Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1893, Page 10

10 A DAY AT EPPING FOREST Ancient Royal Hunting Grounds Now a Breathing Spot for the People. EAST ENDERS AND THEIR ENJOYMENTS Varions Forms of Amusement In Which the Working People of Tuduige— Co and plex, Vast Crowds, Irrepressiblo [Copyrighted, 1803.1 = LONDON, Aug. pecial to Tue Bre]— My first visit to Epping Forest, probably the groatest holiday resort in wade ina costermonger’s eart in which hold proprietary interest. 1 had been for ho worl some weoks plying the subtle arts of tho coster with my good cos nds, Slumpsy Jom und his wife Bocky, and, T am proud to sy, with oxcellent financial success. e 0y had fought our way from coster poverty ignominy to coster afifuence aud aristocrac by a commercially wise distribution of vege- tables, fish, flesh and fowl, and were now in & wayto cnjoy the fruits of sobriety, dili- genco and thrift in a well-earned day of recreation and rest, without the grim out- look boyond of remorse trampling with its steely strides on the heels of ill-considera. [ Nothing could have been completer or more tidy than our preparations for the pleasant event, at our habitation in Bell Lane. Jem washed, oiled aud polished our sart, rubbad the rusty coronots of our second- band harness and groomed our spirited don- koy, “Bolivar,” until, as Jem justly re- marked, "'l make their heyes ache to hobserve this ere turnout, bli me, so it will. A bloomin’ wicount couldn't match this go, no fear!” Becky had her hands und heart full i arranging her own ‘get up,’ whose observablo component parts comprised high heeled shocs, a second-hand velvet gown which originally never graced less than the form of & countess ol singer in “the ’alls,” and wmassed forest of huge, waving ostrich plumes above her richly oiled and clouted bangs of side and front hair; while my own Immediate assignment of du s to fill the wampers agaiust that delicious hunger which comes to ail city folk from a day of pleasure in the woods and ficlds. I had what Jem called *'a bloomin’ carty blanchy,” and I used it. Two of our largest coster baskets were our hampers. In these I had stowed a meal which Becky insisted was “fit for her majesty, Queen Victoriey, at Hascott,” There were juicy slices of cold roast beef and a joint of mutton I had found at a suug public house in the Strand; quarts of shrimps as sweet and pink as a buby's finger-tips; dozens of sund- s hiding lovely slices of topgue; tender mackerel I had myself grilled 1o a crisp as brown as a frost-touched maple leaf; Roque- fort cheeso ‘“wich,” as Jem truly said, “made Cheddar turn green with en shallows of Ken- tish strawberries each as large asa wal- nut and sweot as nectar, real powdered sugar, a pov_of clotted_eroam as yellow as pold and three beautiful tin spoons and saucers for their sery “There were other toothsome tidbits which would have done ¥ionor to- the real quality; along with cold tea by the jug full, autl a fow dark looking, chunky bottles of ule, a trivute to Jem' affection for Becky and a cunmng provision for himself; for on this point he had proached mo with confidence, genuine feel- ing and wiso insight into the social require- ments of a London East End coster girl. “WAR'S th aid, with almost a tinge of bitterncss in his sturdy plea the use a leavin’ out the wet? A don lad zood ata houtin’, ‘thout wettin' e it, than a cow ’thout run- nin’ wate 'y 'n’ all them yere rich, dry ky's constitushun in- afore night 'thout a sup o' wet. ad er Hepping, give a oomun ho's used ter, an’ pleuty hof it, '’ no fear, she'll make folks ‘arppy were she bides!” £ Jem was a sight in his new ‘*‘clobbory” gleaming rows. of buttons and stunning “kingsman.” Becky was no less a_sight in her grand gown and feavhers, Bolivar was oven a more interesting sight in lus sleck :oat aud wonderful dccoration, a portion of which comprised feathers waving from his trembling ears, a set of false whiskers de- pending from his shuggy chin, with bright ribbons crossed and recrossed about his nim- ble lews; and Sprat, a tiny coster lad with- ouv recorded - ancestry, who often accom- punicd us on our daily” hawking adventures and slept in our cart at night, who was this u y and yally" combined, clad in Jew’s ovory-duy jacket, waistcoat and “kingsman,” wiis a- sight of atomlike habilitated matter one seldom in a whole lifetime beholus. Q Cheered by the Kabble. Tndeed, we were nltogothor such a sight that; as wo sallied forth, the denizens of Bell Lane, Shoreditch, were so pleased with our apbeatanve and so cnthusiastic over cur various gracious returns of their hearty encomiums, woich included oceasional show- crs of haif-pennies among the Bell Lane rag- amuftin youths, that this admiration for our spivit in'so gaily upholding the gallantry of the thoroughf; s at longth expressed in enchusiastic These encouragod Sprat to Lerrup Bolivar far beyond his wont or deserts, The donkoy thereupon took most of his whiskers und all of his bit firmly between his teeth, Then, after lifuing Spratout of his temporary box with his nimble heels, he straightway broke into a flerce canter), never checking his furious pace until he'ran head-foremost into the old Stoke-Newington church wall. After alight- Ing hero o-er vich other's heads, wo took tiwe to reassure. Bolivar of the peaceful nature of our expedition, read our ambitious couchman a_highly spiced coster warning, made some slight necessary repairs, gathored togother our distributed hampers and thel ontents, and then proceeded with greater calmness ind cireumspection, but none the Less merrily, on our pleasant holiday way. As we Joirzea along at an casy gait in the fine May morning there was much interest- iug to sce and know through the medium of my v frionds' sources of information. While they quaintly told me of this and that, 1o them, faniiliae object wlong or upon the highway, I gave them,in return, a bit of the ‘orest history. Some of these things my ors muy care to . koow us well us Jem aud Beeky anciont times it was kuown as Waltham Forest, and 1 thoso duys comprised 60,000 1t was exelusively used as the royal zround, with wost cruel forn who ' usually setiled tho e with their rLs, scarcely troub- Justices iu Kyre, who, until theit justice seat hure in the three years. In later, though annual Epping hunt was oue of the most famous stag hunts of England. Even toany this ancic tom is still observed by unloosing « ster Monany o fat, beribboned stag, which ambles amiably about the forest, followed Ly hundreds of London quasi hulitsmen, 1ot of happy, friendly curs and, perhaps, 10,00 Kust End ragamufting who' fall over h other merrily und wadly in the general and Sprav. In s of in cha poachiors ing the hard 1670, held Torest every still olden times, the scramble through the shadowy forest Elade Henry 111 was the fivst sovereign to give the mayorand citizons of London the privi- 1Tio of sporting in the ¥oyal forest, and. thus it gradually grew foto a vast cominon. But thero wera no logally defined rights. By 1871 suburban encroachments und enclosures had extended so rplaly that less than 4,000 acres of Epping Forest remained. A groat pepular agitazion againat, ts diwnution fol owed. ‘Lhis resuited in the corporation of Luudon, undgr authority of an act of parlia- ment, abd a¥ap expenso to the present tne of about £750,000, by purchase of manorial rights and other procedures, rocovering several thousand acres which had been eu- elosed “Forever Free to the Feople. The entire ares, amounting t0 about 6,000 acres, which strétches away to the uorth- east of London on the western border of Eassex, from Waustead 10 Lhe town of Ep- ping, a distance of about twelve miles, was publicly declared ‘forever fres to the people” by the queen, who appeared at the Forest, in person, before & concourse_of fully 2,000,000 Londonors, on May 6, 1883, Since that time portions of the tract have been measurably beautified and improved; but the chief glory of Epping Forest is in it actusl primeval character. Scarcely an acre of its surface has ever been touched by spade or plow. Old Roman camps aro within it shaded by the selfsamo trees which clustered about them nearly 2,000 years ago; and the turf upon t thwork where Bo- queen of the fceni, was defeated by Suctonius, with 80,000 Britisn _slain, since it received that mighty feast of blood, save for the prodding of antiquarians, has never been disturbed. At Chingford, on the western slope of the Forest, we gave Bolivar as famous stabling as could be found; left Sprat to briug on the L se; hour to the woods 1 Kilizabeth's lodge and Cor wd set out for genuine coster tne Forest. Back towaras al miles wo had only seen ad copvices to our right. Here at Chingford the roal forest begins. m and Becky, already within its accus- tomed spoll, pressed forward to its heights with in ing speed, outstretched hands and radiant faces; and as I saw them far in advance, I could not but think of the old prints of Pilgrim when his burden fell. We were at once in the thickest of it, not of the forest, but of the mighty throng. Avenues upon avenues of Bast Enders stretched in every direction. It was now after noon, the Suturday half holiday, a joy- ous, glorious day withal, apd it seemed that from all ways leading fron®*London and near outlying towns great tides of humanity came sweoping on, each one greater than the one before it, and all finally merging at the edge of the woods and over the open spaces in seething masses of motion or color. It was like the action of incoming sea tides breaking upon a shallow, shingly beach. No one can understand the complexity, the irrepressibility, tho vastness of a London holiday crowd until the greater portiou of these 100,000 or 150,000 souls can bo scen here at u glance moving upon and almost storm- ing the ancient Epping Forest en masse. Far back as the eye can reach hundreds upon hundreds of ontlandish Essex shandrydans, as many traps and_gigs, Whitechapel omni- boty 2 nanght lake enjoyment of London for sey patehes of wo busses, millers' and_butchers’ carts, brew- ers' vans and costers carts, are moving toward you, around ‘and between which countless thousands of folk afoot, concenter- ing from highways, from lanes and from footpuths across the fields, are massed in scemingly inextricablo confusion. Kor an instant there is something like terror in such a scene. I cannot tell why, but in it and through it, I again saw what I looked upon, all but thirty years ago, when Sher- man’s cruel edict_omptied Avlanta of all its people, and loft their homes in flames. But those were faces st and whito; these, bright and rubicund and broad with end- less smiles. And in this respect your Lon- don “outer” differs from all other folk on carth. No matter whether he be great or humble, the moment his faco s turned to- 1 tho Helds or the sea ko is a bundle of quivering sympathies, responsive in kind o forn of mirth, to tho most vagarous ent or accident’ of situation or condi- nd gives back a hundred fold overy kindly look that nature can bestow. He may be rough and uncouth in what ho says and does, but ho has left all care behind, and makes in every moment of his holiday hours, even in untoward exigency and defeat, a place for unctious mirth and hearty cheer. Amusements of the Masses. What are the amusements of this vast army of men and women and lads and las- sies? Chiefly in wallowing, and I use the expression literally, in the sun and_shade of Epping Forest. Thousands upon thousands ‘have brought their hampers or baskets as we have done. Then, in great splatches of color, they group and heap themselves in wriggling bunchics of enjoyment over field, upon brac, in ool recess, in shady avenue, upon grassy meadow,in deep wood glade, and actuaily wallow in the ancient forest turf and soil. They wanderand stroll and leap and race, and shout and sing and dance, and turn hand-springs and somersaults. and cavort and pirouette and act like half mad folk, just as they do at Humpstead Heath, whilg the bunds roar and the crowds hullon, and, mouuted police and Forest verderers look on with = ben:gn smiles at’ the un- restrained and unrestrainable enjoyment. Turn where you may, from Chingford six mules north to Epping, or from Beak Hill three miles east to Loughton, the same wild scenes of physical and mental abandon and elation ave repeated. Ten thousand childrer sing butterflics like exultant naturalists, More than 10,000 lads are swinging from hawthorn limbs, shouting from the clumped tops of pollard oaks, or routing the birds from loftiest hornbeam brauches; while the surface of every lake and pond is shut from sight by thousands more wading among lilies and reeds, or float- ing in bouts upon thel In great open spaces every manner of game and diversion known to English flelds, or streets, or holiday resorts, 13 proceeding in n perfect bedlam of rouring from the touters and managers of a vast collection of Vanit§ Fairs. You will see skittles, foot Dall, cricket, wrestling and putting the stone. Ever glorious Punch and Judy are omnipres- ent and screamiugly witty and hilarious. Donkeys by the thousands and screws by the hundreds are here for uproarious riding and racing. Tk three-card monte game is every- where, Knock-'em-downs by the hunireds, with their crashing and bawling and shouts of defeat und victory, are all the way from Wunstead to Epping. American shooting saloons are quite as frequent and well pat- ronized. The artificial pigeon whirls and flies from scores of bootls and the detona- tions of the shooting are incessant. Thero are move than thousand of my old Gypsy friends, in all munner of picturesque apparel, plying their “dukkering” among the good natured 'Arrys and 'Arriets. Mingled with all this and these are the shouts and cries of manner of fakir from every land be- neath the sun; the brayings of hundreds of Air speakers, who, as at Hyde park, in- nst the very liberty that gives them opportunity for denunciation; and, louder and more discordant than all else, the wailings and exhortations of the Salvation- ists; the barbaric clamor of their tam- bourines, fifes and drums, a persistent re- miuder of pence pulling and repentanc It is sayiug little for Jem ana Becky and myself 1o assert that we participated inthe oxhilarating di Lorest, Ihen, the envied of many eyes, wo partook of our glorious ropast beneath' the vory shade of Queon Klizabeth's huntin lodjzo, & quaint, old and lofty nalf-timber structure, which has beon beautifuily r stored, where faithful Sprat landed our lampers vietoriously after many u bravely fully jons of Epping resisted seige; and then, the vied of thousands still, as the sole occupants of a Whitechapel 'bus, we wore driven in noble stylo ubout the Fovest, away to Epping, once famous for its suusage, pork and cheeso; to Mouk’s Wood und the great pollavd'onks; to the old British camp at Ambresbury’ Banks: to Hawk Wood Hill and its famous obelisk; and to High Beach, nearly 800 feet wbove London, where almost the entire fringe of Kpping Forest with its wondrous historic Intercst lies clear aud fair below. Historic Memories. The old-world valloy of the riv scene of Welton's earliest angling of the incidents of the “Angler.'"is beneath you to the west. Miles to the unorth and South are its suug villages, itsivied churches, its nalf-hid stately balls, ' Just hore beside you is Boe Hill House, where Tennyson wrote the “Talking Oak” and *Locksley Hall.” Far to the west are the uplands of the Cambridgeshirve hills, Between u slum- brous valley with an ideal English land- seape, Inits center stands ancient Walt- rnful and pathetic reminder ad time, of Herold and isures, and of his march to e William of Nor- r lies Copped Hall, in the early. reign of Kdward VI Princess Mary was held prisouer, and at Fair Mead House beyoud the gentle poet Clare wus brought o wental wreok. Buck at Chingford, as the sun was setting behind the Hampstead hills, all the converg- jug ways to Loudon seemed dense with routed arwy in ats flight. Boplivar was im- tiout to overtake the dsappearing host. Right merrily wo had come to Epping, but merrier sutl we urned 1o grimy London, raving und singlog in humble costor fashion, all the 1o short way, When we rattied into welcoming Bell Lane, and Bolivar cawe to & sudden Yolt before our own habitation, Jem ana mysolf, n pleasantconverse, were 4lono upon the “box." Sprat anga Beeky were a confused heap of overgrown attive, soiled yelvet and straggling coster feathers in the bottow of the cart. Bub when we pulled Becky out and stood her upou her ample legs within the doorway all the pleasure of the r Lea, days and VA 1 e THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY CAUGUST 20, AR PTTA T 1893 IXTEEN PAGE day seomed to steal softly sgain mto her sunny coster nature, and as a reward for our gallant outing ways sho clapped us both, Jem and I, souncly on our backs with her broad, honest hands and softly murmured : “Gor bli me, lads, Hi nover 'ad sech a en- Joy'ble—sech ‘a hinformin’ 'n’ enjoy'ble time “never. Gor bli me, of Hi did.” EpGAR L. WAKEMAN. PRy THE WEAKER SEX. Harper's Bazar. She'd been a bello ali winter long—the queen, In tact, of all, She'd been to all the conching meets; had . danced at every ball, No function of socloty had this falr maiden missed, Her namo 'was certain to be found on every social list. When summer came sho went away to gota nevded rost, And to the hills she hied herself, becauso they ploased hor best, And this Is How sho ook her ease, this lovely city belle, And this is how she mountain dell: “rested” In that little Sho_walked each day a dozen miles ‘twixt bronkfast time and 1; She bowled five ganies of tonpins ere the lunch- hour wis begun; She played five sots of tennls, and she took horseback ride, And then a row upon the lake this worn-out malden tried. Sho dressed for dinner after 6, and when the meal was o'er Sho promenaded up and down the hotel cor- ridor, Until l‘:l. 9 the orchestra began Its evening task, And then she danced the hours through with any one who'd ask. She danced tho waltz with Billy Jones; she danced the York with m Sho tripped tho polka wit was ten and three; And when the men were all worn out and roady for repose, This lovely helle was just as fresh as any bud- ding roso. a boy whoso ago And as I watched this maiden when the day at last was done, Ideemed her the most wonderful of wonders "neath the sun. Her kind of “rest" would take a man—the strongest mun I know— And but u_single week of it would surely lay him low. And so I ask this question, which this mald brought to my mind, As I sat rupt in wonderment at herand all hor kind: Why Is it that these girls can do the things that make men wrecks, And,_yot be called by all mankind at large “Tho Weaker Sex?" . THE BOYS AND GIRLS. A little 5-year-old boy who had been taught by his mother to place an occasional penny in the missionary barrel with the in- tention of passing 1t in to the Sunday school superintendent on a specific day had many small deposits and was ready for the event- ful date. It is customary on such occasions for the little ones to have a verse to repeat as they pass in the little barrel which is to aid in educating the heathen. The mother of the little boy had taught him to repeat the bible verse, “The Lord loveth the cheerful giver.” The little fellow had mastered it and was ready for the occasion. An older brother, somewhat of a wag, managed to convince the little fellow that the verse he had learned was too common and that all the other chil- dren would have that verse, so he had better earn another one. The little fellow dropped the first verse and took up with the substi- ‘tute proposed by his wicked brother. and when he approached the superintendent of the Sunday school, with his little barrel of pennies, he accompanied the gift by the fol- lowing 'verse: “A fool and his money are soon parted.” Imagine the face of the su- verintendent! The little boy thought he had performed his dut;y. e “You must not be discouraged, Clarence,” snid the good pastor, pattiug the boy on tho head. “You have had your salary cut down, it is true, but you have Lot lost your job. Be thankful'for that. Times will b better Some day, and_you will not have to work so hara for 8o little pay.” o I know it.” said the brave boy, his ‘faco lighting up with the radiance of hopo:and courage, “and I'm not kicking. I can buy a good bisicklo now for §401 “Hi, Mr. Sappy,” " whispored Maude's little brother. “Didn't T hear you ask my sister for a lock of hor hair?” ‘Yes, Georgio; but she wouldn’t give it to me.” “Well, say, Mr. Sappy, if yowll give me a ime I'll tell you where sho buys it, and you can get all you \vnnt.". Mother—Mabel, stop pounding your little brother! What do you mean? Mabel— Well, I toid him we'd better play we was only engaged, but he wanted to play we was married. Mamma: It you eat Any more of that pud- ding Tommy, yow'll seo the bogie-man. to- night. Tommy (after a moment's thought) : Well, give mo some more. -1 might as well settle my mind about the truth of the story once for all. . o Geography Teacher—Tommy, how is the earth diviaed? Tommy—Er, not at all; cause everybody most wants it all, . Tencher—Ho walked with a lumbering gait. What does that mean? Bright Hoy— "That means ho walked as 1f ho was carrying a plank. PEANE 5 e i EDUCATIONAL. The fourth annual catalogue of the High- land Park Normal college of Des Moines, la., is out. It contains a history of the institu- tion, the course of studles'and other neces- sary information. _The full term begins August 20, Miss Mary Pulling took the first honors in mental and moral science, English and French, at the recent graduation exercises of the University of London. On this occasion eighty women took the Bachelor of Arts de- gree in a class of 240 graduates of both sexe: The trustees of the Ohio Wesleyan univer- sity have strengthened its teaching force by the addition of two thoroughly equipped young men to the faculty. Prof. W. G, Hor- mell, who has taken his graduate work at Harvard university, has been elected to the chair of physics, and Rev, R. T. Steyenson, A. M., B, D, Ph, D., who has taken his ad- vanced work at the Ohio Wesleyan univer- sity, at Boston university, and in Europe,hus been elected to the chair of history. Miss M. Carey Thomas was only 27 years old when she accopted the responsible post of dean of Bryn Mawr college several years ago. In uppenrance sho is a striking locking woman—of only medium height, however— who ports her reddish-brown hair over a full, white forehead and whose large, fair face possesses that lmperative charm, a cordial aud ready smile. She greatly affects English mannorisms of speech, dress and carriag Persons whe -have seen both women almost invariably comment upon the strikivg resemblance between the dean and the English actress, Mrs. Kendal. he number of unemployed graduates of jerman universities has become so great that some of the most eminent professors in Germany, including Profs. von Gneist, yon Esmarch, Klam-Roth and Osthoff, have felt compelled to come to their rescue. These professors have prepared a circular which is to be addressed to Germans in all parts of the world, askiug the recipients to reply whether there ave possibilities of ewploy- ment in their particular dwelling places for cducated German teachers, physicians, druggists, lawyers, ministers and enginecrs. I'ho protessors hope in time W form a sort of central employment bureau, so that raduates may start Lo seek Lbeir fortunes n foreign lands with some hopes of success. They expectat thesame time to reliove the overstocked intellectual markel at home. Perhaps no American university has made such progress in late years as the University of Penusylvania. ‘The report of the provost of that institution for the years 1800, 1801 and 1802, which has just appeared in a pamphlet of 150 pages, contains some figuras which ywill be of great interest to upholders of the higher education. The growth from 1,679 students and 180 instructers in 1800 to 035 students and 255 instructors at present, is but the surface indication of & remarkable development. In the past three years ten of y's twenty-tive buildings ha been erected, among then the laboratory of bygiene, the Wistar institute of anatomy, the dog bospital, the engineering buildings and the warine biological laboratory. Six W uew departments have also been added the university in that time. FREEDOM'SBATFLE RECALLED T Tributes of a Nation's Love to One Who Was a Frignd, Indeed. | FRENCH RELICS OF EENFRAL LAFAYETTE “frrh A Collection of Mementos of Historle Worth and Patrlo#1d’ Assoclation— Striking Fentures ot the Fronoh Exhiblt &t/ $he Fair. Cntoago, Aug. 17.—|Correspondence of Tie Bre]—The Frenoh Government, building at the Columbian exposition is lo- cated north of the other foreign buildings and east of the Art palaco and facing the lake shore. 1t is & very handsome edifice of the style of the French ronaissance and con- sists of two pavilions connected by a semi- circular colonnade, thus forming a half open court, shaded by trees and decorated by shrubs, Within the court near the center of the colonnade and surrounded by beautiful bronze statuary, a fountain sends up its cool- ing spray, which falls baclk into the large marble basin. ‘I'he statuary was brought from France. Benches aro placed near the fountain and throughout the shady ret reat which makes an inviting resting place for many a weary visitor, The north pavilion contains s room which is called “De La Fayette.” In this room s a collection of rare historical mementos which must awaken in the breast of every patriotic American who has the opportunity of looking upon them feelings of profound gratitude and love toward the French peo- ple, who have so carefully preserved these precious relics, mutely recalling the bitter struggle made by the colonies and of the un- selilsh interest manifested in that perilous undertaking by their noble countryman, General Do Lafayette, who, leaving honors awaiting him in his own country and bid- ding, perhaps, a last farewell to his beloved young wife and to the luxuries incident to his high situation, purchased a vessel which he fitted out at his own expense, and sailing ucross the seas jowed .his fortune with the uncertain ones of those brave men who, fighting for freedom with all odds against them, saw failure as probable as success. To congress he offered his services as a volunteer without pay. National Tributes. But before he reached the age of 21 years his dauntless courage had won for him the commission of major general, and tho esteem in which he was held by congress is attested by the gifs of o fac-simile engraving of the Declaration of Independence, which was offered to him by a resolution of congress, May, 1824, The valuable document haugs on the wall to the left of the entrance door of the Lafayette pavilion, which is a ‘beauti- ful room paneled in white and gold and hung with a number of bandsome specimens of French tapestry, the center of the floor being adorned by a large square of Gobeli tapestry of Louis the XVL. style, on which are the French coat of a¥ms and the French flag. In the center of this elegant mat is a gluss case containing’ a ‘magnificent golden urn, which looks toibe:some four feet high, and'was presented to Lafayette by the peo- ple of France. Besido it stand two other urns of crystal, tokems’of estcem from American admirers. At thie base of the urn rests a handsome sword With damaskeened steel blade, “presentell ta General Lafay- ette by Colonel Alexauder Mur in behalf of the Ninth regiment of A. Y. S. artillery, September 10, 18%4. ag (:Dmken of the esteem in which he was held, both' for his private worth and for his distinguished services during the war of indopendence.” Near this testimonial arp several others—a pistoL given to “him by Gegeral Washington, and the decoration of the Ordor . of |Cinsinnatus, worn by Washington and solomnly given to Lafayette. The' décoration consists of a blue ribbon to which is attached a small golden medal. The ribbon shows slight signs of having been worn, and when ono gazes upon it and realizes that it once decor- ated the fearless breast of our own beloved Washington, and by his own hand was pro- sented to his comrade and -devoted friend, the noble Frenchman, how one's heart swells out with love toward his representa - tives today, who come frow his native coun- try, bringing with them these precious links of the golden chawn of friendship, that to break which would be treason to the mem- ory of Washington and Lafayette. Here also is a gold ring, the set of which contains some of the hair of George and Martha Washington, and a gold snuff box given to Lafayette by the town of New York; also the gold fringed epaulettes worn by Lafay- ette. In the northeast corner of the room is Lafayette's old arm chair of mahogany wood, upholstered in green leather. Close by its side a small one, also of mahogauy wood, with an _embroidered cushion, the work of Martha Washington’s hands. Across the room is a little secrotary of wood. 1t is quite worn and was a very plain article of furniture even in its palmy days, when 1t was the secretary of General Lafayette. On either side of this is placed small uphol- stered chairs, evidently belonging to the samo set as the one with the embroidered cushion, Historlc Scenes. On the adjoinipg wall hangs a remarkably fine piece of tapestry, executed in memory of the scenes of the siege and surrender of Yorktown, October 19, 1781, when tho French und American armies wore drawn up in twe lines, between which marchod the sur- rendered troops ~of General Cornwallis. An oil painting near by repre- sents the reunion of the French and American genorals after the memorablo capitulationof Yorktown, Numerous engravings also adorn tho wall representing different scones which occurred during the war of independence, and_smong them a beautiful oil painting, a picture of the coast of France and the “Port of Puss- age"” from which Lafayette made his first departure for America, April 20, 1777. Be- tween the secretary and the arm chair isa long, low case, which contains other memen- tos, among which is a gold modal struck at the mint of Paris and of which the stamp is still preserved, relative to the Krench col- onies in America. Another medal, made in honor of General Washington, is quite a large one, consisting of anouterrim of ebony and an inber ring of gold, framing the head of Washington, Here may be seen a wooden box, which appears quite new and ordinary But it 1s neither,having been made from the elmwood tree, whose leafy boughs threw an mviting shado over the heads of William Penn and the Indians when ho made the famous treaty, in whiet} ‘th Indians plodged themselves to “Live ik love with William Penn and his childrenusdong s the sun and the moon shall shine.’isTho Penn tree was blown down in a storupin 1810, Above a marble bust of Lafayette, placed upon & handsome black gabinet inlaid with gold, hangs a small pldturd of the tomb of Washingion, and contiitns d sprig of cypress plucked from his grave at’Mount Veruon, A Prophecy. Side by side are two dutograph letters written to Lafayette, énsof them by John Quiney Adams, writtdn from the Depart- went of State and daad. October 10, 1524, This letter accompanigd the fac-simile en- graviog of tho Declarglioh of independenco which congress caus to be sent to Lafay- ette, and iu it ocours $lils Striking sentenc referring to- the declaration: “This is a prociamation of principles destined to change the face of the world, and as we humbly trust smeliorate the condition and exalt the human specles.” The writer of those words could hardly have anticipated the grand results which were destined to follow 8o rapidly his prophetic hope, and whizh have indeed ameliorated the condi- tion of the human beings who have sought and found freedom upon the soil of the United States, whieh has extended from the thirteen original httle colonies untl its shores aro washed both by the waters of the Atlantic and the Pacific. Nor could his imagination have pictured to him that sixty-nine years from the date of his letter it would be framed and hung upon the walls of the greutest exposition the world probably ever saw. The other aulograph letter is from Thomas Jefferson, whose in- gpired pon wrote the Deolaration of Inde- endence. It was writton from the home of Fefferson, Monticello, Va., and is & persous {otter which begins somewhat in this fash! fon: “I know that no other titls than thatot American 18 & necessATY PAsSport to your ut tention.” Tt introduces an American gentlo- man, Mr. Laurence, to the notico of La ette, and states that ho is “woll qualified put you 1 possession” of our political situa. tion, saying also: “Our political winters are boisterous, but summers calm.” When in' tho years of 1824-25. General Lafayette visited tho United States as our ““Nation's guest,” his progress through the then twenty-five states was a continual ovation, all the inhabitants viemg with each other to do homago to the hero, and many were the tokens of esteem showerod upon him, some of which 1 have already men- tioned. In March, 1825, a silvor box con- taining the map of South Carolina was pre- sentod to him by Richard Manning, governor of South Carolina, Four Indian chiofs pre- sented him with their portraits in black pro- files, and John Quincy Adams gave him a fine old portrait paintod of the former in 1826, as did also Thomas Jofferson. Theso two fine portraits are hung on the west wall of the room and between them is one of Baron De Viomesnil, tield marsh in the army sont by France to the relief of the Americans, “Above them isa splendid and very valuable pieco of tapestry of tho stylo of ‘Louis XIV., commemorative of Irench historical sconos of 1668 About the handsomo_room are distributod cral fine busts of Lafayette and ono of Washington by David Angers and ono of Ben Franklin by Houdon, besides a fine por- trait of Lafayetto by Amy Scheffer. When Lafayetto returned to France after his visit to the United States in 1525 ho voyaged homeward in a ship furmshed by tho United States government and named the “Brandywine” in honor of the first bat- tlein which ho unsheathed his sword in be- half of American independence. Glimpses of Paris. To visit the south pavilion of the Fronch building is like passing from droams of long ago into the realities of A. D. 1503, But without at least a pussing view of one of the principal exhibits I would scarcely deem this article complote. Hore are_ placed on view the sewerago systems of Paris, plans of hospitals, schools and_prisons, and other exhibits of interest, prominent among which 15 & complete exposition of the polico system of France and Paris and the scientific methiods employed in identifying criminals, A large case contains photogravhs illustrat- ing ‘“iconography of the features from the point of view of the descriptive signalment of thespoken photograph”—the peculiarities which mark the shape of the hair (on the forehead), the shape of the b of the chin, of “the eyelids, ears, noso or mouth. Large engravings illustrate the mothods of measurements employed in measuring the hoads, hands, limbs and feet of criminals, which'is the *‘spoken portrait” referred to above. Here alsoare shown the benches on which & ecrimmal mast sit to obtain the height of the trunk and the pivoted stool used in the peculiar system of photography. Upon the stool is seated the wax figure of a riminal, the fingers of whose right hand are partially missing. S0 wonderfully lifellke is the figure that visitors start to speak to it beforo thoy take in the situation; an ad- justable camera is arranged on poles about seven feet above tho prostrate body of a wax cadaver, that lying on the ground appears s0 natural (not the usual waxey effect) that one shrinks back in instinctive horror, for 1t looks like a veritable *‘dead man,” the dust of the roadside settled upon his clothes and a week's stubby growth of beard upon his upturned face. The very flies (having en- tered at the open door) are buzzing around the prostrate form, making the spectacle more sickening. Are they, t0o, fooled with the belief that this is a “dead man{” The camera arrayed above him is one which can be so adjusted that a picture of the ground and the surrounding objects may be photo- graphed without a change of position. The whole grewsome picture one's mind the ghastly tal Poe and the morgues of Paris. % Grace HINEs, alls to of Kdgar Allen PULPIT TAL Two clergymen were riding on the ele- vated the other day, says the New )ork Sun. Said one of them: *‘What is the fun- niest experience you ever had in church?” “Well,” answered the other, a twinkle com- ing into his oye, “if you mean with queer people, I think it was during the vacation I have Just finished. This year 1 spent my holidays in & quaint little ‘town up north. I vrea hed for them one Sunday. “The town is full of queer characters. Among others thece was an old man, ‘Uncle Lemmie.” When he wus a young fellow ho had been disappointed in love, and from that time he been sour. You shoula have scen him, His ears stuck out like those of Mother Hubbard’s dog. Well down on them ho wore a disreputable silk hat. His chin rested on the two prominent poin his collar, and in his hand he always ed a great, thick, green cotton umbrells, tied with a rusty shoestring. “Uncle Lemmic's particular thorn m_the flesh was a grass widow, ageressive from her head to her foet. Hernose stuck straight out threateningly, her hair bristled up from her forebead, she walked like a steam en- gine, and when she walked every loop of her bonnet ribbon shook. 'The very sight of her t Uncle Lemmie wasMixe the wuving of a red flag to a bull. 1t happened that they went to the same church,but the ushers knew the situation well enough to have a goodly proportion of the sanctuary between them. “Unfortunately the Sunday I preached there was a new usher. ‘The opening sery- ices were well under way. Uncle Lemmio was there in a pew by himself. Ho was leaning on the umbrella and was looking at me with complacence. I was just about to announce my text, when down the aisle came the new usher, and in his wake the s widow, to Uncle Lemmie's pew. “Uncle Lemmie gave onelook as the figure rustled into the pew, gathered up his um- brella, his hat, and his prayer bopk, and cleared the back of the pew in front of him with the agility of & boy. I never had such difficulty in announcing a text, for when Uncle Lemmie landed in the front pew my words rang out across the church ** “There hath no evil befalien you but such as is common to man, but God will with the temptation also make o way of escapo.’ A clergyman who was settled some years ago in @ southern town was in great Tavor with tho colored brothren and was fre- quently called upon to *sit in council” with the members of ono of their churches in a neighboring town. Among these members was one old_darky with grizzled hair, who had in a bigh acgree the gift for “responses” 50 much oultivated by the people of his color. He was always ready with **Amen !’ and more than ready with “Glory!" but his particular fondness was for the ferveny ejaculation: *De Lord gib us more faith!” On one_occasion, when the clergyman in question had been called upon to discourse to this congre tion, he illustrated his “‘practical talk” w the 'story of an occurrence which he himself witnessed not long before. As he finished it he said earnestly “Now, my brethren, you would hardly ve- lieve, would oy, that any man could have witnessed such % scene as that, almost at your very doors!” As ho paused there came a tremendous groan from the old darkey. and with great fervor he ejaculated: *De Lord gib us more faith 1 A peppery parson down ea turbed by his choir during prayer time, got even witlr them when he gave out' tho closing hymn by adding: “Ihope the entire congregation will join in singing this grand old hymn, and 1 know the cholr will, for [ heard thoin humming it during the prayer.” t, who was dis- “We have many démunds upon us; I fear we cannot help you, §aid the secrotary of the missionary society to an evangelist who ap- plied for aid, “What," continued he, ‘is the cause of your povorty and indigencet! cred the evangelist, READY MADE MUSTARD PLA"E&; ‘We were the first manufacturers on Continent. Our latest improvement surpassed anything ever before uced. 150., 20., 850, portin. 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