The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-12
TIE ROTHSOHILD CIIATEAU,
A Dazzling Collection Of tho Splendid
and the Beautiful.

With princely liborality Baron
Rothschild admits any ono to his
Fairyland who takes tho trouble to
write for permission, and however
much we may have been thinking of
Haroun al Raschid, King Solomon
and the Thousand and Ono Nights
| beforehand, we shall not be disai,-
pointed. Quitting tho railway at
the cheerful little town Of Langley,
we drive past handsome country
houses and well-kept flower gardens,
and thon gradually ascend road
winding amid hill and ,lley up to
the chateau, Il graceful structure i'll
white marble, or 50 it seems, proud
ly commanding the wido landscape.
The flower gardens aro ablazo Of
colors, and the orange trees give
delicious fragrance as we ascend
the terrace ascend, indeed, being
hardly tho word applicable to steps
sloping SO easily upward, and SO
nicely adjusted to the human foot,
that climbing Mount Blanc, under
the same circumstances, could be
accomplished without fatigue. Il
is impossible to give any idoa of the
different kinds of maynifcence that
greet us on every side. Now little
Vatican world in tapestries, having
for background sky-biue satin and
rose now II dining hall, sombre,
gorgeous and ma es5ic us that Of
Spanish palace now we aro trans
ported to Persia, China and Japan {;
next VIC find ourselves amid un-
speakable treasures of italian and
other marbles. 10 come down to
practical details, it might be sug-
gested to the generous owner Of this
noble treasul . house Of art that the
briefest possible catalogue of his
choicest treasures would unspcskl-
bly, obiige his visitors. There is
hardly piece Of furniture that is
not interesting, alike from historic
and artistic point of view, while some
are chefs Teu0re both in design
and execution, and duz-
zlingly rich in materials. Among
these may be mentioned pair of
chimney ornaments th;ckly hung
with pendants OF precious stones
q piano - which belonged to Marie
Antoinette-the case Of which is
| formed of tortoise-shell richly deco
rated with gold cabinet set with
emeralds, sapphires, and other jew
els }; another composed Of various
precious stones chairs and couches
covered with exquisite tapestry Of
the Louis Quinze period; some rare
specimens of old cloisonnne work,
also Of Florintine mosaics-t
forming small part of this mag
nificent museum. The striking
feature is the great quantity and
variety of rich marbles in every
part, One of the staircases is en-
tirely formed of different kinds of
rare marble, the effect being extra
ordinarily imposing. Elsewhere u
room is divided by Corinthian COL
umns of jasper and porphyry, and
on every side is displayed q wealth
and gplendor in this respect quite
unique. Without doubt, nothing
lends such magnifcence to interiors
as marbles, but they require the
spaeiouspess and princeliness Of
such a chateau as this to be dis
played to advantage. Next in i'm
portance, as q matter of mere deco-
ration. must be cited the tapestries,
of which there is rare and valuable
collection, chiefly in the hall, So
called. and whore they are arranged
about the running gallery surround
ing the pictures. What this hall
must be worth would perhaps
sound fabulous on paper it is
here that some of the most precious
cabinets are found treasures of
ivory, ebony, gems, gold and silver
and the pictures alone represent a
princess dowry. Examples of some
of the great masters are here-Val-
esquez, Rembrandt, Rubons. Claude
Lorraine. Rordone, Reynolds last
ly, among moderns, Jngres and
Hyppolyte Fiandrin. Much might
be said about tho pictures if space
permitted, but they alono are worth
making the journey from Paris to
see.--Fraser's Mugaaine.
The DEAooN's PRAYER.-A good
story is told of deacon in Tennes-
see, who was in the habit Of riding
bucking mule---that is, mule
that can make camels back of it's
straight one, and, by a spasmodie
movement Of it's four legs and hump,