, and caribou are the larger
4 animals exported most heavily, they be.
ing American types. The opossom, the
gray squirrel, the red fox. the hedgehog
are most popular of the smaller animals
while the puma is in great demand as Q
new type. The mocking bird is great
favorite among birds, and Mr.. Reiche
has meh'who search the Southern forest:
for them annually. The red.headed
woodpecker is exported heavily as show
bird, and the robin is esteemed in Eng
lish parks as O quiet but handsome fel-
low. There is very large profit on the
exchange. Mr.. Rieche once bought 9
pair OF line cranes in Schoharie, n. Z.
to fill an English order--giving $25 fol
them and receiving $400. There is en- in
tefesting story connected with the famous
London show elephants, showing some o
the points of the animal trade. A Mr.
Kelly, q banker who drifted into the show
business by mortgage on the Van Am
burg menagerie, sent out ST. :, to Ceylen
He loaded it with number of Yankee
houses, oil ready for putting together
He had the sashes, doors, locks, ant
, everything complete. Arriving ct Cey.
Ion, he sold the houses at an enormous
profit, balaated his ship with coffee, and
: put thirteen elephants and lot of fanimal.
aboard. He made $4,000 clear money
by the trip, aud had r.. elephants clear
OF this heard FIVE ware trained for The
London show, and on, of them, "Baby,'
is the mother of N irst elephant evei
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