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fair in the national archives of France.
The other two works represent the Mis-
sion of Joan of Arc" and the Departure
of Joan of Arc" This is the first time, not
wlthstandfng the ever-increasing popularity
of the French heroine, that any of the
memorable scenes of her life have been
placed on the looms of the Gobelin's. An
other remarkable work to be exhibited is
the portrait of Marie Antoinette and Her
Children which was ordered by the late
president of ths republic, Felix Faure and
Is being especially worked in tapestry as a
present from France to Russia Much less
is now accomplished at the Gobelin works
than was the case $50 or 200 years ago
The reason is obvious. Formerly from 200
to 700 artists were employed, while at the
present time there are only forty.
sevres China.
For eleven years the artistic direction of
the Sevres porcelain mandatory has been
in the hands of NJ. Carrier Belleuse, one of
whose most remarkable exposition works is
THE Republio''-a woman seated with an
olive branch in her outstretched right hand.
1t Is a most delicate composition. Sevres
has few If any rivals in the production of
hne, artistic porcelain. Since 1853 the in
stituton has been government one.
Inc new surtout' or grand centerpiece
Tor the dinner service of the president of
the French republic for use at the official
dinners to be given during the exposition
mas just been completed at Sevres. This
national manufactory has set an example
to private industry without ever competing
with 1t. A liberal subsidy from the French
government has enabled it to follow the
pure precept Of true art and guide public
taste without misleading it. 1t was the
celebrated Nine. de Pompadour who estab-
ished the first royal manufactory of porce-
lain In 1140. at Vienna, whence it was
removed sixteen months later by Louis XIV
to SeVres, where it still remains.
Happy Artists.
Never have artists been more favored
with patronage and place than those of
Sevres, and they have proven worthy of all
the honors bestowed. Their flowers and
vases admit of no classification Chemists
we with each other in the invention of coll
ors and the bleu de roi (the kings blue)
the Pompadour pink. iron red, etc, have
1onoWed each other in rapid succession,
ana have been employed with dazzling ef-
lects. SeVres can boast of a complete col
lection OF all foreign porcelains as well as
specimen products of all the French pot
teries. To give some idea of the value of
SeVres masterpieces 1t may be mentioned
that Napoleon sent to the King of Etruria
vase worth about $50, ,OO0
Historical interest is attached to many
specimens of Sevres porcelain in Washing
ton, where there still exists some pieces of
the cincinnati china presented to George
Washington by the French officers who
fought in the continental army. The same
ofhcers presented Mrs. Washington with a
tea service, the rim of each piece being
surrounded by a chain of thirteen links,
in each of which was the name of one of
the original states In the center of each
plate and saucer and on the side of each of
the other pieces was the monogram of
Martha Washington, surrounded by a green
wreath of laurel and olive leaves.
III S-
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"The Republic

the workman (who is really an artist is en-
gagged is outlined in black on the out
stretched threads. The picture to be copied
is placed behind the workman. In front Of
him is q basket of woods of every possible
color, twenty-four shades of each hue, max
ing IA, 400 shades in all. Some works re-
quire two years or more before they are
complete.
A Gobelin tapestry maker rarely accom-
plishes more than six square inches a day.
Several pieces of tapestry which will be
shown at the 1900 exposition have been in
hand since 1895. The late Gustave Moreau,
the great painter of mysterious allegories,
Evening star., 1900-03-31
A south African Dust-storm.
From Leslie's Weekly.

From Lesiie's Weekly.
In spite of the facts made familiar to all
by the geography and climatic conditions of
South Africa it is difficult for those who
live under the wintry skies of our northern
lattudes to realize that while we have
been looking through frosty window panes
upon landscapes whitened with snow the
terrible drama of war in progress in the
land of the kopje and the veldt, the Mod
der and the Tugela, has been carried on
under a blazing sun. in torrid atmosphere,
and often in rainless and almost desert
region, with all the discomforts and suf-
terngs inevitable under such conditions,
especially for men fresh from the chill and
damp of an English winter, and exposed as
soldiers are who must march and often
fight by night as well as by day
And to the thirst and heat at times al
most intolerable, the British campaigners
Africa are compelled at Times to suffer
from the effects of the dust storms common
to that region, and which sometimes con-
tlnue for long period. They come up
in camp or on the march, for the hlinding
grit sits through the best canvas tents
and penetrates into every corner and crew
ice. not excepting the commissary stores
and cooking outfits, mixing itself up with
the sugar, coffee and other edibles in way
most trying to the palate of every hungry
Tommy Atkins.
If a gallant soldier might be excused at
any time for indulging in what Kiplins calls
lusty ma1edctions it is when he is suffer-
ing both within and without his anatomy
from one of these exasperating cyclones of
African dust. 1t is not easy for any man
to feel sweet and happy or to talk that way
when he is compelled to swallow his allot-
ted peck of dirt all in the brief space of
one day.
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Horticultural Building and Gardens
at the Paris Exposition.
FRENCH NATIONAL MANUFACTURES
Display of GobeIn Tapestries and
Sevres China.
A ARTISTIC PROD UCTIONS



PARIS, March 81, 1900.
Great will be the floral display at the
Paris exposition. The gardeners have made
the utmost of the little space left to them
after the construction of the great build
ings on the Champ de Mars and the Espla-
nades des Invalides. Soon after the gates
of the fair swing open to the public the
tulips and pansies will be in full bloom in
the Palace of Horticulture, on the banks
of the Seine. as we'll as the out-of- door beds
In the gardens or parks of the Trocadero,
where ground has been especially prepared
for the exhibition Of tulips from the Neither
lands-the finest species of these flowers
known
A good display Of Dutch bulbs, the major
ity of which were tulips, was made in 1893
at the Chicago Columbian exposition These
bulbs. which were planted the previous
year, sent out hundreds of thousands OF
root flaments, and when the spring days
of the fair at length dawned, myrads of
cups and bells appeared in gorgeous colors.
The spring visitors to the Chicago eXposi-
ton Will never forget the charming effect.
Some of the stately trees have been re-
moved from the Champs Elysees section of
the grounds because they hid from view
certain very artistic portions Of the facades
of the two new palaces of art No new
born babe ever received more tender care
than has been lavtshed on the trees of
Paris. The curious and careful process by
which they are transported from spot
to another never fails to elicit admra ion
from foreigners and ParisianB alike With
cords and iron apparatus they are carefully
raised from their natural beds, deposited on
special holow-bottom wagons drawn by Sc
date horses, who walk through the streets
so slowly and solemnly that onIookers are
almost inclined to remove their hats as in
the case of a funeral.
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An Uncertain Track.

The battling character of the Bennins
track is another element that has to be
taken into consideration. The track is said
to be three or four seconds faster TO the
mile this year than ever before; but in pre-
vious years 1t has been a profound puzzle
to the professional observation-disclosures 1t
is known as a deep track, sandy and hold
ing. Horses that are as fleet az the wind on
hard, pasteboard tracks, such as they have
in the west. will pin back their ears, swish
their tails and decline to run lick when
they find the sandy, holding surface of the
Benning track, when the track is dry under
them. One of the best Of the handicap
horses around the New York track last
year was Warrenton, hard-traclS animal,
and yet when he raced down here he ran
like fat man." as tie turtles put 1t. Nor
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Groups That Recanae Notable.

From the Chicago Record.
A party of Washington newspaper men
were talking the other day about three Al
bany reporters who became members OF
the cabinet of the President of the United
States-the late Daniel Manning. Secretary
of the Treasury during CIeveland's first ad-
ministration; Daniel s. Lamont, Secretary
of War during Cieveland's second adminis-
trat:on. and Charles Emory Smith, now
Postmaster General. IL was less than
twenty-five years ago that they sat side by
side reporting the proceedings of the New
York legislature.
Col, Michener of Indiana recalls an even
more remarkable combination which ap-
peared in the United States court of In
diana some years ago. Walter q. Gresham
the presiding judge, afterwdrd became Sec
retary of State. Renjam n Harrison who
prosecuted the case. afterward became
President of the United States. aae Thomas
A Hendricks, Vice President Joseph f,
Mcdonald and David Turpie who after
ward became senators, were on the other
side. That group, for dis: inction, was prob
ably never surpassed in a single state: one
President. one Vice President a Secretary
of State ard two United States senators,
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Fine Flower Show.

The tulip beds. the pansies and the
anemones on the Champs Elysees will
charm the eye. In some of the broad grass
plots there will be over 100000 delicately
shaded velvet pansies, To develop pansies
of enormous size has long been one of the
fads of Horticulture Thanks to years of un-
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The deepest ocean temperatures which have
been recorded were taken by he United
states steamer Nero, which is sounding for
the cable between Guam and the Midwav
Islands. At depth of SO 42o feet the wafer
had a temperature of $50 degrees Fahren.
heit, and al 9,e5o feet 1t was thirty-six de-
grees Fahreuheit
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ripe horse from New Orleans-one that
has been given just enough racing to keep
him in condition-and plays him at Ben
ming against fields composed of thorough
breds that have been munching oats
throughout the cold weather, is pretty fire.
quently rewarded handsomely at the Ben
ming spring. meeting for his following up
of winter form."
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There is a clock in Brussels which has
never been wound UP by human hands 1t
Is kept going by the wind.
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when the Great Imp Ran.

Perhaps the greatest amount of money
that ever went down on a horse race in
or around Washington was invested on
the mighty race mare, Imp, when she
made her first appearance on the Benning
track last spring. The result OF that race
clearly Indicated the difficulty Of picking
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

jority of 27,OOO to 10000 in a state casting
ordinarily only $4,000 to 10000 is a phe-
nomenon in politics. Even were our ma
jority to fall back to the average majority
of the last seven presidential years it
would then be accounted marvel in pro-
portion to the total vote in any Republican
state in the Union except Vermont.
Whatever the result, here is the essential
fact: There is the material in Vermont for
a Republican majority of 30, 600 or even of
$1,000, just as there was in 1888 or in
1896. None of it has gone over to Bry-
anism or to the Democracy. tits simply
question of getting it to the polls.
The Republicans of every state in the
Union are looking to see every Vermont
Republican do his duty next Tues lay.
This means you.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Eight years ago, when the whole country
was prosperng as never before, and every
laboring man had work at good wages, the
country was turned over to Democratic
rnle OIL the one pretext that the protec-
tive tariff was robbing the workingman.
Strange as it seems, it was the votes of the
workingmen in the country at large, under
demagogic leadership, that wrought the
change and brought the industrial and bust
ness ruin of the following year. The same
kind of leadership is now trying to per-
suade the workingmen to make another
political overturn on the plea that they
are being robbed by the trusts and that the
country is going to the dogs on the issue of
anti-imperialism. Is it possible that any
workingman will be caught in the same
trap twice?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

The Hon. John Barr'tt, of our own
Windham county town Of Grafton, is an
other man who knows how to put the
kings English together effectively, His
letter to the voters of Vermont gains add
ed force from the fact that he is Demo.
crat by birth and early training, but his
residence abroad as an appointee of the
Cleveland administration and his observa-
tion in the Philippines have made him first
of all an American citizen, and it is from
this standpoint that he appeals to every
Vermont voter to do his share next Tues
day toward maintaining our national hon
or and prestige abroad, as well as our ma
terial prosperity at home. This is a letter
with the right ring and it admirably sup
plements Senator Proctor's stirring call TO
dutV
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Senator Proctor has way of saying the
right thing at the right time in the strong
est possible way. That is what he has
done in his letter to the Republicans of
Vermont printed elsewhere in this paper.
The Senator ignores all minor issues and
questions in his urgent desire to have Yer
mont Republicans thoroughly awake and
determined to do their full duty with re-
gard to the national issues involved. The
man is not worthy the name of Vermont
Republican who can read the Senator S
letter and not feel it call to himself per-
sonally to do his duty as an American citi-
zen when the polls open next Tuesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31
What Will Our Majority BE 1?

The question is constantly asked, as the
Vermont election approaches, What will
the Republican majority be? How deep
and widespread is the interest is shown by
the numerous inquiries which come from
outside the state. During the present
week a representative of one of the lead
ing Boston papers has been on a tour
through the state to gather information on
this very question. In order that material
may be available for intelligent considera-
alton Of the subject we present herewith
in tabular form the votes and majoIities at
all state elections since the year 1883 when
William p. Dillingham; was elected gov
ernor. The Republican majority of that
year was a record-breaker. 1t was the
high-water mark in Vermont politics un-
Til the election of four years ago when
the phenomenal majority of 36,9 $50 was
piled up. 1t will be seen that the average
Republican majority in presidential years
since 1883 has been 27,50l; the average
for the six elections has been 24,212; and
the average for the three off years, when
state officers only were elected, has been
2O,927.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31
Portland, Me, Aug. 27, 1900.

Gov. Dillingham; and the Old Soldiers.
Gen. Grouts supporters lay great stress
with the Union veterans upon his friend
ship to them and his work for them. That
Gen. Grout has been faithful friend of
the old soldiers admits of no doubt His
speech in the SD Congress, in 1894, criti-
cising The pension methods of the Dem
ocratic administration and advocating the
claims of the veterans, was recognized as
an effective piece of work, and was very
largely used as a campaign document.
There is no reason TO criticize Gen. Grout's
record as regards to old soldiers. On the
contrary, it is too warmly praised.
tits to be said, however, that Coy. Dilling-
ham is no less a friend of the veterans.
While not himself soldier in the war for
the Union, he comes of stock thoroughly
imbued with the veterans feeling of loyal
ty and patriotism, having had two broth
ers in the service, one of whom gave up his
life there. During all of Gov. Dilling-
hams active career he has rendered the old
soldiers every service possible, and should
he be elected to the Senate his prestige
with the people of Vermont, his ability as
a debater, and his diligent personal SER
vices would be given to advance their inter
ests in every right way, and these services
would certainly be no less valuable than
those of Gen. Grout.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

It is of small use to speculate on what
Mr.. Bryan will do if he is elected Pres
ident, or on what Bryan Congress would
do if called in extra session. The imme-
diate thing to be considered is what would
happen in the event of Mr.. Bryan's cleo
tion, before ever he is inaugurated. 1t
requires no gift of prophecy to say that the
first result would be a panic in which
the scenes of Black Friday would be re-
peated, and that this would be immediate
ly followed by just such a period of inan-
cial and industrial depression as the coun-
try experienced in 1898. The fact that
the stock market would suffer first has no
bearing on the case, for the turn of the
workingmen, the farmers, and all the busi-
ness interests of the country, would come
Immediately afterward, and it is the mass
of the common people that would be the
real sufferers. Is it worth while to try the
experiment of Organism with such an out
! look assured?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31
Mr.. Bryan,s Consistency.

Four years ago Mr.. Bryan made 16 20
the one issue of his campaign. Although
defeated he has preached this issue steadi-
y for the intervening years, and when the
Democratic national convention met in
Kansas City he compelled the party to put
bald and uncompIomising 16 to issue
in the platform, claiming up to that time
that now, as in 1896, this was the one issue
before the country. The platform adopted
and the work of the campaign begun, he
now ignores that issue, leaves it out of his
speeches, and places the whole emphasis
of his campaign on the paramount issue"
of anti-imperialism. Before the Kansas
City convention was held Mr.. Bryan said
he could not as an honest man give up the
Is to issue. How does his course since
recommend him as a man of political hon
esty and consistency? He is evidently
working for votes, with his so called "prin-
ciples" left entirely out in the cold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

No definite figures are at hand with re-
gard to the senatorial canvass, in addition
to those given last week. Reports from
all parts of The state continue to be favor
able to Mr.. Dillingham;, and there is no
doubt about the drift of popular senti-
ment in his favor. In Windham county
it appears that there is no Republican can
ddate for representative in nomination
who is an avowed Grout man. L. w.
Bush of Brooklne corrects over his own
signature this week the statement that he
is for Grout. b. NJ. Whitney of Marlboro
says that he has never declared himself a
Grout man and has never been approached
in the Grout interest. While he chooses
not to say how he would vote, while the
contest in Marlboro is on, he says that if
instructed by the Marlboro Freemen's
meeting to vote for Mr.. Dillingham; he
should obey the instruction. 1t is under
stood that no nomination has been filed in
Somerset, but it is expected that Dill
lingham man will be elected there. There
Will be spirited contests in several of the
towns, Guilford, Stratton and Wardsboro
among them, as appearances now are.
There is no doubt that Gen Grout is max
ing an active personal contest in every
town in the state where there is a chance
for his methods to be successful.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Boss Croker of New York has made the
prediction this week that Indiana will give
Bryan $4,000 plurality in November, and
that Ohio, Illinois and New York will go
Democratic. 1t is to head off such predic-
tions, and to prevent the possibility of any
such results, that full Republican vote in
Vermont next Tuesday is the imperative
duty of the hour.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

The average majority in the seven presi-
dental years beginning with 1872 has been
25, 40.
The small vote cast by the Democrats in
1896 did not mean apathy on their part.
On the contrary it meant very active feel
ing of disgust with and revolt against the
new leadership. What the Democratic
course will be this year cannot be foretold.
A majority of the 'old liners" are no more
reconciled to the doctrines of Organism
than they were four years ago, but it is not
to be expected that the action of the party
as a whole will be as marked as it was then
1t certainly is not to be expected that the
Republicans will receive any such help
from the Democratic vote this year as they
did in 1896.
While the Republicans are not so deeply
stirred on the national issues as they were
four years ago, there will be no detection
from their ranks and they will poll strong
vote, but there is no good reason for eX-
pecting to see the phenomenal figures of
1896 repeated. If a majority which is the
equal of the average majority of 27,500
votes in the last three presidential years is
polled it will show that Vermont Republi-
cans are true to their faith and that they
are doing all that can be asked of them by
the Republicans of other states to lead the
way for decisive victory against Bryan
ism in the presidential election in Novem
ber.
II should be borne in mind by Republi
] cans both at home and abroad that ma
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

We urge once more, and final
ly, and in the strongest possible
way, that next Tuesdays duty is
an individual duty, and that every
Republican ought to see to it that
his own vote is cast and cast right.
You can't put this duty upon any
one else, and you can't put it off
until November.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

1t is interesting to see the hard and fast
Grout papers copy Gen. CIRCUITS open let
ter from The Phoenix of last week without
a word of any kind to show what called
out the letter, or what was said in answer
to it. They either have a hard master, or
they are bound to earn their money. Per-
haps it is both.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Thirteen Atlantic cables already unite
North America with different countries of
Europe, and fourteenth is being laid be-
tween Embden, Germany, and New York,
distance of almost 5000 miles.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31
MIR. Bryan and His Congress.

And so Mr., Bryan said that if elected,
he would at once call Congress in extra
session to declare the Nations purpose
with regard to the Philippines, and to give
the islands a stable government and their
independence. True enough. And with
a Bryan Congress once in session, neither
Mr.. Bryan nor any power on earth could
draw the line as to what it should or should
not do. No president can say on what
subjects Congress shall or shall not legis-
late. A Bryan Congress would not only
overthrow the present policy in the Philip
pines, but if the Democratic platform
means anything it would proceed in the
shortest order possible to fasten 16 to on
the country, and to enact the other two
leading issues of the Bryan platform-the
overthrow of the gold currency law, and
the protective tariff. Mr.. Bryan could no
more draw line and say that Congress
should legislate on the Philippines and
then adjourn than he could keep the Poto-
mac river from flowing toward the Atlantic
ocean. And if he is honest in his declara-
tions he would have no wish to draw such
line. 1t is not for this that he is moving
heaven and earth to compass his election.
Gen. Grout is not the only man who has
walked into trap recently.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-08-31

Il is every voters business to see that
his name is on the check list.