The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-12
OLD WORLD TALES.

LONDON, March 23-The cultivation
of the vine in Palestine has largely in
creased of recent years, and now a
syndicate has been formed to export
the different vintages. 1t appears that
the German settlement established in
this country-always the Germans
and, we blush to add, certain religious
bodies, set this bad example which has
been followed by natives of the place
Now the hills and valleys over whose
acres walked those blessed feet" as
Shakespeare says, once uncultivated,
have been transformed into vineyards,
producing both red and white wines
which are said to be really good. The
grape in the Holy Land is generally
white, large, sweet and agreeable to
the taste. Hebron and it's neighbor-
hood, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and st.
John, include now about 1920 acres of
vineyards. Different kinds of brandy
which were formerly only consumed in
the country, are now being prepared
for the foreign market, the mountain
grape, particularly full of alcohol, be-
ing especially suited to this particular
manufacture. A special brandy of the
country is made at Bethlehem, and
when this has been properly dealt with
it will be formidable rival to good
cognac. Think of calling for a petit
verre off bethlehem" with your coffee
after dinner!
Sir John Millais, the new P. R. A,
is universally admitted to be the right
man in the right place; therefore, his
natural modesty and love of retirement
have been overruled. His devotion to
his art is all-absorbing. He started
CT ~ he of Tod in no
academy at II, and carried off all pos
sible honors from the academy schools
by the time he was twenty 1t is pleas-
ant to recall the fact that it was his
portrait of his wife, exhibited in his
marriage year, 1867 which first made
him famous. Handsome Lady Mallais
is, happily still by his side to share
in his well earned honors. What
worker he is! He cares nothing for
luxury, though his house and studio
are marvels of every kind of beauty,
for he prefers painting in the open air.
utterly regardless of wind or weather
A fellow artist, who was once privi-
legged to go on a tour in Scotland with
him, relates how they otter sat all day
in their wet clothes, in a penetrating
highland rain, trying to seize the elu-
sive beauty of the foliage around them
and the exquisite tints of the MOSES
on the rocks.
France is to have a new series of
postage stamp. The work of design
ing has been trusted to M. Grasset,
and he has just finished the prepara-
ton of his designs, which have been
approved by the postal authorities. The
new stamps will have but one figure,
that of a woman representing France, |
with one hand on a sword, the other
holding an olive branch; and on the
right, instead Of a second figure, as in |
the old stamps, there will be the value.
In order to obviate the risk of forgery
NJ. Gasset will employ a novel and
strange tone of coloring. The stamps
will be printed in blue ON blue, and in |
green on green, which will give them
an entirely new appearance. The date |
of issue is not yet known, but all stamp
collectors are already looking out for
this-to them-great event. No doubt, |
at first some high prices will be real
lied, as enthusiastic collectors are al |
most as anxious to obtain the first of |
a new issue as the rarest old stamp.
Sargenfri, which means in Danish
free from care is the charming name
Carl will lead his future bride, pretty
Princess Maud. With each of the roy
al residences in Denmark Princess
Maud is as intimately acquainted as
with her own home in England. A
capital rider she always leads the gal
op down the beautiful shady drives
Of the parks. A light and graceful
skater, she shows herself an apt and
ready pupil of her Danish cousins, who
have ice at their disposal for one-half
IF the year, and when summer rules,
he little pleasure boats in the bay
give her plenty of opportunities of
showing how deftly she can manage a
sail and an oar.
There has been a tremendous flutter
n Russian court circles anent the or
Ter Of the Czarina commanding that
none OF her ladieS-in-w waiting are to
smoke cigarettes. Russian ladies are
nveterate smokers, and the Dowager
5zarina is said to have favored the
labit herself The young. empress.
however, has a perfect sdetestation of
eeing cigarette in woman's mouth,
md, in fact, also objects to the habit
# smoking in men. Indeed, since his
marriage, his majesty has not been
early SO devoted to the we'll known !