Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-22
DARE DEVIL DEEDS.
PROFESSIONS THAT KILI,..sEEK.
ING FAME AND FACING
DEATH.
Peii'ous Feats aud How They are Per.
forined-Frightrai Flights Through
Niid-Air.

ID this age of reckless venture few
things appear surprising and il is onl,
when some luckless hero meets with
sudden and terrible death in nursi,it ~
THAT giltteriug bubble. fame that IN.
public attention is arrested or curiosity
excited yet the writer recently viii.
ucssed a series Of pcrilous narfnr.
mances which III their Immi6pn,
danger called FOR that hiah order n,
courage aud seli-relance so often
chronicled IN the Histories of Ton,a,
heroes and rbatile.scafed Veterans
seated IN the great pavilion OF w w
Gale ; Colossal Circus, continues the
+! narrator. somewhat bewildered by no
4 deo'ening applause bestowed up6n IN
artist who was retiring from The rinp
! Was startled 10 see a little rlrl 0f nst
more ihatt twelve or fourteen wears
leap INTO the arena and rapidly ascend
50 Il platform ausrended to the dome
I otthe canvass full sixty feet from the
/ ground. A pause followed and HE
4 director announced "Mdll. Aine. the
/! Human Ely and such indeed. lie
4 reckless child seemed to he. for she
! Immediately seized small traup2e
! aud gracefully threw herself into the
! air underneath the swinging ceiling.
with her hea downward and the so,t \
! Of her saoes fatty on the smoothly
I polished platform. a few quick steps
/ or treadS We're taken and to the amaze
/ ment of every beholder the little per.
former let go The hold with her hands.
/ and with her golden hair Coating in
! the breeze she waved her arms gracc-
I fully beaoIH her head and started
acro-s the long inverted bridge with
4 tlYlike footsteps Every step was
! timed With the nicely Of a pendulum
aud 90 this fact Is attributed the secret
/ o success which makes this peril0uS
performance possible, yet tie nyA.e OF
steel required TO command every .ibre
OF the body under such circumstances
il more taan paramount To the reckless
courage which caused the late Capt.
7 Webb 70 lose his lie in the whirlpool!
OF Niagara.
Following this remarkable ptrform-
auce came another almost equally
h32agdogs act ly dessrs Nestor and
Nenoa front the London aquarium,
aud which in ali poi is otgr &C and
daring surpassed al comprehension.
Ell leaps through the air beggars
! description, but the climax Of their
ouishing feat~ l. reached wien ono
nl the performers muunts 9 pedestal
fixed lid The very top of the huge tcat
ana signifies his Intention u dive head
foremost into ghe hands Of his partner,
who hangs suspended by his heels
from tyapCze fully seyeuty-iive feet
below. Every breath IN the vast aGdi-
euee is husned. Tinid ladies cover
taclr ewes Sold men look upward
aud tlfn from the scene. The Der
former on hetrapeza swings to and TO.
The word il given ald the ladies
scream The daring gNnnass Hak,s
the awful plunge, sweeping down,
! down, down into the vlce-lllc grasp
OF his brother performer and upon
/ whom he has staked his very life as
| TO the control aud accuracy OF his iron
nerve, for single second or fitting
/ thought would certainly end IN
1 DEATH.
Another blood-curdling act which
! took place during the exhibition was
that of riding y bycicic along . single
strand OF wire which had been
stretched from end TO end OF the great
canvass In this act as those proceed
! inc it, there was manifest the same
reckless, death detying spirit. 10 the
bycic'e was attached Il lrapeHe bar,
upon which male and female gym
mast executed some very thrilling
evolutions, while the two'w heel
chariot was being guided along inc
narrow pathway. IT would seem thO
even this bold venture was Vlte
enough 10 tax theltermerity,of t1Dmosl
heed es5 performer But my speeta-
tors We're awe-slricken y en- the
aerial bicycle rider poised ms steeiY
steed upon the ffail wire ahd placing
his head upon the saddle st9oa rs
STRAIGHT as an arrow, with his ieet
nointinp heavenward Aud thus, in
deed did sensation upon sensation =
head accumulate until II appeared
that The verge % all human daring
had been reached. 1t hardly seems
nossible chat such desperate chances
would be taken for profit alone. ihefe
must be an unaovernable desire ior
nnLIic applause and Worldwide iane
Ia splr one to such docls iuf the
amusement Of the people. Bnt So
long us the public demands the hH2afa
of n life to love its pulse and please
lis eve, it is quite probable that Co!e
or some one else will find performers
ready to crafty the pubic tas'e'
Among the many other STRIKING per,
fornances which saw ut the greal
show, says the narrator, wasa troup OF
real BedGlin Arabs whose antics nave
never. heretofore, been Witnessed III
the western hemisphere. There were
twelve male and two female perform
ers in the band. The men were as
aoile az tigers and with their peculiar
leaning whirling. tumbling and
and marvellous feats Of strength III
building. high1 pyramids, they KEEP
the large audience in CONSTANT Slatv
of surprise. but | must say that ~ was
here That | saw the first successiul ~.
tempt at snake charming or seipehl
ncrfornninr so often advertised 10y
travelinn circuses. At Il cry from the
Sheik, a female came boudinS INTO lte
ring followed by two stalWart Araps
hearing "A large willow basket, whicn
lhey placed upon the ground, ana
from il took several enormous serPeits
which they handed 10 the snahe
charmer who wound the wrltiilng
,n"nsters around her body, meek ana
Z arms and danced about the rug ~
Great plee. During the periorlIlailsce
: ali fhe Arabs remained seated on sht
~round in a circle at the outer euge "
: ~ n;rn,,s ring, but their cohslan'
W. cheers aud swaying move
mnnts of their bodies maze i'ioS'
!, picturesque and sensational a''
, A buce spot Of the sun came iht'
- mug snndap. which is said to b,
J, / view va ...i ,hia SpagOn. III IS de