Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-11-19

to a more keen sense of their duty.
They have brought back backsliders,
and have alarmed thousands of sim
ners. The requests for prayers
come from every state in the Union.
Moody's method is peculiar. He Sc
lects a subject for each meeting and
compels the attention of the audi
ence to that one subject, and moth
ing else. For instance the other
morning, the subject was ''love," !"
frequently good brother would get
at some other phase of Christian
experience, but the moment he did
so Moody would bring him back.
He had to talk of Glove" or nothing.
They now hold five meetings each
day.
A WONDERFUL WORK OF ART.
A memento of interest is the por-
trait of Washington, woven of silk
by the jacquard loom, in Lyons, 20
years ago. Not dozen copies of
this curiosity exist, and the marvel
Gus skill of their workmanship, to-
gether with their rarity, put high
value on those in private hands. The
owners of the jacquard loom woVe
pictures in the same manner of the
crowned heads of Europe. Napo-
leon l, Josephine, Victoria, the Pope,
and Charles x, among the rest
which were always reserved as pres
ents for Sovereigns, one copy being
made for each member of royal
family, after which the frames were
destroyed so that NO more could be
produced. The United States Con-
sui at Lyons seeing these portraits,
suggested to the manufacturers that
there were millions of sovereigns IN
our country, and it would be well to
present them with a picture of their
Washington. The firm, Ponson, Phi
lippe s. Viberty, agreed, if the Con-
sui would send an authentic portrait
of Washington; an engraving after
Stuart's Washington was selected
as model. The labor of making
one of these silk pictures is some
thing incredible. 1t took two years
to construct the loom, three engi-
neers worked at the design, and 28,-
900 sheets of cardboard were used in
the weaving. The chain is of white
silk, the filling of black and white,
each stitch, guided by passing
through a perforated bit of card,
which as it was used, rose to the top
of the loom and was cut off. The
best of the finest silk is used for
these woven pictures. An expert
selected from hundred pounds of
the choicest raw silk only ten pounds
fit for the purpose, the rest going to
make superlative dress silks. Of the
portraits made, the first was for
Mr.. Goodrich, whose idea it was to
have this imperishable souvenir of
Washington; three others were pre-
sented through him to the cities of
Boston, New York and Philadel-
phia. One now hangs in the Boston
Atheneum, the New York copy is in
the Governors room at the City
Hall. A few others found their way
by gift or exchange to private hands. |
Consul Goodrich entreated that |
copies bought be multiplied and sent
here, urging that fortune might be
made by the sale of them, but the
Frenchmen shrugged their shoulders,
obstinate on a point of pride which
was with them to keep these weaV-
ings unique. Mr.. Goodrich was
lately offered 5000 for his picture
by millionaire of this city, who is
a collector of curious things, but
this offer was no temptation. A copy
of this silk engraving is in the pos
session of Mr.. o. S. Baldwin of
Brooklyn.
The picture has every appearance
of steel engraving in line and stip-
pie, is peculiarly soft and rich in
shading, and an admirable study of
Stuart's portrait Of the thousands
who have seen one of the five first
copies in the Governors room, not
one in ten thousand has had the
slightest idea that it is one of the
marvels of the 10th century inven-
tions. No one detects the fabric
except by closest scrutiny, but it is
silk, and well nigh imperishable.
THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
Gov. Sam Tilden, few months
ago, was confident of being the next
Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency. He had it all fixed. His
programme was to help to beat Al
len in Ohio, which would settle him;
to help elect Pershing in Pennsylva-
MIA, which he could afford to do,
Pershing having no Presidential as
pirations, and then to make his name
the rallying cry of the Democracy
of New York, which was to carry
the State by 10000. A pretty pro-
gramme was it not? But somehow
it didn't work. Allen was barely
beaten in Ohio, Pershing was un-
mercifully beaten in Pennsylvania,
and the cry of 'Tilden and Reform"
was beaten 10000 in the city of
New York, and escaped defeat in
the State by only $4,000! Where
does that leave the calculating Til
den? Allen is as strong as ever he
was, and if there is a man on earth
who has earned the undying hatred
of Western Democrats that man is
Tilden. Pennsylvania Democracy
owes him nothing, for with his help
they were beaten out of their boots,
and no man from New York need
enter the ring who has Tammany
stuck to him, and who came so near
sinking his party in the State. Exit
Tilden. If he ever had chance it
is gone. Small men should never
undertake large combinations. The
Democracy must look elsewhere for
a candidate.
And when it comes to point. the
people of New York are not as fond
of the Democracy as they were on
general principles. Now
THAT TAXES ARE HIGHER THAN EVER,
they remember that the city has
been under Democratic rule for
years. and for whatavar ;s boJ;