The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-09-22
THE GIRAFFE,
TIE LONG-NECKED ANIMALS Is
FAST DISAPPEARANCE.
Only Two I'm Anei lea ard One
in Observation-Disclosures IF
the Camelopard-Its
Queer Neck.
TGERE are only two rirares +
hIHeIIcH. THIS may seem n
startling statement to people
who think they can remen

! ber seeing many OF the long neck 4
beasts, but it is nevertheless abso.
lutely true.
There is only one in England, and
on the Continent of Europe the dearth
is as remarkable. In the wild beast
market there are none to be hal, and
collectors are compelled to serd agents
into tho interior of South Africa TO
secure them.
Three years ago the last Of n large
herd of giraffes that had been i'm
ported by the Barnum Il Bailey show
was killed by getting down in it's car
during railroad run and having its
spinal column badly bent. It's death
occurred at Gloversvile, y. Y, Nav
II, 1898. For two years Manager
James A. Bailey was constantly tryinp
to replace the animal, and he sue.
ceeded last summer in getting n fire
one after hunting over half the globe
, Animals are valuable when an eXhibi.
tor wants one badly and the whole
world of trGiiickers in wild creatures
can offer but n single specimen for
purchase. Thus it happened that it
cost Mr.. Bailey $4,000 to land this
young giraffe safely with the show.
About the same time that Mr..
Bailey's fine camolopard THAT is the
older name of the animal, handed
down from the ancient Romans, who
saw some fancied resemblance to both
the camel and the Jeopardy died, the
London Geological Society lost the
last of its herd of English bred giraffes
which had been maintained in its gar
dens since 1886, and like the Ameri-
can Snowman, the London society
found great difficulty IN replacing its
loss.
a young female was landed in Lon
don about the same time that Mr..
BAILEY got his new specimen, by Mr..
Reichc of Hanover, Germany, who
sent an expedition to the southern
limits of the giraffe country, with six
| young animals, but five died from
various causes on the way. 1t takes a
tourney overland, through q waterless
country. of some 10, miles to get
Giraffe TO Cape Town, and the mere
cost of bringing one from South
africa to New York, the freight, SO to
speak, is something like $1,000, count.
ing the cost of the expedition by cara
van.
The giraffe is fast disappearing be.
lore the encrOachments of man, and
tyhen you come to the fair it will f"
you but Is cents to get inside of n
grounds and then You will be 1
TTileged to go where you please, L
tpt On and too near the race track. '
lou don't bet on some other mans y
< you will not loose yonr mon. Il
/ il
here are 100000 individual CT
r'Hitors in the savings banks, state
lls, private banks, trust compa. -
national banks. and building -,
loan associations. Their demos. =,
sm"unt to s6,35O,OOO, OO5. Hero :.
p real money power Of the couH. :,
| l. :;
ne newly appointed Republican Of
CS;utive Committee for this Coun. Ia
vet at the law office Of REESE N
gtrd At o'clock last Saturday :,
organized by electing c. II. h,
Idock, Chairman, and John T. Il
ter, Secretary. The Committee
u. .saosi"" nuita avhila L..4---
The fool causes the animal to rive
out pleasant odor, similar to that of
the acacia, while it imparts to the flesh
pungent aromantic flavor, which
makes giraffe steaks delicacy highly
esteemed by African hunters. There
IS no animal that gives its keeper more
trouble IN menagerie, not even the
lreacherous elephant. While the giraffe
is gentle in disposition, and not piyen
TO attack, even in the wild state, il is
| stupid and obstinate and cannot he
taught TO mind
a iull.grown one cannot be taken
alive, for when defence is no LONGER
| possible it will kill itself. Solf.de.
| struction is not difficult i'm it's case
either, for the long neck is easily
| broken.
The giraffe presents q peculiar com
| binatIon Of grace and avkwardncss. of
| beauty and malformation. With hind
| quarters that are as graceful as those
of an antelope, and not larger than
those Of n horse, its forelegs are as
stocky as those OF camel. and its
neck raises its head to height of
eighteen feet. The neck tapers pref.
tily, the head is small and graceful.
and the countennncc decidedly bcnu.
7 tiful.
Though Of such enormous length.
I the girnlfe's neck is far from swan like
or flexible. It contains only tho usual
| seven cervicol vertebrm, but each is
| greatly elongated. When tho animal
runs the neck waves mp md down
! stlilIy, with litllo more uuIulation
/ than If compose Of single piece.
/ The nc'k is not usually carried up.
| right, which might be- expected TO be
, Che most natural position, but slopes
forward nearly ON line with tho
slope OF the shoulders Otherwise il
would be % pretty serious matter to
| provide for their importation, foI
unless the head was bent downward no
wagon or railroad car high enough to
accommodate il could be hauled
through the country