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; ' I ' ' 'I - ' ' L- JOB cm cm L. V. & E. T. BLUM, PI BI.ISHEBS AND PROPRIETORS, s& THE PRESS JOB.OEfAJrriErr It tt S nriufy aurui. U fOf Ay Terms: Cash in Advance. ( hie Copy one year, . . . $2.00 '" " six months, . . . loo " three months, . . . .75 S-Iiiberal Discount to Clubs- flEATE??, Dip PTCH, T T VERVLOWEST PRICES, VOL. XXVI. SALEM, X. C., JUNE 27, 1878. XO. 20. --- - fr lrill. fii 1 iniiiaj -rHS i ,,.'" " PRIITlNg! , . II I , , 1 in CHAUCER TO HIS EMPTY PURSE. MODERNIZED BY K. H. MOR2JE. The Father-Poet appears to be sojourning in ,ome country town which he is unable to leave for want of money. To you, my Purse, and to no other wight, Complain I, for thon art my 'lady dear : I'm very sorry now that thou art light. For oertes'thou doet make" nie heavy clieer. 1 were as lief laid out upon my bier ; For which, unto your merry thus I cry He heavy again ! or else I needs must die. II. This day vouchsafe now, ere that It be night. That I of you the blissful sound may hear ; Or see your color, like the sun so bright, That in hls yellowness had never peer. Thou art my lire,- thou art my heart's star dear, Oueeu of great comfort and good company I Be heavy again ! or else I needs must die. III. Now, Purse, whb art to me my body's light And saviour being dowu iu this world here out of this town, oh, help me by your might : Since that thou wilt not be my treasure sheer, r'or, like a monk, I'm shaved close to the ear : Therefore I pray unto your courtesy, Be heavy again ! or else I needs must die. ' Temple Bar: A STRANGE SINGER. Carl Spexser. Joy's the sByest bird ; . . - Mortal ever heard ; Listen rapt and silent when he sings ; Do not seek to see, Lest the vision be But a flutter of, departing wings. Straight down out of heaven Drops the fiery leaven, Beating, burning, rising In bis breast ; Never, never long Canst thou bear the song. All too high for labor or for rest. Hope can sit and sing With a folded wing, -Long contented la a narrow cage ; Patience on the nest, . Hour by hour will rest. Brooding tender things in hermitage. Singers true and sweet, Mockers bright and fleet, Close about thy door they flit and call : . One that will not stay Draws thy heart away ; Liten ! listen ! It is more than all. A 12,000 CHEQUE. The hour grew late, and Mr. Brand paced his chamber in moody silence. The train had come in, but his messen ger had not returned, and the merchant was troubled troubled by a vague sort of doubt, which haunted him in spite of his faith in Lake. merry, sober old trader of long ex perience had said that Lake was too young to fill the important position which he held, but Mr. Brand had never found his trust in Tom mis placed. Having heard rumors concerning a house with which he had, extensive dealings, the merchant had dispatched Lake to London, telling him to make inquiries, and in any case to get the partners of the firm in question to settle their account. r So Lake had gone from Liverpool to London. The time appointed for his return passed, arid; still he did not come." I A lady entered, and stole to the mer chant's side; iher ownt sweet face was anxious, and there was a tremor in the music of her voice, as she said: "Do you think he will be here to night, dear papa?" i "I hope so, Marv; but it is very late." j ; "Is there no other train?" "Only the night express, and that does not stop," except at the central stations." ? "Perhaps he will come, papa; he would not mind coming ten miles, even if he had to walk." t "He should nbt have missed the train," said Mr. Brand, sternly; punc tuality is an imperative duty with men of business." "But, papa, something may have occurred to detain him." "Nothing should detain a man who has given his word. The fair pleader was silenced her father was angry, and knowing his Btrictness of principle, and how invet erate was his dislike . to -any breach of discipline or duty, she did not venture to speak again. -. ' The time dragged slowly on; Mr. Brand continued his restless walk, and Alary sat subdued and. quiet, watching him. She saw that he was listening as the night express went whirling by, and from the depths of her heart there went a prayer that Lake would come safely home. The girl loved him, 1 would have staked her life on his truth, and knew that he was not beyond his time through any weakness or wrong, Two , slow weary hours passed. Mr, Brand was reading the commercial news; but for the first time in his life it , did not interest him; he was thinking of the young clerk, and the heavy sum 01 money that would De in nis posses sion should the London firm have paid him. And Marv. read insr her father's coun tenance, felt chilled and pained by the slur cast on her lover's honesty by his suspicions her s every tnougnt was a denial to his doubts, and, as the rapid clatter of a horse's feet rang out, she ran to the window. 'Lookr she said, dashing the cur tains aside with eaerer hands; "look papa, I said he would come I knew he would." - - ; lhe merchant's stern features re lazed with a smile of pleasure; he was not emotional or demonstrative, but , his daughter's gladness pleased him There, were a few moments of ex pectancv, and then Tom Lake came in. He went straight' to Mr. Brand, only noticine with a bow the lovely face whose glance thrilled his soul. L "They have paid,' he said quietly, as he placed a thick pocketbook in the merchant's hand "but I think we were only in time." "Indeed!" "There ,vwas . a consultation at the bankers before I could get cash for the . necK.?s.f4!c.;j:.,,.ft ; "Do Toil tbink' they will break?" ttopelesslv. xbev have given me an immense order, but it would not be wise to forward the goods." "You did not hint that we had the slightest fear?" j "No, but I was glad to get the money, 12,000 would have been a heavy loss." j "It would have done me serious in jury just now." i "And yet," said Tom gravely, "this morning the odds were considerably against its ever reaching you." "How?" j Tom took two chairs, placed them side by side near the lire, led Mary to one, and seated himself in the other. He had done his duty as thu merchant's clerk, and now yr&s Mr. Brand's pro spective son-in-law and partner. "I had an adventure," he said; "I was the hero of a strange story in a ride by express." j Mary bent forward to listen Tom clasped . her hand in his own. Mr. Brand sat opposite them, interested by the speaker's manner, as he began: wnen 1 got tne cneque 1 had an idea that all might not be well, so to make sure I presented it at the bank er's. There was, as I told you, a con sultation before they cashed it, and while the consultation was going for ward I noticed a stranger looking at me intently. I! knew the man in my younger and wilder days. I had met him often at the race course, in billiard rooms, and in other places more or less respectable. Now he was changing a cheque for some; petty amount, and was evidently astonished by the immensity of the order I had presented. I left the bank with my pocketbook full of notes, and found that I had lost the train. The next would be the night express, so I strolled into a billiard room. . A man is just as safe with a fortune in his pocket as if penniless, so that he is wise enough to hold his tongue. There was some clever play going on, and I stood watching the players till some one cliallenged me to have a game. If I have one special vanity, it is my science with the cue; I accepted, and as I did so a strange feeling which had been growing upon me took a sudden turn which startled me. My challenger was the man whom I had noticed at; the banker's. There was nothing strange in the fact of his being in the room, one of his favorite resorts, but I was possessed by the vague shadow.ot a single idea. I had read somewhere'of a man being followed and plundered in a train, arid somehow I associated the story with the man before me. It was the first time I had ever paid him any particular attention, but I gave him - full observation now. The more I looked at him the less I liked him. He;was handsome, gentle manly, with a fair form and elegant figure, full of suppleness and strength. His manner was singularly unassum ing, his face frank and genial, but by looking closely at him you could see something sinister-looking in the depth and saftness of bis eyes. I never liked a stranger to be affa ble and prepossessing, and my friend was the very pink of ailkbility and federate, and an old gentleman, who, after grumbling out his indignation againBt all railway servants and loco motive traveling in general was fast asleep in the corner. That the intentions of my billiard player were bad were manifested by the fact of his having assumed a false mustache and beard. They added to the" beauty of his face, but left to his eyes that sleepy, cruel glitter that is characteristic of the Asiatic. He spoke to me, remarked the oddity of our being traveling companions, ami grew unpleasantly familiar. I an swered him, not wishing to appear churlish or afraid, knowing that I could trust something to my own strength should the worst come. We had made the last stoppage, and were rolling swiftly through the gloiti, when, among other topics, our conver sation touched on jewelry; he drew a showy ring from his finger, telling me it was a curious piece of workmanship, having a secret spring, which lie said I cou'd not discover. I took it, searched in vain for a grace. We Dlaved for an hour with alter nating success he was an amusing companion, well-informed and hail traveled; but I was shy of conversa tion. I left him, and, still having some time to spare, went to see a friend in the Temple. ! When, at the expiration of some thirty or forty minutes, I emerged into Fleet street, almost the first person on whom my gaze! fell was my late antag onist at billiards. I thought there was something more than a mere coincidence in this second meeting since we stood together at the banker's. He was in a cigar shop op posite, j Not a hundred yards from the Tem ple gate stood a man whom I recog nized with a very welcome feeling. . It was George Vixen, the detective. He was fashionably dressed, and looked an aristocrat of the first water. I went up, and greeting him as I should an old familiar friend, held out my hand and said: 1 "Come and drink a glass of wine with me, i have something to say. 1 He shook hands in the most natural way possible. I took his arm, and we entered the public bar of an adjacent hotel. j I told him my suspicion, told him of the sum in my possession, and of the journey I had to perform by rail. 1 saw that, watching through the glass of the door, he was taking a men tal photograph of the two men. "They mean (business," said Vixen, quietly, "but I shall be with you. v e must part at the door, or they win see that we have scented the game." "And you," I said, "how will you act?" . "I shall travel to Liverpool by the night express."! . He left me. 1 1 had no lear now- knowing him tcj be a clever and. deter mined fellow, j Taking a casual glance across the road, I saw myjman with his compan ion. It was quite evident that they were tracking me, though I lost sight of them before Reaching St. Paul's. I strolled along the churchyard, wan dering nearly to Islington, then went through the city again belore 1 made for the station; jmy acquaintance of the billiard room jdid not come in sight, though I kept well on the alert. I tooK my tiCKet, angering annus v, w the moment of starting before I entered the carriage, brit my man did not ap pear. Two men were in the compart- ment with me. 1 1 could noi see me face of one, and the other was a stranger. j The bell rang. The guard had just time to put a bewildered old gentleman in by my side, and we were off. The man whose tace 1 mid noi seen turned toward hie. I could hardly repress an exclama tion.- There was no niistaKing that frank, genial countenance, nor the lurk ing devil in those eyes, whose softness was so sinisteri He had.me then at last, Vixen had broken his promise, and 1 was leic to . travel that perilous journey alone, witn the man who had followed me so skill fully another- who might he his con- spring, then returning it to him. It dropped and rolled under my I'eet. I stooped to pick it up. .and so did he, but in that moment, while my head was down, he had me tightly by the throat, and threw uu; to the carnage floor. His confederate was upon me in an instant. I could scarcely breathe, and could not struggle, for a heavy knee was upon my chest, and two strong, brutal hands -were crashing the life from my throat. Though the horror of the situation did not last a minute, it seemed an eternity ' to me. I felt the ruffians' hands searchiug for the pocketbook, and strained desperately for a chauee of resistance, j Their work was nearly done. Cramped in that small, space, I was powerless, and the veins in my throat and head were swelling ; like sinueus bars, when the old gentleman in the corner awoke and came to my assistance. ' I heard a low whirr of some weapon in its de scent, and my first assailant reeled from me stunned. : j Then the old gentleman, with a streugth and rapidity of action wonder ful to see in a person of his age, seized the scoundrel, lilted him away, and dashed him down on a seat. There whs a brief struggle, and then I heard a sharp elick scoundrel the second had a pair of handcuffs on his wrists. f " "They were more prompt than I had expected," said the old gentlemau, re moving his woolen comforter, with which he fasteued my first assailant's hands behind him. "and a railway car riage does not afford much scope for a struggle?" ! The pocketbook was safe. The ruffians were securely bound, and the old gentleman who, without his specta cles and mutrler, stood out in bold and pleasant relief as the detective, kept guard over them. ' At the station they were handed over into the custody of the police. I was all right by that time. j Vixen rale with me as far as the hotel nearest here, and to-morrow he will call to see if I am any the worse for my ride by express. The contents of the pocketbook were Mary's bridal dowry. The detective speaks of the senior partner in the firm of Brand & Iake as the most hospitable and generous man he ever met in the course of his profes sional career. ? . .. . Like was quite cured of his love for billiard playing. He had too narrow an escape, and he did' not forget the lesson. ! ! RAG FAIR. A SUNDAY SCENE IN 1JONDON. A corresittndent, writing from Lon don, says : : On any bright . Sunday morning a scene may 1m witnessed in that dirty t ft angular space bouudfd by St. Mary, Axe, Leadenhall street and Hounds ditch, where the barter and sale on the Sabbath day marks Mosaic 4Hag Fair, which has no equal in Christendom. I A-avmg the market of fruit' and sponges, we push our way into one more curious and interesting than all. Unlike the other two markets in the open under the blue sky. these jewels, gems, silverware are sold in broadly open public house parlors. The bar is partly opeu as far as permitting day light in, but fully open as fur as sending spirits down. At first I was in Jupiter's cloud. A hcavv inas of tobacco smoke diguitiedeverythingand persons present. In the course of a few moments my vision gained its power and made in telligible the babble of words, the con fusion of tongues and the nervous elbowing atut. There, on tables, are loosely spread out silver anil gold arti cles representing tens of thousands of jxmnds sterling all genuine and bear ing the guaranteed marks of maker and date. On an average each table repre seuts a visible money value of X.VX); but each of the venders has pocketful a of precious gems, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, opals and pearls of various purity and value. The articles on the tables are carelesly handled, almost nnwatched. Honesty seems to have a patent here. very man looks like an adept and connoisseur, quickly handling and deciding upon the pur chase of this or tliat object. I always feel how little I kuow when Iloman silver monograms, Dresden crossed daggers, signatures and warrantees, angels of light in opals, specks in emer alds, "off color' in diamonds, crowns, heads and letters on silverware are glibly talked about by knowiug ones, aud I listen and appear wise as I grow older. 44 VoilaT how much for this Queen Anne's teapot?" says a shrewd looking buyer. 44 Ouly X'12. s'welp me, and tresbot ma rc, Yah l"aA,its yours." The shrewd one buys it for 8 lis. 4tJera, inera! how much the tazza Romano ?" 44 Oh, but J24 10s. frulUh, Si, si, t btuma ."' and its bought. 44 A fine stoue, an old ttone, white as the beard of the prophet, s'welp me, and sheep as dirt !" I look at the diamond and apiur wise. I .ace, porcelain and tapestry are here also. Dresden, Vienna, Capo di Monte and Chelsea are also represented. 44 Ah! you know this, I see," says a sharp-eyed young vender to me, as 1 took up a Sevres cup." 44 Beautiful, beautiful, isn't it ? a pure Rose du Harry, sir !" He picka up one after the other, and glibly tells me in inimitable sangfroid of this one comiug from the boudoirs of Athenais de Mon tespan, the Pompadour or the Du Barry. "Ah, you like majolica! beautiful this bit, sir, ami sheeper than delf. The Duke of Urbiuo style, oui, mon.nmr; Arhtez un peu: only JIG : take it I" I hear in the most familiar style of Benne venato Cellini, Dianna de Poitiers, Catherine de Medicis, Augustus the Strong, Maria Theresa, Frederick the Great. Jeanne Marie V aubcrnier, Carl Theodore, Wattcau, Wedgwood, and down to Minion all talked of in a slippery, superficial way that amazes me. Leaving this 44 noble public " and its peeping windows and gaping doors, I go into a second, a third and a fourth, where the same general scenes prevail. From eight thousand to ten thousaud persons 1 estimate, are engaged in 44 Rag Fair " every Sunday morning." STILL HAPPY. The Detroit Frte Press says: For the past two weeks a Woodward avenue druggist has put up a prescrip tion of some-kind or other about four times a day for a certain small toy, be sides filling orders for a large variety of patent medicines and porous plasters. The sales were all cash, but the drug gist's curiosity was at length aroused, and he said to the lad: "Got sickness in 'the family?" "Kinder," was the reply, " Your father?" "Yes all but me. Ma is using the plasters for a lame side and taking the tonic for a rash which broke out on her elbows. Pa takes the troches for tick ling in the throat, and uses the arnica on his shin. : Louisa uses that catarrh snuff and the cough medicine.' Bill wants the brandy for a sprained ankle, and the squills are for the baby. That's all but grandma, and this prescription is to relieve the pain in her chest and make her sleep harder." "Rither unfortunate family," re marked the druggist. 44 Well, kinder; but pa says its cheaper than going to the seashore, and so we plaster up and swallow down, and feel purty happy after all." HEARING THROUGH THE TEETH. .It is not every man who can hear with his teeth better than with his ears, but there are two or three em ployes of the water-works, says the Springfield, Mass.,' Un ion, who can tell whether water is! passing through a pipe by resting the teeth cn a stopcock and stopping both ears with the fingers. The ojeration was- performed recently in front of the Massasoit House, where a pipe was supposed to be olistructed. In this case the workman held one end of a small metal rod in his teeth, al lowed the other end to tough the top of the stopcock, covered both ears, and quickly said, 44 1 hear a small quantity of water passing through the pipe." A gigantic scheme of railroad im provement is proosed in Italy. The Minister of Public Works has presented a bill in Parliament providing for a general system of improvement in ex isting lines and construction of new ones, comprising 4,000 kilometres of new load way at a cost of 830,000,000 francs, of which the Government is to contribute GoO.000,000 francs, the ex penditure to be carried over fifteen years. THE MICROPHONE. EXPERIMENTS MADE AT THE DELPHI A MINT. A Philadelphia paper says : The marvellous though as yet some what vague accounts which have reached us from Englaud of Professor Hughes' discovery of a hew adoption of the principle involved in Edisou's "car bon transmitter," has given a fresh impetus to the experiments of the small army of amateur i investigators who follow closely on the wake of the indi vidual pioneers occasionally opening up new and unexplored paths in the mysterious realms of science. By means of this principle, vibrations of the air which are quite inaudible to the human ear may be made to increase the electrical conductivity of a piece of delicately adjusted carbon so that it will transmit over a wire synchronous electrical pulses, causing a metallic diaphragm in the receiver at the distant end to emit a sound so loud as to become painful to the ear. Recently a few of the officers of the Mint were quietly invited to walk on tip-toe into the assayer's private office, to witness the trial of a 44 Microphone," which had been constructed by Mr. A. E. Outerbridge, Jr., one of the chemists of the assay laboratory. A number of interesting experiments were tried, which lully corroborated the astounding statements of Professor Hughes. 4 It was found that when a fine earners hair brush was gently drawn across a piece of smooth pine board the noise produced in the receiver resembled that of violently rasping the board with coarse wood file. The faintest whisper was distinctly conveyed over the wire. The tinkle or me new silver dollars, falling like hot cakes from the coining press, was beard by means of the in strument, through the closed doors at a distance of several hundred feet. The footfalls of a captive fly are quite audible in this apparatus. The astonishment of the spectators culminated in silent wonder, when the impact of a single hair on the sounding board produced a decided concussion on the receiver. The gentlemen were convinced that the old adage that 44 walls have ears" may now be ac cepted as a literal fact. It may be a surprise to anyone but an electrician that these marvelous effects are transmitted by a wire nearly as fine as a human hair, one-hundredth of an inch thick, by measure, and this fine line would doubtless suffice for a great distance. LIFTING THE HAT. THE OniOIN AND MX1FICANCE OF THAT ACT OF COURTESY. Herbert Spencer, in the WfnfrjAify Jfrrior, thus explains the origin of live custom of taking off the hat: The minor loss of a man's property ! is included in the major loss of hiroseii; and so, while he surrenders his weapons he also yields up, if the victor demsnd it, whatever part of his dress is worth taking; the motive for taking it being in many canes akin to the motive for taking his weapons; since, odea being tne niue 01 a lormioauie animai, or a robe decorated with trophies, the dress, like the weapon, becomes an addition to the victor's proofs of prowess. At any rate, it is clear that whatever be the particular way in which the taking of tlo hing from a conquered man origi nates; the nakednc, partial or com plete, of the captive, becomes additional evidence of his subjugation. That it was regarded of old in the East we have clear proof. In Itaiah xx, '2-4. we read: "And the Lord said. Like as my ser vant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign so shall tlie Kin of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethi opians captives, young and old, naked and bareloot." And that the Assyrians thus com pletely stripped their captives is proved by their sculptures Nor are we with out evidence, furnished by other races, that the taking off and yielding up of clothing Ik; nee becomes a mark of polit ical submission, and In some canes even a complimentary observance. In Fiii, on the day for paying tribute, "the chief of Soruo-Somo, who bad pre viously stripped off his robes, then sat down, and removed even the train or covering, which was of immense length, from his waist. He gave it to the speaker," who gave Him "in return a piece large enouzh only for the pur poses of devency. The rest of the Sumo Somo chiefs, each of whom on coming ou the ground had a train of several yards -in length, stripped themselves eutirely, left their trains, and walked away w thus leafing all the Smio-Soino people naked." Further we read that during (book's stay at Tahiti two men of superior rank "rarae on hoard, and each singled out his friend this ceremony con sisted in taking off a great part of their clothes ami putting thcin upon us." And then, in another Polynesian bland. Samoa, we find this complimentary act greatly abridge I ; only the girdle is taken off and presented. With such facts to rive us the cue, we can scarcely doubt that this surren dering of clothing originates those oWisances which arc made by uncov ering the body, more or less eteni vely. We meet with all degrees of uncovering having this meaning. From Ibn Raluta's account of his journey into the Smdan iu the four teenth century, Mr. Tylor cites the statement that "women may only come unclothed into the presence of the Sul tan of Melli, and even the Sultan's own daughters mul conform to the cus tom;" and what doubt we might rea sonably feel as to the existence of an obeisance thus carried to its original extreme is removed on reading in Spike that at the present time, at the court 01 Uganda, "siarK-naKeu, lull grown women are the valets. Other parts of Africa show us an In complete, though still coasideraMe, unclothing as an obeisance. In Abys synia inferiors must baret I ilr bodies down to the girdle in prcsen e of supe riors, "but to equals the co.oer of the cloth is removed only for a time." The like occurs in Polynesia. GOBELIN TAPESTRItS- THE MAftvELOl'S EFTWT OF OoLO IN THE TArEsmtlE AT THE TAKIS Kxromox. ritiLA- The Tahitians uncover 44the body as low as the waist In the presence of the King;" and Forster states tliat in the Society Isles generally 44the lower ranks of people, by way 01 xviect, strip off their upper garment in the presence of their principal chiefs." How this obeisance becomes further abridged, ami also how it becomes ex tended to other persons than rulers, we are well shown by the natives of the Gold Coast. Cruiksliank writes: 4 They also salute Europeans, and sometimes each other, slightly remov ing their robe from their left shoulder with the right hand, gracefully bowing at the same time. hen they wish to be very respectful they uncover the shoulder altogether, and support the robe under the arm, the whole of the person from the breast upward being left exposed." And of these same people Burton re marks that "throughout Yoruba and the Gold Coast to bare the shoulders is like unhattiug in England." That un covering the head, thus suggestively compared with uncoveriug the upper part of the body, has the same original meaning can hardlv be questioned. Even in certain European usages the relation between the two has been recognized, as by Ford, who remarks that "uncloaking in Spain is equivalent to our Uking off the hat." A corTrpnaJf nt at the Paris EstGi I'um thu wriu-s: He would be an unsympathetic per son indeed, who could rrnvaia uaim-pn-sd before such triumpli of hams n industry as these rich tapestries whkh the old Gobelins have sent to delight the eyes ef the millions. Nearly all the works exhibited are intended for the decoration of some public buildiac in France, and ooe or two of them are master-pieces, lettenlay the work men were putting in place In the pavil ion a superb carpet made tor the pabvc of Footainebleau. I had not dreamed that uch production were piwsible In our proalc modern day. The carpet Is singularly bright in color, but deli cate in pattern, despite its enormous proportions. The amount of labor and time represented in It is something almost. Incredible. But the glories of the pavilion are the tapestries, whk-h are either copies of painting or bold computllioos. An original tapestry called 44 The Conqueror,' completed la 18irt, is perhaps the mt remarkable work in the collection. It represents a classic warrior receiving a laurel crown from the hand of the goddess 44 Glory." Tliat such a conipotiUoo, which rvwetn bles at a little distance the most cartful painting, should be woven, and perhaps the work of various hands 1 almost incomprehensible. The gradations of colors are managed with as much skill as if the material were paint and can vas rather than warp and woof. The secret which old Giles Gobelin possessed when be came up to Paris and began business in a modest estab lishment on the banks of the Bieore, and the secret of the scarlet dye has evidently been well preserved in the traditions of the house for here it U, burning and iLuJjing In lite sunlight which glance into the halL Little did the Gobelin llrothers imagine, when they left Hhem to begin life as modest dyers, that their fame would be bruited through the lie mi spheres, that their tapestries would rival those of China and remotest Ind in color, while in design they would be immeasurably superior. The hou.e of the Gobelin ha been the property of the State since lt;7, and tapestries made there in the early days are now pricekms, as much because or the strange, bloody or lan tastlc hbtories connected with them as becatu of their intrinsic beauty. None of these new products of the matchless manufactory has as yet any historical value. Hut looking at Maxem!les exquisite panels, which are to decorate the buffet or refreshment room at the Grand Opera, I could not help thinking how, 30U years from now unless some improlble action should occur in that time bright eyes will be gazing on the charmiog figures, then grown some what dingy with time, and some minds may perhaps recall the fact that Uiey were first exhibited at a fair held in Paris in th 44 good old antiquated times" of 187$. What orgies in poli tics, in society ; what changes in music and song thwe handsome panels will have witncjved in the centuri s I Maze rolles' work is purely decorative, but the uobelin have permeated it with a high artUUc feeling worthy of graver I compositions. In so rich and palatial an edifice as the Grand Opera nothing can be common or mediocre. The dif ferent panels represent fruits, the vine, tea, coffee, the fishery, the chase, and each is typified by a lovely female figure, hat rosy hues, what wealth of color in the clusters of grapes, In the wings of birds, in the foliage of the tea plants from which a demure Chinese damsel Is cull in? some of the most fra grant twigs I Mazerolles seems to have been born a painter. These panels for the opera buffet are a1 study for hours. They are dispersed through the great pavilion, at the head of the group to which they belong. In the rrench section. ear tne con queror," mentioned above, hangs a fine copy of Gbtrlandaio's Visitation, and not far away is a copy of Correg eio's 44 Saint Jerome, dooe by Maillart. Ineenuity, allied to the highest taste ana most distinguished talent, could go no farther than in this copy, which draws around it thousands of admiring folks every day. There are many other religious subjects here, among them the Virgin ox baAsorerato, copied by Mooter. This tapestry is also furnished with a very elaborate border, flooded with leautiful colors the labor of Charles Durand. In the inner tourt of the pavilion, facing toward the interior of destined for the new Hotel de Ville of Preumjlnn first Uinds a man, then sets him running. , The business firms of the IUek HUlsnumNij.Y 3 TAT d It will sst aJn4 lro.uo francs to mtore th Interior of the Tuiierir, Pari. They are The Earth" and 44 The Sea," copied from Le B run's majestic compmiiions, and, with some trilling exceptions in the second of the two, are faultless. Perhaps the artists of the Gobelin have not quite succeeded in representing the tumbling green waves, out 1 wntcn 01a rtepiune ana Having teen tor is no ahaine,but bring ashamed of it, Is. Tbe wise man draws more ad ran. taf rrom his enemies than the f4 from his friends. Wickedness resides in ev ery hesd tation about an art, even though it l not inrJ. Tbe Cincinnati CUawTvi! say tb first Woman's Itigbts CYovtition was held In Ohio 31 years agu. , lVjalon Las tw Lawyers and law yen firms, 1G7 merchant and toerran tile firms, and liquor dealers. America spends an nually on strong drinks; Englaisl,with G, 1 ,(! lesof potmUIlon, rrV Mi di). "Sltovrling Sthliemann" is what I)r. Ilulrn calls the explorer of My cerue in his latest poem. This Is pueiic licence. We love much more warmly by chcrUMng the intention of giving plea sure than an hour afterwards when we have given it, Two hundred and twenty-nine million dollars srorth of exports over imports for the past ten months is a pretty good exhibit of our basin. Tiie usual pay of a Sepoy is about fourteen shillings per month, out of which tie .has to buy hit own food. When 00 active service his pay Is about doubled. ' A Rixl student in the Booloa Art School was not prevented by the hu manizing influences of art associations from stealing money from oer twrtdy of her com j anions, , Tlie Ute lYof. Henry made twenty two inventions and discoveries, not one of which he patenUd, preferring to leave the fruits of hbi science for all to profit by who would. Tliere is a man in Starka, Maine, who lias worn the same set of peati buttons for fifty years on his coats. They were brought from Italy and are worth five dollars apiece. v President MacMahon and w ife are invited by the King and Queen of Italy to i-nd a few weeks with them in Florence, where the C fart, will be from August to October. ; The question whether a man can swim in oil was Lately solved iu Nice, where a first -class swimmer fell into an oil vat. and was only saved from drowning by the aid of a friend; Prof. F. V. Ilayden, In charge of tbe Geological and Geographical Sur vey of the Territories, Las been elected honorary and mm-? ponding member of forty -one scientific societies) in foreign countries. Among the questions tobedisenssed at an International Sanitary CViogmss which is to be held at tlie Tronadero, from the 1st to the 10th of August, are the following: The Pollution of IUvers, the Adulteration of Food, Un healthy Manufactures, Artisans Dwellings, and Isolation in Hospitals. loetlc fans are coming into fash- ion in Paris. At the bull given by tu Irince de Kjan to the Prince and ' Irinteas of Wales, the bostetss pre- sen ted each Ldy in the cotillon with a fan Inscribed with a few verses of poe try Tbe fan given to the lTinces of YValca was made of tortoise shell, and was ornamented by a crown and thre cupids holding a scroll with an applica ble acrostic, F.rcent In 'est i gat ions show that the tiiae re-mlnd for a simple thought Is d iv r lea 1 tliaa the fortieth part of a secono, Taat is to say, the human mind cannot perform more than twenty-four hundred simple acts a minute. The usual rate of thought for (ople at middle age Is about fifteen hundred 'thinks a minute. This, if true seems to upset the com mon belief that drowning persons re call, in a moment of time, all the acts or their past lives. Uu?sla seems hardly yet prepared for the institution of atrial by jury. The Cologne Uazttu wrys : 44 Every day there occur ca.iea In Kussla when even criminals pleading guilty are acquitted by the Jurors. ithout mentioning the Sassulitch trial, we observe that only recently a young man who had tamid and sold gilt copper rings as gold, was acquitted at St. letersburg. Another man, who had shot a comrade out of revenge, was left off with a sltort term of imprison meet." It is recognized in Africa itself, where, I his Joyous throng of couch blowers, of as in Dahomey, the two are joined; 44the men bared their shoulders, dothnf their caps and Large umbrella hats," says Burton, sneaking of his reception. It is recognized In Polynesia, where, as in Tahiti, along with the stripping down to the waist before the King there goes the uncovering of the head. Hence it seems thst the familiar taking off of the hat among European peoples, often reduced among ourselves to touching the hat. Is a remnant of that process of unclothing himself by which, in early times, the captive ex pressed the yielding up of all he had. ' Tlie Ixmdon correspondent of the New York Irt'Jmne writes : 44 Tliere has been a curious outbreak of diphtheria and kindred diseases in tlie neigh1rr hood where Professor Huxley lives, ordinarily a very healthy and pleasant one,. The sudden spread of illness Is traced to an improvement In the sys tem of drainage, carried out on a Large scaleone of many blessings for which the long-suffering I xm doner has to thank the municipal authorities, who bestow their surplus folly on their fellow-citizens." mermaid and merry fishes are supposed to be coming, but the general eftctt is exceedingly fine. In addition to these important pieces, there are ma ay smaller ones, nearly all perfect In exe cution and miraculous in fidelity of color. A 44 Saint Agnes, after a design by Steinheil, is admirable. The Ministry of Fine Arts and Public In struction is dsing everything in its power to encourage the renowned Gobelins to renewed and more Import ant efforts. IU fore an insurance-men s conven tion in S) racuse was reul a iper in Which it was asserted tliat purely acci dental fires are very rare, and that over one-half of all conflagrations, are the result of incendiarism. This is a start ling assertion, which is often repeated. It was sustaioed by oUter members of the convention, who said tliat one-half of the amouut paid out by the com panies was to men who had set their own property on fire. Of all crimes incendiarism is one of the most diScult to prove. The rultfect continues to be the great problem in fire insurance company offices. At the present time the whole iiumtrfr of Jews in Jerusalem amounts to 13.US) souls. As such it forms more than one-third lurt of .the entire popu lation there and exceeds almost double tlie Christian portion, Tbe oUer cities of the Holy I And count together about 12.CXW Jewish inltabitants to wit, in fcafed 8, JQ, at Til -erias '200, Hebron N, and Jaffa GOO. Tbe Jews In Jerusalem are divided into two sects, the Sephardim and the Ashkenaaim. A beautiful young heiress in Mos cow has married a beggar eighty-six years old. It has a queer look at first, fait nothing could be more natural. Tle young girl she is only twenty- wo could not enter Into pusseaaion of her fortune until she was married, and tbe young men whom her guardian intro duced to her w ere einity-beaded crea tures, to whom sle was unwilling to bind herself for life; so she resolved to marry an old beggar and get the money, without sacrificing her LiuleetKace. The old man was one of her posioner. and readily consented to marry her and then keep out of her way, retiring on a comfortable allowance. All the beg gars in town, feasted and made merry on the wedding night.
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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June 27, 1878, edition 1
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