The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-07
Will Have Big Street Parade
 This Morning
TWO ClRCUSES IN CITY
Members of MaIn's Circus and Fore pauah-sells Combination Find Mu- tual FrIends-Two Perform
 ances Today at and 8.

The advance guard of the Adam Fore paugh-Sells Brothers consolidated shows arrived in Birmingham yesterday after noon and many of It's leading lights spent the afternoon in visiting the Main show and shaking hands with the per formers. When two shows come together it is like two big ocean liners meeting at sea. Everybody is anxious to exchange greetings with their comrades in arms and the popular theory that the packers of rival circuses have a personal dislike to each other is unfounded.
 The three trains bringing the perform CTS and equipment of the Forepaugh- Sells show arrived in Birmingham at 4 o'clock this morning and will immediately begin unloading to prepare for the big street parade and the afternoon perform ance. The parade will begin promptly at 10 o'clock and vii traverse the streets usually selected for such purposes. The small boy of Birmingham rarely mas the opportunity of seeing two circus paraoes in as many days and young America IS expected out in large numbers this morn ing.
 Long Parade.
 The Forepaugh-Sells parade Is about one mile and half long and is composed of perhaps the largest collection or circus attractions in the world. The Forepaugn and Sells circuses combined for the pur- pose of outshining the two other great travelling shows and their advance men claim they have succeeded.
 The great feature this year Is Diavoio in his great Hoop the loop act. By all who have seen this wonderful cycle per formance it is considered in itself well worth the price of admission. In addi- tion to this leading feature there are others of unusual merit Among them are "Slivers" and his army of really cunry clowns. the performing elephants, Aurora Zouaves, a world-famous military organ ization, in fancy drills and wall-scaling, the trapeze, high wire, flying ring. hori- zontal bar work, Japanese jugglers, feats of equestrianism by both male and fe- male artists and the other hundred and one specialities which go to make up complete performance.
 Large Menagerie.
 The menagerie is much larger than when the shows last visited this city, many new specimens of the animal king dom having been added. There are up- ward of fifty cages of beats and birds, representing every country on the globe. The collection composed of elephants, both Asiatic and African, camels, lions. tigers, leopards, hyenas, jackals, bears, deer, antelopes, zebras, ostriches. Then there are cute lion cubs. baby camel, born but a few weeks ago, and baby elk, born in Grand Rapids, Mich. and christened by the lodge of the order bearing that name, with imposing cere- monies. Jim and Sam" the two largest and most ferocious royal Bengal tigers in captivity. Sam" having eaten a trainer alive at Maysville, Ky. while "Jim," who attempted to join in the feast was finally subdued. but not until five bullets from a Winchester were pumped into his carcass, and which he still carries.
 The doors will be thrown open for the afternoon performance at 1 o'clock and for that at night at 2.