Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-18

louder or more earnest il it had been
the president himself.
CHARLES VII OF FRANCE.
1t is standing tradition that Rex
must not appear any two years or days
In the same character. Last year on
the first day of the carnival he was
Charles ii, "the merrie monarch"
and IN the second the mighty Solo
mon Yesterday he came as Charles
VII of France, mounted on snow
white horse and In complete suit of |
golden armor, over which was worn a
cloud Of blue velvet and ermine. |
a large escort Of troops composed |
OF the state and city militia and visit |
ing companies, the Washington Artil- |
lery, Louisiana Field Artillery, COnu- |
mental Guards, Crescent Rifles, Louisi- !
ana II fles, and the cadets from the |
state military universities Of Alabama |
and Louisiana AS ,pecial escort TO |
the king We're two squRdrons OF lam
cers in new uniforms The members
OF the carnival court, the lord high
chamberlain, lord admiral and duke
Of The realm, composed Of prominent
citizens, who are members Of the car
nival association, followed. The end
OF the procession was inside up OF four
floats, containing various comic and
burlesque characters Harlequin,
Polichinclle, Clodoche and Flageolet
were among one Of the wild, gTottsque
dances OF Paris. A comic army was
composed OF the Swiss admiral, En-
glish HOrse Marines, bare.legged Sigh
landers and Prussiau generals, actually
borne down by the weight Of their
military dec Jrstions. Comic love
wound up the parade with
| Venus as an old woman with
d houseful Of children, and Cupid Is a
dude of the period
IN POSSESSION OF THE CITY.
The procession started out st
Charles street, stopping In front OF the
city hall, where Rex WAS met by the
mayor who turned over the city to
him, surrendering its golden keys IN
evidence Of THE. At the head OF Canal
street was the royal tiotilla in waiting
for his majesty and his army, with
the Ed Richardson Rs flagship, every
pillar and post decorated with bunting
and flags The carnival party em-
barked aboard the Richardson, which
pushed out fiOm her place at the
wharf amid the roar Of the artillery,
the ringing Of lis and the blowing of
every steamboat whistle on the river
front. The fintilla then formed in line
of battle, the Richardson first with the
royal party, with some d zen or 30 lit
tie tugs fTisking gaily around her aud
followed by fourteen other steam-
boats, all bear ing the royal
. colors ami gRily decorated and con-
tanning u GOO to $4,000 passengers
I AS the feet passed the United States
men.of-war Tennessee and GAlena
/ salutrd her with twenty-one guns, and
all the vessels in the harbor dipped
) their flags
, IN HONOR or HIS MAJESTY.
The entire carnival fleet landed at
I the exposition grounds and there uis'
/ lembarked. marching past the horti'
9 cultural and machinery mans, 70 the
: music hall OF the main nuildinR
a where n throne had been erected for
\ the king. After q reception by the
msnagement of the exposition, the
ROYAL party remained seated III stat'
q i'm the music hall. receiving the thous
a ands of persons who desired TO pay
! homage. The entire court party ther
4 suddenly and mysterlousiy disappear
. ed to refresh and recruit themselves
a for the parade and festivities OF tht
8 next day.
,. THE PROCESSION OF PRoTEUs
Il II Canal street WAS bright and bril-
q liant in the N Tning, 1t was slmpllS
grand at night, for the entire populA
tion of the city, home folks and stran
!. gers. were cOngregated there / see IN
~ parade and procession OF Proteus,
a carnival association composed MANI
"a az wealthy merchants, members OF tn
~ cation exchange and chamber
=, commerce. The CLUB houses an
- stores we're brilliantly Illuminated a
n usual during the carnival, there oeln
n n marked increase in the number
=. electric lights, and the entire ooul
4 yard WAS Illuminated as brilliantly
- ASP IT WERE DAY
ss Dawn the street came an immeDi
n Chinese lantern, over twenty feet
Of height borne upon the heads OF iou
"a Immense white elephants, medallion
ma ofbrllilant hu,s adorned It's ides al
told that the present parade OF Frote'
would illustrate
va ,rHF MYTHS AND WORSHIP
y, CHINA
Az Proteus himself, that god OF ohanl
M and Transformation, had metamo
a. nhosed himself for this day, and q
ts peared AS Tientze, 1.-THE Son OF Hea
u. en- and Chinese Jupiter oertlull
: The fabulous Chinese PhGnlx, I
~ Tong Hoang, the great yellow drago
~ which stares at one from all Chln'
an hammers aud pictures. Then, IN {
Nh following order, came the other u
ar leaux. illustrating Chinese mythelo
.ss and cosmogony;
% THE PKoTEUs TABLEAUX.
Re The CHINESE Geussis.-the cream
ge az the first man. Ponan kori, hAteh
al from the immense egg, tne snell
us which 10 the flfm 4ment, tne VINO
for air. the yolk the earth ITSELF
The Tower OFF, Kien.-Tblstable
20 vss = literal production OF the famu
3. narcelain psgoda near Marking, on
NJ deemed one OF the wonders OF
world, but which was destroyed :
he Tas. ping rebels some twenty o
al wears agt II was EeprssentsesS =, as
,se lover, eight stories IA hsisu'' :"