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Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09
STATE oF ONO. Cry ~ ToLEno,
l.rcAs Coi'NTY - -

luCAs County. :. :.
FRANK j CHENEY makes oath that he
j. the senior partner Oi the firm Of i. J.
CHENEY 4 Co, doing business IN the Cily
ufToedO. County aud State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay The sum Oi ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS iur cncl aud
every case Of Caiarrh ihni cannui bc cured
by the use of Halls Caiarrh Cure
FRANK J CHENEY.
Sworn la bei,Te me and subscribed IN my
presence, this 'ilh day ofDrcmber. A u. ~.
sr., \. ". GLEASON.
l~- Notary Public
Halls Caiarrh Cure is taken internally
and nets directly on the blo1l and mucus
surfaces OF the system. Send for tes imOn.
ials, free +. J. CHENEY X co. Toledo.
Ohio. n Sold by Druggists. .5c,
Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09

!. building in a few weeks
out in the meantime buyers
will find it to their advantage
to visit the temporary store
occupied by us since the fire,
and examine our stock of Dry
Goods. Notions. Carpets, Fur
nlture. etc.
Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09

\ large and elegant aSSorimcn; of the most
fashionable Millinery t;Oods
NEW GOODS. NEW STYLES.
Democratic messenger., 1889-11-09
GTRAWBREDGE
% o@CIorH'rn. 8
PLAIN STAPLE DRESS GOODS.

In widely advertising the
wonderful stock Of Fancy
Dress Goods it has been our
privilege this season to place
before the public, we have
given less publicity than usu,l
to that branch Of Dress Coos
in which we have for years
distinctively led the American
market-and never as much
SO as the present season-viz.
PLAIN STAPLE DRESS GOODS.
Great interest now attaches
to our stock of these goods. OF
which we display an astonishing
va,7ety, including all materials
and qualities, from the lowest
reliable grades Of Domestic
Textures to the finest French
fabrics.
Included are
Wool .SWahS. Hcxy1eihas,
AlmaS, CoMbM-cS, .ScboSloboiS,
ZrleoGS, C2othS, Satin Ilma-
so1es and Six and Wooi Mate
r7aLS in wonderful assortments.
This great stock contracted for
long ago when wool was much
lower than now, could not pos
sibly be bought to-day at the
same low prices. and it is diff
cult to see wherein it can be
competed with, either in sust
swr1cky or modcyahon If prizes.
That it is not cqualled as a
whole by any single collection
abroad or at home. we have
the latest and unimpeachablc
testimony.
Out OF the stock an item is
named here and there as illus
trative, and as offering a fair
basis Of comparison with usual
prices for same qualities of
goods.
We show:
Dress Cloths and Trieo,s, double widths,
at 37H and so cents per yard; worth so
and 60 cents respectively.
Mixed Trico,. so inches wide a, so cents
per yard; worth Ga. cents.
Dress Cloths, so inches wide, a, Ca.
cents per yard; worth rs cents.
French Cloth Suising, so inches wide, at
rs cents per yard; worth Si.oo.
Ail-Wooi Henrietta. double width, ., 90
cents per yard; worth Ca: cents.
Silk Finished Henrietta. IS inches wide,
at IS and 37H cents per yard worth
s7,i cents and Si.oo respectively.
All-Wool Cashmere, 46 inches wide, at
so cents per yard; worth 6si! cents.
Silk and Wool Henrietta, double width,
at Sf.oo per yard; worth $I.a5.
Ali-Wooi Serge. double width. 4, so
cents per yard; worth Co cents.
All-Wool Serge, 46 inches wide. 8, 20
cents per yard; worth 6a'i cents.
Ail-Wooi Surat. 46 inches wide, a, 6a'l
and rs cents per yard; worth rs cents
and Si.oo respectively.
All-Wool Surah, 4s inches wide, a, ST 90
per yard; worth $r.2s.
French Sebastopol. double width. a: IS
cents per yard; worth SI.oo.
Satin Striped Broeade. double width, a,
rs cents per yard; worth $500.
French Dress Cloth. 4s inches wide. at
$i.oo per yard; worth $i.as.
French Dress Cloth. so inches wide. at
Si.as and $3.50 per yard; worth $3.50
and SI.75 respectively.
French Satin Amazone. so inches wide,
at Si.2s and $3.50 per yard; worth
$3.50 and $I.7s respectively.
French Broadcio,h, so inches wide, at
$2.oo per yard: worth Sa.a5.
French Broadeloth, 50 inches wide. at
$2.So and S2.75 per yard; worth SAYS
and $500 respectively.
In the Fancy Weaves Of
Solid Colors
all The new shades are included. ard
the prices range
From 62': cents 10 si.:5 per yard.
.\ll the above materials can
always be found in Black at
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

A flclbourae australia letter of July q
says: "A good deal Of excitement arose az
NllIanlst0wn tiais morning In consequonce
Of the recovery q ncarly - 0)o. e portionof
the money stolen from the royai mail steam
er iberia, under TIE platform O. tie piar Tail-
way station Tbs discover wAs made by tyo
boys named George Gordon and james 6 weet-
enham, age - God - yc- respectively. As
the boys wcrs walking pa. the piHtf0rin they
saw noass come out 81 g hole and dart
under the northern sa5 Of the platform
Thinking 10 have sorao sport. TIE boys went
on al fSurS under tie c3or. Gordon inserted
a stick and commenced 70 work it about.
The action produced c.ink.ng sound, vhich
was 50 unexpected that tie lads scratched
away the earth and suddeniy discovered q
nsass of severe. .qus
After filing their pockets they covered up
the place and went home Gordon found that
he had Ils sovcTeigns and bis companion lo4
The father u Gordon Monday took both
boys, with the sovereigns. % the police STA
tion. The police proceeded 70 the spot and
found 950 sovcreigns. Including those found
by the boys, the whole sun having been Ia a
bag Subsequent, the police, by digging
with garden fork, found three other bags
in different places. only couple q inches
under the sand The grand totEi o. sovereirus
recovered j. asa The bags ia which the
money was found are supposed % have been
stolen from The royal mail rtcamsr Iler1s
some time ago. They had evidently been
opened and some sovcreigns hno ben taken
ont - each before they were planted
-Four q The Eve bag lost have nov been
fos1rf
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

A rather arnrsinr incident occurred during
the brief visit which &c shah paid f,rsvio,ls-
" 10 rs departure 70 the "Acrostatic In
closure ir fhe Avenue Klehcr A. the bal
loon was being Snt Up someboiy reoite6 a
poeflcal composition hr " Clovis Bnauns
TIE deputy for Nsrseliiss The shah %
usual. Ped considerable attention - the
Ffr.rs and after the el0rutiuulrt baa ,.r.r,-
cluded. nc outbor n the g;EOpbss va intro
duceo % the monarch. vhc1 II was explained
10 the potentste that n Hugues was not only
a. accomplished Farnasslan sftuner isIf
40 Tlsemi,er q parliament kssr-od- Din
overs heimed npIsreutv at the VIDE chnrrn
which separates poetry from politics. rsgard-
Cd D. Buruos for few moments with
elsazeruent. sno then. describing 3 seuaicirrls
With lis night hand. exclaimed. "wflsff a
pei and politician com binsd ~ Tber The
shat feb irto bTief rrverie. and n Hurue~
ventured r. remark that be congratulated
The king On hls having sospfed himself 80 a0-
mirab'y - tbs republican regime during his
stay IN FrsBce
That concluded the republican Rsrd
f'ov NJ iovly - the shah. ia ~ suod omen
sire fof Us sad for ynur ovn countrrr To,s
IL the zfoTy - fpid by certsiH republ,e.,.
bUt TREY have forEotteB o. usutioo tsst
NaEr-ed-Dis ssi-e1 II. Euru-~ " be..-~r. not
one n thoss politicians who usnfs5 r. DO
away win kings. and that the deputy. sors.-
vhaf 5iscrroerte1 rcFiiee "Nof urrcisplv.
buf rfe sTre-e-r pe>gile ought - - allowed
fo rsp1se thoii nrr -ule-s" On n.srfns tilis
80 srsh tu-ne'i 0.liea " 10y fr,rr fss dsrrp
r-stic bard ar5 i,@g7n - lr<,k st---rrf "a
the baliaoD rcnin he sson .fs-~-sr5 eft
London TseE eph.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

Eez jersey cofInfs courf refuse =. low
. witness 70 te<efT 10 sn scfiou -. aeaf iy.-
canss n his denisi - T,lIsl isi rq,f f,- r,siurv
lv TIE Almighty Ths ~itr,e-s sid 10 s-.-
H,ve5 - the sSi~tercs - a1rrsrs. Beng
ard did NJ 0~nT . futurs ststs l,ut - -
he~s1 tbs pensfrT rrenc-ib be- ~ 80 ~ssfs
vould - tfs =. u pnpist, u,srf ~ v-rls =.
cei-s .u o.ss he zs-s f.iae 49, rr,sv ,,.s.-
sath Cln 81 spr~s' f,sn tte S@-i-i-- ~ -.
i0rsr rorf~r tts surrsr-is r0urt - Esv l~--~v
f.s cre~rliied t1s oTlginsf as~irio- rr-s.
Ttixon i1 deilve-fnz - sp5Hies, hel1 fs.f
enc rtrff ~ 20 vit1>E - t-rf - wes so-,I.S
rae~efY b~csuss - CD nee t.ls~s tis.t c.
voalS pznish TerjHry sn1 tsuf ne 80 trss
derr -e6 81 xvi rtErt~-tt~f - t.ef.fviro
~ his o-E t<tnf-vFsis - -sr~~iff,-i~vr -
tas state p-rvis>s thst ~ pevsor ''s,lnl =.
ssnie1 tss eRi-Ta.esf - sus rfvu ftsrt
roe-s.T ~ s-counf y rs rsiirin-s r-irs-i piss
i p $50 - oa~ IT - ssg-s - ~ -.
Tnis~f Ststr< suVsu< coart - e ir~e.lv-~
s. 0rds-s rsar e~rzff<-z@i~n-li a,setl--- -rEi-s
bss nevs- 5--r es-so.< - Fsrssk < - - -7s---.
paYer.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

b. photography the sutoEf@f,h Is ne-
produced in various si1es. some smaller
than the original ana one ar tN0 lareer.
zae latgeT for Use on CHECKS ans ~ar-
l'aats- The autograph iso-simlle~ thus
produces were transferred ~ means IL
wax szaq lus - plsoes 81 s.eel Gna tAore-
upen cu ~ the eAeIaTers E.asc are
pieces al soft sIaol. e4a4ly worked. ous Ia
an hour "a t~o tAev 4ge hardened in q
p1Hrl furnace. 4-kAg ane of them
aiiel IL Is h@f~ened tAs Nurkl4an tr.As-
faIs tAs Inscription upoa l.. ty means ~
5 powerful pressure. lo fhe face ~ liz
tle spool of sott steel sad this in tSrn IL
hardened UA a ls tough enough ioF the
WORK la.siare a. Bank notes are printed
Ia sheets Of fouF, and of courss ihers
lnasi l,e a plate for each note.
When the original pilates are encra ved
q number Are plrposels len blal4- a here
the signature ~ tie treasurer are a. be
affixed and these original blaak plates
can be reproduced as desired bF pressure
transfer Taking one of the b.ank plates
and putting a in a press, the workman
ADJUSTS 10 as proper place the spool
bearing - y. 1uslo2. brluga down Tie
power - t5e press rods tue spool bach
ward and forward ic~ times. and
there ne has the autograph ~ the new
treasurer plsiniy written ln the soft steel
q the plate CA which Is a. b. printed
many a bushei of hvcs. tens. hundreds
og i've hundreds The soft ste.l piate Is
hardened ia .he hre bei ORA being pa 10
work. g. lnaI lt may have greater endur-
ance. Portraits. dates aud other figures
are changed Oh the steel plates IA the
same simple manner 81 sls&li e. pense
II perchance il should be desired %
change the name OF GATE in = I4atC ~
which there are no duplicates with blank
spaces for this purpose complete plate
is soltened and the old name OF cate
scratched OF with a sharp tool. This
leaves little hollow or in4cniasioa IL
the face Of the plate aud - tAe smt2cs
must be perfectly level and smooth some
ingenuity is required 10 produce another
perfect surface for the engraving OF the
new name This is done by the simple
means of pounding on that section of
the back Of The plate directly under the
spot where the hollow Is, q few sharp
blows suflcing 10 bring the surface up
level with the remainder OF the plate
This newly raised surface may not be
perfectly level and smooth, but Il Is
FURNISHED down and the desired name or
words stamped into IL by the hard steel
spool and heavy pressure. w ashington
Letter.
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

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v--s-- fs - ealie's nse- n. = ssarr - -
ST. T--r 81 e--elsss ~s So szooag g
fes ---~ 49, t.74 tns stoesesf srr1 ~ 'zr
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Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25

aud voc = cOF. and even tA-EitlefAi Voaia
hen. Ans afts5 : WAX Oo1 y ~ seua ne
bols11 q usref setners-. s~4einE 4oHn
esor - tae .&n1. Gns s1las * - ~ e..rs1 as.4
sosne cf "a a. nszseD ~lA slGk Slte ISAIAH
.lu t1s Nu1ernesS N4kels k&Ve uroEsG a4t
slS slrsauls u t1s as.erS. 4ad wlt1 Davis
..fnere a river tAs streams xn1reof saan
Enake gla1 ths slknt ~ 0o- Ga g. ~ LA
FxssExo.fsi Anleflc& 4aI O-1i
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25
TIE coUSTRY's POSSIBILITIES.

THE COJNTRYS 5 POSSIBILITIES.
'Dut, says some one, 'in calculating the
immensity Of our continental acreage YOU
must remember that vast reaches OF our pub
lie domain are uncultivated, heaps Of dry
sand, the bad lands of Montana and tie
great American desert.n l am glad you
mentioned that Within twenty-five years
there will not be between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts a hundred miles Of land not re-
claimed either by farmers plow or miners
crowbar. By irrigation the waters Of the
rivers and the showers of heaven in what
are called the rainy season viii DO gathered
into great reservoirs and through aqueducts
let down where and when the people want
them. Utah is an object lesson. Some parts
OF that territory which were 50 barren that
q spear Of grass could not have been raised
there in a hundred years are now rich as
Lancaster county farms Of Pennsylvania, or
Westchester farms Of New York, or Somer-
set county farms Of New Jersey. EXpcri-
ments have proved that ten acres OF ground
irrigated from waters gathered in great
Psychological basins VIII produce as much
as fifty acres from the downpOur Of
rain, as seen in our regions. We have
our freshets and orr droughts, but in
those lands which arc 10 be scientifically irri-
gated viii be neither freshe.s nor dronghts
As you take pitcher and Get it full ~ water
ard then set Il on n tsblo aud take drink
out Of Il whom you are thirsty and never
think Of drinking ptcherful all at once. 80
Montana and Wyoming and Idaho vill catch
The rains Of their rainy season and take up
al the waters of tbeiT rivers Ia CrCa, pitch
ers Of reservoirs and drink ont Of them
whenever they VIII and refresh their land
whenever they will Tho work has already
been Crsndly begun BY the United States
govern ncnt Over four hundred lakes have
already beaR officially taken possession Of ~
the nation for the great enter prise ot irri-a-
ton Rivers that have been rolling idly
through tbsse regions. doing nothing on
their wav % tho sea. vii be lsssoed and cor
rallied and peunod NJ until suca times
a. the farmers ned them. Under the same
processes the OHIO. the Mississippi and
al .he ofb~- rivers VII be Taught
- behs-a thonseiVes better. and great
basins viii be made C. catch the surplus
o1 water in tiunes q freshet an1 keep them
far times 4 drought Ths irri eating process
II which all tae ard iauls between the A.
lantlc aa> the Pacific oceans sre % h fer1il-
iz=1 i TO ns~ erDerinsrt IL has heea gong
II successfully hundreds = Years IN spain,
IN China. IN Iniis. n Eussis. II EgTrt
About eight am i-ei million = peoTie ~ ia
earth toeav ara CERT iva ~ Tod raised on
irrivat=i ard An hs~s - have allowed 70
L. vsste. zirsa II rorast -~1aks snd Ia ard
rrair's dr-. sr1s e1-sgh to s-lpport vhoie
ra-. rs - inGrstri1.ls -rr1.atio1- Fhs ~ork
hs--n = e e. -.r1sur1 at-i Here s0d there
sx-s--.-rsl lan1s ray ~ febboTr .u1 rsfnsa
p vl-l3 ~ rhea- or r-~1 fro-n taeir ksri
Telegram-herald., 1889-09-25
DR.. R.S.CLAY
TODD
OFFICE sAO DISPENSARY i:
ROOM 4, lMMEN BLK, 43 MONROE ST.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

Cures Deafness. Noisesin the Head, Catarrh.
Bronchitis. rheumatism. Nervous Debility,
I'm mpOtrnce. BAlrtnness and diseases resulting
from early indlscrerions and exceSses OF man-
hood. and diseases or the Urinary Organs.
Blood. stomach. Lungs. Eye and Ear. FITS. Old
Sores. Erlchiug, dyspepsia. Nerve. Spine.
Liver Kidney Heart Diseases ~hortness OF
Breath. Back u Head. small OF Back. an dis
eases OF women and children. and all chronic
diseases.
once hours . a. m. 20 p. IN. Consultation
free. aud No charge for services until cured.
NJ suicinrs sent everywhere. Make call lfpOS-
slDle Directions Ia all languages
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
A Thing Of the Past.

Mfc little maids Of 1880 didn't ask
their manmas to wake and call them
early Oh the first OF May, as tho little
maids did IN 1889. May day has passed
out. No little girls wander on the
Common with paper roses on their
heads, or meandcr to Tommy's Rock
i'll Roxblry to choose Il queen and dance
around the May pole. All these things
lave passed away. Young men do not
mount their horses and HE to Sayin
Hill, or take their lasscs i'll chaiscs to
purchase at Winsllip's q bouquet Of rare
flowers. There is nc May day fair at
Roxbury, where all early breakfast was
secured, and there are no lilacs III bloom
for the boys and girls to purloin. All
these have passed, and instead thereof
wo haye-whatp
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19

tho Aztccs Of Mexico, ana tic iilcas Of
Peru. 1t is not probable, however,
That the directors Of the. Exhibition will
attempt to duplicate the great houses
OF the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
and Arizona. These immense struct-
urcs Wtre built to accommodate tho en-
tire population Of a town, and somc-
times contained six hundred apart
monts, in which three thousand or four
thousand people lived.
BY no means all Of tho varieties of
dwellings crcctcdo on this Street Of Hnb-
i~tations have hocn mentioned hero.
The list would he too long.
In order to preserve MS much rs pos
siblc tho simiiituae of the various
houses to those in representation Of
which they are built, they will be oc-
cupicd, as far as possible, by people OF
the races to whom they belong. Thus,
tho Egyptian house will DO occupied
by modern Egyptians, in costumes
copied from lately discovered antiqui-
ties III Egypt.
japanese and Chinese will occupy
the houses Of thcir countries, and viii
be busily engaged in making the pro,
ducts which they mike at home. IL
tho Indian wigwnm will be an Indian
family from Canada.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
True andiEais6 Missions.

About q quarter of d century ago
There lived i'll Western Virginia IN old
Motdodist clergyman, who, being dis
ablcd by age from preaching, taught q
dozen little childrcnlto spell and read.
AL of his loisuro time ho gave to tho
writing Of a book on geometry. Flo
WAS 50 kind and dovollt u man, that his
unconscious influence on his pupils
was US wholesome as tho sun and pure
air upon young plants. Every one of
them has been n noblcr man Oh womu
for his teaching.
Yet this teaching ho looked upon rs
play; it was tho unconstraincd effort of
his nature. His roal work in the
world, he thought, was tho discovery
of unknown laws and methods in mnthe-
matics.
But when ho was dead, the huge rolls
Of manuscript which he left behind him
were pronounced by mathemnticinns to
bc faulty, and of no value.
There is nothing in which men arc so
| readily mistaken us in their W true
work in life. Tint which costs them
labor and effort, they are apt to value
most highly; but that which is most
likely to Inst in the world is the work
which expressed thcir secret nature
and feeling; which camo from their
minds as naturally MS the breath from
their bodies.
Haydon, the artist, painted with in,
finite care and pain many gigantic his
~torical pieces which arc now almost fct T.
gotten, while no IS known best to o
tcrity by Il hasty sketch thrown off for
his own amusement.
Fon KrOoblc was tho author Of many
| IN ntjnIn11S tnrNou ~, ,SNf0,>!, vsinu F." 1>,,f
he is remembered only as tho writer of
a little song full OF love and pathos,
which is sung i'll every nursery in Cor
many.
Tho same d%iscouragin3 truth meets
us III everyday iifo. The conscionti-
GUS young man who measures every
hour Of the day, and fills it with Il duty,
and who regulates every word AMI ac-
ton by rigid laws, is apt to find that
while the outward life is perfect, some
unexpected faint suddenly shows itself
in his heart.
He IS priggish, irritable, vain, or ma
l%icious, and ho finds, to his astonish-
mcnt, that it is these hidden faults that
impress his companions, rather than
his faithful observance Of duty. The
last IS forced action; the first is the
true expression OF his nature.
while hes has been busy in sccing
that tho rnmparts arc secure, and tho
sqntincls on guard on the outer walls OF
his character, the neglected ownor of
tho fortress has proved traitor, pulled
down the flag, and yielded to the
enemy.
"NNhat am I to do, thcn?" some boy
or girl will probably ask. cam T not
to strive to DO good work, or to live Il
perfect life in the world?"
The wise Asiatic king answered tho
question ages ago. s'Kccp thy heart
with all diligence; for out OF it aro tho
issues Of life"
That work will be most effective and
enduring into which you throw your
own vitality. That word and action
only will have a real power III the world
which nre the expression Of your own
feeling and belief.
See to it that tho foundation be pure,
if you would heal and not poison the
world with its waters.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19

suAo yon.o, IL. .n... - earn they know
nothing we'll. Thcy can cool, \ little.
sew a little, playa little on the piano,
cmbroidcr a little, possibly saint a few
stiff flowers or impossible landscapes.
What does it amount to? Nothing, in
the emergency OF work or starve, not
one OF these small ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ayails for earning Il living or oycr rs
plcnishing their small wardrobe. They
have been trained to nothing. The IN
married. women III New Enylaud at
least out-numbcr the married ones. III
Massachusetts alone there are seventy
five thousand moro women than mon,
and it is safe to infcr that the majority
OF the lone sisters must support them
selves. II these go into the big cities
their uniitness IS against them and
many Of them are hnmpcyci by some
home tic and the question is, what can
awoman do at her hearth,tonc?
1t may be helpful to observe how
women in country houses have solved
this problem.
a poor c~lcrsyman's widow found her
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19

An old adyinrcduced circumstances
sold raspberry shrub and elderberry
vino Of her own making, and obtained
q sum sufficient to enable her to en-.
largo her methods and now she is kept
very busy.
Those instances only illustrate the
possibilities within grasp when q woman
has M Intelligent eye to SEQ: tact to
avail herself Of tho resources late Boz
slows and cnorgy to pcrseycre. But
success in every case was duo to scru-
pulous care to do the thing attempted
iii the YCrY best nnncr
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-07-19
BRONZE IN ANCIENT oREEoE.
Tho Use to Which the Meta Was
Put In Works of Art.

Bronze was used by the Greeks for
works of art Of many sorts, but very
few ancient bronzes remain to us.
Tho metal having considerable value,
capable Of being coined into money and
always III demand for decorative ap-
p,iances, is sure to be melted down Wien
found or seized, unless the love Of art or
display prevents it. SO it happens that
the Naples Museum alone contains
more large early hronZes than all other
museums together, and that nearly all
llese works OF art omie from the ono
villa which was explored III IIercula,
ueum between 1850 and 1760. The
carl, st Greek WORKS III this magnificent
collection arc the so-cal'cd dancing girls
stately drlpc,l figures of life-size and
larger than life, statues OF extraordinary
dignity and refinement. The noble
head called a portrait Of Plato, anu also
10y various other names, not o~riginnlly!a
bust, but evidently cut out Of II bronze
statue, which probably had been thrown
down and ruined, is also Of a great
epoch in art. Half a dozen large
statues, and twice as many busts, all ~
the same hall, are Of value inferior only
to those who have been named. The
Spinario, or boy extracting u thorn
from his foot, in the Capitol Museumat
Rome, and the so-called Idolino at
Florence, are also carly bronzes Of great
Importance, and the Victory at Brescia
and the Praying Boy ut Berlin ar
works Of II later period.
Bronze was so much used by tho
Greeks for weapons and armor that it
was natural for them to decorate tl,esa$
arms more richly than could have been
the case with steel. Accordingly, very
elaborate decoration was glyon to parts
Of this suit Of defense, the Sirius bronzesS
in the British Museum being the most
elaborate specimens 80 far discovered
These are shoulder pieces having figures
In high relief upon them; more COM
monty engraving was used, and SUBJECTS
Of many figures were given by this
means to broast-plates and helmets.
Bronze mirrors, too, wore decorated III.
this way, their backs being covered
with engraved designs; and there exist
also engraved disks which were noCI
mirrors, but apparently votiye offer nQsyA
But richest Of all were tic clsts Old
boxes of sheet bronze, circular ori
oval in plan, with straight uprighV
sides having cast feet and hanlles,bn
decorated otherwise wholly WITH RpnM
grhving. III