Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-21
The Duplex Ridcr...A Circusman
S:ury.

q So, I'm not u native IF any place
in ar,icular-allhnugh I've been IL
-imerira, and most other parts, for that
matter, ami I'll like u &c, back there
great place TT circu>e> i n.rlca. Can
charge more admission ana fill canvas
better than any other country i'll the
world. Spain is the worst. Ii you ever
90 into the circus business keep clear Of
SPAIN
Ipromi>ed to remember his caution,
and asked for further explanations. He
again shifted knees and went on in IN
even, unaccented tone. to relate about
his accident, Is lie termed il.
"You see, Zawduz,' : great circus
went through France and Spain year
or tyo since and / joined. Prices are
not good on the continent, and most of
Us had to double or treble in some cases.
| was Signpr /ImOr;,, the pad rider, at
one time, ard Mons. Gaillard, the bare
back rider, 1T another, and again, as the
Agile American, | turned Il double
somcr~lult over a. many horses and
mules rs old ZawdUzt could collect. As
Si~nor /amora | wore side-whiskcrs
anu siil'l -
Mons. Gaillard had II big, waxcd
mustachc and %oatee, and nobody could
tell that the same person was both
riders. rs the Agile American, APP
pcarcd rs do now, of course, for false
whi>kerS are apt to come off when 4
person is throwing himself around. 4
person doesn't need to double in this
way in big shows, and that's why want
to ret into single line business. One
has to work too hard, and it's too try
in% on the constitution. It's about Is
bad Us the living skeleton line. We put
up our tent in 4 town in the mountains
near the boundary between Spain and
France. aud that night we had about is
many Frenchmcn Is Spaniardl in the
canvas. Old Zaw,!ult himself WIS
ringmastcr, and he could talk half Il
dozen languages; so he always intro
duced the artists in both Spanish and
Frcnch.'
GLOW did the clown get along with
his old jokes in that miN-up?'
"Oh, they didn't care for any refined
humor, NcY didn't. The clown did
nothing but hop around and trip and
make faces and howl and get out with
the whip. Once | didn't notice him,
and lei fly some tobacco juice. II hit
him square in the eyes and nearly
blinded him. This pleased the audi
ence 50 much that they went nearly
wild over it, and Zawduzt put it down
on the programme after that; but he
had to raise the clowns wages two Shil-
lings 4 week for it. 1t was very popu-
lar. That's the sort OF wit them Span
iards like.
"Well, that night when Signor Fam
ora came on the Spaniards applauded
drcadfully, and when Mons. Gaillard
showed himSelf-after the cannon-ball
mans turn-thc French they applaudcd
and some OF the Spaniar,iS Kissed. This
made the Frrnchmen mad, Is they said
they didn't hiss the Signor and wanted
Il fair show for the French rider. Old
Zawduzt did his best To calm tina row in
two languages, but it looked rs if there
was going To be Il free fight. At last Il
tall EN@li>hman arose and held up his
hand, and somehow his quiet, cool way
did more to settle things than all Jaw
duzt's shouting. When everything was
quiet the Englishman said -now speak
ing in French and then saying the same
in SpaniSh-that Signor Zamora and
Mons. Gaillard >honld both come on to.
Gether, and that each could he chcercd
or Kissed rs the crowd might like; and
then he said To the ringmastcr in En-
Glish that in this way it would be I'M
possible To tell what they We're Kissing
or cheering at. and thus there could be
no row. The Englishman seemed 10
wonder why old Zawduzt would hest
tate, for he never Guessed that Monsieur
and Signor were the same person.
But ut last Zawduzt consented. and
there was biz shout. He came into
the drcssing-room, leaving the MN
with the trick dogs TO amuSc the crowd.
and he told me to keep on my French.
man clothes, and he quickly helped the
cannon-ball man on with the side-whis-
kers and TIE Spanish tomS. SO soon rs
the dogs were done he put the cannon
ball man on the padded horse, and |
came out on the bareback one. There
was 4 big yell as We came out. took
the OUTSIDE of the ring and the cannon.
ball man kept inside, so they woulJn't
he So apt to notice him. Wcll-we MI
have our specialtieS-you have yours
and have mine, and u cannon-ball
man hain't much use for pad. lie
seemed afraid to straightcn himself I'D.
and the Frenchmcn began laughing and
pointing ut him, and the Spaniar,ls
roared out all sorts of talk nobody could
understand. Old Zawduzt was wild.
"Stand up" he Kissed through his SET
teeth, and the poor cannon-ball man
went to sand up and fling around his
arms in every direction, and at last
backward he went over the horses tell
to the ground, all in = heap. The clown
and ring-mastcr helped him on arain,
Old Zawdust whispering toIiim how TO
brace his feet, and he managed to hold
up pretty well till he went n change his
feet rs had done on the other horse.
and he wabbled about SO tlat his horse
seemed not to know what he was trying
to get at and so il stopped. The cannon
ball man wasn't prepared for that and
he just went clean over the horses ears
head first, and his false whiskcrs caupbt
in the bride and off they came. The
next thing | knew them Spaniar,ls were
pouring over into the ring and they had
off my whiskers and muStachc before |
you 'ouit uta" pIcith. lncy wrecked
the tent and we all barely escaped with
our lives. SO You see circus life has |
its ups and downs like other profess
Sions."
Especially in the case of the Cannon
ball man." remarked.
eyes, in the case of all of u.s." re-
piled the pad-ridcr, solemny. Lnle
Shd'p's Lo1N'1n letter 10 UfrUH Free
Press.
i. l.. Burch, of Telfair County,
Gcorgie, killed Il bald eagle which |
measured eight feet from Up to tip of
wings. One of the feet was sent