St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-12

jewellers within from the menacing crowd
OF hackmen and bus-drivers without.
Tn the eminence in the center of the park
stood the palace. It's glistening walls re-
tecting the silvery beams of the pale moon
were flushed with the red and blue from
the colored globes of the lamps within and
the cap-stones of the central tower strongly
outlined against the dark hills.
glowed as though they had been
touched with the hot breath of god. It
was festal night and one might well have
conjectured that King Borealis was holding
a wedding feast in the great halls Of his
frigid palace. To the left of the palace fire
balloons arose from the grounds and fioated
away over the city until they became mere
sparks in the distance. Many of them with
pin wheels attached left sinuous trail of
hre as they went away towards the stars
and ever and anon, with especial emphasis
on the anon, balls of colored fire would
shout from them and fall like meteorS
through the air, suddenly. dying out with a
hash like the gasp of red-winged parasites.
Now and then these frail ships OF the air
would collide and then there would be pre-
Sented the
STARTLING SPECTACLE
of mid-air con1agration that gave the be-
holder the impression that some planet was
in the deadly embrace of the fire fend and
he would feel prompted to urge somebody
TO turn on the hose as the blazing mass shot
toward the roofs of the city below. Over
100 OF these balloons were sent into the air
and the effect especially from a distance,
was extremely beautiful
On the tobOggan slides hundreds of peo-
pie wearing snowy unifOrmsssand hard colds
had assembled, and as the chutes were in
fnV- Iii A..
toboggans shot down the lev
track like the wind occasionally coming in
contact with the southern exposure of some
delinquent tobogganer and tossing him pc
eullarly into the air, would rush on seeking
eagerly Tor other fruit that was ripe enough
To pick. The ladies were out it full force
and their light-hearted chatter and JOYOUS
laughter caused spectators who had driven
into the grounds to hitch their horses to
fence posts or hire a strong man to hold
them. Through the palace the crowd
! flowed in couples and Quartets Within
the walls We're bathed in royal purple and
red, and as the visitors passed through the
different stratas of light their countenances
became interesting studies for the lover of
| the grotesque.
In the southeast corner of the grounds
the curling rink lay like a great mirror,
| across the shining surface of which the
lights shining through the windows of the
dresslng-rooms pointed golden paths. As
one stood on the brink and looked down
into Its shadowed depths, he could seem to
hear the echoes of the voices of the happy
curriers' as they played the game so dear to
| the heart of him who began his existence
in the shadows of the Grampan hills.
In the distance, the ghOstly tepees of the
| Indians stood stiff and staring. the dark
smoke curling up from their yawning tops
and above the hum of the voices of the
crowd could be heard the doleful, weird
tone OF the tom-tom as the sleepy warrior
played his fayorite aria without notes. 1t
was nearly midnight when the last person
left the grounds and the gates were closed,
and few moments later the palace, stood
cold and white and grand in the midst of q
deathlike stiffness.