Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-28
NOT TO BE DOWNED
So Decided the Australians on
Sells Bros Visit.
AcR0BATHENRYNAGLE LES STORY
Of Trip With . Ciseus 20 Australia.
Ho~ YANKEES Ingenuity Ran
Circus Without Horses

Henry Nagle. the famous acrobat OF
thls city, who hAs been ''doing . turn"
with Sells circus and who accompanied
IL 10 Australia, has returned TO his
home for me winter. Even wearers OF
spAngied tights and vxriegated body
dresses don't get many opportunities TO
Wait foreign chimes. and Mr.. Magic 10
highly pleased over his voyage 10 the
land OF the kangaroo and the cotton
tail.." He said 20 . reporter OF The
HxaAIp. I'VE left san Francisco ~
d. m. on October IL. 1891, for the Anti
podes with bands playing and flags
waving on the good ship Monowac.
After being out seven days We sighted
tue sland of Molakai, one OF the
Hawaiian groupe. On Saturday October
"a. are sighted Diamond Head and sig-
nailed for pilot. Who guided tho shlp
through the coral reefs that form the
haroor of Azhu, where the dock was
crowded with natives The United
ststes war snip Pensacola WAS ~ anchor
there.
Sandwich Island scenes.
We we're given . chance To view Ho-
noluin and having been out from san
francisco but seven days 10 was hard TO
real re that No were IN tho tropics aud
that ali the stately and magnificent
palms are natives Of this lovely little
isle. As we walked through the streets
10 seemed as II We were walking
through some botanical garden. as We
cav on either side beautiful gardens
glowing with flowers OF every color and
hue. Tney present the appearance OF
n chunk Of soiiditied rainbow. We
waited the palace of Queen Lillio-
kalani, who assembled to the throne
after the death OF King Kaliskua. We
also visited the banana plantations, all
owned and Vpersted by Chinese: also
The famous Pail. In the evening =
concert was given by the Royal Ha-
wsiIsn band of forty pieces in the gar
den Of the Hawaiian hotel. Two days
later We crossed the equator.
At samoan islands
On November l We sighted Tu-
tuilla. one of the Samoan
group, and two hours later
entered the harbor of Samoa. The
FIRST thing that attracted our attention
WAS the remains of our warsbips, which
time we were surrounded by numerous
boats filed with natives. most Of them
having srinkets for sale. They were of
q coppery-red color and of finely de-
veloped physique. They were dressed
IN a sweet smile and yard Of calico.
which was hound around their loins.
After remaining In tho harbor for
three or four hours we steamed away
for Sidney. On Wednesday, Novem-
her 4, we went to bed a. usual, but
when We woke up 10 was Friday. We
had lost Iust . day by Greenwich reck-
oning. and on the next day we reached
Auckland and found ID Saturday there.
We had crossed the Is0th degree OF
longitude. west OF Greenwich. and We
turned our watches back twelve hours
just fnr luck. and 10 "be right" After
SPENDING few hours in Auckland,
''The Corinth Of the South Pacific" NO
steamed on for Australia.
showing in Australia
on November H.. we entered the
beautiful harhor Of Port Jackson,
where We were given an ovation.
When the horses were landed the
authorities claimed TO have discovered
n disease among them and they
mad 20 be sent home. On December 10
We opened the season and did some
thing never done before-gave q circus
without horses. All the vehicles used
In the tournaments were drawn by
men. This vas the occasion Of the fol-
lowing remark: "You caun't down
those bloomin' Americans; they take
their 'osses from them and they 'ook
themselves hup and pull their bloomin'
carts themselves" Notwithstanding
the loss Of tho horses. Sells Brothers. by
sheer pluck aud Yankee iutQenuity
made Il 20. and began TO buy Colonial
horses. During the season wo played
a. Bathurst. pubbo. Bendigo. Mel
bourne. 0eelong. Csmperdsnk, Ade-
laidr. Newcastle. Brisbane and many
other towns. IN al ssventy-sx.
uenseward bound.
On Monday, May Ia. we again en-
harked for Home. sweet home" The
dock was ons seethiuR mass 81 human
ity who bad congregsted Tn see the last
act OF ths American circus AZ Z
o'clock We dropped away from The
dock, and with bands playing watched
Australia disappear. George Cobb Of
this ETY. and hrs partner IN the Rexo
ard Reno team we're not with US. hav-
ing secured an engagement Mt tho
Gaiety Theater IN Melbourne The trip
home was unsventfui. and on June .
NE sighted ths golden gate. When Ne
r~sceed the dock and our band played
"Hour. sweet Home" and the mem
isrs Of the company put their feet on
American soil aQstri.