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ON ITS SECOND TRIUMPHANT 'ANNUAL TOUK TO THE LEADING CIRIES OF THE SOUTH,
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"NEW ITN'ITECF MON3TKIt S-ii6"S! FULLY Til 11 EE TIMES L.Ut'iEIl THAN EVER, COMBINE!) WITH THE GREAT PAULS HIPPODROME! WITH A RACE TRACK FORTY FEET WTOE AND NEATILV H,tF A .'MILE AUOUND
' "Will Exhibit in -WILSON, TUESDAY, October 11th, 1881.
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THEj WO KBERFUL FEAT
Or THE fill EAT AXD OXIA" IA7 IAT AS SEEK IX W. C.
i COUP'S MOX6TEH SHOW AXD VAHJS IIFFODROME,
INTEHE8TIX(i DESCnil'TIOX OF THE CATAPUIiT
BY WHICH I,U I.U IS IIL'HLEI) XEAKLY 200 FEET
THROUGH THE AIR! AUTUAI.IA' TUKXIXfr A lOL"4
11LE KOMERSAULT WHILE DESCRIBING A CIKCLF, .
OF TERRIFIC ALTITUDE. THE MOST ltAZARDOUS
AXD ASTOUXDIX(i ACT EVER "WITNESSED IN ANY -MIOW
SINCE THE WORLD BE(AN.- DESCRIPTION
OF THE CATAPULT.
Tlie powerful and ingenious, enginery,.. by wliicli Lu
Ln Is thrown, like a bird, through space in Coup's show
is an immense improvement on 'those used by the;
Ancients in Hvracuso during the reign of IMonysius the
elder. These formidable military engines were used
for throwing stones, darts and other missiles, acted ,
n the principle of the bow, and consisted of a wood
frame-work, a part of which was elastic and furnished
with tense cords of hair or gut. The largpt of these
machines projected beams six feet long and weighing;
lxty poifndi to the distance of 400 paces. They were;
mftde of such strength and power as to hurl ponderous,
projectiles with precision, a distance of a quarter of a
snile. The one used by Lu Lu consists of a powerful
tron frame work, a throwing lever about twenty feet
In length, two casMron disks, supplied with hooks, a
hundred or more pieces of elastic rubber, an inch in
diameter and about eighteen inches in length, with
iron eyes in both ends, and a wire rope fastened from
the throwing end of the lever to the carriage support
jag the catapult. In getting the machine in readiness,
fnr action the long lever is raised high in the air, the
twa iron disks being thus brought together, the rubber
springs we hooked on, the lever put down .until the
springs are stretched to nearly six feet and the enor
uiob. strain of over 20,000 pounds pulls heavi ly upon
tho short arm of the lever. .
At a moment specified the master of -ceremonies in
troduces to the audience the celebrated Lu Lu, who is
good-looking young man, neatly clad in tights. After
a graceful bow Lu Lu looks over the machine and sees
that the safety pin is all right and soon stealthily;
mounts the frame work one-misstep, a quick pres
iure, or bad calculation would cause the lever to do-;
fetch, and instantly he would receive a blow that would
smash him to atoms. Placed at the extreme end of
the lever is a form for the body of Lu Lu to lie upon.
With the utmost coolness and caution he reaches to
his "form" on the end of the lever, ami at this point the
most absolute quiet is demanded by his attendant. A
breathless silence ensues. The powerful lever by
means' of which Lu Lu is projected like a bird through
the air, is held in its place by a toggle, which "is ,in ;
charge of an attendant, and when the order is given to
go, the catch bolt is touched, the iron disks spring t -gether,
the great beam flies upwards with a tremen
dous force, and thedaring Lu Lu is whirled through
the air with the speed of a rocket, "seventy-five feet
high, describing the segment of an air circle nearly five
hundred feet in diameter, and performing two com
plete somersaults before alighting in the net nearly
two hundred feet away.
On discovering that this wonderful .''nianird" ac
complished his daring flight unharmed,- the audience f
breathes freer and the lithsome Lu Lu -ki s away, out
of sight amid the deafening cheers of and rapturous
plaudits of the electrified lmiltitudes.
One or two foolish attempt have been made to imi
tate Lu Lu, both of Which proved fata!,-one) being that
of a young girl who now lies buried -'in' Greenwood".'
Cemetery, New York, from the etfeet of the fall, . Lu
Lh is the first and only human being that ever aceom- :
plished the feat.
After completing a three weeks' brillinnt and suc
cessful engagement in the Madison Square Gardei.s,
iprmerly known as the Great New York Hippodrome
building, which Mr. Coup built himself in New. York
ftvl874, he is now on his way to the leading cities of
t&vsnith with a ,
Everywiaw cUmlttcd tobc th
LAJIGfKST ac BEST 'SHOW in the WORLD!
Such a startifl Array of features as is presented in
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the
jFoub emeus Am uippoduome ri
Wjvs never before knowsritt mincction with any ex
lalldtion north or south, east on west, either in Europe
or America. In fact, 31 r. c oup's, J?how has grown to
Mich vast proportions, and the daily aggregated ex
pend are so extraordinarily lacge,. that he is eom
pelletl lv nocessitv, not by chvkvto increase flip -price
of admi'sion to To cents for atlulJs md .r0 cents for
c hildren ov. r ni;- years of agf L"li.oi.;e nf;rvl --jjfs
Vm-j i its extra.
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extends a splendid Wyxvvx C hariot i KFr ') t:.u , ',1 - CouipaAies. ou will further observe that around -these three rings
other-for Coup has thebifft ten . 4h 1 1 l' v m l W hah Pu;!u,- -Ti list:m fr,,m n ud of the canvass to the
companies, solnit evervbllv ca-i seo S " ,5 v l,l..t :lt t ' m -7 Vth Us of Ihr0 rin& and the employment of three circus
Companies. ; - v 1 : l l-1"- 1 nt h ar's aniuseUKMit consists oftho wonderful performances of Three (. i cus
r flll 1?' 1 1 Prwted the largest Show cvr known
fore that time. In 1872 I put on the road the firA"?tallniS
Mum-of any magnitude that ever traveled, and Ymi ht tZt
Hleoping, Passenger, Box and Palace Htwk CarTever oW2
by any Show the wide world. In 1.74.1 Vuilt the
ew ork Hippodrome, ami at the expiration of the JSSSl
year, sold my interest and began the erection rof ' theSw
ork Aquarium In 1K7S I organized the niufwurrteuiiST
w hicli was us neat as an Opera under canvass, and
where recognizerl as one of the most genteel mxl uiJxJlL
tional entertainments ever presenUnl to the AirlSK
Circus This Wnn 1 1 tiwi v"f I lUii"UI"f Museum WWl
V i -on (1.JW1) I have assciated with nit tn
. nrst-cblSS MillWirnn ! I. i .ii . v" ,,,r
... ..0.., ,v.. nnu nuvenu uinrrrni showff nn
one oi whom have owne,l.
OWll KhftWS. which u-aro 1 A . . .". lni
t , ,f " ""-"'.-i ni iirM-ciaw in their wv
I sent Mr. Fanni to Enrpe in the earl v purt of "VhJ wl
.winter, for the purpose of aecurin all the rare novel
tures to be had oji the Continent. As I write, n eahlWfmM
announces the purchase by him of all the leading fetuTJ?if
the great Pans J l.ppcKlrome. He brought back with' him
th3 celebrated flying Lu Lu; the wonderful female Zulu K
troupe of Palestine Arabs, and Ksquimaux, and many XL
m ivelom and attractive features. Ja?nei Melville V STr
Iviucstrlan Director; Prof. Jukes, America'8 greatest AirTg
genius, has charge of the Museum; (. If. MiddEtmi h
charge of the Menagerie; Mr. A. Natha, Wf me, T it eMJ
ami most reliable Onagers in America, will mlS i
maaa-ement. My tents will be the largest ever erected in
rarth; the great inplMdrome Pa villon having tffEwrt
auditorium ever known; so i large in fact that in nhnfT!'
give all a chance to see the performances perfectly wiewH
Jvpiescurnculun, will be placed in one end, and i 5557
is athans' double circus in the other. The great I liDDwlmme
track, forty feet wide and nearly half R Ue
p ete y encircles the t wo My Menagerie
re eacn half as large as the Hippodrome tent, while - my
Dressmg IJoom tents usl for preparing for the grSS'sSl
tactdar Lntree Pageant-the use of JVrfcM-met?
V 1 I-' ; "V as large as the main tents of Other Khow
I mention tins only that the public mav form some ideof
the immensity of my Show, which I .hiitateno to alrt
is abolutl;, the largest ecer AnO.cn, bavin- four tlmSTw
rulers, performers, md charioteers than are eniplovedby ny
other show on ertfth. ru a
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' , Since exhihitinff in this city last season Mr. Coup Um
norths hHX,hhbitV,,, fu,''thr times th;irformePr pV
portions, uith the addition of a magnificent hippodrome tnJ
three circus companies, exhibiting simultaneously In
THEEE IMMENSE CIECUS MUGD,
A???v?$?' tW hunlrtU agists of ail nationalities.
Also, a splendid jMuseuin and grand Menagerie: Amvue
the -leading sensational features are the -great 'and only
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Who is hurled more than one huundred feet throush the
ar from a powerful iron catapult, . perfonnlnV t wo fem
I.lete evolutions before alighting in tfo ne alfo, the wo
"tvflSk'f?? VfCWin;. who plunge" heiJlfiwinSf w
SiexcUhii he d0,n f th HiPPlrome;
Hipp
odrome
Races,
Chariot races, Jockey races, Lady Hurdle rare, F
SSJ!' ul,,i"''l' races, thewonderf,
cho llores, the Leaping liiorse '
lat and
erful'jliron-
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fryer's Pony and Dog Shows, the Leaping Italian Grey
Jlounds, Ac., Ac, giving a series of the most novel- and in
tensely interesting performances ever witnessed in mr
show in the wrld, without exception. The nine kind of
music used in tlie
Grandest Street Pageant Ever Known
. Aftr'!VrTkUf-,t-othe t,ombin mekxiiort of twelve hon
dred hkillful Mi sicians.
I wo iliibiiloM. l-.tlly-tnrriiR d RreMlc.
;Chfir.f i0" trains wi r"" on all railroads on the dky
of exhibition. .-Tose wishing to avoid the crowds at tW
ticket nccTan prwure their tickets on the days of dibSs
tion at Mr. . . Hargrave's Drug Btoro.