The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-02-21

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Those wiseacres who imagine that
they have ''seen eVerything'f especial
" everything IN the circus line, may
now prepare themselves for q surprise
and q etback frcuI their ever ready
assumption that there Il nothing
new, as w. W. Cole has lust COM
pieted an amusement project which
may well be termed the Largest show
IN the Wofid.n A perfect whirlpool
Of diveFting marvels es it were. Eve
rything that walks the earth or wings
the air; crawling reptiles and creep
ing insects have all been brought to-
gethef in Coles colossal shows 20 such
an extent that nothing more remains
Obthinable.
For years the great Cole show has
been conceded the criterion of all can
vas exhibitions. Quantity and quail
ity have always assimilated and it's
growth has far exceeded any similar
enterprise. This season brought more
than the usual supply Of additional
attraetions 10 this enormous outfit.
A White faced sacred elephant was
bribed from the palatial stables OF q
Burmese king, and added IN the
thousands Of curious items In this
mamOth enterprise, at an expense Of
$1,000 rupees. Fully $500, 900 las been
laid out during the past winter ia in
creasing the show Ia all its depart
mentB. Foreign sensations Of every
kind have been secured; a human
fly" or lsdy ceiling walker disports
herself upon a horizontal platform
suspended from the apex Of the canvas;
q band Of real BedOulh Arabs, twelve
IN number, build lofty pyramids with
their sinewy forms, and perform feats
Of strength, acrOhaiic movements and
mimic warfare, while with brawny
hands they produce showers Of knives,
swords and guns. Samson, an ele-
phant as great a. the niastOdons Of
old and larger than any Of his species
that to day exist, Is also 10 be seen.
Three circus rings, with an elevated
stage covering the center ring,
are constantly and completely filed
with novel performances. In fact,
several visits TO the show are necess-
ary, In order 20 see and comprehend
its extreme magnitude, and In this
connection Il may be noted that in
many Of the Eastern cities season
tickets were purchased by visitors,
who repeated their investigations al
most daily. Among the various
works Of art In this immense colise-
um Is q gallery Of wax statuary, rep
resenting all the Presidents from
Washington down to Arthur, all the
crowned heads and famous beauties
are also reproduced in wax. Russian
roller skaters, unieyele and bicycle
ridefs, grotesque dancers, Egyptian,
Nautch and Hungarian sports are
presented on. the elevated stage, and
the most daring mid-air performances
take place over the heads Of the audi
tors. Really, it IL impossible to con-
ceive or picture the extent Of this
marvellous exhibition, to which peo-
pie travel many miles TO see, and then
rush pell nell to points Of vantage In
the great canvas. The menagerie is
30 complete In Its ensemble that no
mention Is necessary as Il is an "opeR
book Of naturen with no blank or
leaves. Owing to the extra
magnitude and excellent
qualities Of this grand affair, no 9th
er show will, this season, visit any Of
the points where Cole preoedes, and
have been made to that
effect. Exhibitions will be given in
this city at an early date, and special
excursions run from all surrounding
points at greatly reduced rates.