Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-04-10

ing, pure and simple, than to pay for
all the other expenses Of the show.
But this sum does not 70 for the news
papers and printing Of bills and cards
alone in the city in which they are
performing The show has five al
vertising cars. Tho first of these j.
five months ahead of the show. That
is to say, with a chief and an assist
ant and twelve men, il is billing a
town today that the show itself will
not reach until August next, and al.
ready in that town the newspapers
are being worked" Two weeks af
ter that car leaves another one comes
along and does the work all over
again. Another follows in three
weeks, until the Eve advertising cars
have passed through the place and
have done their work. Then the ad-
vance agents Of the show get into the
town aud keep up the excitement un-
ill the show itself arrives.
A show like the Barnum never
goes twice to the same place in sea.
son-sometime not for two. They
usually clean out district Of all the
loose change il has, and the country
for one hundred miles around is laid
under contribution. The next day
the show jumps at least one hundred
miles, 80 as TO get out Of the neighbor-
hood that has been worked. When it
is realized that the receipts are often
$4,000 in day, even in small pla.
ces, the wisdom Of doing this is appa-
rent at once.
The new tent which is 10 be used
for the Barnum show this summer is
now being made by Higgins, OF South
street. Its cost is $4,000. Ii has
taken three hundred people 5 months
already aud is not finished yet. They
are now working on it night and day.
The Barnum show employs 400
draught horses and 100 ponies and
performing horses. These latter are
kept in the building. But they have
not been able to find stable room at
all the livery stables in the city for
the draught horses, though they offer
to pay the regular price of s25 or $50
a month for their keep. This has
been one of the great embarrassments
Of the management this year. Many
of the performing horses are the prop
erty Of the artists" For instance,
Frank Melville, the rider, has seven
OF his own which he uses in the ring.
He receives salary Of s250a week
for the season, but besides this Bar
mum and his partners must board and
stable the seven horses and furnish
transportation. Nine. ROLAND has
five horses. She is also paid $3.50
week, and her beasts are kept. These
salaries are large, but they are sup
posed to be for the risk as much as
the skill. Seldom a season passes
without these people being injured
more or less. One of the Melvilles
was hurt last year, and is only just
now recovering. Katie Stokes, who
got $3.50 week with the Coup show,
hurt her knee pan, aud has not been
able to perform since. She is now
playing in one of Stetson's companies
for S25 week. These are the even
Qualities Of the business.
The cost Of maintaining and feed
ing all these animals is very large, and
they have to be fed well, because their
life is one of hardship. Several quar-.
tiers of beef are bought each day for
the wild animals. An average of 100
bales of hay is consumed each day,
and oats, corn and bran are bought at |
the rate of 10000 bushels at time.
There are 20 elephants with the show.
They eat hay, potatoes and bran as
staple food. Jumbo gets each day
halt a barrel of potatoes, half a bar
rel of bran and about one bale of
hay. Besides this he is given ten
loaves of bread, whole Loaf being
given him at each mouthful. Besides
this the visitors give him cakes, can
dy, apples and fruits at an average of
four or five bushels day. lie can
digest any thing but nails and guilds
of tobacco, of the latter of which he
is very wary. Jumbo costs to keep
from IS to $40 day. He has two
keepers, Scott, who came over with
him from England, being his constant
attendant. There is special groom