The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-08
'saFN COMES TO TOWN
i '0T rIIIsISa muLTITuoss'
s.i,lds is All Right But the
F,srp'n ovsIsotsd to Obstruction OF
f''', u'.hino Street Traffic

and the hospitsole warmth
$50 rn police station yesterday shell
worldwide celebrity Nu
.x, r..hsn had not been EMBODIED In
~ y h, ~ AZ the law 1t is certain that
s'oa .a u that has been rained
~. him in nearly every civilized
:, p vi \ tbe globe.
~ Z. unfortunately for "Ru6c,. MS ms H Gus.
',sI.pcs thought SO wen OF Ilm Ina. inat
n p'. As,,h Of course, meant that
90, ''..sea the street, for he was the
VI AS "a,.rcs aid not know it. Reuben
" .sse,s the undoubted fancy trick,
n I, ySsr Of the world; at least he holds
III dils. ,nnears on the street he is in.
7 fel ls sbpsd IN q tramp makeup and
SrSnl sas,ered from head to foot with
gtg ~ medals. For he has earned
tlis % IN the ten years or more that
tRn w. ~ doing clown stunts ON the
- ~ seTsarxsysed many thousand miles.
~ un,e of his work, for instance,
say a farmer driving along the
SN nretty lively jog. Bending low
w E,ndIe bars he heads straight for
ss- AZ breakneck speed. All the
w 4 apparently looking In another
,an But be isn't. Just at the mo
~hea collision seems lneNitapie'
IN nd bis wheel have 'darted under
wv W., heads Of the horses OUT o. Marin :
II w IA rearing back on the mind wheel
i IA w. .sasehlne. With the front wheel
q y rn In the air. and spinning ike
slsA y Xii "Rube" gives the farmer
a ". sr,,Is. tries his best to look scared.
sAy w sI hinl nthe merry ha-ba' and rides
,,,nsr who has nearly broken the
"a Nj arms IN mad endeayor to
81 " Sorss back on his launches, natu-
,syss few "cuss words" after he has
a N deception. Then h., 100, rides on.
SOME OF HIS TRICKS.
\ s,vbile. "Rube' has scared half II
/, motormen half TO death. he has
! 81 ,cslessly in and out in front OF
4 Y, ,ats while going at breakneck speed
: A. street car men can never figure out
! /, happened he wasn't killed. Then
a -.Soay whispers "Ru6s" Shields name.
Z Il, are but two Of his daredevil tricks.
srldnt record them all 10 good sized
xE
Fl M Il I,n't to be supposed that "Rube"
a II this for nothing The insurance
rD,!.s wouldn't take a very large risk
s., Il, tsstomy, 50 he takes It ell himself
h tsrvhle managing TO remain IN the
+lnhlng business
s,.sltors on the street have begun 10
I'M md wonder ut the mans reckless
= ,.slrd for life. Then they stop, others
f,, A crowd forms, and "Rubc' has
( aau coming his way. Stalking off a cir
A; hi Of asphalt he does things on the
n nd weather-beaten bike that make
I'm hair stand on end. He lays down.
Ii over jumps through a hoop and plays
j, Il iiollcs with bis wheel and keeps n run
BIZ IRE Of new gags" going, and all the
AAl the wheels keep turning. He tells
= tnTd be has new trick up his sleeve,
ID stops long enough ia see the coin flow
5rlri the center Of the ring. He does an
sia trick and still another, provided the
4, beds out, and between his clever
H.plsy to the crowd and his still more
Eg tricks he gets about all there is com
an Columns could be written about
klaeh shields exploits
Otlesr ]. D. Proctor was tho 'snag" that
REAs" ran up against yesterday. IL the
nTa hadn't been so large there would
be been different story 70 tell. But
ln The Jam at Prairie avenue and Fanniu
inst got SO big about mid-afternoon thar
'tAa vehicles nor pedestrians could break
Erlgh officer Proctor took "Rube" into
sitty. The blotter contains tho simple
Ur1I that "Rube" had obstructcd the
f1A- Sergeant Ray gave him a rcprimaud
Il ! us liberty,