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THE LINCOLNTON NEWS J. D. COLLEY & CO., YOL. I. MACHINERY DEPOT. W. J. POLLARD, MANUFACTURER and MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT. manufacturer of W. J. Pollard’s Champion Cotton Gin Feelers & Condensers,^ Smith’s Hand Power Cotton &!Hay Press, General agent for Grain Threshers and Separators and Agricnltnral Imple¬ ments, Fairbanks & Co.’s Standard Scales, etc. Talbot & Sons’ Agricultural, Portable and Stationary and Steam Engines and Boilers. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, etc. C. & G. Cooper <fc Co.’s Traction Engines, Portable and Agricul¬ tural Engines, Watertown Agricnltnral, Portable and Stationary Steam En¬ gines, Saw Mills, etc. Goodall <fc Waters’ Wood Working Machinery. W. L. Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers. The Dean Steam Pump. Kreible’s Vibrating Cylinder Steam Engines. Otto’s Silent Gas Engines. Acme Pulverizing Har¬ row, Clod Crasher and Leveler. MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS. Belting, Packing, Brass Fittings, Iron Fittings, Iron Pipe, Rubber Hose and everything that can be used on or about machinery. Cotton Mill Supplies a s; ehnlly. Tools of all kinds, Hancock Inspirators, etc. Finally, I desire to make the machine business a complete success, and will guarantee to furnish everything wanted in that line on as reasonable terms and at as short notice as any house in the country. My stock is the largest and most varied of any house South. My connection with some of the largest manufactories in the United States gives me superior advantages for furnishing the best and most reliable work found anywhere. Be certain to call on -W- cr. ipoliaAirid 7 731, 734 & 736 Reynolds Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA New Curtains & Carpets FOR SPRING TRADE. New Maddrass curtains—aesthetic. New Embroidered tamboured laoe curtains. NewNottingham lace curtains. New Algerine gold shot curtains. New double-faced canton flannel curtains. New raw silk curtains and silk damask. New upholstery goods of every quality. New brass, ash, walnut and ebony cornice poles. llO 3 BOLLS BRU SSELS CARPETS At 75 Cents Yard, Made and Laid. Three-ply ingrain and cloths. cheap carpets. Rags, mats, crumb Cocoa, Canton and Napier mattings. Floor, stair and table oil-cloths. Wall papers aul room decorations. Dado, fringe and room borders. Hair-cloth, cane, moss. GEORGE A. BAILIE’S Masonic Building, 742 BroadL St. JAMES HINES, SUCCESSOR TO P. H. NOROTN, ‘Washington - - Gra —DEALB.C IN— Groceries* aod Plantation Supplies. Bagging and Ties, Meat and Lard, Flour of the Best Grade, rori, Plows, &c., Salt, Leather, &c., Provisions of all Sorts. The Reputation of the Houae shall be Maintained. “ The Best Goods at the Lowest Living Rates.” At Mrs. N. Brum Clark’s Ladie3 will find New and Stylish Neck weab. Look at the Febnk Laces. They must be seen to be appreciated. The Latest Styles in Hats and Bonnets re¬ ceived weekly during the season. Our Mourning Bonne's and Crepe Veils are keep unsurpassed best in quality and price. Wo New Ribbons—every English Crepes, newlisse Ruching, ity. width, color and qual¬ Biack Silk Gloves, Mourning wear; Chil¬ dren’s Hosiery in excellent quality— some New Styles; Corsets, Hoop Skirts, Tour mures, Bridal Veiling and Gloves; all kinds of kinds. Veiling, Brussel’s Nets; Nets of all Cream. Great variety Embroidery of Laces— Black, White and Bilk, Sewing Silk, Buttons Silk, best Knitting in latest styles, New Jewelry, Lusterless Jet Bracelets, Ear ■ rings, Pins, &c., Coin Silver Jewelry and other styles entirely new; Material for Fancy j-c. Work, Lace Pillow Shams, Splashes, New HaiP Goods—pretty and becoming styles.. “Polo”Capp. “Fez”Caps, "TamO’Shan ter” Caps—in 1 he new colors for Children. Hand-Knitted Goods for Infants, Infants’ Caps Fam'y in Lace, Goods Velvet is and Satin. Our Stock of too varied to itemize. We are prepared io furnish anything in the Minus eky Ltne, and to fill ord ers promptly. tended to Orders from received. the country at¬ as aoon as We never Disappoint. Our friends in adjacent coun¬ ties will find it to their interest to send to us. We wilfmake any purchases for them in the cite free of commission. We guarantee Prices and Quality. 810 Bkoad Stbebt is the place to obtain Stylish Give Article., call. for a Lady’s Toilet. ns a THE AUGUSTA, ELBERTON ATSP CHXC46Q RAILROAD. New extension fancy window cornices. New ten-feet window shades, beautiful de¬ New signs. seven-feet window shades, aesthetic pat¬ terns. New six-feet shades, very pretty and veri New cheap. store shades, plain and fancy. Buttons, Brooms, twine. brushes, dusters, sweepers, eto. Engravings, Piano chromos, frames, moldings. and table covers, table mats, pictnrt wire. Competent upholsterers on hand to do al work well and in season at Murphey, Harmon $ Go., NCOLNTON, GA., TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS PUT UP TO LAST. Work Guaranteed, Refer to their work throughout Lincoln county. JPrices Very Low. P. HANSBERGER, . -MANUFACTURER OF CIGARS, -AND DEALER IN— Tobacco, Pipes and Smokers’ Articles. Cigarettes to the trade a specialty. Manu¬ factory on Ellis street. Fireworks by whole¬ sale. 706 Broad street, AUGUSTA, GA. W. N. MERCIER, COTTON FACTOR AND General Common Merchant, No. 3 Warren Block, Augusta, Ga. Will give personal and undivided atten¬ tion Liberal to the Cash Weighing Advances and made Selling of Consign Cotton on menta. LINCOLNTON, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1883. The Little White Hearse. As tae little white hearse went glimmering by-. The man on the coal Art jerked his lines, And smutted the lid oi either eye, And turned and stared at the business signs; And the street-car driver stopped and beat His hands on bis shoulders and gazed np street Till his eye on the long track reached the sky_ As the little white heaise went glimmering by As the little white hearse went glimmering by— A stranger patted a ragged child Iu the crowded walk, and she knew not why, But he gave her a coin for the way she smiled; And a bootblack thrilled with a pleasure strange As a customer put back his change With a kindly hand and a grateful sigh— As the little white hearse went glimmering by. As the little white hearse went glimmering by— A man looked out of a window dim, And his cheeas were wet and his heart was dry— For a dead child even were dear to him! And he thought of his empty home aod said: ‘Loveless alive, and loveless dead— Nor wife, nor child in earth or sky!" As the little white hearse went glimmering by —J. W. Riley. _ MARIEN’S MISTAKE. "I really think she’s quite above her station,” said Miss Plantagenet, lan¬ guidly. “I always tell Mrs. Seamwell to send her in to me when I go there to get a dress fitted. She has such a pretty way, don’t you know?—and such lovely eyelashes, and she under¬ stands her business to perfection.” “She is a beautiful girl,” said Mr Elmwood, calmly. “And she has help¬ ed me wonderfully with those shy children at the Sunday afternoon ser¬ vices. They seem to take to her by in¬ stinct.” “Some people have sucb a way with children,” said Miss Plantagenet. “Now I never could endure the idea of teaching until you came to take charge of our church, dear Mr. Elmwood; then, of course, everything was different.” Mr. Elmwood smiled a little. If Miss Plantagenet had been less lovely and dimpled sitting there, with a blue¬ ribboned pug in her lap, and the color¬ ed lights from the stained glass win¬ dow making a sort of saint-like aureole around her face, he might have set her down for a fool; as it was, he mentally characterized her as merely “a thought less child.” 1; es, Marien Plantagenet was cer tainly very lovely. — And the reduced family of Plantagenet were reckoning largely on this innocent, infantine beauty, to build up their fortunes again Mrs. Plantagenet, a liatchet-faced widow of fifty, went around cutting down the daily expenses, directing the servants to make Irish-stews, hashes and divers other mixtures out of the scraps of cold meat instead of bestow¬ ing them on beggars, taking big coals off the fire with a pair of tongs, and peering into the ash-can to make sure that no solitary cinder had been smug¬ unsifted into She studied the butcher’s book, beat down the baker’s account and econ¬ omized in everything, “in order,” as she said, “to give Marien a good chance to marry well!” '1n the article of white-satin shoes, cut-flowers and ball-dresses she was compelled to loose her purse-strings, groan as she might. And when Mr. Elmwood, the nephew and adopted son of a wealthy old bach¬ elor, came to assume the charge of the nearest fashionable church, Mrs. Plan¬ tagenet rejoiced greatly. S. « It’s all plain sailing, now,” she thought. . “Eor no one can deny that Marien is a beauty.” “Mamma,” Miss Marien had said, “I must have a new dress for Easter Satin surah, or something of that sort, you know, over my old olive-green vel¬ vet, with a hat of Roman hyacinths and knots of white ribbon. I did think my pearl silk would do, but it is too tight, and I’ve worn it so often.” “Nonsense!” said the Widow Plan¬ tagenet. “Where in the world do you suppose it is to come from?” “From the store, to-be-sure!” said Marien, with a saucy toss of her head. “And I promised Mr. Elmwood to send a cross of lilies for the font. I must be looking around for that!” “My goodness me!” , groaned Mrs. Plantagenet. “Do you know, child, what they are asking for white lilies now at the florists ? Twenty-five cents each. And they’ll go up, of course, as Easter approaches. They always do.” “I couldn’t manage with less than a dozen,” said Marien, meditatively. “For the centre-piece, you know. I might arrange jonquils, and hyacinths, and white carnations, and those cheaper spring flowers, around the base, with plenty of climbing fern and rose-gera¬ nium leaves, and violets—if violets aren’t too dear!” “Well, we must contrive some way,” said Mrs. Plantagenet, wearily. Would this everlasting warfare of ways and means never cease? Would the time ever come when everybody would be paid, and no army of clamor¬ | ous duns would longer besiege the door? Mrs. Plantagenet hoped for this happy state of thing*, but it was very much as she hoped for the mi’.lenium -in a vague, indefinite sort of way. “Mamma, I’ll tell you what!” said Marien, starting from a reverie. “I won’t say a word to old Seam well about this dress. Her prices are so exhorbi tant! I’ll go directly to little Eunice Perry.” “And who is Eunice Perry” said Mrs. Plantagenet, opening her faded blue eyes. “Don’t you know ? I’m sure I must have mentioned her a thousand times. That little sewing-girl who fits me so beautifully. She is Mrs. Seamwell’s forewoman or something. I dare say I can make a special bargain with her to get me up a gown at somewhat short of the regular price. Of course, the profits will all be hers. Old Seamwell wouldn’t like it if . she knew, but no¬ body is going to tell her. I’ll go there to-morrow, the very first thing, before she goes out. Because there are only two days left to make it in, before the early Lent services I can make a grand effort for once, and afterwards I’ll go to church. Mr. Elmwood likes us to be devout.” “It’s an excellent idea, my dear;’ said Mrs. Plantagenet, who caught eagerly at everything that involved the saving of money. Early as Marien Plantagenet rose from her downy pillows the next morn¬ ing, little Eunice Perry was earlier still. The morning services in the dimly-lighted church were very dear to her innocent heart. They seemed to shield and shelter her from all the pricks and arrows of the day, and up to this time she had not missed one. She lighted the fire, put over the coffee-pot for her old aunt’s breakfast, tidied up the room, and before she went out, sprinkled a little water over the magnificent calla-lilies that were unrolling their superb scrolls of white velvet in the windows that front, to the east “There will be thirteen,'’ said she, to herself, her cheeks flushing with natur¬ al pride. “Thirteen! I didn’t think w hen I planted the roots in the fall how splendidly they would grow and thrive! Oh, you darlings, 1 .could kiss you, if I wasn’t afraid of spoiling the white purity of your hearts!” There is no accounting for the freaks 0 f the flower world. These lilies had blossomed royally out in the sunshine of those low, three-story windows, when, perhaps, beneath the arched crystal roof of a steam-heated conserv¬ atory they would have put forth noth¬ but leaves. Did they know how Eunice loved them? Did they feel the Magnetic current of her liquid hazel eyes every time that she looked at them? Who could answer? Not Eunice, certainly. She had been gone sofRe time, when Miss Plantagenet leisurely ascended the stairs, turning up her aristocratic little nose at the various sights, and / sounds, and smells which are insepara¬ ble from a tenement-house. Only the old aunt was in the room, moving leisurely about as khe put away the re¬ mains of her frugal breakfast. Marien opened the door, and came in without the preliminary ceremony of knocking. According to her plat¬ form, the poor had no feelings that it was necessary to consult or regard. “Is Miss Perry at home?” said she. “Good gracious, what beautiful lilies! Where did you buy them, my good woman?” 014 Mrs. Perry smiled complacently. “We didn’t buy them,” said she. “Eunice has grown them herself. My niece, miss!” with a little courtesy. “How much are they ?” said Marien greedily. “They are not for sale,” said the old aunt, with rather a frightened air. “Oh, but I must have them!” said Marien, smilingly arrogant. “They are just precisely what I want. Such a perfect shape—so unusually large! I dare say she’ll sell them all for seventy fivecents; for of course they can be of no use to you here!” with a scornful glance around the room. “Did yon say she was out?” “She has gone to church,” said Mrs. Perry, who had instinctively approach, ed a step or so nearer to the lilies. “If you want to see her, she will be at Mrs. Seamwell’s rooms, No.—Fifteenth Street, at nine o’clock this morning.” In her own mind Marien Plantagenet abandoned the idea of the dress at once. She could make her violet suit do- or else the despised pearl-colored silk, perhaps. And, after all, there was scarcely time for the proper mak¬ ing up of an Easter costume; and Sharke & Seabury were advertising some very cheap ready-made suits from Paris. But the lilies she must have! “We are very old friends, Miss Perry and I,” said Marien, turning with the hard, polished smile to the old woman. “And I’m quite sure that if she knew I had taken a fancy to her lilies, she would be glad to give them to me. J am Miss Plantagenet, one of Mrs Seamwell’s best customers, you know i and a word from me would dismiss any of her workwomen. Here is a dollar Of course the flowers aren’t worth that, but I have a horror of any meanness. And now if you’ll get me a piece of paper to wrap them in I’ll cut the flowers off at once.” So, nolens volens, Miss Plantagenet carried off poor Eunice’s white-souled darlings in a piece of tissue paper, leaving her crumpled dollar-bill on the window-sill in its place. "A capital morning's work,” said Marien to herself. On Saturday morning the exquisite bunch of lilies arrived for the font, with a card on which was scribbled the prettiest of messages for the rector. He looked at them with genuine ad¬ miration. “I never saw lovlier lilies in my life,” he said. And then, with a not unnat¬ ural sequence of ideas, he added to himself: “I wonder why Eunice Perry has not sent the flowers she promised ?” Eunice came in to her prayers that Easter Eve, pale and silent, with eye¬ lids just flushed, as if she had been secretly crying, but she brought no flower? The rector perceived in an instant that something was wrong. She was stealing quietly away, when he came out of the robing-room door and intercepted her. “Eunice,” said he, gently, separating himself from the crowd, of young girls who had come thither to help arrange the chancel, font and rails, with leaf and blossom for the morrow’s joyful festivity, “don’t go! I want to speak to you.” “About the flowers?” said Eunice, lifting her soft, shy eyes to his. “Oh, Mr. Elmwood, I am so sorry. But— they were taken away.” “Taken away?” he repeated, with surprise. “Yes,” said Eunice. “Miss Planta genet came to our house while I was gone, and Carried them away, without leave or permission. She left a dollar for them. No money would have bought them of me, after watching the earliest buds swell into bloom.” “Miss Plantagenet?” be repeated slowly, as if in thought. “Are these flowers yours, Eunice?” He took the stately cross of calla lilies from the center of the marble font. Eunice Perry clasped her hands. “Yes,” she said; “they are mine. I should know them anywhere.” “I thought so,” said Mr. Elmwood, drily. “She sent them here this morn¬ ing. It is the old story of the rich man and the little ewe-lamb over again, Eunice. But do not weep; the sweetest lily that ever bloomed is not worth your tears!” lie walked home with her a part of the way, and when they paused on the street corner nearest her home, he took ™ the little cold hand in his. ‘Eunice,” he said, “I wish I could comfort you.” “You have comforted me,” she utter ed. “If I could make your life easier!” lie exclaimed, earnestly. “Eunice, do you think that 1 could ? Sweet one, will you let me try ? Will you be my wife ?’’ So he wooed his wife, and so he won her, on Easter Eve. And, as he after¬ wards told her, he never knew how much he loved her until he saw her crying over those mute, magnificent Easter lilies. As for Marien Plantagenet, she gain¬ ed her lilies, but lost the man she loved. The eallas were not such a bar¬ gain after all! For, if Marien had ever cared for any one, it was for Mr Elmwood. But she failed to perceive that her mistake was rooted in her own selfishness. People never see quite straight. where their own follies are concerned. And Mrs. Plantagenet, poor soul, i a as far away from her millenium as ever!— Hellen Forrest Graces. Apparent Wastefulness of Nature. Life is sown broadcast, only to be followed almost immediately by a de¬ struction nearly as sweeping. Nature creates by the million, apparently that she may destroy by the myriad. She gives life one instant, only that she may snatch it away the next. The main difference is that, the higher we ascend, the less lavish the creation, and the less sweeping the destruction. Thus, while probably but one fish in a thousand reaches maturity, of every 1000 children born 604 attain adult age. That is, Nature flings aside 999 out of every 1000 fishes as useless for her purposes, and two out of every five human beings_ During 1882 there were forty-one theaters destroyed by fire. Of this number seventeen were burned in the United States, seven in England, five in Russia, four in Germany, two in Spain, two in France, and one each in Belgium, Sweden, Bulgaria and Roumania. Waking Href Tea. Dr. Ridges gives the following di lections for preparing an article which leally is what it purports to be and far superior to any of the so-called extracts if meat: 1. Take one pound of lean gravy beef ind cut it into pieces as small as possl ole. A sausage machine will accom¬ plished this most thoroughly and thus Save half the time of step No. 5, while it will enable you to extract all the goodness of the meat more thoroughly. 2. Place the meat in a preserve ja r with one salt-spoonful of salt, put the jar in a saucepan sufficiently large to dlow the lid to be placed on when the jar is in it. j 3. Mix in a large jug equal quantities (carefully measured) of boiling water tnd cold water. 4. Put half a pint of this mixed water into the jar which contains the meat, and A, pour sufficient of the remainder } into . , the outside ........ of the to saucepan lar reach , as high ... as the .. water . inside . ., the .. jar, then ., put ... the lid on the saucepan and place it on the hearth, not on the fire, or on the hod. It will do no harm to cover the saucepan with a cloth or anything which will keep in the heat. 5. The meat must remain in the jar from three-quarters of an hour to two hours, according to the fineness to which it has been chopped, being stirred every quarter of an hour. If cut irfto pieces a little smaller than dice one hour and a half will be suffi cient. At the end of this time take out of tile jar and strain through a hair sieve or through musJin with gentle pressure. 6. Place the red meat juice thus ob¬ tained in a small saucepan, and heat it to boiling while you stir. It will turn brown and curdle. Strain off the solid flakes and rub these thoroughly with a small teaspoonful of arrowroot or corn flour, then boil these again five minutes with the liquor which was strained off, and set it on one side for the present. 7. Now take the meat which was left in the sieve at the end of step No. 5, and put it into a saucepan with a quart of boiling water, cover, and let it sim. mer over a slow fire for three hours; then allow it to boil and stniin imme ■ 8. Now boil this strained liquor down to a half a pint 9. Then mix this half pint with the half pint left at the end of step No. 6, and you will have one pint of strong beef tea containing all the soluble por tion of the meat .—Pharmaceutical Record. Treatment of Balky Horses. A society for the prevention of cru elty to animals recommends the fol lowing rules for the treatment ot balky horses: 1. Pat the horse upon the neck, ex amine the harness carefully first on one side and then on the other, speak encouragingly while doing so, then jump into the wagon and give the word go; generally he will obey. 2. A teamster in Maine says he can start the worst balky horse by taking him out of the shafts and making him go round in a circle. If the first dance of this kind does not cure him the second will be sure to do it. 3. To cure a balky horse simplj place your hand over the horse’s nose and shut off the wind till he wants to go; then let him go. 4. The brains of horses seem to en¬ tertain but one idea at a time; thus continued whipping only confirms his stubborn resolve. If you can by any means give him a new subject to think of you will have no trouble in start¬ ing him. A simple remedy is to take a couple of turns of stout twine around the fore leg, just below the knee, and tie in a bow knot. At the first check he will go dancing off, and after going a short distance you can get out and remove the string, to pre vent injury in your further drive. A Wonderful Spring. About two miles southwest of Big Springs, Texas, the spring from which the town derives its name is situated At the foot of a large cliff will be found a hole of perhaps 100 feet in circum¬ ference and about 20 feet in depth The Texas and Pacific Company have an engine at work pumping watei from the spring all the time, but the supply is almost inexhaustible. There seems to be a subterranean river which flows just beneath the spring, ana from this the vast supply of water comes. Several wagon loads of buffalo bones have been removed from the spring. The water flows in an aque¬ duct to the town, and is used by the citizens of the place. Idaho and Colorado are to be the new iron states of the future. Ores carrying fifty to ninety per cent, of metal have been found in the fivst state PUBLISHERS. NO. 35. hvhorovs. Clara had a vaccine scab Upon her snow-white arm; She warned her beau to that effect, For fear he’d do it harm. But when they came to part that mate She ^ave a mighty grab, And whispered ‘Hug me awlul tight, And never mind the scab.” Is taking ground against a man the some thing as throwing mud at him? In New Orleans it costs $2.07 to eat a cucumber. The $2 is for the doctor, A story writer has finished a sketch called “Lifted Out of Herself.” Proba bly the heroine went yachting and got seasick. “Now is the time to subscriber’ said the editor ^ he led Ms wesdthy bride to the marriage register and shoved a pen into her trembling hand. exnression that the fire has gone °. out.” And it is said ,, that , . of large places in some our you can actually . „ * see the fire escape, ^ The bootblack who has been award¬ ed a verdict of $5000 for damages, re ce i yed at I ulton ferry, New \ ork, la.-t summer will soon shine in bettor soei ety. A Philadelpma man who visited the signal service department white in Washington says it reminded him of a social party at home. All the people were talking about the weather. Rough on rising talent: Brown— “Don’t think you are doing as well as you were last year, old man.” Robin son —“But I was not painting at all last year.” Brown— sol That's just it” At an evening party where on the guests preserved a strict silene matter what might be the subjec conversation, Theodore Hook at advanced to him and said: “If are P are a wise man; if you ire P you are a fooL” “When I 'grow up I’ll be a man, won’t I?” asked a little boy of hi B mother. “Yes, my son; but if you want to be a man you must be indua. trious at school and learn how to be¬ have yourself.” “Why, mamma, do the lazy boys turn out to be women when they grow up ?” Annie was six years old and was going to school with a sister of nine. One afternoon, when school was near its close ’ her imcle came b v P r ° - P osed to carr v them home - The eIder - was a ^ * be bead ber c ^ ass aad not ^ ea ' e > but Annie said: “All right. Uncle Buck! I’ll go. I’m foot and can’t get any footer.” Enthusiastic professor of physics, discussing the organic and inorganic kingdoms: “Now, if I should shut my eyes—so—and drop my head—so—and should not move, you would say I was a clod.! But I move, I leap, I run; then what do you call me?” Voice from the rear: “A clod-hopper!” Class ig dismissed. -■ - — —. — ctIpplxGS FOR TRF vCRIOVS , ___ California’s imported ostriches lay eggs weighing 3 1-2 pounds each, Among the early Christians Sunday was called Dies Dominica, on account A lump of coal weighing three tons was recently mined at Trout Run, Mercer Co > p enn Nine thousand Marshal Niel roses on one vine is the record for one year made by a grower in Newport, R. I. A watch made entirely of iron and in perfect running order was exhib¬ ited in a Worcestershire (England) fair recently of the Savior’s appearance on that day after his resurrection. The first civil I< iw issued for the observance of the da . v combined it with the seventh day Sabbath and other festivals. The Mechanical Engineer tells a strange story of the effect produced on a wrought-iron forging by a human hair. The forging was in a powerful cold press for finishing the forging after it is shaped, It was put between two hardened steel dies and subjected to a pressure of 100 tons to the square inch. A hair taken from the head of a bystander was placed on the face of the forging and the full pressure ap¬ plied. The result was that the hair was driven into the forging and im¬ bedded in it, the hair itself remaining uninjured, and being removed intact. It is said that the gigantic statue of Sermania to be placed at Xiederwald, near the Rhine, is to contain forty-five tons of metal. The blade of the sword alone weighs one ton. On the tip of one of the fingers of the left hand of the figure is the imperial crown of Germany, and the body is clad in chain armor. A figure of the Moselle is to stand opposite; another, representing the Rhine, at the foot of the statue, and each of those will be eighty feet high. Difi-vent portions of this bronze Colossus and its atten¬ dant groups are being cast in Berlin. Dresden, Nuremburg and other places.