Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-12

large part of the city as bright as da
and rich in color as n rainbow. Th
scene was very beautiful ard will b
repeated every night this week.
The annual ball of the prophets i
now in progress at the great hall of TIN
Merchants exchange, and is very bril-
liant and swell affair.
The attendance at the fair to-da,
was large, probably 10000 people be
ing present, All the departments ar,
now in perfect order, and the genera
display is the finest the association cycl
had.
~, =, The Various Floats.
The PoSt-DiSpatch thus describes the
various lloatS: "Thc first is that con.
tanning the Yelled Prophet himself
whose benign countcnancc, bcamne
with joy at meeting his subjects once
more and bright with added intelli.
gcncc OF travel, would be visible to the
thousands who crowd around his car
and render him deserved obcisancc.
were ii not for the veil which concealed
it from the public view. He was
seated high in regal state upon char
lot drawn by twelve comparisoncd
StccdS, and court attendants were at
at his back to carry out his commands.
SECOND FLOAT.
To those who have wondered how
his Prophetic llighncSs was enabled TO
annihilatc space in the manner which
has just been described, the next two
floats will be of special interest. The
first of these will bear the special loco
motOtivc which carried him to and fro
on his land expeditions. II will be oh
served that this engine is of novel con
slruction, is proof sgainst accident, can
he adjusted to any guagc of rail, and is
50 economic of fuel that the stock of the
companies using it will pay dividends
IN spite of frequent watcrings, of ruth
less scalpcrs and of pools broken by
talthIcSS passenger agents.
TIE THIRD FLOAT
reproduced in model the steam Yacht
Nautilus, in which the prophet cleft the
ocean wave as he wandered from shore
TO shore. 1t will be seen that the
craft is Of novel construction, surpass-
ing even the famous dome steamship,
which is expected to cross the Atlantic
III four days in the originality of its
design. Of cOulsc the Nautilus would
have found this rate Of going snail's
pace, but ship builders WILDE at liberty
to study her lines, and if the result Of
their observation is II steamship that
will cross the ocean in day so much
the better for the patrons of the Mis-
souri, Emigration society.
THE FOURTH FLOAT
will carry the observers to the land of
ages, OF mystery, of the Great Wall. of |
the invention of gunpowdcr, of Young
Tyson tea, and of the waShcc-washcc |
interest. This float will be found
worthy of close study, as indicating
.hc vast difference which obtains be-
.wccn the brisk business methods of the
and the slow going customs
If their Chinese brethren. In the
beautiful pagoda John. Chindman will
)c seen ut his best, not clad in white
garment toiling over II tub, but dressed
n rich, flowing robes, enjoying social
Intercourse. Much time might be
given to this float, but the procession
'annot be delayed for this purpose.
The Chinese must 90, and the eye will
'c reluctantly transferred to
TIE FIFTH FLOAT,
,azing upon which the spectator from
country parts will realize fully the
act that on his return home he will be
Ible conscientiOusly to inform his adj
hiring friends that he has beer to st.
Iouis and has seen the elephant.
Jumbo is hardly Il circumstance COM
Jared to the mighty pachyderm which
occupies this lloat as an emblem of the
,reatncss and glory of the empire of
ndia. Orientalism fairly runs wild in
he details with which the barbaric
cast is surrounded, and the eye is
azzlcd and the mind is confused with
heir splendor.
THE SIXTH FLOAT
cpresents Persia and contains beau
lful architectural composition truth
llly depicting scene in that won
rous land. Under an ivy-clad roof I
its languid monarch lulled into de-
ghtfll revcrie of calm enjoyment by ;
he sensuous movements of q lovely
ancing girl, while near by jugglers I
nd snake charmers ply their wonder
IL avocation. 1t is n fairy scene and
faithful picture of the voluptuous {
nse which characterizes the life of the '
'ell-to'do in that eastern land.
TIE SEVENTH FLOAT {
descriptive of Egypt and bears q +
lonster figure of the Sphynx, near G
'hich are found knot of travellers
,sting their camels beneath the shade I
u brightly-colorcd tent. Tall palm 9
'ccs rise high above all, and as the eye '
,sts upon the scene ones mind is 4
coupled irrcsistibly by thoughts of the a
lystcrious Nile and of Arab Pasha, {
nd of Gen. Wolselcy, and massacres, p
nd the early morning battle and other G
,ccnt occurrences whose interest is a
lhancod by the figure of the swart and
wage Bedouin who watches over his &
.mily resting under the palms. a
THE EIGHTH FLOAT c
classic at all points and warlikc in
'ery detail. 1t represents Greece, the ~
nd of sculpture and song and mytho- "
gy, all of which are suggested in the ?
irring scene which depicts q Homeric NJ
&c fight with Zeus, Briareus, Topetus, u
oseidon and Occanus as the combat 81
ITS in cold marble, the first named on u
'rseback and with very decided ad- 81
lntage over his puny antagonists. Do
THE NINTH FLOAT al
'itomizes the gifts and greatness of
Q continent of Europe. Fair Europa, Y
no gave her name to the continent, is IL
en- seated upon the bull which saved hi
II from watery grave. or ducking,
I'd at her feet are figures which repre- h,