The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-11

An article in Chambers JoufHGi discouTses
most GiyeriiT gly on subject w1,ch all reSpecta-
BILE p, ope (eScert solslers} approach nightly, at
certain or uLotrtan hours. We make the fol-
lowing readable extracts -
ORIENTAL BBDs.
Early history shows us the bed as an oriental
institution. There wvTo bcds among the star
worshippers Of Babe, aud the slrang, pOlythosts
OF hoaTy Egypt. Nor, 80 far ~ we know, vas
there the siIEhWet difference between the couch
o; Pharaoh and that of Solomon. Change is
ha eiul 10 the Asiatic mind. This bed, the bed
constantly a'luaed 10 in the Bible, exists to the
pre'e hour Wo meet with 1t in the
sclamlik Of TurEish mansion, in the wooden
house o. Syrian Christian, in the tent uC q
rich shcik, alwavs virtually the same. It is
! but long cushion, that Is laid sometimes
on WouCeu diVan sometimes ona crazy frame
work of timber or cane; and there arc pillows,
and quilted Couuterpane, 10 which o sheet is
occasionally stitched. Bu this is rarely the case,
betsuse Easterns do not untress TO sleep; they
ony unGrfss tcr the bath. Usually the diyan
runs round the walls ot large oCtagOnh apart
meDt; tie slaves hastily adjust the cushions and
quits, The male members Of the family untwIst
their tui bans, kick of their slippers aud sleep
as hest hey may. At dawn the rugs are folded
up, the pillow, swept OFF TO Tecoudlte cupbuarus
and the he'd. rot m becomes a reception. cham her,
banquet hnl anu sItug-room. OF cOarst, such
couch is liz hit and portable. The pslsy-strickcn
man WHsi H. we all remember, commanded 70
'tgkc NJ bis bed aud walk" Tne former in
iunc,i II aIVtGs(d 10 itself 70 imply miraculous
eXeriICn ri 'trlnPth TO thousands of European
congregations, wher rs its execution was strictly
il aCCCIGSnCC " th custom. AuN adult, Yith the
free of his limbs, can carry an oriental bed,
ard the healed man was simply once more on
Iar with his healthy neiPhbOrs.
ANCIENT EUROPEAN nEDs.
L. Il no eNYggcration to say that, in medieval
Ing lana, Sc.GdiuayR, and that vast rcgiun where
the Low German language prevailed, TO say
IOllIt 4 IHrCe nOTtl OF flg lliIt bp lg
by tar he most important article OC property.
Our tLcestCrs had no fashionable upho sterer "a
tempt iLcm with beehive chairs and lOunglUg
stAiS. Eygu an CakCn chair, with a strairht etu-
SarOual hnrl 10 il, rigid aaG as hard n poker,
wRs only 20 b. found at tho mSG r-hOusc, oc in
my lCrd the ahnO's parlOr. \ tcN sttte' \
| halt doln ui thr c-lcggcl 20 Os, pHsiDly
CoYtrtd 81 l. tuit leather, and u bench or tytt,
With heavl lies, aud q CANOPY Of dis, made
up lhc hNtUfCIY OF n CUTutortt ic Nlarfmrn-
1hIe veir 10 l. okirg- glasses, exc pt perhaps,
Stuc litt'c 7 md mirror from Nt' irc bought at
high price IRON the travelling Lombard. But
the bC ds were often very imposing s'pc;ures,
with lavender scented sheets, damaSk curtains,
connterpanes of Wadded silk or scarlet cloth,
down pillows, and polished Oaken pillar, whose
smooth strength seemed TO defy time. They
did DEFY time. bed was no ephemers affair,
it went down from generation 20 generation. the
pride and palladium OF a family.
MODERN BEDS.
Now.a-days, the Hon. Alfred Trnmpington, or
my LORD Frederick CariaN, very nksly sleeps IN
little brass bed, no Amer OF bigger than that
which served The purpose OF the late Duke OF
| Wellington and Jeames, who obeys the behests
| OF the Hon. Alfred, or John Thomas, who wears
the CnrfaX livery, has a little brass bel, too.
| But a hundred years ago, the gsnElemen would
| have 81 pt in huge machine as pOmpous rs the
chariUt in which the good fairy comes on in .
pantomime. B oe1de would have danSled around
him, lace would have fiinged his pillow If do gn,
| lhasty ostrich feathers would have nodded ON
| the bedposts and on the tester wonld have been
| panied the most highly tinted Cupids and
! Nenuses that ever smirked through golden
| clouds. Down pillows how honest Tramping-
ton, who likes bolster as hard as the sp.h SQUAD
at Brighton lodging house, would swear 10 such
! smoth' ring uNuTiesl Painted mythal0gY Car
lax wcnld give it coat OF tar, II not OF feathers,
ard bot il OF Of sight forever, We arc in some
things more manly than our great-granlfaEhers.
a IBID FOR THE CANT.
The Arabs introduced into Spain he'd Of peeu-
/ liar character, we'll adapted for camp use. This
consi ted OF four strong pillars, with lrOn-tipped
and ihaTpened tnds, which could b. thrust into
| the round with triding effort, and an oblong
| piece 0f leather or cloth, which was hooked 70