THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER.
VOL. IV. NO. 43.
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W.C. SMITH Charlotte N O
Tn Philadelphia,reports the New York
Graphic t there seems to be discontent in
regard to some statuary, as in Qthcr
cities. A statue representing “A Lion
ess Carrying a Wild Boar to Her Young,”
designed fora public park,has been crit
icised as “too sanguinary,” as “likely to
have a bad effect upon children,” and as
inappropriate. One critic said “he would
rather see more statues of the early men
of the country, instead of filling the
park with men on horseback all dressed
in the same uniform.”
A Brazil paper reports that nn ox suf
fering with carbuncle was killed and
eaten a short time since at a pjpee near
Conceicao dos Garulhos. The lesult at
last accounts was that two persons had
died with that disease and some ten or
t welve more were attacked by it. It is
said that many animals were suffering
from carbuncle in that locality. Later
advices stated that seventeen persons
were under treatment for this disease,
three of whom wore in a serious con
dition-
The face of the late United States At
torncy-fieneral Brewster was disfigured
by burns received when a mere child in
the rescue of his baby sister from a fire.
A newspaper story, current a few yean
ago, embodied what purported to be Mr.
Brewster’s own statement. One of the
lawyers during the trial of a caso had t
bad taste to allude to the marred feature!
of his opponent. Mr. Brewster, in dig
nified and simple language, told of t
faithful nurse, wearied with untiring la
hors, who fell asleep while holding a lit
tie child; the tired arms relaxed, th*
precious burden fell on the hearth—and
when the little one was saved the face ot
her rescuer “was burned as black as thi
heart of the man who could twit anothei
of a personal deformity!”
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An ingenious writer has been figuring
out in the Contemporary Review the com
pa rati ve burden of the national debts
and war expenditure of the chief
nations and that of the United
States. Taking France* and England
together he shows that they pay some
$407,000,000 a year on their public
debt, and $310,000,000 for army and
navy, besides giving up to military
service the productive energy of 730,000
able-bodied men. Estimating the value
ot this labor at SIOO each, there is an
other $73,000,000 to be added to the
annual charge which Francs and Eng
land pay for their armies, navies and
debts. This, it will be seen, reaches the
appalling total of $820,000,000, to be
paid by a population only 2*‘> per cent,
greater than that of the United States,
and one certainly very much less able
to bear such a burden. As sgsinst
this we i»ay a little more than $150,000,-
000 a year for army, navy and debt,
leaving $070,000,000 a year In our favor
ns < ornpared with France and England
together. That, under such conditions,
this country must go ahead in the race*
for world supremacy as rapidly and as
surely as European nations must fall bf
hmd, needs no prophet to foretell
WASHINGTON. D.C.
GOBBIP PROM THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL.
The report of the Department of Agri
culture says:
Low temperature and deficient rainfall
with drying winds and some frost have
reduced the condition of winter wheat
in the central States. It has also been
cool on the Atlantic coast and not favor
able to improvement, and yet the plant
has nearly held its own in this region.
On the Pacific coast only medium devel
opment is reported. Southern States
changes are slight, several averages be
ing the same as last month. Pennsylvania
shows a decline of 4 points, New York
16. Ohio 12, Michigan 12, Indiana 6, Illi
nois 7, Missouri 2, Kansas 3. The gen
eral average is reduced 9 points—from
82 to 73. Last year the condition was
reduced from 89 in April to 83.8 in May.
State averages of winter wheat in the
principal States are as follows: New
York 76, Pennsylvania 87, Virginia 90,
Ohio 56, Michigan 64, Indiana 59, Illi
nois 57, Mississippi 80, Kansas 94, Texas
90. Spring ploughing is not quite so
well advanced as usual. It is relatively
later in the more Northern States of the
Atlantic coast, slightly later than usual
in the Middle States, and scarcely up to
a full average in the South. Its progress
is an average in the Ohio Valley, hut
late in the Northwest, especially in
Dakota.
Cotton planting was delayed by exssec
of moisture in February and low tempera
ture in Narch, the soil not being in con
dition for early planting. The delay was
greatest in Texas and Louisiana. In
Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina
from 4 to 6 per cent less than usual was
planted on the first of May. In States
on the coast, from South Carolina to
Mississippi, planting is nearly up to its
average advancement.
Investigation of the rate of wages of
agricultural labor shows that no material
change has occurred since the last pre
vious inquiry, in May, 1885. There is a
slight increase in New England, in the
northern tier of States from Michigan
westward, and in some of the Southern
States. There is no appreciable change
in the Central States. Next month's re
port will give rates by States.
Winter rye remains very nearly as in
April, the average being 92.9 instead of
93.5. The condition of winter barley is
88.3, promising a medium crop.
THE TORCH IN GEORGETOWN, S. C.
Tklrtl Thnuid Dollar* Worth o Prap
any Dear raved br an Incendlnry.
At about 3 o’clock in the morning a
disastrous fire broke out in the range of
brick buildings south of the market and
swept away half a dozen brick stores and
their warehouses. The tire originated in
a wooden warehouse belonging to the
estate of Joseph Sampson, and occupied
by Mr. L. S. Ehrieh. Sweeping north
ward it destroyed the tine brick store lio
longing to the estate of E. Baum, to
gether with its warehouse. The progress
of the fire was checked here by the large
brick store belonging to the estate of
Mrs. McFeely. Southward the buildings
owned by the estate of Sampson It.
Dozier, and occupied by Mr. 11. Dozier,
Jr., as a commission sample room; the
store and warehouse belonging to Mark
Moses and occupied by Mr. P. D. Lubs
as a furniture store and workshop; the
brick store occupied by John Lind nt a
restaurant were in turn destroyed, with
their contents.
The fire is thought to be the work of
an inc< ndiarv, and occurring as it did in
the dead hours of the night, it had made
rapid progress licfore the alarm could be
given and the engines manned for work.
The steam engine Winvah, being dis
abled, could not lie used, and the whole
work devolved on the two colored hand
engine companies and the Salamander
book and ladder company, who battled
heroically w ith the flames, and who are
still at the pumps at this writing.
The total loss cannot be estimated
just now, but it will hardly fall below
$30,000. I understand that Mr. Dozier
and Mr. L. S. Ehrieh were not insured.
Mr. Lubs was insured to the amount of
S6OO on his stock of furniture. He saved
his tools.
But for the rain, which increased with
the flames, the town would have been
involved in a disastrous conflagration.
Owing to the disabled condition of the
sjeam engine, the intendent of the town
telegraphed for assistance to Florence
and Charleston, which request was sub
sequently withdrawn, although both
Charleston and Florence had made prep
arations to comply.
KOKTH.-BAHT AHO WEST
At Toronto, Canada, Archbishop Lynch
died yesterday.
At Pratt, Kansas, the Pratt Company
National Bank was entered and the safe
robbed of $4,016.
At Quincy. 11l , the Mississippi River
is now ten miles wide, and hundreds of
farms arc submerged.
A cyclone of tremendous force whirled
over a jmrt of Northern Indiana. The
extent of its ravages can only lie guessed
from the fact that the telegraph wire*
throughout a considerable territory are
prostrated.
At the asaay office, New York, the
amount of gold bars on hand ia larger
this year than ever liefore. The amount
is $89,000,000, sgsinst $57,000,000 a
year ago* and $15,000,000 in August,
1886. Beside* gold Isirs on hand, the
assay office has gold coin amounting to
113,000,000.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1888,
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
Lasse Cars Ban Ist* a Train at Tsana!*,
Cal.—Several Pereses Kllle*.
Train No. 7, known as the “Thunder
bolt, arrived at Fountain, CoL, at 2:41
a. m. Sunday, and had only been stand
ing a few minutes when a caboose and
some cars, the brakes of which had got
loose in some way, ran down from the
side-track and struck the train with ter
rific force. One car was loaded with
naptha, which exploded, throwing oil
over everything and setting the train on
fire. Trainmen shoved the uninjured
cars back from the wreck, and were try
ing to save the depot, when it was dis
covered that two cars were standing on
the main track that were not wrecked.
The nearest one was burning, and was
tagged “powder.” Shortly afterward
the car exploded, completely demolish
ing the depot, several buildings, and a
number of cars. Three persons, one
woman and two men, were killed by the
(explosion, and some twelve or fifteen
njured, but none very seriously. There
s a hole in the ground where the car
stood about thirty feet in diameter and
twelve feet deep. Two cars were burned,
and sixteen, together with the locomo
tive, were more or less wrecked. It is
supposed that tramps slipped off the
brakes from the cars.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS.
Report ofthe State AerteaNaral Depart
mat.
The State Department of Agriculture
publishes a report made up from 244
returns from all the connties except
Georgetown, showing the condition of
crops at the close of April. The area in
cotton is slightly greater than last year's,
and tlic condition as compared with last
year’s is rated at 47 per cent. The area
in corn is increased, and its condition
rated at 92. The area in rice is slightly
smaller than last year’s, condition 94.
Tobacco is being planted simply to ex
periment, the number of plants being the
same as last year's. The department is
co-operating in these experiments in or
der, if possible, to add tobacco to the
staple crops of the State. The condi
tion of the wheat crop is reported at 94.
and onts at 92, both below last year's
estimate. The pay of farm laborers em
ployed by the year averages $8.30 per
month, with board. This rate is an ad
vance of forty-two cents per month over
the average rate last year. The depart
ment notes increased interest among the
farmers in its work, and a more general
desire for information.
TERRIFIC OIL FIRE
Rivera aad Creeks a* Tire Fraai aa Oil
Overflaw.
A great overflow of oil occurred at Oil
City, Fa., Monday morning. The tank
vomited its flames and contents, and
huge islands of burning oil, some of
them a hundred feet in diameter, floated
down the creek. Booms proved useless,
and the fierce mass of fire swept on,
burning several dwellings, and the
Western, New York and Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge, two miles below, and a
large barrel factory. The loss is esti
mated at $250,000. " There was very lit
tle sleep in the city that night, as it was
feared the town would be destroyed.
All night mothers with babes in their
arms, young girls with shawls thrown
over their heads, frightened children and
grave men, silently watched the onward
march of the flames.
A COLLISION AT SEA.
The havnaaah Hteaaer liat* ClwSlmt
hr aa I'ekeewa Vessel.
The steamer Gate City, from Boston to
Savannah, collided with an unknown
vessel 200 miles northeast of Cape Hat
teras, in a dense fog, at 2 o’clock on Sat
urday morning. The steamer was struck
on the portside forward. The vessel's
bowsprit penetrated the steamer's side,
tearing away the forward rails and part
of the deck. The vessels rebounded and
came together again after the first shock
of the collision, and nothing was after
ward »een of the sailing vessel. The
steamer remained as near as possible to
the scene of the collision six hours, cruis
ing and blowing fog whistles, and then
resumed her voyage and arrived in Sa
vannah Monday afternoon. The passen
gers on the steamer were in a panic bat
no one was injured.
SHOOTING IN DATISVILLE, ALA
Pickens reader*css* Killed kv Hamer
Lillie.
Pickens Pendergrass, of Davisviile.
Ala., was shot and instantly kilted by
Simmer Little, a negro, near Heflin.
Saturday evening. Alfred Newell, bis
father-in-law, who is implicated in the
affair, has lieen captured and landed in
Edwanlsville jail. Little is still at
large. About forty armed citizens bare
been scouring the country since the
murder, bent on lynching the murderer.
The excitement runs high. There is no
doubt but Little will be mobbed if cap
tured, ami the people are determined to
find him if possible.
The remains of Mr. Pendergrass were
brought nome and buried at White
Plains.
Big Fir* la Atlanta.
A few minutes before seven o'clock
Monday evening a blaza was discovered
in the roof and second story of what is
known ss the West A Edwards building,
oa Pryor street, corner of Line. Atlanta,
Ga. In a short time the building waa
almost entirely consumed.
The estimated losses foot up $60,906.
which U offset by $49,990 iasuiMC*.
HORSES IK THE ORIENT
RBM4EEaBT.iI TBan siaiatn*.
Uninterrupted Bides a* Over laa
Miles a Corns atom flknem WWW
On his native neat* «&* Tteoramm
horse can’t be bent. Some of tdbe Stas*
accomplished by His, sound aftmerit in
credible ; and yet they are «nm * mad
I snw a Turcoman horse tn fthuram fibs#
had once belonged e* a vtentff eff the
Tekke-Turconrans, and had been Knar
tured on the raid during wthridh bis
master was slain. Tfo* horie, rtamAfag
eighteen hand* high, with hiwaA tftrit
hools, and of an iron-gray nance. re*s«&»
scion of a long line of iwanri-Aste* an
cestors, each one famous fa she hek
tional songs of the desert Bis mmsr was
Banj dor Bt/us/iO iLncnrimsg burnt
Heaven), and he "Deserved in. Flow <WM
Lutf All Khan, his dead marten:, hud umw
successfully conducted a timid fate
Khorassan, a dnrtanre »f l»» bandied
miles from the Ifianamm bandin'lime,
riding Burg alt the way. Purring the
four days of thin raid spent ea FVraemt
territory the horse hadmadeeiK bmdnd
and fifty miles hr one dyy, wily wmoe
drinking a Sew mouthful* »C watt* and
eating absolutely nothing yet gyring
from sunrise t» sundown at an rasy,
swinging gallop that brought met due
comfort to the ridat. and at a rate «f |
speed not much slower than the averaujr
freight train hr America, CteriMMaraf*el
rides of from one hundred tw sty hun
dred and twenty miles are mrthung »
the Thorough!* «d Ttttvoimsrr.. amt it was
due much more to the evreltisaKe ad bis
steed than to the strandhr hcavtntv and here
of liberty of his master that the tmitesaff I
Turkestan, the Tehkesand t'rihrit*, were
able to maintain the c asdapemfcniu* 9<e
so many centuries, although they wet* a
ceaseless good hr the safes them neigh
bors, the Persians, V hand* and
Russians.
But the training of thuse homes as '
something remarkable toe. let n* sup
pose that Mohammed Laec KaAsn. the
young chieftain of the UMg iis medi
tating a raid into- Ftrsiam teitmaoeit- Has
larder is empty ami hi* harerat needs it*- ;
plenishing. Hit desert home win give 1
him nothing hut fleet horses, herd* ot
cattle, and what they xwM.. Butt then*
is Persia, jmrt ts few fegnT itmener *#.
with it* fertile valleys, in* rich tarik aad
pretty women; ami, stmt* nt fe. irifestem-A
by a race of infidel* i Sbwtre*.. whSb the:
Turcomans are Sunnites), ia is rgfavra*
and profitable as welt to lAnmmil them.
So the youthful Khan, ufaiurt* hi* Jtmg
spear into the turf next to bet draft. aid
one of his dependent* at the mush trim*
Proclaims in a sonorous voice thnt Jfio
bommed Izzet Khan, * p® ter of tibr Tvfcrir
tribe, a young lioa who** (nmnegw mew
failed, and whose prey never mwjtyed, in
ready to go forth set a etuntde ngsiisirit
the unbelieving dogs, the Putsews, wot■
shippers of a fcdse AUlfe Thr '
field wifl.be taken .'gjsianrt the riufifefhs ad |
the time of the next: new mows and *99 :
those wishing t» jour ban. to swetw rifle :
giance to him, bee-one fob true comrades
m arms and share in the apodK may muse
forth within live days.
The mid is nrrantmd. Some me four -
dredand seventy young stem of ah* «ms
(nomad village pledgr themfrifch With*
chieftain, ami then two week, an* Drift
to make everything iraijc. Xww » (for t
trine to put the horses tiforonght therir
peculiar training. Every oa* «f the '
raiders need* two, one #o> ridr, out* tot
cearj his baggage and to mount an case
his own horse is ciraiAAeA «e htfStd. AH !
the horses are put foe s few days tes ft I
laxative regimen, and then the teed and
water allowance of the hors* ns gitudunDDj
reduced to inure hint to prnvariou. Per
two days before the dtpaoitmi* the hints* j
is fed exclusively onteiM*ef fogfoty con
centrated food. »h» two priritciiyui ret- j
gradients of whrith are suet and sifted .
barley Hour. This put* the tense n ;
first-class condition, ni* coat hw—omrs
glossy, and his eves gain in antmma.on. !
Thus he starts, ami during a rarar* fart
iog often five orslx "Ages, thewromafmiht
slat* on nothing but the tough, winy
buffalo grass that grows. wriML ml »
drink of water once in a Drag »k ; V
Hi. rider recurs* to. hria «swt, haAtm
with spoil ami writha tear new rinsnsse on
two for his harem—alii due to> the extra
ordinary speed, fengrihly and endvrasK*
of his charger bs it any wonder tbs' I
the Turcim.ur vefous foes burse bigteer
than anything rise on earth md that tfor
best horses tn Tukestam vaaaaeit tee por
ch teed ; Unties have teen on record
where an imprisoned Eltevoeana, edered
life and liberty in exchange foe part cure
piece of mnwun— so» house—hui* wd-g
--nantty refused, nod safflerad toetwre- and
death rather than gr e apt hex eterHftxd
idol to hi* hasted and drsgi wd rirnmne-t,
the Persians. A noted ItetcosaksußriW
ion. t'ammgh T-husfone, wo* recently’
sold to tbo new t-oaernoe- oil Rwranm
Turkestan for an immensr vena, viz :
fifty three tbuntanrf nw«WW* ttwvMy
-even thowcunt doHrievk. tent this was »n
except ion*! ewe, dictated woe* by f»d
tcy than a luce of garia. Uisaupw/et**.
When a Greet Arttxt Begged fter Brand.
Jean Franco.* Jfißht, tfor greatest V*
alt modern art ala, k.'cl a tete-wt yovnrtj.
A ted Rosy es the hack of apfereriuam
of that which in txuty great t«M be
tfor tecvwrvt by V* >{• Mgy Skew. «f
Boston. Thai jpmlliemaa iweaeoea ateamt
thirty of M'See* ton* wvehri, «*4
giriTwith * tend that nuigha hr aLoen
*:d». Item picture MoDIM hud taken M
every picture ateop In Fries tu aril for
thirty franc—oaJy fo-te buy fool fee
k » muttu«g tunafy. aad ttrer the pucrau
would fetch tiX.Wfth That wax wen
muon wfoy the hmmi aft naff any uwfl
es ten foreran wha wahai M aaret bfl
Mia* tm fore «f ftp «R *tesj.— Aflß
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SELECT SIFTINGSk
Almsman mere first introduced in
fa FfogacoymTot* are eaten, but they
are now used
fender* roasted are a sort of desert
writte the New Caledonians.
A trass for straightening crooked noses
fc amr.up the novelties in surgical it-
Tfoe few printing types were Gothic,
itbey iwe modified into the present
Roman type about It*!*,
j , A Mnrcni (Go.) colored man, after
sDeeprep continuously four days and
i slights, awoke a raving maniac.
A passenger on n Missouri train waa
t at by a desperado, and was saved
by a yfour cf tobacco, which stopped the
bud let.
Mass OKce Green and Ivory White
were wedded in an Town town recently,
tte* Rev- Mr. Black performing the cere
aurav-
Itee cnmntercia] agents of govern -
mints wet* first distinguished by the
manes of consols in Italy in the fifteenth
eentvny.
The Romans are said to have first used !
feathers in beds, and feather beds were
fa wse in England during the reign of
Henry \ 11l
RrioentJy at Omaha couple were forced
be leave home te be married, for the rea
re* that the groom was the one person
fa «foe county who could issue a marriage
license—ao found be must either resign,
go elsewhere, or remain a bachelor.
James Moran, of Montrose, Mich.,
bumd a small piece of placer gold in the
, gizzard es a chicken that he killed. A
seanth around the neighboring streams
showed evidence iteat placer gold may be
found there in considerable quantities.
fforif Franklin has shown the Carters
viße iGa.) Vmrmt a knife that is 128
years old It is ofthe “barlow” pattern
and teas the initials of the makers M. F.
AS. The single blade is considerably
worn, but tidies a better edge now than
the finest knives bought these days of
nd-niteration and shoddy work.
The ancients were acquainted with
seven metals which they supposed to
possess certain mystic relationship with
I the planets and were represented by the
twtirnglvphjrs by which the planets were
known. Gold was called Sol or sun;
silver, Luna, or moon; iron, Mars; lead,
Sritm*; copper, Venus; tin, Jupiter;
mercury, Dlercuty.
The sole tenant es a lonely miner's
twhin that stands on the summit of Gold
Hill, opposite Buena Vista, Col., it Mrs.
Mary Mallcn, noted throughout the
West as the only woman miner in the
Strife. She has lived alone on the moun
tain for several years spending her time
fa prospecting for gold, but thus far
with nut apparent success.
Three years sgo a harsh voiced man,
bbteu Steiner by name, stood on State
street, fhicago, offering “twenty-four
sheets of note paper for a nickel. ” To- ■
Any, it is stated, ne is the owner of the
leading stationery store in a town of
15. Aria inhabitants in Iowa; and he made
his start selling a quire of writing paper
for five cents on one of the busiest
street* in Chicago.
In October, 1883, a harness waa stolen
in North Haven, Conn., and was found
fa the possession of Charles E. Sparks.
He claimed to have bought it, but waa
convicted of the theft, and sentenced to
the State Prison for three years and served
his time out. Frank Hicks when
hr was dying in Claremont, Mass.,
wroi* a letter confessing that he stole
the* harness and sold it to Sparks for
$12.56.
What Queen Elizabeth had for dinner
mean only guess; but it is not likely
thrit her English subjects had much va
riety of vegetable lood. Shakespeare
has plenty to say about venison and ca
pons and beef. He says very little about
vegetables. We have the line, “And
greasy Joan doth kele the pot”—that is,
pat fcde into the pot—kele being the
cole-wort of the Saxons, who called the
month of February Sprout-kele, as the
trine when the r pottage herb be
gan to sprout, and we have some few
kber such allusions. But it would seem
almost a* if vegetablca had not yet made
Ihmrxray into the national diet
Raising Gnats For Their Flesh.
A car load of 226 goata arrived ia
Xteicsco recently from Texas, and th*
animals were disposed of to a local
batcher. The goats, say* the New York
Si,*, averaged dreesed, about 48 pound*
The pell* sold for 60 cents each, making
the net coat $2.40, or about 5 cents a
pound. This allows the meat to be re
railed at a fair profit, for one-half the
price es mutton, and gives the public a
(heap aad desirable meal supply.
There are large flocks of goata in Tcxaa
and Mexico, but they are mixed almost
wholly for their hair. The native goat
whea crossed with the Angora produces
a fierce which makes the finest kiml ot
mohair doth, and sells about the same
ns wool. Mr. 8an c on of New Valley,
Texas, it in the heart of the goat ratting
country. Hie flock numl'crs now 5000,
and he’ intend* tncr- aaing it to 15,000.
He thinks that a govt can be put on th*
market at * years eld for a merely nom
inal cost, say sl. aa the hair clip will
more than pay all expense of ratling.
At $3 then there a a snug profit, far
more, indeed, than in nny other kind of
live stock. Goat* are sure breeders, and
three is no risk from disease or any of
; the dangers that threaten other domesti*
animal* All they want i* a aage-bruah
pasture and some rough land to exerclta
•ear and thee trill prospar. Idaho ha* a
Wide stretch of country uaflt for cattle
m (been that would make good goat
grariag fields, and tte* aua that p anta »
sock Umki oaa count oa getting itch Rate
tarn $1,50 per Amm Single Copy 5 cents.
IN A SCULPTOR’S STUDia
THE CURIOSITY SHOP THAT ART
ISTS BOILS AND WORK IN.
A wav From the World-What He
Doea Op There—Clay, Plaeter
•nd Marble—Death Masks.
It was an ideal. The very atmosphere
was different from that outside. Span
ish moss hang in great wavy bunches on
the wall, while here and there were
photographs and medallions. Bits of
bright ribbons gave a coquettish effect,
and contrasted with the sombre dreb of
the moss, just as- summer does with
winter. The mantel was covered with
pictures, bits of sculpture in clay and
plaster, and a score of sea shells. The
room was full of models, easels, casts
and baste.
“Where are your hammer and chisel,
and marble! ’ asked a reporter for the
Atlanta Constitution.
She sculptor laughed heartily.
“Now, how many people in Atlanta
do you suppose think that a sculptor’s
first and only work is in marble, and
with a hammer and chisel? No, the art
is all in clay—every bit. Putting it in
marble is merely mechanical. It is just
as if we molded in clay, and then by
I some chemical process could change the
clsy into marble. There is no art in that
—it is all in the clay. After a death
mask is perfected, a mold in plaster
will be taken, and then it will be put in
marble.”
“What is the use in changing it into
plaster? Why not take the measurements
direct from this?”
“It's too soft, and you cannot allow it
to harden, for it will crack and draw.
There is the death mask of J udge Loch
rane. I am making a marble bust of
him, and it is being put into marble
now."
The mask referred to is in plaster, and
being taken by direct impressions from
the lace of the dead, the mask is a vivid
reproduction—the whole effect being
heightened by the pallid color. The
features were perfect. The eyes were
closed as if in sleep, and the general ex
pression is one of peace and of rest.
This was taken soon alter death, and
the featnres are perfectly natural.
“That is taken,” explained the sculp
tor, Mr. Franzcc, “by impression, the
soft plaster being spread over the feat
ures, and blown carefully into each
crevice and wrinkle. That forms the
mold, and the cast is taken by simply
running in plaster. ”
“How do you make a medallion?''
“From photographs, and then perfect
them from life.”
“Suppose the model is dead?”
“Then the best of all aids is the death
mask. Thpt’s true in making a bust as
well. But if we haven’t that we got as
many photographs as we can—front,
three-quarters and profile, if possible.
Then we work in clay until it is As near
perfect aa we can make it from what we
nave tn go by, and then get critic'sms
upon the work from those that knew the
dead. After the clay model is perfect
the art work is complete.”
“Is that clay in n solid lump?”
“Oh, no. We build a frame of straw
usually for a bust, and fora larger statue
a frame or ekeleton of wood or iron.
Gas pipe is splendid.”
“Where does the clay come from?”
“It is potter's clay from Ohio. I lika
the New York potter's clay better,
though, and we shall begin using it
soon.”
“Can you use the same clay over and
over?”
“Oh, yes. The same clay would last
a lifo time, but, of course, it is wasting
continually.”
“Why not u«e the common clay!”
“It ie never free from mica scales and
grains of sand. That rnins an artist's
tools. Then it is not so pliable nor so
cohesive.”
“Where does the marble come from?”
“Italy. We can use only Carrara mar
ble. For two thousand years those
mines have been worked nnd
there has been no substitute. By far the
closest imitation comes from Western
North Carolina, and I beliere thnt ai
they mine deeper, the marble will bo
come aa pure as Carrara.”
Buying Back His Lost Caste.
Fallen as the rupee ha 9 iD the esteem
of Europe, the coin has not lost all its
magic-working power in the East,
.lua ciously used as a backsheesh, it can
still claim to rank among the governing
powers of society. In one matter, in
deed, its efficacy appears to be increasing
rather than dimini-hiog. What would
it not have cost a high caste Hindoo in
former times to recover his caste
privileges after losing them for crossing
the ooan? Some thousands of rupees,
at least; in some rases, we believe, the
expense of expiating the deafly sin ran
to five figures. But. this being an age
of cheapness, the Brahmins h.uc seen fit
to reduce the tariff to quite a ilemocratio
level. In a recent iustnnce, a young
Hindoo, who had been studying engin
erring in England, was out t asted tho
moment he set foot in his native land.
The family were, of course, plunged in
the deepest distress by the cruel sentence;
it cut them off from the poor pariah, and
cot demned hitn to life long degradation.
But a kn iwing old Brahmin, on being
called into council, made rather light of
the matter, »nd offered to negotiate for
* whitewa-hing on strictly rea-onable
terms. These were soon arranged; ou
pat mi nt of 32 rupees, supplemented by
s feast to * party of Brahmin*, the youth
was restored to his former position in
society.— London Olobt.
A Storm Threatening.
Dakota lady (Manning tbo iky from
hat window*- 'lsm afraid, Jphn, that
wa are going to hereto awful storm."
nusbsaw taatlourir)--“ya*, It looks
Uko a regular Ntw York blUrerd."