The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-08-26

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whence the stairs will continue through
the upIifted arm to the torch held in
the hand. Upon tho small balcony be-
meath tho torch there is standing room
for fifteen persons. Tho height of tho
entire affair is rcckoncd as follows:
Height of base of foundation above
high-watcr mark. 8 feet; height of foun-
dation-mass, So feet; height OF pedestal,
III feet; height of statue, 15l feet
TOTAL 329 FEET.
This raises THO torch several feet
above the pinnacle of Trinity church
spirc, the lofticst cdlicc in the city
proper, and makes it nearly us high rs
the watcr-towcr on the bluff near High
Bridgc, which is the highest point
apove the sca-lcvel in the city. An in
cpmparably beautiful view will bc had
u the harbor, tho city, and the sur
fpunding country from the apex OF the
| statuc.
Aside from its value as an carnc,t of
| Hrchch good will. as IN artistic tri-
| Ymph' amt rs IN observatory, tho
statue will be useful as n lighthouse.
q. powerful electric light will ilumin-
Itc the world by night from the torch,
while coronet OF lights will bu placed
| >'S l'"ao Va 'l'c 'ils'ltlD. IL Is call
cuiatcd that these lights will be visible
on y clear night ut u dis,an. G of eighty
eight miles 1T sea. This will make the
statue one Of the most important light
ishouScS on the coast
"A The outer wall OF the fort, which COW
Gers about half of the island, and comes
{sdown nearly TO the waters edge on the
Vsouthcrn side of it, is 20 be lett stand
n ing, and will make Il very massive and
elective frame for the statue, which
Will be placed il its ccptrc. From tho
inner o: parade wall Of the fort Il ter
4 race will r.sc to the base of the pcdcs-
ital-the space beneath the terrace be.
ing utilized for the machinery for tho
electric lights and the elevator
TIE SCULPTOR.
The distinguished French sculptor,
Frederic Augustc Bartholdi, by whose
hands the rcponssc statue of Liberty
Enlightcnng the World" has been
shaped, was born ut Colmar, in France,
and is about 80 years of age.
AS u pupil of the famous AIRY Schcf-
fer, his artistic ability was recognized
in the bas-rclicf of "Franccsca dc Rim
ini. executed in 1852. His name was
first brought into prominence how
ever, in the United States in 1872, when
his wcll-known statue Of Lafayette was
forwarded rs Il gift from the people OF
France and placed in Union Square,
New York City
AZ the Centennial, where he was one,
OF tho French Commissioners. he was
awarded medal for tho exhibition of
the bronze statues of Peace" The
Young Vino Grower" and Genius in
the Grasp of Misery" He is also &
Chcvalier Of tho Legion of Honor in
his native country.
1t was his wish that France should
present TO the people of the United
States suitable gift commemorative
Of the traditional feeling of good will
existing between the two Nations He
therefore volunteered his artistic SER
vices for tho construction of an cnor-
nous figure representing Liberty En-
tightening the World" to be placed on
Bedloc's Island in New York Harbor,
and he became SO enthusiastic in car
rying on tho project that when SUBJ
scriptions Jagged he pledged his own
private fortune to defray the running
expenses of the work.
Bartholdi has made his mark in Pa
risian art, and is ut present engaged
in the sculpture of n massive lion out
of the solid rock in the side OF noun
tain at Belford, which will be eighty
feet long and thirty feet high.
Gen. Charles p. Stone, formerly of
the United States army, has been en-
gineer-in-c chief of the undertaking. and
Richard NJ. Hunt architcct-in-chief.
ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
"a nf Il 4
seems to be characteristic of certain
degree in the advancement in the civ
ilization of nations. Without mention
ing monuments properly so-callcd-
dolmcns, menhirs. columns and pyra-
mids-wo generally discover in tho
history Of all great nations mention of
tion often mars the apogce of local
immense works in honor of their di-
OF n god often appeared to depend on
the magnitude OF his image, which.
however, they always try to endow
The most imposing figures VIC rccog-
vcnerated gods. In ancient Egypt the
SOioooi All an SSoChtlul uCtOIullOU
OF tho grand temples and palaces. Be
sides its magnificent pyramids. its obe-
lisks 100 feet in height, its gigantic
tombs, its innumorable and enormous
sphinxes, Egypt was covered with stat
ucs fifty and sixty feet high, cut from
single blocks of stone.
Herodotus mentions the colossus of
Osiris. which was nincty-two feet high.
AT Memphis Il few years ago there was
cxhumed the statue of Ramescs H.,
which was forty-ninc feet high. Be-
fore tho entrance to the palace of Lux
or wore seated four similar colossi forty
feot high. Near Gournah can still be
seen the fragments of gigantic seated
statue of Ramcsis the Great, cut from.
single red granite stone. The two
coiossi OF Memnon measure moro than
sixty-two feet each, and with their
pedestal weigh moro than 1,436 tons.
The four seated statues which dec
orate the facadc of the great temple of
lsamboul were sixty-one feet high.
The Greeks. also. erected many stat