The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-29
cIROus LIFE.
How Sensation are DeVsIoped- nv Err
terprising SavFdust Nan gers

sH CIRCUS LIFE.
How Sensations are DsVeIoY,e5. F,,z IN, /
teFprtsing SavFdust Nan gers.
In reviewing a book on. this subject. /
by Thomas Frost, the Academy picks |
sout these facts about English circus /
sperfor nefs I: Circus life is not very diff |
Eferent from the larger life outside, and |
these versatile individuals often lead |
but spEry existence until they rise out |
OF the ruck and do something different
from their com anions They must as
tonish in order to live. and those that
astonlsh the most viii make the best
living :. so 1t has been with Van Am
burgb, Garter, and other ''lion kings"
with Lieota4d, BEopdin, and other gym
nasts. Managers are sometimes hand
put to- IT Tor 8 novelty. and their at
tempts to obtain one are often Iauohable
Eetl9dg 10. O. W allett, the clown. and Pablo
I fApq1e, the' negro rope dancer Cother,
| wfse William Darby, when in partner,
ship together, at Glasgow, hit ON the
| e4pedlent OF turning an Irish posturer
IN tnelf company, whose nom d'arena
was V Ilderini, into a Chinese. The
l II n; vas shaved stained, and
/ dressed in Chinese costume. and had
the name Of XII -chin-faal- conferred
/ upon hln1- His appearance was so far
a success that two Feritable Ehinarn1teT1l w
/ who had witnessed his perfoFnaneess,,
/ took him. for q cOuntrynan Of -theivs
put eacn time they inquired for him, at
the stage door they were told he eouId
not be seen These Repeated rebufFs
made She honest g CeIestisIs's sT1sTic-
ious-nOt of his reality but oF. his treat
| ment by his employers. Thinking that
he was held in duranee, and enIv re-
leased N order to appear IN the ring,
| they went to- the police court and made
an affidavit to that effect, p The unfortu-
nate Pablo Fanqde, Therefore, was called
upon tora exp tanahQn, and was obliged
to put the Irish pOsturer into the Wit
ness-boKb to declaEe that he Co1ld MT
speak a word of Chinese, and had never
been in China Ia his life. i..-.s -
Circus performers congreoate tOpetF.z
er and speak a language of their own
MIR. Frost marks off large district on
the south side OF the river as the pro
fessionalaqusrter of london. He saws.
At least three fourths of what I have
termed the Amusing Glasses, whether
connected with eirenses, rtheaters. 7pr1f5-
lie gardens, or music IhaIhs4sactors
singers, dancers, lequestrians, clowns,
gymnastss acrobats, i1ggIers. -postureTs
may Pc found IN the day time at least,
| within the area bounded by a line drawn
from Waterloo bridge Ito the Victoria
Iheater, andjtheueea All along Gibson
street and Oakley street.. down KenDincg-
ton road as far as the Cross and thence
to YahxhafI bridge cd 5Ij no II5-l.I-I.- =
In morning walk from Westminster
bridge to Waterloo road the acrebats
and rope dancers of the oircuses and
| music halls may be easily recognized by
/ their Dress; and a visit to BsFnard's
tayerny opposite rAstley'A, or the Pleas
ant, IN the rear, of the theater. will show
I a large percentages of circus tsartistes''
before the bar. ll- lAli5 l...-' H.. -.,, -.
The author gives some specimens of
the circus slang which seems to have
been dFaWny from many Quarters. A
c1rcus man never mentions a woman by
! any other term than iona, and bono is
his ordinary word for good but these
foreign equivalents are few. 15z '.ra-- -.
Murder Will Out. -.-i -a.l
,EEEIenceoff- & foul murder committed
at Havana. III, thirty-eight years ago.
has Just come to light. .-6r9 idGs -a- =.
Some time in August, 1887, a man on
horseback arrived at the Boss hotel and
registered his name John Miller, He
vas assman Of about 40 years of age, and
Z Of Scottish descent. He stated that he
was making a trip through the country
with a YleHiot purchasing some land. as
he had some money that he wished to
invest IN western lands. Hiis-istay z7as
prolonged AZ the hotel on account of an
II atbackzOt chIll5 and fever, which was no
uncomnun thing in these DAYS. The
weather being vefy warm ana the hotel
badly ventilated, he. With other board
ers, frequently slept in barn near. the
: hOteh5= - y 81
zfL GDn-oE about the 18th of August. 1887.
he retired as usual in the barn to avoi /
an oppressive heat and spend the night
IN sweet repose and PERHAPS to dream
OF the dear ones at home, but the morn
ing light revealed his. vacant couch,
MIR. Miller was not to be. found in his
" little bed, nor had he made his ap,
psRance at the hotel Search was in
stltuted. butJn0 tid5ARs was heard of
hIm. His horse, saddle and bride
being in the barn coIIri1i6ed ali. persons
that there was something very f1Esteri-
Gus about his sudden disapp and
Eeertaln parties were 5uspiefon6d of his
murder but the siTeal stances we're not
strong enough to convict them at that
TIME. z-1ls sudden Disappearance has
remained mysteryi ever since anti to-
day, Saturday, July B. ISE6IgT EIJL
/; The old hotel and barn was DESTROYED
by IRE many years ago, and-theD lot on
which the barn WAS situated ia now a
vacant, dreary sand bank. Pie recent
rains having washed quite a large
amount of sand from. theuspOt where
the barn stood, q ghasti yIskeletOn was
revealed which had been buried be-
neaahl the barn. It was discovered by
Mr.. Andrus, who communicated the
fact to soma friends who visited the
Z premises and the skeleton was removed
E T. n a inf
I ARMED by Dus-= Reeee and Stuart, and
II other eminent medical and Scientific
gentlemen. A long cash or wound was
found on the right side of the skull
extending through the frontal and pari-
etal bones, which was undoubtedly in
hieted by a Ratchet, az, or some such
weapon. 1t was also 'asceItained from
4 Interstate OF disintegrationza f the.osseous
structure that It must have. been, under
ground for manE, EeafSl gFhe EeireuIA :
stances leave no doubt Ia the uindseof
the citizens here that .AEF- Miller was
murdered, robbed and buried beneath
tue barn. and that the parties sus-
picioned at the time of his mysterious
disappearance are the murder rs. 1t Is
stated that they are Istil living, and
measures viii be taken to bring them to
Justice prs z1a- l5ls a .l.l. ? -
DANCING A. - SURVIVAL p AIUUcure
d. Conway writes from london Some
how London seems to have got tired of
dancing. When the shah vas here, no
remark he made was more ralished than
his question 70 the prince of Wales
while the dance was going on, s'Why
do you not employ servants to do this
for yOu?" The perspiEing prince eeaId
hardly explain, but society seems to
I relegate dancing to the corps de ballet.
This has been especially, the case this
season when the. Issss fashiiChable skirts
I have gone 70 an extreme from. the hber-
alton of the ballet "A laftY was receatly
heard TO say, with & sigh, * What with
being tied around above aad tied around
below, I haven't had a good square sit
/ down for three months. ," When a large
ball is given there is an apology for
dancing, a few nincing steps are taken,
( bat presently the company falls to ad-
mir1ug each others dresses, and iE all
! ends IN music and talk DANCING bids