The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-08-07


L. Singer, Of Cedar Rapids. is on a
| visit to Wortllington and will put in
some time among the prairie chickens
as soon as they cease to be snipe.
THE NEWEST SHOW AND THE
BIGGEST.
! S. II. Barrett d Cos. Neo United
! Monster Railroad Sho,cs.
| This newest as we'll AS NEST colossal
OF all amusement enterprises will posi-
| lively exhibit at WOrthingtOn, Thurs
day August II, 1854.
| 1t is the best advertised show that
has ever been announced here. Not
only are its bright and costly pictorials
displayed Oh every side for miles and
miles around, and its illustrated news
paper and programs scattered like
snow flakes, but there is a solid, en-
phatic style III its manner Of presenting
its claims which commands attention
and begets confidence. 1t is conspic-
uous for not INDUCING in the stale,
dishonest .'aggregation," alliance y
one" clap-trap, which has always prov
|
such prepOSterOuS claims rs to utterly
discredit itself with all except the
greenest fools. Oh the contrary, it
assumes only to be one new and great
show, which is the best OF reasons for
believing it to lie so. Neither does it
resort to manufactured names and pur-
posely mixed and vague generalities
and figures, in order to convey the
SWindling impression that it has rare
attractions. which, III fact, have no
| honest existence.
Its attractions are multifariOuS as
we'll us novel, and it is a matter OF sur
prise how many strictly new features
can be crowded into asingle exhibition.
Zebras broken to perform incredible
feats, ie-leaping reindeer, giraffes
harnessed to Roman racing chariots,
Hariman's steam irship in operation,
a man sized riding cynocepllalus, elks
harnessed tandem, tel, funny clowns in
simultaneous rivalry, high and long
distance double somersault leapers,
peerless exploits in the gymnasium,
extraordinarily trained thoroughbred
horses, comical school Of monkey com.
edians, monster living White Nile
! Ilippopotamus, extraordinary feats of
herculean strength, deeds of masculine
and female intrepidity, and. in fact, so
great an array of novelties and sur.
prises that it would transcend the
! limits Of u newspaper notice to give
! them even the briefest mention. The
street parade is commensurate in mag
nitude and grandeur with the exhibit
| ton, and Introduces among other at
| fractions 30 Arabian camels, decorated
in the richest and most costly trappings
and mounted 10y native Mahomedans.
| THE AUTRORIZED PICTORIAL LIVES
| OF CLEVELAND AND HENDRICXS.
Announcement is made Of the rapid
| completion of 4 pictorial work COM
! prising the Lives of the Presidential
Candidates Oh the Democratic ticket,
| written the veteran author, Col
! Frank Triplett, and published 10y N. u.
Thompson Il Co., st. Louis, Mo-, and
New York. This work is sold through
agents exclusively. 1t is designed not
| only to serve t:,e popular taste and
want in giving, eXhaustlvely, the facts
in the boyhood and manhood Of the
(3Candidates-their Private Lives and
| Public ServiceS-but to have a more
enduring interest than the ordinary
Campaign book. 10 this end the pub
fishers have engaged on the work a
corps Of skilled designers and engravers
to elegantly and profusely illustrate
the scenes and incidents in the lives of
these eminent mel, now so prominently
before the people. Personal anecdotes
| and "reminiscences will constitute a
leading and certainly most entertain
| ing and instructive feature of this
timely work.
Col. Triplett has marked ability, and
| enjoys especial distinction as Bio.
graphical writer. While exhaustive in
the recital Of facts, his. powers Of anal
| ysis, and his keen insight into the phil
Osophy of events and measures. give him
| special prominence among American
| writer's of personal history. 1t is not
! too much to say that he is better PRE-
pared for the work in hand than any
other American author.
! The books from his pen, Of which
several have beer published, haye met
the popular taste and been more than
ordinarily successful. They have given
him high rank among American att
thors and the public men of the day
This has given him unsurpassed facil
tiles for procuring all the material for
the work now in hand. AS a book of
fascinating interest, beauty and pro-
fusepess Of illustration, and OF com.
prehensiveness Of fact, it will commend
itself to every voter.
TO the book agent this rare combina-
ti,n of authentic history, pictorial
illustration and brilliant authorship,
will at once suggest the universal de-
H. and it will create, and also the adj
vantages in interest it has over the
ordinary campaign book, and the grand
opportunity it offers for profitable
agency We advertise il another
| column.
! The bill Car of Barrett s. Co.'S. great
show was here on Tuesday and covered
Il block'or two with pictoria|s. Through
the kindness of Mr.. CASTILLO, the agent
in charge, We were shown through the
Car and learned some interesting facts
about the great show:
The bill car is 81 feet long and paint
ed on the outside with pictures of ami
mails at Il cost of $1,000. The car cost
$4,000: Twent y-fOur men accompany
this car, which contains an engine and
boiler for making paste. They use 20
to 80 cans a day, of over barrel each,
in posting bills. A week later another
car with twelve men will he here to re-