The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-10-24

! One Of the most widely current
and inexplicable fallacies that are
generally believed is called % mi
nd by The COMM of the Adam 70
repaugh and Sells Brothers Eror-
nous Shows United It Is the SIl
ly twaddle about big shows divld
ing and showing In small cities
ard towns in different sections of
the country on the same day and
then coming together again in the
large cities d showing as one
exhibition. IT is, as matter OF
fact, one of the moss absurd lde-
as in the world, aud persons ordi-
narily sane upon every SubJec'
will persist in believing that such
things are done, Notwithstanding
the fact that 1t is absolute so mu.
oh without foundation In fact that
sncn thing has never even once
been attempted much less being
done as d regular custom. 1t w0-
uld be just as easy to cuta horse
in two and send him up two roads
at one time and then when a main
road is reached put him together
gain. 1t Is simply a physical i'm
possibility for such shows to be
frstdivlded and then united and
keep the pnbIic in ignorance OF it.
Auy man who could invent a sys-
tenn that would make such tbi--
ng possible would make fortune.
1t never has been done, it is not
done nor will it, in all human pro
billty. ever be done by these shows
or any others. So. when the
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bro
theirs Shows come here they will
be exactly the same as they in all
the metropolitan cities they have
visited this season, aud if any one
wants to gamble on it there is no
possible chance Of losing any mo-
ney wagered on that proposition,
no matter what any one says on
believes. They will be here in all
their entirety on Tuesday, October
9th.
Fancy riding on a bicycle along
ladder while it is lying on the
grownd, How many cyclists are
there in this town who could do 1t
and not be Jared and thrown out
of the saddle. Then fancy, it you
cal, riding Oh bicycle down lad.
der that is set up to pitch OF fiji
ty degrees: That is just what is
done by Starr, the shooting
STAR" with the Adam Forepaug
and Sells brothers Enormous
Shows United. OF al the break
neck acts that have ever been
performed in q circus it would
seem that this must certainly be
the greatest, but it is n OF. In the
same shows is a man named Mint
ing who d oes an even more hazar-
dous thing. He rides on only
one wheel of bicycle without any
support save his feet on the ped
ais. Now this is difficult
enough thing to do on a level
floor and there are but few trick
riders who eau do 1t. But Mint
ing rides in this fasion both up
and down long spiral track that
begins at the ground and ends IN
the top of the great tent that co
vers the vast arena. To make it
all the more frightful the track of
this spiral is only fourteen inches
wide and 1t has no railing nor any
thing else to prevent the wheel
goign off the side. This is cert.
ainly the limit of dangerous per.
formances, and yet such is the
strength, skill and never of Mint.
ing that he does it at every after
noon and evening performance
and has never yet met with an
accident, He will be seen here
in connection with Diavolo, the
world famous cyclist, who Loops
the loop on bicyle, easily the
most death defylng feat ever tie.
mped; the Aurora Zouaves. best
drilled soldiers in the world; Roos
evelt Rough Riders; twenty four
champion bareback riders; forty
clever clowns and a galaxy of ae,i.
al stars, when the big shows exhi
hit here m Tuosdov Ocfnbar O-+l