The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-04-30
THE BAREHoLDI STATUE.

has not heard of this great statue OF
Liberty Enlfghteuing the World" 1t
has been spoken and written about tor
several years. AS this valuable present
70 the United States will soon be placed
upon the pedestal being erected tor in in
the harbor Of New York the following
facts concerning this new wonder of the
world will be Of general interest
The statue which is now being loaded
on the French transport Issre for ship
ment to this country, is the largest statue
In the world. Some idea Of its magni-
tude may be obtained from the fact that
forty persons found standing room with
in the head. A six foot man standing on
the level OF the lips only just reached
the eyebrow. While Workmen were en-
ployed on the crown of her head they
seemed to be making huge sugar cal
dron, and they jumped with ease in and
out the tip of the nose. Fifteen people
might sit round the fame Of the torch,
which elevation can be reached by
spiral staircase within the outstretched
arm.
The London Daily News, in speaking
of 1t, says: 'It is out and away the
largest statue of modern times. The
Colossus OF Rhodes was nothing to it. It
csS'd carry the 'Btavaria' or the Her
mann in IFS arms. It towers TO the skies
from the yard of the Rue de ChAzelles,
where it has been eight years 10 con-
struction, and the view from its coronet
sweeps clear of the elk story houses and
beyond the walls of Paris"
The weight OF this stupendous statue
Is 100000 pounds, OF which 176, 600
pounds are copper and the remainder
wrought-iron. 1t is expected to arrive
in New York about the 25th of May,
where il will be erected on Bedloe's Is
land, this being the location selected for
1t by Gen. w. T. Sherman, who was ap-
poiated by the president to make the
selection. When placed IN position it
will loom up 305 feet above Underwater,
the highest of the statue being Isl 2 feet,
that the pedestal 81 feet, and foundation
$40 feet.
This imposing statue, higher than the
enormous towers of the great Brooklyn
Bridge or the steeple of Trinity Church,
| which is the Hottest in the city of New
York.-higher, in fact, than any of the
colossal statues of antiquity,-by its
rare artistic proportions, as we'll as by
| Its stupendous dimensions, will add
| another to the wonders of the world. A
word should be said of its artistic merit.
The pose, stride, and gesture, with its
classic face, are pronounced perfect; the
| drapery is both massive and fine, and in
some parts is as delicate and silky in eff.
| feet as if wrought with fine chlsel on
the smallest scale.
The conception and execution of this
sculptor, NJ. Bsrtholdi, who has devoted
eight years of his life and most of his
fortune to this great work, and whose
generous impulses, which must be on q
scale commensurate with this noble
work, prompted him to make such gift
to the United States. The committee II
charge of the construction of the base
and pedestal for the reception of this
great work are in want of funds for Its
completion, and have prepared NINA
ture statuette, an exact counterpart Of
the original, six inches in height, the
figure beng made of bronze, the pedes
tai of nickel silver, which they are now
delivering to subscribers throughout the
United States for the snail sum of 81
each. Aside form its being lasting
souvenir OF this colossal statue, it will
orn iment our homes and bear TESTIMONY
that we have contributed to the compile
tion of one of the grsndest works OF mod
eTn times. Ali remittances should bC
addressed to Richard Butler. secretary
American committee OF the statue o
liberty, No. 80 Mercer street, New York
The committee are also prepared 10 fur
nish a model, in the same metals
We feel assured our people will bt
only too eager to testify their grateful
sense of the frIendliness OF this magnan.
imous offer on the part of the French
people, and to reciprocate the kindly anC
liberal sentiments in which 1t originated
by thus aiding in An active prosecution
of the labors that may be required t.
give the statue an appropriate base anC
pedestal. Now is the time to do il
Whoever wishes to have the honor ant
pleasure of contributing to the erection
of the grandest statue of any age, to 50!
nothing of the sentiment that should b
welcomed aud encouraged, must &C
promptly, for the money will be raise,
as sure as the sun rises. Every sub
+ scriber sending 81 will be supplied wit
q miniature counterpart of this gres
and imperishable statue of
Liberty Enlightening the World"