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HOW WE VIEW THE NUDE IN ART.


Cndressed Statues and Pictures Are
Rapidly Gaining Ground.
NEW YORK. April 13.-Last Saturday
afternoon sat for ten minutes in q Fifth
avenue art gallery. watching one of Hen
ner's mannerish but wonderful pictures
and the people xho passed in front of it.
The picture represented q naked nymph
lying beside pool Of water, her golden
hair ripping down along her back, which
was turned TO the spectator. Il was a
mastery piece of work, and well worth
looking at, daring in color, perfect in COM
position.
There came waddling by first a fat old
lady, who passed the picture with virsu-
Gus sniff and tip-filted nose expressive OF
disgust. A young woman leaning on her
husbands arm followed. She saw the
nymph from afar and gazed in the other
direction as she walked by with an H.
assumed air OF unconcern Her husband
stole one quick look at the lazy beauty on
the canvass. and then sheepishly glanced
round TO see if he was detected Next ap-
proschei two chatting school girls out for
their half holiday. Now, thought /. for
bushes and giggie- Nothing OF the sort
They stopped before il. 'oh, isn't that
beautiful said one For = moment they
stood with a6miring eyes, then slowly
passed along 20 the next picture with per
feet Inconsistencies Of manner. 1t was
the height of good breeding.
A man walking alone looked fartirely
about and then stole MP 10 the canvas
For moment he devoured II with his
ewes. then scurried away 20 the sher side
of the gallery. still viewing IL from a dis
tance. Another man and woman, arrn in
arm. They paused 10 view the flores;
spirit. naked bat unsshamed. and began
discussing her with the interes: OF intelIi-
gent amateurs. I overheard something
shout "aesh fints" and the .-foresho-ten-
ing Of the ief. leg"
4 newspaper critic AZ = dog troi paused
for moment. penc5leG h2ssy note on
the margin uf his catalogue and hurried
on. A thin-yis2ged lady remarked TO her
thln-vissgei CON pa1ion that such things
ought not 10 he allowed A little group
Of art students examined il long and care
fully. huslly discussing il az they looked
from various points Of view. Ii IS not 50
many years since Henner nymph,
brought 20 the auction block IN New YORK
vas roundly Kissed BY the yiTt1ous among
the buyers. The nude Is gaining ground
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the emperor very much and he was
parficuiaxiy interested In her ma
chinery. which ID the latest and
most improved Her engines are larger
and more powerful than any yet made Tor
the Atlantic passenger steamers. do not
care 20 predict what her time Win be but
Jon may rest assured il viii not be behind
the record of the Columbia. The Primes
bismarck has Three tunnels and two masfs
which are low and without yards 80 as 70
oiier the least resistance while their efici-
eney remains unimpaired should their use
ever be required The Prince Bismarck
vii be SD feet long. 50 feet vide and 4
depth Of 20 feet 1t win have I2.0O tons
displacement and the engines win have
1900 tons horsepower. There win be five
decks constructed solidly Of steel and teak
wood, the upper decks ending in strong
turtae-backs at the bow and stern. One
new ship viii have twin screws
and its entire working machinery viii
De duplicated 1t is no. necessary
70 state fhsf the workmanship on
this latest addition 10 our feet viii be the
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OCEAN FERRIES.
1hrl Echurz On the Possibilities
Of Steamer Speed.
lsaEE DAYS TO LIVERPOOL
nneesrd-Breaker AZ the Ha@burx Eta
- Bs launched IN May-Electrse-
isy - . Motive Power.

Nxu Yoxx, April Especial Core
ndence Men of millions who control
- railroads Of this country and the big
l1nnsl.ip lines have entered in a great
- for fast tine. The one cry is how
- ue save time, and the heads of the
uot corporations have taken the fever
~ TIE p1blic and the strongest possi-
- rivalry exists. While new lines Of
lnnnit With faster engines and more pala-
- eszs are being agitsted and created In
- succession on land, the steamship
~ haye mot been idle TIE improve
1T II the Transatlantic liner In ten
- has been very great. and as the travel
- a increasing new and faster ships
- king built The amount Of capital in
eo1od in these great ocean transportation
~ d enormous. The first COS. Of one
fthe modern ships Is very nearly, If not
Ienise, $sm, 90, and when one line
- runs half . dozen or
80 Of these floating palaces il
- readily be imagined that these COM
nies must control large sumo of money.
1eGfdes the millions the steamship men
i've invested in ships more millions have
IN invested in real estate, docks, and
1iIdmgs on both sides Of the ocean. To
l1ueec$ these millions il il Of course neces-
ony 70 secure patronage, and to do this
dkey must make fast time Today the
Canard, the Inman, the Hamburg-Ameri-
en- Packet. the North German Lloyd. the
White Star and the Transaflansique are
fashing their ships across the Atlantic In
he great race to save time, and only day
u two ago the dispatches announced that
he Cunard line was about 10 build quar-
fstse Of ships that will make the trip from
New York 10 Queenstown in . little more
than i've days This is even better than
TIE Austin Corbin scheme Of running H.
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maflne architecture perfect in the three
requrements Of modern traveI-safefy.
- no comfort In our ships there are
t.0 1isflncf sets Of boilers, two engines
sMo snaffs and two screws, both sets work
.nE i3dependenfiy Of each other and separ-
"a % one solid longitudinal buIkhead
running from the keel to the upper deck
and dividing the vessel into two non-com-
mnnacsfang halves, Of which each i
Iuuy equipped 70 propeI the ship. You
ses. sn accident 70 one side Of the ship can
Ia no manner Affect the other. whose ma
cnlnery VIII continue to work and propei
the ship with the greatest ease. The
safeT-tignt compartments win confine 20
one compartment any accident that might
happen .
How many lines have adopted the twin
scrrw systemya
well. our own. the Innan, and the
Nhate Star Is all AZ the present time. but
Inase no doubt but that they will ali be
using Il In the near future The chip of
the future will, TO nv mind. have larrer
engines and have four OF them with two
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sets Of twin screws. You can readily see
that to carry this extra machinery. and at
the same time not decrease the freight and
passenger carrying capacity, We must have
some pretty big ships: In the Normania.
our two engines make total of II so
horse power. 50 If this horse poser were
doubled the force At our command would
be very great
Nj. Shurz.n
''Oh, you see am not figuring on that.
but i will be ell the better in case we can
tricity - We do not yet know what its
pecnliar.ties are and what it is capable of
doing l should not be surprised 70 see it
adopted IN our Atlantic passenger ships
almost a. any time, but there are certain
problems 10 be solved in electricity before
We can use il in big steamships as motive
power. We must know that it is safe. That
Is the very important question that has
not ye; been satisfactorily answered We
must be able to secure it az reasonable
expense. / don't suppose that any of the
great steamship lines would hesitate at q
few hundred thousand dollars on every
ship. bat the cost OF the original
plant Is not the thing that they
would hesitate AZ. What could il be run
turing parsphernaiia take up in the ships
hold. II il would occupy more room than
the machinery now in use, that would be
very bad. but it is more than likely il would
take much less space. and every foot of
space ON . big ship has it value. Even
though electricity would cost as much
more than the present system of motive
power if We could make faster time, and
be assured that il Was safe, We would
adopt il. We can't experiment with cleo
tricity, which 10 an unknown power 10 q
great extent as yet on one OF our big
vessels out in the middle of the Atlantic,
where il might kick up Just like an
untractahle horse. I believe the time
viii come though. when electricity will
be used as the motive power on cur great
railroads and steamship lines. But until
we get il we cannot stand idle bu. will go on
improving and perfecting our machinery
from New York in London in seven days
and in Hamburg in eight days. Ten years
from now we may be able 10 land passen-
gers in London in say four days and in
Hamburg IN Eve days l believe in fast
time. and If We could cross the Atlantic in
TWO days j would favor il.
And as TO the danger of the speeding of
sfeamxhipef 2"
There is Just as much danger in run
ming At the rate Of fifteen or eighteen knots
an hour rs twenty knots The fastest
runs vet made by our steamships are
twenty-five knots an hour. the possible
speed of the future There has been much
talk about icebergs that have been floating
in the path of passenger steamers. and Of
the alleged danger of fast running in con-
nec,ion with them. but where ship is
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In light Clothes and . Bleed Red Tie
He Proudly PAGES Hts Acres.


Since his retirement from p1hlie ofEce
ex-senator John ]. Ingalls, has developed
into . fuli-fadg-i farmer. He owns a
thirty-acre tract Of land south OK MS resi-
dence IN Atchison, Kan. and - soon IS
spring weather permitted be began turning
il into = large truck farm.
Al present he il engaged IN planting
potatoes He does not shovel dirt or do
other disagreeable things. He has swo
stout coiored men 10 perform manual isbor
and be stands On convenient boards and
strictly supervises the work He spends
several hours each dsy on his farm and
seems greatly infatuated with IL
He walks about tie place aftlred in
light suit of clothes and long gray over
coat Of forgotten vintage He also wears
baood-red nerkgie and carries cane he
seldom visits Aschison's business streets.
but xhen he does be drives down in .
farmers syxing-wxgon, r-2ESaeis his bE1ss-
reSs. and goes back home. He refuses 10
talk politics 30 any os1e. saving always
that the burning question Of Tia day Is
potatoes
MY plans he SAYS. ssfo- the future are
70 make norey hy farming
Mr. ingalls, oxns > fzne piece os tirnhered
land. - acres IN sxferf. S0xTh Of AreAi-
scn. He has contracted 30 hare most Of
the timber cut. and this Summer be Is 90
ing TO attend all the fine stock sales ard
rssrwhzse good animals for hsgh-eRxss
ssork-farzn- In il bintea that be viii SION
write book On the subject.
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provided with twin screws there IS really
little danger. You vail remember the
Normanias experience. She was headed
right for . mammoth iceberg. bat with the
twin screws and her powerful rudders she
was furned right about when within \
shirss length OF tbs berg. OF course when
l say believe in faster .,me | want a. the
mechanical improvements "a keep pace.
The passage of the postal subsidy blia
which grants 81 a mile 10 sirst-ciaSs AIaeri-
can sk;ps will no Goabi STIR Up consider
able capital for ship building on this side
OF the Atlantic. / have heard Q. M. Coz
bins man. bat understand that gentle
man has not spoken on the matter As yet
Many people though Caay not care 20 go
down to Montaak point 10 board their
shin, preserring New York. which VIII
pyofahly always be the central point FOR
travellers to Europe.
The travel 10 Europe IS constantly an
crea>iag. Nowadays IN the regular season
our shirx are ali crowded ~ their utmost
CAPACITY. People have got more money 10
spend il would appear, and these tips
across the Atlantic are . good omen Tor
the ys-oSrerisy of America There are nct
only more people going over, bu. there are
more tina, are taking the expensive llnes-
The public in this way IS giving great en-
es,z.ra cement To the companies that are
spensiary thousands and thousands 0; ool-
lars IN perfecting their ships
.sR,l, wr have = treat in store for the
plblic IN May" continued Mr.. Scharz-
The Prince Bismarck, our new saip
which is now being fitted cut acrass the
Atlantic, will make her nr>t run 20 tins
country early next month We expect
she viii eeiirse al previous records ne
ernu@ror OF Germany vss shown over tne
Prince Bismarck the other day by the
representative of our company N Ter
saanv and he expressed great delight With
the vessel. The emperor spent al entire
afternoon on The saip. wh,eh = y - -
IN wharyes Of the shay-hailasag company
s.Salcan.s receiving the last OF her FIR
nishinss. TIE Prince Bismarck Pleased
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MLton ail-American steamships from
1Ontauk Point, Long Island, to Fiveford
Haven in Eve days and half
Now Carl Schurx. who is president Of
the Hamburg-American Packet Company,
knows IS much about the great race
among the steamship companies rs any
enc on this side of the Atlantic. HIS
company is one Of the prominent COM
petitors IN the great transatlantic carrying
trade. and claims the distinction Of having
established the German interests in that
business. Over . hundred millions Of
marks have been invested in this COM
pany's ships, and the Columbia Of this
line holds today the record for the fastest
maiden trip None know better than Mr..
Schurz, editor. diplomat, orator. soldier,
aathor and president of great steamship
hae, how rapid is the progress in the art
q ship-buslding.
Il am great believer in fast time, /" said
M. Schurz. Il do not agree with those
Who say there Is greater danger in running
sship ST faster rate of speed than the
Ryen-day or even the six-day trip 10 the
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finest in the world All the machinery Is
built with an excess of strength actually
required. The cylinders will be of extra
large size. Fifty, seventy-six and one hum
dred and eleven inches In diameter. with q
serentg-six-inch stroke. Particular aften-
tion has been paid TO the reversing gear,
which Is extra rapid and noiseless in its
action. The comfort and elegance that
viii be displayed on the Prince Bismarck
wiii surpaSs anything ever yet offered on
any Atlantic liner The large and iuxuri-
Gus saloons, the laaies' boudoirs. music,
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ing fitted up in magnificent style. We are
building our staferooms larger, with more
iuxur7ant toilet conreniences. and also
larger beds. The sseerage on the Prince
Bismarck viii be unusually high, we'll
lighted and provided with a perfect system
OF ventilation
The morning news., 1891-12-08
Are Millionaires in Danger,

In endeavoring TO establish the identity
Of the man who attempted to kill Russell
Sage with dynamite last Friday, Inspector
Byrnes, Che chief OF the New York detect
ives, has arrived at the conclusion that the
dead assassin was one Of band of cranks
or lunatics who have entered
into conspiracy to kill the
leading millioneires Of the country
who refuse to comply with their demands
for money. This conclusion is a startling
one, but 50 capable and cautious an officer
as Inspector Byrnes would hardly enter
tain It unless there were considerable evil
dence TO support it.
Just how much evidence the inspector
has is not known. He has, however, given
some of the results OF bis investigation to
the press. A man named Horne, who has
had a great deal to do with "Wild West"
shows and dime museums, says that a man
named Southworth endeavored to en-
gage him to lecture on subjects
that would lead the people to
demand government ownership of railroads
and all the great industries. He says that
this man Southworth told him that there
was a large number of men who were
banded together for the purpose Of bring
ing about a more equitable distribution Of
the wealth Of the country, and that they
would not hesitate to use dynamite to ac-
complish their purpose.
It is possible, Of course, that the man
who undertook to get 81, ,25O. 900 from Rus
sell Sage was only one Of a number Of other
lunatics, and that his death will not deter
them from trying to accomplish their
alleged purpose, but the chances are that
there is no band OF conspirators such as
Inspector Byrnes speaks of. Lunatics like
the one who attempted to blsckmail and
kill Russell Sage, do not band together for
the purpose of committing crime. They
act independently Of each other. They may
all have the same object in view, but as
they cannot be made to understand the I'M
portance of obeying orders 1t would be inn
possible for them to maintain an organiza-
ton, or to accomplish anything as an or
ganized body.
Therefore, notwithstanding the theory
which Inspector Byrnes entertains, IL is
pretty safe to say that the lunatic who was
blown to pieces by his own bomb was
neither the chief, nor a member OF a band
Of assassins. When the truth regarding
him has been discovered 1t will doubtless
appear that he was alone in his dastardly
undertaking, and that no other person had
any knowledge Of his intention.
Inspector Byrnes' conclusion is an alarm
ing one. II 1t could be established million
aires would not be safe even within their
own homes. They would live in a condi-
ton of perpetual fear, and, like the car.
would not dare to appear in public except
under the protection of armed
guards. II there is any organization
whose object is to blackmail and assassi-
nate millionaires 1t is not composed of
cranks or lunatics. though it may make
use Of lunatics to effect its purposes.
The morning news., 1891-12-08
A Good Thing for the Farmers.

The method proposed by the cotton pro-
| ducers Of Greenvile county, South Caro-
| lima, to get better prices for their cotton is
rather novel one. 1t is altogether too
| novel to justify hope that it will meet with
the approval of anybody except those who
proposed 1t. 1t is that the fiscal officer of
Greenville county shall purchase all the
cotton Of the county on the basis Of IL cents
q pound for middling, and pay for it either
in cash or county bonds.
The cotton producers who gravely propose
this method Of getting good price for their
cotton do not seem to have taken into con-
sideration the question of what the fiscal
officer is do with the cotton. He has no
place in which 70 store 1t, and if he had he
hasn't the time nor the force necessary to
handle it and put it upon the market to the
best advantage
But who is to pay the fiscal officer the
difference between the price which he is ex-
pected to pay and that which he will re-
ceive for the cottonl If the cotton for
which be pays II cents pound will com
mand only cents in the market, there will
be pretty heavy loss for somebody to
bear.
The cotton producers expect that their
method will either cause q rise in the price
Of cotton, 30 that the fiscal officer will get
as much for it as he paid. or that the county
will bear the loss. 1t is quite clear that the
| dumping Of the cotton of one county upon
the fiscal officer of that county would not
affect the cotton market in the least,
| and it is also clear that the
taxpayers of the county who do not raise
cotton would not submit to being burdened
with additional taxes in order that the cot
ton producers might get better prices for
their cotton.
In passing the resolution embodying their
| idea Of how the price of cotton NAV be
raised, the cotton planters of Greenville
county must have been indulging in lit
tie fun. They could hardly have been in
! earnest
The morning news., 1891-12-08
Judge Crisp Nominated.

The contest for the Office of speaker is
settled. aud settled in a way that will give
general satisfaction.
In this state Judge Crisp's nomination
will be received with great pleasure. not
only because be is a Georgian, but, also. be-
cause of his eminent fitness for the position
to which he will be elected to-day
II the question of fitness had been the
only one considered the contest would have
been very short one. Judge Crisp would
have been nominated as soon as the compli
mentary vote had been cast From the
very first it was admitted that be was bet
ter qualified than any one Of the other can>
didates for speaker. He may not be a man
OF more ability than Mr.. Mills, or
Mr.. Springer, or Mr.. McMillin. or Mr..
Hatch, but he has in a marked degree the
qualities that are necessary for success in a
presiding officer of a body like the House Of
Representatives. He has a judicial tenn
permanent, and excellent Judgment, great
tact and thorough knowledge OF parlia-
mentary law and of the rules of the House.
He is cool and collected under all circum-
stances, and he never loses his head in times
of excitement. He will have as complete
control Of the House as Mr. Carlisle had of
it when he was speaker, and it is safe TO
predict that his. administration of the
speakership will be as popular as Mr.. Car
isles was
Mr.. Mills had warm friends, and they
stood by him to the last. If long and emf
nent service in the House had controlled the
nomination he would have been the party g
choice. In some respects he would have
made very good speaker, but there was a
| feeling that he would get the majority into
trouble, rather than keep it out of trouble,
and il kept many who respect and admire
him from giving him their support. He
will render better service on the floor than
he would In the speakers chair.
Judge Crispis still a comparatively young
man. He will not be AZ until next January.
Being healthy and strong he is just
at the time Of life when he is capable of
doing the best work. He is the second
Georgian to occupy the speakers chair,
Howell Cobb being the first Mr.. Cobb was
speaker of the 1hirty-first congress, having
been elected in 1S49.
1 During the contest there was an effort
to make 1t appear that the defeat of Mr..
Mills and the nomination OF Judge Crisp
would greatly inJure Mr.. Cleveland's
chances for the presidential nomination.
The contest had no bearing upon the presl-
Dental question. The choice of Judge
Crisp viii not affect Mr.. Cleveland one way
or the other. Judge Crisp is a tariff re-
former and will do what he can to bring
about reduction of the tariff.
Savannah has cause to rejoice In Judge
Crisps victory. he has a warm place IN
bis heart for this city and he can be de-
pended upon 10 do all that q speaker can
properly do to help along her deeper water
movement.
Judge Crisp will administer his office so
admirably and fairly that no regrets that
southern man was elected speaker will be
heard. He is conservative and will be I'm
partial in his rulings. Legislation will be
for the good of the whole country. twill
not have sectional character.