The Forrest City times., 1897-06-25

minutes after the eolonials hns cli,ohaa co-- ssiCotlon hill It more than eloauen,,v fllod Ir . .ne picture of Britain's war strength. more ',a'i .I ulhcently completed the carnival of ons ous ''1', eoSeulne and color. Scarlet and blue anu anu goid, and yellow: shining surahs and pollshed helmets, plumeS and tassels. f,rs and Sv14 anu slIVer sprangled clothes: bullion em- ,sioS ioS anu accoutrements; splendid horse fr Pms rP,nss anu more splendid trappings loi men sasheS and stars. erosses and medals S-s TOT the Crimea, Indian. Seringapltam .hc Nile, Ashanti. Afghantstan. ChritraI South Africa. China and dozens of others ar6 S,ana anu there the finest of them all the finest ana H HIosS nlghiy-prized the world can show tha victoria cross; death-dealing weapons swor,is s rU ieFoNefs; carbines and cutlaSses: batteries St artlleryi men Of splendid physique. and o'os "4th rare action,fully entered in the spirit anu meaning of 1t all; the fondlv-carried oVioIs TOT which these men would die, and over all the rich strains of that music they hest ioFeu to hear-the sight was one to stir tbe oiood as only soldiers have stirred if since the ua"h of tune. But the scores of troops and companies were literally too numerous to men, eioh except as brilliant whole. It seemed like hotnlng so much as some stream of burnished gold flowing between dark banks uf human oelngs gathered to witness its passage to a land of light ''S
 The Queen at Last.
 The empire had passed in recew and the hea. or It all was now to come, her majesty. Tha royal procession proper was interwoven with the crowd of waiting dignitaries of all sorts rrse came the aides-de-camp to the queen these being headed by the prince of Wales and the oukes Of Cambride and Connaught and the earl Of Weymss Then followed the lort-lieu- tenant Of London, on his gray the duke of westminster, K. G., in lord lieutenant's aress The duke vas followed by a glittering caValcade Of officers, the headquarters stan them SuCePpded ha ald
 Next came officers of the auxiliary forces in attendance or H. k. H., the prince or Wales. equerrles, gentlemen-in- waiting and military attaches, foreign naval and military attaches brilliant lot of gentlemen with glittering array of titles, uniformed in the dresses of all the courts of Europe and half its crack regi- mehts and wearing all it's stars. Then a com plement from the kaiser, deputation from the nrsC PrusSlan dragoon guards, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland's Own"
 Alter the Germans came the most brilliant group Of all the soldiery, the officers of the i'm perlal cavalry troops from India in their uni- forms, mixture of the English regular army ana native dress brilliant to a degree and not 10 De witnessed outside of countries where oarDarlc splendor anl ingenuity in embroidery IS the rule Swarthy y-featured fellows sug- gestlve, in unmoved countenances of all the dark mystery of the east Many also wore massive gold earrings with enormous stones
 
 with sapphires and emeraids.
 The special envoys not numbered among the prince followed the Indians-in II Jwo-horse Iandaus from the royal mews-all painted lake and vermiliion. The royal arms were on the panels, royal crowns on the tops, gorgeous coachman reposed on each box, clad in royal scarlet white knee brooches and silk stockings his Important head bewigged with white horse hair and crowned with magnificent three-cor- nered hat decked with ostrich plumes
 The crowd now began to show more eager in- terest in the approaching vehcles-they were nearer and nearer to the queen. Five road landaus painted like those which had just vanished, only horsed by four horses four with bays and the fifth with the Dutch blacks of the royal news, appeared first The occupants of these landaus were princes and prinresses of the blood, the closest attendants upon her royal majesty to say naught of her scores of more or less affectionate cousins from neighboring principalisies.
 Then the first part of the sovereign's escort rode into view. the Second life guards. As their well-known brilliant uniforms appeared the whisper ran electrically she's coming" The guards were soon succeeded by the escort of British and foreign princes. Many faces were known, recognized and cheered. This brilliant escort was composed of the flower of Europe's thrones