The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-10
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria,
RITFFALO BILLS GREAT ENHIBl'
TIOS ALTERED, ENLARGED AND
IMPROVED.

Bills Wild West. 1t IS over elgnt
ears since this great educational enter
tsinment has been seen in this vicinity.
and in those years it has had an ex-
pcrience and career uneQuslled in
tie worlds history.
7 has many times trayersed the At
lantic; it was The crowning feature at
the great Carnival in London in COM
memoration of the fifticth year Of the
reign of Queen Victoria; it disputed
with the Eifel Tower the palm for
interest and success al the worlds
Fai: in Paris in 1889; it traversed
Europe, crossed the Alps and the
P,renecs, and csmped beneath the
walls of the Alhambra and within the
vast interior Of the Colosseum at Rome.
Brinces, potentates and powers have
all been guests at its tables and have
learned tie lessons Of the conquest Of
the New World from conaueror and
conquered:
The unofficial recognition Of eight
governments i, necessary 10 secure the
different classes of hnrsemen who COM
pose the human interest of the show.
There sre Russian Cossacks and indians
and Arabs and South American Gau-
chos ard COWBOYS and Plainsnen, Of
whom Colonel Cody is the type, and
Mexican Rurslie from old Mexico,
headed by the truly wonderful Signor
O, oreza, and Texas Vaquoros (Sanish
American;), thus including all the
primitive men who are horsemen, and
in conjunction with them cavalry
from the Uni;ed States, England,
France and Germany, representing the
four greatest cavalry nations of the
world.
To give the performance in as COM
p!ete form as it was given in Chicago
i; required an auxiliary corps Of 400
employees, besides 400 arena performers,
800 in all. There are 225 draught
horses which are used to haul the
parapbernalia alone, besides the 800
horses used in the arena.
The magnitude of this enterprise,
which travels with all the require
ments of an army, is in itself a marvel.
1t requires two trains 10 transport ii,
ani carries with it not only an army
# men and horses, but the largest
portable grand stand, capable of seat
ing 10000 people, ever, constructed,
and a portable electric light plant of
5000 caHdle-power, which gives "a
| lustre Of midday 10 objects below"
TIE entertainment, too, has been
CRAFTY alersd, enlarged and i'm
pr we'd during these past eight years.
1t 1t at the gates of the Great Co.
lulnbi4n Exposition at Chicago two
years ago, and as "the key TO ALL" as
it was justly called, rivaled in interest
that greatest achievement Ct civilized
man.
ARA. eements have been made to
give the show in as complete form
as it vas presented liz Chicago, at the
same tune going through the country
from place 20 placc and making stand:
of one day, two days, one week and
two weeks, according to The size OF
the place.
1t present, the greatest series of &C
cura,e pictures Of frontier LIFE ever
conceived and is vcritabv "history re
lated by the men who made it,
The many thrilling even's which
: IL the blood in literature are re enact
ei by tie participants. The Indian q
home; his habi:s Customs aud man
ners in peace and va; bis amuse
ment> and his labors, are all depicted
Tne life Of the scout, Il emigrant
the pioneer, the w-punrher, and tht
exprvss rider, are all fully illustrated
with fascinating verisimiiitude.
Add:d - this is the great educa
tional feature, presenting the Congress
of Rough Riders Of the World. From
the plains of Tsrtary and the steppe
} of Russia. from the pampas Of Soutl
America, and from tie flying cavalr,
rs all tha urnot cton5irr orDo;oc n