Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-10-05

along the rail, just as the cadets on
| the St Mary had stood. The bands ON
nearly all the boats played The Star
| Spanged Banner" and the Olympla's
| band itself joined in, playing IL over
| again and again, and hen starting off
on other airs.
The Olympia proceeded on down the
| river to point about opposite One
| Hundred and Fifteenth street, when
| the bells in the engine-room stopped
ringing and the order was given to
let go the anchor. From this position
Admiral Dewey reviewed the paraders.
Never before was such a crush OF
boats seen. There were more than
| 1000 in line. and when the Olympia
! turned the stake the last vessel had
not yet left Tompkinsville, twelve
miles away. Up the river, down the
river on either side as far as the
eye could reach, was a mass Of human
| faces, and then on the river itself
| from shore to shore boats without end.
and then the deafening noises, the
noise of a thousand whistles, the noise
of a hundred bands playing at once
and the noise of ten thousand voices
all within hearing distance.
| 1t took two and one half hours for
the entire parade to pass the flagship.
Close OF the Great Parade.
Admiral Dewey remained ON the
bridge until all the ships had passed
save for short round among the OFF,
GERS below, to whom he proudly ex-
hibited his beautiful badge presented
| by the city. After the ships had begun
to dispense the same order OF informal
greeting to everybody who came
aboard was instituted, all visitors be-
ing free to come and go as they
! pleased. AS it grew dark the fire.
works ashore began to show and the
red fire burn. The great parade was
over at about o'clock.
Blaze OF Glory at Night.
The day of cele bration on the water
ended in roaring, popping, banging
blaze of glory at night. Fireworks dis
plays lit up the east side, the west
side and all around the town" Not
| only did great boats loaded down with
| fireworks sweep down all the water
ways and circle about the lower pay.
| but In the parks throughout the mid
die of the city, the sky was painted
red, white and blue, and all the other
| shades of color known to the pyro-
| technic art
The fireworks all over the city were
| witnessed by tremendous crowds.
illumination OF warships.
The warships were brilliantly illu-
minated and at a short distance looked
| like ships of flame against the sky.
| Surrounding the feet were scores OF
steam yachts, all brilliantly illuminat.
| ed. adding to the beauty CT the spec
| tacle.
The Illumination on Brooklyn bridge
| at night was witnessed by quarter OF
a million people.
Cuba's Rarest Bird.
The rarest Of all birds in Cuba Is the
| anti ricolor, commonly known as the
| Cubsn macaw. Its habitat Is the
! swamps, and the following general de.
scrirtion will illustrate its beauty:
| Fore head red, becoming yelowish Oh
| top Tnd shading into bright yellow on
! the neck; back feathers, cinnamon
! edged with green; under parts scar
! let, with u dash of orange on the
| throat secondary feathers 1"ight blue
on he upper surface, pale brown un-
dert cath; tail feathers cinnamon,
tipped with blue; legs brown and eyes
! yellow. Seen in the dusk resting on
the lily pads of a swamp. the ara-tri-
color is one of the handsomest speci-
/ mems of bird life to be found in any
land or any Clime-Cuban Letter.
! Largest Bridge on Earth-
/ st. Paul, Mimi, claims to possess the
! largest bridge not only in the United
StatcA but the world. when both length
! and height are considered. There are
| longer bridges and higher bridges, but
J none at once so high and so long. The
structure in question is the Saith, ave-
nue. popularity called High bridge