The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-12

iet US peheve' Win reverng ewes, thinking pr0ba'
bly, that when the innocent grain, which there
found Its final expression, was cunnngly huddled
on the bending stalk, drinking the rain and sun of
Great Britain's troublesome colonies there really
was Q Holy Roman Empire, and those In whose
lons his being dwelt were emper0rs thereof. Oh,
Kaiser Kaiser what are this crown and your dig.
nitaries, and these heaven-anointed honors and
all the ceremony and state and worship which float
around you today, like the radiant silver clouds
and white shadows we all cherish and pursue, when
even in this vanished keg there is a life that
has outlived the greatness OF your Holy Roman EN-
pre. 1t Is a mercy that no offered the Emperor
| a drink, else who knows where the morning tour
! would have ended2 But the modest exhibitor was
probably answered in the smile and denial given
to his Californian brother with the unopened cham
payne. and who will no doubt go home and run for
Congress- as the only man in the State who had
ever asked an emperor to drink With him. America
is not strong In the display Of whskey. Gibson,
OF Philadelphia, sends rye Of 1867 and wheat of 1862
| From New York we have "Oid Bourbon" from II. II.
Thurber and a few samples OF high fame from M. J.
| Hardy h Co. Old Kentucky sends nothing that
your correspondent notes; but from Indiana Gaf
Co., of Aurora and Morehead, Young & Co., OF st.
Louis, Mo-, indicate what the West can do with her
| corn, rye and wheat. In gin there Is case from
Maddox, Of Cincinnati, and case OF cocktails from
Ledard of New York. the mystery OF which no pre-
Stunning American ventured to explain to HIS
Majesty.
THE WOMAN or JOHN MATTHEW'S.
But If this Austrian Emperor fancies that we
drink nothing but wines and those Installations OF
grain he has only to look at this gigantic figure Of
| Americans young woman, heavily silvered in
robust condltion-ofering all the world glass OF
| soda water. II your correspondent entered into
the history Of this figure he would be another
Homer with an Iliad, and this the Helen OF his
verse. "Ah" said poor. kindly, generous Van
Buren, one morning l met him In one of the
sad walks he used to take over these of his
former greatness; "Ahl" he said, mo one knows
the trouble have had with that woman" l was
afraid to ask him the story; but learn that there
was difficulty and bad feeling about
the commission that gave her this sta
ton than in any other feature Of the ex-
hibitOn. 1t was believed, among the other
fancies which found life in Vienna, that there
would be an irrepressble thirst for soda water
among the viennese. So John Matthews, OF New
York. established this silvered woman in high state
ut her feet a many-mouthed fountain, from which
the soda was to gush and seek affnities in dainty
syrups and creams and bless the waiting null
tltude. Well, after the woman was duly published
and the fountains made ready, it was found that
an American and English company had the monop
oily OF selling soda water in all the grounds SO
the woman of John Matthews stands there, and
the fountains are dry; and the imperial visitor
looked at with an inquirng look that no one could
explain. can think OF nothing more difficult OF
explanation than immense woman statue,
rudely fashioned In u modern costume, holding
out glass mug; and if the Emperor had
sent the police during the night 10 remove 1t as an
anomaly or problem or mysterious lncitement
to disorder and revolution it would not have
created much il-feeng in our American councils.
But the Emperor was quite civil to the prepUster-
Gus creature and kept his way.
OILS FROM THE MINES AND FRUITS AND VEGETABLE
| WORLD.
For here looming up before us, many tinted.
| bright all the coOrs OF the rainbow rejected, In
TALL delicate taperng jars, is what America has
done IN the way OF OILS. OIL too, must be hOnored as
modest substance. without complaining qualities,
remembering, we must, how badly 1t has been
used by the poets ana dreamers. This is not
good showing when We know what America could
do. But, as we mean to give Oil to the world OF
any desired quality or favor, let us see what
attracted the EmperOr-fOr attracted he was
, examining each contribution curiously, and ask
ing his companions the name OF each control
ling ingredient. To begin with, there were
blocks of refined neutrality-suspicious. from Penn
sylvania reduced into the best shape by Stephen
son Bros. 4 Co.. OF Philadelphia. There was petro-
leum again. black as it came from the deep,
cavernous beds where it had rested for ages, gath
ering virtue and fitness through the silent thou
sands OF years, for the OF man, from the
Oleophlne Oil Company OF New York; and at its
side other petroleum for burnng-clear, yellow,
shining, refned-the uginess and explOsiveness OF
temper banished, ready for the parlOr and bed
chamber, to brighten and gladden., let us trust,
happy domestic homes Petroleum in many shapes
and qualities and colors-from Gest Il Atkinson, OF
Cincinnati; rom Burckhardt Co., of the same city;
from the Eclipse Lubrcating Company oiNew York;
from +. $. Pease Of Buffalo, and on in all embrace
ing multitudinous grades OF essential OiIs-ois from
the mineral, animal and vegetable worlds. Thomas
Emery's Sons, Of Cincinnati showed what kind of
oil could be made OF wool. Caswen, Hazard & Co.,
| of New York, had cod liver oil for the bOdy's
uses. From Louisiana we were glad to see many
cotton oils, refined and crude shown by Syman-
ski, OF New Orleans and the managers OF the Bcn-
vile Works Of the same city, There were essential
oils from Hale 4 Parsha and II. G. Hotchkss, OF
Lyons, N. y; from J. b. HOrner, of New York city;
the oil of wintergreen from Van Deusen Brothers,
Kingston, N. Y; an oil Tor watches and sewing
machines from W. F. Nyc, OF New Bedford. Bridge
Il Son, of New Orleans, showed what Louisiana
could do in oils and rOsns, while McKesson Rob-
bins did the same service for New York. There
was oil from spearmint, sassafras, from winter
green and peppermint, and other substances that
one cannot follow without exhausting the imegin-
alton. These were shown by Paine Brothers, New
York; L. b. Hotchkiss, Phelps, N. Y. The Emperor
passed slowly around the collection, noting espe-
cially hickory Oil for Salads and expressing his
admiration for the ingenuity and taste shown in
the display, asked Mr.. Jay, with q smile, whether
there was any known substance from which his
people had not succeeded In extracting oil.
ORES, METALS AND STONES.
This however, Is not all the earth Of America
Yields, no doubt thought the Emperor, as he paused
in front OF an ungainly honest mass Of Tennessee
COAL Ofiron and coal, copper and silver ores, sui
phur, salt and gold quartz, marbles stones anu
phosphates, there was an interesting varied dis
play-not what might have been more's the pity)
| but much for the studiOus mind. And II l do not
| In q societies and MrmS