Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-09

LIE YELLED PROPdET0 u. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8.-The great pageant OF
yelled prophets traversed some of the principal
streets of the city tonight and was the most
magnificent spectacle ever presented in the
West, and perhaps surprising in extent and
splendor any of the Mardi Gras carnivals of
the South. It consisted of twenty-five tab.
leaux mounted upon immense wagons, each
drawn by eight horses, richly caparisoned and
led by servants in livery of the order. The
whole represented panorama of progress, or a
festival of Vulcan and the muses., illustrating
the Development of mechanical art. The tab
leaux, in their order, were
First-A volcano in eruption emitting fire
and pouring moulton lava down its aides, show
ing primitive man that intense heat would
render the hardest materials subject to his
will.
Second-A cave of the cyclops forging the
thunder bolts of Jupiter, and making imp!e.
ments of agriculture and war.
Third-The art of pottery, or the moulding
of clay into ornaments and household utensils.
Fourth Representing wood carving.
Fifth-Sculpture, or the carving of stone
Sixth-The discovery of music, representing
number of ancient musical instruments.
seventh-Weaving showing the spinning
wheel, distaf and loom.
Eighth-Printing, representing this art in its
various stages.
Ninth-Architecture, showing a noble arch
and different methods of constructing build
ings.
Tcnth-The whale as a means of locomotion.
Eleventh-Ship building.
gwelfth-Engines of war, representing the
crude implements of early man and the prog
ress to the present day.
Thirteenth-The invention and use of glass.
Fourteenth-Light or artificial means for
overcoming darkness.
Fifteenth-Tme, showing the progress from
the hour glass to the chronometer.
Sixteenth-Astronomy in its various phases.
Seventeenth-Printing represented by a
primitive press and crude implements of the
art preservative of all arts.
Eighteenth-Steam showing its application
to machinery, etc.
lines and how it may be used in other ways.
Twentieth-The cauldron of yelled prophets,
signifying that good cooking is q desirable art.
Twenty frst-State dinner service of yelled
prophets, showing some of the comforts and
elegancie of life.
prophets in lofty state, surveying the splen-
did spectacle spreading before him.
The night Vas fair and pleasant, and it
seemed as though every man, woman and
child in the city and surrounding country for
miles had turned out to see the grand sight.
The streets along the line of march
were throDged to such degree
that at times the procession was
obliged to halt until the mounted police force
and the company of cavalry which preceded
it could make an opening in the dense crowd.
Every window and door step was filled to its
utmost capacity and every available space was
occupied. No such crowd was ever seen in
st. Louis before. A grand display of fireworks
was made from the roof and top of the dome
of the court house rs the pageant passed that
building. literally covering the
great structure with an immense shower
Of the most brilliant and beautiful pyrotech-
MICS ever shown here. The exhibition was .
perfect success IN every respect and as an aux
iliary to the fair brought at least $4,000 visi-
tors to the city, who otherwise perhaps would
not have visited the city. A grand bail is now
in progress at the Merchants Exchange hall, at
which all the beauty and fashion Of the city
are assembled.