The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-06-23

before. Many were unable to count it, The
| appearance of the strange money created quite
q sensation in town.
THE FRENCH EXHIBITION.
ITALY IN THE GREAT ExHIBrTIoN-THE BIRTH
PLACE OF UNIVERSAL INFORMATION, DEvEL-
OPMENT AND ART-HER WONDERFUL AND
BEAUTIFUL INDUSTRIES - EXQUISITE GLASS
AND IMPRESSIVE sTATUA..z.
Special Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
With reference to esthetical art and he
origin of the newspaper press, as we'll as early
maritime power, must now allude briefly to
ITALY.
We are extremely ignorant of the birth OF
great Influences on general clvil'z stion, rs o
| rule, when asked whore they chiefly originated.
To illustrate my idea, take an index to any of
the serial volumes OF sn encyclopedias, and ask
under each letter of the alphabet, aud before
you get half way down the lists of the frat
letter You discover how little you really do
know, and you feel afraid and ashamed TO go
on to the next. The candid admission of ig
norance is one step to wards intelligence. How
much do We know of the couHtry that is the
cradle, the nursery aud the university of
eethetic art; where the fret ne ewspaper origin
ated; where the primary movement of unlver-
sal information was discussed and developed ;
whore Christian codes and legal formula hrsL
In looking through the italian department.
OF this great iuternational 81 school to-day was,
I am free to confess, extremely panied with my
There may be-, and il is to be hoped only q few,
others like myself. How many residents of
B .ltimore know Maryland Stop and consider
cadet WAS asked what Maryland produced In
bis simplicity and pride ct the time he replied,
principally oysters, canvas.back ducks and
pretty womenT What will the civil cadet
ductions of Italy: Msoaroni, pictures rags
and fess, said Thaokeray, on one occasion.
TwIcs 1 have been to Rome /; sketobed it's
glorious RUNE; studied it's living volumes in
Twice have toured from the boundaries to
the great centre Of Italy, and to-day only have
1 discovered how little, how dreadfully little.
/ know OF itG products Bnd true character.
Let rs look at her productions here in Paris
to-dsy. Mentally look around st the shelves
of literature in the lIbraiy of the whole civil
gold the imprint of tn. impetus to Information
in the one word, Italy. Through the schools
of art, of science, look also, aud my mind re-
verts to Italy. Through the silent cloisters OF
and discover the normal school of Christian
iSy in Italy. Through the ruins OF the grand
forums at Rome my thoughts stray, and hud
the cradle of jurisprudence-in Italy. Where
the bright sun gladdens the hearts of the poor
I find the first spot which gave to the world
the lave of finance and bInkiDg-in lsaly.
From the cabin threshold of crudeness to the
palace salon of perfection ofoivilized man,
look to the history Of Italy. In this depart
ment of the exhibition can be found every de-
ecription of raw products and every degree of
industrial art. Yet Italy has not, strictly
speaking, q commercial character, notwith-
standing her great Genoa of the pact, COM
pared with other COMMITTEES.
In agriculture and the higher arts che has
alwsye been famous. The cereals and minerals
she literally produces and exhibits, and in
both sbe has an untold power and wealth.
They are alone important Her peninsula pro-
duct of sulphur in itself is large source of
wealth, capable of being made still larger
Her lead mines and timber supplies, her silk
culture and cotton fabrics, her straw manufac-
lures and dye works. her wool and mechanical
iDdustries go far to predict her future, as they
point to her past. Industrial Improvements
that lead to much Independence are before me.
The political parliamentary status of Italy
desired by the progressive party" 30 called,
is established. Now 60 on with her native
hidden wealth; bring it forth once more. The
industries of Venice and Murauo, of world
wide celebrity, are to be seen to-day perbaps
in Q better form than ever in this century.
These glsss and mosaic workS Osfore me, COM
bniDg beauty Of form with richness of color,
are alone subiectS of great interest.
The Boffi stti or blown glass, the eDameled
mural glass, such exquisite links in the art
chain of the middle ages, are alone huge de-
partment here. One of the mosRics iS extreme
iy beautiful and interesting, it being precise
reprod action of the spandTils, deaf gned by and
executed under tho supervision of the renown-
in the Church Of Santa Maria del Popolo Rt
Rome. Theye are many of the travelled read
ers of the Sun who will remember this beauti
full chapel and revert to their visit there with
pleasant feelings and memories.
The reliqHGries. made in enfIme glass, enamel
cd in color and gold, with suitable inscriptions
in the Arabic By zantine style, have DO equals
in the world. They are after the form in the
collection cf SignOr Castellani, of Rome, and
bear in their oHnamentAtion . relation to the
bas relief found in the celebrated Island OF
TOrcello. Arab Egyptian lamps twelve feet
high, with elaborate enamel, arabesque oTna-
ments aud precepts from tho Koran; sapphire
vases, thirteen feet high, with the emblszOn-
ments Of the great DOge Gretti, are supeTb
works Of art never seen b-S1re In Publie exhi-
hiSions,