The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-15
CIRCUS COMES AND GOES.
FOREPAUGH AND SELLS BROS.
SHOW IN ST. PAUL

Pleased Two Large Audiences-
Some Features of the Joint Ag-
gregation We're Particularly
Jumper, Drops From Top of Tent.
The great amusement aggregation
known as the combined Adam Fore
paugh & Sells Brothers circuses. has
come and gone, but the array of wild
beasts, in the menagerie the glitter and
daring Of the circus rings with the gro
tesque clowns and their funny sayin gs,
heard and seen by the thousands that
crowded the huge tents yesterday aft
ernoon and evening, will long be re-
membered. 80
Trained ponies and dogs excited the
marvel of the children. who. ,shrank
closer to their parents at the occasional
roar Of the savage lions, and the older
folks We're aroused to- enthusiastic APP
plause by the daring feats of horse
ma nship. flying leaps through space by
the aerial trapaze performers and the
difficult feats on mid-air horizontal
bars, while the concluding hippedrome
races were thrilling and . exciting
throughout.
The performance of Lozelle and Gar
nella on the aerial horizontal bars was
a startling exhibition of tacrobatics.
Shooting from one bar to another far
above the heads of the spectators, the
spangled athletes executed wonderful
feats of agility, concluding their act
with double somersault plunges into
out stretched nets below, which almost
took away the breath of the specta-
tors.
The learning acquired by three beau
tiful driving and riding horses was dis
played by William O'Gorman, F. J.
Melville and Miss Allie Jackson in a
manner creditable to trainers and
horses. The animals kept time to nlu-
sic, executed figures of dances, and
walked on three legs, or their hind
legs, at the will of the drivers, two Of
them under the saddle, while the third
"guideless wonder" performed it's
tricks without rein or bride
The Deyeres gave an excellent exhi-
bition of tumbling acrobatics, while
clad in street costume, in one ring,
while the Provost and La Rue Broth
ers, a seXtette, entertained with high
and lofty tumbing in the second ring,
with the Livingstons, another acrobatic
family, showing its skill on the raised
platform, and the Lassards, in pyramid
building, held attention in the third
ring.
The trained elephants were feature
of the show With the troupe of pom
derous animals divided into companies
for each ring, the huge beasts exc
| cuted naneuvers and tricks at the COM
mand Of their trainers with seemingly
little less than human understanding.
The antics of Cuba, the baby elephant,
were amusing.
The troupe of Great Dane dogs, ex-
hibited by Col. Schultz, showed the
fierce animals in entire -docility, ever
ready at the masters command to per-
form some figure or trick which in
voked the applause of the spectators.
Miss Mamie Kline did some clever bal
ancing on a slack wire, and Leonard,
the clown, amused the children with
his trained donkey. A new feature
was the appearance of trained bull,
that performed with remarkable in
telligenee, going through maneuvers
and tactics seemingly almost impos-
sible on the part Of so unwieldy an
appearing creature.
The educated seals excited the won
derment OF the audience. The sleek
creatures played stTinged instruments,
horns and sang, in the seal language.
with a versatility that astounded
Their star act consisted in tossing
high into the air sticks with firebrands
on each end and catching the torches
in their mouths.
Nine Yucca, the strong woman,
showed herself giantess in strength.
She toyed with 250-pound dumb-bells as
easily as child plays with nursery
toys, and lifted fourteen men on a
platform, excelling this feat in her
concluding act by holding suspended
from her shoulders the baby elephant
Cuba, dainty infant Weighing 1000
rounds.
The high diving feat Of Paul ]. Tus-
tin startled the spectators. The pub
lie had heard of the divers daring
leap from the Wabasha street bridge
last Sunday, but was unprepared to
see him turn back somersaults from
the top of the tent into a shallow pool
of water in the ring below, but the
diver accomplished the act as easily
as he did the Sunday jump, alghting
in such a manner as to scarcely touch
the bottom Of the tank.
The work of the Bicketts troupe or
aerialists was one of the best features
of the circus. High on the flying ira
peze, father. mother and twin daugh-
tiers, the latter but thirteen years of
age, flew through the air from one
pendulum bar to the other until the
spectators were fairly amazed at their
daring.
The circus programme concluded
with series Of exciting races. in which
characters, Roman standing riders
and Jockeys participated.
Aftor tho r,erfarrnance fl1a visitors