The age-herald., 1899-09-28
PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR
 BRIGADE ENCAMPMENT
The Fair Management Will Likely offer Prizes for Best Drilled Regiment,
 Best Company and Best Man.

The prospects for a brigade encampment during the state fair is very bright. A majority of the companies throughout the state have written Adjutant General Bran don asking that they be allowed to come to Birmingham during the fair. General Clark and Colonel Smith have both ex-
 pressed themselves as being in favor of the
 movement and that if any arrangements can be made for the tents and cooking
 utensils they will be perfectly willing to bring the encampment here. If such an action is taken they will endeavor to make it a great success.
 The military feature of the fair will be quite an attraction, as it is expected that the soldiers will be encamped near the grounds. and every evening they will have dress parade before the grandstand. The fair management will likely offer prizes for the best drilled regiment, best drilled com pany and best drilled man. It is safe to state that the question will be definitely settled within the next two or three days | as to whether the encampment will take | place here or not.
 Secretary Rountree received official mo- | tice from the American Trotting associa l ton, stating that the Alabama State Fair l and Agricultural association has been | elected a member of that association, and | is entitled to all honors and benefits. This places the Alabama State Fair association in the front rank and stands on equal basis with all other fairs in the URited States
 Frank c. Huffman, advance representa- tive of the Frank C. Bostock Midway Car nival and "Ye Olden English Faire' com pany, arrived in the city last night and closed the contract for his attractions with the Alabama State fair anagement It takes eighteen cars to handle this show, and 300 persons are connected with it. Fol- lowing are some of the attractions: Streets of Cairo, similar to that at the Worlds Fair, with the riding camels and sacred donkeys.
 Moulin Rouge, representation of the famous wind mill in Paris. Gay "Paree;" Darkness and Dawn; s50,- GOO Venetian gondolas, and connected with the gondolas is an orchestra which is equal to forty pieces and can be heard one mile. Electra, an optical ilustion Crystal Maze, | the palace of glass; Jeffries and Fitzsim- I mons fight; Turkish theater; Gypsy Camp; Congress of Nations; balloon as- | tension with a parachute leap each day | by a celebrated aeronaut; high diving, 100 feet, twice day.
 With this collection comes Hagenbaclx's 5 Great Wild Animal Show. The firest collec- | tion of wild and trained animals ever 1 shown In the south-dens of lions, tigers pumas and other ferocious beasts The fol- | lowing are some of the animals 1t includes | The boxing kangaroo, Jeffries, showing all | most human intelligence. Illustrating the solar plexus knockout blow, introduced by l the scientific Spider Kelly. of Boston, Mass Jolly, the educated elephant. a marvel of elephantine sagacity and intelligence per- | forming many wonderful tricks, introduced l by Prof. Matt Johnson.
 | Big Frank, the dancing bear, the bear | that does the dance in his grotesque and laushable impersonation of LaBelle | Fatmah, the oriental dancing girl, attired | in Turkish costume, giving a most vivid | delineation of the couchee- -couchee dance. Madam Louise Maurel, the continental
 woman animal expert with her performing | jaguard.
 Bobby Mack, the comical clown. with his l educated dogs and somersaulting monkey, l Little Midge."
 l The baby lions. born July 13, 1S99 with l their interesting mother, the lioness Juno. 1 Herr Rudolph Canoz. with his group of | Russian wolves. Danish bloodhounds, black l bears and the untameable hyena of l Abysinnia.
 1 four young lions. Cuba, Spitfire. Brutus and | Dewey showing the method of young lion training.
 | Collection of monster reptiles, including l Big Frank, the giant boa constructor. 16 1 feet Il inches long and 135 pounds in weight, ] and Daisy, the tree-climbing anaconda of l Brazil, If feet inches long and 110 pounds l in weight, the most beautiful specimens of l the reptile order ever seen in captivity. l There will also be an Africa lion hunt. 1 This is an actual reproduction of lion | hunt as it takes place in the jungles of l Africa. Colonel Fred Woods will have | charge of this exhibition, with his three
 forest-bred lions, Old Bob. Queen Victoria | and Juno.