The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-09-14

more than fourteen inches by twelve. The
platform which is to surround the lantern, |
will measure nearly four feet in width and |
will hold ten persons, and allow space for |
them TO circulate without difficulty. The |
head is surrounded by rays which are to be |
illuminated.
The Colossus is TO stand on n base erected |
on a rock, the base containing the keepers |
residence and the accessories Of q lighthouse. |
This base will measure more than eighty |
feet high, so that the top of the head of the |
figure will be little short Of two hundred |
feet from the ground. The whole is formed |
Of sheets Of copper rcpdHsSic and bolted to-
gether, and the quantity of metal required
will be thirty tons; while the iron frame
work, including the staircase within the
statue, will weigh about seventy tons more.
The statue Of the Republic, grand seated
figure, by Clesinger, which is placed in the
terrace before the chief entrance Of the Ex-
hibiton, is, with its plinth about the heigbth
of the face of the Colossus. Clesinger is said
TO have received GS00 for his work.
Sculpture is certainly in the ascendant
just now in France; last year sculptor,
NJ. Chapu, took one Of the Grande Prir d.
Honnour and the Prir dc Salon, travelling
StnOldIsnlpg anu llllb year lub bdlbl JuIltS
have awarded both Of the GTdnde Pyi.r, as
well as the PTir du Salon TO sculptors-M.
NJ. Barras, Delaplanche and Hector lie.
maire. The group in bronze which won NJ.
Merce the Pyir d HonnCur in 1874, is per-
haps the most remarkable example of the
sculptor's art produced in France since the
last Exhibition il consists of two figures,
an angel bearing the dead body of a warrior,
with broken sword still clutched in his hand,
with wings 6utstretched, and feet just about
to quit the earth the figure of the angel is
remarkably noble, and admirably posed.
This work stands at present in the central
garden, in the Champ de Mars building,
but il is to be erected in the Square Mouth
olon.
A trial of ploughs on large scale recent
" took place with the authorization Of NJ.
Krantz, at Petit Bourg, near Ivry on the
Lyons Line, on the farms of NJ. Decauville,
who worthily inherits from his father the
title of one Of the most eminent agricultur-
lists in France. NJ. Decauville is a large
purchaser of American agricultural imple-
inents, and habtually uses on his property
both steam ploughs, as well as steam rollers,
scarfers, and harrows of American manu-
iacture. All these were in full work at the
trial, and nearly monopolized the attention
of the wondering peasantry, who flocked in
| great numbers from neighboring cOmmunes.
| The rapidity and neatness with which steam
| ploughs do their work make spectators mar
vel that any others can be used, but the
| prime cost of machinery is a great consider
alton to small farmers. There were plenty
Of more old-fashioned specimens of agricul-
| tural labor TO be criticised fOur-horse and
wo-horse ploughs; four-ox and two-ox
| plOughs; and one plough with six heavy
horses and seven men, whose performance
was pronounced a sad waste of labor, especi-
ally as pair of oxen side by side with one
man seemed to plough quite as deep and
good furrow. The jurors, among whom
were the Senators Feray and Foucher de
| Careil, who both are stated TO be land-own-
ers in the department, will not give their
verdict for some days. Some Arab chiefs
wearing many decorations, and three Chi
nese of high rank walked after the ploughs
and partook Of breakfast given by NJ
Decauville.
One of the most striking characteristics o
the Exhibition buildings is the employment
of terra-cotta and enamelled earthenwarC
in their decorations. This employment meet,
the eye almost everywhere. The front and
back of the building on the Champ de Mar,
have series ofplasters decorated with squar,
slabs of brightly colored faience, the orna
mentation consisting of two designs alterna
ting with each other, one composed princi
pally of birds, the other of fruits and foliage
One of the most remarkable colors in thes,
slabs is fine bright red, and this is said I,
have been discovered during the expert
ments made, with the view to the production
of the slabs in question. Another applica
ton of decorative pottery is to be seel
around the doors of the pavilion of the Cit
of Paris, in the enclosed garden in the cen
tire of the Champ de r ars, where is a doub
border of large square slabs, terra-cotta an,
faience, in reality believe only imitation
in plaster. But the most remarkable appli
, cation is that on the fronts of the pavilion
of the fine art galleries which face the door
of the city pavilion. There are works q
great magnitude, each front consists of thre
r arches, the central one only pierced beloN
with a door. Over the door, and on eac
side of the northern porch, are figures {
, poetry, painting, and other arts, larger tha
life, and three landscapes of great area, wit
} grand expanse of sea, and villages on tn
,, cliffs, architectural motives amidst gran
! trees, decorative collars, and other elements
All this is executed in large tiles and wit
r much success. The blues and greens in tn
5 coloring are remarkably fine, and the frin
| shows very few faults, while the tiles are
flat and regular, that the joints are only az
parent at a very short distance. ALPHA,