The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-07-31
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Gun PARIS LETTER.
PARIS, July II. 1878.

A1iCitct INV t(nASto III tlO
Retrospective Exhibition at the Tro-
csdero, and today we will visit it to
make a brief examination Of the an
tiqne aud medieval displays Of Por-
tugal, bsfsre we pass to the detached
and interesting shows facing the bill
opposite the Champ de Mars. In
Portugal We nave q people whose
history is greater than their map. 1t
was one of the most glorious of the
fifteenth AID sixteenth centuries.
There are before Us memorials of
its great poets, Of its bold navigators.
Of its venturesome conquestadors, of
its chivalrous heroes, and enlightened
princes of the olden time. The
eclipse came with the domination of
Philip H., of the House of Austria,
which was elected by a revolu.io . y
movement in the time of Cromwell.
Dom Pedro of Brazil is the heir, ac-
cording to the spirit Of those princes,
and be is q splendid living illustration
of the Artist theory. Qualities of
the race which had given it peculiar
~lustre, after lying cryptic for ages.
reappearsd in him. and in a tropical
atmosphere not propitious to mental
or moral vigor.
On the missal of one of these Por-
tuguese princes, a contemporary Of
Henry VIII, we find brought into
the ornamentation of the borders,
mathematical instruments, charts,
and nautical appliances.
la the cathedral Of Coimbra, l am
told that statues of men distinguished
in literature, science, and statesman
ship are fitted in the inches. Por,u-
gal is in the path of steady progress.
Her primary schools are as good as
those of any other European people ;
the maps executed by their pupils
are very meritorious.
In this collection is a bed made by
a Lisbon artisan and decorated by
the pencil of Raphael its estimated
value is 300. 900 fr, but it is not for
sale.
Here also is a desk veneered with
sandal wood; it is unique in its kind,
and at the fall of Morocco, in 1911,
was taken out of the palace of Mulay
Mahomed, by Nuno Noz de Castillo,
q Spanish Knight in the Portuguese
service. From a desk of this shape
and height, long legged stools, and
literary habits, are to be inferred.
Next let US glance at the elegantly
shaped faience vessels, the rich cid
Indian carpets, and shawls sent from
Portuguese merchants at Goa TO lady
chapeIs in their own country, and at
the fligree Jewels worn by a sister of
the Emperor Charles the fifth. Genoa
NAV have borrowed her manufacture
of fligree ornaments from Lisbon.
In the Spanish, Portuguese, Egyp'
tiar, a1d other foreign exhibitions oi
retrospective industrial art, visitors
are allowed to make sketches 10 their
note books. They have not the same
privilege in the French sections
There is there a strict rule forbidding
them to reproduce what they see in
any hammer or form, and pains are
taken to keep out those persons who
appear to have serious or absorbing
work to attend to. 1t is to be regret
ted that NJ. Kral'z, who has charge
of this department, should have al.
lowe ed the noble exhibitors to make
their own terms. The market value
of most of the things ia the left wing
of the Trocadero has been enhanced
by admission to it The public pays
for the building in which they are
exhibited, and ARE Is taken that the
public shall reap nobene6t from the
outlay. twenty-five visitors at a
time are admitted, and only from
noon till 4 o'clock.
Among the isolated buildings or
the Trocadero side of the Seine, We
fad en- Algerian aud a Tunisian pal
Gee, a japanese peasants house and
gardens. a Chinese bazaar and 9
wealthy merchants residence, q Nor
wegian country residence built o
wood, o pattern Of excellent carpen
try. The Anthropological Museum
showing hcw the human skull has
developed since the age Of stone ant
the pavilion Of the Shah OF Persia
There are in the Anthropologica
collection skulls and facial casts o
some of the worst criminals who
have been condemned to death sine;
Gall and Spurzheim excited an in
terest in phrenology, and also o
such distinguished personages a:
Scott, Priestly, Humboldt and Lam
airline. When looking at the narrow
villaiuous heads of the former it is
difficult 10 avoid the impression thai
they were fatally impelled to yield
to temptation. Scott could no moro
have helped enriching the literature
Of his country than the rose bust
can avoid blooming when planted 10
favorable soil. This, il will be said
is o discovery after the fact, but tht
doctrine is very generally acknowl
edged today, that much that is bes'
in ourselves we " to our ancestors
and since We derive our evil instinct:
from them too, we should be hpmbl,
even in the climax Of success, an(
be pitiful toward those who ill oul
prisons. 1t is past generations tina
have made Us what We are, Int We
can improve their work under tht
pressure Of high neral stimuiant:
and favorable religious influences.
The Shah's pavilion is a palace Of
mirrors. The roof in glass stalae
tites reaects powerfully the light. |,
is q cross-fre of rsinbows. n mil
lion Of pieces of quicksilvered glass
cut into facets line the walls. The
colors Of the carpets and curtains
are reflected in them along with tbs
refractions of tie prismatic hues
Sofas and chairs are covered will
! shawl stutfs of many colored ,inis
like unto, enc may suppose, the coat
of Joseph. Fbc eye speedily tires
of this iridesesat chamber, 10 which
the visitors face is multiplied dd in
| fRitam. One must be a fashionable
beauty, or "a vain as Gen. Banks, to
enjoy seeing ones face multiplied q
million fold ia y small. room.
c. A S.
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a Tennessee Tragedy.
NASHVILLE, July 2i-In an uf-
fray this morning between Samuel
nh, and E3uin Nath.niel -Jera