Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-07

and bids fair at no distant day to become OF
national interest and Importance. Although
only three carnivals have been held, st.
Paul has already Gstanced Montreal, once
the general headquarters of Borealis Rex,
and the ice-palaee of 1858 was by all odds
the largest ever constructed in this or any
other country.
st. Paul, bustling, busy city, sanity in
name only, offers no end Of entertainment
TO the stranger who enter her gates during
the carnival season. The center of attrac-
tion is, of course, the monstrous crystal
palace, constructed of 75,G00 blocks of ice,
its main tower rising to a height of 140
feet. The blocks used in the construction
are uniformly Is inches thick and 22x52
inches in size. The building is of mediGval
style, and to all appearances looks Ike an
ice-cOated old castle of the feudal times. 1t
is lowered and turreted. and is subdivided
into many apartments. II covers altogether
an acre of ground, is in the center Of Car
nival Park, and when illuminated by cleo
tricity presented most bewilderingly
beautiful sight. The first st. Paul ice pal
ace, in 1886, was fashioned something after
the first Montreal palace of 1888, and was
the largest of the kind ever built in the
world. That of 1887 was nearly twice as
large. The 1888 palace was a third larger
than any of its predecessors, and triumph
of architectural beauty and skill.
The carnival proper opened January 25
after weeks of preparation and no end of
expense. 1t is estimated that fully 100000
| strangers visited St. Paul, and for ten days
the city was attired in holiday garb. A
brilliant and varied programme had been
arranged for each Of the ten days of the
frosty festival. The spectacular opening
reception and the illumination of the ice
palace were the most gorgeous sights
of the kind ever witnessed. Banners
were floating, the streets were crowded
with picturesquely-clad people, huge ice
statues and arches were to be seen on all
sides. Indians from the far forests jostled
against the tender-foot visitors, professions,
with floats drawn by polar bears, no end Of
bands, long lines of toboggan, snow-shoe
| and flambeau clubs. were some of the con-
| spicuous daytime features. The carnival
opened auspiciously. A great blizzard had
passed over the country followed by an un-
usually heavy snowfall. The defects,
broken corners, tin-can lots and unsightly
features Of the city were buried deep be-
meath a mantle of the most immaculate
whiteness.
The storm passed away and on the morn
ing OF the first day the skies were clear,
i buC a lew DClON NCIOs luc
air full of ozone and the sun burst out in
all the splendor of a northern winter day.
The sun blaZed out and the rays were in
tensifed and hurled back by the myriads Of
/ icy diamonds that king winter had strewn
broadcast over town and country. Despite
the brilliancy of Old Sol the air was keen
and nipping and noses and ears were frozen
in less than no time when not carefully
| protected Whenever the hospitable citizens
saw a stranger wearing a nose or ear that
had taken on the peculiar deathly pallor that
usually marks victim of frostbite, they
would grab up a handful of snow and with
out great deal of ceremony or prelim-
inaries, dash il over the frozen member