The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-23
EVERY NAN HIS OWN srs--r
The Great scheme OF the P-or-...--- .
q Dakota Petrlfacrion Fa~-


morning I struck OFT on the -s-
+ track for place which had 90 one 80.
I noticed from the car windows A.
I once I came 70 g littIe stream. over -r.-..
+ "a plank had been thrown ON tEs 7-..-
/ site bank ran Travelled KS
and beyond that was a
/ clearing and log dT-.
with long. low addition Of native -.
( Der 4 rough fence surr1uuieI --=.--...
I around the house. and a gate. sr-5sr-.-.....
/ constructed Of branches. gave aec-~, s.
( the visitor On LITTLE sign raised On ---
I side Of the gate, I read In neat letters AZ
/ correct spelling -Perrirgriou FAR :
/ Through the gate 1 passed. and took,
[ narrow, Wel-oeaten path 20 the hons.
! Before / could reach the door OUT cans.
/ pleasant looking Young fellow with ---.
/ German pipe hanging from his Izus h
! smiled and said Come in
/ 50. said the master OF this s--s
home Won want 20 know what that s.-l
/ means. You are not the first 10 inqgf4-
/ though I suppose that its existence ri
/ significance are not 50 far widely know
/ l came from the east. where my father.
/ a Swe1e, is pretty well OF He gave "a
/ d thorough education. L am graduate Z
( Yale. where I took every pains 10 n mn.
/ self for the work OF practical miuera ,.
4 gist. | came west. hoping % have q vida
/ and open field for my requirements --.
/ found all places filed mostly by come.
/ tent men, some by shallow preteu6ers.
! who have no more science than wa
/ witches and treasure finders ] resolved
/ 10 stay. and II nothing offered. trr 10
! make some original discoveries BY whirl
/ 1 could enrich myself and benefit Others.
/ You see l have consiGera bic apparatus
/ and a general assortment of the needle.
/ chemicals.
/ Wandering in search Of a spot could
I desire a 5 a home ana enter under or
! land laws, ! came one day 10 a pleasa-.
/ little park with grass like velvet Ts
! clusters of trees were dispersed here Az.
/ there in the most artistic grouping. ana
/ best Of all. that little hurrying brook So.
I crossed INNS with firm and grassy ban 5
/ through the larger portion of the land
I noticed this mass OF rock, under the She.
/ ter Of which ! have built nv house EE-
/ auiniuE more closely found one day I'd.
/ far from where we are, spring, which
! came partly from beneath a shelving r1.z
and partly dripped from its lower sur
/ face Around the edge Of the spring ana
! for some distance along the course taken
/ by its Overbrimming waters I found grow
/ ing several species Of ferns, grasses, and
/ flowers common to the region. But ths
/ remarkable thing about them was that
I where the water had full e1es
upon them they We're in various
/ stages Of petrifcariOu. There they stood,
part stone, part living vegeJa ble-ths
! power Of fraH and transient flower lie
struggling with the power that was coz
veruing that life into everlasting rock.
( Specimens which had yielded UP 10 the
/ unequal conflict We're completely hard
/ ene1. even 20 the most delicate and featL-
CRY fiber. This set me thinking and eE-
/ perimentiug. I made small excavations
! IN La -uf Ia ana F0rrr.1
/ that not only was the earth moist bg.
1 that the cavities were soon filled with
water I then introduced castings Of
/ wood. using cigar boxes for very small
I objects and cracker boxes for larger ones,
+ put IL my specimens, immersed them IN
water. covered them up and left them
! Tor weeks at time. MY collection Is L
/ the addition you must have noticed. I
/ call II my sculpture room. I should Jal
/ it my studio. but don't do the work"
| As we entered the novel and enchanting
/ sight called forth expressions Of surprise
and delight On shelves and stands were
arranged delicate leaves and flowers and
/ grasses, the wild fruits of the neighbos-
I hood, such fedthered sOugsters as could
/ be captured without too much injury. and
/ specimens Of the tribes of animals that
( haunt the surface or buFrOw in the earth,
all turned into stOue-the tracery Of
1 vegetation more eXquisitely perfect than
/ chisel could produce, and animal life n
I form and color almost as charming IS
though the pulses were throbbing through
| the veins that would never swell with the
I impulses Of vigorous health, or contrdc.
/ with fear again.
/ He continued: 4 shall revolutiOniz5
/ one OF the oldest. strongest, and most
/ prevalent customs Of the human race,
/ crafty the sacred and most intense and
/ enduring passions Of the heart, take from
/ death much OF the lOathing and dread
I associated with it, and by and by create
an American pantheon, more illustriou5
/ than that of ancient Rome adorned by
/ the very forms OF our great men and al q
/ cost absolutely insignificant. l propose
/ to give back the actual form 70 the eye u
/ love and 10 supply the nation with ga
/ lery of the great and good without pay
ing the pets of our senate $4,000 for d
single figure, the sum Winnie Ream re-
ceived for gauche statue OF
Lincoln. Look at this, and
as he drew aside a small screen l saw
/ the image Of handsomely formed child,
| which must have attained the age OF TWO
or three years before the dread reaper
/ gathered il in 1t occupied a low plat
( form, and assumed the attitude OF ba05
/ playing with its little pink and velvet
/ toes. There was hardly, if any, earthly
stain upon the skin ana any bad impression
/ which the shrunken eyesballs might have
made was prevented by its posture. u
| was not only like a beautiful piece OF
! sculpture. but it surpassed sculpture II
| the perfection of its outlines. The deilcd-
| cy Of its finish its faithfulneSs TO life.
! As l looked at my companion Win
amazement he said:
That was the dear and only child OF
/ devoted couple whose name l must mol
| give you, and they proposed in this way
| to snatch it from the grave, since tney
/ could not repeI the attack of death, III
/ their home they can set it in one OF It's az
custOmed places, clothe it as in life ana
! thus secure some comfort for their strlcA'
! en- hearts
What would be the EXPENSE
That child will cost the parents So
An adult should be worth $3.50 and
I horse and his rider, like that Of jackson
/ in Lafayette Park at the national capital
about $500. For less than 80 900 would
undertake TO petrify, in life-like attitudes
as many warriors, poets, and statesmen
as now I'LL the old representative cham
Der and which has cost the country mll--
ions ] would, before immersion, lntlo-
duce artificial eyes, colOred like the real
and one living eyes "a glass eye, You
know, is a mere scalel, and the film de-
posted upon them by the petrltactiF9
waters would be easily removed 10y "
well-knOwn acid The face might re-
ceive the tints OF life and health from inc