The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-15
AND OTHERWISE

Carlyle js to have q monument close
to his house in Chelsea.
w. III. Vanderbilt intends to open his
gallery Of paintings to the public on Ger
tain days.
The collection Of portraits Of Milton,
owned by Mr.. Tiltlen, Is said to be the
finest and most valuable in the country.
Aportrait of General Nathaniel Lyon
has been presented to the State of Con-
necticut by his sister, Mrs. Hasler, OF
Webster, Mass.
An English artist has photographed
swallows on the wing, and fixed the re-
flectiOn they threw or = pond while pass
ing over.
The proposal to organize lottery for
the creation Of a museum Of the decOr,s-
tive arts ut Paris. has just been brought
before the Ministry.
Mr.. Millais is said to have painted, in
his recently finished portrait of Cardi-
nal Newman, the finest picture that he
has yet given to the world. 1t is life
size, and represents the Cardinal in his
scarlet robes.
The Ohio l.. gislature has appropriate
ed $lO,W for marble or bronze statue
Of Garfield, to he placed in the capitol
i
Speaker of the House,
the House form the Commission to *e-
lect sculptor.
Douglas Volk' oil painting ''Ju*t One
Year Ago To-day" OH exhibition 1T the
New York National Academy of de-
sign, and which has been sold for SSiM.
shows a girl in quaint Puritan costume,
with q black velvet col: OIL her fair hair,
kneeling in the snow, gra>riny the
b0ughs Of low: tree in convulsive grief.
Heard i'm Sculptor ExhibitiOn-A
marble group represents an old man,
having in his arms u child. who pulls
his beard. A little child who had been
looking ut the statue thOuyhttiilly, asked
his mother, II say, mama, why docs
the old man make grnlacc:' 1t can't
hurt him, since he is stone. " -E.',mch
Paper.
Buchanan Read, the poet artist, paint
cd the three Miss I.ongiel)ows as chill
drcn. One Of the young ladies' was 40
de picted on the c:,nvas that she appear
ed to De without arms. SO natural was,
this appearance that OH til: picture M'-
ing engraved and sold to the public the
poet received over one hundred letters
asking him his child really was born
without arms.
The London z"icyrorh says that a
school ut fine arts, Is about to he esta!'-
lished ut ConstantinOple. that lectures
are to tx given there "n esthctics, and
that the Protrssorsl,ip is to l'e rendered
to Oscar Wilde on his return from
America. Hc world help, it Is believed,
to kindle some intensity In the dull
souls Of the Mu~sclnans hy teaching
them to bc utterly utter.
A prominent New York picture man,
now in Paris, writes home: '"rl,c rari,
picture market is ut present completely
stripped of works Of the highest order. I
have been here ten days and have not
seen single painting by Diaz. Corot,
Tryon, Duul,iyny, Mil!.t or Rousseau
equal to tI,ose which have purchased
during the last few years. | am told on
! good authority that the p;,:.<t>S"rs o:
ci,Oi,cpicturvs will not sell t.lcul at amy
price,
, The lates: triumph "f scene printing
il recorded i,y the vtraci'als Paris news
lc.,crs. The manager u! a Paris theatre
:e,:vnt!y imported an elephant from
Pc,si:. to figure in an As;ati,. spectacle,
! When the animal was first brought ~"
! on the stage it astOn:>li Il the company
: by making demonstrations "i c<trchn
! delight. E:y"ryln"iy WAS puzzled, ill il
was discovered that the scenery rcl.:,"
! st'nte,l the public S,4'E,r' III lsnalmn
:; Then all w.,S clear. The scene was -
! true tO nature :h:;. tl., r!.'pilan: tanri'
5; himself back at home an'i rcj"irr'' az"
c~rtlii'Gly.