The sun., 1910-08-02
HUBER'S CURIOS At AUCTION
NORRI ENRIBTTION ~ THE
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Tho la, per~onallv ~ondu~,si PARTY
that will ever v,@w ~. wonders % Huh-rs
Museum wanc.r-d through iis empty hall
yesterday Prof Iank'ion was Rot there
Co sprinkle tho po-is- - hhs dainty ver-s
over IN" d--rripti"a " az objects. for
he has ras~~d INTO a realm that know. no
freaks. Thsr- was = very practical AIIc-
ti"n""r in hts plac" and there was q
souvenir day ~ IN. museum
Ain~t - the visitors Carriei away With
them the obi tim. curio- that hang IN th-
slA~s cases on the walls. and when the lA-,
s~~-ion IN tho obi place - over. Huher's
will CONSIST only of the walls that enclosed
the cranky Obj structure. A sleepy owl
ln Gag" on th" dark fourth honr and
four allgaiprs and tWo turiL.< w~r'
tn" only living curioSh,e- IN the place
tn" animals had h.en sold and only IN.
-tufrs-i fish and fowls were there to recall
the time when real lions and Tigers prowl-d
and ruared IN the rick"ty cages on the
top floor
Tn" sale hogan uTstair- IN what had heen
the menag~ria and went slowly down to
th" ground hoor where th"rr was nothing
morn unusual to end It than six hent 40 od
Ils' ~ tlahhF tlI Iilf UNlNsNllfn
the rssi flag of the auctIoneer invited the
passershy To enter. and IN. Eourteenth
., r,rt interest in a show led many int the
plac" who had never had the opportunity
90 make its Acquaintance. on such adj
vantaReous terms There were more of
these spectators of the auction therefore.
than there wsr. buyers. az professional
purchasers there WAS only one This Was
A. 4.
electric char which had l-'en used at ,
Auburn PRISON.
When the four allgator- and two turtles
realized that the crowd did not value them
a. NOR. than 5, not one Of them took the !
trouble To look up out of the dirty pool
IN which they slumh~red with on. eye on !
the owl IN the adjoining cage who was
destIns-h 20 60 newt He had h..en dozlng !
for 50 many years m a corner of his dingy
caxc that h. hhnksd az tn. auciIonear
and then went hack To sleep as II there !
were no percrptihls difference m the looks /
of the half hundred men and boys who I
Nigh; hav. come 20 buy him and those .
that had gathered there every day II I
only when IN. auctIoncer ordered I
on" ~ m" attendants - wake MIN up
that his wings went INTO the air and he .
IFa'iN W hiA 'biif't- VIC iilkI'
want To contest with him the right to q
place IN the cage hat hs went for s. - .
wh,cn was morr hattering than the fat.
II the allIgator~ after their long service .
IN the nisnag-r.- on th. fourth door hack.
and be- settled down IN his feathers for
another sleep that was de-t tuned 20 H.. his
last m IN. museum.
Huber always had an irresistible faSci-
- g.. - a
teen N-pi there IN recent wears II would
probably b" foInd that the majority of
the patrons were from other countries
Fourteenth street ~ a thoroughfare that
~ much frcyu"nted by foreigners hut
TIN. visitors to the museum wer. too
prepon deratingiv of foreign birth 10
have h-..'n attracted bv ~" mere &C
c.---ibrii'y of the resort Il seemed To-
most ui tiIrtn CharaCt eristICaly Amer
tsan institution They Ner. agaIn IN
IN" majority Yesterday morning ana
Wandered about th" "9od"n floors 50
T-rsis'entlv that Edward 4 Martin the.
AuctIun.--r. had 20 stop them more than
ons- 50 that h" might ~ heard
tie animal CrITo-ItI,-s were lett behind .
for a while Oh the fourth hOOr ana the ,
sI~Ctators followed ia" AuctIonc,-r Ola. ,
night down 20 th. TREASURES oi art that
hung ou ~" walls hciow Ih.r. was !
IuDtuT" ana frame Said Ia h. CtIr from
solid STONE that gave out ~uch a hollow ,
sound ~n..n n Sas strlca that the aur-
Ioneer disagreed With ~" catalogue and 4
-aid he vas not SIre the rnat"rai might ,
not be- something else than ston. SON. {
art lover bought u. however. tor ~ g,. 4
~ hIch ~s-s pniy a small part uf what the ,
model of The cathedral al Milan sold for
That structure 6arss-d ouL oi wood has I
stood Tor years at the entran,- TO tn.
thIrd roor hall lhen thsr. was a drop {
10 priC'.~ that continued through a dl--
CDIragngly long iIst - numbers
,ass 81 faded Odd newspaper clippings
with a sword that may or may not have I
t,.-an as-o~tatsd with them sold tor only
Iuentv-rNe vents. ami cases 1T po-taze
stamps went for III. same sum
Pour old playbIlls oi NIhlo = Garden m {
49, brought only seventy ~" vents and v
80 httIa confidence Ind the group have. In 4
fwo xlazs Cslse- containing mining stocks /,
bondS and certificates thar only a quarter :
" A. paId for both II would have DIS =
rr.sS..d John /. sullivan to hear 4,
Aucttonear Martins EFFORTS to get a md \
for a glass case containing newspaper n
rllppIng- and illustrations dealing With J.
ms career But nobody cared enough y
about them even 10 bId ten cents as a n
starter That was the lowest bad ac-
spted
IN. Lords Prayer said 10 be written IN
luj languages ana covering half the side
u the rOOin at one end went for " 81. and Il
, whole shooting gallery which was offered Il
intact found no bidder There wer. "
pstols and other weapons said to have !
,e.n taken ~ certain battles, and William
smith bought them for -, which was the .
-ecOrd mp tn that time \ similar lot of n
indian relics brought 81, while what were -
,aid Ia b. souvenirs ~ III" Rev olutionsry o.
rar brought sI3 - The warlike i'm
,Iemenis ~ ocrupted IN - attention Of th. :,
purchasers that such peaceful exhibits 4
"a a cage of stuffed birds and n mounted a
puma contained IN glass cas-" sold for >