Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-07

massive WaiisI from which the DsGeged are
| pouring down upon the enemy boiling pitch
and oil and Erebrands, while the besiegers
are Masking every effort 10 scale the fortress,
having planted their ladders against the
wall, and are endeavoriDg TO burn their way
through the heavy oaken gate of the city by
starting IRE against ii.
10. The CREATION OF KNIGHT. The
king, seated on 4 throne supported by white
ELEPHANTS and tortoises, knights his warriors
kneeling before him by touch of his wand,
much in the same manner as is pursued by
the Christian monarchs OF to-day.
IL. The SPORTS OF THE ARENA. A scene
from the coliseum or circus OF the prehistoric
world, representing the King and Queen OF
Atlantic, with their courtiers and followers,
watching q fierce arenic fight between
mammoth and buffalo. A mounted
Atlantean matador encourages the animals
in their conflict by hurting at them the darts
with which the Spaniards excite the bulls in
bull.6ght.
IL. A ROYAL HUNT. The king with horse
and hound chasing the game OF Atlantis,
now mainly extinct; such As pterodactyl,
thamphoryndues, the cave bear and the cave
lion.
13. THEATRICAL AMUSEMENT. Showing
that the drama in Atlantis was about on
par with that of China to-day. The audience
eAS CatioS anu UAAAc thc OASASo'
are seated on the stage with the actors. The
play being presented represents a warrior
rescuing a maiden from a hideous dragon.
A sword-swallower and fre-eater also display
their tricks.
IA. AN ATLANTEAN FEAST, spread under
a pavilion, crowned with peacocks, and
where a band OF musicians, playing on an
cient and outlandish musical instruments,
delight the guests at the table.
Is. The TEMPLE OF THE Sun, as wor.
SHIPPED in Atlantis, being perfect picture OF
the celebrated Sun Temple found at Cuzco,
Peru, by the Spaniards, the Peruviars hav-
ing a tradition that they were descendants Of
the Atlanteans and derived their customs
and religion from these ancestors.
Is. THE SACRIFICE of the white bull before
the column of Orchelaum, a custom prevail
ing in Atlantis, according TO Plato. The
column is, in shape, like an Egyptian obelisk
and covered like it with strange hiersglyphic
characters.
IL. A FUNERAL IN ATLANTIS, a scene also
taken from Plato's fragments" representing
tl6nppmmy or embalned body of the de-
ceased being ferried, in funeral boat with
black sails, across the river TO the Island
where were the tombs of the Auanteans
carved in the solid rock, and where the
priests and the relatives of the dead man
await it.
Is. The GARDEN OF THE HEsPERIDES, of
the Greeks, identified by some with Atlantis
and by others with the Azores. This tableau
was one of the most brilliant IN its coloring
in The procession. 1t represented an orange
grove, upon the branches of whose trees were
perched all manner of birds of beautiful
plumage-birds of paradise, cockatoos and
humming- birds-while myriads Of blue,
golden and scarlet butterflies fitted through
the air. Ga carpet of flowers three maidens
OF exquisite beauty were dancing.
19. The DESTRUCTION OF ATLANTIS and
its sudden sinking to the bottom of the ocean
struction-eartbquake, volcano and tidal
wayes-are at work. The beach is strewn
with the dead bodies of the victims. On the
water floats an ark, carrying eff the only
living Atlantean from "the lost continent"
A Criticism Of the Lost Atlantis.
The floats of this parade were generally
fine and the costumes peculiarly beautiful,
but the subject was one beyond the ken of
the average looker.on, who knew nothing
about the lost continent of Atlantis. Indeed,
when this subject was chosen and the matter
submitted to the gentleman who generally
designs and arranges the floats, great diff
Guilty was found in getting sufficient tableaux.
The only book extant on the subject of At
lautis Is a fragment of fiato's works, which
contains short description OF the country
as handed down by the Egyptians, who pre-
tended TO trace their descent and some of
their customs from these lost people. From
this, however, only three iablesux could be
designed. 1t was found necessary, therefore,
to follow the work Of the Hon. Iguatius
DonnelIy on this subject, entitled Ths Book Of
Atlantis. Mr.. Donnelly's theory is that the
lost continent contained the types of all the
present races, and that the peculiar customs
of to-day followed by different countries all
came from this prehistoric word, which was
very cosmopolitan, and where, side by side,
dxslt the ancestors of the Aztecs, Chinese,
Peruvians and others. On this idea most of
the tableaux were founded, presenting va
riety in the dresses, architecture and scenery
of each float. Thus the scene in the Court
of Justice was Aztec, that at the cemetery
Egyptian, that in the Temple of the Sun
Peruvian, while the market scene was purely
Chinese. Every picture, indeed, was fsnci-
full, but peculiarly beautiful and rich.