The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

PAPER MACHE RARETIEs.
Duplicates of Famous Relies to BE
Seen for Nothing.
From the New York Press.

FROM the New York Press.
Those who want to enjoy the sensation
promised by Joe, the Fat Boy, to poor
Mrs. Wardle. when he remarked to her
pleasantly, L wants to make your flesh
creep" will get it at a show window on
Fulton street. The window is filed with
a most remarkable array of Instruments
suggestive of horrors-wars. beheadings
fortunes, lifelong imprisonments and sIa-
very on the galleys. There are suits Of
armor, apparently ponderous, old, bat
tered helmets, rusty knightly swords
which Immediately suggest to a mind that
loves to dwell on auld lang syne-
Their bones are dust,
Their good swords rust
Their souls are with the saints, we trust
Then there are letters, foot chains with
the iron cannon balls attached. war
hatchets, pixies, daggers heavy KEYS from
terrible, tyrannical PRISONS poniarCis
scimiters, headsmen's axes-everythins
greWSome that can appeal to the creepy
feeling and bring strange thoughts to the
nineteenth century man as he views the
The attention of the writer was natur-
ally attracted to the show as he passed
down Fulton street one day not long ago
| say naturally because it is. after ali.
human nature TO be attracted irresistfblv
by something that will make your flesh
creep. When hangings were public snec-
tacies half the town would shut up shop
to go and look at them. Most of the ar
ticles exhibited that day were replete with
fascinating historical interest Their
titles. were given in bold writing on card
Here was a Gallo Roman shield of the
fourth century. In another corner was
the sword of the Duo dAquitaine, A. d
76S. Near by laythe poniard of Rayairac
with which Henry of Navarro was as.
sassinated in the streets of Paris in 1910.
There was an extraordinary Ratchet with
six blades, used at the battle of Pavie.
1875. There was an interesting ball and
chain used on state prisoners in the reign
of Louis Nv. An iron chain and "'priso-
ner's necklace" provoked vivid and shud
chain used in the Bastile-ugh! more
and more shuddersome!
A few other, weird objects lay around.
such as a. double neck yoke used in an
Gent galleys and prison fortresses; a de-
capitation sword, five feet long a heads
mans AK OF the fourteenth century, a
mace or war hammer of the thirteenth
century, an ancient Saxon Ratchet, the
helmet and gauntlet of Henry III of Eng
land, the breaStplate of his armor. en-
graVed with the arms and insignia of the
order of the golden fleece, and-a Grecian
1900. sd EHf
that was a pretty big claim for the old
Ratchet but after all" I argued, ''thev
are all the time digging away at old ruins
and are finding all sorts, of things that
lead back nearly to the food
l looked again and my eyes bulged as !
beheld a weapon tagged Sword of Joan
of Arc" Well. after all, that might be
AL right, too, though how the dickens
did this fellow ever manage TO make such
wonderful, rare and expensive colec-
ton and exhibit it in a Fulton street
might pass by?
Again: Roman dagger of Brutus, with
sheath, with which dagger, not sheath)
julius Caesar was assassinated." Well.
And. : thought /. lam gazing at the
very dagger that struck down the very