, 1876-06-09
Things to Be Seen in the Belgian
Department.
A Carved.0ak Pulpit, and Table In
Mosaic.
Flne'Iooking Cloths...Ftre.Arms from,
Lfege...Poor Old Hhcntl
Tho Collection Of Lsoea-How Laoes Are
Woye1-Tha Telemeter.

beyond the stantl where, unit! recently, Gill
morc's Hand daily Eays us n concord Of sweet
souMts, yotl como upon :hc section occupied hy
Belgium. The first tlAin, to catch your eye rs
you approach thu scctbn Is pulpit Of carved
oak, stumbling some $50, ~ feet high. The card
upon 1t says that IL was carved by
.Ioscph Gayes, Of 1ouvnin; and rcry
hard work Joseph mist hnve performed in
making the pulpit ltf, valued at 90, eco franca;
and, II anybody really wnnts n pulpit, think
he would ii'id this cheap ut Tho figure put upon
It, It is III the style ef the tIftccntll century,
and resembles tho eak puipts that you sec III
the churches oil over Europe. The panels arc
In high relief, and represent scenes In tie ifc of
Christ, alt ngood tnstc, and evidently executed by
an experienced hand. On the top Of the pulpit
there nrc four angels, ono at cach corner; while
the bnse Ia ornAncntcd With lcnycs ani fruits cut
Into the solid wood The whole work IL neat and
tasteful. aud the pnlp! Is probably the only IN
tho Exh!bfioa, unless there sho,.ld happen to be
somo In tho Swiss Department. have heard Of
pulpit which some English house made recently,
and talked Of scndng out, but, for nome reason,
did not do TO- don't think there Ia iron pplplt
In Philadelphia, but thcso several pulpts With
liberal amount OF brass In them.
Close BY this pntp!tta
A TAnLE IN BKLolAn MosArc,
evidently OF white marble, with tho design stained
into BY some peculiar psocess. Several inventors
hase riea the'. hands at co!oring marbles, and
nearly ali Of them. be1ryc nm nnnIIe IN .t1n
tha .,,a.,n,n ~ ~. ",e' ~. us "ao a.up
where they want It. A few ycars ago. q patent
process wns shown mo !u Now York which prom.
tscd to do wonders IN the way Of colorsng nHrbe;
hut, when nskcd II Inc lines cunld bp trlced upon
n,antci or tombstone with pictures, tho Inventor
confessed that thoEc was hls great tsonble. The
difficulty. and II s,, n mod thInp S,s sc1 frrcr
Tl1crs afe mny t,scs 10 which II can be- pnpiicd 10
thu ct,l1Ts nre moi afsctrd hv thc wcstirr Il iIi
furnish Il great xaying In lettering to,nlstoncs %nJ
nr aiont Il q n r 1se9 W ihs nG
II tim frnJnr whlcf i. sur1nn,nt"i hw fSn ",,ns ~
Ileuinu,. Morn inter,.tIn, linn fbis ~ " T s,4,
row, oT rather two iung rows of frames o. nui cascs @
containing ~, a,,,, ,,a-,,, S"'''
NJ r,c,t v,,tetx ~ rra,,as nn o,,,,,a. 1,,
Hssns are sharp coupcsisors WITH The Rnnll., IN
nc"s pn ths rampca crn ve m ne
bat tbey can underasi ihn nnr;s IN non, S
- N % @,,sls T. :a3 I t6s qualities s9aai 70
eyc viii. n tf,r tn;c, fhv ~ ~ ne nd MG ~ e
ii lste years the jcrjans hnye niyen m'ch @ att:,
nTn ncrrsaIr aynrx .,,r ~ t's' Oh" .tc,r ea1s
snn,njs.s nf wal was,r hct,.r tnnw, st'u.s ~ IN ~
sIoddy. IL susciousv ncur thc cn1hs ond =" ~ ,ds ~
to"rth"5 as p"nd as th ans n a.
othcr thnps u thla wotii.' '''' INV N''''
eoos IN III soJ co,. ahs aa Gtne. so
fhcy "1 mol M etirartivc nn1 y. w. w.
cloitn. Thcre L. m "xl1ii, of icad sn iro. f. ~
tyro In tnlrtnv conit, mi m1stnk.. l. Th"to e
some ano Clocks, viii, TIC case adornsd 1 wjtS S
,nalachits. which makes aa ssceednsly prst.y ap.
I;hnrinrol-fnmone for its ,,,an,,foc,urc. of vo-t