Circus Day

Tuesday -vas circus day with a vengeance. Anyone who was down town thls moraiag dld not ueed to be made aware of the faet, for by 9 o'cl.x-k the streets were filled witto people ready to see the parade of the greatest show on earth. Every rcad leadSng to the city was black with rtge of .all description and all were coming t.his way. The smal! boys wera on hand early ihat morning dul not ueed to be raadt' ia and lend a ht"lpiii;r hand in the work of putting up the maimnoth tem slmply for the joy of doing somethins in eonnection with the circus. The circus attstebes do their duties liUe clock-work and it Is .111 luterestlug sigbt to watch thom bringlng order out of apparent disorder and transPomntog a niaze of cuivas. poles and tent jiins imo a EÉmall city. By 10 o'clock tbere -vvere few vacant spots along the line of ir.arch of ihe ]Kir;ul( and 110 or.e went away disai)pointed. There were many uew features. Oolumfous himself, as well a scores of other eharacters Bomous in the annals of the time, were aU truthfully represented costumed in the same rich manner then in vogue, in royal robes of state, on horsefoaci surruunded with thelr escorts, in costly uniforma, singly and In groups, and in picturesque and chnnniiii; style, and all historieally correct. Precedlfflg ihis portion of the pageaat was one C ihe most masnifleent sigfrts Inagluable, tUat of a. womdroue team of 40 fine bay horses driven by one man. W'lieu the parade had passed by Hiere was a rush for dinner and lunch baskets. All the hotels and ivstanrants did a business, for fche cl-owd was .'inxious to get up to the big tent on the fair grounds in pleaty of time to buy peanuts and red le:no;iade and show the best girl all the sights.