The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-03-19

tatlon, Is the masterpiece OF the ar
list Sir Francis Chantrey, The
Sleeping Children" Two little sis
tiers clasped in each others arms, are
before you with every aspect of life,
save the marble hue. The grace and
abandon is indescribable. and the
pillow on which they rest, looks as
if a breath might dent its downy
fullness.
Were we not afraid of wearying
our readers with cathedrals, we
would like to tell them many things
about the one at Worcester, about.
twenty miles southwest of Birming
ham. There are cathedrals and
cathedrals. Where grandeur, age,
and history meet you at every one,
descriptions will be monotonous,
whereas therealities are not so. This
cathedral is only a few years younger
than the one at Litchfeld The pre-
sent editice was commenced by the
only Saxon bishop, whom the Con
queror permitted to retain his see,
and dates from 1854. As we stood
within the magnificent doorway, the
hour of noon pealed from the tower,
followed by beautiful air rung by
the chimes, and repeated several
times. Richness, elegance and taste
are apparent IN every part within.
The whole cathedral was thoroughly
restored in 1861, consequently there
is no impression of the painful pas
sage of time connected with 1t. 1t
only seems at the height of its per
feet prime. In the center of the
choir is the recumbent efigy of King
John To the left is the chapel of
Prince Aurther, Oldest son of Henry
7th, whose body lies in the center of
the beautiful bay erected IN his mem
DRY. There are two organs, one in |
the choir, and one IN the nave. The
latter is very grand, and cost $4,000. |
One Of the most interesting parts of
this cathedral is reached by a des-
cending stairway Here we enter
the crypt, which is the Oldest portion 1
of the building, and Is Of Norman |
architecture The pillars are many,
are of plain round stone. and ar
ranged with regularity. The arches
between are not lofty, bat most sym
metrical, and the effect Of the light, as
1t Is lost amid the more distant col
umns, is very beautiful. The effect |
is of beautiful subterranean church.
The refectory and cloisters enclose a
square. Between each column in
the cloisters is large window, and
to each window was monk. That
is, here were placed the tables at
which the monks sat, while execut-
ing all the beautiful pen and ink
work Of the earliest centuries. Each
column IS pierced with d square
opening, IN perfect line with al the
others. Thus the prior standing at
one end. could tell at glance
whether each monk was faithfully at
work or not. The Chapter House
has attractions of its own. 1t de-
5cribes q perfect circle within and
the roof Is supported by a central
pillar, from which spring ten ribs
equi- distant from each other. These
form the basis of the ten arches into
which the ceiling is divided, the
highest point Of each being
forty five feet from the floor.
The famous Royal Pottery works
are within five minutes walk of the
just as we entered the
gates the workmen were all going to
Inner, consequently we were unable
% see the works in operation but en-
oyed a half an hour in the show
'ooms, where every variety of the
ware produced at the factory is on
exhibition and is for sale Time
Ices not permit to tell of visits to
-arious manufactures in Birming
lam, baskets, saddlery, glass, Jew
Try and others-nor of a long day
spent at the interesting factories Of
Sheffield. This city contains 100000
inhabitants, and is noted for its
especially of steel
FOODS. The streets are narrow; the
loud of smoke that overhangs it is
more dense than any city visited
ret. The houses are how (compaTa
ively) and huddled together The
actories visited were wholly utili
arian in their arrangements. Even
show rooms were wanting
ave at Jos. Rodgers q Sons. Here
we're two handsomerooms fitted with
legant show cases, and displaying a
complete and wonderful line of
FOODS, also countless novelties in the
rade which we had never seen be
ore. In the center of one show case
vas d standard nearly three feet
Ugh; from this standard projected
ranches in the form Of Maltese
ross. These branches were com
,osed of knife handles, and the
blades were opened out at every con
eivable angle They were Of all
ICES and shapes, and the number Of
blades equaled the years Of the
Christian era, 1887. Next year they
viii add another blade and so con-
inGe.
sale of an Extensive Cattle Ranch.