Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-12
THE ILLUSTRATED BEE.

means deep red; so the word carnival may
be used with appropriateness to designate
any function wherein the flesh Is exalted
and the things with which it has to deal
are painted a deep red. We are, of course.
Indebted to the Romans for this use of the
word, but the idea, or rather conglomera-
tion Of ideas which It covers come to us
from all mankind Of every age. Continually
reminded that he lis OF few days and full
OF trouble" man has always embraced his
every opportunity OF chasing dull care into
outer darkness and endeavoring to forget
that the raven will croak again Immediately
the sounds of revelry are stillcd. SO it was
that the people Of Quivera, when the good
King Ak-Sar-Ben VIII asCended the throne
and announced to his subjects that he had
repealed the law Of gravity and ordained
that henceforth they should live in liberty,
equality and h%ilarity, made merry during
the summer months when nature alternately
laughed and cried, and when the autumn
came on and nature began to divest her
self OF her glorious garb Of summer green
for her somber winter robes OF gray and
brown, the Quiverians, even as did the
Romans, celebrated the putting away of
meat with a burst of fun compared to which
the gaiety OF the summer was as an evening
zephyr to the whirlwind which levels a path
through the forest. Verify, they did whoop
it up through ten days and nights, and there
was nothin' doin' all the time. No mare
vociferous midway" ever assailed the pub
lie ears than that which accompanied tho
carnival. And while the 'ballyhoo" was
busy the public was doing its best to get
action on everything in sight.
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One OF the really d~ignifed and edifying
exhibits on the Midway was that of the
Board OF Governors Of Ak-Sar-Ben. It had
been intended until the last moment to
forego the customary display on part of the
knights on this occasion, but the ADVENT
tious coming of the renowned Colonel Chill
colt of His British Majesty's service, in
charge OF the ferocious but extremely rare
and interesting specimen of Abyssinian
ground hog was an opportunity not to be
overlooked. With his customary enterprise
Mr.. Matthew A.. Hall, at once a member of
the Board of Governors and local represent
alive of his British majesty's government
In Omaha, began negotiations with Colonel
Chilcott and the British embassy at Wash
ington and secured permission for a break
in the long Journey from London to Mel
bourne by exhibiting the beast at the Omaha
carnival. Colonel Chilcott did not reach
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nival, but once he had his precious charge
installed in the specially prepared quarters.
and the hot air apparatus was found to be
in working order. the tide OF visitors to the
ground hog was never slackened. It's edu-
caticnal value is declared to have been far
beyond anticipation, and those who viewed
the ground hog declare they will never for
get it's proportions or aspect.
Nor did King Ak-Sar-Ben overlook those
CT his fPithful subjects who could not take
pert In his glorious pageant OF entrance to
the capital city OF his Kingdom. For them
no provided a civic and military parade,
which II It lacked the pomp and circum-
stance Ct that wonderful train Of gorgeously
Fprarolled, bcou'iful'v adorned and superbIv
Illuminated followers who com with the
king, suffers only in comparison with the
transcendent beauty OF that unapproachah'e
pageant. Omaha. Council Bluffs and South
Omaha contributed so'diery to march In that
column. while the secret societies Of the CITY
decked floats and donned bright uniforms Ia
make the holiday CAV. Many Thousands OF
visitors lined the streets and warmly pm
nlaUdCd the various organizations from the
fine appearing platoon OF mounted police led
by Chief Donahue in person to the exhibits
C and d Of the cCmmit'ee's report led by tn
chairman OF the committee in his own
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