The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-01

bugles piped the men to the work of
taking down the tents, moving the lum-
bering wagons to the station and resum-
ing their journey southwark.
Within less than two hours the haring
lights were out. the last wagon was gone
and the tired brains of the thousands
that had witnessed the performance
were in Il dreamy whirl with stories of
tigers and man-eaters and cattle killers
and of flying trapeze performers and
daring bareback riders
Nothing attracted so much delighted
attention and complimentary comment
as did the wonderful and amusing per-
formances Of Capt Woodward's school
of trained Alaska sea lions and seals.
Every one who saw them wanted to
give their marvelously expert hippers an
adniring and congratulations shake.
They are cute musicians of II very rare
and strange sort. Their amphibious
repertoire includes oceanic overtures by
a seal skin band songs of the sea,
champion feats of pitching and catch
ing, solos on musical Instruments. and
other acts apparently impossible TO
aqueous creatures. Nothing more wond-
erful in the line of educated animal sa-
gacity has ever been seen.
For nerve tingling and amazing aerial
feats the blind-fold act of Danny Ryan
is entitled to first place. In addition to
many other original and daring exploits
in dizzy space. he perches himself upon
Il stand fifty feet high, binds a hand
kerchief over his eyes, then putting Il
heavy sack over his head swings far
a double somedsault in mid-air. catching
the hands of Zorela who is hanging by
the feet in another trapeZe. a more
daring performance cannot be imagined.
The aerial part of this elaborate and
brilliant circus program presents also tee
famous Beckett family, the most noted
of European male and female aerallsts
in phenomenal and novel series of
md-air flights, leaps, dives. evolutions,
catches and other feats, many of which
are seemingly impossible to beings with
out wings. This family consists of
father. mother and two twin daughters.
thirteen years old.
In the menagcrie were dens of wild
beast snarling at their attendants and
tearing at their cages; camels, elephants.
lions and monkeys: serpents, tapins,
gratis and zebras hippipotami. bears
and half Il hundred other strange ami
mails
1t was truly the land of the wild beast,
"Where the tawny thunder makers kept
Their dread abode
In their cages the named brutes walk
ed to and fro, and round and round, long
ing for the north winds draught. the
barcfaced rock, understanding earth and
stainless blue of sky above.
The only trained seals and sea lions.
giant male hippipotamus, African eiand,
Ethiopian horned horse. Niger antelope,
full-grown snow-white polar bear, huge
two-horned Sumatra rhinocerOs, two
strange saddle-back tapirs, and two
great herds of best educated elephants,
are among the rare wild beast features
to be seen in the Adam Forepaugh-Sells
Brothers menagerie. And, rs 4 whole,
it is pronounced Il Natural Kingdom col
lection, surprising i'll both variety and
quality any national geological garden
of either the old or new world.
1t was altogether the largest and best
circus that has been here for many
years. In many respects it was far SUI
perior to any aggregation OF the KIND
that has ever visited this city. 1t de-
servs the great crowds that every
where flock to see it. and greater ones.
1t is emphatically asserted that this
aggregation presents a finer parade than
was ever given; that it owns more ele-
plants, rare wild beasts, noble horses
and performing animals, uses bigger
tents, more cars, hires more talent, pre-
sents more signal acts, spends more
money and entertains more people; that
it has the greatest performers in every
branch of equestrian, arenic, gymnastic.
aerial and comic art; splendor of page
antry, costumes and paraphernalla
without parallel; the most elegant, thrill
ling and decorous of performances; the
finest hippodrome; the greatest elephants
and the rarest living wonders to be seen
anywhere.
And to all these claims the people of
Raleigh are ready to subscribe.
Some men tire themselves almost 10
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