The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-20

moved muscle. The old lady knit ne ,,
brows, and raising her voice TO snrili
scream, said: "a little deaf L sup
poser" The cavalryman didn't winE' a
wicked reporter, who stood at her elbow,
said, TRY him again, aunty; Try MIN
again; l guess he don't understand what
YOU saw" aNo shan't" replied the old
lady, mo I shan't; wonder wnere on
arth he comes from that he don't KNOW
no manners" The reporter whispered
confidentally in her ear: "He don't
speak our language: he is Herzegoven.
ian from the wild islands of Bulsaris."
"You don't say SOP said the old lady,
"he comes all the way from therel Wal,
l kind O. thought he did, but l never
could bear them nasty furreners." And
she, with disdainful toss of her head, was
wheeled off to examine the other sights of
the great exhibition. l don't wonder
that she was deceived; for never in my
life have | seen such a miracle ofartistic
elegance and grace They are not mere
ly stuffed figures, but excepting the
breathing apparatus, genuine living men.
They look you quietly and calmly in the
face from eyes as human as you ever
gazed at. Youare prepared to hear them
speak at any moment, and no man in his
senses would ever dream of taking the
slightest liberty with them, for fear Of
being tickled in the flank with aSwedish
sword or bayonet.
BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART.
Immediately across the aisle is another
group by the same or kindred artist. 1t
is Laplander and his wife ard child.
They are both of low stature,
and with faces bronzed by exposure.
They are clad in garments made of
skins in patterns coarse and rude. The
mother holds little case in her arms
similar to those in which the Indian wo-
men of OF our own land carry their pap
pooses In it is dead infant; its little
eyes are sweetly closed in the last, long
peaceful sleep. The mother is looking
down on the little ones face with look
of the most unutterable love, but with
an agony that is as once undesirable
and heart rending. Her lips are Compress
ed, her eyes swollen and red and you can
almost hear the bitter cry of anguish
that wells up from the sad and desolate
heart of this stricken Lapland Niobe.
The father stands little way apart
he too has his eyes sadly fixed on
the face Of his dead child;
the big tears are starting unbidden
from his eyes, and you almost expect to
see them drop upon the floor. The little
boy who has been weeping also, looks
like dwarfed old man; there is nothing
childish about him; nothing loving or
lovely. His features are fixed and hard,
speaking of abuse and suffering untold,
and not at all calculated to make US in
love with Lapland childhood. The sad
faces of the group haunt You for hours
after you have lett them, and as exquisite
works of art are entitled to high rank
among the wonders of the Exhibition.
The groupe of the old clockmaker is also
worthy of special mention, but beguiled
by the beauty of the subject, l have
already given this department more
space than | intended. Passing along
little further. Spain is represented by
a building that looks like the entrance to
al Egyptian tomb. On one side of the
portal is likeness of Columbus, on the
OlllcT HIS S'ltlouS NSu'Sh ASo-
bella. On opposite panels on the inside
are Hernand Cortez and Ponce de Leon.
The contributed treasures of Arragon
and CASTLE did not impress me unfavor-
ably. Lazy soldiers, clad in insignificant
uniforms, loll around on the counters and
the benches. The stufis exhibited are
tawdry and cheap, and no one seems to
know murh about them / do not
wish to be thought captious, or to
find fault with the exhibit of a
country torn by intestine discord, and
fighting for national life, but as l wan
dered about among the evidences of her
ruin and decay, rather than her progress,
| could not help wishing that among the
flags that foatcd on every side, could
discover the banner of the single star,
which would give the stamp of nation
atty to the beautiful Queen OF the An
titles. Everything is in confusion there,
and got learned Dutch friend who is
versed in the lingo of Spain to PROFOUND
tie inquiry to the gentleman on
guard, rs to how long before they
would be ready After a spirited
colloouy. my friend informed: Dot
blaze don't be ready since about doc
weeks.
TURKEY CARPETS.
Turkey Is represented by an exceeding
" dull show of carpets and rugs that