Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-11-23

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PARIsIAN ExHIBrTIoN OF INpUsrRY.-
The Partisan Palace of Industry in the
Champs Elyses, which, with its contents,
is to be opened for exhibition to the pub
lie in 1855, is rapidly advancing towards
completion, the external walls beine
nearly completed to the second range of
windows. The building will be construct
ed entirely Of pale, buff colored stone. and
will be lighted by upwards of 700 large
windows a portion Of the roofing will
also be of glass. The outside walls are
to be decorated with profusion of orna-
mental carving, distributed among innu-
merable cornices, friezes. modiIlions. en-
blems, capitals and pilasters. The build
ing is about two-thirds as large as was
the Crystal Palace at Hyde Park.
1t is proposed also to erect a distinct
building for the exhibition of fine arts ia
the same year, to which all nations have
been invited to contribute. This, il
erected, will probably be united with the
palace Of Industry, bya corridor.
A WARNING TO BAD WRrERs.-The
Toledo Blade tells good story of a man
who owned a building which was situ-
atcd on land belonging to the Michigan
Central Railroad. The superintendent,
who writes a very bad hand. sent short
letter to Mr.. S. ordering him to remove
the building OF once. But the house was
not removed, and three months Afterwards
the superintendent met S., and began to
scold him for not removing the nuisance
as desired. when itappeared that the man
had received the note. and not being able
to make out it's contents, had supposed
it to be pass over the road, and had
been riding back and forth all the sum.
mer on the strength of it.
% During the imperial visit Of the
Emperor and Empress of France to the
Cathedral at Ameins, thr bishop and
clergy presented to them the head of
st. John the Baptist, which has been in
the custody Of the cathedral for 500 years.
! 1t was brought from Constantinople at
the time Of the Crusaders, and is pre-
served in crystal and enshrined in gold.
The skull has been reduced to the frontal
bone and upper jaw. A small hole in
the bone over the left eye is believed to
have been caused by the knife of the ex-
ecutioner. The relic is held in great ven
Grafton in France.
LOVE AND DEsPAIR.-A rich widow,
of the quarter d'Antin, Paris, about IS
years of age, having become enamoured
of her handsome young water-carrier,
took recently an occasion to confess to
him her tender flame. The water-carrier
could not believe she was in earnest, and
only laughed at her; upon which the
widow suffocated herself with charcoal,
alter leaving letter, in which she de-
clared that, notwithstanding her age, she
died for love.
! NAPOLEON AS HE WAs.-At a recent
trial in Paris, one eff the witnesses in the
case, a young man named VeTn;er, was
), found to bear O striking resemblance to
the Emperor Napoleon, aud his appear
, ance caused general movement in the
court. He stated that be was formerly
employed in the Post Office, but had for
some years past served ss q model for
Horace Vernet, for portraits of the Empe-
ror Napoleon |. and was, by order of the
present Emperor, being taught riding.
Hanse. where was you born!'
"On the Haldorbarrack.
What always,"
Yaw and before, too"
How old are you then 2"
; "When the old school house is built, I
was two weeks more nor year, what ish
painted red, as you 90 home NIT your
back behind you, On the right hand side
by de old blacksmith shop, what stands
where it was burnt down next year will
be two weeks"
POPULATION OF TURKRY.-The popula.
tion of Turkey in Asia ia stated at Ii, 100,
1 600. and that of Turkey in Europe,
1 Is, 600; making total of nearly
, 10000, 900; nearly equal to the popula-
ton of France, although the country is
| not SO thickly settled. The population
e of Russia nearly doubles that of Turkey.
, ANECDoTB OF Tom MARsuALL.-When
, Pitcher was haranguing about his father
having been poor man." his father
+; was a COOPER" and more of that sort oi
!. thing. Marshall said he would admit the
4 gentieman's father was poor man per-
bgps he had been a cooper, but if he was,
: pointing to Pilcher) he had put mig ghty
poor head TO one of bis whiskey barrels
Knickerboker.
:. FEMALE STBvHDoRRs On the banks O
) the Miami canal may be daily seen females
u of German descent engaged in unloading
! and loading boats. They are said to b
. able to do almost as much work as com
: mon laborers, and they receive nearly tn,
same wages.
n U The population of Prussia in De
l. cember, 1852, was l6, 9S5 400 souls, Civ
= ing an increase, during three years. fiuu
?. 1S49, of 537 1872 souls, or s.2S per cent
le U Somebody asks, lis it lawful t
hang clothes on Mason & Dixon's line Z
Just as lawful as planting beans aroun
y the North Pole.
in And just as proper, too, as for q ten
perancs man to I" double the Horn"