The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-20
GOOD STORIES OF THE rnEsrvr DAx
An Aavsaturs with Bahseus 81 the Hsls.S
OF Mindnna0.
osr.rtsM 1892. BY CHARLIE 3. B~vt.


osrsrtsM 1899. By CHARLIE 3. L.st.
While Barnum and Forepaueh have occa-
eionaly despatched an agent to India or AZ
RIGA In search OF some particular curiosity. and
while tho same may be said OF two or three
showmen In England and France nearly all
the elephants. lions. tigers. CRATES. serpents.
htppos. rhinocerosos. leopards. panthers. and
hysnas arc purchased direct from the great
animal house in Hamburg. For the last fifty
years = firm composed OF father and three
sons have made 1t a business to capture and
sell wild animals. 1t has sometimes had as
many as eight different parties In tho field at
once. and 1t has never had less than three. In
July. 1868. for instance. this house had on
hand for shipment 100000 worth OF live ami
mails. and among them were twelve line ele-
phants. have seen seven ships In the port OF
Hamburg ut ono time which had more or less
cnrgo aboard for the house. 1t owns three
vessels which nre always in commission. and
has agents ut various points In India. Africa.
South America, and Australia.
1t is ofthe expedition to Mindanao Island |
am going to tell you about 1t is one OF the
Philippines. and lies about 100 miles mort east
OF tho island OF Bornco. ono day in tho year
1863 nm American sailor. who gave his name
rs Thomas Jepp. arrived in Hamburg
English sailing ship which had como direct
from Singapore. Jcrp had with him for sale
. species OF monkey. tho like OF which none OF
us had ever met with before. II was about
hall the size OF full grown gorilla. but 1t was
neither gorilla. ape. balloon. chimpanzce.
nor any other species that ever came into tho
house. 1t was spotted like II LEOPARD. the inside
OF its hands tfcet was flesh courci: its tail
was unusually long. and it differed IN many
other respects from anything we had before
captured. Tho sailor wanted big price for
the animal and the information as to where 1t
came from. The house was always on its
guard against trickery, but two circumstances
occurred to favor the sailor naturalist who
must have been .muddled wit drink Inspected
the an NAL and declared 1t something new
and consequently valuable. and an English
Snowman who was in Hamburg offered y big
price for the curiosity and wanted to book an
There is sGhoming in thn animal trade as as
searcinr or e,hinG ,are OF new. and when
found they TO kectn" corner' on II; Ihs
petition had over been sent to the lilrrine..
and mn old German work on natnra! history
sfnoSn AMI nmns sfn IN WH. t Hu o saor
claimed TO have bought the monkey ironi tho
ter beinS . rai Si"G ior his p",and his iri'ima-
ton said that the animal wa capture, on h Ing
sE andro teas could Ie had i'r tho pSu5" Of cap
turing; Just at that time a rival honse Iat
SHGned for Il, ss , at Hy md 10 an ndy
asEossibIe. berth IL tho hr': WIS oISrnd
from Hamtur: with Il crew Of twelve men.
and. aside from cur wnicr and rrovisinns. tho
only cargo we had WAS II lot Vi rouLy- made
It was n good many months reforo came to
understand tho Yankee trick that tanhco hld
played on the house, 1t was imply Al oyer,
grown specimen Of the monkey lribe found
alon. the foothills OF tho mountain range 81
tho Malay pcninSui,, nni h'td t'""n brought
SrGaroTs from lah,Ms ,o t; IL res' II
washed otT:. but y. tr.', they iaasA AVA an!
aoo discovered Ma, Ei- teeth ifl "ren 'i!l..
lad hcrn brought ni,"n f'.-i'al n'., -h"Ari; |
don't know now tn" :a5 AVID ,r"n w"r&"', bnt
Thing OF i natural uin,.-tru-it5. Yh""lrv. urc
die not c"inr until az. y" ha' r"n,hr,! ana
stop us. Whi!e the lirnbur Il ~ w"i" 'mG'-
TERM i" lnnacr "nn t. 80 ~, ,HMh'' me
wo we're r,,oughins orr way Y" III" china ~
toround the north c"a' Q; l;"rneo an" heAI
drorn" nuchor or the -'nt: coast II Nin-
dalian and made read. ~ tn" work te."rr u.s.
or th n, we i.e' varo} way. r;,.!,"i u1;l
areiI-nt discovered The lss; way lhey , wsre
per cent en- ' wsrs nIW.ys hurt :n1t way. Whatis
nov mn,ysrsGy ,ir b., - wn" men n i sk ih'
Tho monkey as you And h.n, in mrnn.rlic-
aud geological al'i"ns is ":t.":r.iy aGbGr1r
ts sry n"Ti nc wny oIs 1T. "H liz &ts L" VITA
S hs s.neS had nf 10, az lHs M ~ % n
up in Hamhnr;:' %lt.hI "Tetnrs Of 2iium
.rnl kc;:s .'I Of whisk"y ,loctoroI' With tnr
opiun after benz: dilute! ami! it WAS Very
mild Three or n GaF % u.s. w%mH ST H"" n, n
We would then eat AND ir,nk' amn on & S,l MM
f Rn w. MoH TnSrs w"aa M f%s I'M !"
and Il fight over the SPOTS and within half All
G HSnT E n rNri, , VAL n tho H ras
and get Il tai! hold "nis branch. hut the ma
jorty wonri tall asl ,"r "n the :r|nn! and re-,
cover from their stupor ,Tniy after helm: s.,c!y
Gagged. They di c,a"tly rs they ma sr , us
do thon:h in many n,.Ss hey were :" m"m ,nr,
tho gourdS OF Whishcr were upset and tho
cakes broken and scattered wlthor: singe
animal hay ing 20: cmoash TO stul"ty hlm.
MiMd2naot to sa'sIy me ,ha, W" h.I been DO.
had exhbt.ed. Indeed there was only one n,
Borneo there "a" are no los. Than i've Iney wers
balloons. pure and simrl... and soon diTS,ov-
dreds Of them followed me- as ! movol about,
and though, not alta "king me- they exhibited II
boldness which mad ne somewhat nnpTeh q,
baboon family but ii; chief difference is that
iik . that OF tie rahtlt These were he short
tailed fellows km%wn as maaIriI, ana AS they
price ] determined :" captnre as many
r0ssHas ID % %r o Gn, yo let ms
bulldog. and in H. is natiy" wilds is AWAY ready
for u row. Our first attempt made with
In twenty rods OF tho beach knowing the
suspicious nature Of the mandrl detnrmined
on attemptin. II Wholesale cayture. We took
ashore cages enough to hold n hand red. and
with them several hundred cakes and II barrel
OF whissey. Tho cages were left on the beach.
but tho cakes and tho whisky We're conveyed
to glade OF about hnf nm aero in extent. We
had brought along provisions and water. and
nine OF us sat in II circIn and ~" and drank
Tor a couple o. hours The head was Knocked
Gut of the barrel and every five minutes one
Of us would go overiul and pretend To- drink.
Before we wcr" through there were u ihli thou
sand balloons around Ms Mhll. they rXlli'-
itsd n good deal al curiosity it was plainly
mingled with IL forociuus spirit. and toward
the last some Of III" men got ve:y nervous.
although we were well armed
Tho moment "" started FOR the beach there
was "A grand rush AMI II terrific ilGh' over the
epoiis. A. thu sounds OF TN. ,on.'ict cam"
down to us it seem ii a. II half the mob would
b. killed Defoi Q II was over. ! few Wer" led
AND score or more BADLY nscd np. as we nter-