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THE REAL SCOUTS AT THE ACADEMY TONIGHT.

Living heroes have a wonderful attractiveness
even in private life, but when they present
themselves as candidates for historic
fame the very originality adds a peculiar charm.
Buffalo Bill Mr. W. F. Cody), Texas Jack (J. B.
Omohundro), and Wild Bill (J. B. Hickok),
have obtained such a reputation and figured so
extensively as bordermen, scouts and hunters
that they scarcely need indorsement in these
columns. The two former gentlemen appeared
here last season, but since that time they have
made a study of their new chosen profession,
and everywhere the press and public are loud
in praise of their marked improvement. It is
no easy task to surmount, even in a remote degree,
the numberless difficulties of the player's
art, and when it is taken into consideration
that it is but a few months since they trod the
mimic stage for the first time, the surprise is
the greater. Wild Bill, the new candidate, is a
man so fully known, and has seen so much of
hard service as a frontiersman, that the desire
to see him is very great. He is newer in the
ranks of the present calling than his comrades,
but serves his purpose ably we are told. The
perils and adventure of the prairie life are ably
delineated in Mr. Fred. G. Maeder's drama of
"Buffalo Bill," and the quick incidents keep
up a constant bustle and "go." It has been
newly arranged for its present original lights,
and we look to see a crowded house. The
author himself appears as the "Old Vet," and
Rena Maeder, who will be remembered as a
promising commedienne, also reappears. The
peerless Mlle. Morlacchi, so world-famed as a
danseuse, makes her debut as a songstress and
actress in the comedy of "Thrice Married," a
novelty which in itself is enough to fill the
house. A tribe of Indians and full dramatic
company appear, and, altogether, the managers
promise this to be their stronger card by far.