New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-12-10
A Wall Built of Statues.

Two striking instances of the wan
ton destruction of works of art after
the fall of the Empire have been OBJ
tanned in the last few days. A few
yards from the so-called Temple of Mi
nerva Medica, in Rome, a wall was dis
covered built with statues. Seven
have already been put together, as I
mentioned in my last letter. Not far
from the same place we are exploring
q foundation wall, eight feet square,
built with same materials. The upper
strata contain slabs of marble stripped
from pavements and from walls, steps,
intels, thresholds, etc. The middle
strata contain columns, pedestals,
capitals, all split into fragments. FL
nally, at the bottom of the wall, stat
ues begin to appear of exquisite work.
manship, together with busts, herlne,
bas-reliefs, etc. The qualification of
cheese marbles shows that at the time
when the foundation wall was being
constructed there was in the neighbor-
hood q shrine, temple, fountain, or
some such monument, in good preser-
walton and profusely ornamented. The
masons first took advantage of what
ever was movable without difficulty,
and accordingly we find the statues
at the bottom of the trench. Then
they put their hands on what was half
movable, and this is the reason why
columns, capitals, ETC., are found in
the middle strata. A further want of
materials obliged them to attack at
last the building itself, its steps, thresh-
olds, etc.-Ihe Athe,,0eune.
II Great Britain are published 1885
Newspapers and 818 periodicals, which,
with Sc organs of learned and othe,
societies, make total of 2,759 publ.
cations, 1876 newspapers and 598 Pc
riodicals being contributed by LONDON
alone. Of the newspapers 542 are Lib.
eral, 331 Conservative, or Conservative
Liberal, and 941 neutral. Three hun.
bred and ninety~eight ofethe period.
Gals deal exclusively with religious
questions. There are 287 illustrated
papers, of which 80 have colored illus
trations. Questions relating to labor
are treated of in ID newspapers, while
there are l04 prints representing trades
:;nd trade socities.
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., Is perhaps the
only city in the world with two mayors,
two city governments, police, ETC., and
that is taxed in two States. The line
between Tennessee and Virginia is in
the center of Main street. The fugitive
commits crime in Virginia, goes to
the pavement on the other side of the
street and talks defiantly to the officer
on the opposite side, who has a war
rant for his arrest.
No MATTER how well any one may
have succeeded, or how much of wealth
he may be able to leave to his children,
those children should be taught how to
earn, and when earned how to econo-
mize, how to save, how to plan, how
to make. The more wealth q person
has the more need for him to use
double diligence to teach his children
to be seh-relying and self-supporting,
for the very circumstances themselves
OF q poor man home teach these things
whether he does his duty or not. s..
Coffin.
ANOTHER burglary on my square
last night said old Dr.. Willis, while
dining with bis partner the other
evening. $ For my own part I'm tired
Of paying taxes for the privilege Of
being robbed. Don't really see how
the police can help arresting some
thieves now and then, if only By acct
dent. unless, indeed, the police are
the burglars themselves. How is it that
you are never robbed Joe?'' ..Simplest
thing in the world. All you need is .
knowledge Of human nature. Now,
I'll bet there are three or four police
men in this house at the present
moment. Let's go and see. 2 And
Joe led the way down into the base
ment, and the company peeped through
the kitchen door. Sure enough, there
sat four officers. One was fixing the
fire, one was picking chickens, while
the other two were Smelling peas and
singing q chorus from s Pinafore. .
s Well I'm blessed!' said old Willis.
How do you manage itp'' Easy as
rolling off : log keep pretty serva7.
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