The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-08

There is acertain desire planted in the
breast Of man, wherever man may be
found, that keeps him continually on the
lookout for something surprising to turn
up, something to awaken his wonder
and establishment. This is evident in
almost all the Undertakings Of men-thC
minister, the doctor, the soldier, the
lawyer. Every man, according to his
means or his calling, likes To surprise
his IellOw-man, whether by his expert
ness or his oddly, according to the in.
cIlnation of the man or the circum.
stances by which he is surrounded.
From the earliest times, men have
cOngrcgated together in thousands, for
the purpose of being amused, enter.
tanned or surprised, as the case may be
and, at times, for the indulgence Of all
three OF The sensations named. For thi.
purpose the ancients built huge and
costly temples, and nations gave great
national tete-days,upOn which occasions
whole communities turned out en- masSc
and ught TO appease this desire.
As the world grows older, the desire
referred To, grows also, and now, i'm this
age OF huge events, the amusement-lOv.
ing public embraces all the sensible
happy people in this not too happy
world.
The class Of amusement which is the
most popular is the circus, and the cir
cllSes OF today are far in advance of any
class of public entertainment.
The circus is popular because it is the
amusement of the masses, and as cir
cuses, like all things else, increase in
popularity In accordance with the de-
ni Itatsit l., Z, =.
natural result that one circus must be
the most popular, and consequently the
best, and so II is. The circus now the
most popular is the Sells Bros. Monster
5O-cago Menagerie and Great Four-Ring
Circus. twill exhibit ut Ia las on Sat
urdaN, October %. 1t enters Texas to-
day AT IeNarkana, the largest, purest
and clcaneSt show that has ever entered
the State. 1t will visit on its grand tour
ali towns and cities of impOrtauce IN the
state, IA viii he seen by tho advertise
nnent in another column. 1t is "A show
that comes highly endorsed by the press
throughout the country, and is i'm word
unCqualed why ii is So We propose Ia
tell IN this article. In the first place,
the Big Sells Show /, composed of a
whole world of wOnd, RS 10 be seen with
no other show anywhere on top of earth;
1t has the largest and best mcnageriu
over collected anywhere, which en-
braces all the knowns types Of zoology,
Including all aud excepting conc. Tn, ru
- not more than one chance in n life.
lllnc allotted 10 4 man in which he can
see all the known quadrupeds Of the
prule creation. Chlef among the Vari.
Gus attractions to too Witnessed in the
great mcn6gerio may loo mentioned n
Ilttr inf h1t.rA ltt,n,,,,.tt,,,,t "a
male and monster female hin
popotamus huge, stumbling river
horses, which sweat huge dropS al
blood az every pore. Another rare and
very singular feature Is the giratltS Il
he seen in this great aggrcgation- an
animal heretofore considered entirely
too delicate To ho kept a prisoner, and
winch IS quite cphemcral in existence
requiring the best care and the utmost
attention. There are several other ami
mails almost rs curious; and it may ht
safely said that the tens of thousands al
animals q hc seen are certainly all rare
strange aud wonderful. ME
There is u striking feature come led
with the menaguric, which, bv the WAY
occuIs to us now, Tho auditor vii,
enters the menagerie tent is 10th {,
leave IL, even after the music strikes ul
Tor the grand 0runlC performance
tn begin. We find ourselves now
IN the Same boN-wo want to say some
thing of the wonderful Touring show
but we find it almost impossible for Il,
To tear ourselves away from the grea
hilN-cage monagcrio To refer To a cirru,
which is UNNECESSARILY the largest anr
| indisputablv the best on earth. TN,
hundred iirSt-claSs, all-supcrior stal
artists. So do the Sells Bros. adyerlis,
the performers in their great circus, ant
SO do they Uho pcriurmers) appear
Two hundred performers, and each ON,
host in himself, Whole troupes, com
posed of tirst-clqss stars, including MIR
Don Jere. Bell, likewise ilustrlous
Frank IL. Gardner another also hon
ored; the wonderful Stirk family, who's,
unicycle and bicycle riding asiouishe
the world-and 80 on down the 9OO. II,
attempt to do justice in detail would b,
to attempt an impoSsibihty. We mus
only say that each is good, and that Nj
are great.