The Cecil Whig., 1882-06-03

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The royal Bengal tiger is a noble AMI
mai. and Il circus in these TIMES c"Dld
scarcely 4, without one. The male Is
dilticn' t.. o.oytaiu At any price and in'
specimen Is worth easily =. 800. Tia
female is uurh less Valuable OF lat.
years the iy"r A:;~ been trained. and =
man in spaugtr: -1c> into Eis den au'
electlitas the crowds by his daring
kaoraros have likewise been taught t.
iimp owe. . stick and 90 several oth,l
tricks ihai tn" average dog does. They
ara quite Inil.|-manurrc,} and easy t"
/ tram F,hyn sleeping they lie with their
lr"s doubled mp under them and their
heads stretched out like dogs, while a
IinD lies on It's side. and tiger Oh It's side
or back as best pleaSes it. The black
leopard is mulc valuable than the spot
/ ted hcrau>a a. is scarcity, and costs
about 500 Tie ganul OF the animal
.y"@inm. tie h}ena, appears now in
CAGE performance. lIggaaS are of TWO
tindS--thy striped and The spotted. The
/ former j. the Mosi expensive. and is rat
ed at $500. The latter j, worth $500.
/ rhey have to be watched very ciosGly by
| the man who GOES among them. as they
will set their fangs in lis LEGS as sure as
| le turns his back upon them and gives
them a chance. The cost of South
American panther is from 500 to $500.
| \ male i worth about twice as much a.
4 female. The panther is not difficult 10
train. but is trcac!Icrous. Sea-lions ap-
/ pear 10 have no other qualifications than
! their ability to bark, or rather to croak
most dismally. No end OF them are
caught within sight OF san Francisco,
! Cal, so they are not costly. The prices
range at ?100 to SEQ. They will live i'll
wafer OF ordinary temperature, and it is
not difficult 20 take care of them. They
are vicious, and care more to bite at the
hand of tie pt.sun who leeds them than
they dc at the fish ho offers Them. Seas,
whose habits are about the same cost
from $500 10 500. Tie polar bear has
been .cduceti 10 the rank of Il performing
/ and will come out Of the water any time
for piece Of bread. y polar bear is
worth Il 600. Black bears can lie
bought III any number for S1U0 each.
The poonah bear, from iiindustan, with
its long, shaggy hair. is accorded a place
IN the menagerie. 1t sits upon its haunch-
Of this kind is worth 500. The South
American tapir is mainly distinguished
for its suout, which is about as long as
itself. It's cost is 5000 to $500.
The rhinUceroS. which is strict yege-
tartan. does little more than lie in its
cage and breathe with all the vehemence
uute certain that The lhinoceros never
was intended for 4 performing animal.
1t is moi sufficiently agile to climb pole,
or even to stand on its head like an ele-
phamt. There is no difference in appear
auce between The male and the female.
The cost Of y rninoccros is from ST. 900 TO
80 coo. and not many circus1s possess
one. The hippopotamus is Il peculiarly
constituted animal. When lei ont it viii
follow its keeper around Ike a dog. but
| VIII snap at every stranger that comes
within reach. 1t hives on vegetables, and
ta6es great delight, apparently, in yawr-
! ing, which occupies the greater part of
its time 1t can be taken into the ring,
| bat thus far has been educated to do no
tricks of consequence. The value of the
animal is from - coo to $1,000.
More giratts will he shown this year
than ever before They are valuable be-
| cause ii is difficult 10 keep them alive.
They are very gentle and shy, and have
| to be treated like children. This season
| they will appear for the first time in street
| p1radgs. 1t has been maintained that
| they never utter a sound. but some of
| those III the Madison Square Garden have
| been heard to make 4 noise which was
| something between a grunt and gut
| tural q" oh. \ giraffe / feet high is
worth :25. coo. Camels have become too
! common 10 be Of great value. About the
only things they do that are worthy of
! note are to bite and kick and throw their
| rcd-coated riders of in the ring. to the
great delight of the younger portion of
| the audience. The better grades cost
/ $500 and 500. When first exhibited the
sacred COW was considered great card
| bat it has lost its prestige and can be
| purchased for 500 to $500. The zebra
jsno longer prize to showmcn. possibly
| because 1t Is too easy to stripe a donkey
| and palm 1t of on an llnSuSpcctlng public
as the genuine animal. EehraE VIII not
| breed IL captivity, and The 500 or $500
! that they cost Is poor investment. \
gazelle is worth 81, 900, nylghau 81. 600:
all Gland s.. 600, and hartheeste SO. 800
| The ordinary oryx has never been exhib-
! tied. When ore is captured in Afri-
CT it is taken to Persia. where the
| people worship it. The llama. which
| comes from the wild OK family. and is
used as DaaGt of ha.dea in the silver
mines of Brazil, is valued at 5000, while
the yak, from Siberia and Tartarv, ranges
from $1,000 to $1,000. There is said to
| be but one bieSOCk IN the country. and
| th. figure set upon it is $1,000. The on
dad, a strengthening beast from the,
| north of Africa. costs from 5000 to $500.
| hangarooS are rated at from 500 to
81 900.
Few ostrieheS are shGwn. Tie price
| fixed for them IS tl0in -. COG to So. 500.
| he AuStralian emu. somewhat similar
~ appearance. brings the same figures
in the males three feathers grow on one
! quill "la III tna femai2s tp'G. 1t is in
this way that they are distinguished.
The different kinds If birds, including
| the disconsoa'e- choking pelican and the
cneerE p"T!of, cost from - to 500 The
big snakes which coil themselves around
tne oil-stuvr III their "ope to extract
rnpiCi.t HaIii.tA tlulu II 3ttc .,nrtn from
5000 to 5000. They only arouse from
their l"tnar%E l0nG enough to take at a
single gu!p The guinea pigs or chickens
feathers and al. thrown into them. 4
raIe of monkeys i ~ much d part of a
SHOW Is TIE ing pcrfuInince. They are
ralU"G ., iteGu Qap to yJ0u. The people
like to wateh the droii creatures. and
Tie droll creatures ike to reach out and
snatch i,,... oi anything else n reaching
distance.
y small menagcre would cost at the
lowest estimate $50. 600, while some of
the lar@" 0ueS are worth nearly 81 GEO.
coo, Mo-: 0f the animals are bought
from dealers on the ether side of the
ocean, who every Year send out expedi-
tioES t" capture tncm. There is one
tirm in this New York which imports
largely. Some circu~gS hire animals of
gardens fol the SEASON, ant in the Fall a