, 1870-09-04

sort Of reporting l cauno' TO tnaFn'oIs,
doth amaze me that q .gtrl Of such 1ceble tam
rersncnt csn 60 got tho III OF no majestic
world.
Hut here conaes the part Of this incident
which moet affected me. The old printer,
with linen breeches half way betweou hi<
knee and his ankle, with an old worn hat Of
stoTe-pipe soH in Lis hand with cowlide boots
undoubtedly sh~ven By himrelf, 10 prlckls did
it inok,-ttus democratic mechanic appeared
at the al considering hinaelf fully sa good
ss anybody who could BE- found At tho great
pleasure place, and lie had come there with
big :. Ute gu to tske 7 Pride in her Grsft.
as good as Jennie June. She oould 11its for
tha Bezar, che studied it t~o yeara,'
And the little gil, in ; dsess OF white SEiAs
mutlin, thin and cheap, in common shoes With
bare arms. looking Like working gill At
Sunday School picnic, was busy atudysng u7
we'll satisfied with her A't rs her father with
her, while hts f1cc beAned III practiced tort
OF Hsy, and he thought Of tho newspaper aod
the dauEhter togothcr. building far ahead Tor
both. Their clothes wefa cheap; thetr work
was not the greatest; but they Wefe inespao,s
and the veivets, tho large black eyes and
the rrpud uoatrits, the wealth aud tue pretou-
sion Of mighty and critical multitude tiled
the hall. Amongst them al. rbspplest OF I'll,
in unconscious poverty. STOOD tue sTn d'ltsAs-
cd 6cnoc5ata- Let none be ashamed OF his
cr1ft-
Fu1 AND COLT.
There is little to te said about Newport
people. except that the cottage folks sueceed-
ed in thoroughly disgusting Mrs. Jim Fisk,
this year. ". the utter and real indiR Roreuce
they showed to the fact or her existence, A
fat shadow Of clond crossing desert could
not have been more transparent to their eyes,
and after time tho lady Of the Admiral be-
gan to feel m uncoufortt thte sensation, ~ II
che really had no existence whatever. Hsr
The Admiral himself hassened up to add tho
fcct Of himself to the possibility Of his wife,
bat Newport looked through both Of them to
azuro lAndrcapes far beyond. In vaiu did
Fisk plsy the rough, smoking his cigar in rub
lie daylight beside hia wife. and rein up before
the hoe.lsrs- He himself began to feel
that Newport vAs unarare of his
entity; that he wan : social Peter
\ sehlernl, from whom tho devil had
raksn hts shadow, and thlt thisf might pos-
ably find paris Of the sAzth's turfAce where
al that he bad stolen could moi win him re-
zpeos So Mn. Fisk sailed to Europe, ia add
to tho ot,AEms or the national character in that
antique sentiment, whiIo her husband re-
manned II homo Tor the same reason. New
ed there paIrtn.s, but simply resumed its
dslly ride, and looked through other faruentts,
md Nzs uneonBeiouh or their existence.
/ have mentioned MrB. Samuel Colt, Of
Hartford. ~ the purchaser Of \ &62 900 lot
nearly $4,000 an acre. She Is one OF the
the United Ststes, and the richest peTton In
the 8 Ate Of Connecticut, not excepting Horace
Bushnell, Of New Haven, nor James Good
win, OF Hartford. Her husband. Samuel
Go,s' a1n, vhsa live 49, w,s ,s mn Of bound
| Fists nscupulonsneaa; but, unlike
Fi8k, he Was tho creator OF something, part OF
tho tueineas eos1ety in which be moved; no
proaigate pickpockes. With railroad in one
band and Jooge In the other; ho had actual
amongst meh. and his factory is to-day the
most gigantic specimen nt concentrated
! mechanism thAt We hare to show thing
that almost thinks, and which moves With tho
PRECISION aud Versatility OF whole nation.
Had Colt lived to execute his dcsigns, ha would
have had his hugo factory 80 complete thAt a
trElmeut OF men might hAve marched in
naked 1t one end and emerged at tho other
! with AEzns aud uniform cop-d-pie, from the
Hned muHket 1t their shou1de. to the buttons
on their cuffs. High LIVING, strong brandy.
overwork, tco much health, no moral couvic-
tiona, toppled down the mighty stature Of IN
Cot, trfose he had completely proved the
boundleaa possibilities at a single couGdnat
enrfgy. but, diving, he left = meek md beau
ful spirit 70 dignity and distribute bis
riches, in Mia. Cols,-the daughter Of :
clergyman, a dutitul wife aud good
Noluau, capable Of making weAlth useful to
illustrate the female character, to monumrn-
talize religion, ana tn assist ch,risy Shs
itts in stvle becoming the rosHesBnr OF snrh
means, pFacti4iug the piety che hAs bedsck=d
church edifice in America. and we rejoice in
tue memory Of her rougher sud more wsrdly
husband when We SEQ the relic he has left be-
hind him, and how far ono good life goes to
repair tue deficiencies of the dead.
The President of the United Statos is now
at Newport, trcnted with such distinction that
one can observe how refined living abates
nothing Of the patriotism Of the rich. The
New York yachts CONT and 60 about this ha1-
bo. ]onEinsIy- The plac, Ia sail woll allcd
All, while BY night thst no"le promenade ol
| te1ma and horses goes up and down Bellevue
making the avenue parade Of Princes.
Ne1r for Boston and Nantucket. GATH
Pictures md aS,clr FcrilGs
From IL. Philadelphia Lstgu.s;;,
1 For eoma time pa4. ths tustsas Of th
principal exhibitions Of paintings in Loudos
| have can e1orciaed On tbs subject of ths
preservation Of tue pictures eusrus' ed to thai
care. from decay, and mora particularly ~ re
: CARDS the action Of Gasltght upon them, tn
) I movement now In agitation for openfng thos
exhibitions in tbs evehlnE to tho uar1lnl
! | classea has been the 1nmedia:o cause Of th
, discussion. Sir lIatthaw Ridley and oths
: inpuaty Of coal gas. would Affect tho co'or
G and the surface Of the Canvas. Rs well as h
a ventilation Of the galleries and gTeatls add +
k the rlsk Of fire. In 1865 Bir Matthew address
+ other things. that it w1s doubtful whe,l
a long be.r. the admission OF th
I put1ic at night In d building such ID that a
!, tho South Kenaington Museum and he in
8 staoced the portfzit q William ~, Which, hi
. said, suffered 50 much from the neat :" tha
I you might almost hear It hiss" Mz. Bad
Il grave and other. deE1urred to Sir Matthew
}. assertions, but Mr. 1sro, in order to satisf
4 all psrtiee, appointed commission to TAX
70 | evidence On the subject and investigate
. thor uehly. Tnls commission WAS compose
II Of Prcfeheors Fa1adAy,- Hoffman,. md 7y1
!, dali, Captain Fowke, Nr. RelgraYc, and otht
6 well known artists and counolsseurs. and Il
10 result Of their Inquiries WAS embodied in
!. "blue book." The opinion they cams to wa
4 tina, there w.s nothing innate in coal 81
10 which renders its Application to the i'lnrnlu
70 tion Of picture galleries Objectionable: that,
:, mere light was ua moro hnrtfu1 II:
!, : thnt Of The sun. th99ugh 9!yga, 10 t.
IS conld b. rendered innocuous by tntesposir
ID suiBtient space between the gas Jets 3:
t the pictures. Bat with regard to The il
% pusilics OF the 6ss, it Was admitted that ~!
y would do much barn. Certain cheuaie
II signs Of change in tho white colors Of I
g. pictures. evidently the result Of pol}nt
lie atmosphere. Tho wores specimens ca:
he from the National Gallery: where, howev
OF night exhibitions are urknowp. Tho ne
wo was frc n r private house. where tho action
nd IN earth cloeet on tho picture was vigib
its Ont of fifteen pictures tested, th'
. we're seren lnstsuces Of cham
leh and eight wherein there '
- no charge; But the commits :ionsss
ut, ducts of combustion from Apartments {, &
o" taiuing works Of art, and that tho air Of
tn metropolitan gaIla1ios should be A'te1
9ut through cottonwood and other mcdis, ris
Tar and day, in order to tse absolutely .puro .
i've innocuotls. It 10 we'll known that the hr
in London is thickly impfognated with snt
I've tho buildings, public and pirate, inside !
out, and cover the surface OF paintings wit!
It dark coating, which, from tune to time, nee
esb silates the cleaning Of them. Eow this Gle
tied 10 pnrkilful hands, The pictures may DO y
and ously injured; and this IL another OF
:k8. pc,its to which they arc cxposcd.
0- Some Of the old mastets, and some Of
Ake Inodcrns, especially Sir Joshua Rsyuolds
our Ni1kie, uscd bitutniuous pigments, vhich
5ee eass ea sDd ha4aensa I By eoa. hsnca the eT.
otn. which may te reeu on tho surface OF
Ten pictures, md which bcccmn moro numer
you as the paintings grow Oil. The sctious
Afs different kinds OF y2rnish is another Aonrc
der n,rEss "a 10 s9S aSepa ls tasa oshe.s and thus
OF tone Of the colofing to the entire picture
l>o relatively altered, Yet another source
ave dapgcf ia the substance on which the pic
70 Is painted. Wood, marble, ivory, plss
nGs. canvxs, and other materials have 20 oeen :
IN rs the vehicle OF reprce ant2hon, bus ~ =
Iuns | lh,so .ra 1inh1a N 1erar thnurh hpn1e