The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-09-07

Mammoth Aggregation of New Features,
Positively Never sssn Before, WIN Bs
Presented-BiES and Best ciIeua
Ever Sem Here.
Set the alarm clock for 4 a, ~. to-
morrow. and be sure to get ZIP when
the bell rings If you turn over for a
few more winlss you are likely to mis-
the arrival of the circus ard the inter
asting unloading scene. Circu~es have q
,eculiar habit of arriving in town at
1nseemiy hours The one that comes
tomorrow i probably no exception to
he General rule. 1t is the big Adam
Forepaugh and Sells Brotners show. Y
aas not been in this city TOR several
years but Is well remembered for the
.xcellenee of its performances then
This years advance announcements
an il the "All Feature show and .
1erusal Of preliminary proclamation
md a glance at the pictorial poster
,ears ont the statement The majority
# the biz acts to he presented are nov
lilies that will give tine lie to the state
nent 50 often heard that .if you see one
.ircns YOU see them rll.n = great many
f the acts and performances iave never
before been seen in this country.
The management of the Forepaugh
Sells show seems to have concentrated
III respurccs. research and enterprise
tpon the production Of especially great
md novel features, to such an extent
mat featue-hunting has apparently be
come Il gigantic fad with II. Nothing
1t home worth exhibiting seems to have
escaped the managers. and the announce
nents Indicate now thoroughly the for
aiou Held has been ransacis cd in searci
If genuine thriHers and originalities.
Only the best and biggest features Of
last season have been retained, and
Diavolo. the daredevil. hendz the list
Nothing to equal iii sensationalism hi
'eat of looping the -locP on his bicycle
has vet been found.
But there is another fellow with th'
circus this year who is something of a
lenth-defying person himself. On tn
5ills he Is called ,'Prodigious Porthos
lie does stunt on bicycle that runs
close second to Diavolo in point OF sen
sationalism. Nothing like it has evei
aeen seen in this country before.
Porthos mas narrow track that
reaches from the dome Of the canvas
! n point below about twenty feet from
he ground. Then IT takes short up
ward tirn of a few feet and there end
,brnptlv. Down this incline Portho
.ornes al terrific speed and shoots of
md IN into the air. He covers a dis
tance OF fifty feet and uliShts on IN
ather platform that is ten feet high
then .lescends ON !, short incline 10 the
ground.
la new acts brought from foreigr
countries for the first time there are IL
lsamilIe Tectlsson, who intoduce origin
II combined fonr-in hand and park
brake bareback and acrobatic perform
,nces which are claimed to be the only
entirely new equestrian feats introdne
I'd in the circus ring for at least fifty
wears. and which for continuous months
ttrnscted enormous Attendance and I'm
bounded applause in critical Paris
France. whence they now come to maSS'
their first apeparance in this country
Hungary contributes The Szarvns
! frencz Troupe of nine male and female
| Magyar exponents Of wild acrobatic in
novations. emotional dances and mysti'
melodies peculiar to a race whose origii
| is lost il the dim resources of the past
Their performances are said to be nov
ia the first time seen outside of thei
native land,
Mons. Hubert also comes from EproP
/ s.. ,s+,,,;sb ,,-iti, NyhnE may well b.