Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1882-09-05
The Greatest Of An Shows Is Coming.


The Greatest Of An Shows is Coming
The Sells Brothers, who have had
the good fortune 10 be the first on the
Lake Front this season, are TO be
congratulated in presenting show
that corresponds with the announce.
ments. They don't beguile the peo-
pie with pretentious advertisements Of
wonders that have never materialized,
and they really produce what they
claim. This is almost too much 10
say Of circus, and it will hardly he
credited, but n candid examination of
this meuagerie and ring brings the
ttuth.loving reporter to the confession
that sobriety % statement is mighty,
and is prevailing over all of Barnum's
adjectives. - Chicago Evening Jour
nal, May II, 1881.
For many excellent reasons, con-
spicuously furnished by itself, we are
pleased 10 announce the speedy com.
ing Of Sells Brothers Six Enormous
Railroad Shows, now united. Every
possible assurance is given that it is,
what its title suggests, the grandest
and wealthiest amusement organiza-
ton on earth, canopying all wonder
land with its half million yards Of
electric lighted canvas. But even
more conclusive evidence than the
weighty Endorsement Of the press and
the potent voice Of public approval is
the straightforward and unprecedented
action Of the Messrs. Sells themselves
in vigorously demanding the strict en-
forcement Of the law against all exhi
billions guilty of obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses, and Of grossly
swindling their patrons by loudly adj
vertising attractions they do not pos
sess; in strenuously insisting that n
passable performance in some respects
does not excuse wholesale misrepresen-
tation in other things and, finally,
in frankly and boldly urging the press
10 speak Of their show inst rs it is.
Clearly, no impostor, no fraudulent
advertiser, no ordinary exhibition
would dare to thus plainly and pub
licly arouse such powerful agencies to
crush il. Genuine superiority, true
greatness and invincible integrity can
alone court such an ordeal, and as the
Messrs. Sells are the only ones to do
il, the conclusion is Irresistible that
theirs is indeed the very First and
Finest Of Shows, and that, in the
words Of the Binghamton On. "
Daily Republican, "their names will
be as good on a show.bill as Wander
bilt's is on bank check" At Stan
ford, September %, at ! and 7 P. NJ.
An ARMY IN BLUE SPECS. 1t is
said that Arab, the general of the
Egyptian revolutionary forces, is go
ing TO be very circumspect and hold
his ground quietly, expecting that the
English army will soon be disabled by
ophthalmia, without the need OF fight
ing. The glare Of the sun and the
fine sand that floats in the air have
been found to play the mischief with
foreign soldiers. II is affirmed that
during the Egyptian campaign of the
great Napoleon two-thirds Of his men
were at one time distressed with eye
diseases. According to English pa
pers every precaution is TO be taken
10 save the British troops, now pour.
ing into Egypt, from such maladies;
and among other speculations, 25,OOO
pairs Of blue spectacles have been
purchased at five cents per pair.
Probably Arab will laugh at the
spectacle of an army in specs; but
blue glass is held TO possess various
healing virtues, and il the British ex'
pectations are realized, they will yet
laugh at Arab.