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EXCLUSIVE NEW ATTRACTIONS
Wonderful Number of Novel Fea-
tures With This Seasons Show.

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tures With This Seasons Show.
There is a general expectancy that the
Barnum & Bailey Show will, in the mat
ter of size, more than ever merit its title
'sThe. Greatest Show on Earth The
fact that it requires at least double the
number of cars ever used before by any
show for its transportation substantiates
the statement, but aside from its bigness
it will exhibit an enormous number of
new and exclusive features which are.
after all the things which make the show
attractive. So numereus are these fea-
lures that it is impossible in any limited
space to name them all, but few of
them are of such striking excellence that
they maye be mentioned. Among them is to
be the great spectacle prelude with which
the performance begins, which is said,
without the employment of extrava CANT
language is the mast rich and coSfly spec
taele ever presented to the American pub
lie. 1t employs the greatest number of
people ever seen in a display Of that sort,
who are gathered in the most costly at
tire ever used either upon stage or in
the arena in this country. 1t is a dupli-
cation Of the great Durbar in India.
Another feature will be the magnif-
cent display of horses. Among these
horses will be the three hundred head
purchased by Mr.. James A. Bailey, the
manager of the show, during the past
winter in the New York Live Stock
Market, which the New York Herald
in its market reports, said was the larg-
est order ever placed in any horse mar
ket in the world. The cost of these
horses in this one order was $10e,500,
or an average of 1885 each. In addition
to these 800 horses there are some 200
more which include the horses used in
the arena, thoroughbreds of almost every.
species.
A list Of star circus celebrities so long
that it is unnamable fills the enormous
programme. Amy one Of them might be
selected for individual mention and be
well worthy Of it. Perhaps the most
unique performances given in the world
are the several thrilling Parisian death
defying acts. In each act the fearless
expert tempts fate twice daily i'll man
ner which shows that he holds his life
at trihing value, no matter how much
money he may receive for the act. Of all
the well-nigh miraculous performances
given on bicycle or unicycle those of
these artists thoroughly surpassi in dar-
ing, danger, dexterity, strength and skill.
One rides at a height offfteen feet above
the stage upon perfectly perpendicular
wall. He is not sustained by wires or
any other material substance, but keeps
himself at right angles with this wall by
sheer velocity and centrifugal force. An
other loops the gap, which is far more
daring than loop-the-loop; third flies
through the air on bicycle; forth and
fifth do a carrying act down a ladder on
| a single wheel, and all are amazing.
All in all. judging from the reports
which have preceded it's coming, IT must
certainly be a most wonderful exhibition
in every particular and will attract to
this city one of the greatest tllrongs that
have been here when it exhibits on Mon
day. May 2 at Reservoir grounds, Sum-
nit. Central and Manhattan avenues.