The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
GIRAFFE MARKET SHORT.
RELIGION HAS RUN THE PRICE Up
TO $4,000 AND NO OFFERINGS.

A E,r,u,. Aw,it,nv tho Fir.t MIN WIZ
Rr,pps n Troop OF the LonR-Neck.d
Crenture. Our of the Soudnu-Meanvbiie
Circuses Must DO without ono OF
Their Prime Attractions of the Past.
RolioIon 4. responsih,e for all sorts ~ tbi,,s
Inf n,rhona tho Inat rloco In which ono ,vn,,,;
Iook for rho lasting errocts of n rovivol ia tha
,nono,o-i. iont ~ . circus n, cours, I, 10
nossihle TINT tbe circus lifo NAV no stri,,lv
a,,n,olio,l hi, I, e.n,r,l I. doas NOT 90 i,,
49,. ~ ,,,, a,a,n,a ,,h Ia, ~ y. ''''-
press INV cnSua' oosol'er WHO is'e'A - -
inspiring addresses of the boss tent man to hts
subordinates when setting tho big ton Tn.
results OF TINS particular revival manifest
themselves in the item OF grsOea
le"rs ago wv, Troop VI s'i'n's was one Oh ,ne
inos' poluR'r sho" 'ea'ures III the circus inc
fenrr a1yrrtistrg hrrausc Of his nr,norti" '
H" could he drawn to fence height, and thn,
scale Sc" e' allowed HIM " great r dea1 Of an" en ,S'
There was another thing that helped to bring
the hippo out strong on the fences. and that
was the regular label. "Behcmoth of Holy
Writ" which fetched good many who wanted
some excuse OF the sort ne slra''e was OF
little valu" on the fences. for even when he
ms IMPOSING PROPORTIONS were reduced. but
with which the show began the girafres w,r,
w. nonr,,r Nc t,a hard - a,amhonts ,nd ,,aa'
T o yenrs @
has seen troop Of siranes; in fact, only
the largest eireuses have any siraffes at ALL
Sse' Iossu 10 hunters ana .ns power Whsh
The historical and political ASPECTS Of this ra.
yiv.I ,re eoneraIlv fnmil,ar Gordnr Wa. a.,
martyr ARE Kitchener Kitchener it's horo Ell %"n G IT.
prophet Mahdsm has busted the world fora
% smn IN al Of matters %
supply of girafics'
could only brjns ni MY st one Of the troors =
eirafYes which [ have brought down the Nile
said an old animal man who bears the scars u
outgrown the period when h" could venture into
tGswi t. ,aks ,a'iys tnsir %Ss, j.assrGn;
viii max" himself rch " You m nf 20 around SG
any girses for theyre not to to- b sI had And
sSp a you " why se' s
grow ON the great grass lands OF Central Africa
Of Of the f tail timber are only Tor fence PURPOSES
SO long as the Ara ban negroes up that way in
nary savage rnscals it was easy enough to get
along with them That is TO say, II your
Beads and brass wire and that sort OF
small change. and. above ali. kept your eye
peeled and stood Why then they'll
well as do the hard work Of The trip. But ali
OF n sudden they had a revival Of their kind OF
religion. / had heard them at night for years
talking away about old MUDDY who was
going to come and lead them to victory and
loot At last ri Madhi made his appearance
and that nut a stop to the giraffe business
There's so much pow!er and cold steel in a
revival OF the Mohammedan religion that YOU
lust have to respect the religious scruples u
the Arabian negroes up in the Soudan when
therp's a revival on OF course you've read ali
about the doings OF Old Muddy and the people
he killed and something about how he killed
them 80 you will see had no call to be going
into the Soudan country after Riraffes or any
thing else while they were kicking up .
rumpus
~ II used to be so that you could send to jam
rach or Hagen beck at any time and they'd fiji
your order right of and you could drive away
with a pair OF broke and gated glrafies But
Won can't do that now. not even il YOU vers
ready to pay ali sorts Of price. What are
tame n Young giraffe and to break him in to
harness as il is TO do the same with colt, and
thew can be taught TO pace very nicely and TO
trot some, but they're built so high in front
that their trot DOESN'T amount to much. But a
span OF pacing CRATES in the opening process.
sion ia INST as pretty as ANYTHING you ever Jaw