The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
PIKE ATTRACTIONS ARE
GROWING MORE POPULAR
Something About the Shows Behind the Smaller
Tents

After a week In Savannah the Pike
attractions of the carnival have at
tanned a degree of popularity very
gratifying to the managers.
Every show in the list has been
tried, and while some are of course
weaker than others. taken as a whole
they have been generally praised.
Some of the attractions. notably the
Volcano, proclaim the fact that any
one who thinks he has not received
his moneys worth can get back his
coin.
During the afternoons there Is a good
attendance, and last night and Friday,
night the havoc wrought in the re-
ceipts by the extremely unfavorable
weather heretofore prevailing was
largely atoned for, the rain that night
proving a blessing for the side shows,
though it was bad on the stadium.
Nearly every show on the Pike is
suited for women and children and
convey interesting and instructive les
sons.
The last show on the north side of
the Pike nearest the stadium enclos-
ure is the Volcano, being the depict
ing by electricity the eruption of Mt.
Pelee and the destruction of the city
OF st. Pierre, on the island Of Mar
Unique.
The first picture Is the city as It
stood under the shadow of Mt. Pelee
on the day before May s, 1902. Dark
ness comes on, and the lights shine
from the windows. Then the lights
are out and the city is slumbering.
Day breaks and the inhabitants re-
turn to their daily avocations on the
fatal morning. Suddenly the volcano
is in eruption and a hurricane Of fiery
cinders ignites the houses and a sub
stratum of gas which is said to have
accumulated over the city.
The final scene was that Of the city
after the fire had swept over 1t, show
ing the ruined houses and the destruc-
ton wrought.
Next to the Volcano is Prince Nicoli,
the smallest living man. The Prince
is somewhat of a sport, and makes
love to all the good-looking girls. He
is always anxious to find out the po-
litical leanings of the men, and UNI
less they are Democrats they don't get
any handshake from the Prince. Nicoli
weighs sixteen pounds. He is 30 years
old and came from Russia about eight
months ago.
The diving children make a unique
and entertaining exhibition. Four chill
dren, the youngest 10 months old. give
exhibitions of diving from a high pole,
rowing boat, and an act in which
the occupant OF boat turned over In
the little lake lie rescued by the two
other children.
Darkness and Dawn is one
OF the most weird shows on
the Pike. where bones and collins
and skeletons play a conspicuous part.
woman in a coffin turns TO a skele-
ton before the eyes OF the audience. A
statue OF Niobe comes to life. and a
phantom man serves intangible re-
freshments. The whole show deals in
illusions which are curious and ghostly.
A giant boa constructor, twenty feet
long and Weighing 200 pounds. King
Jumbo, is the central feature OF a
group OF snakes IN an open box IN
which they keeper walks. The boa
eats sheep every three months. II
has been six weeks since the snake
was fed last Besides the boa. there
are two Asia Dythons one Inia boa,
one South America boa, the latter
fourteen feet long and Weighing nfty-