The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-28

crown Of Edward the Confessor
''This last,'' he says, tsif placed OF
PERSONS head troubled with st
Vitus's dance will be sure to restore
him to health.'
Another traveller, an Englishmar
this time, visiting the Continent
describes Paris as emo great place
though there are good places there and
great many churches full of reli.
qucs." John Evel yn, who visited
Paris in 1644, gives us quaint de-
scription of the sights Of the French
Capital in his famous diary. He
mentions as one Of the most curious
things he sees the garden of Monsieur
Morine, "who rom being an ordi-
nary gardener is become one of the
most skilful and noted persons in
France for his rare collection of
shells, flowers and insects.'
ellis garden" continues the gos-
sipy diarist, els Of ar exact oval fl
CURE, planted with cypress cut flat
and set as even as wall; the tulips,
anemoncs, ranunculus crocus s,
etc, arc held to be Of The rarcst. and
draw all admirers Of such things in
his house during the season. He lives
in a kind of hermitage at one side
Of his garden, where his collection of
purslane and coral, whereof one is
carved into a large crucifix, is much
esteemed. His collection of all sorts
of insects, especially of buttcrrlys,
is most curious; these ne spreads and
so medicates that no corruption in
vading them he keeps them in draw
ers, so placed as to represent a beau
tiful piece of tapcstrc.'
What woudd John Evelyn have said
could he have seen "Le Jardin dcs
Plantcs,' with all its menagcries
and wonderful collections Of today7
EIe describes visit to the Paper
Mills at Byfletc, which is valuable
as showing the difference between
paper-makin@ then and now. "Thcy
Gull the ragges, which are linen for
white paper, woolcn for brown; then
they stamp them in troughs to a papp
with pcstlcs of hammers like the
powder mills, then put it into YES
sci of water, in which they dip
frame closely wyred with wyre aS
small as haire and as close as a weav-
'r'S recde; on this they take up the
papp, the Superfluous water drainin"
through the wyrc; this they dexirouS-
y turn. shake ont like a pancake on
smooth board between two pieces
If flannel. then pressc it betwecn Il
great pressc. the flannel sucking out
he moisture; then. taking it out.
hey ply and dry it on strings, as
they dry linen i'll the laundry; thcH
iip it in alum water, lastly poll, I
and make it up in quires. The pvt
some gum in the water in which thcy
the rag@cs. The mark we
find on the sheets in formed in the
wyrc.
Hcntzner, the German traveller,
who visited England in 150S. hasAprc-
served some curious. particulars of
he ceremonies observed in the palace
IF Greenwich. when Queen Elizabeth
was holdin" her Court at the place
He Describes the prcScn, chamber,
nun" with rich tapestry. and the
floor. after the English fashion
'trewn with hay, through which the
queen passed on her way to chapel.
At the door stood a gentleman dress
ID in velvet with a gold chain, whose
office was to introduce to the Queen
any person of distinction who came
o visit hcr.' The servin" of the
Queens dinner was very solemn
affair, according to the native Ger
nan. He says: "a gentleman enter
I'd the room, bearing 4 rod, and along
with him another, who had table
cloth, which, after they had both
inccicd three times with Tie utmost
he spread upon the table,
and after kneeling again, they both
retired. Then came the others, one
with the rod again, the other with a
salt cellar, plate and bread. When
they had kncelcd as the others had
done, and placed what was brought
upon the table, they, too, retired,
with the same ceremonies performed
by the first. At last came an unmar-
ricd lady, 1--WE were told she was a
countessD and along with her a mar