New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-09-18
OUR PARIS LETTER.

Liberty" which is in future to
light all nations into the harbor Of
New York, has produced a profound
impression on the visitors to the
Exhibition. It is placed on the
left-hAnd side Of the grounds Of the
Champ de Mars, looking towards
the Seine. The face is very fine;
somewhat resembling that Of the
Apollo Belridere, and the effect from
the other side Of the grounds, two
thousand feet off, or so, is remark
ably grand: For the first time a
modern sculptor has achieved that
in which the Greeks seemed to find
no difficulty whatever, namely, the
necessary exaggeration Of parts to
produce effect at a great distance.
NJ. Bartholdi has had great success
so far. The establishment Of the
mass of visitors is amusing, and
their presence serves to bring out to
an observer the full grandeur Of the
work by comparison. A staircase
is established within the head, and
hundreds Of visitors ascend every
hour, while thousands wait their
turn. The staircase leads up to the
eyes Of the figures, which serve as
windows From head to foot, half
the height Of the Monument Of Lon
don; the arm which holds CLAN
BEAU" that is to say the lantern Of
the lighthouse, measures forty feet;
but the details read even more curl
ously. Thus, the arms measure
nearly seven feet in diameter, the
hand is more than fourteen feet
long, and twenty inches in diameter;
lastly, the finger nail measures 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 per-
sons, 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 a base
cree; led on rock, the base. contain
ing the keepers residence and the ac-
cessories of d 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 1'ep0;'se and bolted together,
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 Exhibition, is, with its
blinth, about the height of the face
of the Colossus. M. Clesinger is said
to have received E8O0 for his work.
Sculpture is certainly in the as.
cendant just now in France, last
year, a sculptor, M. Chapu, took
one Of the Gro,,ds Prir d Honneny
and the Prir du Salon, travelling
scholarship, and this year the Salon
jnries have awarded both Of the
Gr0nds Prir, as we'll as the Pyir du
Salon to sculptors-M. NJ. Barrias,
Delaplanche and Hector Lemaire.
The group in bronze which won NJ.
Mercie the Prir d. Honneur in 1874,
is perhaps the most remarkable ex-
ample Of the sculptor's art produced
in France since the last Exhibition;
it consists Of two figures, an angel, !
bearing the dead body Of warrior,
with broken sword still clutched in
his hand, with wings outstreched,
and feet just about to quit the earth
the figure Of the angel is remarkably |
noble, and admirably posed. This
work stands at the present in the
central garden, in the Champ de
Mars, building, but is to be erected
in the Square Montholon.
A trial of ploughs on large scale
recently took place with the authori-
zation of M. Krautz, at VelitBrurg,
near lvry, on the Lyons Line, on
the farms Of M. Decanville, who
worthily mherits from his father
the title of one Of the most eminent
agriculturists in France. M. De
canville is large purchaser Of
American agricultural implements,
and habitually uses on his property
both steam ploughs, as well as
steam-rollers, scarifers, and barrows