The famous Schneider Circus, bankrupt and marooned in Naples, put
its menagerie 1111 for auction last week. All the arts of publicity, powerfully reinforced by the appeal of sentiment, failed to make of the melancholy occasion it financial success. " Two llamas, one stag, three goats, eleven monkeys; two dogs, and six ducks " : for these creatures, and for these alone, could purchasers be found. For the fifty-nine lions, collectively or individually, no bid was made. The King of Beasts could not command half a crown. We do not wish to be alarmist. We do not seek to put too dark a shade of political significance on this boycott of our national emblem. If the Neapoli- tans feel bearish about the larger carnivora, we would not force them into the market. These arc days of economy it is not everyone who can afford a lion this year. 11111 really, when we read the catalogue of what they did bun, we cannot help exclaiming, in the words and in the accent of Othello, " Goats and monkeys.! "
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