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1 I k 'IS. THE SOUTHERN HOME. 1 DEATHLESS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. There lies in the center of each man's heart A lcnging and love for the good and pure, And if but an atom, or larger part, I tell you this shall endure, endure, After the body has gone to decay Yea, after the world has passed away. The longer I live and the more I see Of the struggle of souls toward heights above, The stronger this truth comes home to me, That the universe rests on the shoulders of Love A Love so limitless, deep and broad That men have renamed it and called it God. And nothing that ever was born or evolved, Nothing created by light or force, But deep in its system there lies dissolved A shining drop from the great Love Source A shining drop that shall live for aye Tho" kingdoms may perish, and stars may die. ARTISTIC HOMES. I don't think I ever saw a greater con trast than in the furnishing of the par lors of Ogden Goelet and William II. Vanderbilt. Both of them were so rich that money could be spent with out limit and each could choose what his own taste preferred in this and other countries. The parlors of the first named have at the first glance an un usual air of severe simplicity, while the others hold all the brightest and most glittering things that could be brought together. The new home of the Goelets is large and handsome. The hall doors are double, and of rounds of stained glass, and the hall is worthy of at least a column of description ; but in this short article I only wish to mention the parlors, so I will pass over the hall, at the right of which is the door leading into the grand salon. There is no carpet on the floor, which is made of polished oak, laid in the most exact manner. The walls are made of panelings in cream color with fine gold moldings, so narrow7 that they serve only as a thread of gold in embroidery to throw out the delicate beauty of the pattern. The ceiling represents the firm ament and all around the wall is a frieze, consisting of paintings on wood by cele brated artists. The subject is of nymphs and children playing among fields of flowers, and they are all done in pale, delicate tints, exquisitely soft, chaste and pleasing. The parlor fronts east and north, and has large windows, each hung with cur tains of solid tapestry, each one of which must have required two years' steady labor, it being the fine old cross stitch embroidery. The curtains have bor ders of cream color in which are worked exquisite flowers, the colors of which have mellowed by time into perfect har monv. There is the most beautiful chandelier of brass and crystal, which is remarkably light and graceful, though it is so large. A large chimney of carved white mar ble fills the space between the windows, and is fitted witli wrought brass furnish ings, and above the mantel is a large pier glas. In all the corners of the room are onvx vases, from five to six feet tall, elab orately carved and almost priceless. lie fore the chimney lies an immense tiger skin and here and there an elegant tapestry rug. But the chairs are each and every one a study. The woodwork is gilt and white. They are lightly but solidly made and every one is an exact copy, as is the whole room in fact, of the grand salon of the palace of Versailles. Each back and bottom ot the chair is maue or cross-stitch tapestry representing Wat teau pictures, the coloring and work in every particular reproducing those famous paintings. It takes close examina tion to convince one that this has indeed been wrought by hands and not by some loom. There are eight chairs, two arm chairs and two tabourets. There is no table and no picture on the walls no huddled-up mess of bric-a-brac, nothing to disfigure the severe simplicity of this perfect room. Opening with large sliding doors into this is a smaller parlor. The walls in this are hung with tapestry, representing hunting scenes, set in eajved white pan els which are picked out with gold. Here there is no carpet, but a large rug p'v i n area iu mc uiiuuiv V There are pale blue satin chairs, the backs and bottoms of which have tapes try centres with hunting scenes worked upon them in the same fine close stitch. At the doors are tapestry portieres held by handsome gilt chains. This room is a perfect copy of a boudoir in the palace of Little Trianon. There is' a chimney j in this room, and on the mantel a pale ! blue lapiz-lazuli boat with twenty silver : k f v. , , , .. : rowers, each of whom holds a silver iuiii, ttuu luese give an me ngm re- quired. A more charming room or con ceit in chandeliers was never made. Opening from this room is the music room, which is an extension of the grand salon like the other ; and there is here no carpet, only a great tiger-skin and one or two other rugs. A grand piano, a few ebony and pale blue satin chairs, a richly carved music-rack, and magnificent bronze and crystal chandeliers furnish this room. The library adjoins, but as it is not a parlor I will leave that out and pass swiftly through the vestibule, the little hall, and the enormous square ; at the 'gator, and, fastening their talons on hall of the home of the late W. H. the hodY the' spread their wings, sail-fash-Vanderbilt, to the grand salon there. 12n',aild piI?ted carcass t0 !he sl!re of At the large doof hang heavy portieres j eis K birr of tapestry, lined with rich yellow satin. ; is he known in song and storv like the Directly opposite the door is a bay-win dow, and at the north end of the parlor are wide doors which lead into the library, which was Mr. Vanderbilt's Oivn private room and where he died, and at the south end into the Japanese parlor. The ceiling is decorated in a striking manner and all around the wall a fiieze represents an allegoric fable in enormous figures and in high colors. At the bay window are tapestry curtains and in panels on the walls ; "but somehow they do not seem to be the right thing in the right place here. In each of the angles of the parlor is set a high pier glass, with a frame made of cut glass, its facets throwing off sparks of light in every direction. On the west side are two enormous cabinets of richly wrought brass and mother-of-pearl, with looking-glass on top, and in the shelving stand num berless little objects of virtu and value. In one or two panels against the wall are placed stands of armor shield, lance, sword, helmet, etc. all of the rarest and most costly w-orknianship. On the floor coveringt all is a royal Wilton carpet of a drab gfund with various colored flow ers upon it, and of- the most costly quality. In the middle of the parlor stand two glass cases, one containing some jeweled daggers and other small arms ; some very beautiful enameled and jeweled snuff-boxes, several historical jewels and ivory miniatures of famous people, and a number of other things of rare value. The other has a statuette carved out of one single tusk of ivory I forget the subject and the "wheel of fortune," which is of silver and gold. There are no pictures. The chandelier is enormous and looks too heavy. It is of brass and copper, both polished. The chains, of which there are twelve, and the two divans are of copper-colored satin brocade and the trimmings are gold cord and tassel, and the curtains and portieres are all held back by massive chains. lean hardly say where the difference lies, but whatever it is it makes one place full of refinement and individuality, while the other is a sort of jumble of in congruities that leave a confused glit- ter and gleam of gold and silver, copper and srlass, and general ronreousness on the mind that hurt the sensibilities. The old tapestry, the arms and frescoes do not blend well with modern chairs and carpets, or modern-shaped houses. Then the Japanese parlor, which opens out of the south end and is really a con tinuation of the other, has a bamboo ceiling, a China matting on the floor, a cabinet in the corner, with several speci mens of Wedgewood and Worcester pottery and a couple of decidedly Ital ian statuettes, as well as bamboo and cane-bottom chairs, and the hangings are indiscriminately Chinese and Japanese as well as the screens and pottery. The room at the northern end is fur nished all in green green plush cur tains and portieres, green velvet carpet ancj furniture of ebony upholstered in green plush. In this room a secretary stands in one corner, and a large library table in the middle. An open erate has a dark gray marble mantel, over which hang as many pictures as can well be crowded in, and in other spaces are copies in miniature of some of the most famous paintings in the world, besides a numoer 01 meuamon poniaus on io. ; 01 auinnc, ncmuiauui, naouaci, cu.. : jng m tne lobby. "Js that so .' queried his ! all the old masters in short. It was right listener. "Is he a jeweler?" "Oh. no," re : at the west side of this library table s ponded the clerk, rubbing his chin ; "he ' where the rich man fell and died so soon ; don't know any more about the jewelry . after this enormous and costly home was finished. Although I do not admire the taste dis played in this house, that does not hinder me "from saying that I wish its owner could have'lived longer to enjoy it. He was a better man than most people thought. Clarice. Lucky for the Community. A poet writes : "I know sweet songs I can- not sing. that poet nas our gratituue. Sonterrilh Journal. SOME WISE BIRDS. Florida Buzzards Sbow a Great Dal ot Good Sense. Last winter we wrote an account of some wise Florida buzzards, suffering with cold, warming themselves by the fishermen's fires across the river. That story has been pub- Hshed in nearly every newspaper in the country- and the following, . which actually lace a few days since' wiU Pve a sec" ond chapter on the intelligence of thede- spised ad detested buzzardf While a party was out fishing at Lochlooa a short time since a large alligator was shot, which sank to the bottom and remained there until it died. When the carcass came to the surface the buzzards soon discovered it, and they swarmed about in large num bers. The breeze kept the lake in such a ripple, however, that they could not keep a foothold on the body of the 'gator, as it turned and floated with every wave. The Florida buzzard is a shrewd bird, and his reasoning powers are much greater than he has ever gained credit for. Baffled by the wind and waves, and hungry from fruitless efforts to anchor the 'gator, the birds held a consultation. As a result, two of them flew American eagle. His name brines up sug-, gestions of bad odors, and he is never made a pet of or shown that kidness and consid eration accorded more favored birds, but when it comes down to good, hard mule sense and practical and calculating ingenu ity, he can discount all his kin, notwith standing his well-known reputation for dull ness and stupidity. The Florida buzzard is entitled to the chromo. Palatkn Xexcs. CHURCH EXTENSION FAILED. Bat They Agreed to Organize a Board of Trade and Get Up a Boom. A Sou.x Falls minister recently went out to another Dakota town to help organize a church. On his return his wife said to him : "I trust you were successful and laid the foundation for a prosperous church society." "Well, I'm afraid I can't say that I was." 'Whv, I don't see what could have pre vented?" "I'll tell you; I got those together who ap peared to be interested and we talked the matter over some little time." "Well, why don't you go on ?" "Why, they didn't appear to be very en thusiastic, and to test the matter I said, 'Gen tlemen, I move that we proceed to organize a Presbyterian church.' Just then a prominent business man arose and said : 'I move to amend the gentleman's motion so that in stead of a Presbyterian church we organize a board of trade and get up a boom.' 'Those in favor of theamendment,' said I, 'will please rise.' You ought to have seen them get up ! Every man stood up except one lame man and he was feeling on the floor for his crutch, some gut up on the chairs and one man tried to crawl on top of the stove. When I came away they were talking about moving the cemetery to make room for a street car line." Winnipeg Sif tings. Progress of Poland. There has been a remarkable development in the manufacturing industry of Poland during the last few years. According to the report of Mr. Grant, British consul at War saw, :here were in 14 over G,"00 factories of one kind or another in the kingdom em ploying 105,300 hands, while twelve years before the number employed was but 70.U0O. Large fortunes are being made by the manu facturers, who are principally Germans and Polish Jews. Lodz is the Polish Manches ter. The place has grown from a small place f iSl.000 population in 13O0 to a great manu .D.OUOpopulat facturing citv of 150,000 souls, and contain- ing lfio mills and factories, employing 30.0m bands. The mills of Lodz work up every year aootit li'o.ooo bales oi cotton, mxiv per cent, of the jxipulation are of German nationality, and about three-fourths of this proportion have been naturalized as Russian subjects. Another School for Girls. The great gift which it was rumored was to be made for the benefit of Winsted by the Hon. William L. Gilbert is now said to lie about to take forru in the endowment of an educational institution for girls", which will have an endowment of 400.000. It is added that this was conditional on the raising of 20,Otio in the east village for a site, and that this condition has been met. It is added that the Winsted House, the Norman Adams es tate, and the Judge Hitchcock property, ad joining, have been purchased for a site for the location of the institute. The Winsted House property, which had been placed in ' the hands of a Hartford dealer for sale, was I withdrawn a few days ago, and though the ; U& ffi withdrawal from the market was with ref erence to Mr. Gilbert's plan. Hartford Courant. A Judge of Diamonds. 'There's one of the best judges of diamonds the United States."' said a hotel clerk h)ti to a nne.looking gentleman stand business than vou do. "Is that so .' again came forth from his listener's lips with a little more surprise and emphasis than at first, "don't know anything about the jewelry business and still a good judge of diamonds ; what business is he in ?" "He's a baseball umpire," quietly responded the clerk. And the silence that ensued was painful. Elmira Gazette. A Literary Opinion . If the Book of Job were published to-day for the first time it is doubtful if it would , attain a circulation 01 kjo copies inrougnoui the United States. Botton Globe. JUST WOW Is when tirr.e should be taken by the forelock, as it were, and the proper steps perfected to have handy Dr. Worthington's Cholera and Di arrhcea Medicine. NO ONE CAN TELL What may come when the Summer starts in in dead earnest. A late Spring almost always means that hot weather will come with a rush. PEOPLE DON'T THINK, As a rule, of the possibilities, and therefore when the emergency comes they are illy prepared for it Those, however, who go to the compara tively trifling expense of a quarter of a dollar and keep a bottie of the Worthington remedy in the house CAN READ THIS From a widely-known newspaper on the grave question of the hour the possible spread of the Cholera : The New Orleans Medical Journal points out the danger to the country at large. Should the plague reach the Isthmus and Mexico it would soon be in New Orleans and in a little while would sweep over the Mississippi Valley and hurry on to the North. The disease has its regular rounds to make, although it does not always take the same route. Its period ical march through the world must by some mysterious de cree or law be accomplished. We see that slowly and with much loitering by the way it is still progressing, and that it will go over the whole course ap pears hardly questionable. Eminent physicians agree in in dorsing "Worthington's" as a pos itive specific for all irregularities of the character which precede the dreaded disease. NO MATTER WHAT 1 May be the preliminary symptoms, "Worthington's" can be de pended upon. It is no new thing just introduced, but an old and standard remedy, known the country over and ' recognized as in every way worthy j the good words said of it. i Druggists everywhere keep it, the : price being 1 BUT A QUARTER SoUI by DruQgitt and IXaUrt thrrmghut On United State. Price tvxnly-five cenit. F'jur bottle will be seDt to any part of the United States, expressage paid, upon receipt of $1.00. TIE CHiiLES A. YOGELER CO., BalGmcre. II, SOLE PROPRIETORS. 1 I I ?d
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