1 I in r n o
VOL IX. THIRD SERIES
SALISBURY, II. G, IIAY, 16, 1878.
NO 30
" From Uie UUca (S. Y Dally Republican.
FABLE i . .
' The TrouWe with the Bat. i-
r" "
A FABLK FOB OLD CHILDREN.
snlmal kingdom, observing mankind,
curving tbeir progress, had made up Its mind
KnVttelrWernment, usages, laws- ; '
n?,Suielr leoulne monarch without any cause, .
. "SS a national caucus, democratic in style, v-, -ffiwtES
President, try that awhile. -Thrtda
Jackass lor chairman, both aged and gray,--ykewir
own where a chairman does nothing but
R,it thecaucus was ruffled, when face to race, ' '
P" - .4 t nnnt entinns of eac h amrry race. .
?L hen said the hawic had embittered her rife, .
Ind the ram said the woll had abducted his wife;
While the mouse and the rat .
r wd askance at the cat, .
the rabbits remarked that the dogs were, too
fat -
" in fact, all the delegates raised such din
. Thaf a wily old panther, with blood on his chin,
Ind a fresh eaten meal stowed a;ay la Ms maw,
tled the meeting to order by raising his paw,
Thenmountlng the rostrum, gave his long tall a flirt,
Wtog? "Wads, you must bury that old, "Bloody
Khirt I" - - l.a nnrf WZlw ltm AtrA
The nasi, wiia """v ,
we tfcers and panthers must have dally bread ;
If others do sufrer, why, we must be fed ;
li e were born to eat flesh; Just look at that Tlew,
r And swallow our Insults, while we swallow you!
ft we ever unite, why, you must be nulet ;
Weiove you sincerely, lu. icsum a a uick.
Aitlmiigh j'ou outnumber, you must let us be,
i nd adopt In this caucus a new policy.
There is Wool In our teeth, and bleod in our claws.
But this, the result of Inflexible lawn,
my calls for an effort for conciliation,
I name Mr. Bat as a good nomination."
The silent convention was struck with surprise,
The crocodile even had tears in her eyes I
' The But, more astonished than anyoue there.
Dropped down In their midst from concealment
somewhere-
' . . ixti. K.nnimaiiiiihantnl t1iiinnvinnnn.
" But thought h could pay them for the condescen
sion. '
The Bat was elected, at least counted In, "
Dd-to try a new policy then did begin.
ills cabinet ofllcers, bloody of Jaw,
Tbe tigers and panthersJie hailed with eclat;
For the Bat ana hi policy dreaded their roar,
While the quiet old sheep cooled their heels at the
- - door,
But none of the beasts, in the veracious fable.
To define his position was ever able.
"i nva beast," said the bat, "Just feel of my fur ;
' 'm a cat," to the felines, "Just hark to my purr ;
I'm a bird." to the buzzards, "Just see how l fly;
I'm a rat," to the rodents, "Just look In my eye !"
Thus the Bat tooled them all, with his teeth fur and
" . wing,
B-imj something to all, and yet not anything.
Till the engle, convinced he was naught but a mole,
l-tll u-hDn nrtMit r I lip ffl Ills frnlP-
- 1 1 in w iwti " " , r - - - - . -
W hen the beasts tried to grab him, he rose on tbe
wing.
And there Just above them he'd saucily swing.
. Till at last the beasts voted the bat was a bird ;
While the birds Id convention against it demurred.
Hut on this one item they Panic to unite,
Taat no mongrel ruler or hermaphrodite,
Could bulkl up a government strong, good, or pure.
' MORAL.
That Is why, mv dear children, the Bat is so queer,
And shows his head only when darkness Is near;
He tried to bo Hon, and eagle and cat.
But he burstetl In swelUng and turned out a bat.
Thus sometimes a statesman gets lost in a haze.
And is sent to the shades In the midst of his days.
Vonkling.
The following article was mislaid, and
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aim jiiat nut ux-im eieu.j
Mt. Verxox, X. C-
April 4th. 1678.
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'Dear Watchman : The folding cur
tain of the murky storm -clouds at length
closed upon the sunny pictures, in whose
weird loveliness our vision lists been rev-
riling for weeks together. Balmy south
era gales have, given place to drilling
Arctic blasts ; and to the seemingl- end
less drought the slow, cold and continuous
April showers succeed. Orchard trees,
loaded w ith pink and white blossoms, like
Oriental brides bedecked with" jewels,
stand 'shivering in sad surprise. The
daises lay their sweet pale heads down on
the turf, and meekly bow to the behest of
fate. The pitertns lowing and bleatiug of
the farm-yard flocks is heard all through
the gloom- distance, as they gather more
closely to the barns. The music of the
. song-birds, whilome so""joyfnl, is hashed;
and the poor little feathered musicians,
ensconced among the thick boughs of pines
ami laurels and cedars, hide their heads
under their wings, and for fhe time forget
they ever made a time. TIkj squirrel went
to his hollow hours since, and is sound
asleep in his warm nest. We too, driven
r by stress of weather toward the shelter
ing shores of home, must leave the plow
to rust in the tresh and suddenly aban
doned furrow, and hasten in to the fire
side, after seeing the work-horse comfor
tably provided for and quietly muchiug
ins oats in tna warm stable.
; There is a delicious charm in rural life,
even upon such days as this, when the
city's cheerless walls look like one' vast j
bleak prison. The patter of the rain
drops, mingled with the sound of crowing
fowls and tinkling bells and crackling
tires, fills one's soul with a sense of inde
scribable comfort. The . stroug hohie
fcpHnnr tvf i Ti1onorw1t.iisf ;iii1 clluww rwitii
and quiet satisfies one- of the deepest
cravings of the human spirit. And here
are the growing crops, the feeding flocks
and the results of one's clear-weather
labor in full view, to cheer and gladdeu
more than dark skies can depress.?
When a cold wet spell comes over the
farm, there is no pleasure like the housing
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well-filled crib a hnge basket of corn, and
calling the shivering. swine from the dis
tant woods, to pour itiiown and see them
eat, U a pleasure kings might envy. Who
does not love 'to see a hearty hog eat !
And yonder come the swarms of pigeons
and Muscovy ducks and chickens and
guineas and peese all following your foot
' steps and asking for theiriortion. Give
me lands rich cuough to make plentv of
corn, auu men me pnvuego ot feeding it,
nna you may nave ail tne luxuries of town
life for what I care.
But when the crop fails through ill-luck
or neglect, and you have to stint these
hungry creatures, there is little enjoyment
on a farm for you or them. Therefore to
keep just what stock you can feed well,
and to plant bountifully Indian corn and
other cereal grains is the only wise or hap
py course. A rough denizen" of our North
- Carolina mountaiusused to say he knew,
w hen a neiirhbor was nrosneiiiur lv lJ
serving the grease ' marks his children's
hands made .ujon the -house-doors if
these were plentiful he knew the father
had good stores of bacou and had made a
' gooa corn-crop to bitten it witu. ilouielyl
uut trutniui reasoning. , .
There is nothing like a big corn-pile to
drive trouble away and bring happiness
to the farm. Given this, and you can
have what you plea se,-bread, meat, niou-
, sey, clothes or whatever you want. With
out it, farming is a miserable make-shift
-an unutterable sorrow.
Buy, then, good land, and work it well
and keep it up tq its original standard ef
fertility. Plant cotton and tobacco if you
will ; but never till you ! have large and
roomy cribs aud smoke-houses, well-filled
with the indispensable stamina of life
something to eat. E. P. H.
POMPEII ;
Its Burial and Resurrection.
SHOWIXG THAT MODERN SIXXERS AREAS
v BAD AS AXCIKXT.
From the Xew York Observer
N ext year (1879) will complete eighteen
round Centuries since Pompeii went un
fter : was buried. It is a quarter of a cen
tury since I first saw the resurrection of
it, and in those twenty-five years the
w ork of disinterment lias made no great
progress. Indeed, a city that has been
in its grave 1,800 years cannot be Tery
lively. The citiea in Italy that have not
been buried, and are supposed to bo alive,
do not grow nitich. Rome itself, profane
ly called "Eternal,? hastbrtnWnrmense
ly since Pompeii was covered with the
pall. Naples and all these villages and
towns along the wonderfully beautiful
shores of this bay of all water, were one
great city in those days.
The city was buried in the year of. our
Lord 7U. Its existence was forgotten.
Peasants, digging above in the year 1748,
found it, and seven years afterwards its
disinterment was begun. I do not see
that they get on very rapidly with the
work. Sometimes it is suspended for a.
series of years. It costs much money to
dig out a town, and the government of
Naples never had money to spare for such
romantic work as this. Italy now has it
in hand, and the treasury is always empty.
It is estimated that, if the work goes on
with the same rapidity as in the last hun
dred j'ears, it will be completed, and the
whole city disinterred, iu three -or four
hundred years more. Therc""is no need
of digging out any more of it. It is only
more of the same sort that comes to light
as the work proceeds, and there is enough
now unveiled to tell the story. Bulwer's
"Last Days of Pompeii" is the best writ
ten account of it we have, and that is all
fiction, but, like many other fictions, is
terribly true. Pliny has left us a descrip
tion of the scene as he saw it. But when
you come to staud in the open sepulchre,
the story tells itself. -
Vesuvius is looking Tight down upon
us, smoking unconcernedly, and, so near,
it seems incredible a town could have
been built within such easy reach of its
fiery flood. Now the huge clouds of smoke
are rising from its open mouth, iu succes
sive fold. They wave a moment about
the summit, and then roll down the side
of the mountain. We have a vivid idea
of X he ease with which the great eruption
of ashes, lava and stones might have over
whelmed the town, and may do it again.
We would prefer to go aliout this town
without an official guide. It is quite safe,
for there are no people in it. There is
nothing lying around loose to bo stolen,
so there could be no harm done by leav
ing us to ourselves. But it is part of the
system to charge each persou a fee of two
fraucs, forty cents, for the privilege of
going into the city, and this entitles the
party to a guide, whogoes about bother
ing you with talk and putting all senti
ment and reflection out of lnind Itwaa
not Christian to wish that he were one of
the original inhabitants, but we did wish
he werenot with us at present.
He led us to the Museum iu which are
placed the results of explorations among
the ashes. The most valuable of these
hate been taken to the Museum at Naples,
where the collection has become the most
interesCiugijf any in the world. Yet in
the midst of this room, on platforms cov
ered with glass, lay the bodies of men and
women iu the posture in which they per
ished. The process of -preservation and
exhibition is well known. The flood of
ashes came down upon the city and bur
ied the people alive. Each victim was
thus enclosed in a case that fitted precise
ly to his form, as now the soft plaster is
put around a person whose east is to be.
taken by a sculptor. In course of time
the ease of ashes becomes hardened, while
the body decomposes aud is absorbed by
the surrounding mass. When the work
men now excavating come upon such an
object, instead of breaking it iu, or seek
ing to preserve the shell, they report the
discovery ; ingenious skill comes to the
task and pours liquid plaster into tho hol
low until it is full. When it has harden
ed, the outer casing is removed, and the
image of tho person, iu the very posture
in which he ceased to struggle. w ith death,
is presented. Some are frightfully con
torted. -A woman lies on her side in re
pose as peaceful as in sleep, her rounded
limbs in striking contrast with the angu
lar muscular development of the men.
Those bodies are fearful witnesses of the
fate of the city. Ruined temples, thea
tres, baths and homes are magnificent in
their graves, and we walk among them
with solemn awe, reminded of their an
cient grandeur, of the life that once filled
these streets and courts. But the house
that is empty may have been deserted by
its inhabitants, aud left to decay iu soli
tude : these ghastly bodies, in their death
struggles speak of the awful night when
the cities on the shore of this lovely bay
of Naples were covered with the melted
uiouutain, like the cities of the plain,
when the Lord rained upon them fire and
brimstone, a horrible tempest. "The day
of wrathtbat dreadful day !" In the Mn-
suem at Naples there is nothing in the
vast collection that touches the visitor
with more tender interest than the cake
of clay bearing the impression made by
the breast of a woman lying in it : such a
sight tells the sad story of a slow and aw
ful death:"3 but these full-size, perfect
forms, in their various attitudes, are very
graphic. I brought away with me from
Pompeii no relics that will outlive the
memory of those glass cases and their
contents.
This Museum and the one at Naples are
to be studied before walking the streets of
the city. As we go from house to house,
and among the shops and baths and pub
lic buildings, we see where the things
were standing which we have exam
ined, ' the uses to - which they were
put, and so learn the habits of domestic,
social and public life in the days of the
Caesars. When we know that it was a
city of less than " 20,000 inhabitants, "we
may learn something of its wealth, lux
ury and wickedness, from the number,
and extent, and nature of its amusements
aud occupations as attested by these reve
lations. It is not impossible that Naples
of Florence, Paris or New York, would
be convicted of as gross licentiousness, if
its people were banished in a moment, and
all the evidences of their guilt left behind
them. It is not probable that the art of
painting was prostituted more shameless
ly in Italy then than it is now. And tho
arts of painting and photography are now
I employed with fearful ingenuity and in-
K A . 1 tl 1- - f A t "1
uusiry to uo me wont oi tne uevii witu a
wiftuess of evil that Pom peiian voluptuous
ness never conceived.' I had a curious
illustration of this fact on the very ground,
and while yet in the midst of this city of
the dead. I walked two hours with the
guide, aud had been properly shocked by
the many evidences of the aucient lasciv
iousness of Pompeii : the faded paintings
on the walls that may not be described,
though one of them is to be found also in
St. Peter's church at Rome : some of the
houses are kept under lock and key, that
women may not enter them unawares,
while men are freely allowed to be cor
rupted if they please to look in upon these
mysteries of iniquity : wo had come to the
house of Diomede, and had gone down
into the basement rooms, where seventeen
pel-sous, most of them women, were found,
with their jewels of gold aud precious
stones : aud as this was nearly at the end
of our explorations, the guide, an official
set here by authority to conduct visitors
through the city, took me into one of the re
motest rooms of the house, and produced a
complete series of photographs of the most-
disgusting and indecent pictures that had I
been found in the whole city. When I turu
ed away, rebuking him for such a traffic, he
said he was forbidden to receive any fee,
and this was his mode of getting pay for his
services : and he wished to sell these pic
tures at a franc apiece. Here were a
government otficial making sale of copies
of the very pictures that were on the walls
of private bed-chambers, and which are
now pointed to as proof that Pomp;iiaus
were dreadfully wicked people. They
were so beyond all doubt. But the tower
of Siloam did not fall on "those eighteen"
because the7 were 6iuners above all that
dwelt in Jerstisalem. And the dry rain
of Vesuvius did not suffocate the Pom
peiians because they were greater sinners
than the rest of mankind : if it were so,
theu the dwellers in Naples and New
York may set tlieir houses iu order, for
the elements are as highly charged with
electricity now as ever, aud it is just as easy
for the God of infinite purity and justice,
to drop his bolts of vengeance, and make
deserts of cities, as it was in the days of
Lot or Pliny.
I came out of this house of Diomede
very sad and somewhat sick at heart.
Iu a moment I was in the street of
tombs; so called because in the walls on
each side are set slabs and sepulchral
monuments with epitaphs. Familiar
classic names, with tho dates of birth aud
death : life over again: we write them
and set them up just so now : "Vix anno
XII :" he Was scarcely twelve early dead
how many memories such a record
brings to life agaiu ! And they had their
griefs as well as pleasures, these gay rev
ellers : and then the flood came and car
ried them away.
We rode back to Naples through a rol
licking crowd of jolly peasants, the most
careless, thoughtless set of people under
the sun. A dozen in a cart with big wheels,
aud drawn like distraction by one little
horse: some on donkeys and more on
foot: asses laden with panniers filled with
vegetables, aud women on the top of all
the load : everybody iu a gale of laugh,
as if life were a perpetual frolic this was
the scene, and long before I got to Her
culaneum the sentimental sadness of the
buried city had vanished in the amuse
ments of this sunny Italian people.
Ikex.els.
Xorth Carolina Belle in Columbia.
Tho following from the Columbia Reg
ister refers to a young lady from Salis
bury who has recently been visiting in
Charlotte, and who is well known through
out the State :
Wo forget who it was that said if he
had ninety years to live, he would, if
permitted, divide it, and lead it as fol
lows : The first thirty as a beautiful wo
man ; the second thirty as a great general,
and the last thirty as a bishop. The
lovely belle from North Carolina, who all
the boys are going crazy over, makes us
think we'd take the whole ninety as a
beautiful womau, if it was left to us,
From the Bible Bocletr Record.
Within the Bussian Lines at Adrianople.
Steamship Espbro, i )
Sea of Marmora, March 6, 1878.
Dear Sir I have been so occupied since
my return from Adrianople that I have not
had the time to report to you the' results of
that visit.
I left Constantinople February 13th, in
company with Rev. J. F. Clarke, of the Bul
garian mission, by the first train that was
allowed to take passengers after the sign
ing of the armistice. We were provided
with passports tUed at the German consu
late, and anticipated some risk of detention
nd examination at the Russian lines, but we
we passed the outposts of the Turkish lines
and the first of the RossUn' without the
sligfitest delay at any point Jit seemed
strange to see Russian officers soldiers,
and hear Russian, German, and French,
where only a few months before there had
been nothing but Turkish; and remember
ing how little encouragement I found in the
faces of the Turks for any success in Bible
distribution, I scanned the new-comers with
much interest, wondering whether they
would be more accessible. My first feeling
was one of disappointment. The men seemed
stolid and the officers flippant. There were
few specimens of fine physique still fewer
of real intelligence, and my thoughts turned
more favorably than before to the Turks.
I was therefore not a little surprised when
I reached Adrianople to learn from our
book-seller, Hatchadoor, that he had sold
all his stock ot Russian Scriptures, supplied
to him some months before in anticipation
of the Russian advance, and that he was daily
receiving requests for copies, especially of the
Bible. The- first thing to be done then was
to get up a supply as soon as possible. I
had intended to go out to Philippopolis,
and perhaps to Samakov and Yambel ; but
on learning that the railroad would not take
freight in the regular way, I decided to re
turn to Constantinnple, and if necessary,
take the books on with me. There lcing
no train on that day, I had an opportunity
to call with Mr. Clarke on M. de Nehdoff,
to whom he had letters ot introduction from
Prince Reuss, German ambassador to Con
stantinople, and also on General Stein, com
mander of the headquarters. Both gentle
men received us very cordially, entered most
heartily into Mr. Clarke plans for relieving
the distress of the Bulgarian villagers, and
gave him a' pass through all the Russian
lines and on all military trains. I had
thought some of requesting a special permit
for colporteurs, but as Hatchadoor had met
with no hinderancc so far, I decided to post
pone it until my return.
After narrating the incidents of his jour
ney to Constantinople and back, Mr. Bliss
proceeds:
It was good to see the eyes of our earnest
hard-working Hatchadoor glisten, as we got
the boxes into the bookstore, and took out
the longed-for Bibles. lie started out as
soon as he could get them arranged, and
sold sixteen Bibles and Testaments in a
couple of hours. On this trip I had brought
a letter of introduction from Mr. Schuyler,
our consul-general, to General Count Igna-
tieff, asking his interest in regard to some
American property at Samakov, so that I
had an opportunity of seeing the famous
diplomat. He was very bus-, and I only
had a few minutes' chat, but his cordial,
hearty manner would have made me think
that the greatest desire of his life was to
further the interests of American Bible and
missionary work, had it not been for a cold
scrutinizing twinkle of the small eyes that
recalled to my mind certain experiences of
my father's with him, when he was ambas
sador at Constantinople.
A pass was secured from the command
ant at Adrianople, but several days elapsed
before a colporteur's permit could be ob
tained. but at last an interview with the
proper official was promised.
Accordingly I went again with a full sup
ply of Russian Scriptures and a catalogue
of all our books. After some examination
to see that I wished to sell only Scriptures
I received three papers, one for myself and
two for my colporteurs, giving full permis
sion to circulate the Scriptures anywhere
within the Russian lines in European Tur
key, or rather Bulgaria, as I suppose it must
Ik; railed now. I also received a pass for
Constantinople, securing me free passage on
all military trains. Of course I was greatly
pleased at my success, but almost the best
came when three or four officers bought al
the nice copies that I carried with me, and
requested the book-seller to come again the
next morning with some more, as they had
ether friends who wanted them. The g
eral himself sent for one. ana all seemea
verv clad of the onnortuuitv to secure the
Bible in full.
I had been detained so long that I had
no time to visit Philippopolis, but engaged
a young man who knew some Russian to as
sist Hatchadoor in Adrianople, and go on
to Philippopolis. I also sent to Rev. 3Ir,
Clarke, asking him, if he found a good man
in the region of Yanibol or Yeni-zaghra, to
send him to Adrianople for a supply of
honks and one of the permits that I left
with Hatchadoor. The next day I started
for Constantinople, and this time was 2
hours in making the 146 miles of distance,
Now that peace is signed, however, we hope
that the trains will run more regnlarly.
Thus my object in going was obtained
and more easily and completely than I had
expected. I found the Russian officers and
men, wherever I met them, most cordial and
apparently interested in my work, and my
being an American was a sure passport to
their regard. The mora I talked with them.
however, the more my first impression was'
increased, and the more I felt that the in
terest they manifested in the Scriptures was
prompted by a sentiment, almost supersti
tious, for the book itself, rather than by a
deep regard for its truths. I found that all
wanted the nicest bindings, and all our gilt
copies were very soon disposed of Once or
twice I saw one open the book and read as
if he bought the book for its contents, but
most looked more at the outside than the
inside. I couldn't help thinking of Paul's
description of the Athenians; but I hope
that even this reverence for the form may
lead to a love for its truth. We arc doing
Ar t0 reach 911 c,a8se among them,
and feel much encouraged by our success.
"J meats men, mat as tney go to their
homes and read in quiet they may be taught
by the Spirit 3
ioiirs, Tery truly,
7' EnwTjrK.Bx.ts9.-
St Sophia.
It is the only great Christian church
whieh has been preserved from very early
times, for the basilicas ot St. John Lateran
and St. Mary the Greater, at Rome, have
been considerably altered. And in itself
it is a prodigy of architectural skill as well
architectural beauty. Its enormous area is sur
mounted by a dome so flat, pitched at so
ow an angle that it seems to hang in air, and
one cannot understand bow it retains its
cohesion. Tho story is, that Anthemius,
the architect, built it of excessively light
bricks of Rhodian clay. All around it, di
viding the recesses from the great central
area, are rows of majestic columns, brought
hither by Justinian, who was thirty years
in building it (A. D. 538-508), from the
most famous heathen shrines of the East,
among ethers from Diana's Temple atEphe
sus, ancl that of the Sun at Baalbec. The
roof and walls were adorned with 6uperb
mosaics, but the Mohammedans, who con
demn any representation of a living crea-
ure, lest it should tend to idolatry, have cov
ered all these figures, though in some places
you can just discern their outlines through
the coat of plaster or whitewash. In place
f them thev have decorated the building
with texts from the Koranx written in gigan
tic characters round the dome (one letter,
Alif, is said to be thirty feet long), or tn
enormous boards suspended from the roof,
and in four flat spaces below the dome they
have suffered to be painted the four arch-
angles whom they recognize, each represent
ed by six great wings, without face or other
limbs. One of the most highly cultivated
and widely traveled ecclesiastics whom Rus
sia possesses (they arc, unhappily, few
enough), told me that after seeing nearly all
the great cathedrals of Latin Europe, he felt
when he entered St. Sophia that it far
transcended them all ; that now for the first
time las religious instincts had been satisfied
bv a human work. Mr. Ferguson, in his
Ilittory uf Architecture, says something to a
similar effect. This will hardly be the feel
ing of those whose taste has been formed
on Western, or whatwe call Gothic-, models,
with their mystery, their complexity, their
beauty of varied detail. But St. Sophia
certainly gives one an impression of meas.-
ureles space, of dignity, of majestic unity,
which no other church (unless, perhaps, the
Cathedral of Seville) can rival. You are
more awed by it, more lost in it, than in St.
Peter's itself. Afacmillan'a Mngazine.
AMERICAN WOOD FOR PARIS.
Owe of the most remarkable exhibits
designed for the Paris Exposition is a
tablet of uativeAmericau woods, which
consists of a mosaic tablet eight feet wide
aud twelve feet in height, and was de
signed expressly for Mr. William H. Lip-pincott,thewell-kuown
Philadelphia lum
ber dealer, by the best artists and archi
tects of the Quaker City. The tablet is
iu the Egyptiau style, and consists of a
flat moulding on the outer edge, made of
three-quarter circles of bird's eye aud
curled maple, with a triangular shaped
piece of bois d'arc and beech filling the
blank portion of tho circle. The main
panel is of white aud yellow, pine, ash,
tripped and plain walnut, poplar, apple,
chestnut and sycamore. The liottom is a
broad piece of close-grained oak, skilfully
earved. Resting on the oak rail is an
antique vase of various woods from which
springs a lotos plant with a wide-spread
flower and leaves, all carved with great
delicacy from ordinary American build
ing woods. At tho right, and left upper
corners of the tablet are dragons, made of
California red wood. The open spaces of
the design are filled in with rosettes in
relief composed of Florida, North Caro
lina aud New Jersey cedar, with caps of
white holly aud locust, forming a most
beautiful contrast to the deep red cedar.
The tablet is suspended by large rings of
black walnut relieved with hickory, from I
a handsome bracket with a polished hick
ory roller. On each side of the bracket is
a flying bat carved from butternut wood.
Forty-three different varieties of native
American woods enter into the construc
tion of the tablet, including besides those
already named, birch,elm, cypress, spruce,
gum, hemlock and others. Two eross
bars bear the words, "Lippincott, Bois
d'Amerique ronr l'exportation." The
whole affair has been pronounced to be
the finest collection of American woods
ever gathered together.
Two hundred people in New Haven
have telephones at their residences and
offices.
IT DON'T PAY.
The following, from the Xewarl Daily
Adcerther, lias some wholesome truths
which it would be well for all classes of
citizens to ponder:
It don't pay to have fifty workingmen
poor and ragged in order to have one
saloon-keeper dressed in broadcloth, and
flush of money.
It don't pay . to have these fifty work
ingmen live ou bone soup and half rations
in order that the saloon-keeper may flour
ish on roast turkey and champagne.
It don't pay to have the mothers and
childrtu of twenty families dressed in
rags aud starved into the semblauce of
emaciated scarecrows and Living in hovels
in order that the saloon keeper's wife
way dress in satiu, and her children grow
fat and hearty,- and live i a bay-wiudow
parlor.
It don't pay to have one citizen in the
county jail because another citizen sold
him liquor.
It don't pay to have ten smart, active
and intelligent boys tiansformed into
hoodlums and thieves to enable oue man
to lead an easy life by selling them li
quor. It don't pay to give one man, for $15 a
quarter, a lieense to sell liquor, and then
spend $2,000 on the trial of Tim Mc
Laughlin for buying that liquorand then I
committing murder under its iufluence.
It don't pay to have one thousand homes
blasted, ruined, defiled "and turned into
hells of disorder and misery in order that
one wholesale liquor dealer may amass a
large fortune.
It don't pay to keep six thousand men
in the penitentiaries aud hospitals, and
one thousand in the lunatic asylum at the
expense of the honest, industrious tax
payers, in order that a few rich capitalists
may grow richer by tho manufacture of
whiskey.
It never pays to do wrong; your sin
will find you out; whether others find it
out or not, the sin knows where you are
and will always keep you posted of the
fact it don't pav.
A saloon-keeper sold a drinking man
one pint of new rum, making fifteen cents
clear profit. The man under the influ
ence of that pint of rum killed his son in
law; and his apprehension, confinement
in jail, execution, etc., cost the couuty
more than one thousand dollars which
temperate men had to earn by the sweat
of their brows. It don't pay.
The loss sustained by society, morally
and financially, the sorrow and suffering,
the misery and destitution produced and
augmented, and what is infinitely a great
er consideration than all else, the destruc
tiou of soul and body, the inevitable re
sult of using or trafficking in intoxicating
liquors these all attest the truthfulness
of tho verdict it don't pay.
From the Xew York Observer.
THE WASHINNGTON CAPITOL.
BY MRS. LUCY E. SAXFORD.
Washington is the centre of an amphi
theatre. The Anacostia ou the east, aud
the Potomac on the West, unite and flow
southward. On the opposite shoro of
each is a range of hills that lose them
selves in the hills of Virginia. A cres
cent formed height sweeps around north
of the city : about two-thirds around, it
breaks to let a tiny stream pass, and then
risiug ninety feet, spreads out iu a broad
plateau, on which stands the Capitol.
Eleven streets and avenues, from 130 to
160 feet wide, lead to it. It has 52 acres
of ground, and covers 3$ acres. It cost,
in round numbers, $12,000,000. It is the
largest building of the kind in the world,
and when finished will be, it is claimed,
the finest. It consists of a centre, with
two wings and connecting corridors.
Length of all, 751 feet. At present the
accessories are superior to the principal,
which greatly mars the effect, but the
plan of tlnj accomplished architect, Mr.
Clark, changes this, and iu time will be
carried out.
The centre the original Capitol is
free-stoue, painted white. When the ex
tensions became necessary, the question
arose, Shall they match the centre or be
as perfect as possible f Perfect was the
answer, for it was to be built for an un
limited future, and iu that future the cen
tre cau be changed. The wings therefore
are of white marble, each with porticos
ou three sides, and 42 marble, Corinthian,
monolithic columns, each 30 feet high
above pedestal. All the grand old trees
that toned tho painted centre have been
cut downL and the glare of w hite makes
one cry out for the good time coming
when the soft tints of delicately veined
marble shall take its place, and that wear
isome sky line of 750 feet.be broken by a
grand ceutral pedimeut, full of Scripture,
according to the plans.
The west facade is broken by three
broad porticos. Those of the wiugs are
each reached by 46 marble Bteps, with
four landings and two buttresses. The
House extension is rude, but the Senate
pediment has a group by Crawford : The
Progress of Civilization in America. The
bronze door is 14) feet high and 9 feet
wide; in two leaves and six panels. The
panels have battles of Bunker Hill, Mon
mouth, Yorktown; Inauguration of 'Wash
ington, aud Laying of Corner-stone, of
Capitol, Sept. le, 1703. Tins was .Mr. by the of rnuay last at i,-',--Crawford's
last work, iudeed it was fiu- 773.1:?.
iahed by a pupil. ' '
On the south buttress of the central !
portico is a marblo group7 which cot
Persicofive years' labor, Celnmbus i:i
armor, copied accurately from some worn
by him, aud now in Genoa. He holds a
globe aloft in one hand, and on it America;
half at his side, peering around to look up
at him, is a beautiful Indian girl, with a:i
expression of awe and adoration on her
face, as if he were to hera god. On the
opposite buttress is a group by Green-
ough: a hunter who is seizing from be
hind nu Indian, to wrest from him the
tomahawk with which he was about, t
scalp a mother, who is clasping her babe.
On either side of the grand bronze door is -;
a niche, la oue is War : Mars, mailed;
in the other Peace : a Joyely maiden In
flowing, almost transparent robes, with
atnoli ve .branch in ono hand and, fruit io-. 1
the other; both of Huestrraraiiaarbler
by Prcsico, each nine feet high, and cost
$12,000. Iu the words of Mr. Clark, "If
L Peace were iu the Vatican, it would lo
the admiration of the world; yet hun
dreds pass in and out without glancing at
it." - -
. The grand bronze door of Rogers is 11)
feet high, 9 feet wide, weighs 20,000
pounds, and cost $28,(KXL It was mod
elled in Rome and cast in Munich, 1800.
It is a marvel of beauty. It is in two
leaves, each leaf divided into eight panels
and each panel is a complete picture, iu
alto relievo, of scenes in the lifeof Colum
bus. 1. Before the Council of Salainanca:
3.
Before Ferdinand and Isabella; 5.
Landing at San Salvador; 7. Triumphal
entry into Barcelona; then 8th in chains
aud Uth dying. Ou the frame of each leaf
are 10 statuettes of his patrons, and be
tween the panels are heads of his histo
rians. Every facial expression is wonder
fully fine.
The dome rises from the centre of the
main building, and was built iu IdoG. Its
diameter is 136 feet, the fifth in height
and fourth in diameter in the world. It
stands upon 40 large interior columns
with heavy arches, upon which rests tho
mosaic pavement of. the rotunda. ' As it
leaves the roof line of the building it is
124 feet in diameter, and has 36 iron
fluted columns 27 feet high. On the apex
is a lantern 50 feet high. It is lighted by
electricity, and only when oue ior both
Houses has a night session. InJt is Or re
flector, so the light can be seen all over
the city. Would there were more reflec
tors below, so their lights might be seen
throughout the world. Ou this stand.
what seems a graceful young lady, but
she is 10J feet high and weighs more than
six tons!
Remember what kind of preacher Jesus
Christ was: He was a Son of cou solu
tion" indeed. It was said of -Him, "A
bruised reed shall He not break, and th
smoking flax shall Ho not quench." lk
was gentleuess itself. His speech did not
fall like a hail shower, but it dropped like
the rain, and distilled as the dew upon the
tender herb. The widow at thelites of
Naine dried her eyes w hen He spake ;nud
Jairus no longer mourned for his child.
Mary gave over Weeping, and Thomas
gave over doubting, whea Jesus showed
Himself. Now, if such be the person who
declares He w ill comfort the broken-hearf-
ed, if He be such a preacher, we nu y
rest assured that He will accomplish H'a
work. Spurgcon.
CUUREXT COMMENT.
"Another week has passed, and a no
torious thief, indicted for penitentiary
offenses and afraid to stand trial, still oc
cupies a seat as member of the United
States Senate from the State of otith
Carolina. About how long do the honest
members exiect the traditional dignity
of the Senate to survive with John J.
Patterson's right to a place in their body
unquestioned?" -Springfield, Uepahlkan
Ind. '
Mr. J. W. Alspaugh, of Winston, writes
the editor of the Statesville American
concerning the proposed railroad from
Danville to that point as follows : "We
are informed that Danville will grade
twenty-five miles of "the road ; Madison
has pledged $30,000; Winston $25,000,
it is believed that Davie county will give
$75,000 aud Statesville and Iredell will
come iu for a liberal share. Tho State
will give convict labor sufficient to do tho
grading, and to all apppearaiices, if tho
people along the line but will, the work
can be effected."
The Philadelphia Heeord says: Now
that Mr. Henderson has retired from New
York Evening Boxl it may be ranked as
an independent newspaper with Demo
cratic proclivities.
The pieface to the law plainly teaches
us that God rcquiro man to keep Ilis
commandments, not merely because He
is Jehovah, and has a natural right to
their obodienee, but also because He i
the covenant God and Redeemer of Hi
people. J. MeHie.
A Scientist in Europe has invented a
microscope that magnifies 12,000 times.
The debt of New York eiry is put uovrti