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SMITH, Merchant Tailor, fphR. Hpndonnn v ' wii in TJ DT"T mv be found on file at O 1UJ.S rtXXJX Y. how 41 Co Newspaprf SHOWMAN BARNUI Comprehensive Record of the Amusement King's Life. HE LIKED TO CITE PLEASURE. Barnum as a Journalist and a an Ad vertiser The Barnom Museum Jenny LI rid Tom Tliumb Bamum'i Fire Rec ord J umbo's Career The Showman in London. The greatest showman of modern times, perhaps the greatest this earth ever pro laced, has passed away. Certainly not ince the days when 300,000 persons wit nessed a spectacle in the Circus MaximuB at Home lias there been such an able ad ministrator in that line as Phineas Taylor Harnuni And considering the immense advantages of tin- Ma;;Mcr Circensiurfi in Home, with all things furnished to his hand by the govern ment, and a noble building in permanence, it would seem that the Yankee who organized as he moved was by far the superior. July 5, 1MU, the future great exhibitor was lorri in Bethel, Conn., where his father was an innkeeper and country merchant. The father died when Phineas was but fif- P. T. BARNUM. old, and thereafter the boy own living as a clerk, first at teen years earned his home and then in Brooklyn. In 1828 he became a small merchant, and added to his experience by becoming the editor of The Herald of Freedom, and serving two or three terms of imprisonment for libel, though always for telling the truth, which, however, was no defense. Various enter prises intervened between these and the beginning of his career, in what proved to be his proper vocation, as a showman. His first venture was the exhibition of a col ored woman 112 years old. The Jenny Lind engagement, which netted him a quarter of a million, was the i first great evidence of Mr. Barn urn's genius for the- show business. Since then hia f name has liecome a household word, and i assoc. ated m the public mind with every J thiug that's wonderful and not a little la the line of attractive hoaxing the "Japan ese Mermaid" and the "Woolly Horsey" the "What-Is It?" "Tom Thumb" and "The Plowing Elephant," not to mention the "Great Siiaix" and "Moril Wax Fingers." It adds not a little to popular interest in this wonderful man that he was all his life pursued by two dangerous enemies fire and ingenious rascality. Twice was he bankrupted and five times was he burned out, yet he rose from the first like Antaeus and from the second like the oft quoted phenix. His first great loss is seldom thought of, as it occurred in 1834-35, when he was comparatively an obscure man; but when it was announced in 1850 that the t r . I. . 1 m 1. had swept away .-mv fr H irn,,m' tr fort- une, popular estimated at $1,000,000, the public amazement was as it would be now at the failure of a Gould or a Vanderbilt. This is the only part of Mr. Barnam's life of which he ever spoke with bitterness, for he was above all things a genial man. Scarcely any one believed that he would retrieve his fortunes; many serious persons declared that it was a "judgment," and a few of the baser sort openly -exulted in his ruin. Yet in seven years he was greater than before and soon after much richer. While exhibiting Joyce Heth, the colored woman, "101 years old and once the nurse of George Washington," he rejoiced great ly when his receipts reached $1,500 a week, yet with "Tom Thumb" he quadrupled that amount, and for the ninety-five con certs given by Jennie Lind the gross re ceipts were $712,101, of which one-half was clear profit. All this and much more was swept away in 1SD6, and "for his daily beefsteak he de pended on the property lie had settled on his wife." Yet another tour in England with "Tom Thumb" set him up again, and he was soon in control of the famous museum at the corner of Ann street and Broadway, New York. To this he added fresh curiosities in rapid succession, aud had it. as he said, "just about to his no tion" when it was destroyed by lire, July 13, 1S05. He soon had another museum, and that also was burned. Then, in 1S71, he "took to the road with a great combina tion circus and menagerie," and since that date his history is in common knowledge. Beside the successes in his chosen field, Mr. Barnum has beeu twice unwillingly sent to Congress, twice elected mayor of Bridgeport, and four times a representa tive in the legislature of the state. He might have been the president of the United States, perchance, if he had not de- BARNUM'S BIRTHPLACE, ilined the Prohibition nomination that was urged upon him and if that party had carried the day. While first in England he learned to drink wine, and once took . , - 1 , 1 T .. V, f in li!7 It H V! 1 1 1S46 he began the construction of that wonderful oriental villa or paiace as Bridgeport called Iranistan, which was burned in IS57. He built East Bridgeport, planted many thousand trees and spent a fortune in improving the city. One of his latest gifts to the town of his adoption i. .v- VmihUntr for the Scientific and Ilis- w - . . T. m ; torical societies of Bridgeport. u'" ri25,000, and will add mucn to toe . 1 Ko,.t;a nt th citv. He also presented a museum to Tuft's college, near Boston, and made other princely dona tions. His philosophy of life w thus set forth: , . . T-nncevity often uepenas imur . - Longer jij , . Pare kills a cat fmvl we eat. nan im , .. , .Knions. j:cr tt . nnn i.isani ioreuwijuii. "t'i" ' . K . i iisisp. cause a morwa state of mind, constant nnhappincss and pre mature death. If one does- right his mind should never be disturbed by anything which he cannot prevent. He should be thoroughly convinced that if he does his duty Providence will take care of the rest, and never send acci dent, poverty, disease, or any other apparent evil except for an ultimate good purpose. 1 never have a spirit of envy or malice, and re gard cheerfulness as wise and cc--aclve to health and happiness. lie retained his activity and cheerfulness till prostrated by his last sickness, and with them that serenity of mind and un clouded intellect which are the results of a good nature, constitution, temperance and healthful exercise. Although best known as a showman, he ranked fairly well as a tvriter, and delivered many hundred lect nres to delighted audiences. Truly his eighty years were crowded with activities, and his life has the charm of romance as well as the endtfHng interest of history. BARNUM'S MUSEUM. Interview with a Man Who Saw It at Its ISet. During the civil war it was the one insti tution in New York that every country boy hungered and thirsted to see, and a grave newspaper man of today confesses that he "worked his way" from Indiana when a lad, to see the city, and especially this museum. "As soon v-z I could brush the dust from my clothes and swallow a lunch I entered the place of wonders," says this witness "entered it at 2 o'clock p. m. and stayed till 11. Never again, though Ishould reach the years of Methuselah, can I feel 6uch thrills of novel enjoyment as on that day. "First, and still the greatest to my mind, was the 'what is it?' A very highly devel oped chimpauzee, I suppose it was, but by skillful dressing and assiduous training it was made so very human that I never doubted that 1 saw the 'missing link.' Then the monster turtles, the transparent snake, the 'angel fish of Amboyna,' and teeth of shark and swordfish; and then, oh, then, the long, long cages of birds of every climel Such brilliant red and yellow and green parrots and cockatoos! Such beautifully white doves, and such wonder fully variesrated fowls from all lands! To 1 a country lad it was a liberal education. S "The fat woman and the dwarfs rather repelled me they do yet hut the giants, I almost worshiped them. The collection of ancient armor and weapons I have only once seen equaled, and that was in the Tower of London. At the end of four hours' gazing 1 suddenly discovered that I was myself almost as much of a show to some of the visitors as the museum was to me, for as 'Gawky Bill from Arcadia' I acted the character to perfection. Last, but far from least was the theater. I had reached the age of twenty-one just before leaving home, and had never seen a dra matic performance. "The play atBarnum's(itwas on the 12th of June, 1SG1) was 'The Patriots of Sum ter,' and the actors had one enthusiastic patron. I laughed till all my neighbors lauehed at me. shed the most realistic -tears, applauded till my hands were sore, 'tKniH1-Ti BARNUM'S SECOND MUSEUM. and went away swelling with patriotism. It lasted me, too, for I worked my way home as soon as possible and enlisted un der the next call, ph, it was all very, very real to me, and even now I love to tell my 'owu ul ulB" ouu "" mim's Museum. BARNUM AND JENNY LIND. He Urouglit Her to America, and Made SoOO.OOO on the Venture. Mr. Barnum was forty years old at the time he brought Jenny Lind to America. Jler arrival in New York occurred Sept. 1, 1S50, and she was received with great en thusiasm. Two or three years before his Ueath Mr. Barnum recounted the story of that day. His eyes sparkled and he grew visibly excited as he spoke. He said: "It wiis a beautiful afternoon. The ves sel was several days late, and we were all watching for her rather anxiously. At 1 o'clock the news that she was in sight was telegraphed up from Sandy Hook. I at onr;e set out in a tug, boarded the steamer at Quarantine, and in the midst of a cheer ing crowd on the steamer's deck welcomed Jenny Lind to America. Ordinarily she was not pretty in fact, she was rather plain, although her face was always a tileasiug one but on this occasion the ex- -.ir.pmeut and pleasure of the moment transformed her into a beautiful woman. Innumerable United States flags were fly ing on the shipping as we passed up the harbor, and when the sailors on one vessel dipped the stars and stripes in her honor she blew a kiss from her fingers to the waving flag. But as we passed Castle Gar den a little schoon er lay there, with the royal flag of Sweden flying at the gaff. At the sight of it tears came into the eyes of tnis woman to foJf? whom a nation was about to pav JEXST LTSD. homage, and no doubt her thoughts went far away to her early home, beneath the roof of her father, the poor shoemaker of Stockholm. "At the Atlantic docks, at the foot of Canal street, 30,000 or 40.000 people had gathered to welcome the Nightingale. The Boars of shinning, trees, lampposts ana housetops were thronged with people. No snch jam had ever been seen in New York. In fact. New York appeared to have emptied itself into this particular basin and all over the city public places were practically deserted. The steamship glided into her place, a gangplank was launched. a carriage which had been waiting was drawn into position, and without delay Captain West escorted Jenny Lind down the plank to it amid the prolonged cheers of the multitude. I have never heard sucn a cheer since. It was the voice of a joyous people without one unhappy tone in it. The carriage as soon as possible began to make its way through the throng and under the arches which had been erected ' to welcome her. The first arch, which i fronted the water, bore the inscription. j 'Welcome, Jenny Land.' The second was ' elaborated with the American eazle and ! the words. 'Jenny Lind. Welcome to America. "As soon as the carriage started tne crowd broke down the light picket railing which held them back, and in the scramble and rush many were thrown down and trampled under foot. The occupants of the carriage were fairly deluged with flowers thrown by the enthusiastic people. The police finally succeeded in forcing the crowd back, and once clear of the throng , the carriage driven rapidly to the Irving hotel, a 'the corner of Broadway and Chamlers street, which the party en tered before the news of her destination spread mid another had opportunity to gather; but it was not long before it did ao, and would not be appeased until Mile. Lind appeared at one of the Broadway windows and repeatedly bowed. The crowd did not diminish.as the day waned, and twice again she was obliged to appear and satisfy new comers. "Worn out with the day's excitement she retired about 9 o'clock; It was so an nounced, and the crowd slowly disappeared. About 11 o'clock it began to gather ga'i, when the New York Musical Fund society, consisting of about 200 musicians. ap CASTLE GARDEN, WHEN JENNY LIND SANG. pea red m the scene, escorted by about twenty companies of New York volunteer firemen the latter then representing the greatest power in New YorK city with torches. The firemen formed so as to keep back the crowd and give the musicians ample space, for by this time not less than 20,000 people were again gathered along the two streets. In a few minutes Mile. Lind, escorted by myself, appeared at the window, which was the signal for several minutes of loud cheering. The serenade then began, anil it was a grand one, worthy of the occasion. Then a committee waited on Jenny Lind and presented her with an address of welcome in the name of the niusic;.ana of America. She thanked them cordially, and after a few minutes' conver sation retired, wearied and delighted with th events of the day. "At that time New York was very poorly supplied with opera halls. Jenny Lind hall, afterward Tiipler hall, was still in complete, although work had been pushed on it as much as possible. So we made a tour of the city to select a place for an opening. Everywhere we went we were escorted by large crowds. Indeed, nothing but Jenny Lind was talked about or thought of. finally we selected Castle Garden. So great was the demand for tick ets that it was decided to dispose of them at auction and at the place where she was to sing for the first time in America. This, too, was an innovation tickets to an en tertainment had never before been auc tioned in this city. "The daj was dreary and wet in the ex treme, but the house was crowded, al though an unexpected imposition of one shilling, or YZy, cents, admission it was all shillings then, our chief currency be ing English and Spanish coin at that time was placed on all who entered by the proprietor of the Garden. Genin, the hat ter, bid in the first ticket ever sold for Jenny Lind in America at 325, a sum that appeared immense in those days, ine nrst day 3,429 tickets were sold the gross amount realized being 9,119.25, and the second day the remaining seats, to the number of 3,055, brought $lo,319, making a total of $24,438.25 for the first night's con cert. There isn't a question but Jenny Lind's advent was the greatest amusement event that has ever been witnessed in the history of New York." Barnum's original contract with the great singer contained some strange pro visions. He agreed to furnish her with a waiting maid, a male servant and a secre tary, to pay all their expenses, to furnish her each day with a carriage and horses, and to pay her $1,000 for each concert or oratorio in which she sang. He agreed to pay Julius Benedict $25,000 to conduct 150 . concerts, and to pay Belletti, the baritone, 1 $12,500 for the same number of concerts. j After giviug ninety-three concerts in the ' United States and in Cuba the contract was annulled by Miss Lind, who paid Mr. Barnum $1,000 each for the seven concerts j lacking to make 100, and $25,000 forfeit for i not completing the 150 according to the j contract. ' Jenny Lind's net avails of the j concerts under Mr. Barnum's manage- : ment, after. deducting the $25,000 and $7,000 forfeit money, were $176,675.09, and Mr. j Barnum's gross receipts, after paying 1 Jenny Lind, were $535,480.25. I More than forty years have passed since f the first of those concerts was given. ! Jenny Lind's beautiful voice has long been silenced. TOM THUMB. The "Little Fellow Who Was One of Bar num's Chief Attractions. Charles S. Stratton twice filled the cof fers of Barnum at times when the show man most needed money. "General Tom Thumb," as the midget was called, was "discovered ' by the cham pion amusement purveyor in 1841, and after some months of travel in the United States was taken to England. There the little fellow created a tremen C S. BTHATTON. dous 'sensation, and thrice appeared "by royal command" before Queen Victoria, her family and friends. The presentation scene was amusing in many ways. Barnum and the general were received in the greaf picture gallery, atone 2nd of which were the queen aud Prince Albert, the Dutchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington ami others. "The general," Barnum recounts, "walked in looking like a wax doll gifted with the power of loco motion. Surprise and pleasure were de picted on the countenances of the royal circle. The general advanced with a firm step, and as he came within hailing dis tance tu ide a very graceful bow and ex claimed, 'Good evening, ladies and gentle men.' A burst of laughter followed this salutation. The queen then took him by the hand, led him about the gallery and asked him many questions, the answers to which kept the party in an uninterrupted strain of merriment." He told the queen that he liked her pict ure g&lii-i .. -"first rate," and expressed a desire to f- the Prince of Wales. The i queen told him the prince was in bed, bat that he should see hira on .some future oc- j casion. The general then went through j his regular performance, gave his dances, , songs and recitations, and after a chat with Prince Albert they were permitted to withdraw. Barnum had, however, shocked the lord in waiting by his failure to ob serve the rule of not addressing the qaeen directly, but she did not appear to care ibout the infraction of it, and was as affa ble as possible. The Duke of Wellington froaueotlr called to see the general at his puoiic le vees. On one occasion the little fellow wa marching np and down the platform per sonating the emperor and dressed in the well known uniform of the first Napoleon. The "Iron D ike" asked him the subject of his meditations, to which the reply came immediately, "I was thinking of the loss of the battle of Waterloo." "This display of wit," adds Barnum, "was chronicled throughout the country and was of itself worth thousands of pounds to the exhibi tion." The little general made a second visit to Europe in ls5T, again uuJer Mr. Barnum's 1 management, and in company with an- other midget. Miss Lavima Warren. I he j two fell in love, and their marriage subse : quently at New York was conducted with all the notoriety that Mr. Barnum could compass. They became man and wife in j the fashionable Grau- church, on Broad : way, and the ceremony was witnessed by a great crowd of aristocratic people. Their wedded existence proved a singu larly happy one. A child, of cha union, died in infancy. Strattou died some years ago, and after a proper season of mourning his widow entered into second ; nuptials with another diminutive specimen of humanity who figured on the play bills as Count MagrL JUMBO. Something About Barnum's Big Ele- pliant That Was So Famous. Jumbo was the biggest elephant in cap tivity, and though he was in the United States but two years he was by all odds the best known show animal ever in the country. He was killed in a railroad acci dent at St. Thora:is, Ont., on Sept. 15, 1SS5, and great was the sorrow of the children thereat. Jumbo, according to the testimony of Sir Samuel Baker, was captured when very yoang by a band of Ilameau Arabs, who brought him from the Settile river, in Abvssinia. and disposed of him to a Bava rian collector named Johanu Schmidt. Jumbo was then less than four feet high and traveled with another elephant of his own age, which has since died. He was purchased by the Jardin des Plautes, in Paris, in 1S01, and after seven years of rapid growth was transferred to the Lon- ' 1 1.-- 'A 1 JS-flCS5 wmh JUMI50. don "Zoo." From this garden Barnum, Baile.v & Hutchinson procured him through the el Torts of Jim Davis, a well known showman. When Jumbo arrived in the United States he was lauk, lean and tall. At the time cf his death he had improved from weight 18,050 pounds, height 12 feet 9 inches, girth 24 feet 5 inches, to 20,190 pounds in weight, 13 ieet 4 inches in height, 25 feet 1 inch in girth, an increase of 1,540 pounds in weight, 7 inches in height and 8 in girth. Jumbo had never been thoroughly broken. He had been trained to do noth ing but carry a big saddle, upon which the little children sometimes rode, but he had never been taught anything. While he was generally under Arstingstall's charge with Barnum, he was under the personal keeping of his old keeper, Scott, who had been with him nearly all his life. Mr. Barnum himself told this story of the purchase of the big elephant: During my visits to London 1 had often seen the famous big elephant, and had rid den on him, but it nev.-r entered my head that I could buy him. 1 eventually told my agent to approach Mr. Bartlett, the super intendent of the garden, on the subject. He conferred with the council of the gar den, and they accepted my offer of $10,000 for the animal. When the English people got informa tion that Jumbo was to be taken out of the country they were fairly wild with ex citement. Many newspapers looked upon it as an outrage, and blamed the superin tendent of the garden, the council and every one who had anything to do with the affair. The great art critic, John Rus kin, took part in the discussion, and said that England was not accustomed to sell her pets. There was so much dissatisfac tion expressed that the zoological garden peonle tried to induce my agent to rescind the sale, but I told them 1 could not; I had announced the purchase of the elephant and I could not afford to disappoint the American people. The stockholders of the zoological garden held a meeting where they insisted that the council had no right to sell without their consent, and got out an injunction on us, which by some legal hocus-pocus which I cannot explain, came up in the court of chancery. The editor of the Lon don Telegraph, Mr. Lesarge, sent me a telegram in which he stated that all the British children were distressed at the ele phant's departure; on what terms would I return Jumbo? "Answer, prepaid, unlim ited." When I read the last three word3 of this 1 dispatch I am afraid that the spirit of prac tical joking took possession of me for a moment. I took the Englishman at his word and answered "unlimited." I told him that 100,000 would not induce me to cancel my purchase, and then I gave him a pretty full description of my circus, com mencing, "My largest tent seats 20,000 per sons," etc., and ended with wishing "long life and prosperity to the British nation, The Telegraph and Junibo." This dispatch was published in The Telegraph the next morning, and was republished on the fol lowing day iu the principal newspapers throughout Great Britain. It did its part In keeping up the excitement. Jumbo had never been out of the garden since the day he entered it, twenty years before. When my agents attempted to get him out he would not stir; he seemed to know instinctively that something extra ordinary was going to happen. My agent cabled me: 'Jumbo is lying in the garden, and will not stir. What shall we do?" I replied, "Let him lie there as long as he wants to." All this, it will be observed, kept up public interest. Then we built a cage on wheels, and sunk the wheels into the ground, leaving both ends of the cage open. It was many days before he could be induced to walk through. We let him get used to going through for several days, and finally shut him in. It took a score of horses to pull the cage out of the earth after we had dug around the .vhels. and we dragged the wheels down to the wh;:rf. There Jumbo met a whole crowd of his :; huirers, including such fash ionable pc-fp!. a. Lady Burdett-Coutts, whn hro-jt'lit ! i:n cakes and dainties. One enthusiast te -tiiied Lis affection by send ine some champagne and oysters. On the vessel we iia 1 to cut away a part of the deck above 1.1s lodgings to make his apart ment large enough. The original cost of Jumbo was 210.000; his final cost was $30,000. He paid for himself the first ten day3 after his arrival. Professyr Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, N. Y., afterward set up Jnmbo's skeleton. stuffed the ?kiu and burned the flesh. His nMnnnxi i--in:-iivK wew triven bv Mr. Bar- numto Tnlfs college, a Universalist in- stitution cf learning at Boston. JOURNALIST AND . ADVERTISER. Barnam's Experience as a Publisher and Patron of Paper. If Darnr.i i could channels controlled not work through bv other people he would cut channels of his own.. When he w;is a very young man (about nineteen years old) he sent some articles to a Danbury weekly paper for publication. They were refused. Barnum informed theeaitorthat if he could not get sentiment orinted as just and as necessary to bw c.esea As those he had submitted he would establish a paper in Danbury and print them him self. He carried out his threat, and in the autumn of ISSt began the publication of The Herald of Freedom. The paper naturally had a good deal of vigor in it, and the proprietor managed to push it far beyond Danbury. That was a time when there was nor, as much freedom of the press as there is now, and in three years the enterprising young editor was prosecuted three times for libel. In one of the suits he was simply fined; a second was withdrawn; and though the third put him in jail he was brought out in a tri umphal procession. The people cele brated his release in the court room in which he was convicted. Indeed, he had an easy time in jail, and made capital out of his imprisonment. Some time after ward Barnum went with some Connecti cut editor to see President Jackson and Martin Van Curen on their way through New Eughwid. When Barnum was intro duced Van Buren said to him, "Oh, you iire Mr. Barnum. the editor who went to jail." Barnum's editorial experience was of benefit to him all through his life, nis business called for extensive advertising, and Barnum knew just how to make his contracts with newspapers to the mutual benefit of both parties. "I always knew," said Barnum, "just what I wanted and just what I ought, to pay for it, and I had always rather pay a triile too much than to economize in my printing. I have schemes coming to me every now and then showing me how I can get public notice more cheaply than I do, and presenting the most alluring methods for either un derpaying the papers which serve me by a wholesale deal or else taking fromthem a certain part of their legitimate adver tising by spreading my announcements, in part, in some new way. "To all of these schemes I have had but one answer. I can't afford to save money here. I must use the press. And I must use it for all it is worth. No doubt I will save thousands at first by some of the de vices and ways suggested, but this is econ omy that doesn't pay. If I am ever pro foundly thankful for any instrumentali ties, it is for the editor and his paper. They furnish the wind for my sails. 'I don't know that I have ever coined a max im worth repeating, but if I ever have it is this, 'I owe my success to printers' ink.'" He became known all over the United States, if not in Europe. Among his friends were William Cullen Bryant, of The Evening Post; James Gordon Ben nett, Sr., of The Herald, and Horace Gree ley, of The Tribune. But advertising in newspapers was only a part of Barnum's success in attracting the attention of the public to himself and to what he presented for its amusement. Illustrations of his genius in this direction are plentiful. Indeed they are found in connection with every prominent enter prise Barnum undertook in the days when he was active as a showman, ne often seired an opportunity by instinct, even be fore he had a definite conception as to how to utilize it. One morning a man entered his office in the American Museum and begged some money. Noticing that the man was strong and well able to work, the showman asked him why he did not earn his living by labor. The man said he could find nothing to do. Barnum gave him some money with which to get a breakfast, and when he returned gave him a job. This was the job: Barnum directed his employe to lay a brick on the corner of Broadway and Ann street, opposite the Museum; another close by the Museum en trance; a third diagonally opposite, at the corner of Broadway and Vesey street by the Astor House; a fourth in front of St. Paul's church, opposite. Then with a fifth brick in hand the man was directed to take up a rapid march from one brick to an other, making a circuit and exchanging bricks at each-point, and to say nothing to any one. He was further directed at the J end of an hour to go into the Museum and spend fifteen minutes there. The man naturally asked the object of so strauge a proceeding. Barnum gave him no satisfaction, but told him he would bo well paid. The man placed his bricks and began to exchange them. Half an hour afterward 500 people were watching him. He looked solemn aud answered no ques tions. In an hour the sidewalks on the line of the brick carriers march were packed witb people, all wondering at the strange behavior. Then the man went into the Museum aud spent fifteen min utes, returning at the expiration of the time to his round. After a while whenever he went into the Museum a number of people would buy tickets and follow hi:n in order to find out what he did there. The admission fees taken in this way more thau paid the brick man's salary. Finally at the end of several days the sidewalks in front of the Museum became so crowded that the police notified Mr. Barnum to call in his man. But the ippaitiitly senseless maneuver excited suriosity and advertised Barnum and his Museum. BARNUM'S FIRE RECORD. 3is House Burned Once Hi Show Suf fered Four Times. Five times during his long career as a ihowman Barnum suffered great losses by are. It w;is in the '40's that he amassed ais first fortune, principally as the result of the Tom Thumb tours. In 1843 he erect ed in Bridgeport a magnificent mansion on the plan of the George IV pavilion at Brighton. It was the first specimen of orieutial architecture iu America, and with its spacious grounds was one of the show places of Connecticut. He called it "Irani 6tan," which means "Eastern Country Place" or "Oriental Villa." One of the funny men of the time divided it into these -ylabl.'", - I-ran-i-stan, and gave the exniation that "I" (Barnum) "ran a long: time l)tfore i co i"i 1 ... . i. .. wftk his family moved iio it i'i .V.(vamlier, IS 4-8, and gave a nnM wu'-:!ji'!'i to over 1,000 of his friends i 1 nci;:-tVrs. When Jenny Lii:d l-g;iu Ler tour of the Suites she remarkei: "Do yon kno.-, lr. Barnum. tUat if you had not l;u"it Ira-iis!".:! 1 should never have come to America for you'' l"ray esj.'a'ui." said Mr. Barn'im. much stir prised," an'l sho went on: 'Vt!l. I hrwl received , several application to visit the United States, but I dkl not much like the appearance of the applicants, nor did I relish the idea of crossing 3.UMU miles of water, so I declined them alL Bat the first letter which your aeent. Mr. Wilton, addressed trie was written upon a sheet headed with a beautiful engraving of Iranistan. It attracted my attention. I baid to myself. A gentleman who ha3 been so snecewful in his business a to be able to bnild and reside in g. a paRe cannot be a mere adventurer.' : So I wrote t vour asent aad consented to an j interview, which 1 should have declined if I uau noi (seen itie picture ui uauiDmu. To which the manager gallantly replied. Then I am fullv reDaid for build ns It." Iranistan w;is consumed bv Sim in 1S57, and Barnum promptly rep.aoeu with Waidemere. In 1SC5 the showman, then a mmmmmm mm BUKNIXO OF TITE FIKST MUSEUM. memlwr of the Connecticut legislature, was handed a dispatch while making i speech on an important bill, lie glanced at it and continued his argument unruffled. Yet the telegram told him that the famous American museum at Broadway and Ana street was totally destroyed. This was on July 13, and Horace Greeles "ired hia friend to accept it as "a notice to qui. ind go a-fishing," a bliss he himself had been vainly endeavoring for thirty years to ob tain. The museum, however, was rebuilt, only to be burned down again March 2, 18G3. The three conflagrations represented a loss of $1,000,000. For some time he lived quietly at Bridgeport. April 10, 1S71, how ever, be returned to the show business. In 1872 the novelty of transporting the show by rail was tried and found success fuL On the 18th of November a "museum, menagerie, hippodrome aud circus" were opened in the old llippotheatron, on Four teenth street, which was prompt to burn down on Christmas eve. The fifth fire in the showman's career as sailed the winter quarters of the menag erie at Bridgeport in November, 1SS7, caus ing a loss in animals and property of half a million dollars. ' Barnum promptly ad dressed a letter to. the public, in which he said: "Rising, phenixlike, from the ashes of my fifth great fire, which only served to illuminate my path of duty as the Ainor- 5f mm. EUKNINQ OF BARNUM'S WINTEIt QUARTERS ican people's champidn- amusement pro vider, I have taken into equal partnership my energetic and experienced friend and former associate, James A. Bailey. We have enlarged and vastly improved the 'Greatest show on earth,' which we pro pose to establish as a permanence." His Triumphs Abroad. Barnum's visits to Europe in 1S44 and 1857 with Tom Thumb have been alluded to elsewhere. He made his third profes sional trip in 1889, and took with him the "Greatest Show on Earth," chartering a small fleet of steamers for that purpose. Mr. Barnum's account of the venture made public after his return to America is as follows: At London the great Olympla, which seated 15,J00 people, was crowded constantly nit;ht and day. People came from all over Great Britain. There was not a town in Great Brit ain of any consequence which did not have our bills posted .up within its limits. The royal family, with the exception of the queen, and almost all of the nobility came to see us. And they came not once, but many limes. When 1 received the Princess of Wales upon her sec ond visit I told her royal highness that I was clad to see her a second time, because that proved she enjoyed her first visit. "Indeed," she replied, Mr. liarnum, I Lave been hero three times, besides my two official visits." That was, she had come incoenitp, as did many other members of the royal family. You know they cet tired of hearing "God Save the Queen" tooted into their ears every place they go, and they obviate this by concealing their identity. The Prince of Wales was ex ceedingly kind. He seut word that he did not wwh to be introduced to Mr. Barnum because ho already knew me, as my show had been the only entertainment which ho had visited in New York. He laughed when 1 told him h"" I had used that vi-sit as a drawing card for others. Prince George and the crown prince of Denmark were also frequent visitors. The crown prince told ine that ho had heard of my show during his whole lifelimo and was happy to see it in reality. Mr. Gladstone was alxo greatly interested in the sights, and gave vent to his surprise when he saw more than 1.U00 performers on the stage at once. The English were ghtd to see an old fellow of eighty cross the Atlantic with tSree of Noah's arkfi. They like pluck, and considered that plucky. Hut we completely depopulated the other places of amusement in London. I had to laugh when my old friend, Heury Irving, re ferred to this. I attended one of his famous suppers, which bejfin nfter 11 o'clock and end about 4 in the morning. When ho toasted ino he sa;l, We like Mr. I'arnum: we are glad to have him with us, but we' wish Just now that he was 3,000 miles away. liin own theater had suffered almost as much as the others. Itanium's Circus. People in nearly every part of the United States are familiar with the Barnum at Bailey circus, as it has been constituted for several years. On the night of Mr. Barnum's death April 7 a jierformance was in progress at the Madison Square Garden in New York. There wat no in terruption, and very few if any ia the audience knew that the tTTL-at showman had passed away. Frank Leslie's Populor Monthly For May, 1891. A ne-w and admirable portrait of tlf Iir.,. .T;ini-K (i. 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