The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-11-20

and the caftan OF the Arab. PIC
turesque, indeed, these fierce sons
of the desert look in the midst Of
the throng; their dark faces peer
ing out from the folds of their
snowy burnouses, while the glitter
ing dagger and keen sword which
hang suspended from their girdles
serve as a wholesome warning to
the curious spectator not to make
too close an inspection, or too un-
ceremonious acquaintance.
Grave and stately men are these
| Arab chieftains. I sometimes doubt
if they even smile; they are accom-
panied by a few Of their women and
from the limited opportunity I have
had for inspection, I should say
I that their charms were not of a
. character to make them in danger
of christian spoliation. The men
have, some Of them, handsome
noble facts, heads over which the
sculptor would delight to linger,
but the women are short and
stumpy with pug noses and little
ferret eyes, which make them the
most unattracti7e of human crea.
utures. I can now understand why
the Arab thinks more Of his horse
than he does of his wife, for the
horse is both pretty and fast and
the wife is neither one or the
other. If Rachel looked thus
Jacob paid a fearful price for her,
even with herd of goats thrown
into the bargain and if Leah was
not. as good looking as her sister,
T should regard it as one Of the
frightfulest swindles ever recorded
in history. In no one thing is the
silent but rapid change which is
going on in Europe. more percep-
tible than it is in national costume.
It is only in the small towns and
villages that you can find the dis
tincti7e national characteristics. In
Berlin or Vienna, at Frankfort OF
Brussels, the people you meet are
dressed all alike, and are in nothing
different from the people in Lon
don, Paris or New York. The
would-be belle of St. Petersburg
drags her costly founces through
the mud with as much nonchalance
as her trauscontinental sister, and
glories as much in all the mysteries
Of rats, mice, crimpers, pull backs,
thingamsbobs and whatdeyecallums,
as the fashionable danes of Liver
pool and Manchester, Boston or
Philadelphia. But it is a delight.
full thing to see them grouped to-
gether, for in France there are
more distinctive lines of character.
The soldier, with his dashing uni
form; the priest, with his immense
hat and his somber flowing robes;
the grey monk, in sandaled feet
and shayen head, his robe Of coarse
stuff and his girdle Of twisted rope,
lend constant variety to the pic
ture.
The awards, as usual, have caused
all sorts of bitterness and heart
burning. And this has been the
history Of every International Ex-
hibition since 1851. Firms that
have expended thousands upon
thousands, and have looked for
ward with certainty to the honor of
q gold medal and find their hopes
annihilated by a bronze medal or
merely honorable mention. AS
long as men are men, it is impossi-
BILE that it could be otherwise, for
6 preponderance of friends on the
most impartial jury in the world is
dangerous to the cause of justice.
The season of fetes is about CON-
mencing, and it is somewhat re-
markable that the great military Of
a few weeks ago was participated
in by the royal representatives of
the very nations that have done
more to destroy the military as
cendancy Of France than all the
rest of the world combined. At
the final review on the 18th at
Vincepnes, as the Russian Grand
Duke and the Prince Of Wales
dashed down the line, flags were
dipped, arms presented, and hun
dreds of thousands roared them
selves hoarse for the descendants
of the men who drove their fathers
back through the binding SHOWS
of Russia and hurled her shattered
battalions all bleeding and torn
from the field of Waterloo. The
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