The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-05-05

which he paid fortunes, and which he
kept jealousy guarded from the public,
will now be accessible Those who do
not care for pictures on any other ac
count will have some interest in this
collection, knowing that it represents
value much above $500, 600.
THE FASHIONS.
The medieval linens are something for
which the present has to thank modern
skill and old design. They are stout
damasks, in natural and alf-bleached
shades, relieved by soft dull colors, and
from desirable class of fabrics for use,
GOODNESS, and artistic merit, as they have
much the appearance Of antique bro
cades, copied from old pictures. Linens
are taking their place ar the head of tex
tile fabrics, not excepting silk, for no
other material takes more variety, or can
be adapted to more purposes of utility
and beauty. 1t rivals brocade in lustre,
and cotton in service, while it is now
made to resemble wool in finish and
comfort. The heavy furniture brocades
and tapestries. used in art furnishings,
which look like silk and wooden, are,
one is surprised 70 learn, of linen, dur
able, and what is worth every other con
sideration. wholesome. rs they will not
absorb dust and bad odors as reps and
brocatelle always do. The Venetian
carpets, largely made oi flax, are hand
someas the choicest patterns of Brus-
sells, and wear wonderfully, while they
keep clean and longer than wool
carpets can. Fine mixed cotton and
linen lawns are sold at the low price of
80 cents a yard, and make more. COM
for dresses they do up like new every
time they pass through the. laundress's
hands.
RELIGIOUS.
Moody and Sankey have gone, and the
ministers of the city churches have un-
dertaken to carry on the work that they
began. That is to say, they are endeav
oring to run revivals on their own hook,
in the same manner that the evangelists
did. They have employed better sing
ers than Sankey, to sing Sankey's songs,
and as they all think they are better
orators than Moody, they believed they
could carry on the work better than did
these men. They have all failed. The
fact is they may preach better than
Moody, and their paid singers may sing
better than Sankey, but it don't amount
to straw. They have not the soul in
it that the evangeliSts had, and soul is
what counts. Moody and Sankey were
in earnest, they believe iii what they are
doing, and they were successful. They
al their work, aud having no clap-trap
or nonsense about it, they did good
everywhere; revivals by machiney won't
do, and never did and never will Ii
won't answer to put an opera singer i'll
the place of Sankey, for while he may
be better singer than Sankey, he will
sing as an opera singer, and not as
man who feels that lie is responsible for
the salvation of men. 1t is sad, but it is
true that with the going of the evangel-
lists, the interest in religious matters in
the city is gone. New York will have to
go OH in its sin till they or some other
equally Jealous men comes TO lift it ont.
BUSINESS
is as dali as il can be- There is little
trade going, rents are falling day by
day, thousands upon thousands are out
Of employment, and the outlook is
gloomy. The interior cities are doing
better, it is only the metropolis that is
suffering Take courage outside, and
pity us who are sweating here. Per-
haps il is as well, for big cities are great
curses after all. PIETRo.