Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-10

Ni'Nt Ni"f 'urh IN ease oud Tanned by I'm. I
mense ostrich fans, worked by neg roes. |
Aenobia came IN chariot drawn 81 fong
white horscs, guard % Roman soldiers
surrounding The empress Of the kast
AMID ne music 81 hundred trumpet. !
anu puglesi surrounded ny bis warriors
hhn nus soldiers, came the nigh,y Azure
lAhi whose namo " borne to-day bv the |
two "Oflcans" OF Europe and America
Ihe car was very high; intricate pll lara
anh columns 81 jewels and precious
stones rose one npon another and
pefched az the very summit. 0f,y net Aud |
more ~ the air, was Aurrllan, spear n |
hand, surrounded BY the Roman eagles
Proteus rudcin chariot'an exact rtpro. |
duciion u those OF ancient Rome. Tho
next van showed parry Of Roman IN.
dies watching the triumph Az each cor. |
ntr marble statues offered wfeAlhs
70 Aurellan. On dais IN the
center, supported by four golden lions,
were the ladies'. The nnor WAS covered
WIN Towers and ghrlanus stretched
above them. The Genius oi Peace rode
IN chariot Of shells, supported by an
immense dove, Nhd surrounded by birds
Oi paradise aud others OF brilliant plum
ace, attached to the chariot by strings or
rOsea
Oher important historical scenes were
glNen--thU persecution 81 ihe Christians
IN The Roman colosseum, the lions de.
youflug women, Constantine prnitssipg
| Christianity Attiila AZ the Eat,s If
Raycnni, receiving the ransom oi that
city, Pepn crowned king 81 the FfnnkS,
Abdurahmun In bis Moorish palace, p,.ter
the Hermit preaching the Ctu.sdes.
| Frederick narharaeea, emperor ~ Gtr.
many, ~ the feet OF the pope, Timur the
( Tartar, with the captive oaliph, B,itzet,
IN cage before him, Columbus re, q we'd
4 by Ferdinand and Isabella, Luther b fore
| the diet of worms, aud various other ian.
p0rinut historical scenes and incldenfs.
All These tablfau were beautifully AND
faithfully given, tho most striking heinz
/ the Christians In The losseum Constan.
tine processing the faith and The protest
OF Luther.
Behind this parade came the various
comic banners, with burlusque and
humorous sketches, aud finally the grand
army Of the unattached, tie rag, tag and
b1htail OF domlnoes. MRskers nioDt, IN
carriages and on horseback
/ For couple OF hours Caual street was
deserted the crowd hurrying home Tor
supper Tonight " IL more brilliant aud
crowded than ever Every clubhouse
and store on Canal street Is illuminated.
Eagles, pellcnns aud other rm1lcmatic
figures In col,red lights shine forth Gal.
cium lights and red tlre make the street
as bright as day. The prcttlcst OF al the
illnminatlous were those la front Of the
clubs, one OF them an immense cluster OF
electric lights covered by colDrod globes,
and looking like q brilliant bunch II
grapes The crowd unon the street was
greater than at any lime during the car.
nival, eager and eXprctant for the mp.
preach OF Prot NJ, who rcigns tO-nlght,
: aud who comus mysterlously and without
warning, no one knows whence, Suddenly
n blaze OF light, Illuminating the SKY, was
seen far out Canal str, et, II grew
! brighter and Brighter, flillng the whole
air with radiance, aud the krewe OF Pro.
. teus came la view. This Organization IL
+ one OF the most popular social clubs IN
! the city.
Z Prntcus, the god OF change and trans
! formation, leads the van, seated high
, upon throne of coral crowned viii
) coral, his robe Of silver hue, Ike The foam
= OF the sea. lie narshals his krcwe, who
! In eighteen floats, give pictures ~ Pro
! tcus' supposed tour through the spheres
. 10 the various planets 10 nnd ihri
D characteristics and by what race Of poop
3 they are inhabited. The subject was ur
! unusually wcll-selceted one. II gave
{ play 20 fancy Mt the same time that fnpc.
r alone did not hold entire sway. The bcs
G bouks on astronomy had ~ be CAREFUL.
! consulted and studied, and the result wa
G pictures Of the other planets, strictly II
+ accordance with tho latest Astronomical
i discoveries, and giving the audience, o
r a great portion OF II, the first Idea wha
y these planets may DO.
y The first tubeauN WAS the sun, with n
Il atmosphere Of liquid gold, It's surfaco
IS sea OF flames, yet not wholly without HE
II for In these flames, engaged IN elephhr
n tine sports, were immense Hilnmaudyf n
~ Mercury showed a planet OF rank vcgrtl
4 ton, such M this world press ntcd Get
u turtles pgo. II Is indeed the would To #
primal state Inhabited, nut with blac
ID race, Of low order OF civilization, viii
ID ont liked habllations, In Venus ianc
v. has play, for the Inhabitants were rcpr
Id sented a. Of srmi.yegctable growH
81 sprInging from immrnse growing shell
e. which open az the dawn OF day. The nc
a. Hoat was chef d'U2yrc, mAgnlicei
e. piece of lunar scenery, showing this drf
20 world iurt ~ the telescope has disclose
70 Il 10 us, barren, volcanoes sharp'pcak'
nd mountains covered with sno'
The Inhabitants represent the Ia
IN efforts II the planet at ptodnclr
as life, snowy white tlgures, but UT rly III
D. less or without intelligence. Theveget
ia ton of Mars was rep etnted win SUI
OF Ing brilllanoy, the flowers and plants y
ed log painted by nature In the most e
OF quisile ard fascinating lines Juno v
rs All metallic, ITS flowers with metal
"A luster, It's Inhabitants inanimatc, gen
%. rated BY the action oi The atnosphn
n. upon metals. Harmonic aud Flora,
ar. laroids, followed, one all given TO mus
;al lihe other 70 n1wers. Prom RIO
"a protous leaps to a comet, Even mere
100 nuds Inhabitants, bus such queer peopI
zee composed apparently simply OF flashes
Or, lightning held together by magnetic ior'
ms The nsteroid IRIS showed race OF ~
RS teTay beings and butterfly vegetatlu
lee whiis on Ceres The fruits seemed 10 pa
M taken human form The orange, stra
nd berry aud pear walking nrm-u'Arm, !
Jar orange rolling his uDHieldy BODY nlop
~. M, as,erold Amphitryto was given up