Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-11-03
AT THE CIRCUS.
Some of the Things that May
 be Seen.
And Some Special Reasons Why No body Can Afford to Miss the Exhibitions of the New Great Syndicate Shows
 and Paris Hippo
 Grome.

There is really a wonderful amount
 to be learned in show such as the one
 that will exhibit in this city Tuesday Oct 3O. lG IS ln the truest sense an ob
 lect lesson that few, and especially the young, can afford to mss. An oppor-
 tunlty to see and study large and re.
 markable collection of wild animals. tC
 say nothing about the other features of
 great show, is thing the people of
 this country are not favored with every day, and when such an opportunity
 presents itself, is it not the part of good sense to stop the joking about circus rnetorlc and circus exagge-3sicus on
 the billooards, and to profit by seeing the many things of real interest that are to be seen? Instead of taking it all as B
 big joke, ana the exhibition grounds as place merly to be amused, would it not be more sensible to take the matter a little bit seriously and extract some good out of it?
 In the menagerie is the same diversity of animal life, of rare and strange birds and beasts. and like opportunities for the study of natural history. And noth- ing in this world is surer than this, that no sooner will thIs great combIna- tion be gone than hundreds of people swaking to the fact that they have missed it, will be regretting that they dId not see and study it while they had the opportunity.
 Speaking of the mensgerie, one feat ure of 1t that seems to have captivated all the newspaper people on this Coast is the baby Bengal tiger, only three months old. He is said to be the very apotheosIs of grace and beauty but as fierce as though he had lived in the iungles of India a dozen years. The principal food of the tiger in In6ia is cattle, deer, wild hog, peafowl, and occasionally human beings This youny monster is fed ou live chickens.
 The young tigers are far more de- structlve than the old. They will kill three or four COWS at time. while the older and more experienced rarely kill more than one, and then at intervals of three or four days or a week. It is fascinating to watch the littls sbrute with the show bounce on and devour hIs rations of live chickens. He is a true tiger, bloodthirsty and cruel as any of his progenitors.
 A pleasanter spectacle than the tiger is troup of six performing Alaska seals To see them go through their awkward antics IS one of the most amusing things in the world, and nobody should miss 1t. And here again comes iu valuable object lesson for the student. Although there would seem little in the structure or habits of the seal to fit it by nature for pet. there is perhaps no wild anl- nal which attaches itself SO readily to the person who takes care of and feeds it. They are remarkably docile and easily trained when iD captivity, and learn the most amazing tricks readily. They appear to have an insatiable curiosity, and 1t is a very old and we'll attested observation that they are attracted by musical sound.
 An interesting comparison may be made of these seals with those We are accustomed to seeing at Catalina Island or on the Seal rocks at S8n Francisco. The latter are hair seals. The Alaska seals are fur seals. Their skin has an under wooley down, over which is a covering of long smooth and ehIninc hair, shedding water by au oily seere- ton and offering TO resistance in swim ming. They can remain under water twenty minutes or longer, and the highest animal heat found in man. m8ls.
 There are many other things that might we'll be said showing why it will be good thing to attend the ex- hibitions of the Great Syndicate Shows and Paris Hippodrome, but perhaps this will answer for the present. The street parade will take, place at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. The admIss- ian to see it all Is only 50 cents.