The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-02-26

" cut and adjusted that the lines Of junction
could scarcely be seen. All the straws ON on
sheet were exactly of the same color and tint
These, then, were the materials with whic
the artist worked and the mode of w0rlin
depended on the kind of effect desired to b
produced. Sometimes the sheets were cut u
into very narrow strips, and made into stripe
patterns by alternating the colors sometime
the artists in straw would make diagon al pa,
terms, and sometimes check patterns by cross
ing the strips, or diversified pattern by alte,
mating broad with narrow strips. favorit
but very tedious process was that of maxim
roal straw mosaic. Several sheets, of differen
completely through with delicate apparatus
in accordance with some particular device an,
then ensued the slow work of FASTING the tin
bits side by side on paper. in the proper az
or divices SO produced we're embossed in relic
BY being stamped between q die of horn and
counterdie of thick pasteboard-a1l the raised
and depressed part of the device corresponding
in . proper way with the different colors Of
the picture. And sometimes the artist went Sc
far as to engrave or chase the straw, or even to
work itup into kind of canoe.
YARNIsH-MAKING.--The beautiful black var.
nish which is so much admired the world over
is the production of a tree which grows wild
in Japan and China as WELL 1t is cultivated
in plantations, and is so much improved by the
treatment it received that cultivated tree af-
fords three times more of this valuable product
than the wild one. The tree has some resern-
blance to the ash, with leaves shaped like
those of the laurel, of light green color, aud
beauty, but it is valuable the source of q
very lucrative manufacture. The trees are ca
Pable OF supplying the varnish when they
The varnish is gathered in the following man
ner:-About the middle of summer a number
OF laborers proceed to the plantation of these
trees, each furnished with a crooked knife, and
= large number of hollow shells, larger than
oyster shells. With the knives they make in
cisions in the bark of the trees above two inch
@ In length, and under each incision they
trates the soft bark, and remains in the tree.
This operation is performed in the evening, as
the varnish flows only in the night The next
morning the workmen proceed again to the
plantation; each shell is either wholly or par
italy filled with the varnish; this they scrape
out carefully with their knives, depositinp IL
IN vessel which they carry with them, and
the tree. In the evening shells arc replaced,
and the yarnish is again collected in the morn
ing. This process is repeated throughout the
or until the yarnish ceases to flow.
attended by single workman, will yield a
pound of varnish every night. When the |
gathering is over the varnish is strained |
through thin cloth, loosely suspended over an |
The INVENTOR OF CHAMpAGNE-To the re-
nowned royal Monastery of st. Peters Haut- |
viAiiere, sparkling champagne is said to owe |
IT'S origin. This monastery formerly gave, |
says it's historian, nine archbishops to the see
celebrated monasteries. One of these monks.
lBenedictines,) Father Perignon, who died in |
i1A5, has the reputation of being the first to |
gather the wines from various districts to mix
s,nd make them sparkling. Before this period |
champagne Was in good repute, but it is not
probable that the scientific treatment reouisite
20 produce what is known as champagne was
It on record that in 1857 Vincesilaus. King of
Bohemia, on coming to France to negotiate n |
sreaty with Charles VI, arrived at Rheims.
ana tasting Tor the first time the wine of cham
payne, spun out his diplomatic GRAND to the |
latest possible moment, and then gave up all |
mat was required of him in order to prolonp
d ~; stay, getting intoxicated on champagne
that among the potentates of Europe who
we're partial to this wine was our own Henry
vll!., who had vineyard at Ay, where be
eepu announcement in order to secure the
likewise made of Francis l., Pope Leo x. and
Charies ", OF Spain, as reserving for their use |
VINEYARDS in Champagne. The celebrity of
~ 20 the Jolly monk, Dom Perignon, we are in
aeoteo for the enlivening qualities for which
AZ Is now so popular. He was chozen procureur
o o1 sse great abbey for the purity of his taste
lion TO his occupation does not appear to have
shortened his days, for he lived TO the ripe old
t age OF iourseore years His chief duty was to
monastery possessed the broadcast and the most
favorably situated in the whole country y to
receive t;.s from the neighboring cultivators the
tithes of the wines they made, (their due to
the spiritual lords of the abbey, y to press the
grapes from the monastic vineyards and blend
Fms wine with those that had come to the abbey
as tithes. "In the decline of life, Father PerG.
nom says an old chronicler, "being blind, or
dered the grapes of different vineyards to be
!! nronght before him, recognized each kind by
Ihe taste, and said, You must marry (mixl the |
vino OF this grape with that of another.6 In
I9e course of his wine-mixings and blending
OF one quality with another Dom Perigpone
VINO mad already by his skill raised the wine |
OF me -ioly fathers of the monastery to the |
Creates perfection, discovered the process of
:, ak,hs the wine effervescent and, as it was
utterly impossible to keep it in this Condition
Dy the old process of bit of fax or wool
stepped IN oil, which was the only stopper
IN use, ne 1urther added TO his celebrity by the
employ menL OF the cork, which he secured with
q string -Champa9ne-its History Manmfacfnrc
fropert'es' etc. BY Chas. 1orcy
A RIVER IN The ocEAN.-Tbero;s r;vo
tne ocean: In the severest dToutbs IL nevnr
falis, ana IN the mightiest floods il nsvsr 49,.
flows. 1ts banks aud its bettoma are % non5
water, while its current is warm. Tho GpIf nf
Mexico Is ITS fountain and it's mouth is the AZ
tic Seas IL Is the Gulf Stream. There ia in AZ.
world no other SO majestic flow of wotor S It